Projected Depth Chart: How the defense ranked in recruiting

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Same as the other thread, but w/ the defense.

Projected Depth Chart: How the defense ranked in recruiting

https://247sports.com/college/flori...w-the-defense-ranked-in-recruiting-145266501/

STRONG-SIDE DEFENSIVE END
Projected Starter

Zachary Carter - 6-4, 263 lbs. - Redshirt Junior
4-star (2017) - No. 3 strong-side defensive end; No. 130 overall in America; No. 23 Florida

Projected Backup

Khris Bogle - 6-6, 216 lbs. - Sophomore
4-star (2019) - No. 3 weak-side defensive end; No. 71 overall in America; No. 10 Florida

The Next Guys Up

Andrew Chatfield - 6-0, 243 lbs. - Redshirt Sophomore
4-star (2018) - No. 13 weak-side defensive end; No. 213 overall in America; No. 38 Florida

Princely Umanmielen - 6-4, 249 lbs. - Freshman
4-star (2020) - No. 9 strong-side defensive end; No. 242 overall in America; No. 38 Texas

Johnnie Brown - 6-2, 250 lbs. - Freshman
4-star (2020) - No. 22 defensive tackle; No. 226 overall in America; No. 34 Florida

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RUSH END
Projected Starter

Brenton Cox - 6-4, 247 lbs. - Redshirt Sophomore
5-star (2018) - No. 2 strong-side defensive end; No. 23 overall in America; No. 5 Georgia

Projected Backup

Jeremiah Moon - 6-6, 228 lbs. - Redshirt Senior
4-star (2016) - No. 20 outside linebacker; No. 307 overall in America; No. 8 Alabama

The Next Guys Up

Mohamoud Diabate - 6-2, 213 lbs. - Sophomore
4-star (2019) - No. 6 outside linebacker; No. 109 overall in America; No. 6 Alabama

David Reese - 6-0, 220 lbs. - Redshirt Sophomore
4-star (2018) - No. 20 outside linebacker; No. 297 overall in America; No. 53 Florida

Lloyd Summerall - 6-5, 214 lbs. - Redshirt Freshman
4-star (2019) - No. 15 weak-side defensive end; No. 243 overall in America; No. 36 Florida

Antwaun Powell - 6-3, 234 lbs. - Freshman
4-star (2020) - No. 10 weak-side defensive end; No. 182 overall in America; No. 3 Virginia

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NOSE TACKLE
Projected Starter

Kyree Campbell - 6-3, 304 lbs. - Senior
3-star (2017) - No. 1 prep defensive tackle; No. 1 prep overall in America; No. 1 prep Pennsylvania

Projected Backup

Elijah Conliffe - 6-4, 312 lbs. - Redshirt Junior
4-star (2017) - No. 18 defensive tackle; No. 310 overall in America; No. 12 Virginia

The Next Guys Up

Lamar Goods - 6-3, 310 lbs. - Freshman
4-star (2020) - No. 36 defensive tackle; No. 359 overall in America; No. 4 Connecticut

Jaelin Humphries - 6-4, 320 lbs. - Redshirt Freshman
4-star (2019) - No. 20 defensive tackle; No. 264 overall in America; No. 29 Georgia

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DEFENSIVE TACKLE
Projected Starter

Tedarrell Slaton - 6-5, 358 lbs. - Senior
4-star (2017) - No. 3 offensive guard; No. 69 overall in America; No. 12 Florida

Projected Backup

Gervon Dexter - 6-6, 286 lbs. - Freshman
5-star (2020) - No. 3 defensive tackle; No. 12 overall in America; No. 1 Florida

The Next Guys Up

Marlon Dunlap - 6-3, 295 lbs. - Redshirt Senior
4-star (2016) - No. 79 defensive tackle; No. 1,289 overall in America; No. 53 North Carolina

Jalen Lee - 6-3, 294 lbs. - Freshman
4-star (2020) - No. 37 defensive tackle; No. 361 overall in America; No. 16 Louisiana

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LINEBACKER
Projected Starters

