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Melvin Gordon silences doubters in a game that rewrites the record books By Jake Powers the daily cardinal
Early in the first quarter of Wisconsin’s Sept. 20 bashing of Bowling Green, redshirt junior Melvin Gordon received a handoff and was hit at the line of scrimmage by the Falcons’ Kendall Montgomery, who jarred the ball loose. Teammate Nate Locke pounced on the fumble at the Badgers’ 35-yard line, and one play later, Bowling Green tied the game at seven. As the Wisconsin offense took the field after the ensuing kickoff, with sophomore Corey Clement inserted at running back, Gordon found himself in a tough position. “As a running back, fumbling is probably the worst thing, it’s the worst feeling,” Gordon said. “It’s tough. If you ask any running back, fumbling is one of the worst things besides missing a block and getting the QB smashed.” Gordon’s early game miscue could not have come at a worse time for the Badgers’ feature running threat. Going into
the Bowling Green matchup, Gordon had amassed just 178 rushing yards and one touchdown in two games, uncharacteristically poor numbers for a back who was considered a Heisman Trophy candidate before the season began. Additionally, Gordon had extra time to stew on his poor start, as Wisconsin’s bye week before the Bowling Green game followed a dismal performance against Western Illinois in which Gordon gained just 38 yards on 17 carries. “It’s not easy having a bad game and then having a bye week right after it because you know it’s a good two weeks of people to talk crazy and talk this and talk that,” Gordon said. “It was tough. I won’t sit here and lie to you and act like it was—it was tougher, it was tougher than what I thought it would be.” Any sort of “crazy” talk that Gordon referenced was soon silenced. On Wisconsin’s ensuing drive after Bowling Green tied the game, Gordon capped off a 70-yard drive with a 2-yard
touchdown scamper, his first rush since the fumble. From that point onward, Gordon was nothing short of stellar. He consistently found open rushing lanes created by the offensive line and his speed, agility and power were on full display, as he tacked on rushing scores of 50, 3, 21 and 69 yards en route to gaining 253 rushing yards. His signature run came late in the second quarter, when Gordon took an inside handoff, shook off several defenders at the line of scrimmage, bounced outside and beat the secondary in a foot race to the end zone for a 21-yard touchdown. Gordon looked confident and decisive, showing power to run through defenders and excellent field vision to kick the ball outside the tackle box. Gordon’s focus and determination was fueled by a desire to improve and move on from his early season struggles. “I was really motivated today,” Gordon said. “I just heard a lot of people saying ‘I can’t do this, I can’t do that, Melvin’s not that, Melvin shouldn’t be considered with this
guy or be talked about with this guy,’ and I heard it. That definitely motivated me to go out there and do what I needed to do. Plus I kept thinking about the Western Illinois game. As a player, as a competitor, that’s not the type of performance you want to have so I just kept thinking about that every day in practice and it motivated me and it showed today.” Head coach Gary Andersen never lost confidence in Gordon, regardless of what was being said. “I thought he was a great back way before today,” Andersen said. “I know we all believe that or we should believe that. But this was his opportunity to break out and he made a lot of people miss today against a defense that I thought tackled very well throughout their first games. And it was just fun to watch for a lot of times.” While Gordon acknowledged that the breakout game was much needed, he emphasized that he still has work to be done in order to establish consistency. The frustration surrounding his
first two games has provided him a framework for handling future adversity. “You never know what the future might hold, maybe we might have another game where we didn’t go for as many rushing yards,” Gordon said. “It is what it is, but you just have to regroup and come back and respond.” Redshirt senior right tackle Rob Havenstein, one of the key cogs of the offensive line that opened rushing lanes all afternoon, best summarized Gordon’s showing. “When things are clicking like that, that just goes down to the special guys behind us,” Havenstein said. “All we’ve got to do on the offensive line is put bodies on guys and Melvin is going to juke one guy and spin one guy and hurdle another and go through one more guy to go score a touchdown because that’s just the type of player he is. He’s such a special player and he obviously threw that out on the field today and kind of said ‘this is who I am, this is who I want to be.’”
