It's here! Lots of surprises.
On offense, Dukes is a starter with Latrell Williams as the "or". Mathis is listed as an "or" with Carter at TE (and Holden Willis was listed). Hopple and Wiggs won the starting right side of the line jobs. Joiner listed ahead of Felix. Dollison is the backup to Miller at slot. Sainterling now checking in at 365, which is too big at 6'2".
On D, Grant and Vaughn are the starters at DE, and Thaxton is the "or" behind Tramel Logan. Stephens is listed as a DT- Tyrone Barber is now at DE. Officially going with a 4-2-5- Grier at Mike with Boyles on the weakside. Mac Harris is listed as the third string WLB. Ben Knox is the backup to Hampton- MacArthur Burnett is not listed. Brock Nichols is a favorite of mine- he's listed ahead of Keyon Helton as the backup to Vincent Davis at Star. Chris Townsel listed as Bentlee's backup.
Look a little deeped, the DEs are divided between Ends and Leos. The Ends are all 250+ and the Leos are all under 240. Similarly, the Nose DT and Tackle DT are divided by size, with the Noses being the shorter, heavier guys. Looks like we're all in on speed, which is going to be great against speads, but vulnerable against power running. Not sure if the Star role is what Byrd did as someone who lined up all over the place, or more a Nichols-style nickle. Hopefully they get Davis heavily involved because the kid just make stuff happen.
Looks like Shrader beat out Sackett and Weiss. KJ is returning punts, which I don't feel great about, except it will be part of his attractiveness to the NFL, so I get it.
By my count, 8 true freshmen are listed, including both Greene and Reyes, which is obviously not ideal for the present or the future. Valet and Jacobs not listed.
On offense, Dukes is a starter with Latrell Williams as the "or". Mathis is listed as an "or" with Carter at TE (and Holden Willis was listed). Hopple and Wiggs won the starting right side of the line jobs. Joiner listed ahead of Felix. Dollison is the backup to Miller at slot. Sainterling now checking in at 365, which is too big at 6'2".
On D, Grant and Vaughn are the starters at DE, and Thaxton is the "or" behind Tramel Logan. Stephens is listed as a DT- Tyrone Barber is now at DE. Officially going with a 4-2-5- Grier at Mike with Boyles on the weakside. Mac Harris is listed as the third string WLB. Ben Knox is the backup to Hampton- MacArthur Burnett is not listed. Brock Nichols is a favorite of mine- he's listed ahead of Keyon Helton as the backup to Vincent Davis at Star. Chris Townsel listed as Bentlee's backup.
Look a little deeped, the DEs are divided between Ends and Leos. The Ends are all 250+ and the Leos are all under 240. Similarly, the Nose DT and Tackle DT are divided by size, with the Noses being the shorter, heavier guys. Looks like we're all in on speed, which is going to be great against speads, but vulnerable against power running. Not sure if the Star role is what Byrd did as someone who lined up all over the place, or more a Nichols-style nickle. Hopefully they get Davis heavily involved because the kid just make stuff happen.
Looks like Shrader beat out Sackett and Weiss. KJ is returning punts, which I don't feel great about, except it will be part of his attractiveness to the NFL, so I get it.
By my count, 8 true freshmen are listed, including both Greene and Reyes, which is obviously not ideal for the present or the future. Valet and Jacobs not listed.
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