Picked up an updated roster Saturday with new heights and weights. To give some idea of how some of these players have changed since last year, plus looking at some of the incoming freshmen and the direction this staff may take over the previous regime. For instance, the Linebackers on roster now are as follows:
Darren Bates 5'11" 203
Josh Bynes 6'2" 235
Wade Christopher 6'1" 223
Jessel Curry 6'1" 214
Watson Downs 6'0" 215
Jonathon Evans 5'11" 230
Eltoro Freeman 5'11" 225
Harris Gaston 6'1" 231
Jake Holland 6'0" 231
Ladarious Owens 6'2" 236
Ashton Richardson 6'0" 190
Craig Stevens 6'3" 229
Jawara White 6'1" 243
Not taking a side on the best route to take between smaller and faster or bigger and stronger. We certainly had success under CTT with that style LB. However, you can see a definite trend towards the bigger guys with most of the players in that 230+ area and the freshmen sure to get bigger during their careers.
Offensive Linemen are:
Mike Berry 6'3" 316
Blake Burgess 6'2" 278
Ed Christian 6'4" 277
Jared Cooper 6'4" 300
Bart Eddins 6'4" 304
Tunde Fariyike 6'2" 330
Roszell Gayden 6'6" 315
A.J. Greene 6'5" 291
Andre Harris 6'3" 318
Byron Isom 6'3" 302
Eric Mack 6'3" 361
Brandon Mosely 6'6" 299
Andrew Parmer 5'10" 267
Ryan Preston 6'1" 274
Ryan Pugh 6'2" 297
Chad Slade 6'5" 316
John Sullen 6'6" 312
Lee Ziemba 6'8" 319
The two things of note here are how far they've come since Tony Franklin had them on the Slimfast plan of muscle building. Second, with Ryan Pugh up in the 300 range, I can easily see two NFL first rounders in Pugh and Ziemba if they have good seasons.
Our D-Line has now become surprisingly bigger from the past year. Not that there are any real monsters or guys blocking field goals wiff dey titties, but there are now a bunch of guys in the rotation at or above the 300 mark, which is essential in this league if you want to have success.
Mike Blanc 6'4" 297
Antoine Carter DE 6'4" 256
Kenneth Carter 6'5" 281
Zach Clayton 6'3" 296
Justin Delaine 6'5" DE 232
Nosa Egua DE 6'2" 258
Nick Fairley 6'5" 298
Dee Ford DE 6'4" 240
Michael Goggans DE 6'3" 261
Joe Jones 5'11" 304
Corey Lemonier DE 6'4" 227
Derrick Lykes 6'2" 286
Craig Sanders DE 6'4" 248
Jamar Travis 6'0" 288
Jeffrey Whitaker 6'3" 308
I'd like to see more numbers on the interior D-Line because we're an injury or two away from hurting pretty bad there. If they stay fairly healthy, I think we'll definitely have more bodies in the rotation on the interior than last year.
Thoughts?
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