(Un)Official 8-bit SPS Pre-Spring Depth Chart

AzzurriDawg4 · Feb 9, 2011

<div style="min-width: 0px; max-width: 99%; border-collapse: collapse; font-family: Tahoma, Verdana, sans-serif; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; ">QB[/u][/b]Relf – SRRussell – SOFavre – rFRPrescott – FRAnalysis:Hard to argue that this isn’t the best group of QBs we have ever had.There is a lot of buzz that the offensive staff loves Prescott, so it will be interesting to see how they bring him along.I have a feeling that Relf’s last 3 games made it a tougher decision for them.Great shape here in the long and short term. It will be really interesting to see who comes out on top of this group post-Relf.RB[/u][/b]Ballard – SRPerkins – SOGriffin– rFRElliott – SRD. Milton - FRJ. Robinson - FRAnalysis:We should be in good shape for at least the next 3 years with the current players.Ballard and Perk will do more of the same next year and then Griffin (another guy the staff loves) will take over Ballard’s role and run with Perk for 2 years.After that we really set ourselves up well with Milton and Robinson to continue the 1-2 punch we have going now. You have to think Xavier Grindle will be our top target next year and the only RB we really need to sign.FB[/u][/b]Hemphill - JRShumpert - SOA. Marcus - JRAnalysis: Definitely hurts to lose Hanrahan. Might see the fullback role decreased a bit with his absence and Green playing more of an H-back role. If Shumpert returns to full strength that may change.TE[/u][/b]Green – SRCook – SRB. Hill – rFRR. Warren - FRAnalysis:aGAIN, can you imagine what Green would have done for us down the stretch this year when Relf was locked in?This position will have to be a big priority for recruiting...potentially JUCO.WR - X[/u][/b]C. Smith - JRR. Sanders – SOM. Johnson – rFRJ. Morrow - FRWR - ZA. Clark - JRM. Carr - SOR. Johnson - rFRS. Williams – SOWR - YBumphis – JRHeavens – JRJ. Lewis – rFRFosselman - FRAnalysis:We finally have the depth we have been missing.Really good shape here.Hopefully Carr can become the outside deep threat we really need.Smith’s emergence is big.I expect Fosselman will redshirt next year and Morrow could have a real chance at PT due to his size – we just don’t have a jump ball WR on the roster right now (M. Johnson could factor here though).OL – RT[/u][/b]Lawrence – SRE. Lawson - rFROL - LT

Carmon - SRClausell – rFRMuniz – rFRKnox - FRMalone - FRAnalysis:This is one of 3 areas of immediate concern.However, we look good long term, as we have recruited a slew of solid tackle prospects in Robinson, Clausell, and Muniz.We have Lawrence for one more year – so that spot is solid and you would think one of the freshmen will be ready to take over for him when he leaves.The other spot is more of a concern.I guess we just have to hope that the Carmon experiment works. I am really just guessing blindly at where the freshmen linemen will end up - I have no idea.OL – G[/u][/b]T. Smith – JRG. Jackson – SOT. Hardy - JRD. Robinson – rFRJ. Trapp – JRRedmond - FRAnalysis: We are actually looking a little thin at G. We have two good starters, one of which is very injury prone. I am sure Saulsberry will slide back over if someone is hurt, and we might see Dillon Day emerge and take some pressure off of the G and C positions. It will be interesting to see what the staff saw in Joey Trapp - really not sure where he ends up on the line. 

