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TCU spring breakout candidates: Is Ochaun Mathis the Horned Frogs' next stud at DE?

Editor's note: This is the fourth article of a five-part series previewing some of the top breakout candidates for TCU football during spring practice.

If you're going to play defense under Gary Patterson, high expectations are a given from the get-go. That's why it's no small matter when the 19-year TCU head coach suggests a player could transform into one of the best he's ever seen at a certain position.

And as a defensive end? The bar is perhaps even higher, considering talent among the likes of Ben Banogu, L.J. Collier, James McFarland and many more the Horned Frogs have produced at that position.