Boise State releases depth chart (mostly) ahead of Saturday’s opener at Georgia Southern

Boise State released its first official depth chart of the season on Thursday afternoon ahead of the Broncos’ season opener at Georgia Southern on Saturday.

Since the quarterback decision was made a couple of weeks ago, the chart left little in the way of surprises, with many of the team’s expected starters finding their names bolded at the top of their respective positions. Some of those were junior running back Ashton Jeanty, redshirt junior tight end Matt Lauter and sixth-year safety Alexander Teubner.

If there’s anywhere on the chart that may spark some debate, it’s at kick returner. Redshirt senior wide receiver Latrell Caples is penned in as the primary returner, with Jeanty backing him up on kickoffs and redshirt senior wide receiver Cooper Jones on punts.

Both Caples and Jeanty had returning reps throughout fall camp, and everyone knows how dangerous Jeanty is with the ball in his hands. With the amount of touches he’s likely to get on offense, it probably isn’t too surprising that the shifty Caples will be the go-to guy on returns.

There are also some questions at wide receiver. Caples is the clear starter at what the Broncos call F receiver, but the other two spots have no clarity.

At X receiver, which is essentially a split end, the depth chart has an “or” between sophomore Prince Strachan and junior Chris Marshall. At Z receiver, Boise State has fifth-year senior Austin Bolt “or” Cam Camper, a transfer from Indiana.

Similar “or” denotations are listed on defense at nose tackle (Herbert Gums or Sheldon Newton) and nickel (Seyi Oladipo or Rodney Robinson).

Boise State depth chart

Here’s the full depth chart heading into Georgia Southern on Saturday. Kickoff is set for 2 p.m. in Statesboro, Georgia. The player’s jersey number is next to their name.

Offense

X receiver

17 Prince Strachan

-or- 5 Chris Marshall

F receiver

3 Latrell Caples

80 Cameron Bates

-or- 13 Chase Penny

LT

77 Kage Casey

74 Connor Gilbreath

LG

66 Ben Dooley

78 Tyler Keinath

C

63 Mason Randolph

67 Jason Steele

RG

62 Roger Carreon

57 Nathan Cardona

RT

65 Hall Schmidt

70 Kyle Cox

Tight end

85 Matt Lauter

88 Matt Wagner

Z receiver

81 Austin Bolt

-or- 9 Cameron Camper

QB

4 Maddux Madsen

7 Malachi Nelson

RB

2 Ashton Jeanty

26 Sire Gaines

-or- 1 Jambres Dubar

-or- 33 Tyler Crowe

Defense

DE

91 Ahmed Hassanein

95 Max Stege

NT

98 Herbert Gums

-or- 9 Sheldon Newton

DT

90 Braxton Fely

92 Michael Callahan

Edge

5 Jayden Virgin-Morgan

52 Tavion Woodard

-or- 54 Gabe Hunter

MLB

53 Marco Notarainni

43 Jake Ripp

WLB

10 Andrew Simpson

22 Chase Martin

Nickel

23 Seyi Oladipo

-or- 4 Rodney Robinson

FS

0 Ty Benefield

14 Kaonohi Kaniho

Safety

34 Alexander Teubner

21 Zion Washington

32 Bryce Cleave

Corner

7 A’Marion McCoy

20 Davon Banks

Corner

6 Jeremiah Earby

8 Markel Reed

Special Teams

P

46 James Ferguson-Reynolds

39 Taren Schive

K

35 Jonah Dalmas

39 Taren Schive

-or- 30 Jarrett Reeser

Holder

46 James Ferguson-Reynolds

39 Taren Schive

Long snapper

42 Mason Hutton

49 Ty Smith

KR (P)

3 Latrell Caples

2 Ashton Jeanty

KR (O)

33 Tyler Crowe

26 Sire Gaines

PR

3 Latrell Caples

18 Cooper Jones

Boise State at Georgia Southern

• When: 2 p.m. MT Saturday

• Where: Paulson Stadium (25,000, Turf), Statesboro, Georgia

• TV: ESPNU (Mike Corey, Rene Ingoglia)

• Radio: KBOI 670 AM/KTIK 93.1 FM (Bob Behler, Pete Cavender)

• Records: Boise State was 8-6 last year; Georgia Southern was 6-7.

• Series: This is the first meeting between the two schools.

• Vegas line: Boise State by 13

Weather: 93 degrees, humidity 62%, partly cloudy skies, 9% chance of rain