After three months off, Vanderbilt football officially returns on Tuesday for the start of spring practice. The Commodores will kick things off with a new team heading up to the spring game in April, and there will be plenty of intrigue with coach Clark Lea and Co. gunning for a bowl game this coming season. By far the top storyline: How will members of the highly regarded 2022 class look? While it is difficult for true freshmen to contribute at the SEC level, Vanderbilt will need that group to step up in its second season on campus if the team hopes to make a bowl game. Position battles generally go all the way up until a week or so before the season opener, and sometimes even into the season itself. But they start in the spring, and several youngsters will try to unseat veterans.