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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Welcome from the Mayor
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Welcome from the Executive Director
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Welcome from Visit St. Petersburg/Clearwater 7
Stadium Information
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This is the St. Petersburg Bowl
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2015 Game Match-up
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Honorary Game Chairman - Mike Alstott
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THE ST. PETERSBURG BOWL
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BOWL STAFF
Executive Director
Supervisor of Events
Supervisor of Events
Media Contact
BRETT DULANEY
KATHY HNAT
BRITTANY TELLEX
JACK HEILIG
CONFERENCE COMMISSIONERS
CONFERENCE USA
Commissioner
JUDY MacLEOD
AMERICAN ATHLETIC CONFERENCE
Commissioner
MIKE ARESCO
Program Editors
CONFERENCE USA
MARSHALL UNIVERSITY
MARSHALL – Head Coach
MARSHALL – Coaching Staff
MARSHALL – Players
MARSHALL – Team Roster
MARSHALL – Season Review
MARSHALL – Depth Chart
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25-28
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AMERICAN ATHLETIC CONFERENCE
UNIVERSITY of CONNECTICUT
UConn – Head Coach
UConn – Coaching Staff
UConn – Players
UConn – Team Roster
UConn – Season Review
UConn – Depth Chart
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Sponsor Thanks
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TABLE O F C O NTENTS
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THE FBA SALUTES
2016 CHAMPION’S AWARD RECIPIENT
MICHAEL SLIVE
Each year the Football Bowl Association presents an award for distinguished service to college football,
with an emphasis on supporting the student-athlete experience through post-season football bowl games.
This year the FBA pays tribute to retired Southeastern Conference Commissioner Michael Slive, attorney,
executive, and coordinator of the Bowl Championship Series for the 2006 and 2007 regular seasons.
PAST RE C I PI ENTS
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2010 Tom Hansen
2011 LaVell Edwards
2012
Bobby Bowden
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2014
2015
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Dennie Poppe
Lee Corso
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WELCOME FROM THE MAYOR
December 26, 2015
Dear Bowl Fans,
Welcome to St. Petersburg, The Sunshine City – one of America’s
brightest destinations. Here, innovation and tradition converge,
creating a vibrant sense of community. We are delighted to welcome
the players, students and fans from the University of Connecticut and
Marshall University to St. Petersburg.
Our city has been welcoming visitors to our city for more than a century. Whether you’re cheering
for the Huskies or the Thundering Herd, we invite you to discover the hospitality for which we have
become famous.
While here, enjoy our bustling Beach Drive, or any one of our award-winning restaurants, galleries,
and world-class museums. Discover the shops at Sundial, or along Central Avenue and throughout
downtown. Visit one of our more than 150 beautiful parks, where exciting events are held year-round,
or catch some rays on some of the best beaches in North America.
St. Petersburg’s vision is to be a city of opportunity where the sun shines on all who come to live,
work, and play – and that includes you. Have fun, and please bring back your family and friends for
another visit soon.
Sincerely,
RICK KRISEMAN
MAYOR
City of St. Petersburg, FL
WE LC O ME FR O M TH E M AYOR
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WELCOME FROM THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
December 26, 2015
On behalf of the St. Petersburg Bowl/ESPN Events staff and our entire
community, we welcome you to the eighth annual St. Petersburg Bowl
featuring Marshall University and University of Connecticut.
Marshall, representing Conference USA, is making its second visit to St.
Petersburg. We enjoyed hosting Thundering Herd in our 2011 game
and the thousands of fans that traveled to St. Petersburg and were
fortunate to take advantage of our great weather during bowl week
and then saw their team celebrate with the championship trophy on
game day.
UConn, from the American Athletic Conference, is playing in its first-ever Florida-based bowl game and
we hope the school’s students, alums and fans were able to enjoy our bowl experience.
It has been our honor to showcase the city of St. Petersburg and the entire Tampa Bay area to the
thousands of fans attending the bowl week events and game day as well as the national television
audience on ESPN tuning in today.
A successful event is the culmination of hard work on many levels. Teams, St. Petersburg Bowl/ESPN
Events staff, board members, volunteers and city officials have put in countless hours to ensure the fun and
fellowship of our fans as they visit this great destination. Thank you all for your tireless efforts.
As always, there are many other individuals who have assisted in the success of this bowl who have gone
unnamed. Please know that we appreciate you and your efforts. Your drive and determination have not
gone unnoticed and words cannot express our gratitude.
Thank you to the fans for your participation in the St. Petersburg Bowl. We have continuously committed
ourselves to making this event a great experience and enjoyable to all. Please visit our website, Facebook
and Instagram pages and follow us on twitter throughout the year as we add new events to our calendar.
We welcome all of you to participate on any level in the future.
Enjoy the game!
Sincerely,
Brett Dulaney
BRETT DULANEY
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
St. Petersburg Bowl
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WELCOME FROM VISIT ST. PETERSBURG/CLEARWATER
December 26, 2015
Visit St. Petersburg/Clearwater is excited to welcome the
players, coaches and fans for the 2015 St. Petersburg Bowl.
This event is being held here in beautiful St. Petersburg, Florida
as a result of our partnership with ESPN and the City of St.
Petersburg.
Named one of The New York Times “Places to Go,” you’ll see, the St. Petersburg/Clearwater
area is not only a first-rate sports tourism destination, but a wonderful location for family
getaways as well.
We hope you’ll take some time while here to explore all we have to offer, from top-notch
cultural attractions like St. Pete’s iconic Dalí Museum to our award-winning beaches,
including Clearwater, voted “Florida’s Best Beach Town” by USA TODAY, and St. Pete
Beach, a TripAdvisor #1 beach in the U.S. We’re also home to outdoor concerts and freespirited festivals, trendy dance clubs, microbreweries featuring the hottest local acts, and
even sunset celebrations accompanied by live music.
We’re delighted to have you as our guest for the 2015 St. Petersburg Bowl, and we look
forward to hosting you again soon – either on the field or on the beach!
Sincerely,
DAVID DOWNING
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
Visit St. Petersburg/Clearwater
WE LC O ME FR O M V ISIT ST. P E TE R SBUR G /C LE ARWATER
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STADIUM INFORMATION
The seating is arranged with odd sections on the third base side,
and even sections on the first base side.
alphabetically. Located on field level, in what would be left field
and center field, is the Scion Party Deck.
100-Level is the main seating area, extends around the entire
field, and is separated at center field by the Porch. The 100-Level
has loge seating from foul pole to foul pole. 200-Level seating
extends from foul pole to foul pole, separated by the press box
behind home plate, with the luxury boxes directly behind and
above the seating area. 300-Level seating extends around the
infield from foul pole to foul pole. Rows in all seating sections
are lettered, beginning with A in the first row and ascending
There is one sit-down restaurant: the Everglades Brewhouse.
The Everglades Brewhouse is a sports bar-style restaurant that
serves up authentic BBQ favorites and local craft beers.
In addition to generic vendors, there are also concession stands
for Outback Steakhouse, Papa John’s Pizza and Dippin’
Dots. Outback Steakhouse is a Tampa-Bay based establishment.
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MAD
Relaxing
MAD Fresh
MAD
Friendly
MAD Fun
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THIS IS THE ST. PETERSBURG BOWL
From the shorelines to the sidelines,
the St. Petersburg Bowl tagline is the
ideal description for the Bowl that is
quickly developing into a favored
destination for the many teams and
fans that have had the opportunity
to celebrate Bowl Week in St.
Petersburg.
The Bowl Game, which is owned by
ESPN Events, a division of ESPN,
is the beneficiary of one of the best
resort locations in the nation and is
able to showcase St. Petersburg, its
award-winning beaches, beautiful
Tampa Bay, and a tropical climate
annually to thousands of college
football fans in person and many
more fans watching the game live on
ESPN in the U.S. and beyond.
Established in 2008, the
St.
Petersburg Bowl currently has
agreements to host teams from the
American
Athletic
Conference,
Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC)
and Conference USA at Tropicana
Field, the dome stadium that is also
the home to Major League Baseball’s
Tampa Bay Rays.
“There are so many positive factors
working for us to establish and grow
our Bowl from the location to the City
of St. Petersburg Mayor’s office and
Visit St. Petersburg/Clearwater staff
to the many business and community
leaders in Tampa Bay and of course
the Tropicana Field and Tampa Bay
Rays,” says Brett Dulaney, Executive
Director of the St. Petersburg Bowl.
My staff and I have worked diligently
over the years with every entity from
our local organizing group to the
conferences and schools to develop
a Bowl Week experience we are
proud to say is as good as it gets.“
THE MATCHUPS:
2014: The NC State Wolfpack of the
ACC, after outscoring its previous
two opponents by a score of 77-20,
left St. Petersburg victorious in a 3427 victory over the 9-3 UCF Knights.
NC State quarterback Jacoby Brissett
set the pace with 262 passing yards
and a touchdown, while running
back Matt Dayes added two scores
on the ground to preserve the win
for the Wolfpack. This was quite
the accomplishment for NC State
after UCF had recorded nine wins
in their previous ten games. UCF
quarterback Justin Holman and wide
receiver Breshad Perriman proved
to be UCF’s biggest contributors in
this game, with Holman throwing
for three touchdowns and Perriman
adding nine catches for 138 yards.
With the win, NC State improved its
bowl record to 7-3 since 2000 and
the team has now won three bowl
games since 2010.
2013: East Carolina defeated Ohio
37-20 by scoring 20 points in the
fourth quarter of a game that saw
many of the game’s offensive records
broken. ECU and Ohio combined
for 1,003 total yards of offense,
shattering the previous mark of 782
yards set in 2012. Vintavious Cooper,
who was named ECU’s MVP, rushed
for a career-best and Bowl record
198 yards on 25 carries. The Pirates
became the third straight Conference
USA team to win the game. (Marshall
in 2011 and UCF in 2012).
