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Dana Holgorsen released the preseason depth chart today at Big 12 Media Day, and things are pretty much as we expected. There are a few shakeups on offense, with Ka'Raun White bumping Ricky Rogers off the two-deep and Yodny Cajuste being listed as the clear starter at left tackle. On the defensive side of things, Larry Jefferson has emerged as the backup to Christian Brown at defensive end.
But most notably, special teams has a few unlikely characters listed at punt return. We heard about KJ Dillon returning punts in the spring, and he is now listed as the starter. William Crest will be backing KJ up, followed by former starter Jordan Thompson.
OFFENSE | ||||||||
Position | No. | Player | | | No. | Player | | | No. | Player |
Wide Receiver (X) | 1 |
Shelton Gibson | | | 2 |
Ka'Raun White |
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Inside Receiver (H) | 19 | KJ Myers |
| | 23 | Jacky Marcellus |
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Left Tackle |
50 |
Yodny Cajuste | | | 74 |
Sylvester Townes |
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Left Guard |
57 |
Adam Pankey |
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65 | Kyle Bosch |
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Center | 65 |
Tyler Orlosky |
| | 59 |
Stone Underwood |
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Right Guard | 69 | Tony Matteo | | | 79 |
Grant Lingafelter |
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Right Tackle |
78 |
Marquis Lucas |
| | 77 | Marcell Lazard | |||
Inside Receiver (Y) |
10 |
Jordan Thompson |
| | 84 | Lamar Parker |
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Wide Receiver (Z) |
6 |
Daikiel Shorts | | | 82 | Devonte Mathis | |||
Quarterback | 3 |
Skyler Howard |
| | 16 | William Crest |
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2 | David Sills or |
Quarterback (cont.) |
12 | Chris Chugunov |
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Full Back/Tight End |
88 |
Cody Clay |
| | 89 |
Darren Arndt |
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Running Back | 7 | Rushel Shell | | | 4 | Wendell Smallwood | | | 8 | Donte Thomas-Williams |
Running Back (cont.) |
28 |
Elijah Wellman |
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DEFENSE | ||||||||
Position | No. | Player | | | No. | Player | | | No. | Player |
Defensive End |
97 | Noble Nwachukwu | | | 45 |
Eric Kinsey |
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Nose Tackle |
93 |
Kyle Rose |
| | 49 |
Darrien Howard |
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Defensive End | 95 |
Christian Brown |
| | 90 | Larry Jefferson |
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Spur | 9 |
K.J. Dillon |
| | 27 | DaeJuan Funderburk | |||
Sam (Strongside) LB |
35 |
Nick Kwiatkoski |
| | 53 | Xavier Preston |
| | 31 | Isaiah Bruce |
Mike (Middle) LB | 42 |
Jared Barber |
| | 17 |
Al-Rasheed Benton |
| | 30 | Justin Arndt |
Will (Weakside) LB | 36 |
Shaq Petteway |
| | 20 | Edward Muldrow III |
| | 13 | Sean Walters |
Left Cornerback | 16 | Terrell Chestnut | | | 5 |
Nana Kyeremeh |
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Free Safety | 6 | Dravon Henry-Askew | | |
24 |
Jeremy Tyler |
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BuckSafety | 8 |
Karl Joseph |
| | 22 |
Jarrod Harper |
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Right Cornerback | 7 |
Daryl Worley |
| | 14 |
Ricky Rumph |
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SPECIAL TEAMS | ||||||||
Position | No. | Player | | | No. | Player | | | No. | Player |
Kicker | 86 |
Josh Lambert |
| | 22 |
Mike Molina |
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Punter | 91 | Nick O'Toole |
| | 46 | Billy Kinney |
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Punt Returns | 9 | KJ Dillon |
| | 16 | William Crest | | | 10 | Jordan Thompson |
Kickoff Returns | 1 | Shelton Gibson |
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4 |
Wendell Smallwood |
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Long Snapper | 87 |
John DePalma |
| | 46 | Nick Meadows |