Quote Originally Posted by DeviousDawg34 View Post
Not sure where you are getting those numbers from. We have 5 OL signees/commits right now, and 4 of them will make it for sure(Phillips, Champion, Richardson, Suggs) and Cooper has a decent shot at making it too. We tend to redshirt 95% of the OL we sign, so the OL we bring in are in reality replacing the upcoming seniors rather than the graduated seniors. So this class is in reality replacing the Offensive lineman that were juniors in the 2016 season, and we only have one in Rankin. When you actually look at the numbers, we aren't in as much trouble as most people seem to think. I expect atleast one of the two JUCO guys will redshirt next season, let's say it's Phillips that redshirts.

2017 Season:
Redshirt Freshmen Sophomore Junior Senior
M. Richardson D. Parker M. Story D. Calhoun M. Rankin
C. Suggs S. Reese D. Williams R. Cochran
J. Cooper? G. Eiland H. Moon E. Jenkins
T. Phillips
T. Champion

2018 Season:
Redshirt Freshmen Sophomore Junior Senior
K. Johnson M. Richardson D. Parker M. Story D. Calhoun
2018 recruit C. Suggs S. Reese D. Williams R. Cochran
2018 recruit J. Cooper? G. Eiland H. Moon E. Jenkins
2018 recruit T. Phillips T. Champion
2018 JUCO

2018 is the key, gotta get another solid 5 guys and I think we will be in good shape going forward. The upcoming senior class is what's really killing us. We only have one rising senior and he was a JUCO guy. People bitched when Rankin was redshirted, but if he hadn't we would be screwed going into next year.
Looking at your chart we have too many classes with just three high school o-linemen. That means relying on JUCO's which for the most part hasn't been a great option for us outside of Rankin and maybe Siddoway. There are also a lot of one offer, project, late signee due to barely qualifying types on that list. My guess is this is one of the only position groups on the team like this at this point.