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2014 FOOTBALL PREVIEW

2014 C-USA FOOTBALL PROSPECTUS FIU - Florida Atlantic - Louisiana Tech - Marshall - Middle Tennessee - North Texas Old Dominion - Rice - Southern Miss - UAB - UTEP - UTSA - WKU

CONFERENCE USA

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Commissioner: Britton Banowsky Sr. Associate Commissioner/Football Administrator: Alfred White Coordinator of Football Officials: Gerald Austin

MEDIA RELATIONS STAFF

Associate Commissioner for Public Affairs: Courtney Morrison Archer ([email protected]) Assistant Commissioner for Football and Baseball Operations: *Russell Anderson ([email protected]) Assistant Director of Media Relations: Olivia Kiespert ([email protected]) C-USA Digital Network Coordinator Stacie Erfle ([email protected]) C-USA Digital Network Producer William Draper ([email protected]) Creative Services/Multimedia Consultant: Erika Amstadt Hirschfield ([email protected]) *Primary football contact

CREDITS

The 2014 Conference USA Football Preview is published by Conference USA. For additional information or copies, please contact the media relations department. Editor: Russell Anderson Assistant Editor/Layout: Olivia Kiespert Contributing: Courtney Morrison Archer, Erika Amstadt Hirschfield The conference extends special thanks to the media relations departments at all member institutions for assistance in preparation of this publication.

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TOC/Credits 2014 Football Notebook TEAM INFORMATION 6-9 FIU 10-13 Florida Atlantic 14-17 Louisiana Tech 18-21 Marshall 22-25 Middle Tennessee 26-29 North Texas 30-33 Old Dominion 34-37 Rice 38-41 Southern Miss 42-45 UAB 46-49 UTEP 50-53 UTSA 54-57 WKU 58 Charlotte 2013 SEASON IN REVIEW 59 Standings/Individual Awards 60 Postseason Awards 61 2013 NCAA Leaders 62 Individual Stats - All Games 63 Individual/Team Stats - All Games 64 Team Stats - All Games 65 Team Stats - All Games 66 Superlatives - All Games 67 Individual Stats - C-USA Games 68 Individual/Team Stats - C-USA Games 69-70 Team Stats - C-USA Games 71 Superlatives - C-USA Games 72 2013 Final Polls and Bowl Results 73 2014 Composite Schedule

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Rice celebrated its first C-USA Football Championship in 2013.

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SPRING NOTEBOOK THE 2014 LINEUP Conference USA Football will feature 13 teams competing for the league championship in 2014. Each team playing eight conference games, along with four non-league contests this season. The 2014 alignment will feature seven teams in the East Division and six teams in the West Division. FIU, Florida Atlantic, Marshall, Middle Tennessee, Old Dominion, UAB and WKU comprise the East Division, while Louisiana Tech, North Texas, Rice, Southern Miss, UTEP and UTSA make up the West Division. Each school in the West Division will play every team in its division once for five games, while playing three cross-over opponents from the opposite division. Three schools in the East Division will play every team in its division once for six games, while playing two cross-over opponents from the opposite division. Four schools in the East Division will play five opponents in its division once for five games, while playing three cross-over opponents from the opposite division. East Division schools playing five division games were randomly selected by a computer scheduling application and two intra-division matchups in the East will not take place this season. CHARLOTTE COMES ABOARD IN 2015 The University of North Carolina at Charlotte, a charter member of C-USA in 1995, returned to the conference last fall in all sports but football. Charlotte 49ers football will join Conference USA for the 2015 football season. The 49ers football program completed its inaugural football season last fall, playing before sellout crowds in all its home games. The Niners posted a 5-6 record while ranking among the top offensive teams in the FCS. Located a few miles north of downtown Charlotte, the school has an enrollment of 26,571 students and sponsors 17 NCAA Division I sports.

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C-USA FOOTBALL MEDIA KICKOFF The 2014 Conference USA Football Media Kickoff will take place Tuesday-Wednesday, July 22-23 in Dallas. The head coach and one student-athlete from all 13 schools are scheduled to participate. Portions of the football kickoff will be streamed live and Fox Sports will be filming a conference preview television show to air at a date to be determined. SCHEDULE BREAKDOWN Conference USA teams never shy away from playing challenging non-conference competition and this season is no exception. Among the teams on C-USA’s non-conference slate in 2014 are: Alabama, Auburn, BYU, Louisville, Nebraska, Notre Dame, Oklahoma, Oklahoma State, Texas, Texas A&M and Texas Tech. A total of 24 games are scheduled against teams that played in a bowl game last season. Conference USA will face at least one opponent from all nine of the other FBS conferences. Here’s a look at C-USA’s non-league opponents by conference: ACC: Louisville, NC State, Pittsburgh American: Houston, Memphis, SMU, Tulsa Big 12: Kansas State, Oklahoma, Oklahoma State, Texas, Texas Tech Big Ten: Illinois, Indiana, Minnesota, Nebraska MAC: Akron, Bowling Green, Eastern Michigan, Miami (Ohio), Ohio Mountain West: Hawai’i, New Mexico (2), Wyoming Pac-12: Arizona SEC: Alabama (2), Arkansas, Auburn, Mississippi State (2), Texas A&M, Vanderbilt Sun Belt: Louisiana-Lafayette, New Mexico State, Troy Independent: Army (2), BYU, Navy, Notre Dame

C-USA ON FOX Conference USA has a multi-year agreement for national television rights with Fox Sports Media Group that runs through the 2015-16 athletic year. FOX Sports 1 and FOX Sports Networks (FSN) will provide a variety of C-USA events, including football, men’s and women’s basketball, and other C-USA sports. This agreement provides a significant increase in revenue, as well as the number of events distributed and the overall exposure for the conference. According to terms of the agreement, Fox Sports Media Group will showcase a minimum of 20 regular-season football games per season, a minimum of 10 regular-season men’s and five women’s basketball games, and a variety of Olympic sports events. FS1 is available in more than 90 million homes and FSN programming is distributed nationally to more than 85 million homes through more than two dozen owned and affiliated regional sports networks. C-USA ON CBS SPORTS NETWORK Conference USA will have football games televised nationally on CBS Sports Network in 2014. This season marks the ninth year that C-USA has been in partnership with CBS Sports Network. The contract includes significant national and regional exposure for football, men’s and women’s basketball, and other C-USA sports. CBS College Sports Network is widely available on cable systems across the country and via satellite on DIRECTV Channel 221 (Premier Package and Sports Pack) and Dish Network Channel 152 (America’s Top 200 Package). C-USA ON ESPN The 10th annual C-USA football championship game will take place on Saturday, December 6 at the team with the best regular season record in conference play. The game will be carried on ESPN or ESPN 2.


SPRING NOTEBOOK C-USA BOWL SYNOPSIS Conference USA has secured guaranteed commitments with five bowl partners for the 2014 season, as well as one secondary agreement: The Bahamas, Boca Raton, Gildan New Mexico, Heart of Dallas and Sheraton Hawai’i Bowls are primary agreements. The Duck Commander Independence Bowl in Shreveport, La., is a secondary agreement, should the ACC or SEC not be able to provide a bowl-eligible team. There is no set selection order among C-USA’s bowl partners. 2014 Bowl Agreements: Bahamas Bowl Date: TBA (Nassau, Bahamas) Opponent: Mid-American selection Boca Raton Bowl Date: TBA (Boca Raton, Fla.) Opponent: Mid-American selection Gildan New Mexico Bowl Date: TBA (Albuquerque, N.M.) Opponent: Mountain West Champion Heart of Dallas Bowl Date: TBA (Dallas) Opponent: Big Ten selection Sheraton Hawai’i Bowl Date: TBA (Honolulu, Hawai’i) Opponent: Mountain West selection Duck Commander Independence Bowl (secondary) Date: TBA (Shreveport, La.) Opponent: ACC or SEC selection

2014 C-USA FOOTBALL CHAMPIONSHIP GAME Conference USA will host its 10th football championship game in 2014. The event is slated for Saturday, December 6 and will be televised by ESPN or ESPN 2. The team with the highest league winning percentage will serve as the host site for the game. The title game will feature champions from the East and West divisions of the league. Five different schools have hosted the first nine championship games. Rice won its first Conference USA Football Championship last season with a victory over Marshall at Rice Stadium. Southern Miss won the 2011 C-USA Championship, when the nationally-ranked Golden Eagles downed previously undefeated Houston on the Cougars’ home field. Former members East Carolina, Tulsa and UCF each won two championship games, while Houston claimed one crown. Year Champion (C-USA Record) 2013 Rice (7-1) 2012 Tulsa (7-1) 2011 Southern Miss (7-1) 2010 UCF (7-1) 2009 East Carolina (6-2) 2008 East Carolina (6-2) 2007 UCF (7-1) 2006 Houston (7-1) 2005 Tulsa (6-2) 2004 Louisville (8-0) 2003 Southern Miss (8-0) 2002 TCU (6-2) Cincinnati (6-2) 2001 Louisville (6-1) 2000 Louisville (6-1) 1999 Southern Miss (6-0) 1998 Tulane (6-0) 1997 Southern Miss (6-0) 1996 Houston (4-1) Southern Miss (4-1)

C-USA FOOTBALL CHAMPIONSHIP GAME Saturday, December 6, 2014 Time: TBA ESPN or ESPN 2 WEST LOUISIANA TECH NORTH TEXAS RICE SOUTHERN MISS UTEP UTSA

EAST FIU FLORIDA ATLANTIC MARSHALL MIDDLE TENNESSEE OLD DOMINION UAB WKU

C-USA TIEBREAKER Home field for the C-USA Championship Game will be awarded to the team that posts the highest regular season winning percentage against conference opposition. The first tiebreaker is the winner of a headto-head match-up. Additional tie-breaker information will be released at a later date. MEDIA CREDENTIALS Members of the media that wish to cover the C-USA Championship game will be required to request credentials through the league’s online credential application system. Click Media Center on ConferenceUSA.com. Details about the C-USA Championship Game will be available throughout the season on conferenceusa.com. For additional information, please contact C-USA Media Relations at 214/774-1300. C-USA STADIUMS FIU - Alfonso Field at FIU Stadium (20,000) Florida Atlantic - FAU Stadium (29,419) Louisiana Tech - Joe Aillet Stadium (27,717) Marshall Joan C. Edwards Stadium (38,224) Middle Tennessee - Floyd Stadium (30,788) North Texas - Apogee Stadium (30,850) OldDominion-ForemanFieldatS.B.BallardStadium(20,068) Rice - Rice Stadium (47,000) Southern Miss - M.M. Roberts Stadium (36,000) UAB - Legion Field (72,000) UTEP - Sun Bowl (51,500) UTSA - Alamodome (65,000) WKU - Houchens Industries/L.T. Smith Stadium (22,113)

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SPRING NOTEBOOK RETURNING STARTERS Here’s a look at the returning starters on offense, defense and special teams (including punt and kick returners) for each Conference USA school:

PRESEASON HONOR CANDIDATES As submitted by the league’s Football Media Relations Directors, here is a list of candidates to consider for preseason All-American and AllConference awards:

School FIU Florida Atlantic Louisiana Tech Marshall Middle Tenn. North Texas Old Dominion Rice Southern Miss UAB UTEP UTSA WKU

ALL-AMERICAN CANDIDATES RB Kenneth Dixon, Louisiana Tech CB Adairius Barnes, Louisiana Tech QB Rakeem Cato, Marshall WR Tommy Shuler, Marshall LB T.T. Barber, Middle Tennessee SS Kevin Byard, Middle Tennessee QB Taylor Heinicke, Old Dominion WR Larry Pinkard, Old Dominion DL Christian Covington, Rice CB Bryce Callahan, Rice K Ty Long, UAB OL Cameron Clemmons, WKU DB Cam Thomas, WKU

Off. 9 6 5 6 5 5 7 6 8 8 8 10 9

Def. 7 6 7 8 8 4 10 6 8 8 7 10 4

ST 3 3 3 3 3 3 1 1 4 4 4 5 2

RETURNING LETTERWINNERS Here’s a look at the number of lettermen returning and lost for each C-USA school: School FIU Florida Atlantic Louisiana Tech Marshall Middle Tenn. North Texas Old Dominion Rice Southern Miss UAB UTEP UTSA WKU

Ret. 54 40 36 59 49 37 44 43 58 47 44 51 46

Lost 14 23 28 15 20 20 13 25 24 20 22 8 18

ALL-CONFERENCE CANDIDATES FIU TE Jonnu Smith, FIU LT David Delsoin, FIU C Donald Senat, FIU DE Michael Wakefield, FIU LB Luis Rosado, FIU S Justin Halley, FIU CB Richard Leonard, FIU FLORIDA ATLANTIC QB Jaquez Johnson, Florida Atlantic WR William Dukes, Florida Atlantic WR Lucky Whitehead, Florida Atlantic TE Alex Deleon, Florida Atlantic OL Braden Lyons, Florida Atlantic OL Mikingson Marsaille, Florida Atlantic RB Jay Warren, Florida Atlantic DT Trevon Coley, Florida Atlantic DT Brandin Bryant, Florida Atlantic LB Andrae Kirk, Florida Atlantic CB D’Joun Smith, Florida Atlantic DB Cre’von LeBlanc, Florida Atlantic SS Damian Parms, Florida Atlantic CB Christian Milstead, Florida Atlantic P Sean Kelly, Florida Atlantic LOUISIANA TECH RB Kenneth Dixon, Louisiana Tech WR Paul Turner, Louisiana Tech OL Mitchell Bell, Louisiana Tech DE Vontarrius Dora, Louisiana Tech CB Adairius Barnes, Louisiana Tech

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CB DB

Le’Vander Liggins, Louisiana Tech Xavier Woods, Louisiana Tech

MARSHALL QB Rakeem Cato, Marshall WR Tommy Shuler, Marshall OL Chris Jasperse, Marshall OL Michael Selby, Marshall OL Clint Van Horn, Marshall DL James Rouse, Marshall DL Ra’Shawde Myers, Marshall DL Gary Thompson, Marshall LB Jermaine Holmes, Marshall LB Stefan Houston, Marshall LB Evan McKelvey, Marshall DB Darryl Roberts, Marshall DB Corey Tindal, Marshall S A.J. Leggett, Marshall KR Deandre Reaves, Marshall P Tyler Williams, Marshall MIDDLE TENNESSEE RB Jordan Parker, Middle Tennessee RB/KR Reggie Whatley, Middle Tennessee WR Marcus Henry, Middle Tennessee OL Darius Johnson, Middle Tennessee OL Isaiah Anderson, Middle Tennessee K Cody Clark, Middle Tennessee LB T.T. Barber, Middle Tennessee SS Kevin Byard, Middle Tennessee DT Pat McNeil, Middle Tennessee DT Jimal McBride, Middle Tennessee NORTH TEXAS OL Mason Y’Barbo, North Texas OL Cyril Lemon, North Texas C Kaydon Kirby, North Texas OL Antonio Johnson, North Texas LB Derek Akunne, North Texas CB James Jones, North Texas CB Kenny Buyers, North Texas S Lairaimie Lee, North Texas P Blake Macek, North Texas OLD DOMINION QB Taylor Heinicke, Old Dominion WR Larry Pinkard, Old Dominion WR Antonio Vaughan, Old Dominion OL Josh Mann, Old Dominion LB Richie Staton, Old Dominion CB Reggie Owens, Old Dominion


SPRING NOTEBOOK RICE OT WR OG WR DL LB CB CB P

Caleb Williams, Rice Jordan Taylor, Rice Nico Carlson, Rice Dennis Parks, Rice Christian Covington, Rice James Radcliffe, Rice Bryce Callahan, Rice Malcolm Hill, Rice James Farrimond, Rice

SOUTHERN MISS QB Nick Mullens, Southern Miss WR Tyre’oune Holmes, Southern Miss OL Norman Price, Southern Miss OL Thomas Collins, Southern Miss DL Rakeem Nunez-Roches, Southern Miss LB Alan Howze, Southern Miss DB Emmanuel Johnson, Southern Miss

UAB RB OL WR TE DE LB K P UTEP QB KR RB RB TE

Jordan Howard, UAB Victor Salako, UAB Jamarcus Nelson, UAB Kennard Backman, UAB Diaheem Watkins, UAB Jake Ganus, UAB Ty Long, UAB Hunter Mullins, UAB

Jameill Showers, UTEP Autrey Golden, UTEP Nathan Jeffery, UTEP Aaron Jones, UTEP Eric Tomlinson, UTEP

UTSA OT OG WR DT CB DE S

Cody Harris, UTSA Scott Inskeep, UTSA Kam Jones, UTSA Ashaad Mabry, UTSA Bennett Okotcha, UTSA Robert Singletary, UTSA Triston Wade, UTSA

WKU QB WR OL OL TE DL DB DB

Brandon Doughty, WKU Willie McNeal, WKU Forrest Lamp, WKU Cameron Clemmons, WKU Mitchell Henry, WKU Gavin Rocker, WKU Cam Thomas, WKU Marcus Ward, WKU

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FIU PANTHERS

AUG. 30 SEPT. 6 SEPT. 13 SEPT. 20 Sept. 27 OCT. 2 (THU.) Oct. 11 OCT. 18 NOV. 1 Nov. 8 NOV. 15 Nov. 22

QUICK FACTS

Location Miami, Fla. Founded/Opened 1965/1972 Enrollment 50,000 Nickname Panthers Colors Blue (PMS 282), Gold (PMS 871) Conference Conference USA President Dr. Mark B. Rosenberg Exec. Director Sports & Entertainment Pete Garcia Stadium Alfonso Field at FIU Stadium (20,000) Stadium Surface FieldTurf

FOOTBALL STAFF

Ron Turner (Pacific, ‘77) Turner’s FIU Record Turner’s Overall Record Offensive Coordinator: Defensive Coordinator: Defensive Secondary: Running Backs: Linebackers: Defensive Line: Tight Ends/Tackles Quarterbacks/Wide Receivers: Special Teams: Graduate Assistant: Graduate Assistant: Graduate Assistant: Head Football Athletic Trainer: Football Video Coordinator: Director of Football Operations: Dir. of Strength & Conditioning:

FOOTBALL OFFICE Phone Fax

MEDIA INFORMATION Director/Football SID Office Phone Cell Phone Media Relations Office Fax Office E-Mail Website Press Box Phone Facebook Twitter

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Head Coach, 2nd Year 1-11 (.089) 1 year 43-72 (.374), 10 years Steve Shankweiler (Davidson, ‘74) Josh Conklin (South Dakota State, ‘03) Jason Brooks (Middle Tennessee, ‘06) Kerry Dixon III (Hampton, ‘04) Rob Harley (Ohio State, ‘06) Randy Melvin (Eastern Illinois, ‘82) Kort Shankweiler (East Carolina, ‘06) Cameron Turner (The Citadel, ‘10) Shannon Moore (Black Hills State, ‘00) Matt Garris (FIU, ‘10) Pete Collins (Mary Washington, ‘07) Josh Beekman (Boston College, ’06) David Ahouse (Cornell, ‘98) Joe Maggio (Stony Brook, ‘12) Sean Todd (St. Thomas, ‘96) Chad Smith (UT-Chattanooga, ‘06) 305/348-2152 305/348-0247 Paul Dodson (305) 348-3164 (813) 545-2127 (305) 348-2963 [email protected] www.FIUSports.com (305) 348-1898 FIU Sports @FIUFootball

2014 SCHEDULE BETHUNE-COOKMAN WAGNER PITTSBURGH LOUISVILLE at UAB FLORIDA ATLANTIC at UTSA MARSHALL RICE at Old Dominion MIDDLE TENNESSEE at North Texas

Conference USA game in bold; Home games in ALL CAPS

2013 RESULTS (1-11, 1-7 C-USA) A31 S6 S14 S21 O5 O12 O26 N2 N9 N16 N23 N29

at Maryland L 10-43 0-1 UCF L 0-38 0-2 BETHUNE-COOKMAN L 13-34 0-3 at (6) Louisville L 0-72 0-4 at Southern Miss W 24-23 1-4 UAB L 24-27 1-5 LOUISIANA TECH L 7-23 1-6 EAST CAROLINA L 13-34 1-7 at Middle Tennessee L 0-48 1-8 at UTEP L 10-33 1-9 MARSHALL L 10-48 1-10 at Florida Atlantic L 6-21 1-11 Conference USA game in bold; Home games in ALL CAPS

NOTING THE PANTHERS

FIU’s 2014 schedule features a record eight home games, including the first four. The slate is highlighted by visits from a pair of ACC schools in back-to-back weeks in September when Pittsburgh and Louisville visit Miami. The Panthers will field a much more experienced team this fall, as a total of 19 starters are scheduled to return. The 2014 roster has 30 players that made a combined 202 starts during the 2013 season and 229 in their careers. Sophomore TE Jonnu Smith was the only FIU player to have a catch in all 12 games during the 2013 season. After just one season, Smith moved into third place all-time at FIU for career receiving yards by a tight end. His team-best 388 receiving yards is third in a single-season. Senior FS Justin Halley had team highs of three interceptions and 11 passes defended, while tying for second with 53 tackles in 2013. Early enrollee quarterbacks Alex McGough and Bud Martin make it two of the last three years where FIU has had at least one early enrollee quarterback participate in spring football. The last time it happened was before the 2012 season when E.J. Hilliard enrolled early out of Miami Northwestern High. Ironically, Hilliard is battling McGough, Martin and junior Akil Dan-Fodio for the starting quarterback job this year.


FIU PANTHERS

2013 STATISTICAL LEADERS

TEAM INFORMATION Offensive Formation Defensive Formation 2013 Overall Record 2013 Conference Record / Finish Lettermen Returning/Lost Starters Returning Starters Lost 2014 Newcomers

Pro Set Multiple 4-3 1-11 1-7 / 7th (East) 54/14 19 (9 off./7 def./3 spec.) 6 (2 off./4 def./0 spec.) 26

2014 PRESEASON RETURNEES STARTERS Offensive Returning/Lost Defensive Returning/Lost Special Teams Returning/Lost OFFENSIVE STARTERS RETURNING RB Lamarq Caldwell WR Clinton Taylor WR T.J. Lowder RT Aaron Nielsen RG Jordan White C Donald Senat LG Jordan Budwig LT David Delsoin TE Jonnu Smith DEFENSIVEE STARTERS RETURNING DE Michael Wakefield DE Denzell Perine LB Luis Rosado LB Davidon Colimon CB Randy Harvey S Justin Halley S Demarkus Perkins SPECIALISTS RETURNING P Chris Ayers K Austin Taylor KR Clinton Taylor LS Sam Medlock KEY LOSSES DT Greg Hickman DT Isame Faciane LB Markeith Russell CB/PR Sam Miller

9/2 7/4 3/0

Rushing Lamarq Caldwell Silas Spearman TOTALS

Att. 144 132 445

Yds. 504 368 915

Avg. 3.5 2.8 2.1

TD 1 4 5

Long 19 32 32

Passing Jake Medlock E.J. Hilliard TOTALS

Comp. 75 77 153

Att. 159 132 293

Pct. .472 .583 .522

INT 6 4 10

Yards 922 775 1713

Receiving Jonnu Smith T.J. Lowder Clinton Taylor TOTALS

Rec 39 24 19 153

Yds. 388 307 238 1713

Avg. 9.9 12.8 12.5 11.2

TD 2 3 0 8

Long 38 48 44 48

Field Goals Austin Taylor TOTALS

Made-Att. 8-12 9-14

Pct. .667 .643

Long 52 52

Punting Chris Ayers TOTALS

No. 50 89

Yards Avg. 1773 35.4 3423 38.4

In 20 7 18

Tackles Markeith Russell Justin Halley Isame Faciane Jordan Davis Luis Rosado TOTALS

Solos 61 39 32 28 26 494

Ast 35 14 21 19 18 252

Total 96 53 53 47 44 746

Interceptions Justin Halley Sam Miller TOTALS

No. 3 2 7

Yds. 31 0 48

Avg. 10.3 0.0 6.9

Long 56 70

TD 0 0 0

2013 TEAM STATISTICS

Category First Downs Rushes-Yards Rushing Yards/Game Passes Att./Comp./Int. Completion Pct. Passing Yards Passing Yards/Game Total Off. Plays/Yds Total Offense/Game Punts-Average Punt Returns-Yards Kickoff Returns-Yards Interceptions-Yards Fumbles-Lost Penalties-Yards 3rd Down Conversions 3rd Down Conversion Percentage 4th Down Conversions 4th Down Conversion Percentage Sacks By-Yards Avg. Time of Possession

TD 4 3 8

FIU 117 445-915 76.2 293-153-10 .522 1713 219.0 738-2628 219.0 89-38.4 17-153 33-693 7-48 18-10 58-509 39-173 .225 10-23 .435 15-85 30:53

Opponents 444 467-2706 205.4 317-206-7 .650 2691 429.7 784-5156 429.7 51-41.5 27-155 30-764 10-162 15-7 56-505 60-151 .397 7-11 .636 52-360 29:07

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SPRING ROSTER NO. 90 16 66 83 89 36 94 10 20 35 72 45 11 18 50 54 95 44 85 68 81 9 47 40 24 80 57 32 21 46 13 27 37 9 13 78 76 74 49 56 3 18 17 6 12 31 62 97 64 38 70 61 2 88 11 14

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NAME Imarjaye Albury Chris Ayers Jordan Budwig Richard Burrows Juwan Caesar Lamarq Caldwell Marques Cheeks Glenn Coleman Shane Coleman Davison Colimon James Cruise Christopher Cummings Akil Dan-Fodio Jordan Davis David Delsoin Jeremy Derrick Karson Dietrich Darrian Dyson Ricky Fernandez Chris Flaig Adrien Francois Giovani Francois Sam Gervais Jordan Gibbs Josh Glanton Ya’keem Griner Jordan Guest Justin Halley Randy Harvey De’Shawn Hazziez E.J. Hilliard Xavier Hines Cody Hodgens De’Andre Jasper Patrick Jean Dieugot Joseph Yousif Khoury Lars Koht Jose Laphitzondo Matt Larrubia Richard Leonard James Louis T.J. Lowder Bud Martin Alex McGough Jeremiah McKinnon Sam Medlock Wonderful Monds II Michael Montero Wilkenson Myrtil Aaron Nielsen Danny Nunez Shug Oyegunle Jonathan Pavlov Denzell Perine Demarkus Perkins

FIU PANTHERS POS. DT P OG WR WR RB DT WR RB LB OG FB QB S OT LB K/P DT TE OG WR DE CB LB LB TE LB S CB LB QB CB K/P RB LB OT OT DT K/P LB CB WR WR QB QB CB LS DE C CB OT C WR TE DE S

HT. 6-0 6-0 6-4 6-4 6-5 6-0 6-3 6-2 5-6 6-1 6-5 5-10 6-4 6-2 6-6 6-2 6-0 6-4 6-5 6-5 5-11 6-2 5-10 6-1 6-3 6-4 6-4 6-3 5-8 6-2 6-3 5-11 5-9 5-10 6-3 6-6 6-6 6-5 6-3 5-11 5-9 5-11 5-11 6-0 6-3 6-0 6-0 6-0 6-2 6-0 6-4 6-1 5-9 6-4 6-3 6-0

WT. 295 175 325 195 211 215 265 200 195 200 285 211 230 210 305 180 160 300 250 304 172 255 185 235 230 235 200 200 170 200 185 185 160 195 205 270 300 265 178 195 170 196 180 217 215 185 180 220 285 190 275 285 185 235 245 215

YR. So. So. So. Jr. So. Jr. So. Sr. Jr. Jr. Fr. So. Jr. So. Sr. Fr. So. Jr. So. Fr. Fr. Sr. Sr. Fr. So. Jr. Fr. Sr. Sr. So. Jr. Fr. So. Jr. Jr. So. Sr. Jr. Jr. Jr. Sr. Jr. Jr. Fr. Fr. Jr. So. Jr. So. So. Jr. So. So. Fr. Jr. Sr.

EXP. RS 1L 1L 1L 2L SQ 3L 2L 2L RS 2L 1L 3L RS SQ 2L SQ HS HS 3L 2L RS SQ 2L RS 3L 1L 1L 2L RS SQ 2L 2L 1L 1L 2L RS 2L 2L HS HS 2L 1L RS 1L 1L 2L SQ 1L RS 2L 2L

HOMETOWN/HS, JC or COLLEGE Miami, Fla./Miami Northwestern/West Virginia Hollywood, Fla./South Broward Davie, Fla./University School Palm Bay, Fla./Bayside Miami, Fla./Coral Park Tampa, Fla./Tampa Bay Technical New Orleans, La./O. Perry Walker New Orleans, La./West Jefferson Green Cove Springs, Fla./Clay West Palm Beach, Fla./Suncoast Palm Beach Gardens, Fla. /Palm Beach Gardens Jacksonville, Fla./Mandarin Stone Mountain, Ga./Redan Tampa, Fla./Alonso Hollywood, Fla./Sheridan Hills Christian Hollywood, Fla./Hallandale Vero Beach, Fla./Vero Beach New Orleans, La./Edna Karr Miami, Fla./Belen Jesuit Vero Beach, Fla./Vero Beach Lake Worth, Fla./Park Vista Upper Marlboro, Md./Wise Miami, Fla./La Salle Miami, Fla./Miami Killian Haines City, Fla./Haines City Starke, Fla./Bradford Miami, Fla./Miami Christopher Columbus Boca Raton, Fla./Boca Raton Oakland, Calif./McClymonds/Santa Rosa JC Fort Pierce, Fla./Westwood Miami, Fla./Miami Northwestern Miami, Fla./Belen Jesuit Wesley Chapel, Fla./Robinson Miami, Fla./Miami Jackson Port Saint Lucie, Fla./Treasure Coast Orlando, Fla./Freedom San Diego, Calif./Steele Canyon/Grossmont CC Vero Beach, Fla./Vero Beach Argentina/Immaculata Miami, Fla./Christopher Columbus/Fairmont State Miami, Fla./Miami Killian Delray Beach, Fla./Atlantic Panama City, Fla./Bay Ft. Lauderdale, Fla./Dillard Tampa, Fla./Gaither Miami, Fla./Miami Southridge Jacksonville, Fla./Fletcher Fort Pierce, Fla./Westwood/Buffalo Miami, Fla./Miami Christopher Columbus Orlando, Fla./Jones Orlando, Fla./Freedom Miami, Fla./Dade Christian Tampa, Fla./Gaither Palm Beach Gardens, Fla./Benjamin School Mobile, Ala./Davidson Bradenton, Fla./Bradenton Southeast/Highland CC


FIU PANTHERS NO. 58 15 34 82 48 73 59 75 87 43 30 56 54 51 5 71 42 55 98 29 84 52 28

NAME Byron Pinkston Fred Porter Alfonso Randolph Dominique Rhymes Luis Rosado Trenton Saunders Donald Senat Edens Sineace Jonnu Smith Yohan Soares Silas Spearman III Sergio Sroka Austin Taylor Brandon Taylor Clinton Taylor Delmar Taylor Caleb Vincent Michael Wakefield Leonard Washington Vontarius West Cory White Treyvon Williams Deonte Wilson

POS. OG WR RB WR LB OG C OT TE FB RB K K/P LS WR OG LB LB DT S TE LB S

HT. 6-3 6-3 5-11 6-4 6-2 6-4 6-2 6-5 6-2 5-10 5-8 6-1 5-8 6-0 5-10 6-4 6-2 6-3 6-0 5-11 6-6 5-11 6-0

WT. 300 210 185 210 225 275 285 305 225 211 195 175 160 220 170 300 230 245 290 200 260 230 195

YR. Sr. Jr. Fr. Jr. Jr. So. Sr. So. So Fr. So. So. So. Jr. Jr. Sr. Sr. Jr. So. Fr. Sr. So. So.

EXP. 1L 2L RS 2L 2L 1L 2L 1L 1L HS 1L 1L 1L 2L 1L 1L 1L 2L 1L RS 1L 1L 1L

HOMETOWN/HS, JC or COLLEGE Hamden, Conn./Hamden/Dean College Tampa, Fla./Lennard Ocala, Fla./West Port Miami, Fla./Miami Northwestern Gainesville, Fla./Gainesville Palm Beach Gardens, Fla./Benjamin School Miami, Fla./Miami Northwestern Lake Worth, Fla./Palm Beach Central Ocala, Fla./West Port Hialeah, Fla./Hialeah Loxahatchee, Fla./Seminole Ridge Miami, Fla./Belen Jesuit Punta Gorda, Fla./Charlotte Slidell, La./Northshore Miami, Fla./Miami Northwestern Miami Beach, Fla./Miami Beach/Navarro College Davie, Fla./Hollywood Hills Valdosta, Ga./Valdosta New Orleans, La./Edna Karr Bartow, Fla./Bartow Jacksonville, Fla./Fleming Island/Miami Miami, Fla./Miami Norland Daytona Beach, Fla./Mainland

2014 SPRING SIGNEES NAME Kai Absheer John Broome Mark Bruno Josh Deuyour Alex Gardner Niko Gonzalez Jarviel Hart Jordan Ingraham Anthony Johnson Tyree Johnson Breht Joly Chett LeVay Bud Martin Alex McGough Napoleon Maxwell Luke Medlock Chris Miller Thomas Owens Fred Russ Jermaine Sheriff Justin Sibole Shermarke Spence Bobby Stinson Dennis Turner Daquane Wilke Anthony Wint

POS. OL DL DB OL RB/RET S/RET WR/RET DL DL DB OL TE QB QB RB/RET QB/P OL WR/DB LB DL DL DB DB WR/RET OL LB

HT. 6-5 6-2 5-10 6-9 5-9 5-11 5-10 6-2 6-3 5-9 6-4 6-3 6-2 6-3 6-0 6-1 6-4 6-1 5-10 6-2 6-4 5-8 6-0 5-11 6-3 6-0

WT. 310 235 170 325 183 180 165 315 245 175 295 195 225 215 190 200 310 184 220 225 275 170 175 175 265 210

YR. Fr. Fr. Fr. Fr. Fr. Fr. Fr. Fr. Fr. Fr. Fr. Fr. Fr. Fr. Fr. Fr. Fr. Fr. Fr. Fr. Fr. Fr. Fr. Fr. Fr. fr.

HOMETOWN/HS, JC or COLLEGE Oakland Park, Fla./Saint Thomas Aquinas Plant City, Fla./Plant City Pembroke Pines, Fla./Flanagan Hollywood, Fla./Hollywood Hills Jacksonville, Fla./William M. Raines Hialeah, Fla./Hialeah Avon Park, Fla./Frostproof Miami, Fla./Booker T. Washington Kingsland, Ga./Camden County Miami Gardens, Fla./Miami Carol City Oviedo, Fla./Hagerty Tampa, Fla./Sickles Ft. Lauderdale, Fla./Dillard Tampa, Fla./Gaither St. Petersburg, Fla./Admiral Farragut Academy Jacksonville, Fla./Fletcher Orlando, Fla./The First Academy Boynton Beach, Fla./Atlantic Community Tampa, Fla./Tampa Bay Tech Ft. Lauderdale, Fla./Hialeah Davie, Fla./Plantation American Heritage Miami, Fla./Northwestern Miami, Fla./Miami Springs Ft. Lauderdale, Fla./Dillard Orlando, Fla./Oak Ridge Homestead, Fla./Homestead

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FLORIDA ATLANTIC OWLS

2014 SCHEDULE

QUICK FACTS Location Founded Enrollment Nickname Colors Conference President Athletics Director Stadium Surface

FOOTBALL STAFF

Charlie Partridge (Drake ‘95) Partiridge’s FAU Record Partiridge’s Overall Record

Boca Raton, Fla. 1961 30,000 Owls Blue and Red Conference USA Dr. John W. Kelly Pat Chun FAU Stadium (29,419) Natural Grass

Head Coach, 1st Year 0-0 (.000), 1st year 0-0 (.000), 1st year

Assoc. Head Coach/Offensive Coor./QB: Brian Wright (Wooster, ‘94) Assistant Head Coach/Running Backs Roger Harriott (Villanova, ‘99) Defensive Coordinator/Linebackers: Roc Bellantoni (Iona, ‘93) Special Teams Coordinator/Tight Ends: Chris Hurd (North Texas, ‘04) Sec./Assistant Player Personnel: Corey Bell (South Carolina, ‘95) Secondary: Nick Caley (John Carroll, ‘06) Defensive Line: Terrance Jamison (Wisconsin, ‘09) Offensive Line: Bart Miller (New Mexico, ‘08) Wide Receivers: Dan Shula (Dartmouth, 06) Dir. of Player Personnel/External Relations: Jared Allen (FAU, ‘04) Graduate Assistant: AJ Hopp (Slippery Rock, ‘11) Graduate Assistant: Graham Wilbert (Florida Atlantic, ‘12) Director of Operations: Heather Henderson (South Carolina) Intercollegiate Athletics Coordinator: Brooke Wilson (Westfield State, ‘10) Video Coordinator: Jack Pelini (LSU, ‘11) Trainer: John Burnside (UCF, ‘02) Equipment Manager: Sam Nichols (NC State, ‘10)


MEDIA INFORMATION Football SID Office Phone Cell Phone Fax E-mail Website Press Box Phone Facebook Twitter

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561-297-1094 561-297-3963

Katrina McCormack 561-297-3163 561-251-5588 561-297-3963 [email protected] www.FAUsports.com 561/251-5588 FAUOwlAthletics @FAUOwlAthletics

Aug. 30 Sept. 6 Sept. 13 Sept. 20 Sept. 27 Oct. 2 (Thu.) Oct. 18 Oct. 25 Nov. 1 Nov. 8 Nov. 22 Nov. 29

at Nebraska at Alabama TULSA at Wyoming UTSA at FIU WKU at Marshall UAB at North Texas at Middle Tennessee OLD DOMINION


2013 RESULTS (6-6, 4-4 C-USA) A30 S5 S14 S21 S28 O5 O12 O26 N2 N16 N23 N29

at Miami (Fla.) L 6-34 0-1 at East Carolina L 13-31 0-2 at South Florida W 28-10 1-2 MIDDLE TENNESSEE L (OT) 35-42 1-3 at Rice L 14-18 1-4 at UAB W 37-23 2-4 MARSHALL L 23-24 2-5 at (11) Auburn L 10-45 2-6 TULANE W 34-17 3-6 at Southern Miss W 41-7 4-6 NEW MEXICO STATE W 55-10 5-6 FIU W 21-6 6-6 Conference USA game in bold; Home games in ALL CAPS

NOTING THE OWLS

Charlie Partridge begins his first season as head football coach of the Owls. Partridge joins FAU after one season as assistant head coach/defensive line coach at Arkansas and brings 17 seasons of collegiate coaching experience to the program. A native of Plantation, Fla., Partridge served for five years at Wisconsin and was part of a coaching staff that led the Badgers to three consecutive Rose Bowl appearances. He was associate head coach and co-defensive coordinator in his final two seasons at UW after coaching special teams, the defensive line and linebackers at Pittsburgh from 2003-07. Junior QB Jaquez Johnson was named C-USA Newcomer of the Year in 2013 after posting a team-leading 772 yards on the ground, an average of 4.5 yards per carry and 70.2 yards per game. He completed 149 of 256 passes attempted for 1,876 yards. Johnson tallied 22 total touchdowns, 10 on the ground and 12 passing. Senior DB D’Joun Smith concluded the 2013 season ranked second nationally in interceptions (7) and third in passes defended (13). He ended the year with 35 tackles, two for a loss, one sack and two forced fumbles. Smith garnered C-USA Defensive Player of the Week honors twice, won the Jim Thorpe Defensive Back of the Week honors for his efforts in the win at USF and was named FAU’s 2013 MVP. Senior LB Andrae Kirk earned the team’s Defensive MVP award last season and was a Second Team All-C-USA selection. He ended 2013 with a team-leading 84 tackles and recorded team-best totals in nearly every statistical category. Kirk had three games with doubledigit tackles (Middle Tennessee, at Auburn and Tulane).




TEAM INFORMATION Offensive Formation Defensive Formation 2013 Overall Record 2013 Conference Record/Finish Letterwinners Returning/Lost Starters Returning Starters Lost 2014 Newcomers

Spread 4-3 6-6 4-4 /3rd (East) 40 /23 15 (6 off./6 def./3 spec.) 12 (5 off./5 def/2 spec.) 24

2014 PRESEASON RETURNEES STARTERS Offensive Returning/Lost Defensive Returning/Lost Special Teams Returning/Lost OFFENSIVE STARTERS RETURNING QB Jaquez Johnson WR William Dukes TE Alex Deleon RT Branden Lyons RG Dillon DeBoer LG Isaac Edwards DEFENSIVE STARTERS RETURNING DT Trevon Coley DT Brandin Bryant LB Andrae Kirk SS Damian Parms CB D’Joun Smith NB Cre’Von LeBlanc SPECIALISTS RETURNING P Sean Kelly KR Reggie Brown DS Joe Fischer KEY LOSSES RB Jonathan Wallace WR Daniel McKinney C Mustafa Johnson LT DeAndre Williams DE Martin Wright DE Cory Henry LB Randell Johnson LB Adarius Glanton FS Jeremy McKnight K Mitch Anderson

6/5 6/5 3/2

Rushing Jaquez Johnson Jonathan Wallace TOTALS

Att. 172 119 499

Yds. 772 563 2225

Avg. 4.5 4.7 4.5

TD 10 3 21

Long 60 54 60

Passing Jaquez Johnson Greg Hankerson TOTALS

Comp. 149 46 196

Att. 256 64 353

Pct. .582 .489 .555

INT 8 3 11

Yards 1876 484 2390

Receiving Daniel McKinney William Dukes Jenson Stoshak TOTALS

Rec 49 35 23 196

Yds. 615 553 298 2390

Avg. 12.6 15.8 13.0 12.2

TD 1 6 0 16

Long 48 59 40 64

Field Goals Mitch Anderson TOTALS

Made-Att. 11-17 11-17

Pct. .647 .647

Long 46 46

Punting Sean Kelly TOTALS

No. 72 72

Yards Avg. 3072 42.7 3072 42.7

In 20 26 26

Tackles Andrae Kirk Damian Parms Adarius Glanton Jeremy McKnight Brandin Bryant TOTALS

Solos 38 38 42 25 29 457

Ast 46 40 33 26 22 313

Total 84 78 75 51 51 770

Interceptions D’Joun Smith Christian Milstead TOTALS

No. 7 4 13

Yds. 112 76 220

Avg. 16.0 19.0 16.9

Long 64 64

TD 1 1 2



TD 12 3 16

FAU 317 499-2225 185.4 353-196-11 .555 2390 199.2 852-4615 384.6 72-42.7 33-204 25-537 13-220 17-11 56-481 74-184 .400 8-15 .533 32-213 31:40

Opponents 267 456-1999 166.6 344-162-13 .471 1933 161.1 800-3932 327.7 81-42.3 28-267 37-913 11-210 13-6 62-537 58-175 .438 7-16 .435 26-148 28:20

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SPRING ROSTER NO. 97 62 41 60 70 11 6 2 96 78 20 11 30 17 52 85 48 10 65 66 84 19 56 59 76 71 72 49 30 32 46 40 36 6 41 49 14 35 92 13 5 55 35 12 3 16 45 7 39 68 37 75 73 13 8

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NAME Murphy Allen Cody Asher Josh Ballesteros Shane Blair Austin Bland Dustin Bowens Reggie Brown Brandin Bryant Lance Burlingame Derek Butcher Marcus Clark Trevon Coley Sammie Cooper Michael Copeland Arthur Crouse Marcus Cunningham Andrew Curtis Stephen Curtis Vinny Davino Dillon DeBoer Alex Deleon William Dukes Isaac Edwards Robinson Eugene Mohammad Farah Jeremy Faulk Roman Fernandez Joe Fischer Jeremy Gaskins Javaris Giles Griffin Goins Will Grigg Anthony Hamilton Greg Hankerson Michael Harrop Timothy Haynes Trey Hendrickson Grant Helm Joe Henry Hakeeme Ishmar Martese Jackson Karl James Zephyr Jean Jaquez Johnson DJ Juste Sean Kelly Andrae Kirk Cre’von LeBlanc Alexander Lee James Lincoln David Lozandier Braden Lyons Mikingson Marsaille Andrew Matyk Marc Mauro

POS. LS OL LB OL OL TE CB DL DT OL DB DL DB TE OL WR LB QB/P OL OL TE WR OL DE OL DT DL LS RB LB LB WR DB QB TE CB DE DB DE WR RB OL DB QB QB K/P LB DB RB K LB OL OL QB S

HT. 6-2 6-4 6-2 6-2 6-3 6-5 5-11 6-2 6-4 6-4 5-8 6-2 6-1 6-1 6-6 6-0 6-2 6-3 6-5 6-5 6-4 6-4 6-3 6-5 6-2 6-0 6-0 5-10 6-1 6-0 6-0 5-9 6-0 6-3 5-11 6-4 6-0 6-3 6-2 5-6 6-1 5-8 6-1 6-2 5-10 6-2 5-11 5-11 5-9 6-0 6-5 6-6 6-1 6-1

WT. 275 276 210 300 265 235 170 260 280 295 185 225 185 230 250 175 220 225 260 245 210 190 280 263 290 267 305 190 218 228 176 172 172 205 190 222 215 230 210 178 285 195 225 185 186 225 175 180 169 225 295 320 215 195

YR. Fr. Fr. So. So. Fr. Fr. So. Jr. So. Jr. Fr. Jr. Fr. Sr. So. Sr. So. Sr. Jr. So. Sr. Sr. So. Jr. Jr. Fr. Fr. Jr. Jr. Jr. Fr. So. So. So. Jr. Sr. SO. Sr. Sr. Sr. Sr. Sr. Sr. Jr. So. Jr. Sr. Jr. Fr. So. Sr. Sr. Jr. Fr. Sr.

