re: Who has the best chance to make an impact in 2012?

Odds are some of the early enrollees will see the field first.

Of the five, SNP Reid Ferguson gets an immediate shot with Joey Crappell/Alex Russian gone (& the walk-on Boudreaux kid as the lone returnee).

LB's Ronnie Feist & Lamar Louis will get some good looks with SLB Francois, WLB Baker, & MLB Hatcher gone, but will competition light a fire under MLB Minter, SLB Taj Jones,& WLB Luke Muncie to keep their spots?

Of the incoming Fall frosh, WR's can get on the field the fastest, and I think of the 3 new WR's, Travin Dural can best provide the deep threat situationally that we'll be missing now that Rueben Randle is gone.

Defensively, my heart wants to pick Fall frosh LB Debo Jones because he is so ultra-athletic, instinctive, & fundamentally sound, but with a position change from MLB to OLB and being behind the early enrolees/returning upperclassmen, I just don't see it happening early. So my head says DE Danielle Hunter can see significant backup snaps behind Mingo at LDE with Ken Adams leaving & the under-achieving Chancey Aghayere as Hunter's main competition at backup. Then again, SS Corey Thompson could also see significant snaps behind Loston as well.