http://www.niuhuskies.com/sports/m-footb...l-mtt.html
I think it's a work in progress because there's at least one mistake on it as it is currently posted but here goes with the changes.
New Names
QB Daniel Santacaterina
QB Charlie Rotherham
QB Tom Fiedler
FB Ross Sealby
RB Dwayne Milton (participated in spring ball)
RB Maalik Todd (participated in spring ball)
RB Marcus Jones
RB DJ Brown
RB Quintin Hoosman
RB Sutton Smith
RB Nolan Dean
TE Daniel Crawford
TE Ryan Roberts
WR Spencer Tears
WR Steven Lee
WR Adam Buirge
WR Jordan Niemeyer
WR Dae'Jon Perry
OL Luke Shively (participated in spring ball)
OL Jordan Steckler
OL Nathan Veloz
OL Vincent Hughes
OL Alex Schlee
OL Scott Topole
OL Rob Kraklow
OL Josh Mailloux
DE Quintin Wynne
DE Jake Hlava
DE Twan Taylor
DT Marcus Kelly
LB Kyle Pugh
LB Josh Corcoran
LB Allen Letterer
LB Mason Fleury
LB Antonio Jones-Davis
LB Trayshon Foster
CB Jeff Hill
CB Cassius Grady
CB Elijah Campbell
DB Corey Kennedy
DB Nate Godwin
S Taylor Mashack
S Emmett Lynch (participated in spring ball)
S Marquis Howard
S Trequan Smith
P Jake Ambrose
K Milan Dosen
LS Hayden Sak
Still on the roster
LB Rock Lemon
Not appearing on roster but are currently enrolled:
ATH Jeremy Pope
DE/LB Shouki Shunnarah
CB Jaquis Covington
Grayshirting
DE Max Morris
Not sure what his deal is
S Lance Deveaux
Eligibility remaining but gone from final 2014 roster
QB Landon Root - to KState
QB Matt McIntosh - to SIU
OL Brian Canoy
OL Tom Scanlan
DT Mike Ippolito
DT Cal Breedlove
LB Darion Henderson
WR David Senior - to Utah State
CB Deion Hallmon - to Iowa Western CC
OL Scott Taylor - to EIU
DE Jareem Fleming - to EIU
S Devan Ingram - to SIU
K Andrew Stark
LB Khalil Rogers - grades issue
WR Mark Watson - participated in spring ball
Mistakes
OL Josh Doyle appears and I'm pretty sure he's no longer enrolled at NIU.
S Emmett Lynch (participated in spring ball)
He reported to the team last summer but was injured before the season started so his roster spot went to an active guy.
45 new names just on the roster since January...WOW. I don't know how to think about that.
Count only 11 O-Linemen that are not true freshmen:
Dale Brown, Big Ron, Conlon, Evans, Howard, Myers, Ness, Ruka, Scharping, Shively, Smith
There will be at least 4 RS FR on the O-Line 2-deep and there's not much depth if injuries happen. Also, they have Smith listed as a RS SO, but he's only a RS FR, I believe.
Allen's still on the team, but there's still no 2014 stats for him. Maybe it's an oversight, or maybe there's just nothing to put there because he was hurt for almost the entire year.
As for Lemon, that will be something to keep an eye on going forward.
(07-28-2015 03:55 PM)HuskieJohn Wrote: [ -> ]45 new names just on the roster since January...WOW. I don't know how to think about that.
120 total players, 42 true freshmen.
LOL someone scared me with that 5 SR comment!
(07-28-2015 04:01 PM)BarsemaBone2 Wrote: [ -> ] (07-28-2015 03:55 PM)HuskieJohn Wrote: [ -> ]45 new names just on the roster since January...WOW. I don't know how to think about that.
120 total players, 42 true freshmen.
Yikes! And I thought we were young last year....
I count 15 LBs and 15 WRs on the roster.
New numbers. Some have been mentioned in previous threads:
1 - Albert Smalls
3 - Ezra Saffold
4 - Christian Blake
6 - Bobby Jones IV
7 - Desroy Maxwell
(07-28-2015 04:01 PM)BarsemaBone2 Wrote: [ -> ] (07-28-2015 03:55 PM)HuskieJohn Wrote: [ -> ]45 new names just on the roster since January...WOW. I don't know how to think about that.
120 total players, 42 true freshmen.
I'm with HuskieJohn on this one. I don't know if this is good or not. What do you even do with 42 freshman players? Is NIU starting a JV team?
(07-28-2015 04:24 PM)timxlydon Wrote: [ -> ] (07-28-2015 04:01 PM)BarsemaBone2 Wrote: [ -> ] (07-28-2015 03:55 PM)HuskieJohn Wrote: [ -> ]45 new names just on the roster since January...WOW. I don't know how to think about that.
