Tuesday, March 28, 2017

Tuesday--March 28th, 2017

Matty Vautour says new defensive coordinator Ed Pinkham wants UMass to play aggressive defense.

Quote from the article:

"The Minutemen will technically be a 4-3 defense under Pinkham, but he said it’s more like a 4-2-5 with a linebacker/safety hybrid instead of a third linebacker. The players are learning the system’s nomenclature and making adjustments after spending the past three years in a 3-4 defense."

American Football Coaches' Weekly on the 4-2-5 defense.

TCU in a 4-2-5

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Philly Sports Network profiles the NFL prospects of Jalen Williams. in 2016 Williams went 11-7 GP-GS 27-520 19.3 AVE 6 TD's 74 LONG. He was the third leading receiver on the squad and second among the wide receivers. Williams' UMass bio.

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Well-traveled former UMass coach Jerry Azzinaro is now DL coach at Cal.

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Mike Traini of "Fight Massachusetts" has a list of players who attended UMass' first Junior Day of 2017.

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With Spring practice over, Hawaii waits for August 26th.

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Old Dominion starts Spring practice April 1st.

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Mississippi State's Spring game will be on April 8th and will be televised on ESPNU.

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