In between the practices and events during the All-American Bowl week, Kardell Thomas decided to catch up on his reading.

But the 6-foot-4, 350-pound LSU signee wasn’t diving into the pages of some New York Times bestseller. He instead was familiarizing himself with one he got from LSU offensive line coach James Cregg — the Tigers’ playbook.

“At first, I wasn’t about to bring it,” Thomas said. “But I said ‘Naw,’ because I need to know this. Spring is going to be right around the corner. Even though I’m not enrolled, they are going to expect me to come to practice and know this call, that call and that call.