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Louisiana Tech @ Texas 7 PM 8/31 on LHN

It is no longer "way too early". Game week is here.

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

Burnt Ends

I love the Colt and Shipley commercials. I shall never tire of them.

CastHorn

Legacy Members

i think the defense can benefit a lot from this game tape. They’re making some simple mistakes. They got to play a top 10 team next week though.

ztejas

Certifiably Surly
2 minutes ago, The Ace of Aces said:

Just being extra critical vs an inferior team. Ehlinger doesn’t look bad, just saying he’s missed some throws we’ll need him to make against real competition. He can make them thankfully . That’s all I meant.

They aren’t losing a week 1 game, we all can celebrate that. 

Ehlinger is never going to have a perfect game. I'm not worried about him taking a sack or missing a couple throws. 

AUS-97HORN

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(edited)
3 minutes ago, Horny04 said:

I'm most concerned about this defense. They're getting yards. Had chances to score more than just the missed field goals, there was that wide open over throw earlier. They could have 13 at least at this point.

Is La Tech better than Georgia Southern?

the one really good thing the defense did last year was give up a fuckton of yards, but once the other team was inside our 35 we tightened up a lot. 

but I would be lying if I said I was impressed with the D today.  We seem to be slow on the outside and closing off the corner. the 5-15 yard downfield area is pretty open for them to throw and catch 

Edited by AUS-97HORN

Rimbo

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2 minutes ago, Zavala said:

Zero points.

4 turnovers (two on downs)

I'll take it.

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Ellellelle

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I can't wait to see holgerson losing his shit at UH.

Modessit

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I

Is La Tech better than Georgia Southern?


Last year - Georgia Southern beat Texas St by 2.

Last year - La Tech scored 21 on LSU.

Rimbo

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1 minute ago, HOOK'EMHOOAH said:

I love the Colt and Shipley commercials. I shall never tire of them.

Ditto. Hell, those fuckers could sell me vape juice. And I fucking hate vaping.

ztejas

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Keontay looks fucking badass. 

HtownHorn

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1 minute ago, CastHorn said:

i think the defense can benefit a lot from this game tape. They’re making some simple mistakes. They got to play a top 10 team next week though.

Missed tackles are always an issue in game 1.

Zavala

Certifiably Surly

What can KeonTay do for you?

Lol wut

Horn Dog

Burnt Ends

Ingram is fuckin them up

VaLonghorn99

Legacy Members

Who is our next QB. Time to put him in

zlavydra

Burnt Ends

"You see wiggle. I see power."

Zepol87

Legacy Members

Grown ass man 

clapclapclap

Legacy Members

31-0 with 5 minutes left in the 3rd is a big lead.

Zavala

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LETS GOOOOOOOOOO

Get ln My Van

Legacy Members

Can’t be stated enough of fuckin good Ingram looks

AUS-97HORN

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Jesus fucking Christ- is Lowell actually fucking blind????

Bigbend1812

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Thank jake for breaking that up

Walden Ponderer

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Just now, Horny04 said:

Is La Tech better than Georgia Southern?

FPI, Ga Southern 72, La Tech 96.
Massey Ga Souther 71, La Tech 91

So, according to the nerds, no.

HtownHorn

Full Members

Damn that kid is all over the field.

Hornin04

Certifiably Surly

Alright please take out Keyonte after this drive... [emoji29]

OU Sucks

Legacy Members

PICKED OFF!!!! incomplete

Bruh Man

Legacy Members

galindo is such a dipshit.

BingoDinoDNA

Certifiably Surly

PICKED OFF.......................Incomplete.....................

Fuck you, Lowell. 

FloridaHorn

Burnt Ends

Ingram is so patient....got a bit of Leveon Bell in him.

crony

Legacy Members

Galindo the worst

clapclapclap

Legacy Members
(edited)

"Tastes great!  Less filling."

 

 

Edited by clapclapclap

Zavala

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Just now, Get ln My Van said:

Can’t be stated enough of fuckin good Ingram looks

Last year he was right on the edge of great. Just kept getting dinged up and they never let him get enough carried to get in a rhythm.

Bruh Man

Legacy Members

So where is Shack?

westexhorn

Full Members

*Ehlinger makes physical play*

+5 morale to all Texas players

Get ln My Van

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Ingram’s got a patented little spin cycle going

Skipper

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Ingram is a great back if he can just stay healthy.

Rimbo

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1 minute ago, OU Sucks said:

PICKED OFF!!!! incomplete

 

1 minute ago, Bruh Man said:

galindo is such a dipshit.

 

Just now, Radical Larry said:

PICKED OFF!!!

 

incomplete

 

Just now, ConferenceRoom said:

PICKED OFF.......................Incomplete.....................

Fuck you, Lowell. 

yeah, yeah, we're watching the game too and heard it

thanks, arthur

HOOK'EMHOOAH

Burnt Ends

Ingram has cuts. Ingram has vision. Ingram definitely fucks.

cabowabo

Legacy Members

TD here and pull Ehlinger. 

HtownHorn

Full Members
1 minute ago, Walden Ponderer said:

FPI, Ga Southern 72, La Tech 96.
Massey Ga Souther 71, La Tech 91

So, according to the nerds, no.

Based on how shitty the SEC has looked in week 1, I think the nerds need some recalcs.

Pip

Certifiably Surly

Don't know why they are trying to use Smith like he is Johnson. 

AUS-97HORN

Legacy Members

holy shit, did he get the 1st?

Helobious

Legacy Members

Smith made an amazing play to break up the INT but the announcers didn’t notice.

Bigbend1812

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Ingram is a fucking stud.   Get the man a TD.

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