DB and WR depth, or lack of it

First team - Warren Thompson, Ketron Jackson Jr, Jadon Haselwood

Second team - Isaiah Sategna, Sam Mbake, Matt Landers

Third team - Quincey McAdoo, Bryce Stephens, Landon Rogers

Fourth team - Jacqualyn Crawford, Jaedon Wilson


Walkons
Kamron Bibby
Kalil Girault
Harper Cole
Chris Harris

I thought Brini was a safety. Did he work at corner during the spring?

Think McGlothern is a CB too.

Hornsby will be in the WR group at least part-time, hopefully he can contribute

slush was about to take foucha's spot (he ended up taking brooks spot, but go watch that lsu int and try and tell me that you think he isnt going to be a better player than brooks), and mcglothern is better than brooks. Brini is equal to foucha imo. so im ok with trading landon for him. one dude at SEC Media days said we lost that trade, but I whole sale disagree. I think the two we traded are not NFL material. the two we got will be before they leave. so im willing to trade 2 Good 1 year college guys, for 2 multi year future NFL prospects.

I think Malik Chavis is still in the secondary too

Based off the Penn State game, WR should be terrifying. Hopefully one of these new guys steps up and Thompson in the proud new owner of the stickiest gloves known to man.

The wide receivers just have to be good enough to keep the defenses somewhat honest. We're a power running team. Should be plenty of open lanes in the secondary.

They aren't high draft prospects. Probably in the 5-7 rounds or free agency. I don't see an upgrade or downgrade from these trades.

I was more concerned about Catalon leaving to the draft because he made the secondary so much better when he was playing.

yes sir, you are correct


Here's another reworked angle


So here’s our top 10 or 11 DB’s, for instance if we hypothetically had to go into a game with the same number of DB’s an NFL team has to with roster limits (D1 college travel squad is 70, and at home 80 can be eligible to play in a game, and you dress as many as you want)

Jalen Catalon – safety
Latavious Brini – safety
Myles Slusher – safety and nickel
LaDarrius Bishop – corner
Dwight McGlothern – corner
Malik Chavis – corner, and safety, and nickel
Simeon Blair – safety and could play nickel
Hudson Clark – corner, could probably fill in at nickel
Jayden Johnson – nickel, and probably safety
Trent Gordon – corner or nickel (or this guy could be left behind by incoming freshmen)
Jaylen Lewis – true freshman from Haywood County TN – he’s my pick as breakout FR in the secondary

This is pretty quality depth IMO.

A D1 team can travel 70 eligible players for a game, so maybe five more DB’s beyond this top 11 make the travel squad, if you figure in guys you could use on special teams. My guess is our DB depth is good enough that long-time squad guys McKinley Williams and Zach Zamos will not make the travel squads.

So here’s five more guys I’m guessing will travel with that top 11

Jacorrei Turner – redshirt soph nickel and safety
Anthony Brown – true freshman from Milan, Tennessee
Khari Johnson – Jr corner from Massachusetts
Chase Lowery – Redshirt FT corner
Keuan Parker – Redshirt FR corner




ETA: scratch that, I think we can only afford to travel 13 or less defensive backs, given the 70 player travel limit

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Even playing the 3-3-5?

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that's my guess


check out the 70 man travel roster thread and crunch the numbers and give your opinion there too