Week 1: Auburn Depth Chart -- "I don't even have a depth chart. I don't do depth charts."

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QB
1 Payton Thorne (6-2, 203, Jr.)
9 Robby Ashford or (6-3, 218, So.)
12 Holden Geriner (6-3, 212, RFr.)

RB 

27 Jarquez Hunter (5-10, 212, Jr.)
22 Damari Alston (5-9, 209, So.)
21 Brian Battie (5-7, 170, Jr.)

TE

86 Luke Deal (6-5, 257, Sr.) or 13 Rivaldo Fairweather (6-4, 251, Jr.)
85 Tyler Fromm (6-5, 241, Sr.) or 87 Brandon Frazier (6-7, 267, Sr.)
84 Micah Riley (6-5, 247, RFr.)

LT 

52 Dillon Wade (6-3, 307, Jr.)
63 Jaden Muskrat (6-3, 302, Jr.)

LG 

76 Jeremiah Wright (6-5, 338, Jr.)
54 Tate Johnson (6-4, 302, Jr.)

C

66 Avery Jones (6-4, 307, Sr.)
75 Connor Lew (6-3, 290, Fr.)

RG 

62 Kam Stutts (6-5, 343, Sr.)
50 Jalil Irvin (6-3, 319, Sr.)

RT 

53 Gunner Britton (6-6, 312, Sr.)
72 Izavion Miller (6-5, 318, Sr.)

WR 

14 Jyaire Shorter (6-2, 209, Sr.) or
19 Omari Kelly (6-0, 178, So.)
0 Koy Moore (6-1, 198, Jr.)

WR 

5 Jay Fair (5-10, 186, So.) or
6 Ja'Varrius Johnson (5-10, 167, Sr.)
10 Caleb Burton (5-11, 171, RFr.)

WR 

11 Shane Hooks (6-4, 191, Sr.)
4 Camden Brown (6-3, 202, So.)
8 Nick Mardner (6-6, 206, Sr.)

Defense

End

33 Mosiah Nasili-Kite (6-2, 285, Sr.)
15 Keldric Faulk (6-6, 288, Fr.) or 91 Zykeivous Walker (6-4, 294, Jr.)

Nose

99 Jayson Jones (6-6, 338, Jr.) 
52 Justin Rogers (6-3, 346, Jr.)

Tackle

50 Marcus Harris (6-3, 295, Sr.)
92 Lawrence Johnson (6-2, 310, Sr.)

Jack

11 Elijah McAllister (6-6, 271, Sr.)
35 Jalen McLeod (6-1, 237, Jr.) or 18 Stephen Sings (6-3, 248, Jr.)

LB

12 Austin Keys (6-2, 233, Jr.)
30 Larry Nixon (6-1, 231, Sr.)
32 Wesley Steiner (6-0, 245, Sr.)

LB 

13 Cam Riley (6-5, 242, Jr.)
9 Eugene Asante (6-1, 222, Jr.)

Nickel

0 Keionte Scott (6-0, 188, Jr.)
5 Donovan Kaufman (5-10, 204, Jr.)

Cornerback

4 D.J. James (6-1, 164, Sr.)
3 Kayin Lee (5-11, 181, Fr.) or 24 Colton Hood (5-11, 183, Fr.)

Cornerback

1 Nehemiah Pritchett (6-1, 184, Sr.)
25 Champ Anthony (5-11, 164, So.) or 23 JD Rhym (6-1, 178, So.)

Safety

10 Zion Puckett (6-0, 226, Sr.)
14 Marquis Gilbert (6-2, 186, Jr.) 
Terrance Love

Safety

Jaylin Simpson
Griffin Speaks

Punter

Oscar Chapman
Gabe Russo

Kicker

Alex McPherson
Evan McGuire

Kick returner

Brian Battie
Jarquez Hunter

Punt returner

Keionte Scott
Caleb Burton

Holder

Oscar Chapman
Griffin Speaks
Gabe Russo

LS 

Reed Hughes
Jacob Quattlebaum

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[W.E.D 11,070]

Couple thoughts....

WR - Should anyone honestly be surprised?  Hooks/Shorter were obvious locks as the outside guys.  I know someone hammered Mardner as being a starter & constantly wanted to reply to me about his inability to catch and how he was CMD's #1 target.  We'll see if they show up.  Seems the Fair/Kelly put them into the top two rotations.

LT - Kinda surprised Muskrat is there vs backing up a Guard.

Everything else on offense seems pretty normal.

 

DE - Nice to see Z Walker being an "or".  he's seemed kinda lost after a decent 1st year, but then injuries
Jack - Sings being an "or" with McLeod
LB - Nixon being behind Keys
DB - No Idea who Champ Anthony is.

 

[Randman5000 4,235]

17 minutes ago, W.E.D said:

Couple thoughts....

WR - Should anyone honestly be surprised?  Hooks/Shorter were obvious locks as the outside guys.  I know someone hammered Mardner as being a starter & constantly wanted to reply to me about his inability to catch and how he was CMD's #1 target.  We'll see if they show up.  Seems the Fair/Kelly put them into the top two rotations.

LT - Kinda surprised Muskrat is there vs backing up a Guard.

Everything else on offense seems pretty normal.

