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Lehigh had 25 first years/sophomores on the depth chart for Bucknell if you count PK Nick Garrido, LS David LaGanga and backup PK Caanan Kimball (not counting duplicates).LAKE CHARLES – Youth is definitely the movement for McNeese Cowboy football this season, even if it wasn't planned to be before the season started.
Recent research conducted by the McNeese Sports Communications staff discovered the Cowboys have the third-youngest team in the FCS according to each school's most recent two-deep offensive and defensive charts listing freshmen and sophomores (true and redshirt).
McNeese's current depth chart lists a total of 28 freshmen and sophomores on the 44-man depth chart, with 13 of those being freshmen.
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FCS Top 10 Youngest Teams (Fr-Soph/Fr Only)
Charleston Southern (32/13)
Weber State (29/15)
McNeese (28/13)
Idaho (27/13)
Utah Tech (27/11)
Southern Utah (26/11)
Dayton (26/17)
St. Francis (25/15)
Cal Poly (25/12)
Elon (25/12)
Counting just the 44 on offense and defense, without repeating there are 22 first years/sophomores, with 8 true freshman.
That is also probably an undercount of first years since Geoffrey Jamiel was on the depth chart and didn't play. Additionally first year DL Jadin Nelson started in reality.
When you strip the fact that McNeese is also considering redshirt freshman in their counts... Lehigh definitely is in the Top 10 in first years playing.
Bottom line Lehigh definitely is in this area of the Top 10 youngest FCS teams in the nation as they stand right now.