Okay so I walk into Memorial Stadium and the OL are going through some stretch drills. I look down I see Larry Hughes. Now keep in mind Hughes is no pup. He goes about 6-foot-7, 305. Next to him is a guy not wearing shoulder pads who looks similar but when they are moving around is much more fluid. I don't have to even be told who he is....I just know it has to be Baldwin.
He is a mammoth of a build and when you watch him run through drills he moves like no other OL on the roster. The scary thing is he's about 6-foot-5, 325. He looks less than that but he's put together. Then I had remind myself those are the kind of guys that Alabama recruits.
Everybody was running up to Johnson after his catch
The practice started after stretch with one play. Beaty gathered everyone in the middle of the field and said they were going to run one play and you had to score. It looked about 20 yards out. The loser had to carry the other team off the field after practice.
It looked to be mainly the ones but they might have sprinkled in some twos with the group. Carter Stanley was at QB. It was a pass play and everybody looked covered. Stanley, with time running down, threw a ball down the middle of the field in the end zone.
When the ball was mid-air I didn't think there was any way it had a chance. But somehow it split some defenders and Ben Johnson hauled it in the back of the end zone. The ref was right and said he got both feet down for a score. The offensive players went wild. Everybody ran over and jumped up on Johnson.
I saw some of the punting from the end zone. I think down the road Kyle Thompson is the guy. He has a strong leg and reminds me a little of Trevor Pardula in how they were both around 6-4 and had good leg extension. I don't know who will win the job in week one but I think Thompson will be able to punt over the next four years.
Plays from practice:
Junior linebacker Joe Dineen Jr. freshman safety Bryce Torneden and defensive end Isaiah Bean each posted a sack.
Freshman running back Kahlil Herbert recorded three separate runs of 15 yards or more.
Senior running back Ke'aun Kinner broke open a run for 22 yards.
Redshirt-freshman quarterback Carter Stanley found senior wide receiver Austin Moses for 14 yards.
Senior quarterback Montell Cozart connected with sophomore wide receiver Steven Sims Jr., in the air for 33 yards.
Senior defensive end Damani Mosby added a TFL.
Junior running back Denzell Evans chalked up a 16-yard run.
Sophomore quarterback Keaton Perry hit up sophomore running back Taylor Martin for 15 yards on a screen pass.
Senior cornerback Marnez Ogletree recorded a PBU.
Sophomore quarterback Ryan Willis found junior wide receiver LaQuvionte Gonzalez for 30 yards in the back of the end zone for a touchdown.
Redshirt-freshman safety Shaquille Richmond forced a fumble.
He is a mammoth of a build and when you watch him run through drills he moves like no other OL on the roster. The scary thing is he's about 6-foot-5, 325. He looks less than that but he's put together. Then I had remind myself those are the kind of guys that Alabama recruits.
Everybody was running up to Johnson after his catch
The practice started after stretch with one play. Beaty gathered everyone in the middle of the field and said they were going to run one play and you had to score. It looked about 20 yards out. The loser had to carry the other team off the field after practice.
It looked to be mainly the ones but they might have sprinkled in some twos with the group. Carter Stanley was at QB. It was a pass play and everybody looked covered. Stanley, with time running down, threw a ball down the middle of the field in the end zone.
When the ball was mid-air I didn't think there was any way it had a chance. But somehow it split some defenders and Ben Johnson hauled it in the back of the end zone. The ref was right and said he got both feet down for a score. The offensive players went wild. Everybody ran over and jumped up on Johnson.
I saw some of the punting from the end zone. I think down the road Kyle Thompson is the guy. He has a strong leg and reminds me a little of Trevor Pardula in how they were both around 6-4 and had good leg extension. I don't know who will win the job in week one but I think Thompson will be able to punt over the next four years.
Plays from practice:
Junior linebacker Joe Dineen Jr. freshman safety Bryce Torneden and defensive end Isaiah Bean each posted a sack.
Freshman running back Kahlil Herbert recorded three separate runs of 15 yards or more.
Senior running back Ke'aun Kinner broke open a run for 22 yards.
Redshirt-freshman quarterback Carter Stanley found senior wide receiver Austin Moses for 14 yards.
Senior quarterback Montell Cozart connected with sophomore wide receiver Steven Sims Jr., in the air for 33 yards.
Senior defensive end Damani Mosby added a TFL.
Junior running back Denzell Evans chalked up a 16-yard run.
Sophomore quarterback Keaton Perry hit up sophomore running back Taylor Martin for 15 yards on a screen pass.
Senior cornerback Marnez Ogletree recorded a PBU.
Sophomore quarterback Ryan Willis found junior wide receiver LaQuvionte Gonzalez for 30 yards in the back of the end zone for a touchdown.
Redshirt-freshman safety Shaquille Richmond forced a fumble.
