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2020 AKRON FOOTBALL SPRING PROSPECTUS Table of Contents 2020 AKRON FOOTBALL SCHEDULE Spring Notes .......................................................2-3 Depth Chart ........................................................... 4 Sat., Sept. 5 YOUNGSTOWN STATE Spring Roster ......................................................5-6 Sat., Sept. 12 at New Mexico State Player Breakdown .................................................. 7 Sat., Sept. 19 at Clemson Head Coach Tom Arth ............................................ 8 Sat., Sept. 26 *MIAMI (Ohio) Assistant Coaches .................................................. 9 Sat., Oct. 3 *at Buffalo Practice Schedule & Policies ................................10 Sat., Oct. 10 *at Kent State 2019 Season Review ......................................11-12 Sat., Oct. 17 UMASS [Homecoming] 2019 Honors .......................................................13 Sat., Oct. 24 *at Ball State 2019 Results & Statistics ................................14-20 Sat., Oct. 31 *TOLEDO Credits: Sat., Nov. 14 *BOWLING GREEN The 2020 Akron Football Spring Sat., Nov. 21 *WESTERN MICHIGAN Prospectus was written and designed by Cathy Fri., Nov. 27 *at Ohio ESPNU | ESPN+ | ESPN3 | CBS-SN Bongiovi. Photos by Jeff Harwell, David Dermer, Dec. 4 or 5 MAC Championship TBA | TV John Ashley, and Cathy Bongiovi. (Ford Field, Detroit, Mich.) Home games in CAPS *Mid-American Conference game Quick Facts Location: ............................... Akron, Ohio 44325 Population: .........200,000 (5th largest in Ohio) Founded: .....................1870 as Buchtel College Enrollment: ................................................20,554 Akron Coaching Staff Nickname: ........................................................Zips Tom Arth (John Carroll ‘03), Head Coach | Quarterbacks Colors: .......................... Blue (282) & Gold (871) Matt Feeney, Defensive Coordinator | Safeties Conference: ........ Mid-American (East Division) Tommy Zagorski, Offensive Coordinator | Offensive Line President: ..................................Dr. Gary L. Miller Brian Cochran, Defensive Line Director of Athletics: ......................Larry Williams Dr. Matthew Juravich Chris Cook, Tight Ends | Offensive Tackles Faculty Athletics Rep: ....... Athletics Dept. Phone: .................(330) 972-7080 Jayden Everett, Running Backs Ticket Office: ............................. 1-888-99-AKRON Bryan Gasser , Pass Game Coordinator | Wide Receivers ..................................................................(-25766) Deonte Gibson, Outside Linebackers | Defensive Ends Chris Hurd, Special Teams Coordinator | Fullbacks | H-Backs Jamael Lett, Secondary Football Information Oscar Rodriguez, Jr., Inside Linebackers Season of Football: ....................................... 120th Anthony Cicione (Defense), Tyrell Everett (Defense), Graduate Assistants Stadium: .......InfoCision Stadium - Summa Field Capacity: .....30,000 [official sellout is 27,881] Surface: ................................................... ProGrass Support Staff Record at InfoCision Stadium: .......................25-40 Sherry Butler, Administrative Assistant Tom Arth Ben Murphy, Director of Football Operations Head Coach: ............................................ (John Carroll ‘03) TBA, Director of Player Personnel Career Record: ..................... 49-33 (7 yrs.) Alex Kline , Director of Recruiting & High School Relations Akron Record: ........................... 0-12 (1 yr.) Chad Pearson, Strength & Conditioning Coach for Football Rich Worsell, Director of Football Research & Analytics 2019 Record: ..................................... 0-12 overall Claire Crosby, Assistant Director of Football Operations 2019 MAC Record: .......................... 0-8 (6th East) Ray Brewster, Defensive Quality Control Offensive Alignment: ............................. Pro Style Sam Kukura, Special Teams Quality Control Defensive Alignment: .............................. Multiple Jake Schaefer, Offensive Quality Control Starters Returning– 13 (7 offense, 6 defense + 5 specialists) Will Wiedeman, Strength & Conditioning Graduate Assistant .............. Starters Lost– 9 Eythan Puhalla, Video Operations Graduate Assistant .............. (4 offense, 5 defense + 0 specialists) Joe Callahan , Recruiting/Operations Volunteer Participants Returning– 54 Scott Campbell, Nick Carillon, Louis Williams, Graphics Volunteers ............ (24 offense, 25 defense, 5 specialists) Jon-Carl Hostetler, Special Teams Volunteer Participants Lost– 24 Jett Modkins, Defensive Volunteer ............ (12 offense, 12 defense, 0 specialists) 2020 AKRON FOOTBALL SPRING PROSPECTUS 1 SPRING NOTES Spring Showcase Akron’s annual spring football showcase is slated for Saturday, April 18, at Noon at InfoCision Stadium– Summa Field. Admission is FREE. Pro Timing Day Akron will hold its annual Pro Timing Day on Wednesday, March 18. The 2020 NFL Draft is slated for April 23-25 in Las Vegas, Nev., and will be televised live by NFL Network and ESPN. Signing Class Recap The University of Akron football program, under the leadership of second-year head coach Tom Arth, signed 20 student-athletes to National Letters of Intent on Dec. 18. This year’s class features a lot of homegrown talent. Nine student-athletes list their hometowns within the state of Ohio. Additionally, four incoming Zips hail from Geor- gia, two from Florida, and one each from Kansas, New Hampshire, New Mexico, North DYLAN Carolina, and Pennsylvania. MEEKS Ten of the signees— DL Deacon Allen (Rockmart, Ga.), RB Teon Dollard (Lake City, Fla.), RB Cole Gest (Solon, Ohio), DB Woobendy Guerrier (Homestead, Fla.), DB MyJaden Horton (Cincinnati, Ohio), LB Ryan McClain (Albuquerque, N.M.), DB Chu Ogbonna (Marietta, Ga.), DL Nazir Sy (Peachtree Corners, Ga.), DL Janirr Wade (Stone Mountain, Ga.), and TE Brycen Yarmo (Hudson, N.H.) — enrolled in classes in Athletics January 2020. Communications 373 Carroll St., Suite 83 Additionally, 24 high school seniors, all from the state of Ohio, have committed to at- Akron, OH 44325 tend the University as walk-ons. DEFENSE ADD TWO COACHES Cathy Bongiovi Akron head coach Tom Arth announced two additions to his football staff on March 16. (Football contact) Assistant AD for Communications Joining the Zips are Deonte Gibson (outside linebackers/defensive ends) and Ja- E-mail: [email protected] mael Lett (secondary). O: (330) 972-6106 C: (234) 788-1497 Gibson served as the defensive line coach at Eastern Illinois in 2019. He coached second-team All-OVC nose tackle Terrell Greer. A part of defensive staff that coached EIU to the sixth-most tackles for loss in school history (86), his defensive unit ranked Brian Dennison No. 30 in FCS in total defense and No. 29 in FCS in team tackles for loss. (secondary contact) Assistant Director Lett served as the secondary coach at Samford University for three seasons. In 2019, E-mail: [email protected] Lett participated in the NCAA-NFL Coaches Academy. The 2018 team posted the pro- O: (330) 972-6292 gram’s eighth-straight winning season, the longest streak in program history. In 2017, C: (330) 962-0366 Samford went 8-4 record overall and earned a spot in the NCAA Division I-FCS Playoffs for a second-straight season for the first time since 1992. 2020 AKRON FOOTBALL SPRING PROSPECTUS 2 SPRING NOTES Odds & Ends √ The 2020 schedule will be challenging as six opponents were bowl eligible last fall: Buffalo (Bahamas), Clemson (national semifinal/national championship games), Kent State (Frisco), Miami (Lending Tree), Ohio (Famous Idaho Potato), and Western Michigan (ServPro First Responder). √ Akron alumnus Matthew A. Cherry [2000-03] won an Academy Award on Feb. 9 for his animated short film “Hair Love”, which tells the heartfelt story of an African-American father learning to do his daughter’s hair for the first time. Cherry, a second-team All-Mid-American Conference selection at wide receiver in 2003, still holds two punt return records at Akron. His 305 punt return yards are the most for a season (2003), while his two punt return touchdowns are tied for the most in a season (2003). The Zips’ team captain was a two-time recipient of the team’s Harry “Doc” Smith Award. Following his senior season, he participated in the Las Vegas Classic. Cherry studied mass media, radio and television at Akron. NCAA Spring Football Guidelines • Under NCAA guidelines, Division I football teams are permitted 15 postseason KATO practice sessions (including intrasquad scrimmages and spring game) provided they are conducted within a period of 34 consecutive calendar days, omitting vaca- NELSON tion and examination days officially announced on the institution’s calendar and days during which the institution is closed due to inclement weather. • Any such practice sessions held during vacation days may not be of longer dura- tion of those normally held when academic classes are in session. • Only 12 of the 15 sessions may involve contact and such contact shall not occur prior to the third practice session. The non-contact practice sessions may involve headgear as the only piece of protective equipment. • Of the 12 permissible contact sessions, eight sessions may involve tackling, and no more than three of the eight tackling sessions may be devoted primarily to 11- on-11 scrimmages. Tackling shall be prohibited in four of the 12 contact sessions. An institution has the discretion to determine the practice activities (other than tackling) that may occur during the four contact non-tackling sessions as well as the protective