Marshall Magazine Summer 2022

Marshall needs to retool its offensive line after losing Alex Mollette andWill Ulmer. The receiving corps will be led by Corey Gammage (78 catches last season), Shadeed Ahmed, Jayden Harrison and Talik Keaton. It also adds another incoming FSU transfer in Bryan Robinson. TheHerd’s front seven on defense will be the strength on that side of the football. With Porter, Koby Cumberlander and three Power Five conference transfers coming in, the line should be solid. Eli Neal, Abraham Beauplan and Charlie Gray return at linebacker. The trio combined for 262 tackles last year. The secondary will need to replace some talented safeties, but McNeese State transfer Andre Sam could step right in, and Steven Gilmore comes back as a steady cover corner. Some pundits are high on the 2022 Thundering Herd. College Football News came out with a bold prediction that Marshall will win the Sun Belt Conference in its first sea son. That’s some pretty heady stuff. With a new baby at home, and a move to a new conference on the horizon, a good night’s rest may be tough to come by for Coach Huff. But college football coaches keep crazy hours any way. For Huff and his Herd, sleep might have to wait.

Defensive back Steven Gilmore will be a key cover corner in 2022.

Thundering Herd 2022 Football Schedule

Keith Morehouse is a freelance writer and the sports director for WSAZ NewsChannel 3 in Huntington.

SEP 3 vs Norfolk State

Huntington, WV

SEP 10 at Notre Dame

South Bend, IN

SEP 17 at Bowling Green Bowling Green, OH

SEP 24 at Troy

Troy, AL

OCT 1 vs Gardner-Webb

Huntington, WV

OCT 12 vs Louisiana

Huntington, WV

OCT 22 at James Madison Harrisonburg, VA

OCT 29 vs Coastal Carolina Huntington, WV (Homecoming)

NOV 5 at Old Dominion

Norfolk, VA

NOV 12 vs Appalachian State Huntington, WV

NOV 19 at Georgia Southern Statesboro, GA

NOV 26 vs Georgia State Huntington, WV

Eli Neal is part of a trio of linebackers who had 262 tackles in 2021.

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