Curious how we think this will affect our roster and recruiting.
Jalen Coleman-Lands and Solomon Young could come back as super-duper-seniors, if they wanted to. I could see them wanting to move on with their lives, but I could also see them looking at the state of the labor market and say "no thanks," enjoy the college experience (for free) a little longer and work on more graduate programs.
Everybody else freezes in place... e.g., they receive two junior years, two sophomore years, or two freshmen years.
Tyrese Hunter is going to be in the same class as Walker, Dubar, Blackwell, and Foster.
As of now, assuming no changes above, we would be going into the season after next with 13 -- or "full." We could retain the exact same roster, save for Hinson and Hunter coming to campus to add to it.
I wonder how this is going to affect Hinson's redshirt. Is he now basically a sophomore?
Not sure how they are going to deal with scholarship limits, though. Perhaps not having the super-duper seniors count against the limit. So we could functionally go up to 15 if those two would return?
I assume we are still going to add a few guys to the incoming freshman class to go with Hunter. Either the limit is going to have to relax, Young or JCL are going to move on, or we might have to make some space.