NC State's 2015 depth chart: Summarizing what we know so far

NC State's painstaking release of a depth chart is ongoing, with some big questions still unanswered--or really just one: how's the wide receiver position shaking out? We know the bulk of the two-deep at this point; the latest reveals came Thursday for the QB/RB spots , safeties and nickel, and the linebackers.

Here, in table form, the extent of the depth chart that's been made public so far (I went ahead and penciled in Jack Tocho and Juston Burris at CB, though they've not officially released the pecking order for that position group yet.):

	1st-string	2nd-string	3rd-string
QB	Jacoby Brissett	Jalan McClendon
RB	Matt Dayes	Dakwa Nichols	Reggie Gallaspy
FB	Jaylen Samuels	Max Stoffer
TE	David Grinnage	Cole Cook	Benson Browne
LT	Joe Thuney	Emanuel McGirt
LG	Alex Barr	Garrett Bradbury
C	Quinton Schooley	Terrone Prescod
RG	Tony Adams	Bryce Kennedy
RT	Josh Richardson	Tyler Jones
WR	Nyheim Hines	Gavin Locklear	Ben Grazen
WR	Bra'Lon Cherry or Johnathan Alston	Elliott Davis or Vernon Grier
WR	Jumichael Ramos	Maurice Trowell	Freddie Simmons
DE	Mike Rose	Darian Roseboro	Emmanuel Olenga
DE	Bradley Chubb	Pharoah McKever	James Smith-Williams
DT	Kentavius Street	Justin Jones	Coult Culler
DT	BJ Hill	Monty Nelson	Eurndraus Bryant
MLB	Jerod Fernandez	M.J. Salahuddin or Ford Howell
WLB	Airius Moore	Ernie Robinson or Riley Nicholson
NICKEL	Dravious Wright	Freddie Phillips
CB	Jack Tocho
CB	Juston Burris
FS	Hakim Jones	Germaine Pratt
SS	Josh Jones	Shawn Boone

(UPDATED FRIDAY AFTERNOON TO ADD WRs)

I realize the 2015 season has not even started so this is perhaps a wee bit premature, but it's difficult to look at this and not get excited about the Wolfpack's defense in 2016 and 2017. There are two upperclassmen in the defensive line's three-deep. Two. Only Mike Rose is a senior this year. There are no seniors in the linebacker group. Burris and Hakim Jones are out the door as graduates in the secondary, but that's it.

Maybe 2015 is the defense's year--there's talent enough for a breakthrough--but regardless, these guys have the potential to be very good as roster depth and continuity converge in 2016.

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