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'Cats Cap Camp Kenosha XIX
With Public Scrimmage
Northwestern
held its annual preseason scrimmage last Saturday, and fans were
treated to a hot day and even hotter performances by some of the
program's rookies.
With the scrimmage open to the public (and it was NU's only open
practice; even Monday's event at Great Lakes is closed, except to
program guests and media), and with the rash of recent injuries to the
team, NU's coaches chose to rest most of their starters. The day,
for the most part, belonged to the new guys.
And the new guys did not disappoint. Freshman wideout Venric Mark
had a fantastic practice, blasting through NU's coverage on kick
returns. Incoming quarterbacks Trevor Siemian and Kain Coulter
also looked terrific, as did freshman running back Adonis Smith.
Of course, there's not much to learn from an open scrimmage-- this is
typically just a day to soak in NU football after a long, parching
drought. The Great Lakes event should be more telling, and then
there's that scrimmage in Nashville in a couple of weeks...
Backup QB Evan Watkins unloads.
Mixing it up in Kenosha.
Kickers working out the kinks: Steve Flaherty...
...and Jeff Budzien.
The Wildcat ground game heats up...
...as does the air attack.
Siemian hands off.
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