EXP. HS HS 1L 1L RS RS 1L 1L SQ 1L RS 2L RS 3L 1L 3L SQ 3L 2L 1L 3L 3 SQ 1L 2L RS HS 2L 2L RS SQ 1L 1L 1L 3L 1L 1L 3L 3L 2L 3L 1L 1L SQ 2L 3L 2L HS TR 3L 1L 1L HS 1L

HOMETOWN/HS, JC or COLLEGE Starke, Fa./Bradford Plantation, Fla./Archbishop McCarthy Miami, Fla./Miami Central Myakka City, Fla./Lakewood Ranch Fort Lauderdale, Fla./St. Thomas Aquinas Palm Coast, Fla./Flagler Tampa, Fla./Tampa Jesuit Omaha, Neb./Fort Scott CC Franklin, Mass./Dean JC Delano, Minn./North Dakota State Tallahassee, Fla./North Florida Christian Miramar, Fla./Miramar Daytona Beach, Fla./Flagler Palm Coast Valdosta, Ga./Lowndes West Palm Beach, Fla./American Heritage Lakeland, Fla./Kathleen Paradise Valley, Ariz./Brophy College Prep Sumter, S.C./Sumter Sarasota, Fla./Booker Tarpon Springs, Fla./East Lake Belleview, Fla./Belleview Fort Lauderdale, Fla./Dillard Tampa, Fla./Jesuit Miami, Fla./North Miami Senior Estero, Fla./Estero Palatka, Fla./Palatka West Palm Beach, Fla./Seminole Ridge Boca Raton, Fla./Pope John Paul Deerfield Beach, Fla./American Heritage Port St. Lucie, Fla./St. Lucie West Centennial Hollywood, Fla./Hollywood Hills Charlotte, N.C./Charlotte Christian School Miramar, Fla./Miramar Lauderdale Lakes, Fla./Boyd Anderson Port St. Lucie, Fla./Bethel CC Lake Worth, Fla./Park Vista Apopka, Fla./Apopka Jacksonville, Fla./Gulf Coast State College Miramar, Fla./Everglades Dade City, Fla./Pasco Asheville, N.C./Fort Scott CC Miami, Fla./Miami Sunset Miami, Fla./Arkansas Baptist College Starkville, Miss./East Mississippi CC Port St. Lucie, Fla/Port St. Lucie Oakland, Fla./West Orange Miami, Fla./Miami Central Belle Glade, Fla./Glades Central Miramar, Fla./Miramar High School Ocala, Fla./Univ. of Memphis Miami, Fla./North Miami Senior Sonoma, Calif./City College of San Francisco Fort Pierce, Fla./Fort Pierce Central Indian Rocks Beach, Fla/Osceola Bayville, N.Y./Nassau CC


FLORIDA ATLANTIC OWLS NO. 22 18 61 89 24 98 29 90 50 17 43 69 67 77 28 21 53 86 88 33 24 83 25 23 47 1 91 34 64 81

NAME Robert Miller Christian Milstead Eric Minemyer Derek Moise Tony Moore Haiden Nagel Sharrod Neasman Shalom Ogbonda Nate Ozdemir Damian Parms Robert Relf Anthony Russell Dalton Schomp Michael Scott Ronnie Scott D’Joun Smith Jakobi Smith JJ Stevens Jenson Stoshak Shaheem Sutherland Lester Thomas Tony Thomas Jay Warren Antonio Washington DJ Washington Lucky Whitehead Denzel Whitfield Freedom Whitfield Antonyo Woods Kalib Woods

POS. DB DB OL WR RB DL DB DE LB S LB TE P/K OL CB DB OL WR WR S DB QB RB RB RB WR DL LB OL WR

HT. 6-2 5-10 6-4 6-2 5-11 6-4 6-0 6-4 6-2 6-2 6-3 6-7 6-0 5-11 5-10 5-11 6-4 5-6 6-1 5-10 5-10 5-10 6-0 6-2 5-11 5-10 6-5 6-2 6-3 6-3

WT. 190 170 250 185 220 230 190 245 230 195 220 275 190 245 165 175 250 160 195 190 165 190 195 225 205 163 260 200 285 182

YR. Fr. Sr. Sr. Jr. Sr. Fr. Jr. Fr. Fr. Sr. So. So. Jr. Fr. Fr. Sr. Fr, Fr. Jr. Sr. So. So. So. Sr. Fr. Sr. So. Jr. Fr. Fr.

EXP. RS 3L 3L 2L 3L RS 2L RS RS 3L 1L SQ 1L RS RS 3L RS HS 2L 3L 1L 1L 1L 3L RS 1L SQ 2L RS RS

HOMETOWN/HS, JC or COLLEGE Fort Lauderdale, Fla./Taravella Woodbine, Ga./Camden County Hastings, Pa./Bishop Carroll Miami, Fla./Booker T. Washington Tallahassee, Fla./Lincoln Tampa, Fla./Walter L Sickles Palmetto, Fla./Braden River Sugar Land, Texas/Kempner Winter Garden, Fla./West Orange Miami, Fla./Monsignor Pace Phoenix, Ariz./Brophy College Prep Daytona Beach, Fla./Mainland Seminole, Fla./Seminole Jacksonville, Fla./Ponte Vedra Panama City, Fla./Chamberlain Miami, Fla./American Miami, Fla./Coral Reef Fort Pierce, Fla./Fort Pierce Central Jacksonville, Fla./University Christian Miami, Fla./Homestead Tallahassee, Fla./Godby Miami Gardens, Fla./Norland Navarre, Fla./Navarre Arcadia, Fla./DeSoto Okeechobee, Fla./Okeechobee Manassas, Va./Dean College Monticello, Fla./Jefferson Fort Pierce, Fla./Fort Pierce Central Port St. Lucie, Fla./Seminole Ridge Jacksonville, Fla./Duncan Fletcher

2014 SPRING SIGNEES NAME Reginald Bain Henry Bussey Jason Driskel Marquese Dudley-Gordon Ray Ellis Joseph Gold Kris Harris Byers Hickmon Greg “Buddy” Howell Joshua Kendall Bobby Mitchell Siffo Pierre Nick Richardson Trevaughn Rodriguez Devin Santana Landon Scheer Hunter Snyder Kamrin Solomon Matt Solt Andrew Soroh Jake Stoshak Nathaniel Terry Raekwon Williams Jacob Wilson

POS. OL SB QB S DT OL LB OT RB DT ATH OL DL RB/Ath DE K DE WR LB DB DB TE CB TE

HT. 6-4 5-9 6-2 6-0 6-1 6-3 6-0 6-5 6-0 6-2 6-2 6-4 6-4 5-10 6-3 5-8 6-7 6-2 6-2 6-2 6-0 6-6 5-11 6-4

WT. 286 180 210 188 260 270 225 270 205 269 175 325 215 185 220 180 230 193 210 190 180 210 174 230

YR. Fr. Fr. Fr. Fr. Fr. Fr. Fr. Fr. Fr. Fr. Fr. Fr. Fr. Fr. Fr. Fr. Fr. Fr. Fr. Fr. Fr. Fr. Fr. Fr.

HOMETOWN/HS, JC or COLLEGE Miami, Fla./Miami Central Opa Locka, Fla./Hialeah Senior Oviedo, Fla./Hagerty Plantation, Fla./Cypress Bay Egg Harbor Township, N.J./Holy Spirit Fort Meyers, Fla./South Fort Myers Tallahassee, Fla./Godby Gainesville, Fla./Gainesville Coconut Grove, Fla./Coral Gables Lehigh Acres, Fla./Lehigh Senior St. Augustine, Fla./St. Augustine Coral Springs, Fla./JP Taravella Carol City, Fla./Carol City Senior Daytona Beach, Fla./Mainland Tampa, Fla./Sickles Orlando, Fla./The First Academy Palm Harbor, Fla./Hudson Jacksonville, Fla./Mandarin Gainesville, Fla./Gainesville Miami, Fla./America Jacksonville, Fla./University Christia Homestead, Fla./South Dade Florence, S.C./First Coast Chipley, Fla./Chipley

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LOUISIANA TECH BULLDOGS

2014 SCHEDULE


FOOTBALL STAFF

Skip Holtz (Notre Dame ‘86) Holtz’ Louisiana Tech Record Holtz’ Overall Record

Ruston, La. 1894 11,025 Bulldogs Blue and Red Conference USA Dr. Les Guice Tommy McClelland Joe Aillet Stadium (27,717) FieldTurf

Head Coach, 2nd Year 4-8 (.333), 1 year 92-79 (.538), 14 years

Asst. Head Coach/Offensive Line: Matt Moore (Valdosta State, ‘95) Offensive Coordinator/Quarterbacks: Tony Petersen (Marshall, ‘88) Defensive Coordinator/Linebackers: Manny Diaz (Florida State, ‘95) Safeties: Blake Baker (Tulane, ‘08) Cornerbacks/Special Teams: Ronnie Bradford (Colorado, ‘93) Defensive Line: Oscar Giles (Texas, ‘91) Running Backs: Jabbar Juluke (Southern, ‘99) Wide Receivers: Tim Rattay (Louisiana Tech, ‘01) Inside Receivers: Joe Sloan (East Carolina, ‘08) Graduate Assistant (Offense): Price Ferguson (Texas A&M, ‘10) Graduate Assistant (Offense): Peter Hopkins (Sam Houston State, ‘10) Graduate Assistant (Defense): Ben Baker (Nebraska, ‘07) Graduate Assistant (Defense): Anthony Lewis (Texas A&M, ‘11) Dir. of FB Recruiting/Alumni Rel.: Thomas Graham (Louisiana Tech, 10) Head Strength & Conditioning: Kurt Hester (Louisiana Tech, ‘00) Asst. AD/Character Education: Ed Jackson (Louisiana Tech, ‘83)


MEDIA INFORMATION Associate AD/Football SID Office Phone Cell Phone E-Mail Website Press Box Phone Facebook Twitter

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Aug. 30 at Oklahoma Sept. 6 at Louisiana-Lafayette Sept. 11 (Thu.) at North Texas Sept. 20 NORTHWESTERN STATE Sept. 27 at Auburn Oct. 4 UTEP Oct. 18 UTSA Oct. 25 at Southern Miss Nov. 1 WKU Nov. 8 at UAB Nov. 22 at Old Dominion Nov. 29 RICE

318-257-4547 318-257-2347

Patrick Walsh 318-257-5305 318-514-9203 [email protected] www.LATechSports.com 318-257-3144 LATechFootball @LATechFB



at NC State L 14-40 0-1 LAMAR W 27-14 1-1 TULANE (Thu.) L 15-24 1-2 at Kansas L 10-13 1-3 vs. Army (in Dallas) L 16-35 1-4 at UTEP W 38-35 2-4 NORTH TEXAS L 13-28 2-5 at FIU W 23-7 3-5 SOUTHERN MISS W 36-13 4-5 at Rice L 14-52 4-6 TULSA L 14-24 4-7 at UTSA L 10-30 4-8 Conference USA game in bold; Home games in ALL CAPS

NOTING THE BULLDOGS

Despite missing two full games and parts of two others with a pair of knee injuries, sophomore RB Kenneth Dixon earned Second Team All-Conference USA honors and ranked fourth in the league in rushing yards per game (91.7), gaining 917 yards on 151 carries (6.1 yards per carry) and scoring four TDs. The 2014 Bulldogs will feature a new look on defense led by new defensive coordinator Manny Diaz. Most recently the defensive coordinator at Texas, Diaz has brought former Texas defensive ends coach Oscar Giles and former Texas and Arkansas State safeties coach Blake Baker to Ruston to fill out the defensive staff after the departures of Stan Eggen, Jeff Koonz and Kim Dameron. The last few seasons at Louisiana Tech have been ones where the secondary has constantly been bringing along young talent with not a lot of experience compared to an older, veteran defensive line. That finally changes in 2014 as all but one member of the secondary returns this fall (linebacker Daniel Cobb is the only loss to graduation) while the defensive line lost three starters due to graduation (Justin Ellis, IK Enemkpali and Shakeil Lucas). Bulldogs offensive line coach Matt Moore has to replace the majority of his offensive line for the second consecutive year. In his first season on staff, Moore lost four graduating starters on the offensive line. Now entering his second year, he is left to replace three graduating starters (Vince Cano, Jeremy Graffree and Matt Shepperd).




TEAM INFORMATION

Offensive Formation Defensive Formation 2012 Overall Record 2012 Conference Record/Finish Letterwinners Returning/Lost Starters Returning Starters Lost 2014 Newcomers

Spread Multiple 4-8 3-5/5th (West) 36/28 15 (5 off./7 def./3 spec.) 12 (6 off./4 def/2 spec.) 21

2014 PRESEASON RETURNEES

STARTERS Offensive Returning/Lost: Defensive Returning/Lost: Special Teams Returning/Lost:

OFFENSIVE STARTERS RETURNING QB Ryan Higgins RB Kenneth Dixon WR Hunter Lee RT Mitchell Bell LG Tre Carter DEFENSIVE STARTERS RETURNING SAM Mitch Villemez MIKE Tony Johnson CB Adarius Barnes SS Thomas McDonald FS Terrell Pinson N Xavier Woods CB Bryson Abraham SPECIALISTS RETURNING K Kyle Fischer P Logan McPherson PR Trent Taylor KEY LOSSES WR Sterling Griffin WR D.J. Banks WR Richie Casey LT Jeremy Graffree C Vince Cano RT Mitchell Bell DE Kendrick James DT Shakell Lucas DE IK Enemkpali KR Lyle Fitte

5/6 7/4 3/2

Rushing Kenneth Dixon Tevin King TOTALS

Att. 151 93 410

Yds. 917 539 1922

Avg. 6.1 5.8 4.7

TD 4 1 14

Long 72 64 72

Passing Ryan Higgins Scotty Young TOTALS

Comp. 166 87 254

Att. 281 165 448

Pct. .591 .527 .567

INT 13 4 15

Yards 1715 733 2472

Receiving D.J. Banks Sterling Griffin Richie Casey TOTALS

Rec 36 33 29 254

Yds. 262 357 313 2472

Avg. 7.3 10.8 10.8 9.7

TD 0 2 0 10

Long 29 74 34 74

Field Goals Kyle Fischer TOTALS

Made-Att. 18-23 18-23

Pct. .783 .783

Long 49 49

Punting Logan McPherson TOTALS

No. 63 69

Yards Avg. 2392 38.0 2594 37.6

In 20 21 23

Tackles Daniel Cobb Thomas McDonald Mitch Villemez Xavier Woods Kentrell Brice TOTALS

Solos 35 44 36 32 35 493

Ast 47 26 33 29 19 502

Total 82 70 69 61 54 995

Interceptions Adarius Barnes Thomas McDonald TOTALS

No. 4 3 18

Yds. 70 20 134

Avg. 17.5 6.7 7.4

Long 53 53

TD 1 0 1



TD 6 4 10

LA Tech 234 410-1922 160.2 448-254-15 .567 2472 206.0 858-4394 366.2 69-37.6 23-103 36-766 18-134 20-14 56-479 66-184 .359 5-16 .313 23-120 25:55

Opponents 261 568-2337 194.8 357-204-18 .571 2562 213.5 925-4899 408.2 60-39.7 14-44 38-750 15-181 15-8 63-570 92-203 .453 10-19 .526 30-209 34:05

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SPRING ROSTER

NO. 15 76 63 21 35 78 23 90 91 20 75 62 45 67 87 77 28 98 72 50 17 6 83 93 44 89 95 57 4 11 86 14 38 88 42 26 40 70 36 13 60 97 79 25 33 58 43 14 37 54

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NAME Bryson Abraham Zeke Alsander Chris Aye Adairius Barnes Jonathan Barnes Mitchell Bell Kentrell Brice DeAngelo Brooks Aaron Brown Colby Brown Darrell Brown Joseph Brunson Vernon Butler Deldrick Canty Shane Carpenter Tre Carter Grant Childress Secdrick Cooper Jens Danielsen Kenneth Dixon Jarred Craft Vontarrius Dora Derek Edinburgh, Jr. Tucker Etheridge Russell Farris Jaylon Ferguson Kyle Fischer Beau Fitte Marcus Gaines Kevin Gary Stephen Gibson Austin Ginn Terome Grant Hakim Gray Richard Greenwalt Sterling Griffin Lloyd Grogan Carlos Henderson Ryan Higgins Solomon Hunter Michael Jacob Brodrick Jefferson Cedric Johnson Eddie Johnson Tony Johnson Tevin King Kevin Kisseberth Clayton Landry Hunter Lee Le’Vander Liggins Ross Lodge Jeremy Long Cam Manning Blake Martin Deonte McCrady Thomas McDonald Devon McKinney Kameron McKnight Logan McPherson Thaddaeus Medford Michael Mims Quanta Moore Trent Norman

POS. CB OL OL DB K OL DB DT DL DB OL OL DL DE OL OL WR S OL RB RB DL OT DS ATH DE K LB ATH WR DL S WR DE OL WR DB WR QB LB DB WR DT WR LB RB DL OL WR DB OL DL OL RB OL S DL WR P/K DB DB LB LB

HT. 5-9 6-6 6-4 5-11 5-9 6-3 5-11 6-0 6-1 5-9 6-4 6-3 6-3 6-2 6-6 6-1 6-0 6-0 6-4 5-10 6-0 6-4 6-8 5-11 5-11 6-5 5-11 6-0 5-6 6-1 6-4 6-0 5-10 6-3 6-4 6-0 6-0 5-11 6-1 6-2 5-11 5-8 6-2 6-3 6-2 5-6 6-2 6-4 5-9 5-10 6-5 6-0 6-2 5-10 6-3 6-4 6-0 6-2 5-10 5-10 5-11 6-1 6-1

WT. 177 300 293 183 162 348 187 303 252 169 288 295 321 250 290 306 184 192 286 220 215 243 333 225 215 225 201 216 150 178 238 184 169 269 298 194 207 188 206 210 166 161 302 236 255 158 249 270 195 193 290 317 268 197 295 180 277 217 174 196 200 225 217

YR. R-Jr. R-Jr. R-Fr. Jr. R-Fr. R-Sr. Jr. Sr. R-So. R-Sr. R-So. R-So. JR. Fr. Fr. Sr. R-So. Fr. Sr. Jr. Fr. R-Jr. R-So. Fr. Fr. Fr. R-So. R-Jr. Fr. R-Jr. R-So. R-So. R-Sr. R-Fr. R-Sr. R-Sr. R-So. R-Fr. R-So. Fr. R-Fr. Fr. Fr. Sr. Sr. R-So. R-Sr. R-So. Sr. Sr. R-So. R-Jr. R-Fr. R-Jr. Fr. Sr. R-Sr. Fr. So. R-So. R-Fr. Fr. Jr.

EXP. 2L SQ RS 2L RS 1L 2L 1L SQ 1L 1L RS 2L HS HS 1L SQ HS 1L 2L HS 2L TR HS HS HS 1L 2L HS RS SQ SQ SQ RS 1L 1L 1L RS 1L HS RS HS HS 1L 1L 1L 3L SQ 3L 3L SQ RS RS 2L HS 1L SQ HS 1L SQ RS HS SQ

HOMETOWN/HS, JC or COLLEGE Jennings, La./Jennings Baton Rouge, La./Southern Lab Houston, Texas/Cypress Ridge Port Gibson, Miss./Port Gibson Baton Rouge, La./Woodlawn Houston, Texas/Navarro JC Ruston, La./Ruston Shreveport, La./Kilgore JC Carrollton, Texas/Creekview College Park, Ga./Highland CC Abilene, Texas/Cooper Ruston, La./Louisiana-Lafayette Summit, Miss./North Pike Baton Rouge, La./Scotlandville Walker, La./Walker Buena Vista, Ga./Georgia Military College Tyler, Texas/Grace Community Marrero, La./Archbishop Shaw Wichita, Kan./Coffeyville CC) Strong, Ark./Strong Haughton, La./Haughton West Point, Miss./West Point New Orleans, La./Edna Karr Marietta, Ga./Blessed Trinity Ventress, La./Livonia St. Francisville, La./West Feliciana Frisco, Texas/Frisco Port Sulphur, La./South Plaquemines Covington, La./St. Paul’s Snellville, Ga./Georgia Military College Marrero, La./Archbishop Shaw Farmerville, La./Cedar Creek Brunswick, Ga./Georgia Military College Keachi, La./North Desoto Wildomar, Calif./Riverside CC Opa Locka, Fla./USF Morgan City, La./Central Catholic New Orleans, La./McDonogh 35 Hutto, Texas/Hutto San Antonio, Texas/Roosevelt Allen, Texas/Allen Bossier City, La./Parkway Rowlett, Texas/Rowlett Midlothian, Texas/Navarro JC Sulligent, Ala./Southwest Mississippi JC Moultrie, Ga./Colquitt County Spring, Texas/Klein Denham Springs, La./Live Oak Flower Mound, Texas/Flower Mound Leesville, La./Leesville Austin, Texas/Westwood Haughton, La./Haughton Southlake, Texas/Carroll Lucas, Texas/Lovejoy Arlington, Texas/Lamar Houston, Texas/Navarro JC Camden, N.J./Pierce College Ethel, La./East Feliciana Fort Payne, Ala./Fort Payne Newbern, Tenn./Dyer County West Monroe, La./West Monroe New Orleans, La./Edna Karr Jena, La./Jena


LOUISIANA TECH BULLDOGS NO. 99 31 16 68 2 13 24 34 27 28 9 18 92 84 85 24 53 32 73 46 39 16

NAME Malcolm Pichon Terrell Pinson Jabari Prewitt Josh Robinson Sanford Seay Chase Schultz Marlon Seets Mike Schrang Boston Scott Gerald Shouse Conner Smith D.J. St. Julien Carter Street Michael Rodriguez Andre Taylor Trent Taylor Nick Thomason Darrell Travis Mitch Villemez Marlon Watts Price Wilson Kirby Wixson Alex Woodall Adam Woods Xavier Woods Scotty Young

POS. DL S DB OL WR QB RB LB RB P WR WR DL OL DL WR LB DS LB WR QB OL QB DS DB QB

HT. 6-3 6-2 5-9 6-3 6-2 6-1 5-9 6-1 5-6 6-1 6-3 5-11 6-1 6-6 6-4 5-8 6-0 5-11 6-2 6-2 6-1 6-4 6-3 6-0 5-11 6-2

NAME Deldrick Canty Shane Carpenter Secdrick Cooper Jarred Craft Tucker Etheridge Russell Farris Jaylon Ferguson Marcus Gaines Solomon Hunter Brodrick Jefferson Cedric Johnson Deonte McCrady Kameron McKnight Quanta Moore Michael Rodriguez Sanford Seay Blake Sharp Marlon Watts Price Wilson Kirby Wixson Alex Woodall

POS. DE OL S RB DS ATH DE ATH LB WR DT OL WR LB OL WR OL WR QB OL QB

HT. 6-2 6-6 6-0 6-0 5-11 5-11 6-5 5-6 6-2 5-8 6-2 6-3 6-2 6-1 6-6 6-2 6-4 6-2 6-1 6-4 6-3

WT. 343 209 185 309 200 202 215 239 183 165 194 191 258 250 257 181 246 237 225 175 200 320 225 210 194 221

YR. R-Jr. Sr. Sr. R-Jr. R-Jr. R-Fr. R-Jr. R-Sr. R-Fr. Jr. R-So. R-Sr. R-Sr. Fr. R-Sr. So. R-Jr. R-So. Sr. Fr. Fr. Jr. Fr. R-So. So. R-Sr.

EXP. 2L 1L 1L SQ JC RS SQ 3L RS SQ SQ 1L SQ HS 3L 1L RS RS 1L HS HS JC HS RS 1L 1L

HOMETOWN/HS, JC or COLLEGE Slidell, La./Salmen Tupelo, Miss./Itawamba CC Hutto, Texas/Hutto Lancaster, Texas/Lancaster Leesburg, Ga./Itawamba CC/Georgia Heath, Texas/Rockwall-Heath Haughton, La./Alcorn State Kingwood, Texas/Kingwood Zachary, La./Zachary Shreveport, La./Evangel Christian Academy Covington, La./Fontainebleau Lafayette, La./Acadiana Pilot Point, Texas/Pilot Point La Porte, Texas/La Porte Round Rock, Texas/Round Rock Shreveport, La./Evangel Christian Academy Muscle Shoals, Ala./Northeast Miss. JC McKinney, Texas/McKinney North Hardin, Texas/Blinn JC New Orleans, La./St. Augustine Marietta, Ga./Walton Pearl, Miss./Hinds CC Summit, Miss./McComb Leesville, La./Leesville West Monroe, La./West Monroe Denton, Texas/Texas Tech

2014 SPRING SIGNEES WT. 250 290 192 215 225 215 225 150 210 161 302 295 217 225 250 200 290 175 200 320 225

YR. Fr. Fr. Fr. Fr. Fr. Fr. Fr. Fr. Fr. Fr. Fr. Fr. Fr. Fr. Fr. Jr. Jr. Fr. Fr. Jr. Fr.

HOMETOWN/HS, JC or COLLEGE Baton Rouge, La./Scotlandville Walker, La./Walker Marrero, La./Archbishop Shaw Haughton, La./Haughton Roswell, Ga./Blessed Trinity Ventress, La./Livonia St. Francisville, La./West Feliciana Covington, La./St. Paul’s San Antonio, Texas/Roosevelt Bossier City, La./Parkway Rowlett, Texas/Rowlett Arlington, Texas/Lamar Ethel, La./East Feliciana New Orleans, La./Edna Karr La Porte, Texas/La Porte Leesburg, Ga./Itawamba CC Columbus, Miss./East Mississippi CC New Orleans, La./St. Augustine Marietta, Ga./Walton Pearl, Miss./Hinds CC Summit, Miss./McComb

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MARSHALL THUNDERING HERD 2014 SCHEDULE

Aug. 30 at Miami (Ohio) Sept. 6 RHODE ISLAND Sept. 13 OHIO Sept. 20 at Akron Oct. 4 at Old Dominion Oct. 11 MIDDLE TENNESSEE Oct. 18 at FIU Oct. 25 FLORIDA ATLANTIC Nov. 8 at Southern Miss Nov. 15 RICE Nov. 22 at UAB Nov. 28 (Fri.) WKU Conference USA games in bold; Home games in ALL CAPS


Huntington, W.Va. 1837 14,000 Thundering Herd Green and White Conference USA Dr. Stephen J. Kopp Mike Hamrick Joan C. Edwards Stadium (38,224) FieldTurf

FOOTBALL STAFF Doc Holliday (West Virginia, ‘79) Holliday’s Marshall Record Holliday’s Overall Record

Head Coach, 5th year 27-24 (.529), 4 years 27-24 (.529), 4 years

Offensive Coordinator/QBs: Bill Legg (West Virginia, ‘85) Defensive Coordinator/Secondary: Chuck Heater (Michigan, ‘75) Running Backs: Chris Barclay (Wake Forest, ‘09) Defensive Ends: Sean Cronin (Georgetown (Ky.), ‘03) Linebackers: Adam Fuller (Sacred Heart, 98) Wide Receivers: Mike Furrey (Northern Iowa, 00) Tight Ends/Recruiting Coordinator: Todd Hartley (Georgia, ‘08) Offensive Line: Alex Mirabal (FIU, ‘03) Defensive Tackles: J.C. Price (Virginia Tech, ‘98) Assistant AD for Football Operations: Mark Gale (Oklahoma State, ‘81)


304-696-6464 304-696-6448

MEDIA INFORMATION Assistant A.D./Football Contact Office Phone Cell Phone Fax E-Mail Website Press Box Phone Facebook Twitter

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Jason Corriher 304-696-4660 740-331-1497 304-696-2325 [email protected] www.HerdZone.com 304-696-6666 MarshallUniversityAthletics @HerdFB

2013 RESULTS (10-4, 7-1 C-USA) A31 S7 S14 S21 O5 O12 O24 N2 N9 N14 N23 N29 D7 D27

MIAMI (OHIO) W 52-14 1-0 GARDNER-WEBB W 55-0 2-0 at Ohio L 31-34 2-1 at Virginia Tech L (3OT) 21-29 2-2 UTSA W 34-10 3-2 at Florida Atlantic W 24-23 4-2 at Middle Tennessee L 49-51 4-3 SOUTHERN MISS W 61-13 5-3 UAB W 56-14 6-3 at Tulsa W 45-34 7-3 at FIU W 48-10 8-3 EAST CAROLINA W 59-28 9-3 at Rice (C-USA Champ.) L 24-41 9-4 vs. Maryland (Military Bowl) W 31-20 10-4 Conference USA games in bold; Home games in ALL CAPS

NOTING THE THUNDERING HERD

Quarterback Rakeem Cato returns for his senior season after being named C-USA Offensive Player of the Year last season and C-USA MVP in 2012. Cato finished 2013 with 3,916 yards passing and 39 TDs while also rushing for 294 yards and another six scores. The 39 TDs ranked third in the FBS and he will enter this season having thrown at least one TD pass in 32 consecutive games, the longest active streak in the nation and in Marshall school history. Junior WR Tommy Shuler (110 and 106 catches in the last two seasons) is one of only eight players in major college football history with two 100-catch seasons. No player has had three. Shuler’s 230 receptions rank fourth all-time at Marshall, 76 away from the record. Shuler, Mike Barber and Randy Moss are the only Marshall players with multiple 1,100-yard seasons. Marshall finished last season ranked 12th in the FBS in total offense (500.4 yards per game) and seventh in scoring offense at 42.1 points per game. The 42.1 points per game for the Herd was second in school history, trailing only the 43.9 in 15 games by the 1996 I-AA champions. Marshall’s 7,005 yards last season the best for a Thundering Herd team since moving to Division I-A in 1997 and the third time a team has topped 7,000. Defensively, from 2012 to 2013, Marshall improved by 20.2 points in scoring defense (FBS ranking went from 123 to 31) and 88.1 yards per game in total defense (FBS ranking went from 103 to 35). The Herd finished with 32 sacks and 102 tackles for loss. It is the most sacks for Marshall since producing 37 in 2004 and the 102 TFLs are the high since 109 in 2003. Marshall’s 18 interceptions were a team high since the 1999 team had 24.


MARSHALL THUNDERING HERD


TEAM INFORMATION


Multiple Multiple 10-4 7-1/ 1st (East) 59/15 18 (6 off./8 def./4 spec.) 9 (5 off./3 def/1 spec.) 28

2014 PRESEASON RETURNEES STARTERS Offensive Returning/Lost: Defensive Returning/Lost: Special Teams Returning/Lost: OFFENSIVE STARTERS RETURNING QB Rakeem Cato WR Tommy Shuler LG Sebastian Johnson C Chris Jasperse RT Clint Van Horn DEFENSIVE STARTERS RETURNING DE Ra’Shawde Myers DT James Rouse MLB Jermaine Holmes WLB Neville Hewitt SS Tiquan Lang FS Taj Letman CB Darryl Roberts N Corey Tindal SPECIALISTS RETURNING K Justin Haig P Tyler Williams KR Remi Watson DS Matt Cincotta KEY LOSSES WR/PR Devon Smith TE Gator Hoskins LT Garrett Scott RG Alex Schooler NT Brandon Sparrow DE Alex Bazzie CB Monterius Lovett

6/5 8/3 3/2

Rushing Essray Taliaferro Steward Butler TOTALS

Att. 221 87 571

Yds. 1140 765 2883

Avg. 5.2 8.8 5.0

TD 10 8 34

Long 55 72 75

Passing Rakeem Cato Blake Frohnapfel TOTALS

Comp. 298 17 315

Att. 499 22 522

Pct. .597 .773 .603

INT 9 1 10

Yards 3916 206 4122

Receiving Tommy Shuler Gator Hoskins Devon Smith TOTALS

Rec 106 50 39 315

Yds. 1165 821 653 4122

Avg. 11.0 16.4 16.7 13.1

TD 10 15 4 42

Long 49 50 58 58

Field Goals Justin Haig TOTALS

Made-Att. 11-16 11-16

Pct. .688 .688

Long 42 42

Punting Tyler Williams TOTALS

No. 56 58

Yards Avg. 2366 42.2 2366 40.8

In 20 13 13

Tackles Evan McKelvey Neville Hewitt Jermaine Holmes Alex Bazzie Corey Tindal TOTALS

Solos 55 30 46 28 40 568

Ast 42 55 38 38 21 536

Total 97 85 84 66 61 1104

Interceptions A.J. Leggett Monterius Lovett TOTALS

No. 4 2 18

Yds. 25 70 184

Avg. 6.2 35.0 10.2

Long 65 65

TD 0 1 3



TD 58 3 58

Marshall 590 571-2883 205.9 522-315-10 .603 4122 294.4 1093-7005 500.4 58-40.8 35-431 47-1121 18-184 15-13 84-649 108-210 .510 13-22 .591 32-190 26:56

Opponents 321 607-2249 160.6 446-230-18 .516 2913 208.1 1053-5162 368.7 87-42.5 21-195 46-896 10-57 14-8 75-656 75-223 .336 17-30 .567 26-184 33:04

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MARSHALL THUNDERING HERD

SPRING ROSTER

NO. 74 6 80 14 57 5 90 52 99 20 48 34 49 12 88 65 68 75 39 13 66 93 4 83 82 13 70 37 23 34 43 10 46 3 62 9 22 60 15 67 71 47 32 86 21 1 17 29 73 31 16 64 61 35 40 55 19

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NAME A.J. Addison Davonte Allen Chris Alston, Jr. Kevin Anderson Eric Ansley Keith Baxter Arnold Blackmon Blake Brooks Josh Brown Steward Butler Kyle Camacho Cody Carter Cortez Carter Rakeem Cato Matt Cincotta Cody Collins Tom Collins Tyler Combs Amoreto Curraj Armonze Daniel Cameron Dees Steve Dillon Demetrius Evans Eric Frohnapfel Jack Gammon Cole Garvin Marcus Gilchrist Kevin Grooms Justin Haig Peter Helow Neville Hewitt Gunnar Holcombe Jermaine Holmes Stefan Houston Chris Huhn Justin Hunt D.J. Hunter Chris Jasperse Angelo Jean-Louis Sandley Jean-Felix Sebastian Johansson Devon Johnson Michael Johnson Josh Knight Tiquan Lang A.J. Leggett Taj Letman Donaldven Manning Joe Massaquoi Evan McKelvey Deon-Tay McManus Trevor Mendelson Will Mendoza Assani Mudimbi Ra’Shawde Myers Aaron Plantt Deandre Reaves

POS. OL WR WR QB OL DB DL OL DL RB LB WR LB QB LS OL OL OL K DL OL DL WR TE WR QB DL RB K S LB QB LB LB OL WR S OL WR OL OL TE DB WR S S S DB DL LB TE OL OL DB DL LB WR

HT. 6-6 6-2 5-10 6-2 6-6 5-11 6-1 6-1 6-7 5-9 6-0 5-9 5-11 6-0 6-0 6-1 6-4 6-4 6-2 6-4 6-1 6-3 5-11 6-6 5-10 6-1 6-4 5-10 5-8 6-0 6-2 6-3 5-11 6-3 6-5 6-2 6-0 6-4 6-0 6-5 6-4 6-1 5-10 6-0 5-9 5-11 6-2 5-10 6-5 6-1 6-2 6-7 6-4 5-10 6-4 6-1 5-10

WT. 274 200 176 212 300 196 238 317 307 182 224 176 240 181 204 276 277 274 202 240 285 280 197 229 178 203 248 178 174 176 217 199 246 209 284 193 212 287 175 323 285 254 163 186 178 192 192 173 253 211 227 299 264 189 246 225 173

YR. Fr. R-Jr. R-So. R-Fr. R-So. R-Jr. Sr. R-Sr. R-So. R-Jr. R-Fr. R-So. Jr. Sr. Jr. R-Fr. R-Jr. R-Fr. R-Fr. R-Jr. R-So. R-Jr. R-Sr. Sr. Jr. Fr. R-So. R-Jr. R-Sr. R-So. Sr. R-So. Sr. So. R-Fr. So. R-Jr. R-Sr. R-Fr. R-Fr. R-Jr. Jr. So. So. So. R-So. R-Jr. R-So. R-So. Sr. R-Fr. R-Sr. Fr. R-Jr. R-Sr. R-Fr. R-Jr.

EXP. HS 2L 1L RS SQ 2L 1L 2L SQ 2L RS SQ 2L 3L 2L RS 1L RS RS SQ 1L 2L 2L 3L 1L HS 1L 2L 3L SQ 1L SQ 2L 1L RS 1L 2L 3L RS RS 2L 2L 1L 1L 1L 1L 1L SQ SQ 2L RS 2L HS TR 2L RS 2L

HOMETOWN/HS, JC or COLLEGE Ruther Glen, Va./Fork Union Belle Glade, Fla./Glades Central Winnsboro, S.C./Fairfield Central Boca Raton, Fla./Boca Raton Riverdale, Ga./Charles Drew Homestead, Fla./Homestead Bellaire, Texas/Navarro JC Charleston, W.Va./South Charleston Aiken, S.C./South Aiken Lakeland, Fla./Lakeland Greenwich, Ct./Greenwich Barboursville, W.Va./U. of Charleston Bealeton, Va./Liberty Miami, Fla./Miami Central Charlotte, N.C./Charlotte Catholic Trotwood, Ohio/Trotwood-Madison Williamstown, W.Va./Williamstown Louisa, Ky./Lawrence County Tampa, Fla./Leto Avon, Ind./Avon Seffner, Fla./Armwood Palmdale, Ca./Palmdale Belle Glade, Fla./Glades Central Stafford, Va./Colonial Forge Columbus, Ohio/Bishop Watterson Tyrone, Ga./Sandy Creek Port Charlotte, Fla./Port Charlotte Hollywood, Fla./South Broward Delray Beach, Fla./American Heritage Jacksonville, Fla./Bishop Kenney Conyers, Ga./Ga. Military Coll. Ft. Lauderdale, Fla./University School Valdosta, Ga./Valdosta Clarksburg, Md./Fork Union Pickerington, Ohio/Pickerington North Memphis, Tenn./Whitehaven Middletown, Ohio/Middletown Greensboro, N.C./Page Wellington, Fla./Fork Union Lauderdale Lakes, Fla./Boyd Anderson Karlstad, Sweden/Raceland (Ky.) High Richlands, Va./Richland Miami, Fla./Booker T. Washington Fort Pierce, Fla./Fort Pierce Central Port St. Joe, Fla./Lowndes Miami, Fla./South Miami Elberton, Ga./Holmes CC Miami, Fla./Miami Central Alexandria, Va./T.C. Williams Moncks Corner, S.C./Berkley Baltimore, Md./Atlanta Sports Academy Dublin, Ohio/Jerome Las Vegas, Nev./Bishop Gorman Takoma Park, Md./Rhode Island Cocoa, Fla./Cocoa Hallandale, Fla./Hallandale Sterling, Va./Dominion


NO.

NAME

41 7 43 11 94 36 18 54 19 1 48 52 42 59 10 50 78 30 14 8 81 97 38 28 89 56

MARSHALL THUNDERING HERD POS.

HT.

WT.

YR.

EXP.

HOMETOWN/HS, JC or COLLEGE

Ryan Riedel Darryl Roberts Kevin Rodriguez James Rouse Jarquez Samuel Matthew Santer Andre Scott Michael Selby Mark Shaver Tommy Shuler Nick Smith Malcolm Strong Blaine Thompson Gary Thompson Corey Tindal Kent Turene Clint Van Horn Kaare Vedvik Raheem Waiters Remi Watson Craig Wilkins Ricardo Williams Tyler Williams Corie Wilson Joe Woodrum Carl Yonter

TE DB RB DL DL S DB OL S WR K DL LB DL DB LB OL K LB RB WR DL P S TE LB

6-0 5-11 5-8 6-5 6-4 6-2 6-0 6-2 5-10 5-7 5-10 6-4 5-9 6-1 5-9 6-3 6-4 6-3 6-0 5-11 6-0 6-5 6-0 5-9 6-6 6-1

247 177 194 270 273 189 182 277 181 188 165 253 182 241 179 238 302 200 220 200 180 248 194 168 235 199

R-So. R-Sr. Jr. R-Sr. R-Jr. Fr. R-So. So. R-Fr. Sr. R-Fr. R-Sr. R-Fr. R-So. R-So. R-So. R-Jr. R-Fr. Sr. R-Jr. Sr. R-Jr. Jr. R-Jr. R-Jr. R-Fr.

