The awarding of an athletic scholarship to walk-on Chris Salvi and the announcement of 5th year seniors returning for their final year of eligibility appears to have solidified the 2012 Irish football roster. Those soon to be grad students are: Braxston Cave – C, Mike Golic Jr. – C, John Goodman – WR, Kapron Lewis-Moore – DE, Dan McCarthy – S, Jamoris Slaughter – S. The only thing lacking is the assignment of jersey numbers to the freshmen in the fall.
The idea of awarding a walk-on with a one year scholarship is great for morale and incentive to the lads on the scout team and those serving as tackling dummies. Just ask David Ruffer and now Salvi.
Cave and Lewis-Moore went down with injuries last year. Golic stepped in at center and can play tackle as well. Slaughter had a lot of playing time as did Goodman. Although Goodman became the goat for a lot of fans because of his duties as punt returner fair catching the ball on Brian Kelly’s orders. We here at the Station have a different take on John. We believe he is going to have a breakout year after toiling in the forgotten shadows of Golden Tate and Michael Floyd. McCarthy did not see much playing time at the safety position however he did play special teams.
The class breakout is as follows:
GS – 7
Seniors – 15
Juniors – 19
Sophomores – 26
Freshmen – 17
Hmmm. That’s 84 by our count with a maximum of 85 allowed. Does Kelly keep a scholarship in his back pocket for contingencies and rainy day chances of picking up a transfer or awarding another walk-on? Snatching up Jordan Presswood last year was a good example of having an extra scholarship to award.
So which seniors were not asked to come back for a fifth year. They too have a year of eligibility remaining on the books and can play anywhere immediately. Some battled injuries and others just got flat out beaten out of playing time.
Deion Walker – WR
Brandon Newman – NG
Lane Clelland – OL
Hafis Williams – DL
Anthony McDonald – LB
David Posluszny – LB
Also nose guard Sean Cwynar has decided to put his masters in business administration to the test and of course quarterback Dayne Crist who will play for Charlie Weis at Kansas. Also rumor has it that Newman is headed to Ball State.
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