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2015 SCHEDULE
2015 AMERICAN ATHLETIC CONFERENCE MEDIA DAY
DATE
OPPONENT
STADIUM, CITY
TIME
TV
THURS., SEPT. 3 VILLANOVA PRATT & WHITNEY STADIUM AT RENTSCHLER FIELD Teams meet for first time since 1999 and Villanova lead series 7-4; Wildcats advanced to FCS quarterfinals in 2014
7:30 P.M.
SNY
SAT., SEPT. 12 ARMY PRATT & WHITNEY STADIUM AT RENTSCHLER FIELD UConn leads overall series with Cadets by 4-2 count but Army defeated the Huskies last year at Yankee Stadium
12:00 P.M.
Sat., Sept. 19 at Missouri Faurot Field, Columbia, Mo. The first meeting between the schools and Huskies have an all-time record of 2-3 against SEC schools
12:00 p.m. ESPN, ESPN2 or ESPNU
SAT., SEPT. 26 NAVY* PRATT & WHITNEY STADIUM AT RENTSCHLER FIELD Navy plays its first season as an American Athletic Conference member; Mids lead the series 6-1 with Huskies
TBA
Fri., Oct. 2 at BYU Lavell Edwards Stadium, Provo, Utah Trip to Provo will be longest regular season trip in UConn school history at approximately 2,300 miles
10:15 p.m.
Sat., Oct. 10 at UCF* Bright House Networks Stadium, Orlando, Fla. Teams have split first two meetings in school history in 2013 and ’14 with home team winning both times
TBA
TBA
SAT., OCT. 17 USF* PRATT & WHITNEY STADIUM AT RENTSCHLER FIELD USF leads the all-time series 7-5, with the home team winning seven of nine conference games
TBA
TBA
Sat., Oct. 24 at Cincinnati* Nippert Stadium, Cincinnati, Ohio The Bearcats hold a 9-2 series edge with Husky wins coming in 2008 and 2010
TBA
TBA
FRI., OCT. 30 EAST CAROLINA* PRATT & WHITNEY STADIUM AT RENTSCHLER FIELD East Carolina makes its first trip to East Hartford and won last year’s game in Greenville, N.C.
7:00 P.M.
Sat., Nov. 7 at Tulane* Yulman Stadium, New Orleans, La. UConn returns to New Orleans for the second-straight season
TBA
TBA
SAT., NOV 21 HOUSTON* PRATT & WHITNEY STADIUM AT RENTSCHLER FIELD The Huskies and the Cougars meet for the first time in school history despite being in same league for three years
TBA
TBA
Sat., Nov. 28 at Temple* Lincoln Financial Field, Philadelphia, Pa. TBA The Huskies and the Owls meet for the 16th time in school history – the most of any UConn opponent on the 2015 schedule
TBA
CBS SPORTS
TBA ESPN/ESPN2
ESPNU
*American Athletic Conference Game; HOME GAMES IN BOLD; all times Eastern
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UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT FAST FACTS Location: ................................................ Storrs, Connecticut 06269 Founded: .................................................................................. 1881 Number of Schools and Colleges: .............................................. 14 Undergraduate Branches:............ Avery Point, Hartford, Stamford, Torrington, Waterbury Off Campus Professional Schools: ........................ Law, Medicine, Social Work, Dental Medicine Total Enrollment: ................................................................. 31,119 Undergraduate at Storrs: ..................................................... 18,395 Total Undergraduate: ........................................................... 22,301 Graduate/Professional Students: ........................................... 8,146 President: .............................................................. Dr. Susan Herbst
DIVISION OF ATHLETICS FAST FACTS Director of Athletics: ............................................... Warde Manuel Division of Athletics Address: ........... 2095 Hillside Road, U-1173 Storrs, CT 06269-1173 Athletics Phone: ..................................................... (860) 486-2725 Athletics Website: ........................................... UConnHuskies.com Varsity Sports: ............................................................................. 24 Women’s (13): Basketball, Cross Country, Field Hockey, Ice Hockey, Lacrosse, Rowing, Soccer, Softball, Swimming and Diving, Tennis, Indoor Track and Field, Outdoor Track and Field, Volleyball Men’s (11): Baseball, Basketball, Cross Country, Football, Golf, Ice Hockey, Soccer, Swimming and Diving, Tennis, Indoor Track and Field, Outdoor Track and Field
2014 UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT FOOTBALL RESULTS Aug. 29 Sept. 6 Sept. 13 Sept. 19 Sept. 26 Oct. 11 Oct. 23 Nov. 1 Nov. 8 Nov. 22 Nov. 29 Dec. 6
L, 35-10 W, 19-16 L, 38-21 L, 17-14 L, 36-20 L, 12-3 L, 31-21 W, 37-29 L, 35-21 L, 41-0 L, 41-10 L, 27-20
BYU Stony Brook Boise State at USF* Temple* at Tulane* at East Carolina* UCF* vs. Army (Yankee Stadium) Cincinnati* at Memphis* SMU*
*American Athletic Conference Game
UCONN FOOTBALL FAST FACTS Colors: ................................................ National Flag Blue and White Nicknames: .............................................................. Huskies, UConn Affiliation: ................................................. Football Bowl Subdivision Conference: ................ American Athletic Conference, East Division Stadium: ................... Pratt & Whitney Stadium At Rentschler Field Playing Surface: ............................................................ Natural Grass 2014 Record.......................................................2-10, 1-7 American 2014 Conference Finish....................................................Tied 10th U conn H uskies . com
Football Office Address: ............................. 505 Jim Calhoun Way Storrs, CT 06269-3204 Football Office Phone: ........................................... (860) 486-2718 Football Office FAX: .............................................. (860) 486-2197 Head Coach......................................................................Bob Diaco Alma Mater..........................................................................Iowa ‘96 Overall College Coaching Record......2-10/Entering Second Season Record At Connecticut.......................2-10/Entering Second Season
ASSISTANT COACHES/FOOTBALL STAFF Assistant Head Coach/Tight Ends............................Don Patterson Second Year (Army ’73) Offensive Coordinator/Running Backs.................. Frank Verducci First Year (Seton Hall ’80) Defensive Coordinator/Safeties........................Anthony Poindexter Second Year (Virginia ’99) Wide Receivers/Special Teams Coordinator/ Dir. of Player Engagement...................................David Corley Second Year (William & Mary ’02) Co-Defensive Coordinator/Linebackers..................Vincent Brown Second Year (Mississippi Valley State ’88) Offensive Line/Co-Offensive Coordinator...........Mike Cummings Second Year (Buffalo ’84) Special Teams Coordinator/Wide Receivers......... Wayne Lineburg Second Year (Virginia ’96) Cornerbacks/Co-Special Teams Coordinator.............Josh Reardon Second Year (Central Michigan ’06) Recruiting Coordinator/Defensive Line.............Kevin Wolthausen Second Year (Humboldt State ’81) Strength and Conditioning Coordinator.........................Matt Balis Second Year (Northern Illinois ’96) Director of Player Personnel....................................... Mike Painter Second Year (Bowling Green ’06) Director of Football Operations................................. Sarah Lawless Second Year (Notre Dame ’08) Director of External Football Relations................Andru Creighton Second Year (Notre Dame ’13) Program Aide............................................................Adam Hannon First Year (Bowling Green ’12) Dir. of Football Alumni/Community Affairs............Andy Baylock 13th Year (Central Connecticut ’60) Director of Football Office Adminstration.......... Rebecca Dunstan 11th year (Eastern Connecticut ’00) Graduate Assistant, Offense....................................... David Deboer Second Year (Hope College (Mich.) ’10) Graduate Assistant, Offense....................................... Nick Lezynski Second Year (Notre Dame ’11) Graduate Assistant, Defense..................................... Tyler Stockton Second Year (Notre Dame ’14) Graduate Assistant, Defense......................................Chris DeBerry First Year (UConn ’15)
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No. 22 95 7 96 61 84 2 68 12 24 91 86 70 81 14 1 45 83 90 15 67 37 34 17 63 9 44 44 13 93 82 28 51 32 78 7 4 73 55 90 62 39 3 11 53 50 89 23 18 94 12 71 8 66 19 99 26 88 16 85 20 94 92
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Name Adams, Andrew *** Adeyemi, Kenton ** Anderson, Garrett Atkins, James Basilica, Jacob Battle, Frank Beals, Tyraiq Bedell, James Bisack, Brandon Bivona, JJ Blackwell, Felton Bloom, Alec Bockeloh, Kyle Bogue, John-Luke Boyle, Tim ** Bradley, Dhameer ** Britton, Chris Campbell, Ian Campenni, Julian *** Carrezola, Luke Cespedes, Bryan Claflin, Jeremy Clax, Jazzmar * Coney, Bryan Crozier, Ryan * Davis, Tyler DeLorenzo, Max *** Dexter, Jack Diggs, Vontae * Fatukasi, Folorunso * Feagles, Blake Floyd, Jordan * Freeborn, Connor Garland, Erin Gifford, Dalton ** Green, John ** Hadley, Javon Hashemi, Steve Hicks, Jon * Holman, Zordon Hopkins, Tommy * Jean-Pierre, Chris Johnson, Ron * Joseph, Junior * Knappe, Andreas * Lawley, Sheriden Lee, Chris Lee, Junior *** Lemelle, Brian * Lensander, Nicholas Levenberry, E.J. Levy, Richard * Lucas, Thomas * Manco, Dominick ** Marder, Ellis * Marinan, Sean * Marriner, Josh * Mayala, Hergy McAllister, Brice McLean, Aaron Melifonwu, Obi ** Murphy, Kevin Myers, Mikal **
Ht. 6-0 6-4 6-1 6-5 6-3 6-5 6-0 6-1 6-5 5-8 6-2 6-6 6-3 6-1 6-3 5-10 6-1 6-5 6-0 6-3 6-7 6-1 5-11 6-1 6-4 6-4 5-11 6-2 6-2 6-4 5-10 6-0 6-5 5-11 6-4 5-10 5-10 6-6 6-2 6-5 6-6 5-11 5-11 6-1 6-8 6-4 6-7 6-0 5-10 6-2 6-3 6-6 6-2 6-3 6-1 6-1 5-9 6-2 5-11 6-5 6-3 6-1 6-1
Wt. 198 291 236 267 306 193 171 192 213 191 340 257 295 186 224 180 235 259 306 255 269 212 252 188 296 225 216 200 225 304 207 210 241 192 303 187 168 286 246 224 309 196 226 242 311 275 252 209 172 247 243 312 213 221 199 296 201 200 193 203 216 278 323
Pos. S DL QB DL OL WR WR LS QB S DE TE OL WR QB WR LB TE DL LB OL S FB WR OL QB RB LB LB DL WR/H S LB CB OL CB CB OL LB TE OL S RB LB OL DL TE S WR TE LB OL WR LS S DL RB WR CB WR S DL DL
Cl. RSr. RSr. Jr. RFr. RSo. Fr. Fr. Fr. Fr. RJr. Fr. So. RJr. RSr. Jr. Jr. RFr. Fr. RSr. So. Fr. RSr. RJr. Fr. So. Fr. RSr. Fr. So. RSo. RSo. RJr. Fr. Fr. RSr. RJr. Jr. So. RJr. Fr. RSo. Fr. So. RSo. RJr. RFr. Fr. RSr. Jr. RJr. Jr. RJr. RSo. RSr. RJr. RJr. RSo. Fr. So. Fr. RJr. Fr. RJr.
