Offers(1)
WR- Nick Germer 6'2" 170 (Sentinel HS) Missoula, MT (Twitter 2/15)
I guess its not too early to get started. Though Coach Stitt has made it clear that he has a one hour verbal questionnaire and really likes to offer kids that he has in camp or close ties to the program, that are good students and good teammates. So I would guess we won't see any offers until the Spring Camps at UM.
That being said, UM has 18 Seniors on the roster for the 2017 Season.
The Offense will lose 4 OL, 2 WR 1 RB and a QB.
OL- Mike Ralston
OL- Cooper Sprunk
OL- Robert Luke
OL- David Reese
WR- Makena Simis
WR- Josh Horner
RB- Treshawn Favors
QB- Reese Phillips
O-Line
At first glance losing 4 Seniors on your O-line would seem really scary. But Stitt and Company have loaded the underclass shelves with very large, very good players. EIkmeyer (F) 300, Jackson (F) 315, Meyer (So) 285, Villanueva (So) 315, Hart (So) 312, Torres (F) 315, & Scott (F) 320. Griz nation can rest assured that the Griz DOLA is ready to roar back.
Tight Ends:
What?
Quarterbacks:
UM loses a Senior Reese Philips, that will have to play/work really hard to become the starter this season. Breathing Down his neck are Junior Caleb Hill and Freshmen Gresch Jensen. UM also has 2 Red-shirt Freshmen coming to camp. The QB Spring and Fall camp will be highly watched and highly dissected. The QB that is the most accurate will likely get the nod. The Coaches love Jensen, but I get this sneaking suspicion that Caleb Hill will surprise most and win the starting Job
Running backs
UM loses T. Favors, but he will likely be used most often in the return game this fall.
Calhoun and McCombs are Juniors, Green is a Freshmen and Moses will red-shirt. UM will be just fine at RB, but look for a Transfer to fill the Sophomore gap... wink wink.
Wide Receiver
The only Seniors on the 2016 Roster are Simis and Horner.
Those guys will be hard pressed to find playing time this fall With Calhoun, Curran, JLM, Akem, Toure, Bingham and Corbin all available... UM's pass game just got a lot better. Also, Keep and eye on Lamarriel Taylor... my pick for sleeper surprise of fall camp.
This is most likely the strongest group on the Griz Team.
The Defense loses 3 DL, 2 LB, 3 CB and 2 Safeties.
DT- Brandt Davidson
DT- Myles Mckee-Osibodu
DE- Tucker Schye
S- Mick Delaney
S- Justin Strong
CB- Shane Moody
CB- Ryan McKinley
CB- Korey Alexander
LB- Connor Strahm
LB- James Banks
D-Line: Davidson and MMO will be major cogs in this years D, losing them will hurt. There are only 6 other DT/DL guys on the roster. D Shaw (J) and Longoria (F) are over 300 pounds. Davis (J), Rosling (F), Rodriguez(F) and Bradshaw(F) are all below 260 pounds
D Ends:
UM's only DE Senior is Tucker Schye and he will be a big contributor next fall. The roster has 3 Juniors, 3 Sophomores and 4 Freshmen. A perfect mix... The top 4 of Schye, Gilfoy Jr., Sims and Favoroso looks like maybe the best unit on the team aside from WR.
This is most likely the 2nd strongest group on the Griz Team.
Linebackers:
UM Loses two Starting LB's (Strahm and Banks) But have 13 other LB's on the roster. This years class contains 3 gems, Sweet, Matthews and Key And Buss is a Junior. H. Ryan, Sirmon and Fa'atuiese are Sophomores... So this crew looks really solid.
Corners:
Here is where it gets interesting. UM's current roster shows only 6 players listed as CB or DB in 2017 and 3 of those are Seniors...McKinley, Moody and Alexander. That leaves Sanders (J) and Freshmen Egbo and Cowans. That's a pretty thin group numbers wise and I would expect either a drop down or 2 or some safeties/WR to move to CB. Some possibilities include Dareon Nash (might already be moved) and Evan Epperly (All-state CB in HS)
Safties:
Lose 2 Seniors.. Strong and Delaney.
Sandry (So) is a star in the making (most likely wearing 37). Epperly is a Junior, probably a better fit at CB and UM has Freshmen Crow and Banks. UM probably needs another drop down Safety. Unless Crow and/or Banks prove to be ready to play.
