Starts today. Do players they signed in December, if any, get to play, if so does it count?

Ready to see how they do. I hope well but not too well. I feel like DS could be their Mullen in terms of getting the community/alumni to buy in and donate money/upgrade facilities. I know they are no where from SEC payroll even with big donations but I think it could still affect us with some of these low three stars we usually fall back on late in the process.