Some good to read/hear comments from Wingo about how he is doing:
I feel like I have a purpose. I feel like I’m being developed. I just have to be consistent every day, go out there and work hard and work on my craft. Also, to be a leader. Being vocal, so when those guys look to me they know I have their back. That’s just the biggest part of growing up and going into my junior season I’m just real excited. I feel more comfortable to make plays with these guys out there. I have their back and they’ve got mine.
Taking angles to the ball, being able to take a correct angle to the ball. Not giving away the cutback. Being able to know how to use your arms and I would say also just being able to get off the blocks. That’s a huge thing we were practicing.
I’d say coach Bateman is doing a great job. Help with tackling, we do a lot of tackling drills and I know that’s a big thing that everyone is kind of looking for this season, that we can tackle well. Coach Bateman has been very strict about that, how we’re tackling, how we’re making angles, just being able to break down the film every day. We’re doing a lot of extra meetings and stuff like that. We’ve been meeting on our own.
And some comments about Wingo by Coach Bateman:
Derek has been awesome. I think he loves football and loves Florida. I feel like he’s probably putting some pressure on himself but I think he’s doing it at a really high level right now. His situation is unique because I recruited him in high school, tried to. It’s a very different position than he played growing up. I think he’s just starting to feel comfortable back there but he’s a stud of a kid.