[Langdude]

Ayden Hector would have been our best safety next year.

Probably looking at Antoine/Williamson as starters. Maybe McGilll, Jones, Gilman, or cornerback-convert-to-be-named-later will get minutes. But it will not be fun to watch deep coverage and crossing routes. McGill can tackle vs. run, not sure about the rest.

-m.

Antoine and Williamson will start.

McGill will play a lot at nickel (or safety with Antoine at nickel), and I'm actually pretty sanguine on him given the flashes he showed as a true frosh. The jump from freshman to sophomore year is usually sizable, and given the amount he has played already I can see him breaking out. Could end up being a poor man's Honey Badger depending on his development trajectory. Dude is an extremely hard worker and will continue to improve. He does have some athletic limitations but devouring film, letting the game slow down, and playing smart and disciplined is easily half the battle at safety.

Stuart Head will play a lot and JJ Parson will play significant minutes. Neither of these should happen on a P5 defense.

Jones is a CB.

Brock Jones is a safety. That's the Jones to which I was referring. I think he may get more PT than Stuart Head, so listed him alongside McGill and Gilman.

-m.

[Langdude]

Ayden Hector would have been our best safety next year.

Probably looking at Antoine/Williamson as starters. Maybe McGilll, Jones, Gilman, or cornerback-convert-to-be-named-later will get minutes. But it will not be fun to watch deep coverage and crossing routes. McGill can tackle vs. run, not sure about the rest.

-m.

Antoine and Williamson will start.

McGill will play a lot at nickel (or safety with Antoine at nickel), and I'm actually pretty sanguine on him given the flashes he showed as a true frosh. The jump from freshman to sophomore year is usually sizable, and given the amount he has played already I can see him breaking out. Could end up being a poor man's Honey Badger depending on his development trajectory. Dude is an extremely hard worker and will continue to improve. He does have some athletic limitations but devouring film, letting the game slow down, and playing smart and disciplined is easily half the battle at safety.

Stuart Head will play a lot and JJ Parson will play significant minutes. Neither of these should happen on a P5 defense.

Jones is a CB.

Brock Jones is a safety. That's the Jones to which I was referring. I think he may get more PT than Stuart Head, so listed him alongside McGill and Gilman.

-m.