CHESTNUT HILL – It’s March, so everything you see at any of the local spring college practices should be taken with a grain of salt. A lot can change between now and August when real training camp begins. However, with that in mind, BC fans should be encouraged with the team through the first four practices of the 15-session spring calendar. Practice No. 4 took place on Tuesday morning and……
A few nuggets from day one of spring ball in Year 2 of the Bill O’Brien Era: -Number changes throwing me off big time. Grayson James is now wearing No. 3. Jordan McDonald has taken Kye’s old No. 5. -Lonergan (wearing No. 9) is impressive and he’s clearly been through ‘real’ football with Alabama. Looked like a vet both in drills and team stuff. He and Shaker Reisig did miss…
Year No. 2 of the Bill O’Brien era at BC begins on Tuesday morning when the team hits the field inside Fish Field House for the first day of spring practice. BC will be practicing 9:15-11:15 three days a week between now and April 12th. In total, spring ball consists of 15 practices, or in some cases, job interviews for younger players looking to make a statement at the D1…
Image courtesy of BC Athletics Chris Lindstrom. Zion Johnson. Christian Mahogany. Those three names will soon have another added to the list of recent O-linemen to hear their names called in the NFL Draft after wearing the maroon and gold at BC. O-line U is back to producing regular talent that’s just about as plug-and-play as it gets in today’s NFL. At 6’8,” 316lbs., Ozzy Trapilo will soon hear his…
Image courtesy of Joe Sullivan/BC Athletics By Andy Backstrom NEFJ Correspondent INDIANAPOLIS – Cam Horsley and Donovan Ezeiruaku are roommates at the NFL Combine. That’s fitting for a pair of Boston College defensive linemen who have played alongside each other the last four years. “It was a lot of being in tune, building that camaraderie,” Horsley said Wednesday in the Indianapolis Convention Center. “Playing alongside Don, it was a great…
Image courtesy of Joe Sullivan/BC Athletics By Andy Backstrom NEFJ Correspondent INDIANAPOLIS – Donovan Ezeiruaku recorded a sack in his first game at Boston College. The eloquent defensive end from Williamstown, New Jersey, made his voice known before that, even as a true freshman. “Right off the bat, I felt like he was a very good leader,” BC defensive tackle Cam Horsley said Wednesday at the NFL Combine. “Some guys…
Image courtesy of BC Athletics Losing Ray Brown in meeting rooms and on the sidelines during practice and game days is one thing. Losing him on the recruiting trail is another. The Eagles are in fact losing one of their best coaches and recruiters as Brown is heading to the San Francisco 49ers to take over as Kyle Shanahan’s defensive backs coach. Brown was widely considered one of the best…
The monster is being built and the BC staff is certainly making a statement about the future of the program during its first real recruiting cycle. Given how late in the game the staff came together almost a year ago this week, this winter and spring is the first real opportunity BC has had to go out and recruit around the country at full capacity. Sure, there’s already been plenty…
Another interesting weekly hit on WEEI’s The Greg Hill Show this morning for Bill O’Brien. Here’s everything he had to say: On if Kansas City is a dynasty “I don’t really know the definition, the exact definition of a dynasty. The Patriots did it over a 20-year span. In two different times. They won three times in early 2000’s, then they won three times later in the ’14, ’16, ’18…if…
MOBILE, AL – It’s not every day that you get a chance to have your biggest job interview with someone you’ve known and gone to battle with for a long time. But, that’s exactly the situation Donovan Ezeiruaku and Ozzy Trapilo find themselves in this week. The two former Eagles have been putting on a show and impressing scouts down in Mobile, Alabama this week during Reese’s Senior Bowl practice….