2012: UCF and Ball State provided
the Bowl with a matchup of two ninewin teams, which was an impressive
stat as only eight other bowl games
had both teams entering their game
with nine or more wins. UCF QB
Blake Bortles displayed terrific poise,
leadership and athletic ability in
leading the Knights to a 38-17 win
over Ball State, ending the Cardinals
six-game win streak. Bortles earned
MVP honors with three passing
and one rushing touchdown. The
Knights also became the second
consecutive Conference USA team
to win the game and the first team
in Bowl history to make its second
appearance in the game.
2011: Marshall claimed Conference
USA’s first-ever win at the Bowl
taking down FIU 20-10. The Marshall
defense held FIU scoreless in the
second half while putting up 10
fourth quarter points for the win. FIU
was led by future Indianapolis Colts
star WR TY Hilton, who had eight
receptions for 88 yards in the game.
2010: Louisville edged Southern
Mississippi, 31-28, in a game where
the two offenses combined for 683
total yards. The bowl victory for the
Cardinals capped off the successful
TH IS IS TH E ST. P E TE R SBUR G B OW L
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PARADISE. INSIDE AND OUT.
• 13 tropical acres directly on the Gulf of Mexico
• Family owned & operated
• 382 guest rooms, 170 are one-bedroom suites
• 3 beachfront pools and 2 whirlpools
• 3 great restaurants: Compass Grille,
Harry’s Beach Bar and Rum Runners Bar & Grille
• Live entertainment on weekends
• Seasonal waterslide
• Fitness center
• Parasailing and wave runners
• Beach volleyball and corn toss
• Beach cabanas and hammocks
• Miles of white sandy beach
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THIS IS THE ST. PETERSBURG BOWL
rookie coaching campaign for Head
Coach Charlie Strong. Future NFL
quarterback Austin Davis of Southern
Miss passed Brett Favre for most
career touchdowns in USM history
with two touchdowns in the game.
2009: Rutgers claimed its fourth
straight bowl game victory in
defeating UCF 45-24. The Scarlet
Knights, under the direction of
Head Coach Greg Schiano, used a
staunch defense to shut down UCF,
holding them to 32 yards rushing on
30 attempts.
2008: The inaugural installment
featured nearby USF and the Bulls
didn’t disappoint its hometown fans
dominating Memphis 41-14. USF
QB Matt Grothe threw for three
touchdowns and the Bulls racked up
496 total yards on offense.
NFL TALENT
The St. Petersburg Bowl has been
fortunate to feature top talent every
year. Since its inception in 2008,
124 players who have appeared
in the game have gone on to sign
NFL contracts. As of the 2015
season, 52 of these former bowl
participants were on NFL rosters.
Blake Bortles,the UCF Game MVP
from 2012, became the highest
drafted player from the bowl when
he was chosen No. 3 overall in the
2015 NFL Draft by the Jacksonville
Jaguars. Super Bowl XLVIIl with
Baltimore and San Francisco in New
Orleans had representation from past
bowl games. Earning rings with the
Ravens were Omar Brown (Marshall)
and Jah Reid (UCF). Opponents in the
2009 game, Anthony Davis (Rutgers)
and Bruce Miller (UCF) are now
teammates for the 49ers. Additional
top NFL performers include the
Indianapolis Colts’ T.Y. Hilton (FIU)
and the New England Patriots’ Devin
McCourty (Rutgers).
BOWL WEEK TRADITIONS
St. Pete beach has been rated the
No. 1 Beach in America and the No.
5 Beach in the World by TripAdvisor
and was also Travelers’ Choice
Destinations 2012 Winner. In order
to take advantage of the ideal beach
location the Bowl has developed
events to fully utilize one of the top
sandy destinations in the world.
One of most talked-about days of
bowl week is the Beach Bash hosted
by the City of Madeira Beach. This
event marks the first competition
between the two Bowl teams. The
now storied events include the highlypopular Belly Flop Contest and a
pool deck Talent Contest. Players
have fully embraced the contests and
teams have started to strategize and
practice their routines as soon as
they find out they are headed to the
Bowl.
The players aren’t the only members
of the schools competing on the beach
as the day after the Beach Bash is the
Battle of the Bands which is a fiercely
competitive event. The bands have a
play-off and the cheerleaders face off
in dancing competitions and a tugo-war.
Both events are free and open to the
public and draw big crowds of fans
as well as tourists in the area looking
for the excitement on the beach.
HOSPITAL VISITS
Honorary Game Chairman and
former NFL star Mike Alstott organizes
and leads one of the most inspiring
and passionate events of Bowl Week,
the annual visit to the All Children’s
Hospital in St. Petersburg. Players,
cheerleaders, and mascots from both
schools make time the day prior the
game to visit with patients posing
for pictures, signing autographs and
handing out gifts and memorabilia
from each school. ■
TH IS IS TH E ST. P E TE R SBUR G B OW L
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GAME MATCH-UP
MARSHALL
UNIVERSITY
THE THUNDERING HERD
(9-3), (6-2)
UNIVERSITY
of CONNECTICUT
HUSKIES
(6-6), (4-4)
RUSHING YARDS
RUSHING YARDS
168.8
PASSING YARDS
232.6
124.6
PASSING YARDS
193.8
PASSING
Chase Litton
COMP
207
ATT
349
YDS
2387
TD
22
PASSING
Bryant Shirreffs
COMP
158
ATT
262
YDS
1992
TD
9
RUSHING
Devon Johnson
Hyleck Foster
Remi Watson
CAR
84
86
80
YDS
555
409
398
AVG
6.6
4.8
5.0
TD
5
3
5
RUSHING
Arkeel Newsome
Ron Johnson
CAR
174
87
YDS
760
216
AVG
4.4
2.5
TD
6
4
RECEIVING
Davonte Allen
Deandre Reaves
REC
56
47
YDS
696
617
AVG
12.4
13.1
TD
5
4
RECEIVING
Noel Thomas
Alec Bloom
Tyraiq Beals
REC
54
20
23
YDS
719
290
271
AVG
13.3
14.5
11.8
TD
3
1
2
POINTS FOR
POINTS AGAINST
32.6 18.4
POINTS AGAINST
POINTS FOR
19.8 17.8
ST. P E TE R SBUR G BO WL — GAME MATCH- U P
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HONORARY CHAIRMAN MIKE ALSTOTT
In his best-selling memoir Quiet
Strength, Tony Dungy reveals the Tampa
Bay Buccaneers to select Mike Alstott
in the second round of the 1996 NFL
Draft. Dungy’s staff originally wanted
to select running back Leeland McElroy
from Texas A&M, but he was picked by
the Cardinals prior to the Buccaneers
selection.
Six Pro Bowls, 5,088 rushing
yards, 2,284 receiving yards and
71 total touchdowns later, Alstott
has become one of the Tampa Bay
area’s favorite sons. There has been
a mutual embrace between him and
the Bay Area community that continues
to grow.
It was only natural that ESPN Regional
Television, Inc. (now known as ESPN
Events), announced an agreement with
Alstott, a St. Petersburg resident, to be
named the honorary chairman for the
2008 St. Petersburg Bowl.
Alstott serves as a representative of
the postseason college football bowl
game and has made numerous
appearances on behalf of the event.
His participation benefits the Mike
Alstott Family Foundation.
“It’s such an honor to be involved in
this great event,” Alstott said of his
association with the St. Petersburg
Bowl. “Football has been such a huge
part of my life and I am thrilled to be
able to continue to support the sport I
love, along with the city my family and
I call home. This event not only brings
a lot of excitement to the teams playing
in it and the city as a whole, but is also
supporting the community through the
Mike Alstott Family Foundation.”
Pete Derzis, Senior Vice President,
ESPN Events added: “The St. Petersburg
and Tampa Bay area already is
synonymous with sports, and we are
thrilled to have local sports icon Mike
Alstott represent the St. Petersburg
Bowl. Mike Alstott is a household
name in St. Pete and he definitely will
add to the fans’ excitement about and
enjoyment of this bowl game.”
A native of Joliet, Ill., and a graduate
of Purdue, Alstott played professional
football with the Bucs for 12 years,
retiring in 2007. He helped lead
Tampa Bay to victory in Super Bowl
XXXVII in 2003 against the Oakland
Raiders, scoring the first Super Bowl
touchdown in Buccaneers history.
His career with the Bucs – and even
before that at Purdue – could have
been choreographed with a Chris
Berman voice-over of the 1960s
Batman episode on television.
“Holy Guadalajara, Batman. Did you
see that run? BAM! POW! KER-PLOP!
FLRRB!”
Despite an incredible career at Purdue,
where he ran for 3,635 yards and 39
touchdowns while earning the team
MVP three straight years, Alstott and
his Boilermakers never reached a bowl
game between 1992 and 1995. So
his affiliation with the St. Petersburg
Bowl grants him yet another first in his
remarkable career.
But it is Alstott’s devotion to community
that stands tall at every stop he has made
through his career. He and his wife,
Nicole, continue to make community
their hallmark through the Mike Alstott
Family Foundation. The foundation was
formed to allow the Alstotts to assist
others in uplifting the minds, hearts
and spirits of families and children on
their way to realizing their full potential
through various events, assistance
programs and celebrations. ■
S T. P ETE R SBUR G BO WL H O N O R ARY C H AIR MAN — MIKE ALS TOTT
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By the numbers...
No matter what standard is applied to the 2014-15 college football bowl season, it was an unqualified success. The numbers alone prove that
college bowl games are good for universities, their student-athletes, their fans and their host communities.
