The 2012 class would be 5th year seniors right now. These are the only players left on the roster:
Jester Weah
Jaryd Jones-Smith
Devon Edwards
Alex Officer
Ryan Winslow
So, 5 out of 27 made it to their 5th year.
2 (Conner and Boyd) left early for the NFL ao credit to Chryst for getting those guys here.
7 did not redshirt and graduated (Webb, Orndoff, Jarrett, Galambos, Parrish, Soto, Johnson)
13 out of 27 either transferred or were kicked off the team after contributing little to nothing
When you have almost half of a recruiting class give you 0, that aint good. Combine that with some questionable burning of redshirts that year, and we are left with what we have. I don't remember any of the non-redshirted players contributing in any meaningful way as freshmen except maybe Terrish Webb, believe it or not.
2014 is almost as bad. 10 out of the 23 are no longer on the team after contributing little to nothing.
Of the 13 players who stayed, only 5 are regular starters: Ollison, Bookser, Maddox, Zeise, O'Neill. The other 8 don't receive as much playing time (Folston, Roy, Dintino, Motley, Wirginis, Herndon, Briggs, Jalen Williams)
I know a lot people were excited that Chryst was outsmarting all the other coaches and recruiting services and finding a bunch of "hidden gems" but as is the case way more often than not, there's a reason they were hidden. Problem is, Narduzzi isn't faring much better.
Recruiting is the name of the game.
Jester Weah
Jaryd Jones-Smith
Devon Edwards
Alex Officer
Ryan Winslow
So, 5 out of 27 made it to their 5th year.
2 (Conner and Boyd) left early for the NFL ao credit to Chryst for getting those guys here.
7 did not redshirt and graduated (Webb, Orndoff, Jarrett, Galambos, Parrish, Soto, Johnson)
13 out of 27 either transferred or were kicked off the team after contributing little to nothing
When you have almost half of a recruiting class give you 0, that aint good. Combine that with some questionable burning of redshirts that year, and we are left with what we have. I don't remember any of the non-redshirted players contributing in any meaningful way as freshmen except maybe Terrish Webb, believe it or not.
2014 is almost as bad. 10 out of the 23 are no longer on the team after contributing little to nothing.
Of the 13 players who stayed, only 5 are regular starters: Ollison, Bookser, Maddox, Zeise, O'Neill. The other 8 don't receive as much playing time (Folston, Roy, Dintino, Motley, Wirginis, Herndon, Briggs, Jalen Williams)
I know a lot people were excited that Chryst was outsmarting all the other coaches and recruiting services and finding a bunch of "hidden gems" but as is the case way more often than not, there's a reason they were hidden. Problem is, Narduzzi isn't faring much better.
Recruiting is the name of the game.