Updated: "WAAAY TOO EARLY" '14-'15 DEPTH CHART
QB
1. Devin Gardner (RS Sr.)
2. Shane Morris (So.)
3. Russell Bellomy (RS Jr.)
4. Brian Cleary (RS So.)
rs: Wilton Speight (Fr.)
RB
1. Derrick Green (So.)
2. De'Veon Smith (So.)
3. Drake Johnson (RS So.) / Justice Hayes (RS Jr.)
5. Ross Douglas (RS Fr.)
FB
1. Joey Kerridge (RS Jr.)
2. Sione Houma (Jr.)
H-Back
1. Wyatt Shallman (RS Fr.)
2. Khalid Hill (RS Fr.)
WR1
1. Devin Funchess (Jr.)
2. Drake Harris (Fr.)
3. Jaron Dukes (RS Fr.)
WR2
1. Amara Darboh (RS So.)
2. Da'Mario Jones (So.)
3. Csont'e York (RS Fr.)
rs: Maurice Ways (Fr.)
WR3
1. Jehu Chesson (RS So.)
2. Freddy Canteen (Fr.)
3. Dennis Norfleet (Jr.)
TE
1*. Jake Butt (So.) - inj
2. A.J. Williams (Jr.)
3. Jordan Paskorz (RS Sr.) / Keith Heitzman (RS Jr.)
rs: Ian Bunting (Fr.)
LT
1*. Erik Magnuson (RS So.) - inj
2. David Dawson (RS Fr.)
3. Logan Tuley-Tillman (RS Fr.)
LG
1. Kyle Bosch (So.)
2. Joey Burzynski (RS Sr.)
3. Dan Samuelson (RS Fr.)
rs: Mason Cole (Fr.)
C
1. Graham Glasgow (RS Jr.)
2. Patrick Kugler (RS Fr.)
3. Jack Miller (RS Jr.)
RG
1. Kyle Kalis (RS So.)
2. Joey Burzynski (RS Sr.)
3. Blake Bars (RS So.)
RT
1. Ben Braden (RS So.)
2. Chris Fox (RS Fr.)
rs: Juwan Bushell-Beatty (Fr.)
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DE
1. Frank Clark (Sr.)
2. Mario Ojemudia (Jr.)
3. Taco Charlton (So.)
rs: Lawrence Marshall (Fr.)
DT
1. Ondre Pipkins (Jr.) - inj
2. Maurice Hurst Jr. (RS Fr.)
3. Bryan Mone (Fr.)
rs: Brady Pallante (Fr.)
DT
1. Willie Henry (RS So.)
2. Chris Wormley (RS So.)
3. Matt Godin (RS So.)
DE
1. Brennen Beyer (Sr.)
2. Taco Charlton (So.)
3. Henry Poggi (RS Fr.)
4. Tom Strobel (RS So.)
WLB
1. Desmond Morgan (Sr.)
2. Joe Bolden (Jr.)
rs: Jared Wangler (Fr.)
MLB
1. Jake Ryan (RS Sr.)
2. Ben Gedeon (So.)
rs: Chase Winovich (Fr.)
rs: Noah Furbush (Fr.)
SLB
1. James Ross (Jr.)
2. Royce Jenkins-Stone (Jr.)
3. Allen Gant (RS So.) / Michael McCray (RS Fr.)
rs: Michael Ferns (Fr.)
WCB
1. Blake Countess (RS Jr.)
2. Jourdan Lewis (So.)
3. Delonte Hollowell (Sr.)
4. Terry Richardson (Jr.)
SCB
1. Raymon Taylor (Sr.)
2. Channing Stribling (So.)
3. Reon Dawson (RS Fr.)
NB
1. Jabrill Peppers (Fr.)
2. Delonte Hollowell (Sr.)
3. Channing Stribling (So.)
FS
1. Jarrod Wilson (Jr.)
2. Jeremy Clark (RS So.)
SS
1. Dymonte Thomas (So.)
2. Delano Hill (So.)
rs: Brandon Watson (Fr.)
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K
1. Matt Wile (Sr.)
P
1. Will Hagerup (RS Sr.)
2. Kenny Allen (RS So.)
KO
1. Matt Wile (Sr.)
February 28th, 2014 at 11:28 AM ^
I'd be a little surprised if Darboh won the job over Chesson, but if so, it'd be positive. I think Jehu has starter ability and he added a lot of experience.
