freshman
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“If you asked anybody in freshman year or sophomore, ‘Do you imagine Tobias Raymond being the team captain in two years?’
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 12, 2026
“It kind of felt like I was a freshman all over when I was playing center,” Raymond said Aug. 25 ahead of his first start at center against San José State.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 12, 2026
His 2,558 yards and 27 touchdowns—plus a national championship—exceed any output from a receiver as a true freshman and sophomore in more than two decades.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 11, 2026
I watched the carnage from an NYU dorm room, having just moved to the city to start my freshman year of college.
From Slate ● Sep. 11, 2026
I “dated” Tyler Paul my freshman year of high school, but that lasted all of a month, until I came down with an infection and needed to go to the hospital for a few weeks.
From "Five Feet Apart" by Rachael Lippincott
Jones still gripes about the freshmen who come to school every fall trying to replicate one-handed catches they see on TikTok.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 11, 2026
“For me, graduation is very important. It’s emotional to see my freshmen become seniors and graduate.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 4, 2026
This year, 68 of Oklahoma State’s players transferred in, on top of 22 freshmen and a walk-on who has been enrolled at OSU for three years.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 28, 2026
The Trojans are expected to play several freshmen against San José State on Saturday, and anyone who knows Boobie will tell you it’s only a matter of time before he contributes.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 23, 2026
There they played cards, particularly a game Michael and Sasha had learned from a couple of seniors when they were freshmen.
From "The 57 Bus" by Dashka Slater
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