He’s starting to cook. Third year is the time that players have to get it going. If they cannot by then they are going to struggle to find any sort of scholarships in this new reality of college sports–especially at the D1 level. There are 129 FCS football teams and 136 FBS teams, adding up to 265 football teams that each start a single free safety or two Corners. He is able to play either position. I’m not talking about the nickel position here, because that’s a ‘maybe’ start depending on the D. So, if he wants to be a starter he needs to become one of 530 people in the nation to have that honor.
His brother made the cut this year. He wants to make it in the next two or three. This is the goal. We keep climbing. We keep working. We keep showing up and showing out. If this is the future a person chooses then the commitment needs to be complete.