Week 1 Bishop McDevitt Vs. La Salle College Game Notes

Friday night under the lights is back! This was a really interesting and hard-fought game. La Salle College had 2 key players who did not play in running back <strong>[player_tooltip player_id="27560" first="Samuel" last="Brown"]</strong> and linebacker <strong>[player_tooltip player_id="27556" first="Abdul" last="Carter"]</strong>. &nbsp; I was glad I watched this game online, I really wanted to see what <strong>[player_tooltip player_id="154352" first="Stone" last="Saunders"]</strong> was all about as a freshman. First play from scrimmage he threw a deep pass, and it was right on the money. Saunders looked the part of a future Power 5 quarterback. He’s got the size, arm strength as a young kid and showed to be athletic. Never really got flustered. When he has time in the pocket his deep accuracy is on the money throwing for a second deep pass later in the game<strong>. [player_tooltip player_id="27593" first="Mario" last="Easterly"]</strong> was involved early and often in the receiving game but did die down as the game went on. I believe Saunders to Easterly is going to happen a lot this season. Another receiver to watch along with Easterly, [player_tooltip player_id="27597" first="Kamil" last="Foster"], and [player_tooltip player_id="140018" first="Jeffrey" last="Penn"] is sophomore <strong>Rico Scott</strong>. He made a few good plays.  I kept my eye closely on top offensive lineman <strong>[player_tooltip player_id="27745" first="Gabriel" last="Arena"]</strong>, he looked good out there, did not give up a sack. &nbsp; For La Salle College, defensively <strong>[player_tooltip player_id="140975" first="Darold" last="Dengohe"]</strong> was disruptive in the backfield. He had a few tackles for loss and a couple of sacks. To replace <strong>[player_tooltip player_id="27556" first="Abdul" last="Carter"] </strong>was senior linebacker <strong>Chris Thompson</strong> and sophomore linebacker <strong>Matt Wills</strong>. They both looked good out there, making plays. On offense to replace <strong>[player_tooltip player_id="27560" first="Samuel" last="Brown"]</strong> was a couple of running backs, but the one who stole the show was sophomore <strong>Stevie Davis</strong>. He’s undersized listed at 5’6 but quick with good speed and really good balance after contact. He is smooth with his jump cuts as well. Davis scored 2 touchdowns from 50 and 14-yards. He also added a huge kickoff return to start the 2^nd half. From what I saw, believe he could be an FBS running back.