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    Time to go 1-0.

    H/T to @Bevo for digging this up.

    LA Tech football depth chart projections ahead of 2019 opener at Texas

    https://www.thenewsstar.com/story/sports/college/louisiana-tech/2019/08/23/louisiana-tech-football-depth-chart-projections/2098111001/

    RUSTON — Game week is upon Louisiana Tech, which’ll begin preparations for its season opener versus No. 10 Texas Saturday morning after the team conducts a closed scrimmage Friday.

    The next media availability for Tech head coach Skip Holtz and a few players will be Tuesday for the first weekly press conference of the year and the first official depth chart will be provided.

    With the kickoff to the 2019 season right around seven days away, here are projections on what the Bulldogs’ two-deep at each position could look like:

     
    OFFENSE
    QB: J’Mar Smith, redshirt senior; Westin Elliott, redshirt junior; Aaron Allen, redshirt freshman

    Smith enters his third season as Louisiana Tech’s starter and with offensive coordinator Todd Fitch taking over as his position coach, more is to be expected from the quarterback who already has 27 career starts and has thrown for 6,546 yards, 33 touchdowns and 16 interceptions.

    RB: Israel Tucker, redshirt junior; Justin Henderson, redshirt junior AND Jaqwis Dancy, redshirt senior

    Tucker, who started five games a year ago, is primed to take the first snap against Texas. But expect to see plenty of Henderson and Dancy, when healthy, this season as the position will be a by-committee approach.

    X-receiver: Adrian Hardy, redshirt junior; Praise Okorie, redshirt sophomore AND Malik Stanley redshirt senior

    Hardy looks to follow up his breakout 2018 season, where he caught a team-high 75 passes for a career high 1,145 yards and six touchdowns.

    H-receiver: Cee Jay Powell, redshirt junior; Davon “Smoke” Harris, redshirt freshman

    Powell appears set to take over Teddy Veal’s former spot in the receiving corps and get his first amount of significant playing time in his career. In two seasons, the 5-7, 163-pound slot receiver has 22 catches for 138 yards.

    A-receiver: Griffin Hebert, redshirt sophomore; Joshua Matthews, redshirt sophomore

    Hebert put in impressive work on his body over the offseason, filling out with more muscle and he’s followed that up with a solid fall camp.

    Z-receiver: Isaiah Graham, redshirt junior; George Scott III, junior

    Graham, a TCU transfer, has had one of most impressive camps of any players on Tech’s roster and looks primed to be a major difference maker in the passing game.

    Y-receiver: Bobby Holly, redshirt senior; Jacob Adams, redshirt sophomore

    Whenever Louisiana Tech projects to start with an offensive formation that’ll include the Y position, Holly will be there. The Farmerville native started three games last season and two of his four total receptions went for touchdowns.

    RT: Gewhite Stallworth, redshirt senior; Antawn Lewis, junior

    Stallworth has been taking the majority of the first-team snaps in practice, leading to believe he’ll get the start at Texas. The big, 6-8, 322-pound tackle has started three games in his career.

    RG: Ethan Reed, redshirt senior; Joshua Mote, redshirt sophomore Reed, an All-Conference USA honorable mention lineman last year, has started every game the last three seasons for the Bulldogs. Mote adds valuable depth at the position with four starts under his belt.

    Kody Russey, redshirt junior; Abraham Delfin, redshirt sophomore Russey returns to once again anchor Tech’s offensive line in the middle, starting 26 straight games.

    LG: Drew Kirkpatrick, redshirt senior; Carter Habich, sophomore

    After redshirting in 2017, Kirkpatrick emerged as the starting left guard as 2018 progressed, playing in 11 total games.

    LT: Willie Allen, redshirt junior; Biron Rossell, redshirt freshman

    Allen, an LSU transfer, seems to have tapped into the potential coaches saw in him when they recruited him two years ago out of Tyler (Texas) Community College. If he gets the nod next weekend, his first FBS collegiate start will come against Texas.