SQ 3L SQ 3L SQ HS 1L 1L RS 3L RS 3L RS SQ 1L 1L 1L RS 3L 2L 3L SQ 2L 2L SQ RS

Huntington, W.Va./Cabell Midland Lakeland, Fla./Lakeland Linden, N.J./Linden Harrisonburg, Va./Harrisonburg Valdosta, Ga./Valdosta Parkersburg, W.Va./Parkersburg Orlando, Fla./Oak Ridge Sandersville, Ga./Washington County Huntington, W.Va./Huntington Miami, Fla./Miami Central Plain City, Ohio/Alder Stone Mountain, Ga./Stephenson Mt. Pleasant, S.C./Wando La Mesa, Calif./Helix Lauderdale Lakes, Fla./Atlanta Sports Academy Fort Lauderdale, Fla./Atlanta Sports Academy Beckley, W.Va./Woodrow Wilson McPherson, Kan./McPherson Quincy, W.Va./Riverside Lakeland, Fla./Lake Gibson Hialeah, Fla./Hialeah Homestead, Fla./Homestead Fort Wayne, Ind./R. Nelson Snider Miami, Fla./Edison Bluefield, W.Va./Bluefield Las Vegas, Nev./Coronado

NAME A.J. Addison Emanuel Beal Ryan Bee Fred Binot Alex Cason Keion Davis Nathaniel Devers Jordan Dowrey Hyleck Foster Kendall Gant Cole Garvin Donquell Green Maurice Hall LaDerrick Hammond Kaleb Harris Nyquan Harris Frankie Hernandez Demetrius Johnson Quintavious Knight Donaldven Manning Brandon Mitchell Tomell One Antavis Rowe Jason Smith Malik Thompson Ricardo Williams Reese Wooten Ryan Yurachek

POS. OL WR DL OL WR RB OL OL WR S QB WR LB S LB DL LB S DB DB OL DL DB DL DL DL WR TE

HT. 6-6 6-1 6-7 6-3 6-2 6-1 6-3 6-1 5-11 6-3 6-1 5-8 6-3 6-2 6-3 6-2 6-2 6-2 6-0 5-10 6-4 6-3 5-10 6-3 6-6 6-5 6-2 6-3

2014 SPRING SIGNEES WT. 290 200 245 265 180 185 261 270 186 184 200 160 225 175 207 310 203 205 175 181 310 270 170 265 275 251 170 225

YR. Fr. Fr. Fr. Fr. Fr. Fr. Fr. Fr. Fr. Fr. Fr. Fr. Fr. Fr. Fr. Fr. Fr. Fr. Fr. So. Fr. Fr. Fr. Fr. Fr. So. Fr. Fr.

HOMETOWN/HS, JC or COLLEGE Ruther Glen, Va./Fork Union (Va.) Military Academy Powder Springs, Ga./Hillgrove Ashland, Ohio/Hillsdale Lakeland, Fla./Lake Gibson Valdosta, Ga./Valdosta Fairburn, Ga./Langston Hughes Massillon, Ohio/Washington Winchester, Va./Handley Gaffney, S.C./Gaffney Lakeland, Fla./Lake Gibson Tyrone, Ga./Sandy Creek Waynesboro, Ga./Burke County St. Petersburg, Fla./Gibbs Louisville, Ga./Jefferson County Creston, Ohio/Norwayne Norfolk, Va./Lake Taylor Largo, Fla./Largo Annapolis, Md./Annapolis Area Christian Ellenwood, Ga./Georgia Military College Miami, Fla./Virginia Tech Los Angeles, Calif./Pierce College (Calif.) Palm Bay, Fla./Bayside Atlanta, Ga./Washington Hackensack, N.J./East Coast Prep (Mass.) Winter Garden, Fla./Fork Union (Va.) Military Acad. Homestead, Fla./Miami (Fla.) Cairo, Ga./Cairo Myrtle Beach, S.C./Carolina Forest

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MIDDLE TENNESSEE BLUE RAIDERS 2014 SCHEDULE

Aug. 30 Sept. 6 Sept. 13 Sept. 20 Sept. 26 (Fri.) Oct. 4 Oct. 11 Oct. 18 Nov. 1 Nov. 15 Nov. 22 Nov. 29

QUICK FACTS

Location Murfreesboro, Tenn. Founded 1911 Enrollment 23,885 Nickname Blue Raiders Colors Royal Blue (PMS 301) and White Conference Conference USA President Dr. Sidney McPhee Athletics Director Chris Massaro Stadium Johnny “Red” Floyd Stadium (Horace Jones Field) (30,788) Surface Synthetic Turf by Sportexe

FOOTBALL STAFF

Rick Stockstill (Florida State, ‘82) Stockstill’s MT Record Stockstill’s Overall Record

Head Coach, 9th Year 51-49 (.510) 8 years 51-49 (.510) 8 Years

Offensive Coordinator/Quarterbacks: Buster Faulkner (Valdosta St., ‘05) Offensive Line: Geep Wade (Chattanooga, ‘01) Offensive Tackles/Tight Ends: Rick Mallory (Washington, ‘93) Wide Receivers: Justin Watts (Clemson, ‘00) Running Backs: Mike Polly (Georgetown College, ‘06) Co-Defensive Coordinator/Linebackers: Tyrone Nix (Southern Miss, ‘95) Co-Defensive Coordinator/Cornerbacks: Steve Ellis (Nicholls State, ‘03) Defensive Line/Special Teams Coordinator: Tommy West (Tennessee, ’76) Safeties: David Bibee (Tennessee, ‘77) Director of Player Development: Brent Brock (Florida State, ‘82) Graduate Assistant: TBA Graduate Assistant: TBA Graduate Assistant: TBA Graduate Assistant: TBA Director of Football Operations: Chris Matusek (Middle Tennessee, ‘02) Director of Player Personnel: TBA Head Strength Coach: Jason Spray (Middle Tennessee, ‘02) Head Trainer: Robbie Stewart (Clemson, ‘98)


MEDIA INFORMATION

615-898-2926 615-898-2189

Associate AD for Communications/Football SID Mark Owens Office Phone 615-898-2450 Cell Phone 615-631-9520 Fax 615-898-5626 E-Mail [email protected] Website www.GoBlueRaiders.com Press Box Phone 615-898-2312 Facebook BlueRaiderAthletics Twitter @MTAthletics, @MT_FB

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SAVANNAH STATE at Minnesota WKU at Memphis at Old Dominion SOUTHERN MISS at Marshall UAB BYU at FIU FLORIDA ATLANTIC at UTEP


2013 RESULTS (8-5, 6-2 C-USA) A29 S7 S14 S21 S27 O5 O12 O24 N2 N9 N23 N30 D30

WESTERN CAROLINA W 45-24 1-0 at North Carolina L 20-40 1-1 MEMPHIS W 17-15 2-1 at Florida Atlantic W (OT) 42-35 3-1 at BYU L 10-37 3-2 EAST CAROLINA L 17-24 3-3 at North Texas L 7-34 3-4 MARSHALL W 51-49 4-4 at UAB W 24-21 5-4 FIU W 48-0 6-4 at Southern Miss W 42-21 7-4 UTEP W 48-17 8-4 vs. Navy (Armed Forces Bowl) L 6-24 8-5 Conference USA game in bold; Home games in ALL CAPS

NOTING THE BLUE RAIDERS

The 2014 year will mark the 100th season of football at Middle Tennessee. The Blue Raiders started football in 1911 but did not field teams in 1943, 1944 and 1945 due to World War II. Junior S Kevin Byard had two interceptions for TDs last season, giving him four pick-sixes in his two-year career (both school records). He now has 326 return yards on interceptions, the most of any active FBS player and his four returns for TDs are the most of any player entering the 2014 season. Byard also registered 106 tackles last season. Sophomore LB T.T. Barber finished with 119 tackles last season, the fourth-highest total in C-USA and the most by a Blue Raider since Roosevelt Colvard had 120 in 1986. The first team All-C-USA selection also had three interceptions, three sacks and two forced fumbles. For the first time in MT’s FBS era (since 1999), the Blue Raiders had five different players top the 100-yard rushing mark in at least one game in the same season and all five players return in 2014. Jordan Parker, Reggie Whatley, Austin Grammer, Shane Tucker and Jeremiah Bryson all recorded at least one 100-yard game in 2013. In fact, the fivesome totaled 10 games of 100 or more yards last season, which is also a new FBS record for MT. Middle Tennessee’s rushing attack ranked 3rd in C-USA and 31st nationally at 199.3 yards per game in 2013. However, in conference action MT averaged a leaguebest 236.2 yards rushing compared to 148.8 in non-conference play. The Blue Raiders have been bowl-eligible in four of the past five seasons. Middle Tennessee played in the Bell Helicopter Armed Forces Bowl last season, falling to Navy.

2014 C-USA FOOTBALL PROSPECTUS FIU - Florida Atlantic - Louisiana Tech - Marshall - Middle Tennessee - North Texas Old Dominion - Rice - Southern Miss - UAB - UTEP - UTSA - Western Kentucky

MIDDLE TENNESSEE BLUE RAIDERS 2013 STATISTICAL LEADERS

TEAM INFORMATION


Multiple 4-3/Multiple 8-5 6-2/T2nd (East) 49/20 16 (5 off./8 def./3 spec.) 11 (6 off./3 def/2 spec.) 23

2014 PRESEASON RETURNEES STARTERS Offensive Returning/Lost: Defensive Returning/Lost: Special Teams Returning/Lost: OFFENSIVE STARTERS RETURNING RB Jordan Parker RT Isaiah Anderson LT Darius Johnson WR Christian Collis WR Marcus Henry DEFENSIVE STARTERS RETURNING DE Jiajuan Fennell DT Patrick McNeil DE Alexandro Antoine MIKE Christian Henry WILL T.T. Barber CB Jared Singletary FS Xavier Walker SS Kevin Byard SPECIALISTS RETURNING K Cody Clark KR Jared Singletary DS Blaine Sidders KEY LOSSES QB Logan Kilgore LG Josh Walker RG Jadareius Hamlin WR Kyle Griswould WR Tavarres Jefferson DT Jimmy Staten SAM Stephen Roberts CB Kenneth Gilstrap CB Sammy Seamster

5/6 8/3 3/2

Rushing Jordan Parker Reggie Whatley TOTALS

Att. 146 101 526

Yds. 745 657 2591

Avg. 5.1 6.5 4.9

TD 6 3 25

Long 65 64 65

Passing Logan Kilgore Austin Grammer TOTALS

Comp. 216 21 238

Att. 355 46 403

Pct. .608 .457 .591

INT 13 2 15

Yards 2507 190 2707

Receiving Tavarres Jefferson Kyle Griswould Marcus Henry TOTALS

Rec 46 45 38 238

Yds. 611 465 549 2707

Avg. 13.3 10.3 14.4 11.4

TD 5 4 3 17

Long 29 69 93 93

Field Goals Cody Clark TOTALS

Made-Att. 12-16 12-16

Pct. .750 .750

Long 43 43

Punting Josh Davis TOTALS

No. 65 66

Yards Avg. 2717 41.8 2748 41.6

In 20 20 21

Tackles T.T. Barber Kevin Byard Christian Henry Stephen Roberts Roderic Blunt TOTALS

Solos 73 61 49 43 28 633

Ast 46 45 30 27 31 392

Total 119 106 79 70 59 1025

Interceptions Kevin Byard T.T. Barber TOTALS

No. 5 3 15

Yds. 159 55 270

Avg. 31.8 18.3 18.0

Long 70 70

TD 2 1 4



TD 16 1 17

MTSU 377 526-2591 199.3 403-238-15 .591 2707 208.2 929-5298 407.5 66-41.6 18-123 38-821 15-270 13-6 54-555 89-192 .464 6-16 .375 27-176 28:12

Opponents 341 598-2596 199.7 389-245-15 .630 2644 203.4 987-5240 403.1 62-38.4 28-323 47-1111 15-134 30-18 66-608 99-207 .478 12-18 .750 16-90 31:48

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SPRING ROSTER NO. 37 73 17 96 18 38 55 80 98 9 36 40 94 23 36 5 7 20 63 89 86 81 8 27 53 29 11 45 43 97 95 13 40 1 2 59 88 28 19 51 62 54 75 93 29 21 44 13 99 48 92 47 56 67 6

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NAME Shon Akins Isaiah Anderson Alexandro Antoine Ismael Aurismond Darrell Baptist T.T. Barber Shubert Bastien Ed’Marques Batties William Beaird Derious Bennett Keemem Berry Richie Bisaccia Acesa Brewer O’Shae Bridges Chris Brown Houston Brown Jeremiah Bryson Khari Burke Kevin Byard Josh Chester Cody Clark Devin Clarke Christian Collis Alex Dale Jermaine Dave William Eads Chukwadi Echetebu A.J. Erdely Todney Evans Raynard Felton Jiajuan Fennell Matthew Foster Demetrius Frazier Leighton Gasque Nolan Genovese Austin Grammer Chris Hale Lucas Hamilton Christian Henry Marcus Henry Shaquille Huff Patrick Hughes Jaylen Hunter Darius Johnson Jahmal Jones Michael Kee John Kelly Justin Lloyd Zachary Lopez Jimal McBride Travis McMillan Patrick McNeil Michael Minter Charles Okoreeh-Baah Dalton Ownby Jordan Parker Phillip Patrick

POS. CB OL DE DE TE LB DE WR FS DT CB S FB DT S WR RB CB S OL PK WR WR CB WR LS RB QB DE DE DE DE WR LB QB QB DE TE LB WR DT OL OL OL DE P CB CB P DT WR DT CB LB OL RB DE

HT. 5-9 6-4 6-1 6-3 6-3 6-1 6-5 6-0 5-11 6-1 5-9 6-0 6-0 6-2 6-1 5-10 5-8 5-8 5-11 6-3 6-1 5-11 6-0 5-10 6-1 6-0 5-9 6-3 6-3 6-4 6-3 6-3 5-10 6-2 6-0 6-2 6-4 6-5 6-0 6-0 6-1 6-4 6-4 6-3 6-3 5-11 5-11 5-11 5-11 6-2 6-4 6-1 6-0 6-0 6-3 6-1 6-0

WT. 179 268 252 233 237 221 249 190 208 305 182 187 238 246 179 193 187 174 221 298 181 170 212 190 207 227 200 212 227 281 260 249 204 202 219 201 253 260 221 190 297 298 266 287 208 167 187 181 204 288 196 310 175 200 297 220 255

YR. Fr. Sr. Jr. Fr. Sr. Jr. Sr. Jr. Jr. So. Sr. Fr. Fr. Jr. So. Jr. Jr. Sr. Jr. So. So. Sr. Jr. So. So. So. So. Fr. Fr. So. Sr. Fr. So. Sr. Jr. So. So. Fr. Sr. Sr. So. Sr. Jr. Jr. Fr. Jr. Sr. Fr. Jr. So. Jr. Sr. Fr. Fr. Fr. Jr. So.

EXP. RS 2L 1L RS SQ 1L 2L TR TR SQ SQ RS RS SQ SQ SQ 1L 2L 1L SQ 1L SQ 1L SQ SQ SQ SQ RS RS SQ 2L RS SQ 2L TR SQ SQ RS 2L 1L SQ TR TR SQ RS SQ SQ RS SQ SQ SQ 1L RS RS RS 1L SQ

HOMETOWN/HS, JC or COLLEGE Hampton, Va./Norcross (Ga.) Franklin, Tenn./Franklin Port a Prince, Haiti/Antioch Miami, Fla./Hialeah Memphis, Tenn./Whitehaven Colquitt, Ga./Miller County Riviera Beach, Fla./William T. Dwyer Fresno, Texas/Hightower/Kilgore College Nashville, Tenn./Brentwood Academy Columbus, Ga./Carver Atlanta, Ga./Chamblee Tampa, Fla./Freedom Springfield, Tenn./Springfield Norcross, Ga./Norcross Donalsonville, Ga./Seminole County Middle Murfreesboro, Tenn./Brentwood Smyrna, Tenn./Smyrna Plantation, Fla/South Plantation Lithonia, Ga./M.L. King Warner Robins, Ga,/Northside Watkinsville, Ga./North Oconee Sebring, Fla./Sebring/Butler CC Opelika, Ala./Beauregard Memphis, Tenn./MUS Murfreesboro, Tenn./Siegel Hoover, Ala./Hoover Spring Hill, Tenn./Brentwood Cumming, Ga./West Forsyth Delray Beach, Fla./Atlantic Community Jacksonville, Fla./Ribault South Pittsburg, Tenn./South Pittsburg Sparks, Ga./Cook County Brunswick, Ga./Brunswick Hiram, Ga./Hiram Nashville, Tenn./CPA/NE Miss. CC Tuscaloosa, Ala./American Christian Academy Atlanta, Ga./Dunwoody Lenoir City, Tenn./Lenoir City Dania, Fla./Hollywood Hills Courtland, Miss./South Panola/NW Miss. CC Covington, Ga./Eastside Chicago, Ill./Morgan Park/Butte CC Jacksonville, Fla./Nease/Arizona Western Orlando, Fla./Dr. Phillips Dallas, Texas/Norcross (Ga.) Naples, Fla./Naples Memphis, Tenn./Whitehaven Murfreesboro, Tenn./Ensworth Fayetteville, Ga./Sandy Creek Waycross, Ga./Ware County Kansas City, Mo./Grandview Sr. Mobile, Ala./Davidson Atlanta, Ga,/McNair Senior Nashville, Tenn./Hillsboro Maryville, Tenn./Alcoa Lawrenceville, Ga./Collins Chattanooga, Tenn./Tyner Academy

2014 C-USA FOOTBALL PROSPECTUS FIU - Florida Atlantic - Louisiana Tech - Marshall - Middle Tennessee - North Texas Old Dominion - Rice - Southern Miss - UAB - UTEP - UTSA - Western Kentucky

MIDDLE TENNESSEE BLUE RAIDERS NO. 41 16 84 31 61 49 39 32 65 15 35 95 72 27 69 24 50 87 85 66 34 78 26 70 1 46 83 42 52 25 43 82 58

NAME Chase Pennycuff Chris Perkins Terry Pettis Josh Pleasant Greg Rein Steven Rhodes James Roberson Veion Robinson Hunter Rogers Canon Rooker Tony Rowland Zach Schiltz Jonah Sells Chris Sharpe Blaine Sidders Jared Singletary Iman Smith Jevontey Smith Shannon Smith Daniel Stephens Anfornee Stewart Adam Stickel Kamani Thomas Conner Trent Shane Tucker Max Ugboaja Tristan Walker Xavier Walker Ykeem Wells Reggie Whatley Jordan Willis William Wilson Arol Zague

POS. FB WR WR WR DS DE LB LB OL PK RB WR OL CB DS CB LB WR WR OL LB OL RB OL RB DE WR S LB RB FB TE CB

HT. 6-0 6-3 6-5 5-10 5-10 6-3 6-0 6-2 6-7 5-11 5-7 6-3 6-4 5-11 6-1 5-8 6-1 6-3 6-2 6-2 6-1 6-5 5-9 6-5 6-0 6-4 5-9 6-4 6-0 5-7 5-10 6-2 6-0

WT. 257 213 230 175 245 240 214 212 308 177 188 220 286 185 239 174 216 204 212 299 209 294 194 295 208 255 172 202 230 171 227 248 180

YR. Jr. Sr. So. Jr. Sr. So. Jr. So. So. So. Sr. So. Sr. Sr. Jr. Jr. So. Fr. Fr. So. So. So. Fr. Fr. So. Sr. Fr. Jr. Jr. Sr. Fr. Sr. Fr.

EXP. 1L TR SQ SQ SQ 1L 1L SQ SQ SQ SQ SQ SQ 2L 1L SQ SQ RS RS SQ SQ SQ RS RS SQ 2L RS TR 1L 2L RS SQ RS

NAME David Adams Tyler Barron Robert Behanan Ty Clemons Jordan Frost-Dixon Darius Harris J’Vonte Herrod Richie James Carlos Johnson Darrius Liggins Max Linder Cavellis Luckett Patrick Martin Jesse Moffitt Darryl Randolph D.J. Sanders Maurquice Shakir Sean Smith Patrick Stewart Brent Stockstill Trey Wafford Quay Watt AJ Wells

POS. OL TE OL WR CB LB RB WR OL DE TE LB S OL CB LB OL TE DT QB S LB P

HT. 6-3 6-4 6-3 5-11 5-11 6-2 5-11 5-9 6-3 6-4 6-3 6-0 6-1 6-2 5-11 6-0 6-3 6-7 6-2 6-0 5-10 6-0 6-1

WT. 285 242 300 181 188 220 215 165 308 230 237 240 210 284 174 192 305 236 264 195 195 210 180

YR. Jr. Jr. Fr. Fr. Jr. Fr. Fr. Fr. Fr. Fr. Fr. Jr. Jr. Fr. Fr. Fr. Jr. Fr. Fr. Fr. Jr. Jr. Fr.

HOMETOWN/HS, JC or COLLEGE Rolling Fork, Miss./South Delta/Co-Lin CC Port Orange, Fla./Warner Christian/Snow JC Fairfield, Ohio/Fairfield Powder Springs, Ga./McEachern Plainfield, N.J./Easton Area Horn Lake, Miss./Horn Lake Kennesaw, Ga./North Cobb Sarasota, Fla./Riverview Nashville, Tenn./Pearl Cohn Oxford, Miss./Oxford Ocala, Fla./Trinity Catholic McComb, Miss./McComb/Miss. GC CC Greenville, S.C./James Mann/Highland CC Pleasant View, Tenn./Goodpasture Pensacola, Fla./Pensacola Sandersville, Ga./Washington Co. Los Angeles, Calif./Palisades/Santa Monica CC Summerville, S.C./Summerville Monroe, Ga./George Walton Murfreesboro, Tenn./Siegel Fayetteville, Ga./Whitewater Abbeville, S.C./Abbeville Buena Vista, Ga./Marion County

2014 SPRING SIGNEES

HOMETOWN/HS, JC or COLLEGE Murfreesboro, Tenn./Siegel Hazelhurst, Miss./Hazelhurst/Pearl River CC Fairburn, Ga,/Langston Hughes Brentwood, Tenn./Brentwood Academy New Port Richey, Fla./Clearwater Central Catholic Antioch, Tenn./Antioch Atlanta, Ga,/South Atlanta Hampton, Ga./Lovejoy Safford, Ala./John T. Morgan Academy Richmond Hill, Ga./Richmond Hill Franklin, Tenn./Ravenwood Murfreesboro, Tenn//Siegel Winchester, Tenn./Franklin County Stone Mountain, Ga./Stephenson Delafield, Wis./Kettle Moraine Green Cove Springs, Fla./Clay Oldsmar, Fla./Pinellas Park Senior Greensboro, Ala./Greensboro Macon, Ga./Westside Duluth, Ga./Peachtree Ridge Duluth, Ga./Duluth Kissimmee, Fla./Osceola Dallas, Ga./East Paulding Church Hill, Tenn./Volunteer Memphis, Tenn./Memphis University School Nashville, Tenn./Hillwood Raleigh, N.C./Hargrave Military Academy Duluth, Ga./Duluth/Itawamba CC Buena Vista, Ga./Marion County Rome, Ga./Rome Lenoir City, Tenn./Lenoir City Memphis, Tenn./Kirby Memphis, Tenn./Wooddale

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2014 SCHEDULE


FOOTBALL STAFF

Dan McCarney (Iowa ‘75) McCarney’s UNT Record McCarney’s Overall Record

Denton, Texas 1890 36,111 Mean Green Green and White Conference USA Dr. Neal Smatresk Rick Villarreal Apogee Stadium (30,850) Sportexe PowerBlade HP

Head Coach, 4th Year 18-19 (.486), 3 years 74-104 (.416), 15 years

Assoc. HC/Off. Coord./QBs: Mike Canales (BYU ‘84) Def. Coord./Linebackers: John Skladany (Central Connecticut St. ‘72) Cornerbacks: LaMarcus Hicks (Iowa State, 06) Wide Receivers: Mike Grant (Nebraska, ‘93) Safeties: Perry Carter (Southern Miss, ‘94) Defensive Line: Kevin Patrick (Miami, ‘94) Asst. Head Coach/Tight Ends: Nick Quartaro (Iowa, ‘77) Spec. Teams / Running Backs: Tommy Perry (Texas A&M,‘03) Offensive Line: Mike Simmonds (Indiana St., ‘84) Director of Football Operations: Scotty Conley (Tex. A&M-Commerce, ‘70) Strength Coach: Frank Wintrich (Kentucky Wesleyan, ‘02)


MEDIA INFORMATION Associate AD/Football SID Office Phone Cell Phone E-Mail Website Press Box Phone Facebook Twitter

940-565-3653 940-565-3470

Eric Capper 940-565-2476 940-367-0727 [email protected] www.MeanGreenSports.com 940-369-7585 MeanGreenFB @MeanGreenFB

Aug. 30 at Texas Sept. 6 SMU Sept. 11 (Thu.) LOUISIANA TECH Sept. 20 NICHOLLS STATE Oct. 4 at Indiana Oct. 11 at UAB Oct. 18 SOUTHERN MISS Oct. 25 at Rice Nov. 8 FLORIDA ATLANTIC Nov. 15 at UTEP Nov. 22 FIU Nov. 29 at UTSA Conference USA games in bold; Home games in ALL CAPS

2013 RESULTS (9-4, 6-2 C-USA) A31 S7 S14 S21 O5 O12 O19 O26 O31 N9 N23 N30 J1

IDAHO W 40-6 1-0 at Ohio L 21-27 1-1 BALL STATE W 34-27 2-1 at (9) Georgia L 21-45 2-2 at Tulane L 21-24 2-3 MIDDLE TENNESSEE W 34-7 3-3 at Louisiana Tech W 28-13 4-3 at Southern Miss W 55-14 5-3 RICE W 28-16 6-3 UTEP W 41-7 7-3 UTSA L 13-21 7-4 at Tulsa W 42-10 8-4 vs. UNLV (Heart of Dallas Bowl) W 36-14 9-4 Conference USA games in bold; Home games in ALL CAPS

NOTING THE MEAN GREEN

The Mean Green closed out a memorable season with a 36-14 win over UNLV in the Heart of Dallas Bowl on New Year’s Day. The victory gave North Texas a final record of 9-4, its highest win total since 2002 and tied for the second-most in school history. The Mean Green led the nation in blocked punts (5) and blocked kicks (8) in 2013. North Texas had 39 quarterback sacks last year, which is more than any Mean Green team since 2002. That total tied for second on the school’s single-season records list. The Mean Green had at least one sack in each of the last nine games in 2013. North Texas led C-USA in scoring defense (17.8) and placed second in total defense (348.7 yards per game). Sharing time with several running backs, junior RB Antoinne Jimmerson scored nine touchdowns last season, running for seven and catching two more. He ran for 446 yards on 107 attempts and also caught 11 passes for 93 yards. For the second year in a row, the Mean Green offensive line ranked in the top-10 in the nation for fewest sacks allowed. NT allowed only 11 sacks in 2013, which ranked seventh in the nation. Since 2012, the North Texas offensive line has allowed the fewest sacks in the nation with just 17. Head coach Dan McCarney is establishing a record of dominance at Apogee Stadium as NT went 5-1 at home in 2013, tying for the second-most wins in school history. In three seasons, NT is 12-5 at Apogee Stadium under McCarney, while the previous three seasons the Mean Green went 1-16 at home.

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NORTH TEXAS MEAN GREEN Rushing Brandin Byrd A Jimmerson TOTALS

TEAM INFORMATION


Spread 4-3 9-4 6-2 /T2nd (West) 37/20 12 (5 off./4 def./3 spec.) 15 (6 off./7 def/2 spec.) 19

2014 PRESEASON RETURNEES STARTERS Offensive Returning/Lost: Defensive Returning/Lost: Special Teams Returning/Lost: OFFENSIVE STARTERS RETURNING OL Antonio Johnson OL Kaydon Kirby OL Cyril Lemon OL Mason Y’Barbo WR Carlos Harris DEFENSIVE STARTERS RETURNING LB Derek Akunne CB Kenny Buyers CB James Jones SS Lairamie Lee SPECIALISTS RETURNING K Zach Paul P Blake Macek DS Tony Johnson KEY LOSSES QB Derek Thompson RB Brandin Byrd WR Brelan Chancellor WR Darnell Smith TE Drew Miller DE Brandon McCoy DT Richard Arbe DT Ryan Boutwell LB Zach Orr LB Will Wright DB Marcus Trice KR/PR Brelan Chancellor

5/6 4/7 3/2

2013 STATISTICAL LEADERS 202 107 549

Att. 1075 446 2349

Yds. 5.3 4.2 4.3

Avg. 11 7 31

TD 91 42 85

Passing Derek Thompson Andrew McNulty TOTALS

Comp. 251 5 261

Att. 390 6 402

Pct. .644 .833 .649

INT 13 1 14

Yards 2896 36 2987

Receiving Darnell Smith Brelan Chancellor Carlos Harris TOTALS

Rec 70 53 47 261

Yds. 791 792 553 2987

Avg. 11.3 14.9 11.8 11.4

TD 4 4 2 16

Long 62 85 42 85

Field Goals Zach Paul TOTALS

Made-Att. 10-15 10-15

Pct. .667 .667

Long 48 48

Punting Blake Macek TOTALS

No. 66 69

Yards Avg. 2713 41.1 2773 40.2

In 20 27 29

Tackles Zachary Orr Marcus Trice Derek Akkune Will Wright Kenny Buyers TOTALS

Solos 57 48 45 41 55 503

Ast 66 42 45 38 23 382

Total 123 90 90 79 78 885

Interceptions Marcus Trice Zac Whitfield TOTALS

No. 5 3 18

Yds. 62 98 266

Avg. 12.4 32.7 14.8

TD 16 0 16

Long 61 61

TD 0 1 1



Long

North Texas 414 549-2349 180.7 402-261-14 .649 2987 229.8 951-5336 410.5 69-40.2 32-457 35-858 18-266 19-9 82-687 95-202 .470 8-15 .533 39-245 32:14

Opponents 231 426-1567 120.5 455-267-18 .587 2966 228.2 881-4533 348.7 81-39.9 21-129 41-873 14-178 25-16 61-542 70-193 .363 4-13 .308 11-53 27:46

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SPRING ROSTER NO. 82 7 20 66 81 39 87 84 31 83 31 73 16 56 54 77 9 18 1 99 60 8 94 9 16 45 22 71 58 87 13 59 68 4 50 85 27 62 8 95 14 98 40 14 15 49 53 5 7 3 63 91 26 2 42

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NAME Clayton Adams Derek Akunne Brandon Allen Michael Banogu Cody Barrow Blake Bean Cameron Brown Quenton Brown Kenny Buyers Carl Caldwell John Chelf Sean Clayton Chad Davis Malik Dilonga Blake Dunham Travis Ellard Sed Ellis Erick Evans Zed Evans Andy Flusche Avery Fortenberry Josh Greer Mustafa Haboul Carlos Harris Willie Hubbard Tarik Jefferson Antoinne Jimmerson Antonio Johnson Tony Johnson Cooper Jones James Jones Joseph Kaho Eric Keena Darvin Kidsy Kaydon Kirby Roderick Lancaster Lairamie Lee Cyril Lemon Mark Lewis Alexander Lincoln Chris Loving Jarrod Lynn Blake Macek Jamal Marshall Mike Marshall Daryl Mason Shawn McKinney Andrew McNulty Connor Means Calvin Minor Sid Moore Austin Orr Zach Paul Reggie Pegram Chad Polk

POS. WR LB DB OL WR LB WR DE DB WR WR OL DB DE DS OL LB RB DB DE OL QB DT WR WR LB RB OL DS TE DB DL P WR OL WR DB OL RB DT TE TE P LB WR DE OL QB QB LB DL DT K RB DE

HT. 6-5 6-0 6-0 6-5 5-10 6-1 6-2 6-4 5-11 5-10 5-11 6-2 5-10 6-4 6-1 6-3 6-3 5-9 5-11 6-3 6-5 6-5 6-0 5-8 5-10 6-0 5-9 6-6 6-1 6-4 5-11 5-10 6-2 6-0 6-3 6-2 5-10 6-3 5-10 6-2 6-4 6-0 5-9 6-3 6-0 6-3 6-4 6-1 6-4 6-3 6-1 6-4 5-9 5-9 6-0

WT. 210 244 183 292 185 232 205 235 177 176 178 285 180 251 223 290 189 190 198 230 295 220 253 172 168 214 222 294 217 243 173 255 155 174 313 205 195 304 210 267 272 233 186 210 207 253 365 210 210 207 252 272 185 221 223

YR. So. Sr. Jr. Jr. Jr. Sr. So. Sr. Jr. Sr. Sr. Jr. So. So. Sr. Jr. So. Fr. Sr. Fr. Fr. So. So. Jr. Sr. Sr. Jr. Sr. So. Jr. Sr. Jr. So. So. So. So. Sr. Sr. So. Sr. Jr. Jr. So. Jr. Sr. Sr. Sr. Jr. Fr. Fr. Fr. Jr. Jr. Sr. Jr.

EXP. SQ 3L SQ SQ TR TR SQ SQ 2L SQ SQ SQ 1L SQ 1L SQ 1L RS 1L RS HS HS SQ 2L 1L SQ 2L 3L 1L 1L 1L SQ RS 1L 1L SQ 3L 3L SQ 3L RS SQ 1L 2L 3L 2L 1L 1L HS RS RS 1L 1L 1L 2L

HOMETOWN/HS, JC or COLLEGE Granbury, Texas/Granbury Garland, Texas/North Garland Arlington, Texas/Summit McKinney, Texas/Prosper McKinney, Texas/Oklahoma El Dorado, Kan./Buffalo McKinney, Texas/Liberty Tucker, Ga./Eastern Arizona CC Hurst, Texas/LD. Bell Whitehouse, Texas/Kansas Wesleyan Iowa City, Iowa/Iowa Duncanville, Texas/Duncanville Richmond, Texas/Bush Cedar Hill, Texas/Trinity Christian School Argyle, Texas/Argyle Deer Park, Texas/Deer Park Paris, Texas/Paris Dallas, Texas/Seagoville Dallas, Texas/Louisville Muenster, Texas/Muenster Era, Texas/Era Arlington, Texas (Navarro JC) Arlington, Texas/Martin Frisco, Texas/Frisco Euless, Texas/Trinity Mesquite, Texas/Lon Morris Dallas, Texas/DeSoto Diboll, Texas/Diboll Fort Worth, Texas/South Grand Prairie Lone Oak, Texas/Lone Oak Houston, Texas/Kilgore JC Watauga, Texas/Central Keller, Texas/Sunrise Mountain Missouri City, Texas/Elkins Flower Mound, Texas/Flower Mound Dallas, Texas/Life School of Oak Cliff Tyler, Texas/Chapel Hill Marble Falls, Texas/Marble Falls Livonia, Louisiana/Livonia Cibolo, Texas/Steele Klein, Texas/Blinn CC Grapevine, Texas/Grapevine Sulphur Springs, Texas/Sulphur Springs Missouri City, Texas/Fort Bend Elkins Grand Prairie, Texas/South Grand Prairie Garland, Texas/Rowlett Hubbard, Texas/Trinity Valley CC Iowa City, Iowa/Iowa City Deer Park, Texas/Deer Park Lewisville, Texas/Lewisville Van, Texas/Van Seabrook, Texas/Clear Lake Frisco, Texas/Wakeland Terrell, Texas/Purdue Dallas, Texas/Woodrow Wilson


NORTH TEXAS MEAN GREEN NO. 48 72 64 30 20 19 32 19 1 46 92 18 88 76 29 10 11 65 78 25 39 79 43 70 21 98 23 21 6 57

NAME Wylie Reinhardt Ryan Rentfro Sam Rice Jarrian Roberts Rex Rollins John Schilleci Fred Scott Quinn Shanbour Turner Smiley A.J. Smith LaJaylin Smith Marcus Smith Tanner Smith Harrison Sorge Brock Squier Derrick Teegarden Darius Terrell Micah Thompson Connor Trussell Andrew Tucker Sheldon Wade Dominick Walker Anthony Wallace Sir Calvin Wallace Freddie Warner Dutton Watson Zac Whitfield Jamaine Wilhite Dajon Williams Mason Y’Barbo

POS. TE OL OL DE RB DB LB QB WR LB LB TE TE OL DB WR WR OL OL RB DB OL LB DT DB DT DB RB QB OL

HT. 6-4 6-4 6-4 6-2 6-1 6-0 5-11 6-0 6-0 6-2 6-0 6-4 6-3 6-5 5-9 6-0 6-3 6-4 6-5 6-0 5-11 6-5 6-0 6-2 5-10 6-3 5-9 5-8 6-3 6-2

WT. 275 298 287 238 197 193 235 200 187 225 221 255 250 304 195 204 212 316 287 199 181 278 235 293 189 273 190 200 199 307

YR. Fr. So. Jr. So. So. So. So. Fr. Fr. So. Jr. Jr. Sr. Fr. So. Sr. Sr. Jr. So. Fr. Sr. Fr. Jr. So. Jr. So. Jr. Sr. Fr. Sr.

EXP. RS SQ TR SQ 1L 1L SQ HS RS TR 1L 1L 2L RS SQ 2L 1L 1L SQ RS 1L RS TR SQ 1L SQ 2L SQ RS 3L

HOMETOWN/HS, JC or COLLEGE Saginaw, Texas/Saginaw Flower Mound, Texas/Marcus Coppell, Texas/SMU Clarksville, Texas/Clarksville Tyler, Texas/Chapel Hill Denton, Texas/Guyer Kennedale, Texas/Kennedale Oklahoma City, Okla./Heritage Hall Frisco, Texas/Wakeland Stilwell, Okla./NE Oklahoma A&M LaPlace, La./St. Charles Catholic San Antonio, Texas/Warren Fort Worth, Texas/Nolan Catholic Wichita Falls, Texas/Rider Sanger, Texas/Sanger Odessa, Texas/Odessa DeSoto, Texas/Texas Jones, Okla./Jones Arlington, Texas/Martin Tyler, Texas/Chapel Hill Knoxville, Tenn./Austin Peay Sugar Land, Texas/Austin Dallas, Texas/Oregon Tyler, Texas/Chapel Hill Dallas, Texas/Pinkston Midland, Texas/Midland Sherman, Texas/Sherman Denton, Texas/Guyer Pflugerville, Texas/Connally Sulphur Springs, Texas/Sulphur Springs

2014 SPRING SIGNEES NAME Jalen Adams Fonzale Davis Avery Fortenberry Brandon Garner Tee Goree Josh Greer Willy Ivery Tillman Johnson Andrew Jones Kishawn McClain Connor Means Christopher Miles Jalen Montgomery Trevor Moore O’Keeron Rutherford A.J. Smith T.J. Tauaalo Anthony Wallace Jeffery Wilson

POS. WR WR OL LB WR QB RB DE DB DB QB OL LB K WR LB DT LB RB

HT. 5-11 5-11 6-5 5-11 6-3 6-5 5-9 6-1 6-1 5-11 6-4 6-4 5-11 5-11 6-5 6-2 6-2 6-0 6-0

WT. 161 185 295 220 170 220 180 243 175 193 210 291 221 175 185 225 288 235 190

YR. Fr. Fr. Fr. Fr. Fr. So. Fr. Fr. Fr. Fr. Fr. Fr. Fr. Fr. Fr. So. Fr. Jr. Fr.

HOMETOWN/HS, JC or COLLEGE Moore, Okla./Southmoore Dallas, Texas/South Oak Cliff Era, Texas/Era Mansfield, Texas/Timberview Carthage, Texas/Carthage Arlington, Texas (Navarro JC) Sulphur Springs, Texas/Sulphur Springs Round Rock, Texas/McNeil Mesquite, Texas/North Mesquite Rosenberg, Texas/Terry Deer Park, Texas/Deer Park Flower Mound, Texas/Flower Mound Mesquite, Texas/Mesquite Edmond, Okla./Edmond North Carthage, Texas/Carthage Stilwell, Oklahoma (NE Oklahoma A&M) Keller, Texas/Central Dallas, Texas/Oregon Elkhart, Texas/Elkhart

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2014 SCHEDULE


Norfolk, Va. 1930 24,466 Monarchs Slate Blue, Silver and Light Blue Conference USA John R. Broderick Dr. Camden Wood Selig Foreman Field at S.B. Ballard Stadium (20,118) Astroturf GameDay Grass 3D

FOOTBALL STAFF

Bobby Wilder (Maine ’87) Wilder’s Old Dominion Record Wilder’s Overall Record

Head Coach, 7th Year 46-14 (.767) 5 years 46-14 (.767) 5 years

Assoc. Head Coach/Off. Coor./Off. Line: Brian Scott (Maine ’00) Defensive Coordinator/Secondary: Rich Nagy (Trinity ’87) Pass Game Coordinator/QBs/Recruiting Coor.: Ron Whitcomb (Maine ’06) Assistant Head Coach/Defensive Line: Jeff Comissiong (Maine, ‘94) Wide Receivers: Zohn Burden (VMI ’06) Defensive Backs: Kermit Buggs (Norfolk State ’95) Offensive Line: Bill Dee (Mansfield State ’75) Linebackers: Ulrick Edmonds (James Madison ’01) Special Teams Coordinator/Running Backs: Mike Zyskowski (Maine ’06) Director of Football Operations: Stevie Villanueva (Old Dominion ’10)


MEDIA INFORMATION Football SID Office Phone Cell Phone Fax E-Mail Website Press Box Phone Facebook Twitter

757-683-6150 757-451-3099

Eric Bohannon 757-683-3374 757-375-0244 757-683-3119 [email protected] www.ODUSports.com 757-683-3842 ODU Football @ODUFootball

Aug. 30 Sept. 6 Sept. 13 Sept. 20 Sept. 26 (Fri.) Oct. 4 Oct. 11 Oct. 25 Nov. 1 Nov. 8 Nov. 22 Nov. 29

HAMPTON at NC State EASTERN MICHIGAN at Rice MIDDLE TENNESSEE MARSHALL at UTEP at WKU at Vanderbilt FIU LOUISIANA TECH at Florida Atlantic


2013 RESULTS (8-4) A31 S7 S14 S21 S28 O5 O19 O26 N2 N9 N16 N23

at East Carolina (FCS) L at Maryland L HOWARD W THE CITADEL W ALBANY W LIBERTY W at Pittsburgh L at Norfolk State W RHODE ISLAND W at Idaho W CAMPBELL W at North Carolina L Home games in ALL CAPS

38-52 10-47 76-19 59-58 66-10 21-17 24-35 27-24 66-14 59-38 42-14 20-80

0-1 0-2 1-2 2-2 3-2 4-2 4-3 5-3 6-3 7-3 8-3 8-4

NOTING THE MONARCHS

Bobby Wilder has started the ODU program from the ground up and led the Monarchs to a 46-14 record in five years. He took ODU to the 2011 and 2012 FCS playoffs, and won the 2012 CAA Championship. Old Dominion prepares for its first-ever season in Conference USA. The Monarchs play a full C-USA schedule beginning with the conference opener at defending league champion Rice. The C-USA home opener against Middle Tennessee is the Monarchs’ first-ever game Friday night game and will be nationally-televised. Senior quarterback Taylor Heinicke returns as the FBS active career leader in passing yards, passing yards per game, total offense, touchdown passes, completions and completion percentage. He is one of just 18 Division I quarterbacks to throw for 10,000 yards and rush for 1,000. Heinicke won the 2012 Walter Payton Award as the Best Player in the FCS and was the 2011 College Football Performance Awards National and Freshman Performer of the Year. ODU was one of just six teams in 2013 to have four players catch 40 or more passes. Larry Pinkard (68), Antonio Vaughan (60), Blair Roberts (46) and Zach Pascal (40) all reached 40 receptions, and all four return for the 2014 season. Old Dominion returns its top two leading tacklers from 2013 in junior Fellonte Misher and senior Andre Simmons. Misher led the team with 95 tackles and also had two interceptions and two fumble recoveries, while Simmons had 78 tackles. Richie Staton started at middle linebacker as a true freshman, making 72 tackles and leading the team with 10.5 tackles for loss and four sacks.

