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Monday, April 21, 2008

The Roster:

Here's Our Current Roster Situation:

Scholarship Athletes: (63 of 85 Scholarships)
1 Vontae Davis
2 Martez Wilson
3 Marques Wilkins
5 Mikel LeShoure
6 Chris James
7 Juice Williams
9 Arrelious Benn
10 Eddie McGee
11 Jarred Fayson
13 Will Judson
14 Marcus Thomas
15 Chris Duvalt
16 Michael Hoomanawanui
17 Jeff Cumberland
18 Nate Bussey
20 Garrett Edwards
21 Kyle Hudson
22 Daniel Dufrene
26 Brian Gamble
27 Antonio Gully
28 Dere Hicks
29 Troy Pollard
30 Rahkeem Smith
31 Travon Bellamy
32 Ashante Williams
35 Darius Purcell
37 Kyle Yelton
38 Ian Thomas
43 Sam Carson III
44 Brit Miller
45 Rodney Pittman
52 Jon Asamoah
53 Dustin Jefferson
55 Anterio Jackson
56 Sirod Williams
57 Mike Garrity
60 Ryan McDonald
62 Eric Block
65 Mike Nabolotny
66 Randall Hunt
68 Xavier Fulton
71 Jeff Allen
72 Reggie Ellis
73 Jack Cornell
74 Brandon Jordan
75 Mark Jackson
76 Graham Pocic
78 Ryan Palmer
79 Craig Wilson
81 Will Davis
82 Fred Sykes
85 C.J. Jackson
85 Whitney Mercilus
86 Greg McClendon
90 Antonio James
91 Derek Walker
92 Josh Brent
93 D'Angelo McCray
94 David Lindquist
95 Doug Pilcher
97 Clay Nurse
98 Daryle Ballew
99 Jerry Brown

Signed Recruits: (21 Scholarship, 1 Walkon... 84/85 Scholarships Committed)
Jacob Charest
Hubie Graham
A.J. Jenkins
Cordale Scott
Donsay Hardeman
Tavon Wilson
London Davis
Jason Ford
Russell Ellington
Supo Sanni
Justin Staples
Tyler Sands
Glenn Foster
Ryan Sedlacek
Jack Ramsey
Nate Palmer
Evan Frierson
Corey Lewis
Corey Liuget
Patrick Nixon
Ugochukwu Uzodinma
Derek Dimke (Prefered Walk-On)

Walk Ons
10 Cody Stunkard
14 Sean Anderson
22 Andrew Harweger
23 Jack Eastman
24 Bo Flowers
30 Mike Locksley, Jr.
33 Mike Mucha
33 Mark Burgess
35 Michael Cklamovski
36 Jared Bosch
38 Matt Brandabur
39 Conor Gillen
39 Tad Keely
43 Nick Levanti
49 Tyler Pacha
51 Wisdom Onyegbule
58 Bryson Whalen
61 Cole Knuth
80 Alex Reavy
84 Matt Eller
87 Anthony Santella
88 Jaon McGoey
89 Tom Sullivan

Players Not Returning: (33)
5 Rashard Mendenhall Left for Pro's
8 DaJuan Warren Graduated
11 Joe Morgan Not On Roster
12 Billy Garza Graduated
13 Jason Reda Graduated
14 Ryan Baise Left Team
16 Mark Venegoni Graduated (WO)
18 Kevin Bailey Left Team
19 Tony Petruzzello Left Team
19 Phil Haig Left Team
23 Drew McMahon Graduated (WO)
25 Justin Sanders Graduated
32 Justin Harrison Graduated
34 Walter Mendenhall Graduated
36 Maurice Haney Left Team
40 Antonio Steele Graduated
41 Russ Weil Graduated
42 Kevin Mitchell Graduated
42 Justin Ijei Graduated (WO)
46 Tyler Rouse Graduated (WO)
47 J Leman Graduated
48 Erique Robertson Left Team
49 Kyle Knezetic Graduated (WO)
51 Anthony Thornhill Graduated
58 Dan Motuliak Graduated
63 Will Bergen Left Team
64 Martin O'Donnell Graduated
69 Akim Millington Graduated
76 Charles Myles Graduated
76 Mike Ware Graduated
82 Frank Lenti Jr. Graduated
83 Jacob Willis Graduated
96 Chris Norwell Graduated

Breakdown of Players not Returning:
  • Graduation: 24 players (19 Scholarship). this number includes 3 players who did not have their scholarships renewed for a 5th year (Walter Mendenhall, Billy Graza, & Dan Motuliak)*
  • NFL Draft: 1 - Rashard Mendenhall
  • Left Team: 8 (Including 3 scholarship players: Phil Haig (will play baseball), Will Bergen (no clue) and Erique Robertson (douchebaggery)
  • Not on Roster: Joe Morgan (he may be gone, but I have heard he could come back, so he is in limbo)
* Note: Graduation doesn't mean a player actually earned a diploma, I hope they did. It means they have been here for at least 4 years and either used up their eligibility... or were not asked back for a 5th)

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