Quinncent McManning, Jr.

Yes should have a Covid year. I have a gut feeling he returns though not based on any intel.

Updated 12/15/2024 (bolded rooms are complete) QB Knowns - Arch, Owens, Lacey. Question marks - Owens ready to be QB2?. Portal needs - None RB Knowns - Wisner, Gibson, Simon, Stewart. Question marks - how Baxter and Clark recover from serious injuries, could Blue go pro? Portal needs - possible experienced between the tackles runner. WR Knowns - Moore, Wingo, Livingstone, Ffrench, Lockett. Question marks - Will Nibblett stay at UT and if so still be a WR?, Debose's recovery from injury, Butler's development, could Bolden return? Portal needs - speed experienced WR, maybe second WR? TE Knowns - Washington, Shannon, Townsend, Winston. Question marks - Michael Terry H-back role if he commits, Niblack returning?, Randle development? Portal needs - possible Helm replacement as TE1 OL Knowns - Goosby, Hutson, Neto, Robertson/Cruz, Baker likely starting 5. Question marks - Could DJ Campbell return?, development of youngsters like Cojoe and Chatman, Portal needs - experienced starter would be nice, but Flood tends to develop and not take transfers EDGE Knowns - Burke, Simmons, Jackson. Question marks - could Moore return?, Vasek's health, Zina's development, Orogbo's development. Portal needs - a Moore replacement if he leaves? DT Knowns - January, Hills, Brevard, Mitchell. Question marks - how do the 3 true freshman develop? Portal needs - at least 2 more.. esp experienced 3-tech LB Knowns - Hill, Lefau, Smith, Spencer. Question marks - Does Smith continue to develop into eventual starter, how quickly does Barnes get into the rotation with his talent Portal needs - None CB Knowns - Muhammad, Black, Roberson, Mack, Wilson, Philips. Question marks - lack of experience. Portal needs - experienced CB Nickel Knows - Guilbeau. Question marks - who's the backup? Portal needs - likely none if one of the CBs becomes Guilbeau's backup S Knowns - McDonald, Johnson Rubell. Question marks - Taaffe really gone? D WIlliams' recovery, Filsame's development, will J Williams be slowed by baseball / late football start. Portal needs - starter level player if Taaffe is gone K Knowns - Stone (kickoffs). Question marks - Auburn's reliability. Portal needs - starter level placekicker P Knowns - Bouwmeester. Question marks - does Kern stick around: Portal needs - None. P/K returner - no obvious ones now. Question marks - do we have someone that is suited for either role if Bolden is done? Portal needs - suspect at least one of the spots could be taken by a portal WR. As of 12/15, love where we are at QB, EDGE, LB. Eric Singleton would make the WR complete, and it would be elite again with Bolden back. Tacario Davis would make the CB room complete. Hunter would be tremendous for the DT room.

He picked Clemson to title game with Georgia if i recall on his bracket

Hopefully just means they feel good about taafe. Still surprised he walked on senior night when some of the obvious junior nfl bound guys did not.

Purdue safety to Oregon ugh.

IT saying hunter is visiting next week. Fire up the lambos again.

Our new punter made a comment about mentoring kern on another site. That would be ideal. If kern doesn’t develop well next year he will be recruited over. But if he does we still have 3 years of eligibility left with him

Yes please

Dabo has made it to the 21st century y’all

Yeah that is a general sark rule. But he has made a rare exception. Was it Casey Cain that played the spring game to get more film out? Not saying it’s likely but if a guy like Aaron Bryant who went out the right way wanted to do this I could totally see sark making an exception.

God forbid somebody gets hurt. No chance any of the portal guys could stick around for the playoffs?

Why isn’t he going to the league is my question. Thought he was a day 1 or 2 projection when in the portal last year.

Gotta think ou is going all in there after being snubbed by him last time.

Tough to lose so much athleticism in guellete and Bledsoe. Wish we could have tapped that potential here. Guellete needed more time from his injury certainly.

Wish him the best. Glad he got to be on campus with his sister. Hope he can find a good landing spot.

Kickers are a wierd bunch. If I were sark I’d bring in a sports psychologist to help Bert with his confidence this week.

One advantage that Clemson has is it won’t be distracted with portal recruiting.

would love another big LB to crash down on the big SEC RBs. not sure if he really fits our greatest need at LB.

Would be very surprised if either golden or williams are back.

No idea about that, which is why it was in the questionable category. Something tells me he will return but that is just a hunch.

Generally agree with GoHorns1 on all points. Would figure flood isn’t taking an offensive lineman unless he is completely unimpressed by development at a position. Let’s take a look at OT. Goosby look a good at LT and Baker at RT currently. How do we feel about Agbo and Cojoe? Maybe they are on the right development track but hard to say since Agbo lost a ton of weight and the regained it and Cojoe started school younger than Ryan Williams. I don’t really see any of the 2025 guys as immediate rotation guys.

Put it this way. In how many games was our punting better than the opposition this year? I can’t remember one. I’m sure there are a few but never did I think our punting flipped the field on anyone this year. There’s no way we don’t find a portal punter this year with a narrow window with arch as qb1.

Think of how much better the defensive stats would look this year if we could pin the opponent inside the 20 with any regularity.

Impressive young man!

Michael Taafe replacement? Not necessarily due to the obvious similarity but due to great production