[Hank 91]

Here's a quick note from Drukarve from behind the pay curtain. He talks James Vaughters -- perhaps the single player I'm most excited to watch this fall -- and Remound Wright, whom we've been discussing a bit on this thread.

"Vaughters has been better than we had hoped, and we had high hopes for him," Shaw said. "He's been borderline dominant the last four days of practice. Just so physical, so fast, and now he completely understands the defense so he's anticipating and really hitting the holes on blitzes and playing off blocks in the running game. He's been very good."

-Shaw said that no decision has been made on Barry Sanders' redshirt, but that it's unlikely the true freshman would play this season if he wouldn't make a major contribution to the team.

"I haven't figured out how (we will use him), I haven't figured out if (we will use him)," Shaw said. "That's what this next week is about. To say we're loaded at running back is an understatement because Remound Wright has had a phenomenal camp. He really has. Ricky Seale has had a really good camp. So to have four backs that can all go, we want to see where Barry fits on special teams, we want to see where Barry fits in the offense to see if we want to put him out there because there's no doubt he can play.

"(But) if it's just returning kicks and not anyplace else, that might not be enough to burn a redshirt."

[Hank 91]

Here's a quick note from Drukarve from behind the pay curtain. He talks James Vaughters -- perhaps the single player I'm most excited to watch this fall -- and Remound Wright, whom we've been discussing a bit on this thread.

"Vaughters has been better than we had hoped, and we had high hopes for him," Shaw said. "He's been borderline dominant the last four days of practice. Just so physical, so fast, and now he completely understands the defense so he's anticipating and really hitting the holes on blitzes and playing off blocks in the running game. He's been very good."

-Shaw said that no decision has been made on Barry Sanders' redshirt, but that it's unlikely the true freshman would play this season if he wouldn't make a major contribution to the team.

"I haven't figured out how (we will use him), I haven't figured out if (we will use him)," Shaw said. "That's what this next week is about. To say we're loaded at running back is an understatement because Remound Wright has had a phenomenal camp. He really has. Ricky Seale has had a really good camp. So to have four backs that can all go, we want to see where Barry fits on special teams, we want to see where Barry fits in the offense to see if we want to put him out there because there's no doubt he can play.

"(But) if it's just returning kicks and not anyplace else, that might not be enough to burn a redshirt."