2013 $290.5 million
2014 $300.7 million
2015 $505.9 million
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PAYOUTS
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PAYOUTS IN MILLIONS
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Last year’s 39 bowl games paid a total of $505.9 million to the ten
conferences, a huge increase over previous years with the debut of the
College Football Playoff. Even after all expenses, including unsold tickets,
the ten conferences had net profits of $210 million. The economic impact
of the 39 games was estimated to be in excess of $1 billion in the 33 host
communities.
PARTICIPATION
Estimates are that participation levels for the 39 bowl games reached 58,500,
based on the numbers of student-athletes, student managers, student trainers,
band members, cheerleaders and spirit groups, and staff and VIP participants at
each bowl. In addition, 1.73 million people attended college bowl games last year,
and 13 bowl games exceeded 50,000 in paid attendance, bringing total college
football attendance for last season to over 49 million.
EACH FIGURE REPRESENTS
1,000 PARTICIPANTS
TELEVISION VIEWERS
Last year’s College Football Playoff national championship game was the most-watched event in cable television history, and other than the NFL
postseason it was the most-watched sporting event of the year with over 34 million viewers. The two national semifinal games combined to draw
more than 56 million viewers, with those three games pulling far more viewers than other sports’ highest-viewed events.
Millions
of
viewers
35
30
25
20
15
10
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Stanley Cup Final game 6, Chicago-Tampa Bay ............................. 4.4 / 8.0 million
NBA Finals game 6, Golden State-Cleveland ............................. 13.4 / 23.2 million
World Series game 7, San Francisco-Kansas City ..................... 13.7 / 23.5 million
CFP Semifinal, Oregon-Florida State (Rose Bowl) ............... 14.8 / 28.2 million
CFP Semifinal, Ohio State-Alabama (Sugar Bowl) .............. 15.2 / 28.3 million
Final Four championship game, Duke-Wisconsin ...................... 16.0 / 28.3 million
CFP National Championship, Ohio State-Oregon ................ 18.6 / 34.2 million
Conference USA enters its third decade
in 2015-16 as it continues to compete
and promote the success of its studentathletes. The league has adapted to the
ever-changing landscape of collegiate
athletics over its first 20 seasons, but
the commitment to excellence, integrity,
leadership and its student athletes in
competition, academics and community
is unwavering.
Conference USA enjoys a far-reaching
fan base with its 14 members: Charlotte,
FIU, Florida Atlantic, Louisiana Tech,
Marshall, Middle Tennessee, North
Texas, Old Dominion, Rice, Southern
Miss, UAB, UTEP, UTSA and WKU.
Debuting in 1995, Conference USA
teams have combined for 88 bowl
appearances in football, 102 NCAA
Tournament appearances in basketball,
including three Final Fours, 63 NCAA
baseball appearances including six
College World Series berths, 79
NCAA soccer tournament appearances
including four trips to the College Cup,
and 35 individual national champions
in track and field and cross country.
Success is not limited to athletic
achievement,
however,
as
198
Conference USA student-athletes have
garnered Academic All-America honors,
691 have achieved academic all-district
laurels and thousands of student-athletes
have earned a college degree.
Conference USA sponsors competition
in 19 sports – nine for men (baseball,
basketball, cross country, football, golf,
soccer, tennis, and indoor and outdoor
track and field) and 10 for women
(basketball, cross country, golf, soccer,
softball, swimming and diving, tennis,
indoor and outdoor track and field, and
volleyball).
The league promotes the scholar-athlete
ideal, honoring outstanding academic
achievement with numerous conferencesponsored awards, including the
Commissioner’s Honor Roll and the
Commissioner’s Academic Medal as well
as sport-specific All-Academic teams.
C-USA annually awards postgraduate
scholarships, along with the Sport
Academic Awards, Scholar-Athletes of
the Year and the Institutional Academic
Excellence
Award.
Additionally,
Conference USA presents a Spirit of
Service Award three times each year,
recognizing student-athletes who excel
on the field, in the classroom and give
back to the community through significant
service efforts and participation.
C-USA institutions are among the
nation’s best in academic performance
of student-athletes, bolstered by the fact
that student-athletes at league schools
have a higher graduation rate than
the general student population. Among
C-USA’s 5,000 student-athletes, there
are champions off the playing field
as well. In 20 years, nearly 30,000
student-athletes have been named to the
Commissioner’s Honor Roll or received
the Commissioner’s Academic Medal,
indicative of outstanding achievement in
the classroom.
C-USA enjoys significant television
exposure through partnerships with
FOX Sports Media Group, CBS Sports
Network, ESPN and American Sports
Network (ASN). The multi-tiered
selection process that is rooted in
partnering with all four networks has
substantially increased the number of
national and regional appearances for
football, men’s and women’s basketball,
and all other conference sports.
show, podcasting, regular-season and
championship event highlights, and
conference-produced feature stories. In
its first year, 1,164 events were
streamed live and 8,126 videos were
posted and available on the C-USA
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MARSHALL UNIVERSITY
Marshall University is a coeducational
public
research
university
in
Huntington, West Virginia, founded in
1837 and named after John Marshall,
the fourth Chief Justice of the United
States. Marshall is West Virginia’s
second-largest university and the oldest
public institution of higher learning in
the state, tracing its founding to 178
years ago.
Marshall
has
been
accredited
continuously as an institution of
higher learning by the North Central
Association of Colleges and Schools
since 1928. It also has earned and
maintains specialized accreditation
status with approximately 20 agencies
responsible
for
evaluating
and
conferring specialty accreditation for
educational programs and fields of
study such as business, engineering,
medicine and psychology.
Marshall offers more than 50
undergraduate
degree
programs
and an additional 55 graduate
and professional degrees in various
fields through its colleges (Arts and
Media, Business, Education and
Professional
Development,
Health
Professions, Information Technology
and Engineering, Liberal Arts, Science,
and Graduate College) and two
professional schools (Medicine and
Pharmacy).
The university’s Joan C. Edwards
School of Medicine, a regional center
for cancer research, has a national
reputation for its programs in rural
health care delivery. The university’s
forensic science graduate program is
one of a small number of post-graduate
academic programs in the United States
accredited by the American Academy
of Forensic Sciences and considered
by many to be one of the nation’s
top forensic science programs. Law
enforcement officials from across the
country train at the Marshall University
forensic science facility.
Marshall University employs 2,000
faculty and staff members who serve
nearly 14,000 students, including more
than 3,000 graduate students.
The average class size is 22 at
Marshall, so professors really get to
know their students, who hail from all
55 counties in West Virginia, 45 other
states, and the District of Columbia, as
well as 44 foreign countries.
A full complement of services
are available to Marshall students
including high-technology classrooms,
an active career counseling office,
an honors college for highly qualified
students,
an
esteemed
Yeager
Scholars Program, and study abroad
opportunities.
Marshall
University
completed
construction of new academic buildings
and renovations to existing facilities
in the last decade, including two
modern living-learning residence halls,
an engineering laboratory building
called the Arthur Weisberg Family
Engineering Laboratories, a forensic
science laboratory addition, a state-ofthe-art recreation center, a rural health
and clinical education center, and the
Veterans Memorial Soccer Complex.
Most recently, a downtown fine arts
center, an Indoor Athletics Facility,
and a new parking garage have been
completed. Additional construction
projects are underway as the university
addresses its pressing facility needs.
They include a 130,000-square-foot
biotechnology incubator and applied
engineering complex, known as the
Arthur Weisberg Family Applied
Engineering Complex.
Aside from the main campus in
Huntington, Marshall has another
campus in South Charleston and
centers in Point Pleasant, Teays Valley
and Beckley. MU also operates the
Robert C. Byrd Institute (RCBI), with
operations on both the Huntington and
South Charleston campuses, as well as
in Bridgeport and Rocket Center, W.Va.
The goal of the Institute is the transfer
of technology from the academic
departments to private industry to
support job development in the region.
Marshall University is a member
of the National Collegiate Athletic
Association, Conference USA, at
the Division I level. It sponsors 15
varsity sports, as well as a large
intramural program and several
club sports, ranging from rugby to
equestrian sports.
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MARSHALL HEAD COACH
Coach John “Doc” Holliday, who
has returned Marshall University
football to the national picture, has the
Thundering Herd in a third bowl in as
many seasons and fourth postseason
game in five years.
The 2014 title season followed a
successful 2013, as Marshall went 104, won the C-USA East Division crown
and downed ACC member Maryland
in the Military Bowl -- the Terps’ last
game before heading to the Big Ten.
His 2015 Herd brings a 9-3 record to
the St. Petersburg Bowl, and in the last
three seasons Marshall has compiled
a 32-8 record. His 2014 and ’15
teams – with a combined mark of 22-4
– have the best record among the 61
Group of Five conference programs in
the two-year College Football Playoff
era.
In December 2014, Holliday was
named the 15th annual Gazette-Mail
Sportsman of the Year by Charleston
Newspapers. In April 2015, the Herd
coach was honored as the 2014
Lowell Cade Sportsperson of the Year
by The (Huntington) Herald-Dispatch.
In Holliday’s six MU seasons, he
has built the Herd into a perennial
Conference USA contender. His teams
have sported 23 All-C-USA first team
selections, 17 second-teamers, 32
honorable mention picks and 16 AllFreshman team selections. He has had
nine players selected for C-USA’s top
individual player-of-the-year awards.
Holliday’s 2014 Herd (13-1) won the
school’s first C-USA Championship
with a thrilling comeback, title-game
win over Louisiana Tech. MU headed
to the Boca Raton Bowl, where it
routed Mid-American Conference
champion Northern Illinois, 52-23.
