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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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    HOOK'EMHOOAH

    Posted

    That's 6 on the wrong side of the scoreboard

    clapclapclap

    Posted

    Just now, Dogfishhead said:

    Ref is blind

    Yep, that moron thinks LT is OK St

    • Like 2
    UDontKnow

    Posted

    1 minute ago, GreenspointTexas said:

    Boyce scored on

     

     

    he needs to be taken off scholly

    That was Estell, not Boyce. 

    FloridaHorn

    Posted

    1 minute ago, GreenspointTexas said:

    Boyce scored on

     

     

    he needs to be taken off scholly

    It wasn’t Boyce

    orangebird

    Posted (edited)

    14 point swing thanks to the fucking horseshit roughing the passer call.

    EDIT  - sorry for the multiple posts, Surly got hung up.

    Edited by orangebird
    HtownHorn

    Posted

    Both of La Tech scores have come on push offs.

    Zavala

    Posted

    1 minute ago, GreenspointTexas said:

    Boyce scored on

     

     

    he needs to be taken off scholly

    Wasn't that 39 not 38? Estelle?

    BERT

    Posted

    Just now, UTEX_ME said:

    cut Boyce. 14 point swing for no fucking reason. 

    It was Estelle 

    GreenspointTexas

    Posted

    Just now, FloridaHorn said:

    It wasn’t Boyce

     

    Just now, UDontKnow said:

    That was Estell, not Boyce. 

    Fuck me, my bad

    HuntinHorn

    Posted

    Herman has officially removed his foot off the throat....again

    ztejas

    Posted

    2 minutes ago, GreenspointTexas said:

    Boyce scored on

     

     

    he needs to be taken off scholly

    Except it was Estell

    Jfc...

    thepop

    Posted

    1 minute ago, crimsonlonghorn said:

    Such bullshit. Why can’t we fucking win 50-0 on opening day instead of giving up meaningless TD’s. 

    Well we're not playing incarnate word, for one. Also bullshit calls like that help.

    UDontKnow

    Posted

    Herman needs to let Casey actually run the offense. None of this run the clock down bullshit. There is no Shane Buechele this season so Casey is the next man up.

    • Like 3
    Irwin F Fletcher

    Posted

    The volleyball promo is nice, so we got a that going for us......

     

     

    DaysOff

    Posted

    The 1s couldn't hold leads last year in the 4th.

    You expect the 2s to.

    Bruh Man

    Posted

    We're not beating LSU with this defense. 

    FloridaHorn

    Posted

    Now give Casey some freedom and let him run the offense 

    cdain3

    Posted

    Just now, HuntinHorn said:

    Herman has officially removed his foot off the throat....again

    Yep like always.

    Drew

    Posted

    Ducking refs screwed then on that. 14 point swing. And if you have the Texas defense in fantasy football and get points based on points against, I just lost 11 points on that(2 for INT, 6 for the TD return, and the difference between 7 pts and 14 given up in my league is 3 points) ugh

    Zavala

    Posted

    The guys need to get stops through the shitty fucked up calls. We play in the big 12. Do people not remember the last 6 years of this shit?

    Henry Hill

    Posted

    Unsure if I hate that call or this volleyball song that’s played 100 times tonight more.

    Drew

    Posted

    14 point swing thanks to the fucking ref horseshit calls.

    But but but, Texas gets ALL the calls and refs are in their pocket.
    • Haha 1
    sith_horn

    Posted

    1 minute ago, HuntinHorn said:

    Herman has officially removed his foot off the throat....again

    The difference here is that backups are getting reps.

    • Like 1
    Stunns38

    Posted

    Let Casey play. We need the work.

    squeegeedegg

    Posted

    This is where Danny Young is a great asset... Let's see if we can actually kill the clock this time 

    Bigbend1812

    Posted

    Oh no!  This is going to hurt us in the combined score with next weeks LSU game.boo bitch GIF

    • Like 1
    HOOK'EMHOOAH

    Posted

    Just now, Ellellelle said:

    What officiating crew is it?

    A shit one.

    thepop

    Posted

    Just now, USNALonghorn said:

    Shades of Oklahoma State 2015 calls

    Not even close.

    LTtxfan

    Posted

    Lack of pass rush and poor tackling by corners need to improve for LSU game...

    HuntinHorn

    Posted

    Our DBs lack serious ball skills when the ball is in the air except Stearns......Brandon Jones said he was trying to improve on that.  We saw it still wasn't great either for him

    Coelenterate Fuccboi

    Posted

    1 minute ago, HuntinHorn said:

    Herman has officially removed his foot off the throat....again

    Who gives a shit?

    • Like 1
    SquishMitten

    Posted

    Well I guess we should run up the score now

    Valmy77

    Posted

    Ok lets run the clock and end this!

    Ghost of Shag

    Posted

    Just now, squeegeedegg said:

    This is where Danny Young is a great asset... Let's see if we can actually kill the clock this time 

    wtf

    Zavala

    Posted

    1 minute ago, HuntinHorn said:

    Herman has officially removed his foot off the throat....again

    Yep. Goddamn shut it down on both sides of the ball.. mother fucker. I was hoping he wouldn't do this shit, especially the Rig12 refs get into "comeback mode" and let teams back into games. I was at Florida Miami. It got re gotdamn diculus.

    Bigbend1812

    Posted

    There you go.  Keep that up.  Throw it around.

    HtownHorn

    Posted

    Nice play call there on the corner blitz.

    TexasMan

    Posted

    5 minutes ago, GreenspointTexas said:

    Boyce scored on

     

     

    he needs to be taken off scholly

    Got home just in time to see you're still a retard. 

    • Like 1
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    campcrunk

    Posted

    2 minutes ago, UDontKnow said:

    Herman needs to let Casey actually run the offense. None of this run the clock down bullshit. There is no Shane Buechele this season so Casey is the next man up.

    1,000% correct. Dude needs experience badly because we're going to need him at some point.

    • Like 1
    BERT

    Posted

    2 minutes ago, HuntinHorn said:

    Herman has officially removed his foot off the throat....again

    Y’all bitch when back ups don’t get in and now y’all bitch when they’re in and can’t run the O like the 1’s. Can’t have it both ways 

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    Zavala

    Posted

    1 minute ago, Henry Hill said:

    Unsure if I hate that call or this volleyball song that’s played 100 times tonight more.

    All these LHN commercials would be tolerable if it wasn't replayed EVERY break. 

    B b back it up is especially getting rough ..




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