Northwestern's spring practice season is halfway over, and now the players will have a break for finals week and spring break, before returning to practice once the spring quarter starts at NU. It's been tough to judge some position battles so far because of injuries, but for the most part, we have a pretty good idea of what the two-deeps will look like after watching practice this spring.
Of course, nothing is set — remember, Venric Mark was a receiver last spring — but this is how things break down right now, once you factor in the injured players with who is receiving first and second team reps right now. Check out our projected midway point spring depth chart below.
Quarterback
1.A. Kain Colter
1.B. Trevor Siemian
Running Back
1. Venric Mark
2. Mike Trumpy
Wide Receiver
Y — Cameron Dickerson, Pierre Youngblood-Ary
H — Christian Jones, Mike Jensen
Z — Rashad Lawrence, Kyle Prater
X — Tony Jones, Mike McHugh
Superback
1. Dan Vitale
2. Mark Szott
Offensive Line
LT — Jack Konopka, Shane Mertz OR Paul Jorgensen
LG — Geoff Mogus, Hayden Baker
C — Brandon Vitabile, Ian Park
RG — Adam DePietro OR Matt Frazier
RT — Shane Mertz OR Paul Jorgensen, Eric Olson
Defensive Line
DE — Tyler Scott, Dean Lowry
DT — Sean McEvilly, Chance Carter
DT — Will Hampton, CJ Robbins OR Greg Kuhar
DE — Deonte Gibson, Ifeadi Odenigbo
Linebacker
WILL (OLB) — Chi Chi Ariguzo, Drew Smith OR Collin Ellis
MIKE (MLB) — Damien Proby, Tim Vernon
SAM (OLB) — Drew Smith OR Collin Ellis, Joseph Jones
Secondary
CB — Nick VanHoose, CJ Bryant
S — Ibraheim Campbell, Davion Fleming
S — Traveon Henry, Jimmy Hall*
CB — Daniel Jones, Dwight White
*Hall will also play nickelback and outside linebacker at times
Special Teams
K — Jeff Budzien
P — Brandon Williams
LS — Pat Hickey
KR — Venric Mark, Tony Jones
PR — Venric Mark, Tony Jones