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@LibertyFootball liberty flames @LibertyFootball 2017 football GAME NOTES

Todd Wetmore, Associate AD for Athletics Communications · Cell: (434) 841-8974 · E-mail: [email protected] GAME 3: No. 19/NR LIBERTY vs. INDIANA state 2017 schedule

SATURDAY, SEPT. 16, 2017/6 p.m.//lynchburg, va. at Baylor Sept. 2 | McLane Stadium W 7 p.m. 48-45

vs. MOREHEAD STATE 2017 Record:...... 2-0 2017 Record: ...... 0-2, 0-0 MVFC Sept. 9 | Williams Stadium W Head Coach:...... Head Coach: ...... Curt Mallory 6 p.m. 58-17 Record at Liberty:...... 37-24 (6th Year) Record at Indiana St.:...... 0-2 (1st Year) Overall Record:...... 62-73 (12th Year) Overall Record: ...... Same INDIANA STATE Sept. 16 | Williams Stadium 6 p.m. THE MATCHUP Storylines 1) Off to a 2-0 start for the first time since 2010, No. 19/NR Lib- 53.0 PPG 13.5 erty will welcome 0-2 Indiana State to Williams Stadium on Sat- at Jacksonville State urday. The Flames are seeking their first 3-0 start since 2008, Sept. 23 | JSU Stadium 55 1st DOWNS 31 when Liberty went on to win a program-record 10 games. 7 p.m. 167.0 YPG RUSH 141.0 YPG 2) Liberty will look for its first-ever win over Indiana State, as 387.0 YPG PASS 113.0 YPG the Flames are 0-2 against the Sycamores all-time. Liberty is SAINT FRANCIS (PA.) also shooting for its first-ever win over a Missouri Valley Foot- 554.0 YPG OFFENSE 254.0 YPG Sept. 30 | Williams Stadium ball Conference (MVFC) foe at Williams Stadium. 6 p.m. 1 INT 1 3) The Flames have featured a high-powered, fast-paced of- 12 TDs 3 fense through the season's first two games. Liberty is averag- KENNESAW STATE * 7 FGs 2 ing 53.0 ppg, while racking up an average of 554 yards on 89 offensive plays per outing. Oct. 14| Williams Stadium 32:23 TOP 30:14 6 p.m. 4) Liberty QB Stephen "Buckshot" Calvert is off to a scorching 416.0 YPG DEFENSE 336.5 YPG start to his sophomore season. He is completing 70.4 percent 3 INT 1 of his passes and averaging 364 passing yards per game while at Monmouth * throwing eight TD passes and zero interceptions. 1 SACKS 6 Oct. 21 | Kessler Stadium 1 p.m. 5) WR B.J. Farrow racked up career highs for receiving yards (177) and TDs (3) in his season debut versus Morehead State, one week after Antonio Gandy-Golden went for 192 receiving at Gardner-Webb * yards and two scores at Baylor. Oct. 28 | Spangler Stadium 6) Sophomore K Alex Probert is a two-time Big South Special Noon Teams Player of the Week already this season. He has made 11 straight field goal attempts, dating back to 2016. DUQUESNE Nov. 4 | Williams Stadium 3:30 p.m.

PRESBYTERIAN * Nov. 11 | Williams Stadium 3:30 p.m.

at Charleston Southern * PASSING RECEIVING RUSHING DEFENSE Nov. 18 | Buccaneer Field 57-81 14 CATCHES 32 CARRIES 11 TACKLES Noon 728 YARDS 202 YARDS 134 YARDS 1.0 TFL g - Home g - Away 8 TD 3 TD 0 TD 2 BREAKUPS All Times Listed Are Eastern * Indicates Game ANTONIO GANDY- GOLDEN CARRINGTON MOSLEY JEREMY PETERS ‹ 1 › MEDIA INFORMATION 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY SUNDAY No Practice Coach Gill Press Conference Team Meeting Team Meeting Team Meeting Gameday Team Meeting (Players' Day Off) 12:30-1 p.m. (Team Room) 2:45 p.m. (Closed to Media) 2:45 p.m. (Closed to Media) 3:30 p.m. Liberty vs. Morehead State 3 p.m. (Closed to Media) Williams Stadium Flames Sports Hotline Player/Coaches Interviews Practice Practice Walk Thru Practice Practice 6 p.m. 6-7 p.m. with Turner Gill 1-2:15 p.m. (Team Room) 4:10-6:15 p.m. 4:35-6:15 p.m. 4:20-5:25 p.m. 5:25-6:25 p.m. Weekly Radio Call-In Show (Players & Coaches available (Coach Gill is available for inter- (Closed to Media) (Closed to Public/Media) Team Meeting Post Game Location: Journey FM Studio outside locker room at 6:15 p.m.) views in the Team Room at 6:15 Coach Gill is available following 2:45 p.m. (Closed to Media) p.m.) 93.3 FM – Lynchburg the game. Players will follow 100.9 FM – Lynchburg Practice after Coach Gill. 106.3 FM – Gretna/Danville 4:05-6:05 p.m. (Players & Coaches available out- 1320 FM – Lynchburg side locker room at 6:05 p.m.) 1240 AM – Roanoke 1350 AM – Bedford 730 AM – Gretna/Danville

LIBERTY UNIVERSITY INFORMATION GAME INFORMATION - 6:06 P.M. KICKOFF School. WATCH LISTEN Location. Lynchburg, Va. Mike Tilley (Play-by-Play) Game Broadcast: http://bit.ly/2jZKjuw Founded...... 1971 Matt Warner (Color Analyst) Alan York (Play-by-Play) Enrollment . 15,000 Bobbie Bohlig (Sidelines) Paul Rutigliano (Color Analyst) President. Jerry Falwell Jr. Nick Pierce (Sidelines) Director of Athletics. Ian McCaw Pregame Show: http://bit.ly/2jZKjuw Founder. Dr. Jerry Falwell Nick Pierce Affiliation . NCAA Division I Jamie Hall Nickname. Flames Matt Camire Mascot...... Sparky MEDIA INFORMATION Colors . Red, White & Blue The Liberty Athletics Department is served by an athletics communications office staff that works diligently to promote Conference:...... Big South (BSC) the individual and team accomplishments of student-athletes, coaches and staff. The office members handle all sport and Athletics Website:...... www.LibertyFlames.com department communications and media relations needs, and work to serve the working media. Official Athletics Twitter...... @LibertyFlames Offcial Athletics Facebook. . . . .LibertyFlamesAthletics Credentials Requests for season and single-game credentials should be emailed to the appropriate communications representative at Official Athletics Instagram . @LibertyFlames least 48 hours prior to the requested event. Due to space limitations, credentials will be issued to full-time journalists from Official Football Twitter . @LibertyFootball media outlets that cover Liberty Athletics regularly and substantially or to representatives who regularly and customarily Official Football Instagram. @LibertyFootball perform services for that outlet. By acceptance of a credential, the bearer agrees to abide by all of the Liberty University, Big South Conference and NCAA LIBERTY FOOTBALL COACHING STAFF policies and procedures as well as conduct him/herself in a professional and ethical manner. Violation of any of these policies will result in immediate revocation of credentials. The Liberty Athletics Communications Office reserves the right Turner Gill...... Head Coach to revoke or deny credentials at any time. Ron Brown . Associate Head Coach/RB Joe Dailey. Offensive Coordinator/QB Work-Related Equipment Bags Scott Downing. . . . .Special Teams Coordinator/TE/FB Members of the media will be allowed to bring work-related equipment bags (laptop computers, radio/TV broadcast Aaron Stamn. Assistant Coach/OL equipment, still and video cameras, etc.) through Gate 6 at Williams Stadium (gate located between the Football Operations Center and Osborne Stadium). Work-related equipment bags will be searched by Williams Stadium security. Kyle DeArmon. Assistant Coach/WR Robert Wimberly . Defensive Coordinator/S Postgame Interviews Vantz Singletary...... Co-Def. Coordinator/DL Postgame interviews are held on the first floor of the Williams Football Operations Center in the room next to the Liberty Marshall Roberts. Assistant Coach/DB team locker room. Todd Wetmore, Liberty Associate AD for Communications, will ask for requests during the fourth Josh Bookbinder . Assistant Coach/LB quarter of the contest. Aaron Wilkins...... Graduate Assistant/DL J.R. Rozier...... Offensive Quality Control Parking Liberty University has designated the Bailey/Orange lot as reserved media parking for home football contests. Media Darren Jackson. Defensive Quality Control parking opens two hours before each game. Please contact the Liberty Athletics Communications Office to obtain a parking Dr. Ed Gomes. . . . . Director of Spiritual Development pass. Paul Rutigliano...... Asst. AD for Football Admin. Matt Bevins...... Director of High School Relations Photographers Trey Johnson. . . . . Asst. Director of Player Personnel Liberty University strictly enforces a photo credential approval policy designed to best allocate working credentials for Matt Young. Football Operations - Graduate Assistant photographers to maximize coverage in a safe, professional working environment. Unfortunately, it is not possible to Danny Wenger...... Video Coordinator accommodate all requests. Due to limited space, credentials will generally not be issued to freelance photographers without a specific assignment received in writing from the assigning organization.Photographers are to stay behind the Barry Finke. Senior Assistant Athletic Trainer red line that surrounds the playing field and are not allowed in the team box on either sideline at Williams Stadium and are Bill Gillespie. . . . Strength & Conditioning Coordinator prohibited from going on the field at any time. ‹ 2 › matchup notes

2017 INDIVIDUAL HONORS “4 DOWNS” WITH THE SYCAMORES A Liberty Win Would ... #10 Alex Probert - K Liberty is seeking its first-ever victory over • 2-time Big South Special Teams Indiana State, which has won both previous • Enable the Flames to open the season at 3-0 for the first Player of the Week (Sept. 4 & 11) meetings between the two teams. First-year time since the 2008 squad began the year at 6-0. • STATS FCS Preseason Sycamores Head Coach Curt Mallory is looking All-American (Third Team) 1 for his first head coaching victory and Indiana • Mark the Flames' seventh 3-0 start to a season in program State's first triumph since Oct. 22, 2016 at • Big South Preseason history. Liberty previously won its first three games in All-Conference Southern Illinois. The Sycamores have dropped five straight games since then, including an 0-2 start to the 2017 season. 1975, 1989, 1990, 1993, 1997 and 2008. #12 Stephen Calvert - QB • STATS FCS National Offensive Liberty and Indiana State are trending in oppo- • Give the Flames their first-ever victory over Indiana State. Player of the Week (Sept. 4) site directions through two games. The Flames are averaging 53.0 ppg and 554.0 ypg in wins • Big South Offensive Player of the • Mark the Flames' first-ever triumph over a Missouri Valley Week (Sept. 4) over Baylor and Morehead State. Meanwhile, 2 Indiana State is managing only 13.5 ppg and Football Conference (MVFC) at Williams Stadium. #23 Frankie Hickson - RB 254.0 ypg through its setbacks to Eastern Illi- • Big South Preseason nois and Tennessee. • Represent the Flames' first win over a MVFC foe since a 31- All-Conference (Return Specialist) 28 victory at Youngstown State on Sept. 27, 2008. Liberty Athletics has enjoyed some memorable #34 Carrington Mosley - RB moments at Indiana State, highlighted by three • Big South Preseason NCAA Division I men’s cross country individual • Make the Flames 4-12 all-time against MVFC opponents (at All-Conference national titles in Terre Haute. Josh McDougal the time of the meeting). 3 was victorious in 2007, while Sam Chelanga #35 Trey Turner - P took top honors in 2009 and 2010. In another • Send Indiana State to defeat for the sixth straight outing non-football note, Indiana State alum Larry Bird wore a pair • Big South Preseason and the ninth time in its last 10 contests, dating back to the All-Conference of 3s on his Boston Celtics uniform during his Hall of Fame NBA career, after leading the Sycamores to the 1979 NCAA 2016 season. #39 Chris Turner - CB Tournament national title game. Hardwood legend John • Big South Preseason Wooden also has Indiana State ties, beginning his coaching All-Conference career at then Indiana State Teachers College in 1946.

#54 Juwan Wells - DE Indiana State has had just four winning seasons • STATS FCS Preseason in its last 20 campaigns. The Sycamores' best All-American (Third Team) year during that span was 2014. Indiana State • Big South Preseason posted a 38-19 home win over Liberty on Sept. 2017 UNIFORM TRACKER All-Conference 4 27 on its way to an 8-6 record. The Sycamores The Liberty football program is outfitted by Nike and has 27 joined the Flames in the 2014 FCS Playoffs, de- different helmet/jersey/pants combinations to choose from #56 Dontae Duff - OL feating Eastern Kentucky before losing to Chattanooga. during the 2017 season. • Big South Preseason All-Conference Opponent Helmet Jersey Pants LAST MEETING WITH INDIANA STATE Baylor White White Red #57 Hunter Winstead - LS Morehead State Red Blue Blue • STATS FCS Preseason SEPT. 27, 2014 Indiana State All-American (Second Team) INDIANA STATE 38, NO. 22/23 LIBERTY 19 Jacksonville State • Big South Preseason TERRE HAUTE, IND. (MEMORIAL STADIUM) Saint Francis (Pa.) All-Conference Kennesaw State • Indiana State racked up 322 first-half offensive yards, Monmouth building a 24-13 advantage. Gardner-Webb Duquesne • Indiana State QB Mike Perish completed a program-re- Presbyterian cord 39 passes for 340 yards and three scores, while also Charleston Southern rushing for a TD. • Liberty QB threw for 308 yards on 26-of- 45 passing. He notched a pair of TD passes, including one apiece to Darrin Peterson (12 catches, 116 yards) and Dan- te' Shells (3 catches, 96 yards).

