ACC coaches disagree on playing true freshmen
Posted Sep 15, 2007
The general rule in college football is that redshirting is good, playing first-year or true freshmen is bad. Down the road in Chapel Hill, though, Butch Davis holds a different view on the subject. UNC's first-year coach played a fair number of true freshmen when he was the coach at Miami. He also had a fair number of players go in the first round of the NFL Draft. Davis does not see this as mere coincidence.
(Greensboro News & Record)
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