 

DE - Nice to see Z Walker being an "or".  he's seemed kinda lost after a decent 1st year, but then injuries
Jack - Sings being an "or" with McLeod
LB - Nixon being behind Keys
DB - No Idea who Champ Anthony is.

 

Mardner may not play on Saturday also. Hopefully more opportunity for Camden. We'll see

Edited August 28, 2023 by Randman5000

[nurbis 578]

Has there been any final statement on whether Hunter will be suspended for any games?

Edited August 28, 2023 by nurbis

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20 minutes ago, nurbis said:

Has there been any final statement on whether Hunter will be suspended for any games?

I assume him being 1st on the depth chart should answer that question 

[PoetTiger 1,901]

34 minutes ago, Randman5000 said:

Mardner may not play on Saturday also. Hopefully more opportunity for Camden. We'll see

Is he hurt?

[TheDob06 443]

Thought the OR for Ashford and Geriner was interesting too after we heard about how hard Robby pushed Payton (not saying he did just saying we heard a lot that he did).

[Zeek 16,660]

The or designation for Ashford and Geriner is interesting. Hugh is keeping those kids engaged in the battle. I like it.

Looks like Jarquez might have avoided suspension time. That’s awesome for him. Want to see the numbers he can produce in a full season as RB1.

I thought Shorter was good but they mentioned him so little over the camp. Glad to see he’ll be out there. Hooks had an insane camp to lock down a spot and not have an -or- designation with Camden.

Fairweather is the receiving tight end while Deal is mostly a blocker. Make no mistake on who will be featured the most.

A little disappointed there are some spots where I think seniority won out. Thought Faulk outperformed Nasili-Kite. Felt Cam Riley had been passed up by Asante.

OL is about right. Wright is too good when he’s at his best to not start. Stutts I’ll be watching closely. Muskrat and Miller are high quality backups. Lew is young but solid.

Jayson Jones being listed first and without an -or- sort of confirms camp notes about his main competition being out of shape.

Scott and DJ will be good. Still skeptical about the other starting DBs.

 7-5 floor

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23 minutes ago, Zeek said:

Thought Faulk outperformed Nasili-Kite.

Faulk is really good but I think people are sleeping on MNK.  He was posed for a big year last year before he got hurt and was on All B1G lists.

[JDUBB4AU 5,138]

LBs are bigger than I remember. Great size 

[Randman5000 4,235]

7 hours ago, PoetTiger said:

Is he hurt?

Hugh said he was.  Maybe know more by the end of the week. 

[ScotsAU 1,343]

6 hours ago, TheDob06 said:

Thought the OR for Ashford and Geriner was interesting too after we heard about how hard Robby pushed Payton (not saying he did just saying we heard a lot that he did).

Ashford is battling an injury. I think it’s dependent on how healthy he is on Saturday.

[Tigerpro2a 5,650]

12 hours ago, W.E.D said:

Couple thoughts....

WR - Should anyone honestly be surprised?  Hooks/Shorter were obvious locks as the outside guys.  I know someone hammered Mardner as being a starter & constantly wanted to reply to me about his inability to catch and how he was CMD's #1 target.  We'll see if they show up.  Seems the Fair/Kelly put them into the top two rotations.

LT - Kinda surprised Muskrat is there vs backing up a Guard.

Everything else on offense seems pretty normal.

 

DE - Nice to see Z Walker being an "or".  he's seemed kinda lost after a decent 1st year, but then injuries
Jack - Sings being an "or" with McLeod
LB - Nixon being behind Keys
DB - No Idea who Champ Anthony is.

 

Champ Anthony I believe was a Juco CB we signed. He was pretty highly rated in the Juco class...like top 5 CB I think FWIW Had a really good camp according to many.

I kind of though Nixon and Keys would play different positions....Keys at MLB and Nixon at WLB.  

McCleod being more of a pass rush specialist and Sings having the camp he had I could see where Sings comes in on early downs and McCleod on passing downs. 

8 hours ago, Zeek said:

The or designation for Ashford and Geriner is interesting. Hugh is keeping those kids engaged in the battle. I like it.

Looks like Jarquez might have avoided suspension time. That’s awesome for him. Want to see the numbers he can produce in a full season as RB1.

I thought Shorter was good but they mentioned him so little over the camp. Glad to see he’ll be out there. Hooks had an insane camp to lock down a spot and not have an -or- designation with Camden.

Fairweather is the receiving tight end while Deal is mostly a blocker. Make no mistake on who will be featured the most.

A little disappointed there are some spots where I think seniority won out. Thought Faulk outperformed Nasili-Kite. Felt Cam Riley had been passed up by Asante.

OL is about right. Wright is too good when he’s at his best to not start. Stutts I’ll be watching closely. Muskrat and Miller are high quality backups. Lew is young but solid.

Jayson Jones being listed first and without an -or- sort of confirms camp notes about his main competition being out of shape.

Scott and DJ will be good. Still skeptical about the other starting DBs.

 7-5 floor

I wouldn't say senority won out. I think with Faulk and MNK that 2 things are at play....1, Faulk is still very green being a True Freshman. Yes physically he is definitely SEC Ready, but MNK has several years of P5 experience and that goes a long way. 2, I think Faulk will be the starter by week 4. I have said that since spring. 

As for Riley and Assante....I think Riley offers more versatility, but I honestly think the LBs will be rotated a good bit between the 4 guys. ICBW