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Gleaned a lot of information from a scrub of the team roster this morning. Here it is, broken down by category:
20 Redshirts from 2015 Campaign -- After all the dust settled, we had 20 players redshirt the 2015 season:
-- 3 Medical: Andrew Butcher (DL), Rashaan Gaulden (DB), Vincent Perry (WR)
-- 8 Non-Medical Offense: Zac Jancek (QB), Venzell Boulware (OL), Drew Richmond (OL), Clay Keaton (OL), Joe Keeler (OL), Eli Wolf (TE), Will Jumper (TE), Michael Lacey (WR)
-- 4 Non-Medical Defense: Darrell Taylor (DL), Landon Knoll (LB), DaJour Maddox (LB), MaLeik Gatewood (DB)
-- 5 Non-Medical Special Teams: Tommy Townsend (P), Holden Foster (K), Laszlo Toser (K), Alex Jones (K), Riley Lovingood (LS)
8 New Additions to the roster so far (4 Early Entry, 4 walk-ons during or at end of 2015 season):
-- Jeff George (WR), RS Jr, JUCO transfer - EE
-- DJ Henderson (DB), Jr, JUCO transfer - EE
-- Alexis Johnson (DL), Jr, JUCO transfer - EE
-- Marquil Osborne (DB), Fr - EE
-- Parker Henry (DB), RS Soph, walk-on
-- Ben Bates (LB), RS Jr, walk-on
-- Elijah Medford (LS), RS Soph, walk-on
-- Thomas Orradre (WR), RS Soph, walk-on
Team 120 Stats as of right now:
-- Awaiting National Signing Day surge, Team 120 currently consists of 17 seniors, 34 Juniors, 27 Sophomores, and 19 Freshmen (all but 1 of them redshirts...the 1 true freshman is early entry Marquil Osborne (DB)
-- Just over half of present-day Team 120 have redshirted (53 of 97).
-- 41% of the team are from Tennessee; this is a drop of about 3% from Team 119.
-- North Carolina has surpassed Florida as the Vols' third-highest source of recruits. Tennessee and Georgia are still #1 and #2. At present, Team 120 has 8 North Carolinians, and only 5 Floridians.
-- There are no current Vols from these SEC states: Arkansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, or Missouri.
-- We presently have more team members from Ohio (4), Virginia (3) and California (3) than we do from SEC states Texas, Alabama, or South Carolina (2 from each).
-- Offensive position densities: current roster includes 17 offensive linemen, 6 tight ends, 14 wide receivers, 5 running backs, and 3 QBs. Dividing those by the highest routine number of each position on the field at a given time, that comes out to 3.4 OL per position requirement, 6 TEs per requirement, 4.7 WRs per need, 2.5 RBs per requirement, and 3 QBs per need. From that, one might conclude that RB is the position of greatest need offensively from NSD.
-- Defensive position densities: roster shows 15 defensive linemen (3.8 per position requirement), 13 linebackers (4.3 per need), and 15 defensive backs (3.0 per requirement). From that, DB seems the defensive position of greatest need for the upcoming NSD.
-- Special Teams densities: roster has 4 kickers, 2 punters, and 3 long snappers (no holders, but one might assume walk-on QB Zac Jancek might take that spot). Possibly look for a punter in the 2016 signing class....
2 Possible Errors in the on-line roster:
-- Roster lists walk-on Devin Williams (DB) as a RS Senior, though he was a RS Sophomore last fall
-- Roster lists walk-on Jaye Rochell (WR) as a RS Senior, though he was a RS Sophomore last fall
4 Shoes Still Expected to Drop:
-- Roster still lists Marquez North, though he is widely reported to have left the program, signed an agent, and put in his NFL draft packet.
-- As already posted elsewhere, Paul Bain not on current roster admin error, or something else?
-- Will Zach Stewart join the team in the spring/summer?
-- And the biggest shoe of all, of course: national signing day, in about two weeks.
And that's it. Will update the Stats again once NSD is in the books and the official on-line roster updated.
