DandyDon said he thought we would sign a full 25 today. I know the consensus # has been rising with the release of a player or 2, but I don't think anyone here expects more than 23. Perhaps he is speaking of greyshirts.
We already have what, 16 verbal commits so far? As many studs as there are out there that we may be able to get, why not sign 25? I'm definately getting the impression that we aren't as limited as we thought. :crystal::geaux::crystal::geaux::crystal:
25 is looking more and more likely now. I projected 22-23 in February and some on here scoffed at that number. We just have too many studs to pass up and we will deal with managing the numbers when it is time to.
When we look at a roster all we can do really is look at the number of seniors we think are on scholarship and guess on who may be leave early. Then we had in attrition of the last class signees who didn't qualify and players who are dismissed or decided to transfer. And then we all make somewhat educated guesses on how many guys we can take in the next class. islstl has done a darn good job of that this year it looks like as he has been ahead of the curve just about the whole recruiting season. Wish the coaches would come out publicly with the projected number after Spring practice, there's nothing in the rules to prevent that. Of course it does make it more interesting and suspenseful when we don't know for sure.
My old estimate was 20-23 but with a few guys leaving the team since then, etc... and the possibilities of greyshirts my new estimate is 23-25.
The estimation of 23 was including greyshirt & non-qualifier candidates, as well as further attrition from the team. I see no reason to increase it.
My main reason for the increase is because I think we will be in a position closer to NSD where some top recruits on our board want to jump in our class and we find a way to make the numbers work.
