2026 Spring Practice Thread

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4/1 presser comments that jumped out to me.
  • Seems really high on Nolan James. Powerful.
  • Asked about Micah Gilbert & Cam Williams, Freeman did not elaborate on Cam in his answer. Instead, briefly discussed Gilbert and went to the WR room as a whole. Interesting.
  • Pleased with Will Black.
  • Happy to hear him discuss the intentional pairings on the OL. Not playing musical chairs.
 
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On the OLine "problem"--> since Jagusah can play ANY of the positions except center, if he gets healthy and I'm Rudolph, I just say: who out there are already doing the best jobs? Craig/Otting equal the center position, but who rates 1/2/3/4 among the others? . "4"? take a rest for the moment. Let's see how things shake out. You could be right back in and Charles shifted elsewhere, but let's do this for now.
 
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NDPhilly said:
Yeah I actually just realized Premer is our highest rated Tight End commit in the modern recruiting era. Ended up a composite 5 star and the #1 TE in the country. Slightly higher than Mayer, Raridon, and Kyle Rudolph out of HS.

If he doesn’t play meaningful snaps it would be a surprise. Lot of natural talent between the Flanagans and him.

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Between him and Mayer, Mayer was a 5⭐ and ended up ranked around #20-23 in the class behind the #2 TE prospect in History (Arik Gilbert).
 
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Dale said:
Fitzgerald clip is gonna go crazy on Twitter by EOD
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Who is in coverage? Jersey number looks like 2_ and the second numeral has a curved top, so
22 Ethan Long
26 Chaz Smith or
29 (sigh) Christian Gray
 
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The hype train is often wrong, but general vibe right now is that everyone knows the secondary is elite so WRs making plays (even in scenarios where they should have the advantage) is encouraging. People seem to feel like this is a rare case of having legitimate depth of talent vs people being "even" because none are actually that good.

Realize that in 2022 we had Buchner and Pyne throwing to a group that included not just zero NFL players but really no one that could even crack the depth chart for another legitimate school. The next year the best WRs were a true freshman lacrosse walk on -- who didn't even get a shot at snaps until the near the middle of the season -- and another freshman who is now multi-transfer-portal-to-UVA after he couldn't make an impact at UCLA.

I think there are at least 5 players who are better than every single WR on those teams and up to ~8 guys that would've started on those squads.
 
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IrishLax said:
The hype train is often wrong, but general vibe right now is that everyone knows the secondary is elite so WRs making plays (even in scenarios where they should have the advantage) is encouraging. People seem to feel like this is a rare case of having legitimate depth of talent vs people being "even" because none are actually that good.

Realize that in 2022 we had Buchner and Pyne throwing to a group that included not just zero NFL players but really no one that could even crack the depth chart for another legitimate school. The next year the best WRs were a true freshman lacrosse walk on -- who didn't even get a shot at snaps until the near the middle of the season -- and another freshman who is now multi-transfer-portal-to-UVA after he couldn't make an impact at UCLA.

I think there are at least 5 players who are better than every single WR on those teams and up to ~8 guys that would've started on those squads.
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You reported concerns in the fall. This is more encouraging
 
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