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Miami Depth Chart: Changes Highlight USF Week

The Canes take on USF this weekend in a match up that carries with it a litany of celebrations and potential milestones.

Geoff Burke

This weekend's game against South Florida is huge for many, many reasons. It is the final Miami home game of the year. It is First Responder's Day. It's Miami's Senior Day. If that wasn't enough, a win against the Bulls would make Miami bowl eligible for the 5th consecutive season. It would also give Miami a 4-2 home record, which would mean that in five seasons of playing at the cesspool that is Sun Life Stadium, they will have had a winning home record in 4 of them. It would also bring Miami's non-conference record to 2-2, which at face value doesn't seem great, but when you realize those 2 losses are against the number 1 and 3 team in the country right now, well....yeah.

All that being said, what better way to kick off such a jam-packed week than to make a whole mess of changes to the depth chart, right? Let's take a look:

OFFENSE
WR 1 Allen Hurns 6-3 192 Jr.
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
6-8 340 Jr.
74 Ereck Flowers 6-6 314 Fr.
TE 46 Clive Walford
6-4 250 RSo.
82 Asante Cleveland 6-5 263 Jr.
49 Dyron Dye 6-5 255 RJr.
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
5-10 182 RSr.
WR 24 Davon Johnson 6-0
188 Sr.
87 Garrett Kidd
6-2 186 RFr.


DEFENSE
DE
71 Anthony Chickillo
6-4 262 So.
92 Jalen Grimble
6-2 295 So.
99 Jelani Hamilton 6-5 271 Fr.
DT 96 Curtis Porter
6-1 305 RJr.
72
Earl Moore 6-1 300 Fr.
66 Dequan Ivery
6-1 303 Fr.
DT 91 Olsen Pierre
6-4 300 So.
93 Luther Robinson
6-3 288 RJr.
DE
51 Shayon Green
6-3 260 RJr.

17 Tyriq McCord
6-3 236 Fr.
90 Ricardo Williams 6-5 240 RFr.
OLB
34 Thurston Armbrister 6-3 222 So.

59 Jimmy Gaines 6-3 230 Jr.
MLB
59 Jimmy Gaines
6-3 230 Jr.
56 Raphael Kirby
6-0 218 Fr.
OLB 36
Gionni Paul -OR- 6-1 230 So.
52 Denzel Perryman 6-0 229 So.
31 Tyrone Cornileus
6-2
210 So.
CB 37 Ladarius Gunter
6-2 198 So.
3 Tracy Howard
5-11 185 Fr.
20 Thomas Finnie
5-10
183 So.
S 22 Kacy Rodgers II 6-2 210 Jr.
29
Rayshawn Jenkins 6-1 203 Fr.
S 30
AJ Highsmith
6-0 202 RJr.
7 Vaughn Telemaque 6-2 204 RSr.
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.

  • Curtis Porter is now officially a starter, and that is just fantastic. The dude had an appendectomy and missed the first part of the season, but two games after being cleared to practice, he's starting again. Olsen Pierre is still your other tackle, and Luther Robinson is still backing them up along with former starter Earl Moore.
  • The linebacker spot has been shuffled a bit due to injury and suspension. Currently, Thurston Armbrister is your starter on the outside, along with Gionni Paul OR Denzel Perryman (expect it to be Perryman.) Jimmy Gaines is still in the middle, with Raphael Kirby behind him.
  • The safeties are Highsmith and Rogers, and will remain that way unless Deon Bush is ready to go by game time. Let's hope that he is, because we badly need his play in the middle of that field.
  • The only interesting note on the offense is the emergence of a wild Garrett Kidd. No one is sure what evolution he is currently on, or what attacks he has, so when trudging through the grass on Route 5 on your way to Pewter City, be careful!