BYU Football hasn’t released it’s depth chart for the first game, but it is pretty clear who will be starting.
Yesterday, BYU Football announced that Jaren Hall will be starting for the Cougars in week one against Arizona. Almost immediately, the next question amongst journalists and fans was “What about the rest of the depth chart?” Kalani announced that the depth chart will be released next Monday.
While of course nobody outside of the coaching staff knows the complete depth chart, with the amount of returning production and highlight clips we’ve seen, the starters seem to be pretty set in stone. However, this year the backups may be as important as ever with the potential of injuries. The Cougars play six P5 teams and Boise State before they have their BYE week in week 11 of the season.
Offensive Line
Center: James Empey, Joe Tukafu
Right Guard: Connor Pay, Tyson Lewis OR GT Gentry
Left Guard: Clark Barrington, Seth Willis
Right Tackle: Harris LaChance, Campbell Barrington
Left Tackle: Blake Freeland, Brayden Keim
The offensive line is big, strong and really good with the starters. The backups are unproven. While I trust the offensive line coaching, the offensive line has an underrated tough job in reading defenses and working together as a unit. If the starters can stay healthy the first few games and get the backups in every few plays then this position will be a strength of the team. If there are a few injuries in the first few games, the offensive line may look confused and have a hard time protecting Hall or opening up lanes for the running backs.