“Wide open” is how Louisville coach Scott Satterfield on Monday described the Cardinals’ competition at quarterback, which is like most positions on the team right now.

“It's going to be wide open,” Satterfield said. “It'll be wide open as we head into the fall. … As we get closer to it in the fall and we start August practices and all that, you'll have a better idea. But we're nowhere near to be starting to talk about who's going to be the guys and all that.”

Louisville has yet to conduct a full scrimmage this spring, but that is arriving soon. To this point, one week and five practices into the spring, the Cards have been rotating quarterbacks into different units.

The experienced returners — junior Jawon Pass and sophomore Malik Cunningham — naturally lead the way for now.

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Early enrolling freshman Evan Conley is getting repetitions, too, Satterfield said.

“It's hard on a guy who just got here, and to throw him in at quarterback,” Satterfield said of Conley. “But he's done well. He's thrown the ball very well, has great mechanics, throws a nice ball. He's learning college defenses now. ... He's made some mistakes, but he's come back and learned from it. I'm glad he's here. I think he's going to be a really good football player for us once he gets more comfortable with it.”

Pass and Cunningham, as Satterfield has learned, offer different strengths.

“They're both, to me, very different,” Satterfield said. “One is not very big. One is really big. One is fast. One is not as fast. Pass throws the ball better than Malik right now. So they have different skill sets. I love the energy that Malik brings. Pass is more of a quiet guy. They're very, very different. Now they've both done some really good things over the past five practices. I'm very pleased with both of them.

“... We want to continue to develop both of those guys and make them complete players. We all know in this day and age you'd better have two, three, sometimes four quarterbacks that's going to have to play, with injuries and those type of things.”

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Williams back to ‘110 percent’

Sidelined by a knee injury in 2017 and a wrist injury in 2018, Louisville junior running back Dae Williams says he is back to full health — “110 percent” — this spring and eager to show what he can do.

“I know this is the year,” Williams said, “so I'm excited just to get a full year, a full offseason as well, a full summer to really get my body right and get my mind right for the season and then get a full season.”

Williams logged a carry in four games last season, running for 71 yards on 22 attempts before missing games with a wrist injury he said took until January to heal.

“It hurt a lot,” Williams said, “just knowing that I couldn't do anything physically, really, to help what was going on. It just built a fire inside of me. Every day I come out here, I think about that, how I really couldn't do nothing and how we were losing all those games, going through all that. When I was in the moment going through it, it was terrible.”

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Little, Robbins still limited

Junior running back Tobias Little (knee) and incoming freshman running back Aidan Robbins (shoulder) are doing individual work but sitting out 11-on-11 contact team drills while recovering from injuries that happened last year.

“It'll probably be that way most of the spring,” Satterfield said, “which is unfortunate, but we don't want to do anything that would jeopardize their health. When we can get them out there, we will.”

New techniques

Interestingly, senior defensive lineman G.G. Robinson said a big difference this spring under a new coaching staff has been new techniques being taught.

“Technique-wise, I'm not used to doing a lot of the things that I'm doing now,” Robinson said. “But it'll come with repetition. ... We're just taking different steps than I'm used to. I'm getting off of blocks different than I'm used to.”

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News and notes

Monday's practice marked the fifth of 15 practices held by the Cardinals during their spring season. The schedule culminates with a spring game on March 7 at 7 p.m. at Cardinal Stadium.

Louisville picked up its first commitment in the Class of 2020. Three-star cornerback Ronald Delancy, of Northwestern High School in Miami pledged to the Cardinals on Friday.

Former U of L and NFL offensive lineman Eric Wood was among those in attendance at Monday's practice.

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