OL - CSaulsberry – SRD. Day – rFR

S. Watts – SOAnalysis:Good shape here.Saulsberry should be an adequate replacement for Brignone at C.DE[/u][/b]Ferguson– SRStigers – JRMcCardell - JRHarrison-Gay – SOEulls – rFRJ. Harris – FRP. Smith - FRAnalysis:Area of concern #2 – Ferg is solid but not spectacular.Same with Stigers.Who knows where McCardell ends up next year (they were talking about moving him back to WR again during the bowl practices I think) but he did play a little better at the end of the year.We all need to keep our fingers crossed for Mackey.He might be the single most important recruit left on the board for us.J. Harris is probably a year away from competing due to his weight, but he might be a player down the road.Hopefully Eulls will make some noise this spring - Wilson has really fired up the hype machine on Eulls, calling him one of the most talented players he has ever coached.DT[/u][/b]Cox – JRBoyd – JRJones – JRHowie – SRJ. Jackson – JRC. Virges - rFRPJ Jones - FRMaiden - FRAnalysis:Rock solid here.However, landing some DTs is imperative for this next recruiting class – we need to have some guy learning and getting conditioned for the SEC while Cox and Boyd are seniors.Hopefully Q. Evans is our guy. We should really be able to sell Evans and N. James on the playing time that is going to open up with Cox, Boyd and Jones all graduating together.ILB[/u][/b]B. Wilson – JRJ. Jones – SRF. Bohanna – rFRC. Holmes – rFRAnalysis:This and OLB are the final positions of concern.Just impossible to know what we have in Bohanna, Holmes and Wilson.OLB[/u][/b]Lawrence – JRHunt – JRSkinner – SOC. Hughes – SOB. McKinney - FRAnalysis:I like our prospects here a little more than ILB.C. Hughes played well for a freshman and should bulk up a little to add to his great speed.Lawrence fits into the solid but not spectacular category.Hunt and Skinner both have upside.CB[/u][/b]Broomfield– JRJ. Banks – JRD. Slay - JRD. Anderson - SRJ. Hughes – rFRJ. Love – rFRL. Watson – JRJ. Cox - FRT. Calhoun - FRAnalysis:Lots of depth here all of the sudden.Not sure if Banks sticks – he may become our nickel back and rotate in with the safeties.If Slay can come in and play right away that will be a huge plus.Tons of upside in our freshmen (Hughes, Love, Cox) - sleeper prospects with a lot of speed that we have time to coach up.S[/u][/b]Mitchell – SRBonner – SRWhitley – SOThames– SOWells – rFRD. Arrington - FRZ. Jackson - FRK. Market - FRAnalysis:Good to see Bonner step it up over the last half of the season.I really had it out for that guy because he was seriously terrible up to that point in his career, but he has definitely improved.We know what we have in Mitchell and we have some very talented youth with Whitley, Thames and Wells.This has become the strongest unit on the team - brings you back to the good old days of Timmy Nelson, Pig Prather, etc. You might have seen that Wilson has already alluded to getting the best 11 on the field - I think that means we are going to see a LOT of 3 safety packages. We have 3 ballers in Whitley, Wells and Thames that arent even starting. I still think we should get Whitley closer to the LOS. He is a solid tackler and would have less space to take the bad angles he was prone to taking last year. ST[/u][/b]K - DePasquale - SR - lot of confidence in DePak.P - Swedenburg? - SO - no infoLS - ? Oh Noes - we shall miss you Feld. <div style="font-size: 12px; ">
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AzzurriDawg4 · Feb 9, 2011

<div style="min-width: 0px; max-width: 99%; border-collapse: collapse; font-family: Tahoma, Verdana, sans-serif; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; ">QB[/u][/b]Relf – SRRussell – SOFavre – rFRPrescott – FRAnalysis:Hard to argue that this isn’t the best group of QBs we have ever had.There is a lot of buzz that the offensive staff loves Prescott, so it will be interesting to see how they bring him along.I have a feeling that Relf’s last 3 games made it a tougher decision for them.Great shape here in the long and short term. It will be really interesting to see who comes out on top of this group post-Relf.RB[/u][/b]Ballard – SRPerkins – SOGriffin– rFRElliott – SRD. Milton - FRJ. Robinson - FRAnalysis:We should be in good shape for at least the next 3 years with the current players.Ballard and Perk will do more of the same next year and then Griffin (another guy the staff loves) will take over Ballard’s role and run with Perk for 2 years.After that we really set ourselves up well with Milton and Robinson to continue the 1-2 punch we have going now. You have to think Xavier Grindle will be our top target next year and the only RB we really need to sign.FB[/u][/b]Hemphill - JRShumpert - SOA. Marcus - JRAnalysis: Definitely hurts to lose Hanrahan. Might see the fullback role decreased a bit with his absence and Green playing more of an H-back role. If Shumpert returns to full strength that may change.TE[/u][/b]Green – SRCook – SRB. Hill – rFRR. Warren - FRAnalysis:aGAIN, can you imagine what Green would have done for us down the stretch this year when Relf was locked in?This position will have to be a big priority for recruiting...potentially JUCO.WR - X[/u][/b]C. Smith - JRR. Sanders – SOM. Johnson – rFRJ. Morrow - FRWR - ZA. Clark - JRM. Carr - SOR. Johnson - rFRS. Williams – SOWR - YBumphis – JRHeavens – JRJ. Lewis – rFRFosselman - FRAnalysis:We finally have the depth we have been missing.Really good shape here.Hopefully Carr can become the outside deep threat we really need.Smith’s emergence is big.I expect Fosselman will redshirt next year and Morrow could have a real chance at PT due to his size – we just don’t have a jump ball WR on the roster right now (M. Johnson could factor here though).OL – RT[/u][/b]Lawrence – SRE. Lawson - rFROL - LT

