Breaking down the year

[HueFreeze]

Redshirted 16 newcomers;
Played 5 true freshman

Played: Evans; James; Ryan Brown; Cedric Jiles; Devon Bell
JuCos: Holley - 0 starts; Siddoway - 12 starts; Autry - 9 starts

Redshirted: Grindle; Evans; Fred Brown; Holloway; Walley; Desper; Carter; Senior?; Jefferson; Torrey Bell; Adams; Washington; Beni Brown; Richie Brown; Will Redmond; Quadry Antoine

Offense Starts
Seniors - 47 //Hemphill-5; Clark-11; Bumphis -12; Chris Smith - 11; T. Smith - 8
Juniors - 47
Sophmore - 34
Freshman - 4

Defense Starts
Seniors - 65 //Boyd; Lawrence; Banks; Slay -12; Broomfield - 10; McCardell - 2
Juniors - 33
Sophmore - 25
Freshman - 9

Not sure what you can really make of this. I think it shows we are in good hands going forward
WR and DB is huge areas of concern, probably DT is also
It basically breaks down though when we line up next year we will have 4 new faces on offense and 5 on defense
So if 7 and 6 guys get better on their side of the ball we should be a better team next year
if areas of experience and depth

 

[CadaverDawg]

Just to add a few things...Cedric Jiles will likely receive a Medical Redshirt, per Mullen. And Tobias Smith will return to keep our entire O-Line in tact...unless something has changed with Tobias since I last heard that. Maybe some others can add to that.

I think our receivers will be in good shape with RoJo, Morrow, Tubby, Holloway, Sanders, I'm probably missing a few others?. Plus Malcolm Johnson and Brandon Hill should be key contributors next year, and Perkins out of the backfield (if we decide to use that before the Arkansas game next year). The secondary will have some new guys, but you have to like how Jiles played in limited action. Jamerson Love will be better than most think, and Justin Cox will fit in to the mix as well. Hopefully Will Redmond will step in as an instant impact guy at corner as well. Calhoun..meh. Throw in our safeties Whitley, Hughes, Arrington, and we should be solid at the safety position you would think. I'd like to see Matt Wells playing safety or at least spending much more time on the field at LB. I can't believe he didn't get more PT this year, especially with our D being so bad.

Basically it all comes down to scheme. I have completely lost faith in Wilson as DC. At this point, I would rather have Ellis Johnson, or anybody that can better utilize the talent we have on our depth chart. Tyrone Nix could have done a better job this year with the talent we had on defense.