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Five things to watch By Zach Rastall The daily cardinal
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The return of Melvin Gordon
After a subpar showing against Western Illinois, one of the biggest questions facing the Badgers heading into last week’s game was how redshirt junior running back Melvin Gordon and the rest of the rushing attack would fare against Bowling Green.
Well, Gordon and the Badgers responded in a big way with a record-breaking performance on offense in their blowout victory over the Falcons. Gordon overcame an early fumble to set career highs with 253 yards and five touchdowns. And, oh by the way, he did all that on just 13 carries. South Florida’s defense has been fairly mediocre against the run so far this season, giving up
142 yards per game on the ground and allowing 3.84 yards per carry to its opponents. This could allow for another outstanding game by Gordon and the Badgers’ offense.
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Tanner McEvoy’s inconsistent passing
Despite the fact that Wisconsin set a school record with 756 yards of total offense last Saturday, quarterback Tanner
McEvoy wasn’t exactly impressive through the air. The redshirt junior completed just nine of his 16 passes for one touchdown and one interception, and was off the mark on several passes. It was a disappointing showing from McEvoy after he had completed a school-record 17 consecutive passes against Western Illinois. There’s no question that McEvoy’s mobility adds another dynamic to the UW offense, and his 158 yards rushing against the Falcons was a big reason why the Badgers set the modern era Big Ten record with 644 yards on the ground. It also doesn’t help that his receiving corps isn’t loaded with a ton of talent, but McEvoy needs to start limiting his mistakes and hitting open receivers on a more consistent basis.
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Finding a go-to wide receiver
Speaking of the Badgers’ wide receivers, someone needs to step up to be a reliable target for Tanner McEvoy. Senior tight end Sam Arneson has done a nice job of filling Jake Pedersen’s shoes, recording eights catches for 155 yards and a touchdown through three games. However, Wisconsin still needs one or two wide receivers to become go-to guys that can at least somewhat make up for the void left by Jared Abbrederis. The Badgers’ best bet might be redshirt junior wide receiver Alex Erickson, who has already become McEvoy’s favorite target early on in the season. Erickson has caught 15 passes for 165 yards and a touchdown, including a tremendous performance against Western Illinois where he recorded 10 catches for 122 yards and a touchdown. If McEvoy is to have a solid game against South Florida, Erickson and the receiving corps will have to continue to improve and limit their dropped passes.
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South Florida’s lackluster offense
Through four games, the Bulls are averaging just 293 yards of total offense and haven’t looked like much of a threat on the ground or through the air. They have averaged just under 142 passing yards thus far in 2014, which is 116th in the FBS, one spot behind Wisconsin. But unlike the Badgers, they don’t have a strong running game to make up for their passing deficiencies. South Florida has put up 605 rushing yards in four games, which isn’t terrible, but really isn’t enough to offset its poor passing. The one bright spot of the Bulls’ offense has been freshman running back Marlon Mack, who has rushed for five touchdowns this year. While four of those did come against Western Carolina, an FCS foe, it’s a big step up for a team that scored just four touchdowns on the ground during the entire 2013 season.
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Will South Florida be able to make stops on defense?
Since their offense isn’t going to be lighting up any scoreboards, the Bulls’ success relies heavily on their defense. Though they were able to make enough stops to get the wins against Western Carolina and UConn, their performance against North Carolina State is a different story. The Wolfpack eviscerated South Florida’s defense in their 49-17 win, putting up 315 rushing yards and 589 yards of total offense. North Carolina State also went 11 for 16 on third down conversions. This has been an area of concern for the Bulls, as they’ve allowed opposing offenses to convert 28 of their 58 third downs this season, a success rate of 48.3 percent. If South Florida wants to compete with the Badgers, its defense has to make more stops on third down. Otherwise, it could get ugly very quickly.
