Last week, The Cougar looked at one half of the secondary. For this week, the safeties are the focus.
This group is even more questionable as both safety positions were vacated last season and the returning players have limited experience on the Division-I college playing field.
Safeties coach Craig Naivar will have his work cut out for him, but he was able to help lead Trevon Stewart and Adrian McDonald to the American Athletic Conference first and second team honors in his first year.
This group will have little time to adjust to their new roles as they will face the first big challenge of the season: the University of Oklahoma.