February 28th, 2014 at 11:31 AM ^
I think Charlton will be working at the strong end now along Beyer, Poggi and Strobel.
I think at 6'4" 240 McCray will still be a MIKE. And Winovich will probably start out at SAM.
It will be interesting to see how the oline depth chart plays out. We know for the most part who's in the mix to start but I have no idea how the rest of the 2-3 deep will look.
February 28th, 2014 at 11:36 AM ^
But yay all of them already redshirted!!!
February 28th, 2014 at 11:37 AM ^
Drake Harris is going to need a year to get up-to-speed and in playing shape, in my honest opinion.
February 28th, 2014 at 11:39 AM ^
Is it confirmed that Beyer is at SDE?
February 28th, 2014 at 11:45 AM ^
By moving to the 43 Over the SDE is no longer a 5tech that has to take on doubles from the OT and TE. They will be a 6 tech or 9tech and a lighter more athletic guy can play there. The RVB style SDE like Wormley and Godin will now play mostly 3 tech id imagine.
February 28th, 2014 at 11:48 AM ^
to the reality that Michigan will lose regular season games on a regular basis. Damn that was hard to type..but I digress. The depth chart finally has experience, and more significantly, it has experience with hungry talent.
Yes the OL is a concern but I refuse to subscribe to the idea that it can only be 10% better this year over last. It is my admittedly homer belief that the OL will be substantially better than last year. With the departure of Lewan and Schofield the new crop of players can, and will, take ownership of their unit and might even make Brian a believer.
2014 will be a fun year, it might not be 1997 special, but I think it can be 2006 or 2011 special.
February 28th, 2014 at 11:57 AM ^
whoa... ryan and gedeon are our two best LBs i thought gedeon would be starting at WLB or SLB
February 28th, 2014 at 12:06 PM ^
February 28th, 2014 at 12:23 PM ^
read the tea leaves.... you can see gedeon morphing into a star.... by midseason, remember this. i like ross but i didnt like what i saw last year, getting engulfed by blockers... i think youll realize gedeon's star the first game. i recognized that ryan was our best defender, very early, too. gedeon will improve by leaps and bounds. im hoping ross does too.
February 28th, 2014 at 6:40 PM ^
And more of a DT problem. The WILL in the under set is supposed to be protected and be able to freely flow and slash and make tackles. Because of Pipkins' injury and the absence of Q in the line up, we had a 285 nose tackle in the line up who couldn't stand up to double teams very well and Ross got a lot of blockers in his face. The was the defense is aligned, it is hard to get another guy over there to make the tackle who isn't a safety of we bleed yardage. Hopefully with the scheme switch and the added beef along the line this will be less of an issue.
February 28th, 2014 at 12:28 PM ^
actually, you just did say I was wrong... but its all good.... i just believe what i see. i should have said that gedeon WILL be our second best LB by midseason, or at least going forward... yes, with a snapshot at this moment, morgan and ross are both better... bolden too... but i guess im quantifying expected future performance, and i believe gedeon is it. i think youll agree with me by midseason, that i had the foresight to see this. i thought it was gonna be ross but he isnt getting bigger or growing.
February 28th, 2014 at 1:53 PM ^
1) Paskorsz is likely not on the team anymore,
2) I think Jones will get a lot of looks at the slot, as might Hayes (in other words I think there is no way Canteen and Norfleet are our only slots)
3) I think Dawson and LLT are equal at backup LT subject to what happens this spring and LTT's recovery
4) Why do you see Dymonte and Delano as even at the other safety spot? It sure seems like it is Thomas's postion to lose
February 28th, 2014 at 5:52 PM ^
Pipkins is a junior already? I figured he got a medical redshirt last year, but I don't know exactly how many games he played in.
February 28th, 2014 at 6:42 PM ^
One game before he would have qualified for a medical but the NCAA might make an exception since it was so close but I doubt it.
February 28th, 2014 at 7:11 PM ^
Roster by class
Sr - 10
Jr - 17
So - 26
Fr - 30
Five of our projected starters are seniors.
I know folks don't want to hear it, but this is still a young roster and 2015 will be a more realistic measure of the job our staff is doing.