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-> Just over two weeks from the Aug. 31 season-opener at Maryland, the Huskies practiced under the sun on Tuesday. There were a number of players off to the side with minor injuries – defensive lineman Pryce Yates, offensive lineman Jayden Bass and receiver T.J. Sheffield among them – and others, like quarterback Nick Evers, who were dinged up but played through.
Evers participated in seven-on-seven drills and was still getting throws in, but has rested his legs a bit over the last couple of days and should be ready to fully participate again by the end of the week. <-
-> “We get pushed a lot harder. We get held to a higher standard than we did last year,” said linebacker Amir Renwick. “There’s a lot of stuff that Coach is not letting slide this year.”<-
-> “It’s unfortunate that guys have been dinged up a little bit, that’s training camp, it’s nothing major. We’re just right now trying to get guys’ legs back under them to make sure they’re good to go for the stretch of the season,” Sammis said. “We’ve had some guys step up, go with the ones – like Brady Wayburn and Kyle Jeurgens – who have done a really nice job for us.
“It hasn’t looked like a debacle, we can still run our offense with those guys in the game. So it’s been a really great experience for them, which is going to give us a ton of depth and give them a shot to play for us.” <-
-> The offense as a whole, still waiting to hear who the starting quarterback will be, has made progress in areas like turnovers and pre-snap penalties. Joe Fagnano, who won the starting job last season, played with the ones on Tuesday while Evers was looking on, but, when healthy, Evers has taken most of the first-team snaps. <-
