While the 5k posters enjoy their thread talking about anything
BUT UCONN football while sipping tea with their pinky fingers sticking out and their noses high in the air, I'd like to know how you 1k'ers feel about this year's draft class? Its the first full one under HCBD. It hurt to lose Ulizio to Michigan as we need OL, but we have some talent nonetheless. Here are the 22 according to uconnhuskies.com
Frank Battle WR 6'5 190 Miami, Fla./Belen Jesuit Prep
Tyraiq Beals WR 6'0 180 East Orange, N.J. / East Orange
Felton Blackwell DL 6'2 323 Egg Harbor, N.J. / Cedar Creek
Ian Campbell TE 6'5 225 Pompton Plains, N.J. / Pequannock
Bryan Cespedes OL 6'7 260 New London, Conn. / New London
Tyler Davis QB 6'3 214 North Bellmore, N.Y. / Mepham
Connor Freeborn DL 6'6 225 Wilmington, Del. / Salesianium School
Aaron Garland DB 5'11 190 Oak Park, Ill. / Fenwick
Zordan Holman TE 6'6 235 Portland, Maine / Cheverus
Chris Lee TE 6'7 225 Severna Park, Md. / Severna Park
Hergy Mayala WR 6'1 200 Montreal, Que. / Trinity Pawling (N.Y.)
Aaron Mclean WR 6'6 210 Southborough, Mass. / St. Mark's
Kevin Murphy DL 6'2 270 West Chester, Pa. / West Chester East
Philippe Okounam DL 6'5 265 Chateauguay, Quebec / St. Paul's School (N.H.)
Dallas Parker OLB 6'5 235 Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla. / Ponte Vedra
Matthew Peart OL 6'8 265 Bronx, N.Y. / Governor's Academy (Mass.)
William Richardson OLB 6'3 220 Washington, D.C. / Frank W. Ballou Senior
John Robinson DB 6'2 185 Englewood, N.J. / Dwight Morrow
David Ryslik DE 6'3 292 Freehold, N.J. / Peddie Schook
Michael Tarbutt K 6'0 180 Buffalo, N.Y. / Canisus
Marshe Terry DB 6'4 190 Columbus, N.J. / North Burlington
Nazir Williams OLB 6'3 225 Bridgeton, N.J. / Bridgeton
I believe Hergy and one of the TEs are going to move to the defensive side of the ball, so 3 WRs, 2 TEs, a QB, couple of OL. Only 8 of the 22 recruits will be on the offensive side of the ball. Does this have anything to do with Diaco being a former Defensive Coordinator? Considering how bad our offense was last year, I'd think most of these new recruits will see the field in 2015. I've never seen any of them play other than watching a few Hudl highlights, but their size is obvious. We might not be better than our opposition, but we'll be bigger! A 6'6 and 6'5 WR, tall TEs, 6'4 DB, and a 320+ lb DT coming out of high school!
So what are your thoughts? Who excites you the most and who do you think can make the most impact this year as a true freshman?