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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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    Ghost of Shag

    Posted

    4 minutes ago, Horny04 said:

    Our D has given up over 300 yds and 4th quarter is just starting. LSU held GaSo to under 100 for the game...

    Georgia Southern threw the ball 11 times.

    They threw it twice....TWICE...in the first half, when they were down by 42 points.  

    Their offense is absolutely putrid.  

    • Like 1
    Colonel Mustard

    Posted

    The problems are obvious and on film now. Better get cleaned up before next week

    Irwin F Fletcher

    Posted

    Our D has given up over 300 yds and 4th quarter is just starting. LSU held GaSo to under 100 for the game...
    Really? You should probably see your ob/gyn your pussy is hurt.
    • Like 3
    USMCHorn

    Posted

    2 minutes ago, Bodowned said:

    Defense has been ass all day. We’ve lucked out that their kicker sucks and we grabbed a couple of TOs. Only 2 punts forced over 10 drives and they’ve put up 331 yards. Lots of stuff to work on before LSU. Glad we’re still up big despite the issues.

    Please stfu.

    • Like 1
    Bigbend1812

    Posted

    Backups!!! We have backups in a game!!!!

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    Nueces River Rat

    Posted

    3 minutes ago, Modessit said:
    5 minutes ago, Horny04 said:
    Our D has given up over 300 yds and 4th quarter is just starting. LSU held GaSo to under 100 for the game...

    LSU also gave up 21 pts to La Tech last year. Who gives a shit what they did to GaSo?

    No shift.  GaSouthern is slightly better than Texas State bad.  

    Modessit

    Posted

    You're right, but the poor edge tackling and poor pursuit angles by the DBs is a glaring weakness
    Unless that's what we want LSU to think.
    slim9797

    Posted

    3 cheers for QB2


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    Radical Larry

    Posted

    Some of you aren't happy unless you're pissed about something.

    • Like 8
    Zavala

    Posted

    Casey/Ro Jo about to just wildcat all the way down the field.

    Or pass. He's supposed to be an improved passer...

    HOOK'EMHOOAH

    Posted

    What,? did their kicker put it all in the extra point and not have anything for the kickoff?

    • Like 1
    HtownHorn

    Posted

    3 minutes ago, Modessit said:
    5 minutes ago, Horny04 said:
    Our D has given up over 300 yds and 4th quarter is just starting. LSU held GaSo to under 100 for the game...

    LSU also gave up 21 pts to La Tech last year. Who gives a shit what they did to GaSo?

    Ga Southern's starting QB was also injured early in the game, and LSU could only muster a 3.7 yards per rush.

    Nueces River Rat

    Posted

    Good.   Thompson needs the work.  We haven’t been able to give back ups work the past couple of seasons. 

    BERT

    Posted

    I’m gonna say we’ve been playing soft on D on purpose all game. Guess we’ll see next week if I’m right 

    Ellellelle

    Posted

    So Casey Thompson is the smart one of the family.

    • Like 1
    clapclapclap

    Posted

    Nice to see the rare kid who is actually smarter than his dad.

    • Like 1
    Modessit

    Posted

    Did we put in the 3rd string OL?

    Zavala

    Posted

    Ah fuck sorry guys I just checked my score prediction and it's 38-17 lol

    sith_horn

    Posted

    3 minutes ago, Bigbend1812 said:

    Backups!!! We have backups in a game!!!!

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    Walden Ponderer

    Posted

    "Nearly picked off" as the pass falls 10 yards away from anybody.

     

     

    Lowell Galindo has got to go. Who do we have to sacrifice to make this happen?

    • Like 1
    Zharkov

    Posted

    Just now, Zavala said:

    Ah fuck sorry guys I just checked my score prediction and it's 38-17 lol

    Mine too ya copycat

    Deej

    Posted

    I love that game threads bring out the biggest pussies on the board. 

    "Oh, my...LSU is beating up on a really shitty team. What will we do?"

    • Like 4
    sith_horn

    Posted

    4 minutes ago, Bigbend1812 said:

    Backups!!! We have backups in a game!!!!

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    Zavala

    Posted

    2 minutes ago, Nueces River Rat said:

    Good.   Thompson needs the work.  We haven’t been able to give back ups work the past couple of seasons. 

    Yeah they need to open up the playbook. Looked like Gilbert out there running a play everyone in the stadium knows what's gonna happen...

    Modessit

    Posted

    Ah fuck sorry guys I just checked my score prediction and it's 38-17 lol
    I'd like another TD for the good guys. I picked 48-6. I'll take 45-7.
    BERT

    Posted

    Just now, Walden Ponderer said:

    "Nearly picked off" as the pass falls 10 yards away from anybody.

     

     

    Lowell Galindo has got to go. Who do we have to sacrifice to make this happen?

    Now just hold on. Maybe he’s calling the game from the endzone 

    CHEF RIBS W/ THE HAMM YALL

    Posted

    Just now, Bruh Man said:

    38-21.

    Probably. I hope we don’t turtle up that much. Sick of that 

    deadshank

    Posted

    1 minute ago, Walden Ponderer said:

     

    Lowell Galindo has got to go. Who do we have to sacrifice to make this happen?

    Hugo?

    • Like 1
    F250

    Posted

    5 minutes ago, HOOK'EMHOOAH said:

    Also, fuck lacross.

    I just mentioned to my son that his HS lacrosse team played in last year's state championship.

    He asked "did they win?"

    Me, "I don't know, who cares its lacrosse."

     

    Ghost of Shag

    Posted

    2 minutes ago, #1Texasfan said:

    This defense is trash

    Sup Aggy.

    Colonel Mustard

    Posted

    I swear Galindo makes shit up just to sound dramatic for no damn reason

    Armybrat

    Posted

    8 minutes ago, Nueces River Rat said:

    I agree with this.   But we do need to work on some of the fundamentals on D.

     

     

    Like tackling.

    squeegeedegg

    Posted

    No doubt there's some sleep walking on both sides of the ball... Not what you want to see as a fan but at the same time it's impressive how even then it's a 31 point lead in the 4th




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