Marshall Football: Herd Releases Spring Depth Chart

Just over a week away from spring football practice, Marshall released a depth chart on the school's official athletics website today. The full depth chart and additional notes on a few key positional changes are below. 

OFFENSE

WR (z) – Craig Wilkins, Angelo Jean-Louis, Demetrius Evans

WR (x) – Davonte Allen, Justin Hunt, Chris Alston Jr.

WR (slot) – Tommy Shuler, Deandre Reaves

LT – Sebastian Johansson, AJ Addison, Chris Huhn

LG – Blake Brooks, Tom Collins, Will Mendoza

C – Chris Jasperse, Cam Dees, Cody Collins

RG – Michael Selby, Trevor Mendelson, x-Tyler Combs

RT – Clint Van Horn, Sandley Jean-Felix, Eric Ansley

TE/H-back – Eric Frohnapfel, Devon Johnson, Joe Woodrum/DeonTay McManus

QB – Rakeem Cato, Gunnar Holcombe, Kevin Anderson

RB – Steward Butler, Remi Watson

DEFENSE

DE – Ra’Shawde Myers, Ricardo Williams, Joe Massaquoi

NT – Jarquez Samuel, Josh Brown, Malcolm Strong

DT – James Rouse, Steve Dillon, Marcus Gilchrist

DE (Fox) – Gary Thompson, Arnold Blackmon, Armonze Daniel

OLB (Sam) – D.J. Hunter, Raheem Waiters

MLB (Mike) -- Jermaine Holmes, x-Neville Hewitt, Cortez Carter, x-Kent Turene

ILB (Will) – Evan McKelvey, Stefan Houston

CB – Corey Tindal, Keith Baxter, Donaldven Manning

SS – Tiquan Lang, Taj Letman

FS – A.J. Leggett, Taj Letman, Corie Wilson/Andre Scott

CB – Darryl Roberts, Michael Johnson

Nickel – Corey Tindal, Michael Johnson

SPECIAL TEAMS

PK – Justin Haig, Nick Smith

KO – Amoretto Curraj, Kaare Vedvik

P – Tyler Williams, Nick Smith

LS – Matt Cincotta

H – Tyler Williams

KR – Deandre Reaves, Tiquan Lang

PR – Deandre Reaves, Tommy Shuler

x -- Hewitt, Combs, Turene are expected to miss spring practice while recovering from surgery

Notes

• After playing guard last season,  Sebastian Johansson is penciled in to take over at left tackle.
• Blake Brooks slides in at left guard, taking the spot vacated by Johansson's move to tackle.
• Although he has participated in the team off-season conditioning program, running back Kevin Grooms is not yet an official member of the Herd. Marshall head coach Doc Holliday spoke about Grooms status on HerdZone.com, “Grooms isn’t back as an official member of the team yet,” Holliday said. “He still needs to earn back the trust of his teammates and the coaches before he’s a part of the team again. We’ll decide when that’s going to be.”
• Marshall has plenty of depth at tight end with Devon Johnson and Eric Frohnapfel returning, but watch out for redshirt freshman DeonTay McManus. The one time WVU commitment was a four star recruit out of Baltimore in 2012.
• The most experienced of Marshall's backup quarterbacks, Gunnar Holcombe is listed directly behind Rakeem Cato on the Herd's depth chart
• Ra'Shawde Myers is shown as the starter at defensive end but expect him to be pushed by Miami transfer Ricardo Williams.
• DJ Hunter is back at linebacker and expected to start. He lost his starting safety spot to Tiquan Lang midway through last season.
• After missing the entire 2013 season due to injury, Keith Baxter is back for spring practice.