Depth over the next few years
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Scout.com: Football Recruiting
It's a bit out of date (e.g. Souverain) but it lists our players and the year they graduate. It looks like nearly the entire team, especially on defense, is graduating next season (2008). Will 2009 be a "rebuilding" season?
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Re: Depth over the next few years
Depth over the next few years
Lm77 said
I found this chart on Scout:
Scout.com: Football Recruiting
It's a bit out of date (e.g. Souverain) but it lists our players and the year they graduate. It looks like nearly the entire team, especially on defense, is graduating next season (2008). Will 2009 be a "rebuilding" season?
I don't think 2009 will be a rebuilding year. We lose a lot of players on defense, but that is why we have redshirted basically the entire recruiting class from this past year. Plus a lot of young defensive players got into games this season due to injuries. With this new recruiting class coming in, we'll be fine. You also have to keep in mind the players coming in from the past few recruiting classes are likely better pure athletes than the ones that they are replacing. Not to take anything away from those guys, who are great, but the past few recruiting classes are the first to come here as a full fledged I-A program.
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Re: Depth over the next few years
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Re: Depth over the next few years
fauowls44 said
Lm77 said
I found this chart on Scout:
Scout.com: Football Recruiting
It's a bit out of date (e.g. Souverain) but it lists our players and the year they graduate. It looks like nearly the entire team, especially on defense, is graduating next season (2008). Will 2009 be a "rebuilding" season?
I don't think 2009 will be a rebuilding year. We lose a lot of players on defense, but that is why we have redshirted basically the entire recruiting class from this past year. Plus a lot of young defensive players got into games this season due to injuries. With this new recruiting class coming in, we'll be fine. You also have to keep in mind the players coming in from the past few recruiting classes are likely better pure athletes than the ones that they are replacing. Not to take anything away from those guys, who are great, but the past few recruiting classes are the first to come here as a full fledged I-A program.
Excellent point. Don't forget about the transfers. They will also help us in the future.
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Wise Owl
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Re: Depth over the next few years
I feel like we will be fine, esecially once others from the big schools realize that they can come on down to FAU and actually play (cough cough Bo Williams cough cough) and make a difference immediately. Sure it sound great to be a "Gator" or a "Seminole" but what it comes down to is playing time. NFL scouts will look at FAU standouts alot more than they will look at Gator benchwarmers.
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Bytor
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Re: Depth over the next few years
Howard mentioned that we will be signing about 20 or so players & if it's anything like last year, if the coaches continue to find talented recruits it could be a larger then expected clas,s much like last years was.
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