Date: 8/13
Time: 4:15-5:30 p.m. (CDT)
Place: Ladd-Peebles Stadium

Play of the Day: During the second of four team periods, with the offense facing third-and-one at its own 44-yard line, Roman Buchanan stopped Deonta Moore shy of the first down to force a three-and-out.

Scoring Plays (drive information)
-Sa'Mory Collier 61-yard pass from Cole Garvin (5 plays, 98 yards)
-Kawaan Baker 35-yard pass from Evan Orth (8 plays, 80 yards)
-Jordan McCray 16-yard pass from Orth (9 plays, 65 yards)
-Deonta Moore 14-yard run (4 plays, 50 yards)
-Milton Revell 5-yard run (9 plays, 50 yards)

Red Zone Scores (20-yard line start)
-Gavin Patterson 46-yard field goal
-Carlos Robinson II 20-yard run
-McCray 18-yard pass from Garvin
-Cole Butler 4-yard run

Key Statistics
-Passing: Evan Orth 11-of-20, 158 yds, 2 TDs; Cole Garvin 7-of-12, 120 yds, 1 TD; Dallas Davis 4-of-7, 50 yds
-Rushing: Carlos Robinson II 7-39, 1 TD; Deonta Moore 8-33, 1 TD; Milton Revell 9-31, 1 TD; Jalin Buie 9-28
-Receiving: Jordan McCray 3-52, 2 TDs; Josh Magee 3-38; Sa'Mory Collier 2-66, 1 TD; Kawaan Baker 2-45, 1 TD; Deonta Moore 2-33; Sam Harris 2-28
-Defense: Randy Allen 3-4—7 TT, 4½ TFL, 3 sacks; Tyree Turner 3-4—7 TT, 1½ TFL; Darrell Songy 2-4—6 TT, 1 TFL; Riley Cole 1-5—6 TT, 1½ TFL; Roman Buchanan 5-0—5 TT, 1 sack, 1 PBU; DJ Daniels 5-0—5 TT, 1 TFL
-Special teams: Gavin Patterson 4-4 FG, long 46; Corliss Waitman 4-4FG, long 50

Miscellaneous Notes
-Individuals held out of the scrimmage included LB Bull Barge, TE Gerald Everett, S Kalen Jackson, and RBs Xavier Johnson and Tyreis Thomas.
-The Jaguar offense gained 482 yards on 102 snaps — and average of 4.73 per play — with 338 of those coming through the air.
-USA's defense was credited with nine sacks on the afternoon while adding another seven stops behind the line of scrimmage.
-The first-team defensive unit did not give up a score the first half of the scrimmage, allowing only one touchdown on drives not starting in the red zone.
-Thirteen individuals contributed to the offense's 23 pass completions, with no one posting more than three catches.
-Both placekickers connected on 4-of-4 attempts, including Corliss Waitman's 50-yard effort to end the day.
-There were only two punts as part of the event, with Brandon McKee recording a 51-yard kick on his lone effort.

Head coach Joey Jones
On his overall observations on the scrimmage: "There were some good things out there, but I don't know if we're playing as intense as we have to play on Saturday; it was a good day, just not great.  I thought our quarterbacks played pretty good although we took too many sacks, but overall they handled the ball well and threw it really well.  Defensively Roman Buchanan was running through the line making plays, and Tyree Turner played extremely well on the defensive line.  We just have to execute a little better, we have to be better than this to play against SEC teams and teams in the Sun Belt [Conference]."
On his immediate evaluation of the day: "I think offensively we are executing pretty well, the worst thing was that the pass rushers were getting to the quarterback.  We have some good guys rushing off the edge, but we have to protect the quarterback better in those situations — you can't have 10-yard sacks and expect to sustain drives."
On the team's quarterback situation after the scrimmage: "I think Cole is a guy we can win with and I thought Evan played really well as well.  It's going to be interesting, we have three guys [competing] and here in two weeks I'm going to make a decision and it's going to be one guy; they better be fighting for it."
On new wide receivers in the program: "Jordan McCray has been a real pleasant surprise, we have a chance with him; he is going to be a really good football player.  Sa'Mory Collier has speed, we've been saying the last couple of weeks we have to get him in the game and I think he proved that today."

Roman Buchanan
On how the scrimmage went from his perspective: "I think it went pretty well.  We could've had a little more energy.  With it being the first scrimmage, I think everyone might've been a bit winded because of game situations, but for the most part, I thought I thought it was pretty positive."
On how he sees the defense coming together: "I do feel like it's coming along a little bit better.  We are a lot more energetic and creating more negative plays [for the offense].  We feed off those negative plays."

Dallas Davis
On how the scrimmage went for him and the offense: "I feel like we could have done better.  We had way too many busts that we need to go back and clean up this week, and we need to get back after it."
On the quarterback competition: "I feel like it's going good.  I was out [of practice] for a couple of days.  I need to fix my shoulder and get back out there so I can compete."

Devon Earl
On the lack of turnovers today: "Our offense had an emphasis on not turning the ball over today, but we as a defense definitely want to create more turnovers."
On how the scrimmage went: "I feel it went really well.  Our defensive line looked incredible and the pass rush looked amazing.  It makes our job on the back end [of the defense] a lot easier."
On the play of new receivers Jordan McCray and Sa'Mory Collier: "Jordan is going to be really good.  He's young, but the way he can pin-point a ball and the ball skills that he already has are amazing.  Sa'Mory is a burner, he's coming off the slot and is someone I have to cover.  His speed is second-to-none."

Cole Garvin
On if he feels today worked in his favor in the quarterback competition: "We all did some good things, but we also did some little things wrong that we need to clean up.  I've had one or two of those types of plays every day in practice, and I had a couple out here today.  I just have to clean those up and keep progressing."
On how he felt the offense did in today in the scrimmage: "For the first scrimmage, I felt we did well.  Everyone had something that they need to clean up and if we do that, we will be fine by the start of the season."

Up next: After consecutive days off, the Jaguars will practice on campus Tuesday — the first day of fall semester classes — beginning at 3:30 p.m.

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