EMU Football Depth Chart: Week 12

Updates and notes on Eastern Michigan football's depth chart for Kent State Week.

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Eastern Michigan Football Depth Chart: Week 12 at Kent State

Game 11 coming up and Eastern Michigan’s hoping that this game will be win #7 for the team. EMU already reached bowl eligibility last week when it picked up a 34-28 win at Akron last week, but a seventh win will basically guarantee EMU a spot in bowl play.

These two teams have most recently played each other in a three-year stretch from 2018-2020. EMU won the 2018 matchup when Sean Lewis was in his first season as the team’s head coach, but KSU took the 2019 and 2020 games.

All three Chris Creighton vs. Lewis games have been decided by just one score.

EMU published its weekly depth chart last week during its preparation for Wednesday night’s game. Below is the team’s published depth chart with some of my notes next to the players listed.

Previous weekly depth charts: Week 1 vs. Eastern Kentucky | Week 2 at Louisiana-Lafeyette | Week 3 at Arizona State | Week 4 vs. Buffalo | Week 5 vs. UMass | Week 6 at Western Michigan | Week 7 vs. Northern Illinois | Week 8 at Ball State | Week 9 vs. Toledo | Week 11 at Akron |

Offense

(Note: Players with starts this season in bold)

Quarterback

1. #4 Austin Smith: Smith made his fourth start of the year last week vs. Akron. Smith passing this year: 68/118 (57.6%), 774 yards (6.6 Y/A), 6 TD, 4 INT; on the ground, Smith has picked up 256 yards on 60 official carries (4.3 avg.) and scored twice.

2. #7 Taylor Powell: Powell is 102/164 passing (62.2%) for 1,232 yards (7.5 Y/A) with 8 TD, 7 INT.

3. #8 Cam’Ron McCoy

Running back

1. #22 Samson Evans: For the season, Evans has rushed for 855 yards on 168 handoffs (5.1 avg.) and is second in the MAC with 11 rush TD.

2. #28 Jaylon Jackson: For the year, Jackson has carried the ball 63 times for 281 yards (4.5 avg.), and 1 TD. Catching passes, Jackson has 11 receptions for 106 yards.

3. #27 Darius Boone Jr.

4. #21 Bryson Moss

X-Wide receiver

1. #24 Tanner Knue: Knue leads the team with 466 receiving yards and 6 receiving scores, and is second in receptions (33).

2. #9 Darius Lassiter: Lassiter is the team’s third-leading receiver with 26 catches and 292 yards. He’s scored twice.

Z-Wide receiver

1. #1 Dylan Drummond

2. #17 JB Mitchell III

H-Wide receiver

1. #2 Hassan Beydoun

2. #16 Kaiden Keefe

Y-Tight end

1. #83 Jere Getzinger: With Oakes out last week, Getzinger started in his place.

2. #85 Andreas Paaske

3. #82 Gunnar Oakes: Oakes was out last week vs. Akron.

Left tackle

1. #71 Marcellus Johnson

2. #74 Jez Janiver

Left guard

1. #62 Sidy Sow

2. #79 Jimi McAdams IV

Center

1. #76 Richard Bates Jr.

2. #70 Dimitri Douglas

Right guard

1. #68 Alex Howie: After missing last three games to injury, Howie returned to action at Akron.

2. #63 Mickey Rewolinski

Right tackle

1. #77 Brian Dooley

2. #54 Zack Conti

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Defense

(Note: Players with starts this season in bold)

Defensive end

1. #90 Grant Trueman

2. #47 Joseph Zelinsky

3. #52 Carter Evans

Nose tackle

1. #93 Jordan Crawford

2. #99 Melvin Swindle II

Defensive tackle

1. #94 Peyton Price

2. #98 Tim Grant-Randall

3. #91 Dexter Manior

BULL-Defensive end

1. #4 Jose Ramirez: Ramirez is the team’s leading pass rusher and play disrupter: 13.0 TFL, 8 sacks, 52 total tackles (29 solo), 7 QB hurries, 2 pass breakups, 2 fumbles forced, and one fumble recovery.

2. #95 Mikah Coleman

MIKE-Linebacker

1. #6 Chase Kline: Kline is tied for the team’s lead in total tackles made (74 total, 30 solo, 2 TFL), made 1 sack, 3 pass breakups, and 2 QB hurries.

2. #53 Steven Scheidt

3. #41 Justin Jefferson

WILL-Linebacker

1. #19 Joe Sparacio: Tied for the team’s lead in tackles made (74 total, 31 solo, 4.0 TFL).

2. #44 Luke Cameron

3. #10 Tariq Speights

Cornerback

1. #29 Kempton Shine

2. #33 Keylen Gulley

Cornerback

1. #17 Mark Lee Jr.: Lee played but did not start last week at Akron. T.J. Peavy started in his place.

2. #15 Joshua Scott: In response to Blake Bogan’s injury vs. Buffalo, Scott has started the last six games at Rover.

DOG-Safety

1. #8 T.J. Peavy: Peavy made his seventh start of the season last week at Akron.

2. #21 Robert Daniel Jr.

3. #20 E.J. Williams

Free safety

1. #16 Cameron Smith: Smith has appeared in every game of the season. Smith has yet to make a start, so this would be a career first for him.

2. #13 Russell Vaden IV

3. #27 David Carter Jr.

ROVER-Safety

1. #35 Quentavius Scandrett: Scandrett has made five straight starts at free safety.

2. #7 Brandon Benson: Benson has played in every game of the year, and has made four straight starts at Dog.

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Special Teams

Punter

1. #30 Mitch Tomasek: Tomasek has punted the ball 37 times this year for 1,667 yards (45.1 avg.), long of 63, 6 touchbacks, 11 landed inside the 20, and 10 have gone for 50 yards or more.

2. #39 Adam Heston

3. #37 Blake Oschsendorf OR #33 Ryan Kingston

Place kicker

• #35 Jesus Gomez: Gomez is 11/13 on field goal tries this season and 34/34 on PAT kicks. Gomez tied the program record with a 55-yard field goal earlier this season.

• #31 Brady Pohl

Long Snapper

1. #46 Steve Bird

2. #42 Zach Zoglio

Kickoffs

1. #31 Brady Pohl

2. #35 Jesus Gomez

3. #30 Mitch Tomasek OR #37 Blake Oschsendorf OR #39 Adam Heston

Kick returner(s)

1. #28 Jaylon Jackson: Jackson is the nation’s second-leading kick returner with 20 kick returns for 541 yards (27.05 avg.), and 1 TD. His two longest returns of the year have gone for 89 and 87 yards.

2. #23 Elijah Jackson-Anderson

3. #2 Hassan Beydoun

4. #1 Dylan Drummond

Punt returner(s)

1. #1 Dylan Drummond: Drummond has returned 3 punts for 34 yards with a long of 19.

2. #2 Hassan Beydoun: Beydoun has returned 5 punts for 26 yards with a long of 11 yards.

Holder

1. #39 Adam Heston

2. #37 Blake Oscsendorf