Are you ready for
UW-Whitewater football? Tomorrow, players report to the Bob Berezowitz Student
Athletic Complex… first practice is set for Friday.
The two-time defending NCAA
III national champions return a solid nucleus as preseason practice gets
underway.
The Warhawks feature seven returning starters on both
offense and defense.
The Hawks need to replace two-time Stagg Bowl MVP Matt
Behrendt and wide receiver Jake Kumerow now on the Cincinnati Bengals' roster,
The top three running backs statistically – Dennis Moore,
Jordan Ratliff and Nick Patterson – return at tailback. The three running backs averaged over 6.5
yards per carry.
The Hawks have its entire offensive line returning. The
entire 2-deep in the OL is comprised of underclassmen (as was the case last
year). Also expected back will be Lucas Skibba. Skibba was scheduled to be the
top returning offensive lineman last year but suffered season ending knee
injury during last year’s training camp.
One of the keys to offensive production this season will
be replacing Jake Kumerow and Justin Howard at wide out. Joe Worth leads this year’s group of
receivers heading into camp. Worth finished third statistically in 2014 at wide
receiver.
Whitewater returns all but one of its front seven
starters defensively. Mykaell Bratchett (DE) is the lone starter lost to
graduation.
The entire linebacker core from last year’s Stagg Bowl
two-deep roster return. Three of the
four starters in the secondary have graduated including Brady Grayvold and
Marcus McClinn, who were perhaps the top set of cornerbacks in Division 3 last
season.
The Warhawks’ kicking game returns in tact with both Lake Bachar
and Will Meyer returning.
UW-Whitewater does not publish a list of recruits prior
to the start of preseason practice. Division 3 doesn’t incorporate “letters of
intent” as D2, FBS and FCS does.
Are you ready for
UW-Whitewater football? Tomorrow, players report to the Bob Berezowitz Student
Athletic Complex… first practice is set for Friday.
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