University of North Alabama Athletics

FLORENCE -- The University of North Alabama football team completed its second week of Spring football drills Saturday with a 90-minute scrimmage at the UNA practice field. Head coach Mark Hudspeth said he say a lot of good things early but said his players tired as the scrimmage progressed. "Defensively I thought we got lined up and played well a times but we got tired and didn't play hard the full scrimmage," Hudspeth said. "We saw some good things from Tim Hunt and he showed why he can be one of the best players in this league. Donald Tharpe also had a good scrimmage and Alfonzo Townsend got tired, but he showed that he can be an outstanding player for us when he gets in shape." Overall the Lion defense only allowed one touchdown in the scrimmage. "Early on our offensive line did a good job and had a couple of nice drives," Hudspeth said. "Our first team line did a good job, and even though our second units struggled to be consistent, they looked better than they usually have at this point." Hudspeth said that quarterback Vinnie Saylor looked good at times but was still forcing the ball at times. Hudspeth praised the play of receivers Anthony Merritt, Marcus Lewis and Jaron Fountain. "We'll go back and look at the film and evaluate it and get back to work on Monday," Hudspeth said.