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Struggling offense limiting South Florida By Andrew Tucker the daily cardinal
The Badgers are riding high after pounding Bowling Green last week, but South Florida is coming off a big win of their own, despite an overall weak season so far. In the Bulls’ first game of the season, they needed to come back against Western Carolina, then stop a subsequent Western Carolina comeback attempt, to win a close game 36-31. Western Carolina is by no means a powerhouse, showing South Florida can have defense issues. On the offensive side, freshman running back Marlon Mack racked up 275 yards and 4 touchdowns, so the running game is their strong suit. USF lost in Week 2 against Maryland 17-14. Seven of their 14 points came off of a fumble returned for a touchdown. Freshman quarterback Mike White went down on the first play, with an arm injury, and backup Auggie Sanchez couldn’t get the offense going. In a Week 3 49-17 loss to NC State, the passing game was the lone redeeming factor. White came back after his injury the previous week, and threw for USF’s first touchdown of the sea-
son. As well, the defense tacked allowed per game. on another defensive touchdown. When it comes to the So far this year, they’ve relied Badgers’ plan of attack, they mostly on the defense to create will look to capitalize on USF’s scoring opportunipoor play against ties with the offense big programs this on the sidelines. year; USF has lost Last week, USF both of its games opened conference against opponents season with a bang from Power Five completion by holding off a conferences, which percentage late UConn rally to is an encouraging for the three win 17-14. The USF sign for Wisconsin. USF QB’s. defense played well, USF teams generholding UConn to ally aren’t known for only 132 yards on the being lead by flashy total yards allowed by game, and keeping players, but running USF in win them from grabbing back Mack has been over UConn. the lead despite low their most reliable offensive scoring. offensive option, with The Bulls rank 522 total yards, and Marlon low in the FBS in five touchdowns on Mack’s NCAA most major offensive the year. The Bulls’ ranking in categories. Out of 124 most nationally rectotal rushing yards. teams, their passing ognized player is yards per game rank senior kicker Marvin 119th, their rushing Kloss who was a 2013 yards per game rank Lou Groza Award 83rd, and their points per game finalist for best collegiate placecomes in at 101st. kicker, and is currently on the Their defense compares a watch list for this year’s award. bit more favorably against the Against the Badgers, look for rest of the country though. They USF to try to force turnovers for rank 57th in rush yards allowed scores to stay in the game, while per game, 72nd in pass yards trying to force the ball down allowed per game, 93rd points Wisconsin’s throat on offense.
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In a mild shocker, the Indiana Hoosiers picked up the Big Ten’s best win Saturday in Missouri.
Resurgent week for Big Ten shifts conference hierarchy By Jack Baer the daily cardinal
Call it a bounce-back week for the Big Ten, but then again every team showing up to the actual game could be considered a bounce-back after what happened the week before. Now let’s congratulate Indiana on an SEC win and point and laugh at Michigan.
1. No. 9 Michigan State (2-1)
The Spartans registered the Big Ten’s biggest scoring margin Saturday, blowing out Eastern Michigan 73-14 (and EMU’s touchdowns came late). It was a complete performance, with nearly 500 Spartan yards on offense, only 135 total yards allowed on defense and a healthy return game. For now, Michigan State seems lined up to have a mirror image of how Wisconsin’s season will likely play out, but with tougher competition. The Spartans lost to a premier nonconference opponent, and will now work in a weak Big Ten hoping they can be dominant enough to still impress voters.
2. No. 19 Wisconsin (2-1)
People are going to say “Oh, they just crushed another weak midmajor.” Wrong. Bowling Green is a real team. They won the MAC last year. They beat Indiana, who just took down a decent SEC team. Their coach is an Art Briles disciple, which should be scary. And Wisconsin, plain and simple, obliterated them. There really shouldn’t be any question about this, Wisconsin is clearly going to play like the Wisconsin of old: a bulldozer of a rushing attack, enough deception to stay frisky and a strong defense prone to hiccups while defending the pass. Tanner McEvoy needs to eventually show he can threaten with his arm; a one-dimensional offense is going to leave the Badgers vulnerable against real defenses.
