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BALTIMORE, Md. (August 16, 2025) – Just two weeks into fall camp, the Bears have already powered through 16 practices. Saturday's workout unfolded at Hughes Stadium beneath partly cloudy skies, with the sun breaking through as temperatures hovered in the low 90s.
The Bears will have Sunday off before another full week of preseason drills begins Monday, capped by another scrimmage next Saturday. It all leads up to the regular-season opener, against South Alabama in Mobile on Aug. 30.
Following an intense Saturday scrimmage, Morgan State head coach Damon Wilson shared his insights on the Bears as they gear up for Week 3 of preseason camp.
On his impressions of who stood out during the scrimmage:
"Defensively, Blanche Gold made some plays today, which was good to see. Adetoye Onyekaba surprised us today with some good plays, too. I think No. 22 (Randall Nauden) made some plays today running the ball, offensively.
We sat some guys to give other guys an opportunity to play, and overall, I was pretty impressed with the energy the defense played with. Those younger guys were really getting after it and not playing two of our starters, Erick (Hunter) and Arturo (Mattocks), who didn't play at all. It was great to see our young guys running around and making plays."
On the assessment of the offensive line so far:
"We have guys that did not suit up or didn't participate in the scrimmage, so we're trying to find that second-tier guy. We feel pretty good about 7 to 8, that we feel we can have some real success with, but we're trying to build some depth at that position. Some guys are banged up, so we kept them out of the competition, but I think we're going to be in good shape. We should have a starting O-line by the middle of this upcoming week."
On the wide receivers:
"We were out there today with mainly freshmen receivers getting reps."
On the turnovers:
"We have to eliminate them. We had two or three inside the red zone, and we have to eliminate those. It's something we talk about as a staff — No self-inflicted penalties or wounds. If you turn the ball over and jump offside on snaps, those sorts of things are cause for alarm all day. They eliminated two of the explosive plays we had, especially with penalties from an alignment standpoint. Those things are correctable. The good thing is we've got two more weeks before our first game, but we've got some work to do for sure."
On whether the defense is ahead of the offense right now:
"Yes, without a doubt. The young guys did a heck of a job and really bought into covering their responsibilities. We're doing everything with a really base defense, so they don't have to think too much and just play. Those guys are making plays, and you saw great energy. Once we start scheming up things, we should be in really good shape."
On how he plans on using his kickers this season:
"It'll be based on distance. Chris (Sahr Gbundema) will probably do the extra points and field goals on the 20, and then we'll go to Amaya (Alex Amaya) for longer field goals and maybe for kickoffs. We're still navigating through that, but we'll have pretty good specialists."
On if he has decided on Team Captains:
"I haven't yet. I'm going to get with our coaches and talk about it tomorrow. But no, we have not officially named captains as of yet."
On plans heading into Week 3:
"We've got two more days of "camp" and then we'll switch our focus to South Alabama and break down the scout team and get ready for Week 1 and the first day of classes. We've got a week of nothing but football, and then we've got a half-week before we get into school, but we'll give them a couple more days of camp, and then we'll start getting ready for South Alabama."
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ABOUT MORGAN
Morgan State University, founded in 1867, is a Carnegie-classified high research (R2) institution offering nearly 140 academic programs leading to degrees from the baccalaureate to the doctorate. As Maryland's Preeminent Public Urban Research University, and the only university to have its entire campus designated as a National Treasure by the National Trust for Historic Preservation, Morgan serves a multiethnic and multiracial student body and seeks to ensure that the doors of higher education are opened as wide as possible to as many as possible. For more information about Morgan State University, visit www.morgan.edu.
