FORMER PLAYERS
C Zach Carpenter (Indiana): Carpenter is Indiana's starting center.
RB Zach Charbonnet (UCLA): Charbonnet ran 13 times for 78 yards and caught 3 passes for 51 yards in a 32-31 win over Alabama State.
S Sammy Faustin (UMass): Faustin did not record any stats in a 20-3 win over Stony Brook.
OG Chuck Filiaga (Minnesota): Filiaga is a sixth year senior who starts at right guard for the Gophers.
CB Darion Green-Warren (Nevada): Green-Warren did not record any stats in a 27-0 loss to Iowa.
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QB Ren Hefley (Northwest Mississippi Community College): Hefley completed 12/15 passes for 192 yards, 1 touchdown, and 1 interception in a 21-14 win over Pearl River Community College.
K Cole Hussung (Louisville): The former walk-on kicker transferred to Louisville.
WR Giles Jackson (Washington): Jackson made 1 catch for 10 yards, 1 punt return for 16 yards, and 2 kickoff returns for 56 yards in a 39-28 win over Michigan State.
CB George Johnson III (UMass): Johnson had 6 catches for 48 yards and 1 rushing attempt for -3 yards in a 20-3 win over Stony Brook.
S Jaylen Kelly-Powell (Akron): Kelly-Powell made 2 tackles, 1 tackle for loss, and 1 sack in a 63-6 loss to Tennessee.
DE Aaron Lewis (Rutgers): Lewis made 11 tackles, 2 tackles for loss, and 1 forced fumble in a 16-14 win over Temple.
WR Oliver Martin (Nebraska): Martin made 1 catch for 18 yards in a 49-14 loss to Oklahoma.
QB Dylan McCaffrey (Northern Colorado): McCaffrey did not play in a 21-14 win over Lamar.
QB Joe Milton (Tennessee): Milton completed 4/5 passes for 112 yards and 2 touchdowns in a 63-6 win over Akron.
LB William Mohan (Tennessee): Mohan was recently arrested and is currently suspended from the program.
S Jordan Morant (Mississippi State): Morant did not record any stats in a 31-16 loss to LSU.
DT Phillip Paea (Utah State): Utah State (1-2) had a bye.
S Hunter Reynolds (Utah State): Utah State (1-2) had a bye.
OG Nolan Rumler (Kent State): Rumler is a backup offensive guard for the Golden Flashes.
RB O'Maury Samuels (New Mexico State): Samuels has not played in NMSU's first four games.
CB Andre Seldon (New Mexico State): Seldon made 1 tackle in a 66-7 loss to Wisconsin.
CB Myles Sims (Georgia Tech): Sims made 5 tackles and 1 tackle for loss in a 42-0 loss to Ole Miss.
LB Anthony Solomon (Arizona): Solomon did not record any stats in a 31-28 win over North Dakota State.
OT Jack Stewart (UConn): Stewart is a backup offensive lineman for UConn.
RB Christian Turner (Wake Forest): Turner had 6 carries for just 4 yards in a 37-36 win over Liberty.
LB Ben VanSumeren (Michigan State): VanSumeren made 6 tackles in a 39-28 loss to Washington.
QB Dan Villari (Syracuse): Villari did not play in a 32-29 win over Purdue.
LB Cornell Wheeler (Kansas): Wheeler did not record any stats in a 48-30 win over Houston.
FORMER COMMITS
RB Tim Baldwin, Jr. (UMass): Baldwin ran 5 times for 13 yards in a 20-3 win over Stony Brook.
CB Te'Cory Couch (Miami): Couch made 2 tackles and 1 pass breakup in a 17-9 loss to Texas A&M.
C Emil Ekiyor, Jr. (Alabama): Ekiyor is the starting right guard for Alabama.
RB Eric Gray (Oklahoma): Gray had 11 carries for 113 yards and 2 touchdowns in a 49-14 win over Nebraska.
It was a statement win for OU, but Eric Gray made a statement of his own.
— Tyler McComas (@Tyler_McComas) September 18, 2022
11 carries for 113 yards and 2 touchdowns.
The offense opened up yesterday and he really benefited from it. pic.twitter.com/dZx7Xxg51F
OLB Stephen Herron, Jr. (Stanford): Stanford had a bye.
C Jalil Irvin (Auburn): Irvin is a backup center as a fifth year senior for the Tigers.
LB Branden Jennings (UCF): Jennings did not record any stats in a 40-14 win over FAU.
LB Chase Lasater (Eastern Kentucky): Lasater made 4 tackles in a 40-14 win over Charleston Southern.
RB Amauri Pesek-Hickson (Northern Iowa): Pesek-Hickson had 1 carry for 7 yards in a 37-21 loss to Sacramento State.
S Otis Reese (Ole Miss): Reese made 5 tackles, 1 tackle for loss, 1 sack, and 1 pass breakup in a 42-0 win over Georgia Tech.
S Antwaine Richardson (Kent State): Richardson did not record any stats in a 63-10 win over LIU.
