Wyoming offense

The Wyoming offense should be a little bit better this season. The Cowboys have a new starting quarterback, but senior Cameron Coffman transferred from Indiana and sat out last season. As a sophomore at Indiana, he was among the top passers in the Big Ten running a spread offense. Coffman is experienced and poised. Even though he is still learning Wyoming’s pro-style offense, his experience in playing college football should give the Cowboys a boost at that position.

Wyoming also should have one of the better running attacks in the Mountain West with senior Shaun Wick and sophomore Brian Hill, who combined for 1,549 yards and 13 touchdowns last season.

The offensive line returns three starters and showed some solid improvement in the spring.

Wyoming is thin in terms of experience at wide receiver, and some true freshmen will need to help this season. The Cowboys may lean more on their tight ends in the passing game this fall, but have three guys they like — led by junior Jacob Hollister.

Wyoming defense

I expect the defense will be a little worse. The strength of this group is up front. Senior defensive end Eddie Yarbrough returns after being a First Team All-Mountain West pick last season. Senior Siaosi Hala’api’api’ also is back at the other defensive end spot. Inside, junior Uso Olive could have a breakout year at defensive tackle. He’s a 6-1, 306 pound mammoth of a player who was a beast in the weight room over the winter. Depth behind the starters up front is thin.

The back seven is Wyoming’s biggest uncertainty right now. Junior Lucas Wacha is the team’s most experienced linebacker with 140 tackles the last two seasons. His natural spot is outside, but may play inside as well despite being around 220 pounds. Wyoming is still trying to figure out who will play the other two linebacker spots as several players were moved from different positions during the spring.

In the secondary, there are just as many questions. There was a lot of movement on the depth chart throughout the spring and the competition at both safety and cornerback spots will continue in fall camp.

Buying or selling

I am not reaching for my wallet just yet, but I think this team is another year or two from being a legitimate contender in the Mountain West. I expect some progress to be made, but with so many questions on defense this team could still have a hard time — especially if injuries set in.

Five or six wins are a possibility, and second-year coach Craig Bohl should get some Coach of the Year consideration in the Mountain West if he gets this team to a bowl game.

Robert Gagliardi of WyoSports provided the information for our Wyoming Football 2015 Spring Wrap Up. For more Wyoming football information, commentary and analysis, you can follow Robert on Twitter @rpgagliardi and @wyosports.