Pitt Spring Practice #13; April 14, 2015
Some interesting stuff came out of yesterday’s practice. The first thing that caught my eye is LB Coach Harley talking about Caprara and Bradley. It certainly appears that not only does Caprara have a shot but that he may just win the SLB position outright. I have heard he’s really showing leadership and FBI (Foot Ball Intelligence) out on the playing field.
Challingsworth has been in the news more and more lately and it seems he’ll be in the Top Three WRs going into the fall camp. Good for him and he’s a local kid and a fan favorite. Here is some of Jerry DiPaola’s article in the Trib today:
Tyler Boyd caught 78 passes last season for Pitt. The next four wide receivers combined for 47, and that entire quartet is gone. Somewhere in assistant coach Kevin Sherman’s “little pod” of young pass catchers, Pitt needs to find some help to prevent opponents from continually putting double-team defenses on Boyd. It’s still early in the process — even after 13 practice days this spring — but Sherman has candidates.
Junior Dontez Ford appears to have won the starting job opposite Boyd (at least for now), while sophomores Zach Challingsworth and Jester Weah and redshirt freshman Elijah Zeise are chief among players competing for the No. 3 job. Challingsworth might be slightly ahead of the pack at the moment, a designation that could change as soon as Saturday at the Blue-Gold spring game.