The Herd finished the season in the
major polls – No. 22 in the USA
Today Coaches poll and No. 23 in
the Associated Press media poll. It was
Marshall’s first appearance in the final
polls since 2002.
The Herd coach was named the 2014
Conference USA Coach of the Year
in voting by his peers and Marshall
boasted a C-USA-record 10 allconference first team selections.
Holliday received a six-year contract
extension (through July 2021) for
$755,500 annually on April 8, 2015.
Holliday, named as Herd coach on
Dec. 17, 2009 in his first collegiate
23-8 under Holliday after Oct. 29,
including an eye-popping 14-1 mark
in the friendly confines of Joan C.
Edwards Stadium.
In 2011, the Herd went 7-6 against
the 16th-toughest schedule in the
nation, a slate that was ranked second
among non-BCS schools. Two of those
victories came against eventual C-USA
champion Southern Miss and Big East
co-champ Louisville, the latter coming
on the road for the program’s first
non-conference road win since the
early 2000s. Marshall also won five
Conference USA games, the most for
the program since it had joined the
league in 2005.
During his coaching career, Holliday
has coached in 24 bowl games, three
national championship games and
coached 15 players who have gone
on to the NFL. He has also coached
five All-Americans.
head coaching job, is widely regarded
as one of the top recruiters in the
nation. He has more than 30 years
of collegiate coaching experience,
including previous stops at Florida,
North Carolina State and West
Virginia, his alma mater.
During his time in Huntington,
Holliday’s teams have consistently
improved as the season stretches
into the winter months. The Herd is
A native of Hurricane, W.Va., Holliday
was a three-year letter winner at
linebacker at West Virginia (1976-78)
and has earned bachelor’s (1979) and
master’s (1981) degrees from WVU.
He won a state high school wrestling
title at 175 pounds (all divisions) in
1975 at Hurricane.
Holliday and his wife, Diana, have
four children -- Meghan, Cade, Chase
and Cody.
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CHUCK HEATER
BILL LEGG
SEAN CRONIN
ADAM FULLER
Defensive Coordinator
& Secondary
Offensive Coordinator
& Quarterbacks
Defensive Ends
Linebackers
MIKE FURREY
CHRIS BARCLAY
Wide Receivers
Running Backs
ALEX MIRABAL
J.C. PRICE
TODD GOEBBEL
MARK GALE
Offensive Line
Defensive Tackles
Tight Ends &
Recruiting Coordinator
Assistant AD of
Football Operations
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2
3
Hyleck Foster
8
4
Davonte Allen
9
Remi Watson
12
18
25
Kaleb Harris
Shawn Petty
14
Armonze Daniel
Chase Litton
27
Deiondre
Coleman
D'Andre Wilson
Keith Baxter
11
Corey Tindal
15
21
Raylen Elzy
Tiquan Lang
Taj Letman
23
D.J. Hunter
30
Malik Gant
Rodney Allen
17
22
29
Antavis Rowe
11
Michael Bridsong
Kendall Gant
Emanuel Byrd
28
7
Donquell Green
14
21
Deandre Reaves
5
10
Justin Hunt
19
Keion Davis
Deon-Tay
McManus
9
13
Kyel Gallup
5
Kaare Vedvik
Tony Pittman
31
Evan McKelvey
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33
Delvin Weems
38
34
Marquis Couch
39
Tyler WIlliams
48
40
49
55
Wyatt Ford
Aaron Plantt
Will Mendoza
Cory Neely
65
Cody Collins
Frankie
Hernandez
Eli Gates
66
67
Jason Jean
Blake Keller
Michael Selby
Nyquan Harris
61
Gary Thompson
68
Sandley
Jean-Felix
Devon Johnson
54
59
Jordan Dowrey
Chase Hancock
47
54
58
Zach
Higginbotham
Cody Carter
Davon Durant
Devontre'a Tyler
37
44
52
57
Matt Harless
36
41
51
57
63
Ellis Cain
Amoreto Curraj
Nick Smith
35
Levi Brown
69
Tom Collins
Aaron Dopson
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71
Ryan Riedel
77
Sebastian
Johansson
78
Alex Locklear
84
90
Clint Van Horn
91
96
Fedrice Binot
Jack Gammon
Malik Thompson
MA R SH A L L U N IV ER S IT Y - T H U N D ERIN G H E R D
Tyler Combs
John Hathaway
88
Nick Mathews
Ty Tyler
76
81
93
97
Zach Wood
AJ Addison
87
Brandon Ford
Ryan Bee
75
80
92
96
Milan Lanier
Joe Massaquoi
86
Ryan Yurachek
Damien Dozier
74
79
85
Josh Knight
28
73
Matt Cincotta
94
Steve Dillion
98
Jarquez Samuel
99
Jason Smith
Ricardo Williams
Nate Devers
83
Michael Clark
89
Joe Woodrum
95
Tomell One
MARSHALL TEAM ROSTER
# NAME
HT/WT/POS/CL
HOMETOWN
# NAME
HT/WT/POS/CL
2
Hyleck Foster
5-11/185/RB/SO
Gaffney, S.C.
47 Devon Johnson
6-1/243/RB/SR
3
Davonte Allen
6-2/200/WR/RS SR
Belle Glade, Fla.
48 Kyle Camacho
6-0/221/LB/RS SO
4
Deon-Tay McManus
6-1/228/WR/RS SO
Baltimore, Md.
48 Nick Smith
5-10/177/K/RS SO
5
Keith Baxter
6-0/193/DB/RS SR
Homestead, Fla.
49 Wyatt Ford
6-1/177/LB/FR
West Union, W.Va.
5
Donquell Green
5-8/170/WR/SO
50 Melvin Stubbs
5-11/220/LB/RS FR
Parkersburg, W.Va.
6
Doyle Grimes
6-1/210/LB/FR
51 Devontre’a Tyler
6-1/240/LB/JR
7
Antavis Rowe
5-11/167/DB/SO
52 Eli Gates
6-4/215/LB-LS/RS FR
8
Remi Watson
5-11/207/RB/RS SR
9
Justin Hunt
6-3/203/WR/JR
9
Shawn Petty
6-2/241/LB/RS JR
Waynesboro, Ga.
Miami, Fla.
Atlanta, Ga.
Lakeland, Fla.
54 Nyquan Harris
6-2/293/DL/RS FR
Memphis, Tenn.
54 Michael Selby
6-2/289/OL/JR
Greenbelt, Md.
55 Aaron Plantt
6-1/238/DL/RS SO
10 Gunnar Holcombe
6-3/212/QB/RS JR
Ft. Lauderdale, Fla.
57 Matt Harless
6-2/267/OL/RS FR
10 Corey Tindal
5-10/182/DB/RS JR
Ft. Lauderdale, Fla.
57 Zach Higginbotham
5-11/228/LB/RS SO
HOMETOWN
Richlands, Va.
Greenwich, Ct.
Plain City, Ohio
Arcadia, Fla.
Martinsburg, W.Va.
Norfolk, Va.
Sandersville, Ga.
Hallandale, Fla.
Cyclone, W.Va.
Cincinnati, Ohio
11 Rodney Allen
5-11/180/DB/RS SO
Dallas, Texas
58 Jordan Dowrey
6-1/299/OL/RS FR
11 Michael Birdsong
6-5/241/QB/RS JR
Matoaca, Va.
59 Gary Thompson
6-2/249/DL/RS JR
12 Kyle Gallup
6-2/211/QB/FR
61 Levi Brown
6-4/267/OL/FR
12 Chris Williams-Hall
6-0/186/DB/RS FR
63 Will Mendoza
6-6/282/OL/RS FR
Las Vegas, Nev.
13 Armonze Daniel
6-4/251/DL/RS SR
65 Cody Collins
6-1/279/OL/RS SO
Trotwood, Ohio
14 Kendall Gant
6-3/199/S/SO
66 Jason Jean
6-4/251/OL/FR
14 Chase Litton
6-6/211/QB/FR
Tampa, Fla.
67 Sandley Jean-Felix
6-5/322/OL/RS SO
15 Raylen Elzy
6-4/206/WR/FR
Lithonia, Ga.
68 Tom Collins
6-6/270/OL/RS SR
16 Antonio Howard
5-10/173/DB/FR
Hialeah, Fla.
69 Aaron Dopson
6-4/233/DL/FR
16 Coy Petitt
6-2/175/QB/FR
70 Ryan Riedel
6-1/279/OL/RS JR
Huntington, W.Va.
17 Taj Letman
6-3/190/S/RS SR
Elberton, Ga.
71 Sebastian Johansson
6-5/297/OL /RS SR
Karlstad, Sweden
18 Keion Davis
6-1/206/RB/RS FR
Fairburn, Ga.
73 Joe Massaquoi
6-5/253/DL /RS JR
Alexandria, Va.
19 Deandre Reaves
5-10/181/WR/RS SR
Sterling, Va.
74 AJ Addison
6-6/293/OL/SO
Ruther Glen, Va.
20 T.J. Griffin
5-9/185/DB/FR
Virginia Beach, Va.
75 Tyler Combs
6-4/280/OL/RS SO
21 Emanuel Byrd
6-3/236/TE/JR
Albany, Ga.
76 Nate Devers
6-3/288/OL/RS FR
Valdosta, Ga.
77 Alex Locklear
6-5/315/OL/FR
78 Clint Van Horn
6-5/322/OL /RS SR
79 Fedrice Binot
6-2/290/OL/RS FR
80 Jack Gammon
5-10/176/WR/RS JR
Greenwood Village, Colo.
Miami, Fla.
Avon, Ind.
Lakeland, Fla.
Barboursville, W.Va.
