Washington State Cougars 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#12 Caden PinnickQB · SO · 6 G · 6 GS62%365 snapsQB2#17 Owen EshelmanQB · FR · 3 G · 1 GS37%221 snapsQB3#2 Julian DuggerQB · SO · 2 G1%5 snapsRunning backseason snap share
RB1#9 Kirby VorheesRB · JR · 9 G · 3 GS42%34–53% · ~246 est.RB2Maxwell WoodsRB · 9 G · 3 GS29%24–37% · ~172 est.RB3#20 Leo PulalasiRB · JR · 9 G · 2 GS25%21–32% · ~149 est.Wide receiversseason snap share
WR1#8 Branden GanashamoorthyWR · JR · 9 G · 6 GS78%67–93% · ~462 est.WR2#1 Daniel BloodWR · SR · 9 G · 4 GS72%62–85% · ~426 est.WR3#10 Tank Hawkins Jr.WR · SO · 9 G · 4 GS56%47–66% · ~333 est.—#4 Darrius ClemonsWR · SR · 6 G · 5 GS41%34–48% · ~241 est.—#84 Caleb NorthcroftWR · JR · 2 G4%1–6% · ~21 est.—#0 Tony FreemanWR · SR · 1 G5%2–7% · ~29 est.Tight endseason snap share
TE1#28 Jack PedersenTE · SR · 9 G · 6 GS58%49–82% · ~345 est.TE2#23 Trey LecknerTE · JR · 5 G · 1 GS37%31–45% · ~218 est.TE3#86 Beau BakerTE · SO · 2 G · 1 GS4%2–6% · ~23 est.Offensive linestarts · snap share
OL1#67 Jonny LesterOL · SR · 7 G · 7 GS72%67–74% · ~425 est.OL2#71 Ashton TrippOL · JR · 7 G · 7 GS72%67–74% · ~425 est.OL3#75 Noah DunhamOL · JR · 7 G · 7 GS72%67–74% · ~425 est.OL4#77 Nick BakkenOL · SO · 8 G · 7 GS72%67–74% · ~425 est.OL5#64 Jaylin CaldwellOL · SR · 8 G · 5 GS54%50–56% · ~321 est.—#69 Kyle MartinOL · JR · 2 G · 2 GS18%16–18% · ~104 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
DL1Linus ZunkDE · 9 G · 7 GS54%40–69% · ~313 est.DL2#98 Jirah LeaupepeteleDT · JR · 9 G · 7 GS53%39–68% · ~305 est.DL3#9 Matyus McLainDE · JR · 9 G · 7 GS52%38–67% · ~302 est.DL4#52 Kaden BeattyDT · JR · 9 G · 7 GS46%29–59% · ~266 est.—#34 Damarjhe LewisDT · SR · 7 G37%24–48% · ~215 est.—#51 Ben BeattyDE · SO · 7 G30%19–39% · ~176 est.—#99 Paul Hutson IIIDT · SR · 6 G29%18–37% · ~166 est.—#56 Fernando LecuonaDE · SO · 5 G22%12–28% · ~125 est.—#97 Josh WedelDT · FR · 6 G17%11–22% · ~100 est.Linebackersseason snap share
LB1#21 Keith BrownLB · SR · 9 G · 7 GS93%79–100% · ~541 est.LB2#16 Isaiah HungLB · FR · 9 G · 3 GS69%59–81% · ~403 est.LB3#15 DJ WarnerLB · JR · 9 G · 7 GS60%35–81% · ~346 est.—#33 Gage JonesLB · SO · 4 G12%5–16% · ~71 est.—#8 Nylan BrownLB · JR · 2 G9%3–14% · ~53 est.—#42 Jack EllisonLB · SO · 3 G9%2–12% · ~51 est.—#12 Carsten ReynoldsLB · SO · 4 G6%0–13% · ~36 est.Cornerbacksseason snap share
CB1#2 Jamarey SmithCB · FR · 9 G · 5 GS78%63–86% · ~451 est.CB2#13 Khamari TerrellCB · SR · 8 G · 6 GS76%57–84% · ~439 est.—#22 Jalil TuckerCB · SR · 6 G · 4 GS40%18–44% · ~234 est.—#0 CJ Solis-LumarCB · SO · 8 G27%12–29% · ~157 est.—#4 Kai RapollaCB · SR · 4 G · 1 GS23%8–27% · ~135 est.Special Teams
