2nd scrimmage

[Ari Gold]

No draft boards had Sweat on it when he first arrived on campus...
Jordan Davis is a NFL talent.. let’s see how he pans out

Pickering and Crumedy both should play on Sundays
Emerson is ahead of Dantzler at this point In Their careers

Errol is a solid SEC LB.. and could for sure make a roster .

Spencer played as a true freshman on the Simmons and Sweat teams. Injuries have hurt him big time. Hopefully the kid has a injury free season. We for sure need him

Murphy with a full season and starting role could have a big year and set himself up nicely for his Sr Season

And if Tre Lawson can get healthy he will be a factor this season

There isnt a Simmons on the roster , but again it’s not a bunch of walk ons and 2 stars ..

[Prediction? Pain.]

No draft boards had Sweat on it when he first arrived on campus...
Jordan Davis is a NFL talent.. let?s see how he pans out

Pickering and Crumedy both should play on Sundays
Emerson is ahead of Dantzler at this point In Their careers

Errol is a solid SEC LB.. and could for sure make a roster .

Spencer played as a true freshman on the Simmons and Sweat teams. Injuries have hurt him big time. Hopefully the kid has a injury free season. We for sure need him

Murphy with a full season and starting role could have a big year and set himself up nicely for his Sr Season

And if Tre Lawson can get healthy he will be a factor this season

There isnt a Simmons on the roster , but again it?s not a bunch of walk ons and 2 stars ..

These are great points and it shows that any lumps the defense takes this season should stem from inexperience and the new system more than on-paper talent. We've got around 22 dudes on defense who were consensus high three-star or higher prospects (87+ for the 247Sports nerds) with multiple SEC and Power 5 offers out of high school. (And 8 of those were legit blue chippers.) And that doesn't even include dudes like Odom, Lawson, and Emerson who were mid-three-star guys.

So I think we've got the dudes. It's just that lots of them haven't played much for us before. The rub's going to be how much the coaching staff can get out of such an inexperienced group. Recent history among teams with similarly inexperienced units says it's going going to be a struggle. But who knows.