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Obviously, DE is a position need for us this cycle...we have So. Clowney and Sr. Taylor, with Jr. Sutton this season, and very little behind them. Senior Aldrick Fordham started 6 games last season at DT, but at 270 is a 'tweener in the mold of Melvin Ingram who was recruited as a DE....he has great experience and should be used IMO at both positions in '12. We have Mason Harris who is being "groomed" as a OLB/DE hybrid, and have RS Fr. Gerald Dixon who can play some at DE, but who is growing into a DT. We have incoming Devin Taylor clones from the 2012 class in Darius English and Jhaustin Thomas, and then what we're bringing in with this class... Turner is listed as a LB, but has been referred to as being recruited for a role similar to past Gamecock great Eric Norwood, who played DE and OLB during his time in Columbia. David Johnson is touted as an excellent fit in a role similar to Ingram's last season, playing both DE and DT. He will need to add weight, but at 250 is closer to it than Ingram was when he was brought in as a 220-lb LB. Washington is a true DE...

We do need DEs in this class but we should be fine for the next couple of years in the meantime. Plus, provided Alfy Hill makes it in along with having Clowney and Sutton for another year, we should be fine.

We should definitely be more focused on getting LBs in this class and I think we're about to do that - this could end-up being one of the better LB classes in the country as a matter of fact.

This post was edited on 10/11/12 at 7:58 pm