What Does Bennett Have To Work With; Part II

[GrayEagle]

The Real jay-D charted the personnel by position  the defensive personnel that will be available to the DC this fall.  I won't be as detailed as jay-D but I did want to list them with the combined average generated by 247 Sports.  By doing that you can see the quality of the players as they came from high school.  Of course, not all of these rates are valid today.  Some have risen; some have fallen.  For example, the one that I would rate the highest today is, I believe the lowest generated average.  However, Dion Novil has added fifty pounds of muscle and 28 TFLs while being largely double-teamed.

DEFENSIVE LINE                                         LINEBACKERS

Devontae McCrae             .8642                Jacobi Johnson                      .8499

Jonathan Pickett               .8458                Grayson Murphy                     .8456

Kortlin Rausau                   .8356                 Gabriel Murphy                      .8423

Kenneth Dotson                 .8321                 Jordan Brown                         .8418

Trent Ward                         .8273                  Taylor Jacobs                        .8364

Ta'Shoyn Johnson             .8255                   Chris Wright                          .8280               

Kalvin Hutchings                .8250                  Ta'Shoyn Johnson                 .8255

Kevin Greene                      .8235                  Willie Simmons                       .8194   

Fatafehi Vailea                    .8206                  Kevin Wood                            .8166              

Jimmy Walker                     .8107                   Larry Nixon                             .7964

Dayton LeBlanc                  .7943                  Tyreke Davis                           .7924

Dion Novil                            .7803                  Kyleb Howell                             NR

Caleb Colvin                          NR

 

 

DEFENSIVE BACKS

DeShawn Gaddie              .8436

Logan Wilson                     .8424

John Davis                         .8412

Harold West                       .8382

Jordan Rucker                   .8308

Jevin Murray                      .8280

Robert Johnson                 .8261

Upton Stout                       .8261 

Dorian Morris                     .8239

Jordan Nichols                  .8204

Quinn Whitlock                  .8154

The vast majority are (or should be) 3*  with an average of approximately .8300.  The offense is even higher but this is probably the strongest defense personnel that we've had under Seth.  Phil Bennett should be able to improve last year's defense by a considerable margin.

 

      

Edited January 30, 2021 by GrayEagle

[Tom McKrackin]

And of all those defensive lineman only Dion and maybe LeBlanc have done jackshit thus far.  Of course many have not yet played so there's that.

[97and03]

10 hours ago, Tom McKrackin said:

And of all those defensive lineman only Dion and maybe LeBlanc have done jackshit thus far.  Of course many have not yet played so there's that.

I think Colvin has been serviceable, especially in 2019. The others are inexperienced or haven’t arrived yet. 
 

I didn’t see KD Davis on that list. Just an oversight right? 

[GrayEagle]

1 hour ago, 97and03 said:

I think Colvin has been serviceable, especially in 2019. The others are inexperienced or haven’t arrived yet. 
 

I didn’t see KD Davis on that list. Just an oversight right? 

Yes, it was an oversight...my bad!  The reason is that they had him rated as a safety (and also as Kevyon Davis).  His rating as a safety was .8165.

[Venson]

Looking at that list and where Dion Novil was rated coming out of HS, I think they have a lot they can work with. If he and the other coaches he is bringing in can coach, teach, and mentor as well as motivate these young men, I think the ceiling is high for these guys.

Edited January 31, 2021 by Venson
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[GrandGreen]

Those ratings are fun to look at during recruiting season, but obviously mean just about nothing.

 

[PlummMeanGreen]

As one already said maybe not so much what Coach Bennett has to work with, but who he does have will be given the motivation & plan that fits who we have?

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Edited January 30, 2021 by PlummMeanGreen