2026 Defensive Line

[CbusCuse]

There is going to be plenty of opportunity on the DL next season for some new faces. We lose almost everybody from the 2 deep. We will surely need to bring in several portal players. Isaiah Hastings and Perry will certainly play a lot. I definitely have guesses on players that I think might be able to step up sooner than others, but has anyone heard of any good reports of specific young players excelling in practice?

We lose these 7 DL to graduation
Dion Wilson Jr.
Denis Jaquez Jr.
Kevin Jobity Jr.
Chris Thomas
David Reese
George Rooks
Elijah Fuentes-Cundiff

Returning DL
Isaiah Hastings
Rashard Perry
Eric Thomas
Nathan Nyandro
DeAngelo Thompson
Jaylen Pray
Elijah Crawford
Quante Gillians
Nissi Ogbebor

Committed 2026 Freshman DL
Jarius Rodgers
Walt Frzier
Kamron Wilson
Kordae Houston

 

[Acesn8s]

This is the area where I believe we need to use NIL funds other then roster retention. Some of our roster is going to be expensive to keep, but we certainly need to get difference makers on the interior.

 

[dollarbill44]

Yikes. That's a lot of snaps moving on.