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          Pac-12 Blog

          A look at California's new depth chart

          • ESPN.com staff
          Aug 29, 2009, 04:33 PM

          Posted by ESPN.com's Ted Miller

          California's depth chart will be distributed on Monday, but here's a look at some of the interesting changes from spring.

          • Nyan Boateng is now Marvin Jones' backup at Z receiver. He was the No. 1 X -- flanker -- coming out of spring.

          • Verran Tucker is No. 1 at the X.

          • The guards are Matt Summers-Gavin and Justin Cheadle. They were Mark Boskovich and Chet Teofilo after spring.

          • Anthony Miller is No. 1 at tight end because Tad Smith is out with a knee injury.

          • Brian Holley won the fullback job.

          • The depth chart doesn't list a slot receiver as it did before, when Alex Lagemann and Charles Satchell were Nos. 1 and 2. True freshman Isi Sofele is probably in the mix there.

          • The linebackers are Eddie Young and Mike Mohamed on the outside and D.J. Holt and Mychal Kendricks inside. Mohamed was inside after spring and Devin Bishop is now a backup inside after being No. 1 outside.

          • The starting secondary remains the same, but Jesse Brooks is a backup safety -- instead of D.J. Campbell --- and Josh Hill is Darian Hagan's backup instead of Chris Conte, who's now at safety.

          • Giorgio Tavecchio is the No. 1 kicker over David Seawright.

          • Syd'Quan Thompson is the No. 1 punt returner; Jahvid Best will return kicks.

          Offense

          Z 1 Marvin Jones (6-2, 190, So.)
          8 Nyan Boateng (6-2, 211, Sr.)

          LT 79 Mike Tepper (6-7, 319, Sr.)
          53 Donovan Edwards (6-5, 285, Jr.)

          LG 75 Matt Summers-Gavin (6-4, 291, RFr.)
          70 Mark Boskovich (6-4, 304, Jr.)

          C 54 Chris Guarnero (6-2, 275, Jr.)
          65 Dominic Galas (6-1, 281, RFr.)

          RG 61 Justin Cheadle (6-2, 299, So.)
          58 Chet Teofilo (6-3, 329, Sr.)

          RT 72 Mitchell Schwartz (6-6, 317, So.)
          53 Donovan Edwards (6-5, 285, Jr.)

          TE 80 Anthony Miller (6-3, 258, So.)
          83 Skylar Curran (6-4, 256, Sr.)

          45 Spencer Ladner (6-7, 253, RFr.)
          19 Jarrett Sparks (6-2, 230, RFr.)

          X 86 Verran Tucker (6-1, 204, Sr.)
          3 Jeremy Ross (5-11, 216, Jr.)

          QB 13 Kevin Riley (6-2, 221, Jr.)
          10 Brock Mansion (6-5, 237, So.)
          9 Beau Sweeney (6-2, 226, RFr.)

          FB 33 Brian Holley (5-10, 235, Sr.)
          22 Will Kapp (5-10, 216, So.)

          TB 4 Jahvid Best (5-10, 195, Jr.)
          34 Shane Vereen (5-10, 198, So.)

          Defense

          DE 44 Tyson Alualu (6-3, 295, Sr.)
          92 Trevor Guyton (6-3, 285, So.)

          NG 76 Derrick Hill (6-2, 302, Jr.)
          96 Kendrick Payne (6-2, 300, RFr.)

          DE 97 Cameron Jordan (6-4, 287, Jr.)
          95 Ernest Owusu (6-4, 268, So.)

          OLB 9 Eddie Young (6-0, 239, Sr.)
          43 Charles Johnson (6-2, 232, Jr.)

          ILB 3 D.J. Holt (6-1, 250, So.)
          55 Jerome Meadows (6-3, 240, Jr.)

          ILB 30 Mychal Kendricks (6-0, 230, So.)
          10 Devin Bishop (6-1, 239, Sr.)

          OLB 18 Mike Mohamed (6-3, 237, Jr.)
          47 Keith Browner (6-6, 268, Jr.)

          CB 5 Syd'Quan Thompson (5-9, 191, Sr.)
          15 Bryant Nnabuife (6-1, 190, Jr.)

          S 29 Marcus Ezeff (5-11, 219, Sr.)
          11 Sean Cattouse (6-2, 206, So.)

          S 25 Brett Johnson (6-1, 194, Sr.)
          20 Jesse Brooks (5-11, 197, Sr.)

          CB 26 Darian Hagan (6-0, 186, Jr.)
          23 Josh Hill (5-11, 194, RFr.)