Aided by this article from Dan Collins (link), here is my initial handicapping of which true freshmen will play this year
BURNING REDSHIRT IS LIKELY
Dom Maggio (certain)
Cade Carney
SOLID CHANCE TO BURN REDSHIRT
Arkeem Byrd
Greg Dortch
Brandon Chapman
Sulaiman Kamara
Jacquez Williams – will probably redshirt unless he beats out Justin Strnad and Nate Mays for the last spot on the 2-deep at LB
Essang Bassey – redshirt probably depends on whether he beats out Thomas Dillon for the last spot on the 2-deep at CB.
Boogie Basham/Manny Walker/Zander Zimmer – 2 of the 3 will likely redshirt. This is probably the position where the 2-deep will be the most competitive
WILL PROBABLY REDSHIRT
Jamie Newman
2 of the 3 DEs
Traveon Redd
Lukas Masterson
DeAndre Delaney
Jeremiah Brown
Taleni Suhren
Je’Vionte Nash
Tyler Watson
Malik Grate
GREYSHIRT
LaRonde Liverpool
Surprised this has not been noted...Coach seems a bit annoyed....
I would say Cade Carney seems now like he is more like a redshirt freshman rather than a true freshman. Then there’s another player we have – I won’t mention his name – that you would think he just showed up a week ago even though he’s been here since January
Knowing which frosh reported in January, who is Clawson likely referring to ?