re: Official Auburn Football Spring Practice Thread - Spring Practice Complete

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There are a million reasons to redshirt Roc. Will he redshirt probably not but to say it would be retarded to is a bit of an over statement

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far less of an overstatement that there are a "million reasons to redshirt"... but you're right, no one is literally retarded, just in an outdated way of thinking, especially for running backs.

unless a guy is coming off a serious injury his senior year, or gets hurt during fall camp, there is no reason to redshirt... even the middle of the pack RBs (see tre mason).

eta: middle of the pack in regards to recruiting rankings... in case anyone "doesn't want to nitpick".

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There are a million reasons to redshirt Roc

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There are less than a handful of reasons to RS Roc.

Look at Mark Richt's genius decision to RS Knowshon Moreno in 2006. UGA's leading rushers that year were Kregg Lumpkin (4.9 ypc) & Danny Ware (4.0 ypc). Both ran for less than 800 & 400 yards, respectively. Moreno has a HUGE RFR year (1300+ yards) & RSO year (1400+ yards) and bolts for the NFL (12th overall pick). UGA ended up 9-4, but lost 3 of those games by 7 points or less. You think Moreno could have made a difference in those 3 games?

Tre Mason, thankfully, didn't RS. While he only had 28 carries his FR year & 1 TD, he totaled over 600 yards returning kicks. He's lone TD on KO Returns occurred the first game of the year. HE was the difference between a W & L against Utah fricking State.

4 of the top 10 RBs in this years draft (according to CBS) stayed on campus for more than 3 years

Only 3 RBs RS'd. Carlos Hyde was considered a FB coming out of HS. Jeremy Hill had legal troubles. Charles Sims (74th ranked RB) & Seastrunk transferred during their college years.

Andre Williams (44th ranked RB out of HS - didn't RS) was a back-up for 2 years and injured his ankle his JR year. Do you think he would have stayed a 5th year (if he RS'd) after he exploded on the scene his SR year?