Go Vols!
p.s. No position shifts yet -- Jauan Jennings and Jason Croom still listed at WR (not S or TE), etc. If any of those are destined to happen, will have to wait to see them at the Spring Camp roster update....
p.p.s. Thanks for the kind comments. :hi:
20 Redshirts from 2015 Campaign -- After all the dust settled, we had 20 players redshirt the 2015 season:
-- 3 Medical: Andrew Butcher (DL), Rashaan Gaulden (DB), Vincent Perry (WR)
-- 8 Non-Medical Offense: Zac Jancek (QB), Venzell Boulware (OL), Drew Richmond (OL), Clay Keaton (OL), Joe Keeler (OL), Eli Wolf (TE), Will Jumper (TE), Michael Lacey (WR)
-- 4 Non-Medical Defense: Darrell Taylor (DL), Landon Knoll (LB), DaJour Maddox (LB), MaLeik Gatewood (DB)
-- 5 Non-Medical Special Teams: Tommy Townsend (P), Holden Foster (K), Laszlo Toser (K), Alex Jones (K), Riley Lovingood (LS)
8 New Additions to the roster so far (4 Early Entry, 4 walk-ons during or at end of 2015 season):
-- Jeff George (WR), RS Jr, JUCO transfer - EE
-- DJ Henderson (DB), Jr, JUCO transfer - EE
-- Alexis Johnson (DL), Jr, JUCO transfer - EE
-- Marquil Osborne (DB), Fr - EE
-- Parker Henry (DB), RS Soph, walk-on
-- Ben Bates (LB), RS Jr, walk-on
-- Elijah Medford (LS), RS Soph, walk-on
-- Thomas Orradre (WR), RS Soph, walk-on
Team 120 Stats as of right now:
-- Awaiting National Signing Day surge, Team 120 currently consists of 17 seniors, 34 Juniors, 27 Sophomores, and 19 Freshmen (all but 1 of them redshirts...the 1 true freshman is early entry Marquil Osborne (DB)
-- Just over half of present-day Team 120 have redshirted (53 of 97).
-- 41% of the team are from Tennessee; this is a drop of about 3% from Team 119.
-- North Carolina has surpassed Florida as the Vols' third-highest source of recruits. Tennessee and Georgia are still #1 and #2. At present, Team 120 has 8 North Carolinians, and only 5 Floridians.
-- There are no current Vols from these SEC states: Arkansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, or Missouri.
-- We presently have more team members from Ohio (4), Virginia (3) and California (3) than we do from SEC states Texas, Alabama, or South Carolina (2 from each).
-- Offensive position densities: current roster includes 17 offensive linemen, 6 tight ends, 14 wide receivers, 5 running backs, and 3 QBs. Dividing those by the highest routine number of each position on the field at a given time, that comes out to 3.4 OL per position requirement, 6 TEs per requirement, 4.7 WRs per need, 2.5 RBs per requirement, and 3 QBs per need. From that, one might conclude that RB is the position of greatest need offensively from NSD.
-- Defensive position densities: roster shows 15 defensive linemen (3.8 per position requirement), 13 linebackers (4.3 per need), and 15 defensive backs (3.0 per requirement). From that, DB seems the defensive position of greatest need for the upcoming NSD.
-- Special Teams densities: roster has 4 kickers, 2 punters, and 3 long snappers (no holders, but one might assume walk-on QB Zac Jancek might take that spot). Possibly look for a punter in the 2016 signing class....
2 Possible Errors in the on-line roster:
-- Roster lists walk-on Devin Williams (DB) as a RS Senior, though he was a RS Sophomore last fall
-- Roster lists walk-on Jaye Rochell (WR) as a RS Senior, though he was a RS Sophomore last fall
4 Shoes Still Expected to Drop:
-- Roster still lists Marquez North, though he is widely reported to have left the program, signed an agent, and put in his NFL draft packet.
-- As already posted elsewhere, Paul Bain not on current roster admin error, or something else?
-- Will Zach Stewart join the team in the spring/summer?
-- And the biggest shoe of all, of course: national signing day, in about two weeks.
And that's it. Will update the Stats again once NSD is in the books and the official on-line roster updated.
Go Vols!
p.s. No position shifts yet -- Jauan Jennings and Jason Croom still listed at WR (not S or TE), etc. If any of those are destined to happen, will have to wait to see them at the Spring Camp roster update....
p.p.s. Thanks for the kind comments. :hi:
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