Pre-Fall Practice Texas Tech Depth Chart

by Seth C on Aug 3, 2008 8:00 AM CDT

This is LAJ's Don Williams pre-fall practice depth chart in what I think is a more readable format. Enjoy and please feel free to add your own thoughts.

Offensive Line

Left Tackle	Left Guard	Center	Right Guard	Right Tackle
Rylan Reed; 6-7/305; SR	Louis Vasquez; 6-6/335; SR	Stephen Hamby; 6-3/292; JR	Brandon Carter; 6-7;354; JR	Marlon Winn; 6-6/325; JR
Mickey Okafor; 6-7/326; RS FR	Justin Keown; 6-4/290; SO	Shawn Byrnes; 6-4/295; JR	Jake Johnson; 6-7/370; SR	Chris Olson; 6-5/285; SO
Omar Castillo; 6-6/282; FR	Lonnie Edwards; 6-5/288; FR	Blake Emert; 6-4/280; RS FR	Landon Burge; 6-3/286; SO	Joe King; 6-6/324; FR
Terry McDaniel; 6-7/330; FR	Deveric Gallington; 6-4/347; FR	-	Deveric Gallington; 6-4/347; FR	Dominique Delpeche; 6-6/363; RS FR
Adrian Archie/INJ; 6-5/315; SO	-	-	-	Jonathann Guerra; 6-3/265; FR

Thoughts: Justin Keown got reps at center last year and now he's been moved to left guard and I wonder if Lonnie Edwards, who was highly recruited, is going to overtake his spot next year . . . Jake Johnson, who played and started a few games last year at right tackle has now been moved inside behind Carter, two absolute giants . . . I think I recall that Lonnie Edwards was at left guard last year, but has now been moved to right guard . . . Gallington is a guy they have at both guard positions . . . Joe King has jumped ahead of Delpeche at right tackle . . . Archie is out for the year with a torn ACL . . .

Receivers and Backs

X Receiver	H Receiver	Y Receiver	Z Receiver
Edward Britton; 6-0/174; JR	Eric Morris; 5-8/169; SR	Detron Lewis; 6-0/209; SO	Michael Crabtree; 6-3/214; SO
Todd Walker; 6-1/180; JR	Adam James; 6-3/217; RS FR	Tramain Swindall; 6-3/175; RS FR	Lyle Leong; 6-1/165; SO
Rashad Hawk; 6-4/183; FR	Blake Kelley; 5-11/180; JR	Adrian Reese; 6-7/207; JR	Landon Hoefer; 6-1/200; JR
Brik Brinker; 6-2/199; SO	Cornelius Douglas; 5-9/180; FR	Austin Zouzalik; 6-1/175; FR	Jacoby Franks; 6-1/194; RS FR

Quarterback	Running Back	BH Receiver
Graham Harrell; 6-3/205; SR	Aaron Crawford; 5-11/199; SO	Ryan Hale; 6-1/227; JR
Taylor Potts; 6-5; 218; SO	Baron Batch; 5-11/200; RS SO	-
Steven Sheffield; 6-4/218; SO	Shannon Woods; 5-11/194; SR	-
Stefan Loucks; 6-1/171; RS FR	Harrison Jeffers; 5-9/210; FR	-
Seth Doege; 6-2/207; FR	Brandon Reid; 6-1/210; FR	-

Thoughts: Interesting that Jacoby Franks is behind Landon Hoefer, I'm surprised by this . . . Williams' depth chart does state that the starting running back could be Crawford, Batch or Woods, indicating that the starting spot is still up for grabs . . . Apparently Brandon Reid is going to get a shot at running back although it's been mentioned before that he could end up at linebacker or safety . . . Reese has apparently lost ground to Swindall, but Reese always struck me as the type of guy in-between positions . . .

Defensive Line and Linebackers

End	Nose Tackle	Tackle	Rush End
Jake Ratliff; 6-7/255; SR	Colby Whitlock; 6-2/285; SO	Rajon Henley; 6-3/266; JR	Brandon Williams; 6-5/246; JR
Brandon Sharpe; 6-3/244; JR	Chris Perry; 6-3/308; FR	Richard Jones; 6-1/272; JR	Daniel Howard; 6-3/238; JR
Brandon Sesay; 6-6/279; JR	Clint Stoffels; 6-0/254; SO	David Neill; 6-5/263; RS FR	McKinner Dixon; 6-3/250; JR
Ryan Haliburton; 6-4/242; FR	Britton Barbee; 6-2/282; SO	Joey Fowler/INJ; 6-4/271; FR	Sandy Riley; 6-0;237; JR

