Spring 2013 Football Roster Weights

By: mikey4vt on March 27, 2013, 12:04 AM | 19 comments

Spring Practice is here! The heights and weights were updated on HokieSports, so I thought y’all would like to see how everyone has changed since last season. I kept the numbers from previous weigh-ins to track how the player has transformed their body. It’ll be cool to see how much players have changed in their four years on campus.

Quarterbacks

No. Name Position Height Spring '12 Fall '12 Spring '13
3 Logan Thomas QB 6' 6" 262 260 257
12 Trey Gresh QB 6' 1" 213 212 215
6 Mark Leal QB 6' 1" 212 213 213
9 Brenden Motley QB 6' 3" 195 207 219
16 Carlis Parker QB 6' 3" 184
Connor Jessop QB 6' 3" 200 204 215
Brian Rody QB 6' 6" 221 221 227

Running Backs

No. Name Position Height Spring '12 Fall '12 Spring '13
20 Michael Holmes TB 6' 0" 208 208 215
4 J.C. Coleman TB 5' 8" 176 192 177
39 Daniel Dyer TB 5' 9" 198 196 201
22 Tony Gregory TB 6' 0" 179 185 183
28 Chris Mangus TB 5' 11" 180 187 188
14 Trey Edmunds TB 6' 1" 200 212 215
Maurice Taylor TB 5' 8" 169 169 171

Full Back

No. Name Position Height Spring '12 Fall '12 Spring '13
32 Riley Beiro FB 5' 9" 232 228 229
46 Griffin Hite FB 5' 11" 229 226 223
25 Jerome Wright FB 5' 11" 223 229
Greg Gaddell FB 5' 10" 199 195 195
Fuller Hoepner FB 6' 2" 249

Split End

No. Name Position Height Spring '12 Fall '12 Spring '13
18 D.J. Coles SE 6' 4" 216 226 238
21 Mark Irick SE 6' 3" 185 204 197
85 E.L. Smiling SE 6' 4" 204 212 202
5 Joshua Stanford SE 6' 1" 180 188 189
83 Charley Meyer SE 6' 1" 200 205 208
Austin Jones SE 6' 3" 185 182 176
Michael Brainard SE 6' 0" 190

Flanker

No. Name Position Height Spring '12 Fall '12 Spring '13
82 Willie Byrn FL 5' 11" 179 177 175
15 Joel Caleb FL 6' 2" 205 211 213
80 Demitri Knowles FL 6' 1" 174 177 177
19 Kevin Asante FL 6' 0" 181 181 184
Malcolm Westbrook FL 6' 1" 185 185 179
Scott Rolin FL 5' 9" 176 176 186
Chad Savage FL 6' 0"

Tight End

No. Name Position Height Spring '12 Fall '12 Spring '13
49 Dakota Jackson TE 6' 3" 250 263 269
88 Ryan Malleck TE 6' 4" 250 244 248
81 Duan Perez-Means TE 6' 4" 235 237 239
33 Darius Redman TE 6' 4" 257 259 258
86 Zack McCray TE 6' 4" 245 256 253
95 Jack Willenbrock TE 6' 3" 260 245 245

Center

No. Name Position Height Spring '12 Fall '12 Spring '13
74 Andrew Miller C 6' 4" 300 304 293
79 Caleb Farris C 6' 3" 310 309 303

Offensive Guard

No. Name Position Height Spring '12 Fall '12 Spring '13
55 Brent Benedict OG 6' 5" 311 304 301
76 David Wang OG 6' 2" 286 288 291
64 Matt Arkema OG 6' 3" 285 287 291
75 Adam Taraschke OG 6' 5" 270 292 296
62 Ross Ward OG 6' 3" 303 303 298
52 Nick Acree OG 6' 5" 299 321 316
Marcus Mapp OG 6' 4" 297 286 296

Offensive Tackle

No. Name Position Height Spring '12 Fall '12 Spring '13
72 Augie Conte OT 6' 5" 265 277 294
70 Jake Goins OT 6' 5" 291 305 285
69 Mark Shuman OT 6' 7" 322 307 314
63 Laurence Gibson OT 6' 6" 312 303 303
71 Jonathan McLaughlin OT 6' 4" 306
67 Parker Osterloh OT 6' 8" 330

