Position Preview (and updates) - Defensive Line

[catdaddyp]

13 minutes ago, Captain Kangaroo said:

That one hurts. Such is life in the Portal era...

Wouldn’t be surprised if he landed on Minnesota’s roster.

[Guest]

On 4/10/2023 at 2:02 PM, catdaddyp said:

Wouldn’t be surprised if he landed on Minnesota’s roster.

Would be following coach Debo I am assuming

[catdaddyp]

 

I believe that’s Julian Richardson pictured second from the left. If so, that would confirm he is officially a DE now (Corey Thomas was pictured with the safeties), so I assume they will remove the “OLB” tag from those two at some point on the official roster. I hope Richardson gets fully healthy and can give us some pass rush from the weakside that we often lacked last year.

[60zip]

I may have missed it, but what has happened with Marcus Moore from Massillon?

[LZIp]

7 minutes ago, 60zip said:

I may have missed it, but what has happened with Marcus Moore from Massillon?

Unless you know something that hasn't been posted on here, he wasn't an early enrollee as is the case with most freshman, and theres been nothing to indicate he won't be joining the team in the summer.

[60zip]

Ok thanks. I understand now.

[Guest]

On 6/16/2023 at 2:48 PM, LZIp said:

Unless you know something that hasn't been posted on here, he wasn't an early enrollee as is the case with most freshman, and theres been nothing to indicate he won't be joining the team in the summer.

Correct. Freshmen do not report until early July so that is why none of the non-early enrollees are pictured 

[94zipgrad]

22 hours ago, GoZips4824 said:

Correct. Freshmen do not report until early July so that is why none of the non-early enrollees are pictured 

That is not correct, freshman report in June for conditioning

[Guest]

On 6/19/2023 at 2:33 PM, 94zipgrad said:

That is not correct, freshman report in June for conditioning

Incorrect, freshmen report July 9th. Would not speak on it if I was not 100% certain 

[94zipgrad]

Would think if your competing to contribute as a freshman you are already there

[Guest]

5 hours ago, 94zipgrad said:

Would think if your competing to contribute as a freshman you are already there

It was a little surprising to me when I found out that date, my thought process was that you want to get them as physically ready as possible for the jump to college and only giving them around 4 weeks until camp seemed a bit quick

[catdaddyp]

If anyone is interested in watching the 2023 JUCO signees outside of a highlight reel, there is full game film on YouTube for each of them. A few thoughts below:

 

Kabbash Richards and Antonio Smith are built similar (Kabbash has a little more mass at this point) and both are clearly being brought in to rush the passer. They could be utilized in the OLB role if we see more of a 3-4 alignment this year.

 

CJ Nunnally is probably the most well rounded DE of the bunch. Stronger against the run, but not quite as much of a pass rusher as Richards and Smith.

 

LaJoshua Jackson played DT at JUCO and will likely play DE in 3 man fronts and be slid inside in 4 man fronts. 
 

Tyler Carter has solid size and moves extremely well for a 300 pounder. He’s a little raw right now, but could develop into a starter over the coming years.

 

Honestly, they are all a bit raw. However there is some nice upside to this group and it’s a more versatile collection of players than we had last year. Especially when they are combined with the portal guys and the few returning players. I’m not expecting our DL to be the best in the MAC by any stretch, but I’d be shocked if we didn’t have far more QB pressures than what was produced in 2022.

 

 

Edited July 21, 2023 by catdaddyp

[catdaddyp]

Bump for update. 1 HS DE and 2 HS DTs are currently committed.

Edited November 27, 2023 by catdaddyp

[MarkWiley]

Fun fact Bruno Dall is from Germany.

[catdaddyp]

Bump

[ZippyRulz]

Really hoping these guys can get to the QB a few times at Tosu. And Rutgers. And USC.