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Here it is, all prettied up courtesy of BON
OFFENSE | ||||||||
Position | No. | Player | | | No. | Player | | | No. | Player |
Wide Receiver (H) | 7 | Marcus Johnson | | | 23 | Daje Johnson | OR | 17 | Ryan Newsome |
Wide Receiver (Z) | 1 | John Burt | | | 8 | Dorian Leonard | | | 88 | Ty Templin |
Tight End (Y) | 47 | Andrew Beck | | | 42 | Caleb Bluiett | |||
Right Tackle | 76 | Kent Perkins | | | 75 | Tristan Nickelson | |||
Right Guard | 77 | Patrick Vahe | | | 58 | Brandon Hodges | |||
Center | 74 | Taylor Doyle | | | 50 | Jake Raulerson | |||
Left Guard | 66 | Sedrick Flowers | | | 72 | Elijah Rodriguez | |||
Left Tackle | 55 | Connor Williams | | | 65 | Marcus Hutchins | |||
Wide Receiver (X) | 3 | Armanti Foreman | | | 11 | Jacorey Warrick | | | 6 | DeAndre McNeal |
Quarterback | 18 |
Tyrone Swoopes |
| | 13 | Jerrod Heard | | | 14 | Kai Locksley |
Tailback | 32 | Johnathan Gray | | | 33 | D'Onta Foreman | | | 25 | Chris Warren III |
Place-Kicker | 23 | Nick Rose | | | 28 | Nick Jordan | |||
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DEFENSE | ||||||||
Position | No. | Player | | | No. | Player | | | No. | Player |
Fox End | 40 | Naashon Hughes | | | 49 | Derick Roberson | | | 90 | Charles Omenihu |
Tackle (Nose) | 99 | Desmond Jackson | | | 93 | Paul Boyette, Jr. | | | 94 | Alex Norman |
Tackle | 95 | Poona Ford | | | 98 | Hassan Ridgeway | | | 97 | Chris Nelson |
Strong End | 1 | Shiro Davis | | | 91 | Bryce Cottrell | | | 92 | Quincy Vasser |
Middle LB | 46 | Malik Jefferson | | | 30 | Tim Cole | |||
Strongside LB | 19 | Peter Jinkens | | | 45 | Cameron Townsend | |||
CB | 21 | Duke Thomas | | | 9 | Davante Davis | | | 15 | Bryson Echols |
Free Safety | 31 | Jason Hall | | | 11 | PJ Locke | | | 26 | Adrian Colbert |
Strong Safety | 44 | Dylan Haines | | | 18 | Kevin Vaccaro | |||
CB | 24 | John Bonney | | | 25 | Antwuan Davis | | | 2 | Kris Boyd |
Nickel | 24 | John Bonney | OR | 21 | Duke Thomas | | | 11 | PJ Locke |
Punter | 13 | Michael Dickson | | | 38 | Mitchell Becker | |||
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SPECIAL TEAMS | ||||||||
Position | No. | Player | | | No. | Player | | | No. | Player |
Punt Returns | 23 | Daje Johnson | | | 21 | Duke Thomas | |||
Kickoff Returns | 23 | Daje Johnson | AND | 32 | Johnathan Gray | |||
21 | Duke Thomas | |||||||
Kickoffs | 23 | Nick Rose | | | 28 | Nick Jordan | |||
Holder | 15 | Trey Holtz | ||||||
Snapper (PAT/FG) | 45 | Kyle Ashby | ||||||
Snapper (Punts) | 45 | Kyle Ashby |
Some quick thoughts:
- Multiple freshmen starting. Six true and redshirt. Two dozen true and redshirt freshmen on the depth chart overall. Real young.
- This depth chart is written in clay, not stone. It will look different by midseason.
- Ridgeway's back issues basically kept him from practicing. He'll play and his snaps will be dictated by health and conditioning.
- We knew about starting two true freshmen on the OL, but it's shocking to see it in black and white. Best five start - so don't expect orderly replacements if a starter goes down.
- Antwuan Davis has clearly stepped up. He's listed as #2 CB, but the OR between Duke Thomas and John Bonney is interesting. It appears that Davis is the 3rd corner overall and will start in our base nickel D unless we go with a three safety package. Bryson Echols has receded, which we predicted in the preview. PJ Locke beat out Adrian Colbert (who had been having a good camp) for #2 FS. That's impressive.
- Davante Davis is backing up Duke Thomas. Kris Boyd also in the mix. The freshman DB class is as good as advertised.
- Daje Johnson backing up Marcus Johnson is interesting. I don't read too much into it - he and Johnson are cross-trained at other positions and can be on the field at the same time. It's also a message to Daje not to coast.
- Shiro Davis better watch his back. Bryce Cottrell had a good camp and he's arguably the most gifted pass rusher on the team. The growth of Cottrell and Roberson allowed the Bluiett TE move.
- Jinkens gets his shot again. He has started for three different defensive coordinators in his career at Texas. And been benched by all of them. Jean-Mary and Strong are talking break-out. Let's see it.
- We're going to spend a lot of time in nickel, which takes WLB Freeman off of the field.
- Dylan Haines was predicted to be eclipsed at safety by a lot of people. Not us. He's got physical limitations but he has better range and anticipation than his testing suggests.
- Lorenzo Joe didn't make the depth chart. Interesante.
- This is a really young football team.
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