2024 Reese’s Senior Bowl: American Team Day 3 Practice Notes
The third and final day of the 2024 Reese’s Senior Bowl practices are in the books. The American team wraps up their practices. No need to waste any more time. Let’s get right to it.
Just a heads up. This won’t be nearly as long as the National Team notes. They’re 35 minutes into practice and it’s been nothing but warm-ups and field goal attempts. I’ll do the best I can here. It’s the way it goes with some of these coaches not running a good practice. Literally, the last 20 minutes of practice offensive and defensive linemen were just running routes. Not sure what you want me to do with that.
Quarterbacks:
Joe Milton threw a pick right to the linebacker sitting by the end zone. Forced one. Bit tight with bodies crowing the short window. He did that a bunch at Tennessee. This was his worst day of the three. Things got tight and he couldn’t get in control. Overall, a lot more good than bad. We knew he was flawed and we saw it today.
This is the truth. Milton has been the best quarterback in here both groups even if today lost some momentum.
Give Spencer Rattler this. His pure arm power isn’t the problem. It’s very nice zip. This was his best day for sure. Even showed off some arm angles fitting balls into windows. The nice thing is he’s very athletic so when things get going he can adjust.
Michael Pratt is just there. Every time it’s his turn to go I almost fall asleep. Mike White special with a better arm. Does that get you excited?
I’m not picking on Carter Bradley anymore. Just going to leave it alone. Nice hometown story. Good for him. Not saying anything else. Still stinks but no point in beating the dead horse anymore.
Running Backs:
Ray Davis doesn’t blow you away but I like him He’s not super explosive but more giddy up than Chris Rodriguez. Not a guy that’s going to mess around. Hits the hole and gets up field.
Daijun Edwards passed the test. Caught the ball super well. Looked very natural doing it. If you want my opinion, he’s the best running back at the event on both teams.
Hard pass on Michael Wiley. Want nothing to do with him. No twitch at all. Just has no zoom, zoom to him. What is there to be excited about.
Emoni Bailey is kinda of a jack of all trades. Better as a receiver but he’s got some real wiggle to him and gets downhill.
Wide Receivers:
Jamari Thrash can play. Skinny and not a number one but he can get open and catches the ball better than Walker did in the earlier session.
Marcus Rosemy-Jacksaint is a bit of a snoozefest. Bad drop in 7-on-7. Never really pops off the screen. Had a drop that led to a pick by his teammate Tykee Smith. Really bad day.
Today was red zone day and that’s just not going to be Jha’Quan Jackson’s game. Asking him to win jump balls. Just not his strength. Think he can help in the return game and stretch the field. Not worthless.
You can tell nobody wants to cover Ladd McConkey. Didn’t get a ton of targets in team drills. I’ve seen more than enough. Drew a lot of penalties against the defender which is a good sign.
Tight Ends:
Jaheim Bell can catch the ball and make plays. It is what it is. Going to be a tricky one to figure out. Mostly because if your plan for him stinks he won’t make it.
Offensive Line:
Nothing new on Delmar Glaze. Hit the weights, bro. Only guy he beat was Hunt from Houston Christian and was a converted safety.
Andrew Raym did a nice job on T’Vondre Sweat. One of the few. He and Limmer at Arkansas look similar. Both centers who battle and are never out of the play. Limmer is probably a tick worse. Lost to LSU pretty bad. Limmer isn’t as powerful.
Christian Haynes isn’t bad. Not perfect knee bend but he stands his ground.
Javon Foster is good. Showed off those vice grips against Braswell. Not sure how twitched up he is but he can play.
Christian Jones at Texas is good. He almost gets too wide sometimes but I love his base. If he adds power someone will get a steal. Bends well and stays in control.
Not a huge fan of this Patrick Paul. Yeah, he’s tall but he’s also not really good. Braswell was mostly terrible and swam right by him no problem. You can tell he’s raw with a wide range of outcomes. The guy we see right now isn’t good.
Javion Cohen is terrible. He’s on his heels going for rides constantly. He’s been bad for 95% of the week.
Defensive Line:
Another big day for Darius Robinson. Bull rushed Maryland straight back. Walked UConn right back too lining up inside. He’s just impactful. Probably drew six holding flags during team drills.
Braden Fiske is just so damn slippery. I don’t know what it is but the linemen can’t figure out what he’s doing. They’re only getting chunks of him as he goes by. It’s fun to watch.
Chris Braswell stinks. If he loses the get off he never wins. Can’t chain anything together. The only thing he has going for him is he does have a nasty side and he’s not untalented.
Javonte Jean-Baptiste but pummeled by the Houston guy who has been mostly bad. He looks really small like a Daddy Nicholas that can’t do much.
Justin Eboigbe put Javion Cohen in a blender. Push, pull, ran right through him. Really nice hand work for him.
I gotta have T’Vondre Sweat on my team. That’s all I know.
Linebackers:
Jackson Sirmon made a pick in 7-on-7. Made a few nice pass breakups too. I genuinely don’t know much about him. Maybe I need to do more work.
Safeties:
I would be very surprised if Javon Bullard doesn’t run a better 40 than Tykee Smith. Bullard looks fast out there.
Didn’t see a ton but Elijah Jones might have something to him. Quick feet that can change direction. More to do but potential looks like it’s there.
Kamren Kichens had a good week but lost a lot in the red area covering one-on-one. Got beat by a bunch of different running backs and tight ends. This is him right here going against Sinnot who stinks.
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