These 2 receivers stood out to Morgan Scalley in Week 4 of Utah’s spring camp
Utah’s head coach also provides an update on the health of the team as Utes incorporate more live reps than ever before.
Utah's Creed Whittemore during spring practice. | Utah Athletics As Utah heads down the home stretch of spring ball, with less than two weeks remaining, the installation of Kevin McGiven’s offense is pretty much complete, and now it’s all about ironing the wrinkles before the summer break. Utes head coach Morgan Scalley is liking the progress his group has shown through spring ball, highlighting the cornerback group in particular on Tuesday night, but stressed the need for team-wide improvement in the two-minute drill after practice.
“Things that we harp on about being situationally intelligent, how an offense is going to, or a defense is going to, change based on the situation. Not quite good enough in the two-minute situation right now, really on both sides of the ball, big plays over the top, dropping the football, not as efficient as we need to be,” Scalley said. “Now you’re not really installing much, it’s cleaning things up.
I love the progress that’s being made, but we’re not there yet. Good thing is we don’t play for a little bit. So we’re still cleaning that stuff up.
Love the progress. ” The competition in the wide receiver room is as wide open as it’s ever been at Utah with Braden Pegan, Kyri Shoels, Creed Whittemore, Larry Simmons and Nate Johnson all having standout plays during media viewing sessions this spring. Whittemore and Johnson both were called out by Scalley post-practice after good performances.
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