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A weekend that began with former University of Cincinnati players and NFL greats Jason and Travis Kelce bringing their live podcast to Fifth Third Arena Thursday, culminated Saturday afternoon with the annual spring game for Coach Scott Satterfield’s Bearcats.
“Every position is up for grabs,” Satterfield said. “Everyone’s competing for that spot on this field. It’s going to be that way all through summer too.”
As in past spring exhibitions, it wasn’t an official split-squad contest, but a controlled scrimmage pitting offense vs. defense.
By quarterback, here’s how things went down in Saturday’s sunshine at Nippert Stadium:
Brendan Sorsby, a transfer from Indiana and the presumed starter, took the majority of the snaps at quarterback during the annual Red and Black Spring football game and practice
The 6-foot-3, 235-pound transfer from Indiana got the bulk of the snaps Saturday and made several nice tosses to Ohio State transfer tight end Joe Royer and promising freshman tight end Gavin Grover.
Receivers Xzavier Henderson and Florida Atlantic transfer Tony Johnson didn’t play and speedster Tyrin Smith from UTEP was limited to one pitch-out.
One of Sorby’s touchdowns included an impressive tight right-corner end zone throw to freshman early enrollee Kale Woodburn, another burner on the roster.
“I feel like I did a good job,” Sorsby said. “I feel like I missed some stuff but a pretty solid day. I feel like once I got on the run I feel good. I felt like I was actually getting to play a little bit. It was nice.”
Brady Lichtenberg, here showing off his running ability, backed up quarterback Emory Jones last season and was the second QB to take snaps after Brendan Sorsby Saturday.
Lichtenberg backed up Emory Jones Jr. last season and was the second signal-caller Saturday. He made throws of note to tight end Joey Beljan and…
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Author : Cincinnati.com | The Enquirer
Publish date : 2024-04-13 21:20:41
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