Rebels report: Arroyo yet to name starting QB for UNLV

UNLV football

at a glance

Schedule

Sept. 2 — vs. Eastern Washington

Sept. 11 — astatine Arizona State

Sept. 18 — vs. Iowa State

Sept. 24 — astatine Fresno State

Oct. 2 — astatine Texas-San Antonio

Oct. 16 — vs. Utah State

Oct. 21 — vs. San Jose State

Oct. 29 — astatine UNR

Nov. 6 — astatine New Mexico

Nov. 13 — astatine Hawai’i

Nov. 19 — vs. San Diego State

Nov. 26 — astatine Air Force

Up successful the air

The Rebels began grooming campy successful a backmost contention — and they whitethorn reason grooming campy the aforesaid way. Arroyo has not yet named a starter with Eastern Washington looming.

“That hasn’t presented itself yet,” Arroyo said Wednesday. “Hopefully we get a accidental to get a precocious percent of the reps for 1 feline and determination forward.”

Sophomore Doug Brumfield and inferior Justin Rogers person divided of the bulk of the first-team repetitions. True freshman Cameron Friel is besides connected assistance and walk-on Tate Martell, formerly of Bishop Gorman, besides is successful the premix contempt constricted information successful practice.

Brumfield completed 9 of 21 passes past play for 151 yards arsenic a existent freshman. Rogers, a Texas Christian transfer, was 14 of 22 for 161 yards and a people past play arsenic a third-year sophomore. Arroyo has complimented some quarterbacks during grooming camp, noting that they person continued to amended and jell with their violative teammates.

But helium besides indicated earlier this period that some quarterbacks could play successful the opener, should 1 not abstracted himself this week.

“I’m prepared for anything, honestly,” said elder moving backmost Charles Williams. “I emotion some of them to death. I’ll spell to conflict for either one. Even (Friel).”

Records successful reach

Williams is wrong striking region of the school’s all-time rushing grounds and could found a caller people should helium stay healthy. But adjacent so, helium downplayed the value of idiosyncratic marks.

“I’m much of a team-goal benignant of guy, but I cognize it’ll assistance my resume and bequest and worldly similar that,” Williams said. “It’ll ever beryllium a large feeling knowing that you’re portion of past astatine UNLV.”

Williams has 2,940 rushing yards and needs 794 to eclipse Tim Cornett’s schoolhouse grounds of 3,733 yards. He besides ranks 5th successful programme past with 10 100-yard outings and ninth with 19 rushing touchdowns.

Wins mean much than stats for the sixth-year senior.

“Eventually, somebody’s going to travel and sound it down if I bash it,” helium said. “If I don’t, I don’t. If I do, I do. At the extremity of the day, I’m not disquieted astir that.”

Youthful experience

The Rebels were among the youngest teams successful the Mountain West past year, meaning they instrumentality astir each of their starters. Eight instrumentality to the discourtesy and 10 to the defense, ensuring immoderate semblance of continuity contempt the inexperience astatine quarterback.

Notable discourtesy returners are reigning Mountain West Offensive Freshman of the Year Kyle Williams, who had a team-high 426 receiving yards a twelvemonth ago. Sixth-year elder Julio Garcia, a guard, returns to anchor the violative line.

Defensively, Jacoby Windmon transitions from borderline to wrong linebacker aft a stellar sophomore season. He led the squad past twelvemonth with 5 sacks. Defensive lineman Adam Plant Jr. is backmost for his inferior twelvemonth aft signaling 3.5 sacks successful 2020.

Leading tackler Bryce Jackson, a antiaircraft back, besides returns for his elder season.

Quote of camp

Former Southern California antiaircraft lineman Connor Murphy had plentifulness of affirmative things to accidental astir his caller caput manager midway done his archetypal grooming campy with the Rebels.

“Who doesn’t emotion Coach Arroyo’s mindset? Dude is simply a canine himself,” Murphy said. “If helium was young enough, I’m definite helium would person the pads on. … Just the vie mindset and the caller and earthy atmosphere, immoderate subordinate could thrive here.”

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