familiarity with it."

For the offense, the return of key players this season has been a huge sigh of relief. After a season of quarterback injuries, C.J. Brown received his sixth year of eligibility from the NCAA Tuesday, and although he won't play Friday, he's the expected starter going into the fall.

Wide receiver Stefon Diggs, who averaged 77.1 receiving yards per game last season, is expected to make a bigger contribution, and Deon Long and Nigel King are expected to join Diggs on the return team. Locksley also expects the tight ends to pick up their production after the quarterback inconsistency last season.

"Our most experienced position last year was tight end and with the quarterback situation, if anyone felt the brunt of it, it was the tight ends inNine killed in Uttar Pradesh thunderstorm

Four people died in Etawah district, three in Mathura and one in Agra in mishaps related to this evening's thunderstorm, Principal Secretary Information Avanish Awasthi told reporters

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A thunderstorm lashed parts of western Uttar Pradesh on Wednesday, killing nine people and injuring four others a week after a freak weather system had battered the region. Four people died in Etawah district, three in Mathura and one in Agra in mishaps related to this evening's thunderstorm, Principal Secretary Information Avanish Awasthi told reporters.

Another death was reported earlier in the evening from Hathras district, where a 15-year-old boy was struck by lightning while returning from the fields in Mohabbatpura village. A hailstorm also struck Hathras in the evening. A tree fell on a house in