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[Coach]

For DC and some other K-State fans, as well as Big XII fans. Went to the spring scrimmage in Manhattan last night. I'm also proud to announce that I am a season ticket holder for the 2010 season.

Carson Coffman had a good game all around. I only recall him throwing two bad passes, one of them was underthrown and the other was too far from the receiver to have a chance of catching it on the out of bounds. Other than that, I couldn't really complain about his play. He made some nice throws. He'll need to work on the spiral though, just seems like he doesn't have the big hands to grip the ball well, as sometimes the football would rotate like a helicopter.

But Coffman threw a very nice beautiful pass to Braden Wilson in the middle of the field without breaking Braden's stride for a TD. In all, Coffman completed 38 of 51 passes for 440 yards and seven touchdowns. Granted, the big outing came against a defense filled with second-team players who weren't allowed to blitz, so that'll be something to watch as the season kicks off.

Lamur and Cosh are not just ready. Lamur has the dual-threat ability, but the problem with him is that he has a tendency to lock in one receiver. That was also Cosh's problem as well as he got picked off twice, one was brought back for a TD. Klein didn't participate due to a injury.

D-Train is D-Train, and Powell is a serviceable back-up RB to give D-Train a rest for a snap or two. John Hubert is the one I'd be watching, as he had a nice play (5 yards) in the endzone. It was a handoff to him, going to the right side, and he cut back in, going in the middle of the field, and was met by 3 defenders, and somehow, he spun lose, shaking off those three defenders to get in the endzone.

But I think (outside of D-Train) of the running game success was the returning 4 offensive linemen. Powell was somewhat struggling to get yards as a 2nd stringer going against a 1st string defense, but when he switched to the first stringer, it was obvious that he was getting holes to run into. Not sure if it's more of the offensive line or the 2nd string defensive line getting hammered.

The receivers are incredible. Very much vastly improved. They had made some great catches, outside of one drop. Brodrick Smith is very solid. Aubrey Quarles was also solid. Harper didn't do much, other than a few returns and probably a catch or two, so I couldn't get a feel for him. The one I really thought will do some serious damage in the middle will be the TE. Andre McDonald is a hulking 6'8", 282 pound RS Freshman, and he runs well for a guy his size, and made some decent catches as well.

The negative that I saw was the punting. It just seemed the punter just lacks the leg strength in order to have booming punts, and kickoffs were inconsistent at best, although the ball was placed around the 5-10 yard line, I'd like to see more of kickoffs being kicked into the endzone to reduce the chance of the other team returning it.

Another negative is that we didn't quite get a good feel for special teams, other than kickoff returns. Whenever the ball was punted, there were no returns, as it was immediately dead on the spot. Although, I can see part of the reasoning for it was to minimize injuries.

In all, no major injuries that I know of occurred, other than Prizel Brown getting knocked down once, but he walked it off under his own power, so I don't think there's too much of a concern there.

[Coach]

2 verbals so far.

Tyler Lockett, son of Kevin Lockett and nephew of Aaron Lockett committed to K-State.

http://rivals.yahoo....r-Lockett-87619

Also Samuel Harvill committed to K-State as well.

http://rivals.yahoo....college_choices

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Ht:6'0"
Wt:255 lbs
40:4.9 secs
Bench Max:550
Bench Reps:64
Squat Max:550
Shuttle:4.77
Vertical:30 inches
Class:2011 (High School)

Note the bolded section.

[Los Pollos Hermanos]

Kevin Lockett has a son old enough to be in college already? Damn.