Gator 2-deep -what our depth chart will look like on offense and defense?

Hard to say as of late lots of moving pieces.
See how good they are through the spring.

I am hopeful the new guys can fill the gaps and maybe improve on what was lost.

 

Pretty sure I don’t need to learn to love the Gators year to year. I’ll just always love them. Thanks for looking out though

 

I won’t be loving that stinking mutt ever again either. I wish him a healthy life as a failure at football. I hope he gets a long life of heavy labor.

 

It's always been close to that anyway. Every year a batch recruits come in and Jr/Srs leave. We have always had a 2 to 3 yr rotation of players with a small group that you get 4 yrs out of.

 

It’s way different now with mass exodus every year.

 

I hope he’s used as a blocking back the rest of his career.

 

I'll take a stab at the pre-spring 2 deep.

QB Mertz/Lagway
RB Johnson/Carroll
WR Wilson/Jean
WR Dike/Mizell
WR Jackson/Burke
TE Hansen/Zipperer
OT Barber/Manuel
OG Harris/Williams
OC Slaughter/Kearney
OG Waites/George
OT BCD/Jones

DE Sapp/Boone
DT Jackson/Watson
DT Slackman/Banks
DE Searcy/Pyburn
LB James/Wingo
LB Nunnery/Howard
CB Marshall/Jackson
S Turner/Douglas
S Castell/Thornton
CB Moore/Johnson
NB Bridges/Denson

Post-spring, I think we may see some shuffling at WR, DE and LB.

 

I like Howard or one of the freshman in front of Nunnary.
Also, Manuel in front of Barber.
TE Hansen or Boardingham/Zipperer

 

Nine of our starters out of the portal:

Mertz
Dike
Waites
BCD
Jackson
Slackman
Nunnery or Howard
Turner
Bridges

 

I like it. Maybe catching passes depth is …
Also need more production at DE to win sec games. Hopefully Kelby Collins and McCray make an impact and force their way into the field.

 

Is Zip back? Thought he was done.

 

IF he is healthy Barber will 100% start

 

Supposed to be

 

Serious question lol. He is "supposed to be" back or done?

 

It seems so.

With his 2019 R-shirt and 2020 covid exception, he gets a 6th year in 2024. It appears he’s just taking the 6th season without an announcement.

 

Back. He did have a second surgery in the late fall, not sure if that impacted anything

 

From what I understand he's on campus.

 

Good job. I’ll piggyback off your work. I’ll add some names and make a few changes. TE is the only position where I have significant changes.

QB Mertz/Lagway*/Millen
RB Johnson/Webb/Carroll or Daniels* or Baugh*
WR Wilson/Jean
WR Dike/Mizell
WR Jackson/Burke
TE Boardingham/Hansen/Livingston or Zipp
OT Barber/Jones
OG Harris/Lovett
OC Slaughter/Kearney
OG Williams/ Waites or George
OT BCD/Manuel/Westphal*

DE Collins or Sapp/McCray* or K. James
DT Jackson/Banks/Watson
DT Slackman/Lyons/Taylor or Hill
DE Searcy/Gumbs or Boone/Pyburn
LB S. James/Wingo/Nunnery
LB Robinson or Howard/Graham*
CB Marshall/Jackson
S Turner/Douglas/Moten
S Castell/Thornton
CB Moore/Johnson
NB Bridges/Denson

In a true 2-deep, you list backsups at multiple positions when a player is the backup at multiple positions. That’ll happen, but not for this pre-spring depth chart. We want to see the individual players and not confuse the roster numbers.

There will be many changes. I see Waites and George as swing OG/OT players this spring; who knows where they end up?!? If the new OTs show out, Barber could be at OG as well… Ton of talent at DE (edge). Gonna be fun to see how that shakes out. I put Sapp at DE, but he'll play all over the DL. I put McCray at DE for spring. This time next year he probably takes Slackman’s spot at DT.

If we add just one more player, I want another WR.