Wednesday, February 12, 2025

Looking Ahead By Looking Back

We've posted what we've been able to dig up about the incoming  recruiting class the past couple of days. Today we take a look at the final two-deep offense from the 2024 season to get a sense of who is returning and who is moving on.

With the end of the COVID super-senior exemption, players listed as fifth-years have no more eligibility and are denoted with a strike through. The seniors on the final two-deep are denoted with italics. All are committed elsewhere as grad transfers or have reported offers in the portal.

Wide Receiver

11 Daniel Haughton (6-0, 195, Jr.)

86 Nick Lemon (5-11, 195, So.)


Left Tackle

75 Delby Lemieux (6-4, 280, Jr.)

90 Vasean Washington (6-5, 285, Jr.)


Left Guard

63 Kyle Brown (6-4, 295, 5th)

90 Vasean Washington (6-5, 285, Jr.)


Center

59 Nick Marinaro (6-1, 285, Sr.)

66 Maxwell Wentz (6-4, 290, Jr.)


Right Guard

64 Tristan Holmbeck (6-4, 285, Sr.)

77 Cam Davenport (6-4, 335, So.)

Right Guard

79 Konstantin Spörk (6-5, 305, Sr.)*

71 Will Prince (6-5, 280, So.)

Tight End

26 Chris Corbo (6-5, 245, Jr.)

89 Sean Ward (6-5, 240, Jr.)


Quarterback

12 Jackson Proctor (6-2, 210, Sr.)

(or)

13 Woods Ray (6-2, 210 So)

(or)

16 Grayson Saunier (6-2, 210, So.)


Tailback

2 Q Jones (5-11, 195, Sr.)

15 D.J. Crowther (5-11, 205, Jr.)


Wide Receiver

7 Paxton Scott (6-1, 200, 5th)

19 Grayson O’Bara (6-1, 190, Jr.)


Wide Receiver

14 Painter Richards-Baker (6-2, 180, Sr.)

3 Jackson Gerard (6-2, 210, Sr.)

* Expected to receive a medical redshirt.


Add it up and four senior starters are returning and nine individuals listed as primary backups return. 


Among the seniors, Jackson Proctor will be at Northern Illinois next year, Kyle Brown will be at UMsas and Q Jones committed to Rhode Island. Tristan Holmbeck posted an offer from Colorado State on his social media while Nick Marinaro has been offered by East Tennessee among other. Painter Richards-Baker was offered by The Citadel. Jackson Gerard, the final senior, hasn't shared his plans on social media. 


Tomorrow: A look at the final defensive two-deep of 2024.


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From Dartmouth's social media after Winter Carnival Weekend:

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EXTRA POINT

Although we still haven't had a major snowstorm this winter, we've had a bunch of storms in the 4-5-6 inch range. Without a string of warm and sunny days or significant rain to knock the snow down, the depth is continuing to build even without a Nor'easter. I was reminded of that yesterday when I made the decision to do my full three-mile hike up-and-around the mountain, instead of the simple up-and-down that I've defaulted to the past couple of weeks.


The trail up the mountain has been trampled by snowshoers, so I was able to stay largely on the surface.  It's more work than usual, but not bad. After I got to the top and surveyed the start of the back loop, it seemed manageable, so I made the ill-fated decision to take it on.


It was only when I had gotten most of the way down and still had more than a mile to go that I started to sink significantly into the accumulated snow. My options at that point: turn around and head back up the mountain for a two-mile trek back to the trailhead, or take the shortest distance between two points and accept that I would have to fight through the snow ahead of me. I chose the second option that included drifts well above my knees.


Suffice it to say it was a lot more of a workout than I signed up for, or wanted. That being the case, you can be sure I'll either have my snowshoes at the ready the next time I hike the full loop, or if I try it again with just microspikes, an army of snowshoers will have come through ahead of me.