Obviously this is way too early, and obviously some players are going to surprise and move up the ranks in Spring and Fall camp, and some positions are pretty wide open anyway, and I can only guess who will be in the 2-deep. The reason for this list, though, is to show just how young the team will be next year. The fact that next year's team will have a surprisingly low number of Seniors is why I think that 2014 will most likely be a bit of an off year, and why I think 2015 will be a very, very good year. When players move up in Spring and Fall, the end result will make this even more true, and make it an even younger team. First, let's start with the list:

Offense:
LT - McQueen Jr (8), Haser Jr
LG - Lucas Jr (12), Everhart Jr
C - Powell Jr (10), M. Smith Sr
RG - Wood So (3), Gibbons So (1)
RT - Watson So (3), Curtis Jr
TE - Mangen So(2), Henry So
QB - Vick Jr, Sprague So
RB - Patterson Jr (1), Edmond Sr
WR - L. Smith Sr., Reid So
WR - Cochran Sr (5), Sawyer, Jr
WR - S. Smith, So, Wyatt Fr

Defense:
DE - Laseak So (9), K. Smith Sr (3)
DE - Basham So (3), Sayles So (1)
NG -Crutcher  Sr (12), Tautuiaki Jr
DT - Purdum Jr (8),  McLeod Sr (3)
MLB - Russell Jr (11), B. Brown So
WLB - Johnson Jr (4), Schany So
SLB/Nickle - Grady Sr (2)/Carpenter Sr(8), Atwell Sr (1)/Teipel Sr (2)/Stewart So
FS - Ingol Sr (1), Davis So
SS - Kristoff Sr (11), Macer Jr
CB - Bass Jr (9), Brown Fr
CB - Well Jr (4), Terpin Jr

Offensive Starters: 2 Seniors, 5 Juniors, 4 Sophomores
Offense 2d team: 2 Seniors, 4 Juniors, 4 Sophomores, 1 Freshman

Defense Starters: 4 Seniors, 5 Juniors, 2 Sophomores
Defense 2d Team: 1 Senior, 3 Juniors, 5 Sophomores, 1 Freshman

Thus the total 2-Deep is 9 Seniors, 17 Juniors, 15 Sophomores, and 2 Freshmen. That is a very heavy mix of Juniors and Sophomores.

Edit - I added the number of starts this year for each player. There are 17 defensive players returning who started at least one game this year, and the projected starter at each position started at least one game. Seven players return that started over half the games. By contrast the entire offense will need to be rebuilt. Only 3 players return on offense that started half the games or more, all from the offensive line.

I hope some playmakers emerge on offense.

Will there be a Clark sighting?

I don't know who or how but we need 3-4 guys to absolutely play game in and game out at All-MAC level.

Being behind NIU, BG, Beefs, Balls, etc for so long is getting monotonous.

Gotta be OUr time.

Ye of little faith. Gdowski and Dixon are very good. Vick will be as good as his OL allows.

The thing that worries me about Daz as #1 is his size. If our base offense continues to be RB up the middle on the zone read, Daz is going to take a lot of big hits from very large men and probably be out of commission by week 3.

Now, if we modify the offense to fit the talent we have, and mix in a zone read with the RB as the outside option and the QB as the middle option, we might have something. And since it looks like we're going to be thin at TE, working Edmonds in as an H-Back/blocking back instead of a true RB might be worth thinking about too.

At the Independence Bowl Tyler Knight did some good work blocking as you describe. Perhaps a rehabilitated John Tanner could operate like Tyler did.

With the backs Ohio will have perhaps they might try some of the screens the K.C. Chiefs are using to tear teams up.

Great prediction on the Vick injury. I'd be more inclined to buy into your prescience, though, if it had been a normal injury, running the ball, rather than a fluke injury on a defensive guy rolling into his knee.

My depth chart from last year has some serious issues, though, especially at LB and RG.

Keep rockin' those excuses.