Patience is a Virtue for Auburn head coach Hugh Freeze, especially when it comes to his talented crop of next-gen receivers.
So pronounced is the step up from the high school game to top level college football, as a bare minimum, many talented youngsters simply need time to acclimatize.head coach Hugh Freeze has successfully stockpiled lots of young talented perimeter pass catchers, and clearly that bodes extremely well for the future.
"It's really hard to judge exactly how they will handle everything," Freeze confessed from the podium at SEC Media Days. "But it's a start with a work ethic and a maturity about your approach and don't think you have it all figured out. Be coachable. And Cam was absolutely that in the spring. He wants to be coached. He's going to play. I just -- I'm careful not to put unreal expectations on them just yet.
Just like the quantum leap from the amateur collegiate ranks to the professional ranks beyond, the gaping chasm simply must be bridged. "And so it's very hard for me to predict, you know, exactly how these young kids will perform against, you know, obviously the DBs in this league are probably the best athletes on the field when it comes to quick twitch and change of direction and all those things," Freeze admitted. "So how are they going to perform?"
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