Freshman jersey numbers

[WildHorse]

According to the 2003 Media Guide, here are the jersey numbers assigned to this year's invoming freshmen:

1 - CB Fred Turner
5 - QB Ricky Joe Meeks
7 - QB Chris Phillips
8 - CB Ervin McGee
9 - K Ryan Wolcott
17 - WR Blake Warren
18 - WR Jay'Mond Cleveland
23 - CB Cedric Dorsey
24 - CB C.D. Moss
29 - S Joe Sturdivant
33 - RB Richuel Massey
44 - LB Zach Hall
50 - OL Caleb Peveto
52 - LB Avery Cleveland
55 - DE Lucky DeLay
56 - DT Brandon Bonds
65 - OL Bryan Turner
76 - OL Kenard Burley
79 - OL Justin Boren
85 - WR Reynaldo Pellerin
88 - LB Cory Muse
92 - DE Charlie Berry
96 - DT Desmond Jones

A couple of things jump out there:

- I thought Lucky DeLay was supposed to wear #1?

- It's appropriate that Brandon Bonds is wearing #56, since that's the number his brother Byron wore.

- Fred Turner is listed at cornerback, not running back.

- Cory Muse is listed at linebacker, not tight end (or wide receiver, which some have speculated might end up being his position in college.)

[PonyFan]

I'm pretty comfortable with that list, except I would have liked to see Avery Cleveland with a really low number - fast LBs look impressive, somehow, in a single-digit number. And maybe Desmond Jones should have joined Allan Adami in the teens.

Cory Muse in #88 should be cool, especially if he ends up back at linebacker. You don't see many LBs in the 80s.

I would have liked to see Lucky DeLay wearing #1. But Fred Turner should do well in it.

[Buddha]

Good to see Fred Turner in #1 and Ervin McGee in #8. Guys that fast look even faster in single-digit jerseys.

Somehow, coming out of high school, Avery Cleveland just didn't sound like a guy who'd wear a jersey in the 50s. He should be in a jersey numbered 30 or below - and it has to be an even number, unless it's #11 or a single digit. Don't ask me why - just a gut feeling.

[Ikus]

Think anyone will mistake Blake Warren for Billy Ford?
Neither do I.

[Ikus]

And if they're giving #7 to Chris Phillips, is that a hint that Daniel Francis won't be back a year from now?

[Stallion]

he has two best friends that play for Houston- I wouldn't be surprised if he ended up there.