NCAA approved a rule change adopted by FBS and FCS Oversight committees to permit any staff memeber to provide
Coaching changes:
TE coach is now Derham Cato.
ST coach is still Erik Link. He still will be an offensive assistant.
DT coach is David Blackwell
DL coach is Al Davis.
DE coach is Brian Early.
S coach is Jake Yoro
DC is Corey Batoon. (Originally was supposed to be S coach as well).
Sean Gleeson will work with QBs.
Jack Abercrombie will help with OL
Chris Ball will be an assist with LBs
Brian Hamilton will be a defensive assistant.
17 practices for fall camp and 25 before first game.
Chris Kreh and Isaac Thompson will be medically redshirting this season.
3 goals of fall camp is for it to be hard, embrace their role and a unity among the team ("a just us mentality").
Fall camp is unique because of the opportunity that lie ahead of them. Biggest challenge was to ignore noise and naysayers. Now it's to ignore the praisers and all that.
Goal is to play for the SEC title. That's the first goal and then it's about winning the national title.
Brady Cook has been consistent in putting in the work and the fan support hasn't changed how he is as a leader. He didn't let the blame get to him and he won't let the praise get to him.
From a talent standpoint there's a lot of players who have Cody Schrader's talent. But the little things such as taking care of his body and how he handled business behind closed doors is what the team is looking for out of new leaders.
"Still think we have a lot to prove." It's STP24.
Need Cook to continue to be consistent in limiting turnovers. Need him to be a tough, physical runner.
OL position battles are "wide open." Drink wants the best five. there are no handed out spots. Drink seems really impressed with the depth. There are no preconceived ideas.
"We're not Cotton Bowl champs without Kirby." Thought he did well morphing the staff and players to buy in. "Not about how good we are but how good we can be."
Have to focus on fundamentals and work out the depth chart at OL and WR.
It's open competition at RB. They have to be able to pass block and then not fumble. Those are the top two things. Who is going to be an identity guy? So who will be tough and consistent is what that mean.
Brett Norfleet had a good freshman season and so did Marvin Burks. Drink was talking about the STL pipeline of players playing well.
Marvin Burks will be a four-team special teamer. He will compete for a starting S spot.
Looking for players like Marquis Gracial, Jamal Roberts and Ja'Marion Wayne to earn more reps.
May try to work Roberts into special teams work. Seems like Gracial will be competing for a spot in the rotation at DT.
Nic DeLoach has opportunity to compete for a starting position at CB. He did well in the weight room this offseason.
Need Williams Nwaneri to make sure he's ready to go. He's got plenty of talented and they don't want to put too much pressure to play. A lot of good players at DE so he doesn't need to feel pressure to play.
Most challenging part of the sport is players dealing with social media and NIL. There's a balance that needs to be had.
Thinks Blake Craig was very consistent in the spring but won't know much about him until he has to make some pressure kicks in fall camp.
Luther's biggest growth was in year 1 he would clear his social media when he didn't get his way. Last year when Cody got the attention he was Cody's biggest fan.
Coolest thing about winning Cotton Bowl was how it elevated players and coaches. Players getting drafted, players getting postseason awards, etc. Coaches getting promotions or new jobs elsewhere.
Going to emphasize red zone efficiency. Have spent last six weeks installing the red zone and getting better. Mizzou was 3rd in FBS in red zone offense but it had a lot of field goals.
Challenged WR coach Jacob peeler to be "uncommonly unselfish." He wants WR to be happy when they're not getting receptions and they're helping in other ways. He said it's the most talented groups he's seen from top to bottom, though.
WR Joshua Manning had one of the best offseasons from any metric of any player this season.
Coaching changes:
TE coach is now Derham Cato.
ST coach is still Erik Link. He still will be an offensive assistant.
DT coach is David Blackwell
DL coach is Al Davis.
DE coach is Brian Early.
S coach is Jake Yoro
DC is Corey Batoon. (Originally was supposed to be S coach as well).
Sean Gleeson will work with QBs.
Jack Abercrombie will help with OL
Chris Ball will be an assist with LBs
Brian Hamilton will be a defensive assistant.
17 practices for fall camp and 25 before first game.
Chris Kreh and Isaac Thompson will be medically redshirting this season.
3 goals of fall camp is for it to be hard, embrace their role and a unity among the team ("a just us mentality").
Fall camp is unique because of the opportunity that lie ahead of them. Biggest challenge was to ignore noise and naysayers. Now it's to ignore the praisers and all that.
Goal is to play for the SEC title. That's the first goal and then it's about winning the national title.
Brady Cook has been consistent in putting in the work and the fan support hasn't changed how he is as a leader. He didn't let the blame get to him and he won't let the praise get to him.
From a talent standpoint there's a lot of players who have Cody Schrader's talent. But the little things such as taking care of his body and how he handled business behind closed doors is what the team is looking for out of new leaders.
"Still think we have a lot to prove." It's STP24.
Need Cook to continue to be consistent in limiting turnovers. Need him to be a tough, physical runner.
OL position battles are "wide open." Drink wants the best five. there are no handed out spots. Drink seems really impressed with the depth. There are no preconceived ideas.
"We're not Cotton Bowl champs without Kirby." Thought he did well morphing the staff and players to buy in. "Not about how good we are but how good we can be."
Have to focus on fundamentals and work out the depth chart at OL and WR.
It's open competition at RB. They have to be able to pass block and then not fumble. Those are the top two things. Who is going to be an identity guy? So who will be tough and consistent is what that mean.
Brett Norfleet had a good freshman season and so did Marvin Burks. Drink was talking about the STL pipeline of players playing well.
Marvin Burks will be a four-team special teamer. He will compete for a starting S spot.
Looking for players like Marquis Gracial, Jamal Roberts and Ja'Marion Wayne to earn more reps.
May try to work Roberts into special teams work. Seems like Gracial will be competing for a spot in the rotation at DT.
Nic DeLoach has opportunity to compete for a starting position at CB. He did well in the weight room this offseason.
Need Williams Nwaneri to make sure he's ready to go. He's got plenty of talented and they don't want to put too much pressure to play. A lot of good players at DE so he doesn't need to feel pressure to play.
Most challenging part of the sport is players dealing with social media and NIL. There's a balance that needs to be had.
Thinks Blake Craig was very consistent in the spring but won't know much about him until he has to make some pressure kicks in fall camp.
Luther's biggest growth was in year 1 he would clear his social media when he didn't get his way. Last year when Cody got the attention he was Cody's biggest fan.
Coolest thing about winning Cotton Bowl was how it elevated players and coaches. Players getting drafted, players getting postseason awards, etc. Coaches getting promotions or new jobs elsewhere.
Going to emphasize red zone efficiency. Have spent last six weeks installing the red zone and getting better. Mizzou was 3rd in FBS in red zone offense but it had a lot of field goals.
Challenged WR coach Jacob peeler to be "uncommonly unselfish." He wants WR to be happy when they're not getting receptions and they're helping in other ways. He said it's the most talented groups he's seen from top to bottom, though.
WR Joshua Manning had one of the best offseasons from any metric of any player this season.
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