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TEAM INFORMATION Offensive Formation: Defensive Formation: 2013 Overall Record: 2013 Conference Record / Finish Letterwinners Returning/Lost Starters Returning Starters Lost 2014 Newcomers

Spread 4-3 8-4 n/a (FBS Independent) 44/13 17 (7 off./10 def./1 spec.) 8 (4 off./1 def/3 spec.) 25

2014 PRESEASON RETURNEES STARTERS Offensive Returning/Lost Defensive Returning/Lost Special Teams Returning/Lost OFFENSIVE STARTERS RETURNING QB Taylor Heinicke WR Antonio Vaughan WR Blair Roberts WR Larry Pinkard LG Tyler Fisher C Josh Mann RG Connor Mewbourne DEFENSIVE STARTERS RETURNING DE Terrell Reid DT Chris Smith DT Preston Smith LB Andrew Everett LB D.J. Simon CB Sandy Chapman CB Reggie Owens FS Andre Simmons SS Fellonte Misher SPECIALISTS RETURNING DS Rick Lovato KEY LOSSES WR Marquel Thomas LT Jack Lowney RT D.J. Morrell LG David Born LB Paul Morant LB John Darr K Jarod Brown P Jake Walsh KR/PR Aaron Evans

7/4 10/1 1/3

Rushing Colby Goodwyn Cam Boyd TOTALS

Att. 104 76 401

Yds. 483 450 1915

Avg. 4.6 5.9 4.8

TD 12 5 29

Long 25 70 81

Passing Taylor Heinicke David Washington TOTALS

Comp. 340 22 363

Att. 486 31 519

Pct. .700 .710 .699

INT 8 0 8

Yards 4022 259 4313

Receiving Larry Pinkard Antonio Vaughan Blair Roberts TOTALS

Rec 68 60 46 363

Yds. 1020 843 560 4313

Avg. 15.0 14.1 12.2 11.9

TD 9 9 6 37

Long 74 76 47 76

Field Goals Jarod Brown TOTALS

Made-Att. 13-20 13-20

Pct. .650 .650

Long 54 54

Punting Jake Walsh TOTALS

No. 18 38

Yards Avg. 688 38.2 1460 38.4

In 20 6 9

Tackles Fellonte Misher Andre Simmons John Darr Richie Staton D.J. Simon TOTALS

Solos 54 49 36 34 19 482

Ast 41 29 37 38 20 424

Total 95 78 73 72 39 906

Interceptions D.J. Simon Fellonte Misher TOTALS

No. 3 2 8

Yds. 25 49 74

Avg. 8.3 24.5 9.2

Long 58 61

TD 0 0 0



TD 33 4 37

ODU 508 401-1915 159.6 519-363-8 .699 4313 359.4 920-6228 519.0 38-38.4 8-91 48-1032 8-74 14-5 74-649 76-163 .466 11-23 .478 20-109 28:05

Opponents 408 507-2363 196.9 353-224-8 .635 3063 255.2 860-5426 452.2 44-39.1 13-372 46-1178 8-68 22-10 57-550 80-166 .481 7-20 .350 21-145 33:10

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SPRING ROSTER

NO. 69 99 43 1 74 31 32 92 66 65 53 18 76 57 7 59 91 67 70 52 78 54 51 75 14 4 13 30 62 28 61 84 38 26 49 68 45 60 71 11 93 24 34 22 21 23 6 17 9 29 87 8 96 47 58

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NAME Ely Anderson Kanyia Anderson Kohl Adams-Hurd Jakwail Bailey Kyle Bottoms Cam Boyd C.J. Bradshaw Jude Brenya Troy Butler Tyler Burns Cullen Casey Sandy Chapman Tyler Compton Rashaad Coward Nick England Galen Evans Andrew Everett Davis Farmer Tyler Fisher Jai Franklin Darius Garcia Dominique Guinn-Bailey Malik Gumbs Eric Hampson Taylor Heinicke Keshawn Henderson Alex Jackson Gerard Johnson Grant Johnson Malique Johnson Eli Kessner Kyle Lawrence Mike Lennox Eriq Lewis Rick Lovato Andrew Maddox Rob Mahan Josh Mann Connor Mewbourne Colin McElroy Anderson Miller Fellonte Misher Malik Moseley Jevon Neal Justin Noye Reggie Owens Zach Pascal Phil Paulhill Larry Pinkard Joe Pulisic Kevin Privott, Jr. Blair Roberts Terrell Reid TJ Ricks Bumni Rotimi

POS. OT LB LB WR OG RB WR DE C OT DT CB C DT WR DT DE OT OG DT OL DT DT OG QB WR CB RB OG S OG K LB CB LS OT LB C OT QB DE S RB CB S CB WR CB WR P WR WR DE LB DT

HT. 6-5 6-1 6-2 5-11 6-5 5-6 5-10 6-3 6-3 6-6 6-3 5-10 6-4 6-6 6-0 6-3 6-5 6-5 6-3 6-3 6-3 6-4 6-1 6-5 6-1 6-4 5-11 5-9 6-5 6-2 6-2 5-6 6-2 6-0 6-2 6-5 6-2 6-4 6-4 6-0 6-2 6-2 5-11 5-9 6-1 6-0 6-2 6-0 6-0 5-9 6-1 6-2 6-2 6-0 6-4

WT. 287 230 221 185 297 173 191 252 306 360 393 173 296 300 180 307 230 319 312 270 280 280 293 296 211 204 176 198 283 217 285 150 217 180 247 295 230 310 290 195 240 202 191 175 190 186 208 180 190 174 172 193 265 225 295

YR. Jr-r. So. Jr. Sr. Sr. Sr. So-r. So. Jr. Jr-r. Fr-r. So. So-r. So. So-r. So-r. Jr. Fr-r. So. Fr-r. Fr. Sr-r. Sr. Fr-r. Sr. Fr-r. Fr-r. So. Fr-r. Jr. Fr-r. Jr-r. Jr-r. Sr-r. Sr. So-r. Jr-r. Sr. Jr-r. So-r. So-r. Jr. Fr-r. Sr. Fr. Sr. So-r. Sr. Sr-r. So-r. Fr-r. Sr. So-r. So-r. Fr-r.

EXP. 1L 1L TR 3L 1L 1L 1L 1L 1L SQ SQ 1L 1L 1L TR 1L 2L SQ 1L SQ TR 3L 1L SQ 3L SQ SQ 1L SQ 2L SQ SQ 2L 3L 3L 1L SQ 3L 2L SQ 1L 2L SQ 1L HS 3L 1L SQ 3L 1L SQ 3L 1L 1L SQ

HOMETOWN/HS, JC or COLLEGE Santa Rosa, Calif./Montgomery/Santa Rosa JC Chesapeake, Va./Oscar Smith Burbank, Calif./John Burroughs/LA Pierce College Haddonfield, N.J./Paul VI Klein, Texas/Klein Oak/Blinn College Dumfries, Va./Forest Park/West Hills CC Kinston, N.C./Kinston Cranberry, N.J./Hightstown Chesapeake, Va./Hickory Norwalk, Calif./Chino/Cerritos College Rochester, N.Y./McQuaid Jesuit Raleigh, N.C./Southeast Raleigh Virginia Beach, Va./Princess Anne Brooklyn, N.Y./Sheepshead Bay Suwanee, Ga./Collins Hill/FIU Annapolis, Md./Annapolis Area Christian Lawrenceville, Ga./Collins Hill Leesville, S.C./Gilbert Richmond, Va./Salisbury (Conn.) Upper Marlboro, Md./Dr. Henry A. Wise Chesterfield, Va./Manchester/Fork Union Portsmouth, Va./Churchland Matawan, N.J./Matawan Regional/Nassau CC Largo, Fla./Pinellas Park Atlanta, Ga./Collins Hill Dallas, Texas/Wilmer Hutchins Clemmons, N.C./West Forsyth Richmond, Va./Meadowbrook Winchester, Va./Millbrook Glen Burnie, Md./Annapolis Area Christian Blacksburg, Va./Blacksburg/Fork Union Hampton, Va./Kecoughtan Bristow, Va./Brenstville Washington, D.C./Coolidge Middletown, N.J./Middletown Woodbridge, Va./Woodbridge Merchantville, N.J./Winslow Township Virginia Beach, Va./Ocean Lakes Virginia Beach, Va./First Colonia Alpharetta, Ga./Milton Virginia Beach, Va./First Colonial Washington, D.C./Coolidge Greensboro, N.C./Southern Guilford Austin, Texas/Austin McCallum/Blinn College Rochester, N.Y./Rochester East Virginia Beach, Va./Ocean Lakes Upper Marlboro, Md./Wise Sicklerville, N.J./St. Joseph/College of the Sequoia’s Washington, D.C./Ballou Mechanicsville, Va./Atlee Ahoskie, N.C./Hertford County Rochester, N.Y./Bishop Kearney Washington, D.C./McKinley Tech Hampton, Va./Kecoughtan Alexandria, Va./West Potomac


OLD DOMINION MONARCHS NO. 44 90 38 25 42 36 55 56 2 41 37 20 89 5 80 10 50 94 35 3 27

NAME Reece Schmidt Gary Scruggs Ricky Segers Andre Simmons D.J. Simon Martez Simpson Chris Smith Preston Smith Kirk Spellman Richie Staton Harvey Taylor Rob Thompson Aquante Thornton Antonio Vaughan Melvin Vaughn David Washington Torrez Wentz Scott Wiggins Anthony Wilson Jusse Yorke Aaron Young

POS. LB DE K LB LB LB DT DE WR LB RB CB WR WR WR QB DT DE LB WR CB

HT. 6-3 6-0 5-11 6-0 6-1 6-1 6-2 6-2 5-10 6-1 5-9 6-1 5-9 5-8 6-2 6-3 6-2 6-3 6-1 5-11 5-11

WT. 240 261 200 210 220 220 312 270 175 233 185 183 170 176 240 217 270 225 218 187 185

YR. Jr. Sr. So-r. Sr. Sr. Jr. Sr. Sr-r. Jr-r. So. Jr. So. Jr-r. Sr-r. So. So-r. Fr. So. So-r. Jr. So.

EXP. TR 1L SQ 2L 1L TR 1L 3L 2L 1L SQ 1L SQ 3L 1L 1L HS 1L 1L TR 1L

HOMETOWN/HS, JC or COLLEGE Simi Valley, Calif./Simi Valley/LA Pierce College Glassboro, N.J./Glassboro/ASA College Glen Allen, Va./Henrico Lorton, Va./South County/Vanderbilt Houston, Texas/Klein Forest/Navarro College Madison, Miss./Madison Central/Pearl River CC Santa Rosa, Calif./Santa Rosa HS/Santa Rosa JC Chesapeake, Va./Deep Creek Chesapeake, Va./Indian River Hampton, Va./Phoebus Ridgeway, Va./Magna Vista Hammonton, N.J./St. Joseph HS Virginia Beach, Va./Tallwood Ahoskie, N.C./Hertford County Chesapeake, Va./Oscar Smith Raleigh, N.C./Southeast Raleigh Warrenton, Ga./Warrenton Roselle, N.J./Abraham Clark/Fork Union Alexandria, Va./Hayfield/Marshall Fort Lauderdale, Fla./Boyd Anderson/ASA College Washington, D.C./Archbishop Carroll

2014 SPRING SIGNEES NAME Daniel Appouh Poncho Barnwell Shuler Bentley Christian Byrum Jarrett Cervi Nick Clarke Justice Davila Jonathan Duhart Isaiah Harper Lawrence Holley Will Howard Ray Lawry Marques Little Ryan Londree Vincent Lowe Raul Martinez Quintin Reynolds Felix Manus-Schell Adam Swann Pat Toal Brandon Tyson Adam Vaught Isaiah Worthy O’Shane Ximines

POS. DE LB QB S P/K OL S WR WR CB WR RB WR DT WR OL WR CB TE DT DT LS LB DE

HT. 6-4 6-4 6-1 6-1 6-1 6-4 6-0 6-3 5-9 6-2 6-3 5-10 5-9 6-3 5-9 6-5 6-0 6-0 6-5 6-4 6-1 6-6 6-1 6-3

WT. 230 260 200 195 195 290 185 200 170 185 200 195 170 285 175 285 180 175 215 280 320 255 225 225

YR. Fr. Jr. Fr. Fr. Fr. Fr. Fr. Fr. Fr. Fr. Fr. Fr. Fr. Fr. Fr. Jr. Fr. Fr. Fr. Fr. Fr. Fr. Fr. Fr.

HOMETOWN/HS, JC or COLLEGE Germantown, Md./Seneca Valley Rochester, N.Y./East/Nassau CC Duncan, S.C./Byrnes Virginia Beach, Va./Tallwood Raleigh, N.C./Millbrook Mechanicsville, Va./Atlee Erial, N.J./Timber Creek Midlothian, Va./Manchester Chesapeake, Va./Grassfield Harrisburg, Pa./Susquehanna Township Virginia Beach, Va./Tallwood Woolwich, N.J./Kingsway Regional Williamstown, N.J./Williamstown Charlottesville, Va./Albemarle Chesapeake, Va./Grassfield Burbank, Calif./Pasadena CC Nokesville, Va./Patriot Erie, Pa./Cathedral Prep Owings, Md./Northern Hazlet, N.J./Raritan Midlothian, Va./Clover Hill Blacksburg, Va./Blacksburg Westville, N.J./West Deptford Ahoskie, N.C./Hertford County

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RICE OWLS


Houston, Texas 1912 6,082 Owls Blue and Gray Conference USA David W. Leebron Joe Karlgaard Rice Stadium (47,000) AstroTurf 3D60H

FOOTBALL STAFF David Bailiff (Texas State, 1981) Bailiff’s Rice Record Bailiff’s Overall Record

Head Coach, 8th Year 40-48 (.454), 7 Years 61-63 (.492), 10 Years

Assistant H.C./Special Teams/LBs: Darrell Patterson (TCU, ‘84) Co-Offensive Coordinator/QBs: Larry Edmondson (Texas A&M, ‘83) Co-Offensive Coord./Wide Receivers: Billy Lynch (Ball State. ‘02) Defensive Coordinator/Cornerbacks Chris Thurmond (Tulsa, ‘75) Safeties: Larry Hoefer (McMurry, ‘72) Defensive Line: Michael Slater (Texas State, ‘93) Tight Ends: David Sloan (New Mexico, ‘95) Offensive Line: Ronnie Vinklarek (Texas State, ‘81) Running Backs: Anthony Steward (Kansas, ‘12) Offensive Graduate Assistant: Sam Bennett Offensive Graduate Assistant: Joe Johnson Defensive Graduate Assistant: Sean Edmondson Defensive Graduate Assistant: Frank Okam Strength and Conditioning Kevin Yoxell (East Texas State, ‘87)


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2014 SCHEDULE

Aug. 30 Sept. 13 Sept. 20 Sept. 27 Oct. 4 Oct. 11 Oct. 25 Nov. 1 Nov. 8 Nov. 15 Nov. 21 (Fri.) Nov. 29

at Notre Dame at Texas A&M OLD DOMINION at Southern Miss HAWAI’I at Army NORTH TEXAS at FIU UTSA at Marshall UTEP at Louisiana Tech

Conference USA games in bold; Home games in ALL CAPS

2013 RESULTS (10-4, 7-1 C-USA) A31 at (6) Texas A&M L 31-52 0-1 S14 KANSAS W 23-14 1-1 S21 HOUSTON (@Reliant) L 26-31 1-2 FLORIDA ATLANTIC W 18-14 2-2 S28 at Tulsa W (OT) 30-27 3-2 O5 at UTSA W 27-21 4-2 O12 O19 at New Mexico State W 45-10 5-2 UTEP W 45-7 6-2 O26 at North Texas L 16-28 6-3 O31 LOUISIANA TECH W 52-14 7-3 N16 at UAB W (OT) 37-34 8-3 N21 TULANE W 17-13 9-3 N30 MARSHALL (C-USA Champ) W 41-24 10-3 D7 D31 vs. Mississippi St. (Liberty Bowl) L 7-44 10-4 Conference USA games in bold; Home games in ALL CAPS

NOTING THE OWLS

The Owls are coming off a Conference USA Championship last season, the program’s first outright league title since 1957. After defeating Marshall in the C-USA Championship Game, Rice made backto-back bowl appearances for the first time since 1960-61. Head coach David Bailiff was named Conference USA Coach of the Year last season after leading Rice to its first C-USA title. The Owls, who matched the school record with 10 victories, produced a league-high 10 All-Conference selections, including five first-team honorees. Wide receiver Jordan Taylor will enter his senior season having caught at least one pass in 21 straight games. The Second Team All-Conference USA selection caught 55 passes for 848 yards and eight touchdowns last season. Taylor became the 12th Owl to reach 100 career catches and now ranks sixth with 120. He now has 1,741 receiving yards to rank sixth, needing six yards to move past Toren Dixon into fifth. Junior DE Christian Covington was a First-Team All-C-USA pick by league’s coaches in 2013. He topped the team with 9.5 tackles for loss among his 51 total stops. Covington also added four sacks, giving him nine in his first two seasons at Rice. Senior CB Bryce Callahan was a Second-Team All-Conference USA selection last season. He led the team with 10 pass breakups and 13 passes defended, while tying for second with three interceptions. Callahan’s 11 interceptions tie him for fourth place in school history.


RICE OWLS Rushing Charles Ross Jowan Davis TOTALS

TEAM INFORMATION


Spread 4-2-5 10-4 7-1/1st (West) 43/25 13 (6 off./6 def./1 spec.) 11 (5 off./5 def/1 spec.) 19

2014 PRESEASON RETURNEES STARTERS Offensive Returning/Lost: Defensive Returning/Lost: Special Teams Returning/Lost: OFFENSIVE STARTERS RETURNING OG Drew Carroll LG Nico Carlson OT Caleb Williams WR Dennis Parks WR Jordan Taylor TE Connor Cella DEFENSIVE STARTERS RETURNING NT Christian Covington DT Stuart Mouchantaf LB James Radcliffe CB Bryce Callahan SS Malcolm Hill FS Julius White SPECIALISTS RETURNING P James Farrimond KEY LOSSES QB Taylor McHargue RB Charles Ross OT Jon Hodde C Nate Richards CB Philllip Gaines FS Paul Porras K Chris Boswell

6/5 6/5 1/1

2013 STATISTICAL LEADERS Att. 211 95 699

Yds. 1280 476 3183

Avg. 6.1 5.0 4.6

TD 15 3 31

Long 48 22 57

Passing Taylor McHargue Driphus Jackson TOTALS

Comp. 169 5 177

Att. 324 16 347

Pct. .522 .312 .510

INT 8 1 9

Yards 2345 50 2495

Receiving Jordan Taylor Dennis Parks Turner Petersen TOTALS

Rec 55 29 26 177

Yds. 848 508 348 2495

Avg. 15.4 17.5 13.4 14.1

TD 8 3 4 20

Long 75 54 57 75

Field Goals Chris Boswell TOTALS

Made-Att. 14-21 14-21

Pct. .667 .667

Long 56 56

Punting James Farrimond TOTALS

No. 71 82

Yards Avg. 2989 42.1 3429 41.8

In 20 15 22

Tackles Michael Kutzler Paul Porras Julius White James Radcliffe Christian Covington TOTALS

Solos 52 45 38 29 38 525

Ast 44 36 29 34 21 398

Total 96 81 67 63 59 923

Interceptions Phillip Gaines Bryace Callahan TOTALS

No. 4 3 14

Yds. 2 22 113

Avg. 0.5 7.3 8.1

Long 66 66

TD 0 0 1



TD 17 0 20

Rice 415 699-3183 227.4 347-177-9 .510 2495 178.2 1046-5678 405.6 82-41.8 21-132 32-618 14-113 15-10 74-364 85-216 .394 9-16 .563 20-170 32:47

Opponents 342 545-2259 161.4 412-213-14 .517 2838 202.7 957-5097 364.1 75-41.9 31-287 21-446 9-83 19-12 66-564 74-212 .349 13-30 .433 37-201 27:13

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RICE OWLS

SPRING ROSTER NO. 85 40 34 14 14 8 29 23 55 76 23 5 64 87 56 3 78 39 32 46 6 48 27 25 11 13 51 72 49 18 93 58 2 1 82 5 97 98 48 45 96 7 33 19 69 41 54 39 43 86 92 47 4 18 71 80

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NAME Temi Alaka Gabe Baker Joe Ballard Guy Billups J.T. Blasingame Derek Brown Bryce Callahan Anthony Canady Nico Carlson Drew Carroll Jayson Carter Justin Carter Ty Carter Connor Cella Christian Covington Jowan Davis Brandon Dawkins Cameron Decell Darik Dillard Nick Elder Zach Espinosa Tanyan Farley James Farrimond Jaylon Finner Garrett Fuhrman Nate German Peter Godber Ian Gray D.J. Green Brandon Hamilton Parker Hanusa Cody Henessee Malcolm Hill Mario Hull Cole Hunt Driphus Jackson Collin Johnson Connor Johnson Adrian Jones Trevor Jones Dylan Klare Taylor Knopf Austin Laudenslager Connor Leisz Brad Luvender Alex Lyons Trey Martin Paine Matiscik Tabari McGaskey Reid Mitchell Stuart Mouchantaf Brian Nordstrom Dennis Parks Zach Patt Connor Patterson Grant Peterson

POS. WR SAF LB QB CB DE CB CB OL OL RB SAF DS TE DT RB OL K/P RB LB SAF DS K/P SAF SAF QB OL OL LB RB DE DT SAF WR TE QB DE DE SAF DE DL K SAF WR DT LB DL LB LB TE DL DE WR DE OL DE

HT. 6-2 6-1 6-0 6-0 5-8 6-3 5-10 5-9 6-3 6-4 4-9 5-11 6-2 6-3 6-3 5-7 6-7 6-4 5-10 6-0 6-2 6-2 6-0 5-10 5-8 6-2 6-4 6-8 6-2 5-11 6-4 6-2 5-11 6-1 6-6 6-0 6-1 6-3 5-9 6-5 6-2 6-0 6-0 6-0 6-3 6-0 6-2 5-8 6-0 6-2 6-4 6-3 6-2 6-2 6-4 6-6

WT. 200 210 205 185 170 225 180 170 285 280 135 200 275 240 295 195 305 205 195 220 215 245 215 190 180 210 290 345 220 220 220 265 190 210 240 205 220 215 200 265 270 170 195 180 250 220 260 215 220 240 290 230 190 240 295 250

YR. Fr. Sr. Fr. Jr. So. Jr. Sr. So. Sr. Sr. Jr. So. Fr. So. Jr. So. So. So. So. Jr. So. Sr. Jr. Sr. Jr. Fr. Fr. Jr. Fr. So. Fr. So. Sr. Sr. Fr. Jr. Fr. Fr. So. Sr. Sr. Fr. Jr. So. Fr. So. Fr. Fr. So. So. Sr. Jr. Jr. Sr. So. Jr.

EXP. RS 3L RS 2L 1L 2L 3L 1L 3L 3L SQ RS RS 1L 1L 1L 1L SQ 1L 2L 2L 2L 1L 3L 2L RS RS 2L RS 1L HS 1L 3L 2L RS 2L RS RS RS 1L 3L RS SQ SQ HS 1L RS RS 1L RS 2L 1L 2L 3L SQ SQ

HOMETOWN, Texas/HS, JC or COLLEGE Houston, Texas/Cy Falls San Antonio, Texas//MacArthur Manhattan, Kan./Manhattan Oxford, Miss./Oxford Atlanta, Ga./Mays Bay City, Texas/Bay City Cypress, Texas/Cy Woods Mesquite, Texas//Mesquite Katy, Texas//Taylor Abilene, Texas/Abilene Houston, Texas/KIPP Houston Hoover, Ala./Spain Park Houston, Texas/Mayde Creek Katy, Texas/Taylor Surrey, B.C./Vancouver College Prep Sealy, Texas/Sealy Dallas, Texas/Prestonwood Christian McKinney/Boyd San Antonio, Texas/McArthur San Antonio, Texas/Central Catholic Cedar Park, Texas/Cedar Park Arvada, Colo./Ralston Valley San Antonio, Texas/Churchill Missouri City, Texas/Elkins Lansing, Mich./Eastern Cypress, Texas /Cy Woods Toronto, Ontario, Canada/St Andrews Pearland, Texas/Pearland Mesquite, Texas/Horn Copperas Cove, Texas/Copperas Cove Austin, Texas/Westwood Denton, Texas/Guyer Plano, Texas/Frisco Liberty Altair, Texas/Rice Consolidated El Campo, Texas / El Campo Cedar Hill, Texas/Cedar Hill Henderson, Nev./Coronado Henderson, Nev./Coronado Ridgefield, Conn./Ridgefield Prosper, Texas/Prosper Refugio, Texas/Refugio Boerne, Texas/Boerne McKinney, Texas/North Houston, Texas/Episcopal Sugarland, Texas/George Ranch DeSoto, Texas/DeSoto El Campo, Texas/El Campo McKinney, Texas/Boyd Dallas, Texas/Lincoln Pflugerville, Texas/Hendrickson Katy, Texas/Blinn JC The Woodlands, Texas/The Woodlands Converse, Texas/Judson Honey Grove, Texas/Honey Grove Tomball, Texas/Tomball Austin, Texas/Westwood


RICE OWLS NO. 73 38 22 95 10 30 77 94 60 17 52 10 15 28 70 6 2 35 21 12 50 88 7 74 99 44 9

NAME John Poehlmann Darrion Pollard Ryan Pollard Anthony Price James Radcliffe Josh Rahman Andrew Reue Graysen Schantz Matt Simonett Parker Smith Spencer Stanley Tyler Stehling Jordan Taylor Cole Thomas Kenneth Thompson Carter Tomsu Ryan Traufller Luke Turner Nick Uretsky Michael Warren Chandler Watkins Robby Wells Julius White Caleb Williams Ross Winship Brian Womac Zach Wright

POS. OL WR CB K LB LB OL DE OL WR OL QB WR SAF OL QB RB RB LB CB LB TE SAF OL DL DE WR

HT. 6-5 5-8 5-8 5-7 6-1 6-0 6-5 6-3 6-2 6-2 6-2 6-6 6-5 6-2 6-4 6-1 5-9 6-1 6-0 5-9 6-0 6-6 5-10 6-3 6-4 6-3 6-1

WT. 290 180 170 170 220 210 295 235 300 195 275 220 210 195 285 200 180 230 210 180 215 235 195 285 285 225 200

YR. JR So. Jr. Fr. Sr. Fr. Jr. Fr. Sr. Fr. So. So. Sr. Fr. Fr. Fr. Fr. Jr. Fr. So. So. So. Sr. Jr. Jr. Fr. So.

EXP. SQ 1L 1L RS 3L RS 2L RS 2L HS 1L SQ 3L RS RS RS RS 2L RS 1L 1L 1L 3L 2L 2L RS RS

HOMETOWN, Texas/HS, JC or COLLEGE Brenham, Texas/Brenham Gilmer, Texas/Gilmer Arlington, Texas/Air Force Marietta, Ga./Walton Katy, Texas/Cinco Ranch Missouri City, Texas/Ft. Bend Austin Austin, Texas /St. Michaels Academy Hickory Creek/Lake Dallas Bellaire, Texas/Bellaire Richmond, Texas/Travis Ft. Worth, Texas/Trinity Valley Spring, Texas/Klein Denison, Texas/Denison Katy, Texas/Cinco Ranch Houston, Texas/Langham Creek Austin, Texas/St. Andrews The Woodlands, Texas/The Woodlands Gilmer, Texas/Gilmer San Antonio, Texas/Alamo Heights Frankston, Texas/Frankston Southlake, Texas/Keller Katy, Texas/Taylor Sugarland, Texas/Kempner Thompsons, Texas/Terry The Woodlands, Texas /Klein Houston, Texas/Memorial The Woodlands, Texas/College Park

2014 SPRING SIGNEES NAME Calvin Anderson V.J. Banks Jorian Clark Emmanuel Ellerbee Preston Gordon J.T. Ibe Jeremy Jones Cory Klingler Trevor Long James Mayden Martin Nwakamma Sam Pierce Hunter Ponder Samuel Stewart Aston Walter Austin Walter Destri White Brady Wright Lance Wright

POS. OL SAF CB LB DL SAF QB OL WR WR LB OL OL RB ATH RB ATH DE WR

HT. 6-6 6-2 5-9 6-0 6-0 6-0 6-5 6-4 6-5 6-2 6-0 6-5 6-5 5-9 5-8 5-7 6-0 6-3 6-3

WT. 250 175 190 224 277 195 202 298 219 186 200 295 265 195 191 180 200 231 185

YR. Fr. Fr. Fr. Fr. Fr. Fr. Fr. Fr. Fr. Fr. Fr. Fr. Fr. Fr. Fr. Fr. Fr. Fr. Fr.

HOMETOWN/HS, JC or COLLEGE Austin, Texas/Westlake Bryan, Texas/Bryan Mesquite, Texas/Horn Houston, Texas/Strake Jesuit McKinney, Texas/Frisco Heritage Mansfield, Texas/Mansfield San Antonio, Texas/East Central Alvin, Texas/New Caney East Bernard, Texas/East Bernard Rowlett, Texas/Sachse Leander, Texas/Leander Cypress, Texas/St. Pius X Mansfield, Texas/Mansfield Cypress, Texas/Cy Woods Crosby, Texas/Crosby Crosby, Texas/Crosby Mesquite, Texas/Horn Cypress, Texas/Cy-Fair Fairbanks, Ala./North Pole

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SOUTHERN MISS GOLDEN EAGLES 2014 SCHEDULE

Aug. 30 at Mississippi State Sept. 6 ALCORN STATE Sept. 13 at Alabama Sept. 20 APPALACHIAN STATE Sept. 27 RICE Oct. 4 at Middle Tennessee Oct. 18 at North Texas Oct. 25 LOUISIANA TECH Nov. 1 at UTEP Nov. 8 MARSHALL Nov. 13 (Thu.) at UTSA Nov. 29 UAB


Hattiesburg, Miss. 1910 16,604 Golden Eagles Black and Gold Conference USA Dr. Rodney Bennett Bill McGillis Carlisle-Faulkner Field at Roberts Stadium (36,000) Matrix

FOOTBALL STAFF Todd Monken (Knox College, ‘89) Monken’s Southern Miss Record Monken’s Overall Record

Head Coach, 2nd Year 1-11 (.083), 1 year 1-11 (.083), 1 year

Asst. Head Coach/Player Personnel: Steve Buckley (Southern Miss, ’85) Defensive Coordinator/Linebackers: David Duggan (New Hampshire, ‘86) Off. Coordinator/Quarterbacks: Chip Lindsey (Alabama, ‘97) Special Teams Coor./Inside Receivers: John Wozniak (Knox College, ‘99) Defensive Line: Derrick LeBlanc (Northwestern State, ‘97) Offensive Line: Luke Meadows (South Dakota State, ‘99) Cornerbacks: Lytrel Pollard (Southern Miss, ‘98) Running Backs: John Simon (Louisiana Tech, ‘03) Safeties: Pete Golding (Delta State, ‘05) Director of Football Operations: John Carr (Louisiana Tech, ‘96) Director of High School Relations: Dayne Brown (Morehead State, ‘96)


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Jack Duggan 601/266-4503 601/596-5637 601/266-4507 [email protected] www.SouthernMiss.com 601/266-5523 Southern Miss Athletics @USMGoldenEagles, @SouthernMissFB



TEXAS STATE L 15-22 0-1 at Nebraska L 14-56 0-2 at Arkansas L 3-24 0-3 at Boise State L 7-60 0-4 FIU L 23-24 0-5 at East Carolina L 14-55 0-6 NORTH TEXAS L 14-55 0-7 at Marshall L 13-61 0-8 at Louisiana Tech L 13-36 0-9 FLORIDA ATLANTIC L 7-41 0-10 MIDDLE TENNESSEE L 21-42 0-11 at UAB W 62-27 1-11 Conference USA games in bold; Home games in ALL CAPS

NOTING THE GOLDEN EAGLES

Southern Miss coach Todd Monken returns for his second season at the helm of the program. In his initial campaign in Hattiesburg, the former Oklahoma State offensive coordinator coached a young group that listed as many as 14 freshmen and sophomores among the 22 starters on offense and defense by the end of last season. Freshman QB Nick Mullens threw a school-record-tying five touchdown passes and ran for another score on the strength of a seasonhigh 370 yards passing in last year’s season finale. His passing yardage total was the seventh-most in a game by a Golden Eagle. After posting 1,776 passing yards and 13 touchdowns after taking over as the starter in October, Mullens is one eight returning starters on offense in 2014. The Golden Eagles return their top two receivers from a season ago, Tyre’oune Holmes (53 catches, 410 yards) and Markese Triplett (33 catches, 558 yards), and their second leading rusher, Jalen Richard (85 carries, 324 yards). The Golden Eagles will get two key players back on defense after they were injured early in the year in 2013. Rakeem Nunez-Roches, a 2013 preseason All-Conference USA pick, was lost in the second game of the year at Nebraska, while Alan Howze got hurt at Boise State in the fourth game of the year. Southern Miss looks to return eight starters on defense this season. Southern Miss finished last fall with a victory, scoring 62 points at UAB, including 49 points in the second half. It was the most points scored in a game by the Golden Eagles since posting 63 at Navy during the 2011 campaign.


SOUTHERN MISS GOLDEN EAGLES 2013 STATISTICAL LEADERS

TEAM INFORMATION


Spread 4-3 1-11 1-11/T 5th (East) 58/24 21 (8 off./8 def./5 spec.) 6 (3 off./3 def/0 spec.) 23



OFFENSIVE STARTERS RETURNING QB Nick Mullens RB Jalen Richard WR Tyre’oune Holmes WR Markese Triplett LT Rashod Hill LG Taylor Peterson RG Fredrick Moore RT Cameron Tom DEFENSIVE STARTERS RETURNING DE Michael Smith DE Rakeem Nunez-Roches DT Dylan Bradley LB Terrick Wright LB Alan Howze LB Debarriaus Miller FS Emmanuel Johnson SS Kelsey Douglas SPECIALISTS RETURNING K Corey Acosta P Tyler Sarrazin KR/PR Emmanuel Johnson DS Lance Schuffert KEY LOSSES WR Dominique Sullivan OL Ed Preston DT Octavius Thomas DT Khyri Thornton DB Jerrion Johnson CB Alexander Walters

8/3 8/3 4/0

Rushing Kendrick Hardy Jalen Richard George Payne TOTALS

Att. 93 85 43 335

Yds. 417 324 173 875

Avg. 4.5 3.8 4.0 2.6

TD 2 0 1 5

Long 33 28 25 35

Passing Nick Mullens Allan Bridgford TOTALS

Comp. 136 112 249

Att. 276 207 485

Pct. .493 .541 .513

INT 14 11 26

Yards 1776 1113 2911

Receiving Tyre’oune Holmes Markese Triplett Tyre Bracken TOTALS

Rec 53 33 31 249

Yds. 410 558 301 2911

Avg. 7.7 16.9 9.7 11.7

TD 2 4 0 19

Long 34 81 22 81

Field Goals Corey Acosta TOTALS

Made-Att. 11-20 11-20

Pct. .550 .550

Long 50 50

Punting Tyler Sarrazin TOTALS

No. 44 76

Yards Avg. 1733 39.4 3009 39.6

In 20 8 22

Tackles DeBarriaus Miller Terrick Wright Kelsey Douglas Emmanuel Johnson Dylan Bradley TOTALS

Solos 48 44 33 39 24 497

Ast 44 46 35 15 28 506

Total 92 90 68 54 52 1003

Interceptions Kelsey Douglas DeBarriaus Miller TOTALS

No. 1 1 6

Yds. 25 14 43

Avg. 25.0 14.0 7.2

Long 51 62

TD 0 0 0



TD 13 6 19

Southern Miss 205 335-875 72.9 485-249-26 .513 2911 242.6 820-3786 315.5 76-39.7 12-161 57-1124 6-43 22-12 67-508 52-178 .292 7-17 .412 13-97 27:17

Opponents 503 567-2695 224.6 323-212-6 .656 2531 210.9 890-5226 435.5 57-39.9 30-416 36-739 26-374 24-13 62-628 79-172 .459 12-15 .800 36-235 32:43

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SPRING ROSTER

NO. 12 19 25 2 71 18 7 75 47 14 17 29 94 87 76 21 92 31 64 2 81 28 15 90 23 6 54 68 78 86 24 46 48 21 69 83 74 73 1 15 37 12 8 51 57 42 22 84 38 45 26 63 33 9 13 28

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NAME Jarell Aaron Justin Abston Corey Acosta Parker Adamson Randal Agee Keelan Anderson Jomez Applewhite Oliver Bates Nic Bekkers Matthew Bergeron David Bertucci Melvin Boykin Dylan Bradley Shawn Brickley Michael Brinson Rekeem Brumfield Nicholas Carlis Jacob Carmouche Chaz Cavignac Trae Collins Chad Cook Jacorius Cotton James Cox Rod Crayton Casey D’Angelo Kelsey Douglas Lelland Ducksworth Brandon Farmer Devin Farrior Dillon Fedora C.J. Felix Wil Freeman Darrion Goudy Johntre’ Goudy Wesley Haas Cooper Harrington Jerry Harris Rashod Hill Tyre’oune Holmes Demarius Howard Alan Howze Emmanuel Johnson Urell Johnson Vohn Keith Illiad Kelly Ta’Dren Kennedy Branton Lee Max Mason Jerry McCorvey Dasman McCullum DeBarriaus Miller Fred Moore Matthew Moseley Nick Mullens Picasso Nelson Kewin Nielsen

POS. WR DB PK QB OL DB DB OL DL QB LB DB DL WR OL DB DL RB OL DB WR DB WR DL DL DB LB OL OL WR DB DL RB RB OL WR OL OL WR WR LB DB DB DL DL LB RB TE DL DL DB OL P QB DB PK

HT. 6-5 5-11 6-0 6-4 6-0 5-9 6-1 6-2 6-5 5-10 5-11 6-3 6-1 5-9 6-3 5-9 6-0 5-8 6-1 5-11 5-9 5-11 6-1 6-1 5-11 5-11 6-1 6-2 6-4 5-8 5-9 6-6 5-10 5-9 6-4 6-0 6-3 6-6 5-11 5-9 6-3 5-11 5-10 6-1 6-2 5-7 5-8 6-7 6-3 6-4 5-10 6-5 5-10 6-1 5-10 5-10

WT. 198 183 195 213 277 191 175 275 244 182 200 175 265 170 280 150 293 175 271 181 150 195 193 302 267 190 207 307 304 161 196 260 222 245 270 193 302 285 170 170 227 182 177 207 280 218 163 231 249 237 183 305 164 188 188 192

YR. So. So. Sr. Fr. Jr. Sr. Fr. So. Sr. So. Jr. Fr. So. So. Jr. Fr. Fr. Jr. Jr. Fr. So. Sr. So. Fr. Sr. So. So. So. Fr. Jr. Sr. Jr. Sr. So. Jr. Jr. Fr. Jr. So. Jr. Sr. Sr. Sr. Fr. Jr. Sr. Fr. Jr. So. Sr. Jr. Sr. Jr. So. Fr. Jr.

EXP. SQ 1L 3L RS 1L 1L RS 1L 1L SQ 2L SQ RS SQ 1L SQ SQ TR 1L RS TR 2L 1L RS SQ 1L 2L 1L 1L SQ 1L 2L SQ 1L TR 1L RS 2L 1L JC 4L 3L 1L RS TR 2L RS 2L 1L 3L 2L 1L 1L 1L HS 1L

HOMETOWN/HS, JC or COLLEGE Poplarville, Miss./Poplarville Mobile, Ala./Davidson Memphis, Tenn./Christian Brothers Oxford, Miss./Oxford Terrytown, La./Jesuit New Orleans, La./John Ehret Bassfield, Miss./Bassfield Tylertown, Miss./Tylertown Perry, Ga./Westfield Mandeville, La./Mandeville/Lamar Gulfport, Miss./Gulfport Mobile, Ala./Williamson Macon, Miss./Noxubee County Slidell, La./Salmen Flowood, Miss./University Christian School St. Francisville, La./West Feliciana Mobile, Ala./Faith Academy Arnaudville, La./Beau Chene/Miss Gulf Coast CC Slidell, La./Northshore Columbus, Miss./New Hope Long Beach, Miss./Long Beach/Pearl River CC LaGrange, Ga./Troup County Tuscaloosa, Ala./Northridge Dadeville, Ala./Dadeville Madisonville, La./St. Paul’s/Miss. College Missouri City, Texas/Hightower Hattiesburg, Miss./North Forrest Gulfport, Miss./Harrison Central Waynesboro, Miss./Wayne County Hattiesburg, Miss./Oak Grove/Oklahoma St. Gulfport, Miss./MGCCC/West Harrison Flowood, Miss./Northwest Rankin Meridian, Miss./Southeast Lauderdale Meridian, Miss./Southeast Lauderdale Kiln, Miss./St. Stanislaus/Pearl River CC Birmingham, Ala./Briarwood Christian Hueytown, Ala./Hueytown Jacksonville, Fla./Ed White Tylertown, Miss./Tylertown Calhoun City, Miss./Calhoun City/Itawamba CC Ocean Springs, Miss./Ocean Springs McKenzie, Ala./McKenzie New Orleans, La./O. Perry Walker/Texas Tech Mobile, Ala./Faith Academy Terry, Miss./Raymond/Southwest Miss. CC Hattiesburg, Miss./Hattiesburg Tallahassee, Fla./North Florida Christian Kennesaw, Ga./North Cobb Vancleave, Miss./Vancleave Laurel, Miss./West Jones Fort Valley, Ga./Peach County Heidelberg, Miss./Jones County JC Franklin, Tenn./Franklin/Tenn. St. Hoover, Ala./Spain Park Mendenhall, Miss./Oak Grove Biloxi, Miss./Mt. Union/Biloxi


NO. 61 97 34 17 24 35 40 79 85 11 6 30 9 36 67 82 50 80 91 95 7 32 5 70 23 43 41 85 11 27 20 49 27 14

SOUTHERN MISS GOLDEN EAGLES

NAME Bradley Nugent Rakeem Nunez-Roches Evan Osborne Lorenzo Patrick George Payne Justin Penn C.J. Perry Taylor Peterson Ja’Boree Poole Kalan Reed Marquise Ricard Jalen Richard Draper Riley Brandon Roberts Christopher Robinson Tyler Sarrazin Lance Schuffert Donovan Smith Michael Smith Quentin Smith Kyle Sloter Xavier Thigpen D.J. Thompson Cameron Tom Markese Triplett Marcus Turner Antrion Walker Tyler Walker Cole Weeks Delvin Welch Ed Wilkins Adam Williams Kevin Williams, Jr. Terrick Wright

POS. OL DL DB WR RB LB LB OL DL DB WR RB DL PK DL K/P DS WR DL DL TE DL WR OL WR DB LB WR QB RB DB DL DB LB

HT. 5-11 6-2 6-3 6-0 6-0 6-1 6-0 6-4 6-2 5-11 6-2 5-8 6-4 5-8 6-2 6-3 6-0 6-0 6-4 6-2 6-4 6-5 6-3 6-4 6-4 5-11 5-11 5-11 6-0 5-10 5-10 6-2 5-11 6-2

WT. 260 290 198 192 200 212 231 295 240 198 180 208 284 190 270 190 234 185 262 218 213 223 196 289 224 213 220 175 200 233 171 294 196 216

YR. Jr. Jr. So. Sr. So. Sr. So. Sr. So. Jr. So. Jr. Fr. So. Fr. So. Jr. Jr. Jr. Fr. So. Fr. So. So. Sr. So. Jr. Fr. Sr. Sr. Jr. Sr. Fr. Jr.

