[Gus McCrae]

This is hard for me to believe, but was told Belfry only has 47 out this season. I remember at one time they had 99 on their roster.

True.  Actually I got the roster yesterday and there are 45 names on it.  Take away Mikey Hylton, who transferred to Tug Valley, and it's 44.
There are only 8 freshman on the roster.  That is almost unheard of at Belfry.  Several, meaning 4-6, 8th graders stayed back.  3 members from one family, the Rash twins and their little brother, moved to play at Herbert Hoover.  And honestly, a few kids that had been with the program 1-2 years, did not come back out.  The last few years, Belfry has hovered in the 60-65 player range to start the year.  This year is just different.  Belfry's starting 22 will be very good, but depth is almost non-existent.

We've seen where Isaac Dixon is taking advantage of the KHSAA hold back rule, Are there others that you know of that will be doing the same? Didn't Belfry lose a considerable amount off the O line ?

It will for sure.  I agree. Without Dixon returning, the normal Belfry explosiveness would not be there.  Equally important, IMO, is them getting back to a real threat at FB and the development of Zayne Hatfield on the offensive side of the ball.