[Langdude]

Lots of updates in the wake of summer roster posting:

1. Junior Malik Antoine moved from cornerback to safety. This is probably the biggest change. He got playing time last year at CB, though I am not sure he would have been on the two-deep at CB this year, especially now that Paulson Adebo will be playing. I am super glad to see the coaching staff address the dearth of safeties, and could mean a starting position for Malik next year depending on how Stuart Head does.
   
2. Freshman Thomas Booker moved from defensive tackle to defensive end. This is really an initial slotting rather than a "move" since he is a freshman, but due to his size, high school performance, and our needs, I had put him at DT. Looks like he will join the ends instead. It is interesting that we are going with three DTs. Looks like we have 0% thoughts of going to a 4-3...
   
3. Freshman walk-on long snapper Jack Chapman added. Had not been named among the PWOs (preferred walk-ons), so either he was late to the game or is a true walk-on (meaning he was not recruited).
   
4. Freshman walk-on offensive tackle guard Nicholas Sligh added. Dude is brobdingnagian. Also had not been among initial PWOs.
   
5. Freshman walk-on wide receiver Brycen Tremayne added, because we needed that name. Also had not been among initial PWOs.
   
6. Freshman Tobe Umerah moved from defensive end to outside linebacker. He had been recruited as a defensive end, and seemed to have his hand in the dirt in high school, so this is a bit of a surprise to me, but it may have been what the coaching staff intended all along. Instantly becomes our biggest OLB not named Toohill.
   
7. Sophomore walk-on Noah Williams moved from cornerback to safety. Again, dearth.
   
8. Finally, senior reserve offensive tackle Jack Dreyer has retired from football. He was a three-star recruit out of Junipero Serra, but never developed as hoped; played in six games as a sophomore, and zero last year. Per Bobk, his retirement, and likely his lack of playing time, is due to injury. Majoring in STS, perhaps we will see a video game designed by Jack in the near future. Best wishes to him.
   

-m.

[Langdude]

Lots of updates in the wake of summer roster posting:

1. Junior Malik Antoine moved from cornerback to safety. This is probably the biggest change. He got playing time last year at CB, though I am not sure he would have been on the two-deep at CB this year, especially now that Paulson Adebo will be playing. I am super glad to see the coaching staff address the dearth of safeties, and could mean a starting position for Malik next year depending on how Stuart Head does.
   
2. Freshman Thomas Booker moved from defensive tackle to defensive end. This is really an initial slotting rather than a "move" since he is a freshman, but due to his size, high school performance, and our needs, I had put him at DT. Looks like he will join the ends instead. It is interesting that we are going with three DTs. Looks like we have 0% thoughts of going to a 4-3...
   
3. Freshman walk-on long snapper Jack Chapman added. Had not been named among the PWOs (preferred walk-ons), so either he was late to the game or is a true walk-on (meaning he was not recruited).
   
4. Freshman walk-on offensive tackle guard Nicholas Sligh added. Dude is brobdingnagian. Also had not been among initial PWOs.
   
5. Freshman walk-on wide receiver Brycen Tremayne added, because we needed that name. Also had not been among initial PWOs.
   
6. Freshman Tobe Umerah moved from defensive end to outside linebacker. He had been recruited as a defensive end, and seemed to have his hand in the dirt in high school, so this is a bit of a surprise to me, but it may have been what the coaching staff intended all along. Instantly becomes our biggest OLB not named Toohill.
   
7. Sophomore walk-on Noah Williams moved from cornerback to safety. Again, dearth.
   
8. Finally, senior reserve offensive tackle Jack Dreyer has retired from football. He was a three-star recruit out of Junipero Serra, but never developed as hoped; played in six games as a sophomore, and zero last year. Per Bobk, his retirement, and likely his lack of playing time, is due to injury. Majoring in STS, perhaps we will see a video game designed by Jack in the near future. Best wishes to him.
   

-m.