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He's cancelled his visit to Ohio St. It sounds like we have the inside track. He'd be a huge EDGE piece to get. Still a little worried about d tackle though. Just getting Darron Reed and Jaray Bledsoe probably won't cut it. We need some war daddies who have done it.Quote:
Originally Posted by KB21
Could we get some names of who are top portal targets are right now? So hard to keep up with who our #1s by position may be. I guess it’s a pretty fluid situation though
Grace and Whitson make us better
Who is that?Quote:
Originally Posted by Todd4State
I think he meant Cam Vaughn, the WR from JSU. It's not him though. It's Whitson and Thomas. I would expect we hear from at least one of them by the end of the day today.Quote:
Originally Posted by msu15
It's extremely fluid. I think Will Whitson from Coastal Carolina is our number one DL target at the moment followed by Rashein(sp?) Thomas. I think we're in a bit of a wait and see mode at CB right now as well as WR.Quote:
Originally Posted by Bdawg
The way things are looking currently with talent with comparison to last years squad to this years. Still plenty of time for this to change obviously.
Qb- push
Rb- increase
OL- increase (with younger pups growing up and 3 starters back)
Wr- decrease
DL- increase (nearly impossible to decrease, with whitson and Dakota player greatly increase)
Edge- great increase
LB- great increase
Safety- increase
Corner- push or decrease
Another consideration about stonka. I know the rumors are he would be open to safety, but if we don’t feel well about our talent and/or numbers at wr, the team may need him to stay at wr.
We signed high school kids and the juco guy not to mention guys from last year.Quote:
Originally Posted by StarkVegasSteve
No he needs to move. It will serve the team and him to move to Safety. He's never going to be an impact receiver at this level. He can be an impact safety though.Quote:
Originally Posted by bigbub50
None of our HS or JUCO guys are ready to START. They are depth pieces. And out of the guys from last year, who could start? I am being serious. I do not see a starter in that group.Quote:
Originally Posted by bulldawg28
At the moment I agree. The WR is thinQuote:
Originally Posted by bigbub50
You won't know that until practice starts.Quote:
Originally Posted by StarkVegasSteve
I could blur my eyes and see McClendon making a huge jump with the right attitude, work ethic, and nutrition. He still probably needs another year. He was thrown into the fire, so he got some experience. Honestly, he looked a tad over weight and needs to get his body right.Quote:
Originally Posted by StarkVegasSteve
I feel pretty confident in it. I mean MAYBE Kai McClendon and Kalvin Dinkins can take that next step but Hibbler still needs a year, Corey Clark will always just be a depth piece, Gabe Moore transferred, Deonte is probably more of an EDGE guy, Ashun Shepphard is a higher end depth piece but still a depth piece, Kpaka is gone, DeMonte is gone, Trevion can't stay healthy, and Bingley-Jones is a depth piece. That's our DL room.Quote:
Originally Posted by bulldawg28
And when I say depth piece I don't mean that as a bad thing. Grant Harris was a depth piece for us in 17 and 18 and was great. Same with Corey Thomas. You need those guys, but they are not starters. We didn't have a DL guy that would start for another SEC program last year, and maybe only a couple that could start for ANY P4 program.
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Originally Posted by StarkVegasSteve
How are we feeling about Cam Vaughn? I believe I saw that he's scheduled for a visit soon.
IF ALL the guys coming back and signed are back ups the transfers are expected to be starters. Football doesn't work that way. Guys will improve year to year. Again, everyone isn't Chris Jones. However, I'm confident returning guys are SEC talents.Quote:
Originally Posted by StarkVegasSteve
He pushed his visit till Jan to give himself more time to go through the process.Quote:
Originally Posted by FlytheW3
I'm glad you are, because I'm not. If we have SEC talent, it sure didn't show this year. I mean there's a reason we're bringing in so many guys, it's because we don't think we have talent or depth at that position. Like I said, we have some depth pieces but no high end starters. Could Kalvin Dinkins be that? Absolutely. Could Trevion Williams be that? Absolutely. The problem is that we're hoping and not knowing. Hope gets you beat in the SEC. You need production, especially this day and age.Quote:
Originally Posted by bulldawg28
That's why I'm really excited about a guy like Will Whitson. He's shown he can do it and stay healthy doing it, yes he got banged up last year but could've come back. He shut it down so he could enter the portal. We don't know if Dinkins can do it and Trevion hasn't been healthy long enough to see. If those guys could get and stay healthy, then we have something.
Did you watch the same defensive line group last year that I watched?Quote:
Originally Posted by bulldawg28