Hometown/Last School/High School/Prep School Fayetteville, Ga./ Woodward Academy Wethersfield, Conn./ Fork Union (VA) Walnut, Creek, Calif./Berean Chrisitan/Laney JC (Calif.) Saugus, Mass./Blair Academy (N.J.) Oakdale, Conn./ Montville Miami, Fla./Belen Jesuit Prep East Orange, N.J./East Orange Oceanport, N.J./Shore Regional Farifield, Conn./Warde Stratford, Conn./Bunnell Egg Harbor City, N.J./Cedar Creek Ligonier, Pa./Ligonier Valley Senior High Houston, Texas/ Cypress Creek New Rochelle, N.Y./New Rochelle Middlefield, Conn./Xavier New Castle, Del./Eastern Christian Acad. Harrisburg, Pa./Harrisburg Pompton Plains, N.J./Pequannock West Pittson, Pa./ Wyoming Area Langhorne, Pa./Neshaminy New London, Conn./New London West Hartford, Conn./Conard Freehold, N.J./Neptune Naugatuck, Conn./Naugatuck Plantation, Fla./Saint Thomas Aquinas Bellmore, N.Y./ Mepham Berlin, Conn./ Berlin Wilton, Conn./Wilton Downers Grove, Ill./Downers Grove North Far Rockaway, N.Y./Beach Channel Ridgewood, N.J./Ridgewood Bel Air, Md./Loyola Blakefield Wilmington, Del./Salesianum School Oak Park, Ill./Fenwick Fairhaven, Mass./ Bridgton (Maine) Academy Miami, Fla./Felix Varela Miami, Fla./Miami Palmetta Trumbull, Conn./St. Joseph Palmyra, Pa./Palmyra Portland, Maine/Cheverus Hawthorne, N.Y./Westlake Deep River, Conn./Valley Regional Naples, Fla./Palmetto Ridge Sinking Spring, Pa./Wilson Westlawn Silkeborg, Denmark/Handelsskolen Silkeborg Abbotsford, B.C./Lawrenceville Prep (N.J.) Severna Park, Md./Severna Park Brooklyn, N.Y./ Boys and Girls Harrisburg, Pa./Wilson Westlawn Santa Barbara, Calif./Pratt (N.Y.) Woodbridge, Va./C.D. Hylton/Florida State Trenton, N.J./Trenton West Silver Spring, Md./Paint Branch Lagrangeville, N.Y./ Arlington Windermere, Fla./Lake Highland Prep Higganum, Conn./Xavier Chesapeake, Va./Western Branch Montreal, Que./Trinity Pawling (N.Y.) East Longmeadow, Mass./Suffield (Conn.) Academy Southborough, Mass./St. Mark’s South Grafton, Mass./Grafton Westchester, Pa./Westchester East Newburgh, N.Y./Newburgh Free Academy
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No. 80 22 74 75 58 57 56 65 17 9 16 31 76 77 69 60 79 4 87 35 10 54 30 2 25 21 97 40 41 5 48 13 46 72 27 42 36 29 38 43 6 47 52
Name Myers, Tommy * Newsome, Arkeel Nwokeji, Paul Oak, Daniel Okounam, Philippe Ormsby, Cole * Parker, Dallas Peart, Matt Puyol, Bobby * Richardson, William Rishell, Will Robinson, John IV Rugg, Zach Rutherford, Trey Ryslik, David Samra, Tyler ** Schafenacker, Kyle Shirreffs, Bryant Sims, Tyrae Sowa, Luke Stapleton, Cameron Stephens, Omaine Stevens, Jalen Stewart, Graham ** Sullivan, James Summers, Jamar * Tabur, Tom Tarbutt, Michael Terry, Marshé Thomas, Noel * Thompson, Jason Tully, Tony Vann, Marquise *** Vechery, Brendan Vitale, Nick Wain, Justin Walsh, Matthew ** Watkins, Anthony Weyrauch, William Williams, Billy Williams, Jhavon ** Williams, Nazir Williams, Richmond
Ht. 6-5 5-7 6-6 6-3 6-5 6-3 6-4 6-7 5-10 6-2 5-11 6-2 6-3 6-5 6-4 6-2 6-3 6-1 5-6 6-2 6-4 6-3 6-3 6-1 6-1 6-0 6-3 6-0 6-4 6-1 5-7 5-9 6-0 6-6 5-8 6-3 6-1 5-10 5-10 6-3 5-10 6-3 6-0
Wt. 255 182 300 292 278 262 231 263 178 238 184 181 297 300 293 301 290 220 154 220 246 235 240 237 187 185 282 177 192 195 178 172 231 302 176 214 241 198 230 235 190 242 232
Pos. TE RB OL OL DL DL LB OL K LB QB/K CB OL OL DL OL OL QB WR LB LB LB LB LB WR CB DL K S WR RB WR LB OL CB P LB S FB TE CB LB LB
Cl. RSo. So. RSr. RFr. Fr. RSo. Fr. Fr. RJr. Fr. RSo. Fr. RJr. So. Fr. Sr. RSo. RSo. RFr. Fr. RSo. RJr. RSo. RSr. RSo. So. Fr. Fr. Fr. Jr. RFr. RJr. RSr. RSo. RJr. RJr. Jr. RFr. RJr. So. RJr. Fr. RFr.
