10 4&5 stars for the projected starting defense. The most in the last 10 years. Plus they will be coached by 6-star Will Muschamp.
STAR GAZERS ASSEMBLE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
2006 starting D
5-stars 1(Blackmon)
4-stars 1(Groves)
3-stars 7 (Irons, Wilhite, Brock, Dede, Herring, Savage, Stump)
2-stars 2 (Marks, Gunn)
2007 starting D
5-stars 1 (Blackmon)
4-stars 3 (Stevens, Sims, Groves)
3-stars 5 (Etheridge, Brock, Stump, Powers, Lee)
2-stars 2 (Chris Evans, Marks)
2008 starting D
5-stars
4-stars 5 (McNeil, Stevens, Bynes, Tez Doolittle, Goggans)
3-stars 4 (Etheridge, Coleman, Powers, McFadden)
2-stars 2 (Evans, Marks)
2009 starting D
5-stars
4-stars 4 (Bynes, Stevens, Eltoro, Ricks)
3-stars 6(Thorpe, Etheridge, Coleman, McFadden, Blanc, Carter)
2-stars 1 (Bates)
2010 starting D
5-stars
4-stars 3 (Bynes, Stevens, McNeil)
3-stars 7 (Fairley, Clayton, Carter, Nosa, Etheridge, Demond Washington, Thorpe)
2-stars 1 (Bates)
2011 starting D
5-stars
4-stars 6 (Holland, Eltoro, Lemonier, Whitaker, Ken Carter, T-Bell)
3-stars 4 (McNeal, Chris Davis, Nosa, Thorpe)
2-stars 1 (Bates)
2012 starting D
5-stars
4-stars 5 (Whitehead, Holland, Lemonier, Whitaker, T-Bell)
3-stars 5 (McNeal, Mincy, Ford, Delaware Bear, J. Evans)
2-stars 1 (Bates)
2013 starting D
5-stars
4-stars 6 (Owens, Therezie, Whitehead, Holland, McKinzy, Wright
3-stars 5 (Ford, Davis, Mincy, R. Smith, Nosa)
2014 starting D
5-stars 1 (Adams, Frost)
4-stars 7 (Lambert, Wright, McKinzy, Therezie, Ford, Whitehead
3-stars 3 (President, Mincy, Jones)
2015 starting D
5-stars (Lawson, Adams, Frost)
4-stars (Matthews, Ford, McKinzy, Moncrief, Lambert, D. Russell, Holsey)
3-stars (Jones)
***Side note, I wouldn't be shocked if Cowart ends up starting over Lambert (or Russell is a backup, and we see Lambert slide to DT)
STAR GAZERS ASSEMBLE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
2006 starting D
5-stars 1(Blackmon)
4-stars 1(Groves)
3-stars 7 (Irons, Wilhite, Brock, Dede, Herring, Savage, Stump)
2-stars 2 (Marks, Gunn)
2007 starting D
5-stars 1 (Blackmon)
4-stars 3 (Stevens, Sims, Groves)
3-stars 5 (Etheridge, Brock, Stump, Powers, Lee)
2-stars 2 (Chris Evans, Marks)
2008 starting D
5-stars
4-stars 5 (McNeil, Stevens, Bynes, Tez Doolittle, Goggans)
3-stars 4 (Etheridge, Coleman, Powers, McFadden)
2-stars 2 (Evans, Marks)
2009 starting D
5-stars
4-stars 4 (Bynes, Stevens, Eltoro, Ricks)
3-stars 6(Thorpe, Etheridge, Coleman, McFadden, Blanc, Carter)
2-stars 1 (Bates)
2010 starting D
5-stars
4-stars 3 (Bynes, Stevens, McNeil)
3-stars 7 (Fairley, Clayton, Carter, Nosa, Etheridge, Demond Washington, Thorpe)
2-stars 1 (Bates)
2011 starting D
5-stars
4-stars 6 (Holland, Eltoro, Lemonier, Whitaker, Ken Carter, T-Bell)
3-stars 4 (McNeal, Chris Davis, Nosa, Thorpe)
2-stars 1 (Bates)
2012 starting D
5-stars
4-stars 5 (Whitehead, Holland, Lemonier, Whitaker, T-Bell)
3-stars 5 (McNeal, Mincy, Ford, Delaware Bear, J. Evans)
2-stars 1 (Bates)
2013 starting D
5-stars
4-stars 6 (Owens, Therezie, Whitehead, Holland, McKinzy, Wright
3-stars 5 (Ford, Davis, Mincy, R. Smith, Nosa)
2014 starting D
5-stars 1 (Adams, Frost)
4-stars 7 (Lambert, Wright, McKinzy, Therezie, Ford, Whitehead
3-stars 3 (President, Mincy, Jones)
2015 starting D
5-stars (Lawson, Adams, Frost)
4-stars (Matthews, Ford, McKinzy, Moncrief, Lambert, D. Russell, Holsey)
3-stars (Jones)
***Side note, I wouldn't be shocked if Cowart ends up starting over Lambert (or Russell is a backup, and we see Lambert slide to DT)
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