Sunday night gave us a glimpse into the depth chart on Twitter. Let's not delay and jump right into it:
#Canes list sophomore Joe Yearby OR freshman Mark Walton as the starter for Saturday's game vs. Bethune-Cookman
— Manny Navarro (@Manny_Navarro) August 31, 2015
That news broke minutes after we found out that Gus Edwards will miss the 2015 season with an undisclosed foot injury.
#Canes depth chart starters - Offense: QB Brad Kaaya, WR Waters, Scott, LT Darling, LG Gall, C Linder, RG Isidora, RT Odogwu, TE Dobard
— Manny Navarro (@Manny_Navarro) August 31, 2015
Stacy Coley listed as the starter at slot receiver #Canes, Chris Herndon at H Back; Gage Batten ahead of Walter Tucker at fullback
— Manny Navarro (@Manny_Navarro) August 31, 2015
WR (X) | LT | LG | C | RG | RT | TE | SLOT | WR (Z) |
Rashawn Scott | Trevor Darling | Alex Gall | Nick Linder | Danny Isidora | Sunny Odogwu | Stan Dobard | Stacy Coley | Herb Waters |
Lawrence Cager | Kc McDermott | Tyler Gauthier | Hunter Knighton | Joe Brown | Tyree St. Louis | Jake O'Donnell OR | Braxton Berrios | Stacy Coley |
Jerome Washington | Malcolm Lewis | |||||||
QB | FB | RB | H-Back | |||||
Brad Kaaya | Gage Batten | Joseph Yearby OR | Chris Herndon | |||||
Malik Rosier | Walter Tucker | Mark Walton | David Njoku | |||||
Trayone Gray |
- Brad Kaaya at QB, duh
- Mark Walton is going to be a huge factor. Already listed as an OR starter for the opener with Joseph Yearby. That talk of Walton being the unquestioned starter by game 4 or 5 (which we'ver heard)? Might be something to that.
- Herb Waters, Rashawn Scott, and Stacy Coley at the 3 WR spots works for me. Interesting to see Coley starting at slot and not X or Z.
- No mention of Tyre Brady or Darrel Langham at WR. Hmm....
- Standish Dobard at TE, duh
- OL was the 5 I named in my prediction article: Trevor Darling, Alex Gall, Nick Linder, Danny Isidora, and Sunny Odogwu.
- Want to see what the rest of the DC looks like. Where are guys like Lawrence Cager and David Njoku listed?
- Batten (who?) over Tucker at FB? Could that be to free up Tucker to play some RB now that Edwards is out for the year?
#Canes depth chart starters - DE Kamalu, NG Heurtelou, DT Jenkins, OLB Owens, T. Harris, ILB Kirby & Grace, CB Howard & Burns
— Manny Navarro (@Manny_Navarro) August 31, 2015
#Canes list Dallas Crawford as starter at one safety spot; Deon Bush and Jamal Carter listed as OR at the other spot
— Manny Navarro (@Manny_Navarro) August 31, 2015
End | NT | DT | |
Ufomba Kamalu | Calvin Heurtelou | Courtel Jenkins | |
Chad Thomas | Kendrick Norton | Anthony Moten | |
RJ McIntosh | Michael Wyche | ||
OLB | ILB | ILB | RUSH |
Darrion Owens | Raphael Kirby | Jermaine Grace | Trent Harris |
Tyriq McCord | Terry McCray | Marques Gayot | Demetrius Jackson OR |
Al-Quaddin Muhammad | |||
CB | S | S |
CB |
Tracy Howard | Dallas Crawford | Deon Bush OR | Artie Burns |
Corn Elder | Rayshawn Jenkins | Jamal Carter | Sheldrick Redwine |
Jaquan Johnson |
- No Chad Thomas or Al-Quaddin Muhammad starting on Defense. I'm flabbergasted by this.
- Courtel Jenkins starting up from at DT. Solid spot for him after a good freshman year in limited snaps.
- Where are Kendrick Norton and Richard McIntosh listed on the depth chart?
- Trent Harris at OLB/Rush end. Gotta embed a tweet here
Trent obeys. Trent plays.
— JN (@EverDilettante) August 31, 2015
- Jermaine Grace, Raphael Kirby, and Darrion Owens are by far the best players at LB. That's the group. Some are surprised Tyriq McCord isn't starting. I'm not.
- Tracy Howard and Artie Burns starting at outside CB. They have talent, time to step up.
- Corn Elder starting at Nickel. I like him there because his short area quickness plays better inside than Howard or Burns.
- Dallas Crawford at 1 Safety is curious. He's a good player, but I'd like to see a different starting group.
- The OTHER safety w/DC? Deon Bush OR Jamal Carter. Those 2, IMO, should be the starters together.
- And, that means Rayshawn Jenkins is behind Crawford. And Jaquan Johnson is behind those 4.
P | K | KO | Holder |
Justin Vogel | Michael Badgley | Jon Semerene | Justin Vogel |
Michael Badgley | Jon Semerene | Justin Vogel | Malik Rosier |
Long Snap | Short Snap | KR | PR |
Jordan Butler OR | Frank Gabriel | Stacy Coley | Braxton Berrios |
Frank Gabriel | Jordon Butler | Mark Walton | Stacy Coley |
Several freshmen besides Walton seized chance: Redwine UM's No. 4 CB; Norton backup NT; Gauthier, St. Louis 2nd-team OL;Cager in top 6 at WR
— Barry Jackson (@flasportsbuzz) August 31, 2015