College Fantasy Update

Following are the fantasy-relevant starting depth charts released by the teams (when available), along with any notes and last year’s stats, for Mountain West teams leading up to their FIRST game of the season.

• Starters on depth chart are listed, for full charts see posts on twitter as available
• Post will be continually updated prior to team’s first games as their depth charts are updated
• Stats listed are from 2020 (unless noted)
• If a team has not yet released a depth chart the ones listed are a predicted depth chart including players potentially in the mix to start or be in the rotation

Mountain West Conference Teams (in alphabetical order):

Air Force depth chart (official):

• QB: Haaziq Daniels (30/54-433-3, 55/297-3), QB2: Warren Bryan (3/6-38-0, 23/116-1) OR Zach Larrier
• TB: Jordan Gidrey (11/19-0), TB2: DeAndre Hughes
• FB: Brad Roberts (64/461-5), FB2: Omar Fattah OR Emmanuel Michel
• WRs: David Cormier, Micah Davis, WR2: Ben Jefferson, Jake Spiewak (1/7-0) WR3: Brandon Lewis (9/79-0)
• TE: Kyle Patterson (12/205-2), TE2: Dalton King (1/12-0)

  

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Notable names in the transfer portal included Andrew Platek (UNC, 3.7 ppg) and Cashius McNeilly (Texas A&M) appears to be back as he will reportedly not transfer to TCU as previously was shared.

Announcing a transfer destination was Ryan Wade (Holy Cross to Central Michigan).

Credit to Jon Rothstein for sharing many of the below injury updates on players who have been cleared (or not) for the upcoming season, as many big names were revealed to be cleared.

(Injuries & Updates in the first section, Transfers down below.)

Injuries and Updates from Aug 23-24:

• Ace Baldwin, VCU – targeting a Jan 1 return (Achilles)
• Joey Brunk, Ohio State – fully cleared for the fall (back)
• Dhamir Cosby-Roundtree, Villanova – not yet cleared (shin)
• Isaiah Cottrell, West Virginia – fully cleared for the fall (Achilles)
• Creighton – Rati Andronikashvili and Modestas Kancleris both close to being cleared (ACLs)
• N’Faly Dante, Oregon – working out but now yet in live competition (ACL)
• Dylan Disu, Texas – should be able to go full in a few weeks
• Mason Faulkner, Louisville – had not yet been cleared (ankle), a few more weeks
• Xavier Foster, Iowa State – cleared for the fall (foot)
• Collin Gillespie, Villanova – fully cleared for season (knee)
• Chris Harris, Oklahoma State – has not yet been fully cleared (ACL)
• Blake Hinson, Iowa State – fully cleared for the fall (medical condition)
• Nate Johnson, Xavier – fully cleared for the fall (lower leg)
• Tony Johnson, UCF – fully cleared for the fall (lower body)
• Rylan Jones, Utah State – Utah transfer has been fully cleared for the fall (shoulder)
• Abu Kigab, Boise State – fully cleared for the fall (shoulder)
• Gabe Kalscheur, Iowa State – fully cleared for the fall (finger)
• Ian Martinez, Maryland – Utah transfer expected to be full speed in early September (meniscus)
• Issac McBride, Oral Roberts – Vanderbilt transfer eligible this season
• Connor McCaffery, Iowa – fully cleared for the fall (hip)
• David McCormack, Kansas – fully cleared for the fall (foot)
• Rodney Miller, Miami – fully cleared for the fall (knee)
• Amanze Ngumezi, Jacksonville State – reports on social media that he tore his ACL and will miss the sesaon – 8.7 ppg last season, began career at Georgia
• Jack Nunge, Xavier – close to returning (knee)
• Max Rice, Boise State – fully cleared for the fall (foot/hip)
• KK Robinson, Arkansas – fully cleared for the fall (foot)
• James Rojas, Alabama – hopeful to return for SEC play (ACL)
• Bourama Sidibe, Syracuse – not fully cleared (knee)
• Jimmy Sotos, Ohio State – fully cleared for the fall (shoulder)
• Sam Waardenburg, Miami – fully cleared for the fall (foot)
• Donovan Williams, Oklahoma State – has been cleared for the fall (knee)

Transfer Updates from Aug 23-24:

• Kolby Lee, BYU – had announced a transfer to Dixie State but instead will retire
• Matt McFarlane, Wichita State – left the program for personal reasons, unclear if will enter portal
• Cashius McNeilly, Texas A&M – apparently has decommitted from transfer to TCU
• Andrew Platek, UNC – enters the portal – 3.7 ppg
• Ryan Wade, Holy Cross – transfers to Central Michigan – 5.9 ppg

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The Core Four: four key updates from Tuesday

1. Texas Tech QB Tyler Shough was named the starter, beating out Henry Colombi who shared . . .
   

   

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Following are the fantasy-relevant starting depth charts released by the teams (when available), along with any notes and last year’s stats, for MAC teams leading up to their FIRST game of the season.

