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2020-21 Cal Poly Football Season Preview

Duy Tran-Sampson left a lot of defensive players in his wake as a sophomore fullback a year ago, rushing for 1,037 yards and eight touchdowns.

Really, however, between all five of these guys, we were able to get a decent amount of reps in the short amount of practice time we did have in October and November. It's a good battle. It really is, something that quite honestly it'll probably take some time to surface itself.

They all have some different skill sets to bring to the table."

As a redshirt freshman, Hamler completed 57 percent of his passes (62 of 108) for 1,156 yards and a dozen touchdowns. He was intercepted just five times. Hamler also called his number 194 times in the Triple Option, rushing for 522 yards and another nine scores.

Raquet played his freshman and sophomore seasons at Monterey Peninsula College sandwiching a redshirt year at Fresno State. In two seasons with the Lobos, the San Benito High School graduate completed 331 of 598 passes for 5,013 yards and 52 touchdowns.

Pavitt passed for over 5,200 yards and 60 touchdowns in his last two varsity seasons at Cardinal Newman High School in Santa Rosa, leading the Cardinals to the CIF-North Coast Section Division 3 co-championship in 2018 and CIF-NCS Division IV title and state 3-AA crown in 2019. Cardinal Newman was 25-2 in those two campaigns. 2020-21 CAL POLY SCHEDULE Feb. 27 *#at UC Davis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1:05 p.m. March 6 *WEBER STATE . . . . . . . . . . . .12:05 p.m. March 13 *SOUTHERN UTAH . . . . . . . . .12:05 p.m. March 20 Bye March 27 *at Eastern Washington . . . . . . . .1:05 p.m. April 3 *at Northern Arizona . . . . . . . . . .1:05 p.m. April 10 *#UC DAVIS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12:05 p.m. April 17 Bye *Big Sky Game #Battle for the Golden Horseshoe All Times Pacific

Running Backs

The Triple Option under Walsh with its two slot backs and fullback has been transformed into one running back under Baldwin's multiple-formation offense. The preseason roster has over 10 players who filled three spots in the Mustang backfield a year ago but are now vying for playing time in one position. Of course, there will be a need for a fullback on certain downs as well. amassed 1,037 yards and eight touchdowns as a fullback in 2019.

Other challengers for the starting nod include seniors Lepi Lataimua and Chuby Dunu, junior Will Semone, sophomore Mark Biggins and redshirt freshmen Shakobe Harper and Sam Stewart

"Shakobe and Stewart opted out in the fall," said Baldwin. "Of the guys who were out there, Chuby probably took as many reps as anybody. He was healthy and showed some really good things.

"Lepi definitely showed why he made a lot of plays with the previous staff," Baldwin added. Will stepped up and did some things. Duy is just a completely different type of running back, a unique running back with such top-end speed, and he's big. We've got to find ways to truly fit Duy into what were doing.

"Biggins didn't get as many reps as some of the other guys in the fall, but when he was able to practice he showed some serious stuff. I can't tell you who emerged as this guy or that guy just because it was such a small a sample size and some of the guys didn't get as many reps as the others."

Lataimua gained 274 yards and scored one touchdown in 2019.

How are all the slot backs and fullbacks of last season adjusting to the fact that there will be just one running back on the field most of the time?

"They're smart and they know it's a different offense with a different style, but you always go through a year needing three, four or five different running backs still contributing to what you do offensively," said Baldwin. "The guys not getting the reps they might want have to stay patient.