MOBILE, Ala. – The University of South Alabama football team returns to the field for the first time since its first-ever postseason bowl appearance when spring drills begin on Monday.

The Jaguars will work out in shorts and helmets at the practice fields on campus from 3-5 p.m. that afternoon, also conducting sessions without pads on Wednesday and Wednesday, April 8.  The last of those three practices will be the final one prior to the annual Red-Blue Game, which will kick off at noon at Ladd-Peebles Stadium on Saturday, April 11.

The Jags will practice in shells each Friday during the spring season — March 20, March 27 and April 3 — as well as Monday, April 6 to start the final week of drills.  The first full-pad workout is slated for 9 a.m. on Saturday, March 21, with USA also conducting full practices on March 23, March 25, March 30 and April 1.

Scrimmages are set for the two Saturdays prior to the spring contest, with the first beginning at 3 p.m. on March 28 and the second scheduled for a 9 a.m. start at Murphy High School April 4.

Each weekday practice will begin at 3 p.m., with all 15 dates open to the general public.

The Red-Blue Game is the first of several USA sporting events that day.  The nationally-ranked Jaguar softball team is scheduled to play a 1 p.m. Sun Belt Conference doubleheader against Georgia Southern, while at 6:30 p.m. the USA baseball squad takes on Appalachian State in a league contest.

The Jags, who lost 32 seniors from last fall's team that faced Bowling Green in the inaugural Raycom Media Camellia Bowl, are set to return just seven starters in 2015.

For more information about South Alabama athletics, check back with www.usajaguars.com, and follow the Jaguars at www.twitter.com/USAJaguarSports. Season tickets for all Jaguar athletic events can be purchased by calling (251) 461-1USA (1872).

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