ASU completed the third day of Camp T on Friday. Here are some quick-hitting observations:
The receivers worked on blocking towards the beginning of practice. Receivers coach Jay Norvell criticized many of the WRs having too narrow of a base, which allows DBs to shed their blocks much easier. In the team period before practice was cut short, Ellis Jefferson sealed a great block on the left side, allowing Nick Ralston to run for a touchdown. There were other good blocks from receivers in the team period.
It didn't look like any quarterback stood out particularly. Each of them seemed to be a bit off at times, which is expected throughout camp. However, we saw a healthy amount of Manny Wilkins throwing deep balls to the right side. Cam Smith made a really nice play on one of them — he did a great job of turning around, finding the ball and trying to catch it at its highest point. It seemed like the only deep balls in the team sessions were thrown by Wilkins. Brady White and Bryce Perkins threw a lot of short and intermediate routes.
WR/DB 1-on-1s were really interesting once again. For as quick and fast as Tim White is, it seems that his route-running may be a bit overlooked at times. He ran crisp routes all day, especially in the 1-on-1 drill. I can't remember him not winning the battle and catching the ball against his opponent (unless it wasn't a great throw, which happened a fair amount on Friday).
Also of note was that Kareem Orr and Ellis Jefferson matched up, and jawed a bit. One time, Orr started to talk and Jefferson jokingly said, "Don't start with me." A couple periods later, Jefferson told Orr "don't be a child." Orr responded right back, saying "you aint a man!" The extent of the jawing was the expected verbal stuff, nothing physical. And nothing that would take away from their relationship as teammates. Just some competitive juices flowing at camp.
Gump Hayes and Robbie Robinson looked good in coverage. Hayes made a great play on a ball during a goal line play. I saw multiple balls thrown Robinson's way near the sideline during team periods, and many of them fell incomplete. He did a great job of staying with the receivers all the way through the play.
The receivers worked on blocking towards the beginning of practice. Receivers coach Jay Norvell criticized many of the WRs having too narrow of a base, which allows DBs to shed their blocks much easier. In the team period before practice was cut short, Ellis Jefferson sealed a great block on the left side, allowing Nick Ralston to run for a touchdown. There were other good blocks from receivers in the team period.
It didn't look like any quarterback stood out particularly. Each of them seemed to be a bit off at times, which is expected throughout camp. However, we saw a healthy amount of Manny Wilkins throwing deep balls to the right side. Cam Smith made a really nice play on one of them — he did a great job of turning around, finding the ball and trying to catch it at its highest point. It seemed like the only deep balls in the team sessions were thrown by Wilkins. Brady White and Bryce Perkins threw a lot of short and intermediate routes.
WR/DB 1-on-1s were really interesting once again. For as quick and fast as Tim White is, it seems that his route-running may be a bit overlooked at times. He ran crisp routes all day, especially in the 1-on-1 drill. I can't remember him not winning the battle and catching the ball against his opponent (unless it wasn't a great throw, which happened a fair amount on Friday).
Also of note was that Kareem Orr and Ellis Jefferson matched up, and jawed a bit. One time, Orr started to talk and Jefferson jokingly said, "Don't start with me." A couple periods later, Jefferson told Orr "don't be a child." Orr responded right back, saying "you aint a man!" The extent of the jawing was the expected verbal stuff, nothing physical. And nothing that would take away from their relationship as teammates. Just some competitive juices flowing at camp.
Gump Hayes and Robbie Robinson looked good in coverage. Hayes made a great play on a ball during a goal line play. I saw multiple balls thrown Robinson's way near the sideline during team periods, and many of them fell incomplete. He did a great job of staying with the receivers all the way through the play.