Defensive End

No. Name Position Height Spring '12 Fall '12 Spring '13
99 James Gayle DE 6' 4" 260 269 253
42 J.R. Collins DE 6' 2" 252 261 252
96 Corey Marshall DE 6' 1" 250 267 260
87 Dewayne Alford DE 6' 2" 229 247 239
4 Ken Ekanem DE 6' 3" 240 249 242
53 Jarontay Jones DE 6' 2" 240 240 241
91 Matt Roth DE 6' 4" 236 241 242
66 Tyrel Wilson DE 6' 1" 220 228 225
43 Seth Dooley DE 6' 4" N/A 237 237
Jeremy Haynes DE 6' 3" N/A 222 225
90 Dadi Nicolas DE 6' 2" N/A 223 227

Defensive Tackle

No. Name Position Height Spring '12 Fall '12 Spring '13
98 Derrick Hopkins DT 6' 0" 305 306 312
92 Luther Maddy DT 6' 1" 288 288 295
97 Kris Harley DT 6' 1" 283 282 286
94 Alston Smith DT 6' 2" 270 284 299
95 Nigel Williams DT 6' 3" 270 270 271
60 Woody Baron DT 6' 1" 260 260
93 Justin Taylor DT 6' 2" 253 246 268

Outside Linebacker

No. Name Position Height Spring '12 Fall '12 Spring '13
37 Ronny Vandyke OLB 6' 3" 215 215 211
41 Derek DiNardo OLB 6' 0" 215 210 214
Josh Trimble OLB 5' 11" 200 200 219
Tyler Brydge OLB 6' 2" 197
Quinton Taylor OLB 6' 1" 200 200 209

Linebacker

No. Name Position Height Spring '12 Fall '12 Spring '13
24 Tariq Edwards LB 6' 2" 232 237 232
58 Jack Tyler LB 6' 1" 230 230 225
35 Dahman Mckinnon LB 6' 0" 210 207 207
40 Deon Clarke LB 6' 2" 200 214 215
44 Devin Vandyke LB 6' 0" 205 212 215
36 Chase Williams LB 6' 2" 224 235 230
Drew Burns LB 6' 3" 200 206 216
Josh Eberly LB 5'8 190 216

Rover

No. Name Position Height Spring '12 Fall '12 Spring '13
34 Kyshoen Jarrett ROV 5' 11" 188 195 194
26 Desmond Frye ROV 6' 2" 175 181 184
Zach Snell ROV 5' 10" 190 186 189

Free Safety

No. Name Position Height Spring '12 Fall '12 Spring '13
8 Detrick Bonner FS 6' 0" 186 198 189
23 Der'Woun Greene FS 5' 10" 175 172 187
Greg Jones FS 6' 2" 190 197 201
T.J. Shaw FS 5' 10" 170 175 180

Cornerback

No. Name Position Height Spring '12 Fall '12 Spring '13
1 Antone Exum CB 6' 1" 219 224 224
17 Kyle Fuller CB 6' 0" 188 193 189
30 Donaldven Manning CB 5' 9" 155 155 174
2 Donovan Riley CB 5' 11" 190 200 202
13 Davion Tookes CB 5' 10" 165 171 172
31 Brandon Facyson CB 6'2" 173 183
Nick Bush CB 5' 10" 177 177 180
Chris Caver CB 5' 8" 170 170 172
Carl Jackson CB 5' 9" 182 174 177

Long Snapper

No. Name Position Height Spring '12 Fall '12 Spring '13
65 Joe St. Germain LS 6' 0" 216 212 217
59 Eddie D'Antuono LS 6' 6" 265 256 271
Colton Taylor LS 6' 0" 205

Punter

No. Name Position Height Spring '12 Fall '12 Spring '13
38 Michael Branthover P 5' 9" 187 184 193
27 A.J. Hughes P 6' 1" 190 190 201
Hunter Windmuller P 6' 3" 185 170 177
Ethan Keyserling P 6' 2" 205 205 199

Place Kicker

No. Name Position Height Spring '12 Fall '12 Spring '13
89 Cody Journell PK 6' 0" 178 195 181
45 Brooks Abbott PK 6' 2" 170 182 189

Things that stood out:

  • D.J. Coles is 238 pounds. That’s too heavy, but I imagine that’s because he’s been off the field for a year.
  • The defensive ends slimmed down. Gayle is now 253 pounds, 16 pounds less than football season.
  • Andrew Miller slimmed down.
  • Donaldven Manning is up to 174, which is great to see.
  • Augie Conte is up to 294 pounds, certainly a weight he could play at. If he gains a little more weight over the summer, that’d be perfect.
  • Alston Smith is up to 299, he gained 29 pounds in a year.
  • I didn’t see Christian Reeves on the roster
  • A.J. Hughes is up 11 pounds.

