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Posted by catmandoo (Member # 1284) on 08-26-2010, 07:49 PM:

A day after the start of classes, several players who have missed time on the practice field returned to the Nutter Training Facility practice fields healthy and ready to go Thursday.

“We went a lot faster today,” Phillips said. “We had a couple of guys back. DeQuin Evans was back and it was one of the first times that Qua Huzzie has been back and he was looking fast.”

Evans, a returning starter that led the Wildcats last season in tackles-for-loss and sacks, has been nursing a shoulder problem that has kept him sidelined more than a week. Huzzie also was out an extended amount of time with a large blister on his foot. Phillips announced that Huzzie has begun working at weakside linebacker to be the backup behind junior Danny Trevathan. Huzzie also will continue to play middle linebacker as well.

“That is the deal, we have to get our next best backer ready to go in at any spot,” Phillips said. “We feel that Qua is our next best backer so he went over there to play that position.”

La’Rod King, a sophomore from Radcliff, Ky., also returned to the practice field, much to the pleasure of Phillips and the UK coaching staff. Phillips has said multiple times in fall camp that the team needs another presence at wide receiver in addition to than junior Randall Cobb and senior Chris Matthews. King has been out with a “stinger” in his neck and shoulder area.

“It was good to see La’Rod King out there today,” Phillips said. “La’Rod definitely gives us a little more offensively when he is out there as our third wide receiver.”

Freshman wide receiver Brain Adams is one of the guys that Phillips and UK wide receiver coach Tee Martin have been looking to step up and make plays. Phillips said he things Adams is “starting to turn the corner.”

“I think that Brian Adams had a really good practice today and made some plays that we have been expecting him to make since we have been in camp,” Phillips said. “Hopefully, he is starting to turn the corner for us because we need four or five receivers that can make plays for us.”

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Posted by BlueCollarMan (Member # 2114) on 08-27-2010, 10:27 AM:

Injuries are something that I am going to keep an eye on with the new coaching staff. I felt like in the past few years that there have been injuries that might have been preventable if there was more proactive behavior--mainly the ACL injuries.

Fred