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Hurricanes Depth Chart and Injury News

It's a short week for the Canes coming off their bye, and they face a tough ACC test in the Virginia Tech Hokies. So how will the Canes line up, and who will be out?

Duke Johnson is back and healthy, and the Hokies should get a sizeable dose of him
Duke Johnson is back and healthy, and the Hokies should get a sizeable dose of him
Joel Auerbach

Virginia Tech has had the Canes number the past 3 seasons, but this year may be different. Picked to be one of the better teams in the ACC at the beginning of the year, the Hokies have done nothing but disappoint. Their past few games have started to reflect at least some of what they are able to do, but the once mighty Logan Thomas is not nearly as scary, and the defense...well...

So just how will the Canes line up against the rival Turkeys? Let's take a look:

OFFENSE
WR 80 Rashawn Scott 6-2 190 So.
86 Herb Waters
6-2 185 Fr.
LT 79 Malcolm Bunche
6-7 325 RSo.
64 Hunter Wells
6-4 300 RFr.
LG
70 Jon Feliciano
6-5 314 RSo.

68 Jeremy Lewis
6-4 316 RSr.
C
62 Shane McDermott
6-4 295 RSo.

75 Jared Wheeler
6-5 314 RJr.
RG
65 Brandon Linder
6-6 308 Jr.
63 Danny Isidora 6-4 320 Fr.
RT 77 Seantrel Henderson -OR-
6-8 340 Jr.
74 Ereck Flowers 6-6 314 Fr.
TE 46 Clive Walford
6-4 250 RSo.
49 Dyron Dye
6-5 255 RJr.
82 Asante Cleveland
6-5 263 Jr.
FB 33 Maurice Hagens
5-11 240 Jr.
43 Sean Harvey 6-4 262 RSo.
QB 17 Stephen Morris
6-2 214 Jr.
11 Ryan Williams
6-5 221 RSo.
RB 5 Mike James
5-11 220 Sr.
8 Duke Johnson 5-9 188 Fr.
WR 4 Phillip Dorsett
5-10
185
So.

83 Kendal Thompkins -OR-
5-10 182 RSr.
6 Robert Lockhart Jr.
6-1 188 Fr.
WR 1 Allen Hurns
6-3
192 Jr.
24 Davon Johnson
6-0 188 Sr.


DEFENSE
DE
71 Anthony Chickillo
6-4 262 So.
92 Jalen Grimble -OR-
6-2 295 So.
99 Jelani Hamilton 6-5 271 Fr.
DT 72 Earl Moore
6-1 300 Fr.
98 Darius Smith -OR- 6-2 315 Sr.
66 Dequan Ivery
6-1 303 Fr.
DT 91 Olsen Pierre
6-4 300 So.
93 Luther Robinson -OR-
6-3 288 RJr.
67 Corey King
6-1 295
RFr.
DE
51 Shayon Green
6-3 260 RJr.

17 Tyriq McCord -OR-
6-3 236 Fr.
90 Ricardo Williams 6-5 240 RFr.
OLB
44 Eddie Johnson 6-1 238 RFr.

34 Thurston Armbrister
6-3 222 So.
MLB
59 Jimmy Gaines
6-3 230 Jr.
56 Raphael Kirby -OR-
6-0 218 Fr.
36 Gionni Paul
6-1 230 So.
OLB 52 Denzel Perryman 6-0 229 So.
34 Thurston Armbrister 6-3 222 So.
31 Tyrone Cornileus
6-2
210 So.
CB 37 Ladarius Gunter
6-2 198 So.
3 Tracy Howard -OR-
5-11 185 Fr.
20 Thomas Finnie
5-10
183 So.
S 2 Deon Bush 6-1 190 Fr.
30 A.J. Highsmith 6-0 202 RJr.
S 22 Kacy Rodgers II
6-2 210 Jr.
7 Vaughn Telemaque -OR- 6-2 204 RSr.
29 Rayshawn Jenkins 6-1 203 Fr.
CB 21 Brandon McGee
6-0 194 Sr.
39 Antonio Crawford
5-11
188 Fr.


SPECIALISTS
P
13 Dalton Botts
6-3 205 Sr.
40 Jake Wieclaw
6-2 193 RSr.
FG 40 Jake Wieclaw
6-2 193 RSr.
18 Matt Goudis 6-0 170 RFr.
KO 40 Jake Wieclaw
6-2 193 RSr.
18 Matt Goudis
6-0 170 RFr.
H 13 Dalton Botts
6-3 205 Sr.

11 Ryan Williams
6-5 221 RSo.
LS
61 Paul Kelly 6-1 262 RSr.
59 Jimmy Gaines 6-3 230 Jr.
SS
61 Paul Kelly
6-1 262 RSr.

65 Brandon Linder 6-6 308 Jr.
PR
4 Phillip Dorsett 5-10 185 So.
8 Duke Johnson 5-9 192 Fr.
KR 4 Phillip Dorsett
5-10 185 So.
8 Duke Johnson
5-9 188 Fr.

As you can see, there aren't a whole lot of changes to behold.

  • Seantrel Henderson and Ereck Flowers are still splitting time at the RT position.
  • Robert Lockhart Jr. has yet to make an impact, but has earned the *OR* backup position along with Kendal Thompkins.
  • Clive Walford holds on to the starting TE spot, since he has been by far the most productive at that position, although that isn't saying much. He is starting to show some flashes of good work during games, however.
  • On defense, Kelvin Cain is no longer there. At all. freshman Tyriq McCord has started to take his reps, although he will spend most of his time at the DE position.
  • Raphael Kirby is working his way up the ranks, and now shares the backup MLB spot with Gionni Paul, both behind Jimmy Gaines, who will start this week. It won't be long before Kirby earns that first start, I don't think.
  • Ladarius Gunter gets the CB start, with Thomas Finnie and Tracy Howard backing him up.

INJURIES

The injury reports is basically clear. There are the names you have seen that are out for the year, although that list grew by one this week with the announcement that Eduardo Clements will miss the rest of the season. Dallas Crawford will get his first game action this week, which a lot of people are excited about.

The one probable listed on the report is Denzel Perryman, but don't you worry about a thing. The President will be out there killin folk as normal.