Final class prediction.... 26 people (One source says we take 27, another says we take 25. I'll split the difference)
Offense total 11
QB (1)- Brian Maurer
Don't think Tagliavowels or anyone else comes. Roll with Maurer and develop his natural talents.
RB (1)- Eric Gray
I think Gray stays in state. Only back we take this year but we leave Banks at RB as a result.
WR (2)- Keyton, Khafre
Keyton has been a cornerstone the whole time, think we get a speed injection with Khafre who likely needs a year or two before he gets regular receiver run, but spends the interim as a jack of all trades offensive player - lining up in the backfield, etc at times.
TE (2)- Lowe and Brown
OL (5)- Morris, Wright, Lampley, McBride, Akporoghene
Defense total 15
DL (6) - Logue, Williams, Harrison, Middleton, Simmons, Eboigbe
Rolling with the Logue flip based on AV's post from earlier. Think we get Eboigbe from AU as well.
LB (4)- Henry, Pappoe, Marshall, Clemmons
Some might be surprised we keep clemmons but he's a talented player IMO and I think he has a solid career for us.
CB (3)- Fields, Burrell, Watson
S (2)- McCoullough, Harris
Notes - This is really hard to do, getting down the final numbers. It's not that easy to just cut some of our current commits because almost all of them earned offers off of camps. Clemmons is a guy CJP compared to Ryan Anderson at UA. Harrison is blowing up. Simmons is a physical freak.
Harris gives us a little flexibility in case we need another receiver. VQ has suggested the staff might give him a look there as well.
Overall, said and done, our head coach is a defensive guy and I think his first priority is going to be giving the defensive staff plenty of new toys this class - hence the heavy defensive lean on numbers.
Light on RB, but Banks will be only a sophmore, Fil-Aimes will be a senior, Ty Chandler and Tim Jordan will only be juniors.
Light on QB but heading into 19, we'll have Guarantano (rJR), Shrout (rFR), and Mauer. Not ideal. Crap we might need to seek a gt qb.
