A look at our Football team for 2023 (New additions, Transfers, Starting Line-ups & Depth)

[jchem1995]

2 hours ago, Cubanbull said:

Defense will decide how far we go in 2023. USF will face three of the top 10 returning QBs in passing yards, including the #1 WKU QB

Let’s have some interception welcoming party then.

[Gatorbull325]

9 hours ago, jchem1995 said:

Let’s have some interception welcoming party then.

Logan Berryhill might have a breakout season. He always was a great athlete and I think putting him at safety will give him a great opportunity to contribute. He looked good during the spring game. at 6'4 and 200 Ibs he is our biggest player in the secondary.

[GoBulls84]

On 7/21/2023 at 6:26 PM, Outlaw said:

Awesome to see the new chart. I see who you put as qb1. I hope you and I are both right. 

I've held all along that I think Goach goes with BB to start. Having all the spring reps in his back pocket, I think GB would have to absolutely blow everyone away in the fall to take the job. I know I have a little more faith in GB than you do, but I feel like his running game would have to make a big impact for him to outplay BB. He was certainly hitting his stride the last few games before he got hurt, but I just have more faith in BB's arm.

[Gatorbull325]

1 hour ago, GoBulls84 said:

I've held all along that I think Goach goes with BB to start. Having all the spring reps in his back pocket, I think GB would have to absolutely blow everyone away in the fall to take the job. I know I have a little more faith in GB than you do, but I feel like his running game would have to make a big impact for him to outplay BB. He was certainly hitting his stride the last few games before he got hurt, but I just have more faith in BB's arm.

BB looked sharp in the Spring game as well. I think the issue is that Gerry is such a great leader and professional guy off the field it's heartbreaking to see him not starting. But I'm with you. To make such a comeback that you greatly outplay BB in Fall camp is not likely. I still stand by Timmy  McClain's main reason for transferring is because he saw how much better BB is. 

[BDYZR]

Interesting. I wonder if our receivers were coached up enough to understand this - Based upon how the DB plays him, the slot receiver will choose an option, and this choice will need to be talked about by the receivers, the quarterback and the offensive coordinator as part of the playbook because the receiver and the quarterback must both make the same "read" or it could lead to an incompletion or worse yet, an interception. That is what is talked about as far as the quarterback and the receiver being on the same page. If the receiver makes the wrong read, then often the interception will be the fault of the receiver, but the casual fan will often say,  what a stupid quarterback, he threw it right to the linebacker. What's wrong with him, can't he see?

[Outlaw]

11 minutes ago, Gatorbull325 said:

BB looked sharp in the Spring game as well. I think the issue is that Gerry is such a great leader and professional guy off the field it's heartbreaking to see him not starting. But I'm with you. To make such a comeback that you greatly outplay BB in Fall camp is not likely. I still stand by Timmy  McClain's main reason for transferring is because he saw how much better BB is. 

His arm was really good for an 18 year old kid. He showed a great display to read the field and throw to second amd third option you don't usually see in young true freshmen quarterbacks. Gb struggled making reads ans had accuracy issues on display. He seems to be a great guy but had one good season in 5 years of college football so far and lost his job once already to a redshirt freshmen. Gb seems like a great guy for the program to mentor the young kids and start if called upon. I could see him just starting against Bama to eat some snaps and let the younger guys not take a beating before conference play.

[Gatorbull325]

A comparison of our D-line and linebackers to last year. I'm expecting a more extreme turnaround on defense. I like the returning players and the new additions should mesh pretty well. We also have 3 legit 300+ Ib DT/NTs on this team.

 

