The Beavs held more of a lighter practice today in Reser Stadium for Thursday's practice. Check out Marcus Greaves' practice report and the rest of our related content below!
- In today's practice, the offense focused on the deep passing game. Both Jake Luton and Darell Garretson launched several deep passes to Trevon Bradford and Jordan Villamin. They were focusing on using Bradford down the seam, and the quarterbacks were working on perfecting their connection with Villamin. If they can get Villamin involved early in the season and keep his confidence high, the passing game will finally break through. The quarterbacks and receivers connected well on down the field passes against the scout team defense.
- Luton’s communication is starting to pay off down in the redzone. The past two practices, the offense was able to drive all the way down field but could not get the ball in the endzone. Now, from the looks of it, Luton and Villamin especially look on the same page as they were able to connect on short routes and passes in the back of the endzone.
- Both Ryan Nall and Thomas Tyner's reps were limited today in practice. This allowed Trevorris Johnson, Calvin Tyler and Artavis Pierce to take the majority of the reps. We already knew that the running back position had a lot of depth to it, but you can make a strong case that this is the deepest backfield Oregon State has ever had.
- Shawn Wilson was seen back padded up at practice. His reps were limited, but this is a good sign for the cornerback position. Now, they were able to rotate constantly and give each player some reps in order to keep them on the same page. This showed that the depth is back for the cornerbacks.
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