Took me a while to get back to this... I posted the Defensive breakdown here:
Next, I took a look at the Offense.
Wide Receiver:
Like most of the team, the majority of the production is returning here and we also have a couple of new guys from the transfer portal (Isaiah Alston, Eli Green).
About 75% of the snaps, and roughly 85%-90% of the Yards, Targets, Receptions all return. It will be interesting to see how much guys other than Higgins/Noel get involved. Jackson played in every game and had over 300 total snaps, but was only targeted on 15% of routes (vs. 24% for Higgins, 29% Noel). Stanley/Bitter/Gaines combined for 26 targets and 230 yds and were targeted on 10% of routes run (combined, about the same as Jackson's production).
Tight End:
At Tight End we actually have a starter to replace. Easton Dean had almost 350 snaps last year. Lots of young guys will compete with the returners here for those Snaps (346), Targets (22), and Yds (171). Overall, TEs were targeted on 19% of their routes run, similar to WRs who were targeted on 21% of their routes run. Brahmer was 2nd only to Noel in target% with a rate of 27% (targets/route run, min 10 routes).
Offensive Line:
At Offensive Line, the top 5 starters at the end of the season all return. A couple of the depth pieces are lost, but lots of young guys plus two transfers will add competition for the starting snaps (including Jalen Travis, Princeton, and Dylan Barrett, Wisconsin). Overall though, over 90% of the snaps are returning. Hopefully, the line takes a step forward this year.
Running Back:
The Running Back position has about 50% of the production to replace. Less than half the Snaps, Yds, and Carries return. However, it is also a position where we could see significant improvement with Sama becoming the primary back at the end of last season. Overall, Sama averaged over 7 yds per carry (more than any other back on the roster). But, much of that was from the BYU and KSU games when he averaged 13.8 and 17.3 yds/att respectively. In the memphis and texas games, he averaged 0.8 with 15 yds on 19 carries. I don't put those performances on him (I blame them on the OL primarily). But we will see how effective the run game is next season. Hoping for improvement on the OL and at RB.
(I don't think we need a chart for QB.... Rocco is back and so is J.J., the end)
Defense Returning Production
I thought it would be interesting to see the playing time / production ISU has coming back next year - took a deep dive on the Defense first. Overall, they lost two starters on Defense (TJ Tampa, Gerry Vaughn). They really did not lose much (even in the two deep) other than those two. Corner...
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Next, I took a look at the Offense.
Wide Receiver:
Like most of the team, the majority of the production is returning here and we also have a couple of new guys from the transfer portal (Isaiah Alston, Eli Green).
About 75% of the snaps, and roughly 85%-90% of the Yards, Targets, Receptions all return. It will be interesting to see how much guys other than Higgins/Noel get involved. Jackson played in every game and had over 300 total snaps, but was only targeted on 15% of routes (vs. 24% for Higgins, 29% Noel). Stanley/Bitter/Gaines combined for 26 targets and 230 yds and were targeted on 10% of routes run (combined, about the same as Jackson's production).
Tight End:
At Tight End we actually have a starter to replace. Easton Dean had almost 350 snaps last year. Lots of young guys will compete with the returners here for those Snaps (346), Targets (22), and Yds (171). Overall, TEs were targeted on 19% of their routes run, similar to WRs who were targeted on 21% of their routes run. Brahmer was 2nd only to Noel in target% with a rate of 27% (targets/route run, min 10 routes).
Offensive Line:
At Offensive Line, the top 5 starters at the end of the season all return. A couple of the depth pieces are lost, but lots of young guys plus two transfers will add competition for the starting snaps (including Jalen Travis, Princeton, and Dylan Barrett, Wisconsin). Overall though, over 90% of the snaps are returning. Hopefully, the line takes a step forward this year.
Running Back:
The Running Back position has about 50% of the production to replace. Less than half the Snaps, Yds, and Carries return. However, it is also a position where we could see significant improvement with Sama becoming the primary back at the end of last season. Overall, Sama averaged over 7 yds per carry (more than any other back on the roster). But, much of that was from the BYU and KSU games when he averaged 13.8 and 17.3 yds/att respectively. In the memphis and texas games, he averaged 0.8 with 15 yds on 19 carries. I don't put those performances on him (I blame them on the OL primarily). But we will see how effective the run game is next season. Hoping for improvement on the OL and at RB.
(I don't think we need a chart for QB.... Rocco is back and so is J.J., the end)