2015 by the numbers...

[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 - 8
Sr. Jonathan Williams
Sr. Kody Walker
Jr. Alex Collins
Jr. Korliss Marshall
So. Denzell Evans
Fr. Tyler Colquitt (FB)
Fr. Juan Day
Fr. Rawleigh Williams


WR - 10
Sr. Keon Hatcher
Jr. Eric Hawkins
Jr. Cody Hollister
So. Drew Morgan
So. Damon Mitchell(RB?)
So. Jared Cornelius
So. Kendrick Edwards
Fr. JoJo Robinson
Fr. Deon Stewart
Fr. KJ Hill


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 - 6
Sr. Marcus Dannenhauer
Sr. Sebastian Tretola
Sr. Adam Deacon
Jr. Denver Kirkland
So. Reeve Koehler
Fr. Josh Allen

T- 4
Sr. Austin Beck
Jr. Dan Skipper
Fr. Brian Wallace
Fr. Colton Jackson


DL - 20
DE - 10
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

DT - 10
Sr. Grady Ollison
Sr. DeMarcus Hodge
Jr. Darius Philon
Jr. Cordale Boyd
Jr. Jeremy Ward
Jr. Taiwan Johnson
So. Ke'Tyrus Marks
So. Bijohn Jackson
Fr. Armon Watts
Fr. Hjalte Froholdt


LB - 5
Jr. Brooks Ellis
Jr. Josh Williams
So. Dwayne Eugene
So. Khalia Hackett
So. Randy Ramsey


DB - 10
CB - 6
Jr. Will Hines
Jr. Jard Collins
Jr. DJ Dean
So. Cornelius Floyd
So. Henre Toliver
So. Santos Ramirez

S - 4
Sr. Rohan Gaines
Sr. Davyon McKinney
So. De'Andre Coley
So. Josh Liddell

Specialists - 2
K - 1
Fr. Cole Hedlund

P - 1
Fr. Blake Johnson



That puts us at a total of:

79/85 total scholarships available.
15/25 total for 2015 class.

[redeye]

Good idea!

[Qhog]

Kinda shows the need to focus on D doesn't it. 

[East TN HAWG]

Josh Allen OT

[luke hawg]

We need some freshman safeties that contribute next season

[CDBHawg]

Josh Allen OT

Everything I've seen shows him as an OG.

[proffitthog]

This is very helpful, thanks.

[Music City Hog]

Need more OTs!!

[RICKHOGHEAD]

Need more OTs!!

I agree. I can see Skipper and Wallace as starters but that doesn't leave much depth. Maybe we will get a couple in this class. Linebackers also look a little thin.

[East TN HAWG]

Everything I've seen shows him as an OG.

My bad.  I thought he was a tackle.  We need OTs.

[WooPig90]

Hines still on the team or did/is he transferring?

[BoynamedWooPigSooie]

Left off Carl Roesler, DE.  He's played quite a bit in relief this season.

I don't think there's any doubt that we'll go get another OT, maybe 2, and another OG. 

LB will probably get 2-3 signees too.  S & CB will get at least 2 as well. 

We certainly need as many fast athletes with good size as we can get. 

[Beaverfever]

Kinda shows the need to focus on D doesn't it. 

this basically the rest of the class I'd say. 

[OnTheHillHogFan]

Hines still on the team or did/is he transferring?

From his tweets in the past 24 hours it looks like he will be transferring

[TarHeelsFan45]

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

Kinda off topic but is Ty storey better then Austin Allen?

[CDBHawg]

Left off Carl Roesler, DE.  He's played quite a bit in relief this season.

I don't think there's any doubt that we'll go get another OT, maybe 2, and another OG. 

LB will probably get 2-3 signees too.  S & CB will get at least 2 as well. 

We certainly need as many fast athletes with good size as we can get.

I left off Karl Roesler because he isn't on scholarship.

[ChicoHog]

Anthony Brown played earlier this year.  Is he getting a medical redshirt?  Otherwise he should be listed as a soph. 

Have Boyd, Ollison or Ward played at all on the DL?  I think I saw Ollison against Nicholls st or maybe it was NIU but I don't think I have seen the other two.  Hodge doesn't seem to be playing much either.   

Thanks for the list.  Lot of good players back next year. 

[CDBHawg]

Anthony Brown played earlier this year.  Is he getting a medical redshirt?  Otherwise he should be listed as a soph. 

Have Boyd, Ollison or Ward played at all on the DL?  I think I saw Ollison against Nicholls st or maybe it was NIU but I don't think I have seen the other two.  Hodge doesn't seem to be playing much either.   

Thanks for the list.  Lot of good players back next year.

Changed Brown to show him being a So.

Not sure who will get "medical" redshirts, if any.

[Steef]

This is very helpful, thanks.

[immahog]

From his tweets in the past 24 hours it looks like he will be transferring

what he say

[Bacon_Bitz]

So how do we make the necessary room after we sign 25 kids for this class?  Four individuals now on scholarship will just not have their scholarship renewed?  I guess normal attrition might lead to losing that many players over the spring for any team....

[Grizzlyfan]

If you look at the imbalance between LB's and DB's and the rest of the team and the defensive recruits that are on the radar you get an idea why the program may continue to struggle.

