[ryanparker]

I see the 2009 roster is up on the Russell football website at http://www.russell-ind.k12.ky.us/reddevi...roster.htm.

First off, what happened to Steven Stapleton? He is listed as injured. Is he out for the year? If so, that's too bad as he played really well at LB last year.

Judging from what I've heard and expected, here is how things will probably look:

QB - Brandon Sparks
RB - Travis Jones, Jesse White
FB - Will Rice
C - Lee Marr
LG - Kamron Smith
LT - Trenton Peterman
RG - Spencer Hutchinson
RT - Zach Smith
TE - Drake Dehoff
E - Max Rogers

NG - Spencer Hutchinson
DT - Trenton Peterman
DT - Zach Smith
DE - Travis Jones
DE - Drake Dehoff
LB - Will Rice
LB - Kamron Smith
S - Max Rogers
S - Justin Davidson (???)
CB - Jesse White
CB - Logan Dehoff, Patrick Cooper, (???)

K/P - Tanner Locey

Others I would expect to get significant playing time are Travis Edwards, Paul Spradlin, Joel Korzep, and Bruce Bates. A new face I noticed on the roster is basketball player Nathan Taylor. He plays basketball with a lot of emotion and is fun to watch. If he brings that same fire to the football field, he might contribute. I'm probably missing some names and wrong on a few positions, but this is who I know of.

It looks like there's only about 40 guys on the roster this year. I think we're going to see more guys playing both ways than we've ever seen. I hope they are in shape.

So correct me if I'm wrong...what do you think?