2018...what do we have

[H-towngreen]

I’d love to see someone lay out what we have coming back next year. Starters returning, breakdown of numbers by class, position battles to watch, anyone coming off a redshirt that we expect things from, etc.

[GMG24]

Love to, don't have time now.  I'd expect Parish to challenge at LT, Mose at Guard, any RS or true freshman in secondary.  

[MeanGreen_MBA]

Brett, challenge.....

[BillySee58]

18 minutes ago, GMG24 said:

Love to, don't have time now.  I'd expect Parish to challenge at LT, Mose at Guard, any RS or true freshman in secondary.  

I'm interested to see how the young guys push the older guys this spring. Offensive line is an obvious position group where we need play to get better, and in year three you expect to start seeing some of this staff's high school signees getting on the field. In the first two years we haven't seen any of them, which isn't uncommon but if that position group is going to get better we need the young guys to be better than the older guys before them.

Objectively speaking, the high school guys Littrell has signed have not been anymore highly recruited than the guys inherited from  Mccarney, like Murray, Woodworth, and Barr. We'll see if they can evaluate and develop them well enough to improve the line in time.

[BillySee58]

49 minutes ago, H-towngreen said:

I’d love to see someone lay out what we have coming back next year. Starters returning, breakdown of numbers by class, position battles to watch, anyone coming off a redshirt that we expect things from, etc.

I'll try and put something together. Not sure when, as I'm on vacation.

[GMG24]

Just now, BillySee58 said:

I'm interested to see how the young guys push the older guys this spring. Offensive line is an obvious position group where we need play to get better, and in year three you expect to start seeing some of this staff's high school signees getting on the field. In the first two years we haven't seen any of them, which isn't uncommon but if that position group is going to get better we need the young guys to be better than the older guys before them.

Objectively speaking, the high school guys Littrell has signed have not been anymore highly recruited than the guys inherited from  Mccarney, like Murray, Woodworth, and Barr. We'll see if they can evaluate and develop them well enough to improve the line in time.

I am interested in this too, I think my biggest disappointment is Myles, I may be wrong but I think he was our most highly regarded OL signee in some time, and he hasn't touched the field. 

[MeanGreenTexan]

Offense:
QB:  Fine, Shanbour, Pearson (RS comes off).    We're doing just FINE here.
RB:  Smith, Johnson, Torrey (JUCO), & Siggers? (RS comes off).   Nic Smith should continue the run of fantastic RBs we've had.
WR: Turner Smiley is literally the only guy we're losing.  And, although he contributed quite a bit this season, we should see improvement at WR since all of these guys will now be in year 2/3 of the system.
TE: Smith/Chumley return, and will be another year deeper in the system.

OL:  We'll have to replace the right side of the line - Mayfield at RT & Henson at RG.  We also lose a little depth with Gunter.
I'd expect Manase Mose to step right in at Henson's spot, unless Carroll, the kid from Waco, is the real deal as a true Freshman.   I think the RT spot is wide open.   Murray needs to be "pushed" during Spring/Fall practice for his spot, even though he's a Senior.  I think Woodworth's spot is solid.  We'll see if Barr can work his way back to starting C in the Spring/Fall.  Otherwise, I would expect to see the Mose brothers starting side by side next year.

Defense:
DL:  We're losing a LOT here.  Captain Andy Flusche & Tillman Johnson were contributing at a high level here.   Luckily, we'll have English ready to go (hopefully with an additional year of eligibility), so we can slide Young over to play Flusche's spot, with Hamilton on the other side.   VERY THIN here though unless Krasniqi & Novil continue to improve.

LB: The thinnest of our position group in 2017 will be hit hard by losing Wheeler & McDonald.   Ejiya returns & Garner returns.  Gotta hope RS Cody Fulp is ready to step up & that we get some D1-ready help out of the JUCO ranks.  JoJo will be forced to fill Wheeler's shoes... a tall order.

DB: Losing McClain & Jenkins, along with solid depth in Baulkman.  Time for Sanders to step up to replace McClain, & Muhammad will need to be ready to lead.   Need Brooks to figure out how to play to his ability while staying disciplined in his assignments.  Glad Hall is returning & I hope Cam Johnson is ready to contribute as well (he didn't take a redshirt as he was a ST's contributor).

 

Maybe not as detailed as you'd like, but a pretty high-level overview...

 

 

EDIT:    How could I forget Trevor Moore?    Good luck trying to replace that guy.  We've been spoiled at the Kicking spot over the past 4 years.

Edited December 18, 2017 by MeanGreenTexan