Wed 3/30 Practice Report

[BMF]

Some good info on yesterday's practice:


https://www.seccountry.com/florida/sights-sounds-notes-from-florida-football-practice-3


GAINESVILLE, Fla. — The Florida football team worked in the indoor practice facility Wednesday for the second consecutive day this week.

This latest session was the 11th practice of the spring for the Gators, with only three more to go until the Orange & Blue Debut takes place on April 8.

Check out our notes from the open portion of Wednesday’s practice as well as some video below:

• Offensive starters in the fastball period: quarterback Austin Appleby, running back Jordan Cronkrite, receivers Dre Massey, Chris Thompson and C.J. Worton, tight end C’yontai Lewis, offensive linemen (left to right) Fred Johnson, Antonio Riles, T.J. McCoy, Tyler Jordan and David Sharpe.
• Defensive starters in the fastball period (nickel package): defensive linemen Bryan Cox Jr., Taven Bryan, Joey Ivie and Jordan Sherit, linebackers Alex Anzalone and Jarrad Davis, cornerbacks Jalen Tabor and Quincy Wilson, nickelback Duke Dawson and safeties Marcus Maye and Nick Washington.
• Bryan and Worton were running with the first team in place of Caleb Brantley (sick) and Ahmad Fulwood (leg), respectively. Massey was back in the starting lineup after missing time with a minor leg injury and made a reception.
• Other than Massey’s catch, however, the offense didn’t have much success during the fastball period. Tabor nearly picked off a pass intended for Worton.
• Justus Reed had trouble getting leverage in the one-on-one drill between defensive ends and tight ends. D-line coach Chris Rumph was not happy with Reed’s rep and made him do it over (see below).
• Quarterbacks Appleby, Luke Del Rio and Kyle Trask all took reps during the half-skeleton drill. Apply connected with tight end DeAndre Gooslby and Worton, but the secondary forced him into several coverage sacks.
• Del Rio completed more passes, but had hit his check-down man a few times. He was almost intercepted by safety Chauncey Gardner, but rebounded with a touchdown throw to Joshua Hammond. Fellow freshman Freddie Swain also caught a pair of passes from Del Rio.
• Trask hit three consecutive passes during his turn, including two beautiful balls on corner routes to receivers Case Harrison and Ryan Sousa.
• Former Florida defensive tackle Jonathan Bullard was on hand for practice.

Coach Rumph is NOT happy with Justus Reed. Just a week left until the Spring Game. #Gators pic.twitter.com/557d1d8fjU

— Fernando Juncadella (@FJuncadella) March 30, 2016

Jordan Sherit vs DeAndre Goolsby #Gators pic.twitter.com/YgTRlgnYrz

— Nick de la Torre (@NickdelaTorreGC) March 30, 2016

Jabari Zuniga vs DeAndre Goolsby #Gators pic.twitter.com/AGJeneWyJV
— Nick de la Torre (@NickdelaTorreGC) March 30, 2016


Good rep between C’yontai Lewis and Keivonnis Davis pic.twitter.com/u1WWebN8m0

— Nick de la Torre (@NickdelaTorreGC) March 30, 2016

Bryan Cox Jr. vs Moral Stephens #Gators pic.twitter.com/leguAWCst1

— Nick de la Torre (@NickdelaTorreGC) March 30, 2016

Austin Appleby throwing the ball to you. Don’t drop it pic.twitter.com/WmRIG2Dk5M

— Nick de la Torre (@NickdelaTorreGC) March 30, 2016

Coach Collins working with the safeties. #Gators pic.twitter.com/jNwzuiV8RL

— Fernando Juncadella (@FJuncadella) March 30, 2016

Bryan Cox Jr. & Marcus Maye lead swamp jacks today pic.twitter.com/R9Q1qd4ScG

— Nick de la Torre (@NickdelaTorreGC) March 30, 2016

 

[TheBigClaw]

Sounds like Gardner may be a big guy for us this year

 

[rogdochar]

... of course Massey had a minor leg injury -- he's only 18.

 

[Durty South Swamp]

Sounds like the O is still offensive....

 

[maheo30]

I'm not there, but I'm a little worried about LDR. I keep reading about him checking down. That could be good or bad. Doing it to much is a bad thing.

Where is Franks? Did he not play? Did he suck? I want to hear how both Trask and Franks are doing. They are the future.

Riles? No wonder the offense didn't look good. Hide that part from Law.

