New Vandy football fact book features no depth chart but lots and lots of battles for starting positions

Just in time for SEC Media Days, it's the Vanderbilt Football Fact Book, the publication formerly known as the Vanderbilt Football Media Guide. Click here to check it out.

We already knew that Charlie Goro has transferred to one of the Dakotas, and that Jamie Graham is headed to UCLA for graduate school, where he'll play out his last year of eligibility, and that James Kittredge, who was sitting out the season for a violation of team rules, has apparently transferred to Michigan State.

We'd heard that Blake Southerland, a redshirt sophomore who'd moved from linebacker to fullback in the spring, suffered a career-ending injury. Not sure about that, but he's no longer on the roster.

Freshman Darien Bryant, whom James Franklin calls a "jumbo athlete" and who's been listed by all the recruiting services as a tight end, is now listed as a defensive end/linebacker. Freshman Jacquese Kirk is still listed as a DB/WR but is mentioned in the section on wide receivers. Don't be surprised if he plays offense this year and then moves over to defense after all those receivers in the 2012 class arrive.

Oh, and a bunch of our guys are listed as an inch shorter than they were last year or, for freshmen, on signing day. Those are OL Mylon Brown (now 6-6), DB Karl Butler (6-0), DB Casey Hayward (5-11), FB Marc Panu (6-1), WR Trent Pruitt (5-9), DE Jimmy Stewart (6-3), C Logan Stewart (6-4), DT Vince Taylor (6-1), OL Jose Valedon (6-3) and DB Trey Wilson (5-11).

But the most interesting thing is the lack of a depth chart. In the new spirit of competitiveness, there was no depth chart in this year's fact book. But you can get a good idea by reading the offensive and defensive outlooks and the various player profiles. Lots of battles up for grabs.

In fact, Vandy has nearly every starter returning on both sides of the ball, but only seven guys appear to have starting jobs sewn up: Brandon Barden, Ryan Seymour and Wesley Johnson on offense and Tim Fugger, Chris Marve, Casey Heyward and Sean Richardson on defense.

Sure, there are front runners like Larry Smith, Warren Norman, Jordan Matthews, Jonathan Krause, Logan Stewart and Kyle Fischer on offense and T.J. Greenstone and Kenny Ladler on defense, but the possibility exists that those guys could lose their jobs. And even the sure-fire starter had better be on his game — it's not out of the realm of possibility that a healthy Austin Monahan could unseat Brandon Barden as he's done in years past, or that Walker May and Kyle Woestmann both jump ahead of Tim Fugger as starters.

But for now, we include Barden and Fugger among those whose starting jobs are written in ink.

The nine seniors are featured on the cover of the fact book: Fischer, Greenstone, Barden, Marve, Smith, Fugger, Richardson, Hayward and WR Udom Umoh, the veteran for whom playing time is most in doubt. All of them but Richardson and Hayward are redshirts.

All of the seniors except for Smith, Fugger and Umoh are being touted for post-season honors. Junior running backs Warren Norman and Zac Stacy and sophomore offensive lineman Wesley Johnson are also being pushed for accolades.

Stacy and Johnson are featured on the back cover of the fact book, as are sophomore safety Kenny Ladler, sophomore receiver Jordan Matthews and redshirt junior defensive tackles Rob Lohr and Colt Nichter.

For whatever that's worth.

By our count, 18 guys are battling for 11 jobs on offense, and 23 guys are battling for 11 jobs on defense.

Now that's competition. Here's how it shakes down by position:

QUARTERBACK
• Battle: R-SR Larry Smith (front-runner) vs. R-JR Jordan Rodgers
• Freshmen playmakers: Lafonte Thourogood, FR Josh Grady
• Freshman project: Kris Kentera

RUNNING BACK
• Battle: JRs Warren Norman and Zac Stacy (front-runners) vs. R-SO Wesley Tate
• Freshmen challengers: Jerron Seymour and Mitchell Hester
• Role players at fullback: SO Fitz Lassing and R-SO Marc Panu
• Struggling for playing time: R-JR Micah Powell

WIDE RECEIVER
• Battle: SO Jordan Matthews and SO Jonathan Krause (front-runners) vs. R-FR Chris Boyd and two-year starters R-JR John Cole and R-SR Udom Umoh
• Freshman challenger: FR Jacquese Kirk
• Other challengers: R-SO Brady Brown, R-FR Trent Pruitt, R-JR Akeem Dunham, R-JR walk-on Jamison Sackey

