Counting up the scholarship BSU players for 2020

[Bronco754]

I came up with a total of 68 football players on scholarship at Boise State who are possible returners for the 2020 season. HOWEVER ................four of them MAY or MAY NOT be back for 2020. And one of the four is virtually guaranteed to not be back. Those four are:

1. STUD - Curtis Weaver -2020 RS Senior - Most likely will be entering the NFL draft next spring

2. LEFT TACKLE - Ezra Cleveland - 2020 RS Senior - May be back - May enter NFL draft

3. STUD - Sam Whitney - 2020 6th Year Senior - He missed ALL of the 2019 season and he was NOT included in the Senior Day festivities 2 1/2 weeks ago. Which tells me he is going to petition the NCAA for a 6th year of eligibility.

4. NOSE TACKLE/DEFENSIVE TACKLE - Emmanuel Fesili - 2019 4th year Senior - He has played in only 4 games this season. If he plays this week or in the Boise State bowl game he will NOT be able to return.

The other scholarship football players for Boise State for 2020 are - as far as I can tell - the following:

2020 BOISE STATE SCHOLARSHIP PLAYERS ON OFFENSE - 28

QB - Hank Bachmeier - 6' 1" 202 lbs - True Sophomore
QB - Chase Cord - 6' 2" 208 lbs - RS Junior
QB - Riley Smith - 6' 4" 214 lbs - RS Sophomore

RB - George Holani - 5' 11" 192 lbs - True Sophomore
RB - Robert Mahone - 5' 10" 218 lbs - RS Senior
RB - Andrew Van Buren - 6' 0" 223 lbs - RS Junior
RB - Danny Smith - 6' 0" 218 lbs - RS Sophomore

WR - C. T. Thomas - 5' 8" 182 lbs - 4th year Senior
WR - Khalil Shakir - 6' 0" 186 lbs - True Junior
WR - Octavius Evans - 6' 1" 209 lbs - 4th year Senior
WR - Stefan Cobbs - 6' 0" 178 lbs - RS Sophomore
WR - Billy Bowens - 6' 1" 187 lbs - RS Sophomore
WR - Shea Whiting - 6' 2" 184 lbs - RS Freshman
WR - Khyheem Waleed - 6' 0" 195 lbs - RS Freshman

TE - John Bates - 6' 6" 255 lbs - RS Senior
TE - Tyneil Hopper - 6' 2" 231 lbs - RS Sophomore
TE - Cole Ramseyer - 6' 4" 231 lbs - RS Sophomore
TE - Tyler Eiguren - 6' 3" 230 lbs - RS Freshman

RT - John Ojukwu - 6' 6" 300 lbs - RS Junior
OG - Jake Stetz - 6' 2" 294 lbs - RS Senior
OL - Kole Bailey - 6' 4" 295 lbs - RS Senior
OL - Nick Crabtree - 6' 7" 295 lbs - RS Senior
OL - Donte Harrington - 6' 2" 300 lbs - RS Senior
OL - Kekaniokoa Holomalia-Gonzalez - RS Sophomore
OL - Dallas Holliday - 6' 3" 306 lbs - RS Sophomore
OT - Garrett Curran - 6' 5" 292 lbs - RS Sophomore
OT - Jacob Golden - 6' 5" 288 lbs - RS Freshman
OT - Ben Dooley - 6' 5" 308 lbs - RS Freshman

2020 BOISE STATE SCHOLARSHIP PLAYERS ON DEFENSE - 33

STUD - Demitri Washington - 6' 3" 254 lbs - RS Sophomore
STUD - Casey Kline - 6' 4" 229 lbs - RS Freshman
STUD - Isaiah Bagnah - 6' 4" 237 lbs - RS Freshman

NT - Scale Igiehon - 6' 2" 306 lbs - RS Junior
NT - Keeghan Freeborn - 6' 1" 304 lbs - RS Sophomore

DT - Scott Matlock - 6' 4" 283 lbs - RS Sophomore
DT - Jabari Watson - 6' 1" 269 lbs - RS Senior
DT - Jackson Cravens - 6' 2" 286 lbs - RS Sophomore

