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Daily Newsletters2013's first two deep
We have a new two deep. We have a new season.
This is the first day of the Big Ten media days. The football coaches are here this morning for a meeting with B1G commissioner Jim Delany and then it's talking time.
First, the two deeps.
SE - 4 * Tevaun Smith ^ 6-2 190 So.
8 ** Don Shumpert 6-3 200 Sr.
LT - 68 ** Brandon Scherff 6-5 310 Jr.
78 * Andrew Donnal 6-7 305 Jr. OR 76 ** Nolan MacMillan 6-6 294 Sr.
LG - 59 * Conor Boffeli 6-5 290 Sr.
58 Eric Simmons 6-2 300 So.
C - 63 * Austin Blythe 6-3 275 So.
58 Eric Simmons 6-2 300 So. OR 57 Tommy Gaul 6-3, 277 Jr.
RG - 65 * Jordan Walsh 6-4 270 So.
74 Mitch Keppy 6-5 295 Fr.
RT - 70 *** Brett Van Sloten 6-7 300 Sr.
73 Ryan Ward 6-5 290 #Fr.
TE - 86 ** C.J. Fiedorowicz ^ 6-7 265 Sr.
82 * Ray Hamilton ^ 6-5 248 Jr.
80 * Henry Krieger Coble 6-4, 245 So.
QB - 15 Jake Rudock 6-3 200 So.
OR 19 Cody Sokol 6-2 215 Jr. OR C.J. Beathard 6-2, 190 #Fr.
WR - 11 * Kevonte Martin-Manley 6-0 205 Jr.
23 * Jordan Cotton 6-1 185 Sr. OR 17 * Jacob Hillyer 6-4, 205 So.
RB - 45 * Mark Weisman 6-0 235 Jr.
OR 5 ** Damon Bullock 6-0, 195 Jr. 33 Jordan Canzeri 5-9 192 So.
FB - 34 Adam Cox 5-11 215 So.
42 Macon Plewa 6-2 234 So.
PK - 96 ** Mike Meyer ^ 6-2 185 Sr.
1 Marshall Koehn 6-0 195 So.
LE - 95 Drew Ott 6-4 245 So.
OR 98 * Mike Hardy 6-5, 270 Jr. 56 Faith Ekakitie 6-3 287 #Fr.
LT - 71 * Carl Davis 6-5 310 Jr.
67 Jaleel Johnson 6-4 310 #Fr.
RT - 90 Louis Trinca-Pasat 6-3 290 Jr.
97 Darian Cooper 6-2 280 So.
RE - 79 ** Dominic Alvis 6-4 265 Sr.
94 Riley McMinn 6-7 245 So. OR Daumantas Venckus-Cucchiara 6-5 235 #Fr.
OLB - 20 *** Christian Kirksey ^ 6-2 230 Sr.
39 * Travis Perry 6-3 230 So.
MLB - 44 *** James Morris ^ 6-2 240 Sr.
52 ** Quinton Alston ^ 6-2 224 Jr.
WLB - 31 *** Anthony Hitchens ^ 6-1 224 Sr.
55 ** Marcus Collins 6-0 220 Jr. OR 36 Cole Fisher 6-2 218 So.
LC - 19 *** B.J. Lowery ^ 5-11 188 Sr.
28 Maurice Fleming 6-0 188 #Fr.
SS - 37 * John Lowdermilk ^ 6-2 203 Jr.
OR 21 ** Nico Law ^ 6-1 195 Jr. 25 Ruben Lile 6-3, 210 #Fr.
FS - 5 ** Tanner Miller ^ 6-2 201 Sr.
12 Anthony Gair 6-2 200 #Fr.
RC - 27 * Jordan Lomax 5-10 190 S0.
7 Sean Draper ^ 6-0 180 So. 35 Gavin Smith 5-10 190 Sr.
PT - 98 Connor Kornbrath 6-6 215 So.
Punt returns: 23 Jordan Cotton
Kickoff returns: 23 Jordan Cotton Jr.
Deep Snaps: 61 * Casey Kreiter 6-3 250 Jr.
* – – Letters won ^ – – Redshirt year still available
# – – Indicates redshirt freshman
I occasionally get asked about copies of the media guide. I believe they're usually available through any official UI outlet.
Here's a PDF to the whole thing, if you're interested.