Josh Thompson was at practice today (has been for a few, but first time we saw him there during media availability) and he's sporting No. 56. Started at second-team RT, but got some reps with the first-team.
During team drills, Aaron Anderson, Zavion Thomas, Chris Hilton, Barion Brown, Destyn Hill and Nic Anderson all got first-team reps. Will be a battle all year.
Braelin Moore switched between first and second-team center. Also saw Coen Echols at first-team guard at times. Lot of changes up front as they try to find their starters.
Michael Turner had another good day of practice. Had an INT in 1-on-1s and was running with the second-team.
Defense got a lot of stops in red zone work. Couldn't see many specifics because it was two fields over on the opposite end zone, but saw a couple nice run stuffs from Patrick Payton.
1-on-1s
Zavion started things off by beating Mansoor Delane on an out route.
Trey'Dez cooked Austin Ausberry off the line on a go, but dropped the deep ball from Nussmeier.
Chris Hilton tried to beat Michael Turner deep, but Turner stayed with him and got an amazing INT. He's had a very good spring.
Destyn Hill beat Ja'Keem Jackson on an in route.
Dashawn Spears stayed right on Bauer Sharps tail on an in and got a PBU.
Joel Rogers had a good rep against Zavion Thomas and got a PBU.
Barion Brown got a step on DJ Pickett on a post and Nussmeier threw a 40ish yard dime, but he dropped it.
Donovan Green got the best of Justin Echols on an out.
Moved to red zone and Aaron Anderson beat Joel Rogers on a slant.
Zavion put Javien Toviano in a blender on an in-and-out route for a touchdown.
Saw some more drops I didn't write down. Probably 4-5 in 20ish routes.
Colton Nussmeier was watching practice and was on the field next to Nuss quite often.
11-on-11s
Before 11s started, Sydir Mitchell had a chance to catch a punt for what I'm assuming was to end practice early. He tracked it well and it drilled his chest, but he dropped it.
Nussmeier hit Sharp on a beautifully designed TE screen which picked up 20+ yards.
Only one more play from Nuss, which was an overthrow to Chris Hilton deep, who was wide open.
Michael Van Buren then came in and got sacked twice, under threw a deep ball to Barion Brown and over threw Kylan Billiot over the middle. His OL did him no favors, but another subpar performance.
DL/OL 1-on-1s
Each pair did two reps before switching.
DJ Chester and Shone Washington faced off and the first rep was a wash, but Chester beat him on the second. However, the snap went over the QBs head.
Coen Echols won a rep vs Ahmad Breaux and then they tied the second.
Weston Davis and Gabe Reliford both won a rep each. Reliford hit him with a nice swim move.
Carius Curne and Kolaj Cobbins went head to head and Curne won the first, but Cobbins got around him on the second and was held.
Zion Williams beat Solomon Thomas twice in a row with a power rush.
Paul Mubenga beat Noah Nash twice in a row.
Bo Bordeon and Dylan Carpenter split their reps.
Josh Thompson beat Jimari Butler on the first rep and washed the second.
Ory Williams bullied Dom. McKinley on the first rep but McKinley came right back and blew right past him off the line.
Patrick Payton beat Weston Davis pretty bad to end the session.
