Georgia Tech (2-0, 1-0 ACC) will host Vanderbilt (1-1, 0-1 SEC) 12 12:30 p.m. at Bobby Dodd Stadium.
Here are a few notes about the Commodores depth chart.
Vanderbilt’s depth chart:
OFFENSE
WR
Trent Sherfield, 6-1, 200, Jr.
Caleb Scott, 6-2, 204, JR.
Sherfield led the team in catches with 51 last season. He is tied for the lead with Webb this season….with four catches.
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TE
Nathan Marcus, 6-5, 224, R-Jr.
Jared Pinkney, 6-4, 250, R-Fr.
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LT
Will Holden, 6-6, 3-12, Sr.
Devin Cochran, 6-7, 305, Fr.
Holden started 12 games last season.
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LG
Delando Crooks, 6-5, 305, R-Jr.
Egidio DellaRipa, 6-4, 295, R-Jr.
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C
Barrett Gouger, 6-4, 305, Sr.
Ean Pfeifer, 6-4, 290, R-Fr.
Gouger started 12 games last season, 10 at right guard.
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RG
Bruno Reagan, 6-3, 310, R-So.
Bailey Granier, 6-6, 320, R-So.
Reagan played in 12 games last season, starting two.
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RT
Justin Skule, 6-6, 305, So.
Jared Southers, 6-4, 308, R-Fr.
Vanderbilt's offensive line averages 6-5, 296 pounds.
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QB
Kyle Shurmur, 6-4, 223, So.
Wade Freebeck, 6-5, 225-, Jr.
Shurmur played in five games last season. He has completed 23-of-50 passes for 186 yards this season.
The line is paving the way for the Commodores to average 200 rushing yards per game.
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RB
Ralph Webb, 5-10, 202, Jr.
Khari Blasingame, 6-1, 235, R.-So.
Webb is fourth all-time in career rushing at the school. He needs 777 yards to break Zac Stacy’s school record. His 211 rushing yards in last week’s win over Middle Tennessee was the third-most in a single game. … Rushed for 1,152 yards last season.
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FB
Dallas Rivers, 6-1, 225, Jr.
Bailey McElwain, 6-0, 238, Fr.
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WR
Kalija Lipscomb, 6-1, 190, Fr.
CJ Duncan, 5-11, 203, R-Jr.
Latevius Rayford, 6-1, 201, Sr.
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DEFENSE
DL
Jonathan Wynn, 6-4, 258, R-Jr.
Dare Odeyingbo, 6-2, 262, So.
Wynn started four games last season.
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DL
Adam Butler, 6-4, 295, Sr.
Torey Agee, 6-4, 285, Sr.
Butler started eight games last season.
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DL
Nifae Lealao, 6-5, 312, Jr.
Nehemiah Mitchell, 6-4, 260, Sr.
None of the four starters on the defensive line has a sack this season.
Vanderbilt's defensive line averaged 6-4, 279 pounds.
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OLB
Landon Stokes, 6-4, 240, R-Jr.
Charles Wright, 6-3, 237, R-So.
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ILB
Zach Cunningham, 6-4, 230, R-Jr.
Josh Smith, 6-3, 236, So.
Cunningham has at least 10 tackles in six consecutive games. Tech coach Paul Johnson said that the Commodores do a good job of keeping blockers away from Cunningham.
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ILB
Nigel Bowden, 6-1, 240, R-Jr.
Ja’karri Thomas, 6-1, 225, Sr.
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OLB
Oren Burks, 6-3, 222, R-Jr.
Caleb Peart, 6-1, 234, R-Fr.
Burks has the only sack among the linebackers this season .
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CB
Tre Herndon, 6-1, 188, Jr.
Bryce Lewis, 6-0, 185, R-So.
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SS
Ryan White, 5-10, 188, R-Jr.
Emmanuel Smmith, 6-2, 219, Jr.
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FS
LaDarius Wiley, 6-1, 205, R-So.
Arnold Tarpley, 6-1, 200, Jr.
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CB
Torren McGaster, 6-0, 198, Sr.
Taurean Ferguson, 5-9, 190, R-Jr.
McGaster started 12 games last season was second in the SEC in pass break-ups with 13.
Nobody in Vanderbilt’s secondary has an interception this season.
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SPECIALISTS
K Tommy Openshaw, 6-2, 195, R-Jr.
P Sam Loy, 6-1, 195, FR.
H Wilson Johnson, 6-0, 212, Sr.
PR Kalija Lipscomb, 6-1, 190, Fr.
KR Darrius Sims, 5-9, 191, Sr.
Sims is averaging 31.7 yards on three kickoff returns.
SN Wilson Johnson, 6-0, 212, Sr.
