College football: The stars of spring in the ACC, SEC
Spring football is over. There are 123 days until the SEC and ACC open their seasons with South Carolina taking on against N.C. State on Thursday, Sept. 3.
Which leaves a lot of time to talk about football.
Florida looks like the solid preseason No. 1. Superman Tim Tebow is the favorite to win the Heisman. No shockers there.
But who are the surprises, those players who stepped up and showed fans something during the spring practices?
Joe Cox did what was hoped for at Georgia and took over at quarterback for Matthew Stafford.
But Caleb King couldn’t fight off Carlton Thomas in the battle to replace Knowshon Moreno at running back. Thomas, 5 foot 7 and 170 pounds, caught the coaches’ eyes during the spring.
“He’s a little bit like [former Bulldog] Tyson Browning, ” Richt said earlier this year. “He’s doing a nice job. Going to be a pretty good player.”
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5/3/09
Magnolia Tribune
