Your guide to next years DTs

The professional people who actually know what they are talking about have posted their guide to next years Defensive Tackles and now its my turn to disagree, except I don't really disagree.

Surefire starter:
Damike ScafeR-Senior
my expectations for Scafe last year were relatively high. He was a guy that played alongside both Raji and Brace when the other got tuckered out (when you weigh 350 lbs it happens) and not only that he held his own. Excitement gathered after a strong spring showing only to be hampered by a nagging neck injury that really kept him at less than 100%. I see Scafe as the DT equivalent of Albright, he was set for a big year and was held back by injury. This year, barring injury, should hopefully see Scafe bounce back and really elevate his play.

Likely to play:
Kaleb Ramsey R-Junior
apparently Ramsey was dominating before he got hurt towards the end of Summer practice last year. After he got hurt he was less than a stellar force but still saw some good playing time last year. He's a pretty good pass rusher with his athleticism but even at 280 he seems a little small for a big guy.

Conor O'Neal Soph
I expect O'Neal to be the next Scafe. While Ramsey and Scafe may not be Raji and Brace O'Neal will be the third man in the rotation. The philosophy on Redshirting under Spaz was that if you could help the team you would play. Thats why Finch and Kuechly saw playing time last year. What a lot of people didn't realize is that Wetzel and O'Neal were also true freshman in the two deep (or 3ish deep). This year with Giles gone O'Neal should step in to take a spot. He had some pretty good plays last year and it seems that the coaching staff likes this guy.

Battle for the last spot on the two deep:
Bryan Murray R-Soph
he saw some playing time last year and made some really nice moves when he was on the field but there is little else in way of information on him. He was hampered by turf toe for a lot of the spring and has the potential to really explode this year.

Dillon Quinn R-Fresh
He was redshirted last year so he was either something of a disappointment or O'Neal was a surprise. Either way it still doesn't sound like the coaching staff is as high on this guy as the recruiting gurus were. On the plus size his arms are about the size of my head and each of his legs is about the same size as my body so he has the physical tools to dominate. My expectation is that he will steadily improve leading up to the season and will at least be in the two deep and could be a run-stopping specialist.

Rivals things Brad Newman might move inside as well but I think theres a 10% chance of this happening. While Newman might not be a stunning DE the only way I see him moving inside is if one of the young guys really step up at DE and we have injuries at DT. Speaking of DE though we're getting one more addition in CJ Parsons, a Northeastern Husky who was disappointed when the program was cut. I know if FBS guys move to FCS they don't have to sit for a year so I presume it works the same way in reverse and who knows how good this guy might be. We're also getting another QB in the form of walk-on Shane Cranmore. Shane was getting some looks after his junior year before he snapped his ACL and saw his recruiting go down the drain. While I don't expect him to compete for a starting spot but it never hurts to have depth.