Wide receiver pass plays were a feature in thr Carson Crawford era. There was one for 56 yards in 2018 in the historic win over Montana. No telling how good Xzavior can be.

Spring game is after only 8 practices. I think Plough doesn’t make a choice until fall camp.

Hayden John listed as the third best transfer safety in FCS. On Sports Illustrated FCS football Central.

“3. Hayden John (UC Davis)
John played over 550 snaps for the Vandals as a redshirt sophomore last season. He finished with 53 tackles, 1 INT, and 5 pass breakups in 11 games. He graded out as one of the best tackling safeties in the Big Sky, posting a 90.1 tackling grade via PFF. His familiarity with the Big Sky makes this an even more impactful addition for the Aggies, who need immediate starters in the secondary.”

With the added dimension that he can pass.

I think Marquis Bell played well for us, even with an arm injury. He was playing corner, but he has good size as a safety,
Albert Richardson got on the depth chart before being injured.
J J. Cravin who was a highly rated recruit in 2025 isnt on the roster.
Totton was on the depth chart at safety. Used to be one could tell the safeties from the corners by size but that correlation now seems weak.

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If we count the $ linebacker who almost invariably plays on the line Davis returns three our of four D- linemen starters, plus the player who played behind Psyk and started the last game of the season. Lots of guys behind them.
I think Sievers, and Porter Connors are almost a lock to be the two inside linebackers.
The most unsettled group are the safeties and nickel, there are transfers with experience and players coming off injury, so seems to be a competitive situation.
As far as preseason rankings, the fact that Montana State, Montana, NAU and Idaho all return QBs will drive Davis down a little in preseason ranking. Those teams also had good recruiting classes.

6’0” 300 lb according to our roster and San Diego State 2025 roster.

Cornesto didn’t play in his second year which would count as a redshirt, played in 12 games in 2025. Should have 2 years eligibility remaining.
JUNIOR (2025): In 12 games, made 26 total stops, with one interception, one defended pass and one blocked kick .

Redshirt freshman D Lineman transfer from San Diego State, was a 3 star two years ago that we had offered. Kodi Cornelius from Casa Grande Petaluma.
Also added a DB transfer from Holy Cross, Donovan Comestro, who has played quite a bit. currently a junior. Probably has two years eligibility remaining as one year he didn't make an appearance.

Plough forgot to mention him when he was discussing the QB depth when they signed Kollock. I know that could just be an oversight, but we are reliant on reading tea leaves or goat entrails.

Any QB hierarchy before entering camp is pretty tenuous considering all the QBs are 2025 freshmen with essentially no playing time. None of the QBs were even #2 last season. Competition will allow someone to separate themselves.

anyone have a link to this social media with the lift by Cleeland?

Speaking of Treynor, his bio needs to be updated because it says "Brother, Roice, plays football at Washington".
Anyone know for certain whether Jackson Kollock will be here in the Spring?

To have depth beyond the three guys who have game experience, we need some blowouts to get some additional backs game experience. Last year showed having only three players the coaches felt confident playing wasn't enough.because two of them got injured.. Fortunately Kai Acia played as well as he did in his first meaningful opportunities. We have three star recruits in the 2025 and 2026 classes and Walsh who only played special teams, hopefully one or more can play.

I’ve never seen a two deep other than in game notes once the season starts. Late summer they have position reviews posted on team site, but even there they are coy about who is going to play. In spring Plough drops names and you can glean something from those comments, but the transfers are often not in spring camp.

I also expect NDSU to be better than middle of the pack. I’m surprised they didn’t bring in a bigger recruiting class this year although I’m not sure how their losses compares with MW schools that brought in more players..
If we’re spending a few years getting ready to move, one aspect of that is building FBS level depth, so I hope the Big Sky removes the scholarship limit. Last year showed lack depth, when they didn’t have enough players to make up the usual travel or playoff squads.

Opting in allows but doesn’t mandate revenue sharing. It limits roster size to a max of 105 players. It allows scholarships for up to 105 players unless precluded by the conference.( the big sky retains 63 full scholarship limit). It brings NIL in house, administered through the athletic department.
For Davis it’s largely irrelevant, until they have plans and the funds to do revenue sharing, or the Big Sky drops the scholarship limit.

I sense that people in the Sacramento region think Sac State rivalry is important, and those from out of the region don’t put much value on it.
Much has been said about Sacramento being the largest metro area without a FBS football team, but it would be one of the smallest with two if that eventuates. The two schools are competitors for the biggest slice of a relatively finite pie. That explains the interest in Sacs trajectory.

The Nevada Reno Football page on Wikipedia lists Davis as one of their rivals. It would be great to get that going again, on a regular basis.

If the game is in sac and not a home and home series then Sac would already owe the $300k. So the bet would have to be double or nothing.

My point is only one FBS opponent. More than one compromises chances to make the playoffs. I'd rather have a schedule that has Sac or San Jose than UCLA or Washingron. I wouldn't play Sac to do them a favor, they are a competitor for the market, not a partner.

The novelty might be mitigated by his participation in QB development training and camps which I know he participated in or or 7x7 tournaments which I suppose he did..
He was a freshman and sophomore at a higher level school, La Costa Canyon, where he played but i don't think on varsity..