Just remember a coach will tell you what you want to hear when they are recruiting you, some times not the truth or complete truth. Every pitcher can be a two-way player, everyone will start as a freshman, and everyone will graduate. But anyone who has done the research will know that is not the truth in most situations. I would guess the number of players who graduate on time at SEC schools is very low because the coaches are looking for players who will only last 3 year years and get drafted. Some will go back to school later to finish their degrees. Very rarely do they post graduation rates for SEC baseball schools, only gpa's for each semester or year.
A friend of the family just signed to go to a very successful juco. That juco only played 2 freshman last year and one was sparingly. Yet the young man and his parents think he will be the exception and start as a freshman. They also think he will get drafted high this year when he had no P5 offers and struggles with control as a RHP at 92. We hear what we want to hear. The juco in the article about the young man said we normally try to use the freshman year as a year to help our players grow physically and refine their skills. The parent and player heard we think you can help this program, as a freshman. The coach said we think you can help our program, in the future.