Your First Harbaugh Depth Chart
Via a Utah beat writer. I put it in a table. Returning starters are bolded.
Offense | |||||||||||||||||||
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Position | First | Second | Third | ||||||||||||||||
QB | Jake Rudock OR Shane Morris | Alex Malzone OR Wilton Speight | |||||||||||||||||
RB | De'Veon Smith | Derrick Green OR Ty Isaac | Karan Higdon OR Ross Taylor-Douglas | ||||||||||||||||
FB | Joe Kerridge | Sione Houma OR Henry Poggi | |||||||||||||||||
TE | Jake Butt | Khalid Hill OR AJ Williams | Ian Bunting | ||||||||||||||||
WR | Amara Darboh OR Drake Harris | Mo Ways | |||||||||||||||||
WR | Jehu Chesson OR Grant Perry | Brian Cole | |||||||||||||||||
LT | Mason Cole | Logan Tuley-Tillman | |||||||||||||||||
LG | Ben Braden | David Dawson | |||||||||||||||||
C | Graham Glasgow | Patrick Kugler | Ben Pliska | ||||||||||||||||
RG | Kyle Kalis | Juwan Bushell-Beatty | |||||||||||||||||
RT | Eric Magnuson | Blake Bars | |||||||||||||||||
Defense | |||||||||||||||||||
Position | First | Second | Third | ||||||||||||||||
DE | Willie Henry | Taco Charlton | |||||||||||||||||
NT | Ryan Glasgow | Maurice Hurst | |||||||||||||||||
DT | Chris Wormley OR Matt Godin | ||||||||||||||||||
BUCK | Mario Ojemudia | Royce Jenkins-Stone | Lawrence Marshall | ||||||||||||||||
ILB | Desmond Morgan | Ben Gedeon | Mike McCray | ||||||||||||||||
ILB | Joe Bolden | James Ross | |||||||||||||||||
OLB | James Ross | Allen Gant | |||||||||||||||||
CB | Jourdan Lewis | Jeremy Clark | |||||||||||||||||
CB | Channing Stribling | Brandon Watson | |||||||||||||||||
FS | Jarrod Wilson | Delano Hill | |||||||||||||||||
SS | Jabrill Peppers | Dymonte Thomas OR Wayne Lyons | |||||||||||||||||
Special Teams | |||||||||||||||||||
Position | First | Second | Third | ||||||||||||||||
K | Kenny Allen OR Kyle Seychel | ||||||||||||||||||
P | Kenny Allen OR Blake O'Neill | ||||||||||||||||||
LS | Scott Sypniewski | Andrew Robinson | |||||||||||||||||
H | Blake O'Neill OR Jake Rudock | ||||||||||||||||||
KO | Kenny Allen OR Kyle Seychel | ||||||||||||||||||
KR | Jehu Chesson OR Jabrill Peppers | Grant Perry | |||||||||||||||||
PR | Jehu Chesson OR Jabrill Peppers | Grant Perry |
Quick react
Uh, what? Part one. Willie Henry, strongside end, with Wormley back at DT. On the one hand, Henry has a lot of grrr arrgh pass rush upside. On the other, I thought he was better suited on the interior than Wormley for the reasons I posted today.
Uh, what? Part two. Channing Stribling is listed as the starter opposite Jourdan Lewis. This is odd for a number of reasons. One: Stribling didn't get a call last year even when Gary Nova was going off on Blake Countess. Two: we have heard nothing about him in about a year. Three: they moved Jeremy Clark to corner, and the assumption was that maybe that was not so much a good sign for Stribling.
If this is real, and all depth charts have to be looked at somewhat skeptically, I'm actually rather happy. Stribling looked about as good as Lewis as a freshman before evaporating.
Okay dot gif. The OR at QB. On the other hand, Smith had enough of the starting RB job that they didn't give him one at one of the most OR-tastic spots on the roster.
Poggi at FB. Weird. 266, reputed to be an inline blocking TE. Expected Hill and Poggi to be flipped. Good that Hill's done enough this fall to catch Harbaugh's eye.
No Drake Johnson. Still recovering from injury.
Grant Perry realness check. Good sign for his jitter and reliability that he's an option on returns.
The sweetest or. OR Drake Harris. I want to believe.
Ross an ILB backup and OLB starter. An indication that he will get snaps in the nickel.
August 31st, 2015 at 9:21 PM ^
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So Peppers can do more Offensive snaps??
August 31st, 2015 at 6:45 PM ^
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August 31st, 2015 at 7:09 PM ^
I'm guessing this is a Gardner to WR type move where they want to keep him engaged this year since there's no real chance to play at LB with 3 seniors ahead of him, so why not try him out elsewhere. I don't think it's going to stick past this year.
August 31st, 2015 at 8:36 PM ^
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August 31st, 2015 at 7:19 PM ^
August 31st, 2015 at 7:20 PM ^
I'm not sure if this a point on concern but it looks like none of last years returning starters has been ousted. Shows how much experience matters.
August 31st, 2015 at 7:44 PM ^
Good point. I suppose some of them are in OR listings, and Lyons is sort of a starter who was replaced (even if it sort of happened at Stanford already). But point well taken.
August 31st, 2015 at 7:29 PM ^
August 31st, 2015 at 7:43 PM ^
Is it possible that Drevo and Harbaugh are just sticking with an odd nomenclature, where Henry's 3-tech is called a DE and Wormley's SDE is called a DT? Seems sort of ...stupid, but it's the best guess I've got.
August 31st, 2015 at 8:07 PM ^
It has the same guess.
August 31st, 2015 at 7:47 PM ^
August 31st, 2015 at 8:12 PM ^
These men are nihilists. There's nothing to be afraid of.
August 31st, 2015 at 8:17 PM ^
at least it's an ethos."
August 31st, 2015 at 8:16 PM ^
Morris might start *wink wink*
August 31st, 2015 at 8:27 PM ^
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September 1st, 2015 at 1:02 PM ^
The new road uni's will give "The Whites" a whole new [distinguished] meaning...
August 31st, 2015 at 8:21 PM ^
That "Willie Henry to DE" is an obvious ruse.
They meant to type in Zach Gentry.
August 31st, 2015 at 8:35 PM ^
Those surnames are synonymous. They must have been speaking the mother tongue.
August 31st, 2015 at 8:53 PM ^
I don't like Peppers as a kick returner. I wouldn't risk the injury possiblity. He's too valuable on defense (maybe offense) and as a punt returner. KIck-offs are too violent.
Am I worrying too much? ...can't help it.
August 31st, 2015 at 9:00 PM ^
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August 31st, 2015 at 10:06 PM ^
In the base defense if peppers does go down hill takes over the starting job at SS, and we don't lose that much. It's when we play nickle him being injured that will hurt, and I suspect thats why Lyons is playing back up safety instead of CB. Pep and Lyons are going to match up against slot receivers.
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Just punts.
August 31st, 2015 at 9:44 PM ^
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September 1st, 2015 at 1:12 AM ^
It's funny that, in terms of experience, Peppers is our weak link on defense. I do expect a couple mental errors from him but overall this is quite awesome.
September 1st, 2015 at 8:49 AM ^
September 1st, 2015 at 10:06 AM ^
got to loooooove the drake. man, i hope he gets there.
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