James Houston - 6-1, 233 lbs. - Redshirt Junior
4-star (2017) - No. 43 outside linebacker; No. 649 overall in America; No. 83 Florida

Ventrell Miller - 6-0, 222 lbs. - Redshirt Junior
4-star (2017) - No. 36 outside linebacker; No. 570 overall in America; No. 76 Florida

Projected Backups

Tyron Hopper - 6-2, 215 lbs. - Redshirt Freshman
4-star (2019) - No. 4 outside linebacker; No. 88 overall in America; No. 11 Georgia

Lacedrick Brunson - 6-1, 229 lbs. - Redshirt Junior
2-star (2017) - No. 156 outside linebacker; N/A overall in America; No. 355 Florida

The Next Guys Up

Derek Wingo - 6-2, 210 lbs. - Freshman
4-star (2020) - No. 5 outside linebacker; No. 63 overall in America; No. 13 Florida

Jesiah Pierre - 6-2, 225 lbs. - Redshirt Freshman
3-star (2019) - No. 49 outside linebacker; No. 718 overall in America; No. 87 Florida

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CORNERBACKS
Projected Starters

Marco Wilson - 6-0, 190 lbs. - Redshirt Junior
4-star (2017) - No. 25 cornerback; No. 183 overall in America; No. 29 Florida

Kaiir Elam - 6-2, 187 lbs. - Sophomore
4-star (2019) - No. 6 cornerback; No. 48 overall in America; No. 7 Florida

Projected Backups

Jaydon Hill - 6-0, 175 lbs. - Sophomore
4-star (2019) - No. 32 cornerback; No. 323 overall in America; No. 13 Alabama

Chester Kimbrough - 5-11, 172 lbs. - Sophomore
3-star (2019) - No. 45 cornerback; No. 452 overall in America; No. 19 Louisiana

The Next Guys Up

Jahari Rogers - 6-0, 170 lbs. - Freshman
4-star (2020) - No. 7 cornerback; No. 86 overall in America; No. 11 Texas

Ethan Pouncey - 6-1, 160 lbs. - Freshman
4-star (2020) - No. 11 cornerback; No. 174 overall in America; No. 26 Florida

Avery Helm - 6-2, 170 lbs. - Freshman
4-star (2020) - No. 23 cornerback; No. 341 overall in America; No. 48 Texas

Fenley Graham - 5-9, 171 lbs. - Freshman
3-star (2020) - No. 33 cornerback; No. 471 overall in America; No. 66 Florida

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NICKELBACK
Projected Starter

Amari Burney - 6-2, 224 lbs. - Junior
4-star (2018) - No. 14 safety; No. 178 overall in America; No. 31 Florida

Projected Backup

Tre'Vez Johnson - 5-11, 175 lbs. - Freshman
3-star (2020) - No. 41 safety; No. 473 overall in America; No. 67 Florida

The Next Guy Up

Christopher McWilliams - 5-11, 184 lbs. - Redshirt Senior
3-star (2016) - No. 132 cornerback; N/A overall in America; No. 198 Florida

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SAFETY
Projected Starters

Shawn Davis - 5-11, 185 lbs. - Senior
3-star (2017) - No. 41 cornerback; No. 353 overall in America; No. 43 Florida

Brad Stewart - 6-0, 200 lbs. - Senior
4-star (2017) - No. 19 cornerback; No. 150 overall in America; No. 6 Louisiana

Projected Backups

Donovan Stiner - 6-1, 203 lbs. - Senior
3-star (2017) - No. 57 safety; No. 768 overall in America; No. 108 Texas

Trey Dean - 6-3, 194 lbs. - Junior
4-star (2018) - No. 17 safety; No. 195 overall in America; No. 23 Georgia

The Next Guys Up

Quincy Lenton - 5-11, 205 lbs. - Redshirt Senior
3-star (2016) - No. 39 safety; No. 594 overall in America; No. 21 Mississippi

Rashad Torrence II - 6-0, 195 lbs. - Freshman
4-star (2020) - No. 32 safety; No. 332 overall in America; No. 32 Georgia

Mordecai McDaniel - 6-1, 195 lbs. - Freshman
4-star (2020) - No. 27 safety; No. 357 overall in America; No. 5 Washington D.C.
 

