2025 Boston College Spring Football Central CHESTNUT HILL, Mass.. — As day one of week two of Boston College’s spring football practice wrapped on Tuesday, head coach Bill O’Brien was asked to assess where the Eagles’ are at this point, compared to a year ago. The second-year head coach was quick to credit the team’s […]
2025 Boston College Spring Football Central
CHESTNUT HILL, Mass.. — As day one of week two of Boston College’s spring football practice wrapped on Tuesday, head coach Bill O’Brien was asked to assess where the Eagles’ are at this point, compared to a year ago. The second-year head coach was quick to credit the team’s veteran leadership.”I know my role has changed as an expected voice and an expected leader,” James said. “I have an expectation every single day to show up and I look forward to living up to those expectations, whether that’s from the coaches or players. We all have a standard here at BC and that’s to be the best player you can be and help this team win games.””I think that the guys who were here are doing a good job of leading and understanding – how to show the guys who just got here how to practice, how we move from drill to drill, how we meet, how we communicate,” O’Brien said. “I think we are ahead when it comes to those types of things.”James – a redshirt senior – saw action in six games in 2024, earning the start in five – including the Eagles’ bowl game against Nebraska. He finished 2024 – his first season in the Maroon & Gold – completing 106 passes for 1,202 yards and six touchdowns.Lonergan arrives at the Heights after spending two seasons at Alabama, where he was recruited by O’Brien to Tuscaloosa. “It’s been very good building those relationships, that’s been the main goal since I got here – earn the respect of my teammates – and they’ve all been really good to me so far,” Lonergan explained. “Getting to know the guys, they’ve all been really good. And getting to know the offense, just taking it day-by-day. We’re all close, Shaker, Jacobe (Robinson), Grayson, we’re competing every day – trying to learn the offense and competing. It’s been great.”While the relationship with the head coach existed, the new bonds he is forging with his teammates – especially at his position – is growing exponentially by the day.”That’s a really good room. Grayson (James) and Dylan (Lonergan) are doing a really good job,” O’Brien added. “Grayson knows the offense, he’s been here for a year. He’s a very smart guy, very competitive guy. Dylan basically just got here abd he’s a very, very bright guy. They’re both talented. Shaker Reisig, who’s a freshman, he’s also doing very well. Very impressed with that group, no doubt about it.””I love being around those guys, I feel like we have a good camaraderie already and everybody in our room is talented from top to bottom. Shaker, Dylan, Jacobe I love all those guys, I love being around them,” James said. “They’re smart football minds and we’re constantly pushing each other whether it’s on the field or in the meeting room.”
“I’m very proud of Alex Broome, he’s just a shining example of what we’re all about here at BC – good student, tough guy. I’m impressed with how he’s playing,” O’Brien said. “To come back from a knee injury almost a year ago, he did it at the end of last spring, he’s done everything we’ve asked and he’s having a good spring. We’re very happy with where he’s at.” The quarterback room is another high point early on in the spring. With a balance of veteran leadership showing the way and talented newcomers all rowing in the same direction, O’Brien said he was “very impressed with that group” following BC’s fourth practice of the spring.”That definitely helped, him recruiting me all through high school,” Lonergan said. “Having that relationship helped.”O’Brien singled out the work of Alex Broome, who is returning to the field after missing the 2024 campaign due to injury.James agreed, pointing out the tight knit bond with the signal callers.
