ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — According to plan or due to changing circumstances, in some cases both, Cole Gautsche, Garrett Adcock and Ryan Santos are fifth-year senior football players at the University of New Mexico.
For them, and for the 2016 Lobos, that’s a good thing.
It would be a better thing to have more.
“It definitely helps,” UNM coach Bob Davie said Tuesday, after the Lobos’ first spring practice session, of the leadership and knowledge his fifth-year seniors can provide. “I talk so much about ‘player driven,’ and those guys know exactly what it is. … I think we do have some real leaders on this team.