Football Completes Day One of the Final Week of Spring Practice

The Florida Atlantic University football team took to the practice field Tuesday morning for the first of their final three practices of the 2019 spring.

The day was filled with individual work with a mindset of correcting mistakes made in Saturday's Spring Game, and repeating positives that also came out of last Saturday's game.

Running Back BJ Emmons
"It was a tough one (speaking about Tuesday's practice)," said Emmons. "We have two more practices to go. The main focus is finishing up this week strong. We have two more opportunities to grow as a team."

Tight End John Raine
What did you see from the quarterbacks on Saturday?
"I saw a lot of great things from both of them…both continue to work and they will be happy for each other whatever happens."

NOTABLES

Defense dominated the early part of the first team session, but the offense came on late
Offensive highlights include: redshirt sophomore quarterback Nick Tronti finding senior tight end John Raine for a completion and redshirt junior Chauncey Mason splitting the defense for a long run
Junior quarterback Justin Agner had a long run of his own after finding a seam in the defense on an option keeper
In the second team session, Tronti broke out of the pocket and connected with redshirt sophomore Jordan Merrell for a long completion
Agner completed a long TD pass to Mason
Senior defensive lineman Charles Cameron had a "sack" of Tronti
Junior cornerback Diashun Moss broke up what would have been a catch by redshirt junior running back James Charles
Tronti found redshirt sophomore Brandon Robinson to end the second team session
Senior linebacker Rashad Smith made a sliding interception to end the two-minute drill

DOLPHINS PRESENTERS

FAU football coaches participated in the fourth annual Miami Dolphins Coaches Clinic last Sunday. The Owl coaches were among six college football staffs that worked in 33 different classroom and on-field sessions. The focus for the 800 local youth and high school coaches was game and practice techniques, motivational tools and core football competencies.

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UP NEXT

The team will return to the Oxley Center practice fields Thursday, April 18 at 9:30 a.m. While practices are closed to the public, media members wishing to cover practice are asked to meet in the Tom Oxley Center lobby at 9:20 a.m. and then will be escorted to the practice fields at the proper time. The team will then hold its final scrimmage game of the 2019 spring at 11:30 a.m. Saturday, April 20. Fans can follow the team via Twitter at @FAU_Football and season tickets can be purchased by calling 1-866-FAU-Owls or online HERE.

The winner of the 2019 Spring Game (Red Team) will be treated to a steak lunch. The Grey team fell and will also be treated to lunch; however their meal will consist of hot dogs and beans. The lunch is scheduled for Monday, April 22 and will be held on the Hyundai Deck of FAU Stadium. It is open for media to cover with a definite time yet to be announced.

SCHEDULE NOTE

FAU will open the 2019 home season against UCF. The Owls are 0-2 versus the Knights; however, this will be the first meeting in Boca Raton. FAU traveled to UCF and played in the Citrus Bowl in 2003, falling 33-29 after a last-second pass was batted down, and fell 56-36 a year ago at Spectrum Stadium.

The Marshall at FAU game has been moved from Saturday, Oct. 19 to Friday, Oct. 18. Game times are to be announced. It will be the seventh meeting between the two schools and the fourth in Boca Raton. The Owls defeated Marshall 30-25 the last time the Thundering Herd traveled to Florida in 2017, also a championship season for FAU.

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Players Mentioned

Justin Agner

James Charles

BJ Emmons

Chauncey Mason

Jordan Merrell

Diashun Moss

John Raine

Brandon Robinson

Rashad Smith

Nick Tronti