![]() “He’s got confidence he’s a third-year guy, so going into fall camp, we’re really going to lean on him early. “Jaisean has put on about 12-15 pounds, he’s a physical runner,” Vignery said. McMillian rushed for 358 yards in 76 carries and four touchdowns a year ago Wilson carried 17 times for 95 yards but scored three touchdowns. Smith and Richmond will be part of a running back corps that also includes returners Jaisean McMillian and Taylor Wilson. The Parkway, La., product gained 300 yards in 39 carries for Hutchinson last season and scored three touchdowns. Richmond is new to Butler but not to the Jayhawk Conference. “We all know that when the fall gets here and we’re playing real games, critical plays like that are going to play a big role.” “We had some guys that made some plays that we’d seen them make sometimes, but it’s good to see them make those types of plays,” Vignery said. On the ensuing series, another newcomer, sophomore Rontavius Richmond, took a handoff from Myers and ran it in. Wolff recorded the TD through the air, hitting incoming receiver Kalin Black on a 6-yard slant for the first score of the game.Īlso recording a touchdown was freshman running back Vinny Smith (Manhattan High) on a 5-yard run. The offense managed to score three touchdowns on their defensive teammates, one through the air and two rushing. “We’re a lot better now, as we stand here tonight, than we were on Jan. We try to mentally task them throughout the spring – mentally and physically push them so they can understand how far they can take this game and what it’s going to take to play at a high level. “That goes back to our coaches and the way we train our guys to understand that discipline is going to win football games,” he said. That was a byproduct of the way his coaches instruct, Vignery said. There wasn’t any egregious stuff, and I’m super-proud of that.” There were penalties, but they were more or less just normal football penalties – holdings, offsides, those types of things. 19 to now, but I thought they playing within the rules of the game. ![]() This 18-week journey just came to an end (Friday night), but it’s just the foundation of what we’re about to do next fall. “I thought our kids played really hard,” he said. “I’m proud of how they played (Friday night) – every single kid on our roster played really well.”Īssessing Friday’s game, Vignery said he came away satisfied by what he saw for what he called a “glorified practice.” We’re not going to know until we go through a strenuous fall camp. We got a lot of work to figure out who that guy (starter) is going to be. “They’re all very unique in their own way,” he said. was a Butler redshirt a year ago as a freshman. They are joined by newcomers Timothy Dorsey, a Bishop Miege product who transferred from Illinois State and Lin Johnson, a Floridian who originally signed with Tennessee-Martin. “Their leadership is showing in that room, and I look forward to seeing what they can do.” “You don’t often get two third-year guys that can lead that room and do certain things,” he said. Vignery said he realizes how fortunate he is to have two with that much knowledge of the program. Wolff appeared in 10 of the Grizzlies’ 12 games Myers was in seven. Often, a community college team will be thankful to return one, but Vignery has two signal-callers who possess a solid knowledge of the Butler system. In football, the hub of the wheel is always the quarterback, and Butler is bringing back its dual quarterbacks of a year ago in sophomores Jake Wolff and Jacobi Myers among the five who played Friday night in an event that capped the team’s spring practice. That’s … our culture, our coaching staff. “You’re going to have your bad days here and there, but they always rebound and come back and know how to do certain things. “But just these guys and the way they’ve approached everything that we’ve done, they haven’t blinked an eye. ![]() “Any time you can end the season with a win, you get a little bit of momentum going into the off-season,” he said. ![]() The bowl victory last December – a 28-24 come-from-behind triumph over Kilgore (Texas) – provided a nice springboard into this year’s spring practice, Vignery said. EL DORADO – Butler’s spring football game Friday night reacquainted the community with some returning standouts from last year’s Heart of Texas Bowl champions.īut it also introduced some of the incoming new players who are ready for their turn in the spotlight.Īs Grizzlies coach Brice Vignery heads into his second season at the helm, he is welcoming back by his estimate more than half of last year’s roster. ![]()
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