It was around this time last year when Cole Tracy and his Assumption College roommate, Matt Hickey, were hanging out and watching TV, and the NFL Network was rolling commercials for coverage of the upcoming NFL Scouting Combine.

“We were joking,” Tracy, who had signed with LSU as a graduate transfer for the 2018 season, recalled last week, “and he would say, ‘Dude, if you have a good season, this is a good possibility.’