Here's who Charles Huff said has stood out at Memphis football spring practices
It's still early in spring practice, but here's who Memphis football coach Charles Huff said has stood out so far.
Memphis football coach Charles Huff has had only about a week and a half to see his new team in an actual practice environment, but that doesn't mean he hasn't learned anything. Huff said March 30 that he already has seen a group of players separate themselves with consistent play. That's not to say a depth chart is set in stone — spring practice will continue until April 18 , and there'll be plenty more time to sort out position battles in the summer — but Huff's comments are an indication of where things stand.
"We have a philosophy just from a measurement standpoint, we want to try to get guys to be 70 to 80% successful in practice and then 10 to 15% of failure rate," Huff said. "We want to balance it. We want to expose them enough, or put them in situations where they do fail, because that allows for growth.
But we don't want them failing too much, because then they won't try to improve. " Here's an overview of who Huff said has stood out so far. While it's too early to project a depth chart, and there are plenty of players he didn't mention who will probably play significant roles, it's nonetheless an interesting peek at the first week of Memphis practice.
Defense On the defensive line, Huff mentioned Southern Miss transfers J'Mond Tapp, Elijah Kinsler and Jaden McKinney, as well as Indiana transfer J'Mari Monette, Mississippi State transfer Joe Head Jr. and returners Taylor Burton and Jacari Gatling. At linebacker, he pointed to Southern Miss transfer Mike Montgomery and returners Wolf Walker and Tylon Nash.