Hometown/Last School/High School/Prep School Coventry, Conn./Coventry Ansonia, Conn./Ansonia Randolph, Mass./ Thayer Academy Fort Myers, Fla./Fort Myers Chateauguay, Que./St. Paul School (N.H.) Windsor, Conn./Windsor Pointe Vedra Beach, Fla./Pointe Vedra Bronx, N.Y./Governor’s Academy (Mass) North Palm Beach, Fla./Dwyer Washington, D.C./Frank W. Ballou Sr. Hebron, Conn./RHAM Englewood, N.J./Dwight Morrow Windber, Pa./Bishop McCort Markham, Ontario/Kent School (Conn.) Freehold, N.J./Peddie School Wycoff, N.J./Don Bosco Cooper City, Fla./St. Thomas Aquinas Jefferson,Ga./Jefferson/North Carolina State Worcester, Mass./Burncoat Millstone, N.J./The Gunnery (Conn.) Staten Island, N.Y./Poly Prep County Day East Orange, N.J./East Orange Campus Goose Creek, S.C./Goose Creek Durham, Conn./Florida/Xavier Wethersfield, Conn./Xavier East Orange, N.J./East Orange Whitinsville, Mass./Worcester Academy Buffalo, N.Y./Canisius Columbus, N.J./North Burlington Norwalk, Conn./St. Luke’s School Shelton, Conn./Shelton East Sandwich, Mass./Sandwich Cincinnati, Ohio/ Fairfield Senior Ashburn, Va./Broad Run Higganum, Conn./Daniel Hand/Stony Brook Wilmington, N.C./Eugene Ashley Madison, Conn./Daniel Hand Fort Meade, Md./Fort Meade/Lawrenceville Prep (N.J.) Cheshire, Conn./Stonehill Knoxville, Tenn./Northern Iowa/Farragut Delray Beach, Fla./Palm Beach Central Bridgeton, N.J./Bridgeton Hayfield, Va./Hayfield
*- number of letters earned
P ronunciation G uide Kenton Adeyemi Tyraiq Beals James Bedell Brandon Bisack Joseph Bivona Kyle Bockeloh Dhameer Bradley Byran Coney Ryan Crozier Folorunso Fatukasi Chris Jean-Pierre
Ken-ten ADD-a-YEM-ee TIE-reek BA-dell BEE-zack BAH-vone-ah BOCH-ah-low Dah-mear CO-knee Crow-shur Fah-too-kasi GENE-Pierre
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Andreas Knappe Brian Lemelle Sean Marinan Hergy Mayala Obi Melifonwu Mikal Meyers Arkeel Newsome Paul Nwokeji Philippe Okounam Matt Peart David Ryslik
K-nap-EE le-mel Maar-i-NAN Her-GEE MY-alla Melon-FON-wuh Michael Ar-kell Who-cage-E PHIL-eep O-cooh-numb PEAR-it RIZZ-lick
Kyle Schafenacker Bryant Shirreffs Tyrae Sims Tom Tabur Marshé Terry Brendan Verchey William Weyrauch Jhavon Williams Nazir Williams
shaff-a-nacker Sheriffs TIE-ray TAY-burr MAR-shea Vech-er-ee Way-rock Ja-VON NA-zere
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Name Bradley, Dhameer ** Stewart, Graham ** Beals, Tyraiq Johnson, Ron * Shirreffs, Bryant Hadley, Javon Thomas, Noel * Williams, Jhavon ** Green, John ** Anderson, Garrett Lucas, Thomas * Davis, Tyler Richardson, William Stapleton, Cameron Joseph, Junior * Bisack, Brandon Levenberry, E.J. Tully, Tony Diggs, Vontae * Boyle, Tim ** Carrezola, Luke Rishell, Will McAllister, Brice Puyol, Bobby * Coney, Bryan Lemelle, Brian * Marder, Ellis * Melifonwu, Obi ** Summers, Jamar * Adams, Andrew *** Newsome, Arkeel Lee, Junior *** Bivona, JJ Sullivan, James Marriner, Josh * Vitale, Nick Floyd, Jordan * Watkins, Anthony Stevens, Jalen Robinson, John IV Garland, Erin Clax, Jazzmar * Sowa, Luke Walsh, Matthew ** Claflin, Jeremy Weyrauch, William Jean-Pierre, Chris Tarbutt, Michael Terry, Marshé Wain, Justin Williams, Billy DeLorenzo, Max *** Dexter, Jack Britton, Chris Vann, Marquise *** Williams, Nazir Thompson, Jason Lawley, Sheriden Freeeborn, Connor Williams, Richmond Knappe, Andreas * Stephens, Omaine Hicks, Jon *
Ht. 5-10 6-1 6-0 5-11 6-1 5-10 6-1 5-10 5-10 6-1 6-2 6-4 6-2 6-4 6-1 6-5 6-3 5-9 6-2 6-3 6-3 5-11 5-11 5-10 6-1 5-10 6-1 6-3 6-0 6-0 5-7 6-0 5-8 6-1 5-9 5-8 6-0 5-10 6-3 6-2 5-11 5-11 6-2 6-1 6-1 5-10 5-11 6-0 6-4 6-3 6-3 5-11 6-2 6-1 6-0 6-3 5-7 6-4 6-5 6-0 6-8 6-3 6-2
Wt. 180 237 171 226 220 168 195 190 187 236 213 225 238 246 242 213 243 172 225 224 255 184 193 178 188 172 199 216 185 198 182 209 191 187 201 176 210 198 240 181 192 252 220 241 212 230 196 177 192 214 235 216 200 235 231 242 178 275 241 232 311 235 246
Pos. WR LB WR RB QB CB WR CB CB QB WR QB LB LB LB QB LB WR LB QB LB QB/K CB K WR WR S S CB S RB S S WR RB CB S S LB CB CB FB LB LB S FB S K S P TE RB LB LB LB LB RB DL LB LB OL LB LB
Cl. Jr. RSr. Fr. So. RSo. Jr. Jr. RJr. RJr. Jr. RSo. Fr. Fr. RSo. RSo. Fr. Jr. RJr. So. Jr. So. RSo. So. RJr. Fr. Jr. RJr. RJr. So. RSr. So. RSr. RJr. RSo. RSo. RJr. RJr. RFr. RSo. Fr. Fr. RJr. Fr. Jr. RSr. RJr. Fr. Fr. Fr. RJr. So. RSr. Fr. RFr. RSr. Fr. RFr. RFr. Fr. RFr. RJr. RJr. RJr.
Hometown/Last School/High School/Prep School New Castle, Del./Eastern Christian Acad. Durham, Conn./Florida/Xavier East Orange, N.J./East Orange Naples, Fla./Palmetto Ridge Jefferson,Ga./Jefferson/North Carolina State Miami, Fla./Miami Palmetta Norwalk, Conn./St. Luke’s School Delray Beach, Fla./Palm Beach Central Miami, Fla./Felix Varela Walnut, Creek, Calif./Berean Chrisitan/Laney JC (Calif.) Silver Spring, Md./Paint Branch Bellmore, N.Y./ Mepham Washington, D.C./Frank W. Ballou Sr. Staten Island, N.Y./Poly Prep County Day Sinking Spring, Pa./Wilson Westlawn Farifield, Conn./Warde Woodbridge, Va./C.D. Hylton/Florida State East Sandwich, Mass./Sandwich Downers Grove, Ill./Downers Grove North Middlefield, Conn./Xavier Langhorne, Pa./Neshaminy Hebron, Conn./RHAM East Longmeadow, Mass./Suffield (Conn.) Academy North Palm Beach, Fla./Dwyer Naugatuck, Conn./Naugatuck Harrisburg, Pa./Wilson Westlawn Windermere, Fla./Lake Highland Prep South Grafton, Mass./Grafton East Orange, N.J./East Orange Fayetteville, Ga./ Woodward Academy Ansonia, Conn./Ansonia Brooklyn, N.Y./ Boys and Girls Stratford, Conn./Bunnell Wethersfield, Conn./Xavier Chesapeake, Va./Western Branch Higganum, Conn./Daniel Hand/Stony Brook Bel Air, Md./Loyola Blakefield Fort Meade, Md./Fort Meade/Lawrenceville Prep (N.J.) Goose Creek, S.C./Goose Creek Englewood, N.J./Dwight Morrow Oak Park, Ill./Fenwick Freehold, N.J./Neptune Millstone, N.J./The Gunnery (Conn.) Madison, Conn./Daniel Hand West Hartford, Conn./Conard Cheshire, Conn./Stonehill Deep River, Conn./Valley Regional Buffalo, N.Y./Canisius Columbus, N.J./North Burlington Wilmington, N.C./Eugene Ashley Knoxville, Tenn./Northern Iowa/Farragut Berlin, Conn./ Berlin Wilton, Conn./Wilton Harrisburg, Pa./Harrisburg Cincinnati, Ohio/ Fairfield Senior Bridgeton, N.J./Bridgeton Shelton, Conn./Shelton Abbotsford, B.C./Lawrenceville Prep (N.J.) Wilmington, Del./Salesianum School Hayfield, Va./Hayfield Silkeborg, Denmark/Handelsskolen Silkeborg East Orange, N.J./East Orange Campus Palmyra, Pa./Palmyra
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Ht. 6-4 6-3 6-5 6-2 6-3 6-6 6-4 6-7 6-3 6-7 6-1 6-4 6-3 6-6 6-6 6-6 6-6 6-3 6-3 6-5 6-4 6-3 6-5 6-1 5-10 6-5 6-5 6-5 6-6 5-6 6-2 6-7 6-0 6-5 6-2 6-1 6-4 6-2 6-1 6-4 6-5 6-3 6-1
Wt. 231 262 278 301 306 309 296 263 221 269 192 293 295 312 302 286 300 292 297 300 303 290 255 186 207 259 193 203 257 154 200 252 306 224 340 323 304 247 278 291 267 282 296
Pos. LB DL DL OL OL OL OL OL LS OL LS DL OL OL OL OL OL OL OL OL OL OL TE WR WR/H TE WR WR TE WR WR TE DL TE DE DL DL TE DL DL DL DL DL
Cl. Fr. RSo. Fr. Sr. RSo. RSo. So. Fr. RSr. Fr. Fr. Fr. RJr. RJr. RSo. So. RSr. RFr. RJr. So. RSr. RSo. RSo. RSr. RSo. Fr. Fr. Fr. So. RFr. Fr. Fr. RSr. Fr. Fr. RJr. RSo. RJr. Fr. RSr. RFr. Fr. RJr.
