Fall Camp Practice #4 Recap

The biggest news out of yesterday's camp was that redshirt freshman linebacker Jason Gibson suffered a broke foot injury on Monday and will miss, at the minimum, the next three months. Gibson had moved to inside linebacker in spring camp after playing on the outside in highschool.

It's a real unfortunate injury this early on in camp for a player who was certainly expected to show off his ability this year. It's not quite a crushing blow for the Bears who have nice depth inside (Gibson wasn't featured on the two deep after spring ball) but any time you lose a player of his talent level, it hurts. Here's hoping for a speedy and quality recovery.

Freshman Jeffery Coprich also suffered a broke jaw (eesh), and should miss the next three weeks. Coprich wasn't necessarily expected to contribute this year at safety or tailback, but it will be a setback for any freshman player to miss their first fall camp with an injury.

Below, you can see Tedford's post practice interview. He looks even more excited than ever!


After the jump a few other tidbits, thoughts, and an attempt at guessing the defensive depth chart (1s and 2s).

Judging from Tedford's interview, the bit of info that jumps out the most is Tedford's high praise for runningback CJ Anderson. Tedford went so far as to call CJA their most well-rounded back and one who is really pushing for the starting job.

That's a bit of a different response from when Tedford has been asked that question in the past. Usually, Tedford would praise Anderson while still maintaining that he would simply provide a great "2" in the "1-2 punch" that the Bears have been fortunate to have at tailback. Though it may not surprise anyone who's followed the program too much, now, it doesn't seem to be out of the realm of possibility to see Anderson as the starter.

Runningback all around seems to have Tedford super giddy (can't you tell?). He seems to be pretty pleased with the depth there, citing the play of Brendon Bigelow and Daniel Lasco so far. With this talent, and mastermind Ron Gould at the helm, this really may be the year when we truly do see more than two tailbacks on the field at once.

Don't look too far into the following as it's just the fourth practice, but here's how I'd guess the defensive depth chart would shake out:

Defensive Line
1st: Deandre Coleman, Kendrick Payne, Aaron Tipoti
2nd: Todd Barr, Villami Moala, Mustafa Jalil

Linebackers
1st: Chris McCain, Dave Wilkerson, Robert Mullins, Brennan Scarlett
2nd: Cecil Whiteside (or Lucas King), Nick Forbes, JP Hurrell, Dan Campreale

Secondary
1st: Marc Anthony, Steve Williams, Josh Hill, Alex Logan
2nd: Kameron Jackson, Adrian Lee, Avery Sebastian, Michael Lowe

Just a shot in the dark. I'll try to sum up the courage for an offensive depth chart a bit later.