If the two-deeps come out and Appleby is backing up Etling, here are the Freshman and Sophomores that are currently on the depth chart:
QB
Etling Fr
Appleby RS Fr
RB
Dawkins Fr
FB
Da. Yancey Fr.
WR
Mikesky RS So
De. Yancey Fr
Knauf Rs Fr
OL
Rouse RS So
Prince RS Fr
King RS Fr
Roos RS Fr
Kugler RS So
P
Meadows So
PR
Knauf RS Fr
Williams RS So
K
Griggs So
McCartney RS So
DT
Watson So
LB
Garcia RS Fr
CB
Williams RS So
S
Feichter RS Fr
Brown So
(just off, but receiving playing time)
Herman RS Fr LB
Marshall RS Fr WR
Anthrop So WR
Morris RS Fr TE
The optimist would say that the offense could be a mother next year as they get stronger and become more comfortable with the system...the pessimist might say why would you want some of these guys back as badly as they've played. I'd (of course) err on the side of the optimists.
On the offense, 5 starters will graduate (when Holmes is granted 5th year via a medical redshirt), three of those players are on the OLine. Two more non-starters who are currently on the rotation will graduate.
On the defensive side, three guys graduate after this season who currently start and three more who are on the two-deeps.
After really looking at the amount of Freshman and Sophomores that the coaches are heavily leaning upon, a few things become increasingly-clear. First, Purdue's cupboard was pretty bare at a few positions...and second, calling this anything other than a massive rebuild was foolish on my part.
