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SPRING RESULTS - POSITION BATTLES - SPRING GAME RESULTS!

Posted on November 15, 2019 at 06:44 PM.

DURING THE BEGINNING OF THE OFFSEASON, THE ATHLETES WERE WORKING HARD IN THE CLASSROOM AND IN THE WEIGHT ROOM. THREE PLAYERS IN PARTICULAR INCREASED SIGNIFICANTLY FROM TIME SPENT IN THE WEIGHT ROOM:

TAY WILLIAMS - HB - DID NOT SEE MUCH FIELD TIME LAST YEAR BUT WANTED THAT TO CHANGE THIS YEAR AS HE PUT ON 32 POUNDS IN THE WEIGHT ROOM. HE TOLD MEDIA THAT HE WAS LOOKING TO BECOME QUICKER, FASTER, AND STRONGER!

MICHAEL SWIFT - DT - HE WAS INFORMED AFTER THE SEASON THAT COACHES WOULD LIKE TO SWITCH HIM TO THE INTERIOR DLINE AND GIVEN THAT FACT, HE KNEW HE NEEDED SOME BULK SO HE ADDED 51 POUNDS TO HIS FRAME.

JONATHAN COLEMAN II - HE DECIDED TO WORK HIS BUTT OFF IN THE WEIGHT ROOM AND ADDED 43 POUNDS FOR THE UPCOMING SEASON TO HELP LAY THE WOOD TO OPPOSING DEFENDERS AND HOPEFULLY SEE MORE PLAYING TIME.

UPCOMING POSITION BATTLES:
QB - HOLTON DID NOT HAVE THE BEST SOPHOMORE YEAR AND REID HERRING'S WORK ETHIC AND WORK IN THE CLASSROOM HAS CREATED A POSSIBILITY TO GET SOME PLAYING TIME THIS YEAR OR AT LEAST PUT SOME PRESSURE ON HOLTON BRINGING THE BEST OUT OF HIM.

HB - DARIUS PINNIX JR WAS NOT GRANTED HIS MEDICAL RED SHIRT AND WILL BE RETURNING FOR HIS SENIOR SEASON, HOWEVER TRACE CHRISTIAN INCREASED HIS SKILL LEVEL SIGNIFICANTLY DURING THE OFFSEASON AND WILL BE CHALLENGING DARIUS AS THE STARTER, BOTH WILL PLAY HOWEVER DUE TO THE NATURE OF THE EAST CAROLINA OFFENSE.

SLOT RECEIVER - WITH DEONDRE FARRIER GONE, THERE IS A HOLE AND A LOT OF TARGETS TO REPLACE AT SLOT IN THE AIR RAID OFFENSE. THE MAIN PARTICIPANTS VYING FOR THIS JOB ARE TYLER SNEAD (S0), JSI HATFIELD (S0), AND STEVE FALK IV (FR).

CENTER - PEYTON WINSTEAD AND JAISON FOURNET WILL BATTLE IT OUT FOR THE STARTING CENTER AND OFFENSIVE LINE PROTECTION CALLER.

RIGHT DEFENSIVE END - WILL CHANDON HICKERSON (2013 STARTER) BE DETHRONED BY TRUE SOPHOMORE TRAVEON FRESHWATER AFTER AN IMPRESSIVE OFFSEASON BY TRAVEON?

MIDDLE LINE BACKER - XAVIER SMITH WAS THE LEADING TACKLER LAST YEAR BUT BRUCE BIVENS WANTS TO START IN HIS SENIOR YEAR. THIS MAY BE THE BIGGEST BATTLE WE FACE THIS SPRING SESSION.

SPRING GAME (PRACTICE) RESULTS:

HOLTON, ALTHOUGH NOT A GREAT SHOWING IN THE SPRING GAME, DID PROVIDE THE ONLY BOOST TO THE OFFENSE AS REID MISSED MOST OF HIS TARGETS AND WAS NOT AS MOBILE AS HOLTON, GIVING HIM THE EDGE.

AS FAR AS RUNNING BACK IS CONCERNED, TRACE CHRISTIAN HAS A QUICKER FIRST STEP BUT ALSO HAD A FUMBLE WHICH WE CANNOT HAVE. I THINK WE WILL STILL RUN A 2 BACK SET WITH THESE TWO AND SWITCH IN AND OUT USING FORMATION SUBS, KEEPING BOTH FRESH.

AT SLOT RECEIVER, TYLER SNEAD AND STEVE FALK IV WERE MOST IMPRESSIVE, WITH TYLER DUE TO HIS EXPERIENCE GETTING THE NOD, BUT ALL THREE WILL GET PLAYING TIME IN THE PIRATE OFFENSE.

AT CENTER, ALTHOUGH PEYTON HAD A GREAT OFFSEASON, JAISON WAS SOLID ON THE FRONT LINE COMMANDING THE PROTECTION AND KEEPING HOLTON MAINLY OFF THE GROUND, GIVING HIM THE NOD AS STARTER AT CENTER.

DEFENSIVELY, WE ARE GOING TO STAY STATUS QUO AS THE DEFENSE GAVE THE OFFENSE FITS AND THEREFORE KEEPING XAVIER SMITH AND CHANDON IN THEIR STARTING ROLES, ALSO DANIEL CHARLES AND JUAN POWELL MADE THEIR NAMES KNOWN ON THE DEFENSIVE SIDE.