2022
DEFENSE	Player 1	Player 2	Player 3	Player 4	Player 5	Player 6	Player 7
DE	JATORIAN HANSFORD (Mizzou)	Eddie Kelly DE - 274	Michael Williams
DT	Yates, Rashawn SR	Darrien Grant - 257	Jacquez Williams DT	Bayron Matos (MBB)	Colby Smith
DT	Rashad Cheney Jr. (Minn)	De'Juan Sease - 282	Nick Bags DT (Temple)	Jhalin Hobbs DT	Danny Gonzalez (PWO)
DE	Logan, Tramel SO	Vaughn, Jason JR	Jonathan Ross (Bowie State)	Keeon Terrell	CHAD ELDER (PWO)
MLB	Grier, Antonio SR	Jhalyn Shuler LB (CC)	Mac Harris	CJ Ross	Hicks, Davon FR	Amer Amer	JOHNNY EATON (PWO)
LB	Boyles, Dwayne SR	DJ Gordon IV  (Minn)	Norris, Brian RS JR	Helton, Keyon RS JR	Reggie Johnson II	Deaunte Hunter	Dylan Ridolph
2023
DEFENSE	Player 1		Player 2	Player 3	Player 4
DE	Vaughn, Jason JR	Logan, Tramel SO	Keeon Terrell	CHAD ELDER (PWO)	Michael Williams
NT	Doug Blue-Eli (TCU)	Jhalin Hobbs	Jacquez Williams	De'Juan Sease (Allen Univ)	Colby Smith
DT	Rashad Cheney Jr. (Minn) - 285	Immanuel Hickman (ECU)	Bernard Gooden (Wake)	Danny Gonzalez (PWO)	Stantavious Smith
LOLB	Derrick Harris Jr. (Texas)	Jonathan Ross (Bowie State)	Rico Watson (FSU/Robert Morris)	Evan Dangler (PWO)	Terrence Edmonds
MACK	Jamie Pettway (FAU)	Andrew Mataafa (Utah)	Reggie Johnson II	Dylan Ridolph	Greg Otten (PWO)
ROVER	Lloyd Summerall (UF)	Jhalyn Shuler LB (CC)	CJ Ross	JOHNNY EATON (PWO)
ROLB	DJ Gordon IV  (Minn)	Norris, Brian RS JR	Mac Harris	Amer Amer	Erik Malyszko (PWO)

Edited July 24, 2023 by Gatorbull325

[Outlaw]

15 minutes ago, Gatorbull325 said:

A comparison of our D-line and linebackers to last year. I'm expecting a more extreme turnaround on defense. I like the returning players and the new additions should mesh pretty well. We also have 3 legit 300+ Ib DT/NTs on this team.

 

2022
DEFENSE	Player 1	Player 2	Player 3	Player 4	Player 5	Player 6	Player 7
DE	JATORIAN HANSFORD (Mizzou)	Eddie Kelly DE - 274	Michael Williams
DT	Yates, Rashawn SR	Darrien Grant - 257	Jacquez Williams DT	Bayron Matos (MBB)	Colby Smith
DT	Rashad Cheney Jr. (Minn)	De'Juan Sease - 282	Nick Bags DT (Temple)	Jhalin Hobbs DT	Danny Gonzalez (PWO)
DE	Logan, Tramel SO	Vaughn, Jason JR	Jonathan Ross (Bowie State)	Keeon Terrell	CHAD ELDER (PWO)
MLB	Grier, Antonio SR	Jhalyn Shuler LB (CC)	Mac Harris	CJ Ross	Hicks, Davon FR	Amer Amer	JOHNNY EATON (PWO)
LB	Boyles, Dwayne SR	DJ Gordon IV  (Minn)	Norris, Brian RS JR	Helton, Keyon RS JR	Reggie Johnson II	Deaunte Hunter	Dylan Ridolph
2023
DEFENSE	Player 1		Player 2	Player 3	Player 4
DE	Vaughn, Jason JR	Logan, Tramel SO	Keeon Terrell	CHAD ELDER (PWO)	Michael Williams
NT	Doug Blue-Eli (TCU)	Jhalin Hobbs	Jacquez Williams	De'Juan Sease (Allen Univ)	Colby Smith
DT	Rashad Cheney Jr. (Minn) - 285	Immanuel Hickman (ECU)	Bernard Gooden (Wake)	Danny Gonzalez (PWO)	Stantavious Smith
LOLB	Derrick Harris Jr. (Texas)	Jonathan Ross (Bowie State)	Rico Watson (FSU/Robert Morris)	Evan Dangler (PWO)	Terrence Edmonds
MACK	Jamie Pettway (FAU)	Andrew Mataafa (Utah)	Reggie Johnson II	Dylan Ridolph	Greg Otten (PWO)
ROVER	Lloyd Summerall (UF)	Jhalyn Shuler LB (CC)	CJ Ross	JOHNNY EATON (PWO)
ROLB	DJ Gordon IV  (Minn)	Norris, Brian RS JR	Mac Harris	Amer Amer	Erik Malyszko (PWO)

Bigger, stronger, and faster is the goal. The pictures look like the old players are getting more muscular and  the newer players look like they have more size then the guys they replaced. We will see how much the improvement really is by week 6. I expect wku and Bama to be a disaster for a new defense and dc. Hope we get the defense ready and the offense clicking by conference play. In Goach we hope. 

[Gatorbull325]

I feel our team should be fine with the schedule below - 

 

[Brad]

6 hours ago, GoBulls84 said:

I think Goach goes with BB to start. Having all the spring reps in his back pocket, I think GB would have to absolutely blow everyone away in the fall to take the job.

Don't you mean Gohanon?