How important was Marcus McMaryion to Fresno State? He was the catalyst to 22 wins the past two seasons, two in bowl games, and a Mountain West Conference championship. He also stabilized a position group that had lacked credible depth going back to when Derek Carr was flinging the football all over the field, giving coach Jeff Tedford and his staff time to come up with fixes.
The Bulldogs are not in the same situation they were in going through spring ball in 2014 after Carr finished his Fresno State career, with much better and more depth of talent in the program in senior Jorge Reyna, redshirt sophomore Hunter Raquet and redshirt freshmen Ben Wooldridge and Steven Comstock.