Pittsburgh Panthers Depth Chart
Offense
Season snap share: share of all the team’s offensive plays this season, with its likely range. Ordered by estimated snaps, latest game counted twice
Quarterbackseason snap share
QB1#6 Mason HeintschelQB · SO · 5 G · 5 GS58%289 snapsQB2#15 Holden GerinerQB · SR · 4 G28%137 snapsQB3#16 Corey DaileyQB · FR · 2 G · 1 GS14%72 snapsRunning backseason snap share
RB1#26 Damon Ferguson Jr.RB · FR · 7 G · 4 GS42%34–52% · ~210 est.RB2La'Vell WrightRB · 6 G29%23–35% · ~142 est.RB3Ja'Kyrian TurnerRB · 3 G · 2 GS18%13–22% · ~89 est.RB4#5 Justin CookRB · SR · 4 G7%3–15% · ~33 est.Wide receiversseason snap share
WR1#3 Cataurus HicksWR · SR · 7 G · 5 GS73%61–85% · ~364 est.WR2#10 Censere LeeWR · SR · 7 G · 6 GS59%50–69% · ~294 est.WR3#7 Malik KnightWR · SR · 4 G · 3 GS41%35–49% · ~205 est.—Bryce YatesWR · 7 G · 1 GS38%24–47% · ~191 est.—#2 Tony KinslerWR · SO · 6 G · 3 GS26%16–32% · ~131 est.—#24 Tyreek RobinsonWR · JR · 5 G11%5–14% · ~55 est.—#87 Demetrice McCrayWR · FR · 3 G11%5–14% · ~55 est.Tight endseason snap share
TE1#86 Carson KentTE · SR · 7 G · 6 GS67%57–80% · ~333 est.TE2#17 Elijah LaggTE · SR · 4 G28%19–37% · ~138 est.TE3#32 Truitt BrownTE · JR · 1 G4%2–5% · ~18 est.Offensive linestarts · snap share
OL1#70 Ryan BaerOL · SR · 6 G · 6 GS81%75–83% · ~401 est.OL2#71 Ryan CarrettaOL · SR · 6 G · 6 GS81%75–83% · ~401 est.OL3#74 Netinho OlivieriOL · SR · 6 G · 6 GS81%75–83% · ~401 est.OL4#53 Kendall StanleyOL · SR · 6 G · 6 GS81%75–83% · ~401 est.OL5BJ WilliamsOL · 6 G · 6 GS81%75–83% · ~401 est.Defense
Season snap share: share of all the opponents’ plays this season, with its likely range. Ordered by estimated snaps, latest game counted twice
Defensive lineseason snap share
DL1#55 Sean FitzSimmonsDL · SR · 7 G · 6 GS61%39–78% · ~259 est.DL2#2 Isaiah NealDL · SR · 7 G · 6 GS53%34–68% · ~224 est.DL3#11 Nick JamesDL · SR · 7 G · 6 GS43%25–56% · ~184 est.DL4#8 Jaeden MooreDL · SR · 6 G42%27–54% · ~180 est.—#5 Zach CrothersDL · JR · 4 G29%17–38% · ~125 est.—#16 Eliyt NairneDL · SR · 4 G23%13–29% · ~96 est.—#44 Jimmy ScottDL · SR · 6 G · 6 GS16%8–21% · ~68 est.—#20 Josh PittmanDL · FR · 2 G9%4–12% · ~38 est.—#50 Denim CookDL · SO · 1 G8%3–13% · ~34 est.Linebackersseason snap share
LB1#32 Jeremiah MarcelinLB · JR · 7 G · 6 GS77%65–93% · ~329 est.LB2#0 Braylan LovelaceLB · SR · 7 G · 6 GS59%27–80% · ~249 est.LB3#10 Alex Sanford Jr.LB · SR · 7 G · 6 GS60%28–82% · ~254 est.—Demarco WardLB · 7 G59%28–81% · ~252 est.—#52 Abe IbrahimLB · SR · 4 G17%7–23% · ~74 est.—#19 Jayden BonsuLB · SR · 2 G14%5–21% · ~61 est.—#37 Davin BrewtonLB · JR · 2 G11%4–16% · ~45 est.Cornerbacksseason snap share
CB1#12 Cruce BrookinsDB · SR · 6 G · 5 GS87%66–97% · ~370 est.CB2#6 Raion StraderDB · SR · 7 G · 6 GS79%60–88% · ~337 est.—#3 Shawn Lee Jr.DB · SO · 7 G · 6 GS72%55–80% · ~308 est.—Cole WoodsonDB · 5 G · 1 GS49%35–56% · ~209 est.—#14 Josh GuerrierDB · SO · 5 G · 5 GS61%44–70% · ~261 est.Special Teams
By kicks and punts
Kickerby kicks