TIGHT END
• Starter: R-SR Brandon Barden
• Challengers: R-JR Austin Monahan and R-SO Mason Johnston
• Freshmen challengers: Dillon van der Wal and Steven Scheu
• Backup: SO Fitz Lassing

OFFENSIVE LINE
• Starters: R-JR Ryan Seymour (right tackle) and R-SO Wesley Johnson (left tackle or center)
• Battle: Returning starters R-SR Kyle Fischer (right guard), R-JR Jabo Burrow (left guard) and SO Logan Stewart (center) vs. R-JR Caleb Welchans and R-SO Mylon Brown
• Redshirt freshmen challengers: Andrew Bridges, Chase White, Grant Ramsay
• Freshmen ready to compete: Jose Valedon, Jake Bernstein, James Lewis
• Freshmen likely to redshirt: Spencer Pulley, Joe Townsend

DEFENSIVE TACKLE
• Battle: Injured starter R-SR T.J. Greenstone, returning starter R-JR Rob Lohr and part-time starter R-JR Colt Nichter vs. SO Jared Morse and R-FR Vince Taylor
• Freshman challenger: Barron Dixon
• Struggling for playing time: R-JRs Josh Jelesky and Taylor Loftley

DEFENSIVE END
• Starter: R-SR Tim Fugger
• Battle for other starter: R-SO Walker May vs. R-FR Kyle Woestmann and R-JR Johnell Thomas
• Challenger: R-SO Thad McHaney
• Struggling for playing time: R-JR Dexter Daniels and R-FR Thomas Ryan
• Likely redshirt: FR Connor Hart

LINEBACKER
• Starter in middle: R-SR Chris Marve
• Battle for two outside jobs: SO Chase Garnham and R-JR Tristan Strong vs. R-JR Archibald Barnes
• Challenger: R-JR DeAndre Jones
• Freshmen challengers: Darien Bryant and Jimmy Stewart and possibly one of the safeties
• Struggling for playing time: R-JR Al Owens, walk-on Bobby Jewell, R-FR Blake Gowder, R-FR Andrew East

CORNERBACK
• Starter: SR Casey Hayward
• Battle for other starter: JR Eddie Foster vs. JR Trey Wilson, SO Andre Hal and SO Steven Clarke
• Freshman challenger: Derek King
• Other challenger: Walk-on Reggie Ford

SAFETY
• Starter at strong safety: SR Sean Richardson
• Battle for free safety: SO Kenny Ladler (front-runner) vs. JR Eric Samuels, SO Karl Butler and SO Andre Simmons
• Freshmen challengers: Larry Franklin, Jahmel McIntosh and Andrew Williamson
• Struggling for playing time: R-SO Javon Marshall

SPECIAL TEAMS: KICKER
• Battle for placekicking: Spear vs. R-JR Ryan Fowler
• Starter for kickoffs: SO Carey Spear
• Backup for kickoffs: R-JR Ryan Fowler

SPECIAL TEAMS: PUNTER
• Starter at punter: R-JR Richard Kent
• Backup punter: R-JR Ryan Fowler

SPECIAL TEAMS: SNAPPER
• Snapper on punts: R-FR Andrew East
• Battle for snapper on kicks: R-JR Rob Lohr vs. East

SPECIAL TEAMS: RETURNERS
• Battle for kick returner: JR Warren Norman (front-runner) vs. JR Eric Samuels, SO Andre Hal and JR Trey Wilson
• Freshmen challengers for kick returner: Jerron Seymour, Mitchell Hester and Derek King
• Battle for punt returner: R-JR John Cole vs. JR Zac Stacy and SO Jonathan Krause
• Freshmen challengers for punt returner: Jacquese Kirk, Derek King

Andrew Bridges leads Vandy's clean plate club

Ah yes, the new preseason roster has been released so it’s time to recognize the winners of the clean-plate club, or the Vandy players who’ve gained the most weight since the start of last season, or in the case of the freshmen, since signing day.

THE WINNER
Redshirt freshman Andrew Bridges showed up on campus as a quick and agile left tackle of the future, and the far distant future, thanks to his 240 pounds. But a year later, he now weighs 270. Still light for an SEC lineman, but pretty close to the weight of starter Wesley Johnson.