EXP. SQ 3L 1L SQ 1L 3L 1L 3L 1L 2L 1L 2L RS TR RS 1L 2L TR 2L RS 1L RS 1L 1L 3L 1L TR SQ 1L 1L 2L 1L RS 2L

NAME Quade Alexander Cornell Armstrong Thomas Collins Daythan Davis Matthew Davis Walden Davis III Jon Michael Edwards Kyle Foster Aaron Harris Xavier Marion Hayden McMahan Curtis Mikell Jordan Mitchell Picasso Nelson Jr. Norman Price Gunner Roach Korey Robertson Jeremy Sangster Ito Smith Michael Thomas Jayshawn Washington J.T. Williams Darian Yancey

POS. DB DB OL H-Back DE DB DE WR LB DB OL ATH ATH DB OL QB WR LB RB WR H-Back DT LB

HT. 6-0 5-11 6-4 6-1 6-2 5-10 6-4 6-3 6-0 6-0 6-4 5-8 6-2 5-11 6-5 6-1 6-1 6-0 5-9 6-1 6-1 6-2 6-1

WT. 165 175 320 235 240 190 230 225 225 185 260 165 185 180 315 180 200 225 185 195 230 290 210

YR. Fr. Fr. So. Fr. Fr. Fr. Fr. So. Fr. Fr. Fr. Fr. Fr. Fr. Jr. Fr. Fr. Fr. Fr. So. Fr. Fr. Fr.

HOMETOWN/HS, JC or COLLEGE Florence, Ala./Florence Bassfield, Miss./Bassfield Jackson, Miss./Hinds CC Cresson, Texas/Aledo Batesville, Miss./South Panola Suwannee, Ga./Peachtree Ridge Montgomery, Ala./Carver Ann Arbor, Mich./Dodge City (Kan.) CC Norcross, Ga./Peachtree Ridge Ridgeland, Miss./Ridgeland Wilmer, Ala./Faith Academy Bassfield, Miss./Bassfield Hattiesburg, Miss./Oak Grove Hattiesburg, Miss./Oak Grove Vicksburg, Miss./Hinds CC Mobile, Ala./UMS-Wright Prep Greenwood, Miss./Greenwood Louisville, Miss./Louisville Semmes, Ala./McGill-Toolen Catholic Chicago, Ill./Dodge City (Kan.) CC Marrero, La./John Ehret Denton, Texas/Ryan Auburn, Ala./Auburn

2014 SPRING SIGNEES

HOMETOWN/HS, JC or COLLEGE Pell Lake, Wis./Badger Phenix City, Ala./Central Pearl, Miss./Pearl Sebastopol, Miss./Sebastopol Mobile, Ala./St. Luke’s Episcopal Bassfield, Miss./Bassfield Bessemer, Ala./Bessemer Academy Auburn, Ala./Auburn Brookhaven, Miss./Brookhaven Birmingham, Ala./Briarwood Christian Baton Rouge, La./Southern Lab Alexandria, La./Peabody Magnet Harvey, La./West Jefferson Daphne, Ala. / Delta State/Daphne Shreveport, La./Woodlawn Geismar, La./Dutchtown Prattville, Ala./Prattville Ocean Springs, Miss./Ocean Springs/MGCCC Birmingham, Ala./Wenonah Clinton, Miss./Clinton Johns Creek, Ga./Mt. Pisgah Christian Soso, Miss./West Jones Pearl, Miss./Pearl Baton Rouge, La./Catholic Louisville, Miss./Louisville McCalla, Ala./McAdory Ferriday, La./Ferriday/Southeastern La. Baker, La./Zachary Freeport, Fla./Freeport Baton Rouge, La./Miss. College/Southern Lab McDonough, Ga./Union Grove Tunica, Miss./Coahoma CC Frisco, Texas/Wakeland Gadsden, Ala./Gadsden City

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UAB BLAZERS Aug. 30 Sept. 6 Sept. 13 Sept. 27 Oct. 4 Oct. 11 Oct. 18 Oct. 25 Nov. 1 Nov. 8 Nov. 22 Nov. 29


Birmingham, Ala. 1969 17,999 Blazers Forest Green and Old Gold Conference USA Dr. Ray L. Watts Brian Mackin Legion Field (72,000) SureTurf

FOOTBALL STAFF Bill Clark (Jacksonville State, ’90) Clark’s UAB Record Clark’s Overall Record

Head Coach, 1st year 0-0 (.000), 1st year 11-4 (.733), 1 year

Offensive Coordinator: Bryant Vincent (West Alabama, ‘98) Defensive Coordinator: Duwan Walker (Troy, ‘96) Asst. Head Coach/Running Backs: Jody Wright (Jacksonville State, ‘05) Offensive Line: Mike Bennefield (Alabama, ’93) Inside Linebackers: Chuck Dunn (Troy, ‘97) Tight Ends: Richard Owens (Louisville, 03) Defensive Line: David Reeves (Athens State. ‘91) Outside Linebackers/Special Teams: Daric Riley (Charleston Southern, 99) Wide Receivers: Cornelius Williams (Troy, ‘10) Strength and Conditioning: Zac Woodfin (UAB, ‘05) Director of Operations: Tyler Cook (South Alabama, ‘09)


205-975-9536 205-975-9865

MEDIA INFORMATION Associate A.D./Football SID Office Phone Cell Phone Fax E-Mail Website Press Box Phone Facebook Twitter

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Norm Reilly 205/934-0722 205/936-1793 205/934-7505 [email protected] www.UABSports.com 205/326-3814 UAB.Blazers @UABathletics, @UAB_Football

2014 SCHEDULE TROY at Mississippi State ALABAMA A&M FIU at WKU NORTH TEXAS at Middle Tennessee at Arkansas at Florida Atlantic LOUISIANA TECH MARSHALL at Southern Miss



at Troy L (OT) 31-34 0-1 at LSU L 17-56 0-2 NORTHWESTERN STATE W 52-28 1-2 at Vanderbilt L 24-52 1-3 FLORIDA ATLANTIC L 23-37 1-4 at FIU W 27-24 2-4 at UTSA L 31-52 2-5 MIDDLE TENNESSEE L 21-24 2-6 at Marshall L 14-56 2-7 at East Carolina L 14-63 2-8 RICE L (OT) 34-37 2-9 SOUTHERN MISS L 27-62 2-10 Conference USA games in bold; Home games in ALL CAPS

NOTING THE BLAZERS

Bill Clark will take over as the Blazers’ head coach after a recordbreaking season at Jacksonville State. Clark led the Gamecocks to an 11-4 record last season, their most victories since 1992 when JSU won the NCAA Division II National Championship. JSU earned an at-large berth in the FCS Playoffs and captured two victories. When UAB takes the field this fall, the Blazers will have a large group of returning letterwinners and starters from last season. Heading into spring practice, UAB lists 20 returning letterwinners on offense, 24 on defense and three specialists. The Blazers have eight returning starters on offense and defense, plus both their placekicker (Ty Long) and their punter (Hunter Mullins). Senior WR Jamarcus Nelson registered four 100-yard receiving games during the 2013 season and also caught a pair of touchdown passes. Nelson averaged 20.1 yards per reception for the season as he caught 42 passes for 846 yards and eight TD catches in 10 games. Running back Jordan Howard is coming off an outstanding true freshman season for the Blazers. He rushed for 881 yards and a pair of touchdowns while averaging a team-best 6.1 yards per attempt. Howard ranked second nationally among FBS freshmen in rushing yards. He was named to the C-USA All-Freshman Team following the season. Ty Long, a preseason Groza Award candidate last season, is quickly moving up the charts in the UAB record book. He finished 2013 with 16 field goals and made three kicks from beyond 50 yards. Long is third on UAB’s career list for field goals with 46 and needs just 12 to become the Blazers’ all-time leader. He is also No. 3 among kickers in scoring on the UAB charts with 236 points. That number is fourth overall in scoring for the Blazers.


UAB BLAZERS


TEAM INFORMATION


Multiple 4-3 2-10 1-7/T5th (East) 47/20 20 (8 off./8 def./4 spec.) 6 (3 off./3 def/0 spec.) 22



OFFENSIVE STARTERS RETURNING RB Jordan Howard WR Jamarcus Nelson WR Jamari Staples OL Roscoe Byrd OL Brian O’Leary OL Victor Salako TE Kennard Backman TE Tristan Henderson DEFENSIVE STARTERS RETURNING DE Chris Rabb DE Diaheem Watkins LB Derek Slaughter LB Jake Ganus CB Lamarcus Farmer SS Jordan Petty CB Jimmy Jean DB Kelton Brackett SPECIALISTS RETURNING K Ty Long P Hunter Mullins KR Jimmy Jean LS Dallas Noriega KEY LOSSES QB Jonathan Perry RB Darrin Reaves OT Kaycee Ike C Billy Autrey DT Deric Scott LB Patrick Bastien FS Greg Franklin

8/3 8/3 4/0

Rushing Darrin Reaves Jordan Howard Jonathan Perry TOTALS

Att. 201 145 61 455

Yds. 928 881 285 2137

Avg. 4.6 6.1 4.7 4.7

TD 12 2 2 17

Long 50 52 22 52

Passing Austin Brown Jonathan Perry TOTALS

Comp. 93 92 185

Att. 178 174 353

Pct. .522 .529 .524

INT 3 6 9

Yards 1199 1379 2578

Receiving Jamarcus Nelson Jamari Staples Darrin Reaves Kennard Backman TOTALS

Rec 42 31 29 28 185

Yds. 846 458 284 302 2578

Avg. 20.1 14.8 10.1 10.8 13.9

TD 8 4 2 2 19

Long 62 45 35 36 62

Field Goals Ty Long TOTALS

Made-Att. 16-24 16-24

Pct. .667 .667

Long 50 50

Punting Hunter Mullins TOTALS

No. 51 56

Yards Avg. 2200 43.1 2396 42.8

In 20 14 15

Tackles Jake Ganus Jordan Petty D.J. White Vashon Landers Diaheem Watkins TOTALS

Solos 58 36 31 28 30 514

Ast 35 19 17 11 7 278

Total 93 55 48 39 37 792

Interceptions Jimmy Jean Lamarcus Farmer TOTALS

No. 2 1 7

Yds. 0 17 43

Avg. 0.0 17.0 6.1

Long 63 63

TD 0 0 0



TD 9 10 19

UAB 315 455-2137 178.1 353-185-9 .524 2578 214.8 808-4715 392.9 56-42.8 10-117 53-1080 7-43 20-11 72-579 63-168 .375 10-21 .479 18-97 30:36

Opponents 525 474-2656 221.3 355-232-7 .654 3318 276.5 829-5974 497.8 47-39.6 20-158 28-596 9-111 17-7 57-519 69-150 .460 10-12 .556 26-158 29:24

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UAB BLAZERS

SPRING ROSTER NO. 83 20 16 39 33 86 71 21 16 19 56 28 25 5 27 23 98 8 15 3 31 4 45 4 18 8 88 7 93 3 30 64 5 6 7 11 36 42 2 24 12 9 62 17 43 55 18 36 70 1 58 76 38 17 80 13

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NAME Perry Able Dequindre Adams Ervin Alston Colin Anderson Ja’Won Arrington Kennard Backman Cameron Blankenship Kelton Brackett Jeremiah Briscoe Devon Brown Roscoe Byrd James Caligone Destin Challenger Cody Clements Jalen Coleman Tevin Crews Uneik Crumbley Jay Davis Kingsley Ejike Lamarcus Farmer Brandon Fuller Jake Ganus Neal Gray J.J. Green Trey Grissett Nyiakki Height Tristan Henderson Jordan Howard Parrish Huddleston Maudrecus Humphrey Jamal Hundley Vincent Hunter Kalen Jackson Nick Jackson Jimmy Jean Calvin Jones Kyle Lestrange Shaq Jones Ty Long Tajh Lowe Greg Maclin T.J. McCollum Carson Miller Mike Miller Robert Mondie Jontavious Morris Rodney Morris Hunter Mullins Hayden Naumann Jamarcus Nelson Dallas Noriega Brian O’Leary Scottie Peace Jordan Petty Steve Pickren Darius Powell

POS. SN WR LB PK RB TE OL CB QB CB OL CB LB QB LB SAM DL SAF DL CB LB LB TE WR JACK WR TE RB DL WR CB OL SAF SAF CB SAF TE LB PK SAF SAF LB OL QB DL DL TE P OL WR SN OL SAF CB DE WR

HT. 5-11 5-10 6-2 5-10 5-11 6-3 6-4 5-11 6-3 5-11 6-3 6-0 5-11 6-2 6-3 6-2 6-3 6-1 6-3 5-11 6-1 6-2 6-1 6-2 6-5 6-2 6-4 6-1 6-0 6-3 5-9 6-4 6-1 6-2 6-3 5-10 6-1 6-3 6-2 5-11 6-3 6-3 6-4 6-2 6-2 6-2 6-3 6-3 6-5 5-11 6-0 6-2 6-0 5-10 6-4 5-10

WT. 170 193 215 185 215 252 304 190 212 188 319 190 230 210 210 221 324 203 230 173 220 216 241 180 256 191 265 228 295 188 180 325 205 205 180 189 235 225 188 180 185 205 300 195 300 306 220 195 290 160 250 299 190 180 249 182

YR. R-Fr. Jr. So. Jr. Jr. Sr. Jr. Jr. R-Fr. So. Jr. R-Fr. Jr. Jr. R-Fr. Jr. Jr. Sr. R-Fr. Jr. R-Fr. Jr. So. So. Jr. Jr. Sr. So. So. Sr. Jr. R-Fr. Jr. So. Sr. Sr. R-Fr. Jr. Sr. R-Fr. So. R-Fr. Jr. Jr. Jr. Jr. R-Fr. Sr. Jr. Sr. Sr. Sr. So. So. R-Fr. Jr.

EXP. RS 2L 1L SQ SQ 3L 2L 2L RS 1L 2L RS 2L JC RS 2L 1L 3L RS 2L RS 2L SQ 1L 2L 2L 1L 1L SQ TR SQ RS JC 1L 1L 2L RS 2L 3L RS RS RS TR SQ TR 2L RS 2L 2L 3L 1L 3L SQ 1L RS 2L

HOMETOWN/HS, JC or COLLEGE Columbia, S.C./Newberry County Columbus, Ga./Carver Jacksonville, Fla./Fleming Island Stone Mountain, Ga./Stephenson Birmingham, Ala./Alabama A&M Austell, Ga./Whitefield Academy Alexander City, Ala./Benjamin Russell Mobile, Ala./Blount Houston, Texas/Stratford Hoover, Ala./Spain Park Albany, Ga./Albany Tulsa, Okla./Booker T. Washington Hoover, Ala./Spain Park Whittier, Calif./Cerritos College Daphne, Ala./Daphne Brent, Ala./Bibb County Americus, Ga./Americus-Sumter Lilburn, Ga./Parkview Covington, Ga./Newton Pensacola, Fla./West Florida Tech Birmingham, Ala./Clay-Chalkville Birmingham, Ala./Chelsea Chelsea. Ala./Chelsea Florence, Ala./Florence Warner Robins, Ga./Houston County Marietta, Ga./Osborne Los Alamitos, Calif./Cerritos College Gardendale, Ala./Gardendale Dorsey, Miss./Northeast Mississippi CC Hoover, Ala./Arkansas Trussville, Ala./Hewitt-Trussville Memphis, Tenn./Whitehaven Magee, Miss./Copiah-Lincoln CC Birmingham, Ala./Wenonah Pompano Beach, Fla./Arkansas Baptist Petal, Miss./Copiah-Lincoln JC Alpharetta, Ga./Milton Lanett, Ala./Lanett Roswell, Ga./Roswell Tulsa, Okla./Booker T. Washington Tanner, Ala./Tanner Birmingham, Ala./Clay-Chalkville Poplarville, Miss./Pearl River CC West Palm Beach, Fla./The King’s Academy Memphis, Tenn./Coahoma CC Albany, Ga./Albany Alpharetta, Ga./Alpharetta Tallassee, Ala./Tallassee Decatur, Ala./Decatur Midfield, Ala./Midfield Scottsdale, Ariz./Scottsdale JC Venice, Fla./Venice Nashville, Tenn./Hunters Lane Florence, Ala./Florence Pell City, Ala./Pell City Foley, Ala./Foley


UAB BLAZERS NO. 49 44 29 32 52 40 77 33 97 12 2 65 59 22 90 37 46 50

NAME Chris Rabb Mark Rawls Marcus Reaves Jordan Ricks Shaquille Roberson John Robinson Victor Salako Derek Slaughter Josh Smith Nolen Smith Jamari Staples Dominic Sylvester Nick Terrell D.J. Vinson Chris Walton Shalin Waterford Diaheem Watkins Daron Wright

POS. DE LB RB LB DL LB OL LB DL WR WR OL DL RB DE SAM DE DE

HT. 5-10 6-0 6-2 6-1 6-4 6-1 6-6 5-11 6-2 6-3 6-4 6-4 6-1 5-10 6-3 5-11 6-4 6-2

NAME Daniel Anousheh Bobby Baker Justin Brown Desman Carter Cody Clements Deontae Crumitie Demarco Davis Kelepi Folau Darvell Harris Parrish Huddleston Kalen Jackson Ryan Krum Collin Lisa Alonzo McGee Aeron McNeal Carson Miller Rolan Milligan Robert Mondie Evan Orth Quincy Perdue Joseph Roberts Kelvin Shelton Taz Wilson

POS. OL DB OL SAF QB OL DB OL DB DL DB OL WR LB RB OL DB DL QB WR DL OL QB

HT. 6-4 6-3 6-3 6-2 6-2 6-3 5-11 6-3 6-2 6-0 6-1 6-5 5-10 6-1 5-11 6-4 5-11 6-2 6-3 6-3 6-3 6-4 6-4

WT. 216 215 190 206 260 205 332 210 275 211 190 307 220 195 274 187 257 273

YR. Jr. R-Fr. So. So. Jr. R-Fr. So. Jr. Jr. Sr. So. Jr. So. Sr. Sr. Jr. Sr. Jr.

EXP. 2L RS TR SQ 2L RS 1L 2L SQ 3L 1L 1L RS 1L 3L 2L 3L 1L

HOMETOWN/HS, JC or COLLEGE Hueytown, Ala./Hueytown Homewood, Ala./Homewood Birmingham, Ala./Idaho State Birmingham, Ala./Wenonah Camp Hill, Ala./Reeltown Birmingham, Ala./Hoover Huntsville, Ala./Grissom Pelham, Ala./Univ. of Nebraska Birmingham, Ala./Jackson Olin Oneonta, Ala./Oneonta Lineville, Ala./Central Horseheads, N.Y./Alfred State College Pelham, Ala./Campbellsville Univ. Clay, Ala./Clay-Chalkville Atlanta, Ga./Grady Harvest, Ala./Sparkman Brent, Ala./Bibb County Atlanta, Ga./Grady

2014 SPRING SIGNEES WT. 270 195 295 205 210 270 172 305 180 295 205 325 180 225 180 300 185 300 200 210 215 270 207

YR. Jr. Jr. Fr. So. Jr. Fr. Fr. Jr. Jr. Jr. Jr. Jr. Fr. Jr. Fr. Jr. So. Jr. Fr. Fr. Fr. So. Fr.

HOMETOWN/HS, JC or COLLEGE Lancaster, Calif./Antelope Valley College Sherman Oaks, Calif./Pierce College Hampton, Ga./Lovejoy Pomona, Calif./Riverside City College Whittier, Calif./Cerritos College Lake City, Fla./Columbia Atlanta, Ga./Booker T. Washington Concord, Calif./Diablo Valley CC Chicago, Ill. (Dodge City Community College Dorsey, Miss./Northeast Mississippi CC Magee, Miss./Copiah-Lincoln CC El Cajon, Calif./Grossmont College Alpharetta, Ga./Chattahoochee Sumter, S.C./Georgia Military College Deerfield Beach, Fla./Deerfield Beach Poplarville, Miss./Pearl River CC Lake City, Fla./Reedley College Memphis, Tenn./Coahoma CC Neptune Beach, Fla./Fletcher Marietta, Ga./Lassiter Trussville, Ala./Trussville Moreno Valley, Calif./Mt. San Jacinto College Alpharetta, Ga./Chattahoochee

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UTEP MINERS


FOOTBALL STAFF

Sean Kugler (UTEP ‘89) Kugler’s UTEP Record Kugler’s Overall Record

El Paso, Texas 1914 22,749 Miners Dark Blue, Orange, Silver Accent Conference USA Dr. Diana Natalicio Bob Stull Sun Bowl (51,500) Matrix 46 Head Coach, 2nd year 2-10 (.167), 1 year 2-10 (.167), 1 year

Defensive Coordinator: Scott Stoker (Northwestern State, ‘89) Offensive Coordinator/Quarterbacks: Patrick Higgins (William Penn, ‘86) Assistant Head Coach/Off. Line: Spencer Leftwich (Stephen F. Austin, ‘88) Defensive Line: Andrew Browning (Boise State, ‘07) Speed, Strength and Conditioning: Kirk Davis (Akron, ‘98) Defensive Backs/Recruiting Coordinator: Gabe Franklin (Boise State, ‘04) Tight Ends Coach/Special Teams Coordinator: Brian Natkin (UTEP, ‘03) Asst. Special Teams/Nickelbacks/Safeties: Robert Rodriguez (UTEP, ‘04) Wide Receivers: Todd Whitten (Stephen F. Austin, ‘87) Assistant Athletic Director for Football Operations: Nate Poss (Rice, ‘78)


MEDIA INFORMATION SID Office Phone Cell Phone Fax E-Mail Website Press Box Phone Facebook Twitter

915-747-5224 915-747-5027 Denise Mata 915/747-6653 915/820-2458 915/747-5444 [email protected] www.UTEPAthletics.com 915/747-5154 UTEP Football @UTEPAthletics

2014 SCHEDULE

Aug. 30 Sept. 6 Sept. 13 Sept. 27 Oct. 4 Oct. 11 Oct. 25 Nov. 1 Nov. 8 Nov. 15 Nov. 21 (Fri.) Nov. 29

at New Mexico TEXAS TECH NEW MEXICO STATE at Kansas State at Louisiana Tech OLD DOMINION at UTSA SOUTHERN MISS at WKU NORTH TEXAS at Rice MIDDLE TENNESSEE


2013 RESULTS (2-10, 1-7 C-USA) S7 S14 S21 S28 O5 O12 O26 N2 N9 N16 N23 N30

NEW MEXICO L (OT) 35-42 0-1 at New Mexico State W 42-21 1-1 UTSA L 13-32 1-2 at Colorado State L 42-59 1-3 LOUISIANA TECH L 35-38 1-4 TULSA L 20-34 1-5 at Rice L 7-45 1-6 at (12) Texas A&M L 7-57 1-7 at North Texas L 7-41 1-8 FIU W 33-10 2-8 at Tulane L 3-45 2-9 at Middle Tennessee L 17-48 2-10 Conference USA games in bold; Home games in ALL CAPS

NOTING THE MINERS

The Miners will return senior Nathan Jeffery and sophomore Aaron Jones to the backfield. Both tailbacks were set back by injuries during the 2013 season but produced solid numbers when they were healthy. Jeffery, a downhill style bruising running back, gained 532 yards on 133 attempts (4.0 avg.) and five touchdowns (six total) in 10 games. Jones, a side-to-side speedy running back, received Third Team Freshman All-American honors from Athlon’s after ranking fifth among all FBS freshmen with 811 rushing yards in nine games. Senior quarterback Jameill Showers had his 2013 season cut short due to an injury. He played in seven games, producing 15 touchdowns (11 passing, four rushing), 1,263 yards and only four interceptions on 188 attempts. Included was a 365-yard, five touchdown performance against Colorado State. Before his injury, Showers was ranked tied for 28th in the nation in points responsible for (92) and had a passing efficiency rating of 128.40. Junior KR Autrey Golden is tied for second among active FBS players with four kickoff returns for touchdowns and his 28.1 career kickoff return average is ranked ninth among current players. He returned 28 kicks for 774 yards (27.6) and two touchdowns in 2013. Golden’s average ranked 10th nationally and ranked tied second for touchdown returns. The UTEP defense had a few bright spots during the 2013 season, namely two freshmen defensive backs in Devin Cockrell and Dashone Smith. Cockrell led the Miners with 76 tackles (46 solo, 30 assists) and ranked 18th in Conference USA, while Smith totaled 69 stops (37 solo, 32 assists) which ranked 23rd in the league. Smith had two interceptions, while Cockrell had one.

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TEAM INFORMATION


Pro Style 4-2-5 2-10 1-7/7th (West) 44/22 19 (8 off./7 def./4 spec.) 8 (3 off./4 def/1 spec.) 23



OFFENSIVE STARTERS RETURNING QB Jameill Showers RB Aaron Jones RB Darrin Laufasa WR Jordan Leslie WR Ian Hamilton LG Jerel Watkins C Paulo Melendez RG Kyle Brown TE Eric Tomlinson DEFENSIVE STARTERS RETURNING DL Roy Robertson-Harris LB Anthony Puente CB Adrian James DB Ishmael Harrison DB Wes Miller FS Devin Cockrell WS Dashone Smith SPECIALISTS RETURNING K Jay Mattox P Mike Ruggles KR Autrey Golden DS Nick Dooley KEY LOSSES LT Brander Craighead RT Mike Amdall DT Germard Reed DT Marcus Bagley DE James Davidson LB Horace Miller

8/3 7/4 4/1

Rushing Aaron Jones Nathan Jeffery TOTALS

Att. 155 133 534

Yds. 811 532 2216

Avg. 5.2 4.0 4.1

TD 4 5 17

Long 81 55 81

Passing Jamiell Showers Mack Leftwich TOTALS

Comp. 107 44 169

Att. 188 75 292

Pct. .569 .587 .579

INT 4 2 10

Yards 1263 458 1959

Receiving Jordan Leslie Eric Tomlinson Ian Hamilton Devin Patterson TOTALS

Rec 44 30 25 18 169

Yds. 612 304 354 211 1959

Avg. 13.9 10.1 14.2 11.7 11.6

TD 7 1 1 0 14

Long 75 28 53 32 75

Field Goals Jay Mattox TOTALS

Made-Att. 7-15 7-15

Pct. .467 .467

Long 45 45

Punting Mike Ruggles TOTALS

No. 56 67

Yards Avg. 2239 40.0 2589 38.6

In 20 16 18

Tackles Devin Cockrell Dashone Smith Anthony Puente James Davidson Horace Miller TOTALS

Solos 46 37 34 18 20 385

Ast 30 32 26 35 33 428

Total 76 69 60 53 53 813

Interceptions Dashone Smith Devin Cockrell TOTALS

No. 2 1 3

Yds. 0 0 0

Avg. 0.0 0.0 0.0

Long 73 73

TD 0 0 0



TD 11 2 14

UTEP 261 534-2216 184.7 292-169-10 .579 1959 163.2 826-4175 347.9 67-38.6 16-87 46-1130 3-0 16-8 48-409 75-187 .401 14-21 .670 13-81 32:26

Opponents 472 483-2974 247.8 273-161-3 .590 2646 220.5 756-5620 468.3 48-41.8 22-104 30-659 10-123 17-9 44-362 67-143 .467 8-11 .727 27-176 27:34

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SPRING ROSTER

NO. 4 83 61 23 63 40 62 35 9 49 90 27 98 91 70 74 64 32 12 52 75 22 54 18 44 84 80 7 8 14 67 2 5 93 76 1 25 29 16 30 15 60 16 53 48 97 45 56 47 59 12 13 33 6 10 81

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NAME Anthony Ashley Tyler Batson Jacob Bejarano Josh Bell Gino Bresolin Cooper Brock Kyle Brown Trey Brown Kevin Carreon Daniel Carrillo Maurice Chavis Devin Cockrell Eddie Custard Vince Czerniewski Jerome Daniels John De La Rosa Nick Dooley LaQuintus Dowell Romeo Drennan Dewan Edmonson Derek Elmendorff Jameel Erving Silas Firstley Katrae Ford Cooper Foster Cole Freytag Jacob Garcia Nick Gathrite Autrey Golden Ian Hamilton Christian Harper Ishmael Harrison Leon Hayes Matthew Heard Will Hernandez Adrian James Nathan Jeffery Aaron Jones Alvin Jones Darrin Laufasa Jeremiah Laufasa Eric Lee Mack Leftwich DeAndre Little Ranique Lovett Brian Madunezim Jacob Martinez Dominic Matson Jay Mattox Paulo Melendez Ryan Metz Wesley Miller Lawrence Montegut Brandon Moss Jimmy Musgrave Sterling Napier

UTEP MINERS POS. DB WR DT RB DL DL OL LB DB DB DL DB DL DL OL OL LS DB DB DL OL DB DL TE LB WR WR DB RB WR OL DB DB LB OL DB RB RB LB RB RB OL QB LB RB DL RB DL K/P OL QB DB LB WR LB TE

HT. 5-10 6-0 6-1 6-0 6-2 6-4 6-2 6-0 5-10 5-11 6-1 5-11 6-1 6-0 6-3 6-6 6-8 5-10 5-10 6-1 6-3 6-1 6-1 6-5 6-1 6-3 5-11 5-9 5-11 6-5 6-4 6-0 5-10 6-3 6-3 6-0 6-0 5-10 5-11 6-1 6-0 6-1 5-10 6-2 6-0 6-3 5-7 6-2 6-0 6-3 6-4 5-10 6-1 6-3 6-0 6-4

WT. 180 195 275 220 285 260 285 215 170 215 275 185 230 290 295 310 310 205 170 285 310 205 265 250 210 190 185 175 180 225 285 195 200 225 320 195 210 185 210 235 215 295 190 240 250 260 210 240 185 305 205 195 220 190 235 245

YR. So. Fr. Jr. Sr. So. Sr. Sr. Jr. Fr. So. Sr. So. Jr. Jr. So. SO. Jr. Jr. Fr. Fr. Fr. Sr. So. Sr. So. So. Sr. Sr. Jr. Sr. So. Jr. So. Jr. Fr. Sr. Sr. So. Fr. So. Jr. Jr. So. Sr. Fr. So. So. Jr. So. Sr. Fr. Sr. Fr. So. Jr. Fr.

EXP. TR HS SQ 2L 1L 2L 3L 2L HS SQ 1L 1L TR SQ 1L sq 2L 2L HS RS RS 1L 1L 3L 1L RS SQ 1L 2L 2L 1L 2L 1L TR RS 3L 3L 1L RS 1L TR TR 1L 3L RS SQ SQ SQ 1L 2L HS 3L HS 1L TR HS

HOMETOWN/HS, JC or COLLEGE Fort Worth, Texas/Texas College Spring, Texas/Westfield El Paso, Texas/New Mexico Military Institute Sugar Land, Texas/Kempner Redmond, Washington/Eastlake Copperas Cove, Texas/Copperas Cove Conroe, Texas/Conroe Brownwood, Texas/Lancaster El Paso, Texas/Riverside El Paso, Texas/El Paso Tucson, Ariz./Sabino/Pima CC Port Arthur, Texas/Memorial Faunsdale, Ala./Amelia Love Johnson/Alabama Pittsburgh, Pa./North Allegheny/Duquesne Little Elm, Texas/Little Elm Bay City, Texas/Bay City Scottsdale, Ariz./Scottsdale Christian Academy Humble, Texas/Humble El Paso, Texas/Americas Manvel, Texas/Manvel El Paso, Texas/Franklin Fontana, Calif./Summit HS/Riverside CC Mesquite, Texas/Poteet Houston, Texas/Westfield Cedar Park, Texas/Vista Ridge El Paso, Texas/Coronado El Paso, Texas/Riverside Riverside, Calif./Arlington/Riverside CC Willis, Texas/Willis Pasadena, Calif./St. Francis/Pasadena City College Galena Park, Texas/North Shore Red Oak, Texas/Red Oak Las Vegas, Nev./Desert Pines El Paso, Texas/Andress/NM State Las Vegas, Nev./Chaparral Dallas, Texas/Skyline Caddo Mills, Texas/Caddo Mills El Paso, Texas/Burges El Paso, Texas/Burges Bothell, Wash./Bothell Bothell, Wash./Washington State Riverside, Calif./Rancho Verde/Riverside City College Wexford, Penn./North Allegheny Ft. Huachuca, Ariz./Buena El Paso, Texas/Irvin Houston, Texas/Nimitz El Paso, Texas/Cathedral San Antonio, Texas/Warren Las Vegas, Nev./Las Vegas El Paso, Texas/Horizon El Paso, Texas/Andress Fresno, Calif./San Joaquin Memorial La Marque, Texas/La Marque El Paso, Texas/Chapin Victorville, Calif./Victor Valley College Rio Rancho, N.M./Cleveland


UTEP MINERS NO. 66 34 71 26 95 3 43 38 89 96 10 4 1 86 68 17 21 31 37 22 77 73 87 11 36 92 69 9 19

NAME Daniel Pena Anthony Puente Erik Ramirez Da’Carlos Renfro Devante Richardson Traun Roberson Roy Robertson-Harris Natanael Rodriguez Cole Rogers Mike Ruggles Guillermo Serrano Jarrad Shaw Jameill Showers Daniel Siller Josh Silvas Garrett Simpson Dashone Smith Robert Spencer Mikael Sroka Nathan Stukes Chris Thomas Chris Thummel Eric Tomlinson Malcolm Trail Nick Usher Alex Villarreal Jerel Watkins Jaquan White Ricky Williams

POS. DL LB OL DB DL DB DL DB TE K/P QB WR QB WR OL QB DB DB K/P WR OL OL TE WR DL DT OL WR DB

HT. 6-1 5-11 6-3 5-10 6-2 6-0 6-7 6-1 6-4 6-6 6-0 5-9 6-2 6-1 6-4 6-7 6-0 6-0 5-10 5-8 6-4 6-4 6-7 6-1 6-3 6-4 6-3 5-11 5-9

WT. 245 225 285 175 290 195 255 200 225 210 210 190 230 200 350 250 200 190 185 196 325 280 265 200 235 300 295 190 170

YR. So. Sr. Fr. Jr. So. Sr. Jr. Jr. Fr. So. Jr. Sr. Sr. Jr. Jr. So. So. Sr. Fr. Jr. So. Fr. Sr. Sr. So. Jr. Sr. So. Fr.

EXP. TR 3L RS 1L SQ 1L 2L SQ RS 1L TR TR 1L SQ TR 1L 1L 1L RS SQ TR RS 3L 3L 1L TR 3L SQ RS

HOMETOWN/HS, JC or COLLEGE El Paso, Texas/Eastern New Mexico San Antonio, Texas/Marshall El Paso, Texas/Del Valle Orange, Texas/West Orange-Stark Fort Worth, Texas/Juan Seguin DeSoto, Texas/DeSoto Grand Prairie, Texas/South Grand Prairie EL Paso, Texas/Jefferson Dripping Springs, Texas/Dripping Springs Lutz, Fla./Steinbrenner El Paso, Texas/North Texas Los Angeles, Calif./St. Bernard/El Camino JC Killeen, Texas/Shoemaker/Texas A&M Torreon, Coahuila, Mexico/Universidad de las Americas Puebla

El Paso, Texas/New Mexico Military Institute The Colony, Texas/The Colony Spring, Texas/Klein Oak Tyler, Texas/John Tyler Argyle, Texas/Liberty Christian Anderson, S.C./Montwood Lancaster, Texas/Lancaster/Cisco College El Paso, Texas/Hanks Klein, Texas/Klein Dallas, Texas/Life School Oak Cliff Los Angeles, Calif./Serra Hidalgo, Texas/NE Oklahoma A&M Channelview, Texas/Channelview Dallas, Texas/Lancaster El Paso, Texas/Chapin

2014 SPRING SIGNEES NAME Jerrod Brooks Mookie Carlile Luke Elsner Jason Fao Stephen Forester Derron Gatewood David Hamm Treyvon Hughes Adrian Hynson Chris Jones Nick Jones Joseph Kraemer Christopher Misaalefua Jimmy Musgrave Sterling Napier Nik Needham Warren Redix Eddie Sinegal Mike Sota Sloan Spiller Justen Tatum Augie Touris Alex Villarreal

POS. OT DB DE NG DE OG RB RB DB OC TE DE OT LB TE DB WR WR DT FB LB DE DT

HT. 6-5 6-1 6-3 6-0 6-1 6-3 6-0 5-11 5-10 6-1 6-7 6-3 6-5 6-0 6-4 5-11 5-10 6-0 6-4 6-0 6-1 6-4 6-4

WT. 305 200 240 300 230 295 220 220 185 300 260 245 355 235 245 185 175 170 260 225 240 235 300

YR. Fr. Fr. Fr. Fr. Fr. Fr. Fr. Fr. Fr. Fr. Jr. Fr. Fr. Jr. Fr. Fr. Fr. Fr. Fr. Fr. Fr. Fr. Jr.

HOMETOWN/HS, JC or COLLEGE Dallas, Texas/Seagoville Stephenville, Texas/Stephenville Seymour, Wis./Seymour Long Beach, Calif./Long Beach Poly Mesquite, Texas/Dallas Christian Odessa, Texas/Permian Klein, Texas/Klein Carrollton, Texas/Hebron Corpus Christi, Texas/Flour Bluff Corsicana, TexasCorsicana Buffalo, N.Y./Erie Community College Kettering, Ohio/Archbishop Alter Lindsay, Calif./Lindsay Victorville, Calif./Victor Valley College Rio Ranch, N.M./Cleveland Buena Park, Calif./Buena Park El Paso, Texas/Montwood El Paso, Texas/Andress Placenta, Calif./Valencia Katy, Texas/Katy Dallas, Texas/First Baptist Academy Buffalo, N.Y./Canisius Hidalgo, Texas/Northeastern Oklahoma A&M College

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2014 SCHEDULE


FOOTBALL STAFF

Larry Coker (Northeastern State ‘70) Coker’s UTSA Record Coker’s Overall Record

San Antonio, Texas 1969 28,234 Roadrunners Navy blue, orange and white Conference USA Dr. Ricardo Romo Lynn Hickey Alamodome (65,000) FieldTurf

Head Coach, 3rd year 12-10 (.545), 2 years 72-25 (.742), 8 years

Offensive Coordinator/Quarterbacks: Kevin Brown (TCU, ‘06) Special Teams Coordinator/Safeties: Perry Eliano (Stephen F. Austin, ‘00) Running Backs: Polo Gutierrez (New Mexico State, ‘09) Receivers: Tony Jeffery (Texas, ‘07) Offensive Linemen: Jim Marshall (Tennessee-Martin, ‘71) Defensive Coordinator/Linebackers: Neal Neathery (Wheaton, ‘93) Cornerbacks: Jeff Popovich (Miami (Fla.), ‘00) Tight Ends: Charlie Reeve (Texas State, ‘04) Defensive Linemen: Eric Roark (SE Oklahoma State, ‘84) Graduate Assistant - defense: Matthew Kraft (Wabash, ‘10) Graduate Assistant - defense Benny Morrison (Drake, ‘11) Strength and Conditioning: Charlie Dudley Director of Operations: Shane Elder Operations Coordinator: Adam Cain


SPORTS INFORMATION Assistant AD/Football SID Office Phone Cell Phone Fax E-Mail Website Press Box Phone Facebook Twitter

Aug. 30 Sept. 4 (Thu.) Sept. 13 Sept. 20 Sept. 27 Oct. 4 Oct. 11 Oct. 18 Oct. 25 Nov. 1 Nov. 8 Nov. 13 (Thu.) Nov. 22 Nov. 29

210-458-5011 210-458-5002

Kyle Stephens 210-458-4551 210-887-3636 210-458-4569 [email protected] www.goUTSA.com 210-704-6200 UTSA Athletics @UTSAAthletics

at Houston ARIZONA at Oklahoma State Bye at Florida Atlantic NEW MEXICO FIU at Louisiana Tech UTEP Bye at Rice SOUTHERN MISS at WKU NORTH TEXAS



at New Mexico W 21-13 1-0 OKLAHOMA STATE L 35-56 1-1 at Arizona L 13-38 1-2 at UTEP W 32-13 2-2 HOUSTON L 28-59 2-3 at Marshall L 10-34 2-4 RICE L 21-27 2-5 UAB W 52-31 3-5 at Tulsa W 34-15 4-5 TULANE W 10-7 5-5 at North Texas W 21-13 6-5 LOUISIANA TECH W 30-10 7-5 Conference USA games in bold; Home games in ALL CAPS

NOTING THE ROADRUNNERS

The Roadrunners closed out the 2013 season with five straight victories, finishing in a tie for second place in the West Division at 6-2 in league play and 7-5 overall. In just its third season of football UTSA missed out on playing in the C-USA Championship by one victory (or a loss by Rice in its regular season finale) UTSA returns a nation-leading 39 seniors and a total of 21 starters this season (nine on offense, 10 on defense, a kicker and a punter). Second-Team All-Conference USA honorees Scott Inskeep (OG) and Triston Wade (S) are among the UTSA returnees. Also back is C-USA All-Freshman Team selection Codie Brooks (DE) and Second-Team Academic All-American Nate Leonard (C). Leonard is the only player to start all 34 games in program history. The Roadrunners will play their first-ever non-Saturday game when they open their home slate on Thursday, Sept. 4 against Arizona in a nationally-televised contest. UTSA will also host Southern Miss in a Thursday night home tilt on Nov. 13. UTSA’s average home attendance last season was 29,214 and that figure ranked second in C-USA. The Roadrunners, who began play in 2011, have averaged 31,320 fans in their 18 all-time home contests.

