Unofficial/"My Best Guess" 2014 Fall Depth Chart
A few of notes...
- This is based off the final 2013 depth chart, natural progression, the spring depth chart and fall chatter
- This isn't projecting "by the B1G season" or where guys finish the year
- This thread isn't about my opinion...feel free to add your own! What we've done in the past is sort of moderated ourselves and come up with our own MGoPrediction until the official depth chart is released (so based on discussion in the thread, parts of this will change to reflect the group)
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. De'Veon Smith (So.)
2. Drake Johnson (RS So.)
3. Derrick Green (So.) / Justice Hayes (RS Jr.)
FB
1. Joey Kerridge (RS Jr.) / Sione Houma (Jr.)
H-Back
1. Wyatt Shallman (RS Fr.)
2. Khalid Hill (RS Fr.)
WR1
1. Devin Funchess (Jr.)
2. Da'Mario Jones (So.)
3. Jaron Dukes (RS Fr.)
rs: Drake Harris (Fr.)
WR2
1. Amara Darboh (RS So.) / Jehu Chesson (RS So.)
3. Maurice Ways (Fr.)
4. Jack Wangler (RS Fr.)
SLOT
1. Freddy Canteen (Fr.)
2. Dennis Norfleet (Jr.)
3. Bo Dever (RS So.) / Ross Douglas (RS Fr.)
TE
1*. Jake Butt (So.) - inj
2. A.J. Williams (Jr.)
3. Keith Heitzman (RS Jr.)
4. Ian Bunting (Fr.)
LT
1. Erik Magnuson (RS So.)
2. Mason Cole (Fr.)
3. Logan Tuley-Tillman (RS Fr.)
LG
1. Kyle Bosch (So.)
2. Joey Burzynski (RS Sr.)
3. Dan Samuelson (RS Fr.)
C
1. Graham Glasgow (RS Jr.)
2. Jack Miller (RS Jr.)
3. Patrick Kugler (RS Fr.)
RG
1. Kyle Kalis (RS So.)
2. David Dawson (RS Fr.)
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.) / Bryan Mone (Fr.)
3. Maurice Hurst Jr. (RS Fr.)
rs: Brady Pallante (Fr.)
DT
1. Willie Henry (RS So.)
2. Chris Wormley (RS So.)
3. Ryan Glasgow (RS So.) / 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: Noah Furbush (Fr.)
rs: Jared Wangler (Fr.)
MLB
1. Jake Ryan (RS Sr.)
2. Ben Gedeon (So.)
3. Michael Ferns (Fr.)
rs: Chase Winovich (Fr.)
SLB
1. James Ross (Jr.)
2. Royce Jenkins-Stone (Jr.)
3. Allen Gant (RS So.) / Michael McCray (RS 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. Blake Countess (RS Jr.)
3. Delonte Hollowell (Sr.)
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. Kenny Allen (RS So.)
2. Matt Wile (Sr.)
August 10th, 2014 at 4:03 PM ^
Is this a joke? That would be incredibly dumb. If you want him to be your starter next year, you want him getting reps this season.
August 10th, 2014 at 4:39 PM ^
August 10th, 2014 at 5:00 PM ^
That's pretty substantial.
(skimming, that might have been your point).
August 10th, 2014 at 4:04 PM ^
is that they'll keep him on the sideline for "just in case." If he never sees the field he's an instant redshirt.
August 10th, 2014 at 4:09 PM ^
So you would advocate him getting zero in-game reps this season? That's the best recipe to succeed next year?
August 10th, 2014 at 4:22 PM ^
August 10th, 2014 at 5:14 PM ^
Haven't really seen much yet.
August 10th, 2014 at 5:40 PM ^
August 11th, 2014 at 5:27 AM ^
I misread what you meant then.
August 11th, 2014 at 10:59 AM ^
Angelique said on one of those BTN Kickoff shows that Nuss is apparently pretty high on Speight, and that Speight picked up the offense rather quickly. Not sure it means a whole lot, but a little nugget of info to toss out there.
August 10th, 2014 at 4:58 PM ^
and then join the chorus of folks yelling at Hoke for not being prepared if Gardner goes down - a guy who runs 10-15x (min a game) absorbing way more hits than most college QBs.