K1#48 Antonio ChadhaPK · SR · 7 G27kicks · 10 lastK2#91 Sam HunsakerPK · JR · 5 G25kicksK3#94 Carter GenchiPK · FR · 1 G4kicksPunterby punts
P1#98 Gabe RussoP · SR · 7 G24punts · 1 lastLong snapperroster order
LS1#59 Justin SchmidtLS · SOSOLS2#57 Alex RudolphLS · FRFRSnaps by Game
| Player | Pos | Wk 1 vs Miami (OH) | Wk 2 vs UCF | Wk 3 vs Syracuse | Wk 4 vs Bucknell | Wk 5 @ Virginia Tech | Wk 6 vs North Carolina | Wk 7 @ Boston College | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team offensive plays | 75 | 71 | 60 | 82 | 61 | 85 | 64 | 498 | |
| Opponent offensive plays | 58 | 54 | 70 | 52 | 73 | 51 | 67 | 425 | |
| Quarterbacks · estimated snaps | |||||||||
| Mason Heintschel | QB | 68 | 71 | 60 | 51 | 39 | · | · | 289 |
| Holden Geriner | QB | 7 | · | · | 23 | 22 | 85 | · | 137 |
| Corey Dailey | QB | · | · | · | 8 | · | · | 64 | 72 |
| Running backs · estimated snaps | |||||||||
| Damon Ferguson Jr. | RB | ~23 | ~40 | ~23 | ~30 | ~16 | ~43 | ~35 | 210 |
| La'Vell Wright | RB | ~13 | ~32 | ~33 | · | ~8 | ~27 | ~29 | 142 |
| Ja'Kyrian Turner | RB | ~36 | · | · | · | ~38 | ~15 | · | 89 |
| Justin Cook | RB | ~13 | · | ~5 | · | · | ~15 | · | 33 |
| Jaylin Brown | RB | ~10 | · | · | ~23 | · | · | · | 33 |
| Synkwan Smith | RB | · | · | · | ~29 | · | · | · | 29 |
| Receivers & tight ends · estimated snaps | |||||||||
| Cataurus Hicks | WR | ~60 | ~51 | ~32 | ~55 | ~52 | ~64 | ~50 | 364 |
| Carson Kent | TE | ~31 | ~43 | ~41 | ~53 | ~48 | ~67 | ~50 | 333 |
| Censere Lee | WR | ~46 | ~40 | ~41 | ~49 | ~53 | ~48 | ~17 | 294 |
| Malik Knight | WR | ~50 | ~48 | · | · | · | ~60 | ~47 | 205 |
| Bryce Yates | WR | ~27 | ~19 | ~40 | ~22 | ~45 | ~28 | ~10 | 191 |
| Elijah Lagg | TE | ~47 | ~29 | ~27 | ~35 | · | · | · | 138 |
| Tony Kinsler | WR | ~9 | ~22 | ~21 | ~29 | · | ~11 | ~39 | 131 |
| Tyreek Robinson | WR | ~9 | · | · | ~46 | · | · | · | 55 |
| Demetrice McCray | WR | ~17 | · | ~11 | ~27 | · | · | · | 55 |
| Truitt Brown | TE | · | · | · | ~18 | · | · | · | 18 |
| Bryan Hamilton | WR | · | · | · | ~11 | · | · | · | 11 |
| Dylan Wester | WR | · | · | · | ~11 | · | · | · | 11 |
| Benny Haselrig | WR | · | · | · | ~8 | · | · | · | 8 |
| Defensive line · estimated snaps | |||||||||
| Sean FitzSimmons | DL | ~36 | ~32 | ~40 | ~24 | ~48 | ~34 | ~45 | 259 |
| Isaiah Neal | DL | ~34 | ~17 | ~47 | ~19 | ~53 | ~27 | ~27 | 224 |
| Nick James | DL | ~27 | · | ~43 | · | ~42 | ~31 | ~41 | 184 |
| Jaeden Moore | DL | · | ~22 | ~34 | ~30 | ~37 | ~19 | ~38 | 180 |
| Zach Crothers | DL | ~31 | ~36 | · | ~26 | · | · | ~32 | 125 |
| Eliyt Nairne | DL | · | · | ~27 | ~22 | ~28 | · | ~19 | 96 |
| Jimmy Scott | DL | · | ~28 | ~20 | · | ~20 | · | · | 68 |
| Josh Pittman | DL | ~23 | · | · | ~15 | · | · | · | 38 |
| Denim Cook | DL | · | · | · | ~34 | · | · | · | 34 |
| Lincoln Hoke | DL | ~29 | · | · | · | · | · | · | 29 |
| Jeremiah Warren | DL | · | · | · | ~28 | · | · | · | 28 |
| Reston Lehman | DL | · | · | · | ~23 | · | · | · | 23 |
| Ty Yuhas | DL | ~17 | · | · | · | · | · | · | 17 |
