New UMass Hampshire Gazette UMass beat writer has a report on the Minutemen's first day of practice. He interviews Coach Whipple and Bryton Barr (who should be on his way to his Doctorate).
The UMass Twitter feed has a video from yesterday's camp.
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One question for the Fall camp is who is going to play fullback? Whipple sometimes runs the pro-set "heavy" (i.e. with a fullback). Not many teams run that. Last year's roster had five FB's. Andrew Libby, Matt Tuleja and Malik Lee all graduated. Avien Peah RSSO 6-2 260 is now listed as a TE on the latest roster. He could, of course, play both positions.
The only FB listed on the roster is 6-2 228 pound true freshman walk-on Adam Deese.
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Mike Traini of "Fight Massachusetts" reports UMass only RB recruit for 2018 Rashard Jackson, will not report and will instead join Lackawanna College in PA.
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True Freshmen could make an immediate impact with UConn.
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