Today marked Practice #7 of spring ball. Next practice will be a partial scrimmage in Portland on Saturday.
- Practice held outside in the drizzle on the HDC practice fields
- Lots of high school players on the sidelines watching. Some of them were Oregon targets. We'll find out if anybody extra-interesting was there.
- Jalen Hall had his first ever practice on Tuesday, then was absent today. "Jalen Hall had to go home to handle a personal matter and he should be back and fine," Coach Cristobal said before practice.
- Because of that, the Ducks were thin at WR today. "Our tight ends will get extensive work today and we’ll kind of take our running backs and move them around to make sure we can spread the ball and still pass it and not deter from the development of our quarterbacks," said Cristobal.
- The other reason they were thin was because sophomore WR Darrian McNeal decided to transfer, and this was the teams' first practice without him. Cristobal was philosophical. "Everybody has their own decisions and path in life. He left in good academic standing and we certainly wish him the best. He is a good young man."
- It appears that the most pressure at the top of the charts from newcomers is at DB. freshman safety Steve Stephens and JC transfer junior corner Haki Woods are both looking impressive in early spring. Maybe not starting impressive, but they are pressing the vets.
- Coach Heyward says that nothing is set in stone at this point. And subject to even more change. "It is going good but it is going to change again when we add Jevon Holland and Khalif," said the safeties coach of the progress of his group. "The depth chart is always fluid. We are going to find the right guys to play. Who knows? It could be somebody new to come in. Or it could be somebody from the other side of the ball. I’m just playing."
- Today's DSA interviews were with Isaac Slade-Matautia and Mattrell McGraw.
