Cincinnati Football 2022 Off-season Updates

[Walter]

Another one... Malik Vann announced he's coming back.

 

[MaddenCurse44]

42 minutes ago, Walter said:

Another one... Malik Vann announced he's coming back.

 

That is bigtime with Vann and Hicks back.

[Walter]

Jabari Taylor has announced he's coming back for the additional year. 

Losing Curtis Brooks and Myjai Sanders are huge losses but getting Vann and Taylor back, along with Jowon Briggs solidifies what should be a pretty good 3 man front.

[Walter]

[Walter]

Sporting News has UC at #14 in their Way Too Early Preseason Rankings...That seems high and I think they might be closer to the bottom of the Top 25 but definitely feeling better about next year's team now that some of those seniors have decided to come back for the extra year.

 

 

[MaddenCurse44]

UC got 6'6 WR Nick Mendor transfer from Hawaii nice addition!

[Brcatz]

Now go get Corey Kiner for RB!

[Walter]

ESPN has UC #19 in their Way Too Early Rankings. 

[Walter]

5 hours ago, MaddenCurse44 said:

UC got 6'6 WR Nick Mendor transfer from Hawaii nice addition!

 

[Walter]

#23 in CBS Way Too Early Rankings 

#20 in The Athletic Way Too Early Rankings

[Walter]

[Walter]

Josh Whyle announced he's coming back for his RS Sr year... Huge news for the UC offense. He was projected to go around the 4th round by ESPN if he came out. 

 

[John Anthony]

According to multiple reports, Cincinnati cornerbacks coach Perry Eliano has accepted a position with the Buckeyes to help bolster the back end of a defense that ranked 96th in the country against the pass in 2021.

[ChickenWyngz]

1 minute ago, John Anthony said:

According to multiple reports, Cincinnati cornerbacks coach Perry Eliano has accepted a position with the Buckeyes to help bolster the back end of a defense that ranked 96th in the country against the pass in 2021.

That's huge. 

[John Anthony]

2 minutes ago, ChickenWyngz said:

That's huge. 

Big time!!  Eliano helped develop All-American cornerback Sauce Gardner at Cincinnati this past season, and the Bearcats had the second-best passing defense in the country with an average of 169.2 passing yards allowed per game.

OSU interviewed 4 DB coaches last Friday.