So, Cashius Howell has entered the portal and presumably will not play on Tuesday. This is a tough loss. He led the MAC in sacks and Falcon fans were drooling over a Hardamon/Howell pincer attack next season. It would appear not to be. Sometimes guys come back. I do think Howell will end up in a P5 program. Wish him nothing but the best.
BG added one player in the portal. He is Ed Rhambo from Northern Arizona. He has three years of eligibility remaining and is 6'2" and 190. As far as I can see, he was unrated out of HS. His NAU bio says this: "Finished with 5 passes defended and 4 interceptions during the 2021 season, adding 14 tackles."
He red-shirted his first season. Last year, he played quite a bit, with 369 snaps in 7 games. He was really effective, with a PFF grade of 70.8 on run defense and pass coverage of 79.5. The QB rating when targeting his WR was 48. He had 1 INT and 5 PBUs. You have to see if it will translate, but I think it looks promising.
Here's the way it looks for next year right now....
Hardamon and Stewart are better than their departing positional counterparts. The fact they are staying, plus Fannin, is a gigantic net positive for the program. Really happy we weathered the insanity the way we did...this has to be considered the best we could have realistically hoped for.
ReplyDeleteI agree that is the best we could have hope far. It's not over...also, while Hardamon and Stewart could be better, with depth and positional rotations we are way better with all four of them.
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