2023 Football Roster Projection

Bored so wanted to look at the how the roster will change from this to next year, and what kind of improvement if any we can expect. It's been speculated that next year will be when the most roster attrition takes place, so I wanted to see how many players are leaving and how many could/should be replaced by the portal.

Not 100% sure but I believe we had 1-2 open scholarships at the start of this season. Looking at the roster I believe we will lose around 18-21 seniors and 5-10 current players to the transfer portal. I'll estimate on the high end of both.

Estimated turnover: 20 (Graduating) + 9 (Portal) = 29 New spots

2023 Class is currently at 19, I believe it will finish around 22.

Estimated Portal Scholarships:
28 - 22 = 6 (new spots) + 2 (currently open)
= 8 transfer portal pickups

My positions of need breakdown for transfer players:

1 - OL
1 - QB
2 - WR
2 - DE
2 - DT
1 - S

Position changes:
Givens -> OL
Black -> WR

2023 Depth Chart should look something like this:

LT - Clements - Schick - Dickson
LG - Hansen - B. Moore - Miletic
C - Hollifield - Ghannam - Garrett
RG - K. Moore - Meadows - Jones
RT - Chaplain - Portal - Givens

QB- Portal - Wells - Farrell
RB- Thomas - King - Duke - Christian

WR - Portal - Gosnell
WR - Portal - Moss
Slot - Jones/Lofton/Dal. Wright - Gosnell
TE - Wright/Gallo - St Germain

DE- Nelson - Portal - Moyston/Burgos
DT*- Fuga - Portal - Madison
DT*- Portal - Pene - Law
DE- Portal - Payne/McCray - Carroll

*If Kendricks and or Pollard come back they'll start

WLB- Lawson - McDonald - M. Johnson
MLB- Keller - Stephens - W. Johnson
SLB- Jenkins - Lawson - Harvey (for Nickel)

CB- Strong - Chatman
S- Peoples - Hawkins - N. Johnson
S- Stroman - Portal - Hoyle
CB- Delane - Harvey - C. Johnson

Disclaimer: Some of these guys could end up hitting the portal, and some of the guys not listed could end up still being on here. But if the portal guys pan out, I see this group as a solid 6-7 win team with better depth than we're accustomed to. If any key starters transfer out we could regress to a 3-5 win team again.

I think 7 wins in year 3 is a realistic expectation for this staff. As long as we show steady improvement I'm fine. And as long as Pry holds his staff to a high standard and isn't afraid to make changes if it isn't met. I'm cautiously optimistic about making a bowl next year.

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