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With the preseason beginning it's as good a time as any to take a look at last year's final depth chart to see who is back and who has moved on. Returnees are in green while those who moved on are in red. (Heights, weights and year in school are per last fall.)
OFFENSE
LT
75 Delby Lemieux (6-4, 280, So.)
72 Vasean Washington (6-5, 285, So.)
LG
60 Nicholas Schwitzgebel (6-1, 300, Sr.)
66 Maxwell Wentz (6-4, 290, So.)
C
73 Thomas Hartnett (6-3, 305, Sr.)
59 Nick Marinaro (6-1, 285, Jr.)
RG
63 Kyle Brown (6-4, 280, Sr.)
64 Tristan Holmbeck (6-3, 285, Jr.)
RT
79 Konstantin Spörk (6-5, 290, Jr.)
77 Ethan Sipe (6-5, 295, Sr.)
TE
11 Jace Henry (6-4, 270, Sr.)
8 Nic Sani (6-7, 275, Sr.)
QB
17 Nick Howard (6-2, 225, 5th)
12 Jackson Proctor (6-1, 205, Jr.)
TB
20 Q Jones (5-11, 195, Jr.)
25 Tevita Moimoi (6-0, 225, Sr.)
WR
7 Paxton Scott (6-1, 200, Sr.)
81 Jarmone Sutherland (5-11, 195, Sr.)
WR
3 Isaac Boston (5-10, 180, Sr.)
82 Jackson Gerard (6-2, 210, Jr.)
WR
83 Daniel Haughton (6-0, 195, So.)
84 Painter Richards-Baker (6-2, 180, Jr.)
DEFENSE
DE
94 Charles Looes (6-3, 275, 5th)
45 Joe Onuwabhagbe (6-2, 250, So.)
NG
0 Josiah Green (6-0, 265, Jr.)
97 Jaylin Rainey (6-2, 275, 5th)
DE
90 Hank Knez (6-4, 290, 5th)
99 Dakota Quiñonez (6-1, 260, So.)
SAM
51 Thaddeus Gianaris (6-2, 240, So.)
44 Marques White (6-2, 245, 5th)
MIKE
33 Danny Cronin (6-33, 230, Sr.)
49 Micah Green (5-10, 225, Jr.)
WILL
40 Macklin Ayers (6-3, 235, Sr.)
58 John Ballowe (6-1, 225, Jr.)
NB
5 Tyson McCloud (6-1, 190, Sr.)
13 Tyson Grimm (6-1, 215, So.)
CB
24 Jordan Washington (6-0, 190, Jr.)
29 Zach Farris (5-11, 185, Jr.)
SS
9 Sean Williams (5-9, 190, So.)
10 Vachon Raye (5-11, 175, Sr.)
FS
2 Cam Maddox (6-2, 205, Sr.)
31 Sam Koscho (5-11, 190, 5th)
CB
4 Leonard St. Gourdin (6-3, 205, Sr.)
16 Patrick Campbell (5-11, 190, So.)
SPECIAL TEAMS
PK
35 Owen Zalc (5-10, 160, Fr.)
18 Matisse Weaver (5-10, 185, Fr.)
HOL
10 Dylan Cadwallader (6-2, 190, Sr.)
1 Davis Golick (6-1, 210, Jr.)
KOR
9 Sean Williams (5-9, 190, So.)
20 Q Jones (5-11, 195, Jr.)
PR
9 Sean Williams (5-9, 190, So.)
7 Paxton Scott (6-1, 200, Sr.)
P
Davis Golick (6-1, 210, Jr.)
35 Owen Zalc (5-10, 160, Fr.)
LS
32 Josh Greene (5-11, 225, 5th)
55 Andy Belles (6-3, 210, Fr.)
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From a story headlined UMass football: Minutemen hope experienced FCS transfers can help secondary (LINK):
In the offseason, the Minutemen used the transfer portal to recruit a host of defensive backs with lots of football experience, mostly at the FCS level.Through the portal, UMass added FCS grad-transfers Arsheen Jiles (Sacred Heart), Lake Ellis (Bryant), Jashon Watkins (Tennessee State), Leonard St. Gourdin (Dartmouth) and Kamren Watkins-Hunter (Georgetown). They also added sophomore Brennen Bailey (Division 2 West Liberty) and redshirt junior Ryan Barnes (Notre Dame).
And . . .
Jiles, St. Gourdin and Ellis have been especially singled out by players and coaches for their play during camp.
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With Week 0 games beginning today, HERO Sports completed its FCS Jersey Countdown: The Best Returning Player For Each Number and Dartmouth had one of the four Ivy Leaguers to be honored. Here's the list:
63 Dartmouth OL Kyle Brown
36 Columbia DE Justin Townsend
29 Harvard RB Shane McLaughlin
25 Penn DB Shiloh Means
Players Dartmouth will face this year on the list:
34 Fordham DE Matt Jaworski
13 Fordham DB Nahil Perkins
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The Signs of the Apocalypse are getting closer together and more serious. A story headlined, Colorado sought NIL funding from Saudi Arabia's PIF in unpreceded move says of recently resigned Colorado special teams coordinator Trevor Reilly (LINK):
Reilly said he spent time in the Middle East this past holiday season lobbying Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund (PIF) for Name, Image, and Likeness (NIL) funding on behalf of CU Football.
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EXTRA POINT
We are headed to New Jersey after practice today for a family deal. While I finished mowing last evening, Mrs. BGA Griff delivered Griff the Wonder Dog to friends who will watch him for the weekend. The house felt a little empty last night and it felt really strange to wake up this morning and not find him on the floor next to the bed waiting patiently for me to let him outside and rattle kittle into his bowl.
