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The Battalion
Page 7D
Secondary pours talent into vacant positions
By Julie Chelkowski
ini/
Just about the only thing the
1 A&M defensive backfield won't
hit you with this season is the
experience they have had from
years past.
The Aggies may not have the
maturity that has characterized
their secondary recently, but the
players and coaches say they
will not let that slow them
down.
Defensive backs coach Trent
;gie running Walters said his players possess
the talent, confidence and the
see runnin determination to live up to the
incollegean "Wrecking Crew" standards.
"The big thing with us now is
overcoming the lack of experi
ence," Walters said. "We have a
t's one of tli lot of ability, but I think the key
)t to recognir thing is we don't have the game
done in this experience that (last year's)
group had."
The two positions left open
by the departures of free safety
Patrick Bates and cornerback
Derrick Frazier have been filled
by Junior White and Ray Mick-
ens, respectively. Both White
and Mickens have had some
limited playing time, but have
never started in a game.
Walters said that although
the two have an obvious disad
vantage because they have nev
er started, he thinks they will
perform well.
"Going into the game is a lit
tle different as a starter than be
ing a back-up," Walters said.
When you're a back up, you
don't have that tension, pres
sure and nervousness that you
have as a starter.
But they've been looking
forward to it since last year and
have confidence that they'll
play well."
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Cornerback Aaron Glenn (31)
sets up in a one-on-one pass drill
at a recent A&M practice.
lack of playing time — he is 5-
foot-8. But according to Mick
ens, he will have no problem
handling even the toughest op
ponents such as Lovell Pinkney,
the 6-foot-5, 232-pound wide re
ceiver from the University of
Texas, and Lloyd Hill, the All-
American split end from Texas
Tech.
"I'm going to break them
down," Mickens said. "The
only way to take care of that is
when I play, I will play the heck
out of them. I just push them
off their route."
As far as the goals Mickens
has set for himself, they are sim
ple yet sound.
"My main goal is to play
hard and play with a lot of con
fidence and try to break up as
many balls as I can. Don't slack
off on even one play," he said.
"And if I play hard on every
snap, I'll feel I've accomplished
Kyle Burnett/im Battalion
Glenn, a returning starter, has
been named to several presea
son All-America teams.
my goals."
Cornerback Aaron Glenn and
strong safety Michael Hen
dricks, however, are A&M's ex
ceptions to the 'inexperienced'
backfield.
Hendricks took over last sea
son for starter Steve Kenney,
who was injured in the Kickoff
Classic against Stanford. Hen
dricks surpassed his coaches'
expectation and logged in a sol
id season as only a sophomore.
Glenn, the only senior and a
candidate for All-American hon
ors as well as the Thorpe
Award, has become a leader to
the younger players through his
actions and words.
"He's the only guy back there
who has a lot of experience,"
Walters said. "He's doing a
great job with leadership by
performance and he's doing a
better job this year inspiring the
guys by talking to them and mo
tivating them."
Even though Glenn led the
team last season in two cate
gories - six interceptions and 20
broken-up passes - he said he
has improved his game with the
help of former teammates Fra
zier and Bates.
"With Bates and Frazier, they
got you on top of your game,"
he said. "They told you what
you're doing wrong. With them
doing that. I've just stepped up
my game. My reaction time and
covering ability improved a lot
since last year. I think I'll have
a better year than last year."
Walters said Glenn has re
fined his style by becoming a
smarter player.
"Glenn is being a little
smoother and being more con
sistent," Walters said. "He's
more conscious of technique,
more exact in execution."
Another improvement Glenn
said he and his teammates have
made is in their confidence.
Throughout last year's season
the team "got caught up in the
polls a little too much," Glenn
said. But after the loss to Notre
Dame at the Cotton Bowl, he
said that the team's confidence
was briefly stripped.
"That was a hard loss. They
didn't just physically beat us,
they mentally beat us. They
pushed the ball down our
throat," Glenn said. "But now,
we know there are teams that
can run on us and we're getting
that confidence back. We know
we're the Aggies and we play
that reckless type of defense."
Glenn quickly bounced back
from the shock of the Notre
Dame loss and has exhibited a
no-nonsense attitude anticipat
ing his season's toughest oppo
nent, Hill from Texas Tech.
"Hill is a great receiver, but
the boy is covered."
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Front seven set to anchor Aggie defense
By Drew Diener
The Battalion
Last season, the spotlight
glared on former A&M All-
American linebacker Marcus
Buckley. But he has taken his tal
ents to the National Football
League.
Now in thfe glared the bright
lights, the linebacking corps, led
by Steve Solari, will be joined by
an emerging defensive line that
features three returning starters:
defensive ends Sam Adams and
Eric England and noseguard
Lance Teichelman.
Defensive coordinator Bob
Davie said he is confident that
Solari will follow in Buckley's
path while comparing Solari to
some former A&M linebacking
greats.
"Steve Solari gives us that
Marcus Buckley, Aaron Wallace,
John Roper player," Davie said.
"He's the one player we have
that can do that."
Solari's teammates also seem
quite impressed with the Sugar-
land Willowridge product.
"Steve's a very good outside
linebacker," Adams said. "He's
strong, quick, and he's going to
be a tremendous help to this
team."
Solari will be flanked by
sophomore Antonio Shorter at
the other outside spot. Davie
said Shorter's development is vi
tal to the success of Solari.
"The critical thing for Steve
Solari is for Antonio Shorter to
develop so Steve Solari can stay
right where he is and become the
Marcus Buckley," Davie said.
While Solari and Shorter so
lidify the outside linebacker
spots, senior and Butkus Award
nominee Jason Atkinson, a three-
year starter, anchors the inside
along with Larry Jackson and
Jessie Cox.
Atkinson and the rest of his
linebacking counterparts will be
aided by the defensive linemen
in front of them. The unit is con
sidered one of the best in the na
tion by some observers.
The linebackers know that
how well the line plays this sea
son will also effect their perfor
mance.
"With guys like Eric (Eng
land), (Lance) Teichelman, and
Sam (Adams), offenses have to
double team at least one of those
guys and that will leave me in a
lot of one-on-one situations," So
lari said. "That will be important
in us having success this season."
Another factor that will help
yield a powerful force is the es
tablishment of positions in the
line. Last season, Teichelman
started off at end with England at
nose guard.
But this year, the players
switched and it was a move that
benefitted everyone.
"This past year I earned a real
good job at noseguard I feel com
fortable with and its nice to just
sit back and work to get better in
stead of having to fight for posi-
tion,"Teichelman said.
"Since everything is settled,
everyone is fitting into their posi
tion. Everyone is clicking right
now," England said.
Kyle Bumett/THE Battalion
Defensive end Sam Adams
bolsters a seasoned line that
returns all three starters.
Adams said his teammates
have one real goal for the upcom
ing season.
"We're not going out there to
maintain, we're going out there
to become better," Adams said.
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