He's a Safety, he replaced Laguda there against Wazzu.Is Nick Fisher a CB or is he projected to be a safety. curious ?
Pookie Maka is going on a two year mission trip. Hopefully his body can mature and fill out. From everything I've read he's pretty skinny for P5 football.Our 2016 defense hasn't pressured passers a ton.
With McCartney coming back and RS Freshmen Pookie Maka and Akil Jones, I think our pass rush could improve.
I'm also hoping Bisharat makes the switch to ILB...
Do we know for sure that McCartney's coming back?
DE - Timothy Coleman - Senior ; Frank Umu - Sophomore
NT - Michael Mathews - Junior ; eddie lopez - junior
DE - Jase Frank** - junior ; Leo Jackson III - Senior ; Sam Bennion*** - Sophomore
LOLB - Derek McCartney - senior ; terran hasselbach - junior
MLB - Drew Lewis*** - Junior ; Pookie Make*** - Sophomore
MLB - Rick Gamboa - Junior ; Addison Gillam - Senior ; Akil Jones*** - Sophomore
ROLB - Christina Shaver - Senior ; NJ Falo - Junior
CB Isiah Oliver - Senior ; Ronnie Blackmon*** - Sophomore
CB Tony Julmisse*** - Sophomore ; Andrew Bergner - Senior ; Trey Udoffia*** - Sophomore
FS Ryan Moeller - Senior ; Afolabi Laguda - Senior ; Jaisen Sanchez** - Junior
SS Nick Fischer*** - Junior ; Kyle Trego - Junior
This is not locked in stone, but what i've seen from various depth charts. Clarify if i'm wrong anywhere or on class year. This does not take into account any recruits coming in as it's hard to count on them until LOI is signed. Definitely some transition coming up. I still like our DB's and I think we can be effective with the young guys we have at LB coming back or getting healthy. DL is the area where i'm most concerned. We will miss the bulk we had upfront with Carroll, Tupou and company, especially at NT. We will lack size at NT. Part of the reason our defense was good this year is limiting the run, locking down the pass with our DB's. I have confidence should Levitt come back, he will get this unit going in the right direction. I think we will be as fast, if not more so but size will be an issue up front.
If you're going off depth charts, that's why your positions are way off. Mathewes, for example, is not and never has been a NT.
DBs - 1 step down
LBs - 1 step up
DL - 2 or 3 steps down
First depth chart of year had him listed there. I thought it was questionable but what I saw.