Mickey Conn wants to make sure his group of safeties not only play better next fall, but he wants to make sure that each and every one of his players can play both the strong and free safety spots.
Conn won’t have to look very far to see a difference in his group of safeties when spring practice starts next week. Nolan Turner graduated and Joseph Charleston transferred, leaving Conn with a talented but in many ways still unproven group to work with.
Freshman Kylon Griffin won’t arrive until the fall, so Conn will have senior Jalyn Phillips, redshirt junior Lannden Zanders, junior RJ Mickens, junior Tyler Venables, sophomore Andrew Mukuba, and freshman Sherrod Covil to work with this spring.