Name who you think will be the starters at each position offense and defense.

I'll bite and will probably be wrong with guys who are or are not back:
QB: Gundy
RB: Hunt
WR: Jacoby, Hendricks, Hilton
OL: Titsworth, Rhodes, Atkinson, Dennison, Cisse
TE: Williams
K: Spetic
P: Wilson

DL: Weaver, Buell, Hunter
LB: Leake, Stevens, Marshall, Taylor
DB: Adonis, Dustin Johnson, Brawley, Parodie, B. Johnson
Fleming, Proche

I'm not even going to try to do this until they update the roster to delete those whose eligibility is used up. I will still be wrong, but at least I won't list anyone with no more eligibility.
;)

I wasn't sure about Buell, Brawley or Johnson. I really like the sneaky quiet additions to the defense (Leake, Johnson and Proche). I am hopeful Hilton gets some run at wideout. Seemed to be a pretty decent receiver for Citadel. Who knows who else we'll get. I was just taking a stab.

Buell originally signed at Rutgers back in 2019 but didn't enroll. He then went to JUCO for two years and started both seasons in 2020 and 2021, but the 2020 season was a wash being it was the Covid year. He came to Ohio with 3 years of eligibility remaining. He then played 9 games in 2022 and 13 games in 2023 at Ohio. So he has one more year left in 2024. I'm somewhat surprised he didn't enter the portal himself to get back to the P5 for his last year. He certainly could play there.

Weaver is a beast and he's THE guy I'm surprised didn't bolt in the portal from the defensive side of the ball. Ohio is going to have to fight like hell to keep him around next year as he's exactly what P5 teams are looking for. I thought Weaver was right behind Miami's Woullard and BG's Howell this year, and both Miami and BG lost their guys to the P5. Miami's Woullard went to Oklahoma and BG's Howell went to Texas A&M. Weaver is going to stick out like a sore thumb with those two guys moving on.

The entire defense should be very good again next season, and as far as the units go (DL, LB, DB), I think the DL will be the top unit. There's some outstanding players on it and also quality depth.

In looking at the roster, I came up with 12 players who are probably out of eligibility: Wiglusz, Amburgey, Oakes, Watkins, Sutton, Bonner, Matthews, Houston, Birchette, Reynolds, Holloway, and Wheatley. Of those, Wheatley may have been a walkon. So...Ohio lost about 11 scholarship players, yet in the early signing period, Ohio added 18 scholarship players. That tells me that the coaches were expecting to lose at least 7 players to the portal. When they lost 18, they were able to add quite a few from the portal in order to get the numbers back in balance.

My guess is that Doggette moves to DT at Ohio. He played DT in high school, and is listed at 270.

Tony Mathis JR should be able to play at S right away.

Our highest rated recruit next season. Had offers from everyone, but Santa Claus.

OK, I'll play:

QB - Navarro, Gundy, Harris
RB - Hunt, McCormick
TE - Williams, Butler, Bruno
WRZ - Hendricks, Ross, Hammer
WRX - R. Harris, Debrow
WRF - Jones, Rodarte
LT - Amburgey, Dennison
LG - Cisse, Allen
OC - Tisworth, Jackson
RG - Atkinson, Weatherspoon
RT - Rhodes, Habinowski

DE - Weaver, McNaboe
Jack - Schmitz, Seegars
DT - Buell, Henderson
NT - Gorman
WLB - Taylor, Leake
MLB - Stevens
FC - Pearson, Proche
BC - Cox, Parodie
SS - Brawley, Fleming
FS - D. Johnson
Nick - Williams, Wood (if he is back)

LS - Garfield
P - Wilson
PK - Spetic, Kasee

QB - Navarro
RB - Hunt
TE - M. Williams
WR - Jones, Owen, Ross
OL - Dennison, Atkinson, Titsworth, Jackson, Rhodes

DE - McNaboe, Weaver
DT - Buell, Doggette
LB - Leake, Taylor
CB - Cox, Parodie
SAF - A. Williams, Brawley, Johnson

Lots of familiar names, some transfers. Hard for me to imagine there being a better QB than Navarro on the roster. I just haven’t seen it. I know the sample size is small…but he gave me Rourke 2017 vibes in the bowl win. Could we get Rourke 2018 from Navarro in 2024!?

Spring Defensive Depth Chart Most Likely 1st and 2nd string
End- 1.Bradley Weaver 2. Kaci Seagars
Nose- 1.Bralen Henderson 2. Kobi Gorman
Tackle- 1.Rayan Buell 2. Cj Doggette
Outside DE- 1. Kadin Schmitz 2. Andrew Marshall
Nickel- 1.Jeremiah Wood 2. Jalen Thomeson
Mike- 1. Shay Taylor 2. Jack Fries
Will- 1. Mike Molnar 2. Stellan Bowman
Field Corner- 1. Roman Parodie 2. Jacobe Proche
Strong Safety - 1. Dj Walker 2. Bailey Russ
Free Safety- 1. Adonis WIlliams 2. Dustin Johnson
Boundry Corner- 1. Torrie Cox 2. Tank Pearson

Injuried
Austin Brawley
Blake Leake
Ben McNaboe

Interesting projections, Insider. Thanks! Defensive line has few surprises, except the shift of Marshall to Jack. The secondary has some players moving positions, such as Parodie to FC and Williams to FS, which isn't surprising. To me the biggest surprises are at SS and Will, particularly seeing true Freshman Stellen Bowman in the #2 Will spot.

I hope the three injuries aren’t too serious as I think all three could start.