2015 by the numbers...2/4 Update

[CDBHawg]

I decided to put this together to show what we'll look like next year with commits included. 2015 commits are italicized. I'll update it as the commits come in. Hopefully this will give us a good outlook on what we may do with the remaining spots open.

QB - 4
Sr. Brandon Allen
So. Austin Allen
Fr. Rafe Peavey
Fr. Ty Storey


RB - 7
Sr. Jonathan Williams
Sr. Kody Walker
Jr. Alex Collins
So. Denzell Evans
Fr. Tyler Colquitt (FB)
Fr. Juan Day
Fr. Rawleigh Williams


WR - 12
Sr. Keon Hatcher
Jr. Eric Hawkins
Jr. Dominique Reed
Jr. Cody Hollister
Jr. Drew Morgan
So. Damon Mitchell(RB?)
So. Jared Cornelius
So. Kendrick Edwards
So. Scotty Thurman Jr.
Fr. JoJo Robinson
Fr. Deon Stewart
Fr. LeMichael Pettway


TE - 7
Sr. Alex Voelzke
Jr. Jeremy Sprinkle
Jr. Hunter Henry
Fr. Jack Kraus
Fr. Austin Cantrell
Fr. CJ O'Grady
Fr. Will Gragg


OL - 13
C - 3
Sr. Mitch Smothers
So. Frank Ragnow
Fr. Zach Rogers

G - 5
Sr. Marcus Dannenhauer
Sr. Sebastian Tretola
Jr. Denver Kirkland
So. Reeve Koehler
Fr. Josh Allen

T- 5
Sr. Austin Beck
Jr. Dan Skipper
Fr. Brian Wallace
Fr. Colton Jackson
Fr. Jalen Merrick


DL - 19
DE - 11
Sr. Mitchel Loewen
Jr. Brandon Lewis
Jr. Deatrich Wise
Jr. JaMichael Winston
Jr. Jeremiah Ledbetter
So. Tevin Beanum
So. Anthony Brown
Fr. Jake Hall
Fr. Daytrieon Dean
Fr. Jamario Bell
Fr. TJ Smith

DT - 8
Sr. DeMarcus Hodge
Jr. Cordale Boyd
Jr. Jeremy Ward
Jr. Taiwan Johnson
So. Ke'Tyrus Marks
So. Bijohn Jackson
Fr. Armon Watts
Fr. Hjalte Froholdt


LB - 8
Jr. Brooks Ellis
Jr. Josh Williams
So. Dwayne Eugene
So. Khalia Hackett
So. Randy Ramsey
Fr. Dre Greenlaw
Fr. Derrick Graham
Fr. Kendrick Jackson


DB - 12
CB - 7
Jr. Jared Collins
Jr. DJ Dean
So. Cornelius Floyd
So. Henre Toliver
Fr. Santos Ramirez
Fr. Nate Dalton
Fr. Ryan Pulley

S - 5
Sr. Rohan Gaines
Sr. Davyon McKinney
So. De'Andre Coley
So. Josh Liddell
Fr. Willie Sykes

Specialists - 2
K - 1
Fr. Cole Hedlund

P - 1
Fr. Blake Johnson



That puts us at a total of:

84/85 total scholarships available.
24/25 total for 2015 class.

[CDBHawg]

Updated to show KJ. 

[The_Iceman]

Gosh, look at that Defensive line depth. 11 DE's for two spots and 8 DT's for two spots.

[Uncommon]

Gosh, look at that Defensive line depth.

We are going to need like 3 DL coaches to coach the sheer number in that group.

[greenie]

Thank you , sir.

So, are Reid Miller and potentially Pettway our only pickups for safety?

[CDBHawg]

Gosh, look at that Defensive line depth. 11 DE's for two spots and 8 DT's for two spots.

Compared to only 13 OL.

Definitely should see it balance out over the next two classes.

[bennyl08]

Thank you , sir.

So, are Reid Miller and potentially Pettway our only pickups for safety?

I'd be surprised and admittedly disappointed if we don't land Scott. There's a chance we could get the Nebraska kid as well. Otherwise, we are only looking at Coley and Lidell in 2016.

