Wednesday--January 20th, 2016

Both Matty Vautour , Dan Malone and Bob Mcgovern have posts on seven UMass players leaving the program. Several of the players would be fifth-year seniors and probably graduated.

Vautour's here.

Dan Malone here.

Bob McGovern here.

Only one starter left: Tryell Smith who started at left tackle for most of the last two years. The last two-deep depth chart had Tyshon Henderson, a 6-6 SR (2016) as the backup.

Lorenzo Woodley had 10 rushes for 36 yards. Shadrack Abrokowah had 11 rushes for 77 yards.

Daiquan Kelley was a transfer and probably not a scholarship player.

Sharif Custis had 6 receptions for 76 yards.

A.J. Doyle had no stats.

Chris Carter had 3 UT 8AT 11 TT. His leaving makes a rather thin Minutemen DL thinner.

 I want all UMass players to do well, but only Smith and Carter would have had any significant future playing time.

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Dan Malone has a story about Tajae Sharpe and Blake Frohnapfel at the East-West Shrine game.

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Matty Vautour reports Blake Frohnapfel is going to stay at UMass and finish his degree instead of attending a NFL physical-training program.

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This article from Football Insiders mentions Tajae Sharpe.

This article from SB Nation also covers Sharpe.

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