Gap Down Backer.

[Soapy]

Stanford and the under

I'll make picks each game, but my quick guess for the season is;
Weeks 1-3, two wins and an ass whooping. Mack is feeling pretty good.
4-6 LSU win, drama over the bye week, and Georgia embarrassing you
7-9 3-0 run, Mack back to feeling he's the top dog
10-12 TCU ends up being awful, Oregon runs all over you in a Pac throwback. Mack breaks a recruiting violation over the bye
13-14 Two wins over teams fighting for .500

Mack is a God fearing family man that values faith, family and football. Get that smut off his name smh but yes, i can see it being an up and down year

Stanford to cover, Stanford to win.

Stanford and the over

Stanford to cover the spread, I'll take the over as well.

locked in.

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Stanford releases first official depth chart ahead of Baylor opener
Chris Wallace -- 247Sports Stanford Football Insider

Earl Nienhuis, as expected, is your Stanford Cardinal starting quarterback, the announcement made official as the Cardinal released their first official depth chart of the season via social media.

Nienhuis, the transfer from Wake Forest, takes over for Alex Rowe in one of the most anticipated seasons in Stanford football history as they are coming off two consecutive playoff appearances, an ACC Championship and their first season as an Independent with a murderer's row of a schedule that features SEC, Big XII and Big Ten opponents.

The Cardinal feature two true freshmen starters in tight end Colt Mixon and right tackle Carl Shakir, who beat out veteran Jamal Harris and second-year highly touted prospect Joe Nunn for the starting job. Mixon battled with starter-in-waiting Dorian Droogsma in the spring, lead Droogsma to transfer to Georgia Tech with all signs pointing to Mixon, who wasn't highly ranked coming out of high school, as the future starter.

There's another first-time starter along the offensive line in Lawrence Hepburn who redshirted last season but now steps into that pivotal role at center with a first-time starter at the two more important positions on the offense.

The defense looks virtually the same as last year with a few changes, notably Athya Shade coming in via the portal by way of Kennesaw State and slides right in at nose tackle. He'll be a key piece to Stanford's rushing defense as they replace their linebacker room with four co-starters named in James Gattis, Desmond Spann, Eric LeVrone and Richard Caussin as they look to replace Isaiah Lanovoi and Manu Toomer.

Another position that promises to have a lot of rotation is running back where Rashawn Crouse and Anthony Masifilo are listed as co-starters while true freshmen Malik Marshall and Trevon Winbush are both listed as backups. All four should see plenty of burn, especially in the early portion of the season as they look to find that feature back.

2031 Stanford Cardinal Depth Chart
Quarterback
#12 Earl Nienhuis • Rs Sophomore • 6'3", 222LBS • 88 OVR, 79 SPD, 76 ACC, 74 AWR, 95 THP, 96 SAC, 87 MAC, 87 DAC
#11 D.J. Sapp • Rs Freshman • 6'0", 188LBS • 73 OVR, 81 SPD, 85 ACC, 66 AWR, 80 THP, 76 SAC, 80 MAC, 73 DAC
#8 Tevita Luck • Rs Freshman • 6'1", 191LBS • 72 OVR, 81 SPD, 86 ACC, 60 AWR, 85 THP, 78 SAC, 79 MAC, 61 DAC
#17 LaMarcus Hook • Rs Freshman • 6'2", 201LBS • 73 OVR, 78 SPD, 82 ACC, 66 AWR, 92 THP, 79 SAC, 81 MAC, 61 DAC