[IBleedRazorbackRed]

10 spots left. After looking at this, this is how we should finish up in my opinion

1. Wr or rb (Duwop can be moved to balance numbers)
2. OL
3. OL, one of these needs to be a tackle
4. Lb
5. Lb
6. Lb
7. CB
8. S
9. S
10. Best available defensive player

[The_Iceman]

Good grief....20 DL and 15 LB+Secondary. We gotta even that out.

[hawgwash]

One modest concern I have is this year's class includes 3 TE's.  They all appear to be players you can't afford to pass on, so I understand it, but nonetheless that's 12% of your class for one position on the field.  Maybe you'd consider it two positions when you take into account how we use TE's, but still its a lot for a position where we were already in good shape.  And this doesn't include Jamario Bell, who presumably will play DE but supposedly is a very highly rated TE as well.  I think this TE situation is the crux of the issue when RD says spots on offense are getting very tight.

[onebadrubi]

Kinda off topic but is Ty storey better then Austin Allen?

He would unseat Aaron Rodgers, Tom Brady, and Peyton manning if any of the three NFL teams would sign him to a contract TODAY!

[onebadrubi]

what he say

Unless it's been deleted, nothing

[Tim Harris]

So how do we make the necessary room after we sign 25 kids for this class?  Four individuals now on scholarship will just not have their scholarship renewed?  I guess normal attrition might lead to losing that many players over the spring for any team....

There will be transfers after the season. It happens every year.

[Dominicanhog]

How about by names:

OL-Merrick
OL-Barnett
OL-Allen
LB-Jackson
LB-Grahamn
LB-Jackson
CB-Raymond
DL-English
CB-X. Lewis
S-Haughton

1st alternates.. Pettway/Reed

[bennyl08]

Williams should probably go pro early. Barring some terrible collapse in production or injury, there is nothing really left to prove at the college level for him, so that should be 1. Hines may transfer after the season. With Storey coming in, one of Austin or Peavey may transfer after spring depending on how things shake out. If not this summer, I'd be shocked if they were both here after next summer, and to be fair to them, they both deserve start somewhere. So there's a possible two transfers with Williams going early.

[tophawg19]

we are going to sign at least 1 maybe 2 RB'S in the mix and 1 or 2 WRs . coaches seem happy with most of the defense but look for 2 safeties at least and 2 more O-LINE  guys. then like 2 LBs

[bennyl08]

Ideally, a team recruits for 2 years down the road. While we don't have that luxury just yet, here's what it looks like for 2016 atm.

QB - 3
rJr. Austin Allen
rSo. Rafe Peavey
rFr. Ty Storey


RB - 6/5
Sr. Alex Collins - Could very well leave after junior year
Sr. Korliss Marshall
rJr. Denzell Evans
Jr. Tyler Colquitt (FB)
rSo. Juan Day
rFr. Rawleigh Williams


WR - 10
Sr. Eric Hawkins
Sr. Cody Hollister
Sr. Drew Morgan
Jr. Damon Mitchell(RB?)
Jr. Jared Cornelius
Jr. Kendrick Edwards
rSo. JoJo Robinson
rFr. Deon Stewart
rFr. KJ Hill
Fr. Jordan Jones


TE - 6
Sr. Jeremy Sprinkle
Sr. Hunter Henry
rSo. Jack Kraus
rFr. Austin Cantrell
So. CJ O'Grady
So. Will Gragg


OL - 8
C - 2
Jr. Frank Ragnow
So. Zach Rogers

G - 3
Sr. Denver Kirkland
Jr. Reeve Koehler
So. Josh Allen

T- 3
Sr. Dan Skipper
rSo. Brian Wallace
So. Colton Jackson


DL - 17
DE - 9
Sr. Brandon Lewis
Sr. Deatrich Wise
Sr. JaMichael Winston
Sr. Jeremiah Ledbetter
Jr. Tevin Beanum
Jr. Anthony Brown
rSO. Jake Hall
rFr. Daytrieon Dean
rFr. Jamario Bell

DT - 8
Sr. Darius Philon
Sr. Cordale Boyd
Sr. Jeremy Ward
Sr. Taiwan Johnson
Jr. Ke'Tyrus Marks
Jr. Bijohn Jackson
rSo. Armon Watts
rFr. Hjalte Froholdt


LB - 5
Sr. Brooks Ellis
Sr. Josh Williams
Jr. Dwayne Eugene
Jr. Khalia Hackett
Jr. Randy Ramsey


DB - 10
CB - 6
Sr. Will Hines
Sr. Jard Collins
Sr. DJ Dean
Jr. Cornelius Floyd
Jr. Henre Toliver
rSo. Santos Ramirez

S - 2
rJr. De'Andre Coley
Jr. Josh Liddell

Specialists - 2
K - 1
rSo. Cole Hedlund

P - 1
So. Blake Johnson



That puts us at a total of:

57/85 total scholarships available.

Over the next two recruiting cycles, we really need some more OL, S, and LB. Another qb and rb are needed as well. However, 2016, we will be a very upper class laden team.

[redeye]

Over the next two recruiting cycles, we really need some more OL, S, and LB. Another qb and rb are needed as well. However, 2016, we will be a very upper class laden team.

On paper, the improvement from the past couple of years is extremely impressive.

I'd add CB's to your list of needs.

[Steef]

Great thread, guys. Very well done.

[mhuff]

Great thread, guys. Very well done.