Even as a sophomore, Patrick Surtain II speaks as if he’s a fifth-year senior.
After a strong rookie season, where he won Freshman All-SEC and Freshman All-American honors, the native Floridian is maturing and ready to bring his game up higher.
Despite being a lockdown defender for much of 2018, Ceedee Lamb of Oklahoma got the better of the five-star in the Capital One Orange Bowl.
For Surtain, it was his initiation to college football and it served as his first notice to take things seriously.
He battled much adversity, but Surtain told reporters on Monday it was the matchup versus the Sooners that forced him to not take film study for granted.