It’s been a busy day on the site, so might as well add one more piece of news: the Syracuse Orange have unveiled the first preseason football depth chart.
SYRACUSE PRESEASON DEPTH CHART: C Airon Servais, CBs Scoop Bradshaw & Chris Fredrick, SS Evan Foster all 1st team. Moe Neal listed as RB2. pic.twitter.com/91NbY9Krjh
— Stephen Bailey (@Stephen_Bailey1) July 12, 2017
Bailey begins the conversation around what’s a bit different in this one (versus previous iterations), but a full list of interesting changes below:
- Moe Neal is the second running back on the depth chart, just a few months after being switched out to inside receiver
- Sean Avant listed as a third potential option at inside receiver (assuming both Ervin Philips and Sean Riley will line up inside on four-wide sets)
- Redshirt freshman Airon Servais takes over the starting center position, while Colin Byrne’s been switched out to backup right guard
- It looks like Kenneth Ruff is officially playing on the interior part of the line now, as he’s listed as a nose tackle here
- Kielan Whitner switches from the safety position to the backup SAM linebacker (behind Jonathan Thomas)
- Scoop Bradshaw’s one of the two starting cornerbacks, less than a season after switching from safety
- Opposite him is Christopher Frederick, also a new starter (over Notre Dame grad transfer Devin M.