Riches to rags? The 2013 BYU defense.

[Indy Coug]

The title's obviously an exaggeration.

But looking ahead the thing that sucks most is how much I love this defense - and how shortlived I fear it's going to be and how the opportunity having it presented is likely to be largely wasted. Below is my attempt at visualizing a personnel set that can help us keep the standard high next year, even if it doesn't measure up to this year.

D Line losses: Fuga, Manu, Ansah, Dulan (again), Tialavea (again)

Replacement talent: Tui Crichton? Marques Johnson? Bronson Kaufusi? Is Tuni Kanuch going to be back? Is Taliauli a guy who can step into the Manu-Tuiloma-Fuga freshman contributor type role? What other talent is there that I'm missing? Is Jordan Afo still around?

LB losses: Kaveinga, Ogletree, Jorgensen

Returning talent: KVN, Hadley, Unga, Fua (is this guy ever going to live up to billing? Ever going to put on weight?) Having Hadley back in the middle is reassuring. Who else steps up at ILB? Unga? What about Zac Stout - is he still a factor?

DB losses: Sampson, P. Hadley, Hague, Everett, Buckner

Returning / incoming talent: Sorenson, Bills, Johnson, Orphney (are those four the likely starters?) - we have some depth this year that will be missed and are likely to be thin again at CB as we have been historically.

If you wanna prognosticate pls offer an extra-early projected 2-deep for the 2013 defense.

Please see the 2013 Death Watch Thread