Football Scoop: "New Mexico: Colin Lockett is expected to join the staff as receivers coach after a season at UC-Davis coaching the same position, per CBS Sports."
Looks like Isaiah Jackson is moving on as well. He's taking up the role of Special Teams Coordinator at South Dakota State. He's been at Davis since 2017 in Hawk's first season.
And all of our recent WR offers and commits are tagging Trey Shimabukuro in their twitter posts so it wouldn't surprise me if he's taking up the role as WR coach. He was listed as just a general offensive assistant coach on last year's roster.
They don’t even have a bio posted for Trey. Trey was the placeholder at QB coach when they were waiting for Shelton. Shimabukuro and Burke are the only coaches who have played QB, albeit at a lower level. With the number of young QBs we have you’d think that they need someone who played the position to coach the QBs on individual skills. Plough likely can’t devote the time. Shelton played wide receiver at a very small school.
Alum connections, your money goes further, South Dakota has lower taxes, but probably the ideal of coaching for a great FCS team at your alma mater won out. He also started as a GA at Sioux Falls so he's connected to SD.
On spring roster missing are Verner, McWilliams, Shamburger, after losing Cotton and Bains to transfers. All those guys had eligibility.
Only seven DBs on roster when the defense plays with five most downs.
I always figure some guys will find something else to do after putting in four years or so. But losing all of them, if that is indeed the case is a blow. Add Gavin Cooke to the list.
Judging from the Spring roster, Eli Simonson has found something else to do after starting every game for Davis at left tackle for the last two years.
Only four guys have played significantly, Rodriguez, Souriolle, Collier, Main, both tackles no longer here. Main will be coming off an knee injury.
The rest are mostly underclassmen who have made few short appearances.
Only one OL recruit, the Cleeland brother who had walked on at Washington but hasn’t seen action.
Not having Simonson to play his last year is a big blow to the OL. However, if it's Harper at QB (and that's not set in stone), the blind side is actually from the RT spot with Harper being a southpaw, where Nava...is....graduating? Maybe I read somewhere that said he could be coming back.
Nava is one of the players who played at a non NCAA program (JC) and there is a recent rule granting all players in that category a fifth year if their eligibility otherwise expired in 2024 season. He played four years straight.