USF backup corners still unsettled

Posted Aug 29, 2011 by Adam Adkins

Updated Aug 29, 2011 at 01:24 PM

Most of the existing position battles for backup jobs became a bit clearer for USF coach Skip Holtz following the team’s final scrimmage Friday, but one position that remains unsettled are the backup jobs at cornerback.

“We talked quite a while, probably about an hour this morning, and I said to the staff I’m as confused now as I was when we started,” USF coach Skip Holtz said Sunday evening.

Most of the six players vying for those spots – juniors Ernie Tabuteau and George Baker, sophomores Ricardo Dixon and Brandon Salinas, redshirt freshman Spencer Boyd and true freshman Kenneth Durden – have missed time in fall practice with minor injuries, preventing coaches from getting a solid read on who the best options might be.

Going into Saturday’s season opener at Notre Dame, Holtz is certain who will be on the field to start. If the need calls for a reserve to enter the game, however, it’s still a bit of a question mark as to who will have their number called.

“We know who our two starters are. That’s going to be (Quenton Washington) and Kayvon (Webster),” Holtz said. “But behind them, I’ve played out every scenario pretty much in who to put where, and right now nothing’s defined for me.”