OTHER ‘WINNERS’
• DT Josh Jelesky, R-Jr: 20 pounds (265)
• FB/TE Fitz Lassing, So: 16 pounds (236)
• CB Steven Clarke, So: 15 pounds (195)
• DE Dexter Daniels, R-Jr: 15 pounds (245)
• DT Jared Morse, So: 15 pounds (285)
• K Carey Spear, So: 15 pounds (190)
• OL Jose Valedon, Fr: 15 pounds (295)
• WR Jonathan Krause, So: 14 pounds (182)
• LB Blake Gowder, R-Fr: 13 pounds (228)
• LB Chris Marve, R-Sr: 12 pounds (242)
• S Javon Marshall, R-So: 11 pounds (196)
• DE Thad McHaney, R-So: 11 pounds (256)
• DE/LB Darrien Bryant, Fr: 10 pounds (220)
• LB Chase Garnham, So: 10 pounds (225)
• TE Steven Scheu, Fr: 10 pounds (245)
• DE/LB Jimmy Stewart, Fr: 10 pounds (220)
• OT Chase White, R-Fr: 10 pounds (280)

‘LOSERS’
• WR Brady Brown, R-So: 15 pounds (195)
• TE Austin Monahan, R-Jr: 13 pounds (242)
• OG Mylon Brown, R-So: 10 pounds (300)
• DE Connor Hart, Fr: 10 pounds (240)
• RB Micah Powell, Fr: 10 pounds (205)
• DE Thomas Ryan, R-Fr: 10 pounds (230)

James Franklin's not trying to be a standup comedian, but he is looking for playmakers

Just listened to a recording of James Franklin's interview last week with 104.5 in Nashville, from which we can learn a few things:

1. His goal is NOT to become a media darling this week in Birmingham. Remember the star of SEC Media Days last year? Yes, everybody fell in love with the homespun turkey inseminator, Robbie Caldwell, who was apparently thought he was on an episode of "Hee Haw."

2. The quarterback job is Larry Smith's to lose. Sure, everybody's excited about Jordan Rodgers and the workout video he made with his Super Bowl champion brother. But Franklin was quick to point out last week that he still hasn't seen Rodgers play, and until he does, he can't really compare him to Larry. He did say that he feels he has two QBs in Larry and Jordan who can compete in the SEC. Expect him to repeat this over and over again this week in Birmingham. He also said he's looking forward to developing the young quarterbacks.

3. Expect to see Josh Grady and Lafonte Thourogood play as true freshmen, but not necessarily as quarterbacks. Franklin didn't say this. But he did say that (1) the team has a shortage of offensive playmakers and (2) that the young quarterbacks need development. Jordan Matthews can be a big-time SEC receiver, he said, and he's working on ways to get the ball to Brandon Barden, whom he recruited while a Maryland assistant, but he still needs playmakers. While true freshman Jacquese Kirk is listed as a receiver and could be an immediate upgrade over John Cole and Udom Umoh, Thourogood is likely the best receiver prospect on the team, and Grady by all accounts is an electrifying ball carrier with a knack for getting himself out of jams. Both have apparently been promised a shot at QB, but in the meantime expect them to get their hands on the ball as receivers or in the wildcat.

4. Expect to see some defenders get a shot to play offense. Kirk's best position, at least in high school, was cornerback but his first stop on the Vandy practice field will be at wide receiver. Likewise, Dillon van der Wal was a sackmaster at defensive end in high school, but he's listed at tight end. Sure, we've already got Brandon Barden, but who can resist the idea of a 6-foot-7 kid jumping for the ball in the red zone? And while Darien Bryant is a long athlete capable of packing on pounds and playing all over the field, it appears he'll get his first shot at playing time either as a pass-catching tight end, H-back or wide receiver. Also, don't be surprised if defensive backs Derek King or Jahmel McIntosh gets some touches in practice. At 195 pounds, King is an SEC-ready cornerback who could be starting by season's end, but at the least he'll get some reps as a return man.

Franklin raises the bar for talent; so start defending your favorite Vanderbilt football player now

Remember when James Franklin said on signing day that he didn’t want anybody who wasn’t ready to compete, and that he was telling new recruits he was going to go out and get somebody better than them?

You know I think Bobby Johnson made huge progress improving the Commodores’ overall level of talent and depth. I noticed this during our victory at South Carolina four or five years ago when even the guys on our bench looked like SEC players, which was not the case when I attended Vandy in the late ’80s.

