Anyone have an early mock depth chart for Spring football?

A lot of untested names there, especially at cornerback and DL. I wouldn't be surprised to see the offense carry the defense through the first half of the season.

 

My two cents for next season:

QB - Mettenberger, Rivers, Bolden
RB - Hill, Blue, Hilliard
FB - Copeland, Neighbors
WR - Beckham Jr., Wright, Boone
WR - Landry, Leslie, Dural
TE - Dickson, Gordon, Smith, Stokes
LT - Collins, Hawkins
LG - Williford, Austin
C - Porter, Washington
RG - Turner, Fanaika
RT - Alexander, Edinburgh, Jr.

DE - Rasco, Bower
DE - Hunter, Allen
DT - Ferguson, Johnson, M.
DT - Johnson, A., Thomas
LB - Barrow, Louis
LB - Feist, Welter,
LB - Alexander, Jones
CB - Collins, White
CB - Mills, Thomas
S - Loston, Thompson
S - Martin, Eugene

The LB's and some of the OL second string are the major areas of uncertainty for me. I assumed that Collins would be moved to LT with Williford returning and for the LB's there are several who could start IMO. If anyone has feedback on the LB or OL situation, please feel free to correct me. We will be young but man, we'll have plenty of talent.

 

Pocic is one of the recruits I'm most excited about. He looks very promising. Very athletic for a guy that large.

Also, I feel like Deion Jones will be a starter by some point next year. He never failed to get my attention when he was on the field last year.

 

If I'm not mistaken, Collins actually was a tackle prior to coming to LSU. They moved him to guard last year to start. I like him for the blind side, but I wouldn't be surprised if some of the other young talent is given the opportunity. Maybe Alexander switches to LT and the youngins can duke it out for RT in the Big Cat drill.

 

Time to get back to those 4-year starters at LT a la Whitworth and Black.

 

Yeah, I would agree about Collins; I just wasn't sure on who might take that spot and with Williford returning, we'll have five guys with experience starting. I would also love to see someone like Fanaika make a big enough splash to warrant starting or at least serious playing time. I suppose both he and the WR, Leslie, will be expected to contribute right away.....why else sign a guy with only a few years of eligibility left, right?

 

Nice thing is after watching the attrition eat at the line last season we now have a few"capable" bodies that can fill any holes. Depth is huge at O line playing in the SEC. Those guys take a beating every week.

 

Good point. All those injuries last year gave younger guys a lot of experience, and it was against the toughest part of our schedule.