Carlos Watkins, 4 Star, Opening Day Starter in 2014, had a set back mentally last season due to loss of his best friend and injuries sustained from a car wreck. He is back, was the #8 overall DT the year he signed.
Scott Pagano, 4 Star, Back up that has been coming on strong. Very capable, one of the top DT recruits in his class when he signed with Clemson. This is his year to shine.
Christian Wilkins, 5 Star, War Daddy. One of the top if not the top DT recruit in the country in the 2015 class. Agile, Speedy, Athletic. A 300 LBer that can do back flips. Was a machine in HS and has been taking 1st team reps already before Reader stepped aside.
Bert Huggins, 4 Star, #1 Recruit in the State of SC for the 2015 class. 290 LBs, was/will be expected to contribute in 2015 before loss of Reader.
Jabril Robinson and Rod Byers are serviceable back ups.
This team still has a very talented DT rotation. Young, but extremely talented.
I would hesitate to revise your W/L totals based on the loss of Reader for half the season. Who else on our schedule, in all seriousness, has this kind of talent at DT on our schedule? One or two teams?
The best thing to help our 2015 defense will be the offense, which everyone fails to recognize or acknowledge. Auburn won the title a few years back with a defense in the mid 50's if I recall. I see this defense as much better than that.
We are not going to score 17 points against Syracuse this year fellas. We don't need a defense that only gives up 12 points a game.
We can afford to take a step back and still have the success we all want. We have excellent coaches, talent all over the field, I just don't see anything less than 10-2 out of this team.
Scott Pagano, 4 Star, Back up that has been coming on strong. Very capable, one of the top DT recruits in his class when he signed with Clemson. This is his year to shine.
Christian Wilkins, 5 Star, War Daddy. One of the top if not the top DT recruit in the country in the 2015 class. Agile, Speedy, Athletic. A 300 LBer that can do back flips. Was a machine in HS and has been taking 1st team reps already before Reader stepped aside.
Bert Huggins, 4 Star, #1 Recruit in the State of SC for the 2015 class. 290 LBs, was/will be expected to contribute in 2015 before loss of Reader.
Jabril Robinson and Rod Byers are serviceable back ups.
This team still has a very talented DT rotation. Young, but extremely talented.
I would hesitate to revise your W/L totals based on the loss of Reader for half the season. Who else on our schedule, in all seriousness, has this kind of talent at DT on our schedule? One or two teams?
The best thing to help our 2015 defense will be the offense, which everyone fails to recognize or acknowledge. Auburn won the title a few years back with a defense in the mid 50's if I recall. I see this defense as much better than that.
We are not going to score 17 points against Syracuse this year fellas. We don't need a defense that only gives up 12 points a game.
We can afford to take a step back and still have the success we all want. We have excellent coaches, talent all over the field, I just don't see anything less than 10-2 out of this team.
