Troy University Athletics
Football Continues Spring Practice; Student Appreciation Night Set for Friday
3/27/2017 8:46:00 PM | Football
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TROY, Alabama -- The Troy football team took part in its sixth practice of the spring Monday afternoon with a two-hour workout on the grass practice fields behind Trojan Arena.
The Trojans are working towards Friday's first full scrimmage of spring camp – Troy's annual Friday Night Lights. Due to the North End Zone Facility construction, the scrimmage has been bumped up to 4 p.m. Also dubbed Student Appreciation Night, the scrimmage will feature a wide variety of contests and promotions geared specifically for Troy University students.
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Troy's second scrimmage will take place on April 8 in conjunction with Alumni Weekend before the Trojans wrap spring ball with T-Day at noon on April 15.
Troy opens the 2017 season with a highly-anticipated matchup at Boise State on Sept. 2 before opening its six-game home slate the following week against Alabama State.
Quotable - Head Coach Neal Brown
We came out today and cleaned up some mistakes from Saturday's scrimmage. I thought we did some nice things on Saturday, it was encouraging. Offensively, the edge guys at tackle -- Kirk Kelley, J.L. Gaston, James Peach -- did a nice job. Deontae Crumitie continues to grow in the center role and BJ Smith had his best day at running back that he's had since he's been here, while Jamarius Henderson is showing some great growth; he's a guy that can be explosive. Defensively, the guys who showed up and did some good things were Hunter Reese and our cornerbacks, especially Kamryn Melton and Jalen Harris.Â
On offensive, we have to get better and covert third downs, we struggled with that again today. One of the positives is that we're doing a better job in the red zone on offense. Defensively, we've got to find some guys who will step up and rush the passer and we have to do a better job at linebacker fitting the runs.Â
2017 Troy Football Spring Practice Schedule (Dates & Times Subject to Change)
Wednesday, March 29 – 3:45 p.m.
Friday, March 31 – 4 p.m..; Scrimmage 1
Tuesday, April 4 – 3:45 p.m.
Thursday, April 6 – 3:45 p.m.
Saturday, April 8 – TBA.; Scrimmage 2
Tuesday, April 11 -Â 3:45 p.m.
Thursday, April 13 – 3:45 p.m.
Friday, April 14 – 3:45 p.m.
Saturday, April 15 – 12:00 p.m.; T-Day Spring Game
TROY, Alabama -- The Troy football team took part in its sixth practice of the spring Monday afternoon with a two-hour workout on the grass practice fields behind Trojan Arena.
The Trojans are working towards Friday's first full scrimmage of spring camp – Troy's annual Friday Night Lights. Due to the North End Zone Facility construction, the scrimmage has been bumped up to 4 p.m. Also dubbed Student Appreciation Night, the scrimmage will feature a wide variety of contests and promotions geared specifically for Troy University students.
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Troy's second scrimmage will take place on April 8 in conjunction with Alumni Weekend before the Trojans wrap spring ball with T-Day at noon on April 15.
Troy opens the 2017 season with a highly-anticipated matchup at Boise State on Sept. 2 before opening its six-game home slate the following week against Alabama State.
Quotable - Head Coach Neal Brown
We came out today and cleaned up some mistakes from Saturday's scrimmage. I thought we did some nice things on Saturday, it was encouraging. Offensively, the edge guys at tackle -- Kirk Kelley, J.L. Gaston, James Peach -- did a nice job. Deontae Crumitie continues to grow in the center role and BJ Smith had his best day at running back that he's had since he's been here, while Jamarius Henderson is showing some great growth; he's a guy that can be explosive. Defensively, the guys who showed up and did some good things were Hunter Reese and our cornerbacks, especially Kamryn Melton and Jalen Harris.Â
On offensive, we have to get better and covert third downs, we struggled with that again today. One of the positives is that we're doing a better job in the red zone on offense. Defensively, we've got to find some guys who will step up and rush the passer and we have to do a better job at linebacker fitting the runs.Â
2017 Troy Football Spring Practice Schedule (Dates & Times Subject to Change)
Wednesday, March 29 – 3:45 p.m.
Friday, March 31 – 4 p.m..; Scrimmage 1
Tuesday, April 4 – 3:45 p.m.
Thursday, April 6 – 3:45 p.m.
Saturday, April 8 – TBA.; Scrimmage 2
Tuesday, April 11 -Â 3:45 p.m.
Thursday, April 13 – 3:45 p.m.
Friday, April 14 – 3:45 p.m.
Saturday, April 15 – 12:00 p.m.; T-Day Spring Game
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