Coaches have preached it for years and quite often to deaf ears.

The message is you start over each season. Every team is completely different.

In other words, because a player finishes a season strong doesn't automatically mean the player reaches higher levels the next season.

So far this spring for the UL Ragin' Cajuns, redshirt wide receiver Landon Strother is well on his way to proving he can carry over his encouraging performance a year ago into the 2026 season.