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Same as the other thread, but w/ the defense.

Projected Depth Chart: How the defense ranked in recruiting

Projected Depth Chart: How the defense ranked in recruiting

STRONG-SIDE DEFENSIVE END
Projected Starter

Zachary Carter - 6-4, 263 lbs. - Redshirt Junior
4-star (2017) - No. 3 strong-side defensive end; No. 130 overall in America; No. 23 Florida

Projected Backup

Khris Bogle - 6-6, 216 lbs. - Sophomore
4-star (2019) - No. 3 weak-side defensive end; No. 71 overall in America; No. 10 Florida

The Next Guys Up

Andrew Chatfield - 6-0, 243 lbs. - Redshirt Sophomore
4-star (2018) - No. 13 weak-side defensive end; No. 213 overall in America; No. 38 Florida

Princely Umanmielen - 6-4, 249 lbs. - Freshman
4-star (2020) - No. 9 strong-side defensive end; No. 242 overall in America; No. 38 Texas

Johnnie Brown - 6-2, 250 lbs. - Freshman
4-star (2020) - No. 22 defensive tackle; No. 226 overall in America; No. 34 Florida

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RUSH END
Projected Starter

Brenton Cox - 6-4, 247 lbs. - Redshirt Sophomore
5-star (2018) - No. 2 strong-side defensive end; No. 23 overall in America; No. 5 Georgia

Projected Backup

Jeremiah Moon - 6-6, 228 lbs. - Redshirt Senior
4-star (2016) - No. 20 outside linebacker; No. 307 overall in America; No. 8 Alabama

The Next Guys Up

Mohamoud Diabate - 6-2, 213 lbs. - Sophomore
4-star (2019) - No. 6 outside linebacker; No. 109 overall in America; No. 6 Alabama

David Reese - 6-0, 220 lbs. - Redshirt Sophomore
4-star (2018) - No. 20 outside linebacker; No. 297 overall in America; No. 53 Florida

Lloyd Summerall - 6-5, 214 lbs. - Redshirt Freshman
4-star (2019) - No. 15 weak-side defensive end; No. 243 overall in America; No. 36 Florida

Antwaun Powell - 6-3, 234 lbs. - Freshman
4-star (2020) - No. 10 weak-side defensive end; No. 182 overall in America; No. 3 Virginia

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NOSE TACKLE
Projected Starter

Kyree Campbell - 6-3, 304 lbs. - Senior
3-star (2017) - No. 1 prep defensive tackle; No. 1 prep overall in America; No. 1 prep Pennsylvania

Projected Backup

Elijah Conliffe - 6-4, 312 lbs. - Redshirt Junior
4-star (2017) - No. 18 defensive tackle; No. 310 overall in America; No. 12 Virginia

The Next Guys Up

Lamar Goods - 6-3, 310 lbs. - Freshman
4-star (2020) - No. 36 defensive tackle; No. 359 overall in America; No. 4 Connecticut

Jaelin Humphries - 6-4, 320 lbs. - Redshirt Freshman
4-star (2019) - No. 20 defensive tackle; No. 264 overall in America; No. 29 Georgia

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DEFENSIVE TACKLE
Projected Starter

Tedarrell Slaton - 6-5, 358 lbs. - Senior
4-star (2017) - No. 3 offensive guard; No. 69 overall in America; No. 12 Florida

Projected Backup

Gervon Dexter - 6-6, 286 lbs. - Freshman
5-star (2020) - No. 3 defensive tackle; No. 12 overall in America; No. 1 Florida

The Next Guys Up

Marlon Dunlap - 6-3, 295 lbs. - Redshirt Senior
4-star (2016) - No. 79 defensive tackle; No. 1,289 overall in America; No. 53 North Carolina

Jalen Lee - 6-3, 294 lbs. - Freshman
4-star (2020) - No. 37 defensive tackle; No. 361 overall in America; No. 16 Louisiana

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LINEBACKER
Projected Starters

