JOEY KNIGHT | Times
Eight quick reads from Day 8 of USF spring practice, staged Thursday at the Morsani Complex:
* After catching a short pass near the left sideline in the red zone, senior RB D'Ernest Johnson juked at least three defenders converging on him near the 10-yard line, cut sharply to his right and dashed into the end zone untouched.
* Wharton High alumnus DeVontres Dukes continued his breakthrough spring, hauling in a long Brett Kean pass down the right sideline in 11-on-11 work.
* Senior RB Darius Tice, who sat out a couple of recent practices with a tweaked hamstring, has returned to action and moved around well Thursday.