said Collins. " No. 2, I thought that the guys we changed positions with really adjusted well."
Also back for the offense is their leading receiver from last season, Chris Whytus. Whytus caught 28 passes for 260 yards and a TD in 2024.
Collins said Whytus had a good spring at both wide receiver and defensive back.
Collins said Zayden Armstrong-Teeters had a good spring for the Lions.
" He looked really good at linebacker," said Collins.
Armstrong-Teeters also rushed for 43 yards on seven carries in the Red-Black game.
Collins also praised wide receiver-defensive back Brayveon Colbert and H-back, linebacker Jorge Aguilera. Colbert had an 82-yard pass reception in the spring game.
Montana McEwen ran 63 yards for a touchdown in the Red-Black game and scored on a 60-yard TD pass from quarterback Jeremiah Freeman, who was 5-of-8 passing for 140 yards, including a 31-yard TD pass to Daymien Bankston. McEwen rushed for 109 yards on eight carries in that spring game.
Jamorian Hamilton ran for a 3-yard TD in the spring game and Cameron Clayton returned an interception 55 yards for a TD. The Lions will be entering the second season under Collins as head coach. He was also a head coach at Richardson Pearce and Longview Pine Tree.
" We are night and day from where we were this time last year," Collins said before the fall workouts started. " The work ethic is different. The way we operate is different."
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