"“Offseason…lifting, running, agility drills, seven-on-seven. They arrive like redshirt Freshmen. When they arrive they are much more ready physically able to compete.”"
Richt felt that Johnson and Rousseau might have been underrated during the recruiting process. He felt that players from South Florida often are not given as high of a rating as a player that might be from somewhere else in the country.
"“When you recruit in Miami and the South Florida region…so many great prospects down here.”"
Richt went on a say that a two or three-star recruit in Miami or South Florida could be a four or five-star player elsewhere. He was primarily speaking about Rousseau and Garvin but it could have been anyone. Asked about those two though he said”
"“(They) are going to reach their full potential…(Rosseau) the guy is going to be a heck of a player”"
Next: Recruiting stats when a player commits to a team
With Spring practice over and the coaching staff spreading across the country to recruit the player will study for final and they have to put in the work themselves. They have to get in the weight room, workout and watch their diet and nutrition until they get back in training camp later this summer.