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BYU football players shake hands at the outside practice facility in Provo right after finishing spring camp on Friday, April 14, 2023.
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BYU football players stroll off the field at the outside practice facility in Provo right after finishing spring camp on Friday, April 14, 2023.
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BYU defensive ends line up for a drill at the outside practice facility in Provo for the duration of spring camp on Friday, April 14, 2023.
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BYU defensive coordinator Jay Hill talks to reporters right after finishing spring camp at the outside practice facility on Friday, April 14, 2023.
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BYU football players shake hands at the outside practice facility in Provo right after finishing spring camp on Friday, April 14, 2023.
BYU football players stroll off the field at the outside practice facility in Provo right after finishing spring camp on Friday, April 14, 2023.
BYU defensive ends line up for a drill at the outside practice facility in Provo for the duration of spring camp on Friday, April 14, 2023.
BYU defensive coordinator Jay Hill talks to reporters right after finishing spring camp at the outside practice facility on Friday, April 14, 2023.
Fifteen practices in 39 days — and the BYU football group has completed its final camp as an independent plan.
The Cougars wrapped up spring at the outside practice facility on Friday afternoon, expressing the anticipated normally constructive report about what was achieved.
“We just got much better,” BYU junior defensive finish Tyler Batty stated. “We have been capable to genuinely mesh as a defense. Mastering understanding a new scheme is 1 issue and then understanding new coaches is a different issue. We have been undertaking each at the exact same time. The coaches came in and they set quite clear expectations, which I believe was great.
“I believe it is helped transform our group on the field, but also off the field. Our group culture has changed and also gotten stronger more than the previous six weeks. That alone has been genuinely entertaining to watch and to be a element of.”
Cougar senior quarterback Kedon Slovis — who BYU offensive coordinator Aaron Roderick stated will be the starter this fall — stated he felt his most significant takeaway from spring was that he got much more comfy with the offense.
“It was about understanding all the things and finding much better,” Slovis stated. “I worked to recognize defenses much better. (Cougar defensive coordinator Jay Hill) threw a lot of stuff at us. It is attempting to strengthen each and every day and sort of recognize exactly where we’re going to be in the fall, to sort of figure out exactly where all the pieces match collectively.”
Each Roderick and Hill saw some excellent issues from their respective units but also see a lot that nevertheless requirements to be accomplished.
“We have a lengthy way to go,” Roderick stated. “We’ve got to get a lot much better but we produced some excellent progress. We saw a lot of improvement from some young guys and for the most element, we stayed healthful. This is the most physical spring we’ve had because I’ve been right here and we had quite couple of injuries. It was excellent for us, I believe. I believe it is going to serve us nicely in the fall.”
Cougar defensive coordinator Jay Hill expressed comparable sentiments as he talked about the defensive progression.
“I believe the players handled the scheme quite nicely,” Hill stated. “I believe they handled some of the modify-of-pace issues that we did in practice quite nicely. And the depth chart solidified itself in a lot of locations. In a lot of locations, we nevertheless have a lengthy approaches to go as far as solidifying that depth chart. All round, I believe it was a enormous constructive. We stayed somewhat healthful and that was a different essential aspect that we wanted to achieve.”
Hill stated he believes that the improved make contact with is essentially much better in the lengthy term for the general wellness of the group.
“Being physical I believe essentially aids you keep healthier in the fall just mainly because the players get made use of to the pounding, get made use of to the banging, get made use of to the tempo of which the games are going to attack them at,” Hill stated. “I believed that was a enormous element that Kalani and I and (Roderick) have been all on board to do this spring. And it was entertaining to watch the guys get right after it.”
BYU head coach Kalani Sitake stated he feels like some spots on the depth chart have been sorted out for the duration of spring but he could nevertheless see some adjustments more than the subsequent couple of months.
“I believe we have a fairly excellent concept of who these guys will be,” Sitake stated. “There will be some names to add, as well. They will add depth and competitors, but I believe the bulk of our group is place collectively fairly nicely suitable now.”
Now the subsequent step is creating confident the group has as numerous guys as doable prepared to contribute in the fall.
“The most significant issue to operate on is just continuing to create our depth,” Roderick stated. “I believe we have a genuinely excellent initial group and then we have some young players who are understanding and figuring it out who have a lot of capacity but are not there but. These 29 practice possibilities you get in the fall are going to be enormous.”
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