re: Shea crystal ball - CB Nathaniel Wiggins to LSU (8/10 confidence)

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It is like only one recruiting class in our CB room.

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But it’s not though. It’s one recruiting class plus the #2 CB in another class. That’s only one guy but it’s a guy with 3 years ahead of him who should lock down a spot as soon as he gets a shot. Any kid we get this year probably isn’t seeing the field for at least two years after he gets on campus, which I think also made recruiting DBs a little more difficult this year; the kids know that. I agree it’s strange to see us not get a top 3 CB for instance. Not to mention it is difficult to recruit against Clemson, OSU, and anyone in Alabama (4 of the top 7 CBs fall into that category and we get #9).

In any case, the point is that we actually don’t have an immediate, or even near future, need at CB.

Soph - 2 years left at least
-Stingley (Best to do it since PP7)
-Flott (Will start at one of the 3 CBs for next two years)
-Ward (Already a solid backup in rotation)
-Radar Jones (Next man up after Ricks)

Freshmen - 3 years at least
-Ricks (#2 CB; probably struggles to get on the field this year because of current depth)
-Mcglock (not highly ranked but supposed to have a ton of potential)

That’s 6 solid kids all with least 2 years left not even counting upper classmen and recruits like Sage and Mo Hampton who should play safety. For anyone to be good enough to get in front of Stingley, Flott, and Ricks, he’d basically have to be another Stingley.