After viewing the first five practices of Fall Camp, some position battles and personnel spots started to take shape.
While the start of Fall Camp is surely not enough time to fully decide starting positions, seeing how position coaches were shuffling their lineups gave us further insight into their strategic positioning.
Head coach Chris Petersen certainly does not like the idea of depth charts. He doesn’t believe in any players holding on to positions as he preaches constant competition at all positions.
Instead of calling it a depth chart, Petersen likes to call it a “seating chart” as no player should ever feel comfortable in their current spot..It’s always fluid.
Last season, Petersen was asked about the idea of feeling good about depth on his team, which he quickly responded to.
“I don’t ever feel like we..you know..have a ton of depth. Cuz you know..we talking about numbers or guys that are ready to play?..you know..two different things. I can get a lot of guys off the street right there (points outside) and give us a lot of depth. That doesn’t help anybody!..We need guys ready to play!”
Another thing of note during camp was the players were not in full pads during the first five practices, which plays a big factor into these projected charts.
The position coaches did a lot of shuffling of players during scrimmages and some players bounced in and out of the “two-deeps”.
Obviously by the end of Fall Camp, this projected “seating chart” will probably be different from the final depth chart unveiled for the season opener against Eastern Washington.
Here is an educated projection of how things looked…..
FIRST TEAM OFFENSE
Quarterback
(Junior, 6 feet 6 inches, 227 pounds)
Running Back
(Junior, 5 feet 11 inches, 196 pounds)
Receiver
(Junior, 5 feet 11 inches, 188 pounds)
Receiver
(Senior, 5 feet 10 inches, 175 pounds)
Receiver
(Senior, 5 feet 8 inches, 183 pounds)
Tight End
(Junior, 6 feet 2 inches, 239 pounds)
Left Tackle
(Senior, 6 feet 8 inches, 314 pounds)
Left Guard
(Junior, 6 feet 5 inches, 300 pounds)
Center
(Senior, 6 feet 1 inches, 302 pounds)
Right Guard
(Sophomore, 6 feet 7 inches, 323 pounds)
Right Tackle
(Senior, 6 feet 7 inches, 316 pounds)
FIRST TEAM DEFENSE
Defensive Lineman
(Senior, 6 feet 3 inches, 290 pounds)
Defensive Lineman
(Junior, 6 feet 3 inches, 293 pounds)
Outside Linebacker
(Junior, 6 feet 0 inches, 277 pounds)
Outside Linebacker
(Sophomore, 6 feet 5 inches, 262 pounds)
Inside Linebacker
(Senior, 6 feet 0 inches, 226 pounds)
Inside Linebacker
(Senior, 6 feet 1 inches, 246 pounds)
Cornerback
(Junior, 6 feet 3 inches, 195 pounds)
Cornerback
(Redshirt Freshman, 6 feet 0 inches, 195 pounds)
Safety
(Senior, 5 feet 9 inches, 185 pounds)
Safety
(Freshman, 6 feet 0 inches, 191 pounds)
* Nickel
(Junior, 5 feet 10 inches, 190 pounds)
FIRST TEAM SPECIAL TEAMS
Placekicker
(Sophomore, 5 feet 11 inches, 197 pounds)
Punter
(Senior, 6 feet 3 inches, 209 pounds)
Long Snapper
(Senior, 6 feet 3 inches, 243 pounds)
Holder
(Junior, 6 feet 2 inches, 183 pounds)
Punt Returner
(Senior, 5 feet 11 inches, 188 pounds)
Kickoff Returners
(Sophomore, 5 feet 11 inches, 195 pounds)
AND
(Junior, 5 feet 7 inches, 186 pounds)
SECOND TEAM OFFENSE
Quarterback
(Sophomore, 6 feet 0 inches, 194 pounds)
Running Back
(Junior, 5 feet 7 inches, 186 pounds)
Receiver
(Junior, 6 feet 4 inches, 213 pounds)
Receiver
(Senior, 6 feet 0 inches, 176 pounds)
Receiver
(Redshirt Freshman, 5 feet 8 inches, 182 pounds)
Tight End (Rotate)
(Sophomore, 6 feet 5 inches, 246 pounds)
Left Tackle
(Redshirt Freshman, 6 feet 5 inches, 305 pounds)
Left Guard
(Redshirt Freshman, 6 feet 6, 352 pounds)
Center
(Senior, 6 feet 6 inches, 295 pounds)
Right Guard
(Redshirt Freshman, 6 feet 3 inches, 320 pounds)
Right Tackle
(Sophomore, 6 feet 6 inches, 326 pounds)
SECOND TEAM DEFENSE
Defensive Lineman
(Redshirt Freshman, 6 feet 2 inches, 321 pounds)
Defensive Lineman
(Senior, 6 feet 3 inches, 291 pounds)
Outside Linebacker (Rotate)
(Sophomore, 6 feet 3 inches, 213 pounds)
Outside Linebacker
(Junior, 6 feet 3 inches, 250 pounds)
Inside Linebacker
(Redshirt Freshman, 6 feet 0 inches, 235 pounds)
Inside Linebacker
(Redshirt Freshman, 6 feet 3 inches, 238 pounds)
Cornerback
(Redshirt Freshman, 6 feet 2 inches, 205 pounds)
Cornerback
(Freshman, 5 feet 11 inches, 185 pounds)
Safety
(Junior, 6 feet 0 inches, 201 pounds)
Safety
(Sophomore, 6 feet 1 inches, 203 pounds)
* Nickel
(Junior, 5 feet 11 inches, 208 pounds)
SECOND TEAM SPECIAL TEAMS
Placekicker
(Freshman, 6 feet 2 inches, 211 pounds)
Punter
(Junior, 6 feet 2 inches, 183 pounds)
Long Snapper
(Junior, 6 feet 0 inches, 202 pounds)
Holder
(Senior, 6 feet 3 inches, 209 pounds)
Punt Returner
(Senior, 5 feet 8 inches, 183 pounds)