21 Tiquan Lang
5-9/182/S/JR
22 D.J. Hunter
6-0/210/LB/RS SR
23 Tony Pittman
5-10/212/RB/RS SO
24 Michael Johnson
5-9/172/DB/JR
25 Kaleb Harris
6-3/226/TE/RS FR
Creston, Ohio
81 John Hathaway
6-1/183/WR/FR
27 Deiondre Coleman
5-10/157/DB/FR
Louisville, Ky.
83 Michael Clark
6-7/200/WR/SO
28 D’Andre Wilson
5-10/169/DB/RS SO
29 Malik Gant
6-2/182/S/FR
Middletown, Ohio
Hampton, Va.
Miami, Fla.
Myrtle Beach, S.C.
Washington, D.C.
Winchester, Va.
La Mesa, Ca.
Franklin, Ga.
Miami, Fla.
Sunrise, Fla.
Williamstown, W.Va.
Hagerstown, Md.
Louisa, Ky.
Massillon, Ohio
Huntington, W.Va.
Beckley, W.Va.
Lakeland, Fla.
Columbus, Ohio
Winfield, W.Va.
St. Petersburg, Fla.
84 Josh Knight
6-1/197/WR /JR
85 Ryan Yurachek
6-3/237/TE/SO
Myrtle Beach, S.C.
Fort Pierce, Fla.
Hurricane, W.Va.
Stavanger, Norway
86 Brandon Ford
6-2/176/WR/FR
Moncks Corner, S.C.
87 Nick Mathews
5-10/168/WR/FR
5-8/185/RB/FR
Tucker, Ga.
88 Matt Cincotta
6-1/210/LS/SR
Charlotte, N.C.
33 Marquis Couch
6-1/207/LB/FR
Miami, Fla.
89 Joe Woodrum
6-6/251/TE/RS SR
Bluefield, W.Va.
34 Ellis Cain
5-10/204/RB/FR
90 Damien Dozier
6-4/207/DL/FR
35 Frankie Hernandez
6-2/205/LB/RS FR
91 Ryan Bee
6-7/268/DL/RS FR
36 Cody Carter
5-10/176/DB/RS JR
92 Ty Tyler
6-3/248/DL/FR
37 Chase Hancock
6-2/211/LB/RS FR
93 Steve Dillon
6-4/285/DL/RS SR
38 Tyler Williams
6-0/203/P/SR
94 Jarquez Samuel
6-5/290/DL/RS SR
Valdosta, Ga.
39 Amoreto Curraj
6-3/218/K/RS SO
95 Tomell One
6-4/281/DL/SO
Palm Bay, Fla.
40 Corey Neely
6-1/175/S/JR
Rock Hill, S.C.
96 Milan Lanier
6-5/240/DL/FR
Cincinnati, Ohio
41 Davon Durant
6-2/233/LB/JR
Greenwood, S.C.
96 Zach Wood
6-1/212/LS/FR
Williamsburg, Ohio
42 Blaine Thompson
5-9/204/LB/RS SO
Mt. Pleasant, S.C.
97 Malik Thompson
6-6/251/DL/RS FR
Winter Garden, Fla.
44 Blake Keller
6-2/237/DL/RS SO
Bradenton, Fla.
98 Jason Smith
6-3/296/DL/RS FR
Paterson, N.J.
45 Raheim Huskey
6-2/208/LB/RS SO
Gaffney, S.C.
99 Ricardo Williams
6-5/268/DL/RS SR
Homestead, Fla.
30 Kaare Vedvik
6-4/208/P-K/RS SO
31 Evan McKelvey
6-1/220/LB/RS SR
32 Delvin Weems
Louisville, Ky.
Largo, Fla.
Barboursville, W.Va.
Daniels, W.Va.
Fort Wayne, Ind.
Tampa, Fla.
Haymarket, Va.
Raleigh, N.C.
Ashland, Ohio
Punta Gorda, Fla.
Palmdale, Ca.
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MARSHALL SEASON REVIEW
Marshall’s 2015 football season was
about resilience and reward.
The Thundering Herd had significant
personnel losses from the Conference
USA championship team (13-1) of
2014, a nationally ranked club that
produced a bowl victory for a second
straight year.
Coach Doc Holliday’s sixth season
started with a victory over Purdue –
the first visit to Huntington, W.Va., by
a Big Ten Conference football team
– and is finishing in a bid for a third
straight season of at least 10 victories.
After losing five starters on offense
and six on defense from 2014, the
Herd coped with personnel losses
throughout 2015, but still managed
to get nine victories before falling at
Western Kentucky in a bid to be the
first school to play in the Conference
USA Championship Game for a third
consecutive season.
After the opening win in comeback
fashion over the Boilermakers,
Marshall fell at rival Ohio, 21-10. And
while the Herd went on to win seven
consecutive games, it wasn’t easy.
Marshall lost its new starting
quarterback – junior transfer Michael
Birdsong -- to injury after the Ohio loss.
He was replaced by true freshman
Chase Litton, who matured and learned
under fire and comes into the bowl 8-2
as a starter with 22 touchdown passes
and seven interceptions to go with a
.593 passing percentage.
The Herd lost two injured allconference first team picks from
2014 – record-setting running back
Devon Johnson and right tackle Clint
Van Horn, both seniors. By October’s
end, Marshall had used 19 players
as starters on offense, including eight
up front. Five running backs saw
significant opportunity. There were 16
different starters on defense.
And while the offense matured and
improved game-by-game, the defense
was among the nation’s best for much
of the season, led by senior linebacker
Evan McKelvey, the C-USA Defensive
Player of the Year … and the special
teams, topped by return man Deandre
Reaves, punter Tyler Williams and
long snapper Matt Cincotta, were
indeed special.
Reaves returned two kickoffs for 93and 97-yard touchdowns and brought
an FIU punt back for a 69-yard score,
and was voted by C-USA coaches as
the league’s Special Teams Player of
the Year. Sophomore place-kicker Nick
Smith began the season by making 12
consecutive field goals. Sophomore
kickoff man Amoreto Curraj returned
from an injured redshirt season to
provide touchbacks on 57 percent of
his kicks.
Reaves, McKelvey and offensive left
guard Sebastian Johansson were AllC-USA first team selections, and while
Marshall started 8-1 before falling in
double overtime at Middle Tennessee,
it was never easy. The plus? As
Holliday has said multiple times, the
need to make personnel moves, often
in patchwork fashion, will help the
Herd in 2016 and 2017.
Herd junior center Michael Selby, a
second-year starter on the offensive
front, summed up the Herd year with
the St. Petersburg Bowl on the horizon.
“Coming into this season, we knew we
weren’t going to be the team we were
last year,” Selby said. “Every team
is different every year and you can’t
really base things off past results and
performances. You’ve kind of got to
make your own legacy and make your
own way.
“But we went out there and battled all
the adversity and all the injuries and
we fought our tails off each week,
and here we are playing in a bowl
game, a good bowl game. We’ve got
a chance to win 10 games again. A
lot of teams would like to be in that
situation, and we’ll go out in the bowl
and play our hearts out for the (18)
seniors who are finishing.”
Holliday’s last three Marshall teams
are 32-8 entering the bowl date with
UConn. And while Marshall didn’t win
a second straight C-USA title or even
play in the championship game again,
the sixth-year coach appreciates the
bunch that heads to Tropicana Field.
“I will never make excuses for
anything,” holliday said when asked
about his team’s resiliency through
a season of turmoil. “We didn’t
win a championship and that’s
disappointing. I’m not happy about
that and never will be.
“If you told me at the beginning of the
year, we were going to lose our best
right tackle, we’re going to lose Devon
Johnson for the year and going to be
playing a freshman quarterback and
we find a way to win nine games, I
would take it. That being said, we
had a lot of guys that stepped up
and overcame a few things and we
were able to find a way to win nine
and at the end of the day, we were
playing for the (C-USA East Division)
championship. And we weren’t good
enough in that particular game and
they were better than we were.
“I’m proud of the way our kids played,
I thought our kids stepped up who had
to, and at the end of the day we’ve
got a chance with this bowl game to
win 10 games. I talked to the team
the other day and I think there are
(only) five or six or seven teams in the
country that have won 10 games for
three straight years and we can be
one of them. That’s our goal.”