Hometown/Last School/High School/Prep School Pointe Vedra Beach, Fla./Pointe Vedra Windsor, Conn./Windsor Chateauguay, Que./St. Paul School (N.H.) Wycoff, N.J./Don Bosco Oakdale, Conn./ Montville Hawthorne, N.Y./Westlake Plantation, Fla./Saint Thomas Aquinas Bronx, N.Y./Governor’s Academy (Mass) Lagrangeville, N.Y./ Arlington New London, Conn./New London Oceanport, N.J./Shore Regional Freehold, N.J./Peddie School Houston, Texas/ Cypress Creek Trenton, N.J./Trenton West Ashburn, Va./Broad Run Trumbull, Conn./St. Joseph Randolph, Mass./ Thayer Academy Fort Myers, Fla./Fort Myers Windber, Pa./Bishop McCort Markham, Ontario/Kent School (Conn.) Fairhaven, Mass./ Bridgton (Maine) Academy Cooper City, Fla./St. Thomas Aquinas Coventry, Conn./Coventry New Rochelle, N.Y./New Rochelle Ridgewood, N.J./Ridgewood Pompton Plains, N.J./Pequannock Miami, Fla./Belen Jesuit Prep Southborough, Mass./St. Mark’s Ligonier, Pa./Ligonier Valley Senior High Worcester, Mass./Burncoat Montreal, Que./Trinity Pawling (N.Y.) Severna Park, Md./Severna Park West Pittson, Pa./ Wyoming Area Portland, Maine/Cheverus Egg Harbor City, N.J./Cedar Creek Newburgh, N.Y./Newburgh Free Academy Far Rockaway, N.Y./Beach Channel Santa Barbara, Calif./Pratt (N.Y.) Westchester, Pa./Westchester East Wethersfield, Conn./ Fork Union (VA) Saugus, Mass./Blair Academy (N.J.) Whitinsville, Mass./Worcester Academy Higganum, Conn./Xavier
G eographical B reakdown Connecticut (24): Adeyemi, Basilica, Bisack, Bivona,
Boyle, Cespedes, Claflin, Coney, DeLorenzo, Dexter, Hashemi, Jean-Pierre, Marinan, Tommy Myers, Newsome, Ormsby, Rishell, Stewart, Sullivan, Thomas, Thompson, Vitale, Walsh, Weyrauch
New Jersey (15): Beals, Bedell, Blackwell, Campbell,
Clax, Feagles, Levy, Robinson, Ryslik, Sowa, Samra, Stephen, Summers, Terry, Nazir Williams
Florida (11): Battle, Crozier, Green, Hadley, Johnson, Marder, Oak, Parker, Puyol, Schafenacker, Jhavon Williams
New York (10): Bogue, Davis, Fatukasi, Hopkins, Junior Lee, Manco, Mikal Myers, Peart, Stapleton, Tarbutt
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Massachusetts (9): Atkins, Gifford, McAllister, McLean, Melifonwu, Nwokeji, Sims, Tarbur, Tully
Pennsylvania (9): Bloom, Britton, Campenni,
Carrezola, Hicks, Joseph, Lemelle, Murphy, Rugg
Maryland (4): Floyd, Chris Lee, Lucas, Watkins Virginia (4): Levenberry, Marriner, Vechery, Richmond Williams
California (2): Anderson, Lensander Deleware (2): Bradley, Freeborn Georgia (2): Adams, Shirreffs Illinois (2): Diggs, Garland Quebec (2): Mayala, Okounam British Columbia (1): Lawley
Denmark (1): Knappe Maine (1): Holman North Carolina (1): Wain Ohio (1): Vann Ontario (1): Rutherford South Carolina (1): Stevens Tennessee (1): Billy Williams Texas (1): Bockeloh Washington, D.C. (1): Richardson
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DEFENSE
LT
71 73
Richard Levy (RJr., 6-6, 312) Steve Hashemi (So., 6-6, 286)
DE
95 57
Kenton Adeyemi (RSr., 6-4, 291) OR Cole Ormsby (RSo., 6-3, 262)
LG
62 72
Tommy Hopkins (RSo., 6-6, 309) OR Brendan Vechery (RSo., 6-6, 302)
DT
90 92
Julian Campenni (RSr., 6-0, 306) Mikal Myers (RJr., 6-1, 323)
C
63 75 70
Ryan Crozier (So., 6-4, 296) Daniel Oak (RFr., 6-3, 292) OR Kyle Bockeloh (RJr., 6-3, 295)
DT
93 50 96
Folorunso Fatukasi (RSo., 6-4, 304) Sheriden Lawley, (RFr., 6-4, 275) OR James Atkins (RFr., 6-5, 267)
RG
60 76
Tyler Samra (Sr., 6-2, 301) Zach Rugg (RJr., 6-3, 207)
DE
15 10
Luke Carrezola (So., 6-3, 255) Cameron Stapleton (RSo., 6-4, 246)
RT
53 77
Andreas Knappe (RJr., 6-8, 311) Trey Rutherfrd (So., 6-5, 300)
TE
80 86
Tommy Meyers (RSo., 6-5, 255) OR Alec Bloom (So., 6-6, 257)
LB
2 13 54
Graham Stewart (RSr., 6-1, 237) Vontae Diggs (So., 6-2, 225) OR Omaine Stephens (RJr., 6-3, 235)
RB
3 44 26 22
Ron Johnson (So., 5-11, 226) OR Max DeLorenzo (RSr., 5-11, 216) OR Josh Marriner (RSo., 5-9, 201) OR Arkeel Newsome (So., 5-7, 182)
LB
46 36
Marquise Vann (RSr., 6-0, 231) Matthew Walsh (Jr., 6-1, 241)
LB
11 55
Junior Joseph (RSo., 6-1, 242) Jon Hicks (RJr., 6-2, 246)
WR
5 8
Noel Thomas (Jr., 6-1, 195) Thomas Lucas (RSo., 6-2, 213)
CB
6 16 4
Jhavon Williams (RJr., 5-10, 190) Brice McAllister (So., 5-11, 193) OR Javon Hadley (Jr., 5-10, 168)
WR
1 18
Dhameer Bradley (Jr., 5-10, 180) Brian Lemelle (Jr., 5-10, 172)
QB
4 14
Bryant Shirreffs (RSo., 6-1, 220) OR Tim Boyle (Jr., 6-3, 224)
SS
22 23 28
Andrew Adams (RSr., 6-0, 198) Junior Lee (RSr., 6-0, 209) OR Jordan Floyd (RJr., 6-0, 210)
FS
20 29 19
Obi Melifonwu (RJr., 6-3, 216) Anthony Watkins (RFr., 5-10, 198) OR Ellis Marder (RJr., 6-1, 199)
CB
21 7 4
Jamar Summers (So., 6-0, 185) John Green (RJr., 5-10, 187) OR Javon Hadley (Jr., 5-10, 168)
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P
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Justin Wain (RJr., 6-3, 214) Bobby Puyol (RJr., 5-10, 178)
K
17 16
Bobby Puyol (RJr., 5-10, 178) Will Rishell (RSo., 5-11, 184)
LS
66
Dominick Manco (RSr., 6-3, 221)
H
82 42
Blake Feagles (RSo., 5-10, 207) Justin Wain (RJr., 6-3, 214)
KR
22 18
Arkeel Newsome (So., 5-7, 182) OR Brian Lemelle (Jr., 5-10, 172)
PR
22 18
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OFFENSE
DEFENSE
RETURNING LETTERMEN (17)
RETURNING LETTERMEN (19)
Pos. OG (2) OT (3) QB (1) RB (6)
Pos. CB (2) DL (6)
TE (1) WR (5)
Player (Letters) Tyler Samra (2), Ryan Crozier (1), Dalton Gifford (2), Andreas Knappe (1), Richard Levy (1) Tim Boyle (2) Jazzmar Clax (1), Max DeLorenzo (3), Tommy Hopkins (1), Ron Johnson (1), Josh Marriner (1), Matt Walsh (1) Tommy Myers (1) Dhameer Bradley (2), John Green (2), Brian Lemelle (1), Thomas Lucas (1), Noel Thomas (1)
LETTERMEN LOST (6) Pos. C (1) QB (1) OG (1) WR (2) TE (1)
Player (Letters) Alex Mateas (3), Chandler Whitmer (3) Gus Cruz (4) Geremy Davis (4), Deshon Foxx (4) Sean McQuillan (3)
RETURNING STARTERS (5) Pos. OG OT OT RB RB WR
Player Tyler Samra Andreas Knappe Richard Levy Max DeLorenzo Ron Johnson Noel Thomas
’14 Starts/Career 12/13 7/7 12/12 5/6 5/5 5/5
STARTERS LOST (6) Pos. C QB OG WR WR TE
Player Alex Mateas Chandler Whitmer Gus Cruz Geremy Davis Deshon Foxx Sean McQuillan
’14 Starts/Career 12/28 8/24 9/19 10/34 12/23 11/19
LB (5) S (5)
Player (Letters) Jamar Summers (1), Jhavon Williams (2) Kenton Adeyemi (2), Julian Campenni (3), Foley Fatukasi (1), Sean Marinan (1), Mikal Myers (2), Cole Ormsby (1) Vontae Diggs (1), Jon Hicks (1), Junior Joseph (1), Graham Stewart (2), Marquise Vann (3) Andrew Adams (3), Jordan Floyd (1), Junior Lee (1), Ellis Marder (1), Obi Melifonwu (2)
LETTERMEN LOST (3) Pos. CB (1) DE (2)
Player (Letters) Byron Jones (4) Reuben Frank (4), B.J. McBryde (3),
RETURNING STARTERS (5) Pos. CB DT LB LB S S DT
Player Jhavon Williams Julian Campenni Graham Stewart Marquise Vann Obi Melifonwu Andrew Adams Kenton Adeyemi
’13 Starts/Career 12/17 12/25 12/14 12/15 11/23 12/20 11/11
STARTERS LOST (6) Pos. CB DE DE LB
Player Byron Jones B.J. McBryde Reuben Frank Jefferson Ashiru
’13 Starts/Career 7/38 8/8 12/12 9/20
SPECIALISTS
RETURNING LETTERMEN (2) Pos. K LS
Player (Letters) Bobby Puyol (1) Dominick Manco (2)
RETURNING STARTERS (1) Pos. K LS P
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Player Bobby Puyol Dominick Manco (2) Justin Wain
’13 Starts/Career 12/13 12/12 12/12
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HEAD COACH BOB DIACO 2015 AMERICAN ATHLETIC CONFERENCE MEDIA DAY
I
n his first season as the head football coach at the University of Connecticut in 2014, Bob Diaco has touched every facet of the program and has built a strong foundation for a championship future at UConn.
