A couple of days ago, Bob Condotta posted the Washington Huskies scholarship players, by class (here’s the link). To summarize, the Huskies are a team that are primarily made up of underclassmen. Only 31 of the current 87 players (yes, this is 2 over the scholarship limit but those things will sort themselves out) are juniors and seniors, the rest are sophomores and true/red-shirt freshmen.
Looking at these numbers, I couldn’t help but think that the Huskies may be able to get to the point where they “reload” instead of “rebuild.” Yes, they have to become a better team overall to get to that point, but there doesn’t appear to be a class that will set them back a long ways, through graduation.
With this in mind, here are my projections of what the depth chart will look like over the next 4 years. This shows what the Huskies have done in building toward the future, while improving tremendously over the last 2 years. Yes, there will be recruits who come in over the next couple years who will start 4 years from now, but these are my projections based on who’s on the roster now. Also, the depth chart for next year is completely subjective, this is just my general feeling of who will start in the coming years. (Most of these will be 2 deeps, but some will just list starters).
2011: (starters in bold)
Offense:
QB: Keith Price (RS SO.)/Nick Montana (RS FR.)/Derrick Brown (Fr.)
RB: Chris Polk (RS JR.)/Jesse Callier (SO.)/Deontae Cooper (RS FR.)/ Johri Fogerson (SR./RS JR.)
FB: Zach Fogerson (SO.)/Kimo Makaula (SO.)/Dezden Petty (FR.)
WR: Jermaine Kearse (SR.)/Devin Aguilar (SR.)/James Johnson(JR.)/Kasen Williams (FR.)/Cody Bruns (SR.)/Jordan Polk (SR.)/Kevin Smith (SO.)
TE: ASJ (FR.)/Michael Hartvigson (RS FR.)/ Marion Barnett (SO.)
LT: Senio Kelemete (SR.)/Erik Kohler (SO.)
LG: Micah Hatchie (RS FR.)/Daniel Kanczugowski (JR.)
C: Drew Schaefer (JR.)/ Mykenna Ikehara (JR.)
RG: Colin Porter (SO.)/Ikehara (JR.)
RT: Erik Kohler(SO.)/Skylar Fancher (SR.)
Comments on the offense: If this holds true, the Huskies would only lose 3 seniors that our starters (Jermaine Kearse, Devin Aguilar, and Senio Kelemete) and only 6 from their 2 deeps (add Jordan Polk, Cody Bruns, and Skyler Fancher). With that being said, Chris Polk is almost surely headed to the NFL, so that leaves a hole at running back. Johri Fogerson is applying for a red-shirt and seems likely to get it, so we’ll call him a RS JR. The Huskies will lose two stars at receiver next year but have the depth to make up for it. It won’t be a huge drop off after this year. Although, the skill positions will need to step up.
I listed both Price and Montana as the starter because no one has any idea who will start. Also, Hatchie and Kancugowski will be an interesting battle for the final guard position (assuming Kohler moves to right-tackle).
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