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MARSHALL DEPTH CHART
OFFENSE
X-WR
DEFENSE
3 DAVONTE ALLEN (6-2, 200, R-Sr.)
DE
59 GARY THOMPSON (6-2, 249, R-Jr.)
9 JUSTIN HUNT (6-3, 203, Jr.)
Z-WR
4 DEON-TAY MCMANUS (6-1, 228, R-So.)
or
9 JUSTIN HUNT (6-3, 203, Jr.)
19 DEANDRE REAVES (5-10, 181, R-Sr.)
or
84 JOSH KNIGHT (6-1, 197, Jr.)
SL-WR
LT
95 TOMELL ONE (6-4, 281, So.)
DT
93 STEVE DILLON (6-4, 285, R-Sr.)
99 RICARDO WILLIAMS (6-5, 268, R-Sr.)
DE
91 RYAN BEE (6-7, 263, R-Fr.)
67 SANDLEY JEAN-FELIX (6-5, 322, R-So.)
73 JOE MASSAQUOI (6-5, 253, R-Jr.)
SLB
22 D.J. HUNTER (6-0, 210, R-Sr.)
71 SEBASTIAN JOHANSSON (6-5, 297, R-Sr.)
37 CHASE HANCOCK (6-2, 211, R-Fr.)
MLB
51 DEVONTRE’ATYLER(6-1,240,Jr.)
54 MICHAEL SELBY (6-2, 289, Jr.)
65 CODY COLLINS (6-1, 279, R-So.)
RG
94 JARQUEZ SAMUEL (6-5, 290, R-Sr.)
13 ARMONZE DANIEL (6-4, 251, R-Sr.)
68 TOM COLLINS (6-6, 270, R-Sr.)
C
NT
87 NICK MATHEWS (5-10, 168, Fr.)
74 AJ ADDISON (6-6, 290, So.)
LG
44 BLAKE KELLER (6-2, 237, R-So.)
9 SHAWN PETTY (6-2, 241, R-Jr.)
WLB
31 EVAN MCKELVEY (6-1, 220, R-Sr.)
58 JORDAN DOWREY (6-1, 299, R-Fr.)
65 CODY COLLINS (6-1, 279, R-So.)
35 FRANKIE HERNANDEZ (6-2, 205, R-Fr.)
LCB
5 KEITH BAXTER (6-0, 193, R-Sr.)
76 NATE DEVERS (6-3, 282, R-Fr.)
RT
74 AJ ADDISON (6-6, 290, So.)
11 RODNEY ALLEN (5-11, 180, R-So.)
S
17 TAJ LETMAN (6-3, 190, R-Sr.)
79 FEDRICE BINOT (6-4, 280, R-Fr.)
TE
85 RYAN YURACHEK (6-3, 237, So.)
40 COREY NEELY (6-1, 177, Jr.)
S
21 TIQUAN LANG (5-9, 182, Jr.)
21 EMANUEL BYRD (6-3, 236, Jr.)
QB
14 CHASE LITTON (6-6, 211, Fr.)
14 KENDALL GANT (6-3, 199, So.)
RCB
10 COREY TINDAL (5-10, 182, R-Jr.)
11 MICHAEL BIRDSONG (6-5, 241, R-Jr.)
10 GUNNAR HOLCOMBE (6-3, 212, R-Jr.)
RB
7 ANTAVIS ROWE (5-11, 167, So.)
NICKEL
8 REMI WATSON (5-11, 207, R-Sr.)
7 ANTAVIS ROWE (5-11, 167, So.)
10 COREY TINDAL (5-10, 182, R-Jr.)
23 TONY PITTMAN (5-10, 212, R-So.)
SPECIAL TEAMS
KO
H
39 AMORETO CURRAJ (6-3, 218, R-So.)
30 KAARE VEDVIK (6-4, 208, R-So.)
LS
FG/PAT 48 NICK SMITH (5-10, 177, R-So.)
39 AMORETO CURRAJ (6-3, 218, R-So.)
P
88 MATT CINCOTTA (6-1, 210, Sr.)
96 ZACH WOOD (6-1, 212, Fr.)
KR
38 TYLER WILLIAMS (6-0, 203, Sr.)
38 TYLER WILLIAMS (6-0, 203, Sr.)
8 REMI WATSON (5-11, 207, R-Sr.)
PR
2 HYLECK FOSTER (5-11, 185, So.)
MAR SH ALL UN IV E R SITY - D E P TH CHART
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In the course of its first two seasons,
the American Athletic Conference
has taken a place at the forefront
of intercollegiate athletics, earning
a collection of national team and
individual
championships
and
football postseason wins that place
The American among the elite
Division I conferences.
The American consists of 12
prestigious institutions: the University
of Central Florida, the University of
Cincinnati, East Carolina University,
the University of Connecticut, the
University of Houston, the University
of Memphis, the U.S. Naval
Academy (in football only), the
University of South Florida Southern
Methodist
University,
Temple
University, Tulane University and the
University of Tulsa.
Under the leadership of commissioner
Mike Aresco, the American Athletic
Conference has written an impressive
list of accomplishments, both in and
out of the competitive arena.
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The league has produced three
NCAA championship teams –
UConn men’s basketball in 2014
and UConn women’s basketball
in 2014 and 2015 – and two
individuals who have won NCAA
titles, most recently SMU’s Bryson
Dechambeau, who was the 2015
national champion in men’s golf.
Additionally, American Athletic
Conference teams have advanced
to the College World Series, the
semifinal and final rounds of the
NIT and the match play round of the
NCAA Men’s Golf Championship.
Half of the conference’s baseballplaying members reached the
NCAA Championship in 2015,
while The American had the best
men’s basketball postseason record
of any conference in 2014, when
conference teams were a combined
13-4. Teams from The American have
registered top-10 national rankings
in football, men’s basketball,
women’s basketball, baseball, men’s
soccer and men’s golf.
The American is quickly making its
mark in professional sports as well,
beginning with the selection of UCF
quarterback Blake Bortles by the
Jacksonville Jaguars with the No. 3
pick in the 2014 NFL Draft.
More recently, a number of American
Athletic Conference athletes have
been selected in the first round of the
professional entry drafts in football,
basketball, baseball and soccer.
In football, two American Athletic
Conference football teams were
ranked in the top 15 of the final
2013 Associated Press poll, while
Memphis finished the season in
THI S I S T H E A M ER IC A N AT H L ET IC C O N FE R E N C E
the top 25 of the 2014 polls as
Tigers tied UCF and Cincinnati for
the conference title. Six of the 12
teams that compete in The American
in 2015 played in bowl games to
cap the 2014 season as Memphis,
Houston
and
Navy
earned
postseason victories.
Teams in The American have enjoyed
almost
unprecedented
success
since the conference’s formation.
Memphis finished with 10 wins in
football for the first time since 1938.
SMU advanced to the NCAA Men’s
Basketball Championship for the first
time since 1993. UCF and Houston
have both achieved top-10 rankings
in baseball in the past two years.
USF finished the 2014-15 season at
No. 8 in the final men’s golf national
ranking. The UConn women’s
basketball team won its NCAArecord ninth and 10th national
championships as a member of The
American.
The American Athletic Conference
administers to its membership from
a state-of-the-art office located in
Providence, R.I. The location of the
conference headquarters – just steps
from the city’s Amtrak station and 10
minutes from T.F. Green International
Airport – gives the conference easy
access to its member schools.
The conference headquarters is
equipped with a complete video
production studio, serving as the
home of the American Digital
Network, and small- and large-scale
meeting rooms to accommodate the
many coaches’ and administrators’
meetings held on-site each year. ■
UNIVERSITY of CONNECTICUT
The University of Connecticut is
a national leader among public
research universities, with students
pursuing
answers
to
critical
questions in labs, lecture halls, and
the community.
to comprehensive research and
education and ensures that we attract
internationally renowned faculty and
the world’s brightest students. These
scholars enrich the University’s
expertise in areas like environmental
stability, digital media, science and
engineering, language and culture,
and health.
UConn’s campuses, where more
than 30,000 students are enrolled
in over 100 undergraduate majors
and 86 graduate fields of study, are
situated in prime locations between
New York and Boston.
With annual research expenditures in
excess of $200 million, collaborative
research is carried out within the
departments of our 14 schools and
colleges and at our more than 100
research centers and institutes.
In recent years, the University has
been busy racking up high-profile
nods from organizations like U.S.
News & World Report for the quality
of its education and initiatives.
UConn offers distinct value to
industry with an increasing volume
of commercially viable innovations
as the University transforms itself
through research facilities and
faculty in the science, technology,
engineering, and math fields.
UConn’s main campus in Storrs
is admitting the highest-achieving
freshmen in University history.
Student diversity continues to
increase, as does the number of
honors students, valedictorians, and
salutatorians who consistently make
UConn their top choice.
The rise of the University over the last
two decades has been astounding,
as UConn achieves new heights
of academic success – doubling
research grants, attracting top
students, and offering programs that
A tradition of coaching winning
athletes ensures UConn is a standout
in Division I sports and fuels our
academic spirit.
continue to grow in prestige.
Next
Generation
Connecticut,
an
unprecedented
investment
by the State of Connecticut,
demonstrates UConn’s commitment
As a vibrant, progressive leader,
UConn fosters a diverse and dynamic
culture that meets the challenges of a
changing global society.
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coordinator and inside linebacker
coach, took responsibility for the
entire linebacker position in 2011 and
added responsibilities as associate
head coach in 2012.
He 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 ninthbest average over that time of any
team in the FBS.
University of Connecticut head football
coach Bob Diaco is completing his
second year with the Huskies and
has built a strong foundation for a
championship future at UConn.
He has led the Huskies back to a bowl
game in 2015 as the team won three
of their final four games, including a
win over nationally-ranked Houston.
This year’s St. Petersburg Bowl is the
ninth postseason game that Diaco has
coached, including the 2012 BCS title
game when he was on the Notre Dame
staff and the 2010 Sugar Bowl with
Cincinnati. He played in three bowl
games as a student-athlete at Iowa.
Diaco 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. 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 title
and posted an overall record of 12-1.
Diaco has an impressive coaching
resume as he served at Virginia (200608) 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 (20012003) working with the same positions
and Central Michigan (2005) as
the co-defensive coordinator and
linebackers coach.
Diaco 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 and his wife Julia have two sons
- Angelo and Michael - and a daughter
Josephine.