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When I met Bob and we discussed this opportunity, I was tremendously impressed by how much he knew about the university — academics and athletics. He makes an immediate impact and speaks eloquently about how he recruits, how he wins and how he dedicates himself to the success of student-athletes. Bob’s ambitions match our history of success and our spirit. The Husky Nation deserves an outstanding football program for the long-term and I am confident that our new head coach will build it. sd
” Susan Herbst, UConn Presidentafs
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Diaco, who enters his second season with the Huskies in 2015, served on the Notre Dame coaching staff as the defensive coordinator from 2010-13 and the assistant head coach in 2012-13. He was named the 30th head football coach at UConn on December 12, 2013. Diaco was the 2012 winner of the Frank Broyles Award, given to the top assistant college football coach in the country and was a semifinalist for the award in 2011. Diaco joined the Notre Dame staff in 2010 as defensive coordinator and inside linebacker coach, took responsibility for the entire linebacker position in 2011 and added responsibilities as associate head coach in 2012. His 2012 Irish defense ranked among the top 10 in the Football Bowl Subdivision in 12 different categories as the school played in the BCS National Championship Game and posted an overall record of 12-1.
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Diaco has an impressive coaching resume as he served at Virginia (2006-08) as the linebackers and special teams coordinator and Cincinnati (2009) as the defensive coordinator and inside linebackers coach before joining the Notre Dame staff. A native of Cedar Grove, N.J., and a 1995 Iowa graduate, Diaco began his coaching career in 1996-97 as a graduate assistant at his alma mater. He then served on the staffs of Western Illinois (1999-2000) as the special teams coordinator and running backs coach, Eastern Michigan (2001-2003) working with the same positions and Central Michigan (2005) as the co-defensive coordinator and linebackers coach. Diaco has coached in eight post-season games, including the BCS title game with Notre Dame in 2012 and the Sugar Bowl with Cincinnati in 2010. He played in three bowl games as a student-athlete at Iowa. He was a two-time All-Big Ten selection at Iowa as a linebacker under Hall of Fame coach Hayden Fry and was named the team’s co-MVP in 1995, starting in all 23 games over his junior and senior seasons. Diaco has developed a national reputation as one of the top defensive coaches in the game. Notre Dame allowed an average of 19.08 points/game from 2010-13, which ranked as the ninth-best average over that time of any team in the FBS. His 2012 Irish defense ranked second in the FBS in scoring defense - allowing just 12.77 points per game. Notre Dame only allowed 15 offensive touchdowns four fewer than any other FBS school. The Irish held six opponents without an offensive touchdown and nine foes
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I talked to many members of the college football community as we began this search for their thoughts and Bob’s name was consistently mentioned. As we engaged in the interview process with him, I was extremely impressed with his passion and his knowledge of the game and also for his commitment to the development of the total studentathlete. Bob has vast experience at many different schools and there is no question in my mind that we have hired a great coach for UConn.sd
” Warde Manuel, UConn Athletic Director afs
Diaco was a two-time All-Big Ten selection at Iowa under legendary coach Hayden Fry.
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to one or fewer offensive touchdowns. Under Diaco’s coaching, linebacker Manti Te’o was the 2012 winner of Nagurski Trophy, Lott Trophy, Butkus Award, Lombardi Award, Bednarik Award, Maxwell Award and Walter Camp Player of the Year. Te’o was also the runner-up for the Heisman Trophy. Diaco’s 2011 defense ranked in the top 50 in scoring defense (24th, 20.7), total defense (30th, 344.7), rushing defense (47th, 138.9) and passing defense (38th, 205.8). It was only the second time since 2003 and fourth time in the last 15 seasons a Notre Dame defense ranked in the top 50 in all four categories. The Irish played in the Champs Sports Bowl following that season. In his first season at Notre Dame in 2010, Diaco switched defensive schemes from a blitzing 4-3 defense the Irish utilized in 2009 and installed a 3-4 no-crease defense. Diaco’s defense became immediately better as the Irish allowed 5.69 fewer points per game, 40.5 fewer yards per game, averaged one half sacks more per game and forced more turnovers in 2010 than 2009. The Irish played in the Sun Bowl that season. In his only season at Cincinnati (2009), he was charged with replacing 10 starters on the Bearcats’ defense, including every player
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BOB DIACO HAS BEEN… EVERYWHERE!
Bob Diaco has travelled literally thousands of miles around the state promoting the program in his two years as the head football coach at UConn. He has made numerous appearances on television and radio stations across the state and even cooked a favorite dish on WFSB’s Better Connecticut. He has met fans at Buffalo Wild Wings restaurants and has taken part in Celebrity Mini-Golf Tournament for the past two years at the Travelers Championship, Connecticut’s PGA Tour stop. On campus, the program played host to Women’s Football 101 Clinics and Summer Football Clinics the past two years.
YEAR-BY-YEAR WITH BOB DIACO Year School Position 1996 Iowa Graduate Assistant 1997 Iowa Graduate Assistant 1999 Western Illinois Running Backs/Special Teams 2000 Western Illinois Running Backs/Special Teams 2001 Eastern Michigan Running Backs/Special Teams 2002 Eastern Michigan Linebackers/Special Teams 2003 Eastern Michigan Outside Linebackers/Special Teams 2004 Western Michigan Linebackers/Special Teams 2005 Central Michigan Co-Defensive Coord/Linebackers 2006 Virginia Linebackers/Special Teams 2007 Virginia Linebackers/Special Teams 2008 Virginia Linebackers/Special Teams 2009 Cincinnati Defensive Coord/Inside Linebackers 2010 Notre Dame Defensive Coord/Inside Linebackers 2011 Notre Dame Defensive Coord/Linebackers 2012 Notre Dame Asst. Head Coach/Defensive Coord/LBs 2013 Notre Dame Asst. Head Coach/Defensive Coord/LBs 2014 UConn Head Coach
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Postseason Alamo Bowl Alamo Bowl NCAA I-AA First Round
Gator Bowl Sugar Bowl Sun Bowl Champs Sports Bowl BCS National Championship Pinstripe Bowl
on the front seven for 2009. The Bearcats recorded 110 tackles for loss in 2009 (8.46 per game) to rank third in the nation. They totaled 37 sacks and tied for 10th in the country averaging 2.85 sacks per contest. Cincinnati’s defense allowed 3.6 rushing yards per carry. He groomed safety Aaron Webster in a First Team All-Big East pick. Prior to Cincinnati, Diaco spent three years as the linebackers coach and special teams coordinator on Al Groh’s coaching staff at the University of Virginia from 2006-08. At the conclusion of the 2008 season, was promoted to the Cavaliers’ defensive coordinator position, but he left two months later to take the same position at Cincinnati. Virginia played in the Gator Bowl following ‘07. Diaco’s linebackers were critical to Virginia allowing only 3.7 yards per carry and just over 21 points per game to their opponents in 2008. Only four schools permitted fewer rushing touchdowns than Virginia’s nine in 2007, and the Cavaliers allowed 106.9 rushing yards per game, 13th in the nation. Virginia ranked 16th nationally at 19.7 points allowed per game and was 23rd in total defense, allowing 332.5 yards per game. Linebacker Clint Sintim led the nation in sacks by a linebacker in 2007. In his only season at Central Michigan (2005), Diaco turned around CMU’s rushing defense that just two years earlier had ranked last in the Mid-American Conference. Under Diaco’s watch, Central Michigan led the MAC, allowing only 113.7 rushing yards per game. He also helped defensive end Dan Bazuin lead the nation with 26.5 tackles for loss and tie a MAC record with 16 sacks. He coached the special teams and linebackers at Western Michigan in 2004. The punting, punt return and kickoff return units all finished in the top three of the MAC. Diaco’s first full-time position was at Western Illinois where he was the running backs coach and special teams coordinator in 1999 and 2000. The Leathernecks won the Gateway Conference crown in 2000 and made an appearance in the NCAA Division I-AA playoffs. Diaco and his wife Julia have two sons - Angelo and Michael - and a daughter Josephine.
