Small running backs look large for East squad

Originally Published: January 3, 2007
By Tom Luginbill and Craig Haubert | Scouts Inc.
SAN ANTONIO --The East coaching staff is not kidding around. For the second day in a row at the morning session, the coaches have gone from five minutes of stretching to full-contact scrimmage with live hitting on quarterbacks. That included a blindside, bonecrushing hit by DE Martez Wilson's (Chicago/Simeon) on QB John Brantley (Ocala, Fla./Trinity Catholic).

Also, QB Tyrod Taylor (Hampton, Va./Hampton) is special, but with five quarterbacks on the east roster and one of them -- Matt Simms (Franklin Lakes, N.J./Don Bosco) -- playing for his high school coach, Greg Toal, in this game, Taylor's snaps Saturday might be severely limited.

Here are some other observations from Wednesday's morning East practice:


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Tom Luginbill

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  • Has been a position coach, strength coach, recruiting coodinator and director of football operations.

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