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re: 2020 Recruiting Thread (SVP and Broderick Jones stay committed to the G)

Posted on 2/5/20 at 3:58 pm to
Posted by fibonaccisquared
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Posted on 2/5/20 at 3:58 pm to
I had said for a while (since before 2019 season) that 2020 was UF's best chance to snag a win in Jax... That doesn't mean I think they do it, just that the likelihood of our on field team having some pretty significant holes to fill might give them a chance.
LT/RT replaced (expected)
Starting QB replaced (assumed would be the case)
LG replaced (somewhat of a surprise)
#1/#2 RBs replaced (expected)
#1 TE replaced again (known)

Buuuut... Once all known attrition has been tallied up for Gators, not sure they're in a significantly better place:
#1 RB replaced - if Lingard doesn't get a waiver, pretty lackluster committee there?
#1/#2 WR replaced - Grimes is good, Toney and Copeland are at least decent, but their second best receiver likely is their TE...
OL returns, but was pretty bad to begin with, so will be interesting to see if that's a good thing
DL - they add Brenton Cox but lose Greenard and Zuniga, easily their most productive/disruptive players in 19... not sure that's a good trade. They lost ~1/2 of their DT production in Shuler... though Campbell was probably the better half of that rotation. Still have to replace a lot of snaps with less known entities.
LB - Replacing Reese should be interesting. Easily the best LB they had. They look thin here in general
CB - they'll be solid here between Elam and Wilson
S/NB - they'll return safeties that had some questions already... but at nickel, they may have problems... looks like the primary option is moving Burney back to DB after a short stint at LB... if that's the case, he's probably a liability more often than they'd like.

All in all, they've got as many if not more questions on defense than we have on offense by my read from a personnel standpoint. Biggest question for us is going to be what Monken is able to do and how well can Newman perform... there's a lot riding on the shoulders of those 2 in 2020.
Posted by ValDawgsta
Member since Jan 2020
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Posted on 2/5/20 at 4:03 pm to
Very good analysis. I'm not going on a limb here, but the East will come down to who wins in Jacksonville. I'm not buying the Tennessee hype at all. They're going 8-4 at best.
Posted by meansonny
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Posted on 2/5/20 at 4:12 pm to
I agree. The talent gap is widening.
We had 9 out of 22 starters in 2019 who were 3 stars or less.

Looking at 2020, I see QB Newman, TE McKitty, CB Stokes, and NT Davis as our 3 star starters.

I give UF credit for defensive recruiting in 2019 and 2020. But it takes a few years for those guys to contribute. And their offensive recruiting is a hair better than GTs class. It isnt happening down in gainesville.
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