Southern football's wide receiver room impressing in camp

Coach Terrence Graves has sensed a different energy from Southern football's offense throughout preseason camp.

The second-year coach felt that side’s motivation to outperform a more established defense.

“Everybody knows about the defense,” the second-year coach said. “The offense is taking it (like), ‘Hey, we got to step our game up.’ Anytime you see that mindset and that work ethic, you get excited because those guys really want to show and prove what they can do.”

No offensive position group wants to stand out more than the wide receivers.

“We've got to be the tone setters,” wide receiver Cam Jefferson said. “We've got to make the quarterbacks look good and when they’re not feeling confident or the running backs are not feeling confident or the defense is giving up some big play