Where do the Lobos stand halfway through spring practice?
New Mexico crossed the midpoint of spring practice Friday, wrapping up its eighth of 15 scheduled sessions in head coach Jason Eck’s second year with the program. Here’s an update on each position as the Lobos enter the home stretch of the spring: Quarterback The first week of spring practice didn’t provide a whole lot of separation between Luke Moga and Toa Faavae, the key players in a spring Eck called more of an evaluation than an outright quarterback competition. There was some good — maybe great — stuff between the two.
... And some not so good. The second week?
Much of the same. In fact, it might have gotten even closer. Faavae’s reps with the second-team offense during this week’s team periods were given to Gabriel Motschenbacher, positioning the former for more run with the first-string unit.
One thing to note, though: Motschenbacher has shown a lot of good lately. Whether he can crack UNM’s top three still seems like more of an uphill battle than not, but he’s been putting up some solid reps over the last few weeks. Running back My stab at the running back pecking order midway through spring practice: Scottre Humphrey, Deshaun Buchanan, Kiefer Sibley and Cameron Mathews.
There isn’t a whole lot of separation between those latter three, though, and I’d be remiss if I didn’t mention Darrion Bowers, who’s having a good spring after an injury ended his freshman season before it even got started. Overall, it’s a solid group that still needs to answer one question: Can one of them make a real difference as a pass catcher? Wide receiver The most banged up position on the team, no question, is wide receiver.
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