“I’ve been lucky enough to be under Will for the past couple of years,” said Fries. (It) just makes us more dynamic on the edge that way.”įries was quick to acknowledge that he has learned a lot about college football from watching Ark for the past two seasons. So, we’re going to be able to do some things that we haven’t done here in the past in terms of the quarterback being involved in the run game. “Both of them can make plays with their feet. “I think the thing that stands out right from the get go is their athleticism,” Mettlach said. Unlike Ark, who was a more traditional pocket passer, both Fries and Collins showed confidence in being willing to roll out in either direction and gain ground, either by passing on the run, or simply taking the ball and running with it themselves. “So, there’s going to be some growing pains from a mental standpoint with Alex and Drew taking over that spot now.” “We still have a long way to go up front on the offensive side replacing a four-year starter at (quarterback),” said Mettlach. Mettlach liked what he saw from both Fries and Collins, but feels there is still a lot of growth that will need to happen before the start of the fall season. Throughout the afternoon, Huskies fans and parents in attendance had a chance to see Alex Fries and Drew Collins show what they have to offer in the role. The Huskies showcased a pair of freshmen quarterbacks vying for the starting role left open by the pending graduation of Will Ark, who was a four-year starter for the Huskies. “A lot of our guys got valuable reps whether they are veterans, or the young guys we’re trying to build depth with.” “We felt like from practice one until practice 15, we got better,” he said. “So the guys were pretty juiced up to get out today and put a stamp on the end of a pretty good spring.”Īccording to the NCAA, the Huskies could only practice 15 times over a four-week period leading up to the spring game, but Mettlach felt that some important progress was made throughout the workouts. “(It’s) actually an interesting fact that we talked about with a couple of our guys going back to COVID over the last couple of years, and then the blizzard that came through last year, we didn’t have a spring game,” Milbrath said. The fact that the Huskies had not had a chance to hold their spring game the last three years was not lost on the coaching staff. So, we’ve actually seen more of the community coming out and seeing our open practices we’ve gone through this spring, but to be able to get fans back in the crowd, and have 24 of our incoming guys coming today and check out the spring ball, and the excitement that was around today with the weather that goes on, I think it was a pretty successful day here. “The weather has been really nice over the last week and a half, two weeks. “It’s great,” said running backs coach and special teams coordinator Phil Milbrath.
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