3. No. 22 Ohio State (2-1)
I’m disappointed in Ohio State, they didn’t even show up to play last Saturday. Luckily for them, they were bailed out by having a bye week. The talent on their
defensive line remains downright pornographic, and the rest of the team is pretty good. We like to hate on Urban Meyer, but the man can recruit and the man can coach. The question marks over redshirt freshman quarterback J.T. Barrett will worry fans until he shows he can pass on a good defense or run enough to compensate. Basically, he’s in the same boat as McEvoy.
4. Penn State (4-0)
Same story as last week: they beat a bad team, this time Massachusetts, but you can’t blame them considering they had to schedule knowing their team depth would severely hinder them against multiple tough opponents. It probably does hinder them, we just aren’t going to see that until an Oct. 25th date against Ohio State. So far, Christian Hackenberg has been a disappointment, a Big Ten Offensive Player of the Year candidate that currently has more interceptions than touchdowns. Penn State is ranked this high on faith that he will find his old form. If not, the floor is low for this team.
5. No. 21 Nebraska (4-0)
Beating Miami is cool and all, it’s still just hard to get past that McNeese State took them into the final minutes. A win like that is not a win, good teams should destroy FCS teams. Look back at the WisconsinNorthern Iowa game that gave the Panthers a chance at a gamewinning drive. That was a warning for the Badgers’ subsequent loss to Oregon State and weak (and very, very weird) season. Bet the likely and eerily consistent season outcome of four losses.
6. Indiana (2-1)
Here’s the big winner from Week 3, the Hoosiers. As of now, the Big Ten’s best out-of-conference win belongs in Indiana, thanks to a thrilling win at Missouri. Whoever predicted that is a darn liar. The Hoosiers are making strides under Kevin Wilson. Their rushing attack challenges Wisconsin for best in the conference and the defense might be good enough to
not allow 500 rushing yards to the Badgers again. Junior running back Tevin Coleman might be allowed to join the Melvin Gordon-Ameer Abdullah team of superhuman running backs after his hero game in Columbia, Mo.
7. Maryland (3-1) 8. Iowa (3-1) 9. Rutgers (2-1) All three of these teams are pretty much the same story. Solid by Big Ten standards, won close-ish games against mediocre but by no means awful opponents. All three of the teams, Rutgers much less than the other two, have some really talented players like Stefon Diggs and Brandon Scherff, but Rutgers beat Washington State. Call this the “possible upset” region.
10. Michigan (2-2)
Remember that scene from the Dark Knight where the Joker walks into the meeting with all the mob bosses and goes “What happened? You guys used to run everything. Now you’re just scared of the Batman.” Visualize a similar scene in Ann Arbor. They got dominated at home by Utah. Just inexcusable. Your Brady Hoke firing time betting line is the night after the Michigan State game.
11. Minnesota (3-1)
Senior David Cobb might be the conference’s most underrated player, but it’s still hard to get excited about this Gophers team. Being able to beat a disastrous Michigan team next week could be encouraging, but last year’s surprisingly good team might have been a peak for head coach and possible actual gopher Jerry Kill.
12. Illinois (2-2) 13. Purdue (2-2) 14. Northwestern (1-2)
Illinois, maybe don’t allow 475 total yards to a Sun Belt team. Purdue, you shouldn’t need repeated mistakes from Southern Illinois to pull away. Northwestern, you were held close at home by a team that was mediocre in the FCS last year, so you just depress me.
