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Here's a quick look at two trendlines:
1. Players from a class who never arrived
2. Players from a class who left within two seasons
Per the first category, we've improved on this immensely. Both Shannon and early-Al Golden repeatedly took kids who never saw the practice field for the U. The only player who fell into that category in recent years was Asa Martin.
For the second, this number is a little inflated in the last two years by transfers:
2014: 2 transfers (Patrick O'Donnell, Ryan Williams)
2015: 1 transfer (Jake Heaps)
2016: 2 transfers (Adrian Colbert, Dayall Harris)
2017: 1 transfer (Dee Delaney)
2018: 2 transfers (Venzell Boulware, Tito Odenigbo)
2019: 8 transfers (Jaelen Phillips, Asa Martin, Bubba Bolden, Tate Martell, Trevon Hill, K.J. Osborne, Chigozie Nnoruka, Tommy Kennedy)
Looking back, the 2010, 2011, 2012, and 2016 classes were killers. Losing over 40% of the class within two years is an astoundingly high figure and serves to rob the team of veteran leadership.
1. Players from a class who never arrived
2. Players from a class who left within two seasons
Per the first category, we've improved on this immensely. Both Shannon and early-Al Golden repeatedly took kids who never saw the practice field for the U. The only player who fell into that category in recent years was Asa Martin.
For the second, this number is a little inflated in the last two years by transfers:
2014: 2 transfers (Patrick O'Donnell, Ryan Williams)
2015: 1 transfer (Jake Heaps)
2016: 2 transfers (Adrian Colbert, Dayall Harris)
2017: 1 transfer (Dee Delaney)
2018: 2 transfers (Venzell Boulware, Tito Odenigbo)
2019: 8 transfers (Jaelen Phillips, Asa Martin, Bubba Bolden, Tate Martell, Trevon Hill, K.J. Osborne, Chigozie Nnoruka, Tommy Kennedy)
Looking back, the 2010, 2011, 2012, and 2016 classes were killers. Losing over 40% of the class within two years is an astoundingly high figure and serves to rob the team of veteran leadership.