WE’VE GOT A DEPTH CHART, PEOPLE!

A few questions answered (and few left to go)

It’s the first game week Monday of the season, and you can feel the excitement in the air as the normal cadence of game countdown content gets pushed out. Tops among that list just dropped, with Texas A&M releasing a tentative depth chart for their season opener against Notre Dame.

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OFFENSE

QB

Conner Weigman
Jaylen Henderson OR Marcel Reed

RB

Le’Veon Moss
Amari Daniels OR E.J. Smith

TE

Tre Watson
Shane Calhoun OR Donovan Green OR Theo Ohrstrom

WR (X)

Noah Thomas
Jacob Bostick

SLOT

Cyrus Allen
Micah Tease OR Izaiah Williams

WR (Z)

Jahdae Walker
Moose Muhammad

LT

Trey Zuhn
Hunter Erb

LG

Chase Bisontis
Kam Dewberry OR Aki Ogunbiyi

C Kolinu’u Faaiu OR Mark Nabou

RG

Ar’maj Reed-Adams
T.J. Shanahan

RT

Dametrious Crownover OR Reuben Fatheree

Notable:

• Transfer Cyrus Allen has officially locked down the starting slot WR spot many assumed during the offseason would go to Moose Muhammed (who is listed as backing up Jahdae Walker)
• Up until now, the only spots on the OL that were a sure thing was Zuhn at LT and Bisontis at LG. We now know that Reed-Adams will occupy the other guard spot (his ideal position), with C and RT still up for grabs.
• Transfer Tre Watson has grabbed the starting TE spot after drawing very positive reviews in fall camp. It’s a logjam behind him, including junior Donovan Green who may still not be fully back to his old self following an ACL tear a year go.

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DEFENSE

DE

Nic Scourton
Josh Celiscar

DT

Shemar Turner
Gabriel Brownlow-Dindy OR Rodas Johnson

DT

D.J. Hicks OR Albert Regis
Samu Taumanupepe

DE

Shemar Stewart
Malick Sylla

JACK

Cashius Howell
Rylan Kennedy

LB

Solomon DeShields OR Daymion Sanford OR Scooby Williams

LB

Taurean York
Tristan Jernigan OR Jordan Lockhart

NICKEL

Tyreek Chappell OR Jaydon Hill
Bravion Rogers

CB

Tyreek Chappell OR B.J. Mayes OR Jayvon Thomas

CB

Will Lee OR Dezz Ricks
Donovan Saunders

SAFETY

Bryce Anderson
Jared Kerr
Trey Jones

SAFETY

Dalton Brooks OR Trey Jones OR Marcus Ratcliffe

Notables:

• Well, this told us basically nothing we didn’t already know. The main spots that were in question were the second DT opposite Turner, second LB opposite York, second S opposite Anderson and the CBs. All of those have “OR”s for the starter. So I guess we’ll find out Saturday.

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SPECIAL TEAMS

PK

Randy Bond
Jared Kirkel

P

Tyler White
Keegan Andrews

DS

Jacob Graham
Connor Able

HOLDER

Tyler White

KR

Le’Veon Moss
Terry Bussey

PR

Terry Bussey
Moose Muhammad

Notables:

• When Zirkel transferred here you had to wonder if he would dethrone Bond for placekicking duties, but it seems that has not happened. But we may still see Zirkel as a kickoff specialist
• Moss and Bussey both back on kickoffs and Bussey returning punts should be particularly exciting.