Virginia Football Releases Depth Chart for Season-Opener vs. Richmond

See the complete depth chart for UVA football's first game of the 2022 season

Author:
Matt Newton
Updated:
Aug 30, 2022 2:58 PM EDT
Original:
Aug 30, 2022

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Virginia football released its depth chart for the season-opener against Richmond on Saturday. See the complete depth chart in the image below:

Virginia football depth chart vs. Richmond

Takeaways

The starting five on the offensive line is: LT McKale Boley, LG John Paul Flores, C Ty Furnish, RG Derek Devine, RT Logan Taylor. Freshman McKale Boley is the first true freshman Cavalier to start at tackle since D'Brickashaw Ferguson did so in 2002. Boley starts in the place of the injured Jonathan Leech, who is only expected to be out for a short period of time.
As expected, senior Perris Jones got the nod at starting running back with junior Mike Hollins behind him.
Dontayvion Wicks and Lavel Davis Jr. are starting at the wideout spots with Keytaon Thompson and Billy Kemp IV sharing the slot receiver position. Sean Moore is listed as the backup for Wicks and Luke Wentz is the backup for Davis.
With Virginia's new five-man defensive back system on defense, the starters in the UVA secondary are LC Fentrell Cypress, RC Anthony Johnson, SPUR Darrius Bratton, FS Lex Long, and SS Jonas Sanker, who played very well during fall camp to move ahead of Antonio Clary on the depth chart
Junior linebacker Josh Ahern will miss the first half of the Richmond game as a result of a targeting call against him in the season finale against Virginia Tech in 2021. Sophomore James Jackson gets the start at the WILL linebacker spot, while Nick Jackson occupies the MIKE
On the defensive line, the listed starters are DE Kam Butler, NT Jahmeer Carter, DT Aaron Faumui, and Bandit Chico Bennett Jr.
Minnesota transfer Daniel Sparks will be the team's starting punter, while senior Brendan Farrell, who was placed on scholarship last week, will handle placekicking and kickoffs. Junior quarterback Jared Rayman will hold and Boston College transfer Aidan Livingston is the starting long-snapper
Virginia's return men will be Billy Kemp IV on punt returns and Mike Hollins on kickoff returns

Note: a player not appearing on the depth chart does not mean his is inactive. The depth chart just lists the two (or sometimes three) players at the top of the line at each position.

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