Current roster breakdown
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Its surprising to see so few DL walkons including the edge guys. Our depth is not great there. Defense as a whole eats up a lot of schollies. 76% of the roster is on scholarship as opposed to 63% of our offense. Seems like we could maybe move a couple walkon OL over for added depth. But what do I know?
18 of 26 DBs are Scholly guys and 16 of 22 WRs are Scholly guys?
Maybe more to it, that some WRs moving to DB?
Not according to the twitter roster breakdown. 4 total edge players. 3 on scholly. Maybe it's wrong but thats what its showing.
There were a bunch more walk on edge guys as of a month ago listed on Huskers.com 23 Roster. Maybe some have quit but I would take any roster listing with a grain of salt right now. Things are going to be pretty fluid until school starts next fall. I’m not sure that the roster you looked at includes high school recruits until they enroll.
Maverick Noonan
Princewill Umanmielen
Jake Appleget
Blaise Gunnerson
Jimari Butler
Chief Borders
Kai Wallin
MJ Sherman
I love this concept of "Depth". I've been a serious Husker fan since the late 1960s and I can count on one hand the number of players who are 4th and above on the depth chart who have been pressed into significant service or played anything in a given year beyond scout team and garbage time (excluding Special Teams). Honestly, the only time anything significant like this happened is when Matt Turman had to take over for Berringer, who took over for Frazier in 1994, and Turman was the 3rd string QB, a position where you really can't take a player who's a great athlete from another position to play.
For example, if we have 3 hands on the ground DLs and they are say, 4 deep in each spot. If 2 players get hurt in one spot, then the 3rd guy doesn't play, but rather one of the 2nd guys from the other 2 spots. Most position groups are more like the first team players, then the next best player at the position group for all of the positions in that group. So in that light, as far as the 22 starters (not including ST), you never really get past 35 or so players playing in any one game unless it's a blowout, and that's mostly because of the WR, TE, RB, and DL rotations.
The depth talked about here are developing players who will get into the upper tier in subsequent years.
I would think the number of defensive interior linemen used on any given play will be 2-3. Last year NU pretty much rotated Ty, Nash, Feist and Wynn. Drew got some snaps as well. NU has the following scholarship guys that are not true freshman: Buckley, Jeudy, Hutmacher, Robinson and Wynn.
NU can go heavy with Ty, Nash and Wynn, or go with 2 DL and 2 Edge guys on passing downs. Sherman, Butler, Borders and Gunnerson all can play. I think there are plenty of players to cover needs.
NU can go heavy with Ty, Nash and Wynn, or go with 2 DL and 2 Edge guys on passing downs. Sherman, Butler, Borders and Gunnerson all can play. I think there are plenty of players to cover needs.
Except when the talent isn't great at the top. Then the depth with regards to younger players is vital. We are lacking both.
One thing I like about Rhule he will move players from position to position it doesn't matter whether it's defense to offense or offense to defense. I listened to the interview on Bussin with the boys and he's even taken TE's and moved them to the line which I imagine is a long term project.
Taking a 260 lb TE and making them 290lb OT could happen in an off season with the right commitment. Let’s not fool ourselves in to thinking 300 lb OTs are a bunch of guys with a sub 5% body fat.
We’ve seen it work with much worse coaching (hopefully)
Current DL Roster per Rivals as of today. Looks like plenty of bodies. Not sure what the Tweet was referring to with regards to Interior DL
Defensive Line
| No | Player | Pos | Ht | Wt (lbs) | Age | Yr | Hometown |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15 | Jake Appleget | DE | 6' 4" | 220 lbs | Freshman HS | Lincoln, Nebraska | |
| 63 | Ru'Quan Buckley | DL | 6' 6" | 290 lbs | Freshman HS | Wyoming, Michigan | |
| 10 | Jimari Butler | DE | 6' 5" | 245 lbs | Freshman HS | Mobile, Alabama | |
| 0 | Vincent Carroll-Jackson | DL | 6' 5" | 285 lbs | Freshman HS | Harrisburg, Pennsylvania | |
| 91 | Devin Drew | DL | 6' 2" | 280 lbs | Senior 3V | Kansas City, Missouri | |
| 82 | Colton Feist | DL | 6' 2" | 275 lbs | Junior 2V | Yutan, Nebraska | |
| 97 | Blaise Gunnerson | DE | 6' 6" | 250 lbs | Freshman HS | Carroll, Iowa | |
| 80 | Jacob Herbek | DL | 6' 5" | 260 lbs | Sophomore 1V | Grand Island, Nebraska | |
| 72 | Nash Hutmacher | DL | 6' 4" | 330 lbs | Sophomore 1V | Oacoma, South Dakota | |
| 0 | Elijah Jeudy | DL | 6' 3" | 275 lbs | Freshman HS | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | |
| 51 | Braden Klover | DE | 6' 2" | 225 lbs | Freshman HS | Wymore, Nebraska | |
| 0 | Jason Maciejczak | DL | 6' 4" | 320 lbs | Freshman HS | Pierre, South Dakota | |
| 32 | Ochaun Mathis | DE | 6' 5" | 260 lbs | Junior 2V | Manor, Texas | |
| 52 | Mosai Newsom | DT | 6' 5" | 285 lbs | Sophomore 1V | Waverly, Iowa | |
| 34 | Simon Otte | DE | 6' 2" | 205 lbs | Junior 2V | York, Nebraska | |
| 99 | Ty Robinson | DT | 6' 6" | 310 lbs | Sophomore 1V | Gilbert, Arizona | |
| 87 | Brodie Tagaloa | DT | 6' 3" | 260 lbs | Freshman HS | Pittsburg, California | |
| 2 | Caleb Tannor | DE | 6' 3" | 220 lbs | Senior 3V | Stone Mountain, Georgia | |
| 0 | Riley Van Poppel | DL | 6' 4" | 270 lbs | Freshman HS | Argyle, Texas | |
| 50 | Jailen Weaver | DT | 6' 8" | 345 lbs | Freshman HS | Antioch, California | |
| 90 | Stephon Wynn Jr. | DT | 6' 3" | 305 lbs | Junior 2V | Anderson, South Carolina |
I don't think Rhule is going to take upper classmen who are undersized and turn them into all world OT/OG. He may look at FR/RF or SO and see a kid who could turn into a very good player down the road with the right strength and conditioning. jmo
There are five upperclassmen at Edge and five upperclassmen at DL. I believe that is sufficient.
Im more of a quality over quantity guy though. And those 10 aren't real solid. Several of them should be nothing more than depth.
another visual breakdown of the roster (not sure if completely accurate)
Forgot about Gage Stegner the kid from Millard South that can play numerous positions..another visual breakdown of the roster (not sure if completely accurate)
Exactly my point about depth at the DL. 5 freshman. included in the 11 player headcount. That is not good. Freshman along the OL/DL usually aren't solid contributors at any level. How many of those on the DL actually have meaningful playing minutes? Hutmatcher and Robinson? And the edge according to this is really lacking depth. This depth chart looks way different then what has been discussed in this thread.another visual breakdown of the roster (not sure if completely accurate)
Some of those listed at linebacker are potential edge guys. Same with d line with guys like Wallin. I'm not too worried.another visual breakdown of the roster (not sure if completely accurate)
Boerkircher has flipped back and forth from tackle to TE. He was listed at 230 lbs
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