U of Kentucky Has Second Major Spring Scrimmage

Kentucky’s second major scrimmage of spring practice, held Saturday morning at Commonwealth Stadium, was remarkably similar to the first a good start by the offense and a rally by the defense.
The format featured the first-team offense vs. the first-team defense and the second-team units against each other. The ball was placed on the 30-yard line for the majority of the scrimmage, requiring the offense to go 70 yards for a touchdown. Late in the workout was a short-field scrimmage in which the offense was given the ball on the defense’s 25-yard line.
Quarterbacks Mike Hartline, Morgan Newton and Ryan Mossakowski each played with the first and second teams.
“The offense started off fast, all three of our quarterbacks did some really good things,” Phillips said. “I’m really pleased with what I’m seeing at wide receiver, catching the ball (by) big, physical guys. We have to do a better job on the perimeter blocking at wide receiver. We should be better at blocking because of our big bodies because I think we have some really nice backs.
“Defensively, the thing we did not do is get ourselves off the field on third down and a lot of that had to do with our tackling, especially in the secondary, we have to be better tacklers. Some guys who still continue to progress are Tristian Johnson (defensive end) and Mark Crawford (defensive tackle). I’m really pleased with what Collins Ukwu is doing (at defensive end) and Qua Huzzie (linebacker). Those four guys continue to show up and we still have (linebacker) Danny Trevathan, who shows up a lot, we know he can play. We just have to get more guys around the football and be able to tackle.”