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No. 11 UCLA at No. 15 Arizona State
Going into Tempe is tough, just ask any Badgers fan, and coming off a bye week, the UCLA Bruins face their toughest test of the season thus far when they take on Arizona State on Thursday night. UCLA is a very unconvincing 3-0 this season, winning by one possession in all three games, This includes an opening day head-scratcher against Virginia, by a touchdown in their home opener against Memphis and by a field goal against a sub-par Texas team. Heisman candidate Brett Hundley may or may not play against the Sun Devils, though backup Jerry Neuheisel played admirably in relief against Texas. On the other side of the field, starting quarterback Taylor Kelly will not play against the Bruins, leaving Mike Bercovici as the quarterback. While Neuheisel played well, Bercovici did not. Bercovici completed 2-of-4 passes for eight yards and chipped in -3 yards on four carries. If he’s asked to carry the load on offense, the Sun Devils could be in trouble. I’d look for the Bruins to win this one, but it could be sloppy.
Arkansas at No. 6 Texas A&M in Arlington, Texas
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Wisconsin fans, Arkansas has looked startlingly competent in their second season under former head coach Bret Bielema. They are eighth in rushing yards and third in the country in points, en route to a 3-1 start including a 49-28 win against Texas Tech in Lubbock and a 52-14 win last week against Northern Illinois. Arkansas’ schedule is an absolute nightmare coming up with consecutive games against No. 6 Texas A&M in Arlington, No. 3 Alabama and No. 12 Georgia in Fayetteville. To make matters worse for the Razorbacks, that is the first of two stretches where they play three ranked teams in a row. Arkansas has a good chance to win its first SEC game, November 28, and even playing at Missouri is no gimme. Arkansas has not won a conference game under Bielema and I would be shocked if it happened this week at AT&T (new Cowboys) Stadium. Texas A&M hasn’t missed a step in the transition from Johnny Football to Kenny Trill. After opening the season with an emphatic thumping of South Carolina in Columbia 52-28, Hill and the Aggies have systematically torn apart opposing defenses to the tune of the fourth most passing yards per game in the country and the second most points per game. The Aggies get into the teeth of their schedule after this game, playing three straight ranked
teams, culminating in a trip to Bryant-Denny Stadium to play No. 3 Alabama for potential SEC West supremacy. Look for Arkansas to run the ball, and then run some more, but the Aggies defense has been stout and Hill has been sublime. If Arkansas is forced to throw, they will lose big, and I’d expect this game get out of hand quickly.
Syracuse vs. No. 8 Notre Dame in East Rutherford, N.J.
Syracuse has not been very good, but this week doesn’t feature too many marquee matchups and this one’s being played at a neutral site, so it makes this preview anyway. After starting 2-0, Syracuse lost at home to Maryland 34-20 and had the Terrapins as close as 14-13 in the second quarter before the wheels totally fell off. Notre Dame on the other hand has moved up to No. 8 after beating Rice and Michigan at home before taking down Purdue in Indianapolis. The Fighting Irish looked absolutely world-beating against Michigan, though that could have partially been because of just how terrible the Wolverines have been this year, en route to the first shutout of Michigan in 365 games. Everett Golson has been just what the doctor ordered for the Irish, completing 64.6 percent of his passes and racking up 780 passing yards and seven touch-
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Bret Bielema’s Arkansas team has disappointed Badger fans by starting 3-0, but that record could fall given their future schedule. downs. The senior from Myrtle Beach, S.C., sat out last year after breaking the honor code and the Irish struggled heavily without him. Look for this to be a game throughout as Syracuse has plenty of fans in the tri-state area but crowd noise will hardly be an issue for the Irish in the home of the New York Jets and Giants.
Tennessee gave the Georgia rushing attack too many problems as the three-headed rushing monster of Gurley, Michel, Keith Marshall will be too much for the Tennessee front seven. Additionally, quarterback Hutson Mason is more than qualified to make all of the throws to keep the chains moving.
