Youngstown State got its first taste of bad news on Thursday when Coach Eric Wolford announced that Zach Larson (#56, above), a returning letterman from 2010, would probably be redshirted after an injury that would cause him to miss the bulk of the 2011 season.

“Larson will probably be redshirted which hurts because he was having a really good camp, and was working hard”, remarked Wolford.  “He was playing some center for us and we will probably redshirt him and get him back for the next three years. Unfortunately, it is a part of the game this time of the year when you are hitting and tackling at full speed and have to expect some fallout.  We moved [Zach] Conlan over there and I addressed in preseason that the depth of the offensive line had me worried a little bit, we tried to address some other needs first.”

Wolford admitted that no depth chart exists, not until Monday.  ” We haven’t posted a depth chart yet.  We are just out there running around right now.  We will have a better idea with a depth chart after Saturday’s scrimmage. We [coaching staff] will go over everything in detail on Sunday and post it on Monday.  I have a pretty good idea of who the 60 guys are, but we will officially post something on Monday.”