[Big Six]

Preseason 2010

POS  NO  NAME                HT    WT   CL  CR/PR   HOME TOWN/HIGH SCHOOL
LE   70  Bert Nelson         6-2   240  Fr  28/61   De Witt, MI/De Witt
NT   55  Steven Short        6-5   271  Fr  27/67   Russell, PA/Eisenhower
RE   71  Max Rockwood        6-7   284  Jr  70/90   Cedarhurst, NY/Lawrence
LOLB 31  Frank Miller        6-3   250  Jr  75/86   Sanford, ME/Sanford
LILB 99  Kelly Austin        6-2   231  So  75/75   Upper Marlboro, MD/Frederick Douglass
RILB 53  Thurman Talley      6-3   253  Sr  34/56   Hamtramck, MI/Hamtramck
ROLB 47  Neal Hopkins        5-11  246  Sr  90/99   Beecher, IL/Beecher
CB1  32  Will Pierce         5-11  187  Sr  70/70   Chesapeake, VA/Indian River
CB2  28  Bruce Horton        5-10  182  Sr  49/54   Neenah, WI/Neenah
SS   33  Neal Farr           5-8   207  Sr  40/48   Mount Orab, OH/Western Brown
FS   20  Wade Goodstriker    5-8   196  So  45/100  Fort Wayne, IN/Carroll
P    11  Everett Hundley     6-0   200  So  50/77   Utica, MI/Utica
 
DE   92  Leon McWilliams     6-5   289  Sr  29/29   Perry, OH/Perry
DE   75  Tommie Wilcox       6-5   264  Fr  17/65   Marion, OH/River Valley
DT   94  Julio Robinson      6-3   284  Jr  28/45   Naples, ME/Lake Region
DT   76  Harvey Van Pelt     6-3   303  Sr  26/44   Youngstown, OH/Chaney
LB   44  Colin Wistrom       6-0   247  Jr  37/58   Middletown, IN/Shenandoah
LB   46  Darrin Dunlap       5-10  248  Sr  31/52   Cleveland, OH/East Technical
CB   21  Adrian Hill         5-10  194  So  30/89   Farmington, WV/North Marion
CB   34  Britt Weber         5-9   164  Fr  19/78   Roswell, GA/Roswell
S    40  Johnnie Anderson    6-1   210  So  39/47   Valparaiso, IN/Valparaiso
 

If everyone can remain healthy, we could have one of the country's stoutest defenses this year.

Rockwood looks like he's ready to dominate this year. Short and Nelson, redshirt freshmen, have lots of potential. McWilliams and Van Pelt are solid veteran reserves.

In Miller and Hopkins, we have the nation's #3 pair of outside linebackers, and Austin is a future pro, too. Talley brings leadership and tenacity to the other inside LB spot. Wistrom is a special teams star and a capable backup.

Pierce should have earned All-MAC honors at CB already; he probably will be this year. He is an elite shutdown corner. His partner, Horton, is also very good, and youngster Hill is a future star.

Goodstriker looked like a worthy heir to Adrian Castillo at safety. Senior Farr is a four-year starter.

Hundley needs to step it up some if he's going to hold onto his job.