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University of West Florida football head coach Kaleb Nobles was itching to get back on the field during National Signing Day about a month ago.
He wanted to hear helmets clacking against each other. He wanted to see wide receivers sprinting down the field. He wanted to see defensive backs trying to stop those wide receivers. Nobles wanted all the sights, smells and excitement that came with spring football.
And Nobles has gotten just that over the last few weeks, with returning Argos from the 2023 season plus mid-year transfers from other colleges, gearing up for the spring football game at Pen Air Field.
Fourteen mid-year transfers are playing on Pen Air Field for the first time. Well, some of them. Both Traevon Mitchell and Tyree Holloway, a defensive lineman and a wide receiver, transferred to UWF from Gulf South Conference rival Chowan University.
In the 2023 contest against at UWF, Holloway scored the Hawks’ lone touchdown of the game – a 75-yard receiving touchdown in the first quarter as he sprinted up the field. Also in that game, Mitchell had six tackles (5 solo, 1 assisted) with a tackle for a loss of 4 yards.
Either way, since UWF is conducting an early spring football schedule – opting to end before the school’s spring break – Nobles said it benefits both players and coaches.
Coaches have more time to evaluate potential needs for the 2024 roster, while players have more time to recover with the team’s director of sports performance, Kent Morgan, and recover from possible surgeries further from the 2024 season.
“Being able to be done early before spring break gives our guys a chance to not have to cut practice in half. I don’t like having to worry about spring break in the middle,” Nobles said.
Eight of the transfers are in the trenches, either on the offensive or defensive side on the line….
Source link : https://sports.yahoo.com/uwf-football-returns-pen-air-170645433.html
Author : Pensacola News Journal
Publish date : 2024-03-06 17:06:45
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