Date: 8/6
Time: 9:30-11:25 a.m. (CDT)
Place: James A. and Frances H. Yance Football Practice Facility or Jaguar Training Center
Practice attire: Full Pads

Offensive Player of the Day: Devin Voisin, Fr., WR, Crestview, Fla.
-Offensive coordinator Kenny Edenfield on Voisin: "You could tell that today was our first day in pads.  We were a little sluggish early, but we did get going and even though our tempo at the end wasn't quite what I wanted it to be the execution was way better.  I mentioned the other day that the 'H' wide receivers were starting to step up, we gave Devin a little extra work today and he responded in a real positive way.  I was real proud of Devin today."

Defensive Player of the Day: Devin Rockette, Jr., CB, Oxford, Miss.
-Defensive coordinator Greg Stewart on Rockette: "We have been talking about specific situations during the middle eight minutes — the last four of the first half and first four of the second half — of games and making plays in that timeframe.  Devin got tested twice today on deep balls and he made plays, I was proud of him.  He is really coming on and being the player we expected him to be."

Play of the Day: On the third play of the first series of the run-pass-option (RPO) period, senior defensive lineman Tyree Turner made an excellent play on the interior of the line and plugged the hole, stopping running back Jared Wilson short of the line of scrimmage.

Team period highlights: South Alabama held two 10-minute team periods during the nearly two-hour practice. The first was a 16-play segment working on the RPO, while the final was a 24-play segment with the offense and defense going head-to-head to close out the day.

Miscellaneous Notes
-Tuesday's practice marked the first in full pads for the Jaguars this fall.
-The offense held the advantage during the 7-on-7 skeleton drill period, running 20 snaps during the 10-minute segment.
-The Jaguar quarterbacks closed the period strong connecting on eight of their final 10 pass attempts.
-Cephus Johnson hit his final seven attempts in the period, including a 12-yard strike to Jalen Tolbert on his final throw.
-Tolbert led all Jag receivers with four receptions, while Logan Morgan and Devin Voisin had two catches apiece.
-On the defensive side of the ball, Gus Nave was credited with two stops and DJ Daniels had a pass break up and a tackle during the 7-on-7 period.
-Sterrling Fisher was one of three players – along with Riley Cole and Maurice Strong Jr. – had two tackles each during the first team period, while Patrick Rosette carded a sack.
-Johnson hit his first four pass attempts during the final team period, while Tylan Morton connected on three of his four attempts.
-On the first play of the final series of downs, D. Voison made a leaping grab at the three to haul in a pass from freshman Tanner McGee, and then dove across the goal line for the 31-yard score.
-Devin Rockette had a pass break up what would have been another 30-yard score and freshman defensive lineman Brock Higdon recorded a sack on the next-to-last play of the day.
-All practices are closed to the general public.

Head coach Steve Campbell
-On his thoughts of the first day in full pads: "It was a good first day in (full) pads. The heat was what we wanted it to be and I thought the guys fought through it well. We need to keep pushing ourselves to get into even better condition. I thought we were in as good of shape as we could be with not having put the pads on before. The only way to get into football shape is to put pads on and play football. I think we made it through (practice) without losing anyone to cramps. I saw some good stuff on both sides of the ball."
-On his expectations of what he wanted to see going into today: "I thought we did a good job of protecting the ball. We're still doing some installation stuff, so the execution wasn't quite what I wanted it to be on some things, but it's not going to be at this point. We're doing a three-day install. We made it through our first three-day install package and now we're in day two of our second go around, which we'll finish tomorrow. I'm pleased, but I'm not satisfied with where we are at. We need to be a little more physical. The defense really got after the offense during the inside run period. I also thought they were ahead of the offense during the team periods today."
-On tomorrow's final practice before the first scrimmage: "I'm just looking for improved execution. We have assignments and pad level we need to work on. We have to lock in and make sure we've got all of our assignments, adjustments and calls down."

Up next: South Alabama will be back on the practice field on Wednesday from 3:30-5:30 p.m. at the Jaguar Training Center for its final practice before its first fall scrimmage.

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