2023 Football Roster & FBS transition
no more games, so never too early to "look ahead"
here's the roster for next year as currently stands. I'm sure there are guys on the roster who will step up next year, especially some frosh that redshirted this year, but i'll do this strictly based upon guys who saw the field pretty regularly this year and are, portal notwithstanding, expected back
You assume most of the '23 freshmen are not ready and will redshirt, while some of the current redshirts will be ready and step into active roles.
So the holes on the gameday playing roster I see that needs filling, whether thru the portal or guys stepping up, are:
QB (competent backup), RB, WR (biggest need!), TE, CB and DL.
we are absolutely stacked on the OL, LB and S....with good 2 deep on DL, but always need a lot of guys there to keep them fresh and wrecking havoc.
Returning roster, not including incoming freshmen or guys on current roster who either redshirted or didn't play meaningful minutes:
QB - McCLoud (Jr), Barnett (So), Atkins (So) - need solid backup
RB - Black (So), Palmer (Sr), Van Horse (Sr), Knight (So) - need depth
WR - Brown (Sr), Sproles (Sr), ???? next up are Harris/Lewis/James/Mines (all So's). def need help here
TE - Horton (Jr), backups all unproven. We ran lots of 2TE sets this season. Could use help unless offense changes up and sticks with 1TE.
OL - Wyatt (Jr), Kidwell (Sr), Morris (Jr), Potts (Jr), Stephens (Jr), Toner (So), Adair (Jr) - the OL was so good this year, it's crazy to think top 7 is back and 6/7 for two more years!
DL - Kamara (So - future legend), Okonji (Sr), Kromah (Sr), Green (Sr), Carpenter (Jr), Johns (Jr), Funk (Jr) - top 5 guys all outstanding and played tons this year. Need depth and guys for future.
LB - Walker (Jr), Jones (Jr), Naotala (Jr), Hendrick (So), Fisher (So), Ayamel (Jr), Martin (Jr) - W and J stepped up in an area of need this season. Depth looks good, but this is such a critical position, always good to bring in more talented guys
S/Rover - Reid (Sr), Remonenq (Sr), Saratt (Sr), Meehan (Sr), Chukwenke (Sr) - 5 seniors. all have played a ton of meaningful football. we should be set here
CB - Logan (So), Coles (Sr), Austin (So), Booth (So), Meredith (So)- trial by fire this year. They held up well. last two guys came from P5 programs and were highly touted, so hopefully they improve in Year 2. Very young position group, so couldn't hurt to grab an experienced portal guy here
Overall,
On offense, I think we need some WR's and TE's and probably another RB to get some deep depth. But if McCloud is as good as we think he will be, with our OL, we should be potent again
On D, we will be nasty again. Would love to see us grab another "Edwards" on the DL and an experienced corner, but the D overall looks pretty stout again.
edit for thread title -DN
(This post was last modified: 01-31-2023 09:57 AM by Deez Nuts.)
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