What? Practice on a Sunday? But I thought Spring practice was over. NOPE! We've still got a couple more days of football before the summer.
This afternoon's practice was a light one (shirts and shorts) for the Sun Devils...at least until things got a lil' heated at the end.
Twenty five players wore flame helmets. Mike Bercovici, James Johnson, and Lloyd Carrington were once again in the PT-42 unis.
Cameron Smith, Eriquel Florence, Vi Teofilo, Jamal Scott, Chans Cox, Mo Latu, Laiu Moeakiola, and Armand Perry were all in green and did not participate. Kweishi Brown was not in green but was very limited and really just did a few position drills.
The team spent a lot of the day working on special teams, primarily kickoff return and kickoff coverage. De'Chavon Hayes, Kalen Ballage, Jacom Brimhall, D.J. Foster and Chad Adams were all once again the primary kickoff returners.
There was a slight breeze in the air and Matt Haack had a difficult go of it.
Zane Gonzalez converted four of his six field goal attempts.
First team offense: Mike Bercovici (QB), Demario Richard (RB), D.J. Foster (WR), Gary Chambers (WR), Fred Gammage (WR), Kody Kohl (TE), Sam Jones (LT), Christian Westerman (LG), Nick Kelly (C), Stephon McCray (RG), and Billy McGehee (RT).
First team defense: Edmond Boateng (End), Demetrius Cherry (NOSE), Tashon Smallwood (Tiger), Ismael Murphy-Richardson (Devil), Antonio Longino (WILL), Christian Sam (SAM), Marcus Ball (SPUR), Lloyd Carrington (corner), Solomon Means (corner), Jordan Simone (safety), and James Johnson (safety).
Second team offense: Manny Wilkins (QB), Jcom Brimhall (RB), Ellis Jefferson (WR), De'Chavon Hayes (WR), Jalen Harvey (WR), Raymond Epps (TE), Evan Goodman (LT), Jack Powers (LG), Tyler McClure (C), Devin Goodman (RG), Quinn Bailey (RT).
Second team defense: Rennell Wren (End), Emmanuel Dayries (NOSE), Ami Latu (Tiger), AJ Latu (Devil), DJ Calhoun (WILL), Salamo Fiso (SAM), Luke Williams (SPUR), Jayme Otomewo (corner), Ronald Lewis (corner), Dasmond Tautalatasi (safety), De'Andre Scott (safety).
Berco and the first team offense capped the first series of the day with a 20 yard touchdown pass to Foster. Coach Norvell had to get on the second team offense for a lack of urgency and timing as their first drive of the afternoon stalled without much of anything going their way or downfield.
Brady White threw a 15 yard TD pass to Jalen Harvey who appeared to tweak an ankle later on and had to spend the rest of the practice at the trainer's table.
Marcus Ball broke up a potential Bercovici touchdown pass in the endzone on a ball the sophomore safety probably wishes he could get a second chance at as he should have come up with the INT but let it slip through his hands.
Kohl, Jefferson, Gammage, Richard and Hayes all caught TD passes during skele.
Adam pointed this out earlier in the week but once again the defense experimented with James Johnson at SPUR and Marcus Ball back at safety. It's a work in process (for Johnson). He was routinely out of place and needed a lot of instructing from Graham and even Ball from behind.
Chad Adams played a lot of corner nickel today and actually looked pretty solid.
Kalen Ballage once again split time between running back and Devilbacker. Coach Graham called him the team's best pass rushing threat after practice. Coach Slocum had Ballage go through some Devil drills with the rest of the guys. He's actually quite good with his hands but just needs some help with his footwork.
Ballage, Murphy-Richardson, Latu and Wren all had sacks. AJ Latu had the only TFL.
No takeaways for the defense.
Gump Hayes looked like he had a bit of a hitch in his giddy-up. I counted five times this afternoon the quarterbacks overthrew him and that never happens, let alone five times. He just looked off.
Manny Wilkins threw a beautiful 20 yard TD pass to Foster as D.J. beat Lloyd off the line and Manny beat Simone on the cover over the top.
Towards the end of practice there was a bit of an incident. Without going into too many details, a skirmish broke out between the two sides and three players were ejected. Needless to say, Graham was none too pleased. After sending the offending players off he lectured the team (as intensely as I've EVER seen him) on discipline, sportsmanship, and accountability.
We'll see if the three players lose their flame helmets on Tuesday.
