I know this is a crazy concept but as guys graduate, other guys come in -- It's called recruiting. So Trevell Johnson will come in along with probably 2 more LB prospects none of which will be needed in the next 2 seasons if we manage to hang on to the young guys on the roster.
The 5 guys I listed are "depth" as in they are NOT on the 2-deep you stupid fucking coward. You have spouted ad nauseam that there is no depth. Those 5 players are the depth. They are the guys that are NOT on the 2-deep. So "sustaining our roster" is handled by simply developing at a minimum 2 of those 5 names into guys that would then be on the 2 deep in 2022 and 2023 and is Jeff Choate's actual fucking job. I do think the current depth chart (which doesn't include Banks or LB X) is fine in terms of total numbers and talent - certainly for the next 2 seasons. Sure, it's not 15 deep for those 2 spots the way you would like ...
I'll say it the same way I said from the beginning, if a LB coach can't develop 4 players from this group of athletes into All BigXII caliber LBs (4 players being a complete 2-deep at the position) then he should absolutely GTFO because he's not the standard we should demand at Texas. Do you honestly disagree with that?
You think this room has no talented players that can be developed by a capable LB coach - especially now that they are in a better scheme with a better DC (Kwiatkowski)? You think that if Chad Glasgow and Gary Patterson were given this group of players they couldn't develop 4 of them? How fast do you think Viedt and Heacock would trade their entire group for this group? You think Stanard and Klanderman wouldn't be able to develop a badass 2 deep of LBs from this group?
I don't think there's a name on this list that can't be developed, at a minimum, into a solid backup/2nd team LB. That's absolute worst case, imho. FFS, Jaylan Ford is the lowest rated of the bunch (excluding Richardson and Brockermeyer) and he has already shown me enough to know that he could be a more than capable LB.
LBs ::
Demarion Overshown
6'3" 215
4 star - 0.9737 - #52 in the country
Tyler Owens
6'2" 197
4 star - 0.9513 - #107 in the country
David Gbenda ::
6'0" 218
4 star - 0.9313 - #165 in the country
Terrence Cooks ::
6'2" 210
4 star - 0.8994 - #303 in the country
Morice Blackwell ::
6'1" 196
4 star - 0.8933 - #343 in the country
Marcus Tillman ::
6'1" 220
3 star 0.8856 - #440 in the country
Jaden Hullaby ::
6'2" 205
3 star - 0.8701 - #620 in the country
Jaylan Ford ::
6'2.5" 205
3 star - 0.8465 - #1222 in the country
Additions (I could see both of these guys playing rush end and not even playing LB, so we will see) ::
Palaie Gaoteote
6'2" 235
5 star - 0.9926 - #15 in the country
Devin Richardson ::
6'3" 215
3 star - 0.8276 - #1631 in the country
PWO ::
Luke Brockermeyer ::
6'3" 210
3 star - 0.8255 - #1169 in the country
I'm not going to bother going through this whole thing with multiple teams - so let's have one simple example, TCU. Glasgow/Patterson developed Garrett Wallow and Dee Winters into a very capable LB duo. Hell, Wallow led TCU in tackles for 3 straight seasons and was All BigXII in 2019 and 2020 and they turned him into a 5th round NFL draft pick, based entirely on his football IQ and productivity. (ie. his development).
Garret Wallow - TCU
6'2 210
3 star - 0.8481 - #890 in the country
Dee Winters ::
6'1" 192
3 star - 0.8688 - #693 in the country
Wallow's likely replacement ::
Wyatt Harris
6'3" 218
3 star - 0.8581 - #907 in the country
TCU depth will include -- (and no they don't go 15 deep) ::
Jamoi Hodge ::
6'2" 225
3 star - 0.8722 - 34 JUCO
Thomas Armstrong ::
6'3" 220
3 star - 0.8323 - #1617 in the country
Jayhvion Gipson ::
6'1" 205
3 star - 0.8464 - #1215 in the country
Dylan Jordan ::
6'3" 215
3 star - 0.8808 - #514 in the country
Zach Marcheselli
6'2" 220
3 star - 0.8594 - #888 in the country
Marcel Brooks - absolute shitfuck
At some point you have to stop rolling the roster over and start developing the talent.