re: Freshman on defense

But to answer op question. A freshman dline man is not best case scenario in my mind no matter his recruiting rank. I think they need a redshirt year to get in the weight room and work on their body and strength, while gaining knowledge.

I look at it like a freshman highly recruited dline man has probably his whole football career been bigger and stronger then most of the kids he has played against. Suddenly they get to college and everybody is just as fast and just as big and it takes time for them to get their body right and their use of leverage right. I think ideally most guys on dline or oline for that matter should be redshirted unless they are a one of a kind talent.