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TEAM INFORMATION


Multiple 4-2-5 7-5 6-2 T2nd (West) 51/8 23 (10 off./8 def./5 spec.) 4 (1 off./3 def/0 spec.) 16



OFFENSIVE STARTERS RETURNING RB David Glasco II FB Nate Shaw WR Kam Jones WR Brandon Freeman LT Cody Harris LG Scott Inskeep C Nate Leonard RG William Cavanaugh RT Josh Walker TE Jeremiah Moeller DEFENSIVE STARTERS RETURNING DE Cody Rogers DE Robert Singletary DT Richard Burge DT Ashaad Mabry MLB Drew Douglas SS Nic Johnston R Brian King FS Triston Wade CB Crosby Adams CB Bennett Okotcha SPECIALISTS RETURNING K Sean Ianno P Kristian Stern KR Jarveon Williams PR Kenny Harrison DS Jesse Medrano KEY LOSSES QB Eric Soza LB Steven Kurfehs

10/1 10/1 5/0

Rushing David Glasco II Evans Okotcha TOTALS

Att. 95 93 426

Yds. 496 386 2105

Avg. 5.2 4.2 4.9

TD 5 2 23

Long 47 38 84

Passing Eric Soza Tucker Carter TOTALS

Comp. 236 23 259

Att. 377 33 412

Pct. .626 .697 .629

INT 11 2 13

Yards 2719 190 2909

Receiving Kam Jones Brandon Freeman Kenny Harrison Marcellus Mack TOTALS

Rec 34 24 23 22 259

Yds. 345 255 201 169 2909

Avg. 10.1 10.6 8.7 7.7 11.2

TD 1 0 0 0 13

Long 35 53 35 17 67

Field Goals Sean Ianno TOTALS

Made-Att. 11-19 11-19

Pct. .579 .579

Long 43 43

Punting Kristian Stern TOTALS

No. 50 54

Yards Avg. 2021 40.4 2117 39.2

In 20 11 12

Tackles Triston Wade Steven Kurfehs Nic Johnston Drew Douglas Brian King TOTALS

Solos 49 42 25 23 23 392

Ast 45 40 45 46 38 514

Total 94 82 70 69 61 906

Interceptions Triston Wade Cody Berry TOTALS

No. 2 2 8

Yds. 93 32 166

Avg. 46.5 16.0 20.8

Long 60 60

TD 1 0 1



TD 12 1 13

UTSA 307 426-2105 175.4 412-259-13 .629 2909 242.4 838-5014 417.8 54-39.2 10-52 36-755 8-166 14-8 75-666 75-167 .449 10-13 .769 21-127 32:24

Opponents 316 429-1717 143.1 412-241-8 .585 2799 233.2 841-4516 376.3 57-41.3 22-138 40-880 13-211 10-6 68-525 77-172 .447 6-17 .353 18-96 27:36

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NO. 4 5 14 26 49 81 16 94 23 20 61 6 63 30 16 71 44 64 53 33 74 99 40 77 32 45 8 84 11 70 88 86 48 41 68 18 6 19 66 12 83 92 79 42 57 22 85 1 10 46 75 55 89 31 97 9

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NAME Crosby Adams III Brandon Armstrong N’Keal Bailey Trevor Baker Matt Bayliss Kenny Bias Fred Blow Codie Brooks Tevin Broussard Andre Brown Richard Burge Tucker Carter William Cavanaugh Justin Chavez Tyrell Clay Cody Cole Treston Coleman Jay Craft II Marcos Curry Chase Dahlquist Reed Darragh John Paul Davila Blake Dean Alex Delgado Drew Douglas Justyn Eddins Michael Egwuagu Brandon Freeman David Glasco II Jordan Gray Aaron Grubb Seth Grubb Gage Hadlock Cedric Haley Cody Harris Kenny Harrison Aneas Henricks Sean Hesler Zach Hester Earon Holmes Cole Hubble Sean Ianno Scott Inskeep Jens Jeters Drew Johnson Nic Johnston Brady Jones Kam Jones Brian King Cade Laufer Anthony Lee, Jr. Nate Leonard Miles Lerch Joseph Lizcano Ashaad Mabry Marcellus Mack

UTSA ROADRUNNERS POS. CB RB CB CB DS WR CB DE S CB DT QB OG/C S WR OT RB OG LB S OG DT TE OT LB DE S WR RB OT WR WR S LB OT WR CB WR OG WR TE PK OG LB DS S WR WR S TE DT C WR S DT WR

HT. 5-9 5-6 5-11 6-2 6-6 6-1 5-9 6-1 6-0 5-11 6-3 6-3 6-1 5-10 5-9 6-5 5-10 6-3 5-11 6-0 6-4 6-1 6-1 6-5 6-1 6-3 6-0 5-10 5-10 6-2 5-8 5-9 5-11 6-2 6-5 5-9 5-11 5-11 6-4 6-4 6-2 6-3 6-4 6-1 6-0 6-2 5-10 5-11 6-1 6-2 6-1 6-0 5-10 5-11 6-3 6-0

WT. 185 155 165 190 220 175 180 250 190 170 290 225 300 180 175 285 245 280 215 190 280 290 240 305 225 250 215 175 200 260 170 185 200 215 300 170 170 175 315 190 235 215 300 240 220 210 180 190 195 230 280 280 170 210 315 195

YR. Sr. Sr. Fr. Jr. Fr. Jr. Jr. So. Sr. Sr. Sr. Sr. Jr. Fr. Fr. So. So. Jr. Fr. So. Fr. Fr. Jr. So. Jr. Jr. So. Sr. Sr. Jr. Jr. Sr. So. So. Sr. Sr. Fr. Jr. Jr. Sr. Sr. Sr. Sr. Sr. Sr. Sr. Fr. Sr. Sr. Jr. Fr. Sr. So. Sr. Sr. Sr.

EXP. 3L 3L RS RS RS 2L SQ 1L 1L 1L 3L SQ 1L RS RS 1L SQ RS RS 1L RS RS SQ SQ 1L RS 1L 3L 3L 1L 2L 3L SQ TR 3L 3L RS SQ 2L 3L 3L 2L 3L 1L 1L 3L RS 3L 2L SQ RS 3L SQ 3L 3L 3L

HOMETOWN/HS, JC or COLLEGE San Antonio, Texas/Roosevelt San Antonio, Texas/Roosevelt Princeton, Texas/Princeton Prather, Calif./Sierra HS/Fresno CC Tulsa, Okla./Holland Hall San Antonio, Texas/Stevens Humble, Texas/Atascocita/Air Force Seguin, Texas/Seguin Beaumont, Texas/Central/Blinn JC Tampa, Fla./Alonso/College of the Desert Houston, Texas/Stratford Allen, Texas/Allen/Trinity Valley CC New Braunfels, Texas/Canyon Irving, Texas/MacArthur Corpus Christi, Texas/Miller Fort Myers, Fla./Bishop Verot Frankston, Texas/Frankston Houston, Texas/Westfield Round Rock, Texas/Stony Point Tulsa, Okla./Union Buda, Texas/Hayes San Antonio, Texas/Lanier Temple, Texas/Temple/West Texas A&M Boerne, Texas/Boerne Garland, Texas/Sachse Newhall, Calif./Hart/College of the Canyons Pflugerville, Texas/Connally Cameron, Texas/Yoe/New Mexico State San Antonio, Texas/Wagner Fort Worth, Texas/Trimble Tech La Vernia, Texas/La Vernia La Vernia, Texas/La Vernia New Braunfels, Texas/Canyon Pflugerville, Texas/Connally/Cisco JC Spring Branch, Texas/Smithson Valley Linden, Texas/Linden-Kildare Bastrop, Texas/Bastrop Marion, Texas/Marion Houston, Texas/Aldin San Antonio, Texas/Brackenridge Bandera, Texas/Bandera Pflugerville, Texas/Pflugerville McAllen, Texas/McAllen Simi Valley, Calif./Simi Valley/Pierce JC Denton, Texas/Guyer/Sam Houston State Coppell, Texas/Coppell George West, Texas/George West Edna, Texas/Edna Orlando, Fla./Evans/Hutchinson CC Houston, Texas/Westside Missouri City, Texas/Marshall McKinney, Texas/McKinney Houston, Texas/St. Thomas Schertz, Texas/Clemens San Antonio, Texas/MacArthur Giddings, Texas/Giddings


NO. 58 67 95 56 15 82 96 90 21 34 60 13 91 51 65 29 3 43 72 25 27 50 24 38 87 69 59 17 52 78 13 7 76 47 19 37 2

NAME Ferrington Macon Kyle McKinney Jesse Medrano Dalton Miller Josiah Monroe David Morgan II Jason Neill Skylar Nelson Bennett Okotcha Tank O’Neal Juan Perez Daniel Portillo Brian Price Payton Rion Michael Roberson Ragan Robichaux Austin Robinson Cody Rogers Kris Salinas Mauricio Sanchez Nate Shaw Robert Singletary Darrien Starling Kristian Stern Trevor Stevens Brent Swanson T.J. Talashek Aron Taylor Blake Terry Kennedy Ubabuike Brian Vaughn Triston Wade Josh Walker Josh Ward Darrick Watkins Duke Wheeler Jarveon Williams

NAME David Anzaldua Carl Austin III Blake Bogenschutz Joseph Brooks Greg Campbell Triston Crossland Marcus Davenport Stanley Dye Nathaniel Gaines Cameron Oliver Jalen Rhodes Isaiah Santos Kevin Strong Kerry Thomas Justin Todd Kelby Wickline

UTSA ROADRUNNERS POS. DT OG DS LB WR TE DE DE CB LB C PK/P DT OG OT S QB DE OG S RB DE CB P/PK TE OG C WR LB DT RB S OT PK/P CB S RB

HT. 5-11 6-4 5-9 5-11 5-6 6-4 6-2 6-3 6-0 6-0 6-2 6-0 6-3 6-3 6-3 6-1 6-3 6-0 6-3 6-0 5-11 6-2 5-9 5-11 6-4 5-11 6-0 6-1 5-11 6-3 5-6 5-11 6-3 5-10 6-1 5-10 5-9

POS. OT S QB DT WR HB DE CB S TE RB S DT WR LB OT

HT. 6-6 6-1 6-1 6-1 6-1 6-3 6-6 5-10 6-2 6-5 5-9 6-0 6-3 6-0 6-0 6-5

WT. 305 300 220 220 170 260 260 250 195 210 275 160 315 285 300 190 220 250 280 195 235 250 195 185 250 270 295 200 220 290 180 165 295 220 210 200 195

YR. Sr. Fr. Sr. So. Sr. Jr. Jr. Fr. Jr. Fr. Fr. Fr. Jr. Sr. Jr. Jr. Fr. Sr. Fr. Jr. Sr. Sr. Sr. Sr. So. So. So. Fr. Sr. Jr. Jr. Sr. Sr. Sr. Jr. Jr. So.

EXP. 3L RS 3L 1L 3L 2L 2L RS 1L RS RS RS 1L 2L SQ SQ RS 3L RS 2L 3L 1L 3L 2L 1L SQ TR RS 3L SQ SQ 3L 2L 2L SQ TR 1L

HOMETOWN/HS, JC or COLLEGE Corpus Christi, Texas/Carroll Boerne, Texas/Champion San Antonio, Texas/Jay San Antonio, Texas/Warren Bastrop, Texas/Bastrop Marble Falls, Texas/Marble Falls Flower Mound, Texas/Marcus San Antonio, Texas./Alamo Heights Coppell, Texas/Coppell/Oklahoma Grand Prairie, Texas/South Grand Prairie North Richland Hills, Texas/Birdville Pflugerville, Texas/Connally Lafayette, Ind./McCutcheon/Hancock JC Bulverde, Texas/Smithson Valley Pflugerville, Texas/Pflugerville Kingwood, Texas/Park/Northwestern State Houston, Texas/Episcopal San Antonio, Texas/Brandeis San Antonio, Texas/Southwest San Antonio, Texas/Warren Austin, Texas/Anderson Kingwood, Texas/Kingwood/Baylor Tyler, Texas/John Tyler San Antonio, Texas/Alamo Heights Friendswood, Texas/Friendswood Corpus Christi, Texas/Carroll Sunnyvale, Texas/Sunnyvale/Coastal Carolina/UTEP San Antonio, Texas/Warren Denton, Texas/Guyer San Antonio, Texas/Warren/Texas A&M-Kingsville Fort Worth, Texas/All Saints Tyler, Texas/John Tyler League City, Texas/Clear Springs Pleasanton, Texas/Pleasanton Katy, Texas/Katy/Prairie View A&M Tyler, Texas/John Tyler/Texas A&M-Commerce Converse, Texas/Judson

2014 SPRING SIGNEES WT. 330 180 180 290 195 220 215 170 175 230 180 185 285 200 220 245

YR. Fr. Fr. Fr. Fr. Fr. Fr. Fr. Fr. Fr. Fr. Fr. Fr. Fr. Fr. Fr. Fr.

HOMETOWN/HS, JC or COLLEGE Edinburg, Texas/North Austin, Texas/St. Stephen’s Episcopal Carthage, Texas/Carthage San Angelo, Texas/Central Humble, Texas/Atascocita Corpus Christi, Texas/Calallen San Antonio, Texas/Stevens Orange Park, Fla./Ridgeview Mesquite, Texas/Poteet Owasso, Okla./Owasso Rowlett, Texas/Rowlett Spring, Texas/Klein Collins Cleveland, Texas/Cleveland College Station, Texas/A&M Consolidated Orange Park, Fla./Oakleaf Stillwater, Okla./Stillwater

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2014 C-USA FOOTBALL PROSPECTUS FIU - Florida Atlantic - Louisiana Tech - Marshall - Middle Tennessee - North Texas WE PLAY FOR YOU

Old Dominion - Rice - Southern Miss - UAB - UTEP - UTSA - WKU

WKU HILLTOPPERS

2014 SCHEDULE

QUICK FACTS

Location Founded Enrollment Nickname Colors Conference Chancellor/President Athletics Director Stadium Surface

Bowling Green, Ky. 1906 21,124 Hilltoppers Red and White Conference USA Dr. Gary Ransdell Todd Stewart Houchens Industries/L.T. Smith Stadium (22,113) FieldTurf

FOOTBALL STAFF

Jeff Brohm (Louisville, ‘94) WKU Record Overall Record

Head Coach, 1st year 0-0 (.000), 1st year 0-0 (.000), 1st year

Asst. Head Coach/Defensive Coordinator Nick Holt (U. of Pacific, ‘86) Offensive Coordinator/Quarterbacks: Tyson Helton (Houston, ‘99) Cornerbacks/Special Teams: Ricky Brumfield (Utah State, ‘99) Offensive Line: Neil Callaway (Alabama, ‘78) Secondary: Mike Cassity (Kentucky, ‘77) Defensive Ends: Ken Delgado (San Jose State, ‘84) Defensive Tackles: Don Dunn (East Tennessee State, ‘76) Running Backs: Greg Nord (Kentucky, ‘80) Wide Receivers: JaMarcus Shephard (DePauw, ‘05)



270-745-2984 270-745-3444

Kyle Neaves 270-745-3756 228-424-6921 270-745-3444 [email protected] www.WKUSports.com 270-745-6940 WKUAthletics @WKUSports

Aug. 29 (Fri.) Sept. 6 Sept. 13 Sept. 27 Oct. 4 Oct. 18 Oct. 25 Nov. 1 Nov. 8 Nov. 15 Nov. 22 Nov. 28 (Fri.)

BOWLING GREEN at Illinois at Middle Tennessee at Navy UAB at Florida Atlantic OLD DOMINION at Louisiana Tech UTEP ARMY UTSA at Marshall


2013 RESULTS (8-4, 4-3 Sun Belt) A31 S7 S14 S21 S28 O3 O15 O26 N2 N9 N23 N30

vs. Kentucky (Nashville) at Tennessee at South Alabama MORGAN STATE NAVY at La.-Monroe LA.-LAFAYETTE TROY at Georgia State at Army at Texas State ARKANSAS STATE Sun Belt games in bold; Home

W 35-26 L 20-52 L 24-31 W 58-17 W 19-7 W 31-10 L 20-37 L 26-32 W 44-28 W 21-17 W 38-7 W 34-31 games in ALL CAPS

NOTING THE HILLTOPPERS

A native Kentuckian and one of the state’s most notable football products, Hilltopper assistant head coach and offensive coordinator Jeff Brohm has been elevated to head coach at WKU. An 11-year collegiate coaching veteran with experience in the Big Ten, Big East, C-USA and Sun Belt conferences, Brohm directed a high-flying, highscoring offensive attack that shattered 18 single-season school records including total offense, individual passing yards and individual rushing yards in his first season as the Hilltoppers’ offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach at WKU in 2013. WKU will be looking to replace All-American running back Antonio Andrews in its first season as C-USA member. Over the past two seasons, Andrews led the nation in all-purpose yardage including tallying 3,161 during his junior year (2012), becoming only the second player in NCAA history to surpass 3,000 AP yards. Over that two-year span, Andrews set an NCAA record for the most AP yards in consecutive seasons with 5,780 yards. WKU will have a young defense in 2014, replacing all of its linebackers and three of four starters in the secondary. Lost were the team’s top five tacklers that tallied 362 tackles (36 for loss), eight interceptions and seven forced fumbles. Linebacker Xavius Boyd was the Sun Belt Conference’s Defensive Player of the Year while defensive back Jonathan Dowling led the FBS in forced fumbles (six). WKU enters the year as the only team in the nation with an active streak of four or more seasons with a 1,500+ yard rusher and just the fourth to hit that mark in NCAA history. The Hilltoppers are one of just nine programs from non-AQ conferences to have seven or more wins in the past three seasons.

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TEAM INFORMATION Offensive Formation Defensive Formation 2013 Overall Record 2013 Conference Record / Finish Lettermen Returning/Lost Starters Returning Starters Lost 2014 Newcomers

Multiple 4-3 8-4 4-3/3rd (Sun Belt) 46/18 15 (9 off./4 def./2 ST) 10 (2 off./7 def./1 ST) 25

OFFENSIVE STARTERS RETURNING QB Brandon Doughty WR Willie McNeal WR Joel German WR Taywan Taylor OL Forrest Lamp OL Max Halpin OL Cam Clemmons OL Darrel Williams TE Micthell Henry DEFENSIVE STARTERS RETURNING DT Devante Terrell DT Bryan Shorter DE Gavin Rocker CB Cam Thomas SPECIALISTS RETURNING K Garrett Schwettman DS Nolan Dowling KEY LOSSES RB/RS Antonio Andrews LG Luis Polanco RT Ed Hazelett DE Bar’ee Boyd LB Xavius Boyd LB Andrew Jackson DB Jonathan Dowling S Arius Wright CB Tyree Robinson

Att. 267 72 468

Yds. 1730 357 2362

Avg. 6.5 5.0 5.0

TD 16 5 31

Long 65 26 65

Passing Brandon Doughty Nelson Fishback TOTALS

Comp. 246 13 266

Att. 374 18 407

Pct. .658 .722 .654

INT 14 0 16

Yards 2857 174 3140

Receiving Willie McNeal Antonio Andrews Nicholas Norris TOTALS

Rec 46 41 33 266

Yds. 599 478 431 3140

Avg. 13.0 11.7 13.1 11.8

TD 5 0 4 15

Long 56 60 36 60

Pct. .812 .812

Long 44 44 In 20 14 15

Field Goals Made-Att. Garrett Schwettman 13-16 TOTALS 13-16

2014 PRESEASON RETURNEES STARTERS Offensive Returning/Lost Defensive Returning/Lost Special Teams Returning/Lost

Rushing Antonio Andrews Leon Allen TOTALS

9/2 4/7 2/1

Punting Hendrix Brakefield TOTALS

No. 31 37

Yards Avg. 1220 39.4 1417 38.3

Tackles Xavius Boyd Andrew Jackson Jonathan Dowling Arius Wright Tyree Robinson TOTALS

Solos 68 55 55 34 30 473

Ast 35 40 12 21 12 286

Total 103 95 67 55 42 759

Interceptions Cam Thomas Tyree Robinson TOTALS

No. 5 4 14

Yds. 61 39 118

Avg. 12.2 9.8 8.4

Long 52 52

TD 0 0 0



TD 14 1 15

WKU 370 468-2362 196.8 407-266-16 .654 3140 261.7 875-5502 458.5 37-38.3 20-136 41-773 14-118 26-15 74-559 73-158 .462 12-24 .500 27-160 32:22

Opponents 295 451-1935 161.2 312-181-14 .580 2135 177.9 763-4070 339.2 51-41.1 11-112 53-1065 16-303 17-7 76-641 74-164 .451 7-15 .467 20-143 27:38

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2014 C-USA FOOTBALL PROSPECTUS FIU - Florida Atlantic - Louisiana Tech - Marshall - Middle Tennessee - North Texas WE PLAY FOR YOU SPRING ROSTER NO. 33 84 79 78 54 28 89 52 35 95 34 74 12 47 6 9 14 6 93 86 70 80 82 99 30 29 18 73 68 76 53 45 71 10 49 39 69 15 15 24 97 72 8 90 17 51 59 48 46 77 88 56 11 94 41

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NAME Leon Allen Rashaan Allen Charleston Antwine Maurice Bennett Daeshawn Bertram Rico Brown Stephon Brown Cameron Clemmons Demetrius Coley Raphael Cox Drew Davis Daevonte Dawson Brandon Doughty Nolan Dowling Devante Duclos Nelson Fishback Juwan Gardner Joel German DeMarcus Glover Tim Gorski Max Halpin Mitchell Henry Tyler Higbee D’Von Isaac Prince Charles Iworah Leverick Johnson Shaquille Johnson Kyle Jones Jabari Jordan Forrest Lamp Julian Leslie Branden Leston Justin Martinez Willie McNeal Nehemiah Mkanta Mike Mugler Matt Nord Nicholas Norris Joseph Occhipinti Dalton Patterson Jamichael Payne Connor Popeck Todd Porter Marquez Pride Daqual Randall Brandon Ray Tanner Reeves Kalvin Robinson Eric Robinson-Berry Donald Rocker Gavin Rocker Garrett Schwettman Devin Scott Bryan Shorter De’Andre Simmons


WKU HILLTOPPERS POS. RB TE OL OL LB DB WR OL RB DL LB DL QB LS LB QB DB WR DL TE OL TE TE DL DB DB LB OL DL OL DL LB OL WR WR K OL WR K DB DL OL QB DL LB OL DL DL LB OL DL K TE DL DB

HT. 6-0 6-4 6-5 6-2 6-0 5-11 5-8 6-6 6-2 6-3 6-1 6-0 6-3 6-3 6-1 6-2 6-1 6-0 6-4 6-7 6-3 6-4 6-5 6-4 5-11 6-1 6-4 6-4 5-8 6-4 6-3 6-3 6-3 5-10 6-0 5-10 6-6 5-10 6-3 6-3 6-1 6-4 6-4 6-1 6-0 6-3 6-4 6-5 6-1 6-4 6-2 5-11 6-4 6-2 5-11

WT. 235 247 290 300 220 185 184 305 254 270 215 270 210 206 220 215 200 185 240 253 295 245 233 275 193 190 223 300 267 296 237 215 275 180 189 185 309 175 190 188 332 295 195 247 245 285 230 233 220 296 230 160 251 285 180

YR. Jr. R-Fr. R-Jr. Jr. R-Fr. R-Sr. Jr. R-Sr. R-Sr. Sr. So. R-Fr. R-Sr. R-So. So. Jr. R-Fr. R-Sr. So. R-Jr. R-So. Sr. R-Jr. So. R-Jr. R-Fr. So. R-Fr. R-Fr. R-So. R-So. R-So. R-Fr. R-Sr. R-Sr. R-Sr. R-So. So. So. R-Jr. Sr. R-Sr. So. R-So. Jr. R-Fr. R-Fr. So. R-Jr. R-Fr. R-Jr. Jr. R-Jr. R-Jr. R-Fr.

EXP. 2L SQ SQ 1L SQ 3L SQ 3L 2L 1L 1L SQ 1L 1L 1L 1L SQ 2L 1L 2L 1L 3L 2L 1L 1L HS 1L SQ SQ 1L SQ SQ SQ 3L SQ 1L 1L 1L 1L 1L 2L 1L 1L SQ 2L SQ SQ 1L SQ SQ 2L 2L 1L 2L SQ

HOMETOWN/HS, JC or COLLEGE Bradenton, Fla./Manatee Fort Knox, Ky./Fort Knox Texarkana, Texas/Texas/Trinity Valley CC Madison, Miss./Madison Central/East Mississippi CC Louisville, Ky./Trinity Berea, Ky./Madison Southern McDonough, Ga./Henry County Mt. Juliet, Tenn./Wilson Central Bay Minette, Ala./Baldwin County Cedar Hill, Texas/Trinity Christian/Trinity Valley CC Madison, Ala./Bob Jones Louisville, Ky./Eastern Davie, Fla./North Broward Prep Belleville, Ill./Belleville East Miami, Fla./Miami Central Oroville, Calif./Durham/Butte College Louisville, Ky./DuPont Manual Fort Myers, Fla./Dunbar Pensacola, Fla./Pine Forest Chicago, Ill./St. Rita Fort Mitchell, Ky./Covington Catholic Elizabethtown, Ky./Elizabethtown Clearwater, Fla./East Lake Alpharetta, Ga./Alpharetta Nashville, Tenn./Father Ryan Miami, Fla./Northwestern Lake City, Fla./Columbia Mulberry, Fla./Mulberry Louisville, Ky./Trinity Venice, Fla./Venice Miami, Fla./Coral Reef Clearwater, Fla./Clearwater/Presbyterian College Port Saint Lucie, Fla./St. Lucie West Centennial Bradenton, Fla./Braden River Bowling Green, Ky./Greenwood Virginia Beach, Va./First Colonial Louisville, Ky./DeSales Miami, Fla./Booker T. Washington Nashville, Tenn./Hillsboro New Orleans, La./O. Perry Walker HS/Ark. Baptist College

Auburn, Ala./Auburn Olive Branch, Miss./St. Georgia/Itawamba CC O’Fallon, Ill./O’Fallon Madison, Ala./Bob Jones Palmetto, Fla./Palmetto Madison, Ala./Bob Jones Lakeland, Fla./George W. Jenkins Birmingham, Ala./Vestavia Hills Indianapolis, Ind./Warren Central Jacksonville, Fla./Sandalwood Tyrone, Ga./Sandy Creek Murray, Ky./Calloway County Indianapolis, Ind./Warren Central Phenix City, Ala./Central-Phenix Royal Palm Beach, Fla./Royal Palm Beach


NO. 75 38 7 16 67 36 23 2 98 19 7 81 3 50 20 8 26 62 31 19 57

NAME Jimmie Sims Ricardo Singh Damarcus Smith T.J. Smith Derrick Stark Joeshawn Starks Marquis Sumler Taywan Taylor Devante Terrell Cam Thomas DeVante Thomas Kylen Towner Lonnie Turner Blair Vaughan Anthony Wales Marcus Ward Darmontre Warr Darrell Williams Terran Williams Deon Yelder Derrell Young


WKU HILLTOPPERS POS. OL DB QB DL OL DB RB WR DL DB DB WR WR LB RB DB RB OL LB WR LB

HT. 6-5 5-11 6-1 6-2 6-2 5-9 5-9 6-1 6-0 6-1 5-10 5-9 5-11 6-1 5-10 6-3 5-9 6-6 6-2 6-4 6-1

WT. 285 190 209 240 295 150 188 190 318 190 190 180 180 240 190 204 190 310 222 215 205

YR. R-Fr. R-Sr. R-So. Sr. R-Sr. R-Fr. R-Jr. So. R-So. R-Sr. Sr. R-Fr. Sr. R-So. R-So. So. R-So. R-So. Sr. R-Fr. So.

EXP. SQ 3L 1L 2L 1L SQ SQ 1L 1L 3L 1L SQ 1L 1L 1L 1L 1L 1L 3L SQ 1L

HOMETOWN/HS, JC or COLLEGE New Orleans, La./McDonogh 35 Senior Auburndale, Fla./Auburndale Louisville, Ky./Seneca Hazel Green, Ala./Hazel Green Dayton, Ohio/Trotwood-Madison/Tiffin) Paducah, Ky./Lone Oak Pensacola, Fla./Catholic Louisville, Ky./Pleasure Ridge Park Lakeland, Fla./Lake Gibson Paterson, N.J./Milford Academy Baltimore, Md./Edmondson-Westside/Hartnell College

Mobile, Ala./St. Paul’s Episcopal School Inglewood, Calif./Serra HS/LA Harbor College Clearwater, Fla./Central Catholic Louisville, Ky./Central Birmingham, Ala./Vestavia Hills Louisville, Ky./Manual Dublin, Ga./West Laurens Bradenton, Fla./Southeast Louisville, Ky./Southern Fort Lauderdale, Fla./Boyd Anderson

2014 SPRING SIGNEES NAME Dejon Brown Ge’Monee Brown Joe Brown Will Bush Forrest Coleman Jared Dangerfield Ryan Duvall Dennis Edwards Nacarius Fant DeAndre Farris D’Andre Ferby Antwane Grant Nick Holt Joel Iyiegbuniwe Troy Jones Julien Lewis Travis Lock Martavius Mims Derik Overstreet Evan Sayner R.J. Scaife Wonderful Terry Nick True Masai Whyte

POS. LB DL DB WR DB WR LB OL WR ATH RB WR LB LB QB DL RB DB DL DL OL DB TE LB

HT. 6-3 6-2 5-10 5-11 6-2 6-3 6-5 6-1 5-9 5-10 6-1 6-1 6-1 6-2 6-2 6-3 6-1 6-1 6-2 6-3 6-5 5-10 6-5 6-0

WT. 225 305 180 190 175 200 230 310 170 180 240 195 230 210 210 270 195 180 250 265 265 180 255 210

YR. Jr. Jr. Fr. Fr. Jr. Jr. Fr. Fr. Fr. Fr. Fr. So. Jr. Fr. Jr. Fr. Jr. Fr. Fr. Fr. Fr. Jr. Fr. Fr.

HOMETOWN/HS, JC or COLLEGE Beaumont, Calif./Mt. San Jacinto CC Petal, Miss./Pearl River CC Louisville, Ky./Butler Louisville, Ky./Ballard Stockton, Calif./San Joaquin Delta West Palm Beach, Fla./Fort Scott CC Owensboro, Ky./Apollo Snellville, Ga./South Gwinnett Bowling Green, Ky./Bowling Green Shelbyville, Ky./Martha Layne Collins Nashville, Tenn./Ensworth Wilmington, Del./Nassau CC Seattle, Wash./City College of San Francisco Bowling Green, Ky./South Warren Baltimore, Md./Nassau CC Madison, Ala./Bob Jones Lynbrook, N.Y./Nassau CC Muscle Shoals, Ala./Muscle Shoals Paducah, Ky./Paducah Tilghman Paducah, Ky./McCracken County Dade City, Fla./Pasco Fort Pierce, Fla./Garden City CC Fort Thomas, Ky./Highlands Shelbyville, Ky./Martha Layne Collins

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CHARLOTTE 49ERS

2014 SCHEDULE

QUICK FACTS Location Founded Enrollment Nickname Colors Conference Chancellor Athletics Director Stadium Surface

FOOTBALL STAFF

Brad Lambert (Kansas State, ‘87) Lambert’s Charlotte Record Lambert’s Overall Record Offensive Coordinator: Defensive Coordinator: Secondary: Running Backs: Offensive Line: Tight Ends: Outside Linebackers: Wide Receivers: Assistant Secondary: Defensive Graduate Assistant: Director of Football Operations: Athletic Trainer: Strength & Conditioning:



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Charlotte, N.C. 1946 25,063 49ers Green and white Conference USA Dr. Philip Dubois Judy Rose Jerry Richardson Stadium (15,314) Synthetic Turf

Head Coach, 2nd year 5-6 (.455), 1 year 5-6 (.455), 1 year Jeff Mullen (Wittenburg, ‘90) Bruce Tall (Ohio Wesleyan, ’82) James Adams (Wake Forest, ’06) Damien Gary (Georgia, ’05) Phil Ratliff (Marshall, ’94) Johnson Richardson (Wofford, ’10) Napoleon Sykes (Wake Forest, ’06) Joe Tereshinski (Georgia, ’06) John Russell (Wake Forest, ‘10) Aaron Curry (Wake Forest, ‘09) Trevor Lambert A.J. Lukanczuk Jim Durning

704-687-0409 704-687-5272

Thomas E. Whitestone 704-687-1022 980-253-4951 704-687-4918 [email protected] www.Charlotte49ers.com 704-687-8036 Charlotte 49ers @charlotte49ers

Aug. 28 (Thu.) at Campbell Sept. 6 JOHNSON C. SMITH Sept. 13 at N.C. Central Sept. 20 at Elon Sept. 27 CHARLESTON SOUTHERN Oct. 4 at Gardner-Webb Oct. 11 at The Citadel Oct. 25 JAMES MADISON Nov. 8 COASTAL CAROLINA Nov 15 WESLEY COLLEGE Nov. 22 MOREHEAD STATE Home games in ALL CAPS

NOTING THE 49ERS

Charlotte went 5-6 in its inaugural season against a schedule that included four top 25 FCS opponents. The 49ers won their first-ever game, 52-7 at home against Campbell. Charlotte also recorded its first-ever FCS top 25 win with a 53-51 come-from-behind victory over No. 25 Gardner-Webb, scoring 29 straight points in the fourth quarter to claim the victory. In fact, Charlotte scored touchdowns on three straight offensive plays during the rally. A total of 93,244 fans (11th in FCS) turned out to Jerry Richardson Stadium to catch the six home games (15,541 avg; 10th FCS). Quarterback Matt Johnson (2581 yds; 21 pass TD; 3 rush TD; 2999 total offense) was one of 21 finalists for the Jerry Rice Award, given to the top first-year player in the FCS. Among the six quarterbacks nominated, Johnson was tops in passing yards and total offense and second in passing TDs. He finished 11th in the balloting and was 4th among the six quarterbacks. Charlotte put up more than 500 yards of offense five times in 2013. Four of those 500+ games came against FCS programs, including 501 at No. 3/No. 6 ranked Coastal Carolina. The 49ers scored 45 or more points in each of their five wins and over 50 points three times. Charlotte ranked ninth in the FCS in takeaways (31), fifth in fumbles recovered (16), 25th in interceptions (15) and 29th in tackles for loss (6.9/gm). Charlotte averaged 448.5 yards of total offense (20th) and ranked 26th in the FCS in rushing offense (206.8 yd/gm), 27th in scoring offense (33.4 pts/gm) and 11th in fewest sacks allowed (0.91). Among the 49ers records established in 2013: most points in a game (61 vs. Morehead State), most yards rushing (439 vs. Morehead State), most yards passing (342 v. NC Central and Gardner-Webb) total offense (586 v. Gardner-Webb). 2014 is the second season for Charlotte 49ers football. It will be the 49ers second and final year as an FCS Independent. Charlotte will move to Conference USA in 2015 with an opportunity to gain full FBS member status with bowl eligibility in 2016.


2013 FINAL STANDINGS EAST DIVISION MARSHALL EAST CAROLINA MIDDLE TENNESSEE FLORIDA ATLANTIC UAB FIU SOUTHERN MISS

WEST DIVISION RICE NORTH TEXAS UTSA TULANE LOUISIANA TECH TULSA UTEP

W-L 7-1 6-2 6-2 4-4 1-7 1-7 1-7

Pct. .875 .750 .750 .500 .125 .125 .125

W-L 7-1 6-2 6-2 5-3 3-5 2-6 1-7

Pct. H A .875 4-0 3-1 .750 3-1 3-1 .750 3-1 3-1 .625 4-0 1-3 .375 2-2 1-3 .250 C O N F0-4 E R E N 2-2 CE .125 1-3 0-4

CHAMPIONSHIP GAME SATURDAY, DECEMBER 7 C-USA Championship Game at Rice 41, Marshall 24

H 4-0 4-0 3-1 2-2 0-4 0-4 0-4

A 3-1 2-2 3-1 2-2 1-3 1-3 1-3

Div. 5-1 5-1 5-1 3-3 1-5 1-5 1-5

S E A S O N S TA N D I N G S

Pts 376 326 279 218 191 94 167

Opp 183 190 201 168 355 257 341

W-L 10-4 10-3 8-5 6-6 2-10 1-11 1-11

Pct. .714 .769 .615 .500 .167 .083 .083

H 6-0 5-1 5-1 3-2 1-4 0-6 0-5

A 4-4 5-2 3-4 3-4 1-6 1-5 1-6

Pts 590 522 377 317 315 117 205

Opp 321 322 341 267 525 444 503

Div. Pts 5-1 242 4-2 262 5-1 210 4-2 180 1-5 163 S T A2-4 N D I N 175 GS 0-6 135

Opp 158 112 150 140 213 257 293

W-L 10-4 9-4 7-5 7-6 4-8 3-9 2-10

Pct. .714 .692 .583 .538 .333 .250 .167

H 6-0 5-1 3-3 5-2 2-4 1-5 1-4

A 4-4 4-3 4-2 2-4 2-4 2-4 1-6

Pts 415 414 307 322 230 253 261

Opp 342 231 316 278 315 407 472

C-USA BOWL GAMES R+L CARRIERS NEW ORLEANS BOWL (New Orleans, La.)

Saturday, December 21 Louisiana-Lafayette 24, Tulane 21

MVP: Luke Turner, RB, Rice BEEF ‘O’ BRADY’S BOWL (St. Petersburg, Fla.) Monday, December 23 East Carolina 37, Ohio 20 MILITARY BOWL (Annapolis, Md.) Friday, December 27 Marshall 31, Maryland 20

C-USA AWARDS COACH OF THE YEAR David Bailiff - Rice MOST VALUABLE PLAYER Shane Carden - QB - East Carolina OFFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE YEAR Rakeem Cato - QB - Marshall DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE YEAR Shawn Jackson - LB - Tulsa

BELL HELICOPTER ARMED FORCES BOWL (Fort Worth, Texas)

Monday, December 30 Navy 24, Middle Tennessee 6 AUTO ZONE LIBERTY BOWL (Memphis, Tenn.) Tuesday, December 31 Mississippi State 44, Rice 7 HEART OF DALLAS BOWL (Dallas, Texas) Wednesday, January 1 North Texas 36, UNLV 14

SPECIAL TEAMS PLAYER OF THE YEAR Brelan Chancellor - KR/PR - North Texas NEWCOMER OF THE YEAR Jaquez Johnson - QB - Florida Atlantic FRESHMAN OF THE YEAR Cory Tindal - DB - Marshall Nico Marley - LB - Tulane

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2013 AWARD WINNERS COACH OF THE YEAR David Bailiff - Rice MOST VALUABLE PLAYER Shane Carden - QB - East Carolina OFFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE YEAR Rakeem Cato - QB - Marshall DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE YEAR Shawn Jackson - LB - Tulsa SPECIAL TEAMS PLAYER OF THE YEAR Brelan Chancellor - KR/PR - North Texas NEWCOMER OF THE YEAR Jaquez Johnson - QB - Florida Atlantic FRESHMAN OF THE YEAR Cory Tindal - DB - Marshall Nico Marley - LB - Tulane

SPECIAL TEAMS K – Cairo Santos, Tulane, Sr. P – Hunter Mullins, UAB, Jr. KR – Brelan Chancellor, North Texas, Sr. PR – Brelan Chancellor, North Texas, Sr. LS – Trevor Gillette, Rice, Sr. SECOND TEAM ALL-C-USA OFFENSE QB – Rakeem Cato, Marshall, Jr. RB – Vintavious Cooper, East Carolina, Jr. RB – Kenneth Dixon, Louisiana Tech, So. OL – Jordan Davis, East Carolina, Sr. OL – Garrett Scott, Marshall, Sr. OL – Clint Van Horn, Marshall, So. OL – Josh Walker, Middle Tennessee, Sr. OL – Mason Y’Barbo, North Texas, Jr. OL – Scott Inskeep, UTSA, Jr. TE – Turner Petersen, Rice, Sr. WR – Brelan Chancellor, North Texas, Sr. WR – Jamarcus Nelson, UAB, Jr. WR – Jordan Taylor, Rice, Jr.

FIRST TEAM ALL-C-USA OFFENSE QB – Shane Carden, East Carolina, Jr. RB – Charles Ross, Rice, Sr. RB – Trey Watts, Tulsa, Sr. OL – Stetson Burnett, Tulsa, Sr. OL – Chris Jasperse, Marshall, Jr. OL – Cyril Lemon, North Texas, Jr. OL – Nate Richards, Rice, Sr. OL – Will Simmons, East Carolina, Sr. TE – Gator Hoskins, Marshall, Sr. WR – Justin Hardy, East Carolina, Jr. WR – Ryan Grant, Tulane, Sr. WR – Tommy Shuler, Marshall, Jr. DEFENSE DL – Christian Covington, Rice, So. DL – Cory Henry, Florida Atlantic, Sr. DL – IK Enemkpali, Louisiana Tech, Sr. DL – James Rouse, Marshall, Sr. DL – Julius Warmsley, Tulane, Sr. LB – T.T. Barber, Middle Tennessee, So. LB – Shawn Jackson, Tulsa, Sr. LB – Zach Orr, North Texas, Sr. DB – Lorenzo Doss, Tulane, So. DB – Phillip Gaines, Rice, Sr. DB – D’Joun Smith, Florida Atlantic, Jr. DB – Marcus Trice, North Texas, Sr.

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DEFENSE DL – Aaron Bellazin, North Texas, Sr. DL – Greg Hickman, FIU, Sr. DL – Lee Pegues, East Carolina, Sr. DL – Khyri Thornton, Southern Miss, Sr. LB – Jermaine Holmes, Marshall, Jr. LB – Derrell Johnson, East Carolina, Sr. LB – Andrae Kirk, Florida Atlantic, Jr. LB – Michael Kutzler, Rice, Sr. DB – Bryce Callahan, Rice, Jr. DB – Damon Magazu, East Carolina, Sr. DB – Michael Mudoh, Tulsa, So. DB – Triston Wade, UTSA, Jr. SPECIAL TEAMS K – Chris Boswell, Rice, Sr. P – Sean Kelly, Florida Atlantic, So. KR – Autrey Golden, UTEP, So. PR – Devon Smith, Marshall, Sr. LS – Josh Cuthbert, Louisiana Tech, Sr.

