How did it get to this point? We need to throw crazy numbers at this problem because like the old school playas used to say one is too close to none (we just lost our only top recruit safety in '25 class so holds true).. The whole room needs a complete overhaul. When broken down like this we have no true safety room just an in box thumper
I reallllllly want to know who greenlit this like yea, we good to go this year. We legit still have guys saying we only missed a nickel from portal last year, we was gucci everywhere else..
Supposedly Addae was a bad recruiter.
But at the end of the day, it's on Mario.
I'll give him a pass for the '22 transition class.
But the '23 class was weak in the secondary:
Damari Brown — jury is still out
Robert Stafford — trending toward JAG; he's supposed to be a speedster, but he looks slow on kickoff coverage
Robby Washington — converting from WR; we'll see
Kaleb Spencer — transferred to VTech
Dee Freeney — JUCO guy; did he ever even make it in?
That was a BAD haul.
The '24 class:
Patterson — Flashed a little, but not really the rangy type
OJ — stud
Dylan Day — has looked good on ST, and has pretty good verified speed; promising
Ryan Mack — no idea
Isaiah Thomas — no idea
I like the '25 class (although we just lost Stubbs), but you can't rely on a true freshman to save us.
Ideally:
OJ continues to develop
Brown is healthy and continues his development
Washington emerges as a playable nickel
Patterson locks up the SS spot
Dylan Day takes a leap
It's really shameful that it's come to this in the secondary.
Gotta hit the Portal hard.
Hopefully we can flip DJ Pickett.