Much has been made this preseason about the returning production on both sides of the Boston College football program. The Eagles only won three games last season, but injury and attrition forced head coach Jeff Hafley to slot dozens of newcomers and young players into featured roles on a weekly basis. The sheer volume of freshmen and sophomores ballooned into trials by fire, and nearly every position featured a different name atop the depth chart by the last whistle of November's finale against Syracuse.
Having that many young players allowed Hafley to return nearly three-quarters of last year's production, and the main storyline around the 2023 preseason is the growth and development of his recruiting pipeline.