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Football returned to Bragg Saturday evening as the Rattlers hosted its green and orange spring game.
In the first organized game action since Florida A&M’s Celebration Bowl victory in Atlanta, the Rattlers finished off spring football camp with its annual showcase game and ushered in the James Colzie era. The Rattlers Green team, wearing white jerseys, beat the Orange team 14-7.
With several transfers, recruits and a new roster getting a first taste of action on Ken Riley Field under Colzie, here are the takeaways from FAMU’s spring scrimmage.
Muratovic shines in spring showcase outing
Saturday’s spring game gave us a look at the future of FAMU’s quarterback room post-Jeremey Moussa.
All six quarterbacks on the rosters took snaps during the spring showcase, with Junior Muratovic stealing the show in the game and Florida Atlantic transfer Daniel Richardson having a solid spring showing.
Muratovic looked confident Saturday, leading the first touchdown drive of the game after taking the offense over 80 yards to open the game’s scoring. One of the veterans on the roster, Muratovic appeared in six games last season, throwing for 138 yards.
In Saturday’s game, Muratovic threw two touchdowns and led the only successful offensive drives of the game for the Rattlers and shined in the 7-on-7 portion of the showcase.
Richardson, who earned the best quarterback of spring honor from FAMU at halftime, had a slow start to the spring game. Throwing three interceptions, the graduate transfer has looked strong during practices but had a hard time finding his footing in the showcase.
Alston Hooker, Trey Fisher, Noah Ross and DJ Boney all took snaps for the Rattlers, but the duo of Muratovic and Richardson seemed to be battling for starting reps. Both players completed difficult passes and showed good pocket awareness during the game scenarios…
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Author : Tallahassee Democrat
Publish date : 2024-04-13 22:25:02
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