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[QUOTE="SUskibum, post: 3825370, member: 149"]
Agree totally.

If you work under the assumption that it takes at least 2 years to bring recruits like ours up to ACC quality on size, strength and technique then you can infer that a quality 2 deep has to be almost exclusively made up of upperclassmen

So 10 kids made up of 3rd, 4th, 5th year players means you need at least 4 recruits or transfers per class.  You know you are going to lose 2-4 players before they are seniors due to injury and/or recruiting misses

This means we need to bring in at least 4 OL every year and potentially get to 20 overall on the roster.  You have to build in the assumption that at least 1 kid from every cohort will not work out (injury/lack of development etc)

OL is the most sensitive unit to numbers because it’s so hard to get production before year 3 and also (insert captain obvious) five of them play at once

Figure out how to make 65 spots work for the rest of the team or figure out how to recruit NFL ready lineman or continue to battle OL depth issues
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