Running Back
#3 Rashawn Crouse • Sophomore • 6'0", 200LBS • 87 OVR, 87 SPD, 91 ACC, 88 COD, 86 CAR, 85 BTK, 84 TRK, 80 SFA OR
#4 Anthony Masifilo • Rs Junior • 5'11", 188LBS • 86 OVR, 94 SPD, 95 ACC, 93 COD, 81 CAR, 77 BTK, 86 JKM, 82 CTH
#0 Malik Marshall • Freshman • 6'0", 186LBS • 82 OVR, 86 SPD, 92 ACC, 88 COD, 79 CAR, 85 BTK, 87 TRK, SFA OR
#9 Trevon Winbush • Freshman • 5'10", 179LBS • 75 OVR, 90 SPD, 93 ACC, 85 COD, 74 CAR, 71 SPM, 75 JKM
#29 Fernando Hooey • Rs Freshman • 6'1", 198LBS • 77 OVR, 91 SPD, 90 ACC, 85 COD, 79 CAR, 71 SPM, 83 JKM, 81 CTH
#25 David Mancuso • Rs Freshman • 6'0", 188LBS • 73 OVR, 86 SPD, 89 ACC, 87 COD, 79 CAR, 69 SPM, 80 JKM, 78 CTH

Wide Receiver
X
#1 Rodney Cookus • Rs Junior • 6'4", 200LBS • 85 OVR, 95 SPD, 96 ACC, 83 COD, 83 CTH, 99 RLS
#2 Brent Baker • Sophomore • 6'5", 197LBS • 76 OVR, 87 SPD, 93 ACC, 80 COD, 85 CTH, 86 RLS

Z
#5 Kyle Morrison • Sophomore • 6'1", 202LBS • 80 OVR, 87 SPD, 88 ACC, 84 COD, 88 CTH, 84 RLS
#16 Timmy Neil • Rs Freshman • 5'11", 209LBS • 80 OVR, 87 SPD, 91 ACC, 89 COD, 82 CTH, 79 RLS
#15 Shawn Butler • Rs Freshman • 6'1", 193LBS • 70 OVR, 90 SPD, 90 ACC, 86 COD, 71 CTH, 75 RLS

F
#7 Alfonso Bramble • Sophomore • 5'7", 169LBS • 82 OVR, 87 SPD, 91 ACC, 92 COD, 86 CTH, 82 CIT
#14 Shaquille Zimmons • Freshman • 5'9", 172LBS • 69 OVR, 85 SPD, 90 ACC, 80 COD, 73 CTH, 81 CIT

Tight End
#81 Colt Mixon • Freshman • 6'2", 223LBS • 68 OVR, 86 SPD, 86 ACC, 78 COD, 82 CTH, 52 RBK
#86 Fredrick Parker • Sophomore • 6'5", 251LBS • 66 OVR, 74 SPD, 74 ACC, 69 COD, 77 CTH, 68 RBK
#87 Dillon Forsett • Rs Freshman • 6'5", 199LBS • 74 OVR, 78 SPD, 72 ACC, 67 COD, 82 CTH, 56 RBK

Offensive Line
LT #74 D.J. Baas • Rs Junior • 6'6", 299LBS • 92 OVR, 89 STR, 87 PBK, 91 RBK
LT #68 Joe Nunn • Sophomore • 6'7", 289LBS • 81 OVR, 89 STR, 77 PBK, 81 RBK
LT #75 Hunter Zeise • Rs Sophomore • 6'6", 292LBS • 77 OVR, 90 STR, 75 PBK, 76 RBK
LT #69 Dexter Winbush • Rs Freshman • 6'7", 311LBS • 74 OVR, 90 STR, 78 PBK, 77 RBK

LG #66 Shaquille Marks • Rs Senior • 6'4", 291LBS • 94 OVR, 85 STR, 99 PBK, 87 RBK
LG #51 Shontrelle Madu • Rs Sophomore • 6'4", 305LBS • 84 OVR, 80 STR, 84 PBK, 86 RBK
LG #50 Jared March • Rs Sophomore • 6'4", 316LBS • 80 OVR, 84 STR, 78 PBK, 78 RBK

C #77 Lawrence Hepburn • Rs Freshman • 6'5", 297LBS • 85 OVR, 96 STR, 71 PBK, 87 RBK
C #55 Brenton Rahman • Rs Senior • 6'2", 282LBS • 87 OVR, 90 STR, 87 PBK, 82 RBK
C #60 Wayne Hoffman • Rs Junior • 6'1", 297LBS • 85 OVR, 77 STR, 90 PBK, 83 RBK
C #59 Nick Cieslak • Rs Senior • 6'4", 285LBS • 81 OVR, 86 STR, 88 PBK, 74 RBK
C #63 Jeffrey Redman • Freshman • 6'1", 286LBS • 79 OVR, 87 STR, 73 PBK, 81 RBK

