I like to see what numbers everyone is wearin … as I went down the rooms, I actually got pretty excited. Billy has really flipped the roster with some potential dudes. Here is each room on defense by the numbers DB ROOM 3 Marshall- CB 0 denson - CB 2 Jakeem Jackson -nickel 4- Teddy Foster-Cb 7- Trikweze bridges -nickel 12- DJ Douglas- safety 14- Jordan castell - safety 13 Aaron gates - db 18- Bryce Thornton -safety 20- Asa Turner- safety 23- Josiah Davis- safety 25- Pouncey- db 26- Jameer Grimsley- db 27- Dijon Johnson- db 28 - Devin Moore-db 30 - Gregory Smith- safety Edge 1 - Justus Boone 6-4 267 9 / Jamarkis Weston 6-3 234 11- Kelby collins 6-4 275 17 LJ MCCRAY- 6-6 274 19 TJ Searcy -6-5 254 24 Kamran James- -6-5 274 33 Brien Taylor 6-5-267 44 Jack Pyburn 6-4 260 48 Quincy Ivory - 6-3 252 49 George Gumbs 6-4 246 94- Tyreke Sapp 6-3 275 DT 21 Dez Watson 6-5 464 35 D’antre Robinson 6-3 305 88- Caleb Banks 6-5 325 93- Micah Bourieu 6-4 382 95 Jamari Lyons 6-4 300 97- Joey Slackman 6-3 305 99- Cam Jackson 6-6 374 LB Room 5 - Myles Graham 6-1 222 6- Shemar James 6-2 232 10 Pup Howard 6-4 233 15 Derek Wingo 6-2 244 16 RJ moten 6-0 230 22 Deuce Spurlock 6-1 232 29- Jaden Robinson 6-1 233 34- Manny Nunnery 6-1 227 June - aaron chiles
Too much. Needs to lose about 30 pounds. Expecting Banks, Lyons and Slackman to have an edge on the others given their weight going into spring. Might need Lyons to bulk up a bit more if he's going to play nose.
Doubt McCray will remain under 290 for very long. I can easily see playing inside in another year, at least on passing downs.
Roster is improving, although taking longer than some would like. Who do we have on defense who are potential all SEC?
Slackman this year. Maybe Marshall too with a better pass rush and improved safety help. 2025 could be 4 or 5 guys.
Looks like more experienced depth at DE. For DT, it looks like we have four plus big Dez as a wild card because it's unlikely Bourieu and Robinson are ready to play this season. Need to stay healthy at DT. Edge and LB play will be huge for the Defense overall.