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WHAT THEY ARE SAYING ABOUT BOB DIACO
“ Connecticut hired the perfect man to lead their football program into the future. Bob Diaco possesses every
characteristic necessary to be successful. He’s a top-notch recruiter, tremendous leader of young men and brilliant coach. Bob was arguably the top coordinator in the country as demonstrated by our defense over the last few years.
” Brian Kelly, Notre Dame Head Coach
“ofRight away, Bobby demonstrated a good base level those skills that are necessary to be a head coach;
organization, high energy, leadership and the ability to relate to people. We are very excited for Bobby and Julia. They will have a great sense of purpose and a detailed plan for resurrecting UConn football.
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Al Groh, Former University of Virginia
and NFL Head Coach
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I’ve had the good fortune of covering Bob Diaco for a number of years. His commitment to excellence, his ability to relate to and motivate his players and his overall work ethic will be huge assets to the UConn football program.
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UConn got a steal in Coach Diaco. He is a great coach and mentor. He cares for his players. There is nothing better than a coach who cares about his team not only as players, but as individuals. He not only teaches guys how to play the game, but on how to be a gentleman. He is everything you could ever want in a coach. Notre Dame is going to miss him, but he is going to do great things at UConn and I wish him all the best of luck.
” Manti Te’o, San Diego Chargers Linebacker and 2012 Heisman Trophy Runner-Up
“coaches. Bob is going to bring a family atmosphere to any team he He cares a lot about his players, treats everybody
with respect and just a guy who takes care of the people around him and the program. The guys are going to love playing for him. He’s a high-energy guy that brings it with him every day. There’s not a day he would come to work that he wasn’t at his best. Guys respect him and love playing for him.
” Harrison Smith, Minnesota Vikings Safety
” Kirk Herbstreit, ESPN College Football Analyst
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ANDREW ADAMS
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6-0, 198 Safety Redshirt Senior Fayetteville, Ga./ Woodward Academy
Ended the spring as the top strong safety…has started 20 games over his career, all 12 in 2015. 2014: Started all 12 games at safety, leading UConn with four interceptions…finished second on the squad with 96 tackles, including a team-high 65 solo stops… also led UConn with eight pass breakups…tied a program record with three interceptions in a win over UCF (Nov. 1)…named to The American’s weekly honor roll following that performance…returned a fumble 32 yards for a touchdown vs. SMU (Dec. 6)…also forced a fumble vs. SMU…recorded double-digit tackles on three occasions, at East Carolina (Oct. 23), at Army (Nov. 8) and at Memphis (Nov. 29)…led all players with a career-high 13 tackles in the Memphis game… returned an interception 32 yards vs. Cincinnati (Nov. 22). 2013: Played in eight games after missing the first four of the year with an injury… finished the season with 42 tackles, two interceptions and four pass breakups… had a career-high nine tackles vs. Rutgers (Nov. 30)…had seven tackles at Cincinnati (Oct. 19)…posted four tackles and an interception vs. No. 18 Louisville (Nov. 8)… finished with seven tackles, a fumble recovery and an interception vs. Memphis (Dec. 7). 2012: Lettered in his first season of collegiate play…played in 12 games making starts against Maryland (Sept. 15) and Western Michigan (Sept. 22)…had 23 tackles on the season with a career-high five against Maryland (Sept. 15) and Western Michigan (Sept. 22)…also had three tackles against Syracuse (Oct. 19). 2011: Redshirted. High School: Earned First Team All-City/South Fulton County by the Atlanta Journal-Constitution … played in 2009 GISA All-Star Game … had ten tackles, two interceptions and two TDs in first round state playoff game in 2010 vs. Ridgefield HS … team had a 10-2 record during his senior season. Personal Profile: Andrew Tyler Adams … born Oct. 28, 1992 … an economics major. Year G UA A TOTAL TFL Yds P DEF FR INT 2012 10 12 11 23 1 12 4 1 0 2013 8 28 14 42 0.5 1 4 1 2 2014 12 65 31 96 0.5 0 4 1 4 TOTAL 30 105 56 161 2 13 12 3 6
ANDREW ADAMS’ CAREER HIGHS Most Tackles: 13, at Memphis, 11/29/14 Most Interceptions: 3, vs. UCF, 11/1/14 Most PBU: 3, vs. SMU, 12/6/14 Longest Int. Return: 43, vs. UCF, 11/1/14
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ANDREAS KNAPPE
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6-8, 311 Offensive Lineman Redshirt Junior Silkeborg, Denmark/ Handelsskolen Silkeborg
Moved to the offensive line for the 2014 season and finished the spring as the starter at right tackle on the two-deep…named to the Preseason Watch List for the Wuerffel Trophy and a nominee for the Allstate AFCA Good Works Team. 2014: Played in 10 games, starting the final seven of the season at right tackle…… named to the 2014 American Athletic Conference All-Academic team. 2013: Saw time in one game…named to the 2013 American Athletic Conference AllAcademic team. 2012: Redshirted. High School: Came to the Connecticut program from his native Denmark…played for the Triangle Razorbacks of the Danish American Football Federation along with former Huskies Zach Frazer, Alex Polito and Alex Molina…team won the 2011 league championship game -- “The Mermaid Bowl”…attended Handelsskolen Silkeborg for secondary school Personal Profile: Andreas Emil Knappe…born June 2, 1991…a communication major.
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2014 TEAM STATISTICS
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RECORD: OVERALL HOME AWAY NEUTRAL All Games 2-10 2-5 0-5 0-0 Conference 1-7 1-4 0-4 0-0 Non-Conference 1-3 1-2 0-1 0-0 DATE August 29, 2014 September 6, 2014 September 13, 2014 September 19, 2014 September 27, 2014 October 11, 2014 October 23, 2014 November 1, 2014 November 8, 2014 November 22, 2014 November 29, 2014 December 6, 2014
OPPONENT vs. BYU vs. Stony Brook vs. Boise State at USF vs. Temple at Tulane at No. 18 East Carolina vs. UCF at Army vs. Cincinnati at Memphis vs. SMU
TEAM STATISTICS.................................... UCONN..................... OPP SCORING .....................................................186 ..............................358 Points Per Game ..........................................15.5 .............................29.8 Points Off Turnovers ...................................248 ..............................453 FIRST DOWNS ............................................178 ..............................243 Rushing .......................................................69 ................................110 Passing ........................................................87 ................................110 Penalty ........................................................22 ................................23 RUSHING YARDAGE .................................1296 ............................2038 Yards gained rushing ...................................1640 ............................2252 Yards lost rushing ........................................344 ..............................214 Rushing Attempts .......................................395 ..............................482 Average Per Rush .........................................3.3 ...............................4.2 Average Per Game .......................................108.0 ...........................169.8 TDs Rushing ...............................................8 ..................................18 PASSING YARDAGE ...................................2032 ............................2505 Comp-Att-Int .............................................185-341-12 ..................229-389-8 Average Per Pass ..........................................6.0 ...............................6.4 Average Per Catch .......................................11.0 .............................10.9 Average Per Game .......................................169.3 ...........................208.8 TDs Passing ................................................12 ................................21 TOTAL OFFENSE ........................................3328 ............................4543 Total Plays ...................................................736 ..............................871 Average Per Play ..........................................4.5 ...............................5.2 Average Per Game .......................................277.3 ...........................378.6 KICK RETURNS: #-Yards ............................48-949 .........................37-573 PUNT RETURNS: #-Yards ...........................12-81 ...........................23-106 INT RETURNS: #-Yards ...............................8-174 ...........................12-279 KICK RETURN AVERAGE .........................19.8 .............................15.5
SCORE BY QUARTERS UConn Opponents
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SCORE ATTEND. 35-10 35,150 19-16 23,543 38-21 30,098 17-14 28,723 36-20 27,755 12-3 23,076 31-21 40,152 37-29 28,751 35-21 27,453 41-0 24,012 41-10 35,012 27-20 22,921
TEAM STATISTICS.................................... UCONN..................... OPP PUNT RETURN AVERAGE ........................6.8 ...............................4.6 INT RETURN AVERAGE ............................21.8 .............................23.2 FUMBLES-LOST ..........................................19-16 ...........................16-7 PENALTIES-Yards .........................................74-721 .........................85-828 Average Per Game .......................................60.1 .............................69.0 PUNTS-Yards ................................................80-3078 .......................66-2557 Average Per Punt .........................................38.5 .............................38.7 Net punt average .........................................36.2 .............................37.2 KICKOFFS-Yards ..........................................44-2499 .......................69-4145 Average Per Kick .........................................56.8 .............................60.1 Net kick average ..........................................40.9 .............................39.1 TIME OF POSSESSION/Game ...................28:25 ...........................31:35 3RD-DOWN Conversions ............................50/164 .........................74/186 3rd-Down Pct .............................................30% .............................40% 4TH-DOWN Conversions ............................8/14 .............................11/19 4th-Down Pct .............................................57% .............................58% SACKS BY-Yards ............................................13-83 ...........................29-168 MISC YARDS ...............................................17 ................................1 TOUCHDOWNS SCORED ........................23 ................................45 FIELD GOALS-ATTEMPTS ........................9-14 .............................13-19 ON-SIDE KICKS ..........................................1-1 ...............................0-1 RED-ZONE SCORES ..................................(14-24) 58% ................(39-46) 85% RED-ZONE TOUCHDOWNS ....................(10-24) 42% ................(29-46) 63% PAT-ATTEMPTS ..........................................(19-22) 86% ................(43-44) 98% ATTENDANCE ............................................192230 ........................127053 Games/Avg Per Game ..................................7/27461 .......................4/31763 Neutral Site Games ..........................................................................1/27453
1st 22 106
2nd 74 69
3rd 53 98
4th 37 85
Total 186 358
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RUSHING JOHNSON, Ron DeLORENZO, Max FOXX, Deshon NEWSOME, Arkeel MARRINER, Josh WHITMER, Chandler CLAX, Jazzmar FEAGLES, Blake COCHRAN, Casey TEAM BOYLE, Tim Total.......... Opponents......