But it was all relative – while our players were good by Vandy standards and capable of the occasional upset or even seven upsets in one season, they weren’t good enough to win consistently. Instead, Johnson blamed losses on a lack of execution, valued experience and work ethic over talent, and immediately redshirted nearly every freshmen who set foot on campus.

Now here comes James Franklin, who’s focused like a laser on our talent. He’s run off Charlie Goro, whom he said didn’t meet his standards for a quarterback, and criticized Brady Brown for waiting to get tackled when he catches the ball.

His philosophy, as he stressed to the other day to Tennessean's Jeff Lockridge (who by the way is doing a bang-up job, probably in part because Franklin is a straight-shooter), is to go out and get the best possible talent:

“One year I threw it to a really good player or handed off to a really good player and it went for 85 yards, and all of a sudden I’m smart. And the year before I threw it to a guy that was a good kid, but you know, it went for seven yards. Our staff understands, our players understand, our recruits understand that recruiting is paramount to our success."

You think some of the returning starters are nervous going into training camp?

Franklin has said that he’s looking for playmakers and difference-makers, and that he’d rather have a tremendous athlete who can compensate for a mistake than a mediocre athlete who executes everything perfectly. Um, think Turner Wimberly or Nate Campbell would have started for Franklin?

Here’s what’s going to happen in preseason camp:

• Josh Grady and Lafonte Thourogood are going to push Larry Smith and Jordan Rodgers hard, and then they might just move over to the receiving corps and, together with fellow freshman Jacquese Kirk, ensure that John Cole and Udom Umoh never see the field.

• Dillon van der Wal, Steven Scheu and Darien Bryant are going to make backup tight ends Mason Johnston, Austin Monahan and Fitz Lassing earn every second of playing time.

• Jarron Seymour’s going to motivate Wesley Tate to hit the holes as quick as he can, and he’s going to have Warren Norman and Zac Stacy getting as fit as they can, because if they get hurt this season they may not have a starting job when they come back.

• James Lewis and Jake Bernstein may not start right away, but they could see the field a whole lot sooner than projects like Andrew Bridges and Chase White.

• Barron Dixon already weighs nearly 40 pounds more than our heaviest defensive end and as much as our defensive tackles, and appears to be the most SEC-ready defensive linemen we’ve had in a long time. That’s got to motivate juniors like Rob Lohr and Colt Nichter and underclassmen like Vince Taylor and Jared Morse.

• And you’ll see guys like Kyle Woestmann, Walker May and Chase Garnham try to grab starting positions as fast as they can, because it won’t be any easier next year when a boatload of talented ends and backers — Sealand, Herring, Weatherly, Azubike, Dawson and friends — arrives in Nashville.

• Oh yeah, and true freshmen safeties Jahmel McIntosh, Larry Franklin and Andrew Williamson could boot guys like Karl Butler and Andre Simmons off the depth chart or move to outside backer and do the same to a host of veterans over there.

• And don’t forget Derek King, who’s got the talent to immediately knock Wilson, Foster or Hal out of the starting rotation.

Sure, it kind of hurts saying that guys who’ve worked hard and paid their dues may never see meaningful playing time. Go ahead and comment about guys you think I’ve slighted. Folks have been defending Goro on this site for years. Somebody recently commented that Chase Garnham will be a third- or fourth-round draft pick. Maybe so. But that doesn’t mean we’re gonna write his name – or anybody’s name – in ink on our depth chart.

This doesn’t mean Franklin’s out looking for thugs or morons. But it also doesn’t mean he has to settle for MAC- or WAC- or CUSA-level talent.

Go to his Twitter account sometime and read his posts. They make Norman Vincent Peale look like a pessimist.

The guy’s walking into the living rooms of the nation’s top prospects and he’s telling them he’s not taking no for an answer. If a recruit tells Franklin that other SEC coaches are saying Vanderbilt’s academics are too hard, then Franklin tells the recruit that those SEC coaches are really telling the recruit that he’s not smart and not a hard worker.

And is that true? Of course not. Does the kid — who, for example, may be the No. 2 all-purpose back in the nation and run a 4.2 40 — have what it takes to get a Vandy degree AND play in the SEC? Of course he does. At least, of course we're going to see if he does.

Franklin’s got a different blueprint for success than his predecessors. Instead of thinking he can lead the SEC’s worst recruits to a bowl victory every decade, he absolutely believes he can get the best talent in the nation and challenge for championships.

