FAMU quarterback race heats up at scrimmage

2010 Rattlers Spring Football Practice

Not every question that coach Joe Taylor might have had about his Florida A&M football team was answered, but he came away from Saturday's scrimmage satisfied with the execution in all three phases. Quarterbacks Eddie Battle, Austin Trainor and Martin Ukpai each took turns directing the offense, which had quite a challenge moving the ball on the ground as the defense repeatedly made huge stops. The defense had an interception and at least three fumble recoveries and made the morning tough for running backs Philip Sylvester and Eddie Rocker.

Jerell Stewart made a strong case to be the man who replaces record-setting returner LeRoy Vann on special teams, and kicker Trevor Scott was on point with his booming kicks through the uprights for field goals. "I was really excited about some things that I saw," Taylor said. "I think some things that we are doing are really going to help us with the offense. The only thing I was concerned with was after we finished the kicking game, I thought we just had too much noise. I thought we lost some discipline at the end. When you lose your discipline your performance level automatically goes down."

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