Other notes from Tuesday's practice

Other notes from today’s practice:

Terrill Byrd isn’t the only UC player who has drawn the ire of Brian Kelly. Wide receiver Marcus Barnett, who’s rehabbing from a broken leg he suffered in the Papajohn’s.com Bowl, also came under fire from the UC coach today.

“He’s got to also understand that he’s got to do the right things all the time,” Kelly said, “his rehab, his training. Marcus Barnett is a product of our system. He caught a lot of touchdown passes and Marcus needs to understand that. Marcus needs to continue to mature and continue to grow up.”

Redshirt freshman Adrien Robinson has been moved from wide receiver to tight end.

“What we’re looking at is how we can get him more reps in our entire package,” Kelly said. “It’s pretty clear that if we just left him at wide receiver he’d be in and out of the game. You’ve got guys like (Marty) Gilyard and Barnett and (Dominick) Goodman, who have a lot of experience. We don’t have a lot of experience (at tight end) so it just makes sense for us to get him more work at that position.

“We had recruited him to play wide receiver and I didn’t want to make a move until I got a chance to talk to him. It has to be more his decision. If he was resistant to the move, we wouldn’t have done it. but he understands more than anything else that it’s an opportunity to get more playing time.”