NORMAL, Ill. – The Redbirds worked through the nearly two-hour session in helmets, as they opened preparations for the beginning of the season at Iowa on August 31.
Practice Highlights:
• Practice began with a team stretch and a special teams circuit, and after the individual position group period the action moved to the first of two 7-on-7 sessions.
• Working two huddles, quarterbacks Jake Rubley and Tommy Rittenhouse controlled the first huddle while quarterbacks Jimmy Makuh and Beckham Pellant worked out of the second huddle … Rubley was 5-for-5 in the first session, with a pair of completions to Tommy Donovan, while Rittenhouse was 4-for-6 with two connections to Eddie Kasper … Makuh was on target in the second huddle, finishing 6-for-6 with a pair of completions to freshman Dylan Lord … Pellant finished his first session going 3-for-4 and found freshman wideout Brett Kasper twice.