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Jackson State football coach T. C. Taylor likes his football team and where it is. Especially after the White team beat the Blue team 23-9 in the annual Blue and White spring game on Saturday at the Mississippi Veterans Memorial Stadium.
With 95 players on campus and recruits at the game, Taylor would like to sign another 20 players.
Last year at this time, he was scrambling to field a team and replace 40 players who followed former coach Deion Sanders to Colorado or transferred to other schools.
Taylor likes these three things this spring:
Quarterbackposition looks strong
Incumbent starting quarterback JaCobian Morgan, who was 13-of-21 for 293 yards and two touchdown passes. Morgan did nothing to hurt his standing.
Zy McDonald, who started for the Blue team, was 10-of-22 for 130 yards. He is able to throw on the run and looks to be a change-of-pace player.
Freshman Ethan Terrell went 3-of-10 for 11 yards.
“If you think about a kid like Ethan, he should still be in high school right now,” Taylor said. “He was an early enrollee for us. He showed flashes the first week of spring ball.”
There is depth, talent at wide receiver
Taylor was not happy with some of the dropped balls during the spring game. But he saw things he liked, too.
Errick Simmons had two catches for 80 yards and one touchdown, and newcome Jameel Gardner had five catches for 81 yards with a touchdown. Other receivers played well, too, including Joanes Fortilien (five receptions, 58 yards), Kobe Paul (4 for 78 yards) and 2023 leading receiver Fabian McCray (2 for 52 yards.
Taylor praised Rico Powers, who had two receptions for 30 yards.
“It is just his approach every day,” Taylor said of Powers. “He comes to work every day with his lunch box and that is what he does, from the time he gets there until the time he leaves. He really wants to be a pro and…
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Author : The Clarion Ledger
Publish date : 2024-04-07 10:02:09
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