THIS YEARS SENIORS : (20)

Joseph Addai(#10) -- RB
Bennie Brazell(#17) -- WR
Shyrone Carey(#2) -- RB
Skyler Green(#5) --- WR
Kenny Hollis(#56) -- LB
David Jones(#82) -- TE/FB
E.J.Kuale(#51) --- LB
Nate Livings(#71) --- OL
Terrell McGill(#68) -- OL
Rudy Niswanger(#64) -- C/OL
Melvin Oliver(#90) -- DE
Ronnie Prude(#8) -- DB
Jason Spadoni(#33) -- LB
Mario Stevenson(#6) -- DB
Kevin Steltz(#44) -- FB
Cameron Vaughn(#46) -- LB
Brandon Washington(#97) -- DL
Andrew Whitworth(#76) -- OL
Kyle Williams(#95) -- DL
Claude Wroten(#98) -- DL

An amazing amount of talent to lose... I'd say at least 10, maybe as high as 15 will be drafted...

THIS YEARS JUNIORS: (22)

Dwayne Bowe(#80) -- WR
Alley Broussard(#22) -- RB
Jessie Daniels(#31) -- SS
Craig Davis(#3) -- WR
Peter Dyakowski(#77) -- OL
Daniel Francis(#37) -- DB
**Ryan Gaudet(#39) -- PK
Keron Gordon(#24) -- DB
Paris Hodges(#78) -- OL
Chris Jackson(#41) -- PK
Brian Johnson(#75) -- OL
Sammy Joseph(#14) -- DB
Laron Landry(#30) -- DB
Alonzo Manuel(#57) -- LB
**Gant Petty(#53) -- SNP
Chase Pittman(#94) -- DE
Kirston Pittman(#49) -- DE
Doug Planchard(#88) -- TE
Justin Vincent(#25) -- RB
Garret Wibel(#69) -- OL
Ryan Willis(#52) -- DL
Keith Zinger(#89) -- TE

6 that could consider entering early: Landry, Broussard, Vincent, Davis, Bowe, Daniels... it depends on how their seasons go and how well they are doing academically.

SOPHOMORES IN 2005: (20)

Will Arnold(#73) -- OL
Xavier Carter(#23) -- WR
Nick Child(#26) -- DB
Mit Cole(#81) -- TE
Dominic Cooper(#11) -- LB
Glen Dorsey(#72) -- DT
Early Doucet(#9) -- WR
Patrick Fisher(#36) -- P
Matt Flynn(#15) -- QB
Jacob Hester(#18) -- FB
Amp Hill(#1) -- WR
Ali Highsmith(#7) -- LB
Chevis Jackson(#21) -- DB
Shawn Jordan(#40) -- FB
JaMarcus Russell(#4) -- QB
Luke Sanders(#35) -- LB
Craig Steltz(#16) --- DB
Carnell Stewart(#96) -- DL
**Andrew Wright(#84) -- TE
Jonathan Zenon(#19) -- DB

Only 2 big men in this class... one on each side of the ball.. 4 in the previous class... means a young line in the next few years...

REDSHIRT FROSH FOR 2005: (13)

Charles Alexander(#91) -- DL
**Brady Dalfrey(#85) -- P
Marlon Favorite(#99) -- DL
Brett Helms(#74) -- OL
Jeffrey Jack(#32) -- DB
Tyson Jackson(#93) -- DE
Herman Johnson(#79) -- OL
Quinn Johnson(#45) -- LB
Tremaine Johnson(#47) -- DE
Ryan Miller(#63) -- C/OL
Curtis Taylor(#27) -- DB
Tim Washington(#92) -- DE
**PJ Zimmerman(#65) -- SNP

Who of these guys is gonna step up this year? I really want to see what Herman and Favorite are gonna do...

TRUE FROSH FOR FALL 2005: (15)

Kyle Anderson(#83) -- TE
Darry Beckwith(#48) -- LB
Ciron Black(#70) -- OL
Harry Coleman(#43) -- DB
Chris Hawkins(#29) -- DB
Lyle Hitt(#86) -- DL
Trindon Holliday(#13) -- RB
Max Holmes(#66) --- OL
R.J. Jackson(#28) -- RB
Ricky Jean-Francois(#87) -- DE/OLB
Al Jones(#84) -- DE/LB
Steven Korte(#42) -- FB
Brandon LaFell(#88) -- WR
Ryan Perrilloux(#11) -- QB
Antonio Robinson(#34) -- LB/R

Al Jones and RJF will be freaks on defense.. hope they both are at linebacker... If Robinson goes to the defensive side, there will be some amazing athleticism in the linebacking corps. Will Korte be a huge RB or a fast FB? I say keep him at RB unless Miles using the FB in the passing game and runs with them a bit.

**walk-ons

loco, thanks for breaking that down. But you were talking about Korte. I played against Korte the past two seasons, and IMO, he would be a better recieving FB, than an RB. He just doesn't have the quickness to play RB. He would be a power back, which we already have in Broussard, and Korte isn't anywhere near as good as Ally. He is athletic, and when he gets a full head of steam is tough to bring down, and I think that allowing him to catch passes in the flat will do him more good than trying to play him at an already overcrowded RB slot.

Thanks loco,

This years draft could be really painfull depending on how many juniors leave early. If we have the kind of season many tiger fans are expecting, we'll probably lose a few of them.

Luckily, our skill positions are set with talented players just waiting for their chance.

Our O-line could get pretty thin & young/inexperienced. I hope Miles uses our 2nd & 3rd stringers once we have the game in hand as to give starters a break & get the other guys some experience. It could come in handy down the road.

Hopefully we can have a really good recruiting class this year to build on this massive amount of talent.

Good post, I see 8 seniors barring injury or bad seasons that will probably get drafted: Addai, Green, Jones, Livings (hmm, not sure, has talent), Prude, Wrotten, Williams, Whitworth, who else do you think?

Cameron Vaughn

Jones, Kuale and Hollis have a late round chance, so does Shyrone if he gets any playing time this year... Niswanger will be drafted if he puts his name in.. Oliver will definately go...

So if we're gonna make a run at a title, talent wise, it sounds like ya'll are saying it's this year, not next year?

I feel really good about all that talent that will be sticking around Baton Rouge for the next few years myself. Thanks for the breakdown.