Date: 8/15
Time: 9:30-11:00 a.m. (CDT)
Place: James A. and Frances H. Yance Football Practice Facility
Practice attire: Shells
Offensive Player of the Day: Jalen Tolbert, So., WR, Mobile, Ala.
-Offensive coordinator Kenny Edenfield on Tolbert: "Jalen had a good day, we had a lot of deep balls we were working on today that involved a lot of running; he did a good job of setting the tempo of practice early. He made some plays — he didn't make them all, we overthrew him a few times — but he practiced really hard today. I was proud of Jalen."
Defensive Player of the Day: Nick Mobley, So, LB, Alabaster, Ala.
-Defensive coordinator Greg Stewart on Mobley: "Nick has been consistent all camp, he is coming on and becoming a really good player. He knows what to do, and he knows what everybody does. I am expecting big things from Nick this fall."
Play of the Day: On the final play of the 7-on-7 skeleton drill session, senior wide receiver Tre'Veon Hamilton went up and made a one-handed touchdown reception in the right side of the end zone on a pass from Tylan Morton.
Team period highlights: The practice included two separate team periods with the first working on third down situations, while the second had the offense and defense squaring off.
Miscellaneous Notes
-Midway through the practice session, South ran a 20-snap 7-on-7 skeleton drill session.
-The defense recorded three pass break ups and a coverage sack during the 10-minute period.
-Chris Henderson, Devin Rockette and Jaden Voisin were each credited with a break up.
-Seven different receivers recorded a reception led by Hamilton, Tony Brown and Khameron Taylor who each had a pair of catches.
-The Jags worked on third-and-long and third-and-medium situations during the first team period.
-The offense and the defense equally split the 10-play period with the offense converting five chances, while the defense was credited with five stops.
-The offense converted four of its last six opportunities during the drill.
-South closed the morning practice with a 24-play session with the offensive units going up against their defensive counterparts.
-Of the 24 snaps, 15 were run plays.
-Davyn Flenord hauled in a 35-yard score on a pass from Cephus Johnson for the lone score for the offense of the final team period.
-De. Voisin picked off a pass in the end zone on the last play of the fourth-series of downs.
-All practices are closed to the general public.
Head coach Steve Campbell
-On his thoughts on today's practice: "Today was a good, positive day. I thought we got better. I loved the way we came out at the start of practice. I thought our tempo was good, especially after a 100-plus play scrimmage. I liked the way we transitioned and I thought we corrected some things from the [second] scrimmage. We battled through it and I liked the way we handled all the elements. Today was one of our better days since we've been here."
-On the team developing a toughness: "We're developing a much tougher mentality. Little things that are part football and have been for a hundred years like an ankle sprain or a little soreness, we've got guys battling through that and pushing through right now. That's what you've got to have because the only way to get better is to be out on the practice field. We had two or three linemen that battled through some ankle sprains. They pushed through that and got better because of it. I felt today was our best day conditioning wise. We moved around better on and off the field."
-On what he wants to see in tomorrow's practice: "I want us to have another productive day of handling whatever adversity comes our way. I want us to be fundamentally better in some of the things we didn't do in the last scrimmage. We were able to knock a good handful of those things out in today's practice. Tomorrow will be another day of cleaning things up. We still have a thing or two that we want to install before camp is over."
Up next: South Alabama will return to the practice field Friday afternoon from 3:30-5:30 p.m. at the Jaguar Training Center.
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