You do realize their 2 top running backs had early season ending injuries and they were playing a true Freshman that still did fairly well. They had 11 starters go out with injuries including their top two quarterbacks ( near the end of the season). They are losing big on the offensive line, receivers and 3 of their better guys on defense. They did not have that good of a recruiting class since part of it went to Delaware with Rocco.
Their new coach is changing their defense to go with more DB's. They recruited heavy for that since that is not how Rocco did it.