Thursday's depth chart did reveal a competition at free safety where junior Braden Smith and redshirt freshman Rome Weber are listed as co-starters coming out of spring.Īnother young player who will play a key role on defense in 2019 will be sophomore Keyon Blankenbaker. Halliburton has played in a career 39 games. He is listed as a backup at corner on the final spring depth chart along with redshirt freshman Blake Harrington.Īt strong safety, senior Alijah Halliburton started six of the final seven games last season, when former Cowboy safety Epps was being utilized as a nickel back. Coldon also returns after starting the first three games of the 2018 season before suffering a season-ending injury. Senior cornerbacks Tyler Hall and Antonio Hullreturn as starters with a combined 48 career starts between them.
Gone to the NFL are four-year starters at safety Marcus Eppsand Andrew Wingard, but despite their absence there are several talented, veteran players returning. Secondary in Transition, But Still Returns Talented VeteransĪn area of the Cowboy defense that is in transition is the secondary. That change allowed players, who had never redshirted previously, the opportunity to play up to four games at any time during the season and still use the year as a redshirt season. The reason Chambers is a redshirt freshman, with four years of eligibility remaining, is due to the change in the NCAA redshirt rule last season. Vander Waal also started the season-ending road game at New Mexico, that was won by the Cowboys, and he helped lead the Pokes to early-season wins over New Mexico State and Wofford. Chambers led the Cowboys to wins over CSU and SJSU, but early in the Air Force game he suffered a season-ending leg injury and Vander Waal returned to lead the Pokes to a thrilling 35-27 comeback victory. He then started the next three games against Colorado State, San Jose State and Air Force. Chambers played in his first game in Week 8 versus Utah State, when he entered the game in the second half. Vander Waal started the first eight games. The two QBs shared the starting duties last season. The depth chart released today has Chambers listed as the starter coming out of the spring, with Vander Waal No. The competition at quarterback this spring featured redshirt freshman Sean Chambers and sophomore Tyler Vander Waal. With the completion of Spring Drills, the Wyoming coaching staff released its final spring depth chart on Thursday as the Cowboys head into summer conditioning starting on May 27.
(May 2, 2018) - The University of Wyoming Cowboy Football team wrapped up 2019 Spring Football last Saturday.
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