ON THIS DATE: Liberty has played four previous games in its history on Sept. 16. The Flames are even on Sept. 16, going 2-2. SEPT. Season Site LU Coach W/L/T Score Opponent Opp. Coach 1978 Home Tom Dowling L 16-52 Catawba Warren Klawiter 1995 Home W 48-17 Morgan State Clarence Thomas 2000 Home W 19-8 Gardner-Webb Steve Patton 16 2006 Away L 3-10 Towson Gordy Combs

‹ 3 › today's game at a glance MILESTONE WATCH GOOD TIMING MAKING CONNECTIONS Indiana State has won both previous meetings with Liberty freshman OL Tristan Schultz is the lone Indiana 94: A career-high 177-yard receiving day against Liberty, taking a 34-10 decision at Williams Stadium native on the current Flames roster. He grew up in Morehead State leaves B.J. Farrow 94 yards shy of on Sept. 28, 1996 and a 38-19 victory in Terre Haute on Culver, Ind., located approximately three hours away 1,000 for his career. Sept. 27, 2014. from Indiana State. The victories were part of two of Indiana State's most Schultz spent the 2016-17 academic year at Fork Union 341: Stephen Calvert needs 341 passing yards to successful seasons in recent history. Military Academy in Fork Union, Va. One of his football reach the 3,000 mark for his career, in just his 10th teammates at Fork Union was Mariel Jennings, who is collegiate start under center. He is averaging 364.0 The 1996 Sycamores went 6-5, while the 2014 squad now a freshman WR at Indiana State. passing yards per game through the first two games finished 8-6 and earned an FCS Playoffs berth. Like of his sophomore season. Liberty, Indiana State won its first round game in the NEW FACES 2014 playoffs before being eliminated in the second round. For the second time in three games to start the 2017 season, Liberty is facing a first-year head coach. LIBERTY FOOTBALL BY THE NUMBERS FLAMES VS. THE MVFC The Flames spoiled Matt Rhule's Baylor coaching debut Liberty is 3-12 all-time versus Missouri Valley Foot- with a 48-45 victory in the season opener. 5: Liberty has defeated five FBS opponents all-time, ball Conference (MVFC) opponents at the time of the including Eastern Michigan (1989), Ball State (2010), Appalachian State (2014), Georgia State meeting. This week, Liberty will meet new Indiana State coach (2015) and Baylor (2017). Curt Mallory. He is seeking his first head coaching vic- 1-3 vs. Eastern Illinois tory after spending 22 seasons as an assistant in the 5: Five current Flames have graduated with bache- 0-2 vs. Indiana State collegiate ranks. lor’s degrees and are currently enrolled in gradu- 1-1 vs. Missouri State ate programs, including Dia’Vante Brown, Michael 0-1 vs. Southern Illinois COMING BACK TO THE COMMONWEALTH Henderman, Solomon McGinty, Trey Turner and 0-2 vs. Western Illinois Hunter Winstead. 1-3 vs. Youngstown State Indiana State is making its first visit to Virginia since its Sept. 28, 1996 game at Liberty. 6: Turner Gill is in his sixth season as Liberty’s head coach. The Flames' most recent win over a MVFC foe was a 31-28 triumph at Youngstown State on Sept. 27, 2008. By car, 620 miles of road separate Terre Haute, Ind., and Lynchburg, Va. 7: Seven Flames have been selected in the NFL Draft. Most recently, was taken by the Miami Liberty has never defeated a MVFC opponent at Wil- Dolphins in the fourth round of the 2014 Draft. liams Stadium. The Flames' last home win over a MVFC The Sycamores' only other Commonwealth clash in squad was a 9-7 victory over Eastern Illinois on Oct. 7, program history resulted in a 26-14 loss at VMI in the 8: Turner Gill is Liberty's eighth head coach in pro- 1989, two weeks before Williams Stadium opened its 1976 season finale. gram history. doors. HALFWAY THERE 8: Liberty has won eight Big South Conference titles (2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2016). FLAMES VS. THE HOOSIER STATE Liberty has gotten off to a fast start in each of its first Liberty is 1-2 all-time versus opponents from Indiana. two games, outscoring opponents 30-0 in the first 9: Nine Flames have been named CoSIDA Academic In addition to the Flames' two losses to Indiana State, quarter and 62-27 in the first half. All-Americans. they own a 27-23 victory at Ball State, Sept. 11, 2010 in Muncie, Ind. Conversely, Indiana State has been outscored by a 10: Liberty won a program-record 10 games in 44-7 margin in the first half this season. 2008, finishing at 10-2. PARTY LIKE IT'S 2008! 11: The Flames have recorded 11 consecutive win- HALFWAY THERE, PART 2 ning seasons, entering 2017. If Liberty defeats Indiana State, the Flames will be off to their first 3-0 start to a season since 2008. That The explosiveness of Liberty's offense was in full evi- year, Liberty won its first six games on its way to a dence during the second half of the Baylor game and 14: Liberty has played 14 overtime games, going 6-8 the first half of the Morehead State contest. in extra time. school-record 10-win season. 16: The Flames have won seven or more games 16 Marshall Roberts and Robert Wimberly are the Flames' During those 60 minutes of football, Liberty racked up times in program history. only remaining assistant coaches from that season. 76 points and 669 yards of offense. Stephen Calvert was 34-of-50 passing for 499 yards and seven TDs, 18: Liberty owns 18 wins over nationally ranked Frankie Hickson's father Frank Hickson coached a while also rushing for a score. FCS teams, highlighted by a 15-14 victory over No. 1 Coastal Carolina on Nov. 22, 2014. Liberty running backs crew anchored by Rashad Jen- nings in 2008. SQUARING OFF WITH THE SEC 45: The 2017 campaign is Liberty’s 45th football Indiana State is coming off of a 42-7 loss at Tennes- season. Current wide receivers coach Kyle DeArmon was a see on Saturday, which marked the Sycamores' first backup quarterback for the 2008 Flames but did not matchup with an SEC opponent since 1995 (Ole Miss). 76: Liberty has recorded 76 victories during the last see any game action that season. 10 seasons (2007-16), which is tied for 18th most of Liberty has never faced an SEC foe on the gridiron. The any FCS program over that span. Current Flames director of high school relations Matt Flames are scheduled to meet their first SEC opponent Bevins was the team's kicker in 2008. Memorably, he 20,000: The seating capacity of Williams Stadium in program history on Nov. 17, 2018 at Auburn. was expanded to 20,000 for the 2017 season. The kicked a game-winning 24-yard field goal on the final Flames have welcomed 20,000+ fans to Williams play of Liberty's 31-28 victory at Youngstown State on Liberty also has a future SEC matchup scheduled for Stadium on five occasions, including a stadium- Sept. 27, 2008. Nov. 13, 2021 at Ole Miss. record 22,551 for a Sept. 19, 2015 victory over Montana.

‹ 4 › team notes LIBERTY'S RECORD WHEN ... Trends/Streaks Liberty has committed 14 penalties for 180 yards through two games in 2017.

