2016 Depth Chart

[Cataholic]

I don't recall seeing a post regarding the first depth chart. Here it is below. Look at the average height and weight of the offensive line: 6'5" and 287 pounds. Wow!

Also, two guys that don't get much ink, but I think Fletcher Collins and McCabe are difference makers on defense. We also have Grant Collins at end now and our secondary actually looks solid.

I think we surprise a lot of people this year. New culture and solid personnel could lead to something special.

2016 Montana State Bobcats preseason depth chart

OFFENSE

Left tackle

55 Dylan Mahoney, junior, 6-6, 283

79 Wilson Brott, sophomore, 6-5, 240

72 Colin Hammock, redshirt freshman, 6-3, 240



Left guard

75 J.P. Flynn, senior, 6-6, 312

67 Jake McFetridge, redshirt freshman, 6-6, 300

64 Lane Knows His Gun, redshirt freshman, 6-0, 240



Center

70 Alex Neale, sophomore, 6-3, 290

54 Monte Folsom, junior, 6-3, 295



Right guard

73 Caleb Gillis, junior, 6-6, 285

74 Wade Webster, sophomore, 6-5, 285

76 Kash Perry, redshirt freshman, 6-6, 315



Right tackle

63 Mitch Brott, redshirt freshman, 6-6, 265

65 Patrick Carroll, graduate transfer, 6-5, 320



Quarterback

11 Tyler Bruggman, junior, 6-2, 190

12 Ben Folsom, redshirt freshman, 6-2, 205

14 Brady McChesney, redshirt freshman, 5-11, 185



Tailback

2 Gunnar Brekke, senior, 5-11, 180

OR

17 Chad Newell, senior, 6-1, 220

OR

23 Nick LaSane, junior, 5-11, 213

20 Noah James, sophomore, 6-1, 205

28 Logan Jones, sophomore, 5-7, 180



X Receiver

82 Mitchell Herbert, junior, 6-4, 205

7 Will Krolick, senior, 6-1, 184

86 Keon Stephens, redshirt freshman, 6-2, 180



H Receiver

88 John D’Agostino, sophomore, 6-1, 195

19 Jayshawn Gates, junior, 5-8, 150

4 Brandon Brown, senior, 6-0, 180



Z Receiver

3 Justin Paige, junior, 5-11, 166

84 Cameron Sutton, redshirt freshman, 6-5, 200

83 Hunter Mahlum, sophomore, 6-1, 200



Tight end

15 Austin Barth, senior, 6-6, 250

80 Curtis Amos, sophomore, 6-0, 225

46 Woody Brandom, redshirt freshman, 6-4, 230

OR

Connor Sullivan, sophomore, 6-4, 220



DEFENSE



Buck end

41 Grant Collins, sophomore, 6-4, 222

OR

2 Shiloh Laboy, junior, 6-3, 245

33 Jessie Clark, senior, 6-3, 245

51 B.J. Ojo, freshman, 6-0, 220



Tackle

96 Zach Wright, sophomore, 6-2 260

OR

90 Fou Polataivao, junior, 6-1, 305

6 Robert Wilcox, senior, 6-1, 250

68 Garrett Gregg, sophomore, 6-0, 280



Nose

92 Tucker Yates, sophomore, 6-0, 303

56 Brandon Hayashi, junior, 6-0, 300

93 Matt Brownlow, senior, 5-10, 305



End

57 Tyrone Fa’anono, junior, 6-2, 260

94 Devin Jeffries, junior, 6-1, 245

99 Marcus Ferriter, freshman, 6-3, 225



Sam

49 Mac Bignell, junior, 6-0, 190

42 Joey Michael, senior, 6-2, 205

18 Braydon Konkol, redshirt freshman, 6-2, 205



Mike

59 Fletcher Collins, senior, 6-2, 216

43 Walker Cozzie, redshirt freshman, 5-11, 210

OR

32 Jakob McCarthy, junior, 6-2, 235



Will

34 Blake Braun, senior, 6-2, 227

58 Josh Hill, redshirt freshman, 5-11, 200

OR

Lukas McCarthy, junior, 6-1, 220

44 Koni Dole, sophomore, 6-0, 205



Boundary cornerback

1 Tre’Von Strong, sophomore, 6-1, 190

7 Naijiel Hale, sophomore, 5-10, 170

9 Tavon Dodd, sophomore, 5-8, 176



Strong safety

10 Bryson McCabe, junior, 6-0, 190

25 Zach Stern, senior, 6-0, 195



Free safety

12 Khari Garcia, junior, 5-10, 178

29 West Wilson, junior, 5-11, 205

37 Sidney Holmes III, redshirt freshman, 5-11, 195



Field cornerback

5 Braelen Evans, sophomore, 6-0, 185

24 Bryce Alley, junior, 5-11, 165

OR

John Walker, graduate transfer, 5-9, 168

9 Tavon Dodd, 5-8, 176, sophomore

8 Chris Harris, redshirt freshman, 6-3, 185



SPECIALISTS

KO — 83 Devon Tandberg, redshirt freshman, 5-10, 176



P — 40 Jered Padmos, freshman, 6-2, 175

OR

31 Gabe Peppenger, freshman, 6-0, 220

[stevo]

MSU did release the first depth chart at the Big Sky Kick off early this week. See Colter's cover in the thread labeled "Big sky kick off coverage"

[Cataholic]

That's where the depth chart came from. I didn't think Colter wanted a discussion thread on the depth chart buried in the Big Sky thread. That's why I started this thread on the depth chart.

[stevo]

That's where the depth chart came from. I didn't think Colter wanted a discussion thread on the depth chart buried in the Big Sky thread. That's why I started this thread on the depth chart.

