Jerry Kill released his week 1 depth chart and here it is for your consumption with some notes to follow.
| First Team | Second Team | ||||
| LT | Ed Olson | SO | Marek Lenkiewicz | rFR | |
| LG | Chris Bunders | SR | Tommy Olson | FR | |
| C | Ryan Wynn | SR | Zach Mottla | SO | |
| RG | Ryan Orton | SR | Zac Epping | rFR | |
| RT | Jimmy Gjere | rFR | Sean Fergeson | rFR | |
| QB | MarQueis Gray | JR | Max Shortell | FR | |
| RB | Duane Bennett | SR | Lamonte Edwards | rFR | |
| H-Back | Eric Lair | SR | Mike Henry | SO | |
| TE-Y | Collin McGarry | JR | John Rabe | JR | |
| WR-X | Da'Jon McKnight | SR | Victor Keise | SO | |
| WR-Z | Malcolm Moulton | SO | Marcus Jones | FR | |
| WR-V | Malcolm Moulton | SO | Marcus Jones | FR | |
| DE | Ben Perry | rFR | Kendall Gregory-McGee | SO | |
| DT | Anthony Jacobs | SR | Eric Jacques | rFR | |
| Nose | Brandon Kirksey | SR | RaShede Hageman | SO | |
| DE | D.L. Wilhite | JR | Leston Simpson | JR | |
| OLB | Mike Rallis | JR | Spencer Reeves | JR | |
| MLB | Gary Tinsley | SR | Brendan Beal | SO | |
| OLB | Keanon Cooper | JR | Aaron Hill | SO | |
| CB | Troy Stoudermire | SR | Michael Carter | JR | |
| S | Kim Royston | SR | Christyn Lewis | SR | |
| S | Shady Salamon | SR | James Manuel | SO | |
| CB | Brock Vereen | SO | Kyle Henderson | JR | |
There really are not a ton of surprises here. Shortell earned the 2nd string QB role, the offensive line is exactly what we expected and the linebackers are not changing. What may have been a slight mystery or surprise is that Moulton is the #2 receiver, Ben Perry will be starting at DE and the Minnesota safeties are officially the starters.
Remember when Ben Perry was signed and there were a lot of people believing it was a waste of a scholarship? He played some for maybe the highest profile program in Texas yet didn't earn a scholarship from anywhere except Minnesota. The assumption was Tim Brewster was wasting this scholarship to make inroads at Southlake Carroll, but Perry would never be a Big Ten player. He may still never be a decent Big Ten player but he earned a starting job over KGM, Matt Garin and Simpson as a freshman.
This team is more experienced than we've seen in a while with 2 redshirt freshmen starting but several other freshmen (true and redshirted) listed as second string. Interesting that we have eight freshmen on the offensive 2-deep. Better hope for a healthy offense!
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