Way way WAY Too Early Depth Chart for 2022

[LarryISU]

Just curious, what kind of NIL would it take to land R Mason Thomas?

ISU will not benefit from NIL in my opinion. It will be interesting to see if CMC can keep improving recruiting with the NIL disadvantage he faces. Actually I think he will not be highly interested in the kids that look at football as "what can you do for me."

 

[Cyforce]

ISU will not benefit from NIL in my opinion. It will be interesting to see if CMC can keep improving recruiting with the NIL disadvantage he faces. Actually I think he will not be highly interested in the kids that look at football as "what can you do for me."

Not what I asked.

 

[TheJackWePack5]

Or here’s a thought. We need to spread out more 4 wide to open up the running game. Perhaps that plays to dekkers strengths more anyway. I’ll throw up next year if we start out against Iowa doing long delayed run plays up the middle. They kicked our ass defending that.

Hopefully we’ve got the WR skill for that.

 

[ClonesInDallas]

Here's my hand at this

QB - Hunter Dekkers, Ashton Cook OR Aidan Bouman
RB - Jirehl Brock OR Deon Silas OR Eli Sanders (Will be decided in camp)
WRX - Daniel Jackson, Darren Wilson
WRM - Jaylin Noel, Quaron Adams
WRZ - Xavier Hutchinson, Sean Shaw
TE - Easton Dean, Tyler Moore
F - Jared Rus
LT- James Neal, Tyler Miller
LG- Jarrod Hufford, Hayden Pauls
C- Trevor Downing, Joey Ramos,
RG- Darrell Simmons, Deylin Hasert
RT- Jake Remsburg, Grant Treiber

DE - MJ Anderson, Blake Petersen
DE - Will McDonald, Jayden Grey
DT - JR Singleton, Isaiah Lee OR Tyler Onyedim
LB - Gerry Vaughn, Carston Marshall
LB - O Rien Vance, Cole Pedersen
LB - Colby Reeder, Jacob Imming
CB - Myles Purchase, Michal Antoine OR DJ Miller
CB - Anthony Johnson, TJ Tampa
S - Craig McDonald, Jordyn Morgan
Star* - Beau Freyler, Mason Chambers
S - Malik Verdon, Jeremiah Cooper

With Ramos transferring and obviously Campbell's Cheeze It Bowl comments it pretty much solidifies Downing starter at Center. He's going to be great in this role

 

[Cyforce]

I was referring to them moving Ramos to C.

He started the first several games of 2020 at RT. We needed tackle bodies last year and they moved him to C. They must think he can produce there since we moved a tackle that has started to an interior position.

Maybe not.

 

[TheJackWePack5]

Maybe not.

Definitely not.

 

[cyclone4L]

Updated.
Yes, the order of the "ORs" mean something.

 

[TheJackWePack5]

Updated.
Yes, the order of the "ORs" mean something.

Shaw will start ahead of Gaines week 1, barring injury.

Deylin Hasert has next to no shot of playing in 2022.

Aside from that, can’t argue much as many are unknowns/shots in the dark.

 

[Neptune78]

Updated.
Yes, the order of the "ORs" mean something.

What's the plan for K and P?

 

[cyclone4L]

Updated.
I see 9-3.

 

[cyclone4L]

Added the K and P

 

[cyclone4L]

What's the plan for K and P?

added

 

[dualthreat]

Cartevious Norton is starting to emerge as quite the wildcard

 

[VeloClone]

How is Aidan Bouman coming along??? I always thought he was a great prospect with good NFL pedigree.

This aged well...

 

[cyclone4L]

Cartevious Norton is starting to emerge as quite the wildcard

He's the next NFL back from Iowa State.

 

[Remo Gaggi]

He's the next NFL back from Iowa State.

Cartevious Norton is starting to emerge as quite the wildcard

He's going to carve up opposing defenses.

 

[Aclone]

He's the next NFL back from Iowa State.

Because Jirehl, Eli and Deon won’t be? Gotcha.

 

[cyclone4L]

Because Jirehl, Eli and Deon won’t be? Gotcha.

From what I've seen, Jirehl is not an NFL back.
Deon absolutely isn't because he is 5'7"; maybe a return or flex role.

 

[Aclone]

From what I've seen, Jirehl is not an NFL back.
Deon absolutely isn't because he is 5'7"; maybe a return or flex role.

I’ll be frank. While I appreciate your enthusiasm and energy, I’ve seen little that makes me trust your judgment or evaluation skills.

 

[cymonw1980]

The offensive line improving would go pretty far towards shoring up how the QB and the RB play. Purdy and Hall did some heroic stuff to still be productive with a barely functioning line in front of them. If the line is more passable, then their replacements, who are definitely not as experienced and might not be as talented as the "big two," might actually have a chance to maintain the same level of gameday productivity.

Much as this is borrowing Iowa and Wisconsin's playbook, if there is a unit on the field I could choose to be consistently elite year-to-year, it would be the offensive line. Everything flows from it.

I don't think ISU's line was terrible. I do think that our scheme is more dependent on excellent to elite o-line play than others. Every team is better when they control the LOS but our whole scheme is ball control, don't turn it over, get 10 yards every 3 plays. It feels like the offense is designed to score in 12+ plays a drive, or punt.

I agree with everything else. I would say our o-line was about average, we need it to be great to elite to take the next step and finally win 10 games.

If the new guys up front are more talented and can be better than prior teams, then I think you are right - we have a shot to be better with less talent / experience at RB/QB.