The University of Idaho football team saw its season cut short as the Big Sky Conference (BSC) pushed fall sports to the spring. The team had been practicing for weeks before the cancellation in order to prepare for their fall camp.
“I’m very proud of how they’ve handled themselves through this and we’ll keep getting better,” Head Coach Paul Petrino said.
The team finished the 2019 season with a 5-7 record, winning four out of their six home games. The Vandals finished sixth in the conference to end the year.
Graduate wide receiver, Jeff Cotton, pushed the offense towards success. Cotton signed with the Los Angeles Chargers after the NFL draft back in April. Cotton also earned All America honors as a wide receiver.
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In the 2020 preseason, the Vandals finished signing day with 27 signees and were ranked with the fifth best recruiting class in the Football Championship Series (FCS) and third best in the BSC.
In the 2020 BSC Preseason polls, the Vandals were picked to finish eighth in the media poll and the ninth in the coaches’ poll.
Junior linebacker Christian Elliss and sophomore linebacker Tre Walker were awarded Preseason All-Big Sky Conference honors. Both athletes were All-Big Sky a season ago. Walker finished last season with All America honors as a linebacker as well.
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After the fall season was postponed, the team continued to participate with team Zoom calls, agility drills and walkthroughs.
“They’ve been very positive, very upbeat and worked their tails off,” Petrino said.
Recruitment is still in a dead period as it was when the pandemic started and Petrino is unsure if it will return in the spring.
“Getting to know recruits and their families will have to be over Zoom during this time,” Petrino said. “We’ll have to stick to watching tape and talking to athletes over Zoom for now.”
At this time no new information has surfaced about Idaho fall camp previously scheduled to start on Aug. 14.
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