Tennessee at No. 12 Georgia
Stanford has given up 13 points all season in its three games, good for top in the country at 4.3 points allowed per game. However, all 13 of those came in the matchup with USC, which Stanford lost 13-10. But this tilt will be strength against strength as Washington is averaging 41.3 points per game including 49.3 in its last three. Washington’s defense has been suspect at times as they allowed 52 points to FCS Eastern Washington. This Pac-12 matchup has enormous implications for the Cardinal as a second loss in the conference would be damning if they want a shot at the Pac-12 title game as the Pac-12 North goes through Eugene. For Washington, the Huskies catch three of the four ranked teams on their schedule at home. If they can win two of those games, it would be a huge step in the right direction for Chris Petersen in his first year as head coach of the Huskies. Petersen has never won fewer than eight games in a season and won double-digit games for seven straight seasons while at Boise State. I’d look for this game to be a low-scoring affair with the Cardinal edging this one out in the fourth quarter.
On the opening weekend, with a heavily underclassman lineup, Tennessee demolished Chuckie Keeton and the Utah State Aggies 38-7 at home. After a significantly less convincing win against Arkansas State, the young Volunteers traveled to No. 4 Oklahoma and promptly got sent back to Knoxville with their tails between their legs. Playing a big game in Norman will be important as they enter their SEC schedule, though things certainly will not be easy for them as they travel between the hedges to play Georgia in Samford Stadium. Georgia lost its opening SEC game in Columbia in one of the best games of the season, marred by a questionable intentional grounding call, which took them off the goal line and eventually out of the end zone. Last week, Georgia had a phenomenal day on the ground and it let them rest Todd Gurley at the end of the first quarter. Gurley picked up 73 yards on just six carries but it was freshman Sony Michel who did the heavy lifting. Michel carried the ball only 10 times but picked up 155 yards and three touchdowns. I would be surprised if
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Jordan, A.J. Stave, Joel Doe, Kenzel Gaulden, Devin Hillary, Darius McEvoy, Tanner Clement, Corey James, Alec Caputo, Michael Gillins, D.J. Shelton, Sojourn Fredrick, Jordan Gaglianone, Rafael Sanders, Krenwick Peavy, Jazz Reynard, T.J. Armstrong, Thad Jamerson, Natrell Bondoc, Evan Houston, Bart Senger, Connor Wheelwright, Robert Dixon, D’Cota Love, Reggie Cadogan, Sherard Rushing, George Baretz, Lance Ogunbowale, Dare Connelly, Ryan Musso, Leo Ramesh, Austin Jean, Peniel Andersen, Chasen Kinlaw, Caleb Hudson, Austin Brookins, Keelon Gordon, Melvin Tindal, Derrick Straus, Derek Deal, Taiwan Floyd, Terrance Landisch, Derek Cummins, Connor Figaro, Lubern Jacobs, Leon Obasih, Chikwe Watt, Derek Ferguson, Joe Spurling, D.J. Endicott, Andrew Neuville, Zander Rosowski, P.J. Kelliher, Brady Hayes, Jesse Watt, T.J. Trotter, Michael Steffes, Eric Herring, Warren Austin, Matt Traylor, Austin
