SPARTANBURG, S.C. – The Wofford College football team completed spring practice with the Black and Gold game on Saturday morning. With the offense versus defense format in the scrimmage, the offense won 48-30.
 
The offense had touchdowns by Ryan Lovelace, KeiAndre Sanders, Jacquez Allen and Jamari Broussard. The defense had an interception returned for a touchdown by Cagan Campbell and a fumble recovered by James Wells.
 
 "It was a good spring," said Coach Josh Conklin. "I was disappointed that Jimmy Weirick was unable to take any reps today, but I am glad Peyton was able to handle things. I think we had a really good spring from a fundamental and technique standpoint as we learned some new schemes. We have a way to go in the situational stuff and you could see that today. I am proud of our effort and our energy. I liked the format of today's game and I think we will do it again. This was the first time we did it so I don't think they completely understood the scoring but as it went on they picked it up. It makes it competitive as you go offense against defense."
 
The morning began with a series of third down plays before the start of the scrimmage. On the first series, the offense had a pair of first downs before Ryan Lovelace scored on a 30-yard touchdown run. The next series saw Garrison Moore make a 20-yard catch and KeiAndre Sanders catch a 40-yard pass, but the series ended with a 32-yard field goal by Coltin Hallman.
 
The offense then had a drive that included five first downs and was capped with a three-yard catch by D'mauriae VanCleave for the touchdown. On the next series, the defense picked up points on a three-and-out and then Cagan Campbell intercepted a pass and returned it 45-yards for a touchdown. The offense responded with a 40-yard touchdown reception by Jacquez Allen. The defense answered with a fumble forced by Zy Abercrombie and James Wells recovered the fumble. Rett Russell ended the next drive with a sack.
 
The team then ran a four-minute segment with the offense gaining one first down before being stopped on third down. In the two-minute drill, a 20-yard run by Jacquez Allen was followed by a short touchdown run by Jamari Broussard.
 
The Southern Conference officiating crew called five penalties, which included three false starts on the offense. During the scrimmage, TE Anthony Craig suffered an injury during the scrimmage and was transported by ambulance to Spartanburg Medical Center for further evaluation. He was released later on Saturday afternoon.
 
On the injury front, several players were either held out or limited in spring practice including K Dawson Henis, DL Mikel Horton, S Omari Johnson, WR T.J. Luther, DL Michael Mason, DL Thad Mangum, LB Ryan Titus, QB Jimmy Weirick, WR Jim Welsh and S Jackson Zehr.
 
Wofford, the back-to-back-to-back Southern Conference Champions, return a total of thirteen players from 2019. There are four starters back on offense, along with seven on defense and two specialists. Last season the Terriers were 8-4 overall and 7-1 in the league. They advanced to the NCAA FCS Playoffs for the fourth straight season.
 
Terriers Add Ezra King To Signing Class … This week the Wofford football team received a National Letter of Intent from kicker Ezra King. With the signing, the Terriers have sixteen newcomers in the 2020 class.
 
King (6-0, 185, Covington, Ga.) played the last two seasons at Eastside High School. As a senior he was 44-of-45 on extra points, 6-of-10 on field goals with a long of 45 yards and had 61 kickoffs with 47 touchbacks. He also had 39 punts with a 43.3-yard average as he earned Region 4AAAA Special Teams Player of the Year honors and All-State honors at punter from the Atlanta Journal Constitution and the Georgia Sportswriters. During his junior season he added All-Region and All-State honors at punter.