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igger and better things from him.How are your other cornerbacks looking?Beckman: We have more quality depth than at anytime since I’ve been here. (Senior) Taikwon Paige is thereturning starter, though he has been in and out of winterworkouts due to some nagging injuries. (Junior) ByronBest had as good a winter workout season as anybody.We’ve got some new players and some grayshirts thatcould be factors in the competition. Keith Suggs andJohn James are two players who can run and have hadoutstanding winters. And we have some freshmen comingin that might compete for playing time.At safety, junior strong safety Jermaine Robinsonsuffered an Achilles tendon injury in the bowl game.What’s his status?Q & A With Tim Beckmanreturned punts without much success last year. Howcome?Beckman: We’ve got to give Eric more room tomaneuver. He barely touched the ball and then he hadtacklers on him. Punt return is different from kickoffreturn. The tacklers are on you so much quicker. We justhave to get better.Is there any thought of lessening Eric’s load and takinghim off punt returns?Beckman: No. He wants to play special teams. He wantsto be out there. He would be crushed if we took him out.We’ve got to let him do what he does.You have a veteran team, and that’s a good thingconsidering your schedule.Beckman: Jermaine had off-season surgery, and isworking at rehabilitating his injury. He will not play thisspring, but he’s working hard and will try to get backon the field in August. So it’s important for our othersafeties to step up. Mark Singer is a senior and a returningstarter at free safety. He’s been a very good player forus. (Senior) Diauntae Morrow gained a lot of experiencebacking up Jermaine last year after transferring fromIowa. (Sophomore) Ross Madison has had great winterworkouts. And (senior) Anthony Washington is back forus, as well.You’ve mentioned that special teams is an area ofconcern. How are you addressing those concerns?Beckman: We have a freshman placekicker, J.D. Detmer,coming in next year. We’re very excited about him.Unfortunately, for this spring both of our kickers, RyanCasano and Andrew Elchert, are injured right now andcan’t kick. So (Senior punter) Bill Claus and (redshirtfreshman) Clay Simpkins will do the kicking for us thisspring. Claus and (sophomore) Vince Penza will battleat the punting position for next fall.You can’t argue with the success of your kickoffreturns last year. Eric Page averaged over 31 yardsa return and scored three touchdowns. But he alsoBeckman: We play a tough schedule, but that’s nothingnew. All of our first five opponents won at least eightgames in 2010. New Hampshire was an FCS playoff team,and the next three all went to bowl games. The fifth team,Temple, won eight games and should have been in a bowlgame. Ohio State and Boise State are teams that probablywill be in the top 10 in the national rankings when weplay them. So it’s a tough schedule, but our players areexcited for the challenge.How do you prepare your team for such a toughschedule?Beckman: Each week in the off-season, we focus on oneteam. Starting in January, we spend one week on eachopponent. We study them, we review (last year’s) game,we put up their depth chart in the locker room and so on.Then in the spring, each Friday we review one quarterof last year’s game with that team down south (BowlingGreen). We want to make sure that game stands out, firstand foremost. And then in August, we get into our regularpreparation routine when the most important game of theseason is the next game. And that is New Hampshire onSept. 1.
Toledo OffenseDepth Chart - OffenseLT 74 Mike VanDerMeulen 6-7 304 Sr.56 Josh Hendershot 6-4 275 Fr. (R)62 Mark Mattraw 6-3 255 Fr. (R)LG 78 Phillipkeith Manley 6-5 309 Sr.57 Robert Lisowski 6-4 292 Fr. (R)C 67 Zac Kerin 6-5 294 So.61 Erik Carlson 6-2 283 Fr. (R)RG 60 A.J. Lindeman 6-6 300 Jr.or 75 Greg Mancz 6-5 280 Fr. (R)54 Jeff Myers 6-3 280 Fr. (R)76 Samuel Cherry 6-2 302 So.RT 72 John Morookian 6-5 301 Sr.79 Fadi Farha 6-4 293 Jr.TE 9 Danny Noble 6-5 248 Sr.88 Jerome Jones 6-7 240 Sr.82 Colby Kratch 6-4 245 Jr.15 Gerard Atkins 6-5 252 Fr. (R)95 Jared Strait 6-2 246 Jr.91 Justin Jones 6-4 227 Jr.Austin DantinQB 4 Austin Dantin 6-2 200 Jr.or 2 Terrance Owens 6-4 180 So.10 David Pasquale 6-2 232 Jr.17 Dwight Macon 6-0 200 Fr. (R)15 Michael Mathews 6-3 185 So.RB 24 Adonis Thomas 5-10 185 Sr.23 Morgan Williams 5-11 215 Sr.33 David Fluellen 6-0 215 So.27 Darius Reeves 6-1 202 So.WR-X 7 Kenny Stafford 6-4 204 Sr.8 James Green 6-3 200 So.87 Edward Williams 6-2 195 So.26 Jimmy Davidson 6-4 201 Jr.20 Robert Carmona85 Neal RusnakWR-Z 80 Tim Cortazzo 6-1 198 Sr.3 Cordale Scott 6-4 220 Jr.83 Julian Bellinger 6-1 175 Jr.84 Sam Gaymon 6-3 199 Jr.81 Jeff Moore 6-0 175 So.WR-M 12 Eric Page 5-10 180 Jr.11 Bernard Reedy 5-9 175 So.26 Cassius McDowell 5-9 180 Fr. (R)89 Chase Swisher 5-10 160 Fr. (R)Depth chart as of March 14, 2011Terrance Owens
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