Says they're excited to get back out on the field, and hopes to build off the positives from last year and to clean up the issues that cost them.
Injuries: Tyreek Chappell, Jayvon Thomas and Scooby are out for spring.
Amari Daniels, Ar'maj Reed-Adams and Le'Veon Moss are also out. Freshman Jamar Beal-Goines and Josh Moses will also be out for the spring.
Says Micah Hudson is not with the program.
A&M will continue to have a spring game, at least until they make the semifinals. Doesn't buy the "poaching" stuff.
Says he believes Sam M'Pemba has a lot of upside and hasn't played his best ball yet. Very excited to add Dayon Hayes and Tyler Oneydim up front.
Says Humphrey and Shaw are both "quality kids who can cover."
Wanted more physical, point of attack tight ends. Says Amari Niblack has "unlimited potential" as a pass-catcher. Does not refer to Texas, just "his previous school".
Wanted playmakers at receiver. Said he knew KC Concepcion from Duke and that A&M's corners thought Mario Craver was the toughest cover last year.
Said getting a QB was a tricky situation without an open competition, and he was happy to get Jacob Zeno who has experience and a lot of arm talent.
Says the challenge is to ensure that they do a better job of imparting their message to the defense, and he wants to improve that. His bowl game frustration was more with himself. Says getting Hemphill was an opportunity to get another guy in who can work with the defensive backs and a move towards the "new world" of coaching staffs.
Says Concepcion is lights out, has tremendous quickness and acceleration. He's clearly excited about getting Concepcion in.
Says they're much further along from a "day one standpoint" compared to last year. "We're at a higher starting point, so we've got to continue to build on that every single day."
Wants to see a greater comfort level with Reed in the offense that you're supposed to see from year one to two, and to be the "master of the offense" -- faster reads, smarter reads, more accurate throws.
Mentions Bussey, Bethel-Roman and Izaiah Williams as taking another step and becoming bigger contributors this year.
"Terry's a wideout now." Says that Bussey was banged up when he got on campus and never really got fully healthy. "I think you saw scratches of the surface of what he's fully capable of." Says he expects Bussey to take a really big jump. "We've got to get him settled in as really good wide receiver."
Mark Nabou is back. That's impressive.
They're going into spring ball with 20 offensive linemen (some walk-ons). Mentions all of the top 7 back and says they believe in all four redshirts from last year: Blake Ivy, Ashton Funk, Papa Ahfua and Robert Bourdon.
"We want a program where people are a little unsettled, a little uncomfortable, knowing they have to compete every day."
Injuries: Tyreek Chappell, Jayvon Thomas and Scooby are out for spring.
Amari Daniels, Ar'maj Reed-Adams and Le'Veon Moss are also out. Freshman Jamar Beal-Goines and Josh Moses will also be out for the spring.
Says Micah Hudson is not with the program.
A&M will continue to have a spring game, at least until they make the semifinals. Doesn't buy the "poaching" stuff.
Says he believes Sam M'Pemba has a lot of upside and hasn't played his best ball yet. Very excited to add Dayon Hayes and Tyler Oneydim up front.
Says Humphrey and Shaw are both "quality kids who can cover."
Wanted more physical, point of attack tight ends. Says Amari Niblack has "unlimited potential" as a pass-catcher. Does not refer to Texas, just "his previous school".
Wanted playmakers at receiver. Said he knew KC Concepcion from Duke and that A&M's corners thought Mario Craver was the toughest cover last year.
Said getting a QB was a tricky situation without an open competition, and he was happy to get Jacob Zeno who has experience and a lot of arm talent.
Says the challenge is to ensure that they do a better job of imparting their message to the defense, and he wants to improve that. His bowl game frustration was more with himself. Says getting Hemphill was an opportunity to get another guy in who can work with the defensive backs and a move towards the "new world" of coaching staffs.
Says Concepcion is lights out, has tremendous quickness and acceleration. He's clearly excited about getting Concepcion in.
Says they're much further along from a "day one standpoint" compared to last year. "We're at a higher starting point, so we've got to continue to build on that every single day."
Wants to see a greater comfort level with Reed in the offense that you're supposed to see from year one to two, and to be the "master of the offense" -- faster reads, smarter reads, more accurate throws.
Mentions Bussey, Bethel-Roman and Izaiah Williams as taking another step and becoming bigger contributors this year.
"Terry's a wideout now." Says that Bussey was banged up when he got on campus and never really got fully healthy. "I think you saw scratches of the surface of what he's fully capable of." Says he expects Bussey to take a really big jump. "We've got to get him settled in as really good wide receiver."
Mark Nabou is back. That's impressive.
They're going into spring ball with 20 offensive linemen (some walk-ons). Mentions all of the top 7 back and says they believe in all four redshirts from last year: Blake Ivy, Ashton Funk, Papa Ahfua and Robert Bourdon.
"We want a program where people are a little unsettled, a little uncomfortable, knowing they have to compete every day."
