Defensive Line DLine DL recruiting thread

While he would be third in that pecking order, I can't imagine they would ever hold him off

 

The killer was that we had young talent on the line, with no spring and limited summer/fall practice, then right into an all-SEC schedule. Not a recipe for success.

 

4Roswell;

It has been stated on TOS that Jamari Lyons wants to commit on October 6th, which is his Mother's birthday. Whether he has given the UF Coaching Staff his decision privately or not is unknown, however IMHO we are not telling him to wait until we hear from McClellan and Nolen. He simply has told everyone that 10/6 is the day he will announce his commitment.

 

I think we would take all 3 if they would come.

 

Isaiah Hastings has a really good tweet on the front page.

 

Looks like he’s tweeting what the schools are sending him.

 

Not a good sign at DT. May need the true freshman to play a bit the first two games.

 

And McDowell, I suspect all these young guys were gonna see some PT in our 1st 2 games anyway.

 

Watson and Thomas will surprise. Thomas, in my opinion, was one of the better DT’s in high school his senior year. Kid can play!!!

 

Humphries and Goods should be ready. Both have been here and know the system.

 

Hate to say it but this means Zach Carter will be sliding inside for sure in some situations. He’s awesome, As we know, wherever he plays but We all know he’s an excellent DE. I could see Lang ( Now Zanders) at 291 sliding inside also. To spell Valentino and Dexter I see ( may be off base) total snaps played at DT against FAU as:
Say FAU takes 70 snaps
Valentino 35-40
Dexter 35-40
Goods 10
Watson 5
Carter 10
Lang 10
Thomas 5-10
Goods 10-15
Humphries 10-15
McDowell 5

I may off a ton but we will definitely have to spread snaps out and Hopefully if we get a big lied we can play the young guys as we’ve got to stay healthy especially with two guys already on the shelf.

 

I doubt we see Carter playing any snaps on 1st/2nd downs inside against FAU, if anything maybe on 3rd and long type situations. I hope Carter's day is done after the 1st half!

 

Those 2 are in the first and second string.We may not need them for the first 2 games of the season, but for sure we need them for the Alabama game.

 

I guess injuries are part of hard practice but we were hoping to stay really deep on DL with the transfers being added. I hate to think of injuries but whatever. Yes, need a full lineup against Alabama. Needless to say we really need our OL to stay healthy and strong as well.

 

Adding Truesdell makes a completely different impression regarding the concerns of depth with Newkirk and Lee potentially out for Bama.

That said, I never want to see an injury report that says foot injury or shoulder injury for a OL or DL.

 

From Mullen's Monday presser:

1. Jalen Lee is questionable - means he's out for FAU. If you know that Lee has a long-term injury that would keep him out against bama, spill the beans.....

2. Daquan Newkirk is fine to return to practice and play this week, not questionable or doubtful. Newkirk is going to play on Saturday against FAU so long as he practices this week. There is no reason to think he won't play against bama.

 

Humphries is nowhere near ready to play and Goods may not even be with the team come October.