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Defense Shines In Annual Blue-White Spring Game
4/20/2019 6:00:00 PM | Football
NEWARK, Del. – It was a picture-perfect Saturday at Delaware Stadium.
Much like the construction site in the background, the University of Delaware football team showed the progress being made on the way to a bright future in the annual Blue-White Spring Game.
The defense (white team) came away with the win with a score of 52-41 off a point scoring system that highlight different point totals for certain achievements.
"It's great to get out in front of our fans again and to bring so many people back to campus. You can feel the excitement and energy that everyone has for this University and this athletic department and it's just tremendous," head coach Danny Rocco said. "I thought our defense played really well and had a good day. We have a lot of guys who don't have a ton of game experience so these opportunities are crucial to continuing our progress to where we want to be as a football program."
At half, the Blue Hens gave out their annual Spring awards which included the weight room champions (Chuka Ezeuzohand Artis Hemmingway) as well as the most improved players (Andre Robinson and Drew Nickles).
In addition, Coach Rocco named the captains for the 2019 season which included QB Pat Kehoe, OL Mario Farinella, DB Nijuel Hill and DL Cam Kitchen.
"I think we've got a lot of talented guys on both sides of the ball and I like the work we all have put in this spring," Hill said. "We were fortunate enough to watch the guys before us lay the path and show us how it's done, what we have to do to achieve success and that's what we're doing, we're going to keep working and keep getting better."
As for the game action, Kehoe was 12-of-20 for 140 yards and 1 TD, while Thyrick Pitts was on the receiving end of that touchdown, finishing with three catches for 72 yards.
DeJoun Lee and Robinson combined for 8 carries for 40 yards, while Gene Coleman had five catches for 41 yards on the afternoon.
Defensively, Nickles led the way with six tackles on the day, while Kedrick Whitehead had four tackles, a TFL and an interception. Whitehead, Hill and Amonte Strothers all had INTs on the day for the white squad.
Much like the construction site in the background, the University of Delaware football team showed the progress being made on the way to a bright future in the annual Blue-White Spring Game.
The defense (white team) came away with the win with a score of 52-41 off a point scoring system that highlight different point totals for certain achievements.
"It's great to get out in front of our fans again and to bring so many people back to campus. You can feel the excitement and energy that everyone has for this University and this athletic department and it's just tremendous," head coach Danny Rocco said. "I thought our defense played really well and had a good day. We have a lot of guys who don't have a ton of game experience so these opportunities are crucial to continuing our progress to where we want to be as a football program."
At half, the Blue Hens gave out their annual Spring awards which included the weight room champions (Chuka Ezeuzohand Artis Hemmingway) as well as the most improved players (Andre Robinson and Drew Nickles).
In addition, Coach Rocco named the captains for the 2019 season which included QB Pat Kehoe, OL Mario Farinella, DB Nijuel Hill and DL Cam Kitchen.
"I think we've got a lot of talented guys on both sides of the ball and I like the work we all have put in this spring," Hill said. "We were fortunate enough to watch the guys before us lay the path and show us how it's done, what we have to do to achieve success and that's what we're doing, we're going to keep working and keep getting better."
As for the game action, Kehoe was 12-of-20 for 140 yards and 1 TD, while Thyrick Pitts was on the receiving end of that touchdown, finishing with three catches for 72 yards.
DeJoun Lee and Robinson combined for 8 carries for 40 yards, while Gene Coleman had five catches for 41 yards on the afternoon.
Defensively, Nickles led the way with six tackles on the day, while Kedrick Whitehead had four tackles, a TFL and an interception. Whitehead, Hill and Amonte Strothers all had INTs on the day for the white squad.
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