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Now that the Season is pretty much in the dumps as far as us achieving our goals (just trying to finish strong), I'm switching gears to recruiting to hopefully bring good news. It's Richt and staff's first full class and clearly there are a lot of holes on the team that need to be addressed. This 2017 class is very important to building the depth we need to get back to being great again.
With the recent commits of Amari Carter and De'Andre Wilder, I think that we can start to see some closure within certain positions for our 2017 class as well as remaining targets:
DT (Done) - Grade B+
Jonathan Ford
Analysis - Staff only wanted 1 DT and we got the top target. IMO I think we should add 1 more, but i'm happy with Ford
DE (Possible 1 more)- Grade A+
Jonathan Garvin
DJ Johnson
Targets - Jordan Wright, Owen Carney
Analysis - Garvin and Johnson are absolute studs. IMO both should be 5 stars. Maybe we add 1 more in Wright or Carney as a project/redshirt candidate
LB (Done) - Grade A
Wayne Steed
De'Andre Wilder
Bradley Jennings
Analysis - Ideal LB class. Speed, aggression, instincts in all 3 of these LBs. All Miami type guys too. Pumped about their potential. I think they are all EEs too
CB - (Need 2 More) - Grade B-
Trajan Bandy
Deejay Dallas
Targets - Christopher Henderson, Brian Edwards, Latavious Brini, Antwan Collier
Big Misses - Shawn Davis, Marco Wilson
Analysis - Missing Marco Wilson and Shawn Davis to the Gaytors are huge misses but having Edwards and Henderson made it acceptable. If we now lose Edwards and Henderson too, this CB class is a bust, even with Bandy and Deejay in it. Our CB depth is awful, and if we can't turn it around in this class it's going to hurt us in a big way moving forward. We can't keep looking to the next year anymore. Gotta land 2 or 3 of the listed remaining targets.
S - (Done) - Grade A-
Billy Gibson
Amari Carter
Analysis - The staff labeled 4 safety targets they wanted in this class (Gibson, F'agan, Wright, Carter) and landed 2 of them. I think Gibson and Carter have more potential and will be better college players than the other 2. Very solid safety class. Carter will be a starter next year IMO
With the recent commits of Amari Carter and De'Andre Wilder, I think that we can start to see some closure within certain positions for our 2017 class as well as remaining targets:
DT (Done) - Grade B+
Jonathan Ford
Analysis - Staff only wanted 1 DT and we got the top target. IMO I think we should add 1 more, but i'm happy with Ford
DE (Possible 1 more)- Grade A+
Jonathan Garvin
DJ Johnson
Targets - Jordan Wright, Owen Carney
Analysis - Garvin and Johnson are absolute studs. IMO both should be 5 stars. Maybe we add 1 more in Wright or Carney as a project/redshirt candidate
LB (Done) - Grade A
Wayne Steed
De'Andre Wilder
Bradley Jennings
Analysis - Ideal LB class. Speed, aggression, instincts in all 3 of these LBs. All Miami type guys too. Pumped about their potential. I think they are all EEs too
CB - (Need 2 More) - Grade B-
Trajan Bandy
Deejay Dallas
Targets - Christopher Henderson, Brian Edwards, Latavious Brini, Antwan Collier
Big Misses - Shawn Davis, Marco Wilson
Analysis - Missing Marco Wilson and Shawn Davis to the Gaytors are huge misses but having Edwards and Henderson made it acceptable. If we now lose Edwards and Henderson too, this CB class is a bust, even with Bandy and Deejay in it. Our CB depth is awful, and if we can't turn it around in this class it's going to hurt us in a big way moving forward. We can't keep looking to the next year anymore. Gotta land 2 or 3 of the listed remaining targets.
S - (Done) - Grade A-
Billy Gibson
Amari Carter
Analysis - The staff labeled 4 safety targets they wanted in this class (Gibson, F'agan, Wright, Carter) and landed 2 of them. I think Gibson and Carter have more potential and will be better college players than the other 2. Very solid safety class. Carter will be a starter next year IMO
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