I think you have a good start with this list. The beauty of this is that no positions are totally devoid of experienced and talented players.

Two of my upcoming favorites are FR LB Keye Thompson and RS Fr CB Tariq Drake.

The four game redshirt rule seems to help showcase future impact players such as Thompson and Buckner. lPus second year players like RB Ross were held to four games to give him an additional year of eligibility since we had Oulette and Irons carrying the load this year.

Pretty sure Ball's career is over at WR. I thought latest injury was his last? Unless I missed something.

I'd imagine 6'4 Hooks, Minter, Knock, Harris and Cherry gets some looks at WR. Lot of alleged depth there ... just need some consistency emerge.

Chukwu & Miller are back on DL I believe.

Mitchell at safety might help?

Please consider.

WR - Odom, Cox, Buckner (I think Mr. Ball's injury has ended his play.)
T - Pleasants, Grimes (Hoover to press Grimes if he enrolls this spring.)
G - Meservy, Hayes
C - Kitrell
DE - I hope Mr. Amir Miller returns.
DT - Baker, Arp (in the mix Burks, Caesar, Daxon)

I like Drake and Thompson too. Drake is very quick and Thompson is a head hunter, I hope that start forever does not prevail.

Arkley tweeted on signing day that Ball's scholarhsip would become available along with another current roster member but I can't remember who it was (maybe a TE?)

Hooks at WR should play with his 6/4 frame. Also the OL has experienced players in Pleasants, Kitrell, Hayes and Meservy. My guess is Grimes or another player at the other spot as also don't count out the RS frosh guys or the newly signed players to provide depth. Guessing the Vegas people will have Ohio underdogs at Pitt/Marshall, but favorites in the other two early games.

If start forever is ended, this is my projected lineup.
OFFENSE

QB-Rourke

RBs-Wilbon, Ross

WRs-Cox-Buckner-Odom

TE- Clanton, Burton

C-Hayes

G-Meservy-Kitrell

T-Pleasants-Grimes-Vannest-Danneker


DEFENSE

DE-Ogan-Semore-Evans-Conrad-Stai-McNight

DT-Daxon-Baker-Arp-Caesar

LBs-Dorsa-Conner-Thompson-Robinson

CB-Drake-Brooks-Motley-Birchett

S-Hagen-Hudson-Hampton-Floyd

So. RB wise I have seen the running ability. My concern for next season is when an opponent's DC decides to blitz his Tezino/Hodge type LB. Who among these RBs is going to stick said LB. Ouellette deserves credit for Rourke's current apparent good health. I worry that next season for lack of a blocking RB Rourke and Maxwell are both less than 100%.

Ross looks like a stud I expect with the time to rehab and this off season will have turned him into a monster

Scroll up. allen has already determined Wilbon, Clanton and Daxon need to be instant starters before they attend a practice. Now if they are not instant starters it will be because the "incompetent" coaches have this policy against starting younger/better players. allen has been here while Wood, Ouellette, Meservy and Pruehs all established themselves as freshmen, yet, he still thinks this is a good axe to grind against Ohio's coaches.

Here's my way-too-early shot at a 2-deep

OFFENSE
QB-Rourke,Maxwell,Keszei
RB-Ross,Tuggle/Allison
WR-Cox,Buckner
WR-Odom,Cherry
WR-Knock,Minter/Tupa
TEs-Luehrman,Luehrman
LT-Grimes,Jackson/Irland
LG-Sink,Notestine
C-Kitrell,Hayes
RG-Meservy,Danneker
T-Pleasants,Fernandez/Rogers

DEFENSE
DE-Ogan-Semore,McKnight/Chuckwu
DE-Evans,Conrad/Stai/Miller
NG-Arp,Caesar,Coleman
DT-Baker,Burks/McCracken
WLB-Popp,Brunson,Houston
SLB-Connor,Robinson,Thompson
MLB-Dorsa,Clack,McCrory
CB-Hudson,Drake/Motley
CB-Brooks,Motley
SS-Hagen,Floyd
S-Hampton,Mitchell

Overall: Offensive line won't be quite as good, and receivers may be slightly worse, and running back will be down somewhat, so overall the offense won't be as good. This year they averaged 40.1 points/game and 467 yards. Next year I'm looking for 34 points/game and 430 yards.

On defense, the line will be both good and very deep. The linebackers are the biggest question mark on defense, and the secondary will be very good, and experienced. I think the defense will be more like the defense at the end of the year this year than the one we saw at the beginning. On net, I'm looking for them to be good, but not quite as good as the 2016 defense.

I expect them to start the year with the defense much better than last year, but the offense not as good. I think that as the year progresses, the offense will improve, and by the end of the year the team will be as good as, or slightly better than this year.

Hagan started as a 3rd string safety, but as he learned the defense, and adjusted to the college game, he moved up to being a starter. Ouellette started as a 5th string running back, but as he proved himself, moved up to being a starter. There are other Freshmen who have become starters, and I could look them up, if it matters.

Just because a player does not start at the beginning of the season, but ends as a Freshman All-American, that doesn't mean it was wrong to not start him in game 1. All players who come from high school have to adjust to the speed of the college game and it's physicality. All have to learn a new offense or defense. It's reasonable that they need some time to adjust. Some positions have less adjustment, so it's more common to see Freshmen starting at positions like WR, RB or CB than at some other positions.

On my two-deep, I elected not to put any Freshmen at all. I do expect a Freshman or two to find their way into the two-deep, but I don't care to try to guess which ones it will be.