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For the sake of this thread I am assuming all of the freshman and jucos are going to be redshirted....

2009
17 Anthony Turner *** RB 6-2 229 5-SR
35 Nate Waldron ** RB 5-11 211 5-SR
80 Keston Cheathem* WR 6-2 205 SR
1 Corey Partridge *** WR 5-11 184 5-SR
3 Marques Parks *** WR 5-11 192 5-SR
86 Jermiah Kelley * WR 5-11 200 SR
76 Aaron Kent *** OL 6-6 291 5-SR
55 Brandon Curtis *** OL 6-2 285 5-SR
74 Jeff Fink *** OL 6-5 290 5-SR

41 Sinisa Vrvilo * K 6-1 234 SR
26 Nick Iovinelli * P 6-0 188 SR

99 Diyral Briggs *** DL 6-4 230 5-SR
40 Joe Schaefer ** DL 6-4 256 5-SR
95 Nick Davis ** DL 6-3 281 5-SR
47 Adrian Baker *** DE 6-3 218 RS-SR
93 Garth Hartung ** DE 6-1 244 5-SR
30 Erique Dozier *** LB 6-0 221 5-SR
44 John Haneline *** LB 6-2 231 5-SR
21 Kenny Lewis *** DB 5-11 185 SR
2 Antonio Smith *** DB 5-10 180 SR
27 Giovanni Fillari DB 6-3 216 SR

2010
13 Tyler Sheehan** QB 6-3 225 JR
16 Tony Hunter QB 6-1 205 R-JR
33 Chris Bullock** RB 5-11 220 R-JR
19 Eric Ransom RB 5-10 184 JR
7 Freddie Barnes ** WR 6-2 212 R-JR
15 Calvin Wiley * WR 5-11 195 R-JR
12 Chris Wright** WR 5-10 190 R-JR
83 Tyrone Pronty** WR 6-0 181 JR
89 Jimmy Scheidler ** TE 6-4 244 R-JR
87 D.J. Young ** OL 6-5 278 JR
75 Shane Steffy ** OL 6-3 302 R-JR
70 Brady Minturn ** OL 6-4 288 R-JR
64 Scott Albert OL 6-7 300 R-JR
60 Jarrett Buckosh* OL 6-7 293 R-JR

39 Matthew Norsic K 6-1 203 R-JR
46 Craig Rutherford ** LS 5-11 204 JR

90 Michael Ream** DL 6-3 270 R-JR
45 Cody Basler ** LB 6-3 238 R-JR
43 Brandon Jackson ** LB 6-2 231 JR
53 Jerrson Davis* LB 6-2 200 JR
35 Josh Scheidler* LB 5-11 207 R-JR
37 Aaron Davis * DB 6-2 197 R-JR
24 Jahmal Brown** DB 5-10 192 JR
25 P.J. Mahone ** DB 5-11 201 JR
4 Jerett Sanderson ** DB 6-0 189 JR
31 Roger Williams ** DB 5-9 184 JR
23 Tarell Lewis ** DB 5-10 187 JR

2011
Andrew Beam 6-4 230 JR
28 Willie Geter* RB 5-8 170 SO
84 Derek Brighton* WR 5-10 184 R-SO
91 Nick Rieke * TE 6-4 250 R-SO
Casey McHugh 6-6 275 JR
46 Tyler Donahue* OL 6-6 281 R-SO

57 Neal Dahlman* LB 6-1 235 SO

51 Angelo Magnone * DE 6-3 235 R-SO
77 Nick Torresso* DL 6-3 290 SO
97 Darius Smith* DE 6-2 217 R-SO
42 Eugene Fells* LB 6-1 215 R-SO
10 Calvin Marshall* DB 5-11 190 R-SO
36 Lewis Parks* LB 6-2 228 R-SO
32 Alfred Tomlinson DB 5-9 175 R-SO
Robert Lorenzi 5-9 170 JR

2012
14 Nathan Brown QB 6-4 225 R-FR
9 Adrian Hodges WR 6-1 180 R-FR
85 Ray Hutson WR 6-2 180 R-FR
61 Ben Bojicic OL 6-4 273 R-FR
66 Josh Dodge OL 6-3 290 R-FR

62 Preston Burrell DL 6-5 270 R-FR
92 Kevin Alvarado DL 6-2 255 R-FR
98 Andrew Johnson DL 6-4 265 R-FR
94 Carlos Tipton DE 6-3 230 R-FR
96 Darren Branch DL 6-2 230 R-FR
38 Chris Young * LB 6-0 210 R-FR
32 Anthony Mosley DB 6-1 190 R-FR
28 Mark Wooldridge CB 5-9 190 R-FR
18 Derrick Williams CB 6-0 175 R-FR

2013
Aaron Pankrantz 6-6 220 FR
DeMark Jenkins 6-3 202 FR
Marc Stevens 6-5 300 FR
Blaec Walker 6-5 315 FR
Timothy German 6-5 300 FR
Charles Robinson 6-6 340 FR

