OLINE
Losing: Banks, Conner, Majors, Helm, and possibly Williams (likely) and Campbell (suddenly less likely).
Gaining: Nick Brooks (High School 4*), Jackson Christian (High School 3*), Jordan Coleman (High School 3*), Devin Coleman (High School 3*). No transfers as of today. I think there is one target but I think Flood is fairly happy with the stacked depth despite the lack of experience.
Putting aside injuries and any remaining portal changes over the next 8 months, I think most people imagine the starters at oline to look like:
LT LG C RG RT TE
Goosby Umeozulu Hutson Campbell Baker Washington
The guys that will likely contribute a ton in addition in (likely) order of importance IMO are Connor Robertson on the inside, Malik Agbo on the outside, Daniel Cruz on the inside, Stroh, Chatman, Kibble, and I expect Nick Brooks will play some.
Overall, we will likely see a slight drop in pass protection inevitably from the loss of experience. Debatable on the run game...we could possibly see some slight improvement there. On the plus side, we may see a 90% reduction in false starts if Williams does indeed leave.
DLINE
Losing: Collins, Broughton, Sorrell, Lole, Norton, Savea, Bryant (Transfer to Vandy), Finkley (Transfer to Kansas), Mitchell (Transfer to LSU), Bledsoe (Tranfer to MSU), and possibly Moore (not sure on this one). That's a lot of dudes.
Gaining: Travis Shaw (DT Transfer from UNC), Cole Brevard (DT Transfer from Purdue), Justus Terry (High School 5*), Lance Jackson (High School 5*/4*), Smith Orogbo (High School 4*), Myron Charles (High School 4*), and Josiah Sharma (High School 4*).
The concern here is that for the first time in three years, we won't have at least two 5 year guys at DT. We were incredibly fortunate to follow up Murphy and Sweat's phenomenal year with Collins and Broughton's fifth year in the program...along with adding three 4th/5th year guys from the portal. That is why teams have had such difficulty against us in the traditional run game for the last two years. lots of 23 year old dudes out there. Shaw and Brevard are both massive interior guys with one being a 5th year senior and one being a junior. That should help but we have no idea how they will fit in yet. A lot of expectation for Alex January in the middle as well but it will only be his second year. If Moore comes back, him, Colin Simmons, and Burke on the outside is pretty good shot of confidence along with Vasek. This freshman class is insanely talented and I would expect Terry, Charles, and Jackson to likely contribute.
Putting aside injuries and any remaining portal changes, I see it as:
E DT DT E
Simmons Shaw January Burke/Moore (situational)
We will see on Shaw, January, and Brevard. I think you could consider that just a three man "starting" rotation. The guys contributing the most in addition in order IMO are Brevard, Vasek, Terry, Charles, Sharma, Jackson.
I am excited about talent at dline and I think we have a legitimate future top 5 pick at de in simmons but this will be the first time in a long time that we are not stacked with a huge rotation of experienced grown ass men in the middle in a while and I fear we may see the first relative success of traditional run game against us in a while. But a healthy and driven Simmons does make that a bit harder scheme wise. As does Moore and Burke. The recruiting nuts are going to be extremely excited about Justus Terry with good reason but 18 year olds at that position being dominant is rarely a thing. I suspect he will flash though.