Your "must keeps"

Crazy as it is to start this convo now with three impactful games remaining, it's decisions the staff is starting to have to make.

So I ask the OnTexasFootball community who are your "must keeps" and why from the football roster?

Mine is Ian Geffrard at nose. Won't replace him with another his size/quickness combo, and he's key in Muschamp's scheme. This is keep from the NFL draft BTW, not the from going in the portal.

On D, Geffrard, Cryer, Littleton, Masco, Marrad Watson, Kade, January, Zina...(assuming Kanu, Biles, Jelani go pro)

On O, Sikorski, Masuna, Cooper, Raheem, Mosely, Bishop, Cojoe, Baker (assuming Siani, Coleman goes pro) Bishop is the most important piece returning

On offense - bishop, bell, turntine, one of smothers or brown if they are willing to return

On defense - Littleton, Meredith, the entire D line that has eligibility, mascoe biles and cryer if they are willing to return

These are assuming the guys that are obvious nfl departures are gone

Lance Jackson

Richard Wesley

Jermaine Bishop

Bo Mascoe

Justin Cryer

Maraad Watson

That's my realistic top 6 wish list. I'm the self proclaimed president of the Lance Jackson Fan Club. Think he has a chance to be a 1st round pick after next year.

Don't know what the draft stock of the bottom 3 will be, though, but this defense has the potential to be nasty again if they return.

Derek Cooper-big physical back with great speed. Only going to get better

Bishop-I mean everything

Atkinson-big talented guy can step in and excel in this defense

Josiah Sharma-replacing Geffridge will be a large task but this dude can do it

Honorable mention:

Justus and Michael Terry super athletic and physical freaks!

Kaliq Lockett big receiver with experience in sark’s scheme

Young offensive lineman Christian, Colemans, Baker, and Turntine

A young kid not on the field much that you want ot keep from the portal would be someone like ... Toray Davis. A safety that Texas really likes in the future

4 minutes ago, Gerry Hamilton said:

Mine is Ian Geffrard at nose. Won't replace him with another his size/quickness combo, and he's key in Muschamp's scheme

Is he not out of eligibility? Can you imagine him and Sharma playing off each other?!

It would be nice to know who is out of eligibility this season, I thought Raleek and Cryer would both be done?

Just now, Jim Thrasher said:

Lance Jackson

Richard Wesley

Jermaine Bishop

Bo Mascoe

Justin Cryer

Maraad Watson

That's my realistic top 6 wish list. I'm the self proclaimed president of the Lance Jackson Fan Club. Think he has a chance to be a 1st round pick after next year.

Don't know what the draft stock of the bottom 3 will be, though, but this defense has the potential to be nasty again if they return.

Good list. Mascoe doesn't love the "school" aspect, so I think that will factor into the decision on some level vs. the NFL

Just now, HornsRUs said:

It would be nice to know who is out of eligibility this season, I thought Raleek and Cryer would both be done?

Cryer has one more year. And I will be surprised if he doesn't use it

I think its time to say goodbye to the Jonah Williams experiment

I know it’s not happening but would love to see Biles in a second year under Muschamp.

9 minutes ago, Gerry Hamilton said:

Cryer has one more year. And I will be surprised if he doesn't use it

Cryer has far surpassed his press clippings...I like both LBs and Okpala who will likely be used far more often next year by Muschamp

9 minutes ago, Gerry Hamilton said:

Cryer has one more year. And I will be surprised if he doesn't use it

Cryer has been way more important to this team's defensive success than I thought he'd be. Especially after Ty'Anthony Smith's dismissal put a lot of pressure on that position. He plays really smart and maximizes his athletic gifts. It helps to have Biles on the field with him, but his success has been independent of that.

Arch Manning!

4 minutes ago, SL Xpress said:

Arch Manning!

Don’t let @Gerry Hamilton see that

Michael Terry is up there for me. Really like his potential next year after another offseason of development at RB. He’s looked really good.

22 minutes ago, Carlos Ramirez said:

I think its time to say goodbye to the Jonah Williams experiment

How i am starting to feel not seeing him get any playing time past special teams. It’s funny he subtweeted CJ and “LOL’D” at the post when CJ quoted his injury history from high school till his most recent and the need to choose ONE sport. Looks like CJ was more than right about the one. Sitting on the sideline making five star NIL is a hard pass.

7 minutes ago, SL Xpress said:

Arch Manning!

This was going to be one of my picks. I would add Geffrard and Cryer on defense as well. I trust that we won't lose critical young players to the portal although I do worry about Atkinson.

Offensively, I would want to run it back with Wingo and Siani to go along with Manning. Again, I don't anticipate us losing any young talent on this side of the ball either. I would like to see us invest heavily on the interior of the line in the portal. We need a C and a G in the worst way. If Jackson Christian isn't good enough to unseat Roberston now in his second year, I don't want to rely on him being the guy next year. We've struck out 2 years in a row relying on Flood developing the interior line.

QB: Lacey, Bell

RB: Cooper, Terry (I would evaluate the portal for an upgrade over Smothers)

TE: Townsend (burn the rest to the ground)

WR: Mosley, Bishop

OL: Christian, Turntine, Sikorski, Coleman, Cojoe (but push him inside), try to convince Siani to come back. Look for 2-3 major upgrades in the portal

DL: Geffrard, Watson, January, Terry, Sharma, Wesley, Spence, Carlton, Jackson. Look for a badass edge in the portal.

LB: keep the entire core. Try like hell to convince Biles to come back

DB: D Williams, Littleton, Meredith, Phillips, Davis, Matthews

To me, that is an extremely strong core team to build on. Gotta try to get an elite outside receiver, an explosive RB, a dual-threat TE, 2-3 high-level OL, a badass edge, and. 1-2 proven DBs from the portal. If I’m Sark, I take a HARD look at portal QBs to see if there are any guarantees that provide an immediate upgrade over my young guys.

YES TO ALL OF THEM!😁

It's free agency every year. Did anyone ever imagine this happening?

what is the report on Tyler Atkinson? are coaches happy with him and his development?

Isn't Raleek Brown a fifth year player?

What players are actually eligible to return for another year?