COACH TRESSEL: To get a little bit of viewpoint before we go into a whole bunch of questions, since the guy was kind of like the unofficial captain of this recruiting class,
[URL="https://admin.xosn.com/ViewArticle.dbml?SPSID=87743&SPID=10408&DB_OEM_ID=17300&ATCLID=1383595"]Michael Brewster[/URL], I'm going to have Michael come up and just give you opening comments as to what he sees. He didn't know he was coming up here like this, but that's all right. Get used to it. Michael is from Edgewater High School in Orlando and he did a great job as kind of our designated leader of this group and we'd like to have him just share with you a little bit about this 2008 group from his perspective. Michael?
MICHAEL BREWSTER: How are you guys doing today? I think this is a real good class, pretty diverse. We've got a lot of needs. There's going to be -- after next year we'll graduate quite a few offensive linemen, so we've got three real good ones coming next year. D line, we've got five, I saw, which is real good. We've got some inside guys, speed rushers.
[URL="https://admin.xosn.com/ViewArticle.dbml?SPSID=87743&SPID=10408&DB_OEM_ID=17300&ATCLID=1383731"]Travis Howard[/URL], I think, was the steal of the class because no one really knew about him, but after seeing his film, he's definitely a special player, good guy.
We've got some good linebackers. I mean, I just think this class -- everyone talks about, you know, these classes with 27, 28 guys being the Number 1 classes, but I think if you go player for player, talent, you know, person, character, that this class is probably, you know, a special one, one of the top ones that has came through here in a while, because I know there has been some great classes. But I'm real excited about next year and about getting the guys up here this summer, the guys coming in March. So we're going to have a lot of hard work, but it will all pay off, so thank you.
COACH TRESSEL: Want to introduce your sidekick, have him give some thoughts?
MICHAEL BREWSTER: My roommate and workout partner, and we came out here early,
[URL="https://admin.xosn.com/ViewArticle.dbml?SPSID=87743&SPID=10408&DB_OEM_ID=17300&ATCLID=1383745"]J.B. Shugarts[/URL] from Klein, Texas. I didn't know we were doing this.
J.B.SHUGARTS: Hi. I'm J.B. But I couldn't agree with Michael more. We have a great class coming in. Not only great players, but these are great people, but just the fact that we already know each other and we're already coming together as a family, that's what sets us over the top with all these other schools like USC and Florida, so I think it's going to be really special and you can get prepared for a lot of National Championships.
COACH TRESSEL: Easy, J.B.
MICHAEL BREWSTER: Forgot to mention one thing, Jake and DeVier, we have some great receivers coming in, should put that down. Those guys are about as good as they come. I didn't want to forget about that.
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