    DEFENSE
    DE: Ka’Derrion Mason, senior; La’Dante Davenport, redshirt senior

    Mason earned two starts a season ago and had six his sophomore campaign. For his career, the 6-4, 291-pound end has 40 tackles with one sack.

    NG: Courtney Wallace, redshirt senior; D.J. Jackson, redshirt freshman OR Keivie Rose, freshman

    Wallace looks to get his first start of his Tech career against Texas. He’s played in 22 games and has 13 tackles, including three tackles-for-loss and 1.5 sacks.

    DE: Milton Williams, redshirt sophomore; Steven Shaw, redshirt freshman

    Williams (6-4, 262) has garnered a lot of praise from coaches since the spring and he’s parlayed his solid play into an expected starting role on the defensive line. He saw action in seven games last season.

    OLB: Willie Baker, redshirt junior; Tristan Allen, redshirt sophomore

    Baker switched positions from end to outside linebacker in defensive coordinator Bob Diaco’s 3-4 scheme. His pass rush skill set will still be utilized, highlighted by four sacks coming in the Hawaii Bowl last year, but he’ll handle come coverage duties as well.

    MLB: Connor Taylor, senior; Randy Hogan, redshirt senior OR Trey Baldwin, redshirt junior

    The former JUCO National Defensive Player of the Year looks to be more effective this season for the Bulldogs. Taylor ended 2018 with 30 stops.

    MLB: Collin Scott, redshirt senior; Alex Zayed, redshirt junior

    Scott led the team in tackles last season with 87. The senior linebacker is poised to have another solid season along with handling the defensive calls.

    S: James Jackson, redshirt senior; Ezekiel Barnett, redshirt junior

    Jackson started every game a season ago, finishing second on the team in tackles with 74, including 8.5 TFLs and had one interception.

    S: Darryl Lewis, redshirt senior; Bee Jay Williamson, redshirt freshman

    Lewis has collected 130 career stops and six picks in 40 total appearances, including 26 straight starts. He’s one of the veteran leaders on backend of Tech’s defense.

    S: L’Jarius Sneed, senior; Jaiden Cole, redshirt sophomore

    In the spring, Sneed moved from cornerback to safety and it’s paid dividends for Louisiana Tech’s defense. His three interceptions last year was good enough for second-best on the defense to go along with his 59 total tackles.

    CB: Amik Robertson, junior; Zach Hannibal, redshirt junior

    Unquestionably the most notable star for the Bulldogs, Robertson enters his third season starting at corner. He paced Tech with four picks, has nine total in two seasons, and for his career, has 123 total stops.

    CB: Michael Sam, redshirt senior; Aaron Roberson, redshirt senior

    Sam has battled some injuries during his career, but Holtz called him the “most pleasant surprise” this spring after he moved from safety to corner. Sam has pieced together a great fall camp and looks to more talent to an already deep Bulldog secondary.

    SPECIAL TEAMS
    PK: Bailey Hale, redshirt senior; Brady Farlow, redshirt junior

    Hale transferred to Tech from Eastern New Mexico before 2018 and ultimately earned the starting place kicking job. He had a 68 percent field goal rate in his first year, making 15-of-22 with a long of 46.

    P: Brady Farlow, redshirt junior; Jacob Barnes, freshman

    Behind Davan Dyer last season, Farlow punted five times for 179 yards for a 35.8-yard average.

    PR: Davon “Smoke” Harris, redshirt freshman OR Cee Jay Powell, redshirt junior

    The two combined for three punt returns in 2018.

    KR: Davon “Smoke” Harris, redshirt freshman OR Praise Okorie, redshirt sophomore OR Justin Henderson, redshirt junior

    Okorie and Harris piled up a combined 247 yards on 13 kickoff returns last year. Expect those two to be in the mix to field the opening kickoff for Louisiana Tech at Texas next weekend.


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    Tom Chairman

    Posted

    Lol Burt so wide open he's strolling thru the endzone.

    Dbeasy

    Posted

    Sam Ehlinger, reliable as always. But not yet seeing the much-touted improvement in our WR corps.