James Houston - 6-1, 233 lbs. - Redshirt Junior
4-star (2017) - No. 43 outside linebacker; No. 649 overall in America; No. 83 Florida

Ventrell Miller - 6-0, 222 lbs. - Redshirt Junior
4-star (2017) - No. 36 outside linebacker; No. 570 overall in America; No. 76 Florida

Projected Backups

Tyron Hopper - 6-2, 215 lbs. - Redshirt Freshman
4-star (2019) - No. 4 outside linebacker; No. 88 overall in America; No. 11 Georgia

Lacedrick Brunson - 6-1, 229 lbs. - Redshirt Junior
2-star (2017) - No. 156 outside linebacker; N/A overall in America; No. 355 Florida

The Next Guys Up

Derek Wingo - 6-2, 210 lbs. - Freshman
4-star (2020) - No. 5 outside linebacker; No. 63 overall in America; No. 13 Florida

Jesiah Pierre - 6-2, 225 lbs. - Redshirt Freshman
3-star (2019) - No. 49 outside linebacker; No. 718 overall in America; No. 87 Florida

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CORNERBACKS
Projected Starters

Marco Wilson - 6-0, 190 lbs. - Redshirt Junior
4-star (2017) - No. 25 cornerback; No. 183 overall in America; No. 29 Florida

Kaiir Elam - 6-2, 187 lbs. - Sophomore
4-star (2019) - No. 6 cornerback; No. 48 overall in America; No. 7 Florida

Projected Backups

Jaydon Hill - 6-0, 175 lbs. - Sophomore
4-star (2019) - No. 32 cornerback; No. 323 overall in America; No. 13 Alabama

Chester Kimbrough - 5-11, 172 lbs. - Sophomore
3-star (2019) - No. 45 cornerback; No. 452 overall in America; No. 19 Louisiana

The Next Guys Up

Jahari Rogers - 6-0, 170 lbs. - Freshman
4-star (2020) - No. 7 cornerback; No. 86 overall in America; No. 11 Texas

Ethan Pouncey - 6-1, 160 lbs. - Freshman
4-star (2020) - No. 11 cornerback; No. 174 overall in America; No. 26 Florida

Avery Helm - 6-2, 170 lbs. - Freshman
4-star (2020) - No. 23 cornerback; No. 341 overall in America; No. 48 Texas

Fenley Graham - 5-9, 171 lbs. - Freshman
3-star (2020) - No. 33 cornerback; No. 471 overall in America; No. 66 Florida

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NICKELBACK
Projected Starter

Amari Burney - 6-2, 224 lbs. - Junior
4-star (2018) - No. 14 safety; No. 178 overall in America; No. 31 Florida

Projected Backup

Tre'Vez Johnson - 5-11, 175 lbs. - Freshman
3-star (2020) - No. 41 safety; No. 473 overall in America; No. 67 Florida

The Next Guy Up

Christopher McWilliams - 5-11, 184 lbs. - Redshirt Senior
3-star (2016) - No. 132 cornerback; N/A overall in America; No. 198 Florida

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SAFETY
Projected Starters

Shawn Davis - 5-11, 185 lbs. - Senior
3-star (2017) - No. 41 cornerback; No. 353 overall in America; No. 43 Florida

Brad Stewart - 6-0, 200 lbs. - Senior
4-star (2017) - No. 19 cornerback; No. 150 overall in America; No. 6 Louisiana

Projected Backups

Donovan Stiner - 6-1, 203 lbs. - Senior
3-star (2017) - No. 57 safety; No. 768 overall in America; No. 108 Texas

Trey Dean - 6-3, 194 lbs. - Junior
4-star (2018) - No. 17 safety; No. 195 overall in America; No. 23 Georgia

The Next Guys Up

Quincy Lenton - 5-11, 205 lbs. - Redshirt Senior
3-star (2016) - No. 39 safety; No. 594 overall in America; No. 21 Mississippi

Rashad Torrence II - 6-0, 195 lbs. - Freshman
4-star (2020) - No. 32 safety; No. 332 overall in America; No. 32 Georgia

Mordecai McDaniel - 6-1, 195 lbs. - Freshman
4-star (2020) - No. 27 safety; No. 357 overall in America; No. 5 Washington D.C.
Where's the beef?