10-4

[catatac]

Our O line will be quite a bi smaller than last year (Probably was our biggest OL of all time) but I think they'll be pretty good.

[technoCat]

I was surprise by the move of Ojo to buck end. He seems a bit small for that and I thought he was supposed to have a ton of potential at lb.

[VimSince03]

I was surprise by the move of Ojo to buck end. He seems a bit small for that and I thought he was supposed to have a ton of potential at lb.

Not like its a demotion. He has a good frame to gain weight and he is good off the edge. We need pass rushers.

[blueandgoldblitz]

Things I was surprised about on the depth chart:

John D'Agostino over Jayshawn Gates at "H" receiver
Grant Collins and Shiloh LaBoy over Jessie Clark at Buck
Wilson Brott at left tackle. Wasn't he brought in as a tight end? I hadn't heard of him being moved prior to this.
Braelen Evans as the presumptive starter at Field Cornerback. Has he played at all for the Bobcats yet? I thought he was dealing with injuries? I hope he's back to 100%

Thoughts?

[spring creek cat]

I was also surprised by Laboy over Clark. Jessie clark was really raw and kind of one dimensional last year. Great athlete and suspect he will move up the chart


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[BleedingBLue]

I was also surprised by Laboy over Clark. Jessie clark was really raw and kind of one dimensional last year. Great athlete and suspect he will move up the chart


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Clark was a beast when he saw the field. I think he will be a pass rush specialist. He had 5 or 6 sacks in 5 starts I think and forced 4 or 5 fumbles if I'm not mistaken.

[luckyirishguy25]

Things I was surprised about on the depth chart:

John D'Agostino over Jayshawn Gates at "H" receiver
Grant Collins and Shiloh LaBoy over Jessie Clark at Buck
Wilson Brott at left tackle. Wasn't he brought in as a tight end? I hadn't heard of him being moved prior to this.
Braelen Evans as the presumptive starter at Field Cornerback. Has he played at all for the Bobcats yet? I thought he was dealing with injuries? I hope he's back to 100%

Thoughts?

In regards to the secondary, I think Strong and Evans are listed as the starter because they played spring ball and that where they fell. I assume by the time we go to Moscow and lay a beat down on the Vandals, Hale and Walker will both be the starters at CB. Don't count out Strong though, that kid has all the skills and if Hale and Walker push him to be better... Watch out, Hale and Strong could be a shutdown tandem that haunts the BSC for the next 3 years.

Clark is a surprise to me too, I though he was really coming together at the end of last season. I hope he didn't lose his edge through the offseason. I also thought Johnny D was also putting together toward the end, so not surprised he's starting.

[bobcat99]

I was also surprised by Laboy over Clark. Jessie clark was really raw and kind of one dimensional last year. Great athlete and suspect he will move up the chart


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Clark was a beast when he saw the field. I think he will be a pass rush specialist. He had 5 or 6 sacks in 5 starts I think and forced 4 or 5 fumbles if I'm not mistaken.

He also got ran over all game. He's a situational pass rusher IMO.

[TomCat88]

Not that I put a lot of stock in depth charts at this point, but Evans over Alley is just strange because I don't recall hearing anything (good or bad) about Evans, but have heard some good things about Alley. D'Agostino over Gates isn't as surprising because he's got a knack for getting open and catching everything thrown his way.

Whatever the case camp is going to be off the charts for the defense. I think there's one player, maybe two, that has a spot locked up, but everything else is a battle. Here's my projected starters on defense at this point:

Fa'anono, Collins - DE
No idea - DT
Bignell, No idea - LB
Hale, Walker - CB
McCabe, Garcia - S

Four spots are completely unsettled. Bignell is the only one starting for sure. I'm fairly confident that Fa'anono will. The rest of the named players I'm about 67% sure on.

[TomCat88]

Overall the talent "appears" to be improved. I think one of the key players is Fa'anono. If he has a standout year it should make a huge difference for the line. He needs to be able to pressure the QB from that side. If so, the combination of a strong secondary and Collins, Clark and LaBoy bringing pressure and Bignell's all-around skill will allow MSU to make teams one-dimensional.

[iaafan]

Yes, it looks like the pass defense will be better, especially if Fa'anono improves. I think you'll see good pressure from our Bandit (or whatever it's called now), but Fa'anono, who plays more of a run stopping end needs to get pressure on pass rushing downs. He only had 3.0 sacks last year, while Clark and Hutchins combined for 8.5 from the rush end spot. That isn't enough for either position. I think Clark would've had 12-13 sacks last year if he'd came in ready to play at the start, so with him and Collins splitting that spot it should improve. If Fa'anono can apply pressure from the other side it'll set things up nicely.

However, the run defense, which really sets up the pass defense, is going to need to improve a lot if MSU is going to be successful. If you aren't strong up the middle (DTs, MLB and safety) against the run it'll be tough to defend the pass unless our corners play lights out. As was the case in January the DTs are the big question mark. I think things could be OK at MLB and safety.

[iaafan]

Offensively, I don't think (I doubt anybody does) that MSU will be as dynamic as last year, but I do think we'll be more consistent. Psychologically, I think that will help the defense, but I also think it helps the offense. I think it's more important for an offense to be confident about being able to pick up first downs on 3rd and 4-5-6-7 and drive the field with a mix of run/pass, than it is for them to rely on the big play or improvisation.

I think we're about the same along the OL, the WRs are better, the TE isn't as good, but asking Barth to be Sandland isn't fair and Barth is a good TE, the running backs are the same. That leaves the QB spot, which is like a microcosm of my assessment of the offense. I think the offense will benefit from knowing what Bruggman is doing after the snap, especially on crucial downs.

[TomCat88]

Bruggman really looked confident and smooth the little bit I saw of him. Overall, the offense looks well-rounded.