Each week leading up to Elon's spring football game, which will take place April 25, a different Phoenix player or coach will be featured in a question and answer segment in order to share their thoughts on the preparations for the 2015 season.
 
This week's participant is wide receiver Tre Lennon. As a freshman last season, Lennon caught 36 passes for 322 yards and two touchdowns. The Greensboro native had a breakout game at Delaware in October, hauling in seven passes for 95 yards and two scores.
 
Q: What has the focus been during the first few days of spring practice?
A: For the wide receiver group, just keeping the tempo up. We had a good first week and the coaches said we did pretty good with our tempo – we had a little speed, we had a little bounce to us – so we just want to keep that up.
 
Q: What has been the biggest difference from year one to year two under Coach Skrosky?
A: Everybody wants to get better and everybody's competing. The defense is congratulating offense when we do something good, offense is congratulating defense and we're all just competing to get the same goal.
 
Q: As a sophomore, what advice have you given to the newcomers?
A: I'm just telling them my freshman errors, man. All the stuff I did wrong my freshman year, I'm just coaching them up on that knowing what I did and trying to make us better as a team.
 
Q: In what area of your game to you want to improve most this season?
A: Being consistent. Just having that bounce throughout the whole year and not dying down at the end of the year. I'm just looking at the old guys and seeing how they did it. Just go out here, do what they did to me, teach the young guys and just lead by example.
 
Q: You've been on a diet program in order to gain weight. What has that been like?
A: Just eating, eating, eating and drinking, drinking, drinking. They said they don't care what I eat, just anything. I'm 184 now – last year I started the season 174 – so that's an accomplishment.
 
Q: As a graduate of Smith High School in Greensboro, what has it been like playing close to home?
A: It's good, man. I got coaches coming back to see me practice. They're just coming back, showing support. My mom and parents are coming back and showing support, too. It's pretty good to be real close to home.