Carmon - SRClausell – rFRMuniz – rFRKnox - FRMalone - FRAnalysis:This is one of 3 areas of immediate concern.However, we look good long term, as we have recruited a slew of solid tackle prospects in Robinson, Clausell, and Muniz.We have Lawrence for one more year – so that spot is solid and you would think one of the freshmen will be ready to take over for him when he leaves.The other spot is more of a concern.I guess we just have to hope that the Carmon experiment works. I am really just guessing blindly at where the freshmen linemen will end up - I have no idea.OL – G[/u][/b]T. Smith – JRG. Jackson – SOT. Hardy - JRD. Robinson – rFRJ. Trapp – JRRedmond - FRAnalysis: We are actually looking a little thin at G. We have two good starters, one of which is very injury prone. I am sure Saulsberry will slide back over if someone is hurt, and we might see Dillon Day emerge and take some pressure off of the G and C positions. It will be interesting to see what the staff saw in Joey Trapp - really not sure where he ends up on the line. 

OL - CSaulsberry – SRD. Day – rFR

S. Watts – SOAnalysis:Good shape here.Saulsberry should be an adequate replacement for Brignone at C.DE[/u][/b]Ferguson– SRStigers – JRMcCardell - JRHarrison-Gay – SOEulls – rFRJ. Harris – FRP. Smith - FRAnalysis:Area of concern #2 – Ferg is solid but not spectacular.Same with Stigers.Who knows where McCardell ends up next year (they were talking about moving him back to WR again during the bowl practices I think) but he did play a little better at the end of the year.We all need to keep our fingers crossed for Mackey.He might be the single most important recruit left on the board for us.J. Harris is probably a year away from competing due to his weight, but he might be a player down the road.Hopefully Eulls will make some noise this spring - Wilson has really fired up the hype machine on Eulls, calling him one of the most talented players he has ever coached.DT[/u][/b]Cox – JRBoyd – JRJones – JRHowie – SRJ. Jackson – JRC. Virges - rFRPJ Jones - FRMaiden - FRAnalysis:Rock solid here.However, landing some DTs is imperative for this next recruiting class – we need to have some guy learning and getting conditioned for the SEC while Cox and Boyd are seniors.Hopefully Q. Evans is our guy. We should really be able to sell Evans and N. James on the playing time that is going to open up with Cox, Boyd and Jones all graduating together.ILB[/u][/b]B. Wilson – JRJ. Jones – SRF. Bohanna – rFRC. Holmes – rFRAnalysis:This and OLB are the final positions of concern.Just impossible to know what we have in Bohanna, Holmes and Wilson.OLB[/u][/b]Lawrence – JRHunt – JRSkinner – SOC. Hughes – SOB. McKinney - FRAnalysis:I like our prospects here a little more than ILB.C. Hughes played well for a freshman and should bulk up a little to add to his great speed.Lawrence fits into the solid but not spectacular category.Hunt and Skinner both have upside.CB[/u][/b]Broomfield– JRJ. Banks – JRD. Slay - JRD. Anderson - SRJ. Hughes – rFRJ. Love – rFRL. Watson – JRJ. Cox - FRT. Calhoun - FRAnalysis:Lots of depth here all of the sudden.Not sure if Banks sticks – he may become our nickel back and rotate in with the safeties.If Slay can come in and play right away that will be a huge plus.Tons of upside in our freshmen (Hughes, Love, Cox) - sleeper prospects with a lot of speed that we have time to coach up.S[/u][/b]Mitchell – SRBonner – SRWhitley – SOThames– SOWells – rFRD. Arrington - FRZ. Jackson - FRK. Market - FRAnalysis:Good to see Bonner step it up over the last half of the season.I really had it out for that guy because he was seriously terrible up to that point in his career, but he has definitely improved.We know what we have in Mitchell and we have some very talented youth with Whitley, Thames and Wells.This has become the strongest unit on the team - brings you back to the good old days of Timmy Nelson, Pig Prather, etc. You might have seen that Wilson has already alluded to getting the best 11 on the field - I think that means we are going to see a LOT of 3 safety packages. We have 3 ballers in Whitley, Wells and Thames that arent even starting. I still think we should get Whitley closer to the LOS. He is a solid tackler and would have less space to take the bad angles he was prone to taking last year. ST[/u][/b]K - DePasquale - SR - lot of confidence in DePak.P - Swedenburg? - SO - no infoLS - ? Oh Noes - we shall miss you Feld. <div style="font-size: 12px; ">
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dawgstudent · Feb 9, 2011