By kicks and punts
Kickerby kicks
K1#46 Miguel ArenasPK · SO · 8 G26kicks · 4 lastK2#38 Jack StevensPK · SO · 9 G26kicks · 1 lastPunterby punts
P1#32 Max DeanP · SO · 8 G45puntsLong snapperroster order
LS1#41 Sean BuresLS · JR · 1 GJRLS2#47 Jeremy SousaLS · JRJRSnaps by Game
| Player | Pos | Wk 1 @ Washington | Wk 2 @ Kansas State | Wk 3 vs Duquesne | Wk 4 vs Arizona | Wk 5 vs Fresno State | Wk 6 @ Utah State | Wk 7 @ Oregon State | Wk 8 vs Boise State | Wk 9 @ San Diego State | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team offensive plays | 56 | 52 | 62 | 70 | 58 | 68 | 80 | 73 | 72 | 591 | |
| Opponent offensive plays | 63 | 74 | 52 | 74 | 68 | 58 | 71 | 61 | 59 | 580 | |
| Quarterbacks · estimated snaps | |||||||||||
| Caden Pinnick | QB | 56 | 52 | 62 | 70 | 58 | 67 | · | · | · | 365 |
| Owen Eshelman | QB | · | · | · | · | · | · | 76 | 73 | 72 | 221 |
| Julian Dugger | QB | · | · | · | · | · | 1 | 4 | · | · | 5 |
| Running backs · estimated snaps | |||||||||||
| Kirby Vorhees | RB | ~22 | ~26 | ~22 | ~34 | ~25 | ~23 | ~30 | ~32 | ~32 | 246 |
| Maxwell Woods | RB | ~11 | ~19 | ~29 | ~27 | ~16 | ~25 | ~22 | ~6 | ~17 | 172 |
| Leo Pulalasi | RB | ~20 | ~5 | ~12 | ~6 | ~16 | ~23 | ~24 | ~25 | ~18 | 149 |
| Receivers & tight ends · estimated snaps | |||||||||||
| Branden Ganashamoorthy | WR | ~16 | ~42 | ~50 | ~60 | ~46 | ~58 | ~75 | ~65 | ~50 | 462 |
| Daniel Blood | WR | ~43 | ~38 | ~43 | ~60 | ~35 | ~20 | ~71 | ~54 | ~62 | 426 |
| Jack Pedersen | TE | ~36 | ~41 | ~36 | ~55 | ~43 | ~34 | ~38 | ~40 | ~22 | 345 |
| Tank Hawkins Jr. | WR | ~10 | · | ~24 | ~30 | ~43 | ~47 | ~58 | ~62 | ~59 | 333 |
| Darrius Clemons | WR | ~40 | ~45 | ~45 | ~49 | ~22 | ~40 | · | · | · | 241 |
| Trey Leckner | TE | · | · | · | · | ~20 | ~45 | ~49 | ~46 | ~58 | 218 |
| Tony Freeman | WR | ~29 | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | 29 |
| Beau Baker | TE | ~23 | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | 23 |
| Caleb Northcroft | WR | · | · | · | · | ~9 | · | · | · | ~12 | 21 |
| Defensive line · estimated snaps | |||||||||||
| Linus Zunk | DE | ~12 | ~40 | ~28 | ~48 | ~43 | ~40 | ~47 | ~17 | ~38 | 313 |
| Jirah Leaupepetele | DT | ~28 | ~34 | ~26 | ~38 | ~39 | ~36 | ~42 | ~28 | ~34 | 305 |
| Matyus McLain | DE | ~34 | ~17 | ~35 | ~53 | ~36 | ~30 | ~33 | ~33 | ~31 | 302 |
| Kaden Beatty | DT | · | ~38 | ~31 | ~43 | ~31 | ~32 | ~28 | ~37 | ~26 | 266 |
| Damarjhe Lewis | DT | ~36 | ~26 | ~24 | ~20 | ~34 | · | ~39 | ~36 | · | 215 |
| Ben Beatty | DE | ~31 | · | ~22 | · | · | ~27 | ~36 | ~31 | ~29 | 176 |
| Paul Hutson III | DT | ~29 | ~35 | ~23 | · | ~29 | ~23 | · | · | ~27 | 166 |
