Future of the DL (long)

Months ago when asked by Softy about recruiting worries, Petros scoffed and mentioned that Petersen built an SEC-like DL at Boise with no big time recruits. We know that the DL will be a strength this year but the future looks very strong as well. Validation of that will be through Petersen's coaching as well as these guys being in a real S&C program.

Elijah Qualls- FR- has earned good reviews so far, has a chance to be one of the breakout guys on defense
Joe Mathis-Soph- super talented, shouldn't have played last year, will benefit from S&C program, maybe too good to be RS this year
Cory Littleton- JR- 62 tackles, 10 TFL, 5 sacks, improved as year went on. A guy who should have been RS
Turpin/Wooching/Finau/Tupou- maybe one of these guys can emerge. Wooching would be my guess.

JR and RS sophs are weak because Sark whiffed but Petersen has brought in 5 guys who all have a chance to be major contributors. These 5 guys could all be RS this year and then have 4 to play 4 starting in 2015.

Vita Vea-Frosh- will take Shelton's spot next year, a guy that Tosh & Pete while at Boise really wanted
Greg Gaines-Frosh- 6'1 320, another DT. ranked #42 player in California, #37 DT, looked very good on film (@chuckhv insight)
Jaylen Johnson-Frosh- 6'2 254, #42 in California, #36 DE by ESPN. Passes look test
Kaleb McGary-Frosh, 6'7 291, 4*, could be a beast of a DE if developed properly, passes look test
Will Dissly- Frosh, 6'4 273, good size, Gatorade player of year in Montana, very productive as pass rusher and TE on offense. Only 2nd guy in Montana ever to be named to Parade team.

4 of the 5 are basically high 3* or low 4* prospects. These are the types of guys where coaching and S&C will make or break their careers. Under old staffs they'd probably end up being mediocre, average guys where maybe 1 becomes an all conference player. Under a championship head coach and proven S&C program these are guys who become starters on top 15 teams. Dissly is a 2* guy who might not have to play until his 3rd year in the program. He should also benefit from a real S&C program.

Sark/Tosh's great DL class is down to 2 guys and one wasted his first year. On paper that class looked great but now it basically is average at best. Contrast that with Pete's DL class. It has 4 guys who are solid recruits plus one project. TBS jerkoffs lauded Sark's class but gave Pete's class muted reviews. My prediction is Petersen is going to have a very good DL this year and a monster DL in a few years.

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Swaye

Good write-up. The players are there. They just need coaching. Not rah rah bullshit Facebook friend faggotry.

puppylove_sugarsteel

Months ago when asked by Softy about recruiting worries, Petros scoffed and mentioned that Petersen built an SEC-like DL at Boise with no big time recruits. We know that the DL will be a strength this year but the future looks very strong as well. Validation of that will be through Petersen's coaching as well as these guys being in a real S&C program.

Elijah Qualls- FR- has earned good reviews so far, has a chance to be one of the breakout guys on defense
Joe Mathis-Soph- super talented, shouldn't have played last year, will benefit from S&C program, maybe too good to be RS this year
Cory Littleton- JR- 62 tackles, 10 TFL, 5 sacks, improved as year went on. A guy who should have been RS
Turpin/Wooching/Finau/Tupou- maybe one of these guys can emerge. Wooching would be my guess.

JR and RS sophs are weak because Sark whiffed but Petersen has brought in 5 guys who all have a chance to be major contributors. These 5 guys could all be RS this year and then have 4 to play 4 starting in 2015.

Vita Vea-Frosh- will take Shelton's spot next year, a guy that Tosh & Pete while at Boise really wanted
Greg Gaines-Frosh- 6'1 320, another DT. ranked #42 player in California, #37 DT, looked very good on film (@chuckhv insight)
Jaylen Johnson-Frosh- 6'2 254, #42 in California, #36 DE by ESPN. Passes look test
Kaleb McGary-Frosh, 6'7 291, 4*, could be a beast of a DE if developed properly, passes look test
Will Dissly- Frosh, 6'4 273, good size, Gatorade player of year in Montana, very productive as pass rusher and TE on offense. Only 2nd guy in Montana ever to be named to Parade team.

4 of the 5 are basically high 3* or low 4* prospects. These are the types of guys where coaching and S&C will make or break their careers. Under old staffs they'd probably end up being mediocre, average guys where maybe 1 becomes an all conference player. Under a championship head coach and proven S&C program these are guys who become starters on top 15 teams. Dissly is a 2* guy who might not have to play until his 3rd year in the program. He should also benefit from a real S&C program.