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
UN IV E R SITY O F C O N N E C TIC UT - H E AD COACH
37
WINNER
DINERS’ CHOICE
2015
UCONN COACHING STAFF
DON PATTERSON
FRANK VERDUCCI
MIKE CUMMINGS
Assistant Head Coach
& Tight Ends
Offensive Coordinator
& Running Backs
Offensive Line
& Co-Offensive
Coordinator
WAYNE LINEBURG
VINCENT BROWN
Quaterbacks
Co-Defensive
Coordinator
& Linebackers
DAVID CORLEY
KEVIN
WOLTHAUSEN
Wide Receivers,
Special Teams &
Dir. Player Engagement
ANTHONY
POINDEXTER
Defensive Coordinator
& Safeties
JOSH REARDON
Defensive Line &
Recruiting Coordinator
Cornerbacks &
Co-Special Teams
Coordinator
UN IV E R SITY O F C O N N E C TIC UT - C O AC H IN G S TAFF
39
UCONN HUSKIES
2
2
3
Graham Stewart
6
Tyraiq Beals
7
16
21
22
Jamar Summers
13
Andrew Adams
Bryant Shirreffs
17
22
Arkeel Newsome
UNI V E R S IT Y OF C ON N EC T IC U T - HUSKIE S
Javon Hadley
Thomas Lucas
Tyler Davis
Vontae Diggs
Tim Boyle
Brain Lemelle
Luke Carrezola
20
Ellis Marder
24
Junior Lee
William
Richardson
15
19
23
Noel Thomas
9
14
18
Bobby Puyol
5
9
13
Tony Tully
Brice McAllister
4
8
Garrett Anderson
Junior Joseph
16
Will Rishell
40
John Green
11
Cameron
Stapleton
Ron Johnson
7
Jhavon Williams
10
4
Obi Melifonwu
25
JJ Bivona
James Sullivan
UCONN HUSKIES
26
27
Josh Marriner
34
Jazzmar Clax
44
Nick Vitale
36
45
57
Cole Ormsby
Jeremy Claflin
46
Chris Britton
52
Connor Freeborn
Anthony Watkins
37
Matthew Walsh
Max DeLorenzo
51
29
Marquise Vann
53
Richmond
Williams
60
Andreas Knappe
62
Tyler Samra
Tommy Hopkins
30
31
Jalen Stevens
40
32
John Robinson IV
41
Michael Tarbutt
47
42
Marshé Terry
48
Nazir Williams
54
Jason Thompson
Omaine Stephens
Sheriden Lawley
56
Jon Hicks
65
Ryan Crozier
Justin Wain
50
55
63
Aaron Garland
Dallas Parker
66
Matt Peart
Dominick Manco
UN IV E R SITY O F C O N N E C TIC UT - HU S KI ES
41
UCONN HUSKIES
67
69
Bryan Cespedes
74
David Ryslik
75
Paul Nwokeji
81
89
Daniel Oak
94
Julian Campenni
94
Nicholas
Lesander
Kyle Bockeloh
Kevin Murphy
Richard Levy
78
Trey Rutherford
84
Ian Campbell
90
Chris Lee
71
77
83
John-Luke Bogue
42
70
Dalton Gifford
85
Frank Battle
90
Zordan Holman
95
Kenton Adeyemi
UNI V E R S IT Y OF C ON N EC T IC U T - HUSKIE S
72
Brendan Vechery
79
86
96
James Atkins
Tommy Myers
88
Alec Bloom
92
Felton Blackwell
Steve Hashemi
80
Kyle
Schafenacker
Aaron McLean
91
73
Hergy Mayala
93
Mikal Myers
98
Andrew Paluch
Folorunso
Fatukasi
99
Sean Marinan
UCONN TEAM ROSTER
# NAME
HT/WT/POS/CL
HOMETOWN
# NAME
HT/WT/POS/CL
2
Stewart, Graham
6-1/237/LB/RSr.
Durham, Conn.
46 Vann, Marquise
6-0/231/LB/RSr.
2
Beals, Tyraiq
6-0/178/WR/Fr.
East Orange, N.J.
47 Williams, Nazir
6-3/242/LB/Fr.
3
Johnson, Ron
5-11/226/RB/So.
Naples, Fla.
48 Thompson, Jason
5-7/178/RB/RFr.
Shelton, Conn.
4
Shirreffs, Bryant
6-2/220/QB/RSo.
Jefferson,Ga.
50 Lawley, Sheriden
6-4/275/DL/RFr.
Abbotsford, B.C.
4
Hadley, Javon
5-10/175/CB/Jr.
Miami, Fla.
51 Freeeborn, Connor
6-5/241/LB/Fr.
Wilmington, Del.
5
Thomas, Noel
6-1/195/WR/Jr.
Norwalk, Conn.
52 Williams, Richmond
6-0/232/LB/RFr.
Hayfield, Va.
6
Williams, Jhavon
5-10/190/CB/RJr.
53 Knappe, Andreas
6-8/311/OL/RJr.
Silkeborg, Denmark
7
Green, John
5-10/187/CB/RJr.
54 Stephens, Omaine
6-3/235/LB/RJr.
East Orange, N.J.
7
Anderson, Garrett
6-1/236/QB/Jr.
55 Hicks, Jon
6-2/246/LB/RJr.
8
Lucas, Thomas
6-2/213/WR/RSo.
Silver Spring, Md.
56 Parker, Dallas
6-4/245/LB/Fr.
9
Davis, Tyler
6-4/225/QB/Fr.
Bellmore, N.Y.
9
Richardson, William
6-2/238/LB/Fr.
Delray Beach, Fla.
Miami, Fla.
Walnut Creek, Calif.
57 Ormsby, Cole
6-4/262/DL/RSo.
Washington, D.C.
58 Okounam, Philippe
6-4/278/DL/Fr.
HOMETOWN
Cincinnati, Ohio
Bridgeton, N.J.
Palmyra, Pa.
Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla.
Windsor, Conn.
Chateauguay, Que.
10 Stapleton, Cameron
6-4/246/LB/RSo.
Staten Island, N.Y.
60 Samra, Tyler
6-2/301/OL/Sr.
11 Joseph, Junior
6-1/242/LB/RSo.
Sinking Spring, Pa.
62 Hopkins, Tommy
6-6/309/OL/RSo.
12 Bisack, Brandon
6-5/213/QB/Fr.
63 Crozier, Ryan
6-4/296/OL/So.
12 Levenberry, E.J.
6-3/243/LB/Jr.
65 Peart, Matt
6-7/279/OL/Fr.
13 Tully, Tony
5-9/172/WR/RJr.
East Sandwich, Mass.
66 Manco, Dominick
6-3/221/LS/RSr.
Lagrangeville, N.Y.
New London, Conn.
Farifield, Conn.
Woodbridge, Va.
Wycoff, N.J.
Hawthorne, N.Y.
Plantation, Fla.
Bronx, N.Y.
13 Diggs, Vontae
6-2/225/LB/So.
Downers Grove, Ill.
67 Cespedes, Bryan
6-7/287/OL/Fr.
14 Boyle, Tim
6-4/225/QB/Jr.
Middlefield, Conn.
68 Bedell, James
6-1/192/LS/Fr.
15 Carrezola, Luke
6-3/255/LB/So.
Langhorne, Pa.
69 Ryslik, David
6-4/300/DL/Fr.
Freehold, N.J.
16 Rishell, Will
5-11/184/QB-K/RSo.
Hebron, Conn.
70 Bockeloh, Kyle
6-3/295/OL/RJr.
Houston, Texas
16 McAllister, Brice
5-11/193/CB/So. East Longmeadow, Mass.
71 Levy, Richard
6-6/312/OL/RJr.
Trenton, N.J.
17 Puyol, Bobby
5-10/178/K/RJr.
North Palm Beach, Fla.
72 Vechery, Brendan
6-6/302/OL/RSo.
Ashburn, Va.
17 Coney, Bryan
6-1/188/WR/Fr.
Naugatuck, Conn.
18 Lemelle, Brian
5-10/172/WR/Jr.
19 Marder, Ellis
6-1/199/S/RJr.
Windermere, Fla.
20 Melifonwu, Obi
6-3/216/S/RJr.
South Grafton, Mass.
21 Summers, Jamar
6-0/185/CB/So.
22 Adams, Andrew
6-0/198/S/RSr.
Fayetteville, Ga.
22 Newsome, Arkeel
5-7/182/RB/So.
Ansonia, Conn.
23 Lee, Junior
6-0/209/S/RSr.
Brooklyn, N.Y.
24 Bivona, JJ
5-8/191/S/RJr.
25 Sullivan, James
6-1/187/WR/RSo.
26 Marriner, Josh
5-9/201/RB/RSo.
Chesapeake, Va.
27 Vitale, Nick
5-8/176/CB/RJr.
29 Watkins, Anthony
5-11/198/S/RFr.
30 Stevens, Jalen
6-3/240/LB/RSo.
Goose Creek, S.C.
31 Robinson, John IV
6-2/181/CB/Fr.
32 Garland, Aaron
5-11/192/CB/Fr.
33 Wilson, Tahj-Anthony
5-9/200/RB/Fr.
34 Clax, Jazzmar
5-11/252/FB/RJr.
73 Hashemi, Steve
6-6/286/OL/So.
Trumbull, Conn.
74 Nwokeji, Paul
6-6/300/OL/RSr.
Randolph, Mass.
75 Oak, Daniel
6-3/292/OL/RFr.
Fort Myers, Fla.
77 Rutherford, Trey
6-5/300/OL/So.
Markham, Ontario
78 Gifford, Dalton
6-4/303/OL/RSr.
Fairhaven, Mass.
79 Schafenacker, Kyle
6-3/290/OL/RSo.
Cooper City, Fla.
80 Myers, Tommy
6-5/255/TE/RSo.
81 Bogue, John-Luke
6-1/186/WR/RSr.
83 Campbell, Ian
6-5/259/TE/Fr.
84 Battle, Frank
6-5/193/WR/Fr.
Miami, Fla.
85 McLean, Aaron
6-5/203/WR/Fr.
Southborough, Mass.
Higganum, Conn.
86 Bloom, Alec
6-6/257/TE/So.
Fort Meade, Md.
87 Sims, Tyrae
5-6/154/WR/RFr.
Harrisburg, Pa.
East Orange, N.J.
Stratford, Conn.
