The Fort Hays State football team held their first practice of the 2022 season Monday morning at Lewis Field.

Following practice, head coach Chris Brown said he was pleased with his team's first official workout.

"I thought it went pretty well. We had lots of energy lots of excitement." Brown said.

"Guys were locked in, they were focused. I feel like they practiced hard completely all the way through practice."

Click below to listen to Brown's post-practice news conference.

<i>Photos courtesy FHSU Sports Information Director Ryan Prickett</i>

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                    </figure><p>The Fort Hays State football team held their first practice of the 2022 season Monday morning at Lewis Field.</p><p>Following practice, head coach Chris Brown said he was pleased with his team's first official workout.</p><p>"I thought it went pretty well. We had lots of energy lots of excitement." Brown said.</p><p>"Guys were locked in, they were focused. I feel like they practiced hard completely all the way through practice."</p><p>Click below to listen to Brown's post-practice news conference.</p><div><iframe width="100%" height="166" scrolling="no" frameborder="no" allow="autoplay" src="https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=https%3A//api.soundcloud.com/tracks/1320230314&color=%23ff5500&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false&show_teaser=true"></iframe><div style="font-size: 10px; color: #cccccc;line-break: anywhere;word-break: normal;overflow: hidden;white-space: nowrap;text-overflow: ellipsis; font-family: Interstate,Lucida Grande,Lucida Sans Unicode,Lucida Sans,Garuda,Verdana,Tahoma,sans-serif;font-weight: 100;"><a href="https://soundcloud.com/user-814667509" title="Eagle Radio" target="_blank" style="color: #cccccc; text-decoration: none;">Eagle Radio</a> · <a href="https://soundcloud.com/user-814667509/chris-brown-080822" title="Chris Brown 080822" target="_blank" style="color: #cccccc; text-decoration: none;">Chris Brown 080822</a></div></div><p><i>Photos courtesy FHSU Sports Information Director Ryan Prickett</i></p><figure>
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🏈🎧 FHSU coach Chris Brown happy with first practice