Gill • The 2017 season is Liberty’s 45th season of football and its • Liberty failed to convert on its first red zone scoring oppor- 2017 at LU 30th and final season at the FCS level (Liberty Athletics be- Home 1-0 24-7 tunity of the 2017 season when a pass was intercepted in the Road 1-0 13-17 came a Division I athletics program on July 1, 1988). end zone during the third quarter against Morehead State. August 0-0 0-2 • The 2017 season will also serve as Liberty’s 16th and final Through two games this season, Liberty is 12-of-13 on red September 2-0 11-11 season as a member of the Big South Conference. Liber- zone scoring opportunities (5 TDs [3 run; 2 pass]; 7 FGs). October 0-0 12-6 ty was one of four charter members in the Big South when November 0-0 14-4 • Liberty committed its first two turnovers of the season December 0-0 0-1 the league started to sponsor football in 2002 (along with during the second half of its game against Morehead State Afternoon 0-0 23-11 Charleston Southern, Elon and Gardner-Webb). (fumble lost by RB Mitchell Lewis; interception by QB Mason Night 2-0 14-13 • During his previous five seasons at Liberty, Flames Head Cunningham). The Flames did not commit a turnover during Coach Turner Gill has led the Flames to a Big South title four BIG SOUTH their win at Baylor. Home 0-0 12-3 times (2012, 2013, 2014 and 2016) and its first-ever NCAA FCS Road 0-0 8-4 Playoff appearance in 2014 (advancing to the second round). Defense • For the 11th time in school history and the first time under • Liberty returns six defensive starters from 2016: DL Tolen NON-CONFERENCE Flames Head Coach Turner Gill, Liberty has opened the season Home 1-0 12-4 Avery (10 starts), DL Dia’Vante Brown (6 starts), S Corbin with a 2-0 record. The Flames will look for the seventh 3-0 Road 1-0 5-13 Jackson (10 starts), LB Solomon McGinty (10 starts), CB Chris start in program history and first since 2008 against Indiana Turner (10 starts) and DL Juwan Wells (10 starts). VERSUS FCS TOP 25 State. • Six defensive starters from 2016 graduated or left the pro- Home 0-0 4-6 • Following the win over Morehead State, the Flames have Road 0-0 3-5 gram during the offseason: DL Erwin Dessources (6 games), won their last five home openers and been victorious in 14 of DL Jaron Greene (8 starts), LB Nick Newman (10 starts), LB VERSUS FBS OPPONENTS its last 15 home-opening contests. Home 0-0 0-0 Dexter Robbins (11 starts), CB Tyrin Holloway (11 starts) and S Road 1-0 3-6 Offense Alpha Jalloh (11 starts). • After allowing Baylor to rush for 254 yards on 34 carries RECORD WHEN SCORING … • Liberty returns seven offensive starters from 2016: QB Ste- (7.47 yards per carry), Liberty limited Morehead State to 64 < 20 points 0-0 4-13 phen Calvert (7 starts), OL Dontae Duff (11 starts), WR B.J. yards on 30 carries (2.13 yards per carry). 20-29 points 0-0 9-8 Farrow (11 starts), OL Sam Isaacson (9 starts), FB Thomas 30-39 points 0-0 9-2 • Liberty has ranked in the Top 40 in the country in rushing 40+ points 2-0 15-1 Kennedy (1 start), RB Todd Macon (10 starts) and OL James defense three out of five seasons under Flames Head Coach Passmore (7 starts). Turner Gill (national ranking/average yards allowed): 2012 RECORD WHEN ALLOWING … • Five offensive starters from 2016 graduated or left the pro- (No. 24/126.1), 2013 (No. 31/135.3), 2014 (No. 78/183.7), 2015 < 20 points 1-0 22-1 gram during the offseason: OL Aharown Campbell (6 starts), 20-29 points 0-0 9-6 (No. 38/146.7) and 2016 (No. 106/219.5). 30-39 points 0-0 4-10 TE Kendall Couamin (9 starts), OL Tanner Hartman (3 starts), • For the second game in a row, Liberty allowed four third- 40+ points 1-0 2-7 OL Lucas Holder (10 starts) and WR Dante’ Shells (11 starts). down conversions and is holding opponents to a 28.6 percent • Liberty’s returning players accounted for 80.1 percent of the third-down conversion rate (8-of-28; Baylor: 4-of-12; More- RECORD WHEN … Flames’ total points scored in 2016 (242 of the team’s 302 total Margin 1-3 pts. 1-0 4-5 head State: 4-of-16). Margin 4-7 pts. 0-0 3-6 points). • Morehead State converted on 1-of-2 fourth-down plays, Scoring 1st 2-0 27-8 • The Flames have posted 500-plus yards of total offense for giving Liberty’s opponents a 75.0 percent fourth-down con- Opp. scores 1st 0-0 10-16 the first two games of 2017, marking the team’s first back-to- version rate in 2017 (3-of-4; Baylor 2-of-2; Morehead State Leading after 1Q 2-0 25-5 back 500-plus yard games since the 2012 season (508 yards Trailing after 1Q 0-0 5-14 1-of-2). Leading at half 1-0 31-5 against Gardner-Webb, school record 692 yards against • Liberty intercepted a pass against Morehead State, marking Trailing at half 0-0 4-17 Presbyterian). the Flames’ fifth game in a row with at least one forced turn- Leading after 3Q 2-0 30-6 • The last time the Flames finished three or more games in the over (dating back to last season). In 2016, Liberty ranked No. Trailing after 3Q 0-0 4-16 same season with 500-plus total offensive yards was in 2010 Playing OT 0-0 2-3 12 in the country in turnovers gained (26). Outrushing opp. 1-0 25-3 (four times). Being outrushed 1-0 12-21 • If the Flames were eligible for the NCAA FCS national team Special Teams Outpassing opp. 2-0 27-13 stats in 2017, Liberty would rank No. 4 in the country in total • Liberty’s entire special teams units received postseason Being outpassed 0-0 10-11 offense (554.0 yards per game) and scoring offense (53.0 Scoring D/ST TD 1-0 7-6 honors and all four return to their positions heading into the points per game). + TO margin 1-0 22-6 2017 season: K Alex Probert (All-Big South first team/HERO - TO margin 1-0 7-11 • Liberty’s 58 points in the win over Morehead State marked Sports Freshman All-America HM), P Trey Turner (All-Big Winning TOP 1-0 28-12 the 10th time the Flames have scored 50 or more points in a South first), LS Hunter Winstead (All-Big South first team/ Losing TOP 1-0 9-12 game under sixth-year head coach Turner Gill (9-1 record in White helmets 1-0 18-12 STATS FCS All-America third team), KR Frankie Hickson (All- those games). Blue helmets 0-0 8-3 Big South second team). Red helmets 1-0 11-9 • Through two games of the 2017 season, 69.9 percent of Lib- • Liberty led the Big South with 15 field goals in 2016, while K White uni. tops 1-0 13-16 erty’s offense has come via its passing game (Total offense: Alex Probert finished the season ranked No. 9 in the country Blue uni. tops 1-0 12-1 554.0; Passing: 387.0; Rushing: 167.0/Average Yards per Red uni. tops 0-0 12-7 in field goals per game (1.36). Game). White pants 0-0 18-12 • Liberty ranked second in the Big South and No. 15 in the Blue pants 1-0 10-4 • Liberty finished the Morehead State game with six penalties country in 2016, averaging 23.03 yards per kickoff return. Red pants 1-0 9-8 for 85 yards, with all six penalties coming during the first half. ‹ 5 › Liberty 48, Baylor 45 (sept. 2, 2017) WHAT HAPPENED HISTORY MAKERS BUCKSHOT'S BIG NIGHT The beginning of Liberty's two-year FBS transition process started off with an offensive shootout. At the end it was the Flames standing as the victor, 48-45, over Baylor, Sept. 2, at McLane Stadium. On Feb. 16, the NCAA approved Liber- ty's waiver request to begin the two- year FBS reclassification process. The Baylor game marked Liberty's final matchup against an FBS team as a FCS program. The Flames recorded their fifth win over an FBS program in school history with their victory. Three of the Flames' five wins over • The win marked the first-ever victory over a Power Five op- FBS programs have come under the ponent in Liberty and Big South Conference football history. leadership of sixth-year head coach Turner Gill. The Flames also defeated • Liberty entered the game as a 34-point underdog and with Appalachian State in 2014 and Geor- only a 2.2 percent chance to win according to ESPN's Football gia State in 2015. Liberty's first win Power Index (FPI). • Making just his eighth career start, sophomore QB Stephen over a FBS program came against "Buckshot" Calvert rewrote the record books in Waco. Eastern Michigan in 1989, followed by • The game was ranked the 7th-biggest upset in college foot- a win over Ball State in 2010. ball over the last 25 years, in a Sept. 6 article on ESPN.com. •Calvert's 447 passing yards broke the program record of 441, set in 1984 by Phil Basso against Carson-Newman. With the win, the Flames move their • The Flames joined Lamar (1981) as the only FCS teams ever record to 1-0 on the season, while to defeat Baylor. •Calvert also set program records for attempts (60) and Baylor opens the season at 0-1 under completions (44), while throwing three TD passes and zero first-year head coach Matt Rhule. • In their final season as FCS members, the Flames recorded interceptions and recording his first career rushing TD. their first season-opening victory away from Lynchburg since The game saw the two teams com- 1988, their inaugural season as an FCS (then 1-AA) program. NOTEWORTHY bined for 1,117 total offensive yards • Alex Probert tied a Liberty single-game record with four (Liberty – 585; Baylor – 532), with WHAT THEY SAID field goals, equaling the mark most recently set by Matt Bev- 725 of those yards coming through ins on Nov. 20, 2010. He was 4-of-4 on the night and scored a the air. total of 16 points. HOW IT HAPPENED •Antonio Gandy-Golden set career highs for receptions (13), receiving yards (192) and touchdowns (2). His 192 receiving Liberty's offense controlled the yards rank No. 5 in program history and were the most by game, as the Flames ran 103 plays for a Flame since Chris Summers' program-record 240 yards 585 total yards. against Stony Brook on Nov. 19, 2011. The Flames went 15-of-24 on third • Gandy-Golden and Damian King (10 receptions) are the first down, giving Liberty more than 16 Liberty duo to record 10+ catches in a single game since Josh minutes of advantage in time of pos- Stofle and Daniel Jackson at South Florida on Oct. 27, 2001. session (38:16-21:44). • Carrington Mosley carried the ball a career-high 28 times Liberty committed zero turnovers, for 122 yards. while coming up with two big inter- ceptions. Chris Turner returned a • Liberty had a 300-yard passer (Calvert), a 100-yard rusher pick 32 yards for a third-quarter TD, (Mosley) and a 100-yard receiver (Gandy-Golden) in the same and Brandon Tillmon collected his game for the first time since Oct. 11, 2014 at Appalachian first career INT on the game's final State, when Josh Woodrum (passing), D.J. Abnar (rushing) play. Liberty Head Coach Turner Gill "I think Liberty's brand name just went out pretty strong and Dante' Shells (receiving) achieved the feat. across the country. Again, not just for football, but really for The Flames' defense also held Baylor • Liberty's 103 offensive plays were the most the Flames have to 41 yards and zero points during the the whole school. ... Now people are going to know about Lib- erty University." run in a single game since totaling 104 plays at South Florida first quarter, helping post Liberty to on Oct. 27, 2001. an early lead. Baylor Head Coach Matt Rhule "Just an unbelievable offensive performance and Gandy-Gold- • Jeremy Peters paced the defensive effort with a career-high In a game which featured three ties seven tackles and two pass breakups. and four lead changes, Liberty took en, 13 catches for 192 yards, pretty much all of them with the lead for good at 34-31 on a 13-yard someone draped on him. I thought he took over the game and Mosley, the tailback, with 122 yards really when it mattered. • Chris Turner's eighth career interception was the first one pass from Stephen Calvert to Antonio he has returned for a touchdown. Gandy-Golden with 24 seconds re- And Stephen Calvert, he did a tremendous job at the quarter- maining in the third quarter. back position for them." ‹ 6 › flames to watch TRADITION OF EXCELLENCE VERY SPECIAL TEAMS LONG RANGE CONNECTION Liberty enters the 2017 campaign . Sophomore Alex Probert has begun his collegiate career by having posted 11 consecutive winning . making seven consecutive field goals of 40+ yards. seasons. . . 9/10/16 vs. Jacksonville - 44 yards The Flames are one of five FCS squads 10/1/16 vs. Robert Morris - 47 yards with a current streak of 11+ straight 10/1/16 vs. Robert Morris - Liberty freshman-record 51 yards winning seasons. Alex Probert Trey Turner Hunter Winstead Frankie Hickson 10/15/16 - at Kennesaw State - 47 yards Harvard - 16 The Flames' quartet of Alex Probert (kicker), Trey Turner 10/15/16 - at Kennesaw State - 50 yards Jacksonville State - 14 (punter), Hunter Winstead (long snapper) and Frankie New Hampshire - 13 Hickson (return specialist) swept all four special teams 10/15/16 - at Kennesaw State - 47 yards McNeese State - 12 honors on the 2017 Big South Preseason All-Conference team. Liberty - 11 9/2/17 - at Baylor - 41 yards Liberty is the only NCAA Division I school (FCS or FBS) to sweep a conference's preseason special teams honors this YOUNG GUN Liberty has gone 76-39 (.661) during season. the last 10 seasons (2007-16). The Flames are tied for 18th nationally for Winstead (second team) and Probert (third team) were also most victories as an FCS team over named to the STATS FCS Preseason All-America Team. that time span. 1) North Dakota State - 111 wins HUMAN HIGHLIGHT REEL 2) Montana - 95 3) Eastern Washington - 94 Stephen Calvert 4) Sam Houston State - 90 5) New Hampshire - 89 Stephen "Buckshot" Calvert's record-setting day at Baylor 6) Jacksonville State - 88 came on the heels of a successful freshman season under 7) Richmond - 87 center. The Plantation, Fla., native took over as starting QB 8) James Madison - 86 for the final seven games of the 2016 season and racked up 9) Dayton - 85 the following accolades. 10T) Harvard - 83 Chris Turner HERO Sports FCS Freshman All-America (honorable mention) 10T) UNI - 83 12) Villanova - 82 Flames redshirt junior Chris Turner posted the Jerry Rice Award finalist (top freshman FCS player in the 13T) Coastal Carolina - 80 No. 2 play on SportsCenter's Top 10 Plays on Aug. 12, thanks to country) a one-handed interception during a scrimmage. 13T) San Diego - 80 STATS FCS National Freshman of the Week on Oct. 24 15) McNeese State - 78 The play marked Turner's second career Top 10 appearance. 16T) Bethune-Cookman - 77 He also made the cut on Nov. 19, 2015, following an acrobatic Posted third most passing yards (1,931) by a FCS freshman 16T) South Carolina State - 77 interception which helped seal a 24-21 win over No. 4/4 QB in 2016 18T) Central Arkansas - 76 Coastal Carolina. 18T) Liberty - 76 Set Liberty freshman record with 350 passing yards during 18T) South Dakota State - 76 Turner is the Flames' active leader with eight career an Oct. 22 win over Monmouth 21T) Grambling - 74 interceptions, including a pick-six at Baylor. 21T) Montana State - 74 QUARTERBACKS, BEWARE! 21T) Wofford - 74 24T) Jacksonville - 71 24T) Lehigh - 71 THREE-HEADED MONSTER

A charter member of the Big South Juwan Wells Conference for football in 2002, Lib- Defensive end Juwan Wells was named a STATS FCS Pre- erty has gone 53-20 (.726) all-time in Todd Macon Frankie Hickson Carrington Mosley season All-America third team selection to begin his junior Big South games. season after a dynamic sophomore campaign in 2016. The Flames return three running backs who combined for The Flames lead all conference teams 1,733 rushing yards, 16 rushing TDs and five 100-yard games Wells paced the Flames with 79 tackles, highlighted by 11 with eight Big South Conference ti- in 2016. tackles for a loss and 5.5 sacks tles (2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2016). The Dublin, Ga., native also broke up a team-best nine passes Carrington Mosley rushed for a team-high 663 yards last sea- in 2016. son, Todd Macon paced the team with seven rushing touch- downs and Frankie Hickson owned the top yards per carry Wells played well against both of Liberty's FBS opponents in average at 4.8. 2016, totaling 22 tackles, 2.5 sacks and a forced fumble at Virginia Tech and SMU. Wells has tallied 10.5 sacks through two-plus seasons.

‹ 7 › fcs football polls / BIG SOUTH POLLS fcs coaches top 25 poll stats fcs top 25 poll Rank Team Record Rank Team Record 1. James Madison 2-0 1. James Madison 2-0 2. North Dakota State 2-0 2. North Dakota State 2-0 3. Sam Houston State 2-0 3. Sam Houston State 2-0 4. South Dakota State 2-0 4. South Dakota State 2-0 5. Youngstown State 1-1 5. Jacksonville State 1-1 6T. Richmond 1-1 6. Youngstown State 1-1 6T. Jacksonville State 1-1 7. Villanova 1-1 8. Villanova 1-1 8. Richmond 1-1 9. Wofford 2-0 9. New Hampshire 2-0 10. North Dakota 1-1 10. North Dakota 1-1 11. New Hampshire 2-0 11. Wofford 2-0 12. Eastern Washington 0-2 12. Eastern Washington 0-2 13. The Citadel 2-0 13. Citadel 2-0 14. Illinois State 1-0 14. Central Arkansas 1-1 15. Chattanooga 0-2 15. Chattanooga 0-2 16. Central Arkansas 1-1 16. Charleston Southern 0-1 17. Samford 2-0 17. Samford 2-0 18. Northern Iowa 1-1 18. Illinois State 1-0 19. Charleston Southern 0-1 19. Liberty 2-0 20. North Carolina A&T 2-0 20. Western Illinois 2-0 21 Weber State 1-1 21. Northern Iowa 1-1 22 Western Illinois 2-0 22. Tennessee State 2-0 23. South Dakota 2-0 23. South Dakota 2-0 24. Tennessee State 2-0 24. Grambling State 1-1 25. Grambling State 1-1 25. North Carolina A&T 2-0 Others receiving votes: Lehigh (31), Colgate (28), Nicholls State (24), Jackson State (21), Others receiving votes: Weber State (313), Howard (251), Albany (108), Nicholls (105), Kennesaw State (21), Mercer (16), Portland State (12), Saint Francis (Pa.) (9), McNeese State Fordham (99), Colgate (96), Lehigh (73), North Carolina Central (71), Saint Francis (Pa.) (64), (9), Howard (8), Prairie View A&M (8), Montana (8), Towson (6), Southern Utah (5), William Monmouth (63), UT Martin (54), Montana (53), Stony Brook (35), Princeton (23), Northern & Mary (3), Harvard (3), San Diego (2), N.C. Central (1), Montana State (1) Arizona (22), Harvard (19), McNeese (19), Maine (19), Kennesaw State (17), Cal Poly (16), San Diego (16), Western Carolina (8), Southern Utah (7), Penn (7), Southern Illinois (6) big south standings flames in the polls Team Conference Overall Liberty is ranked No. 19 in this week's STATS FCS Top 25 Poll. Liberty * 0-0 2-0 This is the Flames' second straight week appearing in the STATS FCS Top 25, after Monmouth 0-0 2-0 checking in at No. 20 on Sept. 4.

Kennesaw State 0-0 1-1 This marks Liberty's highest national ranking since the Flames appeared at No. 15 in both polls on Oct. 5, 2015, following a 41-33 win at FBS foe Georgia State. Charleston Southern 0-0 0-1 The Flames' highest FCS (then 1-AA) national ranking in program history was No. 8, Gardner-Webb 0-0 0-2 on Sept. 24, 1990.

Presbyterian 0-0 0-2 Because Liberty is beginning its transition to FBS status this season, the Flames are ineligible for inclusion in the FCS Coaches Poll in 2017. * - Liberty is ineligible for Big South title due to transition to FBS ‹ 8 › opponents/future schedules OPPONENT TRACKER THE ROAD TO FBS BAYLOR baylorbears.com 1971 – Liberty University was founded as Lynchburg Baptist College. OVERALL: 0-2 BIG 12: 0-0 NEXT GAME: at Duke - 9/16 1973 – Liberty fielded its first football team. LAST GAME: L, 17-10 vs. UTSA 1975 – Liberty joined the NAIA as an associate member. MOREHEAD STATE msueagles.com 1980 – Liberty joined NCAA Division II as an associate member. OVERALL: 1-1 PIONEER: 0-0 NEXT GAME: at Austin Peay - 9/16 1988 – Liberty became an official NCAA Division I-AA (later FCS) member. LAST GAME: L, 58-17 at Liberty 2002 – Liberty became a charter member of the Big South Conference for football. INDIANA STATE gosycamores.com OVERALL: 0-2 MVFC: 0-0 2014 – Liberty made its first NCAA FCS Playoffs appearance. NEXT GAME: at Liberty - 9/16 LAST GAME: L, 42-7 at Tennessee Feb. 16, 2017 – The NCAA approved Liberty’s request to enter the FBS reclassification process. JACKSONVILLE STATE jsugamecocksports.com OVERALL: 1-1 OVC: 0-0 2017 – Liberty is playing its final season as an FCS member, but is ineligible for NEXT GAME: Liberty - 9/23 a playoff berth. LAST GAME: L, 37-10 at Georgia Tech 2018 – Liberty will play as an FBS independent.