We have plenty of QBs and no one knows if Shane will be better than Speight or Malzone or anyone. You don't sit your backup the entire year assuming your starter will never take a hit. Then you have Bellomy 2.0 with a guy who is ill prepared to go in mid game at any point this year when the coach is under pressure to win. You don't play for 2017, you play for now. 2017 will have 3 other QBs to deal with.
August 11th, 2014 at 9:12 AM ^
But getting Wilton Speight this year, Alex Malzone next year, and Messiah DeWeaver the year after (assuming of course that both those younger guys keep their verbal commitments) negates the argument(s) for trying to use Bellomy as the backup this year to have Shane for three years. I'd love to have a great starting QB have three years, but given the expectations of the team in '15 with the returning talent, home schedule, etc, it's not worth jeoparding it to have Morris do nothing in a game in '14.
The pro-style QB depth is getting to where most schools want it, where you don't have to play games to keep guys eligible b/c you aren't sure of who's coming in after them.
August 10th, 2014 at 4:27 PM ^
August 10th, 2014 at 4:32 PM ^
The depth, talent, and youth of this team is a testament to Brady Hoke and his staff. Michigan football is in good hands.
August 11th, 2014 at 9:17 AM ^
That's the question Hoke & Co are going to have to answer this season and next (assuming Hoke is here in '15 which I do). I don't ride the emotional roller coaster of individual recruits and where they go, but I do look at classes in their entirety and see the other offers recruits got. Not only did Hoke do a wonderful job of getting OL to sign in 2012-13, he's clearly getting talented kids to come to AA despite offers from other prestigious schools with more recent success. (Didn't Weber's verbal move UM into 1st for average star rating for '15?)
No one doubts Hoke's ability to recruit. Now he has to develop the players. He's got two well respected coordinators. We'll see this year about his OL coach and his decision to have a former LB coach the CBs.
UM recruiting seems to be in great hands. Now we'll see if those same hands can develop those recruits to contribute to UM football.
August 11th, 2014 at 7:52 AM ^
August 11th, 2014 at 9:19 AM ^
Funny that last year everyone was high on Drake Johnson as the potential starter b/c Fitz had fallen out of favor with many fans (myself included.) Now there's a tremendous about of skepticism about him not just because of the injury, but because of the national attention on the recruitment of Derrick Green and because of the rising stock of De'Veon Smith.
August 11th, 2014 at 9:48 AM ^
Miller over Kugler:
This seems to be the conventional wisdom but I am praying to Jesus that it isn't true. If it is true, then it means that Kugler is nowhere near as talented or college ready as he was made out to be, and the center position is going to be in very shaky hands for a while. I made the remark in another thread that Miller is the center equivalent of Nick Sheridan and Kugler is the center equivalent of Tate Forcier. The coaches have made remarks about Kugler's strength and power, but he would have to be really bad off to be worse than Miller in that department, as Miller looked physically overmatched against everyone.
August 11th, 2014 at 10:57 AM ^
I've posted this a couple times, so apologies to those reading it again...
Kugler came to AA college football ready from a technique and knowledge standpoint. He played for one of Pennsylvania's best high school coaches and obviously was tutored by his father, a former NFL O-Line coach. I bet if you put him up against Miller and Glasgow, Kugler can recognize defenses better, make better presnap calls and play with better technique.
Where those two guys have an advantage is in strength. Kugler didn't come to AA benching 400 pounds and squatting 800. He had some ground to gain in the strength department both against his competitors on the OL and against his own potential. Then the labrum/cuff tear in his shoulder set him back even a bit more. Miller and Glasgow are both two years older and injury free.
I'm with you though, I'd rather see him ahead of Miller as I was as disappointed in him as anyone. In most years, it's a nonissue that a RS Freshman OLineman is behind two guys two years older than him. As much as I'd love to see Kugler starting against App St. while Glasgow serves his suspension, I'll at least understand why if it doesn't happen, and hesitate to argue that the recruiting reports were wrong and/or that he is/may be a bust.
August 18th, 2014 at 8:43 PM ^
QB
1. Shane Morris (Jr.)
2. Wilton Speight (RS Fr.)
3. Russell Bellomy (RS Sr.)
4. Brian Cleary (RS Jr.)
rs: Alex Malzone (Fr.)
