"I feel really, really good," expressed a smiling Terry Sims, now embarking upon his fourth year at the helm of the Daytona Beach based program. "When you come into camp, you want to see the guys in condition after the summer with individual workouts, and you want to see them ready to get right to work. That's what I was looking for today, and that's what we got from just about everyone."
Amidst temperatures in the upper-80's and absolutely no shade with just partly cloudy skies, the Wildcats worked out for a total of 30 periods on the first day of #CatsCamp. Winds came onto the field from the nearby ocean ranging between 15-20 miles per hour, affecting several media members during on-camera interviews, as well as Facebook Live from the CatEye Network team.
The practice session began with the defense huddling around veteran Defensive Coordinator Charles "Yogi" Jones as he instructed the linebackers and defensive line on new formations and positioning. Jones went directly into teaching and positioning for the younger student-athletes, and expected the returning letterwinners to assist in showing the newer players where to be in certain situations.
Defensively, Bethune-Cookman welcomes back a host of players from a season ago, including the return of redshirt senior defensive lineman Kevin Thompson, who missed almost all of the 2017 season with an upper-extremity injury.
"It feels good to be back out here, and I am just ready to get on the field," said Thompson. "When you're on the sidelines, you see so many things that make you study the game more, and just in a different way. I feel like I see things now that I never saw before after watching it while I was injured. Now, I just want to get out there and make plays with my teammates."
Offensively, while it appeared BCU lost a lot from a season ago, namely receivers Frank Brownand Jawill Davis – the latter of which is performing well at the New York Giants camp, Bethune-Cookman will be leaning on second-year Offensive Coordinator Allen Suber to pick up right where the offense left off in 2017.
On Thursday, returning quarterbacks Jabari Dunham and Akevious Williams each shared snaps under center alongside freshmen Kyle Smith (Jacksonville, Fla.) and Devin Black (Ruskin, Fla.). Both of the freshmen signed with the #NewBreed Class of 2018 in the spring.
"We have so many guys fighting for the quarterback spot, as well as so many other positions on offense, that it's going to be fun watching that side of the ball throughout camp," commented Sims. "If someone asked me now who was starting on that side of the ball, I may not have a single name for them. That's how competitive it will be here over the next few weeks leading into the first game against Tennessee State."
Several newcomers were seen chasing down passes from each of the quarterbacks, while the running backs learned from assistant coach carl Franks about blocking and their own routes in both the passing and running game.
While the first day didn't exactly highlight particular players, the offense was smoother and seemed to have a flow of everything despite so many new faces to that side of the ball. It's generally the defense that moves faster than the offense with grasping everything, but the offense seemed to have little difficulty with Suber's plays on day one.
BCU continues #CatsCamp 2018 on Friday back at the New Smyrna Beach Athletic Complex. A time for practice will be posted later this evening via social media.
Follow Bethune-Cookman Football on Twitter (@BCUGridIron) for all of the latest news and updates. For all Bethune-Cookman Athletics news, follow us on Twitter (@BCUathletics), Instagram (@BCUathletics), Snapchat (@BCUathletics) and Facebook (www.facebook.com/BCUathletics).
The practice session began with the defense huddling around veteran Defensive Coordinator Charles "Yogi" Jones as he instructed the linebackers and defensive line on new formations and positioning. Jones went directly into teaching and positioning for the younger student-athletes, and expected the returning letterwinners to assist in showing the newer players where to be in certain situations.
Defensively, Bethune-Cookman welcomes back a host of players from a season ago, including the return of redshirt senior defensive lineman Kevin Thompson, who missed almost all of the 2017 season with an upper-extremity injury.
"It feels good to be back out here, and I am just ready to get on the field," said Thompson. "When you're on the sidelines, you see so many things that make you study the game more, and just in a different way. I feel like I see things now that I never saw before after watching it while I was injured. Now, I just want to get out there and make plays with my teammates."
Offensively, while it appeared BCU lost a lot from a season ago, namely receivers Frank Brownand Jawill Davis – the latter of which is performing well at the New York Giants camp, Bethune-Cookman will be leaning on second-year Offensive Coordinator Allen Suber to pick up right where the offense left off in 2017.
On Thursday, returning quarterbacks Jabari Dunham and Akevious Williams each shared snaps under center alongside freshmen Kyle Smith (Jacksonville, Fla.) and Devin Black (Ruskin, Fla.). Both of the freshmen signed with the #NewBreed Class of 2018 in the spring.
"We have so many guys fighting for the quarterback spot, as well as so many other positions on offense, that it's going to be fun watching that side of the ball throughout camp," commented Sims. "If someone asked me now who was starting on that side of the ball, I may not have a single name for them. That's how competitive it will be here over the next few weeks leading into the first game against Tennessee State."
Several newcomers were seen chasing down passes from each of the quarterbacks, while the running backs learned from assistant coach carl Franks about blocking and their own routes in both the passing and running game.
While the first day didn't exactly highlight particular players, the offense was smoother and seemed to have a flow of everything despite so many new faces to that side of the ball. It's generally the defense that moves faster than the offense with grasping everything, but the offense seemed to have little difficulty with Suber's plays on day one.
BCU continues #CatsCamp 2018 on Friday back at the New Smyrna Beach Athletic Complex. A time for practice will be posted later this evening via social media.
Follow Bethune-Cookman Football on Twitter (@BCUGridIron) for all of the latest news and updates. For all Bethune-Cookman Athletics news, follow us on Twitter (@BCUathletics), Instagram (@BCUathletics), Snapchat (@BCUathletics) and Facebook (www.facebook.com/BCUathletics).
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