1.   Also, the Falcons probably will re-sign reserve tailback Gary Downs this week.

2.   Also, watch for reserve tailback Jason Harris early in the game.

3.   Reserve tailback Jermaine Hatch suffered a similar fate late last month while running in voluntary summer workouts with teammates.

4.   Reserve tailback Ryan Roques has a cut on his hand, so freshmen Durell Price and Keith Brown got most of the repetitions in practice.

5.   Ryan Roques, a reserve tailback, will play cornerback.

6.   To simulate his extraordinary speed and shiftiness, UCLA used reserve tailbacks Ryan Roques and Thaddeus Massey as the scout team quarterbacks this week.

7.   Toward that end, Brown plans to create more playing time for reserve tailbacks Ivan Williams, Kenny Hayter and Victor Ike.

8.   With his wide receiver corps depleted by injuries, Texas coach John Mackovic is toying with the idea of using reserve tailback Hodges Mitchell at flanker.