Want to know what’s going on at safety this preseason? Then senior Matt Harris is you man.

We got a chance to spend several minutes with Harris after Thursday’s practice and a good chunk of the conversation dealt with the rotation between he, Tramain Thomas, Elton Ford and Anthony Leon.

Like I said with the last Q&A, I didn’t ask all the questions here. But it’s some informative stuff:

Q: How is the back line shaping up this preseason?

A: “We’re getting some consistency. We’re watching film every day and working those kinks out. We’ve made huge strides since the last game last year and last spring and even since last Thursday when we first put on the pads. If we build on from where we started, we’re going to have a pretty bright future.”

Q: What does the two-deep look like right now?

A: “We’ve got a pretty solid two-deep. We’ve got Tramain Thomas there working with us. That kid is a ball hawk. I love working with him. He doesn’t say much. I guess when he doesn’t say much he’s been studying his plays because he’s out there and he’s right on his stuff. And Elton Ford right there with him. He know what to do. I’m just trying to help (Anthony) Leon learn the playbook so we can have a solid two deep everywhere else.”

Q: Is that slowing Leon right now?

A: “Oh yeah. That playbook, when they first threw it at us last year, it took all spring, all summer for us. We go from Western Illinois, struggling with them, to beating LSU. So it took us quite awhile to learn that playbook. We’ve kind of had to hurry the pace up with him.”

Q: You mentioned Tramain, he isn’t afraid to hit anyone is he?

A: “I love it. I love that kid. I don’t even know if he weighs 170 or 190, he doesn’t need a scale to know how hard he hits.”

Q: The safeties have been shuffled around some, have you?

A: “No. They told me I was going to move to open (free) safety at the beginning of the summer. I played open last season just as much as I did tight (strong), so it didn’t really affect me much. But Ford has never played tight so I had to kind of help him with tight safety during the summer. And then Tramain they just recently moved him from open to tight when Leon came. He had to learn the playbook. But he’s done a good job just like Leon has of learning that tight safety. They’re counterparts, they work off each other. They haven’t had too much trouble, but there has been a few kinks.”