BSD defensive 2-deep for Spring ball
by RAJohnston on Apr 16, 2011 10:46 AM EDT
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Last Sunday I threw up the offensive two-deep projection, today is the spring game (if the weather doesn't shut it down), so I figured I would go ahead and do the defensive two-deep as it looks right now.
Some of these are still up for grabs, and it may not match the released depth chart for the spring game today (for example: Brandon Pendergrass is the first-string running back right now as opposed to Josh Harris because he is being rewarded for his durability). Hopefully most of it will be pretty close when football opens up next year. Either way it will give a better picture of what we are working with for next year.
Click through for the projected defensive two-deep for Wake Forest.
Defense (3-4 defensive formation)
DE (1) Zach Thompson 6-5, 255 RS SO
Kris Redding 6-4, 255 RS SO
NG Nikita Whitlock 5-11, 235 RS SO
Ramon Booi 6-6, 300 RS JR
DE (2) Tristan Dorty 6-2, 255 RS SR
Daniel Vogelsang 6-3, 235 SO
OLB (1) Kyle Wilber 6-5, 235 RS SR
Zach "Ziggy" Allen 6-2, 215 SO
ILB (1) Riley Haynes 6-1, 225 RS JR
Mike Olson 6-3, 230 RS SO
ILB (2) Scott Betros 6-1, 240 RS JR
Gelo Orange 6-1, 230 RS SR
OLB (2) Joey Ehrmann 6-4, 215 RS JR
Derricus Ellis 6-2, 245 RS JR
CB (1) Kevin Johnson 6-0, 160 SO
AJ Marshall 5-11, 180 SO
S (1) Cyhl Quarles 6-3, 205 RS SR
Daniel Mack 6-0, 195 RS SO
S (2) Josh Bush 5-11, 200 RS SR
Desmond Cooper 6-2, 200 SO
CB (2) Kenny Okoro 6-0, 195 RS JR
Merrill "Bud" Noel 5-10, 180 SO
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Nice work
I’m excited about the progress of our defense
Blogger So Dear
"Meet me on the Quad at midnight" Skip Prosser
To me, that is a big concern. How will our undersized defensive line compete against the 300+ pound offensive linemen of the ACC? I’d like to see schemes that take advantage of our quickness. Haha, maybe Whitlock can get to the quarterback before the center looks up.
Well if its anything like last year...
the D failed to stop the run and failed to get pressure on the QB while giving up 36 points per game. Find these tasks IMPOSSIBLE for a D-line that averages less than 250 lbs per starter. Heck, the local high school team has a bigger D-line than that. Can’t understand why our coaches haven’t identified that as a problem and corrected it. Thought they had made some good changes at the end of last season when they tried Dorty & Wilber at LB and started Booi. At least those changes made the defense bigger overall. Not sure the Deacs would be a very good FCS team right now.
Don't worry about what people think. They don't do it very often.
The problem is that Whitlock is much better than his competition.
If they were better than him then they would be playing. I agree that we need some more size up front, but Whitlock is very clearly the best nose guard that we have, and it’s not even close based on what I have seen at practice.
Wake Forest '12
Mother So Dear
I can understand that.
Clearly Whitlock has earned the position, BUT that doesn’t mean that Whitlock or any of our other D-linemen are suited to play in a 3 man front in a BCS conference. If we’re going to be that small up front, we have to be quick and aggressive, of which, we are neither. Can’t see the 2011 season going any better than last year. Hope I’m wrong on that.
Don't worry about what people think. They don't do it very often.
I'd like to see more athleticism behind them.
I felt last year that the linebackers were slow to the ball and made the weak D-line look even worse. The two areas can help one another look better. Either way, they will still be young. I’d like to see a fire in them this year, and hope the revenge factor will make them work to overcome. Speed can trump size, but strength and heart have to be there! I’m excited about the secondary… Okoro is a beast, and the other guys should play more like they know what is happening before the ball goes over their head.
Does anyone know why we play coverage 8-10 yards off the ball? Why don’t we press? Even when Phonso was there we played “not to get beat”… Think we will play tighter coverage this year?
jfizzle86... Go DEACS!!
I hate the 8-10 yards off coverage as well
I just don’t get it, we play off and still get beat over the top.
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"Meet me on the Quad at midnight" Skip Prosser
Justin Jackson
Does anyone know the status of Justin Jackson for 2011-2012 and how his rehab is going. I was really disappointed with his injury, as I know he was. With his speed at the linebacker spot, it seems like he would be the perfect outside linebacker for our system and could be one of the best OLBs we have had in a while.
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