It is because when you hear true freshman it is a big deal. I think that Tim Tebow was a true freshman, but although they had Chris Leak too Tebow still did what he did against players three years older than him. This is a like a person who is one year out of high school playing mainly against players which are about to graduate college A redshirt freshman is normally older than a true freshman. So the redshirt freshman "should" have the ability advantage.
It is a bigger deal for a true freshman to rush for three touchdowns, rather than a redshirt freshman. Because as someone mentioned before, there is a huge difference in maturity from a freshman to a sophomore.
Taylor
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