OLine is razor thin. No surprise there. Hope we get Ford back soon. Surprised Day isn't at tackle to help with that depth. He came up clutch last year when we couldn't figure out the OLine situation.
I'm curious about RB this year. How do we replace a guy like Davis? How's the depth? Trayanum is out for injury, right? What's up with Wilcox and the Mizell kid that was drawing some hype?
Glad to see Willie Rodriguez has made the 2-deep. Pretty sure I heard good stuff about him on Twitter from folks who saw practices this summer.
Defense looks great. Excited to see Afari as a LB. Wonder if he'll pan out like a hybrid do-everything defender like Winston Guy when it's all said and done.
Overall, I'm excited to see how we fare this year. Tough schedule, but our ones look great on paper.
You really think the OL is razor thin? When reading Ford was out for an injury, I was quite concerned as well. But looking at the depth chart, it wasn't as bad as I thought it would be.
Left Tackle
69 Marques Cox, 6-5, 318, Sr-1L, Peoria, Ill. (Northern Illinois/Peoria)
71 Malachi Wood, 6-8, 320, Fr-RS, Richmond, Ky. (Madison Central)
Left Guard
62 Jager Burton, 6-4, 316, Jr-2L, Lexington, Ky. (Frederick Douglass)
53 Aba Selm, 6-4, 303, Fr-HS, Independence, Ky. (Simon Kenton)
Center
75 Eli Cox, 6-4, 309, Sr-4L, Nicholasville, Ky. (West Jessamine)
50 Koby Keenum, 6-4, 302, Fr-RS, Florence, Ala. (Mars Hill Bible School)
Right Guard
52 Jalen Farmer, 6-5, 314, So-Tr, Covington, Ga. (Florida/Eastside)
73 Dylan Ray, 6-6, 310, Jr-1L, Noblesville, Ind. (West Virginia/Noblesville)
Right Tackle
54 Gerald Mincey, 6-6, 335, Sr-Tr, Fort Lauderdale, Fla. (Tennessee/Florida/Cardinal Gibbons)
78 Anfernee Crease, 6-6, 315, So-Tr, Tomball, Texas (Navarro College/Tomball Memorial
The encouraging thing to me is that the only young guys (Wood, Selm, Keenum) in the 2-deep are guys that I thought I had already read good things about prior to hearing of Ford's injury.
In addition, there appears to be more bodies available on the interior...so maybe guys like OGs Ramsey & Christman may be able to provide depth on the interior if Ray is needed to step out and add depth at OT?
I'm not saying that's great, but maybe I was just thinking it would be a lot worse (maybe you were thinking it was better)? Now that we've both probably arrived about the same spot, it just seems better than where I started and worse than what you thought? 🤣
Also, I recognize your name from way back, right? So, when I think
razor thin, I think back to the Rich Brooks days and early Stoops days when that meant you had backup Sunbelt level guys competing for starting spots.