TOWSON, Md. – With just eight days remaining before their season opener at Kent
State University, Coach Rob Ambrose and
the Tiger football team ran through a light scrimmage at Johnny
Unitas® Stadium on Wednesday afternoon.
The Tigers, who held their annual Media Day in the morning,
returned to Unitas Stadium in the afternoon for a 70-minute scrimmage. The
Tigers ran about 55 plays from scrimmage and ran through some special teams
plays.
“We wanted to come out here and give them a chance to run through
some things,” said Coach Ambrose, who will be starting his fourth season as the
Tigers' coach next week. “We have some guys who are nicked up and we held them
out of the scrimmage because we to get them 'un-nicked.' The next 24-to-48
hours are going to be crucial as we get ready for Kent State.”
Senior Grant Enders,
the Tigers' returning starter at quarterback, looked very sharp in Thursday's
scrimmage. He drove the offense to a pair of touchdowns and completed 9 of 11
passes for 121 yards and a touchdown.
On the opening drive, Enders led the Tigers on a 75-yard march in
10 plays. Sophomore All-American Terrance West had four carries on the drive and picked up 30 yards. He also scored a
touchdown on an eight-yard run.
Connor Frazier, a red-shirt freshman quarterback, led the Tigers on their second
drive. After he completed a 27-yard pass to Mac Sanders, the drive stalled and Drew Evangelista punted.
Enders returned for the third series of the scrimmage. Starting
from his own 10-yard line, he marched the offense down the field. On the second
series, Enders completed five of six passes for 79 yards and tossed a 10-yard
touchdown pass to Spencer Wilkins.
Wilkins was impressive in the scrimmage. He had three catches for
25 yards and a touchdown and he also had a 48-yard kickoff return.
On the fourth and final drive of the scrimmage, junior Peter Athens completed two passes to Arione Scott for 49 yards, setting up a 21-yard field goal by Evangelista.
After the fourth drive, the Tigers ran plays from specialty
situations. Highlighting the specialty work was a 23-yard TD pass from Frazier
to Scott.
Scott had three receptions for 72 yards and a touchdown during the
scrimmage. Senior Erron Banks
continued his solid pre-season by catching two passes for 32 yards while senior
Tom Ryan had two catches for 22
yards.
The Tigers begin final preparations for Kent State on Thursday.
Season tickets for
Towson University football are on sale now by calling the Athletics
Ticket Office at 1-855-TU-TIGER or going online to TowsonTigers.com. Season ticket packages begin at $55 per seat.