Starting defensive ends Nyjalik Kelly and Malachi Lawrence returned for UCF, as did rotational rushers Isaiah Nixon and Jamaal Johnson. Kelly paced the Knights with 5½ sacks and tied for the team lead ...

UCF was back on the field Thursday for the second of 15 practices during the next five weeks of spring football camp ... but defensive coordinator Alex Grinch has already seen several positives.

When UCF takes the field Tuesday to start spring football camp, its a new chapter ... hired coaches Steve Cooper (offensive coordinator), Alex Grinch (defensive coordinator), Shawn Clark ...