Yeah we have a LOT of seniors on D graduating most of which will be in the NFL next year in some capacity (you don't get the #1 D in the BE 2yrs in a row by accident)... Next yr our "vaunted" 2011 and 2012 classes need to step it up... so far in practice it is l; looking like they will...
We have the talent and experience to replace the losses on offense (2WR, 1 TE, 1 RT)... and we SHOULD have the talent and experience to replace DT/NT Vallone and REs Glaud and Booker... At DT and NT we still have next yr (not counting incoming freshmen): Kenneth Kirksey, Darius Hamilton, Marquise Wright, Isaac Holmes, Al Page, Daryl Stephenson, Jamill Pollard, Micahel Larrow, Djwany Mera, Jamil Merrell... all of which are highly talented and were highly recruited (best DL depth we've ever had)...
As for DEs and REs we still have Max Isaaca, Myles Jackson, Marcus Thompson, Julian Pinnix-Odrick (Odrick may only be a 3yr and NFL type DE)... LB Quinton Gause could also play some RE... it would be GREAT if we could also land Al-Quadin Muhammad for 2013... he would be great at RE next year... however it is between ND and RU with him being a heavy ND lean...
At LB we still have Quinton Gause, Jamal Merrell and Kevin Snyder... they will likely be at the SLB and MLB positions... WLB will go to current Freshmen Steve Longa (another highly toted recruit from 2012) with Quanzell Lambert (4 star 2012 recruit) likely being the backup MLB... Both Lambert and Longa would have been on the two deep on the Rutgers teams off the past... now they'll be redshirted...
We should have a significant drop off in the secondary (DL should be better and LB should be about the same)... We have talented guys in the secondary but most off them are inexperienced thus will make some mistakes next year (however I think our O will be good enough to bail them out next year)... Next year our strongest unit on D will be DL with the weakest unit being DB... the exact opposite of this year... Our O should be better also with guys like WR Leontee Carroo (Kenny Britt type WR, 2 inches shorter though was also a 4 star 2012 recruit) and RB Desmond Peoples (fast freshmen scat back) stepping up...
Oh we DID add DB Sheldon Royster from South Carolina as well this yr... so he should be able to help out at the DB position next year (3yrs of remaining eligibility after he sits out this year) as well...
I still think we should be good for double digit wins next year as well (we should be able to win at least 10 out of 13 this year)... We also get Arkansas at home next year so that should also help the record... I think we'll be ok even with the departure of many of our starters on D to the NFL because we finally have quality depth at most positons...