SAINT FRANCIS (PA.) sfuathletics.com 2019 – Liberty will become bowl eligible for the first time. OVERALL: 2-0 NEC: 1-0 NEXT GAME: Towson - 9/16 LAST GAME: W, 31-6 vs. Wagner FUTURE SCHEDULES KENNESAW STATE ksuowls.com 2018 Schedule 2020 Schedule OVERALL: 1-1 BIG SOUTH: 0-0 Sept. 1 ...... OLD DOMINION Sept. 5...... at Virginia Tech NEXT GAME: at Alabama State - 9/16 Sept. 8 ...... at Army Oct. 3...... at Bowling Green LAST GAME: W, 27-14 vs. Tennessee Tech Sept. 15...... NORFOLK STATE Oct. 17...... at Syracuse Sept. 22...... NORTH TEXAS Oct. 24...... SOUTHERN MISS MONMOUTH monmouthhawks.com Sept. 29 ...... at New Mexico Nov. 7...... at Virginia OVERALL: 2-0 BIG SOUTH: 0-0 Oct 6 ...... at New Mexico State Nov. 21...... at NC State NEXT GAME: at Albany - 9/16 Oct. 13 ...... TROY Nov. 28...... UMASS LAST GAME: W, 46-27 vs. Lehigh Oct. 20...... IDAHO STATE Nov. 3 ...... at UMass GARDNER-WEBB gwusports.com Nov. 10...... at Virginia

R OVERALL: 0-2 BIG SOUTH: 0-0 Nov. 17 ...... at Auburn O NEXT GAME: Western Carolina - 9/16 Nov. 24 ...... NEW MEXICO STATE LAST GAME: L, 27-0 at Wyoming

DUQUESNE goduquesne.com 2019 Schedule 2021 Schedule OVERALL: 1-1 NEC: 0-0 Aug. 31 ...... SYRACUSE Sept. 11...... at Troy NEXT GAME: at Dayton - 9/16 Sept. 14 ...... BUFFALO Sept. 18...... OLD DOMINION Sept. 28...... NEW MEXICO LAST GAME: W, 45-40 at Valparaiso Sept. 25...... at Syracuse Oct. 5...... at New Mexico State Oct. 2...... at UAB Oct. 26...... at Rutgers PRESBYTERIAN gobluehose.com Oct. 23...... at North Texas Nov. 2...... at UMass OVERALL: 0-2 BIG SOUTH: 0-0 Nov. 6...... UMASS Nov. 9...... at BYU Nov. 13...... at Ole Miss NEXT GAME: Campbell - 9/16 Nov. 23...... at Virginia Nov. 27...... ARMY LAST GAME: L, 48-7 vs. Citadel Nov. 30...... NEW MEXICO STATE CHARLESTON SOUTHERN csusports.com OVERALL: 0-1 BIG SOUTH: 0-0 NEXT GAME: at Elon - 9/16 LAST GAME: L, 49-0 at Mississippi State ‹ 9 › Williams Stadium

Stadium Quick Facts STADIUM EXPANISON Opened: 1989 The game day experience at Liberty University football games is about to get even bet- First Game: Oct. 21, 1989 ter, with several improvements coming to Williams Stadium before kickoff of the 2019 Result: Liberty 37, Towson 18 season. This expansion will bring seating capacity up to 25,000. Fans will also see a new Liberty Record: 109-48 scoreboard, more food options, road improvements and new bus loading and unloading Playing Surface: AstroTurf areas to improve road and foot traffic. Capacity: 20,000

SINGLE GAME ATTENDANCE RECORDS ATTENDANCE OPPONENT DATE 1. 22,551 Montana Sept. 19, 2015 2. 21,712 Charleston Southern Nov. 12, 2016 3. 20,838 Richmond Oct. 4, 2014 4. 20,393 Kennesaw State Oct. 24, 2015 5. 20,217 Gardner-Webb Oct. 25, 2014 6. 19,314 Savannah State Oct. 2, 2010 7. 19,111 Coastal Coastal Oct. 15, 2011 8. 18,955 Coastal Carolina Nov. 19, 2015 9. 18,911 Coastal Carolina Oct. 19, 2013 10. 18,878 James Madison Sept. 17, 2011 11. 18,803 Delaware State Sept. 5, 2015 12. 18,643 Concord Oct. 20, 2012 13. 18,587 Charleston Southern Oct. 9, 2010 14. 18,467 Monmouth Sept. 7, 2013 15. 18,334 VMI Nov. 2, 2013

‹ 10 › flames depth chart

OFFENSE DEFENSE 2017 CAREER CONSEC. 2017 CAREER CONSEC. # ELIG HT WT GP/GS GP/GS STARTS # ELIG HT WT GP/GS GP/GS STARTS (X) DEFENSIVE END 82 B.J. Farrow R-Jr. 6-2 190 1/1 23/22 1 44 Dia'Vante Brown Gr. 6-2 245 2/2 35/8 8 1 Marquis Fitzgerald Sr. 6-1 190 2/1 20/1 0 90 Mitchell Hurtado Jr. 6-3 290 1/0 1/0 0

WIDE RECEIVER (Z) DEFENSIVE TACKLE 11 Antonio Gandy-Golden So. 6-4 200 2/1 13/1 0 55 Tolen Avery R-Jr. 6-4 270 2/2 21/12 2 16 Spencer Jones So. 6-3 185 2/0 13/0 0 99 Ralfs Rusins R-So. 6-5 295 2/0 11/0 0

WIDE RECEIVER (H) NOSE GUARD 7 Damian King Jr. 5-11 175 2/2 18/6 2 75 Gregg Storey R-Jr. 6-5 345 2/2 16/3 3 87 Cephas Reddick R-Jr. 5-8 175 2/0 11/0 0 97 Elisha Mitchell Fr. 6-3 300 2/0 2/0 0 5 DJ Stubbs Fr. 5-9 175 2/0 2/0 0 RUSH END LEFT TACKLE 54 Juwan Wells Jr. 6-2 255 2/2 21/13 4 74 Julio Lozano R-Jr. 6-4 270 2/2 10/7 3 15 Jayod Sanders Fr. 6-3 210 2/0 2/0 0 68 Tristan Schultz Fr. 6-4 280 1/0 1/0 0 MIKE LEFT GUARD 4 Jaylyn McKinney R-So. 6-0 225 2/1 13/1 1 67 Michael Henderman Gr. 6-3 300 2/2 21/13 2 5 Lucas Irons R-Jr. 6-0 215 1/1 20/2 0 59 Damian Bounds R-Fr. 6-2 275 2/0 2/0 0 WILL CENTER 20 Solomon McGinty Gr. 6-2 220 2/2 13/12 2 65 Thomas Sargeant R-Fr. 6-3 270 2/2 2/2 2 48 David King R-Jr. 6-1 230 2/0 19/0 0 61 Ben Fiordelise R-So. 6-3 275 2/0 12/0 0 SPUR RIGHT GUARD 3 Rion Davis R-So. 6-0 190 2/2 13/3 3 56 Dontae Duff R-So. 6-1 310 2/2 13/13 13 6 Ceneca Espinoza, Jr. R-Fr. 6-1 200 2/0 2/0 0 72 James Passmore R-Jr. 6-6 295 1/0 12/7 0 63 Aidan Burroughs R-Fr. 6-3 275 1/0 1/0 0 BOUNDARY CORNERBACK 2 Jeremy Peters Jr. 5-10 190 2/2 21/3 2 RIGHT TACKLE 24 Malik Matthews R-So. 5-11 185 4/1 4/1 0 66 Ethan Crawford So. 6-3 295 2/2 10/5 3 73 Sam Isaacson R-So. 6-6 305 1/0 12/9 0 STRONG SAFETY 12 Brandon Tillmon So. 6-1 210 2/2 12/3 2 31 R-So. 6-1 190 2/0 2/0 0 40 Zac Foutz R-So. 6-4 250 2/1 12/1 0 18 Fidel Ogbeifun Fr. 6-3 225 1/0 1/0 0 FREE SAFETY 28 Corbin Jackson R-Jr. 6-0 200 2/2 23/22 11 FULLBACK 43 Benjamin Alexander R-Fr. 6-2 175 1/0 1/0 0 36 Thomas Kennedy R-Sr. 5-11 240 2/1 36/7 1 80 Michael Bollinger Fr. 6-1 225 1/0 1/0 0 FIELD CORNERBACK 39 Chris Turner R-Jr. 6-3 175 2/1 24/18 1 RUNNING BACK 8 Jimmy Faulks So. 6-1 175 2/0 11/0 0 34 Carrington Mosley R-Sr. 5-11 235 2/1 27/2 0 23 Frankie Hickson R-So. 5-8 200 2/1 13/1 1 9 Kentory Matthews Jr. 5-10 175 2/1 2/1 1

QUARTERBACK 12 Stephen Calvert So. 6-2 180 2/2 13/9 9 4 Mason Cunningham So. 6-0 190 1/0 1/0 0

SPECIALISTS 2017 CAREER CONSEC. 2017 CAREER CONSEC. # ELIG HT WT GP/GS GP/GS STARTS # ELIG HT WT GP/GS GP/GS STARTS KICKER HOLDER 10 Alex Probert So. 5-9 170 2/2 13/13 13 16 Spencer Jones So. 6-3 185 2/2 13/2 2 35 Trey Turner Gr. 5-11 210 2/0 38/0 0 35 Trey Turner Gr. 5-11 210 2/0 38/22 0

PUNTER KICK RETURNER 35 Trey Turner Gr. 5-11 210 2/2 38/38 38 23 Frankie Hickson R-So. 5-8 200 10 Alex Probert So. 5-9 170 2/0 13/0 0 5 DJ Stubbs Fr. 5-9 175 6 Ceneca Espinoza, Jr. R-Fr. 6-1 200 LONG SNAPPER 9 Kentory Matthews Jr. 5-10 175 57 Hunter Winstead Gr. 6-0 240 2/2 38/38 38 48 David King R-Jr. 6-1 230 2/0 19/0 0 PUNT RETURNER 7 Damian King Jr. 5-11 175 5 DJ Stubbs Fr. 5-9 175

‹ 11 › start charts Career Starts by postion

RB Macon (10) Mosley (2) FB Hickson (1) Kennedy (7) Matthews (1)

WR QB King (6) Calvert (9) TE WR Gandy-Golden (1) Foutz (1) WR RT RG C LG LT Farrow (22) Isaacson (9) Passmore (6) Duff (4) Henderman (13) Lozano (7) Fitzgerald (1) Crawford (2) Duff (4) Sargeant (2) Duff (5) Crawford (1) Crawford (2) Passmore (1)

CB DE DT NT RE CB Turner (18) Brown (8) Avery (12) Storey (3) Wells (12) Peters (3) Wells (1) Matthews (1) SPUR WILL McGinty (10) SS MIKE Jackson (10) FS McGinty (2) Davis (3) Tillmon (2) Irons (2) Jackson (12) McKinney (1) Tillmon (1)

2017 offense Game-by-game Starters Game WR WR LT LG C RG RT TE WR RB QB Baylor Fitzgerald Gandy-Golden Lozano Henderman Sargeant Duff Crawford Foutz King Mosley Calvert Morehead St. Farrow Matthews (RB) Lozano Henderman Sargeant Duff Crawford Kennedy (FB) King Hickson Calvert

2017 Defense Game-by-game Starters Defense DE DT NG RE MLB WLB SPUR CB SS FS CB Baylor Brown Avery Storey Wells Irons McGinty Davis Peters Tillmon Jackson Matthews Morehead St. Brown Avery Storey Wells McKinney McGinty Davis Peters Tillmon Jackson Turner

