The Miami Hurricanes have just wrapped up their second practice of fall training camp. Host Alex Donno discusses the defensive backfield and breaks down which players stood out on day two.
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00:00Practice number two, I was able to watch some position groups that I didn't watch as closely
00:03yesterday. Normally, understandably, I'm tempted by watching the quarterbacks. Now,
00:09the media viewing period, which is short and we cannot move around much, we could only watch
00:16drills that were happening inside the indoor practice facility. The quarterbacks this morning
00:21were working mostly outside. I did get to watch them a little bit at the end of the media viewing
00:25period, but I started practice today watching the defensive backs. Now, keep in mind,
00:30Miami is practicing in shorts today. We are not at the point yet in fall camp where they're allowed
00:36to put full pads on. We have not reached that milestone just yet. So, defensive backs this
00:41morning were going through turnover drills, interception drills, and it was interesting to see
00:47Miami's defensive backs getting opportunities to jump routes and trying to catch interceptions.
00:52You got an idea of like who's got really good hands in the DB room and whose hands are a little
00:57bit less consistent. And some of the guys who looked really good, I thought probably the best
01:02consistent hands looks like a natural in these interception drills was Damari Brown. Damari
01:08Brown heading into his second year. He's going to be competing for a starting job at cornerback.
01:13He could be the guy, could be the guy we watch opposite of Daryl Porter Jr. So, Damari Brown
01:19looked really good consistently. Good hands catching interceptions. Also saw some good
01:23flashes from Zaquan Patterson. He looks very good. I'm expecting Zaquan to get on the field,
01:30not necessarily start this year in my estimation. We are a long way away from that, but I think
01:35Zaquan Patterson as a true freshman is going to get on the field and get some opportunities this
01:39year. Daryl Porter had some good catches and Mish Powell shows pretty good hands as well. The
01:45transfer safety from Washington. By the way, on Damari Brown, not only did his hands look good,
01:51he's someone who really stands out with his physique these days. Damari Brown looks jacked.
01:56I mean, what is it? Our guy, Gabby Arruti, he looks rocked up is what Gabby would say. I think
02:00Peter Ruiz dropped a rocked up with us yesterday as well. So, Damari looks like he's added some
02:06lean muscle even since the spring. So, you know, watching just the drills where you had like
02:12assistant coaches were throwing balls and guys were practicing interceptions was nice. I did see
02:17some good stuff from the DBs in seven-on-seven drills as well. Daryl Porter did have an
02:22interception in seven-on-seven. I think it was from a Reese Poffenbarger throw. You know, I
02:26mentioned we didn't get to see the quarterbacks as much today because they did most of their work
02:30outdoors. I didn't get to see much of Cam Ward today. I did get to see a little bit of Poffenbarger
02:37and a little bit of Judd Anderson, and I continue to be impressed by Judd Anderson's development.
02:42Like, he's got a lot of arm talent and, you know, he's pretty mobile for his size. As Peter Ruiz
02:48said with us yesterday, Judd is not, you know, the statuesque type of six-foot-seven quarterback.
02:53He's got some mobility as well. Judd, remember, was a two-sport athlete, also played a lot of
02:58basketball in high school, and he has that mobility. You know, going to some of the past
03:04catchers, said it yesterday, day one, I'll say it again, I'm continually impressed by Elijah Arroyo,
03:12especially given what he's gone through with injuries the last couple of years.
03:15He is out there moving gracefully and with zero restriction. You can see this is the healthiest
03:22Arroyo has been since he first arrived at Miami a couple years ago. My personal guess is, and again,
03:28this is just my guess, I think Elijah Arroyo is probably going to end up being tight end one this year.