    Jesus. Can you for once be happy?
    Hmbre97

    Posted

    A good DB would have easily picked that pass to CJ.

    hookem48

    Posted

    Whittington took a pretty good shot to the leg on that tackle

    MonkeyDoughnut

    Posted

    3 minutes ago, satyanash said:

    Sam Ehlinger, reliable as always. But not yet seeing the much-touted improvement in our WR corps.

    Games on Longhorn Network. You're welcome

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    52-80

    Posted

    Love seeing new blood get involved

    A’Dam Psycho

    Posted

    7 minutes ago, Kel Varnsen said:

    Other than fumble and a few questionable secondary plays. Not bad 1at quarter of the season.

    Offense looks good, defense looks up and down. Pretty much what I expected

    Herpa Derpa

    Posted

    Just now, Dbeasy said:

     


    Jesus. Can you for once be happy?

     

    It goes against his programming.

    Zavala

    Posted

    Back

    B back back back it up

    AUS-97HORN

    Posted

    solid 1st qtr.  now lets see if we can finally put our knee down on the other guys throat

    Slade

    Posted

    The Duvernay and Smith combo in the middle of the field is gonna open up a lot of big plays for us this season. 

    I'm liking what I see from Jake Smith and Whittington. 

    Irwin F Fletcher

    Posted

    Nice! La Tech does know they can fair catch and start at the 25?

    hookem48

    Posted

    damn, that's a big safety

    pacman

    Posted

    Special teams look lit, so far

    JOSEYWALES66

    Posted

    Damn.  I thought Owens was a LB  with his size.  Nice hit. 

    UDontKnow

    Posted

    Smoke Harris got smoked on that kickoff return.

    pacman

    Posted

    .Special teams look lit, so far

    Zavala

    Posted

    1 minute ago, hookem48 said:

    Whittington took a pretty good shot to the leg on that tackle

    Yeah he's fine. Just worried about his deetle.

    TYLER OWENS LETS GO

    fellside

    Posted

    Lol Tyler Owens got down there so fast

    Bruh Man

    Posted

    bunch of freshmen showing out.

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    satyanash

    Posted

    Ossai hasn't been taking the best angles

    52-80

    Posted

    Guess I'm still a bit scarred from previous years of football, but it's so nice seeing Texas offense March down the field again

    A’Dam Psycho

    Posted

    Oregon up 14 - 3 on Auburn and has the ball on Auburn 10 

    AUS-97HORN

    Posted

    so far the la tech attempts to run up the middle have failed. 

    Bevo

    Posted

    Just now, Slade said:

    The Duvernay and Smith combo in the middle of the field is gonna open up a lot of big plays for us this season. 

    I'm liking what I see from Jake Smith and Whittington. 

    Where are all the Smith TDs? He has caught like three balls and has been tackled each time.

    Doc Reeves

    Posted

    4 minutes ago, HOOK'EMHOOAH said:

    Whittington gonna be cutting bitches all season!

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    A’Dam Psycho

    Posted

    Just now, A’Dam Psycho said:

    Oregon up 14 - 3 on Auburn and has the ball on Auburn 10 

    And then they fumble and Auburn returns it to Oregon 3 TD line. Fuck me

    HOOK'EMHOOAH

    Posted

    Just now, AUS-97HORN said:

    so far the la tech attempts to run up the middle have failed. 

    That is no man's land. or at least no la techa's land...

    SoCalHorn

    Posted

    Just now, 52-80 said:

    Guess I'm still a bit scarred from previous years of football, but it's so nice seeing Texas offense March down the field again

    Or not come out game 1 looking completely undisplicined and sloppy AF

    hookem48

    Posted

    for everyone that's been bitching for years about can't hear the band, fuck you I hope you're happy

    Horn80

    Posted

    5 minutes ago, jebusshuttlecock said:

    eat shit bradshaw

    His picture should be in the dictionary next to dumbass.

    Zavala

    Posted

    2 minutes ago, Bruh Man said:

    bunch of freshmen showing out.

    LET'S GO!

     

    ONE OF THE 5 TURNOVERS!

    AUS-97HORN

    Posted

    fumble aya  Texas ball

     

     

    oh shit i think hes down




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