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Post by jneal318 on Jun 22, 2024 17:10:22 GMT
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Post by Reality Check on Jun 22, 2024 21:00:05 GMT
A lot of Louisiana players in that group, which is good. We need more than just Louisiana players on the team, but we should have more Louisiana players than we have had in the past few years. Just based on the current roster posted and incoming freshmen, we look stronger on defense, mainly DL/DE and DBs. LB looks lighter in numbers, but hard to say how good they will be. TE and RB seem solid on offense. WR looks OK in numbers. Unknown QB and thin OL numbers look to be the weak spots. We're about to find out soon.
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Post by DemonAlum on Jun 24, 2024 19:45:39 GMT
I think it is great that we are snagging Louisiana kids out of the portal. All of these transfers have lots of upside to them. I predict the three coming in on the defensive line will make an immediate impact for us. The two receivers will round out our receiver room, which is already a pretty talented group from what I hear. The O Lineman from LaTech is a good sized kid with lots of upside and was on honor roll while in Ruston. If he can put it all together, he could be good for us on the interior. Coach is putting together a solid roster.
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Post by Czech Mate on Jun 25, 2024 0:20:22 GMT
We will know a lot more in just over two months. I would not expect a lot year one. If they are able to outperform expectations, that would great. If not, at least we will see where the program is headed. Good luck.
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Post by DemonAlum on Jun 25, 2024 16:19:08 GMT
Yes from what I am hearing we are going to see lots of local preferred walk-ons that were great pickups for the program that weren't announced in the signing day article. The team is filling out. This year if we can squeak out a few wins to get back in the swing of things it would be great. Our pre-conference schedule is a tough one but the Southland Conference has been pretty weak in recent years.
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Post by Reality Check on Jun 26, 2024 12:16:37 GMT
My best guess at a pre-fall camp football depth chart. This will be quite off, I am sure. I am not including any incoming freshmen. This will allow us to see what positions may allow them or an incoming walk-on to get playing time during this season.
QB -- Hawkins, Graham, Fayard
FB -- Newman, Tyler, Broad, Cohen
RB -- Lacy, Burrell, Davis, McKneely-Harris, Veasley, Banks, Angeletti
TE -- Jones, Ridgel, Cotton
WR -- Kitt-Denton, Moore, Jernigan
WR -- King, Hines, Eugene, Wallace
WR -- Walters, Finley, Barr
OL -- Ybarra, Cedillo
OL -- Ballard, Soileau
OL -- Allen, Billiot
OL -- Mabry, Stroble
OL -- Larson, ( )
P -- Roblow, Molette
K -- Money, Honshtein, Kern
DS -- Benson, ( )
DE -- Bodwin, Harris
DT -- Reed, Lewis
DT -- Mitchell, Bossier
DE -- Owens, Ivory
LB -- Gotcher, Sears, Norcross
LB -- George, Gooden, Heath
LB -- Rhone, Huddleston
CB -- Brown, Taylor, A. Hall, Bonner
FS -- Williams, Rauls, Keppard, Preston
SS -- Robinson, White, Hardy, Young
CB -- T. Hall, Johnson, Joseph, Santa Marina
* Newman is supposed to play some QB.
* Incoming freshmen will have the best chance to play at OL, DL, and LB.
* This is just a guess and to spur conversation only
* We have some talent. How much? No idea.
* If I left anyone out it wasn't intentional.
* Who is first-team, second-team, etc., I have no idea. This is a complete guess.
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Post by 318tailgater on Jun 27, 2024 12:27:44 GMT
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Post by Cajundemon11 on Jun 28, 2024 6:21:40 GMT
Whether or not these transfers make a huge impact would only be a guess for me at this point. I certainly hope they are and this team out performs what will be a very tough schedule, but trajectory and culture change is what I am mostly optimistic about.
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Post by Cajundemon11 on Jun 28, 2024 18:12:28 GMT
And to be totally honest, I could care less if our roster comes from alaska - I just want to win football games. However they get to NSU, from wherever. Be it all Louisiana or a hodgepodge of players from around the country, winning trumps having a roster completely made up of local kids in my opinion. I hope this staff recruits the state hard and they seem to be very intentional about getting into every high school in Louisiana, which is great. But there are very talented players everywhere and if they come somewhere else and help us win, I am just interested in how it effects the win/loss column.
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Post by 318tailgater on Jun 28, 2024 20:36:57 GMT
We need to stay healthy through week 1. Use it to get cleaned up and go win week 2.
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Post by seat16demon on Jul 1, 2024 13:31:10 GMT
I’m a little slow sometimes. Are they saying we have had no players leave via the transfer portal? That doesn’t make sense, because we had a huge group leave that way. Just not quite understanding. |
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Post by Cajundemon11 on Jul 3, 2024 2:37:51 GMT
I’m a little slow sometimes. Are they saying we have had no players leave via the transfer portal? That doesn’t make sense, because we had a huge group leave that way. Just not quite understanding. It wasn't a large number of players. I kept up with it pretty closely on twitter, definitely had some but not a large number transfer. |
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Post by Czech Mate on Jul 3, 2024 13:33:47 GMT
Half the team is gone from last year. I am not sure that's a bad thing, though. Maybe some gave up football instead of transferring.
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Post by Cajundemon11 on Jul 3, 2024 22:54:28 GMT
The turnover numbers were pretty standard for a new regime coming in, factoring in players who were encouraged to move on and then graduating seniors. It wasn't anything exorbitant.
I personally was hoping to bring in a grad transfer at QB or senior who could bring a lot of experience and a bit more depth at that position. Fayard is a stud and will be a great player, but a hold over to give us some stability there would be nice to have going into the season.
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Post by Reality Check on Jul 4, 2024 13:42:10 GMT
Hawkins is a Senior, so he will likely be the starter, barring a dynamic transfer. I don't see that happening. Graham and Fayard will also get some snaps, but it seems the chatter is that the TE/FB Newman will be a Taysom Hill-like player. Newman is also a Senior. So, that leaves Graham and Fayard for next year. I have also been told the incoming freshman is pretty good, too. I am sure they will redshirt him this season. In the end, it's a rebuild. Not from the ground up, but a complete remodel. If you have ever been on one of those job sites, it ain't pretty, but anyone with vision can see the end product will be much better than a scattered job site with materials, dirt, concrete, tools, etc. all over the place. The worse thing you can do on this type of job site is interfere with and/or frustrate the contractor and his employees. Just sit back and enjoy the process in patience. Eventually they finish up and the final product is rebuilt well and will last a long time.
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