Recruiting Forum Football Talk [RIP 9.3.2019]

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I've been doing a little bit of analysis since I finished my 2019 roster. In particular, I found the experience level of the different position groups to be interesting.

This information attempts to leave out the walk-ons and focus on scholarship players or players with some amount of game experience. It's long, and I'm no expert so mistakes are a given, but I thought somebody might appreciate it.

I'll break it up into two posts: offense and defense/specialists.


QB (3 scholly players)
21 games played
18 starts

7 games played/player
6 starts/player

All the experience is in Guarantano. There is nothing else in the other two scholarship QBs. Kind of a scary prospect, but it's been discussed plenty. Obviously, we all hope one or both see the field plenty this year (as backups).


RB (5)
88 games played
14 starts

17.6 games played/player
2.8 starts/player

Almost all the starts are Chandler's, but at running back this isn't as big of a concern. Running back by committee is pretty common, and we have quite a few guys with a significant amount of games played. They are pretty well spread out among classes. Fils-Aime has the most games played at 30, but Chandler has far more starts than anyone else at 11. Jordan and Banks have both seen a good amount of action. True freshman Gray will be interesting to watch.


WR (11)
194 games played
67 starts

17.6 games played/player
6.09 starts/player

You'd expect starts to be higher here than at RB with more starting positions in the group, and it is. You'd also expect to see a pretty high amount of games played, and you do. It does confirm that our group is fairly deep, but the lion's share of experience is in the juniors and seniors. That's not surprising, but there is a huge drop off even among the sophomores. It's clear they'll need some more bodies in the coming recruiting classes.

This is an old group. Hopefully, we'll see a lot of them in the highlight reels. Jennings is the old man of the group with 37 games played. They need to clone him before he's done. Surprising to me, Callaway actually has one more start than Jennings with 22. Injuries. Byrd, Johnson, and Palmer have a ton of experience each. Murphy isn't too far behind. It's a deep, experiences group.


TE (7)
44 games played
13 starts

6.29 games played/player
1.86 starts/player

Like running back, you don't necessarily see a lot of starts per player, but you also tend to have a few more bodies in the group since teams often play two or more tight ends in a given play. The old guys again have most of the games played, and Wood-Anderson has most of the starts in the group. The bodies are pretty well spread among the classes. Hopefully, those young guys get a chance at game experience, but one or both true freshmen could redshirt (no idea on that).


OL (13)
Note: Originally, I did this by splitting up the Cs, OGs, and OTs, but that's pretty hard since I don't even know who is going to settle where, and most of these guys cross train. So, I'll give it a go as one group.

107 games played
73 starts

8.23 games played/player
5.62 starts/player

This group actually boasts a high number of starts per player at 5.62. The experience is there on paper. Considering they are looking toward some young guys to bolster this line, it doesn't speak well of all that experience. But the good news is that it's not a super old group. There's only one senior among them (several redshirt juniors though). If they can continue progressing, there's no reason to think that even the players they already have can become a better OL group. We'll see.
 
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DL (12)
Note: As with the OL, I'm putting these guys in one group

95 games played
1 start

7.9 games played/player
.08 starts/player

These numbers say a lot, and they aren't a surprise. The one start the entire group had is out for the season. There're actually more games played among them than you might expect, but I don't know what kind of quality minutes those were. Still, it's something. I will say there's a huge disparity between what I think are the defensive ends and the nose tackles in experience. The defensive ends have far more. But that's also a two to one position on the field (2 DEs to 1 NT). I don't know. It's pretty sparse in this group. Let's hope they bring it.


LB (11)

137 games played
37 starts

11.4 games played/player
3.08 starts/player

It's a big group, but that's not surprising for a 3-4 multiple defense. Lots of bodies, and they have a decent amount of experience, but I think you'd like to see a few more starts here. Almost all the starts are between Taylor and Bituli. 11.4 games played per player seems like a lot, but how many of those are special teams tallies? Still, you've got to start somewhere. Ignont, Johnson, and Reid share most of the rest of the games played, and they all figure to be in the two-deep. True freshmen Crouch and To'o To'o are likely to see plenty of reps this year as well.


CB (11)
Note: DBs are also not easy to sort, but I've kept CBs and Safeties apart to the best of my knowledge. I put the star/NB into the CB group.

102 games played
35 starts

9.27 games played/player
3.18 starts/player

There's a lot of promise in this group, and some young guys have already shown their mettle. Buchanan has more starts than anyone else, and I'm not even sure where he'll end up in the two-deep (or outside of it). I guess that's a good problem to have? Taylor and Thompson have most of the rest of the starts, and you know they'll have plenty more time on the field. Shamburger has a lot of experience with more games played than anyone not named Buchanan, and it seems likely he'll get more. Labruzza has seen the field 11 times, and he'll likely be in the mix this year. Everyone's talking about true freshman Burrell so I'm guessing he'll get plenty of action as well. There seems to be a lot of talent here, and the good news is it's still pretty young. It'll be nice to get that talent more experience.


S (6)

65 games played
27 starts

10.8 games played/player
4.5 starts/player

Warrior is by far the most experienced safety, and he boasts almost 93% of the starts. Jackson has the second most experience and holds almost 76% of the games played not attributed to Warrior. Trevon Flowers also has seven GPs and one start, and some have him pegged as the other starting safety. There are also three true freshmen (I think) in this group, but I've seen McCollough's name mentioned the most among them as having a role in the two-deep. With the talent we hope exists in the CB group, hopefully these guys can be allowed to fly all over the field and make plays.


Specialists (4)

Cimaglia (kicker), Doyle (punter), and Lovingood (long snapper) are your starters, and they have all the experience among their groups. I suppose you could add Brooks, but as far as I know, he's only been doing kickoffs. Still, at least he's seen the field.
 
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Ron Swanson said:
On Kasim Hill...



-Patrick Brown


Sounds like Kasim Hill is on the team and enrolled at UT. Guessing we'll have confirmation from UT/Pruitt soon.
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So is this the #20 Ubben was talking about that no one knew the significance of? Sorry if already discussed, i'm not caught up yet.

Edit: I see now.
 
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UTSuave’ said:
Sitting out 2019 though👀🤷🏽‍♂️
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Yeah I didn't realize that at first. But it still helps us with depth in 2020. If JG comes back Shrout or Maurer or both are gone. If JG leaves, whoever loses that battle is gone, and then it would have just been one of those guys and Bailey. So now we have three guys at least who will be here next year. Wouldn't surprise me if we looked for another in the transfer market after this season as well.
 
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I assume Hill basically replaces King as a 2nd qb for next year. Not sure what they see in him, but if he has 2 or 3 years left, I guess there's time if they do see potential to grow immensely. But for a guy that had 49% completion and -15 yards rushing...what does he bring to the table exactly?
 
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