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By St. Clair Murraine, DEMOCRAT STAFF WRITER
FAMU's football fans will get a chance to meet the Rattlers today as scheduled after all. Athletic director Nelson Townsend announced Friday afternoon that Fan Day will take place at Gaither Gym, beginning at 10 a.m.
The annual gathering with the players was canceled just 24 hours earlier. Townsend said it was called off because promotional materials were delayed in shipping. He said he received confirmation Friday morning that posters, magnets and other FAMU paraphernalia's will arrive in time to stage the event today.
Drill heats up Carter
Early-evening clouds cooled the Fahrenheit everywhere on FAMU's practice field except under coach Rubin Carter's wide-brimmed straw hat. Carter got heated as he watched his offense get little movement on the ball during two-minute drills.
Up to that point, there was plenty of momentum on both sides of the ball during Friday's shortened second workouts. Wesley Taylor boomed one 70-yard kick after another on special teams and kick returners gained good yards.
The last two minutes was something else, though.
“We just got to get better intensity level in practice; also more concentration,” Carter said. “The offensive line; we're still working on by putting people in positions to see how they function.”
Carter will get a good chance to reassess today during the first fall scrimmage at 2:30 p.m.
Back to rehab
Anthony Edwards' return to practice was short-lived, as was Demitric Henry's. Both running backs were back on the sideline during Friday's second practice.
Edwards has been practicing sporadically with a sprained left foot, while Henry stayed out with a sore hamstring. He practiced through the midway point Friday morning, but had to sit after aggravating the hamstring.
Henry will remain day-to-day, while Edwards said he's scheduled to have an MRI on Monday. Carter said he expects both players to return soon.
“It's more of a precaution to make sure they don't have any setbacks,” he said.
Edwards has been wearing a plastic boot up to his knee since being forced back into rehab.
“When I run forward it's OK,” he said, “but it hurts when I make a plant or something.”
Henry strolls with a slight limp, obviously in pain. Friday morning was his first time in drills since the injury occurred during FAMU's spring game.
“It felt good,” he said of getting back on the field. “I was very excited being it was my first day back. I enjoyed it.”
No parking.
Don't park your car along the fence between FAMU's football offices and the practice field while the team is working out. Kicker Wesley Taylor might just drop one of his bombs in your windshield.
His teammates Vernon Wilder and Taj Jenkines learned that the hard way Friday. Taylor sent a 70-yard field goal into the window of Wilder's Nissan. It landed about 20 feet to the right on the windshield of Jenkines' GMC Jimmy.
That brought the number of windshield crashes to three for Taylor. Last week, he sent a kick into the car windshield of former Rattler running back Rashard Pompey.
“I feel badly,” said Taylor, “but we always tell people don't park there.”
Jenkines, who said his insurance will take care of the broken glass, was cool about the accident.
“Honestly, I'm not mad at all,” he said. “I've been parking there for two years. I guess it finally caught up with me.”
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