I’m sick of hearing about our “young” defenders being an excuse:
Caleb Tannor: 5th year
Braxton Clark: 5th year
Nick Henrich: 4th year
Garrett Nelson: 4th year
Luke Reimer: 4th year (former walk-on)
Ty Robinson: 4th year
Mosai Newsom: 4th year
Quinton Newsome: 4th year
Myles Farmer: 4th year
Noa Pola Gates: 4th year
Javin Wright: 4th year (injuries)
Garret Snodgrass: 4th year (injured)
Isaac Gifford: 3rd year
Eteva Mauga-Clements: 3rd year plus 2 JUCO
Nash Hutmacher: 3rd year
Marquis Black: 3rd year
Blaise Gunnerson: 3rd year
Jimari Butler: 3rd year
Tamon Lynum: 3rd year
Marques Buford: 2nd year+prep school
Colton Feist: 5th year walk-on
Stephon Wynn: 5th year transfer
Devin Drew: 5th year transfer
Ochaun Mathis: 5th year transfer
Chris Kolarevic: 6th year transfer
+Tommie Hill, Omar Brown, Kaine Williams, Deshon Singleton, Jalil Martin with college or juco level experience and others in their second year.
There’s been a vast amount of players leaving (which is a small part of coaching failure) but almost all of our starters or major contributors have a minimum of 3 years at college level, majority with more.
Others with years in the program being beat out by younger guys.
Others have said it, but every college team deals with the ebb and flow of youth and experience. If guys aren’t ready after 3-4 years at college level to avoid being 124th? in team defense, then it’s not likely to click after 5-6 years.
There’s roughly 10-11 four star caliber players in the names above, but we can’t stop anyone, even FCS teams.
Getting players ready in a couple of years is a requirement in college. I’ll give the DL guys an extra year.
The point is we’re simply not that young. We just lost some veterans. That alone is normal, not a crisis.
Caleb Tannor: 5th year
Braxton Clark: 5th year
Nick Henrich: 4th year
Garrett Nelson: 4th year
Luke Reimer: 4th year (former walk-on)
Ty Robinson: 4th year
Mosai Newsom: 4th year
Quinton Newsome: 4th year
Myles Farmer: 4th year
Noa Pola Gates: 4th year
Javin Wright: 4th year (injuries)
Garret Snodgrass: 4th year (injured)
Isaac Gifford: 3rd year
Eteva Mauga-Clements: 3rd year plus 2 JUCO
Nash Hutmacher: 3rd year
Marquis Black: 3rd year
Blaise Gunnerson: 3rd year
Jimari Butler: 3rd year
Tamon Lynum: 3rd year
Marques Buford: 2nd year+prep school
Colton Feist: 5th year walk-on
Stephon Wynn: 5th year transfer
Devin Drew: 5th year transfer
Ochaun Mathis: 5th year transfer
Chris Kolarevic: 6th year transfer
+Tommie Hill, Omar Brown, Kaine Williams, Deshon Singleton, Jalil Martin with college or juco level experience and others in their second year.
There’s been a vast amount of players leaving (which is a small part of coaching failure) but almost all of our starters or major contributors have a minimum of 3 years at college level, majority with more.
Others with years in the program being beat out by younger guys.
Others have said it, but every college team deals with the ebb and flow of youth and experience. If guys aren’t ready after 3-4 years at college level to avoid being 124th? in team defense, then it’s not likely to click after 5-6 years.
There’s roughly 10-11 four star caliber players in the names above, but we can’t stop anyone, even FCS teams.
Getting players ready in a couple of years is a requirement in college. I’ll give the DL guys an extra year.
The point is we’re simply not that young. We just lost some veterans. That alone is normal, not a crisis.