DE - Aisa Kelemete - 6' 4" 253 lbs - RS Junior
DE - Kukea Emmsley - 6' 5" 253 lbs - RS Sophomore
DE - Michael Callahan - 6' 3" 256 lbs - RS Freshman
DE - Dylan Hall - 6' 5" 239 lbs - RS Freshman

WLB - Riley Whimpey - 6' 1" 233 lbs - 4th Year Senior
WLB - Brandon Hawkins - 6' 2" 217 lbs - RS Sophomore

MLB - Ezekiel Noa - 5' 11" 242 lbs - RS Junior
MLB - Benton Wickersham - 6' 2" 230 lbs - 4th year Senior
MLB - Bruno DeRose - 5' 11" 223 lbs - RS Senior
MLB - Josh Booker-Brown - 6' 3" 240 lbs - RS Junior
MLB - D. J. Schramm - 6' 0" 225 lbs - RS Sophomore
MLB - Phillip Mills - 6' 2" 231 lbs - RS Sophomore

NB - Kekaula Kaniho - 5' 10" 182 lbs - 4th year Senior
NB - Tyreque Jones - 6' 2" 201 lbs - RS Junior
NB - Roman Kafentzis - 6' 1" 212 lbs - RS Junior

CB - Avery Williams - 5' 9" 198 lbs - RS Senior
CB - Jalen Walker - 6' 0" 180 lbs - RS Senior
CB - Tyric Lebeauf - 6' 2" 180 lbs - RS Sophomore
CB - Markel Reed - 6' 0" 176 lbs - True Sophomore
CB - Marques Evans - 5' 11" 183 lbs - RS Junior
CB - Damon Cole - 6' 0" 180 lbs - RS Junior
CB - Chris Mitchell - 6' 0" 197 lbs - RS Sophomore

S - DeAndre Pierce - 5' 11" 180 lbs - RS Senior
S - Jordan Happle - 5' 11" 208 lbs - RS Senior
S - J. L. Skinner - 6' 4" 213 lbs - True Sophomore

2020 BOISE STATE SCHOLARSHIP PLAYERS ON SPECIAL TEAMS - 3

PK/P - Joel Velasquez - 6' 0" 225 lbs - RS Senior
PK/P - Gavin Wale - 6' 2" 17 lbs - RS Freshman
LS - Daniel Cantrell - 6' 0" 231 lbs - RS Junior

 

[Bronco754]

I read a post on another Boise State forum which mentioned that RS Senior Safety Evan Tyler - whose career at Boise State has been filled with injuries - is likely to also apply for a 6th year of eligibility. His RS Freshman season (2016) he started the first three games of that season but then suffered a season ending knee injury. In 2017 he suffered yet another knee injury in pre-season and did not play in any games that season. He has played in 20 games since then - 10 games in 2018 and 10 games this season (so far). Given his 2016 and 2017 seasons I would have to believe his petition for a 6th year would be a slam dunk. But one never knows when it comes to the NCAA.

 

[Bronco754]

CORRECTION - I got the "started the first three games" in 2016 from his Bio on BroncoSports.com however after checking that out he actually started only the first game of the 2016 season against Louisiana Lafayette. He did play in two other games that season - Washington State and Oregon State - before suffering a season ending knee injury. Those were the first three games in the 2016 season (La Lafayette, Washington State and Oregon State).

 

[Bronco754]

So the TOTAL POSSIBLE returning scholarship players for 2020 is at 69. However that is almost certainly going to be 68 when Curtis Weaver announces his intention to enter the NFL draft later this year. IF that number stays at 68 that would mean Boise State would have 17 scholarships to give out to 2020 new recruits. And there are currently 12 verbal commits.

However - that does NOT include the annual attrition that always occurs. I did a quick review of the guys on the roster this year who contributed very little (not including the true freshmen of course) and I can pinpoint NINE players who didn't play much this season. Starting with a RS Junior offensive linemen who has been at Boise State for four years now and in that time he has PLAYED in a total of ONE game (this season).