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| CAMERON L. JUDE DL 6-4/290 REDSHIRT SENIOR HOMETOWN: RICHMOND, VA TRANSFER: MICHIGAN STATE MANCHESTER HIGH SCHOOL |
The Norfolk State defensive lineman, who transferred from Michigan State but was ineligible last season because some credits didn't transfer, was the star of the Spartans' scrimmage on Friday afternoon.
Jude's status was up in the air until the middle of last season, and his unexpected absence left NSU woefully short on defensive line depth.
During practice on Friday, when the Spartans ran about 70 plays, he had three sacks. Jude will have only one year as a Spartan, but seems poised to make it count.
"He's as good as I've seen in a while," coach Pete Adrian said. "The only question now is can he carry that over into a game."
Perhaps the most impressive part of Jude's spring success is he hasn't played in a game in four years. "He's looked real good," Adrian said.
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Spring Football Update No. 1: Adrian Pleased with Team's Intensity
NORFOLK, Virginia — After seven of the team’s allotted 15 spring practice sessions, one thing is clear to Norfolk State head football coach Pete Adrian: the 83 players participating in spring drills aren’t content with their accomplishments from the 2011 MEAC championship season. They have been eager to start laying the foundation for a successful 2012 year.
“The thing that has pleased me most so far is just the intensity of our team on both sides of the ball,” Adrian said. “Our kids are practicing really hard and practicing well from the start of the spring.”
Adrian said the emphasis of the first week and a half of spring practice was to fine-tune fundamentals and knock the rust off individual skills which haven’t been drilled since November. Adrian also said that the three-plus weeks of spring practice will also be key for his team this year on both sides of the ball. Though the Spartans return starters at nine of 11 positions on offense, the team is learning a new scheme employed by new offensive coordinator Howard Feggins, who assumes play-calling duties after coaching the team’s wideouts last fall.
Defensively, the Spartans lost seven seniors from the MEAC’s top-rated defense and are incorporating four mid-year enrollees, three of whom originally signed with BCS conference schools.
“Offensively, we’ve been working on multiple formations, playing with more two-back sets in the backfield, and changing to different formations with the same personnel group,” Adrian said. “Defensively, we are trying to make sure the new players are comfortable with our base defense and know what adjustments to make in game situations.”
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Spring Football Update No. 1: Adrian Pleased with Team's Intensity
NORFOLK, Virginia — After seven of the team’s allotted 15 spring practice sessions, one thing is clear to Norfolk State head football coach Pete Adrian: the 83 players participating in spring drills aren’t content with their accomplishments from the 2011 MEAC championship season. They have been eager to start laying the foundation for a successful 2012 year.“The thing that has pleased me most so far is just the intensity of our team on both sides of the ball,” Adrian said. “Our kids are practicing really hard and practicing well from the start of the spring.”
Adrian said the emphasis of the first week and a half of spring practice was to fine-tune fundamentals and knock the rust off individual skills which haven’t been drilled since November. Adrian also said that the three-plus weeks of spring practice will also be key for his team this year on both sides of the ball. Though the Spartans return starters at nine of 11 positions on offense, the team is learning a new scheme employed by new offensive coordinator Howard Feggins, who assumes play-calling duties after coaching the team’s wideouts last fall.
Defensively, the Spartans lost seven seniors from the MEAC’s top-rated defense and are incorporating four mid-year enrollees, three of whom originally signed with BCS conference schools.
“Offensively, we’ve been working on multiple formations, playing with more two-back sets in the backfield, and changing to different formations with the same personnel group,” Adrian said. “Defensively, we are trying to make sure the new players are comfortable with our base defense and know what adjustments to make in game situations.”
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