What will spring practice do for and tell fans? We all know that spring practice is ideal for conditioning and for young players to become more familiar with the playbook, but let’s look deeper. It will give us our first look at our early enrollees for their baptism into college level football. This year’s early crew of new comers, including defensive lineman Sheldon Day, cornerback Tee Shepard and of course, highly recruited quarterback Gunner Kiel, could all be fighting for playing time during their freshman season. The extra practices could give them that extra exposure coaches need to make those decisions. It should be all or nothing for Gunner, as he has some people ahead of him that could get the job done and there’s no need to burn a year of eligibility on mop up duty. Sheldon is talented, smart and mature, but he also has a line of talent and experience in front of him. Tee, on the other hand, is coming to a team that has a number of questions and even concerns in the defensive backfield. He could play, and thanks to extra early enrollment practice time, may even start.
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