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I love these kind of columns/articles/posts. Looking forward to reading it.

Exactly.

This is a great article Ryan!!! Prochate it!!!! Keep up the good work. I love this site.

Very nice break down. If we take the max in each category you listed it comes to 18 and assuming a class of twenty five that leaves us 7 to back fill other positions even if we can't back count anyone. We have finally achieved what I think Dooley was shooting for when he got here and that is a balanced recruiting class every year and the ability to be more selective though I think he has done that already where possible. Thanks and +1

With scholarships being a 1 year deal, I still hope we use all 29 spots, assuming we miss on Bynum. This will be Dooley's best recruiting class, and even after this year, there will be 5-10 players that probably have no business playing in the SEC.

I'd really like to see about 5 line backers for the 2013 class. I think they really need to improve the talent in that area. The starters are great... but after that, it falls off a lot.

Just like they saw a need this offseason for wide receivers... we good see them attack the linebacker position the same way in the next class

Thanks for posting, northva!

Do it more often.

Ryan - can you do a quick 'for dummies' explanation of the 25 limit and what that means in terms of scholarships available and if there is any carryover to next year.