Preseason TPB Poll - Top 25 Players

[Dell Husker]

1. Dylan Raiola
2. Dane Key
3. Jacory Barney
4. Ceyair Wright
5. Marques Watson Trent
6. Rocco Spindler
7. Vincent Shavers
8. Riley Van Poppel
9. Emmett Johnson
10. Nyziah Hunter
11. Elijah Pritchett
12. Justin Evans
13. Andrew Marshall
14. Dasan McCullough
15. DeShon Singleton
16. Marques Buford
17. Cameron Lendhardt
18. Keona Davis
19. Henry Lutovsky
20. Javin Wright
21. Archie Wilson
22. Luke Lindenmeyer
23. Willis McGahee
24. Williams Nwaneri
25. Malcolm Hartzog

Let’s discuss. Who were we off on? Who did the media sell a bill of goods on but was way off? Who played up to expectations?

 

[Goskers07]

MWT right there at the top was a whif for lots of people, myself included. I didn't expect much versatility from him, but just thought he'd rack up tackles out the ass.

Others on that list that probably were overrated relative to their teammates:
Shavers
RVP
Buford
Lenhart

Underrated:
EJ
Marshall
Wright
Lindenmeyer

Could probably argue Hartzog was actually Underrated too considering how things looked with Guthrie/Buford as the 5th DB.

 

[Tell_Sackett]

EJ is an easy #1

The rest of the top 6 in no particular order....

Javin Wright
Rocco Spindler
Justin Evans
Deshon Singleton
Dylan Raiola

Key and Hunter in the top 10, but we underutilized both of them.

 

[iruletheskool]

Proved to be a sad list

 

[ChocaEgg]

1. Dylan Raiola
2. Dane Key
3. Jacory Barney
4. Ceyair Wright
5. Marques Watson Trent
6. Rocco Spindler
7. Vincent Shavers
8. Riley Van Poppel
9. Emmett Johnson
10. Nyziah Hunter
11. Elijah Pritchett
12. Justin Evans
13. Andrew Marshall
14. Dasan McCullough
15. DeShon Singleton
16. Marques Buford
17. Cameron Lendhardt
18. Keona Davis
19. Henry Lutovsky
20. Javin Wright
21. Archie Wilson
22. Luke Lindenmeyer
23. Willis McGahee
24. Williams Nwaneri
25. Malcolm Hartzog

Let’s discuss. Who were we off on? Who did the media sell a bill of goods on but was way off? Who played up to expectations?

At least 6 out of the top 10 turned out to be guys that were nowhere near being top 10 type of players. Everyone was wrong about MWT.

This list doesn't give us a lot of hope for the future, with our best returnees arguably being JEJ and Andrew Marshall. 6-7 wins will be a tall task unless we're able to land 10+ impact players from the portal.

 

[redzoner]

My top 5 now would be:

EJ
Ceyair Wright
Nyziah Hunter
Luke Lindenmeyer
Rocco Spindler

Kade Pietrzak and Rex Guthrie would probably make my list now.

Kenneth Williams would be an interesting guy toward the end. He had some big impacts in a couple games.

LB actually might be my biggest concern for next year. I think we have young guys that can grow at DL.

 

[ChocaEgg]

My top 5 now would be:

EJ
Ceyair Wright
Nyziah Hunter
Luke Lindenmeyer
Rocco Spindler

Kade Pietrzak and Rex Guthrie would probably make my list now.

Kenneth Williams would be an interesting guy toward the end. He had some big impacts in a couple games.

LB actually might be my biggest concern for next year. I think we have young guys that can grow at DL.

Little worried that we'll have trouble hanging onto guys like Keona Davis & RVP.

 

[Flabio]

Little worried that we'll have trouble hanging onto guys like Keona Davis & RVP.

Why? Who is going to pay them after the film they put up this year?

 

[Quint]

MWT right there at the top was a whif for lots of people, myself included. I didn't expect much versatility from him, but just thought he'd rack up tackles out the ass.

Others on that list that probably were overrated relative to their teammates:
Shavers
RVP
Buford
Lenhart

Underrated:
EJ
Marshall
Wright
Lindenmeyer

Could probably argue Hartzog was actually Underrated too considering how things looked with Guthrie/Buford as the 5th DB.

I thought Watson-Trent would be at minimum a tackling machine. I watched a bit of film on him at Georgia Southern and he was a ball hawk. Don’t know if his speed was a bigger problem than not being able to understand the defense, but he frequently looked out of position and a step or three behind.

Another I thought would play a bigger role this year was RVP. Seriously thought he’d be looking like a legit Ty replacement by years end.

 

[ChocaEgg]

Why? Who is going to pay them after the film they put up this year?

You'd be surprised. Davis had a foot out the door last year and the whole RVP situation is weird, redshirting him last year so he could be the "next ty rob" and then still having him behind Jeudy. Both guys were highly regarded, would have no trouble finding a spot somewhere.