LOS Angeles – Before the last week of spring training, the USC football team continues to progress as a whole, by making a better atmosphere while integrating new players and coaches into the program.
An in particular group that has made significant progress is wide receptors.
Makai Lemon and Ja’kobi Lane receptors come back after leading the Trojan horses in reception yards last season with 764 and 525 yards, respectively.
Lane also marked 12 affected, tied to the fifth best in the country.
But the two large juniors are not satisfied with last year’s results.
“It doesn’t really mean much for me. It’s nice to enter the goal area, but at the end of the day, you still want to win for your team and it’s not like all the matches I have marked that we have won,” Lane said on Tuesday. “So I think that learning to be better for my teammates and being someone on whom they can depend is always one of my goals and if I can do it, I am happy.”
This was a common theme among the veterans of all position groups to further assume a leadership role, helping young players acclimatize this spring.
It is no different for the Wideouts, the lemon and the way taking the reins and demonstrate the right way to train, watch the film and do the work to succeed.
“Being an older guy, a junior, these young guys will automatically turn to older guys to have a set of examples. So you know, do my best every day,” said Lemon.
Lane was also constantly vocal during the games of media practice this spring, but he said that it was “not a new thing, it’s just a matter of people who notice it.”
Prince Strachan, a transfer of Boise State, which already has an impact with its new team.
At 6 feet 5 inches, Strachan stands out as the biggest large -out of the group. It has also been seen to take many representatives from the first team alongside lemon and track.
“He’s a great player. Each time he walks on the field, it’s an explosive game,” said Lemon about Strachan. “You can throw him away from him. He can follow any route. Excited to see it this year. ”
While Strachan is new for the USC, he has two university football seasons to his credit in his time in Boisse State.
This experience was a favorable addition to the Wideout group. He has a lot of information to glean lemon and the track, but he was also able to provide a veteran presence. It results in a group that has made great progress in a very short time.
“As practices continue, you can see us really getting closer to groups,” said Strachan. “I am a new face and everything. So we get closer as a group. Everyone from Ja’kobi at the bottom, we teach each other. If they see something, I could do better. If I see something that they could do better, we all work.
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