Wethersfield, Conn.
Englewood, N.J.
Oak Park, Ill.
6-5/250/TE/Fr.
Portland, Maine
Freehold, N.J.
91 Blackwell, Felton
6-2/340/DE/Fr.
Egg Harbor City, N.J.
92 Myers, Mikal
6-1/323/DL/RJr.
93 Fatukasi, Folorunso
6-4/304/DL/RSo.
Millstone, N.J.
Madison, Conn.
37 Claflin, Jeremy
6-1/212/S/RSr.
West Hartford, Conn.
39 Jean-Pierre, Chris
5-11/196/S/Fr.
Deep River, Conn.
40 Tarbutt, Michael
6-0/177/K/Fr.
43 Williams, Billy
6-2/235/TE/So.
44 DeLorenzo, Max
5-11/216/RB/RSr.
45 Britton, Chris
6-1/235/LB/RFr.
Montreal, Que.
Severna Park, Md.
6-0/306/DL/RSr.
6-2/220/LB/Fr.
6-4/192/S/Fr.
6-7/252/TE/Fr.
Ligonier, Pa.
Worcester, Mass.
90 Holman, Zordan
6-1/241/LB/Jr.
6-3/214/P/RJr.
6-2/200/WR/Fr.
89 Lee, Chris
Pompton Plains, N.J.
90 Campenni, Julian
36 Walsh, Matthew
42 Wain, Justin
88 Mayala, Hergy
Coventry, Conn.
New Rochelle, N.Y.
Long Island, N.Y.
35 Sowa, Luke
41 Terry, Marshé
Oceanport, N.J.
Buffalo, N.Y.
Columbus, N.J.
Wilmington, N.C.
Knoxville, Tenn.
Berlin, Conn.
West Pittson, Pa.
Newburgh, N.Y.
Far Rockaway, N.Y.
94 Lensander, Nicholas
6-2/247/TE/RJr.
94 Murphy, Kevin
6-1/285/DL/Fr.
Santa Barbara, Calif.
95 Adeyemi, Kenton
6-4/291/DL/RSr.
96 Atkins, James
6-5/267/DL/RFr.
97 Tabur, Tom
6-3/282/DL/Fr.
98 Paluch, Andrew
6-2/163/K/RJr.
Rocky Hill, Conn.
99 Marinan, Sean
6-1/296/DL/RJr.
Higganum, Conn.
Westchester, Pa.
Wethersfield, Conn.
Saugus, Mass.
Whitinsville, Mass.
Harrisburg, Pa.
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UCONN SEASON REVIEW
HUSKIES ARE BOWL-ELIGIBLE
With the November 21 win over
Houston, the Huskies became bowl
eligible for the season. UConn is bowl
eligible for the first time since the
2010 season. From 2003-2010, the
Huskies were bowl eligible in six of
eight years and went to four-straight
bowls form 2007-10. The 2010
UConn football team won the BIG
EAST Championship and advanced
to play in the school’s first-ever BCS
game -- the Tostitos Fiesta Bowl.
HUSKIES HONORED FOR
GRADUATION RATE BY AFCA
The
UConn
football
program
was honored by the American
Football Coaches Association in
early December for its outstanding
graduation rate. The honor is part of
the group’s Academic Achievement
Award program, which is sponsored
by the Touchdown Club of Memphis.
The award is based on both the
NCAA’s Graduation Success Rate
formula and the Federal Graduation
Rate formula. UConn was one of the
schools honored for having a Federal
Graduation Rate of 75 percent or
better.
wins and his first two career 100yard games.
SHIRREFFS IMPRESSIVE IN
FIRST SEASON
UConn
redshirt
sophomore
quarterback
Bryant
Shirreffs
(Jefferson, Ga.) has had a successful
start to his Husky career with over
200 yards of passing in five of his
first ten collegiate starts and limiting
the number of interceptions. Shirreffs
had some gaudy numbers on
October 17 vs. USF as he passed for
365 yards (28 of 41 with one TD and
one INT) and rushed for 100 yards
(19 carries and one TD). His 465
yards of total offense was one-yard
shy of the school single-game record.
HUSKIES AMONG NATIONAL
LEADERS IN INTERCEPTIONS
UConn had four interceptions in the
win over East Carolina on October
30 and has intercepted three or more
passes in three games this year. The
four interceptions matched a UConn
team-high with five other games since
the program was elevated to FBS
level. The overall school record is
six – recorded two times. The Huskies
recorded three interceptions in win
against Villanova (Sept. 3) and UCF
(Oct. 10). As a team,
THOMAS LEADS THE RECEIVERS
UConn junior Noel Thomas (Norwalk,
Conn.) is the leading receiver for
the Huskies this season with 54
catches for 719 yards. In the win vs.
Houston, Thomas was spectacular
with seven receptions for a careerhigh 108 yards and had two TD
receptions. The first came on a fouryard pass from Shirreffs that gave
the Huskies a score on their opening
drive and the second came on a
nifty 45-yard reception from junior
Garrett Anderson (Walnut, Calif.)
after taking a lateral from Boyle.
Thomas was named the American
Athletic Conference Offensive Player
of the Week for his performance vs.
Houston.
UConn is tied for tenth in the country
with 17 interceptions entering bowl
season, which is tied for tenth in the
American. Sophomore cornerback
Jamar Summers (East Orange, N.J.)
has recorded critical interceptions in
three of the final four games of the
season.
NEWSOME EMERGES IN
RUNNING GAME
Sophomore
Arkeel
Newsome
(Ansonia, Conn.) has emerged as
the top running back in the Husky
rotation this season and has started
the past nine games. He leads UConn
in rushing with 760 yards and six
TDs on 174 carries. Newsome has
rushed the ball for over 100 yards in
the two of the final four games of the
regular season – both of the UConn
UN IV E R SITY O F C O N N E C TIC UT - SE ASO N REVI EW
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UCONN DEPTH CHART
OFFENSE
DEFENSE
LT
DE
71 Richard Levy (RJr., 6-6, 312)
65 Matt Peart (Fr., 6-7, 263)
LG
62 Tommy Hopkins (RSo., 6-6, 309)
96 James Atkins (RFr., 6-5, 267)
DT
73 Steve Hashemi (So., 6-6, 286)
C
72 Brendan Vechery (RSo., 6-6, 302)
60 Tyler Samra (Sr., 6-2, 301)
DT
53 Andreas Knappe (RJr., 6-8, 311)
DE
86 Alec Bloom (So., 6-6, 257)
LB
89 Chris Lee (Fr., 6-7, 252)
LB
5 Noel Thomas (Jr., 6-1, 195)
LB
or
QB
2 Tyraiq Beals (Fr., 6-0, 171)
CB
SS
22 Arkeel Newsome (So., 5-7, 18)
or
3 Ron Johnson (So., 5-11, 226)
22 Andrew Adams (RSr., 6-0, 198)
19 Ellis Marder (RJr., 6-1, 199
FS
14 Tim Boyle (Jr., 6-3, 224)
TB
6 Jhavon Williams (RJr., 5-10, 190)
7 John Green (RJr., 5-10, 187)
88 Hergy Mayala (Fr., 6-2, 200)
4 Bryant Shirreffs (RSo., 6-2, 220)
46 Marquise Vann (RSr., 6-0, 231)
36 Matt Walsh (Jr., 6-1, 241)
18 Brian Lemelle (Jr., 5-10, 172)
WR
11 Junior Joseph (RSo., 6-1, 242)
55 John Hicks (RJr., 6-2, 246)
90 Zordan Holman (Fr., 6-5, 224)
WR
2 Graham Stewart (RSr., 6-1, 237)
13 Vontae Diggs (So., 6-2, 225)
90 Zordan Holman (Fr., 6-5, 224)
TE
15 Luke Carrezola (So., 6-3, 255)
10 Cameron Stapleton (RSo., 6-4, 246)
77 Trey Rutherford (So., 6-5, 300)
TE
90 Julian Campeni (RSr., 6-0, 306)
92 Mikal Myers (RJr., 6-1, 323)
70 Kyle Bockeloh (RJr., 6-3, 295)
RT
93 Foley Fatukasi (RSo., 6-4, 304)
99 Sean Marinan (RJr., 6-1, 296)
75 Dan Oak (RFr., 6-3, 292)
RG
95 Kenton Adeyemi (RSr., 6-4, 291)
20 Obi Melifonwu (RJr., 6-3, 216)
23 Junior Lee (RSr., 6-0, 209)
CB
21 Jamar Summers (So., 6-0, 185)
4 Javon Hadley (Jr., 5-10, 168)
44 Max DeLorenzo (RSr., 5-11, 216)
SPECIAL TEAMS
KO:
40 Michael Tarbutt (Fr., 6-0, 177)
KR:
17 Bobby Puyol (RJo., 5-10, 178)
PK:
26 Josh Marriner (RSo., 5-9, 201)
PR:
40 Michael Tarbutt (Fr., 6-0, 177)
P:
HL:
14 Tim Boyle (Jr., 6-3, 224)
2 Tyraiq Beals (Fr., 6-0, 171) OR
42 Justin Wain (RJr., 6-3, 214)
22 Arkeel Newsome (So., 5-7, 182)
27 Nick Vitale (RJr., 5-8, 176)
LS:
66 Dominick Manco (RSr., 6-3, 221)
68 James Bedell (Fr., 6-1, 192)
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December 26, 2015
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December 29, 2015
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September 5, 2016
December 19, 2015
C-USA vs. MAC
Ole Miss vs. Florida State
Mountain West vs. C-USA
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Missouri State • Temple • Texas Tech • Utah
December 5, 2015
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Northern Iowa • Oklahoma • Washington State
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