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Message: [QUOTE="SUDadx2, post: 4101355, member: 8174"] I disagree that "we don't need any more high school players". IMO, we need to maintain a roster that is balanced by class. Covid created a severe imbalance with an excessive number of freshmen on our roster last year; Covid RS Fr from the class of 2019, Covid freshmen from the class of 2020 and the true freshman from the 2021 class. We were able to redshirt most of the 2021 class which will help create some separation between the classes. [TABLE] [TR] [TD]2022[/TD] [TD]OL[/TD] [TD]WR[/TD] [TD]RB[/TD] [TD]FB/TE[/TD] [TD]QB[/TD] [TD]DL[/TD] [TD]LB[/TD] [TD]DB[/TD] [TD]K[/TD] [TD]P/K[/TD] [TD]LS[/TD] [TD]Total[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]RS Sr[/TD] [TD]2**[/TD] [TD]1*[/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD]1*[/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD]1*[/TD] [TD]1*[/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD]6[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Sr[/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD]1*[/TD] [TD]1[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]RS Jr[/TD] [TD]3**[/TD] [TD]1*[/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD]1*[/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD]5[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Jr[/TD] [TD]1*[/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD]1*[/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD]1*[/TD] [TD]1*[/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD]4[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]RS So[/TD] [TD]3[/TD] [TD]2*[/TD] [TD]1[/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD]1[/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD]3*[/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD]10[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]So[/TD] [TD]2*[/TD] [TD]3*[/TD] [TD]1*[/TD] [TD]2*[/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD]1[/TD] [TD]2**[/TD] [TD]4***[/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD]1[/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD]16[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]RS Fr[/TD] [TD]5[/TD] [TD]3[/TD] [TD]1[/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD]3[/TD] [TD]5[/TD] [TD]2[/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD]19[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Fr[/TD] [TD]2[/TD] [TD]1[/TD] [TD]1[/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD]2[/TD] [TD]2[/TD] [TD]2[/TD] [TD]4[/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD]1[/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD]15[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Scholarships[/TD] [TD][B]18[/B][/TD] [TD][B]11[/B][/TD] [TD][B]4[/B][/TD] [TD][B]3[/B][/TD] [TD][B]3[/B][/TD] [TD][B]8[/B][/TD] [TD][B]10[/B][/TD] [TD][B]15[/B][/TD] [TD][B]1[/B][/TD] [TD][B]2[/B][/TD] [TD][B]1[/B][/TD] [TD][B]76[/B][/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]PWO[/TD] [TD]1[/TD] [TD]3[/TD] [TD]3[/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD]1[/TD] [TD]3[/TD] [TD]1[/TD] [TD]5[/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD]1*[/TD] [TD]3[/TD] [TD]20[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Total[/TD] [TD]19[/TD] [TD]17[/TD] [TD]7[/TD] [TD]3[/TD] [TD]4[/TD] [TD]11[/TD] [TD]11[/TD] [TD]20[/TD] [TD]1[/TD] [TD]3[/TD] [TD]4[/TD] [TD]96[/TD] [/TR] [/TABLE] If you accept the premise that most players entering the portal are [I]looking for more playing time[/I] than they were getting at their previous school, then Syracuse isn't going to be very attractive to many of the kids in the portal. This is why most players from Cuse entered the portal. This is also what makes the Juwaun Price addition more impressive; a quality RB who is willing to come in and compete for time behind a Heisman candidate. Despite Shrader's deficiencies in his passing game it's not going to be easy to find a Sr or grad transfer QB who is going to be willing to come in and potentially sit behind a returning starter. The Shrader/DeVito situation was different last year because Shrader was younger than DeVito and could be sold on a future after DeVito graduated. The chart above shows our current scholarship distribution by class and position. Those with the asterisk were identified as making significant contributions in 2021; starting LB's, DB's with more than 400 snaps, WR with more than 250 snaps, and OL who played more than 400 snaps. Our OL did fairly well in 2021 (ask Sean Tucker), but we still need to improve. With Bergeron (Jr), Davis (RS Sr), Vettorello (RS Jr), Bleich (Jr), Ellis (Fr) and Tisdale (Sr) all slated to return, are we going to be able to convince a quality OL from the portal to come to Cuse? And, if we do bring in a guy from the portal, what does that do to the younger OL that we are developing? Will they decide to hit the portal if they feel their chance for playing time at Cuse is blocked by a guy coming in from the portal? What does that do to the team chemistry? Do we really want to enter the vicious cycle of trying to replace guys who leave via the portal with other guys from the portal? I say no. We appear to have 9 scholarships remaining. I would consider the following. [LIST] [*]3 DL; 1 Sr, + 1 Jr, +1 Fr (two from the portal, one HS) [*]1 WR; an upper classman (Sr or Jr) from the portal [*]2 TE; 1 upper classman from the portal + 1 HS [*]1 QB; an upper classman (Sr or Grad xfer) from the portal [B]or[/B] a HS player to develop [*]1 RB; an upper classman (Sr or Jr) from the portal [B]or[/B] a HS player to develop [*]1 OL from high school (preferably an interior OL) [/LIST] That's [I]4 to 6 from the portal[/I] (2 DL, 1 WR, 1 TE, 1 QB and 1 RB), and [I]3 to 5 from HS[/I] (1 DL, 1 TE, 1 OL, 1 QB and 1 RB). Of course, we should consider any difference maker regardless of position if the coaches believe there is such a player. We currently have 20 PWO's. This will change and may start changing as soon as the start of the spring semester which will allow coaches to offer more guys from the 2022 class. Do we really need: [LIST] [*]2 scholarship punters? The kid who handled the punting at the end of the season is still a PWO. [*]3 PWO long snapper? [*]3 PWO running backs? All RS Fr? [*]5 PWO DB's? Even if we need 5, they need to be spread out and not all in the same class. [/LIST] The 2022 class is important. We only have 7 seniors and 9 juniors on the roster, which means opening for the 2023 class could be limited. That said, you never know what the portal will do to us in 2022. [I]After spring ball[/I], fill behind any new transfers with players from the portal. Primarily because quality high school recruits won't be available. While reviewing this I realize I made a mistake and counted Devaughn Cooper (WR) as a scholarship guy. He should be IMO. [/QUOTE]

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