‹ 12 › FLAMES roster

NO. NAME YEAR POS. HT. WT. HOMETOWN H.S./PREVIOUS alphabetical roster No. Name Pos. 1 Marquis Fitzgerald Sr. WR 6-1 190 Farmville, Va. Prince Edward County HS 7 Solomon Ajayi LB 2 Jeremy Peters Jr. CB 5-10 190 Green Cove Springs, Fla. Clay HS 3 Rion Davis R-So. S 6-0 190 Hopkins, S.C. A.C. Flora HS 43 Benjamin Alexander S 4 Mason Cunningham So. QB 6-0 190 Shelbyville, Tenn. Shelbyville Central HS (NE Miss. CC) 13 Aidan Alves K/P 4 Jaylyn McKinney R-So. LB 6-0 225 Lake Wales, Fla. Victory Christian Academy 78 Ernst Andersen OL 5 DJ Stubbs Fr. WR 5-9 175 Jacksonville, Fla. University Christian School 55 Tolen Avery DE 5 Lucas Irons R-Jr. LB 6-0 215 Fort Lauderdale, Fla. Coconut Creek HS 31 Elijah Benton S 6 Frank Boyd Fr. RB 5-11 180 Chesterfield, Va. Manchester HS 29 Keith Best CB 6 Ceneca Espinoza, Jr. R-Fr. S 6-1 200 Arlington, Va. Washington & Lee HS 84 Brett Bitter WR 7 Damian King Jr. WR 5-11 175 St. Petersburg, Fla. Indian Rocks Christian School 7 Solomon Ajayi Jr. LB 6-1 230 Frisco, Texas Liberty HS (Bakersfield) 80 Michael Bollinger TE 8 Jimmy Faulks So. CB 6-1 175 St. Petersburg, Fla. Lakewood HS 94/59 Damian Bounds OL 9 Kentory Matthews Jr. RB 5-10 175 Virginia Beach, Va. Tallwood HS (Blinn) 6 Frank Boyd RB 9 Amarii Jenkins Fr. LB 6-0 195 Ocala, Fla. West Port HS 17 Kedrick Bradley LB 10 Alex Probert So. K 5-9 170 Andover, Minn. Andover HS 44 Dia'Vante Brown DE 11 Antonio Gandy-Golden So. WR 6-4 200 Dallas, Ga. Paulding County HS 15 Landon Brown QB 11 Seth Nerness R-Jr. DL 6-3 235 Huntersville, N.C. Southlake Chr. Academy (Iowa State) 63 Aidan Burroughs OL 12 Stephen Calvert So. QB 6-2 180 Plantation, Fla. Miami Carol City Senior HS 12 Brandon Tillmon So. S 6-1 210 Lexington, S.C. River Bluff HS 12 Stephen Calvert QB 13 Rudiger Yearick R-Fr. QB 6-3 195 Matthews, N.C. Metrolina Christian Academy 37 Khaleel Carrington CB 13 Aidan Alves Fr. K/P 6-1 210 Dillsburg, Pa. Northern York HS 86 Michael Chorowicz WR 14 Lionell McConnell R-Fr. WR 5-10 180 Allen, Texas Allen HS 17 Khaleb Coleman WR 15 Landon Brown Fr. QB 6-2 200 Tulsa, Okla. Lincoln Christian HS 91 Elijah Cook DL 15 Jayod Sanders Fr. DL 6-3 210 Tallahassee, Fla. Leon HS 66 Ethan Crawford OL 16 Spencer Jones So. WR 6-3 185 Nashville, Tenn. Franklin Road Academy 4 Mason Cunningham QB 17 Khaleb Coleman Fr. WR 6-2 180 Washington, D.C. Woodrow Wilson HS 17 Kedrick Bradley Jr. LB 6-1 230 Chattanooga, Tenn. Hixson HS (Ventura) 3 Rion Davis S 18 Fidel Ogbeifun Fr. TE 6-3 225 Douglasville, Ga. Douglas County HS 22 Kimani Donaldson CB 19 David Jeremiah R-Fr. QB 6-0 185 San Diego, Calif. Christian HS 56 Dontae Duff OL 20 Solomon McGinty Gr. LB 6-2 220 Navasota, Texas Navasota HS (Tyler JC) 49 Anthony Duran TE 21 Mitchell Lewis R-Fr. RB 6-0 220 Auburn, Ala. Lee-Scott Academy 96 Chris Escamilla DE 22 Todd Macon R-Sr. RB 5-10 210 St. Petersburg, Fla. Admiral Farragut Academy 6 Ceneca Espinoza, Jr. S 22 Kimani Donaldson Fr. CB 6-0 165 Jonesboro, Ga. Mundy’s Mill HS 23 Frankie Hickson R-So. RB 5-8 200 Lynchburg, Va. Heritage HS 82 B.J. Farrow WR 24 Malik Matthews R-So. CB 5-11 185 Jacksonville, Fla. Potter’s House Christian 8 Jimmy Faulks CB 25 Elijah Temple R-Fr. CB 5-11 185 Boone, N.C. Watauga HS 79 Adam Fields OL 26 Ryker Youngs Fr. S 6-2 180 Highlands Ranch, Colo. Valor Christian HS 93/61 Ben Fiordelise OL 27 Cameron Jones Jr. CB 5-11 195 New Orleans, La. Liberty Christian Academy 95 Devin Fisher DE 28 Corbin Jackson R-Jr. S 6-0 200 Charlotte, N.C. Victory Christian Center School 1 Marquis Fitzgerald WR 29 Keith Best Fr. CB 6-2 180 Tucker, Ga. Tucker HS 40 Zac Foutz TE 31 Elijah Benton R-So. S 6-1 190 Forest, Va. Liberty Christian Academy 32 Aaron Pierre Fr. S 6-0 205 Tampa, Fla. Cambridge Christian School 11 Antonio Gandy-Golden WR 33 Tyron Staples Fr. S 6-0 190 Bedford, Va. Liberty HS 47 Remington Green LB 34 Carrington Mosley R-Sr. RB 5-11 235 Brookneal, Va. Liberty Christian Academy 67 Michael Henderman OL 35 Trey Turner Gr. P 5-11 210 Rome, Ga. Rome HS 23 Frankie Hickson RB 36 Thomas Kennedy R-Sr. FB 5-11 240 Roanoke, Va. Lord Botetourt HS 90 Mitchell Hurtado DL 37 Khaleel Carrington Jr. CB 5-10 165 Largo, Md. T.C. Williams HS 5 Lucas Irons LB 39 Chris Turner R-Jr. CB 6-3 175 Columbia, S.C. Denmark-Olar HS 73 Sam Isaacson OL 40 Zac Foutz R-So. TE 6-4 250 Roanoke, Va. Cave Spring HS 41 Ryan Taylor Sr. CB 5-7 165 Lorton, Va. South County HS (Delaware State) 28 Corbin Jackson S 42 Will Tawney Fr. FB 6-2 230 Salem, Va. Glenvar HS 88 Jerome Jackson TE 43 Benjamin Alexander R-Fr. S 6-2 175 Spring Mills, Pa. Penns Valley HS 9 Amarii Jenkins LB 44 Dia’Vante Brown Gr. DE 6-2 245 Greensboro, N.C. Southern Guilford HS 19 David Jeremiah QB 45 Ty Maust Fr. LB 6-1 200 Daleville, Va. Lord Botetourt HS 27 Cameron Jones CB 47 Remington Green Fr. LB 6-0 220 King George, Va. King George HS 16 Spencer Jones WR 48 David King R-Jr. LB 6-1 230 Stuarts Draft, Va. Riverheads HS 36 Thomas Kennedy FB 49 Anthony Duran R-Fr. TE 6-2 235 Petoskey, Mich. Petoskey HS (Malone) 7 Damian King WR ‹ 13 › FLAMES rosteR/pronunciation guide

NO. NAME YEAR POS. HT. WT. HOMETOWN H.S./PREVIOUS alphabetical roster No. Name Pos. 51 Austin Mock Fr. LS 6-3 220 Lynchburg, Va. Liberty Christian Academy 48 David King LB 53 Simeon Phillips Fr. DL 6-0 300 West Palm Beach, Fla. Oxbridge Academy 21 Mitchell Lewis RB 54 Juwan Wells Jr. DE 6-2 255 Dublin, Ga. Dublin HS 74 Julio Lozano OL 55 Tolen Avery R-Jr. DE 6-4 270 Galveston, Texas Ball HS 22 Todd Macon RB 56 Dontae Duff R-So. OL 6-1 310 Mesquite, Texas Ralph H. Poteet HS 9 Kentory Matthews RB 57 Hunter Winstead Gr. LS 6-0 240 Raleigh, N.C. Heritage HS 24 Malik Matthews CB 63 Aidan Burroughs R-Fr. OL 6-3 275 Norfolk, Neb. Norfolk Catholic HS 45 Ty Maust LB 65 Thomas Sargeant R-Fr. OL 6-3 270 Mechanicsville, Va. Atlee HS 77 Cooper McCaw OL 66 Ethan Crawford So. OL 6-3 295 Augusta, Ga. Aquinas HS 14 Lionell McConnell WR 67 Michael Henderman Gr. OL 6-3 300 Tyrone, Ga. Sandy Creek HS 20 Solomon McGinty LB 68 Tristan Schultz Fr. OL 6-4 280 Culver, Ind. Culver Community HS (Fork Union) 4 Jaylyn McKinney LB 72 James Passmore R-Jr. OL 6-6 295 Dallas, N.C. North Gaston HS 97 Elisha Mitchell DL 73 Sam Isaacson R-So. OL 6-6 305 Lynchburg, Va. Liberty Christian Academy 51 Austin Mock LS 74 Julio Lozano R-Jr. OL 6-4 270 Bellaire, Texas Bellaire HS (Kilgore College) 34 Carrington Mosley RB 75 Gregg Storey R-Jr. DL 6-5 345 Cary, N.C. Panther Creek HS 11 Seth Nerness DL 76 Nate Pena Fr. OL 6-2 305 Mooresville, N.C. Lake Norman HS 18 Fidel Ogbeifun TE 77 Cooper McCaw Fr. OL 6-5 265 Southlake, Texas Grapevine Faith CS 72 James Passmore OL 78 Ernst Andersen R-So. OL 6-7 300 Lillesand, Norway Kristiansand Gladiators 76 Nate Pena OL 79 Adam Fields Fr. OL 6-4 285 Burke, Va. Lake Braddock HS 2 Jeremy Peters CB 80 Michael Bollinger Fr. TE 6-1 225 Spartanburg, S.C. Boiling Spring HS 53 Simeon Phillips DL 81 Justin Smalls Fr. WR 6-3 190 Morrisville, N.C. Panther Creek HS 32 Aaron Pierre S 82 B.J. Farrow R-Jr. WR 6-2 190 Lynchburg, Va. Liberty Christian Academy 10 Alex Probert K 83 Josh Tully R-So. WR 5-10 175 Vancouver, Wash. Kingsway Christian HS 87 Cephas Reddick WR 84 Brett Bitter Fr. WR 6-2 170 Lutz, Fla. Steinbrenner HS 85 Josh Reichenbach TE 85 Josh Reichenbach R-Fr. TE 6-1 205 Philadelphia, Pa. Calvary Christian Academy 99 Ralfs Rusins DL 86 Michael Chorowicz R-Fr. WR 5-10 165 Kohler, Wis. Sheboygan Lutheran HS 15 Jayod Sanders DL 87 Cephas Reddick R-Jr. WR 5-8 175 Woodbridge, Va. Forest Park HS 65 Thomas Sargeant OL 88 Jerome Jackson Fr. TE 6-5 215 Fort Worth, Texas Timber Creek HS 68 Tristan Schultz OL 89 Daniel Zapata R-Fr. TE 6-2 255 Guttenburg, N.J. Paramus Catholic HS 81 Justin Smalls WR 90 Mitchell Hurtado Jr. DL 6-3 290 Anaheim, Calif. Loara HS (Fullerton) 98 Peyton Stallard DL 91 Elijah Cook Fr. DL 6-0 220 Roanoke, Va. Patrick Henry HS 33 Tyron Staples S 92 Mason Wolk Fr. DL 6-2 235 Lynchburg, Va. Liberty Christian Academy 75 Gregg Storey DL 93 Ben Fiordelise R-So. OL 6-3 275 Kalona, Iowa Mid-Prairie HS 5 DJ Stubbs WR 94 Damian Bounds R-Fr. OL 6-2 275 Ellenwood, Ga. Stockbridge HS 42 Will Tawney FB 41 Ryan Taylor CB 95 Devin Fisher R-So. DE 6-1 235 Radford, Va. Radford HS 25 Elijah Temple CB 96 Chris Escamilla So. DE 6-2 225 Stafford, Va. Stafford Senior HS 12 Brandon Tillmon S 97 Elisha Mitchell Fr. DL 6-3 300 Virginia Beach, Va. Bayside HS 83 Josh Tully WR 98 Peyton Stallard Fr. DL 6-4 275 Norton, Va. John I Burton HS 39 Chris Turner CB 99 Ralfs Rusins R-So. DL 6-5 295 Carnikava, Latvia Riga Hansa Secondary School 35 Trey Turner P 54 Juwan Wells DE Pronunciation Guide #37 Khaleel Carrington Kah-leel (like heel) Carrington 57 Hunter Winstead LS #1 Marquis Fitzgerald Mar-keys Fits-jer-eld #44 Dia’Vante Brown Dee-ah-VON-tay Brown #3 Rion Davis Ri-en (like Ryan) Davis #55 Tolen Avery Toll-en Avery 92 Mason Wolk DL #4 Jaylyn McKinney Jay-len McKinney #56 Dontae Duff Don-tay Duff 13 Rudiger Yearick QB #6 Ceneca Espinoza SIN-ick-Ah Es-pin-oza #80 Michael Bollinger Michael Bowl-len-Ger (Hard G) #7 Solomon Ajayi Solomon Ah-Jie-ah #85 Josh Reichenbach Josh Rye-Ken-bach 26 Ryker Youngs S #9 Amarii Jenkins A-mar-EE Jenkins #86 Michael Chorowicz Michael Core-oh-witz 89 Daniel Zapata TE #15 Jayod Sanders Jay-odd Sanders #87 Cephas Reddick See-fis Red-dik #17 Khaleb Coleman Caleb Coleman #89 Daniel Zapata Daniel Za-pot-ah #18 Fidel Ogbeifun Fi-del O-bay-fin #92 Mason Wolk Mason Wok #22 Kimani Donaldson Kah-mah-knee Donaldson #93 Ben Fiordelise Ben Fee-OR-duh-lease #24 Malik Matthews Mah-leak Matthews #96 Chris Escamilla Chris Es-ca-ME-la #34 Carrington Mosley Carrington Mows-lee #99 Ralfs Rusins Ralphs Roo-sins ‹ 14 › how to follow the flames BROADCAST NOTES RADIO AFFILIATES Flames fans will have the opportunity to follow their team during every game of the 2017 season as all 11 Liberty football games will be on WRVL 88.3 FM in Lynchburg and on 19 affiliate stations in Flagship Station: Virginia, Georgia and North Carolina. Journey FM (88.3 FM WRVL) Time/ Network Affiliates: Date Opponent Radio TV Virginia Georgia result Charlottesville – 97.1 FM Atlanta - 590 AM Sept. 2 at Baylor 7 p.m. Clifton Forge – 90.9 FM Danville - 88.3 FM Sept. 9 Morehead State 6 p.m. Marion – 94.7 FM Newport News – 96.9 FM Sept. 16 Indiana State 6 p.m. Pulaski – 106.5 FM Richmond – 94.9 FM Sept. 23 at Jacksonville State 7 p.m. Roanoke - 88.3 FM Shenandoah Valley - 95.5 FM Sept. 30 Saint Francis (Pa.) 6 p.m. Suffolk – 107.3 FM Virginia Beach – 98.3 FM Oct. 14 Kennesaw State* 6 p.m. Williamsburg – 100.1 FM Oct. 21 at Monmouth* 1 p.m. Wytheville – 101.9 FM

Oct. 28 at Gardner-Webb* 12 p.m. North Carolina Elizabeth City – 88.3 FM Nov. 4 Duquesne 3:30 p.m. Norlina – 94.3 FM Roanoke Rapids – 91.1 FM Nov. 11 Presbyterian* 3:30 p.m. Rocky Mount – 107.3 FM Down South Zebulon – 90.5 FM Nov. 18 at Charleston Southern* 12 p.m.

