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Northwestern had a few more shakeups in its two-deep this week, mainly on the offensive line.
Geoff Mogus has slid inside to his original position of left guard and Blake Hance is now listed as the starter at left tackle. Mogus had worked on making the transition from guard to tackle over the offseason, but it appears, at least for now, that Hance has shown enough to protect Clayton Thorson's blindside and allow Mogus to go back to guard. Mogus is listed as the second-stringer at left tackle, and Shane Mertz will now back up Mogus at left guard. This was the starting lineup the Wildcats had against the Hawkeyes, but the first time it has been listed as such on the depth chart.
The shuffling on the left side of the line has pushed Matt Frazier over to right guard. He'll be backed up by Brad North, who takes that spot from Adam DePietro, who has missed the past several weeks due to injury but had remained on the two-deep.
In some more encouraging news, Austin Carr is back on the depth chart after missing the Iowa game with an undisclosed injury.
All changes are in bold italics.
Starter/1st String | Backup/2nd String | |
Quarterback | Clayton Thorson | Zack Oliver OR Matt Alviti |
Running Back | Justin Jackson | Warren Long |
X-Receiver | Cameron Dickerson | Garrett Kidd |
Y-Receiver | Christian Jones | Austin Carr |
Z-Receiver | Miles Shuler | Mike McHugh |
Superback | Dan Vitale | Garrett Dickerson |
Left Tackle | Blake Hance | Geoff Mogus |
Left Guard | Geoff Mogus | Shane Mertz |
Center | Ian Park | J.B. Butler |
Right Guard | Matt Frazier | Brad North |
Right Tackle | Eric Olson | Tommy Doles |
Starter/1st String | Backup/2nd String | |
Defensive End | Dean Lowry | Xavier Washington |
Defensive Tackle | C.J. Robbins | Max Chapman |
Defensive Tackle | Tyler Lancaster | Jordan Thompson |
Defensive End | Deonte Gibson | Ifeadi Odenigbo |
SAM Linebacker | Drew Smith | Joseph Jones |
MIKE Linebacker | Anthony Walker | Cameron Queiro |
WILL Linebacker | Jaylen Prater | Nate Hall |
Cornerback | Keith Watkins II | Marcus McShepard |
Safety | Traveon Henry | Jared McGee |
Safety | Godwin Igwebuike | Terrance Brown |
Cornerback | Nick VanHoose | Montre Hartage |
Starter/1st String | Backup/2nd String | |
Kicker | Jack Mitchell | Arthur Omilian |
Punter | Hunter Niswander | Matt Micucci |
Kickoff Specialist | Matt Micucci | |
Kick Returner | Solomon Vault | Jelani Roberts |
Punt Returner | Miles Shuler | Flynn Nagel |
Long Snapper | Chris Fitzpatrick |