Yeah the defensive class is pretty weak.
So while this class isn’t exactly amazing on defense, it follows a class that was top 5 in the country on the defensive side of the ball and #2 by the way I calculated it last year. I have a feeling when I get around to doing it for the offense this year, we will see a very similar look.
These things go back and forth with needs and available talent out there. While we should aim to sign a top 10 class on the offense and defense side of the ball every year, having an ehhh defense class is acceptable if it is coupled with an ELITE offensive class and follows an ELITE defensive class. Need to close on 1-2 high end defense players and this could end up being a fairly balanced class (minus DL because even if we somehow end up with with Xavier, which is not looking like amazing odds, we still don’t have enough)