What are your thoughts on the changes? What do you think is good and bad?

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Doctor of Hokienomix's picture Doctor of Hokienomix | 13 years 3 months #

Parker Osterloh is a monster.

HokiEE's picture HokiEE | 13 years 3 months #

The fact that JC Coleman lost 15 lbs jumps out at me. I don't know if he's trying to slim down or if it's just the offseason.

Parker Osterloh is big.

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rogue_nine9's picture rogue_nine9 | 13 years 3 months # ^

If I remember correctly, JCC was doing everything he could to put on weight during Summer '12 to avoid redshirting. I believe that he played in the 180s, possibly even high 170s most of last year, when he wasn't as focused on gaining weight.

Edit: mentioned in this Andy Bitter blog from last fall that he was getting 2 or 3 plates and then going back for seconds and thirds to put on weight going into last fall.
http://blogs.roanoke.com/andybittervirginiatechfootball/2012/08/09/utili...

hokie4runner's picture hokie4runner | 13 years 3 months # ^

If I recall, he has been trimming fat. I swear I remember him throwing around body fat % that were like Vernon Davis level.

That is one thing I think is skewed here. Weight increase/decrease really depends on what type of pounds they are. I'd rather see a guy trim fat (like Gayle) then just add fat to have a higher weight.

VT_Warthog's picture VT_Warthog | 13 years 3 months #

In theory, Osterloh could just stand there and hold his arms out and do more than some linemen did last year. I like Conte's chances at a breakout season. Would be awesome to see him and Gibson become serious mashers.

Coles added weight is muscle, right? Yeah it's muscle. It's probably muscle. It might not be muscle. Yeah, he might be rough around the edges.

It also looks like the DTs put in some serious work in the weight room the last few months.

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VTimHokie85's picture VTimHokie85 | 13 years 3 months #

Damn. DJ Coles will be a tank running around at WR

Seems like hes up to what Marcus Davis was. Now if he can just stay away from the injury bug.

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BilldozerVT's picture BilldozerVT
| 13 years 3 months # ^

tanks aren't very quick though...

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HokiEE's picture HokiEE | 13 years 3 months # ^

especially if they're trying to work out of the slot. I'm surprised they don't have him on the outside.

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cds7c's picture cds7c | 13 years 3 months #

Very concerned about DJ Coles. Glad to see no huge spikes in weight, that's usually a red flag. I know everyone really likes Nigel Williams, but he's on the highway to Tweener-ville. 270 is too light for DT and too heavy for DE. He will be interesting to watch, to see if he has the David Pugh quickness/drive to make 270 work at DT.

Mason Naumann's picture Mason Naumann | 13 years 3 months # ^

270 is a great weight for a pass rushing DT though. He could be useful in passing situations.

Agree that it's too light for an every down DT.

pbowman69's picture pbowman69 | 13 years 3 months #

Remember Coles is just getting back to full tilt I'm sure he will play around 225

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HDubya's picture HDubya | 13 years 3 months #

I'm concerned about JC dropping weight, and Demitri not bulking up at all.

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sciggs's picture sciggs | 13 years 3 months # ^

I am also very concerned that JC is so light. I recall hearing that he was told by coaches he needed to be "heavier to play for VT", then he gained weight. I guess he lost it again. Doesn't he know Taco Bell has cool ranch taco shells now?!

HokiEE's picture HokiEE | 13 years 3 months # ^

+1 for Cool Ranch DLTs

I think his playing weight was somewhere around 185 or so. He'll get back up there during the summer.

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HDubya's picture HDubya | 13 years 3 months #

Also why do we have so many defensive ends?! This list doesn't even include Wyatt Teller, and we are in line to recruit at least 3 more studs next year.

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InEnemyTerritory's picture InEnemyTerritory
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| 13 years 3 months #

D.J. Coles moving to tight end? (ok, just kidding guys)....I'm sure that Moorehead will shape him up.

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french60wasp's picture french60wasp
| 13 years 3 months #

This pretty much confirms for me that James Gayle reported to camp much heavier than he should have. I expect him to have a dominant spring in very small doses, as the staff will likely give him very little live work.

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Joe Lanza's picture Joe Lanza
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| 13 years 3 months # ^

I knew this was coming and was waiting for it to drop.

I'd like to see the younger guys getting more reps too.

hokiejoe11's picture hokiejoe11 | 13 years 3 months #

Glad to see manning getting his weight up. Also looking at the depth, I could see a lot of the freshmen getting redshirted, unless they pick the playbook up very quickly.