RG #73 Jalen Freeman • Rs Senior • 6'7", 331LBS • 92 OVR, 90 STR, 93 PBK, 87 RBK
RG #64 Teddy Landry • Rs Freshman • 6'1", 316LBS • 78 OVR, 86 STR, 84 PBK, 71 RBK
RG #65 Joseph Paschal • Freshman • 6'2", 286LBS • 72 OVR, 86 STR, 71 PBK, 71 RBK

RT #70 Carl Shakir • Freshman • 6'7", 313LBS • 80 OVR, 92 STR, 77 PBK, 78 RBK
RT #54 Jamal Harris • Rs Senior • 6'1", 320LBS • 82 OVR, 84 STR, 82 PBK, 84 RBK
RT #79 Joseph Kellum • Rs Freshman • 6'7", 323LBS • 72 OVR, 73 STR, 80 PBK, 84 RBK

Defensive Line
DE
#91 Cameron Drake • Sophomore • 6'1", 283LBS • 79 OVR, 76 ACC, 89 STR, 90 PMV, 58 FMV, 71 BSH OR
#16 Shaquille Pullard • Junior • 6'3", 296LBS • 84 OVR, 84 ACC, 91 STR, 77 PMV, 89 FMV, 72 BSH
#78 Salesi Overstreet • Rs Sophomore • 6'4", 290LBS • 76 OVR, 91 ACC, 85 STR, 81 PMV, 69 FMV, 72 BSH

NT
#4 Athya Shade • Senior • 6'4", 321LBS • 83 OVR, 87 STR, 77 PMV, 83 FMV, 83 BSH
#96 Deontae Shorter • Sophomore • 6'1", 309LBS • 77 OVR, 92 STR, 89 PMV, 60 FMV, 68 BSH
#93 David Okuayinonu • Freshman • 6'4", 294LBS • 76 OVR, 89 STR, 87 PMV, 59 FMV, 71 BSH

DT
#97 James Mankins • Rs Junior • 6'4", 285LBS • 81 OVR, 82 ACC, 90 STR, 88 PMV, 55 FMV, 73 BSH OR
#95 Tim Bing, Sophomore • 6'4", 285LBS • 78 OVR, 80 ACC, 91 STR, 67 PMV, 91 FMV, 71 BSH

Linebacker
JACK
#11 David Calloway • Senior • 6'2", 233LBS • 82 OVR, 80 SPD, 83 ACC, 85 STR, 71 PMV, 73 FMV, 89 BSH OR
#0 Percy Cadet • Sophomore • 6'3", 241LBS • 83 OVR, 84 SPD, 87 ACC, 79 STR, 81 PMV, 91 FMV, 73 BSH
#99 Kevin Pagel • Rs Freshman • 6'6", 247LBS • 74 OVR, 70 SPD, 74 ACC, 78 STR, 86 PMV, 57 FMV, 81 BSH
#70 Amar'e Tull • Rs Sophomore • 6'6", 235LBS • 77 OVR, 83 SPD, 91 ACC, 76 STR, 81 PMV, 67 FMV, 62 BSH

MIKE
#55 James Gattis • Junior • 6'3", 243LBS • 84 OVR, 81 SPD, 91 ACC, 78 COD, 84 TKL, 87 BSH, 68 MCV, 79 ZCV OR
#6 Eric LeVrone • Rs Junior • 6'2", 244LBS • 86 OVR, 81 SPD, 87 ACC, 76 COD, 90 TKL, 84 BSH, 79 MCV, 86 ZCV
#44 Chester Oordt • Rs Sophomore • 5'11", 225LBS • 79 OVR, 86 SPD, 90 ACC, 78 COD, 86 TKL, 80 BSH, 70 MCV, 78 ZCV
#53 Kevin Macklin • Freshman • 6'1", 205LBS • 69 OVR, 77 SPD, 86 ACC, 78 COD, 73 TKL, 60 BSH, 67 MCV, 78 ZCV