| Linebackers · estimated snaps | |||||||||
| Jeremiah Marcelin | LB | ~29 | ~43 | ~60 | ~24 | ~59 | ~47 | ~67 | 329 |
| Alex Sanford Jr. | LB | ~13 | ~32 | ~65 | ~21 | ~37 | ~46 | ~40 | 254 |
| Demarco Ward | LB | ~52 | ~28 | ~39 | ~17 | ~67 | ~24 | ~25 | 252 |
| Braylan Lovelace | LB | ~33 | ~53 | ~44 | ~3 | ~44 | ~17 | ~55 | 249 |
| Abe Ibrahim | LB | ~44 | · | ~16 | · | ~12 | · | ~2 | 74 |
| Jayden Bonsu | LB | · | · | ~24 | ~37 | · | · | · | 61 |
| Davin Brewton | LB | · | ~5 | · | ~40 | · | · | · | 45 |
| Cameron Lindsey | LB | · | · | ~3 | ~27 | · | · | · | 30 |
| Justin Thompson | LB | ~4 | · | · | ~18 | · | · | · | 22 |
| Marcus Jennings | LB | ~21 | · | · | · | · | · | · | 21 |
| Secondary · estimated snaps | |||||||||
| Cruce Brookins | DB | ~56 | ~54 | ~69 | · | ~73 | ~51 | ~67 | 370 |
| Raion Strader | DB | ~20 | ~54 | ~66 | ~10 | ~71 | ~51 | ~65 | 337 |
| Shawn Lee Jr. | DB | ~56 | ~53 | ~54 | ~19 | ~69 | ~50 | ~7 | 308 |
| Josh Guerrier | DB | ~37 | ~54 | ~69 | ~49 | ~52 | · | · | 261 |
| Cole Woodson | DB | · | · | ~25 | ~6 | ~67 | ~48 | ~63 | 209 |
| Allen Bryant | DB | ~52 | · | ~64 | ~51 | · | · | · | 167 |
| Tony Forney | DB | ~47 | · | ~5 | ~51 | · | · | ~46 | 149 |
| Zion Ferguson | DB | ~9 | · | · | · | ~24 | ~35 | ~61 | 129 |
| Shadarian Harrison | DB | · | ~44 | · | · | ~7 | ~14 | ~23 | 88 |
| Kentrail McRae Jr. | DB | ~5 | · | · | ~47 | · | · | · | 52 |
| Rashan Murray | DB | ~1 | · | · | ~40 | · | · | · | 41 |
| Kanye Thompson | DB | · | · | · | · | · | ~6 | · | 6 |
| Offensive line · estimated snaps | |||||||||
| Kendall Stanley | OL | ~73 | ~69 | ~58 | ~80 | ~59 | · | ~62 | 401 |
| Ryan Baer | OL | ~73 | ~69 | ~58 | ~80 | ~59 | · | ~62 | 401 |
| Ryan Carretta | OL | ~73 | ~69 | ~58 | ~80 | ~59 | · | ~62 | 401 |
| Netinho Olivieri | OL | ~73 | ~69 | ~58 | ~80 | ~59 | · | ~62 | 401 |
| BJ Williams | OL | ~73 | ~69 | ~58 | ~80 | ~59 | · | ~62 | 401 |
How the snap estimates work. No free source publishes college snap counts, so these are estimates. Quarterbacks: every offensive play is credited to the QB running the offense, which is close to exact. Everyone else: a model trained on real NFL snap counts (nflverse, 2023–24) turns each player's share of their position group's involvement that game (carries and targets on offense, tackles, sacks and breakups on defense) into a share of the team's plays. Tested on a season it never saw, it's typically within 5 snaps a game for running backs and 9–10 for other positions, and within about 10–15% over a season. The ranges shown are where the real number landed 80% of the time in that test. They narrow as the season goes on, and are widest for part-time players in a single game. Blocking tight ends and receivers who rarely see the ball get underestimated. Offensive linemen leave no trace in the play-by-play, so the line comes from each game's starting lineup. Where a school's game notes list its starters by spot, and its website allows automated access, the line shows who played left tackle through right tackle.