• Starters on depth chart are listed, for full charts see posts on twitter as available
• Post will be continually updated prior to team’s first games as their depth charts are updated
• Stats listed are from 2020 (or 2019 when noted)
• If a team has not yet released a depth chart the ones listed are a predicted depth chart including players potentially in the mix to start or be in the rotation

MAC Conference Teams (in alphabetical order):

Akron depth chart (starters updated after week 1):

• QB: Kato Nelson, QB2: Zach Gibson (76/132-784-4)

  

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The Starting Five: five key updates from Monday

1. Utah QB Charlie Brewer, a Baylor transfer, was reported to have been named the starter over Cameron Rising. In four . . .
   

   

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Following are the fantasy-relevant starting depth charts released by the teams (when available), along with any notes and last year’s stats, for C-USA teams leading up to their FIRST game of the season.

• Starters on depth chart are listed, for full charts see posts on twitter as available
• Post will be continually updated prior to team’s first games as their depth charts are updated
• Stats listed are from 2020 (or 2019 when noted)
• If a team has not yet released a depth chart the ones listed are a predicted depth chart including players potentially in the mix to start or be in the rotation

Conference USA Teams (in alphabetical order):

Charlotte depth chart (official):

• QB: Chris Reynolds (96/175-1305-8), Qb2: James Foster (Texas A&M)
• RB: Shadrick Byrd (Iowa), Rb2: Calvin Camp (19/86-1)
• WRs: Victor Tucker (30/400-2), Cameron Dollar (10/178-3), Tre’ Goode, WR2: Keith Pearson (Presbyterian), Grant DuBose, Elijah Spencer
• TE: Ryan Carriere (4/19-0), TE2: Taylor Thompson (12/190-1)

  

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Sunday was a quieter day, with a few highlights plus some additional updates from scrimmages to share.

The Core Four: four key updates from Sunday

1. North Texas RB Oscar Adaway was reported to . . .
   

   

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In injury news, Pelle Larsson (Arizona, transfer from Utah) has a broken bone in his foot and his return for the start of the season is unclear, but Mekhi Mitchell (Rhode Island) is full-go after having knee surgery last season.

Announcing transfer destinations were Mike Peake (Austin Peay to New Mexico State) and Tuongthach Gatkek (Trinity Valley CC to Florida).

(Injuries & Updates in the first section, Transfers down below.)

Injuries and Updates from Aug 19-22:

• Allen Betrand, Rhode Island – remains limited after March knee surgery
• DJ Harvey, Detroit – Vanderbilt transfer is immediately eligible this season – 6.3 ppg
• Jeriah Horne, Tulsa – Colorado transfer is immediately eligible this season (returning to Tulsa, began career at Nebraska)- 10.8 ppg
• Pelle Larsson, Arizona – Utah transfer has a broken bone in his foot, timetable to return uncertain, potentially 8-12 weeks, could be back for season opener
• Walt McGrory, South Dakota – Wisconsin transfer has been diagnosed with bone cancer and will not compete this season
• Makhi Mitchell, Rhode Island – is back to full-go after knee surgery last season
• Wynston Tabbs, East Carolina – Boston College transfer is immediately eligible this season – 13.3 ppg
• Lance Thomas, South Alabama – Memphis transfer is immediately eligible this season – 2.1 ppg

Transfer Updates from Aug 19-22:

• Jimmy Bell, Saint Louis – transfers to Moberly Area JC (in July)- 1.9 ppg
• Tuongthach Gatkek, Trinity Valley CC – transfers to Florida – 9.7 ppg
• Mike Peake, Austin Peay – transfers to New Mexico State – 10.7 ppg, began career at Georgia

Following are the fantasy-relevant starting depth charts released by the teams (when available), along with any notes and last year’s stats, for Big Ten teams leading up to their FIRST game of the season.

• Starters on depth chart are listed with occasionally some additional depth, for full charts see posts on twitter as available
• Post will be continually updated prior to team’s first games as their depth charts are updated
• Stats listed are from 2020 (unless noted)
• If a team has not yet released a depth chart the ones listed here are a predicted depth chart including players potentially in the mix to start or be in the rotation

Big Ten Conference Teams (in alphabetical order):

Illinois depth chart (will not release an official prior to the first game, updated postgame):

• QB: Brandon Peters (39/80-429-3, 24/136-1) named the starter, QB2: Art Sitkowski (52/82-444-3, Rutgers)
• RB: Chase Brown announced as starter but was limited (104/540-3), Mike Epstein (39/367-4), Reggie Love (10/12-0), Chase Hayden (16/62-0, East Carolina)
• WRs: Brian Hightower was unavailable (11/209-3), Donny Navarro started (8/88-0), Isaiah Williams started (former QB), Casey Washington (10/106-0), Jafar Armstrong was unavailable (3/38-0), Marquez Beason (hamstring injury)
• TEs: Daniel Barker (19/268-2), Luke Ford (2/15-0)

  

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The Core Four: four key updates from Saturday

1. Ohio State QB CJ Stroud was named the starter for the season opener after earlier this week being described as the leader in the competition over Jack Miller and Kyle McCord . . .
   

   

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