Alabama State Football Finishes First Week of Camp

MONTGOMERY, Alabama – Tuesday's practice marked the end of the first week of preseason camp for the Alabama State University Hornets and the performance from the Hornets continues to show how much they have bought into the new offensive and defensive systems being implemented by Head Coach Brian Jenkins and his staff.

"They are buying in," Jenkins said. "I think they are showing that by the performance they did in the classroom in the spring as well as in the summer. For guys to perform at a high level, and we have close to 40 players with a 3.0 (grade point average) or higher in both semesters I think they are buying in."

"As far as the football field, we haven't had any guys late and guys are doing everything we are asking of them and their attitudes have been great. That lets us know they are buying into what we are teaching."

Jenkins has been preaching attention to detail since the day he arrived on campus and that is a lesson that is talked about every day in camp and it has certainly caught on with the players.

"I think that is the difference between winning and losing," Jenkins said. "When you pay attention to detail in everything that you do that means you do things right repeatedly. You will be consistent in your play when you do that. When you have the discipline to continue to do things with attention to detail it puts you in a better position to win."

Jenkins will begin his weekly press conferences tomorrow (Wednesday) August 12 at 1 p.m. The press conference will be held at the Houston Markham Football Complex.



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