Florida Gators 2012 opening week depth chart

By Adam Silverstein
August 27, 2012

Though things could still change over the next five days, the Florida Gators on Monday morning released the team’s first official depth chart for the 2012 season. As was noted by head coach Will Muschamp last week, sophomore quarterbacks Jacoby Brissett and Jeff Driskel will both play against the Bowling Green Falcons though who will take the first snap has not yet been determined.

Florida omitted players who are not participating in the season opener, therefore the below depth chart is not the “best case scenario” version. A list of those players can be found at the end along with some additional explanations.

QB: Jeff Driskel OR Jacoby Brissett
RB: Mike Gillislee, Mack Brown
FB: Hunter Joyer, Trey Burton
WR (X): Frankie Hammond, Jr., Latroy Pittman/Andre Debose
WR (Z): Quinton Dunbar, Solomon Patton
F: Trey Burton, Omarius Hines
TE: Jordan Reed, Clay Burton

LT: Xavier Nixon, Kyle Koehne
LG: James Wilson, Ian Silberman
C: Jonotthan Harrison, Sam Robey
RG: Jon Halapio, Jessamen Dunker
RT: Chaz Green, Trip Thurman

[EXPAND Click to expand and check out the rest of the week one depth chart.]
DE: Dominique Easley, Earl Okine
DT: Sharrif Floyd, Damien Jacobs
NT: Omar Hunter, Leon Orr
Buck DE: Lerentee McCray, Dante Fowler, Jr.
Sam LB: Darrin Kitchens, Neiron Ball
Mike LB: Jon Bostic, Michael Taylor
Will LB: Jelani Jenkins, Antonio Morrison

CB: Jaylen Watkins OR Louchiez Purifoy
CB: Marcus Roberson OR Cody Riggs
S: Matt Elam, Valdez Showers
S: Josh Evans, Jabari Gorman
Nickel CB: Matt Elam, Jaylen Watkins
Dime CB: Matt Elam, Brian Poole

K: Caleb Sturgis, Brad Phillips
P: Kyle Christy, Todd Fennell
H: John Crofoot, Tyler Murphy
LS: Drew Ferris, Kyle Crofoot
KR: Andre Debose, Solomon Patton
PR: Marcus Roberson, Andre Debose

OUT SATURDAY: Redshirt junior tackle Matt Patchan (pectoral), sophomore defensive back Deā€™Ante Saunders (hamstring), junior Buck linebacker Ronald Powell (ACL), freshman tight end Colin Thompson (foot), senior defensive lineman Nick Alajajian (knee), redshirt junior DL Kedric Johnson (knee)

POSSIBLY OUT SATURDAY: Redshirt junior DB Jeremy Brown (wrist), freshman LT D.J. Humphries (MCL), freshman DB Marcus Maye (knee), redshirt freshman OL Tommy Jordan (shoulder)

NOTES
– Debose is not listed as a starting receiver.
– Koehne and Thurman are inserted as reserve tackles because Patchan is out.
– Silberman is listed as the second-string left guard because Koehne is filling in at tackle.
– Taylor is at Mike LB and Morrison at Will LB as reserves but both are interchangeable.
– All four cornerbacks are expected to see 75 percent of the snaps in a particular game.
– Phillips beat out freshman Austin Hardin for the No. 2 kicker job.
– Murphy is the back-up holder after working on that during the fall.[/EXPAND]

3 Comments

  1. npgator says:

    That is a solid lineup and I expect a good season.

  2. FB says:

    Don’t think we can get too excited, even with a blowout based on the competition. Now if we blowout Ta&m there, then we are on to something.

  3. Mr2Bits says:

    I’d hold off on that as BG is returning something like 18 players from last season whom beat Temple. While I don’t expect it to be close I would say they are far better competitively than other cupcakes we have opened with. It will be a much better tuneup for A&M than we could have expected.

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