BYU'S offense slaps around defense in blue zone Tuesday

Jordan Pendleton wasn’t on the field at the time, but he saw it as clear as everybody. “The offense had their way with us today,” said Pendleton.

Blue zone series

The offense couldn’t have looked more sharp Tuesday in blue zone team drills with helmets and pads. In five tries from the 20, the offense scored five times.

There was a sack on Heaps and an illegal procedure on a movement by a back with Nelson, but that were the only visible miscues against a mixture of defensive personnel that did not include all the ones at once.

Nelson took the first snaps and after running the ball to soften the front, he threw a scoring strike to Joshua Quezada who was surrounded by three defenders.

Heaps took the second snaps and after getting sacked by Jordan Richardson, he hit Cody Hoffman for 7 yards then tossed a beautiful score in the right corner of the end zone to Ross Apo.

Given the third reps, Heaps used a run by DiLuigi for three then hit Bryan Kayria for five before tossing a 3-yarder to Quezada against the third defense. Heaps second touchdown was an 8-yarder to McKay Jacobson, who came out of the slot and sprinted free in the scoring box.

Nelson then came out against a mixture of first team defenders and after using a nice run by A.J. Moore, he tossed a 13-yard touchdown to Marcus Matthews.

James Lark was given the final blue zone work with the first offense and after overthrowing everybody in the end zone on his first play, used DiLuigi for a nice 12-yard run, kept the ball himself for six and then found Kayria for a 4-yard score.

Five for five scoring.

In other practice news from this morning, Drew Phillips, the back from Alabama did not return to to action as planned. His clearinghouse forms from his high school have not made the gateway for clearance. It is considered a formality, not an issue.