Sark/Tosh's great DL class is down to 2 guys and one wasted his first year. On paper that class looked great but now it basically is average at best. Contrast that with Pete's DL class. It has 4 guys who are solid recruits plus one project. TBS jerkoffs lauded Sark's class but gave Pete's class muted reviews. My prediction is Petersen is going to have a very good DL this year and a monster DL in a few years.

The only one that will be an all american is the one TAMU bought for 100g. Qualls has a good chance to be all pac12, Mathis? Maybe. Hall is going to be all SEC at a minimum. He looked killer in spot duty. That one stings. Oh I forgot...cook it bitch!

dnc

Months ago when asked by Softy about recruiting worries, Petros scoffed and mentioned that Petersen built an SEC-like DL at Boise with no big time recruits. We know that the DL will be a strength this year but the future looks very strong as well. Validation of that will be through Petersen's coaching as well as these guys being in a real S&C program.

Elijah Qualls- FR- has earned good reviews so far, has a chance to be one of the breakout guys on defense
Joe Mathis-Soph- super talented, shouldn't have played last year, will benefit from S&C program, maybe too good to be RS this year
Cory Littleton- JR- 62 tackles, 10 TFL, 5 sacks, improved as year went on. A guy who should have been RS
Turpin/Wooching/Finau/Tupou- maybe one of these guys can emerge. Wooching would be my guess.

JR and RS sophs are weak because Sark whiffed but Petersen has brought in 5 guys who all have a chance to be major contributors. These 5 guys could all be RS this year and then have 4 to play 4 starting in 2015.

Vita Vea-Frosh- will take Shelton's spot next year, a guy that Tosh & Pete while at Boise really wanted
Greg Gaines-Frosh- 6'1 320, another DT. ranked #42 player in California, #37 DT, looked very good on film (@chuckhv insight)
Jaylen Johnson-Frosh- 6'2 254, #42 in California, #36 DE by ESPN. Passes look test
Kaleb McGary-Frosh, 6'7 291, 4*, could be a beast of a DE if developed properly, passes look test
Will Dissly- Frosh, 6'4 273, good size, Gatorade player of year in Montana, very productive as pass rusher and TE on offense. Only 2nd guy in Montana ever to be named to Parade team.

4 of the 5 are basically high 3* or low 4* prospects. These are the types of guys where coaching and S&C will make or break their careers. Under old staffs they'd probably end up being mediocre, average guys where maybe 1 becomes an all conference player. Under a championship head coach and proven S&C program these are guys who become starters on top 15 teams. Dissly is a 2* guy who might not have to play until his 3rd year in the program. He should also benefit from a real S&C program.

Sark/Tosh's great DL class is down to 2 guys and one wasted his first year. On paper that class looked great but now it basically is average at best. Contrast that with Pete's DL class. It has 4 guys who are solid recruits plus one project. TBS jerkoffs lauded Sark's class but gave Pete's class muted reviews. My prediction is Petersen is going to have a very good DL this year and a monster DL in a few years.

Good chit chestbeater

RoadDawg55

Good post Chest. Petersen pulled in a monster DL class that will end up substantially better than Tosh's monster 2013 class. Bowman is another guy who is a lower ranked prospect, but could end up solid. He already has great size. I'm most excited about McGary. I wanted him to play tackle, but he's fucking mammoth. With good coaching, he should be a monster in 2 years. I like Dissley too. At 273, he could end up at DT in a year or two if he adds another 10-15 pounds.

Next year's DL:

DE: Mathis/McGary/Dissley/Bowman
NT: Vea/Gaines
DT: Qualls/McGary/Tupou/Dissley
OLB/DE: Littleton/Johnson

Looks pretty good to me with the potential to be great in 2016 and 2017. Our interior depth problems will be fixed after this year. Farria's departure does create the need for a couple pass rushers in this class which I assume will be addressed in this year's class.

Passion

DL=Most Important Part of the Team. If Mathis has any desire, he should become an absolute terror.

Strong first post. Please keep visiting our site.

TTJ

RD55 53 seconded me re Bowman. It pains me to lose Farria, but there still remains a strong corps of talented young DLs.

