BRONX, N.Y. – Unlike last season when the Rams had a bunch of holes to fill in the lineup, the 2024 Fordham football team opened its fall camp on Monday with lots of veterans and are ready to put the experience to good use. Head coach Joe Conlin, entering his seventh season on the Fordham sidelines, ran his troops through their first workout today at Moglia Stadium.
 
Conlin guided the Rams through a two-hour workout as they prepare for the 2024 season opener on August 29 when Fordham travels to Bowling Green at 7:00 p.m.
 
Some notes from today's practice:
 
• The Rams practiced with helmets only and will do the same on Tuesday and Wednesday. On Friday and Saturday they will be in spiders before donning shoulder pads for Sunday. The first day of full pads will be Wednesday, August 7.
 
• The Rams return eight starters to each side of the ball with the defensive returners led by senior defensive lineman Matt Jaworski, the 2024 Patriot League Preseason Defensive Player of the Year, along with other Preseason All-League picks senior linebacker James Conway, grad student defensive back Nahil Perkins, and junior defensive lineman Claudy Robinson.
 
• The offensive returners are led by junior quarterback CJ Montes and grad student offensive lineman Ryan Joyce, both Preseason All-Patriot League picks.
 
• Sophomore defensive lineman John Scott III (non-returning special teams) and junior long snapper Walker Adkinson (long snapper) also received Preseason All-Patriot League accolades.
 
• Montes and Jaworski joined Conlin at Patriot League Media Day last Thursday. Check out what they had to say.
 
• There's another new "old" face on the coaching staff as former All-American linebacker Ryan Greenhagen returns to Rose Hill to coach the outside linebackers in 2024.
 
• A few veterans changed uniform numbers with defensive lineman Chris Tuck II switching from 82 to 24, running back Jacob Rodriguez moving from 19 to 34, defensive lineman Michael Thorn switching from 41 to 21, wide receiver Michael Donegan swapping 43 for 41, and long snapper Walker Adkinson changing his uniform number from 81 to 54.
 
• There were many new faces at Moglia Stadium today with over 25 freshmen Rams taking part in their first practice.
 
• Two former Rams are currently in NFL training camps (Chase Edmonds, Buccaneers and Nick Zakelj, 49ers).
 
• Two other former Rams are also with NFL teams: Brandon Brown, who played for the Rams from 2006-09, is in his second season as the New York Giants' assistant general manager, and Nick Lombardi, who was a student assistant at Fordham, is a senior offensive assistant with the San Francisco 49ers.
 
• Season tickets for the 2024 home season are now on sale through the Fordham Athletic Ticket Office.