ALL-FRESHMAN TEAM OFFENSE QB – Nick Mullens, Southern Miss RB – Jordan Howard, UAB RB – Aaron Jones, UTEP OL – Jordan Budwig, FIU OL – Josh Chester, Middle Tennessee OL – Dylan Foxworth, Tulsa OL – Kaydon Kirby, North Texas OL – Michael Selby, Marshall OL – Cameron Tom, Southern Miss TE – Jonnu Smith, FIU WR – Isaiah Jones, East Carolina WR – Tyre’oune Holmes, Southern Miss DEFENSE DL – Codie Brooks, UTSA DL – Jimal McBride, Middle Tennessee DL – Demetri McGill, East Carolina DL – Gary Thompson, Marshall LB – Stefan Houston, Marshall LB – Nico Marley, Tulane LB – Dayon Pratt, East Carolina DB – A.J. Leggett, Marshall DB – Corey Tindal, Marshall DB – Darnell Walker, Tulsa DB – Xavier Woods, Louisiana Tech SPECIAL TEAMS K – Kyle Fischer, Louisiana Tech P – Blake Macek, North Texas KR – Tevin King, Louisiana Tech


2013 NCAA LEADERS (TOP 40 ONLY) SCORING OFFENSE 7Marshall 42.1 ppg 10- East Carolina 40.4 ppg 35- Warren Harvey, East Carolina 8.2 ppg 39- Charles Ross, Rice 8.0 ppg POINTS RESPONSIBLE FOR 5Shane Carden, East Carolina 20.5 ppg 7Rakeem Cato, Marshall 19.3 ppg PASSING OFFENSE 11East Carolina 328.1 ypg 20- Marshall 294.4 ypg 7Shane Carden, East Carolina 322.2 ypg 17- Rakeem Cato, Marshall 275.3 ypg RUSHING OFFENSE 17- Rice 227.4 ypg 23- Marshall 205.9 ypg 31- Middle Tennessee 199.3 ypg 18- Trey Watts, Tulsa 110.8 ypg 21- Charles Ross, Rice 106.7 ypg 38- Vintavious Cooper, East Carolina 91.8 ypg 39- Kenneth Dixon, Louisiana Tech 91.7 ypg TOTAL OFFENSE 12- Marshall 500.4 ypg 25- East Carolina 468.2 ypg 14- Shane Carden, East Carolina 326.3 ypg 19- Rakeem Cato, Marshall 300.7 ypg TOTAL PASS YARDS 7Shane Carden, East Carolina 4,139 11Rakeem Cato, Marshall 3,916 PASS COMPLETIONS PER GAME 5Shane Carden, East Carolina 29.77 cpg 19- Rakeem Cato, Marshall 21.29 cpg 33- Derek Thompson, North Texas 19.31 cpg PASSING YARDS PER PASS COMPLETION 13- Rice 14.10 ypc 19- UAB 13.94 ypc 33- Marshall 13.09 ypc 6Jonathan Perry, UAB 14.99 ypc 15- Taylor McHargue, Rice 13.88 ypc 29- Rakeem Cato, Marshall 13.14 ypc 32- Nick Mullens, Southern Miss 13.06 ypc 38- Austin Brown, UAB 12.89 ypc COMPLETION PERCENTAGE 3East Carolina (397-of-565) 70.3 20- North Texas (261-of-402) 64.9 2Shane Carden, East Carolina (387-of-549) 70.5 26- Derek Thompson, North Texas (251-of-390) 64.4 PASSING EFFICIENCY 21- East Carolina 150.58 26- Marshall 149.40 24- Shane Carden, East Carolina 150.0 27- Rakeem Cato, Marshall 147.8 PASSING TOUCHDOWNS 3Rakeem Cato, Marshall 39 9Shane Carden, East Carolina 33 TOTAL RECEIVING YARDS 15- Justin Hardy, East Carolina 1,284 20- Tommy Shuler, Marshall 1,165 35- Ryan Grant, Tulane 1,039 RECEPTIONS PER GAME 4Justin Hardy, East Carolina 8.8 rpg 14- Tommy Shuler, Marshall 7.6 rpg 38- Ryan Grant, Tulane 5.9 rpg RECEIVING YARDS PER GAME 17- Justin Hardy, East Carolina 98.8 ypg 35- Jamarcus Nelson, UAB 84.6 ypg 37- Tommy Shuler, Marshall 83.2 ypg RECEIVING TOUCHDOWNS 3Gator Hoskins, Marshall 15 22t- Tommy Shuler, Marshall 10 30t- Ryan Grant, Tulane 9 TOTAL RUSHING YARDS 20- Trey Watts, Tulsa 1,329 22- Charles Ross, Rice 1,280 28- Vintavious Cooper, East Carolina 1,193 32- Essray Taliaferro, Marshall 1,140 ALL-PURPOSE RUNNERS 5Trey Watts, Tulsa 171.42 ypg 10- Jamarcus Nelson, UAB 157.00 ypg 15- Brelan Chancellor, North Texas 151.08 ypg RUSHING TOUCHDOWNS 14- Charles Ross, Rice 15 31- Vintavious Cooper, East Carolina 13 38- Darrin Reaves, UAB 12 38- Orleans Darkwa, Tulane 12 SCORING DEFENSE 8North Texas 17.8 ppg 18- Tulane 21.4 ppg 26- Florida Atlantic 22.3 ppg 32- Marshall 22.9 ppg

RUSHING DEFENSE 13- East Carolina 14- North Texas 17- Tulane PASS DEFENSE 2Florida Atlantic 13- Rice 23- Marshall 24- Southern Miss 29- Louisiana Tech TOTAL DEFENSE 11Florida Atlantic 17- North Texas 22- Tulane 30- Rice 35- Marshall 36- East Carolina PASS EFFICIENCY DEFENSE 3Florida Atlantic 13- Marshall 22- Tulane 24- North Texas 30- Louisiana Tech 35- Rice INTERCEPTIONS 6t- Tulane 13t East Carolina 13t- Louisiana Tech 13t- North Texas 13t- Marshall 36t- Middle Tennessee 36t- Tulsa 40- Rice 3t- D’Joun Smith, Florida Atlantic 4t- Lorenzo Doss, Tulane 20t- Shawn Jackson, Tulsa 28t- Kevin Byard, Middle Tennessee 28t- Marcus Trice, North Texas 39- Darnell Walker, Tulsa PUNTING AVERAGE 25- Hunter Mullins, UAB 34- Trent Tignor, East Carolina 36- Sean Kelley, Florida Atlantic 40- Tyler Williams, Marshall PUNT RETURNS 5North Texas 12- Southern Miss 20- Marshall 39- East Carolina 5Brelan Chancellor, North Texas 10- Devon Smith, Marshall 23- Justin Hardy, East Carolina 39- Trey Watts, Tulsa KICKOFF RETURNS 7East Carolina 13- UTEP 17- North Texas 24- Marshall 36- Tulsa 9Autrey Golden, UTEP 10- Brelan Chancellor, North Texas 29- Lance Ray, East Carolina 33- Reggie Whatley, Middle Tennessee 34- Deandre Reaves, Marshall KICKOFF RETURN TOUCHDOWNS 2Autrey Golden, UTEP 8t- Brelan Chancellor, North Texas 8t Jamarcus Nelson, UAB FIELD GOAL PERCENTAGE 27- Carl Salazar, Tulsa FIELD GOALS PER GAME 13- Kyle Fischer, Louisiana Tech 30t- Ty Long, UAB 30t- Carl Salazar, Tulsa 39t- Cairo Santos, Tulane BLOCKED KICKS 1North Texas 5t- Southern Miss 5t- Rice 10t- FIU 10t- UAB BLOCKED PUNTS 1 North Texas 18t- Middle Tennessee 18t- Rice 18t- Southern Miss 18t- Florida Atlantic TURNOVER MARGIN 12- Middle Tennessee 15t- Tulane 15t- North Texas

116.7 ypg 120.5 ypg 123.7 ypg 161.5 ypg 195.7 ypg 208.9 ypg 210.9 ypg 213.5 ypg 326.8 ypg 348.3 ypg 352.1 ypg 364.1 ypg 368.6 ypg 368.8 ypg 97.41 110.94 115.76 116.31 118.43 119.59 19 18 18 18 18 15 15 14 (7) .60 ipg (7) .60 ipg (5) .40 ipg (5) .40 ipg (5) .40 ipg (4) .40 ipg 43.1 ypp 42.8 ypp 42.7 ypp 42.3 ypp 14.28 ypr 13.42 ypr 12.31 ypr 10.27 ypr 16.1 ypr 14.7 ypr 11.3 ypr 7.0 ypr 25.11 ypr 24.57 ypr 23.83 ypr 23.64 ypr 22.93 ypr 27.6 ypr 27.6 ypr 25.1 ypr 24.7 ypr 24.7 ypr 2 1 1 (16-of-19) 84.2 (17) 1.5 fgpg (16) 1.3 fgpg (16) 1.3 fgpg (16) 1.2 fgpg 7 5 5 4 4 4 1 1 1 1

2128-

East Carolina Rice

FUMBLES RECOVERED 1tMiddle Tennessee 4t- Tulane 4t- North Texas 11Southern miss 15t- Rice TURNOVERS GAINED 2Tulane 4North Texas 5Middle Tennessee 26t- Louisiana Tech 26t- Marshall 26t- Rice 38t East Carolina 38t- Tulsa TACKLES PER GAME 4Michael Mudoh, Tulsa 11Shawn Jackson, Tulsa 29- Zachary Orr, North Texas 35- T.T. Barber, Middle Tennessee SOLO TACKLES 8Shawn Jackson, Tulsa 17- Sam Scoﬁeld, Tulane 21- T.T. Barber, Middle Tennessee SACKS 34- Aaron Bellazin, North Texas 7t- North Texas 13t- East Carolina 13t- Tulane 26t- Florida Atlantic 26t- Tulsa TACKLES FOR LOSS 2Tulane 17- Marshall 36- Southern Miss 8Shawn Jackson, Tulsa 14- Julius Warmsley, Tulane PASSES DEFENDED 2D’Joun Smith, Florida Atlantic 15t- Derrick Strozier, Tulane 22t- Lorenzo Doss, Tulane FORCED FUMBLES 10- Jordan Batiste, Tulane 20- Dearco Nolan, Middle Tennessee 31t- Greg Hickman, FIU 31t- Mitch Villemez, Louisiana Tech FUMBLES RECOVERED 2Dasman McCullum, Southern Miss 9t- T.T. Barber, Middle Tennessee 9t Shawn Jackson, Tulsa FEWEST PENALTIES PER GAME 2Tulsa 8t- UTEP 14- Middle Tennessee 30t- FIU 30t- Florida Atlantic 30t- Louisiana Tech RED ZONE OFFENSE 7Marshall 12- Rice RED ZONE DEFENSE 2North Texas 11Tulane 17- Middle Tennessee 19- East Carolina THIRD-DOWN EFFICIENCY 4Marshall 7East Carolina 19- Middle Tennessee 26- North Texas THIRD-DOWN EFFICIENCY DEFENSE 16- Florida Atlantic 17- Marshall 27- Rice 33- North Texas FOURTH-DOWN EFFICIENCY 5East Carolina 12t- UTEP 30- Marshall 38- Tulsa 39- Rice FOURTH-DOWN EFFICIENCY DEFENSE 5t- North Texas 36- Rice 37- Florida Atlantic

+0.60 +0.50 18 16 16 13 12 35 34 33 26 26 26 24 24 (133) 11.1 tpg (124) 10.3 tpg (122) 9.4 tpg (119) 9.3 tpg (76) 6.3 tpg (74) 5.7 tpg (79) 5.6 tpg (9) 0.70 spg (39) 3.00 spg (38) 2.92 spg (38) 2.92 spg (31) 2.58 spg (31) 2.58 spg (100) 8.5 tpg (95) 7.3 tpg (78) 6.5 tpg (18.5) 1.5 tpg (17) 1.4 tpg (20) 1.7 ppg (17) 1.3 ppg (16) 1.2 ppg (4) 0.33 ffpg (3) 0.30 ffpg (3) 0.25 ffpg (3) 0.25 ffpg 4 3 `3 3.08 ppg 4.00 ppg 4.15 ppg 4.75 ppg 4.75 ppg 4.75 ppg (61-of-66) 92.4 (46-of-51) 90.2 (22-of-35) 62.9 (36-of-49) 73.5 (40-of-53) 75.5 (34-of-45) 75.6 (108-of-210) 51.4 (100-of-196) 51.0 (87-of-184) 47.3 (85-of-185) 45.9 (57-of-170) 33.5 (75-of-223) 33.6 (74-of-212) 34.9 (70-of-193) 36.3 (12-of-17) 70.6 (14-of-21) 66.7 (13-of-22) 59.1 (17-of-30) 56.7 (9-of-16) 56.3 (4-of-13) 30.8 (13-of-30) 43.3 (7-of-16) 43.8

+1.00 +0.80 +0.80

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2013 STATISTICAL LEADERS - ALL GAMES INDIVIDUAL LEADERS RUSHING WATTS, T.-TLS ROSS, Charles-RICE COOPER, V., ECU DIXON, K.-LATECH JONES, A., UTEP BYRD, Brandin, NT TALIAFERRO, E., MAR HOWARD, J., UAB REAVES, Darrin, UAB JOHNSON, J., FAU

G 12 12 13 10 9 13 14 11 12 11

ATT 268 211 230 151 155 202 221 145 201 172

YDS 1329 1280 1193 917 811 1075 1140 881 928 767

AVG 5.0 6.1 5.2 6.1 5.2 5.3 5.2 6.1 4.6 4.5

TD 11 15 13 4 4 11 10 2 12 10

YDS/G 110.8 106.7 91.8 91.7 90.1 82.7 81.4 80.1 77.3 69.7

PASS EFFICIENCY CARDEN, Shane, ECU CATO, Rakeem, MAR THOMPSON, Derek, NT PERRY, Jonathan, UAB JOHNSON, J., FAU SOZA, Eric, UTSA KILGORE, Logan, MT McHARGUE, T., RICE BROWN, Austin, UAB MONTANA, Nick, TLN

G 13 14 13 10 11 12 13 14 9 11

CMP 387 298 251 92 149 236 216 169 93 158

ATT 549 499 390 174 256 377 355 324 178 296

INT 10 9 13 6 8 11 13 8 3 10

PCT 70.5 59.7 64.4 52.9 58.2 62.6 60.8 52.2 52.2 53.4

YDS 4139 3916 2896 1379 1871 2719 2507 2350 1199 1722

TOTAL OFFENSE CARDEN, Shane, ECU CATO, Rakeem, MAR SOZA, Eric, UTSA JOHNSON, J., FAU THOMPSON, D., NT McHARGUE, T., RICE KILGORE, Logan, MT HIGGINS, R., LATECH MULLENS, N., USM PERRY, J., UAB

G 13 14 12 11 13 14 13 9 9 10

RUSH 103 294 369 767 157 469 20 19 -103 285

PASS 4139 3916 2719 1871 2896 2350 2507 1715 1776 1379

PLAYS 639 598 474 428 454 481 390 343 316 235

TOTAL 4242 4210 3088 2638 3053 2819 2527 1734 1673 1664

YDS/G 326.3 300.7 257.3 239.8 234.8 201.4 194.4 192.7 185.9 166.4

RECEPTIONS/GAME HARDY, J., ECU SHULER, Tommy, MAR GRANT, Ryan, TLN SMITH, Darnell, NT HOLMES, T.-USM JONES, Isaiah, ECU NELSON, J., UAB CHANCELLOR, B., NT TAYLOR, Jordan, RICE WATTS, T., TLS

G 13 14 13 13 11 13 10 13 14 12

REC 114 106 77 70 53 62 42 53 55 46

YDS 1284 1165 1039 791 410 604 846 792 848 395

TD 8 10 9 4 2 5 8 4 8 1

AVG/C 11.3 11.0 13.5 11.3 7.7 9.7 20.1 14.9 15.4 8.6

REC/G 8.8 7.6 5.9 5.4 4.8 4.8 4.2 4.1 3.9 3.8

REC. YDS/GAME HARDY, Justin, ECU NELSON, J., UAB SHULER, Tommy, MAR GRANT, Ryan, TLN CHANCELLOR, B., NT SMITH, Darnell, NT TAYLOR, Jordan, RICE HOSKINS, Gator, MAR LESLIE, Jordan, UTEP TRIPLETT, M., USM

G 13 10 14 13 13 13 14 14 12 11

REC 114 42 106 77 53 70 55 50 44 33

YDS 1284 846 1165 1039 792 791 848 821 612 558

TD 8 8 10 9 4 4 8 15 7 4

AVG/C 11.3 20.1 11.0 13.5 14.9 11.3 15.4 16.4 13.9 16.9

YDS/G 98.8 84.6 83.2 79.9 60.9 60.8 60.6 58.6 51.0 50.7

ALL-PURPOSE WATTS, T., TLS NELSON, J., UAB CHANCELLOR, B., NT COOPER, V., ECU HARDY, Justin, ECU ROSS, Charles, RICE REAVES, Darrin, UAB DIXON, K., LATECH JONES, K., UTSA TALIAFERRO, E., MAR

G 12 10 13 13 13 12 12 10 11 14

RUSH 1329 22 123 1193 0 1280 928 917 302 1140

RCV 395 846 792 412 1284 37 294 85 345 128

PR 147 88 386 0 225 0 0 0 0 0

KR 186 614 663 0 0 0 40 0 432 46

YDS 2057 1570 1964 1605 1509 1317 1262 1002 1079 1314

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TD 33 39 16 10 12 12 16 17 9 14

EFF 150.0 147.8 133.6 131.5 128.8 127.9 127.7 125.5 122.1 111.1

AVG/G 171.4 157.0 151.1 123.5 116.1 109.8 105.2 100.2 98.1 93.9

INTERCEPTIONS HAYDEN, D.J., HOU SMITH, D’Joun, FAU DOSS, Lorenzo, TLN JACKSON, S., TLS BYARD, Kevin, MT MAGAZU, Damon, ECU TRICE, Marcus, NT WALKER, D., TLS Milstead, C., FAU BARNES, A., LATECH LEGGETT, A.J., MAR

G 9 12 13 12 13 13 13 11 12 12 12

INT 4 7 7 5 5 5 5 4 4 4 4

YDS 171 112 185 380 159 620 620 17 76 70 250

TD 2 1 2 0 2 0 0 0 1 1 1

INT/G 0.44 0.58 0.54 0.42 0.38 0.38 0.38 0.36 0.33 0.33 0.33

PUNT RETURNS CHANCELLOR, B., NT SMITH, Devon, MAR HARDY, Justin, ECU WATTS, T., TLS CALLAHAN, B., RICE LOHNES, Robert, FAU GRISWOULD, Kyle, MT JONES, Jim, UTEP BOUTTE, Devin, TLN

G 13 14 13 12 14 12 13 12 11

RET 24 26 20 21 18 30 17 16 23

YDS 386 381 225 147 114 184 103 87 94

TD 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0

AVG 16.1 14.7 11.2 7.0 6.3 6.1 6.1 5.4 4.1

KICKOFF RETURNS GOLDEN, A., UTEP CHANCELLOR, B., NT RAY, Lance, ECU REAVES, D., MAR WHATLEY, R., MT NELSON, J., UAB FITTE, L., LATECH JONES, K., UTSA BOUTTE, D., TLN

G 11 13 13 14 12 10 9 11 11

RET 28 24 22 37 17 27 20 21 14

YDS 782 663 553 924 420 614 413 432 272

TD 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0

AVG 27.9 27.6 25.1 25.0 24.7 22.7 20.6 20.6 19.4

PUNTING MULLINS, Hunter, UAB TIGNOR, Trent, ECU Kelly, Sean, FAU WILLIAMS, Tyler, MAR FARRIMOND, J., RICE DAVIS, Josh, MT PICERELLI, P., TLN MACEK, Blake, NT STERN, UTSA RUGGLES, Mike, UTEP

G 12 13 12 14 14 13 13 13 12 12

PUNT 51 47 71 56 71 65 80 66 50 56

YDS 2200 2013 3039 2366 2989 2717 3321 2713 2021 2239

AVG 43.1 42.8 42.8 42.2 42.1 41.8 41.5 41.1 40.4 40.0

FIELD GOALS HOGAN, Matt, HOU FISCHER, K., LATECH SALAZAR, C., TLS LONG, Ty, UAB SANTOS, Cairo, TLN HARVEY, Warren, ECU BOSWELL, Chris, RICE CLARK, Cody, MT Anderson, Mitch, FAU IANNO, S., -UTSA ACOSTA, Corey, USM

G 12 12 12 12 13 13 14 13 12 12 12

FG 20 18 16 16 16 15 14 12 11 11 11

FGA 25 23 19 24 23 25 21 16 17 19 20

PCT 80.0 78.3 84.2 66.7 69.6 60.0 66.7 75.0 64.7 57.9 55.0

FG/G 1.67 1.50 1.33 1.33 1.23 1.15 1.00 0.92 0.92 0.92 0.92

SCORING (TDs) ROSS, Charles, RICE REAVES, Darrin, UAB COOPER, V., ECU HOSKINS, Gator, MAR WATTS, T., TLS NELSON, J., UAB BYRD, Brandin, NT DARKWA, Orleans, TLN JOHNSON, J., FAU CARDEN, Shane, ECU

G 12 12 13 14 12 10 13 13 11 13

TD 16 14 14 15 12 10 12 12 10 11

Run 15 12 13 015 11 0 11 12 10 10

Pass 1 20 10 0 1 82 1 00 00 10

Ret 0 0 0 0 01 0 00 0 0 0

Pts 96 84 84 90 74 60 72 72 60 66

Avg/G 8.0 7.0 6.5 6.4 6.2 6.0 5.5 5.5 5.5 5.1


2013 STATISTICAL LEADERS - ALL GAMES TACKLES MUDOH, M., TLS JACKSON, S.-TLS ORR, Zachary-NT BARBER, T.T.-MT BYARD, Kevin-MT SCOFIELD, Sam-TLN RUSSELL, M.-FIU WADE-UTSA GANUS, Jake-UAB MILLER, D.-USM WRIGHT, Terrick-USM Kirk, Andrae-FAU MCKELVEY, Evan-MAR AKUNNE, Derek-NT MONROE, Darion-TLN TRICE, Marcus-NT OSBORNE, M.-TLS COCKRELL, Devin-UTEP KUTZLER, Michae-RICE COBB,Daniel-LATECH KURFEHS-UTSA Parms, Damian-FAU SMITH, Dashone-UTEP Glanton, A.-FAU JOHNSON, Derrel-ECU MAGAZU, Damon-ECU

G 12 12 13 13 13 13 12 12 12 12 12 12 14 13 13 13 12 11 14 12 12 12 11 12 13 13

UA 60 75 54 73 61 74 61 60 58 48 44 38 55 44 57 48 40 46 52 35 45 38 37 42 29 41

A 73 48 69 46 45 30 35 34 35 43 46 46 42 46 33 42 43 30 44 47 37 39 32 33 51 39

TOTAL 133 123 123 119 106 104 96 94 93 91 90 84 97 90 90 90 83 76 96 82 82 77 69 75 80 80

SACKS BELLAZIN, Aaron-NT JOHNSON, Derrel, ECU HENRY, Cory, FAU STANLEY, Terrel, ECU BATISTE, Jordan, TLN LaFRANCE, Royce, TLN ALEXANDER, D., TLS OVERTON, M., ECU WARMSLEY, J., TLN WRIGHT, M., FAU

G 13 13 12 13 12 13 12 13 13 11

UA 8 7 7 5 5 5 6 6 6 4

A 2 2 1 4 4 3 1 0 0 4

TOTAL 9.0 8.0 7.5 7.0 7.0 6.5 6.5 6.0 6.0 6.0

TACKLES FOR LOSS WARMSLEY, Julius, TLN JACKSON, Shawn.-TLS JOHNSON, Derrell, ECU ROUSE, James, MAR ORR, Zachary, NT BAZZIE, Alex, MAR BELLAZIN, Aaron, NT COBB, Daniel, LATECH FACIANE, Isame, FIU BARBER, T.T.-MT

G 13 12 13 14 13 14 13 12 12 13

TOTAL 18.5 17.5 14.0 14.0 13.5 13.0 12.5 12.0 11.5 11.5

AVG. 1.42 1.46 1.08 1.00 1.04 0.93 0.96 1.00 0.96 0.88

FUMBLES FORCED BATISTE, Jordan, TLN NOLAN, Dearco, MT HICKMAN, Greg, FIU VILLEMEZ, Mitch, LATECH JONES, James, NT ORR, Zachary, NT BARBER, T.T., MT ROBERTS, S., MT DAVIS, Zach, TLN KURFEHS, S., -UTSA

G 12 10 12 12 13 13 13 13 10 12

TOTAL 4 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 2 2

AVG. 0.33 0.30 0.25 0.25 0.23 0.23 0.23 0.23 0.20 0.17

PASSES DEFENDED SMITH, D’Joun, FAU STROZIER, D., TLN DOSS, Lorenzo, TLN OKOTCHA, B., UTSA LIGGINS, L., LATECH WALKER, D., TLS TRICE, Marcus, NT GAINES, Phillip, RICE ARMSTRONG, A., ECU SULLEN, Jordan, TLN

G 12 13 13 10 10 11 13 13 13 13

TOTAL 20 17 16 11 11 12 14 13 13 13

AVG. 1.67 1.31 1.23 1.10 1.10 1.09 1.08 1.00 1.00 1.00

TPG 11.1 10.2 9.5 9.2 8.2 8.0 8.0 7.8 7.8 7.6 7.5 7.0 6.9 6.9 6.9 6.9 6.9 6.9 6.9 6.8 6.8 6.4 6.3 6.2 6.2 6.2

TEAM LEADERS RUSH OFFENSE Rice Marshall Middle Tennessee UTEP Florida Atlantic North Texas UAB UTSA Tulsa Louisiana Tech East Carolina Tulane FIU Southern Miss

G 14 14 13 12 12 13 12 12 12 12 13 13 12 12

ATT 699 571 526 534 499 549 455 426 483 410 463 461 445 335

YDS 3193 2883 2591 2216 2215 2349 2137 2105 1977 1922 1821 1649 918 875

AVG 4.6 5.0 4.9 4.1 4.4 4.3 4.7 4.9 4.1 4.7 3.9 3.6 2.1 2.6

TD 31 34 25 17 21 31 17 23 15 14 30 15 5 5

YDS/G 228.1 205.9 199.3 184.7 184.6 180.7 178.1 175.4 164.8 160.2 140.1 126.8 76.5 72.9

PASS OFFENSE East Carolina Marshall Southern Miss UTSA North Texas UAB Middle Tennessee Louisiana Tech Florida Atlantic Tulsa Tulane Rice UTEP FIU

G 13 14 12 12 13 12 13 12 12 12 13 14 12 12

CMP 397 315 249 259 261 185 238 254 196 210 219 177 169 153

ATT 565 522 485 412 402 353 403 448 353 429 409 347 292 293

INT 10 10 26 13 14 9 15 15 11 19 16 9 10 10

PCT 70.3 60.3 51.3 62.9 64.9 52.4 59.1 56.7 55.5 49.0 53.5 51.0 57.9 52.2

YDS 4265 4122 2911 2909 2987 2578 2707 2472 2385 2297 2404 2500 1959 1713

TOTAL OFFENSE Marshall East Carolina UTSA North Texas Middle Tennessee Rice UAB Florida Atlantic Louisiana Tech Tulsa UTEP Southern Miss Tulane FIU

G 14 13 12 13 13 14 12 12 12 12 12 12 13 12

RUSH 2883 1821 2105 2349 2591 3193 2137 2215 1922 1977 2216 875 1649 918

PASS 4122 4265 2909 2987 2707 2500 2578 2385 2472 2297 1959 2911 2404 1713

PLAYS YDS 1093 7005 1028 6086 838 5014 951 5336 929 5298 1046 5693 808 4715 852 4600 858 4394 912 4274 826 4175 820 3786 870 4053 738 2631

AVG/P TD 6.4 76 5.9 65 6.0 36 5.6 47 5.7 42 5.4 51 5.8 36 5.4 37 5.1 24 4.7 27 5.1 31 4.6 24 4.7 34 3.6 13

YDS/G 500.4 468.2 417.8 410.5 407.5 406.6 392.9 383.3 366.2 356.2 347.9 315.5 311.8 219.2

XPT 11 16 10 14 12 11 16 11 16 7 16 18 11 9

2XP 77 64 50 47 47 36 35 38 38 32 25 22 24 12

DXP 0 1 2 0 0 1 2 1 0 1 3 1 0 0

SAF 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 2 0

AVG 42.1 40.2 31.8 29.6 29.0 26.4 26.2 25.6 24.8 21.8 21.1 19.2 17.1 9.8

SCORING OFFENSETD Marshall 80 East Carolina 68 North Texas 55 Rice 54 Middle Tennessee 49 Florida Atlantic 41 UAB 38 UTSA 39 Tulane 39 UTEP 34 Tulsa 29 Louisiana Tech 25 Southern Miss 24 FIU 13

FG 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

AVG 7.5 7.9 6.0 7.1 7.4 7.3 6.7 5.5 6.8 5.4 5.9 7.2 6.7 5.8

PTS 590 522 414 415 377 317 315 307 322 261 253 230 205 117

TD 35 42 19 13 16 19 17 10 16 12 19 20 14 8

YDS/G 328.1 294.4 242.6 242.4 229.8 214.8 208.2 206.0 198.8 191.4 184.9 178.6 163.2 142.8

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2013 STATISTICAL LEADERS - ALL GAMES PUNT RETURN AVG. G North Texas 13 Southern Miss 12 Marshall 14 UAB 12 East Carolina 13 FIU 12 Tulsa 12 Middle Tennessee 13 Rice 14 Florida Atlantic 12 UTEP 12 UTSA 12 Louisiana Tech 12 Tulane 13

RET 32 12 35 10 30 17 22 18 21 33 16 10 23 30

YDS 457 161 431 117 308 153 154 123 132 204 87 52 103 132

TD 4 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0

AVG 14.3 13.4 12.3 11.7 10.3 9.0 7.0 6.8 6.3 6.2 5.4 5.2 4.5 4.4

TOTAL DEFENSE Florida Atlantic North Texas Tulane Rice Marshall East Carolina UTSA Middle Tennessee Louisiana Tech Tulsa FIU Southern Miss UTEP UAB

RUSH 1979 1567 1614 2274 2247 1517 1717 2596 2337 2387 2465 2695 2974 2656

PASS 1938 2966 2963 2843 2913 3277 2799 2644 2562 2768 2691 2531 2646 3318

PLAYS 800 881 932 957 1053 979 841 987 925 934 784 890 756 829

YARDS 3917 4533 4577 5117 5160 4794 4516 5240 4899 5155 5156 5226 5620 5974

AVG/P 4.9 5.1 4.9 5.3 4.9 4.9 5.4 5.3 5.3 5.5 6.6 5.9 7.4 7.2

TD 29 25 30 41 37 36 35 41 37 46 54 62 61 67

YDS/G 326.4 348.7 352.1 365.5 368.6 368.8 376.3 403.1 408.2 429.6 429.7 435.5 468.3 497.8

KICKOFF RETURNS East Carolina UTEP North Texas Marshall Tulsa Middle Tennessee Florida Atlantic Louisiana Tech FIU UTSA UAB Tulane Southern Miss Rice

G 13 12 13 14 12 13 12 12 12 12 12 13 12 14

RET 28 46 35 47 41 38 25 36 33 36 53 30 57 32

YDS 703 1138 858 1121 940 821 537 766 693 755 1080 606 1124 618

TD 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0

AVG 25.1 24.7 24.5 23.9 22.9 21.6 21.5 21.3 21.0 21.0 20.4 20.2 19.7 19.3

SCORING DEFENSE North Texas Tulane Florida Atlantic Marshall Rice East Carolina Middle Tennessee Louisiana Tech UTSA Tulsa FIU UTEP Southern Miss UAB

TD 30 33 32 40 43 39 43 39 40 52 57 62 68 71

XPT 28 32 30 33 40 38 38 39 38 50 51 59 61 67

2XP 0 0 0 3 1 0 2 0 1 0 1 2 1 1

DXP 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

SAF 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 2 1 0

PTS 231 278 267 321 342 322 341 315 316 407 444 472 503 525

AVG/G 17.8 21.4 22.2 22.9 24.4 24.8 26.2 26.2 26.3 33.9 37.0 39.3 41.9 43.8

RUSH DEFENSE East Carolina North Texas Tulane UTSA Marshall Rice Florida Atlantic Louisiana Tech Tulsa Middle Tennessee FIU UAB Southern Miss UTEP

G 13 13 13 12 14 14 12 12 12 13 12 12 12 12

RUSH 465 426 505 429 607 545 456 568 520 598 467 474 567 483

YARDS 1517 1567 1614 1717 2247 2274 1979 2337 2387 2596 2465 2656 2695 2974

AVG 3.3 3.7 3.2 4.0 3.7 4.2 4.3 4.1 4.6 4.3 5.3 5.6 4.8 6.2

TD 12 10 17 15 20 20 18 25 21 25 26 35 38 35

YDS/G 116.7 120.5 124.2 143.1 160.5 162.4 164.9 194.8 198.9 199.7 205.4 221.3 224.6 247.8

PASS EFF. DEF. Florida Atlantic Marshall Tulane North Texas Louisiana Tech Rice East Carolina Middle Tennessee Tulsa UTSA Southern Miss FIU UTEP UAB

ATT CMP 162 344 230 446 240 427 267 455 204 357 213 412 304 514 245 389 241 414 241 412 212 323 206 317 161 273 232 355

INT 13 18 19 18 18 14 18 15 15 8 6 7 3 7

PCT 47.1 51.6 56.2 58.7 57.1 51.7 59.1 63.0 58.2 58.5 65.6 65.0 59.0 65.4

YDS 1938 2913 2963 2966 2562 2843 3277 2644 2768 2799 2531 2691 2646 3318

TD 11 17 13 15 12 21 24 16 25 20 24 28 26 32

TURNOVER MARGIN Middle Tennessee North Texas Tulane East Carolina Rice Marshall Florida Atlantic Louisiana Tech UTEP UAB FIU UTSA Tulsa Southern Miss

(Gained) FUM INT 18 15 16 18 16 19 6 18 12 14 8 18 6 13 8 18 9 3 7 7 7 7 6 8 9 15 13 6

TOT 33 34 35 24 26 26 19 26 12 14 14 14 24 19

(Lost) FUM 6 9 8 6 10 13 11 14 8 11 10 8 15 12

INT 15 14 16 10 9 10 11 15 10 9 10 13 19 26

TOT 21 23 24 16 19 23 22 29 18 20 20 21 34 38

MAR +12 +11 +11 +8 +7 +3 -3 -3 -6 -6 -6 -7 -10 -19

PUNTING Florida Atlantic UAB Louisiana Tech East Carolina UTEP FIU North Texas Tulane UTSA Rice Marshall Middle Tennessee Tulsa Southern Miss

Punts Avg 72 42.7 56 42.8 69 37.6 47 42.8 67 38.6 89 38.4 69 40.2 81 41.0 54 39.2 82 41.8 58 40.8 66 41.6 74 38.2 76 39.7

PR 267 158 44 151 104 155 129 312 138 287 195 323 301 416

Avg 3.7 2.8 0.6 3.2 1.6 1.7 1.9 3.9 2.6 3.5 3.4 4.9 4.1 5.5

Yds/P 37.6 37.1 37.0 36.6 36.2 36.0 36.0 35.9 35.9 35.9 35.7 34.9 34.2 33.1

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EFF 97.4 110.9 115.6 116.4 118.4 119.7 121.1 125.9 127.1 127.7 152.3 161.0 169.6 169.7

FG 7 16 15 14 14 16 13 14 12 15 15 11 10 10


2013 STATISTICAL LEADERS - ALL GAMES FIELD GOALS Tulsa Louisiana Tech Middle Tennessee Tulane Marshall UAB Rice Florida Atlantic FIU North Texas East Carolina UTSA Southern Miss UTEP

G 12 12 13 13 14 12 14 12 12 13 13 12 12 12

MADE 16 18 12 16 11 16 14 11 9 10 16 11 11 7

ATT 19 23 16 23 16 24 21 17 14 16 26 19 20 15

PCT. .842 .783 .750 .696 .688 .667 .667 .647 .643 .625 .615 .579 .550 .467

4TH-DN CONV. UTSA East Carolina UTEP Marshall Tulsa Rice Tulane North Texas Florida Atlantic UAB FIU Southern Miss Middle Tennessee Louisiana Tech

G 12 13 12 14 12 14 13 13 12 12 12 12 13 12

Made 10 12 14 13 17 9 6 8 8 10 10 7 6 5

Att 13 17 21 22 30 16 11 15 15 21 23 17 16 16

Pct. 76.9 70.6 66.7 59.1 56.7 56.2 54.5 53.3 53.3 47.6 43.5 41.2 37.5 31.2

PAT KICKING Middle Tennessee Tulane UTSA UAB UTEP Southern Miss East Carolina Marshall Tulsa Rice Louisiana Tech North Texas FIU Florida Atlantic

G 13 13 12 12 12 12 13 14 12 14 12 13 12 12

Made 47 38 38 35 32 24 64 77 25 47 22 50 12 36

Att 47 38 38 35 32 24 66 80 26 49 23 53 13 40

Pct. 1.000 1.000 1.000 1.000 1.000 1.000 .970 .962 .962 .959 .957 .943 .923 .900

PENALTIES Tulsa UTEP Florida Atlantic Louisiana Tech FIU Southern Miss Middle Tennessee East Carolina Rice Marshall UAB North Texas UTSA Tulane

G 12 12 12 12 12 12 13 13 14 14 12 13 12 13

No 37 48 57 57 57 67 54 69 74 84 72 82 75 92

Yds 305 417 486 494 494 508 555 584 634 649 579 687 666 815

Avg./G 25.4 34.8 40.5 41.2 41.2 42.3 42.7 44.9 45.3 46.4 48.2 52.8 55.5 62.7

FIRST DOWNS Marshall East Carolina Rice Middle Tennessee North Texas UTSA UAB Tulsa Louisiana Tech Florida Atlantic Tulane UTEP Southern Miss FIU

G 14 13 14 13 13 12 12 12 12 12 13 12 12 12

Rush 148 105 178 132 123 108 115 118 97 107 85 116 54 69

Pass 189 215 107 131 140 139 110 101 114 107 110 87 127 73

Pen 27 26 18 21 16 16 15 18 23 20 24 15 27 14

3RD-DN CONV. Marshall East Carolina North Texas Middle Tennessee UTSA UTEP Florida Atlantic Rice UAB Tulane Louisiana Tech Tulsa Southern Miss FIU

G 14 13 13 13 12 12 12 14 12 13 12 12 12 12

MADE 108 100 95 89 75 75 74 86 63 69 66 71 52 39

ATT 210 196 202 192 166 187 185 216 168 192 184 203 178 173

PCT. 51.4 51.0 47.0 46.4 45.2 40.1 40.0 39.8 37.5 35.9 35.9 35.0 29.2 22.5

Total 364 346 303 284 279 263 240 237 234 234 219 218 208 156

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2013 SUPERLATIVE STATS - ALL GAMES INDIVIDUAL GAME HIGHS

Touchdowns .........................................5 ...............................................Charles Ross, Rice vs. Louisiana Tech (Nov 16, 2013) ........................................................3 ...............................................17 tied with TD responsibility ...................................7 ...............................................Shane Carden, East Carolina vs. Tulsa (Nov 9, 2013) [2r,5p] ........................................................6 ...............................................3 tied with Points scored kicking ..............................18 ..............................................Cairo Santos, Tulane vs. East Carolina (Oct 12, 2013) [5fg,3pat] ........................................................15 ..............................................2 tied with Total offense yards ................................469 ............................................Rakeem Cato, Marshall at Tulsa (Nov 14, 2013) [13r,456p] ........................................................455 ............................................Shane Carden, East Carolina at Tulane (Oct 12, 2013) [-25r,480p] Total offense plays .................................66 ..............................................Rakeem Cato, Marshall at Tulsa (Nov 14, 2013) [8r,58p] ........................................................65 ..............................................Jaquez Johnson, Florida Atlantic vs. Middle Tennessee (Sep 21, 2013) [15r,50p] Rushing yards .......................................251 ............................................Brandin Byrd, North Texas at Tulsa (Nov 30, 2013) ........................................................215 ............................................Charles Ross, Rice vs. Louisiana Tech (Nov 16, 2013) Rushing attempts ..................................40 ..............................................Trey Watts, Tulsa at Louisiana Tech (Nov 23, 2013) ........................................................35 ..............................................Vintavious Cooper, East Carolina at North Carolina (Sep 28, 2013) Rushing TDs .........................................5 ...............................................Charles Ross, Rice vs. Louisiana Tech (Nov 16, 2013) ........................................................3 ...............................................Eight tied with Longest rush ........................................91 ..............................................Brandin Byrd, North Texas at Tulsa (Nov 30, 2013) ........................................................84 ..............................................Kam Jones, UTSA at Tulsa (Nov 2, 2013) Passing yards........................................480 ............................................Shane Carden, East Carolina at Tulane (Oct 12, 2013) ........................................................456 ............................................Rakeem Cato, Marshall at Tulsa (Nov 14, 2013) Passing attempts ...................................58 ..............................................Rakeem Cato, Marshall at Tulsa (Nov 14, 2013) ........................................................57 ..............................................Shane Carden, East Carolina at Middle Tennessee (Oct 5, 2013) Passing TDs ..........................................5 ...............................................Eight tied with Longest pass ........................................93 ..............................................Logan Kilgore, Middle Tennessee at UAB (Nov 2, 2013) ........................................................85 ..............................................Derek Thompson, North Texas vs. Idaho (Aug 31, 2013) Passes completed ..................................46 ..............................................Shane Carden, East Carolina vs. Old Dominion (Aug 31, 2013) ........................................................43 ..............................................Shane Carden, East Carolina at Middle Tennessee (Oct 5, 2013) Pass yards/attempt ................................21.5 ...........................................Luke Turner, Rice vs. Marshall (Dec 7, 2013) [2-43] ........................................................18.3 ...........................................Garrett Simpson, UTEP at Tulane (Nov 23, 2013) [3-55] Pass yards/catch ...................................21.5 ...........................................Luke Turner, Rice vs. Marshall (Dec 7, 2013) [2-43] ........................................................18.3 ...........................................Garrett Simpson, UTEP at Tulane (Nov 23, 2013) [3-55] Receiving yards .....................................230 ............................................Justin Hardy, East Carolina at Tulane (Oct 12, 2013) ........................................................199 ............................................Jamarcus Nelson, UAB at Troy (Aug 31, 2013) Receptions ..........................................17 ..............................................Justin Hardy, East Carolina at Tulane (Oct 12, 2013) ........................................................16 ..............................................Justin Hardy, East Carolina vs. Old Dominion (Aug 31, 2013) Yards per catch .....................................48.5 ...........................................Dominique Sullivan, Southern Miss vs. North Texas (Oct 26, 2013) [2-97] ........................................................46.2 ...........................................Jordan Taylor, Rice vs. UTEP (Oct 26, 2013) [4-185] Receiving TDs .......................................3 ...............................................4 tied with (D. Grayson - ECU 8/31; J. Taylor - Rice 10/26; R. Wiggins - ECU 11/16; G. Hoskins - MU 11/23) Longest reception ..................................93 ..............................................Marcus Henry, Middle Tennessee at UAB (Nov 2, 2013) ........................................................85 ..............................................Brelan Chancellor, North Texas vs. Idaho (Aug 31, 2013) Field goal attempts ................................7 ...............................................Warren Harvey, East Carolina at Tulane (Oct 12, 2013) ........................................................6 ...............................................Cairo Santos, Tulane vs. East Carolina (Oct 12, 2013) Field goals made ...................................5 ...............................................2 tied with (C. Santos - TLN 10/12; K. Fischer - LATECH 10/26) Longest field goal ..................................56 ..............................................2 tied with (C. Boswell - Rice 9/14; C. Santos - TLN 9/28) PAT kicks attempted ...............................9 ...............................................Justin Haig, Marshall vs. Southern Miss (Nov 2, 2013) PAT kicks made .....................................8 ...............................................3 tied with (J. Haig - MU 11/9; J. Haig - MU 11/29; C. Acosta - USM 11/30) Punts .................................................11 ..............................................Dennis Parks, Tulsa vs. North Texas (Nov 30, 2013) ........................................................10 ..............................................3 tied with Yards punted ........................................462 ............................................Sean Kelly, Florida Atlantic at Auburn (Oct 26, 2013) [10-462] ........................................................426 ............................................Dennis Parks, Tulsa vs. North Texas (Nov 30, 2013) [11-426] Longest punt ........................................73 ..............................................Mike Ruggles, UTEP vs. FIU (Nov 16, 2013) ........................................................70 ..............................................2 tied with Punting avg .........................................50.2 ...........................................Hunter Mullins, UAB vs. Florida Atlantic (Oct 5, 2013) [4-201] ........................................................50.0 ...........................................2 tied with (T. Tignor - ECU 8/31; T. Williams - MU 11/29) Punt returns ........................................7 ...............................................Devon Smith, Marshall vs. Miami (Ohio) (Aug 31, 2013) ........................................................5 ...............................................3 tied with (T. Watts - TLS 9/7; R. Lohnes - FAU 9/28; B. Chancellor - NT 11/30) Punt return yards ..................................111 ............................................Brelan Chancellor, North Texas vs. Idaho (Aug 31, 2013) ........................................................105 ............................................Justin Hardy, East Carolina vs. Southern Miss (Oct 19, 2013) Longest punt return ...............................77 ..............................................2 tied with (T. Watts - TLS 9/14; D. Smith - MU 10/12) Punt return TDs ....................................1 ...............................................9 tied with Kick returns .........................................9 ...............................................Jamarcus Nelson, UAB vs. Southern Miss (Nov 30, 2013) Kick return yards ...................................193 ............................................Ja’Terian Douglas, Tulsa at East Carolina (Nov 9, 2013) Longest kick return ................................100 ............................................2 tied with (A. Golden - UTEP 9/21; A. Golden - UTEP 10/12) Kick return TDs .....................................1 ...............................................4 tied with Combined PR/KR yards ............................193 ............................................Ja’Terian Douglas, Tulsa at East Carolina (Nov 9, 2013) [0pr-193kr] ........................................................186 ............................................Jamarcus Nelson, UAB vs. Southern Miss (Nov 30, 2013) [0pr-186kr] Interceptions .......................................3 ...............................................D’Joun Smith, Florida Atlantic vs. Tulane (Nov 2, 2013) ........................................................2 ...............................................11 tied with Interception return yds ...........................100 ............................................DaShaun Amos, East Carolina vs. Tulsa (Nov 9, 2013) ........................................................99 ..............................................Derrick Strozier, Tulane vs. East Carolina (Oct 12, 2013) All-purpose yards ..................................367 ............................................Jamarcus Nelson, UAB at Troy (Aug 31, 2013) ........................................................303 ............................................Jamarcus Nelson, UAB vs. Southern Miss (Nov 30, 2013) Tackles ...............................................18.0 ...........................................Sam Scofield, Tulane vs. Tu (Oct 26, 2013) [14-4] ........................................................17.0 ...........................................5 tied with Sacks .................................................4.5 .............................................Martin Wright, Florida Atlantic vs. FIU (Nov 29, 2013) [4-1] ........................................................3.0 .............................................4 tied with Tackles for loss .....................................4.5 .............................................Martin Wright, Florida Atlantic vs. FIU (Nov 29, 2013) [4-1] ........................................................4.0 .............................................2 tied with