McGary is going to be a stud wherever he ends up. With a redshirt season under his belt, I imagine he could easily replace Hatchie at LT and basically end my worries about the 2015 OL. I'm hoping the coaches decide over the next two weeks that Vea + Gaines + Qualls look good enough at DT to try McGary on offense.

chuck

Free pub.

I've been fooled by HS film of DL prospects more often than not. We can't all be as good as PLSS. Gaines better bring my average up to a respectable level. He looked like a big, quick, mean dude to me. Either way it'll be interesting.

AEB

Revisiting Sark's awesome 2013 DL recruiting:

JoJo Mathis DE - In the rotation; thus far, good
Elijah Qualls DT - In the rotation; thus far, good
Marcus Farria DE - Expected to be in the rotation; dismissed; lots of chatter about his talent
Andrew Basham DT - Did not qualify; apparently loved starbucks
Jaime Bryant DL - Grey shirted; career ending injury;
DeDe Hall DE - Sark's best recruit; helped win off-season recruiting rankings; A&M enrollee

Seems like Sark gets a huge amount of credit recruiting for very little actual return. I know results mean little to recruitniks, but even this is startling. Dawgman, et al., were singing his praises (still do) for what? Two guys who have yet to play extensive minutes.

FingaPopYaElbow

Sark is one of the most overrated recruiters around. The percentage of guys that came in with big time hype and didn't do a damn thing for us is staggering. College fball is all about development anyway, many of these guys that recruitnik douches love have maxed out their potential playing high school ball, see Heaps, Jake Hasty, JR and Montana, Nick just to name a few.

bananasnblondes

Revisiting Sark's awesome 2013 DL recruiting:

JoJo Mathis DE - In the rotation; thus far, good
Elijah Qualls DT - In the rotation; thus far, good
Marcus Farria DE - Expected to be in the rotation; dismissed; lots of chatter about his talent
Andrew Basham DT - Did not qualify; apparently loved starbucks
Jaime Bryant DL - Grey shirted; career ending injury;
DeDe Hall DE - Sark's best recruit; helped win off-season recruiting rankings; A&M enrollee

Seems like Sark gets a huge amount of credit recruiting for very little actual return. I know results mean little to recruitniks, but even this is startling. Dawgman, et al., were singing his praises (still do) for what? Two guys who have yet to play extensive minutes.

The handwringers who moan about the loss of Sark the recruiter are not as interested in the players he actually brought into the program, but rather the ones that appeared in Tard's recruiting blogs but went elsewhere. "When Sark was here we were in on a bunch of high level guys. Things sure have changed"

BayDawg

Revisiting Sark's awesome 2013 DL recruiting:

JoJo Mathis DE - In the rotation; thus far, good
Elijah Qualls DT - In the rotation; thus far, good
Marcus Farria DE - Expected to be in the rotation; dismissed; lots of chatter about his talent
Andrew Basham DT - Did not qualify; apparently loved starbucks
Jaime Bryant DL - Grey shirted; career ending injury;
DeDe Hall DE - Sark's best recruit; helped win off-season recruiting rankings; A&M enrollee

Seems like Sark gets a huge amount of credit recruiting for very little actual return. I know results mean little to recruitniks, but even this is startling. Dawgman, et al., were singing his praises (still do) for what? Two guys who have yet to play extensive minutes.

The handwringers who moan about the loss of Sark the recruiter are not as interested in the players he actually brought into the program, but rather the ones that appeared in Tard's recruiting blogs but went elsewhere. "When Sark was here we were in on a bunch of high level guys. Things sure have changed"

Upvoted for now just shortening it to "Tard".

beelzebub

U might be the biggest PAK (petersen ass kisser)on this board. Yeah talk up that all world guy from Montana with no decent offers, same with Gaines.
U best hope dline performs this year, not much in cupboard when kikha and shelton bail

Cuogar_Gold

U might be the biggest FOTB (faggot on the board) if you come on and troll without manning up and supporting your claims or having a (doog) in the fight.

HeretoBeatmyChest

U might be the biggest FOTB (faggot on the board) if you come on and troll without manning up and supporting your claims or having a (doog) in the fight.

Manned up trolling superiority guy

fivehundredmileDAWG

U might be the biggest PAK (petersen ass kisser)on this board. Yeah talk up that all world guy from Montana with no decent offers, same with Gaines.
U best hope dline performs this year, not much in cupboard when kikha and shelton bail

Poor reading comprehension of chest beaters breakdown...

Give reasoning or hit briks fucko