Spring football continues for Southwest Florida football teams, and the New-Press and Naples Daily News will keep you up to speed on local team’s outlooks, key departures, and names to keep an eye on for the 2024-25 season.
Here’s a look into the games being played on Wednesday, May 22.
Gulf Coast at Everglades (Miramar)
The Gulf Coast Sharks compete against the Cape Coral Seahawks in a spring football game at Gulf Coast High School in Naples on Thursday, May 25, 2023.
Time: 6 p.m.
Gulf Coast: First-year head coach Manny Evans will take over the Sharks after serving as defensive coordinator. He’s been working on building a culture focused on doing the little things correctly and says it’s already paying dividends in the consistency and effort of this year’s spring practices. Typical for a regime change, lots of positions were up for grabs this year – but several returners have earned the right to keep their spots. One such returner is rising senior quarterback Jace Seyler, who tallied 731 passing yards on at a 56 percent clip with six touchdowns and two interceptions last year. He also had a team-high 521 rushing yards with a pair of touchdowns. Julian Rodriguez will be a Swiss army knife for Evans, serving as tight end, backup quarterback, and may have some responsibility on defense as well. At running back, rising junior Javien Altine has risen to the top slot after the Sharks saw nearly 418 rushing yards graduate in Chris Jimenez Randall Williams year. Rising senior Caden Daugherty, who had a team-best 408 receiving yards and five touchdowns on 16 catches, will be a key starter on both sides of the ball this year. Adding to the list of departures, both the offensive and defensive lines lose virtually all of last year’s starters. Army signee Will Brockmeier, who recorded 9.0 sacks last year, highlights the many…
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Author : Naples Daily News
Publish date : 2024-05-22 09:24:36
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