Can’t explain why, but Marvin Gross has had my attention for three years now. I couldn’t believe he was playing — and doing OK — as a true freshman in 2013. I figured the redshirt in 2014 was overdue. I probably wasn’t surprised he wasn’t a factor last season, because spur is hard and because K.J. Dillon was the spur. I probably was surprised he was the first-team spur in the beginning and then the end of the spring and then the beginning and the end of camp.

Now, do I believe he’s going to start there? Not quite. I keep hearing Kyzir White is the guy there and that we’ll see why, but who knows what happens with Gross? He’s an almost imperceptible player who I can’t keep my eyes off if after all these years, all those silly stats in high school and all the different roles in college.

“He’s got all the talent in the world,” Caponi said. “He just needs to take care of business on his end and show that he can produce and be effective in situations we ask him to and need him to.”