Belated frosh notes on new personnel grid:
- Offensive frosh added: Jones, Peat at RB; Archer, Lush (PWO) at TE; Higgins, Bowman, Graham at WR; Rouse, Miller at OT; Bragg, Hornibrook at OG; Nugent at C.
- Defensive frosh added: Herron, Pakola, DiCosmo at OLB; Sinclair, Damuni at ILB; STM, Kelly, Toomer, Manley at CB; McGill, Jones (PWO) at S.
- ST frosh added: Sanborn at P (PWO).
- At every position (except one), I listed players where the team is currently listing them. This does not, of course, preclude a position switch before the season starts.
- When the team lists a player for two positions (e.g., "OG/OT" or "CB/S"), I list the player at the first position listed by the team. Those players include Branson Bragg (OG/OT), Aeneas DiCosmo (OLB/ILB), Jake Hornibrook (OG/OT), Jonathan McGill (CB/S), Drake Nugent (C/OG), Ryan Sanborn (P/K), Nicolas Toomer (CB/S), and Salim Turner-Muhammad (CB/S). That's a lot of slashes. The coaches are obviously either recruiting, projecting, or trying to encourage versatility.
- The one exception for my listing rule was Jonathan McGill. There are three CB/S slashes. I really doubt that they are going to consider all five incoming frosh CBs (those three plus Kelly and Manley) as primarily cornerbacks. At least one will be a S. I project McGill because that was his HS position, at which he excelled. And it is easier on the grid not to list five players of any year at one position.
- Sanborn is interesting in that, technically, he is a freshman walk-on projected to start.
- I like the balance in the class except for the lack of a QB, which is an oversight, IMO, and zero DL, which is a bigger oversight, IMO.