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Apparently they due have a couple 3* backup targets. Truesdell (sp) is supposed to be a lock at this point.
My take is we need to take 4. Two HS and two JUCO. I think once we get numbers up, we can take 2 a year while accepting rejects from the OL.
I hope they do have some Plan B's.
To your last comment; agree, and we need to do that. It's a desperate situation. I think it's obvious Riles moves over but we "should" move another one over if they are not playing. No need to let Bryan & Clark take a beating an entire game when we can insert a big body in there for 10 snaps a game. Right now, looking at the roster (I posted this in the Depth Chart thread), Buchanan - at 6'2 301lbs - looks like a solid prospect for the DL. If we go into next year with only Clark, Bryan (as starters) and Riles & Edwards (JUCO kid) as the backups we need another non-true freshman over there (for depth). It's almost certain that 2 of these 4 DTs will miss time due to injuries at some point in the season. I know the staff is hoping that CeCe, Polite, and Ancrum will be stop-gaps to play some snaps....but they aren't true SEC DT's (not at 260-275lbs). Buchanan (or another OL) moving over would give us a 300+lb option.
It's a shame this staff has put us in this situation....