2023 Team Preview: Bloomsburg Panthers

Written by: David Mika on Tuesday, August 15th, 2023. Follow David Mika on Twitter.

Head Coach: Mike Kogut (26th overall/11th as HC – 57-55)

Assistant Coaches:
Tyler Coombe
Josh Davis
Mike Tombasco
Dan Hendricks
John Katulis
Josh Klingerman
Dallas James
Bob Nenstiel
Sean Thomas
Dave Klingerman
Todd Barton

Team Name: Bloomsburg Panthers

2022 Record: 5-6

District: 4

Class: AA

League: PA Heartland Athletic Conference, Division III

Key Starters lost:
Madden Locke
Graden Thomas
Nick Wharton
Liam Zentner
Jake Fogelsanger
Jimmy Lyons
Graden Thomas
Nasir Kelly

Returning Starters:
Sr. Michael Derr OL/DL
Sr. Kayden James OL/DL
Sr. Dawson Robbins-Crane OL/DL
Jr. Thomas Klingerman OL/DL
Jr. Zachary Leiby WR/CB
Jr. Dominick Rosini WR/CB
Jr. Ryan Shuman OL/DL
Jr. Blake Zeisloft RB/ILB
Soph. Wyatt Brosious QB/CB

Key Newcomers:
Sr. Dillyn Reibsome WR/CB
Jr. Brady Horan WR/CB
Jr. Ryan Scherer WR/CB
Jr. Logan Traugh OL/DL
Soph. Gabriel Dube TE/OLB
Soph. Talon Heverling RB/ILB
Soph. Jack Katulis TE/OLB
Fr. Braxton Martinez OL/DL
Fr. Bryce Moore OL/DL
Fr. Julius Serrano WR/DB

2023 Outlook:
• We had a large Senior class-We lost a lot of great players
• 33 players-increase from last year should help with competition for many open positions
• Excited about new group of players who came out
• Solid numbers for our Summer workouts-Hard work, good attitudes
• Overall, I would describe us as Athletic but Young & Inexperienced
• New faces on our staff-Good rapport established in the off-season

Offense:
• Loss of Madden Locke will be a major impact-Zeisloft will be the workhorse
• Development of Brosious @ QB will be a key to our success
• We expect more consistent play from our OL-Bigger than in previous years
• Mistakes need to be minimized

Defense:
• Major losses @ LB and Secondary
• DL will need to anchor the defense
• Zeisloft will be the ILB and needs to be the run stopper

Special Teams: Zeisloft returns as the punter. We need a Kicker. We hope one will emerge in the pre-season. We should have a good group of returners, including Leiby, Rosini, Reibsome, and Horan.

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