WILL
#54 Desmond Spann • Rs Senior • 6'3", 220LBS • 83 OVR, 80 SPD, 88 ACC, 78 COD, 88 TKL, 88 BSH, 65 MCV, 81 ZCV OR
#52 Richard Caussin • Rs Senior • 6'3", 228LBS • 86 OVR, 85 SPD, 86 ACC, 88 TKL, 77 BSH, 85 MCV, 93 ZCV
#50 Anthony Robbins • Rs Freshman • 6'1", 232LBS • 79 OVR, 75 SPD, 86 ACC, 85 TKL, 88 BSH, 61 MCV, 80 ZCV
#30 Taylor Bagent • Rs Freshman • 6'2", 213LBS • 80 OVR, 83 SPD, 91 ACC, 86 COD, 80 TKL, 71 BSH, 73 MCV, 79 ZCV
#41 Conor McCune • Rs Freshman • 6'0", 213LBS • 73 OVR, 80 SPD, 88 ACC, 80 COD, 77 TKL, 73 BSH, 62 MCV, 86 ZCV
#49 Dimitri Minor • Rs Freshman • 6'0", 221LBS • 72 OVR, 74 SPD, 89 ACC, 76 COD, 75 TKL, 84 BSH, 59 MCV, 77 ZCV

SAM
#2 Javon Canady • Rs Senior • 6'5", 238LBS • 88 OVR, 81 SPD, 83 ACC, 80 STR, 85 PMV, 89 FMV, 85 BSH OR
#3 Avery Tangelo • Senior • 6'6", 247LBS • 82 OVR, 86 SPD, 90 ACC, 85 STR, 85 PMV, 73 FMV, 75 BSH
#90 Tremaine Dalton • Rs Freshman • 6'6", 250LBS • 72 OVR, 80 SPD, 80 ACC, 82 STR, 81 PMV, 73 FMV, 61 BSH

Secondary
CB
#8 Chauncey Ankrah • Rs Senior • 6'1", 215LBS • 85 OVR, 87 SPD, 91 ACC, 99 COD, 85 MCV, 84 ZCV, 91 PRESS
#9 Benjamin Streeter • Rs Sophomore • 5'10", 161LBS • 82 OVR, 87 SPD, 89 ACC, 90 COD, 75 MCV, 86 ZCV, 77 PRESS

CB
#10 J.T. Kipper • Rs Senior • 6'0", 175LBS • 87 OVR, 88 SPD, 94 ACC, 99 COD, 85 MCV, 85 ZCV, 86 PRESS
#12 Juan Becht • Sophomore • 6'2", 160LBS • 76 OVR, 86 SPD, 88 ACC, 94 COD, 79 MCV, 75 ZCV, 85 PRESS

Nickel
#1 Kentrell Marvin • Sophomore • 6'1", 202LBS • 87 OVR, 93 SPD, 94 ACC, 94 COD, 88 MCV, 86 ZCV, 80 PRESS
#26 Antwan Week • Rs Sophomore • 6'0", 199LBS • 73 OVR, 87 SPD, 90 ACC, 85 COD, 76 MCV, 81 ZCV, 68 PRESS
#23 Trevante Punga • Freshman • 5'9", 179LBS • 68 OVR, 84 SPD, 88 ACC, 84 COD, 77 MCV, 70 ZCV, 64 PRESS

FS
#15 Angel Bass • Rs Sophomore • 6'1", 184LBS • 80 OVR, 93 SPD, 94 ACC, 94 COD, 71 MCV, 85 ZCV, 60 TKL
#7 Mike Thomas • Rs Sophomore • 6'3", 234LBS • 76 OVR, 88 SPD, 86 ACC, 87 COD, 71 MCV, 80 ZCV, 86 TKL
#14 Emanuel Araiza • Freshman • 5'10", 186LBS • 66 OVR, 85 SPD, 86 ACC, 79 COD, 70 MCV, 76 ZCV, 67 TKL
#24 Franklin Larue • Rs Freshman • 6'0", 185LBS • 71 OVR, 87 SPD, 88 ACC, 92 COD, 72 MCV, 74 ZCV, 68 TKL