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thunderclap · Feb 9, 2011

with our WRs emerging, Green back, RBs back, most of the OL back, and a still getting better Relf, we break school record for points this year. This is Thunderclap's only 2011 prediction.

8dog · Feb 9, 2011

would also give us the chance to free up Mitchell and let him make plays.

dawgstudent · Feb 9, 2011

I trust Mitchell as more of a safety than Whitley as it stands right now.

AzzurriDawg4 · Feb 9, 2011

He is much better going forward than going back. He is a beast against the run though. The intermediate to deep middle of the field was wide open all year long against our defense (although it did seem to close up some when Bonner was starting).

chew1095 · Feb 9, 2011

he expects to use Harrison-Gay as a hybrid DE/LB. I think our overall philosophy on defense is not going to change very much. I just think the sets will look a little different. I am not nearly as concerned about our LBs with the DTs we have right now. Solid DT play, and overall DL play, will make "average" LBs look good.

My final comment is that I really like the swagger ofour defense. These guys played with a lot of confidence down the stretch and I think that attitude will carry over into this year. We are solid up the middle up front and have some guys playing centerfield that will put your dick in the dirt. I am extremely wooly about 2011.

lawdawg02 · Feb 9, 2011

So the coaching staff may have shared your concerns. I think it's more that Whitley seemed to be over-aggressive at times, which would be a good thing if he's a dog safety-type in a 4-2-5. For instance, he made a great interception against Arkansas in the 3rd qtr (I think). He was playing centerfield and broke on the go route on the sideline to make the play. Well, the next time Arkansas had the ball, they ran the same go route, same sideline, and Whitley broke that way. This time, though, Mallett threw to the open WR in the middle of the field for the long TD.

With Whitley, Mitchell, and Bonner, all can help out against the run and make plays in the secondary. I hope to see them on the field together often.

dawgstudent · Feb 9, 2011

which a 4-2-5 would lend itself to that line of thinking.

jeremyrbrown · Feb 9, 2011

BDJ say: Robinson at backup LG, Lawson at backup RT. Also hearing Clausell at backup LT. Hopefully we brought in Trapp to be a backup G/C.

also, "the offensive staff loves Prescott"....new nickname for coach34?

lawdawg02 · Feb 9, 2011

I miss Manny.

SheltonChoked · Feb 9, 2011

I see the back 5 being

SS1 Mitchell / Wells
SS2 Whitley / Thames
FS Banks / Bonner
CB Slay
CB Broomfield
Not sure who the backup corners will be.