TE Leonard Taylor (Cincinnati): Taylor made 1 catch for 16 yards in a 38-17 win over Miami-OH.
DT Alex VanSumeren (Michigan State): VanSumeren did not record any stats in a 39-28 loss to Washington.
WR Xavier Worthy (Texas): Worthy made 4 catches for 41 yards in a 41-20 win over UTSA.
FORMER COACHES
Don Brown (Head Coach, UMass): UMass beat Stony Brook by a score of 20-3 and improved to 1-2.
Jedd Fisch (Head Coach, Arizona): Arizona won 31-28 over North Dakota State and moved to 2-1.
Brady Hoke (Head Coach, San Diego State): SDSU lost 35-7 to Utah and dropped to 1-2.
Scot Loeffler (Head Coach, Bowling Green State): BGSU beat Marshall - who had beaten Notre Dame last week - by a score of 34-31 for their first win of the season to move to 1-2.
Rich Rodriguez (Head Coach, Jacksonville State): Jacksonville State suffered its first loss in a 54-17 defeat to Tulsa. JSU is 3-1.
I forgot about vansummeran ... Is he a FR or SO?
ReplyDeleteRichRod offense ... yay
Alex VanSumeren is a freshman.
ReplyDeleteYou could probably make a half-decent MAC team with the guys who have left. Filiaga/Carpenter/Rumler is a good start for an OL. Milton, Charbonnet, Jackson, Martin give you some skill position talent. No TEs because we hog all those LOL. You'll just have to manage with 10 personnel.
ReplyDeleteD is a little spotty but Lewis, Sims, and BVS give you some talent. A good coaching staff and a strong walk-on program and this team might be be feisty against the powerhouse in Ypsilanti.
Rodriguez suffers his first loss of the season in a rather convincing fashion. A quick scan of the box score shows Tulsa racked up 621 yards of total offense to Jacksonville State's 295, and most of that was passing: 457 yards to J State's 87. Jacksonville State did better Tulsa in rushing (208 to 164). Jacksonville State turned the ball over three times (2 fumbles, and 1 INT). Tulsa didn't turn the ball over at all.
ReplyDeleteThis is Rodriguez's first year at Jacksonville State, so there's some room for granting leeway to get the team put together. The big question is whether Rodriguez has evolved his offensive philosophy since 2007. I recall watching the 2007 WVU Mountaineers and how they played, and to my eye he didn't evolve much going to Michigan, then Arizona. I'm not a fan of Rodriguez, so I'll admit to a bias. I just don't think he's moved on from what worked in 2007.
In general, I think he has evolved when it comes to the passing game. But it should be noted that JSU is an FCS school, while Tulsa is an FBS program. A loss probably should have been expected, although I'm not sure what the spread should have been.
DeleteThe Eric Gray photo formats as huge on my screen. Those eyes are intense! I might be slightly frightened right now.
ReplyDeleteI'm still having an imaginary battle in my brain between Gray and Charbonnet. Gray decommitted from UM after Charbonnet signed on but I always thought Gray would be a better player (based purely on the scouting reports and size difference). But Charbonnet was super impressive early at Michigan so then I thought he'd take it. Now the race is too close to call. Both have transferred, both have very similar production in yards and ypc. Gray's a better receiver, Charbonnet has more TDs. Charbonnet is projected to go higher in the draft but both are expected to be drafted.
I think that was Jay Harbaugh recruiting those guys.
Wish I had access to their ROE stats!
Deletehttps://www.nfl.com/news/next-gen-stats-intro-to-expected-rushing-yards
Someday - probably 5-10 years away from being readily available if MLB is any indicator.
They're completely different backs. I like(d) both of them. Charbonnet is more the traditional running back, and Gray is more of a scat back. It would be nice to have those two as a 1-2 punch, kind of like Haskins and Corum last year.
DeleteAgree - I like both of them.
DeleteDisagree on the differences. Of course they aren't identical but this is not Bush/White on USC where one guy outweighs the other by 40 pounds and runs between the tackles while the other catches passes and runs mostly outside. They're both do-it-all RBs who do the same stuff - run / catch / block.
Charbonnet is faster, leaner, and has twice as many receptions on the year. He's a better pass blocker too but that was true when he was a freshman. Gray is more compact; the weight difference is 10 pounds. I'm not sure what you mean by scat back other than height.
If Gray's comp is Corum -- he's our goalline back and that's going great. He's doing all the Haskins things because he's got Haskins job -- RB1. Doing the job slightly differently but same job. He's not a "scat back" and never was. Edwards was used in a more focused role last year - but he was a freshman and RB3.
Bottom line is that they are both ZC and EG are feature backs that do-everything for their teams. They transferred so they could have that role. Of course feature back these days means sharing snaps and carries most of the time so they are both in rotations, but just like Corum and Haskins and they can do anything you ask.
I also disagree that it would be nice to have them. I like Corum and Edwards better. I prefer guys who stick it out to the ones that transfer.
Delete11 tackles as a DE? Wow. Aaron Lewis was making some plays.
ReplyDeleteThunder, thanks once again for putting this column together.
—Joby