Cliff Kirkpatrick

Oregon State football coach Mike Riley met up with the beat writers Tuesday to go over all things football related going into spring football.

Plenty of info came out of that, and now I have to condense it for public consumption. I’ll start with the spring depth chart. Be sure to read my comments for insight. Here’s my football notebook with tons of stuff that runs in Wednesday’s GT.

OFFENSE
Quarterback
Ryan Katz (He gets first snaps.)
Peter Lalich (There’s open competition for the starter role.)
Cody Vaz
Jack Lomax

Tailback
Jacquizz Rodgers
Jovan Stevenson
Ryan McCants
Jordan Jenkins

Fullback
Will Darkins
Clayton York
Dylan Parsons

Split end
Darrell Catchings
Markus Wheaton (This is a position change from flanker. And there’s open competition here. The loser doubles as the backup flanker).
Geno Munoz
Obum Gwacham

Slot
Jordan Bishop
Aaron Nichols
Kevan Walker
Mitch Singler

Flanker
James Rodgers
Micah Hatfield (Healthy from broken leg in bowl practice.)
Garett Hall
Kevin Cummings

Tight end
Brady Camp
Colby Prince

H-back
Joe Halahuni
John Reese

Left tackle
Michael Philipp
Timi Oshinowo
Wilder McAndrews (Testing if he can still play due long-term wrist injury.)

Left guard
Grant Johnson (Out of spring with shoulder injury)
Ryan Pohl
Michael Lamb
Tyler Thomas
Rory Ross (Out of spring with knee injury)

Center
Alex Linnenkohl
Josh Andrews
Aaron Magnunson (This is new spot for him.)

Right guard
Burke Ellis (Wide open competition here.)
Colin Kelly (Moved from tackle to guard.)
Colin Lyons

Right tackle
Mike Remmers
Geoff Garner
Grant Enger

DEFENSE
Left end
Gabe Miller
Andrew Seumalo
Devon Kell
Mana Rosa (Out of spring with shoulder injury)

Left tackle
Stephen Paea
Casto Masaniai
Evan Hull
Ben Motter (Moved from offense to defense.)

Right tackle
Brennan Olander
Kevin Frahm (Moved from DE.)
Tonu Tuimalealiifano
Nate Hannah (Moved from offense to defense.)

Right end
Matt LaGrone
Taylor Henry
John Braun (Moved from offensive line.)
Mitchel Hunt (Out of spring with knee injury.)

Sam Linebacker
Keith Pankey (Out of spring with Achilles’ tendon injury, but expects to be back in fall.)
Devin Unga
Keo Camat
Paul Jones

Middle linebacker
Tony Wilson
Rueben Robinson
Kevin Unga
Walker Vave

Will linebacker
Dwight Roberson
Zane Norris
Michael Doctor

Left corner
James Dockery
Jordan Poyer (Moved from safety.)
Brian Watkins
Sean Martin (Out of spring with shoulder injury.)

Safety
Lance Mitchell
Josh LaGrone
Dax Dilbeck
Zeke Sanders

Safety
Cameron Collins
Suaesi Tuimaunei
Anthony Watkins
Levi Levasa

Right corner
Brandon Hardin
Keynan Parker
Rashaad Reynolds
Kaua Olds

Tweet This Post 

A blog poster a while back asked me to reassure him that everything was OK with the Oregon State football team in the aftermath of players leaving and getting hurt.

So that became the premise of my Sunday column in the GT/DH. Check it out here.

My underlying point is stability is a good thing, and the Beavers have that with their program.

There’s a minor reference to what Oregon is going through with all the legal problems. I mentioned this before, but I’m glad that the Beavers got that out of their system in 2005.

That was a crazy time for a reporter covering the beat when you found something in the crime log on a regular basis. Remember stolen sheep, paying a cab ride with pot and the bar fights?

Mistakes can happen at any time, and the Beavers could have a similar situation. However, OSU coach Mike Riley not only recruits players he can mold on the field, he finds generally good guys. So there’s less change of that happening.

That’s something I won’t take for granted. There hasn’t been someone on the roster I felt was a jerk in some time. When I first got here in 2004 there were a few.

So while I can’t say everything is fine because it won’t known until the season is here, the Beavers are stable and working for more. Spring practice begins March 29 to give us a look at what might be.

Tweet This Post 

Oregon State ran its pro day combine for the NFL on Friday. About 15 scouts came to Corvallis to collect data on the Beavers. Here’s the story that ran in Saturday’s GT.

There were 12 athletes who went through at least some portion of the drills. It was a small showing for players and scouts this year.

Of the 12, there were six from previous years still trying to get noticed. They were Joe Lemma, Bryant Cornell, Chris Johnson, Dennis Christopher, Brandon Powers and Shane Morales.

The latest crop of Beavers were Sean Canfield, Ben Terry, Patrick Henderson, Damola Andeniji, Keaton Kristick and Gregg Peat.

Tim Clark was there but plans to do his pro day April 1 in Los Angeles. He got a late start to training from the broken leg suffered in the Civil War.

Check out Terry on the bench press above. The video just below is of Peat on the bench.

Canfield did the vertical jump and threw to receivers only. He looked strong and accurate. He said the difference from the NFL combine and today was he got more throws in and had a rhythm.

Kristick, OSU’s other top prospect, said he had an decent day and improved in some areas from the combine. Kristick heard he is a middle round draft pick. Check out his bench below.

Here are the bench numbers. They had to put up 225 pounds as many times as they could. Adeniji 8, Henderson 16, Kristick 18, Peat 23, Terry 21, Christopher 17, Johnson 18, Cornell 24, Powers 13, Lemma 20.

Terry turned in a strong performance in the vertical and long jump. He looked agile for a DE. Henderson was overall athletic. Cornell did well being a year removed from the game. Here’s Terry in the 40-yard dash.

Adeniji drew some interest from his speed and catching passes. A few scouts took an interest in Peat after his OL drill work.

Here are some unofficial 40 times for some of the guys: Kristick 4.72, Terry 4.76, Adeniji 4.58, Peat 5.23 and Cornell 4.59. Here’s Kristick’s 40.

What got to the athletes were the cone/shuttle drills. They show their burst of speed and flexibility. The scouts were very specific how they were to be done.

The following videos are a sampling of the 20-yard shuttle, 60-yard shuttle and 3-cone drill.

More from pro day will be in Saturday’s GT with interviews from those who went through it.

Terry in the 60 shuttle

Adeniji in 3-cone drill

Kristick in 20-yard shuttle

Henderson in 20-yard shuttle

Adeniji in 20-yard shuttle

Tweet This Post