* Indicates Big South Conference Game//All Times Listed are Eastern//LFSN broadcasts appear on Players by home state/country Virginia 27 Florida 14 North Carolina 10 Georgia 9 Texas 8 South Carolina 4 Pennsylvania 3 Tennessee 3 California 2 Alabama 1 Colorado 1 Indiana 1 Iowa 1 Louisiana 1 Maryland 1 Michigan 1 Minnesota 1 Nebraska 1 New Jersey 1 Oklahoma 1 Washington 1 Wisconsin 1 District of Columbia 1 Latvia 1 Norway 1

‹ 15 › head coach turner gill

YEAR Sixth ALMA MATER North Texas '90 The Road to WIFE Gayle CHILDREN Jordan, Margaux Liberty 4 Big South Titles

2014 NCAA FCS PLAYOFFS APPEARANCE (1ST IN PROGRAM HISTORY) Liberty 2007 MAC COACH OF THE YEAR HEAD COACH 2012 - Present Since taking over Liberty's football program, head football coach Turner THE GILL FILE Gill has elevated Liberty's championship tradition to the next level. HEAD COACH Gill has guided the Flames to four Big South titles during his first five seasons on Liberty Mountain (2012-14 and 2016). The successful five-year run Coaching Overall Conference was spotlighted when he led Liberty into uncharted waters in 2014, leading the Record W L W L Kansas program to its first-ever trip to the NCAA FCS Playoffs. HEAD COACH 2017 - Liberty 2 0 0 0 Gill was also selected the top Division I coach in Virginia by the Virginia 2010-11 2016 - Liberty 6 5 4 1 Sports Information Directors (VaSID), the second for any head football coach in 2015 - Liberty 6 5 3 3 program history. 2014 - Liberty 9 5 4 1 In his last 10 seasons as head coach at three different programs, Gill has led 2013 - Liberty 8 4 4 1 his teams to a first-place conference finish at year's end six times (2007, 2008, 2012 - Liberty 6 5 5 1 2012, 2013, 2014 and 2016). Buffalo 2011 - Kansas 2 10 0 9 Gill's achievements throughout his playing and coaching career have been HEAD COACH 2010 - Kansas 3 9 1 7 impressive: 2006-09 2009 - Buffalo 5 7 3 5 2008 - Buffalo 8 6 5 3 Coaching Accolades 2007 - Buffalo 5 7 5 3 »»Big South Conference Champions - 2014, 2013 and 2012 2006 - Buffalo 2 10 1 7 »»2014 Bobby Ross and VaSID Division I State Coach of the Year Career Totals 62 73 35 41 »»2014 NCAA FCS Playoffs Appearance - First in Liberty history DIR. OF PLAYER DEVELOPMENT Liberty Totals 37 24 20 7 »»Coached 2016 NFL Defensive Player of the Year, Khalil Mack, at Buffalo 2003-07 »»Coached 10 All-Big 12 Honorees HEAD COACHing record by month »»2008 MAC Champions/International Bowl Year Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec./Jan. »»2007 MAC Coach of the Year LU: 2017 0-0 2-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 »»Three national championships - 1994, 1995, 1996 Nebraska LU: 2016 0-0 1-3 4-0 1-2 0-0 »»Coached All-America QBs Tommy Frazier (1995) and Heisman Trophy ASST. HEAD COACH WinnerTim Couch (2001) 1992-04 LU: 2015 0-0 2-2 2-2 2-1 0-0 LU: 2014 0-1 3-1 2-1 4-1 0-1 Playing Accolades LU: 2013 0-1 3-1 2-1 4-1 0-1 »»1983 Heisman Trophy Finalist (Finished 4th) LU: 2012 0-0 0-4 3-1 3-0 0-0 »»1983 Novak Trophy Winner KU: 2011 0-0 2-1 0-5 0-4 0-0 Nebraska »»Career Passing: 231-of-428, 3,317 yards, 34 TDs, 11 INTs GRADUATE ASSISTANT KU: 2010 0-0 2-2 0-4 1-3 0-0 »»Career Rushing: 290 carries, 1,593 yards, 18 TDs 1990-92 UB: 2009 0-0 1-3 2-2 2-2 0-0 »»Nebraska Football Hall of Fame Inductee (1989) UB: 2008 1-0 1-3 2-1 3-1 1-1 »»Three straight Orange Bowl appearances UB: 2007 0-1 1-3 3-1 1-2 0-0 »»Orange Bowl Hall of Fame Inductee (2006) UB: 2006 1-0 0-3 0-4 1-3 0-0 »»All-Big Eight selection at shortstop Totals 2-3 18-26 19-23 22-19 1-2 North Texas »»Selected in the MLB Draft by the Chicago White Sox in 1979 and the GRADUATE ASSISTANT COACH GILL ON SOCIAL MEDIA New York Yankees in 1983 1989 »»Signed free agent contract with the Cleveland Indians in 1986 »»Played for A Waterloo Indians in 1986 @LibertyTGill »»Played two seasons in the CFL for the Montreal Concordes ‹ 16 › FLAMES COACHING STAFF RON BROWN (Field) VANTZ SINGLETARY (Field) Associate Head Coach/Running Backs Co-Defensive Coordinator/Defensive Line Hometown: New York, N.Y. Hometown: Houston, Texas Alma Mater: Brown '79 Alma Mater: Kansas State '90 Year in Coaching: 32 Year in Coaching: 26 Wife: Molvina Wife: Shawndra Children: Sojourner Elaine & Children: Courtney, Lashea, Bronwyn Pearl Briauna& Keona MARSHALL ROBERTS (Booth) JOE DAILEY (Booth) Defensive Backs Offensive Coordinator/Quarterbacks Hometown: Freehold, N.J. Hometown: Abington, Pa. Alma Mater: North Carolina '07 Alma Mater: Rutgers '93 Year in Coaching: 10 Year in Coaching: 25 Wife: Carrie Wife: Alicia Children: Stella June, Noah Children: Tripp, Mckenzie & Hansen & Myles Joseph Micah JOSH BOOKBINDER (Booth) SCOTT DOWNING (Field) Linebackers Special Teams Coordinator/Tight Ends & Fullbacks Hometown: San Antonio, Texas Hometown: Parkville, Mo. Alma Mater: Baylor '09 Alma Mater: Sterling College '79 Year in Coaching: 11 Year in Coaching: 38 Wife: Ashley Wife: Karen Children: Matthew, Andrew & Zachary AARON STAMN (Field) NEBRASKA Offensive Line

Hometown: Madison, Wis. THE CONNECTION Alma Mater: MSU Mankato '02 Turner Gill: 1992-2004 // Asst. Head Coach, Quarterbacks & Running Backs Year in Coaching: 18 1990 // Graduate Assistant Wife: Courtney Ron Brown: 1987-2014 // Wide Receivers, Tight Ends & Running Backs Children: Rylan, Jackson & Joe Dailey: 2003-04 // Quarterback (Playing Career) Cooper Scott Downing: 2003-05 // Recruiting Coordinator & Tight Ends 1984-86 // Graduate Assistant/Freshman HC KYLE DEARMON (Field) Wide Receivers Aaron Stamn: 2004-05 // Graduate Assistant - Defensive Line Hometown: Clearwater, Fla. Alma Mater: Liberty '10 BUFFALO Year in Coaching: 5 THE CONNECTION Turner Gill: 2006-09 // Head Coach Joe Dailey: 2008-09// Tight Ends/Offensive GA Vantz Singletary: 2008 // Defensive Tackles ROBERT WIMBERLY (Field) Aaron Stamn: 2006-09 // Tight Ends/Special Teams/Offensive Line Defensive Coordinator/Safeties Robert Wimberly: 2009 // Linebackers Hometown: Miami, Fla. Alma Mater: Alabama A&M '02 Year in Coaching: 16 KANSAS

Wife: Tracie THE CONNECTION Children: Bianca & Josiah Turner Gill: 2010-11 // Head Coach Joe Dailey: 2010 // On-Campus Recruiting Coordinator Vantz Singletary: 2011 // Linebackers Aaron Stamn: 2010-11 // Tight Ends & Special Teams Robert Wimberly: 2010-11 // Safeties ‹ 17 › player bios: Offense QuarterbackS Stephen Todd CALVERT - QB MACON - RB So. - 6-2 - 180 12 R-Sr. - 5-10 - 210 22 Plantation, Fla. (Miami Carol City Senior HS) St. Petersburg, Fla. (Admiral Farragut Academy)

• Set school and Big South records in passing yards (447), completions (44) and attempts • Suffered an injury during spring workouts that will keep him out the first half of the 2017 (60) in win over Baylor, earning STATS FCS National Offensive Player of the Week and Big season South Offensive Player of the Week honors • Rushed for 641 yards (second on team) on 130 carries, scoring a team-high seven rushing • Threw five touchdown passes against Morehead State, tying for the second most in a game touchdowns in 2016 in school history, despite only playing the first half • Ranked second on the team with eight rushing touchdowns in 2015 • 2016 HERO Sports FCS Freshman All-America team (honorable mention) • Led Big South in passing yards (1,931), pass efficiency (131.2) and passing touchdowns (tied- MACON'S CAREER STATS 15) RUSHING G Att Yds TD Lg Avg/C Avg/G • His 1,931 passing yards were the third most by a freshman in program history 2014 8 61 266 3 22 4.4 33.2 2015 11 73 303 8 44 4.2 27.5 CALVERT'S CAREER STATS 2016 10 130 620 7 65 4.8 62.0 PASSING G Att Cmp Int Yds TD Lg Pct Avg/P Avg/G Effic TOTAL 29 264 1189 18 65 4.5 41.0 2016 11 262 150 9 1931 15 76 57.3 7.4 175.5 131.2 2017 2 81 57 0 728 8 76 70.4 9.0 364.0 178.5 RECEIVING G Rec Yds TD Lg Rec/G Avg/C Avg/G TOTAL 13 343 207 9 2659 23 76 60.3 7.8 204.5 142.3 2014 8 5 21 0 8 0.6 4.2 2.6 2015 11 6 26 0 10 0.5 4.3 2.4 TOTAL OFFENSE G Rush Pass Total Avg/G 2016 10 11 179 1 76 1.1 16.3 17.9 2016 11 -152 1931 1779 161.7 TOTAL 29 22 226 1 76 0.8 10.3 7.8 2017 2 2 728 730 365.0 TOTAL 13 -150 2659 2509 193.0 MACON'S CAREER HIGHS Touchdowns: 3 , Monmouth, 10-22-16 CALVERT'S CAREER HIGHS Rush attempts: 22, Monmouth, 10-22-16 Pass attempts: 60, at Baylor, 09-02-17 Rush yards: 193, Monmouth, 10-22-16 (22 carries) Pass completions: 44, at Baylor, 09-02-17 Rush TDs 2, 4 times Pass yards: 447, at Baylor, 09-02-17 Long rush: 65, Monmouth, 10-22-16 Pass TDs: 5, Morehead State, 09-09-17 Receptions: 3, Jacksonville, 09-10-16 Had intercepted: 2 , Monmouth, 10-22-16 ; Gardner-Webb, 10-29-16 Receiving yards: 78, Monmouth, 10-22-16 (2 receptions) Long pass: 76 , Monmouth, 10-22-16 ; Morehead State, 09-09-17 Long reception: 76, Monmouth, 10-22-16 Total offense yards: 447, at Baylor, 09-02-17 (0 rush, 447 pass)

Running Backs Kentory Frankie MATTHEWS - RB HICKSON - RB Jr. - 5-10 - 175 9 R-So. - 5-8 - 200 23 Virginia Beach, Va. (Tallwood HS/Blinn) Lynchburg, Va. (Heritage HS)

• Transfer from Blinn College in Brenham, Texas •2016 Big South second-team all-conference (kickoff return specialist) • Posted his first 100-yard game as a Flame, finishing the Morehead State game with 13 car- • Finished 2016 season with 707 total kickoff return yards, second most in program history ries for 103 yards and two touchdowns • Recorded his first career 100-yard rushing game, scoring first two touchdowns of his -ca reer against Jacksonville MATTHEWS' CAREER STATS • Set a program record for longest kickoff return for a touchdown with 99-yard touchdown RUSHING G Att Yds TD Lg Avg/C Avg/G return, 10-15-16 at Kennesaw State 2017 2 13 103 2 23 7.9 51.5 TOTAL 2 13 103 2 23 7.9 51.5 HICKSON'S CAREER STATS RUSHING G Att Yds TD Lg Avg/C Avg/G RECEIVING G Rec Yds TD Lg Rec/G Avg/C Avg/G 2016 11 94 450 4 45 4.8 40.9 2017 2 3 10 0 6 1.5 3.3 5.0 2017 2 18 74 0 12 4.1 37.0 TOTAL 2 3 10 0 6 1.5 3.3 5.0 TOTAL 13 112 524 4 45 4.7 40.3 MATTHEWS' CAREER HIGHS KICK RETURNS G No. Yds TD Lg Avg/R Avg/G Touchdowns: 2 , Morehead State, 09-09-17 2016 11 28 707 1 99 25.2 64.3 Rush attempts: 13, Morehead State, 09-09-17 2017 2 4 104 0 42 26.0 52.0 Rush yards: 103, Morehead State, 09-09-17 (13 carries) TOTAL 13 32 811 1 99 25.3 62.4 Rush TDs 2, Morehead State, 09-09-17 Long rush: 23, Morehead State, 09-09-17 HICKSON'S CAREER HIGHS Receptions: 2, at Baylor, 09-02-17 Touchdowns: 2, Jacksonville, 09-10-16 Receiving yards: 6, Morehead State, 09-09-17 (1 reception) Rush attempts: 14, Jacksonville, 09-10-16 Long reception: 6, Morehead State, 09-09-17 Rush yards: 116, Jacksonville, 09-10-16 (14 carries) Rush TDs: 2, Jacksonville, 09-10-16 Long rush: 45, Monmouth, 10-22-16 All-purpose yards: 174, Jacksonville, 09-10-16 Kick return yards: 142, at Coastal Carolina, 11-17-16 (7 returns) Long kick return: 99 , at Kennesaw State, 10-15-16

