... the nation. After this upcoming weekend 10 of the 12 SEC teams will be finished with their spring practices. It is this time of year that fans begin to turn their attention to summer practices. With the arrival of summer practices comes the excitement of getting to see the incoming players signed in the years recruiting class. If you are anything like me, the first day of summer practices has a Christmas Day type of feel. Most coaches would typically prefer to redshirt an incoming freshman, and use a year to get them stronger and to learn the system. However, in this new day and age with early entrees into the NFL Draft, suspensions, injuries, and a large number of other variables, coaches are relying on freshman to make an immediate impac...

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