How many years will Gaye have since he went to JC

Unless he is going to step in right away and start. It's a waist of Scholarship.

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So you are going to be left with Ferrell, Logan,

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Why wouldn’t Shelvin play?

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So you are going to be left with Ferrell, Logan, some true freshman and multiple underwhelming vets who hardly see the field for a team (this season) that could use some more DL/OLB depth.

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Let’s assume Logan stays. We will have:
Logan
Ferrell
Shelvin (unless he declares)
Ika
Evans
Williams
Fonua
Jenkins

Of the 9 listed, only 5 are proven. We will need Gaye to provide depth because of his physical maturity. That will give you a 6 man rotation which then you can hope one or two of your unproven guys step up. That will also allow you to slowly work in the freshmen linemen.
The key will be to hold on to Shelvin, Logan and Ferrell with Ika and Evans the first off the bench. That is not a terrible rotation. We had far worse over the last 6-7 years.

If we get Burch, that should cure any worries

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If we get Burch,

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I wouldn’t have that expectation.

Most Juco Defiensive Lineman stats are underwhelming. Isaiah Buggs was one of the top Juco players in the country and started every game in his two years at Bama, but he only had 7.5 sacks in his two years of Juco ball.

With Gaye they know that he is very projectable with a SEC ready frame, with a little coaching up he can easily step in and play next year.