RB
1. De'Veon Smith (Jr.) / Drake Johnson (RS Jr.) / Derrick Green (Jr.) / Ty Isaac (RS So.)
5. Justice Hayes (RS Sr.)
rs: Mike Weber (Fr.)
FB
1. Joey Kerridge (RS Sr.) / Sione Houma (Jr.)
H-Back
1. Wyatt Shallman (RS So.)
2. Khalid Hill (RS So.)
WR1
1. Devin Funchess (Sr.)
2. Amara Darboh (RS Jr.) / Jehu Chesson (RS Jr.)
3. Drake Harris (RS Fr.)
4. Jaron Dukes (RS So.)
rs: Brian Cole (Fr.)
WR2
1. Amara Darboh (RS Jr.) / Jehu Chesson (RS Jr.)
3. Da'Mario Jones (Jr.) / Maurice Ways (So.)
5. Jack Wangler (RS So.)
SLOT
1. Freddy Canteen (So.)
2. Dennis Norfleet (Sr.)
3. Bo Dever (RS Jr.) / Ross Douglas (RS So.)
TE
1. Jake Butt (Jr.)
2. Ian Bunting (So.) / Chris Clark (Fr.)
4. A.J. Williams (Sr.)
5. Keith Heitzman (RS Sr.)
LT
1. Mason Cole (So.)
2. Erik Magnuson (RS Jr.)
3. Logan Tuley-Tillman (RS So.)
rs: Grant Newsome (Fr.)
LG
1. Erik Magnuson (RS Jr.)
2. Kyle Bosch (Jr.) / David Dawson (RS So.)
4. Dan Samuelson (RS So.)
C
1. Jack Miller (RS Sr.)
2. Graham Glasgow (RS Sr.)
3. Patrick Kugler (RS So.)
rs: Jon Runyan (Fr.)
RG
1. Kyle Kalis (RS Jr.)
2. Graham Glasgow (RS Sr.)
3. David Dawson (RS So.)
4. Blake Bars (RS Jr.)
RT
1. Ben Braden (RS Jr.)
2. Graham Glasgow (RS Sr.)
3. Chris Fox (RS So.) / Juwan Bushell-Beatty (RS Fr.)
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DE
1. Mario Ojemudia (Sr.)
2. Lawrence Marshall (RS Fr.)
DT
1. Ondre Pipkins (Sr.) / Bryan Mone (So.)
3. Maurice Hurst Jr. (RS So.)
4. Brady Pallante (RS Fr.)
DT
1. Willie Henry (RS Jr.)
2. Chris Wormley (RS Jr.)
3. Ryan Glasgow (RS Jr.) / Matt Godin (RS Jr.)
DE
1. Taco Charlton (Jr.)
2. Henry Poggi (RS So.)
3. Tom Strobel (RS Jr.)
WLB
1. Joe Bolden (Sr.)
2. Noah Furbush (RS Fr.) / Jared Wangler (RS Fr.)
MLB
1. Ben Gedeon (Jr.)
2. Michael Ferns (So.)
3. Chase Winovich (RS Fr.)
rs: Darrin Kirkland (Fr.)
SLB
1. James Ross (Sr.)
2. Royce Jenkins-Stone (Sr.)
3. Michael McCray (RS So.)
4. Allen Gant (RS Jr.)
WCB
1. Blake Countess (RS Sr.) / Jourdan Lewis (Jr.)
3. Terry Richardson (Sr.)
SCB
1. Jabrill Peppers (So.)
2. Channing Stribling (Jr.)
3. Reon Dawson (RS So.)
rs: Tyree Kinnel (Fr.)
NB
1. Blake Countess (RS Sr.)
2. Jabrill Peppers (So.)
FS
1. Jarrod Wilson (Sr.)
2. Jeremy Clark (RS Jr.)
3. Garrett Taylor (Fr.)
SS
1. Delano Hill (Jr.)
2. Dymonte Thomas (Jr.)
3. Brandon Watson (So.)
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K
1. Andrew David (Fr.)
P
1. Kenny Allen (RS Jr.)
KO
1. Kenny Allen (RS Jr.)