One of the ugly words in college football is potential, coaches will tell you. Because if someone says you have potential, it means you really haven't done anything.
Meet Carl Lawson. Loaded with potential. So much so that the Auburn defensive lineman was voted first-team All-SEC at SEC Media Days in Hoover, Ala.
Here is a guy who has 37 career tackles and seriously considered going out early to the NFL.
All that potential.
“I haven't really played that many games, because I've been hurt and I feel like a second-year guy,” Lawson said. “But I am getting experience, and I do feel like I'm becoming a better football player.