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Every scholarship portal guy we brought in this year contributed meaningfully to the team.

What was more impressive, though, was putting in all of that young talent (quite a few freshmen and sophomores played a lot of minutes this year) and putting out that level of performance.

The position coaches have done a great job of getting players ready for the most part.

Joe Rudolph worked some real miracles this year, putting forth a decent offensive line out of 2nd and 3rd stringers when all of those injuries robbed us of our best prospective players. To have an undersized, 3 star true freshman starting at left tackle all year long, and holding his own, is quite remarkable.

Mike Mickens had Leonard Moore seamlessly stepping in for Ben Morrison, to the point where I don't see any dropoff with Moore in there. He's doing just fine covering WR1's on the boundary side. That, plus he has a true sophomore (Adon Shuler) playing safety and doing a fine job.

Al Washington helped get a lot of defensive linemen ready to play, and that even after the boatload of injuries, still has them playing at a high level.

Max Bullough's linebacker corps looks deep and talented.

Gino Guidugli helped Riley Leonard get caught up, and Leonard become more than just a "look for WR1 and take off running" QB. No, he's not a precision pocket passer, but he definitely improved throughout the season.