Starting experience: Josh Banderas (19 starts), sr.; Dedrick Young (11), so.; Michael Rose-Ivey (10), sr.; Marcus Newby (6), jr.; Chris Weber (4), jr.
Know their names: Luke Gifford, so.; Tyrin Ferguson, so.; Mohamed Barry, rFr.
Leaders in the room: Nodding at the two seniors. Banderas has to keep foot to pedal because he'll have strong competition at the middle backer spot from Weber. Rose-Ivey, meanwhile, needs a full year of good health on his side. He definitely wants to lead. In the hallway after the bowl win, he said: "I know next year we'll definitely as players want to make an emphasis in creating a different atmosphere kind of than we had this year.