Spring football has wrapped up for most FBS programs, and with that, we’ll have to hit pause on speculating about Tua Tagovailoa’s hand, Shea Patterson’s eligibility, who will replace Saquon Barkley—or whatever other line of inquiry has dominated your favorite team’s offseason. All those storylines and more will return with added urgency by the time fall camp begins in just about three months, obscuring any sweeping conclusions drawn in the spring months, but first, a moment of recognition for these six players whose 2018 outlook improved during spring practice.
First-year coach Scott Frost has a quarterback decision to make, with Martinez, the jewel of Frost’s first recruiting class, and redshirt freshman Tristan Gebbia in a two-man race now that Patrick O’Brien has decided to transfer.