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2015 DEPTH CHART ANALYSIS: Week 2

BracketCat breaks down the depth chart by position group to see what has changed since the South Dakota game.

Well, there's at least one big change in this week's depth chart...
Well, there's at least one big change in this week's depth chart...
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The second official depth chart for the 2015 season was unveiled today. Have a look:

WILDCAT OFFENSE
POSITION NO. PLAYER NO. PLAYER NO. PLAYER
Wide Receiver 6 Deante Burton 12 Stanton Weber 13 Steven West
Left Tackle 55 Cody Whitehair 78 Bryce Fitzner 78 Ajahne Brager
Left Guard 77 Boston Stiverson 56 Terrale Johnson 69 Reed Bergstrom
Center 71 Dalton Risner 69 Reed Bergstrom 67 Reid Najvar
Right Guard 68 Luke Hayes 70 Will Ash 59 Jason Lierz
Right Tackle 65 Matt Kleinsorge 64 Aaron Bennett 75 A.J. Allen
Tight End 80 Cody Small OR 88 Dayton Valentine 84 Zach Heiman
Quarterback 8 Joe Hubener 5 Alex Delton 18 Zach Davidson
Fullback 48 Glenn Gronkowski OR 38 Winston Dimel 39 Austin Katsorelos
Running Back 24 Charles Jones 32 Justin Silmon OR 3 Dalvin Warmack
Wide Receiver (Slot) 19 Kody Cook 81
Kyle Klein 31 Taylor Hilgers
Wide Receiver 4 Dominique Heath 2 Andre Davis 15 Zach Reuter

WILDCAT DEFENSE
POSITION NO. PLAYER NO. PLAYER NO. PLAYER
Defensive End 75 Jordan Willis 93 Davis Clark 51 Reggie Walker
Defensive Tackle 95 Travis Britz 92 Matt Seiwert 94 C.J. Reese
Defensive Tackle 60 Will Geary 97 Demonte Hood 99 Trey Dishon
Defensive End 45 Marquel Bryant 34 Tanner Wood 90 Joshua Little
Weakside Linebacker 9 Elijah Lee 58 Trent Tanking 47 Myles Copeland
Middle Linebacker 35 Will Davis 41 Sam Sizelove 59 Jayd Kirby
Strongside Linebacker 52 Charmeachealle Moore 57 Colborn Couchman 36 Logan Thompson
Nickel Back (Cat Safety) 10 Donnie Starks 24 Nate Jackson 28 Nate Guidry Jr.
Cornerback 33 Morgan Burns 13 Ryan Mack 5 Jesse Mack
Strong Safety 22 Dante Barnett 21 Kendall Adams 26 Cameron Morgan
Free Safety 4 Kaleb Prewett 29 Sean Newlan 18 Brogan Barry
Cornerback 7 Danzel McDaniel 23 Cre Moore 24 Nate Jackson

WILDCAT SPECIAL TEAMS
POSITION NO. PLAYER NO. PLAYER NO. PLAYER
Place-Kicker 16 Matthew McCrane 3 Jack Cantele 40 Ian Patterson
Punter 14 Nick Walsh 9 Mitch Lochbihler 40 Ian Patterson
Punt Returner 4 Dominique Heath 12 Stanton Weber 33 Morgan Burns
Kickoff Returner 33 Morgan Burns 4 Dominique Heath 12 Stanton Weber
Kickoff Specialist 40 Ian Patterson 8 Dillon Wilson 16 Matthew McCrane
Holder 23 Collin Sexton 12 Stanton Weber 14 Nick Walsh
Long Snapper 46 Dalton Converse 43 Drew Scott 38 Dalton Harman

By way of analysis, I'll hit the high points for each major position grouping.

Offense

I've obviously readjusted the quarterback depth chart to take into account our new reality.

The other changes are adding Hilgers to the third team at wide receiver — since he saw some time late, along with Weber and West — and the same with Bergstrom, who backed up Johnson at left guard in Stiverson's absence.

Defense

The entire two-deep played Saturday and things pretty much fell into place as they were projected on paper.

The exception was in the secondary, which was thrown into flux by Danzel McDaniel's injury suspension thing, forcing a move of Jackson to cornerback. Barry appeared to fill the backup spot behind Starks vacated by Jackson.

Also, for some reason, Jesse Mack jumped Ryan Mack for playing time as a backup cornerback, or at least it appeared that way to me. I only saw Ryan Mack on special teams, but I left him as the primary backup for now.

Special Teams

I didn't adjust a single thing here, and barring an unexpected injury, I don't plan to for the rest of the season.

What are your thoughts on the second depth chart of the season? Let's get some discussion going in the comments!