Cajuns wear pads for 1st time in fall camp

The Louisiana Ragin’ Cajuns football team put on pads Saturday for the first time during fall camp, working out for approximately two hours at the Ragin’ Cajuns Practice Facility.
Louisiana, which will open its season Sept. 3 against Boise State at Cajun Field, continued installing its offensive and defensive packages while going through a controlled tempo in 11-on-11 drills. Ja’Marcus Bradley and Jared Johnson each caught touchdown passes during team drills, while Gabe Fuselier and the redshirt freshmen tandem of Jarrod Jackson and Carlos Robinson made key grabs during team drills.
“It was a solid day the first part of practice, but I was a little disappointed the way the practice ended with our team setting today,” Louisiana head coach Mark Hudspeth said in a news release. “We’ve got so many new guys that have never practiced with us, and they’ve got to learn how to practice, especially when we’re in our controlled tempo. We’ve got too many guys on the ground … every time that happens, you’re risking somebody getting injured or rolled up.”
Jordan Davis, Anthony Jennings and Jalen Nixon continued to direct the No. 1 offense for the Ragin’ Cajuns, with Elijah McGuire, Jordan Wright, Darius Hoggins and freshman Raymond Calais each picking up carries out the backfield.
“The effort was pretty good again today, but we’ve got to practice smarter and come out a little more focused,” said Hudspeth, “but we had some pretty good attitudes for the most part. A couple of guys always stand out here or there, but overall, it was an average day. We’ve got to do a better job tomorrow.”
Louisiana returned to practice today at 8:45 a.m. at the Ragin’ Cajuns Practice Facility. The Ragin’ Cajuns will work their first workout in full gear Tuesday.