Five of Arizona State's first- and second-team defensive backs were not here last season. Only one of them arrived in time for spring practice.
Five other newcomers are waiting in the wings, four of which are coming to ASU this summer.
It's an extreme makeover unlike anything in a single ASU position group perhaps ever. Even the three returners in the 2 deep have only a combined seven starts in a cumulative six seasons.
Defensive coordinator Phil Bennett, in his first season at ASU and 40th overall in college coaching, tells his green secondary players, "I have to treat you guys like kindergartners.