The first two weeks of spring football camp have provided Florida A&M with a fair synopsis of its team.
On Friday, the Rattlers upped the ante and implemented a game-simulated scrimmage period to analyze the team.
The offense and defense faced each other on Ken Riley Field at Bragg Memorial Stadium and showed first-year FAMU head football coach James Colzie III that he has an offsetting team thus far.
“I was really, really impressed with how the offense handled themselves at the beginning of the scrimmage and how the defense picked it up later,” Colzie said after Friday. “It was good to see how we executed and competed from my angle.
“Practice six was a success.”
Six practices down, nine to go for FAMU’s spring football camp.
Spring has allowed coaches and onlookers to gauge what the 2024 Rattlers season entails as they attempt to repeat as Southwestern Athletic Conference and Black College Football National champions.
Here are three takeaways from FAMU’s first six practices and two weeks of spring football.
New FAMU head football coach James Colzie III knows the temperature of the team
Florida A&M head coach James Colzie III lineman directs his team during the Rattlers’ first day of spring football practice in pads on Ken Riley Field at Bragg Memorial Stadium in Tallahassee, Florida, Friday, March 8, 2024.
A challenge a new head coach could face is commanding the locker room.
Colzie, hired as FAMU’s 19th full-time head football coach on Jan. 27, hasn’t had that issue in his first two months.
Though Colzie is the head coach, he feels the most successful teams are player-led.
“We have really good veterans leading this football team,” Colzie said. “We just got to make sure we improve the bottom end of our roster positively. The guys who have been here understand the expectations and are doing a…
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Publish date : 2024-03-22 16:27:24
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