When Jordan Sims and Sean Rawlings laced up for fall camp last year, they didn’t know that just a short month later, they’d be running out onto the field in front of 90,000 fans in Bryant-Denny Stadium in the Rebels’ SEC opener.
Both guys were in their redshirt freshman year, a season that they originally thought would be a crucial stage in their development toward contributing in the future. But things happened. Injuries happened. Suspensions happened, and the two were called upon much earlier than they’d imagined.
“I’m with Jordan. I didn’t expect it really,” Rawlings said.