Kienholz, secondary stand out at 2nd Louisville football open practice

By admin — In News — August 8, 2026

   ​If there’s a sport Lincoln Kienholz isn’t good at, it has yet to be discovered.Louisville football’s projected starting quarterback played basketball and baseball in high school but also dominates in golf and bowling, according to wide receiver Tre Richardson.“Lincoln’s probably overall the best at a lot of things,” Richardson said. “Like golf, I don’t know why he’s just naturally good at golf.”Using Kienholz’s athleticism in every imaginable way will be to the Cardinals’ benefit. They’re making it known that he’ll be used significantly in the run game, not shying away from it. During Louisville’s second open practice of fall camp Saturday, Aug. 8, the Ohio State transfer and fellow quarterback Davin Wydner spent one period doing drills with the running backs.Kienholz was a natural there, too.“Not bad, Linc,” running backs coach Chris Barclay told the quarterback, before pouring on the praise. “You’re gonna score a long tuddy for us this year.”In limited time with the Buckeyes last year, Kienholz had two rushing touchdowns — one each against Minnesota and Purdue. He also had a 22-yard fourth-quarter run against Rutgers. Whether passing or throwing, Kienholz will add an electric element to the Cardinals’ offense and has been steady through the first two practices.There’s much optimism surrounding Louisville’s quarterback room with Briggs Cherry also making impressive throws during Day 2. The freshman showed off his arm talent with a big throw to Rhys Dorsey during a 7-on-7 play.Here are other takeaways from the Cards’ second open practice:Louisville’s secondary continues to stand out Elon transfer cornerback Brycen Scott is having a strong start to his first fall camp at Louisville. Scott’s first day was highlighted by picking off quarterback Ryan Zimmerman. Two days later, he continued to stand out in showing speed and good form during defensive back drills. Jaydin Broadnax, too, seems to have acclimated well, with the freshman recovering a fumble during Saturday’s practice.Tayon Holloway is the lone returning starter in a Louisville secondary that gave up the fewest passing yards in the ACC (188.8 per game). But this year’s group has even greater potential to wreak havoc in opposing offenses’ passing games.“Those guys have been giving us work, like real work,” Louisville receiver Lawayne McCoy said. “Iron sharpening iron every day with DJ Waller and Tayon Holloway. I feel like they’re two elite DBs who’s going to help me, Tre and all the other guys get better and better as the season goes.”The group will need to be as sharp as possible right out of the gate when going up against Ole Miss quarterback Trinidad Chamliss. He led the SEC in passing yards and was second in yards per throw last year, but he’ll have a mostly new set of receivers this year after losing four of the Rebels’ top five pass catchers.“I  

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