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2013 STATISTICAL LEADERS - CONFERENCE USA GAMES INDIVIDUAL LEADERS RUSHING WATTS, T.-TLS ROSS, Charles, RICE BYRD, Brandin, NT DIXON, K., LATECH TALIAFERRO, E., MAR HOWARD, Jordan, UAB BUTLER, S., MAR JOHNSON, J., FAU COOPER, V., ECU WHATLEY, Reggie, MT

G 8 6 8 6 8 8 6 7 8 7

ATT 214 102 136 91 121 110 51 119 128 63

YDS 1071 657 837 558 741 663 473 545 595 502

AVG 5.0 6.4 6.2 6.1 6.1 6.0 9.3 4.6 4.6 8.0

TD 9 7 9 2 7 1 5 8 11 3

YDS/G 133.9 109.5 104.6 93.0 92.6 82.9 78.8 77.9 74.4 71.7

PASS EFFICIENCY CATO, Rakeem, MAR CARDEN, Shane, ECU KILGORE, Logan, MT McHARGUE, T., RICE PERRY, Jonathan, UAB JOHNSON, J., FAU THOMPSON, Derek, NT SOZA, Eric, UTSA MULLENS, Nick, USM MONTANA, Nick, TLN

G 8 8 8 8 6 7 8 8 7 6

CMP 159 238 129 92 78 104 136 132 133 89

ATT 266 342 202 183 145 177 221 216 270 169

INT 4 6 6 3 5 6 10 5 13 6

PCT 59.7 69.6 63.8 50.3 53.8 58.8 61.5 61.1 49.2 52.7

YDS 2237 2630 1628 1401 1133 1236 1620 1581 1756 910

TOTAL OFFENSE CARDEN, Shane-ECU CATO, Rakeem, MAR JOHNSON, J.,, FAU MULLENS, Nick, USM PERRY, Jonathan, UAB SOZA, Eric, -UTSA THOMPSON, Derek, NT KILGORE, Logan, MT McHARGUE, T., RICE HIGGINS, R., LATECH

G 8 8 7 7 6 8 8 8 8 7

RUSH 29 113 545 -81 287 258 76 66 258 28

PASS 2630 2237 1236 1756 1133 1581 1620 1628 1401 1106

PLAYS 391 314 296 307 204 282 259 219 286 236

TOTAL 2659 2350 1781 1675 1420 1839 1696 1694 1659 1134

YDS/G 332.4 293.8 254.4 239.3 236.7 229.9 212.0 211.8 207.4 162.0

RECEPTIONS/GAME HARDY, Justin, ECU SHULER, Tommy, MAR JONES, Isaiah, ECU GRANT, Ryan, TLN SMITH, Darnell, NT TRIPLETT, M., USM CHANCELLOR, B., NT SMITH, Jonnu, FIU HOLMES, T., USM HOSKINS, Gator, MAR

G 8 8 8 8 8 7 8 8 7 8

REC 69 56 46 44 37 27 30 30 26 29

YDS 847 652 490 544 445 474 450 330 220 464

TD 6 7 4 6 1 4 2 1 2 9

AVG/C 12.3 11.6 10.7 12.4 12.0 17.6 15.0 11.0 8.5 16.0

REC/G 8.6 7.0 5.8 5.5 4.6 3.9 3.8 3.8 3.7 3.6

REC. YDS/GAME HARDY, Justin, ECU HARDY, Justin, ECU SHULER, Tommy-MAR NELSON, J., UAB GRANT, Ryan-TLN TRIPLETT, M.-USM TAYLOR, Jordan-RICE JONES, Isaiah-ECU HOSKINS, Gator-MAR CHANCELLOR, B.-NT DUKES, William-FAU

G 13 8 8 6 8 7 8 8 8 8 8

REC 114 69 56 21 44 27 28 46 29 30 27

YDS 1284 847 652 476 544 474 495 490 464 450 446

TD 8 6 7 4 6 4 5 4 9 2 6

REC/C 11.3 8.6 7.0 3.5 5.5 3.9 3.5 5.8 3.6 3.8 3.4

YDS/G 98.8 105.9 81.5 79.3 68.0 67.7 61.9 61.2 58.0 56.2 55.8

ALL-PURPOSE WATTS, T., TLS NELSON, J., UAB HARDY, Justin, ECU CHANCELLOR, B., NT ROSS, Charles, RICE TALIAFERRO, E., MAR BYRD, Brandin, NT DIXON, K., LATECH COOPER, V., ECU WHATLEY, R., MT

G 8 6 8 8 6 8 8 6 8 7

Rush 1071 13 0 55 657 741 837 558 595 502

Rcv 170 476 847 450 0 82 26 80 238 5

PR 32 23 193 203 0 0 0 0 0 0

KR 34 437 0 330 0 46 0 0 0 212

Yds 1307 949 1040 1038 657 869 863 638 833 719

TD EFF 25 158.4 20 150.0 13 146.9 13 134.7 7 128.5 9 127.4 8 126.0 5 125.6 13 110.1 7 104.5

Avg/G 163.4 158.2 130.0 129.8 109.5 108.6 107.9 106.3 104.1 102.7

INTERCEPTIONS DOSS, Lorenzo, TLN SMITH, D’Joun-FAU WALKER, D., TLS BYARD, Kevin, MT BARNES, A., LATECH MAGAZU, D., ECU TRICE, Marcus, NT HILL, Malcolm, RICE WHITFIELD, Zac, NT MILSTEAD, C-FAU

G 8 8 7 8 8 8 8 7 8 8

INT 6 6 4 4 4 4 4 3 3 3

YDS 161 37 17 149 70 64 45 0 98 76

TD 2 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 1 1

INT/G 0.75 0.75 0.57 0.50 0.50 0.50 0.50 0.43 0.38 0.38

PUNT RETURNS SMITH, Devon, MAR CHANCELLOR, B., NT HARDY, Justin, ECU LOHNES, Robert, FAU CALLAHAN, B., RICE BOUTTE, Devin, TLN JONES, Jim, UTEP WATTS, T., TLS

G 8 8 8 8 8 7 8 8

RET 10 15 17 23 12 16 12 11

YDS 245 203 193 168 60 78 56 32

TD 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0

AVG 24.5 13.5 11.4 7.3 5.0 4.9 4.7 2.9

KICKOFF RETURNS GOLDEN, A., UTEP DOUGLAS, J., TLS RAY, Lance, ECU CHANCELLOR, B., NT REAVES, D., MAR FRANKLIN, G., UAB WHATLEY, R., MT NELSON, J., UAB FITTE, L., LATECH BOUTTE, D., TLN

G 7 8 8 8 8 8 7 6 7 7

RET 13 13 15 13 22 10 9 22 18 9

YDS 480 369 394 330 558 249 212 437 354 175

TD 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

AVG 36.9 28.4 26.3 25.4 25.4 24.9 23.6 19.9 19.7 19.4

PUNTING MULLINS, Hunter, UAB MEDLOCK, Jake, FIU FARRIMOND, J., RICE WILLIAMS, T., MAR TIGNOR, Trent, ECU DAVIS, Josh, MT Kelly, Sean, FAU STERN, UTSA RUGGLES, M., UTEP MACEK, B., NT

G 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8

PUNT 35 32 40 29 30 37 39 34 40 40

YDS 1542 1397 1712 1211 1249 1534 1605 1394 1624 1621

AVG 44.1 43.7 42.8 41.8 41.6 41.5 41.2 41.0 40.6 40.5

FIELD GOALS FISCHER, K., LATECH SALAZAR, C.-TLS SANTOS, Cairo, TLN LONG, Ty, UAB HARVEY, Warren, ECU BOSWELL, Chris, RICE IANNO, Sean, UTSA TAYLOR, Austin, FIU ANDERSON, M., FAU CLARK, Cody, MT

G 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8

FG 14 11 11 10 10 9 9 8 8 7

FGA 17 12 15 15 18 13 14 12 14 9

PCT 82.4 91.7 73.3 66.7 55.6 69.2 64.3 66.7 57.1 77.8

FG/G 1.75 1.38 1.38 1.25 1.25 1.12 1.12 1.00 1.00 0.88

SCORING (TDs) COOPER, V., ECU REAVES, Darrin-UAB WATTS, T., TLS BYRD, Brandin, NT ROSS, Charles, RICE JOHNSON, J., FAU HOSKINS, Gator, MAR JIMMERSON, A., NT TALIAFERRO, E., MAR SHULER, Tommy, MAR

G 8 8 8 8 6 7 8 8 8 8

TD 12 11 10 10 7 8 9 7 7 7

Run 11 9 9 9 7 8 0 5 7 0

Pass 10 20 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 0

Ret 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Pts 72 66 62 60 42 48 54 42 42 42

Avg/G 9.0 8.2 7.8 7.5 7.0 6.9 6.8 5.2 5.2 5.2

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2013 STATISTICAL LEADERS - CONFERENCE USA GAMES TACKLES MUDOH, M., TLS JACKSON, S., TLS ORR, Zachary, NT RUSSELL, M., FIU BARBER, T.T., MT SCOFIELD, Sam, TLN BYARD, Kevin, MT HAWKINS, D., TLS WRIGHT, Terrick, USM GANUS, Jake, UAB COCKRELL, D., UTEP MCKELVEY, E., MAR MONROE, Darion, TLN KURFEHS, S., UTSA KIRK, Andrae, FAU HOLMES, J., MAR SMITH, D., UTEP OSBORNE, M., TLS MILLER, D., USM McKNIGHT, J., FAU WADE, T., -UTSA PARMS, D., FAU AKUNNE, D., NT TUDOR, Kyle, ECU JOHNSTON, N., UTSA KUTZLER, M., RICE

G 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 6 8 8 7 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 6 8 8 8 8 8 8

UA 36 48 34 42 43 44 39 27 35 38 35 34 35 30 25 32 32 25 31 19 32 24 28 22 20 28

A 53 36 38 27 24 23 28 23 31 23 18 26 23 28 33 25 25 31 25 23 23 29 25 31 33 25

TOTAL 89 84 72 69 67 67 67 50 66 61 53 60 58 58 58 57 57 56 56 42 55 53 53 53 53 53

SACKS BELLAZIN, Aaron, NT LaFRANCE, Royce, TLN WRIGHT, Martin, FAU ALEXANDER, D., TLS HENRY, Cory, FAU OVERTON, M., ECU SINGLETARY, UTSA MCCOY, Brandon, NT JOHNSON, Derrell, ECU PEGUES, Lee, ECU

G 8 8 7 8 8 8 7 8 8 8

UA 7 5 4 5 5 5 5 4 4 3

A 1 2 3 1 1 0 0 2 1 3

TOTAL 7.5 6.0 5.5 5.5 5.5 5.0 5.0 5.0 4.5 4.5

TACKLES FOR LOSS JACKSON, Shawn, TLS WARMSLEY, J., TLN ORR, Zachary, NT JOHNSON, Derrell, ECU McCULLUM, D., USM BELLAZIN, Aaron, NT LaFRANCE, Royce, TLN ALEXANDER, D., TLS BAUER, Cody, RICE HENRY, Cory-FAU

G 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 7 8

TOTAL 13.0 12.0 9.0 9.0 8.5 8.0 8.0 8.0 7.5 7.5

AVG. 1.62 1.50 1.12 1.12 1.06 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.07 0.94

FUMBLES FORCED BATISTE, Jordan, TLN VILLEMEZ, Mitch, LATECH SINGLETARY, UTSA DAVIS, Zach, TLN SCOFIELD, Sam, TLN BELLAZIN, Aaron, NT KURFEHS, S., UTSA BARROW, W., TLS SEAMSTER, Sammy, MT PARMS, Damian, FAU OVERTON, Montese, ECU

G 12 8 7 7 8 8 8 8 8 8 8

TOTAL 4 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2

AVG. 0.33 0.38 0.29 0.29 0.25 0.25 0.25 0.25 0.25 0.25 0.25

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TPG 11.1 10.5 9.0 8.6 8.4 8.4 8.4 8.3 8.2 7.6 7.6 7.5 7.2 7.2 7.2 7.1 7.1 7.0 7.0 7.0 6.9 6.6 6.6 6.6 6.6 6.6

PASSES DEFENDED SMITH, D’Joun, FAU DOSS, Lorenzo, TLN WALKER, D., TLS STROZIER, D., TLN TRICE, Marcus, NT OKOTCHA,B., UTSA BARNES, Adairius, LATECH ARMSTRONG, A., ECU LOVETT, M., MAR BYARD, Kevin, MT HILL, Malcolm, RICE ADAMS,C., UTSA

G 8 8 7 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 7 8

TOTAL 15 13 11 12 11 10 9 9 8 8 7 8

AVG. 1.88 1.62 1.57 1.50 1.38 1.25 1.12 1.12 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00

TEAM LEADERS RUSH OFFENSE Middle Tennessee Marshall Rice North Texas Florida Atlantic UTSA Tulsa UAB UTEP Louisiana Tech East Carolina Tulane FIU Southern Miss

G 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8

ATT 340 323 414 351 351 303 356 319 340 284 283 282 309 223

YDS 1890 1862 1803 1679 1599 1583 1530 1471 1381 1295 1063 970 720 568

AVG 5.6 5.8 4.4 4.8 4.6 5.2 4.3 4.6 4.1 4.6 3.8 3.4 2.3 2.5

TD 19 23 17 21 14 18 12 13 6 10 19 5 4 5

YDS/G 236.2 232.8 225.4 209.9 199.9 197.9 191.2 183.9 172.6 161.9 132.9 121.2 90.0 71.0

PASS OFFENSE East Carolina Marshall Southern Miss Middle Tennessee Florida Atlantic UAB UTSA North Texas Louisiana Tech Rice Tulane Tulsa FIU UTEP

G 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8

CMP 246 168 161 138 143 123 142 136 162 92 138 126 109 101

ATT 356 279 327 231 255 230 232 221 298 188 256 267 216 184

INT 6 4 16 8 9 6 6 10 13 4 10 16 8 6

PCT 69.1 60.2 49.2 59.7 56.1 53.5 61.2 61.5 54.4 48.9 53.9 47.2 50.5 54.9

YDS 2722 2354 2014 1712 1691 1685 1661 1620 1519 1401 1367 1349 1308 1151

TOTAL OFFENSE Marshall East Carolina Middle Tennessee North Texas Florida Atlantic UTSA Rice UAB Tulsa Louisiana Tech Southern Miss UTEP Tulane FIU

G 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8

RUSH 1862 1063 1890 1679 1599 1583 1803 1471 1530 1295 568 1381 970 720

PASS 2354 2722 1712 1620 1691 1661 1401 1685 1349 1519 2014 1151 1367 1308

PLAYS YDS 602 4216 639 3785 571 3602 572 3299 606 3290 535 3244 602 3204 549 3156 623 2879 582 2814 550 2582 524 2532 538 2337 525 2028

AVG 7.6 8.4 6.2 7.4 6.6 7.3 7.2 7.3 5.1 7.5 5.3 5.1 6.1 6.3

AVG/P TD 7.0 50 5.9 40 6.3 32 5.8 29 5.4 27 6.1 23 5.3 30 5.7 23 4.6 18 4.8 16 4.7 21 4.8 13 4.3 17 3.9 10

TD 21 27 16 13 13 10 5 8 6 13 12 6 6 7

YDS/G 340.2 294.2 251.8 214.0 211.4 210.6 207.6 202.5 189.9 175.1 170.9 168.6 163.5 143.9

YDS/G 527.0 473.1 450.2 412.4 411.2 405.5 400.5 394.5 359.9 351.8 322.8 316.5 292.1 253.5


2013 STATISTICAL LEADERS - CONFERENCE USA GAMES SCORING OFFENSE Marshall East Carolina Middle Tennessee North Texas Rice Florida Atlantic UTSA UAB Tulane Tulsa Southern Miss Louisiana Tech UTEP FIU

TD 52 42 37 35 31 28 26 23 21 20 21 17 16 10

FG 5 11 7 6 9 8 9 10 11 11 6 14 7 8

XPT 49 39 36 34 27 24 25 21 21 16 21 15 16 10

2XP 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 3 0 1 0 0

DXP 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

PUNT RETURN AVG. Marshall Southern Miss North Texas East Carolina Middle Tennessee Florida Atlantic FIU Louisiana Tech Rice Tulane UTEP UAB Tulsa UTSA

G 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8

RET 17 8 22 21 10 25 10 14 15 19 12 5 11 8

YDS 269 107 254 242 82 171 53 73 78 97 56 23 32 -8

TD 1 0 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

KICKOFF RETURNS UTEP East Carolina Tulsa Marshall North Texas UTSA Florida Atlantic Louisiana Tech FIU Southern Miss Rice UAB Tulane Middle Tennessee

G 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8

RET 24 18 24 26 17 17 13 24 17 44 14 40 14 19

YDS 712 475 585 623 398 372 282 498 341 867 275 782 273 364

RUSH DEFENSE North Texas Tulane Florida Atlantic UTSA East Carolina Rice Marshall Louisiana Tech Middle Tennessee FIU Tulsa Southern Miss UAB UTEP

G 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8

RUSH 260 298 276 275 300 315 343 366 354 306 343 372 327 343

YARDS 805 935 945 1023 1071 1302 1403 1479 1493 1528 1614 1850 1970 1996

SAF 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0

PTS 376 326 279 262 242 218 210 191 180 175 167 163 135 94

AVG 47.0 40.8 34.9 32.8 30.2 27.2 26.2 23.9 22.5 21.9 20.9 20.4 16.9 11.8

PASS EFF. DEF. Florida Atlantic North Texas Rice Marshall East Carolina UTSA Tulane Louisiana Tech Middle Tennessee Tulsa Southern Miss FIU UTEP UAB

ATT CMP 110 243 157 279 111 228 143 288 159 284 160 292 150 273 134 240 165 261 164 278 150 236 139 229 104 181 139 228

INT 10 12 8 11 13 8 9 14 9 11 5 6 1 5

PCT 45.3 56.3 48.7 49.7 56.0 54.8 54.9 55.8 63.2 59.0 63.6 60.7 57.5 61.0

YDS 1266 1513 1333 1739 1611 1698 1798 1690 1644 1829 1818 1849 1588 2178

TD 7 5 7 9 9 8 6 10 11 17 17 19 15 23

EFF 90.3 99.1 100.9 103.0 104.9 107.2 110.9 117.1 123.1 126.5 147.8 150.7 157.4 170.1

AVG 15.8 13.4 11.5 11.5 8.2 6.8 5.3 5.2 5.2 5.1 4.7 4.6 2.9 -1.0

TOTAL DEFENSE Florida Atlantic North Texas Rice East Carolina UTSA Tulane Middle Tennessee Marshall Louisiana Tech FIU Tulsa UTEP Southern Miss UAB

RUSH 945 805 1302 1071 1023 935 1493 1403 1479 1528 1614 1996 1850 1970

PASS 1266 1513 1333 1611 1698 1798 1644 1739 1690 1849 1829 1588 1818 2178

PLAYS 519 539 543 584 567 571 615 631 606 535 621 524 608 555

YARDS 2211 2318 2635 2682 2721 2733 3137 3142 3169 3377 3443 3584 3668 4148

AVG/P 4.3 4.3 4.9 4.6 4.8 4.8 5.1 5.0 5.2 6.3 5.5 6.8 6.0 7.5

TD 17 11 17 19 15 15 25 21 25 31 29 36 43 45

YDS/G 276.4 289.8 329.4 335.2 340.1 341.6 392.1 392.8 396.1 422.1 430.4 448.0 458.5 518.5

TD 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

AVG 29.7 26.4 24.4 24.0 23.4 21.9 21.7 20.8 20.1 19.7 19.6 19.5 19.5 19.2

SCORING DEFENSE North Texas Tulane UTSA Rice Florida Atlantic Marshall East Carolina Middle Tennessee Louisiana Tech Tulsa FIU UTEP Southern Miss UAB

TD 14 15 17 19 20 22 22 26 27 34 32 37 46 48

XPT 14 14 16 18 18 17 22 25 27 32 29 36 42 44

2XP 0 0 1 1 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 1

DXP 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

SAF 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0

PTS 112 140 150 158 168 183 190 201 213 257 257 293 341 355

AVG/G 14.0 17.5 18.8 19.8 21.0 22.9 23.8 25.1 26.6 32.1 32.1 36.6 42.6 44.4

AVG 3.1 3.1 3.4 3.7 3.6 4.1 4.1 4.0 4.2 5.0 4.7 5.0 6.0 5.8

TD 6 9 10 7 10 10 12 15 14 12 12 26 22 21

TURNOVER MARGIN Middle Tennessee Rice East Carolina North Texas Tulane Marshall UTSA Louisiana Tech FIU Florida Atlantic Tulsa UTEP UAB Southern Miss

(Gained) FUM INT 11 9 9 8 5 13 7 12 10 9 5 11 5 8 7 14 5 6 3 10 8 11 4 1 3 5 10 5

TOT 20 17 18 19 19 16 13 21 11 13 19 5 8 15

(Lost) FUM 4 7 6 4 6 9 5 7 6 9 8 5 9 7

INT 8 4 6 10 10 4 6 13 8 9 16 6 6 16

TOT 12 11 12 14 16 13 11 20 14 18 24 11 15 23

MAR +8 +6 +6 +5 +3 +3 +2 +1 -3 -5 -5 -6 -6 -8

YDS/G 100.6 116.9 118.1 127.9 133.9 162.8 175.4 184.9 186.6 191.0 201.8 231.2 246.2 249.5

FG 4 12 10 8 10 10 12 6 8 7 10 11 7 7

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2013 STATISTICAL LEADERS - CONFERENCE USA GAMES PUNTING FIU Tulane UAB UTEP Florida Atlantic East Carolina Louisiana Tech North Texas Marshall Tulsa Rice UTSA Middle Tennessee Southern Miss

PUNTS 52 52 35 46 40 30 44 41 30 49 48 35 38 51

AVG 40.7 40.4 44.1 39.2 41.1 41.6 37.0 40.0 40.4 38.3 42.5 40.1 41.2 38.7

PR 75 78 11 71 130 78 29 57 68 113 200 113 156 251

FIELD GOALS Tulsa Louisiana Tech Middle Tennessee Tulane Marshall Rice UAB FIU UTSA North Texas East Carolina Florida Atlantic Southern Miss UTEP

G 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8

MADE 11 14 7 11 5 9 10 8 9 6 11 8 6 7

ATT 12 17 9 15 7 13 15 12 14 10 19 14 11 14

PAT KICKING Middle Tennessee Rice UTSA Tulane UAB Southern Miss UTEP Louisiana Tech FIU East Carolina North Texas Marshall Tulsa Florida Atlantic

G 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8

MADE 36 27 25 21 21 21 16 15 10 39 34 49 16 24

FIRST DOWNS East Carolina Marshall Middle Tennessee Rice North Texas Florida Atlantic UAB Tulsa UTSA Louisiana Tech Southern Miss Tulane UTEP FIU

G 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8

RUSH 65 89 92 101 87 78 83 94 71 67 35 47 70 56

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AVG 1.4 1.5 3.1 1.5 3.2 2.6 0.7 1.4 2.3 2.3 4.2 3.2 4.1 4.9

YDS/P 38.5 37.3 36.9 36.8 36.8 36.4 36.4 36.1 36.1 36.0 35.9 35.7 34.4 33.0

3RD-DN CONV. G Marshall Middle Tennessee East Carolina North Texas UTSA Florida Atlantic UAB Rice Tulane UTEP Tulsa Louisiana Tech Southern Miss FIU

MADE 8 65 8 59 8 62 8 59 8 53 8 56 8 48 8 51 8 45 8 45 8 50 8 44 8 37 8 28

ATT 116 118 124 122 115 128 113 125 122 124 141 129 117 116

PCT. 56.0 50.0 50.0 48.4 46.1 43.8 42.5 40.8 36.9 36.3 35.5 34.1 31.6 24.1

PCT. .917 .824 .778 .733 .714 .692 .667 .667 .643 .600 .579 .571 .545 .500

4TH-DN CONV. G East Carolina Rice UTEP Southern Miss Marshall UTSA Tulsa North Texas Middle Tennessee Florida Atlantic Tulane UAB FIU Louisiana Tech

MADE 8 8 8 6 8 9 8 7 8 7 8 5 8 12 8 4 8 5 8 7 8 3 8 6 8 7 8 5

ATT 10 9 14 11 11 8 20 7 9 13 6 13 17 14

PCT. 80.0 66.7 64.3 63.6 63.6 62.5 60.0 57.1 55.6 53.8 50.0 46.2 41.2 35.7

ATT 36 27 25 21 21 21 16 15 10 40 35 52 17 27

PCT. 1.000 1.000 1.000 1.000 1.000 1.000 1.000 1.000 1.000 .975 .971 .942 .941 .889

PENALTIES Tulsa Middle Tennessee UTEP Southern Miss Florida Atlantic Marshall Louisiana Tech East Carolina FIU UAB Rice North Texas Tulane UTSA

G 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8

YDS 210 263 280 323 324 335 345 345 349 362 375 383 448 456

AVG./G 26.2 32.9 35.0 40.4 40.5 41.9 43.1 43.1 43.6 45.2 46.9 47.9 56.0 57.0

PASS 132 104 75 64 78 80 73 56 78 67 94 71 50 58

PEN 17 14 12 10 8 12 10 12 11 17 17 15 8 12

TOTAL 214 207 179 175 173 170 166 162 160 151 146 133 128 126

NO 24 24 31 41 35 44 37 41 37 43 43 47 54 52


2013 SUPERLATIVE STATS - CONFERENCE USA GAMES INDIVIDUAL GAME HIGHS

Touchdowns .........................................5 ...............................................Charles Ross, Rice vs. Louisiana Tech (Nov 16, 2013) ........................................................3 ...............................................8 tied with TD responsibility ...................................7 ...............................................Shane Carden, East Carolina vs. Tulsa (Nov 9, 2013) [2r,5p] ........................................................6 ...............................................Nick Mullens, Southern Miss at UAB (Nov 30, 2013) [1r,5p] Points scored kicking ..............................18 ..............................................Cairo Santos, Tulane vs. East Carolina (Oct 12, 2013) [5fg,3pat] ........................................................15 ..............................................2 tied with Total offense yards ................................469 ............................................Rakeem Cato, Marshall at Tulsa (Nov 14, 2013) [13r,456p] ........................................................455 ............................................Shane Carden, East Carolina at Tulane (Oct 12, 2013) [-25r,480p] Total offense plays .................................66 ..............................................Rakeem Cato, Marshall at Tulsa (Nov 14, 2013) [8r,58p] ........................................................65 ..............................................Jaquez Johnson, Florida Atlantic vs. Middle Tennessee (Sep 21, 2013) [15r,50p] Rushing yards .......................................251 ............................................Brandin Byrd, North Texas at Tulsa (Nov 30, 2013) ........................................................215 ............................................Charles Ross, Rice vs. Louisiana Tech (Nov 16, 2013) Rushing attempts ..................................40 ..............................................Trey Watts, Tulsa at Louisiana Tech (Nov 23, 2013) ........................................................34 ..............................................Trey Watts, Tulsa vs. Rice (Oct 5, 2013) Rushing TDs .........................................5 ...............................................Charles Ross, Rice vs. Louisiana Tech (Nov 16, 2013) ........................................................3 ...............................................four tied with Longest rush ........................................91 ..............................................Brandin Byrd, North Texas at Tulsa (Nov 30, 2013) ........................................................84 ..............................................Kam Jones, UTSA at Tulsa (Nov 2, 2013) Passing yards........................................480 ............................................Shane Carden, East Carolina at Tulane (Oct 12, 2013) ........................................................456 ............................................Rakeem Cato, Marshall at Tulsa (Nov 14, 2013) Passing attempts ...................................58 ..............................................Rakeem Cato, Marshall at Tulsa (Nov 14, 2013) ........................................................57 ..............................................Shane Carden, East Carolina at Middle Tennessee (Oct 5, 2013) Passing TDs ..........................................5 ...............................................five tied with Longest pass ........................................93 ..............................................Logan Kilgore, Middle Tennessee at UAB (Nov 2, 2013) ........................................................81 ..............................................Nick Mullens, Southern Miss at Marshall (Nov 2, 2013) Passes completed ..................................43 ..............................................Shane Carden, East Carolina at Middle Tennessee (Oct 5, 2013) ........................................................41 ..............................................Shane Carden, East Carolina at Tulane (Oct 12, 2013) Pass completion pct ...............................100.0 ..........................................2 tied with (L. Kilgore - MT 10/12; G. Simpson - UTEP 11/23) Pass yards/attempt ................................18.3 ...........................................Garrett Simpson, UTEP at Tulane (Nov 23, 2013) [3-55] ........................................................15.7 ...........................................Blake Frohnapfel, Marshall at FIU (Nov. 23, 2013 [3-57] Pass yards/catch ...................................18.3 ...........................................Garrett Simpson, UTEP at Tulane (Nov 23, 2013) [3-55] ........................................................15.7 ...........................................Blake Frohnapfel, Marshall at FIU (Nov. 23, 2013 [3-57] Receiving yards .....................................230 ............................................Justin Hardy, East Carolina at Tulane (Oct 12, 2013) ........................................................185 ............................................Jordan Taylor, Rice vs. UTEP (Oct 26, 2013) Receptions ..........................................17 ..............................................Justin Hardy, East Carolina at Tulane (Oct 12, 2013) ........................................................13 ..............................................Darnell Smith, North Texas vs. UTSA (Nov 23, 2013) Yards per catch .....................................48.5 ...........................................Dominique Sullivan, Southern Miss vs. North Texas (Oct 26, 2013) [2-97] ........................................................46.2 ...........................................Jordan Taylor, Rice vs. UTEP (Oct 26, 2013) [4-185] Receiving TDs .......................................3 ...............................................3 tied with (J. Taylor - Rice 10/26; R. Wiggins - ECU 11/16; G. Hoskins - MU 11/23) Longest reception ..................................93 ..............................................Marcus Henry, Middle Tennessee at UAB (Nov 2, 2013) ........................................................81 ..............................................Marqueze Triplett, Southern Miss at Marshall (Nov 2, 2013) Field goal attempts ................................7 ...............................................Warren Harvey, East Carolina at Tulane (Oct 12, 2013) Field goals made ...................................5 ...............................................2 tied with (C. Santos - TLN 10/12; K. Fischer - LATECH 10/26) Longest field goal ..................................52 ..............................................Austin Taylor, FIU vs. East Carolina (Nov 2, 2013) ........................................................51 ..............................................Cairo Santos, Tulane at Louisiana Tech (Sep 12, 2013) PAT kicks attempted ...............................9 ...............................................Justin Haig, Marshall vs. Southern Miss (Nov 2, 2013) PAT kicks made .....................................8 ...............................................3 tied with (J. Haig - MU 11/9; J. Haig - MU 11/29; C. Acosta - USM 11/30) Punts .................................................11 ..............................................Dennis Parks, Tulsa vs. North Texas (Nov 30, 2013) Yards punted ........................................426 ............................................Dennis Parks, Tulsa vs. North Texas (Nov 30, 2013) [11-426] ........................................................416 ............................................James Farrimond, Rice vs. Florida Atlantic (Sep 28, 2013) [9-416] Longest punt ........................................73 ..............................................Mike Ruggles, UTEP vs. FIU (Nov 16, 2013) Punt returns ........................................5 ...............................................2 tied with (R. Lohnes - FAU 9/28; B. Chancellor - NT 11/30) Punt return yards ..................................105 ............................................Justin Hardy, East Carolina vs. Southern Miss (Oct 19, 2013) ........................................................84 ..............................................Brelan Chancellor, North Texas at Tulsa (Nov 30, 2013) Longest punt return ...............................77 ..............................................Devon Smith, Marshall at Florida Atlantic (Oct 12, 2013) ........................................................66 ..............................................Justin Hardy, East Carolina vs. Southern Miss (Oct 19, 2013) Punt return TDs ....................................1 ...............................................four tied with Punt return avg.....................................33.5 ...........................................Devon Smith, Marshall vs. Southern Miss (Nov 2, 2013) [2-67] ........................................................28.0 ...........................................Brelan Chancellor, North Texas vs. Rice (Oct 31, 2013) [3-84] Kick returns .........................................9 ...............................................Jamarcus Nelson, UAB vs. Southern Miss (Nov 30, 2013) ........................................................6 ...............................................five tied with Kick return yards ...................................193 ............................................Ja’Terian Douglas, Tulsa at East Carolina (Nov 9, 2013) ........................................................186 ............................................Jamarcus Nelson, UAB vs. Southern Miss (Nov 30, 2013) Longest kick return ................................100 ............................................2 tied with (A. Golden - UTEP 9/21; A. Golden - UTEP 10/12) Kick return TDs .....................................1 ...............................................2 tied with (A. Golden - UTEP 9/21; A. Golden - UTEP 10/ 12) Combined PR/KR yards ............................193 ............................................Ja’Terian Douglas, Tulsa at East Carolina (Nov 9, 2013) [0pr-193kr] ........................................................186 ............................................Jamarcus Nelson, UAB vs. Southern Miss (Nov 30, 2013) [0pr-186kr] Interceptions .......................................3 ...............................................D’Joun Smith, Florida Atlantic vs. Tulane (Nov 2, 2013) ........................................................2 ...............................................11 tied with Longest interception rtn ..........................100 ............................................DaShaun Amos, East Carolina vs. Tulsa (Nov 9, 2013) ........................................................99 ..............................................Derrick Strozier, Tulane vs. East Carolina (Oct 12, 2013) All-purpose yards ..................................367 ............................................Jamarcus Nelson, UAB at Troy (Aug 31, 2013) ........................................................303 ............................................Jamarcus Nelson, UAB vs. Southern Miss (Nov 30, 2013) Tackles ...............................................18.0 ...........................................Sam Scofield, Tulane vs. Tulsa (Oct 26, 2013) [14-4] ........................................................17.0 ...........................................four tied with Sacks .................................................4.5 .............................................Martin Wright, Florida Atlantic vs. FIU (Nov 29, 2013) [4-1] ........................................................3.0 .............................................four tied with Tackles for loss .....................................4.5 .............................................Martin Wright, Florida Atlantic vs. FIU (Nov 29, 2013) [4-1] ........................................................4.0 .............................................Julius Warmsley, Tulane vs. Tulsa (Oct 26, 2013) [4-0]

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Associated Press (Final)

Florida State (60) Auburn Michigan State South Carolina Missouri Oklahoma Alabama Clemson Oregon UCF Stanford Ohio State Baylor LSU Louisville UCLA Oklahoma State Texas A&M USC Arizona State Notre Dame Wisconsin Duke Vanderbilt Washington

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25

ARV: East Carolina

USA Today Coaches’ (Final)

Florida State (59) Auburn Michigan State South Carolina Missouri Oklahoma Clemson Alabama Oregon Ohio State Stanford UCF Baylor LSU Louisville UCLA Oklahoma State Texas A&M USC Arizona State Wisconsin Duke Vanderbilt Notre Dame Nebraska

ARV: East Carolina, Marshall, North Texas

2013 BOWL RESULTS BOWL

BCS NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP GODADDY BBVA COMPASS AT&T COTTON DISCOVER ORANGE ALLSTATE SUGAR TOSTITOS FIESTA ROSE PRESENTED BY VIZIO CAPITAL ONE OUTBACK TAXSLAYER.COM GATOR HEART OF DALLAS CHICK-FIL-A AUTOZONE LIBERTY BOWL HYUNDAI SUN ADVOCARE V100 NATIONAL UNIVERSITY HOLIDAY VALERO ALAMO FRANKLIN AMER. MORTGAGE MUSIC CITY BELL HELICOPTER ARMED FORCES BUFFALO WILD WINGS RUSSELL ATHLETIC BELK NEW ERA PINSTRIPE FIGHT HUNGER TEXAS MILITARY PRES. BY NORTHROP GRUZMAN SDCCU POINSETTIA LITTLE CAESARS SHERATON HAWAI’I BEEF ‘O’ BRADY’S R+L CARRIERS NEW ORLEANS MAACO LAS VEGAS FAMOUS IDAHO POTATO GILDAN NEW MEXICO

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DATE

Jan. 6 Jan. 5 Jan. 4 Jan. 3 Jan. 3 Jan. 2 Jan. 1 Jan. 1 Jan. 1 Jan. 1 Jan. 1 Jan. 1 Dec. 31 Dec. 31 Dec. 31 Dec. 31 Dec. 30 Dec. 30 Dec. 30 Dec. 30 Dec. 28 Dec. 28 Dec. 28 Dec. 28 Dec. 27 Dec. 27 Dec. 27 Dec. 26 Dec. 26 Dec. 24 Dec. 23 Dec. 21 Dec. 21 Dec. 21 Dec. 21

LOCATION

Pasadena, Calif. Mobile, Ala. Birmingham, Ala. Arlington, Texas Miami, Fla. New Orleans, La. Glendale, Ariz. Pasadena, Calif. Orlando, Fla. Tampa, Fla. Jacksonville, Fla. Dallas, Texas Atlanta, Ga. Memphis, Tenn. El Paso, Texas Shreveport, La. San Diego, Calif. San Antonio, Texas Nashville, Tenn. Fort Worth, Texas Tempe, Ariz. Orlando, Fla. Charlotte, N.C. New York, N.Y. San Francisco, Calif. Houston, Texas Annapolis, Md. San Diego, Calif. Detroit, Mich. Honolulu, Hawaii St. Petersburg, Fla. New Orleans, La. Las Vegas, Nev. Boise, Idaho Albuquerque, N.M.

SCORE

Florida State 34, Auburn 31 Arkansas State 16, Ball State 13 Vanderbilt 41, Houston 24 Missouri 41, Oklahoma State 31 Clemson 40, Ohio State 35 Oklahoma 45, Alabama 31 UCF 52, Baylor 42 Michigan State 24, Stanford 20 South Carolina 34, Wisconsin 24 LSU 21, Iowa 14 Nebraska 24, Georgia 19 North Texas 36, UNLV 14 Texas A&M 52, Duke 48 Mississippi State 44, Rice 7 UCLA 42, Virginia Tech 12 Arizona 42, Boston College 19 Texas Tech 37, Arizona State 23 Oregon 30, Texas 7 Mississippi 25, Georgia Tech 17 Navy 24, Middle Tennessee 6 Kansas State 31, Michigan 14 Louisville 36, Miami (Fla.) 9 North Carolina 39, Cincinnati 17 Notre Dame 29, Rutgers 16 Washington 31, BYU 16 Syracuse 21, Minnesota 17 Marshall 31, Maryland 20 Utah State 21, Northern Illinois 14 Pittsburgh 30, Bowling Green 26 Oregon State 38, Boise State 23 East Carolina 37, Ohio 20 Louisiana-Lafayette 24, Tulane 21 USC 45, Fresno State 20 San Diego State 49, Buffalo 24 Colorado State 48, Washington State 45


2014 COMPOSITE SCHEDULE FRIDAY, AUGUST 29 Bowling Green at WKU

FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 26 Middle Tennessee at Old Dominion

SATURDAY, AUGUST 30 Bethune-Cookman at FIU Florida Atlantic at Nebraska Louisiana Tech at Oklahoma Marshall at Miami (Ohio) Savannah State at Middle Tennessee North Texas at Texas Hampton at Old Dominion Rice at Notre Dame Southern Miss at Mississippi State Troy at UAB UTEP at New Mexico UTSA at Houston

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 27 FIU at UAB UTSA at Florida Atlantic Louisiana Tech at Auburn Rice at Southern Miss UTEP at Kansas State WKU at Navy

THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 4 Arizona at UTSA SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 6 Wagner at FIU Florida Atlantic at Alabama Louisiana Tech at Louisiana-Lafayette Rhode Island at Marshall Middle Tennessee at Minnesota SMU at North Texas Old Dominion at NC State Alcorn State at Southern Miss UAB at Mississippi State Texas Tech at UTEP WKU at Illinois THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 11 Louisiana Tech at North Texas SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 13 Pittsburgh at FIU Tulsa at Florida Atlantic Ohio at Marshall WKU at Middle Tennessee Eastern Michigan at Old Dominion Rice at Texas A&M Southern Miss at Alabama Alabama A&M at UAB New Mexico State at UTEP UTSA at Oklahoma State SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 20 Louisville at FIU Florida Atlantic at Wyoming Northwestern State at Louisiana Tech Marshall at Akron Middle Tennessee at Memphis Nicholls State at North Texas Old Dominion at Rice Appalachian State at Southern Miss

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 2 Florida Atlantic at FIU SATURDAY, OCTOBER 4 UTEP at Louisiana Tech Marshall at Old Dominion Hawai’i at Rice Southern Miss at Middle Tennessee North Texas at Indiana UAB at WKU New Mexico at UTSA SATURDAY, OCTOBER 11 FIU at UTSA Middle Tennessee at Marshall North Texas at UAB Old Dominion at UTEP Rice at Army

SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 8 FIU at Old Dominion Florida Atlantic at North Texas Louisiana Tech at UAB Marshall at Southern Miss UTSA at Rice UTEP at WKU THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 13 Southern Miss at UTSA SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 15 Middle Tennessee at FIU Rice at Marshall North Texas at UTEP Army at WKU FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 21 UTEP at Rice SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 22 FIU at North Texas Florida Atlantic at Middle Tennessee Louisiana Tech at Old Dominion Marshall at UAB UTSA at WKU FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 28 WKU at Marshall

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 18 Marshall at FIU WKU at Florida Atlantic UTSA at Louisiana Tech UAB at Middle Tennessee Southern Miss at North Texas

SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 29 Old Dominion at Florida Atlantic Rice at Louisiana Tech Middle Tennessee at UTEP North Texas at UTSA UAB at Southern Miss

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 25 Florida Atlantic at Marshall Louisiana Tech at Southern Miss North Texas at Rice Old Dominion at WKU UAB at Arkansas UTEP at UTSA

SATURDAY, DECEMBER 6 C-USA Championship Game

 Conference games in bold. All games and dates subject to change Schedule as of April 10, 2014

SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 1 Rice at FIU UAB at Florida Atlantic WKU at Louisiana Tech BYU at Middle Tennessee Old Dominion at Vanderbilt Southern Miss at UTEP

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