Central Florida Depth Chart

by GhostofBigRoy on Nov 2, 2009 3:52 PM CST in Football Comment 25 comments

OFFENSE
Position	No.	Player	\|	No.	Player	\|	No.	Player
Flanker (Z)	8	Jordan Shipley	\|	11	James Kirkendoll		6	DeSean Hales
Sub B	84	Marquise Goodwin	\|	7	John Chiles
Tight End (Y)	83	Greg Smith	\|	13	Ahmard Howard	\|	89	Barrett Matthews
	Flex TE: Dan Buckner
Right Tackle	64	Kyle Hix	\|	72	Britt Mitchell
Right Guard	63	Michael Huey	\|	56	Tray Allen	\|	54	Mark Buchanan
Center	71	Chris Hall	\|	78	David Snow	\|	75	Steve Moore
Left Guard	52	Charlie Tanner	\|	56	Tray Allen
Left Tackle	74	Adam Ulatoski	\|	77	Luke Poehlmann
Split End (X)	9	Malcolm Williams	\|	4	Dan Buckner
Tailback	31	Cody Johnson	OR	28	Fozzy Whitaker	\| OR	2 23	Vondrell McGee Tre' Newton
	Specialty Back: D.J. Monroe
Fullback	24	Antwann Cobb	\|	31	Cody Johnson
	Short Yardage: Lamarr Houston
Quarterback	12	Colt McCoy	\|	3	Garrett Gilbert	\|	17	Sherrod Harris
Place-Kicker	15	Hunter Lawrence	\|	39	Ryan Bailey	\|	19	Justin Tucker

DEFENSE
Position	No.	Player	\|	No.	Player	\|	No.	Player
Buck	2	Sergio Kindle	\|	80	Alex Okafor
Tackle (Nose)	91	Kheeston RAndall	OR	92	Ben Alexander
Tackle	33	Lamarr Houston	\|	96	Calvin Howell	OR	93	Tyrell Higgins
End	81	Sam Acho	\|	32	Eddie Jones	\|	95	Tevin Mims
Strongside LB	18	Emmanuel Acho	\|	1	Keenan Robinson
Middle LB	38	Roddrick Muckelroy	\|	42	Dustin Earnest
Weakside LB	1	Keenan Robinson	\|	18	Emmannuel Acho
Right CB	3	Curtis Brown	OR	8	Chykie Brown
Right Safety	21	Blake Gideon	\|	27	Nolan Brewster	\|	5	Ben Wells
Left Safety	12	Earl Thomas	\|	27	Nolan Brewster
Left CB	4	Aaron Williams	OR	3	Curtis Brown
Nickel	12	Earl Thomas	\|	7	Deon Beasley	\|	4	Aaron Williams
Punter	19	Justin Tucker	\|	47	John Gold	\|	17	Trevor Gerland

SPECIAL TEAMS
Punt Returns	8	Jordan Shipley	\|	12	Earl Thomas	\|	3	Curtis Brown
Kickoff Returns	26 9	D.J. Monroe Malcolm Williams	\| \|	6 84	Jordan Shipley Marquise Goodwin		4	Aaron Williams
Kickoffs	19	Justin Tucker	\|	15	Hunter Lawrence
Holder	8	Jordan Shipley	\|	17	Sherrod Harris
Deep Snapper (PAT/FG)	83	Greg Smith	\|	72	Britt Mitchell
Deep Snapper (Punts)	58	William Harvey	\|	48	Alex Zumberge

Some brief analysis after the jump...

The big news here is obviously that Cody Johnson is now listed as the co-starter at running back, but in front of Fozzy Whittaker. It's hard to say if the coaching staff is upset with Whittaker, who missed open holes twice against Oklahoma State while bouncing his runs outside and also went out of bounds without contact again, a bad habit that was particularly damaging against Oklahoma, when Whittaker left 10-15 yards on the field. More likely, it's a result of Mack Brown's infatuation with larger backs and Johnson's tough running the last several games. He's still not a great fit in the scheme, but he does look quick and is a better blocker both on quarterback draws and in blitz pick up. It's also possible that he could see time as the lead blocker in the Monroe Series, where he could be much more effective than Whittaker.