GP 12 12 12 12 11 12 12 11 1 5 9 12 12
PASSING GP WHITMER, Chandler 12 BOYLE, Tim 9 COCHRAN, Casey 1 FOXX, Deshon 12 TEAM 5 Total.......... 12 Opponents...... 12 RECEIVING DAVIS, Geremy FOXX, Deshon THOMAS, Noel McQUILLAN, Sean BRADLEY, Dhameer NEWSOME, Arkeel LUCAS, Thomas MARRINER, Josh ABRAMS, Kamal DeLORENZO, Max CLAX, Jazzmar LEMELLE, Brian BLOOM, Alec JOHNSON, Ron MYERS, Tommy Total.......... Opponents...... FIELD GOALS PUYOL, Bobby PUNTING WAIN, Justin PUYOL, Bobby Total.......... Opponents......
GP 10 12 12 12 11 12 11 11 6 12 12 9 11 12 12 12 12
Att 114 77 23 47 36 75 1 1 1 4 16 395 482
Effic 121.5 83.5 94.7 44.5 0.0 108.9 126.7 No. 44 30 26 16 15 11 9 6 5 5 5 5 3 3 2 185 229
FGM-FGA Pct 9-14 64.3 No. 74 6 80 66
Gain Loss Net 460 31 429 368 25 343 217 14 203 208 20 188 117 7 110 244 175 69 6 0 6 6 0 6 0 6 -6 0 10 -10 14 56 -42 1640 344 1296 2252 214 2038
Yds 2868 210 3078 2557
Att-Cmp-Int 124-224-8 43-82-3 17-31-1 1-3-0 0-1-0 185-341-12 229-389-8
Yds 521 384 305 158 100 155 122 73 43 42 34 27 40 20 8 2032 2505
Avg 11.8 12.8 11.7 9.9 6.7 14.1 13.6 12.2 8.6 8.4 6.8 5.4 13.3 6.7 4.0 11.0 10.9
01-19 0-0 Avg 38.8 35.0 38.5 38.7
Long 39 88 38 21 16 74 43 38 24 17 15 10 16 11 5 88 73
30-39 3-6
Avg/G 52.1 32.0 25.4 13.2 9.1 12.9 11.1 6.6 7.2 3.5 2.8 3.0 3.6 1.7 0.7 169.3 208.8 40-49 50-99 4-6 0-0
Long TB FC I20 Blkd 59 4 30 17 6 41 0 3 2 0 59 4 33 19 6 61 1 25 23 9
FG SEQUENCE CONNECTICUT BYU (35) Stony Brook (42),(27) BOISE STATE (39),(24) USF – Temple 45,(30) Tulane (44),36 East Carolina – UCF (43) Army – CINCINNATI 38 Memphis 31,(45) SMU 47
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TD Long Avg/G 3 23 35.8 1 46 28.6 1 68 16.9 0 22 15.7 1 16 10.0 2 26 5.8 0 6 0.5 0 6 0.5 0 0 -6.0 0 0 -2.0 0 4 -4.7 8 68 108.0 18 48 169.8
Pct Yds TD Lng Avg/G 55.4 1522 11 88 126.8 52.4 335 1 39 37.2 54.8 171 0 24 171.0 33.3 4 0 4 0.3 0.0 0 0 0 0.0 54.3 2032 12 88 169.3 58.9 2505 21 73 208.8
TD 3 1 4 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 12 21
20-29 2-2
Avg 3.8 4.5 8.8 4.0 3.1 0.9 6.0 6.0 -6.0 -2.5 -2.6 3.3 4.2
PUNT RETURNS FOXX, Deshon CLAFLIN, Jeremy LEMELLE, Brian Total.......... Opponents......
No. 10 1 1 12 23
Yds 81 0 0 81 106
Avg 8.1 0.0 0.0 6.8 4.6
TD Long 1 72 0 0 0 0 1 72 0 24
INTERCEPTIONS No. Yds ADAMS, Andrew 4 104 JONES, Byron 2 70 ASHIRU, Jefferson 1 0 SUMMERS, Jamar 1 0 Total.......... 8 174 Opponents...... 12 279
Avg TD Long 26.0 0 43 35.0 1 70 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0 21.8 1 70 23.2 3 99
KICK RETURNS No. NEWSOME, Arkeel 36 LEMELLE, Brian 5 FOXX, Deshon 3 MARRINER, Josh 3 HICKS, Jon 1 Total.......... 48 Opponents...... 37
Yds 730 116 48 55 0 949 573
Avg 20.3 23.2 16.0 18.3 0.0 19.8 15.5
FUMBLE RETURNS No. ADAMS, Andrew 1 Total.......... 1 Opponents...... 3 31
Yds Avg TD Long 32 32.0 1 32 32 32.0 1 32 44 14.7 3
TD Long 0 47 0 28 0 22 0 21 0 0 0 47 0 38
Lg Blk 45 1 0 0 0 0
OPPONENTS 33 (33) (38) (19) (47),(34),44 (38) 33,(31) 39 – (32),(44),42 (21),(22) (44),(28),47
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2014 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS SCORING PUYOL, Bobby THOMAS, Noel JOHNSON, Ron DAVIS, Geremy FOXX, Deshon NEWSOME, Arkeel WHITMER, Chandler BLOOM, Alec McQUILLAN, Sean DeLORENZO, Max MARRINER, Josh JONES, Byron ADAMS, Andrew Total.......... Opponents...... TOTAL OFFENSE WHITMER, Chandler JOHNSON, Ron DeLORENZO, Max BOYLE, Tim FOXX, Deshon NEWSOME, Arkeel COCHRAN, Casey MARRINER, Josh FEAGLES, Blake CLAX, Jazzmar TEAM Total.......... Opponents......
