The list of true freshmen who get looks the first couple of weeks in fall camp to play right away seems like it’s getting to be less and less every year. As of today, it’s just one: receiver Demetrius Gray. The 6-foot-3, 200-pound Gray, from Aurora, Ill., ran with the first teamers for most of Monday’s practice. “Outside of that, nothing right now,” said head coach Craig Bohl.
Also:
- Defensive linemen Ryan Drevlow and Justin Juckem were back in pads. There were the usual grouping of players with minor injuries but outside of what has been reported with the likes of Anthony LaVoy (wrist), Jesse Hinz (torn pectoral) and Garrett Bruhn (shoulder), everybody should be ready for the opener. “All these other guys, they’ll probably see the wizard the last week, game week, and are going to be fine,” Bohl said.
- It was a sloppy practice with coaches getting frustrated with missed assignments.
- The offensive line had trouble protecting the quarterback. That’s never good.
- Redshirt freshman cornerback C.J. Smith continues to impress at a position that is already deep. He made one pass breakup that prompted Bohl to yell, “You’re showing us something.”
- Sophomore Adam Schueller struggled at center, presumably a spot where the Bison are trying to find a backup to Joe Lund.
- Junior defensive tackle Danny Luecke made two straight tackles for lost yardage in scrimmage situations and like Smith making an impression at a position that is already deep.
- True freshman defensive end Chuks Amaechi made a defensive touchdown against the No. 2 offense.
thanks for the up dates ,
mark my word there will be 3 true freshmen playing this year
dee gray
chucks Amaechi
jacob davis
Chuks has the talent, but he will not play right away. Only true fresh that will play will help on Special teams (except possibly Gray) Smith, Liekus, Riopelle, Stumpf and Brantley have much better shot than Ameachi
Of those 3, Davis has the best chance just because of need for more depth behind starting linebackers.
I hope Dee doesn’t play this year simply because I think there are some existing Bison WR’s that are really going to emerge this year.
I was in minneapolis recently NDSU fans need to send thank you cards to Tim Brewster for M Will, B Turner, Grant Olson, John Crockett even zack vraa, cole jirik, leevon perry, tyler gimmestad and colton heagle. Brewster obviously overlooked these 7-8 guys and NDSU thanks him.
Im looking for matt jones, john crockett, dee gray to explode this year and dont forget Zach Vraa!
Brewster was a joke. Only so many scholarships to go around, probably not over looked, just thought someone else should get the scholarship. That is why Brewster is a television analyst and not a coach anymore.
You sure that some of these guys had the grades to get into the “U” ?
Grades? Grades don’t matter in FBS unless its some place like Notre Dame.
Some Big Ten schools admissions are more stringent than the NCAA requirements.
Jerry Kill won’t let this happen going going forward. Bison already seem to be shifting recruiting focus a little and looking into Arizona and Nebraska more.
They are focusing a lot on wisconsin this year.
Its a well known fact that some of the kids we have didnt qualify for the UM because of grades. Grimm now at Iowa was another.
Brew and all other coaches didn’t have a choice on the likes of Williams and Crockett, Lakes, it was simply not academically feasible for them to be offered.
I have been concerned about replacing Cornick and Richard, and finding a backup center. Those concerns just got more pronounced. It is a good think there are still 2.5 weeks for Fuchs to work his magic.
I was in Dilworth recently. I would like to thank U of M for everything.