SS
#5 Shaquille Duke • Rs Senior • 6'2", 189LBS • 87 OVR, 85 SPD, 88 ACC, 77 COD, 78 MCV, 89 ZCV, 88 TKL
#25 Jaron Azumah • Freshman • 6'2", 224LBS • 73 OVR, 91 SPD, 85 ACC, 79 COD, 65 MCV, 78 ZCV, 83 TKL
#20 Malik Ricks • Rs Senior • 6'2", 202LBS • 78 OVR, 78 SPD, 81 ACC, 93 COD, 77 MCV, 90 ZCV, 76 TKL
#21 Mo Ndukwe • Rs Freshman • 5'11", 194LBS • 73 OVR, 84 SPD, 85 ACC, 77 COD, 61 MCV, 70 ZCV, 79 TKL
#22 Mike Cologne • Junior • 5'9", 198LBS • 70 OVR, 88 SPD, 86 ACC, 79 COD, 72 MCV, 81 ZCV, 67 TKL

Special Team
K #16 Brian Vallos • Rs Freshman • 77 OVR, 89 KPW, 85 KAC
P #11 D.J. Ball • Rs Freshman • 80 OVR, 91 KPW, 83 KAC

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#12 Earl Nienhuis • Rs Sophomore • 6'3", 222LBS • 88 OVR, 79 SPD, 76 ACC, 74 AWR, 95 THP, 96 SAC, 87 MAC, 87 DAC

the way you been talking about Nienhuis all offseason I figured he'd be mid af

mf has 95 THP and 87+ in all three AC cats. Dude's awareness is shit, but you gon be slinging dat bih

[ShireNiner]

A QB named Earl. I just can’t.

[Soapy]

#12 Earl Nienhuis • Rs Sophomore • 6'3", 222LBS • 88 OVR, 79 SPD, 76 ACC, 74 AWR, 95 THP, 96 SAC, 87 MAC, 87 DAC

the way you been talking about Nienhuis all offseason I figured he'd be mid af

mf has 95 THP and 87+ in all three AC cats. Dude's awareness is shit, but you gon be slinging dat bih

nooticer chain officially snatched

It was a more up-and-down day for Nienhuis who certainly pushed the ball down the field more than Rowe, including a deep post to Brent Baker that was intercepted by senior safety Shaquille Duke, the Central Michigan transfer.

pushed the ball down the field more = good throw power
intercepted = low AWR

Nienhuis is probably the most talented quarterback that Stanford has had since Tavien St. Clair as he's a better passer than both Zach Hoppes and Rowe and he's more athletic as well than Rowe. The lack of experience is a concern and while Rowe was a first-time starter as well last year, he at least had been in the offense for two seasons as a backup.

most talented = highest OVR

Consistency will be key with Nienhuis, a first-time starter whose never taken a college snap, but there's just a lot more juice in his arm than Alex Rowe which is probably why Stanford decided to move forward with him.

again, consistency = lower AWR
more juice = better player

A QB named Earl. I just can’t.

yeah i hate his name tbh lmao, thought about changing it

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(0-1, 0-0 Big XII) (1-0, No. 6 AP)
CFB 2031 Regular Season, Week 1 - Stanford Stadium, Palo Alto, California

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BAY | 0 | 10 | 0 | 7 | 17
STAN | 14 | 10 | 14 | 14 | 52

Stanford dominate Bears in Earl Nienhuis' Cardinal debut
Stanford quarterback Earl Nienhuis' first pass as a Stanford Cardinal went for forty yards. His next one was a touchdown.

Outside of a miscommunication in the redzone that resulted in an interception, Nienhuis' Stanford debut was nearly flawless, completing 26 of 35 passes for 300 yards and two touchdowns in Stanford's 52-17 rout of the Baylor Bears.

