Hugh Freeze lay down in his office last night, combatting a headache on the eve of a National Signing Day that he knew would be different than any other one he’d experienced before. At the time, the pain in his head specifically stemmed from trying to figure out what he was going to do at running back.
He’d already missed on Cam Akers, the most prized recruit in the state of Mississippi in nearly a decade, and four-star Corrdavian Richardson from Memphis was far from a certainty. Presbyterian Christian School running back Isaiah Woullard was certainly available but carried the stigma that comes with a skill position player playing in a private school league.