Basically 7 guys are left from that class, with 1 starter. You can see why we have struggled to get wins. You can't have back to back classes like this one and the one before.
Name Pos Ht Wt
Kevin Revis OL/C 6'4 270 Left Team
Jerquari Schofield OL 6'6 300 Left Team
Toney Williams RB/LB 6'1 230 Left Team
Zach Rogers WR 6'2 175 Bench
Nigel Mitchell-Thornton LB 6'2 230 Left Team
Jerod Askew LB 6'1 230 Left Team
Marlon Walls DE/DT 6'2 260 Starter
Eric Gordon DB 5'10 190 2 deep
Rae Sykes DE 6'4 255 Left Team
James Green WR 6'2 205 DNQ
Arthur Jeffery DT 6'4 285 Left Team
Mike Edwards DB 5'11 170 Dismissed
Nyshier Oliver DB 5'10 180 Bench
Darren Myles DB 6'1 180 Dismissed
Greg King LB 6'3 205 Bench
Marsalis Teague Ath 5'11 180 2 deep
Montori Hughes DT 6'5 280 Dismissed
Nu'kesee Richardson Ath 5'8 155 Dismissed
Robert Nelson LB 6'1 210 Left Team
Janzen Jackson DB 6'0 180 Dismissed
David Oku RB 5'10 185 Left Team
Bryce Brown RB 6'0 215 Left Team
Daniel Hood OL 6'4 265 2 deep
Nick Lamaison QB 6'2 195 Left Team
From a recruiting class with two 5*, nine 4*, and eleven 3*, what we have left are two 4* and five 3* players. We've discussed this before, but recruiting 4* and 5* players doesn't mean squat if you can't keep them. That means academic ability, discipline, and commitment end up being critical. Better to have the #25 class and keep nearly all of them for four years than to sign a top 10 class that ends up like that one. I think that starts with who you decide to recruit, but continues only with the commitment of your staff and program to the players that you bring in.
With that said, high five to the seven Kiffin recruits (and nine Fulmer recruits) that remain. Significant contributors or not, they have at least stuck things out for the Big Orange.
