Admittedly, this list of most important players has been heavily skewed to offensive player thus far. Until now, only one defender has been written about and it was Mark Perry, who may or may not start at safety as a true freshman. We’re not ignoring the defenders, they’re just higher up on the list because they’re more important. We generally know what the offense will look like, health permitting, but there are so many question marks on defense in the first year of Mel Tucker’s tenure.
One of those questions is in the secondary. The position group has seen a lot of turmoil as Nick Fisher and Evan Worthington graduated and Dante Wigley, Ronnie Blackmon and Hasaan Hypolite have left the program.