Coach Will Hall says his quarterbacks have taken a real step forward with accuracy and eye discipline through the first four days of pads.
The Tulane Green Wave are enjoying their first day off of fall camp as they’ll return to the field for Day 5 on Monday to work on some of the things they began to build up through the first four days.
Of course, one of those is hopefully a quarterback beginning to emerge from the pack.
It was hard to see a lot of the practice inside the bubble, but it followed up what was a fiery and spirited first day of pads on Friday that saw the quarterback competition start to heat up a bit.
With four competitors, it’s limited time to split the reps and so no one has really separated.
Coach Hall was pleased with their efforts the first few days in pads, believing they took a big step forward with their accuracy and where they had their eyes.
It certainly helps that they have a talented receiving corps led by who could be the Green Wave’s biggest weapon next season in LSU Tigers transfer Destyn Hill, who has caught eyes throughout camp, but especially in the limited outdoor work on Saturday.
Hall mentioned after practice that Hill is looking to build on his technique, which Hill emphasized as working on his release and his high point.
That certainly was on display on Saturday in his ability to attack the ball in the air.
He offers real size and speed as one of the fastest players on the team, certainly in the receiving corps, and should allow Tulane to open their offense up.
Hill hails from local Edna Karr High, though his college career took him to the Florida State Seminoles and later the Tigers where he broke his hand immediately in the home opener as he showed off his hand scar post-practice to reporters.
Working with wide receiver coach Carter Sheridan should help him really bolster his fundamentals and be a true threat this upcoming season.
It’s helped to have some real play at defensive back. E’zaiah Shine has taken the majority of first team reps, but who will be opposite of him is a major question.
Surprisingly, a bit, it’s been Nicholls redshirt sophomore transfer Anthony Rodgers, who has held down those reps a bit ahead of Texas Tech Red Raiders transfer Macho Stevenson.
Tulane also has quite a bit to figure out in the secondary as well with a lot of talented players and, frankly, not enough positions on the field to place those skills.
It’s a bunch of good problems to have as the Green Wave wrap up the first week of camp and look to see some key players stack days through week 2.
