We’ll see how good this ballyhooed freshman class is — or, for that matter, how good the WVU incumbents are — when fall camp begins. A post-spring depth chart makes room for a lot of the first-year players.

A post-spring depth chart furnished Wednesday showed only a few first-string changes from a pre-spring alignment – four on offense, one on defense – but it also was dotted with true freshmen, especially on offense.

Out of a possible 13 offensive positions, 11 included freshmen and two had a freshman in the two-deep.

“I don’t think you can ever count on a true freshman, but at the same time I think you have to give them all an opportunity,” offensive coordinator Jeff Mullen said during spring practice. “At the end of the day, the best 11 have to hit the field.

“We’ve all been around it long enough to see how every now and again you see a true freshman is one of the best 11. We’ll certainly give those youngsters an opportunity to show us that in the fall.”

Just a few notes before you proceed.

– Some veterans, but still a really young team in a lot of key areas.
– No Jock Sanders. No Tevita Finau. Either or neither could be in the mix come camp.
– Geno Smith is burried. Brad Starks is the backup quarterback.
– Broderick Jenkins, who is still facing charges for his role in the theft of a safe from a church, is listed at CB … which may say something about his involvement.
– Maybe LB isn’t as deep as we thought because I thought Donovan Miles was good behind Lazear and he’s not listed. And I’m not questioning the decision.
– Robert Sands, who played most of the spring at bandit safety, is still the starter at free.
– You should be excited about The Poet.

Depth chart follows the jump …

(True freshmen are in italics; an * denotes a true freshman who was in spring practice)

OFFENSE

WR (X)
82            Alric Arnett (6-2/187/r-Sr.)
2            Logan Heastie (6-2/192/Fr.) *
11            Ryan Nehlen (6-2/202/r-Fr.)

SL (H)
4            Wes Lyons (6-8/231/Sr.)
26          Carmen Connolly (5-11/192/Sr.)
25          Jack Crow (5-10/165/r-Sr.)
Deon Long (6-0/175/Fr.)
Steadman Bailey (5-11/186/Fr.)

TE
89            Tyler Urban (6-5/244/So.)
  6            Will Johnson (6-2/232/Jr.)
85            Scott Loving (6-2/222/r-Sr.)

LT
64            Don Barclay (6-4/298/r-So.)
59            Matt Timmerman (6-3/282/r-Jr.)
58            Levi Pardee (6-6/302/r-Fr.)
Cole Bowers (6-6/280/Fr.)

LG
77            Josh Jenkins (6-3/298/So.)
65            Chad Snodgrass (6-4/291/r-So.)
Nick Kindler (6-7/280/Fr.)

C
61            Eric Jobe (6-2/284/r-Jr.)
74            Joe Madsen (6-4/286/r-Fr.)
70            Joe Rhein (6-1/268/r-So.)
Jordan Weingart (6-2/290/Fr.)

RG
57            Jeff Braun (6-4/307/r-Fr.)
60            John Bassler (6-4/297/r-Fr.)
Ryan Spiker (6-4/280/Fr.)

RT
66            Selvish Capers (6-5/298/r-Sr.)
67            Jon Walko (6-6/289/r-Sr.)
Pat Eger (6-5/275/Fr.)

SL (S)
26            Carmen Connolly (5-11/192/Sr.)
Tavon Austin (5-9/170/Fr.)

WR (Z)
14            Bradley Starks (6-3/188/r-So.)
12            J.D. Woods (6-0/185/r-Fr.)

QB
16            Jarrett Brown (6-4/221/r-Sr.)
14            Bradley Starks (6-3/188/r-So.)
  8            Coley White (6-0/174/r-Fr.)
10            Ian Loy (6-1/168/r-Fr.)
Eugene Smith (6-3/191/Fr.)

RB
  7            Noel Devine (5-8/175/Jr.)
23            Mark Rodgers (5-9/174/So.)
41            Jordan Roberts (5-10/204/r-Fr.)
19            Mike Poitier (5-8/157/r-Sr.)
Daquan Hargett (5-10/190/Fr.)
Shawne Alston (6-0/222/Fr.)

FB/TE
43            Ryan Clarke (6-0/227/r-Fr.)
41            Ricky Kovatch (6-2/239/So.)
33            Max Anderson (6-0/234/Sr.)
Chris Snook (6-3/220/Fr.)

DEFENSE

DT
93            Scooter Berry (6-1/280/r-Jr.)
90            Chris Neild (6-2/298/r-Jr.)
or 92        Larry Ford (6-3/255/Jr.)
96            Jorge Wright (6-2/270/r-Fr.)

NT
90            Chris Neild (6-2/298/r-Jr.)
94            Josh Taylor (6-1/263/r-So.)
95            D.J. Shaw (6-1/280/Sr.)

DE
97            Julian Miller (6-4/248/r-So.)
92            Larry Ford (6-3/255/Jr.)
59            JB Lageman (6-3/258/r-Fr.)

SLB
31            Pat  Lazear (6-1/237/Jr.)
57            Zac Cooper (6-3/230/r-Sr.)

MLB
47            Reed Williams (6-1/228/r-Sr.)
45            Anthony Leonard (6-1/240/r-Jr.)

WLB
30            J.T. Thomas (6-2/224/r-Jr.)
49            Ovid Goulbourne (6-1/220/r-Sr.)
or 52        Najee Goode (6-1/231/r-So.)

LCB
22            Brandon Hogan (5-10/188/Jr.)
17            Kent Richardson (5-11/190/r-Sr.)
41            Brantwon Bowser (5-11/191/r-So.)
15            Lawrence Smith (5-9/186/r-Fr.)
Pat Miller (6-0/170/Fr.)

SS
11            Sidney Glover (5-11/210/Jr.)
or 12        Nate Sowers (6-1/208/r-Sr.)
29            Trippe Hale (5-10/203/r-Jr.)

FS
28            Robert Sands (6-5/211/So.)
24            Eain Smith (5-11/200/r-So.)

BS
20            Franchot Allen (6-0/208/Sr.)
or 12        Nate Sowers (6-1/208/r-Sr.)
27            Courtney Stuart (6-2/210/r-Jr.)

RCB
38            Keith Tandy (5-10/198/r-So.)
  3            Eddie Davis (6-0/188/r-Jr.)
10            Guesly Dervil (5-11/188/Sr.)
Brodrick Jenkins (5-10/175/Fr.)
23            Benji Powers (5-11/180/r-So.)

SPECIAL TEAMS

PK
14            Tyler Bitancurt (6-1/188/r-Fr.)
17            Josh Lider (6-2/195/Sr.)
17            Cameron Starke (5-10/155/Fr.) *

P
37            Scott Kozlowski (5-11/191/r-Sr.)
36            Greg Pugnetti (6-1/216/r-Jr.)

KO
37            Scott Kozlowski (5-11/191/r-Sr.)

LSN
87            Cody Nutter (6-3/226/r-So.)
41            Jeremy Kash (5-10/208/r-Jr.)

H
41            Jeremy Kash (5-10/208/r-Jr.)
26            Carmen Connolly (5-11/192/Sr.)

KR
22            Brandon Hogan (5-10/188/Jr.)
  3            Eddie Davis (6-0/188/r-Jr.)
Tavon Austin (5-9/170/Fr.)

PR
22            Brandon Hogan (5-10/188/Jr.)
  3            Eddie Davis (6-0/188/r-Jr.)
Tavon Austin (5-9/170/Fr.)