Miami WR Xavier Restrepo & TE Cam McCormick Break Down Early Practices Of Training Camp

few practices in just how you feeling the offense is jelling and how you feel things have gone thus far oh um exactly how I expected you know um we're a super explosive offense everyone is doing really well um when guys are you know down or whatever we have gu we have depth um like even our Walk-Ons um Nick Thomas uh Luna Marty I mean all those guys those guys are you know busting their tails every single day any opportunity they get they're taking advantage of it X after the first practice on Wednesday cam Ward told us that the defense was up one and0 that they took the first day how do you feel the second and third practice gone in terms of the offense responding for sure I mean we're going back and forth you know um I mean it's like couple plays here and there that just you know ruin our entire offensive Moto for the day but then we jump right back on it you know we have short-term memory um I mean if we were whooping the defense every single day there' be something wrong you know so uh again there we have great guys all over the field um great guys on the sideline as well um including the coaches and stuff like that so I mean we have a big year loading and you know obviously you against secondary a lot of new bases there either guys who didn't play much the last couple years or transferred in or a freshman put in your early impressions of them oh I mean everyone's just running around the field this is one of the best you know incoming groups I've ever seen um and yeah I mean um nothing more to say you know um the guys are flying around making plays on both both sides of the ball um giving us really good competition really good looks and uh we'll be we'll be ready you can you can wi against deari a lot I think uh Co had be the nickel a lot so have you been facing off against him yeah I mean they rotate guys every day you know I've going against everyone um Demar is a great player and so is you know everyone that lines up in the nickel giving me great work every single day with Sam Brown um talk about the dimension he adds and can talk at how Sam you and jacobe maybe are different types of receivers and how you know that can help you guys for sure I mean Sam just like jacobe just like Isaiah just like n chance all those guys JoJo they're all different types of receivers and they bring something to the game um they're every every single one of them is unique you know uh I mean every single one of them you know comes every single day to work this what I call work and you know just gives are all and that's what I love the most about them I respect those guys a lot and um can't can't wait to play next year those guys all season say him for those that haven't seen him play like what are the strengths of his game would you would you say I mean he he's a full receiver you know he could uh make 50-50 catches he could burn a defense off he has great hands great routes um great great athlete for you last season uh just any extra sense of motivation for you to want to see this get over the hump after seeing things start to Trend over the last couple years yeah I mean um not so much looking forward to you know the season so much we still have you know it's only a third day camp you know so we're just ready for Kane's fest tomorrow um it's going to be a great opportunity fans come out get to see us work and stuff like that um and but most importantly we get another day of work you know um we get we again we get another day of work we don't have to come here um and I feel like that's everyone's mindset I feel like that's why we're such a good team right now and just for you uh just what advice you've been giving to the incoming freshman just what's the biggest pieace fights you give to them and what's the biggest thing that pieace fights that you got when you step foot on campus for sure um so our Leadership Council actually meets um with Dr Elco he is a great great great leadership guy he come he came from a whole bunch of you know prestigious colleges and he basically put this thing in and said match me you know so that's really what I'm bringing to the table every single day match me um I came out here a little excited today you know we have pads on um and said I'm going to be the thermostat you know everybody match me um and I mean our receivers kick butt today our offense kicked butt today defense kicked butt today I mean everyone was just super high intensity super high effort and I mean even in special teams period is you know that that's where you can tell the team's DN you know and um I mean I make sure I'm the first one in line you know leading by example basically and uh yeah just setting the tone and again being that thermostat about how many players are on the Leadership Council right now there's about like eight 8 to 10 um but again a lot of guys we want the whole team to be a leadership counc you know um because even um Nick Thomas one of the Walk-Ons of slots um today I had my helmet off during walk through he said hey X put your helmet on of course let's do it you know um and I have total respect for that guy because um coming in you know knowing that you know I'm the the guy at the slot um right now him to be able to tell me that is you know take some courage you know and I have unlimited respect for the kid anything else for appreciate you guys thank you questions for Ken you just I mean couple you know about a week or so into practice what's the the general Vibe around the team how do you guys feel um the offense team we're all fired up to be out there competing against each other um we know how special we are just throughout this offseason we've connected really well um and we're putting it all together now and and you know taking each day at a time and excited for what what's to come for for the team a little different tight ends room now uh a new Elijah lton arrival Elijah Royo is healthy um how productive you know you guys all have so many different skills how productive can this group be now for the last year yeah the group can be really really productive um we all you know have different skill sets and to bring something different to the table so um I'm excited to see what this room can do this year um just because like we're a very like unselfish room um and and we we like to celebrate the success of of others in the room and you know whenever someone in the room makes a big play that's not ourself you know every we're all super excited cheering um getting loud for each other just because we know like the hard work that we we put in in the offseason um is going to lead us to you know when we get out there on Saturday that those big players are going to find us and we'll be right there to celebrate with all of the guys around for a year or two is Lofton a guy who sort of plays Beyond his ears in some respects yeah he's definitely ahead of the game for sure um you can just tell when guys come in um and his his work ethic how hard he works and just like how competitive he is to be out on the field um it's impressive for a guy so young to to I guess learn the game this easy so quick cuz High School to college is a big level a big jump so for him to come in and I guess get accumulated so fast I give him his prop he's doing a great job being able to work with Cam Ward now going back to the spring uh what what makes him special and and what's different about Ward just his ability to bring the guys together um he when he talks everyone listens he he you know he's a leader and when when he does say something all the guys listen and and do what he says um I think outside of football he does a great job of just bringing everybody together getting guys together hanging out um just put that camarad with each other off the field cuz then that's important so then when we get on the field it's it's all trust when we get out there he says something it's like Hey listen to him and let's do it let's get it done for you as someone who's been around the block a few times just with a lot of younger guys whether it's Lofton or JoJo or nikar whoever maybe just what some advice you're giving to the freshmen who are coming in as they get ready for their first college football season yeah uh just work hard compete um days are going to get hard but there's going to be adversity that's going to come your way it's about how you can handle that that adversity and move forward you know every day is not going to be a great day um and how are you going to be able to move on from that process that and you know next we have another practice tomorrow so it's like how are you going to be able to adjust your mindset to you know hey we got another practice tomorrow we got to go do it all over again can you keep the same level of consistency throughout the week someone's gone against the defense what do you think is stood out about them so far yeah those guys like to fly around they like to have fun they fly around um they're smart and they're physical so you know it's a challenge every day going against the defense and I'm glad that I'm going against every day it's going to only make myself better but the whole offense better every day you mentioned that you know the tight end room is very for a lot of guys in different skills very versatile room have you talked to uh coach Dawson coach about what your your role is going to be this year how much going to be blocking versus going out passes and stuff no I haven't really talked to them about that I I trust those guys um they trust me and and whatever whatever role they need me to play is the role I'm going to play um I I I leave that up to that those guys and I come out here every day I work hard work my butt off and wher wherever that is that's what it is you've been on some pretty good teams um including at Oregon obviously uh do you have a sense yet for overall how this team maybe Stacks up to some of the better Oregon teams you part of yeah his team Stacks up you know really well to some of those teams that I've been on um you know we're uh I think that we've done a really good job of I guess tuning the little things we focus a lot on that this this off season and and I think it's paid off for us so I can't wait to see you know all the you know to re those rewards couple more for K if there is thanks