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New Spring Depth Chart

Blair Sanderson

Blair Sanderson

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Apr 8, 2003
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SE - Jerminic Smith, Jay Scheel
LT - Cole Croston, Brett Waechter
LG - Boone Myers, Ryan Ward
C - Sean Welsh, Steve Ferentz
RG - Sean Welsh, Keegan Render
RT - Ike Boettger, Dalton Ferguson
TE - George Kittle, Jameer Outsey
WR - Matt VandeBerg, Jonathan Parker
WR - Riley McCarron, Adrian Falconer
QB - C.J. Beathard, Tyler Wiegers
FB - Drake Kulick, Brady Ross
RB - LeShun Daniels Jr, Akrum Wadley

DE - Matt Nelson, Sam Brincks
DT - Jaleel Johnson, Faith Ekakitie
DT - Nathan Bazata, Jake Hulett
DE - Parker Hesse, Anthony Nelson
OLB - Bo Bower, Nick Wilson
MLB - Josey Jewell, Angelo Garbutt
WLB - Aaron Mends, Jack Hockaday
CB - Maurice Fleming, Michael Ojemudia
CB - Desmond King, Michael Ojemudia
SS - Miles Taylor, Anthony Gair
FS - Brandon Snyder, Jake Gervase

P - Colten Rastetter, Miguel Recinos
K - Miguel Recinos, Mick Ellis

PR - Desmond King, Riley McCarron
KR - Desmond King, Riley McCarron

LS - Tyler Kluver, Jackson Subbert
H - Tyler Wiegers

 
Blair Sanderson said:
OLB - Bo Bower, Nick Wilson
MLB - Josey Jewell, Angelo Garbutt
WLB - Aaron Mends, Jack Hockaday
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Pretty green on LB depth but I like Garbutt and especially high on Hockaday's potential. Nick Wilson must have turned some heads early. Is it Niemann sitting out this Spring?
 
wishin said:
No James Daniels?
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He's out because of surgery. Said Welsh graded out as the top olineman last year according to KF. try him out at center since Daniels is out.
Also said Wiegers is further ahead than normal #2 because of all the work he got while CJ was limited. Said Cook and Boyle are even.
 
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...also would not be surprised to see Michael Ojemudia start at some point this season. Biggest steal of any recruit in the last 3 recruiting classes IMO.
 
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Wadley is at 190 and has been keeping it there which is good news.
Said WR and TE are their biggest question mark areas this spring.
 
nu2u said:
...also would not be surprised to see Michael Ojemudia start at some point this season. Biggest steal of any recruit in the last 3 recruiting classes IMO.
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Only way he starts is if there are multiple injuries to King, Mabin, Jackson or Fleming which would not be good
 
Kyle Terlouw elected not to use 5th year of eligibility. I wonder if Slater eventually steps in as backup to Bazata?
 
Yeah, the following are out this spring due to off-season surgery. All are expected back by June according to KF.

James Daniels
Josh Jackson
Greg Mabin
Ben Niemann
Derrick Mitchell
 
early depth chart doesn't mean too much. upperclassmen get spot by default and we will see change ups after spring. Especially looking at James Daniels
 
David1979 said:
Kyle Terlouw elected not to use 5th year of eligibility. I wonder if Slater eventually steps in as backup to Bazata?
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I knew Hulett turned some heads last fall (he won an award for his efforts at the team awards banquet) and during bowl prep but did not expect him to be ahead of Slater at this point.
 
INXS83 said:
I knew Hulett turned some heads last fall (he won an award for his efforts at the team awards banquet) and during bowl prep but did not expect him to be ahead of Slater at this point.
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Interesting. I hadn't seen that.
 
David1979 said:
He's out because of surgery. Said Welsh graded out as the top olineman last year according to KF. try him out at center since Daniels is out.
Also said Wiegers is further ahead than normal #2 because of all the work he got while CJ was limited. Said Cook and Boyle are even.
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Exciting QB news. I'd been hearing Boyle was the man. Obviously not. Very happy for Wiegers and this spring will help him even more. Excited to watch him.
 
