Padron shines in first EWU scrimmage
Coeur d'Alene Press | UPDATED 12 years, 5 months AGO
CHENEY - Southern Methodist University transfer Kyle Padron passed for 214 yards and a touchdown in Eastern Washington's first scrimmage of preseason football practices Saturday at Roos Field.
Junior Demitrius Bronson rushed for 41 yards and a pair of touchdowns in the 71-play scrimmage. In all, Eastern rushed 25 times for 62 yards and four Eastern quarterbacks combined to complete 23 of 46 passes for 322 yards.
Padron's completions included a 55-yard touchdown strike to junior All-America receiver Brandon Kaufman, who also had a 2-yard touchdown reception later in the scrimmage.
Cody Hecker, formerly of Sandpoint High, rushed twice for 2 yards.
SCORING PLAYS
Demitrius Bronson 28 run (Jimmy Pavel kick)
Brandon Kaufman 55 pass from Kyle Padron (Pavel kick)
Kaufman 13 pass from Anthony Vito (Pavel kick)
Bronson 2 run (Pavel kick)
FG Pavel 24
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
RUSHING - Demitrius Bronson 8-41, Quincy Forte 6-25, Jordan West 2-16, Nick Washburn 3-12, Cody Hecker 2-2, Jabari Wilson 1-0, Vernon Adams 1-(-5), Anthony Vitto 2-(-12).
PASSING - Kyle Padron 15-25-1-214, Vernon Adams 2-10-1-9, Anthony Vitto 5-6-0-37, Jordan West 1-5-2-62.
RECEIVING - Cooper Kupp 6-120, Brandon Kaufman 3-77, Nicholas Edwards 3-43, Ashton Clark 2-7, Greg Herd 2-14, Cory Mitchell 2-38, Terry Jackson 1-6, Daniel Johnson 1-5, Nick Washburn 1-5, Demitrius Bronson 1-2.