EAST LANSING, Mich. — For most incoming freshmen jumping into a Division I football program, there are plenty of eye-opening moments.
Sometimes it comes in adjusting to a new schedule, and for many it comes the first time they step on the practice field. For those who enroll early, it's often the first day they show up for offseason conditioning. It's typically far more intense than anything the player has experienced to that point.
"You're thrown into the fire pretty much and you don't really know what you're doing," Michigan State freshman quarterback Katin Houser said. "You kind of run around and you just kind of follow the guy around you. ... That moment, I felt like this is my welcome-to-college-football moment."
