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[QUOTE="PhatOrange, post: 2816407, member: 229"]
and Carl Jones - who'll be a senior this year.

I think the baseline numbers are 12/13 secondary players.  3 Strong safeties, 3 Free Safeties, 6 cornerbacks.  Plus you have to account for a kid or 2 who can play nickle.  It was Cordy, then Stritz then who, Trill while Bradshaw went to CB?  IDK exactly.  Point is kids get shuffled around and we survived b/c we had the depth.

Assuming there's no attrition the secondary numbers would be bloated next season but the following season would be back down to 12/13 with graduations.  This also assumes that Dodson signs and that he and/or Nunn are slotted for defense.

You always want to recruit better players.  The cream rises to the top and the upgrade in talent creates better competition and raises the bar for everyone.  This is called improving the underbelly of the team which is Dino's goal.

I see Nunn as a nickle/cb/saf, I see Dodson as a safety.  Cole/Williams/Greenwood are corners.  Coley I'm not sure, maybe gets moved to OLB.  Clarke I worry about his injury.  Jonas I wonder if the knee is healed.  Jones might bail.  Stritz just had a head injury.  Bradshaw, Fredrick, Foster graduate next year.  Hewitt who knows, maybe surprises.  I don't worry about these things anymore just bring in the best players you possibly can,.  You can't not recruit a player like Dodson because the position numbers say we can't.
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