 

[TheBigClaw]

I'm not there, but I'm a little worried about LDR. I keep reading about him checking down. That could be good or bad. Doing it to much is a bad thing.

Where is Franks? Did he not play? Did he suck? I want to hear how both Trask and Franks are doing. They are the future.

Riles? No wonder the offense didn't look good. Hide that part from Law.

It's a good thing if there's no one else open but I agree checking down too much is bad... Riles is only there because Ivey is out for the spring

 

[TheBigClaw]

Sounds like the O is still offensive....

In respect to them, our defense makes most offenses look offensive. Hold Michigan...

 

[Durty South Swamp]

In respect to them, our defense makes most offenses look offensive. Hold Michigan...

Yea, Im not buying that. Our defense was good last year, but they were far from great, and we lost a number of top players. Maybe they end up being really good, but right now im not convinced. And honestly, I don't care if our defense is great, because there's a bunch of other good ones they will see in conference play. I'm really sick and tired of what has become of the offense.

 

[TheDouglas78]

It's Spring so timing with Appleby, Trask, and Franks might be still a work in progress.. and the offensive line sounds like a work in progress. These things need to tighten up in the Fall.

 

[chferg]

Yea, Im not buying that. Our defense was good last year, but they were far from great, and we lost a number of top players. Maybe they end up being really good, but right now im not convinced. And honestly, I don't care if our defense is great, because there's a bunch of other good ones they will see in conference play. I'm really sick and tired of what has become of the offense.

Yeah a top 10 defense without any serviceable LB's outside of Davis isn't great.../s

Our defense gave up on the offense last year and it was noticeable once we got down by a TD

 

[chferg]

I read on TOS that Del Rio threw four INT's on Monday's practice this week...

Really though, we act like he's a savior but who knows what we are going to get with a guy who has transferred twice and only played a handful of snaps at O St.

 

[TLB]

We may, indeed, have gone from a non-starter QB (TH, more like non-QB QB), to a four-deep non-starter QB roster. We won't know until we know.

 

[TheBigClaw]

Yea, Im not buying that. Our defense was good last year, but they were far from great, and we lost a number of top players. Maybe they end up being really good, but right now im not convinced. And honestly, I don't care if our defense is great, because there's a bunch of other good ones they will see in conference play. I'm really sick and tired of what has become of the offense.

I agree with you about the offense but the defense was top 10 in nearly every category, hard not to call that great especially when they had little to no help offensively late in the year. Granted they didn't play well vs Tennessee, had one bad quarter vs LSU and a bad game vs Mich. regardless they were a great defense and with a competent offense we will be contenders.

 

[alcoholica]

That's why I'm just hoping for a game manager. Coker didn't light the world on fire, but he let the system work

 

[Bernardo de la Paz]

I'm not there, but I'm a little worried about LDR. I keep reading about him checking down. That could be good or bad. Doing it to much is a bad thing.

Tabor and Wilson are studs at corner so it wouldn't surprise me if the primary option isn't open much. I'm going to choose to take the QB working through his progressions as a positive after 4 years of watching them stare down the primary option and then run out of bounds when it was covered.

 

[BMF]

I agree with you about the offense but the defense was top 10 in nearly every category, hard not to call that great especially when they had little to no help offensively late in the year. Granted they didn't play well vs Tennessee, had one bad quarter vs LSU and a bad game vs Mich. regardless they were a great defense and with a competent offense we will be contenders.

Great defenses don't give up 180+ rushing yards to one RB in a game. Our "great" defense did it against THREE different RBs.

 

[Swamp Donkey]

Great defenses don't give up 180+ rushing yards to one RB in a game. Our "great" defense did it against THREE different RBs.

 

[Swamp Donkey]

Tabor and Wilson are studs at corner so it wouldn't surprise me if the primary option isn't open much.

Well, going against Tabor, Wilson, Gardner and Dawson should make them grow up in a hurry. I'd rather see one checking down than throwing INTs when it isn't there.

You don't learn anything about how good they are if they are throwing to WRs wearing #43 against CBs wearing #37. How "good" they look against the 3rd teamers means nothing.

 

[TheBigClaw]

Some of you must not realize without our defense we wouldn't have saw a bowl at all last year....

 

[rogdochar]

Some of you must not realize without our defense we wouldn't have saw a bowl at all last year....

...D which we didn't see in the bowl.