Heck, let’s try it and see what happens.

A look at Vanderbilt's starting lineup... for 2013

Folks on chat boards excited by Coach Franklin's recruiting efforts are saying they can't wait for this season to start. I can. Sure, I'm curious to see who Franklin puts on the field and what plays he calls for them, but I'm really interested to see what happens after he puts a couple more classes together, say in 2013.

Speaking of which, here's a projected starting lineup for 2013, which is cause for excitement but also highlights our needs in recruiting (WR, OL, DL, K, P):

QUARTERBACK
1 - Lafonte Thourogood, JR
2 - Josh Grady, R-SO

RUNNING BACK
1 - Wesley Tate, R-SR
1 - Brian Kimbrow, SO
2 - Jerron Seymour, JR
2 - Mitchell Hester, R-SO

WIDE RECEIVER
1 - Jonathan Krause, SR
1 - Jordan Matthews, SR
1 - Jaydrick Declouet, SO
2 - Chris Boyd, R-JR
2 - Cory Batey, SO
2 - Trent Pruitt, R-JR

TIGHT END
1 - Darrien Bryant, R-SO
2 - Steven Scheu, R-SO

OFFENSIVE LINE
1 - Wesley Johnson, R-SR
1 - Logan Stewart, SR
1 - James Lewis, JR
1 - Jake Bernstein, JR
1 - Dillon van der Wal, R-SO
2 - Barrett Gouger, SO
2 - Andrew Bridges, R-JR
2 - Grant Ramsay, R-JR
2 - Jose Valedon, R-SO
2 - Spencer Pulley, R-SO

DEFENSIVE TACKLE
1 - Vince Taylor, R-JR
1 - Barron Dixon, JR
2 - Jared Morse, SR
2 - Ladarius Banks R-FR

DEFENSIVE END
1 - Kyle Woestmann, R-JR
1 - Josh Dawson, SO
2 - Conner Hart, R-SO
2 - Thomas Ryan, R-JR

LINEBACKER
1 - Jacob Sealand, SO
1 - Darreon Herring, SO
1 - Stephen Weatherly, SO
2 - Chase Garnham, SR
2 - Jahmel McIntosh, JR
2 - Jimmy Stewart, R-SO

CORNERBACK
1 - Derrick King, JR
1 - Jacquese Kirk, JR
2 - Andre Hal, SR
2 - Paris Head, SO

SAFETY
1 - Kenny Ladler, SR
1 - Larry Franklin, JR
2 - Andre Simmons, SR
2 - Karl Butler, SR

KICKER
1 - Carey Spear, SR
2 -

PUNTER
1 - Fitz Lassing, SR
2 -

What do you think?

Here we go: Vandy picks up two wide receivers in a day

After yesterday’s recruiting trifecta, the Commodores got another verbal commitment, from wide receiver Jaydrick Declouet of Louisiana.

Two receivers in a day. That’s big for the Dores, who badly need receivers. It’s our biggest weakness as far as depth goes.

Oh, and I bet Brian Kimbrow can play a little wide receiver too.

Sure we need offensive linemen, but we’ve got a bunch of large- framed kids in Nashville right now eating six meals a day and lifting weights and pushing trucks and whatever Dwight Galt has them doing.

And we need outside linebackers, but we’ve got a bunch of good-looking freshmen and sophomore safeties (Franklin, McIntosh, Williamson, Butler, Simmons) who could eventually move up to outside backer, not to mention three four-star recruits (Herring, Sealand, Weatherly) slated to arrive next year.

No, receiver was our biggest need. We’ve got Krause and Matthews returning, and Boyd looks like he’s developing, but after that what do we have?

Now we’ve got Declouet and Cory Batey, who commited yesterday.

Declouet is 5-10, 175 and runs a 4.4 40. ESPN ranks him as the 52nd best wide receiver in the nation and says he’s one of the best route runners coming out of high school, is both fast and quick, and can play outside or slot.

He doesn’t have any other SEC offers as far as we can tell, but he’s still probably our best receiver recruit at least on paper since Earl Bennett. (Jonathan Krause could fall into the same category; Jordan Matthews flew under the radar.)

UPDATE: A look at Vandy's recruiting class after Brian Kimbrow, Caleb Azubike and Cory Batey commit

Maybe you heard that three high school football players from Tennessee called a press conference and committed to Vandy.

