re: Numbers Crunch: -1

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I didn't see the last game, so he must have gotten playing time then I take it?

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Yea, they literally took a deep shot to him about 4 or 5 times. He seemed to be our favorite deep threat. We didn't complete any but we did get a PI call on 1

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How much action at FB did Copeland see in the ULM game?

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A lot and was pretty much useless at FB. He had no idea where to be and whiffed on several blocks. I think the staff will move him back to Dline .

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I think he could be great at DT,

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Saw him in person and he needs to gain ALOT of weight to get to a DT. Really liked him though when I met him. Hope he does well.

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Well if he gets moved back, at least he can red-shirt next year and hopefully all next year

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He does seem small out there however he's listed at about 6-1 275 which is a similar size to Nevis. He does need to put on some weight but I dont think excessively. He is in the same mold as Nevis. Not huge, quick off the line. Hopefully he comes close to Nevis' ability during his career

I count 10 SRs:
Jai Eugene
K. Sheppard
Richard Murphy
Josh Jasper
Derek Helton
Daniel Graff
Joseph Barskdale
Terrance Toliver
Pep Levingston
Drake Nevis

That is assuming Murphy doesn't get a medical RS.

So plus PP, that's 11 not 10.

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That is assuming Murphy doesn't get a medical RS

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Waiver of 5 year rule. Sorry... pet peeve

And I didn't count Graff as a scholarship guy. The numbers wouldn't change

Graff:

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Began his career as a walk-on but has since earned a scholarship

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I don't like to speculate about Tigers being attrition candidates but we will need some so these are the guys that are the top candidates imo
Kellen Theriot-Hasn't done anything/very likely never will
Chris Tolliver-injuries and is he going to keep his spot on the depth chart with the young kids improving/I wouldn't mind him staying on to see if he can put it together
Alex Russian/Tyler Edwards-Russian has a role on special teams i think but are both or either of these guys really needed on the roster?Dickson and jcobs will be playing next year and Clement is moving along quite well so it makes sense for at least 1 of them to be gone
Matt Branch-Haven't heard much about him.I know the coaches were high on him at opne point but realistically is he ever going to break the OT rotation
Ryan St. Julien-Never going to play if he isn't playing now
Drayton Calhoun-Actually would prefer to keep him on because we have serious depth issues at cb if Peterson leaves as expected.I know we have the recruits coming but i never trust true Fr. cbs until i've seen them on the field.Guys like Mathieu are rare.
Derrick Bryant-Played pretty well the other night and will be a SR but i don't see him ever making a significant contribution on defense
Rocky Duplessis-never going to break the S rotation with the guys ahead of him.

That's 9 guys that make sense.If we get at least 6-7 of them off the team then we'll make it.There is always a suprise or 2 that happen unexpectedly.I really think we are looking at 23-25 kids in this class.I trust that the coaches know of enough guys that will be leaving to get this class in.

Unless something changed, he was part of the 2007 class.

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Part of the 09 class

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