‹ 18 › Libertyplayer Flames bios: Offense football running backs Fullbacks/tight ends

Carrington Zac MOSLEY - RB FOUTZ - TE R-Sr. - 5-11 - 235 34 R-So. - 6-4 - 250 40 Brookneal, Va. (Liberty Christian Academy) Roanoke, Va. (Cave Spring HS)

• 2017 Big South Preseason All-Conference selection • Made his first career start at tight end during the season opener at Baylor, catching one • Team's leading rusher in 2016, tallying 663 yards pass for six yards • Posted his second 100-yard game, rushing for 122 yards in Liberty’s win over Baylor, includ- • His first career catch resulted in a one-yard TD reception against Robert Morris on 10-1-16 ing 53 yards during the fourth quarter FOUTZ'S CAREER STATS MOSLEY'S CAREER STATS RECEIVING G Rec Yds TD Lg Rec/G Avg/C Avg/G RUSHING G Att Yds TD Lg Avg/C Avg/G 2016 10 1 1 1 1 0.1 1.0 0.1 2014 3 5 31 0 16 6.2 10.3 2017 2 1 6 0 6 0.5 6.0 3.0 2015 11 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 TOTAL 12 2 7 1 6 0.2 3.5 0.6 2016 11 144 663 5 55 4.6 60.3 2017 2 32 134 0 36 4.2 67.0 FOUTZ'S CAREER HIGHS TOTAL 27 181 828 5 55 4.6 30.7 Receptions: 1, Robert Morris, 10-01-16 ; at Baylor, 09-02-17 Receiving yards: 6, at Baylor, 09-02-17 RECEIVING G Rec Yds TD Lg Rec/G Avg/C Avg/G 2014 3 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 Receiving TDs: 1, Robert Morris, 10-01-16 2015 11 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 Long reception: 6, at Baylor, 09-02-17 2016 11 7 82 1 28 0.6 11.7 7.5 2017 2 2 18 0 12 1.0 9.0 9.0 Wide Receivers TOTAL 27 9 100 1 28 0.3 11.1 3.7 MOSLEY'S CAREER HIGHS Marquis Rush attempts: 28, at Baylor, 09-02-17 FITZGERALD - WR Rush yards: 137, at Presbyterian, 11-05-16 (17 carries) Sr. - 6-1 - 190 1 Rush TDs: 2, Monmouth, 10-22-16 Long rush: 55, at Presbyterian, 11-05-16 Farmville, Va. (Prince Edward County HS) Receptions: 2, Gardner-Webb, 10-29-16 ; at Baylor, 09-02-17 Receiving yards: 32, Gardner-Webb, 10-29-16 (2 receptions) • Made his first career start at wide receiver during the season opener at Baylor, posting Long reception: 28, at Kennesaw State, 10-15-16 a career-high six catches for 47 yards, including a key third-down reception on the Flames' final drive • Hauled in four passes for a career-high 82 yards, highlighted by a 44-yard reception, during a 10-1-16 win over Robert Morris FITZGERALD'S CAREER STATS Fullbacks/tight ends RECEIVING G Rec Yds TD Lg Rec/G Avg/C Avg/G 2015 9 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 2016 9 6 113 0 44 0.7 18.8 12.6 Thomas 2017 2 7 51 0 12 3.5 7.3 25.5 KENNEDY - FB 36 TOTAL 20 13 164 0 44 0.6 12.6 8.2 R-Sr. - 5-11 - 240 FITZGERALD'S CAREER HIGHS Roanoke, Va. (Lord Botetourt HS) Receptions: 6, at Baylor, 09-02-17 Receiving yards: 82, Robert Morris, 10-01-16 (4 receptions) • Has played in 36 games, starting five contests Long reception: 44, Robert Morris, 10-01-16 • Primarily a blocking back, made two catches for six yards in 2016 • Received team's award during spring practice in 2016, given to the most im- proved offensive player KENNEDY'S CAREER STATS DJ RUSHING G Att Yds TD Lg Avg/C Avg/G STUBBS - WR 2014 12 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 5 2015 11 1 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 Fr. - 5-9 - 175 2016 11 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 Jacksonville, Fla. (University Christian School) 2017 2 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 TOTAL 36 1 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 • Made an impact in the return game against Morehead State, including a 71-yard kickoff re- turn and a 32-yard punt return RECEIVING G Rec Yds TD Lg Rec/G Avg/C Avg/G 2014 12 1 4 1 4 0.1 4.0 0.3 STUBBS' CAREER STATS 2015 11 1 6 0 6 0.1 6.0 0.5 RECEIVING G Rec Yds TD Lg Rec/G Avg/C Avg/G 2016 11 2 6 0 3 0.2 3.0 0.5 2017 2 3 19 0 10 1.5 6.3 9.5 2017 2 1 9 0 9 0.5 9.0 4.5 TOTAL 36 5 25 1 9 0.1 5.0 0.7 KICK RETURNS G No. Yds TD Lg Avg/R Avg/G 2017 2 1 71 0 71 71.0 35.5 KENNEDY'S CAREER HIGHS Receptions: 1, 3 times PUNT RETURNS G No. Yds TD Lg Avg/R Avg/G Receiving yards: 9, at Baylor, 09-02-17 2017 2 4 36 0 32 9.0 18.0 Long reception: 9, at Baylor, 09-02-17 FITZGERALD'S CAREER HIGHS Receptions: 3, at Baylor, 09-02-17 Receiving yards: 19, at Baylor, 09-02-17 (3 receptions) Long reception: 10, at Baylor, 09-02-17 Long kick return: 71, Morehead State, 09-09-17 Long punt return: 32, Morehead State, 09-09-17 ‹ 19 › player bios: offense WIDE RECEIVERS

Damian B.J. KING - WR FARROW - WR Jr. - 5-11 - 175 7 R-Jr. - 6-2 - 190 82 St. Petersburg, Fla. (Indian Rocks Christian School) Lynchburg, Va. (Liberty Christian Academy)

• Has been a versatile performer during his first two-plus seasons, totaling 37 receptions, five • Tops Liberty's offensive players with 22 career starts carries, 22 kickoff returns, five punt returns and two touchdown passes • Posted his first career 100-yard game at Southern Illinois on 9-26-15, totaling 101 yards on • Hauled in five passes for 52 yards during a win at Georgia State on 10-3-15 eight receptions • Set a career high in receptions (10) and had 66 receiving yards during the season opener • Missed the season opener at Baylor pending a review of his eligibility at Baylor • Finished the Morehead State game with 177 yards and three touchdowns, tying the program • Bested his career high the following week, with three receptions for 86 yards, including his record for single-game receiving TDs first career touchdown on a 42-yard scoring play against Morehead State FARROW'S CAREER STATS KING'S CAREER STATS RECEIVING G Rec Yds TD Lg Rec/G Avg/C Avg/G RECEIVING G Rec Yds TD Lg Rec/G Avg/C Avg/G 2015 11 32 448 2 40 2.9 14.0 40.7 2015 10 18 161 0 29 1.8 8.9 16.1 2016 11 30 281 3 24 2.7 9.4 25.5 2016 6 6 45 0 13 1.0 7.5 7.5 2017 1 6 177 3 76 6.0 29.5 177.0 2017 2 13 152 1 42 6.5 11.7 76.0 TOTAL 23 68 906 8 76 3.0 13.3 39.4 TOTAL 18 37 358 1 42 2.1 9.7 19.9 PUNT RETURNS G No. Yds TD Lg Avg/R Avg/G PUNT RETURNS G No. Yds TD Lg Avg/R Avg/G 2015 11 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 2015 10 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 2016 11 8 65 0 22 8.1 5.9 2016 6 5 39 0 17 7.8 6.5 2017 1 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 2017 2 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 TOTAL 23 8 65 0 22 8.1 2.8 TOTAL 18 5 39 0 17 7.8 2.2 FARROW'S CAREER HIGHS KING'S CAREER HIGHS Touchdowns 3, Morehead State, 09-09-17 Touchdowns 1, Morehead State, 09-09-17 Receptions: 8, at Southern Illinois, 09-26-15 Receptions: 10, at Baylor, 09-02-17 Receiving yards: 177, Morehead State, 09-09-17 (6 receptions) Receiving yards: 86, Morehead State, 09-09-17 (3 receptions) Receiving TDs: 3, Morehead State, 09-09-17 Receiving TDs: 1, Morehead State, 09-09-17 Long reception: 76, Morehead State, 09-09-17 Long reception: 42, Morehead State, 09-09-17 Punt returns: 2, 3 times Punt returns: 3, Jacksonville, 09-10-16 Punt return yards: 25, Gardner-Webb, 10-29-16 (2 returns) Punt return yards: 42, Jacksonville, 09-10-16 (3 returns) Long punt return: 22, Gardner-Webb, 10-29-16 Long punt return: 17, Jacksonville, 09-10-16

Antonio Cephas GANDY-GOLDEN - WR REDDICK - WR So. - 6-4 - 200 11 R-Jr. - 5-8 - 175 87 Dallas, Ga. (Paulding County HS) Woodbridge, Va. (Forest Park HS)

• Had 94 receiving yards, including a 38-yard touchdown reception, against Coastal Carolina • Set career highs for catches (4) and receiving yards (48) against Baylor, after entering the in the 2016 season finale 2017 season with only one career reception • Finished the Baylor game with 192 receiving yards and two touchdowns, the fifth highest • Received team's Samkon Gado award during spring practice in 2017, given to the most im- single-game receiving total in program history proved offensive player • Had a 10-yard touchdown reception in the first quarter for his lone reception against More- head State REDDICK'S CAREER STATS RECEIVING G Rec Yds TD Lg Rec/G Avg/C Avg/G GANDY-GOLDEN'S CAREER STATS 2016 9 1 8 0 8 0.1 8.0 0.9 RECEIVING G Rec Yds TD Lg Rec/G Avg/C Avg/G 2017 2 6 61 0 20 3.0 10.2 30.5 2016 11 21 315 3 47 1.9 15.0 28.6 TOTAL 11 7 69 0 20 0.6 9.9 6.3 2017 2 14 202 3 40 7.0 14.4 101.0 TOTAL 13 35 517 6 47 2.7 14.8 39.8 REDDICK'S CAREER HIGHS Receptions: 4, at Baylor, 09-02-17 GANDY-GOLDEN'S CAREER HIGHS Receiving yards: 48, at Baylor, 09-02-17 (4 receptions) Touchdowns: 2, at Baylor, 09-02-17 Long reception: 20, at Baylor, 09-02-17 Receptions: 13, at Baylor, 09-02-17 Receiving yards: 192, at Baylor, 09-02-17 (13 receptions) Receiving TDs: 2, at Baylor, 09-02-17 Long reception: 47, at SMU, 09-17-16

‹ 20 › player bios: Offense/Special teams Offensive Linemen SPECIAL TEAMS Dontae Alex DUFF - OL PROBERT - K R-So. - 6-1 - 310 56 So. - 5-9 - 170 10 Mesquite, Texas (Ralph H. Poteet HS) Andover, Minn. (Andover HS)

• 2016 HERO Sports FCS Freshman All-America team •2016 HERO Sports FCS Freshman All-America team (honorable mention) • 2016 Big South second-team all-conference •Tied a school single-game record with four field goals at Baylor (27, 31, 33 and 41 yards), • 2016 VaSID all-state second team earning Big South Special Teams Player of the Week honors • Has started all 13 games during the 2016 and 2017 seasons (5 LG, 4 C, 4 RG) •7-for-7 in field goal attempts of 40+ yards in his career, including his 41-yard conversion at Baylor • Matched a career best with 16 points against Morehead State (3-of-3 FG-FGA/7-of-7 PATs), Thomas garnering his second straight Big South Special Teams Player of the Week nod and the third SARGEANT - OL of his career R-Fr. - 6-3 - 270 65 • Is 7-of-7 on field goal attempts in 2017 and has made 11 straight field goal attempts dating Mechanicsville, Va. (Atlee HS) back to last season PROBERT'S CAREER STATS • Has started at center during his first two collegiate games SCORING G PAT FG PTS Avg/G • Redshirted during the 2016 season 2016 11 33 15 78 7.1 • First team all-conference and second team all-region as a senior at Atlee High School in 2015 2017 2 11 7 32 16.0 TOTAL 13 44 22 10 8.5 FIELD GOALS G Made Att Long Pct. Ethan 2016 11 15 19 51 78.9 CRAWFORD - OL 2017 2 7 7 41 100.0 So. - 6-3 - 295 66 TOTAL 13 22 26 51 84.6 Augusta, Ga. (Aquinas HS) PROBERT'S CAREER HIGHS Points Scored: 16, at Baylor, 09-02-17 ; Morehead State, 09-09-17 • Made eight appearances during his true freshman season (2016), including three starts PATs Made: 7, 3 times (2 - LG, 1 - RG) FGs Made: 4, at Baylor, 09-02-17 Long Field Goal: 51, Robert Morris, 10-01-16

