Spring Game surprise player

[stewbertwilloughby]

I would say the surprise player was Simi Toeaina. I know he was playing well throughout the spring, but he looked like an animal today. He was very explosive off the ball, and was in the backfield all day. I really hope the oline comes together, but I'll be more confident when CE Keizer, Bo Thran, and Derrion Weems are healthy.

[dthomas=ddixon]

I'm in the middle of watching it on goducks but I think Blake Cantu has to be mentioned. 5 catches for 111 yds including a 60 yrd TD. That's pretty dang impressive.

[Destroyer77]

Jamere Holland.... although I don't think one would be suprised after all we've been hearing.

[dthomas=ddixon]

Jamere Holland.... although I don't think one would be suprised after all we've been hearing.

Surprising as in he didn't do much? He had 3 catches for 8 yds. Or were you talking about Spring as a whole?

[liberalduck]

I thought Lavasier Tuinuei (sp) looked pretty good. That one catch down the sideline that was rules incomplete was fantastic. I personally think he had possession in bounds. But in any case, it looked awesome. He does need to gain some weight though. I don't want to see him get broken in half by Taylor Mays.

[BisonDucks]

Jamere Holland.... although I don't think one would be suprised after all we've been hearing.

Surprising as in he didn't do much? He had 3 catches for 8 yds. Or were you talking about Spring as a whole?

Holland looked dynamic out there; he was just badly overthrown when he was a good three steps behind the secondary.

[VinnyKnuckles]

Chad Peppars was probably the biggest surprise, coming out of obscurity to lead all players in tackles and making several big plays on special teams.

Fans that didn't follow the team very closely during the spring may have been surprised by Pflugrad, but his performance wouldn't have come as a surprise to those that did. The coaches were praising him for his work prior to the spring, have consistently lavished praise on him throughout the spring and he has consistently been one of the top performers during the practices, scrimmages and now the Spring Game.

Jamere Holland's lack of production in the Spring Game could be considered somewhat surprising, but it isn't really anything to worry about. He showed his speed getting open deep a few times and easily could have had a couple of big catches with better throws.

[dthomas=ddixon]

Jamere Holland.... although I don't think one would be suprised after all we've been hearing.

Surprising as in he didn't do much? He had 3 catches for 8 yds. Or were you talking about Spring as a whole?

Holland looked dynamic out there; he was just badly overthrown when he was a good three steps behind the secondary.

Yeah you're right. I posted that before I had watched the whole game, just saw the stats.

[karlhungis]

Pflu and LT both looked good.

[BisonDucks]

Did anyone else think that Montgomery looked good?

[dthomas=ddixon]

Did anyone else think that Montgomery looked good?

I notice him on a few plays. He had 2 "touch" tackles on Roper in a row at one point.

One thing that surprised me was seeing NaDerris Ward at LT for the 2nd team offense. Obviously there's a lot of injuries but I didn't expect him to be that high on the depth chart. I figured he was more of a "project" at LT.

[VinnyKnuckles]

Did anyone else think that Montgomery looked good?

It is really hard to judge anyone on the defensive line, particularly the second team guys, considering the level of competition they were facing.

[BisonDucks]

Did anyone else think that Montgomery looked good?

It is really hard to judge anyone on the defensive line, particularly the second team guys, considering the level of competition they were facing.

I agree that it's hard to gauge. Although he did come in on the 1st team defense, so he was presumably going against the best 5 of the day.

As for the oline there were some 4 or 5 walk-ons in Golpashin, Forer, Barker, Fritz, & Gates that come to mind. Anybody hear anything about these guys maybe playing well enough to earn a scholarship? We have Thran, Asper, Holmes, Keiser, Weems, Cody, Charmichael, York with 3 true frosh coming in (Benyard, Fox & Burrell). Presumably we'll have one of those guys in the rotation with Benyard being the most ready. Seems like 9 would be enough for the unit but I'm not exactly sure considering 11/12 (not sure on Teague) scholarship guys were available last year (not counting guys who redshirted). I never followed the offensive linemen very closely until this year (except for the starters).

[VinnyKnuckles]

Did anyone else think that Montgomery looked good?

It is really hard to judge anyone on the defensive line, particularly the second team guys, considering the level of competition they were facing.

I agree that it's hard to gauge. Although he did come in on the 1st team defense, so he was presumably going against the best 5 of the day.

Wasn't Montgomery on the white team, which had the 2nd string defense, facing the green team, which had the 2nd string offense? I believe so, which means he was facing a bunch of walk-ons and players learning the offensive line after switching from different positions.

[ducksvb6]

Bisonduck,

I attended 3 of Benyards games last years. His size was a major factor in his success . He needs a red shirt year to improve footwork and strength.