The most encouraging thing about this year has been the young talent on D.
I'll probably miss some, because there are so many.
Drayk Bowen reminds me of Teo a bit, he's really starting to play like a read and react savage out there.
KVA - Does not look like a true freshman, he's an animal.
Ausbery - He's like Sneed, fast and athletic, but unlike Sneed he seems to know what he's doing most of the time. Also, he's one of the few players that showed up for the NIU debacle.
Young - he can grow into a monster on that frame.
Shuler, Traore (sucks he got injured), Gray, Moore, Junior.
We're going to be good on defense for the foreseeable future.
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The young D players have been a very bright spot and most are an improvement on the older starters.
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There's no defensive tackles on your list.
Because it's a black hole there.
ND needs to spend a ton of NIL money on that position this off-season.
Possibly move Bryce Young to DT
I'd prefer we keep him at strongside DE, but since we have some decent depth at DE, and a lot of upcoming young talent, it may make sense to give it a whirl. He would easily be big enough to handle the 3 technique tackle position after this season.
He's already at 265 as a true freshman, after tipping the scales at 245 as a high school senior.
He's already much bigger than his legendary father was when he was a true freshman, and he's a very smart fellow (like his father) who understands technique, leverage, etc.
He's not nearly done growing, either, and another off-season of strength, conditioning, and development could really elevate him. .
Indeed. It's hard to see much drop off at all which is amazing. Golden's adjustments also deserve
credit here as well.