The unofficial, completely fabricated, early bird Gamecock 2-deep for 2007

[WayzUp]

Here's what I think our depth chart will look like with the incoming freshmen (based on what I've seen of their vids and/or read on various sites) for the upcoming season unless something happens injury/trouble-wise, that is.

Fellow Gamecocks, feel free to correct me if I'm wrong on anything here in terms of seniority/name spelling. Positions and depth chart rank are purely my own speculation and opinion...

QUARTERBACKS:
1) Blake Mitchell - SENIOR (RS)*
2) Chris Smelley - FRESHMAN (RS)
3) Tommy Beecher - SOPHMORE
RS) Stephen Garcia

RUNNING BACKS:
1) Cory Boyd - SENIOR (RS)*
2) Mike Davis - JUNIOR
3) Bobby Wallace - JUNIOR
4) Taylor Rank - SOPHMORE

FULLBACKS:
1) Lanard Stafford - SENIOR
2) Ryan Brown - SENIOR
3) Clark Gaston - FRESHMAN (RS)
4) Brian Kingrey - JUNIOR

WIDE RECEIVERS:
1) Kenny McKinley - JUNIOR*
2) Jared Cook - SOPHMORE*
3) Chris Culliver - FRESHMAN
4) Moe Brown - SOPHMORE
5) Joseph Hills - FRESHMAN*
6) Mark Barnes - FRESHMAN
7) Mike West - SENIOR
8) Dion Lecorn - FRESHMAN

TIGHT ENDS:
1) Andy Boyd - SENIOR (RS)
2) Robert Pavlovic - SENIOR
3) Nick Prochak - FRESHMAN (RS)

TACKLES:
1) Jamon Meredith - JUNIOR (RS)
2) Justin Sorensen - JUNIOR
3) Hutch Eckerson - SOPHMORE
4) Gurminder Thind - JUNIOR
5) Heath Batchelor - FRESHMAN (RS)

GUARDS:
1) James Thompson - SENIOR (RS)
2) Garrett Anderson - SOPHMORE (RS)
3) Lemuel Jeanpierre - SOPHMORE (RS)
4) Matt Raysor - JUNIOR
5) Seaver Brown - FRESHMAN (RS)
6) Kevin Young - FRESHMAN (RS)

CENTERS:
1) William Brown - SENIOR (RS)
2) Ryan Broadhead - FRESHMAN (greyshirt = true FR)
3) Jeremy Burgess - JUNIOR

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DEFENSIVE ENDS
1) Eric Norwood - SOPHMORE
2) Jordin Lindsey - SENIOR (RS)
3) Travian Robertson - FRESHMAN
4) Cliff Matthews - FRESHMAN
5) Clifton Geathers - FRESHMAN

DEFENSIVE TACKLE
1) Marque Hall - JUNIOR
2) Kenrick Ellis - FRESHMAN (RS)
3) Ladi Ajiboye - FRESHMAN
4) Nathan Pepper - JUNIOR (RS)
5) Jonathan Williams - JUNIOR (JUCO)
6) Terrance Campbell - FRESHMAN (RS)

MIDDLE LINEBACKER
1) Jasper Brinkley - SENIOR (JUCO)
2) Dustin Lindsey - JUNIOR (RS)
3) Melvin Ingram - FRESHMAN
4) Vanderal Shackleford - SOPHMORE
5) Yvan Banag - JUNIOR

OUTSIDE LINEBACKER
1) Casper Brinkley - SENIOR (JUCO)
2) Rodney Paulk - SOPHMORE
3) Marvin Sapp - JUNIOR (RS)
4) Cody Wells - SENIOR (RS)
5) Gerrod Sinclair - SOPHMORE
6) Dakota Walker - JUNIOR (RS)

CORNERBACKS:
1) Carlos Thomas - JUNIOR
2) Captain Munnerlyn - SOPHMORE
3) Stoney Woodson - JUNIOR (RS)
4) Sam Pope - JUNIOR (JUCO)
5) Akeem Auguste - FRESHMAN
6) Chris Hail - SOPHMORE

FREE SAFETY
1) Brandon Isaac - SENIOR
2) Darian Stewart - SOPHMORE
3) Antonio Allen - FRESHMAN

STRONG SAFETY
1) Emmanuel Cook - SOPHMORE
2) Chris Hampton - SENIOR (RS)
3) Jamire Williams - FRESHMAN

KICKER
1) Ryan Succop - JUNIOR

PUNTER
1) Thomas Hooper - SOPHMORE

[lacene]

with the asterisks meaning.........?

it looks good. Where would you place Maddox and Baker on the RB DC? I think on of them will be redshirted, perhaps Baker.

