What the heck will the 2 deep at LB look like week 1?

[TTU/UK fan]

Obvious starters are Johnson and Forrest and id say Ware and Firios will be in the 2 deep somewhere but who from there? Will Allen and Brown be playing right off the bat?

And whats the news with Flannigan and Henderson?

Mark me as completely confused and lost at LB.

 

[seccats04]

You will see a lot of nickel packages with McClain until Hatcher comes back and Flannigan is healthy.

 

[UKWinsAgainYep]

You will see a lot of nickel packages with McClain until Hatcher comes back and Flannigan is healthy.

Agreed. Stoops will have to compensate for our lack of LB depth. It's a position we need to keep recruiting hard.

 

[UKSanders]

Obvious starters are Johnson and Forrest and id say Ware and Firios will be in the 2 deep somewhere but who from there? Will Allen and Brown be playing right off the bat?

And whats the news with Flannigan and Henderson?

Mark me as completely confused and lost at LB.

Here is my guess:

OLB: Jabari Johnson, Kengera Daniel
MLB: Josh Forrest, Firios, Eli Brown or Jordan Jones
WLB: Flannigan (if healthy - possible per Stoops' comments today), Henderson, Eli Brown or Jordan Jones
OLB: Denzil Ware, Allen

I'm surprised Daron Blaylock hasn't been mentioned at WLB. His bio on the official UK website states he had a great spring after moving from safety to WLB.

 

[RV2]

Mike LB
Forrest
Firios

Will LB
Flannigan
Henderson

Sam LB
Ware
perhaps Allen if we're planning on playing him more than two games
Nickel

Jack LB
Johnson
Ware

We played the entire season last year with 3 guys combined to play the Jack and Sam and 3 guys combined to play the Mike and Will. I suspect we can make it two games with that many and a couple extra until Hatcher, K Walker and Jones become available.

 

[RV2]

Here is my guess:
...
I'm surprised Daron Blaylock hasn't been mentioned at WLB. His bio on the official UK website states he had a great spring after moving from safety to WLB.

I'm surprised that you're surprised.

 

[TTU/UK fan]

Those lineups dont look too bad to me tbh

 

[RV2]

Mike LB
Forrest
Firios

Will LB
Flannigan
Henderson

Sam LB
Ware
perhaps Allen if we're planning on playing him more than two games
Nickel

Jack LB
Johnson
Ware

We played the entire season last year with 3 guys combined to play the Jack and Sam and 3 guys combined to play the Mike and Will. I suspect we can make it two games with that many and a couple extra until Hatcher, K Walker and Jones become available.

Today Stoops said which Frosh will play for sure so this is how it should look.

Mike LB
Forrest
Firios

Will LB
Flannigan????
Henderson
Brown

Sam LB
Ware
Allen
Nickel

Jack LB
Johnson
Ware