As a harbinger of things to come, statistics compiled during college football spring games typically are as reliable as long-term weather forecasts for Texas cities during tornado season. In other words: not at all.
Coaches can tweak play calls and lineups on both sides of the ball to create April heroes, if they choose. Or they can play it straight and let nature take its course in efforts to settle position battles.
Either way, outside observers won’t know until September if what they’ve seen in a spring game is a taste of the future or a merely a mirage.