High school football: Southmoore's Tre Edwards working on foot speed, reading defenses

Brickman wanted to go over Southmoore's offense with the senior-to-be and get him up to speed on anything he might've forgotten since the last season.

“It really surprised me how much of the offense he still remembered,” Brickman said. “It was almost like he'd just gotten off the field even though he'd been through a long baseball season.

“We were able to pick up where we left off.”

Edwards was banged up for part of last season and has spent a lot of time since then working on his foot speed.

“He's not the fastest quarterback in the world but he's one of the better guys I've seen in the read game with the zone read,” Brickman said.

Edwards has also emphasized improving the deep ball and reading defenses.

“Everything's kind of challenging with that,” he said. “It's pretty tough going up against our defense, and I think that'll help me out.”

Last season, the SaberCats went 5-6, falling in the first round of the playoffs.

Chris Jensen, the team's head coach since the program's inception in 2008, left to take the head coaching job at Oklahoma Baptist. Brickman, an assistant under Jensen, was promoted.

Brickman cut spring football down to seven days from 10 and has given the SaberCats some time off before summer workouts begin.