Besides that, not a whole lot else worth parsing, although the coaches continue to list Shipley at flanker even though he has been playing in the slot almost exclusively since the Colorado game. Marquise Goodwin is now the starter in the slot in front of John Chiles. Malcolm Williams is also listed as the starter on kickoff returns with D.J. Monroe.

Notice that Curtis Brown is listed in front of Chykie Brown in their co-starter relationsihp, no surprise as Curtis has significantly outplayed Chykie for most of the season.

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Any word on Aaron William's knee?

by aaronlybrand on Nov 2, 2009 3:59 PM CST via mobile reply actions 0 recs

latest I can find is taking it “day-by-day” and may not play UCF.

by Infield Elephant on Nov 2, 2009 4:05 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

Aaron needs to .....

….. take his time coming back. We won’t need him to kick the tomato cans in front of us. His #1 duty is to get ready for Aggie. If it is still sore, then wait for the bowl game.

--- All roads to the Big-XII Championship lead through OU/RRS. It's not just another game! We're all about championships here. ---

by HornChamps on Nov 2, 2009 7:30 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

The depth chart doesn't list the nickel?

Yes it does, its Earl in the “big nickel.”

by CMDR on Nov 2, 2009 4:30 PM CST reply actions 0 recs

Must be blind.

I’ll take that section out.

by GhostofBigRoy on Nov 2, 2009 4:34 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

On another thread William’s injury was described as a strained patellar tendon.

If true, that could be good news. A knee “sprain” involves ligament stretching or tearing. A “strain” is less severe.

by utexex on Nov 2, 2009 4:40 PM CST reply actions 0 recs

Barrett Matthews

Has he burned his shirt this year?

by rchorns on Nov 2, 2009 6:31 PM CST reply actions 0 recs

Believe so, but not positive.

by GhostofBigRoy on Nov 2, 2009 7:11 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

Matthews has played

in 3-4 games, maybe 5. At the end of Mizzou and OSU, he and Ahmard Howard were in at the same time as double TEs.

Not certain — but true frosh I believe who WON’T redshirt include Gilbert, Okafor, Vaccaro, Goodwin, Matthews. I think Mims has played enough that he can’t RS. Not sure on Davis. Believe Barrett, Walters and Howell may be eligible for medical redshirt. First two were hurt in the first or second game; Howell is more recent and I don’t know how many games he got into.

by edsp on Nov 2, 2009 7:32 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

I've seen Matthews on the field a lot.

On special teams. I believe he’s on the punt team.

by CMDR on Nov 2, 2009 8:11 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

Interesting observation

Didn’t realize they were running double TE sets for Gilbert. It shows that even if he’s only getting 3 or 4 worthless passes in every game he plays, at least they know that they’ll have an embarrassment of riches at the TE position. I really hope Davis settles into a 3WR, 1TE, 1TB set.

by TXinDC on Nov 3, 2009 8:33 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs

Tray Allen Lost His "OR"

Guess the big guy blew his opportunity. Really rooting for him.

by realmccoy on Nov 2, 2009 8:42 PM CST reply actions 0 recs

Think it's more about Huey being fully healthy.

by GhostofBigRoy on Nov 2, 2009 10:05 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

Good news then

by realmccoy on Nov 2, 2009 10:18 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

We will be hurting at LT next year

Hopefully no empty sets next year for GG – could be one and done.

by realmccoy on Nov 2, 2009 8:43 PM CST reply actions 0 recs

but dont the tackles suck now?

I apologize if this play(s) has already been discussed, but I couldnt find mention of it: On at least a couple of occasions the Texas tackle (cant recall if it was hix or ulatoski) simply chose not to block the DE lined up in a 3-pt stance across from him and instead helped the guard on a double team. As a result the osu de (Price on at least one of the plays) had a free run at Colt. Does anyone know what was going on? Was it a simple brain cramp on the part of the tackle? Or a flaw in the design of the play?

