Yesterday obviously wasn't the ending to the season that most of us wanted, but it was still a season in which we exceeded expectations. Looking at our roster, we were also surprisingly young.
On O, we lose Wimbush to transfer and Dexter, Mustipher, and Bars to graduation. We may also lose Mack. Williams is a huge loss to me because we haven't recruited the position well. We have Armstong and Jones back with the freshmen from this season and nothing coming in this class. All our WRs are back, but we need someone to become elite in that group. Kmet is ready to take over is Mack doesn't want to come back and after Bars went down, the OL started 3 sophs and a Fr in terms of eligibility. The only loss of the current OL is Mustipher.
On D, we lose Tillery and Bonner in the middle. MTA, Hinish, and Ademilola will pick up there, but not sure we have another Tillery. Our DEs on both sides should all be back. That's probably our best and deepest position and should be a real strength next season. Losses at LB are huge in Tranquill and Coney, but unlike RB, we have been recruiting this position very well. There should be talent there, though the experience and leadership of the other 2 will be sorely missed, especially early in the season. The secondary should be very strong. If Julian Love comes back, we'll return everyone in the secondary as well.
So in short, we return a ton from a 12-win team. The big losses are Dexter, Mustipher, Tillery, Coney, Tranquill, and potentially Love if he goes to the NFL.
On O, we lose Wimbush to transfer and Dexter, Mustipher, and Bars to graduation. We may also lose Mack. Williams is a huge loss to me because we haven't recruited the position well. We have Armstong and Jones back with the freshmen from this season and nothing coming in this class. All our WRs are back, but we need someone to become elite in that group. Kmet is ready to take over is Mack doesn't want to come back and after Bars went down, the OL started 3 sophs and a Fr in terms of eligibility. The only loss of the current OL is Mustipher.
On D, we lose Tillery and Bonner in the middle. MTA, Hinish, and Ademilola will pick up there, but not sure we have another Tillery. Our DEs on both sides should all be back. That's probably our best and deepest position and should be a real strength next season. Losses at LB are huge in Tranquill and Coney, but unlike RB, we have been recruiting this position very well. There should be talent there, though the experience and leadership of the other 2 will be sorely missed, especially early in the season. The secondary should be very strong. If Julian Love comes back, we'll return everyone in the secondary as well.
So in short, we return a ton from a 12-win team. The big losses are Dexter, Mustipher, Tillery, Coney, Tranquill, and potentially Love if he goes to the NFL.