I also think that Fletcher Cox will see some time at DE.

I just hope we keep the simple assignments that Manny had for the D.I think that made a huge difference in our guys agressiveness. We had some very differnt looks last year with just base package guys (McPhee lining up at ILB, some 3-4 looks, some 4-3, etc.)

Coach34 · Feb 9, 2011

jeremyrbrown said:
BDJ say: Robinson at backup LG, Lawson at backup RT. Also hearing Clausell at backup LT. Hopefully we brought in Trapp to be a backup G/C.

also, "the offensive staff loves Prescott"....new nickname for coach34?

no, just supports what I've been saying....Prescott will be the back-up QB this Fall- thats why he was brought in early

Shmuley · Feb 9, 2011

hate you even more when that inevitable transfer announcement comes down.

Coach34 · Feb 9, 2011

Shmuley said:
hate you even more when that inevitable transfer announcement comes down.

between that and Stands being fired next basketball season, I may get death threats

croomsgone · Feb 9, 2011

all pretty good except robinson is playing left guard not left tackle, clausell and muniz are at left tackle and lawson is the back up at right tackle. I also think you will see Hunt inside and Holmes outside but that is speculation, the o-line stuff is where they are lined up now.

o_rexxx · Feb 9, 2011

Rufus Warren will play TE.

BoDawg.sixpack · Feb 9, 2011

we're solid at every other position, or we have the option of rotating someone who'll likely be productive. LT is so technique and experience dependent though it's much hard to plug n play. Carmon and Clausell definitely have the frame for it, but they'll be going up against the best DE's in college football. This will be the position to watch during the spring.

DogFan75 · Feb 9, 2011

AzzurriDawg4, real nice breakdown. Thanks

Hidog78 · Feb 9, 2011

That announcement won't happen and Prescott will red shirt. Because we have a Faveurrrr!

markymark.sixpack · Feb 9, 2011

something else?

Todd4State · Feb 9, 2011

that we had been able to redshirt some of our true sophomores like Bumphis, Cox, Boyd, Chris Smith, definately should have redshirted Cameron Lawrence, and Banks. I probably left a few people out.

thunderclap · Feb 9, 2011

PBRME · Feb 9, 2011

thunderclap said:
with our WRs emerging, Green back, RBs back, most of the OL back, and a still getting better Relf, we break school record for points this year. This is Thunderclap's only 2011 prediction.

The only thing that concerns me about our offense is someone filling in at LT. I understand it was 2 different regimes, but Mike Brown was not a recoverable loss.

thunderclap · Feb 9, 2011

we gotta find a serviceable LT.

tenureplan · Feb 9, 2011

RonnyAtmosphere · Feb 9, 2011

...one for the archives.

thunderclap · Feb 9, 2011

57stratdawg · Feb 9, 2011

Whitley was a true freshman last year and coming off an ACL surgery. I think the kid has as much potential as anyone on our damn team.

He was a little too aggressive at times last year, but thats going to happen. I'd rather see Mitchell down in the box and Whitley out in center field, because that kid has some damn good ball skills for a Safety. His one handed pick against Ark was unbelievable. Plus, his pick against Auburn was awesome and the hit-fumble recovery against UGA.

Keep that kid on the field at all cost.

ALdawg.sixpack · Feb 9, 2011

Coach34 said:
jeremyrbrown said:

BDJ say: Robinson at backup LG, Lawson at backup RT. Also hearing Clausell at backup LT. Hopefully we brought in Trapp to be a backup G/C.

also, "the offensive staff loves Prescott"....new nickname for coach34?

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no, just supports what I've been saying....Prescott will be the back-up QB this Fall- thats why he was brought in early

but I don't think they brought him in early for that specific reason. I think ideally we would like every single recruit to come in early.

chew1095 · Feb 9, 2011

Whitley was a RFresh last year, but otherwise, I agree with you.

MeridianDog · Feb 9, 2011

Some days it's good to be a dog.

(Un)Official 8-bit SPS Pre-Spring Depth Chart

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