Oregon Football Practice Report: Fall Camp No. 7

Thursday’s follow started with a warmup led by power coach Wilson Love.

From there the workforce broke into stations with tight ends and offensive line personnel fielding onside and squib kicks whereas quarterbacks Ty Thompson, Bo Nix, and Jay Butterfield practiced dropback footwork throwing after stepping backwards over an agility bag.

Quarterbacks Jake Van Dyne and Marcus Sanders practiced quick throws on one-on-one out routes with projected second-string tight ends and working backs whereas being pressured by linebackers who labored on their cross dashing.

The spotlight of the media viewing portion of follow was the “Memphis” drill by which working backs took turns flaring out of the backfield to catch a display screen cross earlier than attempting to make a transfer on a closing linebacker.

Sean {Dollars} made a formidable one-handed catch earlier than being pushed out of bounds after beating linebacker Noah Sewell untouched on the earlier rep.

After follow working backs coach Carlos Locklyn spoke with the media, expressing his happiness with the present working backs scenario within the wake of the departures of Travis Dye and CJ Verdell.

“I knew Coach Lanning was going to place me in the correct scenario,” Locklyn mentioned. “He knew that I used to be going to work… we began off with two and now we’ve got 5 actually good backs.”

Among the many 5 “actually good backs” Locklyn shouted highlighted Mar’keise “Bucky” Irving, who transferred from Minnesota the place he averaged 5.3 yards per carry final season, rating ninth within the Huge 10.

“That child is hard,” Locklyn mentioned. “He’s only a natural-born chief, bringing everybody collectively… it is a pleasure to have him.”

With the 4 pillars of Lanning’s program being connection, toughness, progress, and sacrifice, it is promising to listen to Irving being described as objectively robust, particularly because the Geese transfer ahead with out a clear reduce lead again in fall camp.

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