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Originally Posted by lopo89
I read the entire article. The only thing i disagree about is the "lack" of WRs Illinois will have for the next few years.
Um...we may be young this year but Jenkins, Scott, Benn, Gamble, Cumberland, James, Sykes, Fayson ('09), and others provide a damn good WR corp. Its just inexperienced.
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Fine, let's analyze it:
For next season, '08, the only guy that we can actually consistently count on will be Benn. Fayson will be sitting out one year. Jenkins, Scott, Sykes will be true freshman, and true freshman, even the superstars, usually don't dominate their true freshman year. James will be coming off an ACL tear, and most that have suffered the injury will tell you that it takes 2 years to come back from an ACL tear. Cumberland and Gamble are toss-ups because they can be good if they were consistent, but will they stay consistent? So in the end, I'll agree that next year we will struggle at WR just like the writer stated.
As for '09, we once again can count on Benn, but what about everyone else? There was a time when we recruited James, Wilkins, Cumberland, and it's taken them more than two years to progress, so I don't think we can count on our current crop to not take at least as long.
In conclusion, we are still mostly potential.