Tulsa Football releases 2018 spring practice schedule

TULSA, Okla. – The University of Tulsa football team will begin spring practice on Tuesday, March 6, and will hold its annual Spring Game on Saturday, April 7.

The Golden Hurricane will have 15 spring practice sessions, with seven coming before spring break.

“I’m excited about the opportunity to get back the field with our guys,” said Tulsa head coach Philip Montgomery. “We played a lot of young guys last year. We had about 20 guys that started for the first time, and a bunch of those guys are coming back.

“By the time spring football gets here, our players will have another winter off-season under their belt. When we get on the field, we’ll be able to see their growth of what they carry-over from last year. In addition, we were able to add a lot of mid-term transfers in the December signing class that we’ll be able to get on the field with for the first time. We’ll see how they’ll fit into our plans -- watching them move and run, and seeing the impact those guys will make.”

One of those mid-term transfers is 6-foot-2 and 280-pound defensive tackle Jajuan Blankenship, who enrolled at TU on January 12. He will join seven other mid-term enrollees at Tulsa this month.

The normal weekly schedule for spring drills will have Tulsa practicing on Tuesdays, Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays. TU’s last practice before spring break (March 19-23) will be held on Thursday, March 15.

After spring break, the Hurricane will be back on the practice field on Tuesday, March 27. The kickoff time for the April 7 Spring Game will be announced at a later date.

“We have to continue to grow this young team into what we want it to be,” Montgomery said. “Spring ball is the first time we’ll be able to create and see what the identity of our football team is going to be in 2018.”

Tulsa returns 47 lettermen this spring, which includes 25 players that started at least one game in the 2017 season.

Tuesday, March 6 (Helmet Only)

Thursday, March 8

Friday, March 9

Saturday, March 10

Monday, March 12

Tuesday, March 13

Thursday, March 15

Tuesday, March 27 (Helmet Only)

Thursday, March 29

Friday, March 30

Saturday, March 31

Tuesday, April 3

Thursday, April 5

Friday, April 6

Saturday, April 7 (Spring Game)