I wouldn’t be surprised at all if we pick up another kid or three for this class late.
That said, best to have tempered expectations for next season. We should be salty on defense, but we are breaking in a brand new QB, 3-4 new starters on the offensive line, and putting a lot of eggs in underclassman baskets at WR. So it is very possible that we will finish 3rd or worse in conference if all of our new pieces don’t gel or we suffer key injuries.
understand the idea of not getting carried away, but where is some of this coming from in regards to this being a big rebuild across the offense.
yes, o-line is the big question and ct has two players who have started multiple games returning from last year in cordel and lucas. also return a few guys who have played some snaps and do have a highly regarded recruit that is on campus to try to fill a tackle position.
yes, kenny is gone and with him all those starts. don't know what shawn will do know that he looks to be the man, but he isn't fighting this fight alone. instead of focusing on what we don't have what do we have that has shown in real games.
first, frogs return their leading rusher from last year in darius anderson. no need to debate anymore if he or hicks are better. what i do know is darius led the frogs in total yds rushing, rushing yds per game, rushing yds per carry, and rushing td's. not exactly a hidden box of ramen noodles found in the back of the cupboard of your college apartment and he is paired with sewo who flashed some ability late in the year.
can we agree we aren't starting from scratch at running back?
second at receiver we return a senior who has over 100 career catches and 10 career td catches. yes, he needs to do better on routes, yes he does get knicked up at times, and yes he needs to stay focused off the field as well but it is the money season for turpin and that isnt such a bad receiver to start off pairing with reagor.
jaelen austin might not be star potential, but he has been solid and has almost 50 career catches and jarrison stewart has over 40 career catches. neither again might not be stars, but they are solid and don't need to be stars just reliable. hell, did anyone project des white to have 40+ catches this past year?
so without even mentioning receivers like manning or hunt or barber the frogs can put a decent receiver group out of reagor, austin, stewart, and turpin who have all played in multiple games. plus you have the tight ends and that includes wells who is on campus in the spring.
i understand the numbers guy put out that the frogs have lost a large amount of their offensive production, but in all honesty the bulk of those numbers came from kenny.