apaladin wrote: ↑Mon May 07, 2018 8:25 pm
Regardless, the loss of these 2 is big. Yes Brown had not played a down but he was dominant in the spring game. We only have one DE with a lot of game experience.
And back to my original point, the 3-4 DE is essentially a DT. We have good rotational depth up front.
Okonya is the likely starter, he’s played a lot. Seabrook played in 10 games last season. Landon Lawrence played in every game. Tibbs will anchor the other side of the line. Alec Hanff (who might be recovering from injury) has played a lot of snaps at DE.
I’d have liked to see Brown play for Furman. He’d be a useful asset. Still, we didn’t lose anyone off last years rotation, which saw a lot of guys play a lot of snaps. Add to that a handful of redshirt freshmen, and there should be good depth there. Hendrix is apparently comfortable enough with depth along the DL that he’s moved some interior linemen (Jordan Harris) to offense.
And, let’s remember, Hendrix inherited a pretty bare cupboard, especially on the defensive line. That’s one area in particular we look to have been really strong in recruiting the last two seasons. That first recruiting class is going to see some playing time this year, so we will just wait and see.