Sam Linebacker	Mike Linebacker	Will Linebacker
Bront Bird; 6-4/226; SO	Brian Duncan; 6-1/238; SO	Marlon Willilams; 6-0/224; JR
Tyrone Sonier; 6-2/215; RS FR	Victor Hunter; 5-11/256; JR	Blake Collier; 6-2/211; JR
Julius Howard; 6-1/210; SO	Sam Fehoko; 5-11/236; RS	Julius Howard; 6-1/210; SO
-	Chris Wallace; 5-11/208; JR	Riley Harvey; 6-1/193; 9

Thoughts: I always forget that because Sharpe missed so much time last year he's still a junior and having not seen him play, I'm not sure if he should be the backup left end . . . Lots of youth at the strong linebacker spot, but lots of talent as well . . . Williams mentioned that Howard would be getting time at the strong side spot as well as the weakside spot . . . I really want to see Fehoko on the field . . .

Defensive Backs

Left Corner	Strong Safety	Free Safety	Right Corner
Jamar Wall; 5-10/195; JR	Anthony Hines; 6-1/222; SR	Darcell McBath; 6-1/196; SR	LaRon Moore; 5-9/186; SO
Brent Nickerson; 6-0/195; JR	L.A. Reed; 6-2/212; SR	Daniel Charbonnet; 5-11/203; SR	Marcus Bunton; 5-8/192; SR
De'Shon Sanders; 6-1/198; JR	Lance Fuller; 6-2/217; SR	Jordy Rowland; 6-1/196; SR	Pete Richardson; 5-11/185; JR
Taylor Charbonnet; 5-10/168; RS FR	Franklin Mitchem; 6-2/201; SO	Cody Davis; 6-2; 205; FR	Jared Flannel; 5-11/173; RS FR
Jarrell Routt; 6-0/191; JR	LaShawn Vation; 5-9/194; JR	-	Nathan Stone; 5-8/175; SO

Thoughts: I have no idea how much Reed is going to contribute to this year's team . . . Jared Flannel, recruited at running back, is going to be at cornerback, I'm interested . . . Jarrell Routt and De'Shon Sanders need to both make an impact, whether it be on defense or special teams, but those guys need to earn their spots . . .

Special Teams

Kicker	Punter
Cory Fowler; 5-8/161; SR	Jonathan LaCour; 6-2/208; SO
Jonathan LaCour; 6-2/208; SO	-
Donnie Carona; 6-0/215; FR	-

Thoughts: The prevailing thought is that Carona wins the kicker job, but it's obviously not being given to him . . .

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Comments

kinda surprised you don't have at least one 300 lber

on your DL.

Guess Ruffin is going for speed over size.

by Beergut on Aug 3, 2008 6:27 PM CDT reply reply 0 recs

AAAAAAAAAAAGGGGGGGGGGGGGGIIIIIIIIIEEEEESSSSSSS!!!!!!!!!!!!!

by kayakyakr on Aug 3, 2008 10:51 PM CDT up reply reply 0 recs

Let me pick a nit

It’s Taylor Potts, not Tyler : )

by Tech92 on Aug 3, 2008 8:37 PM CDT reply reply 0 recs

Corrected

and apologies to Taylor

Go Raiders . . .

by Seth C on Aug 4, 2008 4:44 AM CDT up reply reply 0 recs

Insight

I almost always misspell Taylor Potts’ first name and Sam Fehoko’s last name (for some reason I want to spell it Fejoko).

Go Raiders . . .

by Seth C on Aug 4, 2008 4:46 AM CDT up reply reply 0 recs

too many fajitas.

by kayakyakr on Aug 4, 2008 8:10 AM CDT up reply reply 0 recs

probably

Go Raiders . . .

by Seth C on Aug 4, 2008 8:19 AM CDT up reply reply 0 recs

Secondary

Looking at that depth chart, I am very concerned about the secondary next year. Lots of juniors who have not progressed much (third on depth), and sophomores who will need to step up. Yikes!

by Tech92 on Aug 4, 2008 8:57 PM CDT reply reply 0 recs

it's really the

safeties that are the concern, although I think Cody Davis has potential to be a pretty good player and Texas Tech has already received commitments from at least 4 defensive backs, one being a Juco, Ryan Clark. I’ve also thought that if Routt and Sanders don’t work out at cornerback, they both have the size to play safety and they obviously have the speed to play at a corner.

Go Raiders . . .

by Seth C on Aug 4, 2008 10:30 PM CDT up reply reply 0 recs