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SEC football coaches united in support to keep walk-ons

DESTIN, Fla. -- SEC football coaches aren't sure what roster caps will look like under the new settlement that's poised to reshape college sports. Answers aren't due for months.

Collectively, the coaches made it clear Tuesday at SEC spring meetings that they want walk-ons to be part of college football going forward as the details of roster camps are hashed out.

First-year Texas A&M coach Mike Elko came out strongest against the idea of rosters being capped at 85 scholarship players.

"I'm strongly against it," he said. "I think it's absolutely against college football, what it stands for and what it's about.