Root4GT
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There have to be DL that want to come to GT and are both good enough to make a difference on the field and cut it in the classroom, oh yea get accepted in the first place!Exactly. We should be able to rebuild both our lines and LB group just thru portal guys. But we gotta roster manage WAY smarter than we have been. I can think of 2 portal WR’s we brought in this season that we didn’t need and neither is named “Blaylock”. Those 2 spots could have gone to a DLineman and a LB which is where we need bodies desperately. We have plenty of DB’s and WR’s. We can’t even get them all playing time now let alone when Blackburn comes back and Canion signs.
As for Singleton, he has everything he needs at GT for his future. A secured starting position in a pro town with a QB feeding him the ball and a quality education to help him handle his future money. If he wants to roll the dice like Brown and McCollum did with a new team then so be it. But, I think his family is way smarter than to go that route.
Also on the WRs you don't know who will turn out to be really good players before they get a chance to practice with the team and play in games. Lane was off to a good start until he got hurt. No way to know if Blaylock would be good and he had a major injury history. Juhemia (sp) was the most proven of the group.
It's easy to see after the season who turned out and who didn't. Lots of posters were dead set against taking OL transfers as ti "slowed development and hurt working as a unit." #65 has been a mainstay on the OL as a Grad transfer.
We brought in several LBs via the Portal. Not getting much for them. Transfers are similar to HS recruits in some turn out and some don't.