Sherrill Pleased With State's First Spring Scrimmage
May 25, 2016 | Football
"I thought it was a very good first scrimmage," Sherrill said. "We had no busts (no illegal procedure or offside penalties), and we had some guys make plays. We pushed them about as hard as we could.
"The secondary made some plays," Sherrill continued, "and the offensive line made some progress. I thought they did a good job in pass protection."
The controlled scrimmage, which featured yard-line situations for the first, second and third offensive and defensive units, marked the mid-point of State's spring practice period.
State ran 26 different series, some short-field, some goal line going in, and some coming off the goal line. State?s offense gained 423 yards on those 88 plays.
Both units played without some of their top performers. Tailback Dontae Walker (thigh bruise), wide receivers McKinley Scott (knee rehab) and Justin Jenkins (back spasms), fullbacks Justin Griffith (illness) and Darnell Jones (shoulder separation) were missing from the offense. Linebacker T.J. Mawhinney (groin strain), Dog safeties Walter Burdett (shoulder dislocation) and Clarence McDougal (knee rehab) did not scrimmage for the defense.
"I think there have been a lot of plusses in a lot of areas," Sherrill said. "We want to know all the plusses by the end of spring drills, and know where we have to fix things in the fall.
SCORING
Reid 1 run
Reid 1 run
York 3 run
York 7 run
Lee 8 pass from Fant
Wonsley 9 run
Wonsley 23 run
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
RUSHING-- Wonsley 16-73 2TD, Reid 11-53 2TD, York 4-18 2TD, Mills 8-17, Johnson 3-16, Fant 3-3, Brown 1-(-3).
PASSING--Fant 9-21-0 107 TD, York 5-11-1 94, Brown 2-3-0 28, Judge 1-4-0 17.
RECEIVING-- Bivines 6-74, Lee 3-24 1TD, Grindle 2-44, Tubbs 2-43, Goldberg 1-19, Walker 1-17, Prosser 1-16, Hurd 1-9.
PUNTING--Cook 1-48.0, Wallis 1-47.0.
TACKLES--Day 6, G.Thompson 6, Gholar 5, Belk 4, Randle 4, Youngblood 4, Carter 3, Clark 3, Crockett 3, T.Morgan 3, Oyefesobi 3, Wallace 3, Ball 2, Banks 2, Downing 2, S.Griffith 2, N.Jackson 2, Kelly 2, J.Morgan 2, Spivey 2, Baker 1, Haggan 1, .Jackson 1, Shumaker 1, Snyder 1, Wright 1.
INTERCEPTIONS--Crockett 1-0.
PASS BREAKUPS--Bennett 1, Crockett 1, Hunter 1, T. Morgan 1.
SACKS--Kelly 1-5.
