NJL52
Seasoned Veteran
I just got thinking about college football and I was wondering how my Canes would fare in 2006. My first thought was all the off season termoil and the below average recruiting class. But after thinking about it, Hurricanes improved from last year.
QB, RB, TE all stay the same and only get better with one more year of expierence.
The media is saying we are hurt big time by the loss of Sinorice Moss, which makes me wonder if anybody in the media ever watched a single Canes game. Sinorice had like 25 catches last year and we barely ever used him. In his career he had one big play and that was vs the Noles in 2004 when he got the OT touchdown. Other then that he was a nobody.
Ryan Moore is another year older and this could be his breakout year. He was the number 1 reciever in the nation coming out of highschool so if he could live up to half the hype he will be a star. Lance Leggett and Darnell Jenkins didn't stick out to me much last year. Can't remember how they performed but again another year of expierenced makes you think they improved.
As for the offensive line, I don't know. I know Reggie Youngblood should be able to start next year and he was our number 2 recruit only behind Kenny Phillips last year. He should grow to a star. But other then him I am blurry for the O line.
Defensive Line. Too much talent here to ever say we could miss a player. Orien Harris was good but he was more hype then actual ability. I find it hard to believe that we won't improve on the D line.
WLB: Willie Williams was the number 1 player in the nation 2 years ago. He should be a star and a first round pick in the future. He should be an improvement over Rocky McIntosh this year.
MLB and SLB: Jon Beason, Romeo Davis and Tavares Gooden should be ready to step in. Spencer Adkins could make an impact at MLB this year also.
At safety we are absolutely loaded. 2 future first round picks. Kenny Phillips is the Hurricanes next superstar safety. He will be a top 10 pick whenever he comes out. Anthony Reddick is another future first round draft pick. Brandon Meriweather is another starter quality safety but unfortuneately for him he plays on the Canes.
Cornerback is the only weakness that I admit. The loss of Kelly Jennings, Devin Hester (Although not a big impact at CB) and Marcus Maxey will hurt. Randy Phillips, Bruce Johnson and Glenn Sharpe will have to step it up to fill in for these 3.
We were ranked as high as number 3 last year. In my eyes we did nothing but improve. So I find it hard to believe people are ranking is in the preseason at 15.
QB, RB, TE all stay the same and only get better with one more year of expierence.
The media is saying we are hurt big time by the loss of Sinorice Moss, which makes me wonder if anybody in the media ever watched a single Canes game. Sinorice had like 25 catches last year and we barely ever used him. In his career he had one big play and that was vs the Noles in 2004 when he got the OT touchdown. Other then that he was a nobody.
Ryan Moore is another year older and this could be his breakout year. He was the number 1 reciever in the nation coming out of highschool so if he could live up to half the hype he will be a star. Lance Leggett and Darnell Jenkins didn't stick out to me much last year. Can't remember how they performed but again another year of expierenced makes you think they improved.
As for the offensive line, I don't know. I know Reggie Youngblood should be able to start next year and he was our number 2 recruit only behind Kenny Phillips last year. He should grow to a star. But other then him I am blurry for the O line.
Defensive Line. Too much talent here to ever say we could miss a player. Orien Harris was good but he was more hype then actual ability. I find it hard to believe that we won't improve on the D line.
WLB: Willie Williams was the number 1 player in the nation 2 years ago. He should be a star and a first round pick in the future. He should be an improvement over Rocky McIntosh this year.
MLB and SLB: Jon Beason, Romeo Davis and Tavares Gooden should be ready to step in. Spencer Adkins could make an impact at MLB this year also.
At safety we are absolutely loaded. 2 future first round picks. Kenny Phillips is the Hurricanes next superstar safety. He will be a top 10 pick whenever he comes out. Anthony Reddick is another future first round draft pick. Brandon Meriweather is another starter quality safety but unfortuneately for him he plays on the Canes.
Cornerback is the only weakness that I admit. The loss of Kelly Jennings, Devin Hester (Although not a big impact at CB) and Marcus Maxey will hurt. Randy Phillips, Bruce Johnson and Glenn Sharpe will have to step it up to fill in for these 3.
We were ranked as high as number 3 last year. In my eyes we did nothing but improve. So I find it hard to believe people are ranking is in the preseason at 15.
