The House of Blue

With Washington being a juco, I still want another DT for this class.

Does he have three to play two?

I wish UK could place all there Juco kids at ICC I live in Itawamaba county and it would be sweet to to watch all of them and be able to share how they are doing.

3 to play 2, yes.

Great to have Washington back. He was a big-time prospect out of HS and has now shown he can be a big-time college DL.

Awesome news. Another big thick kid up front. Eventually we'll see some results in the win column from really going all out with as many good DT's as we can find. Just need our O to improve. Need some big time playmakers. We've got the RB's and QB's but I think we still need a little help at WR and OLine.

because as I recall Chris didn't one of you say that you were getting the feeling that his HS coaches were holding out for a bigger offer for awhile??

K_Time - I hope you are right. Those are some pretty stout lines. Robertson was a Top 5 draft pick, Caudill was essentially a highschool All-American, and Sweat Pea played in the league). I am really excited about the future of the DL also. Hopefully we can add one more stud to the haul this year. We really need to add 2-3 big time WR's to this class. Timmons and someone else.

Washington is a 4-star type prospect. Interesting that he is down to 306. I think he played highschool around 280. If he holds at 305-310 and can play inside and out, we are in for a treat.

Yep, spot on.

Everyone calls about speed speed speed when talking SEC football, and while that is true, there are really two things that set SEC defenses apart from the rest of college football imo.

Defensive line.....and defensive backs. Jmho.

Dline is the one position where we've mostly struggled. We've always produced great LB's and position players all over the place on offense. The years when we've played halfway well we had a good line like in 2007 with Pryors, Peters, Jarmon and co. Thats whats so exciting for me. I feel like we've finally turned the corner at Dline and will have a nice Dline for the foreseeable future. Its a luxury.

If he plays this fall - yes. Otherwise 3 to play 3.

He's a D-tackle all the way.

Early reports are Grafree will play this fall.

1. I'd pick the Jarmon, Peters, Pryor and DLewis as best DL in modern UK era (I never saw the Art Still team play).

But to be fair, that 2007 UK team was not all that stout defensively. UK won most of its games by scoring all over the place The Defense gave up 37 LSU, 38 USCjr, 45 UF, 52 UT (I think it was 34 before OT). So that DL had some NFL players on it, but seemingly never dominated games.

2. The Roberton, Caudill, Sweat Pea and Ellery Moore DL was very impressive. My only problem with them was no good pass rushers. Caudill was a strong kid, but was never an impressive SEC player. Robertson was about unblockable up the middle though.

3. I rave about the future DL as I see Dupree as the best pass rusher at UK since Dennis Johnson. That kid is special and should be a force the next 3 years. Cobble/Rumph are already hard to run against. The next 2 years should be prove to be even more forceful. Washington is the wildcard...but if he is in shape...he is a perfect 3-4 DE. That group of 4 DL looks to be legit mid-top tier SEC DL in my book.