WR- Nick Germer 6'2" 170 (Sentinel HS) Missoula, MT (Twitter 2/15)
I guess its not too early to get started. Though Coach Stitt has made it clear that he has a one hour verbal questionnaire and really likes to offer kids that he has in camp or close ties to the program, that are good students and good teammates. So I would guess we won't see any offers until the Spring Camps at UM.
That being said, UM has 18 Seniors on the roster for the 2017 Season.
The Offense will lose 4 OL, 2 WR 1 RB and a QB.
OL- Mike Ralston
OL- Cooper Sprunk
OL- Robert Luke
OL- David Reese
WR- Makena Simis
WR- Josh Horner
RB- Treshawn Favors
QB- Reese Phillips
O-Line
At first glance losing 4 Seniors on your O-line would seem really scary. But Stitt and Company have loaded the underclass shelves with very large, very good players. EIkmeyer (F) 300, Jackson (F) 315, Meyer (So) 285, Villanueva (So) 315, Hart (So) 312, Torres (F) 315, & Scott (F) 320. Griz nation can rest assured that the Griz DOLA is ready to roar back.
Tight Ends:
What?
Quarterbacks:
UM loses a Senior Reese Philips, that will have to play/work really hard to become the starter this season. Breathing Down his neck are Junior Caleb Hill and Freshmen Gresch Jensen. UM also has 2 Red-shirt Freshmen coming to camp. The QB Spring and Fall camp will be highly watched and highly dissected. The QB that is the most accurate will likely get the nod. The Coaches love Jensen, but I get this sneaking suspicion that Caleb Hill will surprise most and win the starting Job
Running backs
UM loses T. Favors, but he will likely be used most often in the return game this fall.
Calhoun and McCombs are Juniors, Green is a Freshmen and Moses will red-shirt. UM will be just fine at RB, but look for a Transfer to fill the Sophomore gap... wink wink.
Wide Receiver
The only Seniors on the 2016 Roster are Simis and Horner.
Those guys will be hard pressed to find playing time this fall With Calhoun, Curran, JLM, Akem, Toure, Bingham and Corbin all available... UM's pass game just got a lot better. Also, Keep and eye on Lamarriel Taylor... my pick for sleeper surprise of fall camp.
This is most likely the strongest group on the Griz Team.
The Defense loses 3 DL, 2 LB, 3 CB and 2 Safeties.
DT- Brandt Davidson
DT- Myles Mckee-Osibodu
DE- Tucker Schye
S- Mick Delaney
S- Justin Strong
CB- Shane Moody
CB- Ryan McKinley
CB- Korey Alexander
LB- Connor Strahm
LB- James Banks
D-Line: Davidson and MMO will be major cogs in this years D, losing them will hurt. There are only 6 other DT/DL guys on the roster. D Shaw (J) and Longoria (F) are over 300 pounds. Davis (J), Rosling (F), Rodriguez(F) and Bradshaw(F) are all below 260 pounds
D Ends:
UM's only DE Senior is Tucker Schye and he will be a big contributor next fall. The roster has 3 Juniors, 3 Sophomores and 4 Freshmen. A perfect mix... The top 4 of Schye, Gilfoy Jr., Sims and Favoroso looks like maybe the best unit on the team aside from WR.
This is most likely the 2nd strongest group on the Griz Team.
Linebackers:
UM Loses two Starting LB's (Strahm and Banks) But have 13 other LB's on the roster. This years class contains 3 gems, Sweet, Matthews and Key And Buss is a Junior. H. Ryan, Sirmon and Fa'atuiese are Sophomores... So this crew looks really solid.
Corners:
Here is where it gets interesting. UM's current roster shows only 6 players listed as CB or DB in 2017 and 3 of those are Seniors...McKinley, Moody and Alexander. That leaves Sanders (J) and Freshmen Egbo and Cowans. That's a pretty thin group numbers wise and I would expect either a drop down or 2 or some safeties/WR to move to CB. Some possibilities include Dareon Nash (might already be moved) and Evan Epperly (All-state CB in HS)
Safties:
Lose 2 Seniors.. Strong and Delaney.
Sandry (So) is a star in the making (most likely wearing 37). Epperly is a Junior, probably a better fit at CB and UM has Freshmen Crow and Banks. UM probably needs another drop down Safety. Unless Crow and/or Banks prove to be ready to play.