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erick at center. Rob Havenstein, who sat out the spring after shoulder surgery, will probably line up at right tackle. There's no shortage of prospects to fill the void at right guard and to round out the depth chart on either side of the ball, including Robert Burge, Casey Dehn, Tyler Marz, Zac Matthias, Dallas Lewallen, Ray Ball, Jonathan Coon and Kyle Costigan. The pecking order will sort itself out in the fall. Dan Voltz, a mid-winter high school grad and true freshman, is the backup center. "It's a slow process but you can most defi-
nitely see it (the personality) developing," Ball said. "You can see it on the field and in the locker room. I honestly do feel like everyone gets along and that includes the freshmen who came here early from high school (Voltz, Vonte Jackson,
"It's going to be an ex- plosive year — and that's what we're all shooting for," Ball said, before add- ing a caveat: "It can hap- pen if we work for it."
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"We just have very good team chemistry." That extends to the quarterback competition.
Joel Stave and Joe Brennan shared the reps throughout the 15 spring practices. Curt Phillips is still limited physically but he's optimistic that he will be back at full strength on June 4 for the start of the summer conditioning phase. That is also the target date for Danny O'Brien,
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