Lot of coach speak from Whitt, Scalley, Ludwig but some good stuff coming from the position coaches. My favorite was Coach Shah’s interview. He provides good insight into the DB room with Vaughn/Johnson as the likely starters and Snowden pushing also for outside DB playing time while being slated as the starting Nickel. Was great to hear Shah speak highly of CJ Blocker and he feels that Blocker is going to take a huge step forward this year.
Safeties are sounding solid as well with Tao Johnsen as the leader of the pack. But Nate Ritchie is back to his pre-mission form. Jonathan Hall is right there as well, along with Gilman.
Harding said he feels confident in 8 guys right now and hoping to get that number up to 10 by the start of the season. Sounds like he’s definitely expecting Ike Garcia to contribute right away this year, likely in the 2 deep rotation.
Luther Elliss and Lewis Powell have an embarrassment of depth and talent across the DL. Having a healthy O’Toole, Fillinger, and Logan Fano to start the season is huge. Lots of young talent behind these 3. DTs are loaded as well, highlighting Junior Tafuna, Simote Pepa, and Keanu Tanuvasa.
And WRs/TEs rooms is the most talented and deepest the coaches have seen as stated by Freddie Whittingham. Bottom line, this team is loaded across the board. Hopefully we come out of Fall Camp healthy and the new guys feel that much more comfortable and integrated into the system. But some awfully tasty Koolaid for anyone interested…enjoy! Go Utes!!
Camp Kyle – Day 1 interviews
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