South Alabama went into this spring with as few questions regarding its roster as any season in its history. Nevertheless, head coach Kane Wommack seems satisfied with the answers.

The Jaguars hold their annual Red-Blue spring game at Hancock Whitney Stadium on Saturday morning, following one more practice on Friday. South Alabama will showcase at team that returned 20 players with extensive starting experience, and several others who are moving into larger roles.

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“Once you get through the initial install and then you get through the first scrimmage, the last five practices have been a lot of situational work, a lot of things that you can hone in on when you have a little bit more experience on your team,” Wommack said. “That has looked really good. … Our guys stay at it every day. It’s a workman-like mentality out here the last couple of days when you get in the dog days of spring ball. To do the same high-level job over and over and over again is really hard. And they’re doing it. They’re making a mistake in one practice and they’re fixing it the next one. So if we’ll keep doing that, we’ll be in a really good position.”

Quarterback Carter Bradley has taken most-every first team snap this spring, and several other returning starters have only strengthened their grips on starting jobs. The depth chart on both sides of the ball has been largely unchanged since spring began.

A number of returning starters have missed all or most of spring due to nagging injuries or offseason surgery, including running back La’Damian Webb, linebackers Quentin Wilfawn and James Miller and safety Yam Banks. That has allowed young players or newcomers such as Kentrel Bullock, Khalil Jacobs, Blayne Myrick and Tremel States-Jones to make their presence known during practices and scrimmages.

“I’m really excited about some of the new guys that we’ve brought in,” Wommack said. “You look at a young freshman like (quarterback) Gio Lopez, and you see already some of the things that we saw out of him in high school and what he can bring to the table from an athleticism standpoint.

“You’ve got younger players that have been with us a year ago that are, have taken huge strides. Khalil Jacobs has taken huge strides in our defense. Blayne Myrick is doing some great things. You’ve got a number of guys on the back end that are getting great quality reps and we’re being able to rotate some of our older guys in and so that we can build positional depth and value there. So those are exciting things.”

South Alabama is coming off a breakthrough 10-3 season in 2022, the Jaguars’ first winning record in 11 years as an FBS program. USA played in its first postseason game in six years, losing to Western Kentucky in the New Orleans Bowl.

And yet despite all the good things that happened last season, there’s still a hunger among the South Alabama players this spring. A midseason loss to Troy kept the Jaguars from one of their major goals, the opportunity to play for a Sun Belt Conference championship.

“We know where we were last year and that’s not our expectation,” wide receiver Devin Voisin said. “Our expectation is to be better than that, and just doing everything right. Trying to be better than last year is our motivation.”

The format for the Red-Blue game will be the same as last year, with the offense on one “team” and the defense on the other. Points will be awarded for defensive stops and takeaways, in addition to traditional scoring plays such as touchdowns and field goals.

The spring game will also include some fun activities, including a quarterback competition where Bradley and his compatriots will try to hit a number of moving targets with footballs. Offensive and defensive linemen will also participate in a competition where they will try to field “punts” from a football-throwing machine, a performance nose tackle Wy’Kevious Thomas will try to improve upon from last year.

“We just want to fly around, have fun, put some good stuff on tape,” Thomas said. “Hopefully, I’ll catch one this year. I dropped both of them last year.”

The Jaguars’ annual “Yard Sale” — with game-used gear such as helmets and jerseys and other memorabilia such as decals for sale inside the Core Industries Lounge — was originally scheduled for prior to Saturday’s game. However, due to inclement weather, the event has been moved to April 29 at Stanky Field (during South Alabama’s home baseball game with Troy).

Parking lots at Hancock Whitney Stadium open at 8 a.m., with the gates open at 9:30 a.m. Kickoff is set for 10:30 a.m.