USF spring football: Day 8 observations

Former Countryside High star Mike Love (right) and fellow defensive end LaDarrius Jackson engage in a balance/leverage drill during Thursday's practice.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…