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(11-25-2019 03:18 PM)Gilesfan Wrote:  We are on track to return 18 starters (counting Wolfe) next year. The only losses will be Brewton, Moss, Wilder, and Barnett.

Let me give you some examples....in 2018, there were 21 teams that returned 16 starters or more including their QB; 17 of them had a better record than they did in 2017.

In 2019, there were 24 teams that brought back 16 or more starters. All but 4 matched or surpassed last year records (FIU, Michigan State, App State, and Iowa State) and 2 of them have the chance to tie it by winning one of their remaining games.

FWIW, were 116th in returning starters this year with 9. THe leaders in CUSA in returning starters were Southern Miss (improved), FIU (fell apart) and Western Kentucky (muhc improved).

Players improve over 4 years and the teams that have the most returning starters do significantly better than teams that don't return many starters.

Derek may be back next year. I think he got a medical redshirt from his season ending injury back in 2016. He also posted the ODU non-conference opponents on his IG story and captioned it "Senior Year Part 2"