DEPTH CHART ANALYSIS: Week 7

The seventh official depth chart for the 2014 season was unveiled Tuesday. Have a look:

By way of analysis, I'll hit the high points for each major position grouping. There were no changes to the official depth chart this week, but I took the opportunity to continue making more minor adjustments of my own.

Offense

Since Liddle played extended snaps Saturday at left guard in place of the dinged-up Stiverson, I moved Liddle to third-string at that position like I did Bennett at left tackle.

Rather than take Hostrup off the list entirely, I moved him over to third-string right tackle and replaced A.J. Allen, who is almost certainly redshirting at this point.

Otherwise, everything looks settled. This side of the ball is injury-free and finally seems to be achieving some consistency. Rock on.

Defense

Once again, I have reshuffled the defensive line. Since Coleman started ahead of Geary, I moved him back on top in the "OR" pairing. This still is obviously a competitive position, though, and Geary was instrumental to the OU win.

Johnson's return meant nothing changed at linebacker, and until Green is officially deleted from the depth chart the way Charmeachealle Moore was, I will leave him as the starter.

I moved Schellenberg back to Green's backup to reflect his filling in that position with his first start since Iowa State.

I then moved Prewett to Barnett's backup, even though he doesn't really play that position, because he at least has seen some snaps at safety and Newlan really has not.

For this week, at least, I am listing Evans' number as 27, not 15, to recognize the way the team honored the late David Garrett. Rest in peace, Rat.

Special Teams

There again were no changes here. But with this unit, anything can change rapidly in a week, so stay tuned. Kudos to Cantele for locking up a job as our pooch kickoff guy, though.