CB QB WR CB CB QB RB DE S QB CB WR K WR WR CB QB WR S QB QB WR ILB WR OLB WR WR CB OLB S RB CB ILB RB DB S RB CB FB RB CB ILB WR S OLB DE FB S FB K LB P LS OLB TE ILB TE NG ILB TE
HUNTING I SPORTING CLAYS I GUN SHOP I RANGE I CORPORATE EVENTS I THE PUB
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6-0 6-5 5-8 5-10 5-11 6-6 5-11 6-3 6-1 6-3 5-9 6-4 5-11 6-1 6-0 5-9 6-3 5-11 6-1 6-4 5-10 6-2 5-10 6-3 6-3 6-1 5-11 5-11 6-3 5-10 6-1 5-11 6-0 5-9 6-2 5-10 6-1 5-11 6-0 6-0 5-10 6-0 6-1 6-0 6-2 6-2 6-2 6-1 5-10 5-9 6-5 6-3 6-8 6-3 6-5 6-0 6-3 6-3 6-3 6-3
190 220 176 187 188 222 217 259 212 201 178 214 231 193 187 175 215 180 201 218 183 201 206 214 232 190 195 188 225 194 247 194 221 180 205 209 213 174 230 216 191 231 200 179 230 268 236 210 212 175 226 186 247 229 247 220 259 294 218 248
RS JR RS JR SR RS JR RS JR RS JR SO RS FR RS JR FR SO RS JR FR FR RS FR JR RS SO FR FR RS SO RS FR SO FR RS SO RS SR FR SR RS SO FR RS SO RS FR RS SR FR FR FR RS FR RS JR FR RS JR FR RS JR SR RS SR FR SO RS FR RS JR RS FR RS FR SO FR FR RS FR RS JR RS FR RS SR RS SO RS SR FR RS JR
47 48 48 49 49 50 52 53 54 55 55 56 56 57 58 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 66 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 78 82 84 86 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 99
Biegel, Vince Cichy, Jack Fumagalli, Troy Arneson, Sam Schweitzer, Justin Harrison, Josh Maxwell, Jacob Edwards, T.J. Costigan, Kyle Denlinger, Trent Dooley, Garret Fischer, Ben McGuire, James Ruechel, Ben Panos, George Schobert, Joe Trotter, Marcus Udelhoven, Connor Marz, Tyler Williams, Walker Deiter, Michael Connors, Brett Benzschawel, Beau Gault, Jaden McNamara, Aiden Voltz, Dan Ball, Ray Hemer, Ben Lewallen, Dallas Biegel, Hayden Kapoi, Micah Schmidt, Logan Havenstein, Rob Stengel, Jake Maly, Austin Erickson, Alex Eckert, Sam Meyer, Drew Zagzebski, Konrad Patterson, Jeremy Keefer, Jake Sheehy, Conor Goldberg, Arthur Hirschfeld, Billy Russell, Jack Adeyanju, James
OLB ILB TE TE OLB OLB OL OLB OL OL DE LB LS ILB OL ILB ILB LS OL OL OL OL OL OL OL OL OL OL OL OL OL OL OL WR TE WR TE P DE NG DE DE NG DE K DE
6-4 6-2 6-5 6-4 6-1 6-0 6-6 6-1 6-5 6-6 6-2 6-0 6-0 6-2 6-5 6-2 6-0 5-11 6-5 6-7 6-5 6-6 6-6 6-6 6-4 6-3 6-7 6-4 6-6 6-6 6-4 6-4 6-8 6-3 6-5 6-0 6-5 6-3 6-3 6-3 6-3 6-5 6-3 6-6 6-0 6-2
244 220 246 244 208 223 295 229 319 308 238 211 216 224 301 240 226 211 321 320 317 311 291 310 315 311 324 274 321 303 323 300 333 203 250 196 220 187 277 326 269 279 290 271 176 262
RS SO SO RS FR SR FR RS SR FR FR RS SR RS SO RS FR FR RS SR RS SR FR JR RS SR RS SO RS JR RS SO FR FR FR FR RS FR RS SO RS JR RS FR RS SR RS FR FR RS SO RS SR RS JR RS JR RS SO FR RS JR RS SR FR RS JR FR RS SO FR JR RS JR
01 02 02 03 04 05 06 06 07 08 08 09 09 10 11 11 12 13 14 15 15 16 17 17 18 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 25 26 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 35 36 37 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 48 49