A million to one shot, doc. A million to one.

by tha assman on Nov 2, 2009 10:24 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

As long as 'next year' doesn't refer

to January, I can live with it.

by edsp on Nov 2, 2009 11:06 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

Cody

Glad to see Cody getting his chance to show what he can do. A big back can make a D pay for playing a nickel or dime. He should also block better. It would be great to throw some flare passes to Cody so that he can run over DBs. Sure would like to see the horns run out of the pistol with Cody and take a mlore downhill approach.

by Kafka on Nov 2, 2009 11:37 PM CST reply actions 0 recs

Mack's approach

Mack has said in the past year or so that his philosophy was to use the smaller, quicker backs early in the game to tire out the defense, and then use the bigger back late in the game to bludgeon the tired defense. I’ve always thought it worked better the other way around – tire out the defense with the big back and they lose a step and aren’t as willing to chase the quicker guys. Not sure if this signifies a change in Mack’s approach or if he is just rewarding the rb that seems to be playing better/harder right now.

by Horncasting on Nov 3, 2009 7:56 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs

I agree with your method of tiring defenses out with big backs

However, I think Kafka’s point about defenses’ being more vulnerable to big backs like Cody when they’re playing nickel or dime is very important. The good news is that with Cody, UT can do both. While he may not be primed to get 20 carries in the first half, he, with a dose or two of Newton and McGee, could put a lot of strain on the defense early, and if Cody gets past the front six in a nickel situation, he can really get those extra yards against the secondary.

So both benefits are there, which I think is why Mack likes the big guys. Ideally the defense isn’t just tired from getting bludgeoned, it’s also playing on its heels after the big back gets into the secondary, and is stretched because of both dimensions of the passing game.

by burntorangehorn on Nov 3, 2009 8:32 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs

How do you defend the horns when Cody is at TB and Greg Smith is at TE?

One might stop the run first and go with a traditional 4-3, to have guys big enough to tackle Cody. Colt can then do play action and hit guys like Malcolm and Ship (or Goodwin, Chiles, Kirk, or Buckner) deep.

If one chooses to stop the pass first and play a nickel or dime, Cody can bludgeon a DB in the run game.

An efficient passing team that also has a power back really stresses a D.

by Kafka on Nov 3, 2009 10:44 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs

Cody Johnson:

He’s like getting beaten with a bag of oranges.

by burntorangehorn on Nov 3, 2009 10:45 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs

Rewarding performance probably

A couple of weeks ago I noticed that if you split Cody’s carries into the set of sort yardage carries and the set of non short yardage situation carries, it was true that Cody was efficiently getting 1st downs on short yardage downs and getting a good YPC on the other carries.

The implication is that Cody’s averages look much better when analyzed that way. Mack noticed the same thing because he started talking about a new metric that treats a 1.5 yard run on 3rd and 1 as a successful run.

Cody is also more dependable re: not losing yardage and keeping the horns on schedule re: down and distance.

Tiring the defense is still very important. The most effective way to do that is for the offense to keep moving the chains. Given that the horns D scores so much (which keeps them on the field a bunch), the horns O needs to run some clock when it gets the ball.

by Kafka on Nov 3, 2009 10:33 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs

Weird

Mack said they were going to try for the med shirt on Howell yet they list him as the #2 DT.

by echeese on Nov 3, 2009 11:23 AM CST reply actions 0 recs

Monroe vs Goodwin on jet sweep

Goodwin ran at least one jet sweep vs OSU. I like to see this because Goodwin is as fast (faster?) as Monroe, is an outstanding WR (so no WR capability is lost), and does not telegraph that the jet sweep is coming.

If UT is going to run 5 wide, I wish they would at least fake a jet sweep so the D has to worry about a runner instead of focusing entirely on rushing Colt. This would discourage the D from blitzing Colt. If the D persists in blitzing the 5 wide, the jet sweep should be an effective run.

by Kafka on Nov 3, 2009 11:53 AM CST reply actions 0 recs