Head coach Pat Fitzgerald spoke with media for about 20 minutes before a tour of the Walter Athletics Center. Here are five takeaways from his availabilty:

Clayton Thorson is in a non-contact jersey, and on a “pitch count”

Fitz said the staff is planning on bringing Thorson along slow, although he also said Thorson was a bit surprised by the progress he had made by early to mid-July.

Fitz fielded a couple of questions about the battle between TJ Green, Aidan Smith and Andrew Marty, but he kept his cards close to the chest.