If you've got questions, fire away.
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This afternoon's practice was a light one (shirts and shorts) for the Sun Devils...at least until things got a lil' heated at the end.
Twenty five players wore flame helmets. Mike Bercovici, James Johnson, and Lloyd Carrington were once again in the PT-42 unis.
Cameron Smith, Eriquel Florence, Vi Teofilo, Jamal Scott, Chans Cox, Mo Latu, Laiu Moeakiola, and Armand Perry were all in green and did not participate. Kweishi Brown was not in green but was very limited and really just did a few position drills.
The team spent a lot of the day working on special teams, primarily kickoff return and kickoff coverage. De'Chavon Hayes, Kalen Ballage, Jacom Brimhall, D.J. Foster and Chad Adams were all once again the primary kickoff returners.
There was a slight breeze in the air and Matt Haack had a difficult go of it.
Zane Gonzalez converted four of his six field goal attempts.
First team offense: Mike Bercovici (QB), Demario Richard (RB), D.J. Foster (WR), Gary Chambers (WR), Fred Gammage (WR), Kody Kohl (TE), Sam Jones (LT), Christian Westerman (LG), Nick Kelly (C), Stephon McCray (RG), and Billy McGehee (RT).
First team defense: Edmond Boateng (End), Demetrius Cherry (NOSE), Tashon Smallwood (Tiger), Ismael Murphy-Richardson (Devil), Antonio Longino (WILL), Christian Sam (SAM), Marcus Ball (SPUR), Lloyd Carrington (corner), Solomon Means (corner), Jordan Simone (safety), and James Johnson (safety).
Second team offense: Manny Wilkins (QB), Jcom Brimhall (RB), Ellis Jefferson (WR), De'Chavon Hayes (WR), Jalen Harvey (WR), Raymond Epps (TE), Evan Goodman (LT), Jack Powers (LG), Tyler McClure (C), Devin Goodman (RG), Quinn Bailey (RT).
Second team defense: Rennell Wren (End), Emmanuel Dayries (NOSE), Ami Latu (Tiger), AJ Latu (Devil), DJ Calhoun (WILL), Salamo Fiso (SAM), Luke Williams (SPUR), Jayme Otomewo (corner), Ronald Lewis (corner), Dasmond Tautalatasi (safety), De'Andre Scott (safety).
Berco and the first team offense capped the first series of the day with a 20 yard touchdown pass to Foster. Coach Norvell had to get on the second team offense for a lack of urgency and timing as their first drive of the afternoon stalled without much of anything going their way or downfield.
Brady White threw a 15 yard TD pass to Jalen Harvey who appeared to tweak an ankle later on and had to spend the rest of the practice at the trainer's table.
Marcus Ball broke up a potential Bercovici touchdown pass in the endzone on a ball the sophomore safety probably wishes he could get a second chance at as he should have come up with the INT but let it slip through his hands.
Kohl, Jefferson, Gammage, Richard and Hayes all caught TD passes during skele.
Adam pointed this out earlier in the week but once again the defense experimented with James Johnson at SPUR and Marcus Ball back at safety. It's a work in process (for Johnson). He was routinely out of place and needed a lot of instructing from Graham and even Ball from behind.
Chad Adams played a lot of corner nickel today and actually looked pretty solid.
Kalen Ballage once again split time between running back and Devilbacker. Coach Graham called him the team's best pass rushing threat after practice. Coach Slocum had Ballage go through some Devil drills with the rest of the guys. He's actually quite good with his hands but just needs some help with his footwork.
Ballage, Murphy-Richardson, Latu and Wren all had sacks. AJ Latu had the only TFL.
No takeaways for the defense.
Gump Hayes looked like he had a bit of a hitch in his giddy-up. I counted five times this afternoon the quarterbacks overthrew him and that never happens, let alone five times. He just looked off.
Manny Wilkins threw a beautiful 20 yard TD pass to Foster as D.J. beat Lloyd off the line and Manny beat Simone on the cover over the top.
Towards the end of practice there was a bit of an incident. Without going into too many details, a skirmish broke out between the two sides and three players were ejected. Needless to say, Graham was none too pleased. After sending the offending players off he lectured the team (as intensely as I've EVER seen him) on discipline, sportsmanship, and accountability.
We'll see if the three players lose their flame helmets on Tuesday.
If you've got questions, fire away.
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