PFizzle

Braden Smith looks to be between Bama, TCU, LSU, and aTm. Never showed any interest in MU or staying in the area at all.

Few guys that have been in for unofficial visits in the last week.

Khalil Hattley (unranked)- DB 5'9" 160 lbs, out of kansas

Raymonte Maynard (unranked)- RB 5'9" 200 lbs, out of Minnesota

Frank Ragnow (***)- OT 6'6" 285 lbs, out of Minnesota (has a MU offer)

Jashon Cornell (unranked,2015)- DE 6'4" 227 lbs, out of Minnesota (has a MU offer)

Henry McGrew (unranked)- OLB 6'3" 215 lbs, out of kansas.

reedus,

Doesn't look like we are too thin at LB. If you just shift last years 2 deep up replacing seniors that left, we have Darvin Ruise, Donovan Bonner, and Andrew Wilson starting with Kentrell Brothers backing up Wilson.

So we currently have 3 good LB's fighting for the 2 spots left in the 2 deep, Donavin Newsome, Michael Scherer, and Torey Boozer.

Should be 7 LBs deep to start the season, barring injury of course, I don't think any freshmen LBs see the field.

Florida just offered Barnett as well, gonna be a tough one to keep instate.

Rhodes has the highest chance, since most star ratings are based off of scholarship offers and his list is impressive.

I think Sherrils is also deserving (ESPN has him at 4 stars), but he has the same problem as Penton and Burkett. They project as Division 1 players because of athletic abiblity. They are guys who would look great at a combine, but play inferior competition in high school. Unless they go down south for some football camps they are stuck where they are.

Their best chance of getting an extra star is to open up their recruitment and start getting their numbers clocked at events. I'd rather they just stay at 3 stars and stay committed.

For everyone concerned when these early commits start to look elsewhere. Do remember that our staff encourages this. Multiple recruits in the past have said our staff told them to look around and make sure they are making the best decision for themselves. I personally agree with the staff on this one.

Staley's offense is run, run, then run some more. Hosicks numbers are a product of that. This is why we didn't offer his a scholarship until he visited and did passing drills for the staff.

Sherrils has said he wants to play WR, and the coaching staff will let him.

I have complete faith in our staff to develop D-linemen. But the O-line for next year I'm worried about.

Copeland is a good backup, but if the staff didn't think he deserved a sholarship until he was forced into playing time by injury, he probably shouldn't be on the line. Boehm will be a shining light on the line, but thats all I'm happy with. The tackles just aren't good enough to give our QB the time he will need. We also are in need of a "center" on the team, not just a guard that snaps the ball when we need him too.

Now in 2-3 years, I think we will be fine with the kids we have coming in. The level of local high school O-line talent seems to be improving as well, so we should be good in the future.

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The problem with that is our line isn't giving the receivers enough time to get down field half the time.

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I agree with this, but thats not DGB's fault. And coaching can still help with this. If you know your line can't hold for more than 3 seconds, you run designed plays to help with that. Roll the QB out to gain extra time, work in some screen plays(HB Screens) to get the d-line thinking and not just pinning their ears back every play.

Of course sometimes you play top 10 teams and don't look your best against them. Thats all thats happening here. We just aren't a top 10 team yet.