Quick Q+A with safety Marcus Lott

With two-a-days officially over, classes about to start and the season drawing closer, junior safety Marcus Lott joined The Roost after practice Monday night for a quick conversation about preseason rankings, the Coastal Carolina defense and the progress of the team this month.

 

Let’s start with the FCS preseason rankings. You guys are tied for 79th with one vote. What are your thoughts on that?

Lott: “We’re always going to start off as the underdog. We’ve just got to prove everybody wrong. Like in the preseason [Big South poll], we got pick third. We’ve just got to strive. It’s just motivation for us.”

 

You have a tough early schedule. In addition to West Virginia, you’ve also got Richmond, which is ranked sixth in the FCS poll coming in. Thoughts on playing some tough teams early in the season?

Lott: “We’re excited about it. We’re excited about the challenges that are ahead of us, just looking at it with our eyes ready to accomplish our goals and beat those teams and take one team at a time.”

 

Two weeks into camp now, how are you feeling physically and mentally?

Lott: “Physically and mentally, I feel good. I’m ready to go out there and make plays. As a team, as a secondary, as a whole defense and offense, we’re on the same page ... and we’ve got that vision of how we want things to go.”

 

Speaking of the defense, who is one player who has really impressed you?

Lott: “[Sophomore defensive end] Quinton Davis. He’s always getting hard after it. Somebody that is going to hit you in the mouth. ... Just today we had a reverse - Kenny Jones ran the reverse and he’s pretty much like a 4.4 guy. [Davis] just comes off the end, and just grabs him with one hand.”

 

| Ryan Young, ryoung@thesunnews.com