As UCF stepped onto the field for its first practice of the spring football camp in early March, anticipation and uncertainty surrounded the team.
The Knights were undergoing a transformation and grappling with numerous unanswered questions.
With 40 new players joining the ranks and a completely revamped coaching staff, expectations were clouded by the unknown. Even coach Scott Frost was unsure.
Fast forward through five weeks and 15 rigorous practices, UCF concluded its spring camp on a sunny Saturday. It helped Frost paint a clearer picture of the team he would guide this upcoming season.
“There’s potential right now, but I see a lot of people getting better,” Frost said. “There are some guys who were here before that have surprised me. The staff did a good job evaluating many of the additions that we made, and those individuals showed up and were as good, or in some cases, even better than what we expected.
“We’ve got the makings of a really solid team, but we have a long way to go.”
Five things learned from this spring camp:
Players received a lot of information
From the very beginning, Frost and his staff have thrown a lot at the players in the classrooms and on the field — a move they believed would help them in the long run.
“It’s good and bad. We skipped over and flew over a lot of detail that we’re going to have to circle back and cover, but that was the plan,” said Frost. “Rather than to be simple and fine tune everything before we move on, we wanted to throw the majority of the playbook at them and let them at least have heard it and digested and understand what it means.
“Summer is going to be important for us. Fall camp will be really important for us to put the finishing touches on a lot of things.”
Health remains a significant concern
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