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Now that NSD has come and pass, let's start talking about what our team is going to look like this year.....
---Disclaimer: These thoughts are all my own and mostly created off the top of my head on the fly while typing and sipping a little bit after studying all day.
QB- Obviously Sumner is the starter, but with the addition of Douglas to go with Kline and Meyer, our QB depth is probably the deepest it's been since we've gone D-I
RB- Once again Zenner is the clear cut starter, but we are going to have more depth this year compared to last year. Reggie will probably get the 2nd most carries, and I will be curious to see how/if Paris and Rodriguez work themselves into the rotation. We got a bulldozer and scatback between those two.
WR- Who is going to step up and be a #1 this year? I don't think Hubert or Tief are those kinda players, but I really liked the way Tief came on at the end last year. I think highly of Schneider and think he could become a primetime reciever. I am also going to look for Wesley to got alot more touches this year, he has too much shake n' bake in his game to get more touches. We are still waiting on Brandon Andrews to have a coming out party (He may be our most athletic WR) and who knows about Dom. I don't think any of our FR we redshirted this year will play next year, but I expect Wieneke to compete for time (He's a beast).
TE- Cam Jones....enough said. Benedetto will hold down the 2nd spot and Strehlow will be third. Strehlow also plays fullback for us. I don't know anything about Vejvoda.
OL- We returen 3/5 I believe, including and AA left tackle in Witzman. Due to depth developed through injuries last year it can be said we return 5 starters. I'm not going to get into naming all of the OL that will play, but I trust Coach Flynn alot with our big guys.
DL- If Hettinger returns our first team DL will be good again with Peete, Douglas, Hettinger, and Peugh being our starters. I know our coaches are high on Plote and Krings at DE, but all of our 2nd team DT were FR this year, so it will being interesting to see who developed and is ready to step up.
LB- What we lose in leadership, we make up for in athleticism this year. Lally will hold down the MLB, and I believe that Elmore and Kilgore will hold down the outside spots for us. We are super young at LB so it will be interesting to see if Mason, Moritko, an Romano are ready to step up as backups. Also if Jelsma comes back healthy he will rotate in alot.
DB- Winston and Butler will be our starters with Forsythe being our first man in. I'm not sure what to think of Martinson, I honestly thought he was going to play more last year. Basically we are young and don't really know who's where in the rotation after Wright, Butler, and Forsythe.
S- If I had to guess right now, I would say that Andrew Brown and Jake Gentile would be our starters......I really don't know though who our safetys are going to be next year. I assume we are still looking at the JuCo ranks right now.
K/P- Syrovatka, Carlson, and Sawyer will keep doing what they do.
KR- Based off of last year one can assume that probably Dom Wright and Jimmie Forsythe will do the returning. I would like to see Wesley and Butler get some chances, they are both big plays waiting to happen.
PR- Probably Wesley, but as stated above I would love to see Butler get some chances as he just looks natural with the ball in his hands.
---Disclaimer: These thoughts are all my own and mostly created off the top of my head on the fly while typing and sipping a little bit after studying all day.
QB- Obviously Sumner is the starter, but with the addition of Douglas to go with Kline and Meyer, our QB depth is probably the deepest it's been since we've gone D-I
RB- Once again Zenner is the clear cut starter, but we are going to have more depth this year compared to last year. Reggie will probably get the 2nd most carries, and I will be curious to see how/if Paris and Rodriguez work themselves into the rotation. We got a bulldozer and scatback between those two.
WR- Who is going to step up and be a #1 this year? I don't think Hubert or Tief are those kinda players, but I really liked the way Tief came on at the end last year. I think highly of Schneider and think he could become a primetime reciever. I am also going to look for Wesley to got alot more touches this year, he has too much shake n' bake in his game to get more touches. We are still waiting on Brandon Andrews to have a coming out party (He may be our most athletic WR) and who knows about Dom. I don't think any of our FR we redshirted this year will play next year, but I expect Wieneke to compete for time (He's a beast).
TE- Cam Jones....enough said. Benedetto will hold down the 2nd spot and Strehlow will be third. Strehlow also plays fullback for us. I don't know anything about Vejvoda.
OL- We returen 3/5 I believe, including and AA left tackle in Witzman. Due to depth developed through injuries last year it can be said we return 5 starters. I'm not going to get into naming all of the OL that will play, but I trust Coach Flynn alot with our big guys.
DL- If Hettinger returns our first team DL will be good again with Peete, Douglas, Hettinger, and Peugh being our starters. I know our coaches are high on Plote and Krings at DE, but all of our 2nd team DT were FR this year, so it will being interesting to see who developed and is ready to step up.
LB- What we lose in leadership, we make up for in athleticism this year. Lally will hold down the MLB, and I believe that Elmore and Kilgore will hold down the outside spots for us. We are super young at LB so it will be interesting to see if Mason, Moritko, an Romano are ready to step up as backups. Also if Jelsma comes back healthy he will rotate in alot.
DB- Winston and Butler will be our starters with Forsythe being our first man in. I'm not sure what to think of Martinson, I honestly thought he was going to play more last year. Basically we are young and don't really know who's where in the rotation after Wright, Butler, and Forsythe.
S- If I had to guess right now, I would say that Andrew Brown and Jake Gentile would be our starters......I really don't know though who our safetys are going to be next year. I assume we are still looking at the JuCo ranks right now.
K/P- Syrovatka, Carlson, and Sawyer will keep doing what they do.
KR- Based off of last year one can assume that probably Dom Wright and Jimmie Forsythe will do the returning. I would like to see Wesley and Butler get some chances, they are both big plays waiting to happen.
PR- Probably Wesley, but as stated above I would love to see Butler get some chances as he just looks natural with the ball in his hands.
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