re: 2017 RMD: In The Books!

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My defensive backfield is criminally underrated by all of the recruiting sites.

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Jamyest Williams is going to be one to watch. It's either all going to come together and he's going to be brilliant, or he's going to struggle with consistently larger receivers (ie. IMG game). I tend to think the former... he's a lights out baller. I don't know if it will translate to NFL, but I think at the college level he should still excel.
Tre Brown very talented, going to have to fight hard to see the field though, as OU has recruited the CB position well. Dunno anything about your safeties, but I'll trust your opinion on an Auburn recruit at the least.

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QB Shawn Robinson TCU 8
RB Cordarrian Richardson UCF 7
RB Chuba Hubbard Okla St. 12
WR Omar Manning TCU 10
WR Evidence Njoku Miami U 19
TE Kemari Averett Louisville 22
OL Chuck Filiaga Michigan 6
OL Ryan Nelson Virginia 20
OL Matt Sichterman Nebraska 21
OL K'Rojhn Calbert Tennessee 18
OL Caleb Chandler Louisville 15


DE Chase Young tOSU 1
DT Dalyn Wade-Perry Stanford 13
DE Luiji Vilain Michigan 3
OLB Marquise Blair Utah 16
ILB Sampson Niu Oregon 11
OLB Walter Grant Georgia 9
NK Eric Stokes Georgia 17
CB Elijah Blades Nebraska 5
S Richard LeCounte Georgia 2
S Robert Barnes Oklahoma 4
CB LeAnthony Williams Clemson 14

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Big-10 - 5
ACC - 5
SEC - 4
Big-12 - 4
Pac-12 - 3
Other - 1

I'm not going to proclaim my draft class DBU, but damn... I'm pretty ecstatic with my haul there. I also invested early picks... there were certainly some real value safeties in particular much later... good on you who grabbed them.

I'm pretty pleased with my base 3-3-5, which could easily be flexed to a 4-2-5 (Walter Grant has played OLB/ILB/DE all at high levels, and likely will get moved around similarly at UGA). I tried to draft defense with high versatility. Stokes is another guy that I'm maybe a little less confident in as a DB prospect at UGA given who's been brought in, but he very likely will see significant time in the return game as well.

My OL is obviously a low investment for me, but I'm of the mind that it's one of the most difficult positions to predict, so I just don't give the ratings a ton of credit short of "guaranteed tackle" type prospects (See: Filiaga - at worst a RT, with LT upside).

Very happy with my skill position guys at WR/RB/TE... all explosive athletes with solid physical measurables as well.

Was surprised I was as balanced conference wise/nationally as I ended up...