|——— PATs ———| TD FGs Kick Rush Rcv 0 9-14 19-22 0-0 0 4 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 3 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 3 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 3 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 2 0-0 0-0 0-0 1 2 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 23 9-14 19-22 0-0 1 45 13-19 43-44 0-0 1 G 12 12 12 9 12 12 1 11 11 12 5 12 12
ALL PURPOSE GP/GS NEWSOME, Arkeel 12 FOXX, Deshon 12 DAVIS, Geremy 10 JOHNSON, Ron 12 12 DeLORENZO, Max THOMAS, Noel 12 MARRINER, Josh 11 McQUILLAN, Sean 12 LEMELLE, Brian 9 LUCAS, Thomas 11 ADAMS, Andrew 12 BRADLEY, Dhameer 11 JONES, Byron 7 WHITMER, Chandler 12 ABRAMS, Kamal 6 CLAX, Jazzmar 12 BLOOM, Alec 11 MYERS, Tommy 12 FEAGLES, Blake 11 COCHRAN, Casey 1 TEAM 5 BOYLE, Tim 9 Total.......... 12 Opponents...... 12
Plays 299 114 77 98 26 47 32 36 1 1 5 736 871 Rush 188 203 0 429 343 0 110 0 0 0 0 0 0 69 0 6 0 0 6 -6 -10 -42 1296 2038
Rush 69 429 343 -42 203 188 -6 110 6 6 -10 1296 2038
Pass DXP Saf Pts 0-0 0 0 46 0-0 0 0 24 0-0 0 0 18 0-0 0 0 18 0-0 0 0 18 0-0 0 0 14 1-1 0 0 12 0-0 0 0 6 0-0 0 0 6 0-0 0 0 6 0-0 0 0 6 0-0 0 0 6 0-0 0 0 6 1-1 0 0 186 1-1 0 2 358
Pass Total 1522 1591 0 429 0 343 335 293 4 207 0 188 171 165 0 110 0 6 0 6 0 -10 2032 3328 2505 4543
Rec PR 155 0 384 81 521 0 20 0 42 0 305 0 73 0 158 0 27 0 122 0 0 0 100 0 0 0 0 0 43 0 34 0 40 0 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2032 81 2505 106
KOR 730 48 0 0 0 0 55 0 116 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 949 573
Avg/G 132.6 35.8 28.6 32.6 17.2 15.7 165.0 10.0 0.5 0.5 -2.0 277.3 378.6 IR 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 104 0 70 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 174 279
Tot Avg/G 1073 89.4 716 59.7 521 52.1 449 37.4 385 32.1 305 25.4 238 21.6 158 13.2 143 15.9 122 11.1 104 8.7 100 9.1 70 10.0 69 5.8 43 7.2 40 3.3 40 3.6 8 0.7 6 0.5 -6 -6.0 -10 -2.0 -42 -4.7 4532 377.7 5501 458.4
CAREER STARTS HISTORY OFFENSE Offensive Line Ryan Crozier, OG Gus Cruz, OG Dalton Gifford, OT Andreas Knappe, OT Richard Levy, OT Alex Mateas, C Tyler Samra, OG
‘11 – – – – – – –
‘12 – 5 – – – 4 –
‘13 – 5 6 – – 12 1
‘14 Total 3 3 9 19 5 11 7 7 12 12 12 28 12 13
Wide Receivers Dhameer Bradley, WR Geremy Davis, WR Deshon Foxx, WR John Green, WR Brian Lemelle, WR Thomas Lucas, WR Noel Thomas, WR
‘11 ‘12 ‘13 ‘14 Total – – 2 – 2 1 11 12 10 34 – – 11 12 23 – – 1 – 1 – – 1 – 1 – – – 2 2 – – – 5 5
Tight Ends ‘11 ‘12 ‘13 ‘14 Total Sean McQuillan, TE – – 8 11 19 Tommy Myers, TE – – – 2 2 Quarterbacks Tim Boyle, QB Casey Cochran, QB Chandler Whitmer, QB
‘11 – – –
‘12 – – 12
‘13 ‘14 Total 4 3 7 4 1 5 4 8 24
Running Backs Jazzmar Clax, FB Max DeLorenzo, TB Ron Johnson, TB Arkeel Newsome, TB Matt Walsh, FB
‘11 – – – – –
‘12 – 1 – – –
‘13 – – – – –
Totals
‘14 Total 5 5 5 6 5 5 2 2 1 1
1 33 71 132 237
DEFENSE Defensive Line Kenton Adeyemi, DE Julian Campenni, DT Foley Fatukasi, DT Reuben Frank, DE Mikal Myers, DT B.J. McBryde, DT Angelo Pruitt, DE
‘11 – – – – – – –
‘12 – 2 – – – – 9
‘13 – 11 – – – – 9
‘14 Total 11 11 12 25 3 3 12 12 1 1 8 8 1 19
Linebackers Jefferson Ashiru, LB Junior Joseph, LB Graham Stewart, LB Marquise Vann, LB
‘11 ‘12 ‘13 ‘14 Total – 1 10 8 19 – – – 4 4 – – 2 12 14 – – 3 12 15
Defensive Backs ‘11 ‘12 ‘13 ‘14 Total Andrew Adams, S – 2 6 12 20 Byron Jones, CB 8 12 11 7 38 Junior Lee, S – – – 1 1 Obi Melifonwu, S – – 12 11 23 Jamar Summers, CB – – – 5 5 Jhavon Williams, CB – – 5 12 17 Totals
8 26 73 132 244
SPECIAL TEAMS Kickers Bobby Puyol, K Justin Wain, P Totals
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‘11 ‘12 ‘13 ‘14 Total – 1 – 12 13 – – – 11 11 – 1 – 23 24
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2014 CONNECTICUT DEFENSIVE STATISTICS DEFENSIVE LEADERS 46 VANN, Marquise 22 ADAMS, Andrew 2 STEWART, Graham 20 MELIFONWU, Obi 32 ASHIRU, Jefferson 39 JOSEPH, Junior 6 WILLIAMS, Jhavon 90 CAMPENNI, Julian 93 FATUKASI, Folornuso 95 ADEYEMI, Kenton 92 MYERS, Mikal 47 FRANK, Reuben 97 MCBRYDE, B.J. 16 JONES, Byron 23 LEE, Junior 21 SUMMERS, Jamar 57 ORMSBY, Cole 55 HICKS, Jon 7 GREEN, John 59 DIGGS, Vontae 1G STAPLETON, Cameron 15 CARREZOLA, Luke 33 MCALLISTER, Brice 41 STEG, Brandon 11 HADLEY, Javon 37 CLAFLIN, Jeremy 5 THOMAS, Noel 54 STEPHENS, Omaine 36 WALSH, Matthew 19 MARDER, Ellis 66 MANCO, Dominick 26 MARRINER, Josh 42 WAIN, Justin 3 JOHNSON, Ron 53 KNAPPE, Andreas 8 LUCAS, Thomas 62 HOPKINS, Tommy 28 FLOYD, Jordan 17 PUYOL, Bobby Total.......... Opponents......
|--------Tackles--------| |--Sacks--| GP Solo Ast Total TFL/Yds No-Yards 12 60 45 105 7.0-14 0.5-5 12 65 31 96 0.5-0 . 12 41 53 94 10.5-32 2.0-17 11 52 23 75 3.5-9 . 9 20 27 47 3.5-10 0.5-0 11 24 17 41 4.0-9 . 12 28 10 38 . . 12 18 17 35 5.5-13 2.0-2 12 18 13 31 3.0-3 . 12 9 22 31 5.0-18 1.0-7 12 18 12 30 6.0-20 2.0-9 12 9 20 29 4.0-18 1.0-8 12 9 17 26 1.0-0 . 7 16 8 24 . . 12 15 7 22 1.0-2 . 12 16 6 22 . . 10 7 11 18 5.0-36 3.5-34 12 10 7 17 0.5-0 . 12 6 5 11 . . 12 3 7 10 . . 9 4 5 9 0.5-1 0.5-1 6 3 5 8 . . 5 5 2 7 . . 10 1 5 6 . . 5 4 2 6 . . 8 3 1 4 . . 12 2 2 4 . . 9 2 1 3 . . 11 1 2 3 . . 5 2 1 3 0.5-1 . 11 1 1 2 . . 11 1 1 2 . . 11 . 1 1 . . 12 . 1 1 . . 10 . 1 1 . . 11 1 . 1 . . 12 1 . 1 . . 9 . 1 1 . . 12 1 . 1 . . 12 476 390 866 61-186 13-83 12 406 322 728 81.0-289 29-168
|-------Pass Def-------| |--Fumbles--| Blkd Int-Yds BrUp QBH Rcv-Yds FF Kick Saf . 2 1 . 1 . . 4-104 4 . 1-32 1 . . . . 1 . 2 . . . 3 . . . . . 1-0 . 1 . . . . . . 1 2-0 1 . . . 7 . 1-0 2 . . . . 2 . . . . . . 1 . . . . . 1 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 4 1-0 . . . . 1 2 . . . . 2-70 4 . . . . . . 1 . . . . . 1-0 2 . . . 1 . . . 1 . . . . . . . 1-0 . . . . 5 . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-0 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-174 33 17 7-32 8 1 . 12-279 25 26 16-44 15 3 2
DEFENSIVE CATEGORY LEADERS Tackles For Loss 10.5 Graham Stewart 7.0 Marquise Vann 5.5 Julian Campenni 5.0 Mikal Myers 4.0 Kenton Adeyemi 4.0 Reuben Frank 4.0 Junior Joseph
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Sacks 3.5 2.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0
Cole Ormsby Graham Stewart Kenton Adeyemi Julian Campenni Reuben Frank Mikal Myers
Interceptions 4 Andrew Adams 2 Byron Jones
Pass Breakups 7 Jhavon Williams 4 Byron Jones 3 John Green 3 Obi Melifonwu
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