No, it's nothing like those other positions.
We could lose both our starting DTs this year, and Moten is graduating. Quite Simply we need as many good DTs as we can get. But we still aren't taking 4DTs (we probably should be), so I'm not really sure of your point here. Regardless, 4DTs split into two positions is still only 2 at each spot. So getting 3 RBs is still more than getting 4 DTs is.
And what you are saying for DB makes even less sense. There are 5 DB spots, so taking 7 is not oversigning compared to 3 RBs. Delaney will be gone after this yr, and if Dean has a good season he might too. That would leave us with Young as the only proven CB. Obviously Bandy looks good, But Henley will leave by attrition, and Jackson might do the same. Plus CB is a position where 3 players essentially start, so we NEED like 4 cbs in this class. At safety we're only slightly better because Jaquan and Redwine aren't going to leave early. And Carter and Smith is a solid haul from last year. But the other two are also likely to leave by attrition. Also, there are two safety positions, so once Again, I'd say we need 2-3 Safeties. 7 DBs is not oversigning compared to 3 RBs.
Curry is no top 5-6 RB in the nation. He isn't even close to the talent Lingard is. So no, he is not an autotake regardless how many other RBs we have committed. Especially when next year theres probably at least 3-4+ RBs we have a great shot with that are better than him in next years class.
Our difference is in our opinion on Curry, I think he is close to Lingard's talent, it's cool if you don't. Imo, there aren't many Currys out there. That's why LSU/UF/Mich (teams and coaches that pride themselves on busting your head and lean on a power running game) were all over Curry.
I'm fine with it, and I like what we got.
Assuming 25, and 7 DB and 4 DT which you seem to be stuck on and is fine by me (I love 4 DT, that's what I think we should be shooting for and what I'm worried about more than any position of us not getting)
1 QB
2 RB
3 WR
3 OL
1 K
4 DT
1 DE
1 LB
7 DB
your last spot 2 spots could come from FB/3rd RB/4th OL /2nd DE/2nd LB/4th WR...No prob. And for all we know we end up 26.
And yup I love next year's RB class too, so I've been ready to move on. But if you are asking from the time I started looking at all film from Dec/Jan for the upcoming year, the one kid I am shocked that Mark Richt hasn't offered it's Chris Curry.
We're almost definitely signing over 25 for 2018. Based on EE's and backcounting, I'd estimate we definitely could have a class size in the 30s, although we shouldn't want that because it messes up future classes. I've been guessing about 27 for the 2018 class. A class size close to 25 and a lot of attrition is the only way the 2019 class can reach close to 20.
And while I Think 4 DTs in this class would actually be perfectly fine, I completely doubt that it happens. I think 2 or maybe 3 is much more realistic.
For 2018:.............|.................For 2019:
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QB - 1..................................QB - 1
RB - 2...................................RB - 2
WR - 3/4...............................WR - 3
TE - 2...................................TE - 1
OL - 3/4................................OL - 3/4
DT - 3...................................DT - 1/2
DE - 2...................................DE - 1/2
LB - 1/2................................LB - 3
DB - 6/7...............................DB - 3/4/5
K/P - 1..................................K/P - 0
