Thursday, August 8, 2013

QB competition open as A&T starts football practice today

GREENSBORO, North Carolina -- With the first practice of the season looming this afternoon, there’s a lot more optimism than usual surrounding N.C. A&T’s football program.

The Aggies are coming off their first winning season in nine years, the NCAA waived the team’s APR restrictions in June after a significant increase in academic progress from 2010-11 to 2011-12, and third-year coach Rod Broadway announced a 22-player signing class in February.

But with the first game of the season only a month away, now the real work begins.

“We probably have as much talent as we’ve had since we’ve been here,” Broadway said. “We just need to develop that talent now because a lot of our talent is freshmen and sophomores. We haven’t had a chance to get those guys trained because of a lack of spring (practice).”

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