It was a balanced attack for Stanford's offense who had three running backs score touchdowns, including true freshmen Trevon Winbush, who reached the endzone twice, and Malik Marshall. Eight different receivers caught a pass from Nienhuis but the top target was Richard Cookus, the leading receiver from last year's playoff team.

Cookus finished with five catches for 109 yards and a touchdown, including the first completion of the game for forty yards and later on in the game, a 25-yard touchdown in the third quarter.

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Scoring Summary
Quarter 1
Alfonso Bramble 9 Yd pass from Earl Nienhuis (10:30)
Trevon Winbush, 3 Yd run (2:54)

Quarter 2
Tevan Luck 16 Yd pass from Kona Awesome (6:51)
Malik Marshall, 1 Yd run (3:29)
Derek Trewyn, 46 Yd FG (0:59)
Brian Vallos, 41 Yd FG (0:00)

Quarter 3
Rodney Cookus 25 Yd pass from Earl Nienhuis (6:36)
Trevon Winbush, 2 Yd run (3:50)

Quarter 4
Tevan Luck, 1 Yd run (7:59)
Rashawn Crouse, 2 Yd run (5:19)
J.T. Kipper, returned interception 97 Yds (1:42)

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Player Stats
QB Kona Awesome (R-Sr): 15-27, 152 yards, TD, 2 INT, sacked once
QB Sinilau Dove (R-Soph): 8-15, 114 yards, 2 INT
QB Earl Nienhuis (R-Soph): 26-35, 300 yards, 2 TD, INT, sacked once

HB Tevan Luck (R-Fr): 15 carries, 12 yards, TD
HB Gordon Zunega (Jr): 4 carries, 77 yards
HB Rashawn Crouse (Soph): 9 carries, 91 yards, TD
HB Trevon Winbush (Fr): 6 carries, 77 yards, 2 TD
HB Malik Marshall (Fr): 6 carries, 24 yards, TD

WR Chester Duhon (Jr): 7 receptions, 101 yards
WR Adrian Marrero (Fr): 3 receptions, 56 yards
TE Colt Mixon (Fr): 7 receptions, 46 yards
WR Rodney Cookus (R-Jr): 5 receptions, 109 yards, TD
WR Alfonso Bramble (Soph): 5 receptions, 59 yards, TD

EDGE Darren Bostic (R-Jr): 6 tackles, 2 TFL, sack
CB Sateki Body (Sr): 4 tackles, INT
CB Kentrell Marvin (Soph): 13 tackles, TFL, INT, 2 PBU
CB J.T. Kipper (R-Sr): 6 tackles, INT, PBU, TD
LB Desmond Spann (R-Sr): 6 tackles, 2 TFL
S Angel Bass (R-Soph): 4 tackles, TFL, INT

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most talented = highest OVR

for some reason I thought Rowe was rated way lower than that

plus iirc you said he didn't start at Wake, so I assumed he was lower rated. my bad b

hit both my bets but the amount of ranked games this season going to make it a crapshoot by the end

[djp73]

I read the majority of the articles

Missed the deadline but I was going to take Stanford to win and cover and the under if you want to take my word for it

[toysoldier00]

super toolsy QB, lots of running backs to choose from, but that offensive line. Makes me jealous tbh.

[Soapy]

most talented = highest OVR

for some reason I thought Rowe was rated way lower than that

plus iirc you said he didn't start at Wake, so I assumed he was lower rated. my bad b

hit both my bets but the amount of ranked games this season going to make it a crapshoot by the end

Yeah, Wake had a sneaky highly rated QB when we played them last year and Nienhuis got like a 8 OVR boost over the offseason.

I read the majority of the articles

Missed the deadline but I was going to take Stanford to win and cover and the under if you want to take my word for it

I'll take your word for it.

super toolsy QB, lots of running backs to choose from, but that offensive line. Makes me jealous tbh.

It starts up front. Since Mack has an OL background (former NFL OL), I max'd out OL coaching abilities before addressing anything else for realism and it's paid dividends