IMO, Larry Freeman should be on the WR DC: as a JUCO transfer, he has experience and maturity. He performed solidly during early spring practice, and fell of towards the end. I think he will be a contributor. Hills should be in Culliver's spot: his freakish athleticism will trump Culliver's inexperience as a WR.

Where does Wesley Saunders fit in the TE DC? At 6-7 270, he will be a monster for LB's to face.

[WayzUp]

with the asterisks meaning.........?
:laugh: I was starting out putting them next to guys I think will be impact players who are currently flying under the radar but then stopped...I was starting to think I was putting asterisks next to every other player! Guess I had on me garnet colored glasses and thought better of it.

it looks good. Where would you place Maddox and Baker on the RB DC? I think on of them will be redshirted, perhaps Baker.
I think Maddox and Baker will both sit this year as long as who we have stay healthy. I think they're our future for when we have to say good bye to our current RBs.

IMO, Larry Freeman should be on the WR DC: as a JUCO transfer, he has experience and maturity. He performed solidly during early spring practice, and fell of towards the end. I think he will be a contributor. Hills should be in Culliver's spot: his freakish athleticism will trump Culliver's inexperience as a WR.
I thought about him and you're right, he'll be in there somewhere but I think once Culliver, Hills, Jason Barnes, Lecorn and whoever else I'm forgetting get on campus and show what they can do that his spot on the DC will keep going down. I hope I'm wrong cuz I'm with you about liking his size, experience and maturity. I put Culliver up there cuz I think Spurrier is tickled by his gamebreaking play potential and will try to invent ways to get the ball in his hands in space.

Where does Wesley Saunders fit in the TE DC? At 6-7 270, he will be a monster for LB's to face.
If (Once?) Andy Boyd gets hurt, I think Saunders will take his redshirt off and jump up to #2. IMO, Prochak will be almost exclusively a pass catching TE and Pavlovic will be as exclusive on the blocking end of the TE spectrum for us. Again though, I think Spurrier will try to make do w/o him if he can, get him a year to get more familiar with the offense w/o using up a year of eligibility and use him as a Chris Smelley/Stephen Garcia safety valve for next year and beyond. But like I said, I'm up in Michigan looking at this from afar so I may be wayzoff. :laugh:

If the source (not mine) who's said that Mark Barnes will be a WR wasn't so accurate on just about everything else, I would rather see him at Safety for us. A guy who can play the way he can...seems like he'd be a Ko Simpson clone & I see having him on the field for a handful of plays would be kind of a waste when he could shore up a position we're pretty thin at.

[LedCock]

Looks good Wayz. Except I think Beecher will be #2 on the depth chart. Smelley will probably get equal playing time but I think Beecher will be the No. 2 man. Next year will be the year of the Qb brawl.

[USC66]

Wayz. These would be my only changes at this point. They are at WR. Jason Barnes I would put at number 4, Moe Brown at 3, Culliver at 5 (Will probably be used more like a Reggie Bush this season), and Joseph Hills it sounds like a likely RS for him and Garcia. I personally agree with Smelley certainly at number 2, and Beecher at 3.

[GTmorris1970]

Whoops. That is my post above. USC66 was logged in!! LOL

[Dr. Pepper]

Man, just reading some of those names gets my heart to thumpin'. I am ready for some football!

[crimsonnation713]

Thatsa helluva title Wayz.:laugh:

[TrueGCFan]

I will tell you looking at this list one thing I'm really excited about is the number of under classman. 2008 and 2009 should be one heck of a ride.