[tophawg19]

tyler phillips and Byron Keaton can also play safety

[ArmyOfnobunaga]

Very nice post.


We have good numbers.

I actually wish we had one or two more O Linemen. I wonder if any TE will be asked to convert.

[RebelW]

Reid Miller as well! Very anxious to see him play.

[PEtrader]

We need more o line

[bennyl08]

Looks like we will have Sykes at safety, Reid Miller as a very good walkon, but Tyler Phillips I think will be at OLB.

[CDBHawg]

Updated to show Sykes.

[hawgXi]

Updated to show Sykes.

great job.  thanx for all the hard work

[CDBHawg]

Updated to show Reed.

1 spot left....

[redleg]

With 24 recruits signed for the 2015 Class (Brandon Scott chose UCF), if you were to take the highest ranking for each player from the four best known recruiting websites (ESPN, Rivals, Scout, and 247Sports), half of this class has a 4* ranking, and the other half are 3*.
THAT is pretty damn good! 
:razorback:

[HogMantheIntruder]

With 24 recruits signed for the 2015 Class (Brandon Scott chose UCF), if you were to take the highest ranking for each player from the four best known recruiting websites (ESPN, Rivals, Scout, and 247Sports), half of this class has a 4* ranking, and the other half are 3*.
THAT is pretty damn good! 
:razorback:

So that averages out to 3.5*/recruit.  How long has it been since we've done that? 

[Michael11]

Does Scotty Thurman jr have a scholarship?

[swinesation]

I think Ledbetter is a DT rather than a DE. We're going to need help at DT; hopefully Ledbetter will help.

[Dark Helmet Hog]

Does anyone know how all the walk-ons with the team fit on this list? I would think some of them might provide some depth when needed.

[code red]

Cornelius and Hatcher gonna go off next year.

[Killean]

We only have 13 seniors on scholarship?

[CDBHawg]

We only have 13 seniors on scholarship?

Yes.

[whippersnapper]

We only have 13 seniors on scholarship?

Thank you BP!

[Uncommon]

Does anyone know how all the walk-ons with the team fit on this list? I would think some of them might provide some depth when needed.

It's a scholarship only list.

[Dark Helmet Hog]

It's a scholarship only list.

Yes. I understand that. I just thought it would be interesting, given their quality, to see where our walk-ons fill some of the holes at the thinner positions.

[welchog]

Based on what depth we have, I would say we should only have to play 7 of the newbies and 2 of those are Jrs.

WR - 1 (Reed)
OL - 1
DL - 1 (Ledbetter)
S/DB/LB - 3
P - 1

Rest get RSed

QB - 1
RB - 1
TE - 3
WR - 1
OL - 3
DL - 4
S/DB/LB - 4

Being able to RS like that is what makes sustained depth possible.  And sustained depth is what builds seasonal performance consistency.

[Michael11]

Yes. I understand that. I just thought it would be interesting, given their quality, to see where our walk-ons fill some of the holes at the thinner positions.

If it's a scholarship only does that mean Scottie Thurman JR. is on scholarship??

[bennyl08]

Based on what depth we have, I would say we should only have to play 7 of the newbies and 2 of those are Jrs.

WR - 1 (Reed)
OL - 1
DL - 1 (Ledbetter)
S/DB/LB - 3
P - 1

Rest get RSed

QB - 1
RB - 1
TE - 3
WR - 1
OL - 3
DL - 4
S/DB/LB - 4

Being able to RS like that is what makes sustained depth possible.  And sustained depth is what builds seasonal performance consistency.

Minimum one of the TE's will have to play, probably two.

[Pig In The City]

We are crazy thin at LB. Wonder if we have any current ends that could move to LB.

[CDBHawg]

If it's a scholarship only does that mean Scottie Thurman JR. is on scholarship??

Yes.

[CDBHawg]

Moved Pettway to WR.

[Uncommon]

It's up to you but the staff said they would start Greenlaw out at safety.  If they feel like he would be better at linebacker or feel they are too thin at linebacker, then they would move him down to linebacker.