Way Too Early 2026 Depth Chart: January 21, 2026

 

Jyaire Hill (image via X)

The following depth chart is intended to show what players exist at what positions, which also shows the needs from the transfer portal and perhaps the February signing day for the 2026 class.

• QB Jadyn Davis (transfer to East Tennessee State)
• QB Jake Garcia (transfer portal)
• QB Mikey Keene (transfer to Arizona State)
• QB Davis Warren (transfer to Stanford)
• RB Justice Haynes (transfer to Georgia Tech)
• RB C.J. Hester (transfer portal)
• RB Jasper Parker (transfer to Arkansas)
• RB John Volker (graduation)
• WR C.J. Charleston (graduation)
• WR Donaven McCulley (graduation)
• WR Fredrick Moore (transfer to Michigan State)
• WR Semaj Morgan (transfer to UCLA)
• WR Peyton O'Leary (transfer portal)
• WR Anthony Simpson (transfer portal)
• TE Max Bredeson (graduation)
• TE Marlin Klein (NFL draft)
• TE Brady Prieskorn (transfer to Ole Miss)
• OL Greg Crippen (graduation)
• OL Giovanni El-Hadi (graduation)
• OL Ty Haywood (transfer to Alabama)
• OL Connor Jones (transfer to Georgia State)
• OL Ben Roebuck (transfer to Western Michigan)
• OL Kaden Strayhorn (transfer to Alabama)
• EDGE Devon Baxter (transfer to Virginia)
• EDGE T.J. Guy (graduation)
• EDGE Tyler McLaurin (graduation)
• EDGE Derrick Moore (graduation)
• DT Rayshaun Benny (graduation)
• DT Ike Iwunnah (graduation)
• DT Damon Payne (graduation)
• DT Tre Williams (graduation)
• LB Jaishawn Barham (graduation)
• LB Ernest Hausmann (graduation/medical retirement))
• LB Jaydon Hood (transfer to Georgia State)
• LB Jimmy Rolder (NFL draft)
• LB Cole Sullivan (transfer to Oklahoma)
• DB Caleb Anderson (graduation)
• DB Elijah Dotson (transfer to Missouri)
• DB Brandyn Hillman (transfer to Virginia)
• DB Jaden Mangham (transfer to Purdue)
• DB Tevis Metcalf (transfer to Tennessee)
• DB T.J. Metcalf (transfer to Tennessee)
• DB Jayden Sanders (transfer to Notre Dame)
• K Beckham Sunderland (transfer to Minnesota)
• K Dominic Zvada (graduation)
• LS Evan Boutorwick (transfer to Northwestern)

It assumes that every currently rostered player and every currently committed prospect will be here in the fall of 2026, which is obviously not true.

Hit the jump for the depth chart.

QB: Bryce Underwood (So.), Brayden Fowler-Nicolosi (RS Sr.), Colin Hurley (RS So.), Chase Herbstreit (RS Fr.), QB Brady Smigiel (Fr.), Tommy Carr (Fr.)
RB: Jordan Marshall (Jr.), Bryson Kuzdzal (RS So.), Micah Ka'apana (RS So.), Donovan Johnson (RS Fr.), Savion Hiter (Fr.), Jonathan Brown (Fr.)
WR1: Andrew Marsh (So.), Jacob Washington (So.), Travis Johnson (Fr.), Salesi Moa (Fr.)
WR2: Jaime Ffrench (So.), Channing Goodwin (RS So.), Jamar Browder (So.)
WR3: J.J. Buchanan (So.), Kendrick Bell (RS Jr.), I'Marion Stewart (RS So.), Jaylen Pile (Fr.)
TE: Hogan Hansen (Jr.), Deakon Tonielli (RS Jr.), Jalen Hoffman (RS Jr.), Zack Marshall (RS Jr.), Eli Owens (RS Fr.), Mason Bonner (Fr.)
LT: Andrew Babalola (RS Fr.), Malakai Lee (Fr.)
LG: Blake Frazier (RS So.), Lawrence Hattar (RS Sr.), Houston Ka'aha'aina-Torres (RS Fr.), Luke Hamilton (RS So.)
C: Jake Guarnera (RS So.), Brady Norton (RS Jr.), Nathan Efobi (RS Jr.), Adrian Hamilton (Fr.)
RG: Evan Link (RS Jr.), Avery Gach (RS Fr.), Brooks Bahr (RS Jr.)
RT: Andrew Sprague (RS So.), Marky Walbridge (Fr.), Tommy Fraumann (Fr.)

EDGE: Dominic Nichols (RS So.), Nate Marshall (So.), McHale Blade (Fr.)
DT: Enow Etta (Jr.), Jonah Lea'ea (RS Jr.), Benny Patterson (So.), Ted Hammond (RS So.), Bobby Kanka (RS Fr.), Titan Davis (Fr.), Alister Vallejo (Fr.)
NT: Trey Pierce (Sr.), Deyvid Palepale (RS So.), Manuel Beigel (RS So.), Travis Moten (RS Fr.)
Rush LB: John Henry Daley (RS Jr.), Cameron Brandt (Sr.), Lugard Edokpayi (RS So.), Julius Holly (RS Fr.), Carter Meadows (Fr.), Tariq Boney (Fr.)
MIKE: Nathaniel Owusu-Boateng (So.), Aden Reeder (Fr.), Christian Pierce (So.), Kaden Catchings (Fr.)
WILL: Troy Bowles (RS Jr.), Nate Staehling (RS Sr.), Max Alford (RS So.), Chase Taylor (So.), Zach Ludwig (RS So.), Markel Dabney (Fr.)
CB: Jyaire Hill (RS Jr.), Jo'Ziah Edmond (Jr.), Jeremiah Lowe (RS So.)
CB: Zeke Berry (RS Sr.), Shamari Earls (So.), Jamarion Vincent (Fr.)
Ni: Snowden Smith (Sr.), Jordan Young (So.)
FS: Rod Moore (6th), Mason Curtis (Jr.), Jordan Deck (Fr.), Ernest Nunley (Fr.)
SS: Chris Bracy (RS Jr.), Jacob Oden (Jr.), Kainoa Winston (RS Fr.)

K: Trey Butkowski (So.)
P: Cam Brown (So.), Hudson Hollenbeck (RS Jr.)
LS: Nico Crawford (RS Sr.), Trent Middleton (RS Jr.), Gavin Magorien (So.)