The lights are still warm from Bronco Mendenhall’s 2018 signing day press conference, but there’s no rest for the weary. The recruiting drumbeat goes on and the class of 2019 looms close on the horizon.

Here’s how Virginia is positioned going into the next cycle.

Roster Balance

Back when Mendenhall was wrapping up his first full class at Virginia, we broke down what a successful, stable roster management plan would look like. This was the bottom line on how to compose each recruiting class:

Putting these elements together—the scholarship limit, the attrition rate, Mendenhall’s “redshirt” policy, and the need for stable position depth—leads to the conclusion that Virginia needs to bring in right around 25 commits per class.