120 total players, 42 true freshmen.
I'm with HuskieJohn on this one. I don't know if this is good or not. What do you even do with 42 freshman players? Is NIU starting a JV team?
Honestly, I don't think it means much at this point. All it says is that there's a lot of young guys that are trying to earn their spot in the future. A lot of them probably won't be on the team past this season.
Barring injuries, we should have a fairly good grasp of the 2-deep on both sides of the ball based on what it was last year.
(07-28-2015 04:24 PM)timxlydon Wrote: [ -> ] (07-28-2015 04:01 PM)BarsemaBone2 Wrote: [ -> ] (07-28-2015 03:55 PM)HuskieJohn Wrote: [ -> ]45 new names just on the roster since January...WOW. I don't know how to think about that.
120 total players, 42 true freshmen.
I'm with HuskieJohn on this one. I don't know if this is good or not. What do you even do with 42 freshman players? Is NIU starting a JV team?
I count 13 seniors including Lemon. We will be very,very young next season also!
Is this a surprise? Why were people expecting more seniors to pop up and where were we expecting them to come from lol.
(07-28-2015 04:24 PM)timxlydon Wrote: [ -> ] (07-28-2015 04:01 PM)BarsemaBone2 Wrote: [ -> ] (07-28-2015 03:55 PM)HuskieJohn Wrote: [ -> ]45 new names just on the roster since January...WOW. I don't know how to think about that.
120 total players, 42 true freshmen.
I'm with HuskieJohn on this one. I don't know if this is good or not. What do you even do with 42 freshman players? Is NIU starting a JV team?
I guess I'm baffled why everyone is surprised at the youth. Didn't we already know this was kind of a rebuilding year going in
(07-28-2015 05:36 PM)MaddDawgz02 Wrote: [ -> ] (07-28-2015 04:24 PM)timxlydon Wrote: [ -> ] (07-28-2015 04:01 PM)BarsemaBone2 Wrote: [ -> ] (07-28-2015 03:55 PM)HuskieJohn Wrote: [ -> ]45 new names just on the roster since January...WOW. I don't know how to think about that.
120 total players, 42 true freshmen.
I'm with HuskieJohn on this one. I don't know if this is good or not. What do you even do with 42 freshman players? Is NIU starting a JV team?
I guess I'm baffled why everyone is surprised at the youth. Didn't we already know this was kind of a rebuilding year going in
Huh? Last year was the rebuilding year.
Just so everyone knows, there is always a ton of freshmen on the roster. They weed their way out as they age. Relax.
(07-28-2015 05:41 PM)7 Wrote: [ -> ]Huh? Last year was the rebuilding year.
Just so everyone knows, there is always a ton of freshmen on the roster. They weed their way out as they age. Relax.
Only MD could call this a rebuilding year and insinuate that everyone thought that. And yeah...someone save this list of freshman and see how many of them are on next fall's roster
(07-28-2015 03:59 PM)BarsemaBone2 Wrote: [ -> ]Count only 11 O-Linemen that are not true freshmen:
Dale Brown, Big Ron, Conlon, Evans, Howard, Myers, Ness, Ruka, Scharping, Shively, Smith
There will be at least 4 RS FR on the O-Line 2-deep and there's not much depth if injuries happen. Also, they have Smith listed as a RS SO, but he's only a RS FR, I believe.
Allen's still on the team, but there's still no 2014 stats for him. Maybe it's an oversight, or maybe there's just nothing to put there because he was hurt for almost the entire year.
As for Lemon, that will be something to keep an eye on going forward.
Mike Smith is indeed a Redshirt Sophomore. He spent a year at Grand Valley State before coming to NIU.
Thought 105 on roster was maximum allowed. I think we probably have as many walk-ons as scholarship players in the freshman class.
(07-28-2015 05:36 PM)MaddDawgz02 Wrote: [ -> ] (07-28-2015 04:24 PM)timxlydon Wrote: [ -> ] (07-28-2015 04:01 PM)BarsemaBone2 Wrote: [ -> ] (07-28-2015 03:55 PM)HuskieJohn Wrote: [ -> ]45 new names just on the roster since January...WOW. I don't know how to think about that.
120 total players, 42 true freshmen.
I'm with HuskieJohn on this one. I don't know if this is good or not. What do you even do with 42 freshman players? Is NIU starting a JV team?
I guess I'm baffled why everyone is surprised at the youth. Didn't we already know this was kind of a rebuilding year going in
For a Huskies "fan" you sure have little faith. You keep talking up UNLV and predicting Toledo (as usual) to be great. Now you call this a rebuilding year. I'm sure you're prepared to give everyone the "I told you so..." speech if the Huskies have a down year.