Alcorn opens spring football

COURTESY ALCORN STATE ATHLETICS

NATCHEZ, Mississippi — For Alcorn State head coach Jay Hopson, turning something negative into something positive is always important. So turning multiple injuries in 2014 into multiple returners in 2015 in the form of medical redshirts certainly makes the spring more enjoyable for Hopson.

As the Alcorn State Braves revved up spring practice Tuesday afternoon, Hopson looked around and saw many players taking on starter roles that weren’t starters last season. Most of those players, however, have previous experience but missed last season because of an injury.

“Offensively, we’ve got pretty much everybody back,” Hopson said. “And for the guys we lost, we have some experienced players filling in for them. For instance, we lost running back Anthony Williams, but we have Joe (Price) back.  Last year, we had four or five injuries before August, so we had to redshirt those guys.  But it’s been a good thing now, because now, they’re back. We have a lot of guys that have played a lot.”

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