Dunkley, Chris Bench, Steven Byrd, Jamie Nichols, Deatrick Bayes, Jimmy Mack, Marlon Legree, A.J. Robbins, Lamar Davis, Andre Calloway, Derrick McCants, Tyre Flowers, Quinton Hill, Demetrius Senat, Deadrin Pope, Marlon Sawyer, Kendell Price, Sean Fullwood, Tajee White, Mike Benjamin, Zach Jackson, Vincent Cliett, Reshard Eveld, Tommy Clise, Kyle Swain, Rahmon Wilson, Evan Dungy, Eric Abraham, Devin Saffold, Torrel Childs, Hassan Wilkins, Mazzi Ward, Johnny Gergley, Cameron Jones, Clinton Mills, Rodney Whitehead, Chase Kloss, Marvin McCray, Sta’fon Garye, C.J. Spencer, Jalen Tice, Darius Johnson, D’Ernest Turner, Tye Nadelman, Emilio Godwin, Nate Griffin, Trevon Watson, Rodney Gillis, Bruce Robb, Tyler Harris, Brandon Carlton, Jake Hamilton, Corian Sanchez, Auggie Holman, Nick Hill, Andrew Briggs, Eric Swanson, Kennard Adkinson, Spencer Garcia, Ruben Ciabatti, Mattias
DB QB DB CB LB RB WR DB WR DT WR QB DE DT TE CB TE CB QB WR DE LB QB QB LB QB WR CB DB DB CB DB DB WR DB WR K RB LB DB RB RB FB K DB DB RB DB DB FB TE FB LB LB DB P FB TE LB P
6-0 6-2 5-11 5-10 6-3 6-0 6-1 6-2 6-1 6-2 5-11 6-0 6-3 6-1 6-4 6-1 6-3 6-2 6-4 6-4 6-2 6-2 6-5 6-2 6-0 6-2 6-1 5-9 5-11 6-0 6-0 6-0 6-0 5-9 5-11 5-9 6-0 5-11 6-3 6-0 5-10 5-10 6-3 5-6 5-10 6-0 5-11 5-10 5-10 5-11 6-3 6-0 6-2 6-2 5-8 6-2 6-0 6-3 6-0 6-0
188 215 184 186 225 195 194 200 205 285 211 217 270 300 255 180 250 209 211 195 246 235 194 223 222 195 190 187 177 188 162 178 180 160 185 170 209 215 228 183 206 207 259 173 202 204 185 184 200 233 240 231 241 231 197 197 253 237 248 189
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50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 93 94 95 98 99
Louis, Hans Whitehurst, Tashon Bullock, Zack Watson, Elkino Harley, LeGrande Black, Josh Brown, Juwuan Harris, Nigel Stewart, Zach Salvato, Alex Hector, Bruce Pettus, Kieran Threatt, Dominique Cancio, Lucas Smith, Michael Jozwiak, Thor Nelson, Clavion Gudmundsson, Brynjar Dever, Tyler Galati, Michael Hudson, Zach Eatmon, Quinterrius Djulbegovic, Mak Janetzke, Sam Hall, Jeremi Ruff, Cameron Amichia, Kofi WIlliams, Darrell Kaufman, Jake Reiter, Austin Knox, Benjamin McFarland, Mike Bronson, Ryeshene Duval, Jordan Welch, Deonte Mut, Alex Dillon, Elkanah Clerveaux, Stanley Adams, Rodney Aikens, Austin Ervilus, Guito Hamilton, James Lee, Eric Awoleke, Daniel Perry, Daniel Chandler, Todd Love, Mike Bronson, Kevin
LB LB LB DL LB LB LB LB LS LS DT DT OL OL OL OL DL OL OL OL OT OL OL OL OL OL OL OL OL OC OL TE WR WR WR WR TE WR WR WR TE DT DE DE DL DT DE DE
6-0 6-3 6-3 6-2 6-1 6-2 6-2 6-0 6-3 5-11 6-2 6-3 6-1 6-5 6-3 6-4 6-3 6-4 6-3 6-3 6-5 6-6 6-5 6-2 6-5 6-3 6-4 6-5 6-9 6-3 6-6 6-5 6-3 6-2 6-0 6-3 6-5 6-3 6-1 6-0 6-4 6-2 6-3 6-5 6-7 6-0 6-4 6-4
229 225 221 291 230 228 230 220 220 200 296 239 320 283 319 321 302 305 284 286 302 313 293 283 345 313 290 307 342 296 287 252 187 216 215 205 239 196 190 180 246 301 248 272 260 321 245 265
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