Next year two deep

[Walshjfii]

I'm really excited to see what JRS can do with a full healthy year. hard to put him on the 2 line of a 2 deep. Its really good to see how deep we are at the position to see with guys like JRS and Ross on the 2nd line. In recent years they would have been 1-2 WR overall

 

[SmilinBob]

Agree. The question is, do we (or will we) have a QB who can check down fast enough to dime these talented receivers? Separation isn't the problem; it's the gunslinger.

I don't know if that's necessarily true. SU had a high percentage of contested balls caught and that to me says there wasn't a lot of separation.

 

[cayugacuse]

I'm optimistic that the coaches have the off season to evaluate their work and make adjustments. I am confident Coach Fran will make sure things will improve. The players and coaches have a season of experience under their belts to measure from. The thread tep624 has regarding 23-24 transfers and where they landed and how successful they were tells much about our past talent level. I still believe we are in the process of developing depth and are better but inexperienced in some areas.

 

[LeMoyneCuse]

I don't know if that's necessarily true. SU had a high percentage of contested balls caught and that to me says there wasn't a lot of separation.

Yeah, I'd be curious to see if the offense changes at all to allow whomever the QB is to throw into more space. If they can get yards from a bubble screen offense, I'm fine with that.

The throws Kyle was asked to make are likely too advanced for most college QBs, let alone whatever young guy steps up for 2025.

 

[upperdeck]

throws into more space is always good.. But that also means better reads and often more time.

 

[Phin#3]

Here is my best guess at this point.

QB - Williams, Collins, Carney

I'm now guessing Williams beats out Collins, Staff must think they have something there to only bring in Collins so soon who seems more of a competition piece than an assumed starter. But really just an educated guess at this point.

RB - Willis OR Nixon, Hart
WR1 - Zeed Haynes, Hatcher OR Emmanuel Ross
WR2 - Gill OR JRS, Jaylan Hornsby
WR3 (Slot) - Pena, C Long OR Ja'Meer Thomas

At WR people seem to be forgetting about Zeed. Zeed Haynes is coming off injury but was our #1 WR before being injured in 2024. He starts, assuming he returns which i would guess he does.

TE - Tremble, Villari, Clement OR Washington-Baker

At TE I like Villari as an athlete but think he is not good enough at route running and catching to start as a TE. Tremble is TE1.

OT1 - Wohlabaugh, Mack
OT2 - Weatherspoon, E Cruz, Vito Shevchenko
OG1 - Bradford, Travis Brown Miller
OG2 - Petry, Joe Cruz,
C - Hornsby?, ?

DT1 - Dion "Tank" Wilson OR Watson, Elijah Fuentes-Cundiff
DT2 - Perry OR C. Thomas, Hastings
DE1 - Jobity, KJE
DE2 - Jaquez OR Simmons
EDGE - David O., Lesaine Jr

LB1 - Heard OR McDonald, Caden Brown
LB2 - ZMG, Deslauries

At LB I think Deslauries starts around mid season after getting some reps behind ZMG to start.
Don't know why we didn't see ZMG this year. He looked really good in the spring game. I think McDonald may share reps with somebody to start, probably Heard.

CB1 - Kerr, Delaine
CB2 - Ibn McDaniels, Kaylib Singleton, Martin
Star - Grant, Rayshon Andrews
S1 - Buxton OR Demetres Samuel Jr., Perry
S2 - Chestnut, M. Washington OR Long

At the DB spots I think we get quite a few on the 2 deep and get them some PT but none will be the starter at the beginning of the season.

I think Josh Miller has a better chance to make the 2 deep than TB Miller... TB didn't even dress for games this past year.
Also... Bradford's status is still unknown as far as I know.

 

[shu 49]

If Ross-Simmons is healthy he has the physicality and Gill has lots of downfield speed. Excellent combo of styles.

Haynes and Gill with a little Pena will be amazing downfield threats for our QB.

 

[kcsu]

David O
Mcdaniels
Kerr
Mal James
Watson

5 very underrated recruits that were significant contributor's last season. Obviously, there were more youngsters that contributed but they were more highly rated. This staff is thorough in their evaluations and given the fact that almost all of the underrated kids we are bringing in are from our primary territory where the staff has deep contacts and or kids that showed out for the staff during a camp I'm not at all worried about the stars.