| Fernando Lecuona | DE | · | ~42 | · | · | ~23 | ~17 | · | ~24 | ~19 | 125 |
| Josh Wedel | DT | ~17 | ~11 | ~13 | ~30 | ~15 | · | · | · | ~14 | 100 |
| Michael Hughes | DE | ~38 | · | · | · | · | · | ~20 | · | ~22 | 80 |
| Malachi Wrice | DE | ~12 | ~44 | · | · | · | · | · | · | ~14 | 70 |
| Eduwa Okundaye | DE | ~23 | ~11 | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | 34 |
| Luke Webb | DE | · | · | ~17 | · | · | · | · | · | · | 17 |
| Ike Okafor | DT | · | ~11 | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | 11 |
| Linebackers · estimated snaps | |||||||||||
| Keith Brown | LB | ~59 | ~56 | ~45 | ~72 | ~61 | ~57 | ~71 | ~61 | ~59 | 541 |
| Isaiah Hung | LB | ~24 | ~69 | ~48 | ~16 | ~65 | ~22 | ~58 | ~54 | ~47 | 403 |
| DJ Warner | LB | ~51 | ~49 | ~23 | ~65 | ~26 | ~53 | ~20 | ~28 | ~31 | 346 |
| Gage Jones | LB | ~18 | · | ~7 | · | · | · | ~36 | · | ~10 | 71 |
| Nylan Brown | LB | ~27 | ~26 | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | 53 |
| Jack Ellison | LB | · | ~33 | · | · | · | · | · | ~18 | · | 51 |
| Carsten Reynolds | LB | · | ~4 | ~26 | · | · | · | · | · | ~6 | 36 |
| Gavin Fugate | LB | · | ~17 | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | 17 |
| Secondary · estimated snaps | |||||||||||
| Jaylen Thomas | S | ~59 | ~72 | ~49 | ~73 | ~62 | ~56 | ~67 | ~49 | ~59 | 546 |
| Jamarey Smith | CB | ~62 | ~72 | ~40 | ~74 | ~66 | ~10 | ~7 | ~61 | ~59 | 451 |
| Khamari Terrell | CB | ~62 | · | ~6 | ~71 | ~67 | ~56 | ~71 | ~60 | ~46 | 439 |
| Jackquintin Bal | S | · | ~70 | ~47 | ~74 | ~28 | ~36 | ~65 | ~61 | ~57 | 438 |
| Jeremiah Bernard | S | ~62 | ~7 | ~52 | ~50 | ~64 | ~20 | ~69 | · | ~59 | 383 |
| Jalil Tucker | CB | ~11 | · | · | · | ~53 | ~47 | ~53 | ~61 | ~9 | 234 |
| CJ Solis-Lumar | CB | · | ~67 | ~51 | ~17 | ~19 | ~3 | · | · | · | 157 |
| Kai Rapolla | CB | ~48 | ~56 | ~18 | · | · | ~13 | · | · | · | 135 |
| Trey Ridley | S | · | ~27 | ~10 | · | · | ~52 | · | · | · | 89 |
| Kayo Patu | CB | ~22 | · | · | · | · | ~14 | ~24 | · | · | 60 |
| Offensive line · estimated snaps | |||||||||||
| Jonny Lester | OL | ~54 | ~50 | ~60 | ~68 | ~56 | ~66 | · | ~71 | · | 425 |
| Ashton Tripp | OL | ~54 | ~50 | ~60 | ~68 | ~56 | ~66 | · | ~71 | · | 425 |
| Noah Dunham | OL | ~54 | ~50 | ~60 | ~68 | ~56 | ~66 | · | ~71 | · | 425 |
| Nick Bakken | OL | ~54 | ~50 | ~60 | ~68 | ~56 | ~66 | · | ~71 | · | 425 |
| Jaylin Caldwell | OL | · | · | ~60 | ~68 | ~56 | ~66 | · | ~71 | · | 321 |
| Kyle Martin | OL | ~54 | ~50 | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | 104 |
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.