Going from big man on campus as a high school senior to a mere freshman in college can be a humbling experience. It’s a transition that some student-athletes frankly fail to make.

For former Marmion football standout T.J. Lally, going from first-team all-state and the 2010 Kane County Chronicle Football Player of the Year to a redshirt freshman at South Dakota State was not an easy process.

“It’s definitely different because you go from playing all the time in high school – both ways – and you come here and you’re just a lowly scout team player,” Lally said.