David1979 said:
Only way he starts is if there are multiple injuries to King, Mabin, Jackson or Fleming which would not be good
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My bad, I thought he was penciled in to compete at safety. I would think that, right now, Jackson is next man in if Mabin or King become injured but I doubt that MO is that much behind Jackson. Phil Parker has talked him up a bit.
 
nu2u said:
My bad, I thought he was penciled in to compete at safety. I would think that, right now, Jackson is next man in if Mabin or King become injured but I doubt that MO is that much behind Jackson. Phil Parker has talked him up a bit.
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Ojemudia can play corner or safety, but has been at corner mostly. Right now he'd be #5 at CB behind King, Mabin, Fleming, and Jackson when everyone is healthy, but 3 of those 4 graduate after this year so the depth chart will be wide open in 2017 for Jackson, Ojemudia, and the newcomers Rugamba, Boswell, and Billings.
 
nu2u said:
My bad, I thought he was penciled in to compete at safety. I would think that, right now, Jackson is next man in if Mabin or King become injured but I doubt that MO is that much behind Jackson. Phil Parker has talked him up a bit.
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Well I would bet at this point he is pretty far behind Jackson as Jackson played a lot last year and was relied on in some big spots. But I do think that MO looks like he has the tools to be a really good DB. That could be a really tall cornerback duo the following year with Jackson and MO.
 
I hope Scheel can hang on to the backup position at WR. I have high hopes for him and I am anxious to see what he brings to the field.
 
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Nice to see Hockaday is moving up in the depth chart. I've been wanting to see what he can do for awhile now. I'm not digging Daniels at the starting RB position. Wadley is the playmaker of the group. I'd also like to see Mitchell get some more changes this year.
 
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No real surprises at this point and that's a good thing. When a team starts 12-0 and returns a lot of starters its good not to see a whole lot of changes. Interesting that the team/players chose to wait out surgery for penciled in starters so long they will miss spring practice. While of course we don't want any new major injuries to come out of this, even for starters the spring is valuable time to get reps and work on techniques. A player like James Daniels could really benefit from this, and in a perfect world I would think you want as many reps as you can get with your top 5 OL to have them working together as many snaps as possible before the season. Its often discussed how the OL takes longer to gel but it wouldn't hurt to have your starting 5 together through spring and summer camp. Also, no matter who plays center whether its Welsh or Daniels since we're breaking in a new center you'd really like CJ and the QBs working with him for cadence, line calls, snapping both under center and in the gun...

Missing spring practice isn't going to be the end of the world, but a lot of development and continuity is made and built in a couple of weeks.
 
KFsdisciple said:
No real surprises at this point and that's a good thing. When a team starts 12-0 and returns a lot of starters its good not to see a whole lot of changes. Interesting that the team/players chose to wait out surgery for penciled in starters so long they will miss spring practice. While of course we don't want any new major injuries to come out of this, even for starters the spring is valuable time to get reps and work on techniques. A player like James Daniels could really benefit from this, and in a perfect world I would think you want as many reps as you can get with your top 5 OL to have them working together as many snaps as possible before the season. Its often discussed how the OL takes longer to gel but it wouldn't hurt to have your starting 5 together through spring and summer camp. Also, no matter who plays center whether its Welsh or Daniels since we're breaking in a new center you'd really like CJ and the QBs working with him for cadence, line calls, snapping both under center and in the gun...

Missing spring practice isn't going to be the end of the world, but a lot of development and continuity is made and built in a couple of weeks.
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KF explained they hoped some players would heal without surgery so they waited. As for Daniels, he didn't wait. His procedure was done after Bowl game and it was know.n then that he would miss spring drills.
Drills and reps always help but common to have several players out for spring to get healthy
 
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:)The Nelson brothers...........wasn't that a Hockey movie about some
Chuckleheads that kicked the bleep out of everyone they faced.
I know, I know these guys aren't brothers, well Hawkeye brethren.

#goHawks :D
 
RockEyeState said:
:)The Nelson brothers...........wasn't that a Hockey movie about some
Chuckleheads that kicked the bleep out of everyone they faced.
I know, I know these guys aren't brothers, well Hawkeye brethren.

#goHawks :D
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I think that was the Hansen Brothers.
 
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