Ok. We are about a 2 weeks away from the start of spring practice. Here is a breakdown of who is on campus, how the numbers of each class breakdown, total scholarship numbers, etc. For the sake of simplicity, only scholarship players are included.
CURRENT ROSTER
OFFENSE
QB - 4
Chris Todd-JR
Neil Caudle-SO
Kodi Burns-SO
DeRon Furr-FR
TB - 4
Brad Lester-SR
Tristan Davis-SR
Benjamin Tate-JR
Mario Fanin-SO
FB - 1
John Douglas-RFR
WR - 8
Robert Dunn-SR
James Swinton-SR
Rod Smith-SR
Montez Billings-JR
Tim Hawthorne-SO
Terrell Zachery-SO
Chris Slaughter-SO
Quindarius Carr-RFR
TE - 3
Tommy Trott-JR
Gabe McKenzie-JR
Bailey Woods-RFR
OL - 12
Tyronne Green-SR
Jason Bosley-SR
Andrew McCain-JR
Mike Berry-SO
Lee Tilley-SO
Byron Isom-SO
Bart Eddins-SO
Lee Ziemba-SO
Chaz Ramsey-SO
Ryan Pugh-SO
Jared Cooper-RFR
Kyle Coulahan-RFR
DEFENSE
DT - 4
Jermarcus Ricks-JR
Mike Blanc-SO
Zach Clayton-SO
Darrell Roseman-SO
DE - 6
Sen’Derrick Marks-JR
Antonio Coleman-JR
Raven Gray-JR
Michael Goggins-SO
Antoine Carter-SO
A.J. Greene-RFR
LB - 10
Merrill Johnson-SR
Courtney Harden-SR
Chris Evans-SR
Tray Blackmon-JR
Craig Stevens-SO
Bo Harris-SO
Josh Bynes-SO
Brent Slusher-SO
Adam Herring-RFR
Deshaun Barnes-TFR
DB - 7
Jerraud Powers-JR
Aairon Savage-JR
Walter McFadden-JR
Zaccheus Etheridge-SO
Michael McNeil-SO
Ryan Williams-SO
Michael Slade-RFR
K/P/S/H – 3
Robert Shiver- SR
Zach Kutch-JR
Ryan Shoemaker-SO
Wes Byrum-SO
TFR=02
RFR=08
SO=27
JR=15
SR=11
TOTAL: 63
So that means we have 22 scholarships left for people to report in the Summer/Fall. (85-63=22 for the mathematically challenged among you.) Also notice the extremely large sophomore class. This is a product of the huge amount of true freshman we played this year vs. the incredibly small amount that played the year before. This will create an interesting by-product in recruiting down the road, which will be discussed later.
Here is our list of people who are committed, were once committed, or are enrolled:
2008 Recruits:
Commits:
QB: Chris Todd Enrolled
Deron Furr Enrolled
Barrett Trotter LOI
RB: Eric Smith LOI
Reggie Hunt (q) LOI
Enrique Davis Mississippi
Onterrio McCaleb JUCO
WR: Derek Winter LOI
Darvin Adams LOI
Damion Allen JUCO
Harry Adams (q) LOI
Phillip-Pierre Louis LOI
Jamarn Fortson Florida State
TE: Dax Dellenbach LOI
Ken Adams JUCO
Vance Smith LOI
OL: Jermaine Johnson (q) LOI
DL: Cameron Henderson (q) LOI
Jomarcus Savage LOI
Andre Wadley (q) LOI
Freddie Smooth LOI
Derrick Lykes (q) LOI
Raven Gray Enrolled
LB: Spencer Pybus LOI
Deshaun Barnes Enrolled
CB: D’Antoine Hood LOI
Drew Cole LOI
George Baker South Florida
S: Neiko Lipscomb (q) LOI
Brandon Smith JUCO
Christian Thompson (q) LOI
Marcus Jemison LOI
T’Sharvan Bell LOI
Total: 30
Enrolled: 4
LOI: 22
JUCO: 4
Kids with the "q" by their name means that they are the most questionable to qualify. I think we can expect to get about half of them in.
As you can see, we have 4 guys who we know are JUCO bound barring a miracle. That leaves 22 guys that have a legitimate shot at qualifying who are not already enrolled at Auburn.
If by some unforeseen event, we manage to get all 22 people who have qualifying, we will have used every scholarship available to us.
If you look at the class breakdown, you will see that we will only be losing 11 players after this year. Which if we qualified everybody from this class that has a chance, we would only be able to offer 11 scholarships next year if we didn't have any attrition.Going by the common rule of you can get half of the guys in that have questions about their qualifying, we will bring in 18 more this year. 63+18=81
That leaves us with 15 spots to offer next year. There is no way we are only going to bring in 15 people next year, which means that you should look for quite a bit of attrition after this upcoming season. If you look at the class breakdown, it is obvious that the sophomore class is the one who will probably be losing the most players. Specifically, the RS Sophomores. Look for the RS Sophomores that are still buried on the depth chart after this next season is complete. Those are the guys that we could be losing to open up some scholarships for next year. Obviously, how many guys we lose, should be proportional to the amount of question marks we can get in this class.
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