Gerald Phillips 6-1 195 FR

Winston Etheridge 6-2 254 FR
Nicholas Tuminello 6-4 220 FR
Anthony Stover 6-2 200 FR
Keith Morgan 6-0 195 FR
Lane Robilotto 6-1 176 FR
Marquese Quiles 6-1 170 FR
Jonathan Davis 5-11 170 FR
Adrien Spencer 6-0 170 FR

2014
Austin Collier 6-1 180 Sterling Standish
Alex Bayer 6-4 216 Pickerington North
Mark Mays 5-9 170 Clayton
Alex Thomas 6-2 214 Stow

Chris Jones 6-2 270 Brownsburg
T.J. Fatinikun 6-2 225 Perrysburg
Jairus Campbell 6-5 237 Pickerington
Eric Jordan 6-1 215 Sandusky
Paul Swan 6-0 210 Oconomowoc
Rickey Steele 5-10 168 Cincinnati LaSalle

I think Warthog or someone else posted before about GBs tendency to ignore positions and then try to sign a bunch of guys at the position. We did it at OL and DB and now it looks like we will need to do it at RB and WR and LB. I would like to see a more balanced recruiting class but it seems to be working and I really think Brandon is very good at recruiting and fitting players into a position to make an impact.

OT: With that said I assume that we will see someone, Young or Minturn, Switch back to Defense with the defections of Barrow and Hardwick.

I totally agree about recruiting needs next year. I expect we're going to sign at least 3 WRs, 3 LBs, and 2 RBs next year. RBs may not be that big of an issue, though, because many of the DBs we got last year were very good HS running backs. Don't remember which ones off the top of my head, but at least two of them Brandon said at the signing event that the coach with first priority is DBs coach, but if the outlook there is pretty good, they go over to RBs coach.

MarkL wrote:I totally agree about recruiting needs next year. I expect we're going to sign at least 3 WRs, 3 LBs, and 2 RBs next year. RBs may not be that big of an issue, though, because many of the DBs we got last year were very good HS running backs. Don't remember which ones off the top of my head, but at least two of them Brandon said at the signing event that the coach with first priority is DBs coach, but if the outlook there is pretty good, they go over to RBs coach.

Looks like we have already recruited 2 rbs (Mays and Thomas)for next year. A Bullock and a Geter. I completely agree with your analysis on rbs but also when it comes to wrs. Of our top group I think Barnes, Wright, Pronty and Wiley all started at different positions. That could be the thought. Lets try them at QB-RB-DB first and if they don't cut it WR will be the last resort?

The 3 JC players will not be RS they were brought here for a reason to be in the 2 deep

Globetrotter wrote:I think Warthog or someone else posted before about GBs tendency to ignore positions and then try to sign a bunch of guys at the position. We did it at OL and DB and now it looks like we will need to do it at RB and WR and LB.

Yes, that would be me.

Globetrotter wrote:OT: With that said I assume that we will see someone, Young or Minturn, Switch back to Defense with the defections of Barrow and Hardwick.

From what I have heard, don't bet on it.

MarkL wrote:I totally agree about recruiting needs next year. I expect we're going to sign at least 3 WRs, 3 LBs, and 2 RBs next year.

But the WRs will end up being DBs, the LBs will be DEs and the RB will be safeties.

Warthog wrote:

MarkL wrote:I totally agree about recruiting needs next year. I expect we're going to sign at least 3 WRs, 3 LBs, and 2 RBs next year.

But the WRs will end up being DBs, the LBs will be DEs and the RB will be safeties.

And they'll all end up being undersized.

bg sports fan wrote:The 3 JC players will not be RS they were brought here for a reason to be in the 2 deep

If they are not starting that seems like a waste, especially with Beam and if Nate Brown is ok to play

Globetrotter wrote:

bg sports fan wrote:The 3 JC players will not be RS they were brought here for a reason to be in the 2 deep

If they are not starting that seems like a waste, especially with Beam and if Nate Brown is ok to play

It is generally not in good taste to redshirt JUCOs. They are usually used to jump right into your 2 deep. Starting or not, I'd be shocked if they were red shirted.

It's still not out of the question that Beam starts at some point this year, IMO.

hammb wrote:

Globetrotter wrote:

bg sports fan wrote:The 3 JC players will not be RS they were brought here for a reason to be in the 2 deep

If they are not starting that seems like a waste, especially with Beam and if Nate Brown is ok to play

It is generally not in good taste to redshirt JUCOs. They are usually used to jump right into your 2 deep. Starting or not, I'd be shocked if they were red shirted.

It's still not out of the question that Beam starts at some point this year, IMO.

I agree but Lorenzi is the only one who is coming into a position where we lack depth.

FWIW if all 3 Jucos play we will have 29 players who are juniors this year. More then the Soph and R-Fr class combined.