Weber State football’s 2023 season begins in just five days and the Mickey Mental era will officially begin.

With that, WSU’s first depth chart of the season will be out soon, likely Monday.

Some positions seemed fairly solid to start fall camp, some groups became clear by camp’s end.

And some, I’m willing to take a possible ‘L’ or two as I fill out a reporter’s educated prediction for what that will look like.

Of note, my main caveats to the following list include that Haze Hadley’s injury recovery is going well but I’m uncertain about how his reps will look to open the season. And, even when fully healthy, I expect Hadley and Jayleen Record to get plenty of reps in various ways anyway.

The other is that, in the safety group, sophomore Trevian Tribble suffered one of the team’s few significant fall camp injuries. It’s unclear how serious his injury is or the impact it will have on his season, but it seemed apparent at the final camp scrimmage that Week 1 is not on the table.

Players separated by a backslash indicate starter and backup, while an “OR” indicates an expected co-starter situation.

Without further ado:

OFFENSE

QUARTERBACK: Kylan Weisser / Creyton Cooper

RUNNING BACK: Damon Bankston / Kris Jackson

OUTSIDE RECEIVER: Jacob Sharp

OUTSIDE RECEIVER: Tajon Evans OR Treyshun Hurry

SLOT RECEIVER: Haze Hadley OR Jayleen Record

TIGHT END: Hayden Meacham / Keayen Nead

LEFT TACKLE: Noah Atagi

LEFT GUARD: Ethan Atagi

CENTER: Andrew Carter

RIGHT GUARD: Jordan Lutui

RIGHT TACKLE: Gavin Ortega

Next OL up: Cole Casto, Seti Lapuaho

DEFENSE

WEAK-SIDE END: Okiki Olorunfunmi / Cameren Cope

DEFENSIVE TACKLE: Steven Bryant / Easton Payne

DEFENSIVE TACKLE: Zeke Birch / Matt Herron

STRONG-SIDE END: Brayden Wilson OR Keahnist Thompson

OUTSIDE LINEBACKER: Garrett Beck

MIDDLE LINEBACKER: Winston Reid

OUTSIDE LINEBACKER: Jack Kelly

Next LB up: Jayden Ah You

CORNERBACK: Marque Collins

CORNERBACK: Maxwell Anderson

Nickel/next up: Abraham Williams, Jalon Rock, Tre Parks-Vinson

FREE SAFETY: EJ Evett / LJ Anderson

STRONG SAFETY: Naseme Colvin / BJ Carey

SPECIAL TEAMS

PUNT RETURN: Haze Hadley OR Jayleen Record

KICK RETURN: Abraham Williams / Jayleen Record OR Marque Collins

PLACE KICKER: Kyle Thompson

PUNTER: Jack Burgess

KICKOFF: Sloan Calder

LONG SNAPPER: Grant Sands

HOLDER: Jack Burgess

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