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Air Force Depth Chart Released For Opener vs. Navy

Quarterback position is up for grabs and a lot of new faces.

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Falcons prepping for season opener.

Air Force is finally taking the field for its first game as it hosts Navy on Saturday afternoon. There will be a lot of new faces for this Falcons team to be in the starting line.

There are over 30 Falcons players who are taking advantage of turnbacks which allow for these Air Force players to leave campus for one semester and return at a later date. Due to COVID-19, these athletes are leaving this fall with the hopes 2021 will be a normal football season.

The Colorado Springs Gazette notes the majority of the turnbacks are on defense which is a unit that already was not an area of strength heading into this year.

Returning starters including linebacker Demonte Meeks, defensive end Jordan Jackson, outside linebacker Lakota Wills, cornerback Milton Bugg III and projected impact players like defensive back James Jones IV and safety Trey Taylor are among the defensive players who are not at the academy this semester.

The quarterback position was to be one of strength with Donald Hammond III but he is not on the roster and likely not going to play for Air Force at all this year. That position lists co-starters with sophomore Haaziq Daniels and junior Warren Bryan.

Bryan saw action in two games last year against Hawaii and San Jose State and Daniels whose only action came in practice as a freshman playing on the scout team. This area will be very inexperienced and something to watch for with the pitches, fakes, and decisions in this offense. The backfield is experienced with Timothy Jackson and Kadin Remsberg.

Outside of quarterback play, the offense looks to be fairly well put in place with a solid offensive line returning and the running backs mentioned in Jackson and Remsberg.

The defense is where there is a lot of concern. Of the five eligible starters on that side of the ball, none are back and there are a likely unprecedented four freshman on the two-deep. So, the Falcons defense will be brand new when they take on Navy.

While the defense seems barren, there is some talent returning. Defensive tackle, Kaleb Nunez, defensive end Micahel Purcell and linebacker Parker Noren have starting experience. Grand Donaldson is an outside linebacker and he was the defensive MVP of last year’s Cheeze-It Bowl.

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OFFENSE

Left tackle

Parker Ferguson, sr.

Ryan Booth, jr.

Left guard

Nolan Laufenberg, sr.

Hawk Wimmer, jr.

Center

Nicholas Noyen, sr.

Britton Beasley, sr.

Right guard

Kyle Krepsz, sr.

Britton Beasley, sr.

Right tackle

Adam Jewell, sr.

McKenly O’Neal, jr.

Tight end

Kyle Patterson, so.

Christopher Kane, so.

Quarterback

Haaziq Daniels, so. –OR–

Warren Bryan, jr.

Fullback

Timothy Jackson, jr.

Matthew Murla, sr.

Tailback

Kadin Remsberg, sr.

Joshua Stoner, sr.

Slot receiver

Ben Petterson, sr.

Brandon Lewis, jr.

Wide receiver

Daniel Morris, sr.

Jake Spiewak, jr.

Corbin Blanchard, sr.

DEFENSE

Defensive end

Michael Purcell, sr.

TJ Love, so.

Nose guard

Joey Woodring, sr.

Kalawaia Pescaia, so.

Defensive tackle

Kaleb Nunez, sr.

George Silvaic, sr.

Outside linebacker

Grant Donaldson, sr.

Caleb Humphrey, jr.

Inside linebacker

Will Trawick, sr.

Jonathan Youngblood, fr.

Inside linebacker

Noah Bush, jr.

Alec Mock, fr.

Outside linebacker

Parker Noren, sr.

Timothy McClendon, so.

Cornerback

David Eure, jr.

Zion Kelly, so.

Strong safety

Corvan Taylor, jr.

Matthew Anderson, sr.

Free safety

Ethan Erickson, jr.

Camby Goff, fr.

Cornerback

Elisha Palm, sr.

Michael Mack II, fr.

SPECIAL TEAMS

Placekicker

Brice Honaker, jr.

Tevye Schuettpelz-Rohl, jr.

Punter

Joseph Carlson, sr.

Charles Bein, fr.

Long snapper

Connor Kirkegaard, sr.

Jaob Goldberg, jr.

Holder

Joseph Carlson, sr.

Charles Bein, fr.

Kickoff returner

Kadin Remsberg, sr.

Punt returner

Ben Petterson, sr.

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