Southern football notebook: Conditioning test proves too challenging for 30 players

BATON ROUGE, Louisiana  --  Before hitting the practice field Thursday afternoon for their first workout of fall camp, Southern’s football players reported in the morning to go through preseason conditioning tests.

Coach Dawson Odums said 65 of the 95 players in camp passed.

Of the 30 who did not, Odums said 23 were not on campus to participate in Southern’s summer strength and conditioning program.

“That really goes to show you why it’s important to have those guys here in the summer,” Odums said. “It’s so important to have those guys here over the summer.”

The conditioning tests included a series of 12 100-yard sprints for all players, with a 22-second break in between.

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