Kentucky's spring practices started around the same time as the NFL’s annual combine where some of the country’s best running backs put on an explosive show this year.
The Cats' offensive coordinator made sure UK's star rusher, Benny Snell, who has set nearly a dozen school records in his first two years on campus, was paying close attention to the combine.
“If you think you’ve arrived any second of the day, as an athlete, you’re done,” Eddie Gran said he told Snell in March. “You’re toast.
“So I just said, ‘Listen, don’t think you’ve arrived. Somebody’s chasing you every day in California, and Texas, and Georgia and everywhere.