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Message: [QUOTE="SoBristol, post: 1894307, member: 485"] As I wrote, Shafer had 8 spots with kids and 3 with seniors - the DEs and Whigham. Can't count Morgan (injured) or Raymond (same). The DT starters were Slayton and Samuels with true frosh Clark as the first off the bench. Huge difference is having your DTs be in their first season (RsF) and leading LBs as Sophs - compared to those players this season have another year under their belt. It is the same in the secondary. Whigham was out injured in the back part of the season, and the D dbs were Whitner (true frosh), Cordy (soph), Hudson (soph), and Winfield (Rd-S). Huge difference in having the CBs with another year of experience and more experience at the safety spots as well Babers has a moderately young defense with true frosh at DEs (plus a grad transfer there)- Shafer even younger except at DE. [/QUOTE]