We did get to see about 15-20 minutes of the tail end of today's practice at Chodoff Field before media availability with Stan Drayton, Jordan Magee, E.J. Warner, Edward Saydee and Jalen McMurray.
Again, this was a small slice of the end of the day, but here are a few takeaways from what we saw.
The highlight of the session we saw was a touchdown pass from quarterback Forrest Brock, the recent JUCO addition from Santa Monica Community College, to John Adams, a local walk-on wide receiver from South Jersey's Deptford High School who also made some plays in the spring game. On that series, Brock went 4 of 6 passing. Jordan Smith hauled in a pass from him on a one-handed catch, and true freshman Xavier Irvin also caught a pass from Brock on that drive. Fellow freshman wideout Preston Everhart had a drop on that series on a route over the middle.
In the time we were there, JUCO transfer Diego Barajas and redshirt sophomore James Faminu both saw snaps at left tackle. True freshman Luke Watson saw some snaps at left guard, and Richard Rodriguez was taking the majority of the snaps at center in the time we were there.
Again, this was a small snippet of practice near the end of the day, so I want to note that for context.
Chris Van Eckeren, the graduate transfer from Purdue, hit the PAT on that drive and then later missed a longer field goal of what looked like about 50 yards.
After practice, Drayton said the team would have its next single-digit vote today and that new single digits would be announced Monday. He said the starting quarterback job is Warner's to lose (nothing new there), and that Quincy Patterson would be the No. 2 QB right now. He misfired on a few throws in the time we were there. But again, it was a small portion of practice and not the whole session.
Drayton also said the team is set to scrimmage tomorrow.
“It’s been a very physical camp,” he said. “We’ve got a chippy group of guys, which is what we need to be out here at Temple.”
McMurray attributed a lot of his growth over the last several months to new cornerbacks coach Dominique Bowman, and Saydee and Drayton also talked about the difference running backs coach Tyree Foreman has made in that room. Foreman, of course, is back at Temple for his second stint at that position, having coached the Owls' running backs from 2007 to 2012.
Again, this was a small slice of the end of the day, but here are a few takeaways from what we saw.
The highlight of the session we saw was a touchdown pass from quarterback Forrest Brock, the recent JUCO addition from Santa Monica Community College, to John Adams, a local walk-on wide receiver from South Jersey's Deptford High School who also made some plays in the spring game. On that series, Brock went 4 of 6 passing. Jordan Smith hauled in a pass from him on a one-handed catch, and true freshman Xavier Irvin also caught a pass from Brock on that drive. Fellow freshman wideout Preston Everhart had a drop on that series on a route over the middle.
In the time we were there, JUCO transfer Diego Barajas and redshirt sophomore James Faminu both saw snaps at left tackle. True freshman Luke Watson saw some snaps at left guard, and Richard Rodriguez was taking the majority of the snaps at center in the time we were there.
Again, this was a small snippet of practice near the end of the day, so I want to note that for context.
Chris Van Eckeren, the graduate transfer from Purdue, hit the PAT on that drive and then later missed a longer field goal of what looked like about 50 yards.
After practice, Drayton said the team would have its next single-digit vote today and that new single digits would be announced Monday. He said the starting quarterback job is Warner's to lose (nothing new there), and that Quincy Patterson would be the No. 2 QB right now. He misfired on a few throws in the time we were there. But again, it was a small portion of practice and not the whole session.
Drayton also said the team is set to scrimmage tomorrow.
“It’s been a very physical camp,” he said. “We’ve got a chippy group of guys, which is what we need to be out here at Temple.”
McMurray attributed a lot of his growth over the last several months to new cornerbacks coach Dominique Bowman, and Saydee and Drayton also talked about the difference running backs coach Tyree Foreman has made in that room. Foreman, of course, is back at Temple for his second stint at that position, having coached the Owls' running backs from 2007 to 2012.