One of them, Brian Kimbrow of Memphis (pictured here), runs a 4.2 40, is commonly regarded as the fastest man in high school football, and is the nation’s second-ranked all-purpose back. No kidding.

The other two are Caleb Azubike of Nashville, whom Rivals ranks as the 21st-best weakside defensive end, and Cory Batey of Nashville, who runs a 4.4 40 and is a 3-star wide receiver according to Rivals.

There are rumors that others will be hot on their heels, even some guys from out of state, which certainly makes sense.

Some initial thoughts:

Is Vandy really getting the fastest kid in America? This is the kind of blue-chip recruit we’ve never gotten before, and his presence will likely trigger commitments from a bunch of other top-notch recruits currently considering Vanderbilt.

How do all these defensive ends stack up against each other? ESPN likes Weatherly the best and gives him 4 stars, followed by 3 stars for everybody else with Dawson ranked highest, followed by Griffin then Azubike then Banks. Rivals gives everybody 3 stars, with Weatherly as a linebacker and Banks as a tackle; Azubike as the best weakside end, followed by Dawson; and Griffin as a strongside end. Scout gives Dawson 4 stars, Azubike 3 stars and everybody else 2 stars.

How does Batey rate as a wide receiver? Not among the nation’s best. He gets three stars from Rivals, who gives lots of people 3 stars, but isn’t ranked at receiver by any of the services we mention. But he’s got speed and people who’ve seen him say he’s the real deal. Though he's probably our lowest rated recruit at this point, he’d also be an important one because we really, really need wide receivers. And remember that this time last year Jordan Matthews had only one 3-star rating, also from Rivals, and wasn’t ranked at receiver by anybody.


If you’re interested, here’s some more information on all the commitments, including the new guys:

1. BRIAN KIMBROW, RB/ATH
5-9, 165
ESPN: 4 stars, 80 rating, #20 athlete
Rivals: 4 stars, 5.9 rating, #2 all-purpose back
Scout: 4 stars, #20 running back

2. JACOB SEALAND, ILB/OLB
6-2, 220
ESPN: 4 stars, 79 rating, #15 inside linebacker
Rivals: 3 stars, 5.7 rating, #18 inside linebacker
Scout: 3 stars, #62 outside linebacker

3. JOSH DAWSON, DE
6-4, 225
ESPN: 3 stars, 79 rating, #43 defensive end
Rivals: 3 stars, 5.7 rating, #30 weakside defensive end
Scout: 4 stars, #27 defensive end

4. DARREON HERRING, OLB
6-2, 205
ESPN: 4 stars, 79 rating, #28 outside linebacker
Rivals: 3 stars, 5.7 rating, #42 outside linebacker
Scout: 3 stars, #72 outside linebacker

5. CALEB AZUBIKE, DE
6-5, 240
ESPN: 3 stars, 76 rating, #102 defensive end
Rivals: 3 stars, 5.7 rating, #21 weakside defensive end
Scout: 3 stars, unranked defensive end

6. STEPHEN WEATHERLY, DE/OLB
6-5, 197
ESPN: 4 stars, 79 rating, #23 defensive end
Rivals: 3 stars, 5.6 rating, unranked outside linebacker
Scout: 2 stars, unranked defensive end

7. BARRETT GOUGER, OT
6-5, 285
ESPN: 3 stars, 78 rating, #66 offensive tackle
Rivals: 3 stars, 5.6 rating, #76 offensive tackle
Scout: 3 stars, #86 offensive tackle

8. LADARIUS BANKS, DE/DT
6-2, 265
ESPN: 3 stars, 75 rating, #127 defensive end
Rivals: 3 stars, 5.5 rating, unranked defensive tackle
Scout: 2 stars, unranked defensive end

9. PARIS HEAD, CB/S
6-1, 170
ESPN: no stars, 45 rating, unrated cornerback
Rivals: 3 stars, 5.6 rating, #53 cornerback
Scout: 2 stars, unranked safety

10. TRE GRIFFIN, DE
6-2, 235
ESPN: 3 stars, 77 rating, #82 defensive end
Rivals: no stars, unrated, unranked strongside defensive end
Scout: 2 stars, unranked defensive end

11. CORY BATEY, WR
6-1, 184
ESPN: no stars, 45 rating, unranked wide receiver
Rivals: 3 stars, 5.5 rating, unranked wide receiver
Scout: 2 stars, unranked