By: Tommy Tuberville, Head Coach

Quarterbacks
"We'll have three quarterbacks, Jason Campbell, Daniel Cobb and Wesley Hill and all three will be in the rotation. All three will be learning basically a new offense from scratch. It's going to be a new learning experience for them. We're going to keep most of the terminology close to the same, so we'll have some carry-over from last season. It's going to be extremely competitive between Daniel and Jason. They both have the ability to be good quarterbacks. Last spring was competitive and we saw a change almost every week in who was our number one quarterback. We'll start out with Jason number one and Daniel number two and we'll make adjustments as need be during spring practice."

Running Backs
"We're probably going to run a little more two-back sets than we have in the past next season. We're going to look at several areas including making sure that we have enough people playing fullback and tailback. Carnell Williams, Ronnie Brown and Casinious Moore will be our tailbacks. Ronnie may play a little fullback. But, we have Brandon Johnson, Michael Owens and we're going to move Victor to Horn to fullback. Victor will also play some tailback and Casinious will also play wide receiver. A few of the players will have dual responsibility. Again, we're just looking at the right combination. We feel good about our depth at running back."

Tight Ends
"Robert Johnson will be limited in some areas during spring practice after having surgery on his wrist following the bowl game. He should be close to full-speed. Lorenzo Diamond is playing his senior year and we're excited about what he brings to the team. He's got a lot of experience and will bring leadership to that position and to the offense. Jay Ratliff could possibly still play some tight end, but will also play defensive end. We want to look at him more on defense this spring. Cooper Wallace redshirted last year, but showed signs of being a good tight end. He's a physical, tough player and will have chance to play quite a bit.''

Wide Receiver
''We need to replace two of our top receivers from a year ago. Our numbers are a little low at the position which is why we signed four wide receivers. We're going to make some moves on who is at X and who is at Z. We'll look at different combinations. We do have some players coming back with good experience. Marcel Willis was hampered all year with an ankle injury, but should be back at full-speed. As a senior, he should be a leader of the group. We also have Jeris McIntyre who is healthy. Silas Daniels played last year as a true freshman. I think there are bright things in store for him. Joe Walkins had an average year and made some mistakes, but he is a play- maker. We didn't get the ball to him as much as we would have liked last season. Joe will improve with more experience. We have three players, Todd Bradford, Andrew Letts and Larry Summers that redshirted and will be in the rotation this spring. Justin Fetsko is valuable as a holder and he will also give us some help at wide receiver. He knows every position."

Offensive Line
"We lost three players and it will be crucial for several players to gain experience this spring. We need to make sure we get them in the right position early. We don't have a lot of depth. We're going to look at several scenarios. We have Ben Nowland at center with Danny Lindsey behind him. We could also play Danny at a guard position. We're moving Monreko Crittenden from right tackle to right guard. Mark Pera will be the first-team right tackle. Both have played that position and both have experience. They need to play every play now instead of alternating. This will be a big spring for both of those players. At left guard, Nate French is the heir apparent. He needs to gain experience. He has good ability, he just needs to have a good spring practice. At left tackle, Ryan Broome has played sparingly. He played well in his role in the junior varsity game. He has the opportunity to be an excellent football player, but, he has a lot to learn playing the position. He only played one year of high school football. We have several redshirt freshmen that will also compete for time next season. Taylor Bourgeois will not go through spring practice after having shoulder surgery during the off-season. He will be a tackle for us next year. David Walker is listed behind Nate French at left guard. Steven Ross needs to gain some weight and he'll also play tackle. Spring will be an opportunity for us to see some of the things they can do after redshirting last year. Rich Trucks gained valuable experience as a redshirt practicing with the varsity. We'll look at him and Steve Goula who played scout team this past season.''

By: Tommy Tuberville, Head Coach

Defensive Line
"We play a four-man rotation at both end and tackle. We lost three of our top four at defensive end. We feel great about Reggie Torbor coming back, but we're going to have to have some additional help at that position. We're moving Jay Ratliff there to see what he can do. We also have Bret Eddins and Steve Bouldin and we signed several players that we will need to contribute at defensive end in the fall.

At tackle, DeMarco McNeil will only be at about 70 percent during spring practice after having off-season surgery on his knee. Spencer Johnson will have minor knee surgery after spring practice, but will participate in drills. We have Dante Booker, who improved, but needs the repetitions in spring practice. We're eager to see what Wayne Dickens can do after redshirting last year. Dexter Murphy is a hard-nosed player and has improved. We could make some changes and move some other people to tackle during the spring."

Linebackers
"We've changed our terminology and a few things we'll do at linebacker. We have a lot of talent at the position, but they just need to learn the new system this spring.

"We lost one player, Tavarreus Pounds, at linebacker to graduation. We have a lot of good leaders returning at that position including Mark Brown playing the mike linebacker. We also have Mayo Sowell and Jake Slaughter behind him.

Karlos Dansby will play our strong side linebacker with Lemarcus Rowell behind him. Both players are extremely athletic and we expect a strong spring out of both of them.

At the other linebacker position, we have Dontarrious Thomas who had a great year last season and continues to improve.

We have several young players who we'll watch at the linebacker position this spring including Antarrious Williams, Travis Williams and Derrick Graves."

Secondary
"We return our entire secondary from a year ago. They'll have to make a few adjustments and learn the new defense this spring.

One of the leaders on our team this spring and next year will be Rashaud Walker. He'll play strong safety along with Roshard Gilyard.

We have both of our free safeties returning in Stanford Simmons and Donnay Young. We're also going to look at Travaris Robinson at that position.

Last season, we had several young players gaining valuable experience at cornerback. Roderick Hood is a senior and he'll provide leadership to that group. Carlos Rogers and Junior Rosegreen both saw a lot of time last year as freshmen at corner. Redshirt freshman Dee Durham and senior Horace Willis will also see time at corner this spring.

We have almost everybody back in the secondary and at linebacker. The thing we want to do this spring is to look at the younger guys and see what they can do. Spring practice will be dominated by the younger players in the secondary and at linebacker."