Names are already starting to show up as kids are announcing they’re entering the portal when it opens on December 4.
Several QBs have already announced, including Mississippi State’s Will Rogers, Kansas State’s Will Howard, Texas A&M’s Max Johnson and QBs from Indiana, Michigan State, and other programs.
It would be nice to have more clarity on Brett’s future, but I don’t see us getting that any time soon. I think you plan for him not to play next season. That means you’re left with AV, Kopp, Hesson, and Gotkowski. I think you at least kick the tires on a QB. They’ve also now had a spring and fall to evaluate Kopp in practice. Hopefully they have a good idea on if he can be a starter going forward. If we start offering a bunch of QB’s right out of the shoot, I think that’ll give us an indication.
Other than QB, we need to address TE, WR, DL, and possibly DB. It’ll partially just depend on what players of ours decided to test the waters.
We need a QB from the portal. We can’t win with AV and nobody else has any experience. Kopp, Hesson may be the answer but I would want someone in that room who has started and played a year or two.