ACU SID Lance Fleming reports from Day 2 of Training Camp that Bernard Scott's other brother Daryl - RB Daryl Richardson - is the spittin' image of his big bro. No pressure there.
Should be worth a touchdown or two as a decoy alone. Run Daryl out there wearing #3 and send opposing coaches scrambling for their game programs.
Even better, Lance says, is that he looks like Bernard when he runs, too. At least in practice. Justin Johnson, the transfer from Oklahoma, also looks the part of a D1 back.
Meanwhile, Bernard continues his first full week of camp with the Bengals. Here are some cool pics from the Associated Press. While you're on that page, enter "Johnny Knox" in the search bar at the top of the page and see ACU's other NFL rookie at Bears camp.
Other news and notes:
* Former ACU quarterback Billy Malone is back with the Wildcats, this time in a coaching capacity. After a tryout with Buffalo earlier this summer, Malone returned to Abilene where he will coach tight ends as he works toward finishing his degree (he's six hours short of graduating).
* Several players on this year's roster have close relatives who have played for the Wildcats, including Richardson, whose brother, Scott, is the Wildcats' all-time leading rusher and is in camp with the Bengals.
Others with ACU connections:
*Walk-ons Jackson Richburg and Case Wilson are the sons of Monte Richburg and Mark Wilson, respectively. Mark Wilson was an all-America defensive back in the early 1980s and is back in coaching having joined the staff of former Wildcat Bob Shipley at Brownwood.
*Offensive assistant Brock Sherwood's younger brother, Austin, is also on the roster.
*There's OL Brock Niederhofer, son of Ol' Dan.
*And WR Kolby Freytag, son of Kirk. (That's Kolby with a K.)
*WR Chance McCoy's father is former Wildcat Brad McCoy, who is currently the head coach at Graham. His older brother is currently penciled in as the starting quarterback at Texas: Colt McCoy. You may have heard of him.
Other names you might recognize:
*Baylor transfer V.J. McElroy is the son of former Oakland Raider defensive back Vann McElroy.
*Clark Harrell is the brother of former Texas Tech quarterback and current Saskatchewan Roughrider (CFL) Graham Harrell.
Let's hope all of these guys make names for themselves this season.
Posts
2 comments:
Good stuff GB. Keep it coming. Pics of Bernard almost bring a tear to the eye.
Yeah. Sounds like Bernard has a good chance to be in the 3-man RB rotation in Cincy, probably as a 3rd down back. He never had Ray Lewis zeroing in on him at ACU, obviously, but there must've been a dozen times last year when I called his one-handed catches out in the flat.
Post a Comment