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Making adjustments
Slotbacks working hard to be assignment sound
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Georgia Southern linebacker Zach Humphrey, right, misses on a diving tackle as slotback Nico Hickey races to the endzone during Saturday's scrimmage at Paulson Stadium.
Whenever a new coaching staff shows up, some players are going to naturally decide that the new system is not for them. In fact, it's already happened at Georgia Southern as quarterbacks Lee Chapple and Kyle Collins and running back Adam Urbano left team before the start of spring practice.And it almost happened to wide-receiver-turned-slotback J.J. Wilcox."I was upset," said Wilcox, a sophomore who has never played running back before in his life. "I had to call my dad on the phone and I was like, ‘Dad, I don't know how to play running back.