185 lb safety's, 210 lb LB's and 213 lb DE's ....... are we an NAIA schools these days?
 

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Our linebacker and safety corp is a fvkking nightmare.

Houston and Miller have no business being the starters, but it goes to show how bad the recruiting has been.

Where's the beef?

185 lb safety's, 210 lb LB's and 213 lb DE's ....... are we an NAIA schools these days?

I'd really like to see updated weights on guys like Diabate, Summerall, Hopper, Reese and a few others.
 

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I really hope Wingo and Hopper can add 20 or 30 lbs in the off season. They may be the only 2 SEC level talent wise linebackers we've got.

Watching Houston play last year was giving me flashbacks of Vosean Joseph, 90% of the time he's in the wrong spot, he just gets to the wrong spot much slower than Vosean :lol:. I know some on here were pretty high on Pierre coming out of high school, hopefully he outplays the hell out of his recruiting ranking.

There's no way the safety play can be worse than last year with the graduation of Jeawon Taylor, maybe Stiner will decide to transfer this summer. Hell I think we'd have more success playing with 10 guys most plays than the 11th being Stiner. At least the other db's would know before the ball was snapped there's no help back there as opposed to thinking they've got help over the top.
 

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I'd really like to see updated weights on guys like Diabate, Summerall, Hopper, Reese and a few others.
Yeah I used to look forward to updated weights too.....until they would be the same in fall practice as they were in spring......
 

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I thought Christopher McWilliams transferred out years ago? :bandit:
 

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I really hope Wingo and Hopper can add 20 or 30 lbs in the off season. They may be the only 2 SEC level talent wise linebackers we've got.

Watching Houston play last year was giving me flashbacks of Vosean Joseph, 90% of the time he's in the wrong spot, he just gets to the wrong spot much slower than Vosean :lol:. I know some on here were pretty high on Pierre coming out of high school, hopefully he outplays the hell out of his recruiting ranking.

There's no way the safety play can be worse than last year with the graduation of Jeawon Taylor, maybe Stiner will decide to transfer this summer. Hell I think we'd have more success playing with 10 guys most plays than the 11th being Stiner. At least the other db's would know before the ball was snapped there's no help back there as opposed to thinking they've got help over the top.

Agreed

On rare occasion when Stiner was in the right position to make a play he would totally whiff on the tackle.

The guy is unblocked late against Mississippi State last year and makes the sack and suddenly people decide he’s a star but that’s the only play he has made in 3 years
 

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I thought Christopher McWilliams transferred out years ago? :bandit:
No that was Chris McWilliamson.

They are essentially the same player though.

it's easy to get them confused.
 

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If that were what happens Id be happy.

And yet, wake me up when Stiner isnt starting.

I think the odds are against us at successfully moving edge rushers like Diabetus and Wingo (and all tothe others) inside linebacker.
 

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LB is definitely an eye opener in a bad way. I like the guys we have at safety minus Stiner.
Man coverage just isn't their strength. TD can be a decent back up safety I think. I know i've
seen enough of him at star. Miller is probably the closest thing to a physical presence like
Reese, so I expect him to get a lot of snaps. Diabate looks more of a natural sam to me
and/or pass rusher. I don't know if he's physical enough for the will spot, but that is
for the staff to figure out. He definitely has the athleticism , which obviously is a good thing.
The play of the backers and OL were going to be what I looked at most over spring. We're going
to be counting on guys at LB that haven't played much, or in some cases any college ball yet .
 

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Depends on the opponent. I liked Marco there in the glimpses we saw from him a year ago.
Asking Burney to play that spot isn't playing to his strength in my opinion. I think he's more
of a Marcus Maye type safety that can help you in the run game and cover a tight end.
Asking Amari to cover a slot or a back out of the backfield is going to be a mismatch
against a lot of teams we play. If it were me I'd probably play Marco there if Hill and/or
CK continue to improve.
 

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