With the commit of Proctor today I wanted to look at where this roster may be at in his projected 3 years he will be here. Disclaimer: I know a ton can happen between now and then but I wanted to see if there is going to be enough talent that overlaps his (and X) tenure to do some really great things.
Ready to go:
Oline: This group looks really, really good. The growing pains of 2021 and probably going into 2022 will look to pay off in 2023 and especially 2024. In 24, Proctor would be a sophomore, but would be surrounded by seniors Colby, Jones, Volk, Elsbury and juniors Davidkov and Stephens. There are a lot more here too so I think there is a high chance that talent and experience may meet for this group over these two years, thinking that they could culminate into a 2002 type of line as they all should be 310 plus.
RB: At a position where young talent can contribute in a big way, there will be experience with both Williams, Johnson, Patterson and Raphael. They all probably won't make it that for, but, I love the mix of size and speed with this group. I think this group will be just fine and capable of big things.
TE: Lachey will be a senior, but there is young talent in Ostrenga, Vanderbush and Yelverton. Considering the success of TE's, one would think this group will be just fine.
Dline: Wow, all that young talent of 2021 will be grown up and with the addition of 22 and 23 recruiting classes this will definitely have to be a strength, both inside and on the edge.
Backfield: Looks like Dejean is getting groomed for the cash, but of the 5 positions one would think that 2 of them will be occupied by him and X. I have learned to never doubt Phil Parker and there is so much talent in that room that someone will emerge. Hall, Engringer?.
Maybe?:
LB: Jacobs will be here in 23 but gone in 24. There is a lot of talent in that room that will be juniors in 24, but none of them really proven yet. I put this as a question mark also because this group is so important to the defense and in years past when they are young it doesn't seem to generate as much concern as it should. We need a couple of players to emerge this year out of this group and I think we will have a good idea by the end of this year what this group is going to look like.
QB: Well, we will only plan to play one quarterback, so out of Labas, May, Lainez lets someone someone emerges here. I think with the rest of the talent on the roster it would be ok to start a sophomore and feel confident, but atleast we have a some hope with this group.
Special teams: Not sure who it will be, but this program consistently does a great job with special teams that we shouldnt be worried. But, I put it here because I would need to see it.
I don't see it
WR: Johnson and Bruce will be jrs and srs in 23 and 24 and should be solid. But past that, we have Brecht that we havent even seen yet and Bostick coming in this year. I don't have a lot of faith in anyone that is older than Johnson and Bruce because those two guys passed everyone as true freshmen. But that is it, 3 guys with nobody else in the pipeline, for a group that needs to be much bigger than that. I think that not having a big target on the outside would be a huge achilles heel for this team. So this would need to be a #1 get for the portal.
Looks like 2024 could be the year we have all been waiting for, especially if a QB emerges and we get some more WR talent. I am interested in everyone's thoughts on this.
Ready to go:
Oline: This group looks really, really good. The growing pains of 2021 and probably going into 2022 will look to pay off in 2023 and especially 2024. In 24, Proctor would be a sophomore, but would be surrounded by seniors Colby, Jones, Volk, Elsbury and juniors Davidkov and Stephens. There are a lot more here too so I think there is a high chance that talent and experience may meet for this group over these two years, thinking that they could culminate into a 2002 type of line as they all should be 310 plus.
RB: At a position where young talent can contribute in a big way, there will be experience with both Williams, Johnson, Patterson and Raphael. They all probably won't make it that for, but, I love the mix of size and speed with this group. I think this group will be just fine and capable of big things.
TE: Lachey will be a senior, but there is young talent in Ostrenga, Vanderbush and Yelverton. Considering the success of TE's, one would think this group will be just fine.
Dline: Wow, all that young talent of 2021 will be grown up and with the addition of 22 and 23 recruiting classes this will definitely have to be a strength, both inside and on the edge.
Backfield: Looks like Dejean is getting groomed for the cash, but of the 5 positions one would think that 2 of them will be occupied by him and X. I have learned to never doubt Phil Parker and there is so much talent in that room that someone will emerge. Hall, Engringer?.
Maybe?:
LB: Jacobs will be here in 23 but gone in 24. There is a lot of talent in that room that will be juniors in 24, but none of them really proven yet. I put this as a question mark also because this group is so important to the defense and in years past when they are young it doesn't seem to generate as much concern as it should. We need a couple of players to emerge this year out of this group and I think we will have a good idea by the end of this year what this group is going to look like.
QB: Well, we will only plan to play one quarterback, so out of Labas, May, Lainez lets someone someone emerges here. I think with the rest of the talent on the roster it would be ok to start a sophomore and feel confident, but atleast we have a some hope with this group.
Special teams: Not sure who it will be, but this program consistently does a great job with special teams that we shouldnt be worried. But, I put it here because I would need to see it.
I don't see it
WR: Johnson and Bruce will be jrs and srs in 23 and 24 and should be solid. But past that, we have Brecht that we havent even seen yet and Bostick coming in this year. I don't have a lot of faith in anyone that is older than Johnson and Bruce because those two guys passed everyone as true freshmen. But that is it, 3 guys with nobody else in the pipeline, for a group that needs to be much bigger than that. I think that not having a big target on the outside would be a huge achilles heel for this team. So this would need to be a #1 get for the portal.
Looks like 2024 could be the year we have all been waiting for, especially if a QB emerges and we get some more WR talent. I am interested in everyone's thoughts on this.
