2025-26 #PortalSZN Thread

Carm · 2026-01-11T12:10:50-0600

Kinish said:
one of the LB's is basically a standup DE.. see this pretty common alignment from them

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Miami OH has a young guy - Brach Rice - RS sophomore year coming up. Played 313 snaps as a RS freshman. Came in as a LB, plays now as a 6'3 265 lb stand-up end.

HashtagGBR · 2026-01-11T12:12:32-0600

vailhusker said:

I hope that’s a shot at Dean

Carm · 2026-01-11T12:13:58-0600

HashtagGBR said:
I hope that’s a shot at Dean

vailhusker · 2026-01-11T12:14:05-0600

vailhusker · 2026-01-11T12:15:30-0600

Carm said:

HashtagGBR · 2026-01-11T12:17:47-0600

vailhusker said:

So it was a shot at Dean lol

vailhusker · 2026-01-11T12:18:04-0600

ERob

NCsker · 2026-01-11T12:20:14-0600

Herbie said:
Fuck it. I’ll do it.
What’s my nil coach Rhule

I found your highlight reel, just forward it to Rhule and yore golden my friend!

vailhusker · 2026-01-11T12:22:14-0600

HashtagGBR said:
So it was a shot at Dean lol

Tim is smart, he's not going to come right out and say it. The way things went down with Kaelin and now the DL coach it might be 🤣.

Irv · 2026-01-11T12:49:24-0600

Kaladin said:
Here's our possible depth chart for next year. We haven't gotten the transfer haul most of us wanted (so far at least) but we are at least adding mostly upperclassman with experience. We need to get old and stay old ala Indiana this year or Michigan in 2023.

The defensive depth chart is based on San Diego State's, which lists two DEs, a DT, and a NT. I have no idea where guys like Rogers or McGahee are supposed to fit in (I'm assuming they'll be backups at one of the DE positions?). We really need Davis to come back and add some bodies to our defensive line.

Overall we will probably have a pretty experienced starting lineup in 2026, but if this is what we are working with in 2026...woof.

Position Name Year Name Year
QB Colandrea Senior Lateef Sophomore
RB Mozee Sophomore Nelson RS Sophomore
TE Lindenmeyer RS Senior Nelson Junior
WR Hunter RS Junior Clark RS Sophomore
WR Barney Junior Smith RS Sophomore
WR Gilmer Junior Mills RS Freshman
LT Pritchett RS Senior Brix RS Sophomore
LG
C Evans RS Senior
RG Black Senior Knaak RS Senior
RT Babalade RS Junior
DE Nwaneri RS Sophomore Lenhardt Senior
NT Van Poppel RS Junior
DT Davis Junior
DE Jones RS Senior Pietrzak Sophomore
WLB Chambliss RS Junior Merrit Sophomore
MLB Foster Junior Shaver Junior
LCB Jones RS Sophomore
SS Rhett RS Junior
FS McDougle Senior Guthrie RS Sophomore
RCB Marshall Senior
NB Conn Senior

So if Davis doesn’t come back, we are projecting to have exactly one guy on the roster to fill two tackle spots?

Is this what they call “right sizing” a defense?

Kaladin · 2026-01-11T12:50:50-0600

Irv said:
So if Davis doesn’t come back, we are projecting to have exactly one guy on the roster to fill two tackle spots?

Is this what they call “right sizing” a defense?

I don’t know what the full depth chart looks like Irv

Flabio · 2026-01-11T12:55:17-0600

Blakejc said:
Year 4 how in the hell is that possible?

Development program so we should see it year 4! If not then hard to buy what Corch Matt is sellin’.

Steveweiser316 · 2026-01-11T12:58:33-0600

SolichFan1987 said:
Dare I say that we actually look pretty good at LB???
Chambliss, Shavers, McGahee, Merritt, Jones, Hawthorne

I think Shavers will really benefit from Chambliss. Shavers really seemed to learn a lot from Bullock last year.

Kaladin · 2026-01-11T12:59:46-0600

Flabio said:
Development program so we should see it year 4! If not then hard to buy what Corch Matt is sellin’.

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We are apparently leaning heavily into our development with regard to the secondary, because it sounds like we might be done taking DBs from the portal.

Blakejc · 2026-01-11T13:00:43-0600

Flabio said:
Development program so we should see it year 4! If not then hard to buy what Corch Matt is sellin’.

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6 or 7 projected starters on offense (depending on LG) are transfers.

8 projected starters on defense are transfers. So much for being a developmental program.

Dell Husker · 2026-01-11T13:08:19-0600

Kaladin · 2026-01-11T13:09:01-0600

Blakejc said:
6 or 7 projected starters on offense (depending on LG) are transfers.

8 projected starters on defense are transfers. So much for being a developmental program.

Frankly I don’t know if it’s really possible to be a “developmental” program in today’s CFB landscape. Unless you want to be exactly like Cockeye.

Your best HS recruits demand high dollar and then they leave after a year or two. Just a huge waste of money. A program is probably better off spending their money on transfer portal guys every year.

I’ve always been pro portal but I’m starting to think that it’s ruining the game.

Pepe Silvia · 2026-01-11T13:12:50-0600

Sous Chef said:
If I cared like I used to I'd be melting down. As it is I just marvel at the decisions being made.

if we don't get any difference makers on the DL it tells me one of 2 things is true

1) the money that was supposedly committed to NIL either was never there, or the donors backed out after the team fell apart down the stretch

or

2) Rhule is ready to retire and is expediting the end so he can take his buyout and leave

we'll probably overpay for a couple mediocre DL in the closing days of the portal and then act shocked when the DL sucks again next year

rsmacke · 2026-01-11T13:18:14-0600

Pepe Silvia said:
if we don't get any difference makers on the DL it tells me one of 2 things is true

1) the money that was supposedly committed to NIL either was never there, or the donors backed out after the team fell apart down the stretch

or

2) Rhule is ready to retire and is expediting the end so he can take his buyout and leave

we'll probably overpay for a couple mediocre DL in the closing days of the portal and then act shocked when the DL sucks again next year

Also feel like Rhule is over confident in his ability to develop the current dudes on the DL

Position	Name	Year	Name	Year
QB	Colandrea	Senior	Lateef	Sophomore
RB	Mozee	Sophomore	Nelson	RS Sophomore
TE	Lindenmeyer	RS Senior	Nelson	Junior
WR	Hunter	RS Junior	Clark	RS Sophomore
WR	Barney	Junior	Smith	RS Sophomore
WR	Gilmer	Junior	Mills	RS Freshman
LT	Pritchett	RS Senior	Brix	RS Sophomore
LG
C	Evans	RS Senior
RG	Black	Senior	Knaak	RS Senior
RT	Babalade	RS Junior

DE	Nwaneri	RS Sophomore	Lenhardt	Senior
NT	Van Poppel	RS Junior
DT	Davis	Junior
DE	Jones	RS Senior	Pietrzak	Sophomore
WLB	Chambliss	RS Junior	Merrit	Sophomore
MLB	Foster	Junior	Shaver	Junior
LCB	Jones	RS Sophomore
SS	Rhett	RS Junior
FS	McDougle	Senior	Guthrie	RS Sophomore
RCB	Marshall	Senior
NB	Conn	Senior

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