Michael Trey HENDERMAN - OL TURNER - P R-Sr. - 6-3 - 300 67 R-Sr. - 5-11 - 210 35 Tyrone, Ga. (Sandy Creek HS) Rome, Ga. (Rome HS)

• 2017 team captain •2017 team captain • Limited to two games in 2016 due to a back injury •Three-time Big South all-conference selection (1st team in 2014 & 2016, 2nd team in 2015) • Started 10 times at left guard in 2015, leading the team in knockdowns •2014 VaSID all-state 1st team honoree, after leading the nation's freshmen with 41.5 yards per punt •Liberty's career leader with 41.0 yards per punt James TURNER'S CAREER STATS PASSMORE - OL PUNTING G NO. YDS LONG Avg. 72 2014 14 56 2322 59 41.5 R-Jr. - 6-6 - 295 2015 11 45 1815 61 40.3 Dallas, N.C. (North Gaston HS) 2016 11 63 2583 59 41.0 2017 2 4 167 46 41.8 • Appeared in all 11 games in 2016, his first season of competition, starting six times at right TOTALS 38 168 6887 61 41.0 guard and one at left guard TURNER'S CAREER HIGHS Punts: 12, Jacksonville State, 09-24-16 Punt Yards: 520, Jacksonville State, 09-24-16 Sam Long Punt: 61, Delaware State, 09-05-15 ISAACSON - OL R-So. - 6-6 - 305 73 Lynchburg, Va. (Liberty Christian Academy)

• Appeared in all 11 games as a redshirt freshman in 2016, making nine starts at right tackle Hunter • Started at right tackle during his collegiate debut, 9-3-16 at Virginia Tech WINSTEAD - LS R-Sr. - 6-0 - 240 57 Raleigh, N.C. (Heritage HS) Julio LOZANO - OL •2016 FCS ADA Academic All-Star Team honoree R-Jr. - 6-4 - 270 74 •2016 Big South George A. Christenberry Award for Academic Excellence •2016 STATS FCS All-America third team selection Bellaire, Texas (Bellaire HS/Kilgore College) •2016 Big South All-Conference first team honoree, after making the second team in 2015 • His first season at Liberty (2016) included eight appearances and five starts at left tackle • Played two seasons (2014 and 2015) at Kilgore College in Kilgore, Texas

‹ 21 › player bios: defense Defensive Linemen Dia'Vante Tolen BROWN - DE AVERY - DE R-Sr. - 6-2 - 245 44 R-Jr. - 6-4- 270 55 Greensboro, N.C. (South Guilford HS) Galveston, Texas (Ball HS)

• Had a career-best game at Kennesaw State, with nine tackles (seven solo, two assisted), • Became starter in 2016, making 10 starts at defensive tackle three tackles for a loss and one sack on Oct. 15, 2016 • Finished second on the team with two fumble recoveries • Opened the season with four tackles during Liberty’s road win at Baylor • Recorded three solo stops and two quarterback hurries during Liberty’s season-opening • Finished the Morehead State game with three tackles, including 1.5 TFLs and a sack win at Baylor BROWN'S CAREER STATS AVERY'S CAREER STATS TACKLES G UA A Total TFL Yds PD FF FR Blkd QBH TACKLES G UA A Total TFL Yds PD FF FR Blkd QBH 2014 11 1 1 2 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2015 8 2 5 7 1.5 22 0 0 0 0 1 2015 11 6 0 6 2.0 12 0 0 0 0 0 2016 11 5 14 19 1.5 4 0 0 2 0 1 2016 11 17 11 28 3.5 6 0 0 0 0 3 2017 2 5 0 5 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2017 2 5 2 7 1.5 7 0 0 0 0 2 TOTAL 21 12 19 31 3.0 26 0 0 2 0 5 TOTAL 35 29 14 43 7.0 25 0 0 0 0 5 SACKS G UA A Total Yds SACKS G UA A Total Yds 2015 8 1 0 1.0 19 2014 11 0 0 0.0 0 2016 11 1 0 1.0 3 2015 11 1 0 1.0 9 2017 2 0 0 0.0 0 2016 11 1 0 1.0 1 TOTAL 21 2 0 2.0 22 2017 2 1 0 1.0 6 TOTAL 35 3 0 3.0 16 AVERY'S CAREER HIGHS Tackles: 3, 3 times BROWN'S CAREER HIGHS Sacks: 1.0, Montana, 09-19-15 (1-0); Charleston Southern, 11-12-16 (1-0) Tackles: 9, at Kennesaw State, 10-15-16 (7-2) Tackles for loss: 1.0, Montana, 09-19-15 (1-0); Charleston Southern, 11-12-16 (1-0) Sacks: 1.0, 3 times Tackles for loss: 3.0, at Kennesaw State, 10-15-16 (3-0)

Juwan Gregg WELLS - DE STOREY - DL R-Jr. - 6-2- 255 54 R-Jr. - 6-5 - 345 75 Dublin, Ga. (Dublin HS) Cary, N.C. (Panther Creek HS)

• 2016 Big South first-team all-conference • Received first career start in 2016 season finale at Coastal Carolina at nose guard, register- • 2016 VaSID all-state first team ing a career-high six tackles • 2016 HERO Sports FCS Sophomore All-America team • Had four solo stops against Morehead State • Flames' leading tackler in 2016 with 79 stops (38 solo, 41 assisted) • Played on the offensive line and special teams as a redshirt freshman in 2015 • Recorded his 100th career tackle during the first half of the Morehead State game STOREY'S CAREER STATS WELLS' CAREER STATS TACKLES G UA A Total TFL Yds PD FF FR Blkd QBH TACKLES G UA A Total TFL Yds PD FF FR Blkd QBH 2015 5 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2015 8 10 6 16 7.5 64 0 0 0 0 5 2016 9 7 7 14 2.0 4 0 0 0 0 0 2016 11 38 41 79 11.0 48 1 2 0 0 9 2017 2 4 1 5 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2017 2 3 3 6 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 0 TOTAL 16 11 8 19 2.0 4 0 0 0 0 0 TOTAL 21 51 50 101 19.5 113 1 2 0 0 14 STOREY'S CAREER HIGHS SACKS G UA A Total Yds Tackles: 6, at Coastal Carolina, 11-17-16 (3-3) 2015 8 5 0 5.0 49 Tackles for loss: 1.0, Jacksonville State, 09-24-16 (1-0); Charleston So., 11-12-16 (1-0) 2016 11 4 3 5.5 34 2017 2 0 0 0.0 0 TOTAL 20 9 3 10.5 83 WELLS' CAREER HIGHS Tackles: 13, at SMU, 09-17-16 (6-7) Sacks: 2.0, Robert Morris, 10-01-16 (2-0); Coastal Carolina, 11-19-15 (2-0) Tackles for loss: 2.5, Robert Morris, 10-01-16 (2-0); at Charleston So., 11-14-15 (2-0)

‹ 22 › player bios: defense Linebackers Jaylyn Solomon McKINNEY - LB McGINTY - LB R-So. - 6-0 - 225 4 Sr. - 6-2- 220 20 Lake Wales, Fla. (Victory Christian Academy) Navasota, Texas (Navasota HS/Tyler JC)

• Appeared in all 11 games as a reserve linebacker in 2016, finishing with 20 tackles • 2017 team captain • After missing the first half to a targeting call in the 2016 season finale, he recorded two • Transitioning to linebacker in 2017 after playing the spur position in 2016, his first season assisted tackles and a tackle for a loss during Liberty’s win at Baylor with the Flames • Making his first career start, matched his career high with five tackles against Morehead • Finished 2016 ranked fourth on the team with 52 tackles (31 solo, 21 assisted) State and returned his first career interception for 25 yards McGINTY'S CAREER STATS McKINNEY'S CAREER STATS INTERCEPTIONS G No. Yds TD Lg Avg/R Avg/G INTERCEPTIONS G No. Yds TD Lg Avg/R Avg/G 2016 11 2 43 1 33 21.5 3.9 2016 11 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 2017 2 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 2017 2 1 25 0 25 25.0 12.5 TOTAL 13 2 43 1 33 21.5 3.3 TOTAL 13 1 25 0 25 25.0 1.9 TACKLES G UA A Total TFL Yds PD FF FR Blkd QBH TACKLES G UA A Total TFL Yds PD FF FR Blkd QBH 2016 11 31 21 52 5.5 28 5 2 0 0 1 2016 11 11 9 20 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2017 2 4 2 6 0.5 2 0 0 0 0 1 2017 2 1 6 7 1.5 3 1 0 0 0 0 TOTAL 13 35 23 58 6.0 30 5 2 0 0 2 TOTAL 13 12 15 27 2.5 4 1 0 0 0 0 SACKS G UA A Total Yds McKINNEY'S CAREER HIGHS 2016 11 1 0 1.0 8 Interceptions: 1, Morehead State, 09-09-17 2017 2 0 0 0.0 0 Long interception return: 25, Morehead State, 09-09-17 TOTAL 13 1 0 1.0 8 Tackles: 5, at Coastal Carolina, 11-17-16 (4-1) ; Morehead State, 09-09-17 (1-4) Tackles for loss: 1.0, at Virginia Tech, 09-03-16 ; Morehead State, 09-09-17 McGINTY'S CAREER HIGHS Interceptions: 1, Jacksonville, 09-10-16 ; Robert Morris, 10-01-16 Long interception return: 33, Robert Morris, 10-01-16 Tackles: 8, Jacksonville, 09-10-16 (4-4) Sacks: 1.0, Charleston Southern, 11-12-16 (1-0) Tackles for loss: 2.0, Jacksonville, 09-10-16 (2-0)

Defensive Backs Lucas Jeremy IRONS - LB PETERS - CB R-Jr. - 6-0- 215 5 Jr. - 5-10 - 190 2 Fort Lauderdale, Fla. (Coconut Creek HS) Green Cove Springs, Fla. (Clay HS)

• Made first career start at middle linebacker against Gardner-Webb in 2016 •2017 team captain • Recorded a career-high five tackles (four solo, one assisted) in 2016 season opener at • Returned an interception 44 yards for a touchdown against Charleston Southern on Nov. Virginia Tech 14, 2015 • Received team's Samkon Gado award during spring practice in 2016, given to the most im- • Led the Flames with a career-high seven tackles, including six solo stops, against Baylor proved defensive player • Missed the Morehead State game due to an injury PETERS' CAREER STATS INTERCEPTIONS G No. Yds TD Lg Avg/R Avg/G IRONS' CAREER STATS 2015 11 1 44 1 44 44.0 4.0 TACKLES G UA A Total TFL Yds PD FF FR Blkd QBH 2016 8 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 2015 9 1 0 1 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2017 2 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 2016 10 16 11 27 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 TOTAL 21 1 44 1 44 44.0 2.1 2017 1 1 0 1 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 TOTAL 20 18 11 29 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 TACKLES G UA A Total TFL Yds PD FF FR Blkd QBH 2015 11 13 4 17 1.5 11 3 0 0 0 0 IRONS' CAREER HIGHS 2016 8 11 2 13 0.0 0 3 0 1 0 0 Tackles: 5, at Virginia Tech, 09-03-16 (4-1) 2017 2 8 3 11 1.0 2 2 0 0 0 0 TOTAL 21 32 9 41 2.5 13 8 0 1 0 0 PETERS' CAREER HIGHS Interceptions: 1, at Charleston So., 11-14-15 Long interception return: 44 , at Charleston So., 11-14-15 Tackles: 7, at Baylor, 09-02-17 (6-1) Sacks: 1.0, at Charleston So., 11-14-15 (1-0) Tackles for loss: 1.0, at Charleston So., 11-14-15 (1-0) Pass breakups: 2, Monmouth, 10-22-16 ; at Baylor, 09-02-17

‹ 23 › player bios: defense Defensive Backs Rion Corbin DAVIS - S JACKSON - S R-So. - 6-0 - 190 3 R-Jr. - 6-0 - 200 28 Hopkins, S.C. (A.C. Flora HS) Charlotte, N.C. (Victory Christian Center School)

• Won the team's Samkon Gado award during spring practice in 2017, given to the most • Opened the season with four tackles in a win over Baylor, pushing him over the 100-career improved defensive player tackle mark • Totaled a career-high seven tackles during his first career start at spur, Nov. 17, 2016 at • Has started the most career games (22) of any current Flames defensive player, including Coastal Carolina 10 at spur in 2015 and 12 at free safety between 2016 and 2017 • Finished second for second on the team with four tackles at Baylor • Matched his career best with a team-leading seven tackles against Morehead State JACKSON'S CAREER STATS TACKLES G UA A Total TFL Yds PD FF FR Blkd QBH DAVIS' CAREER STATS 2015 11 31 16 47 6.5 28 1 0 0 0 2 TACKLES G UA A Total TFL Yds PD FF FR Blkd QBH 2016 10 33 16 49 3.0 8 2 0 0 0 0 2016 11 9 10 19 3.0 7 1 0 1 0 0 2017 2 2 3 5 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2017 2 8 3 11 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 1 TOTAL 23 66 35 101 9.5 36 3 0 0 0 2 TOTAL 13 17 13 30 3.0 7 1 0 1 0 1 JACKSON'S CAREER HIGHS DAVIS' CAREER HIGHS Tackles: 9, at Southern Illinois, 09-26-15 (4-5) Tackles: 7, at Coastal Carolina, 11-17-16 (4-3); Morehead State, 09-09-17 (5-2) Sacks: 0.5, Kennesaw State, 10-24-15 (0-1) Tackles for loss: 1.5, at Coastal Carolina, 11-17-16 (1-0) Tackles for loss: 2.0, at West Virginia, 09-12-15 (2-0) Pass breakups: 1, at Coastal Carolina, 11-17-16

Brandon Chris TILLMON - S TURNER So. - 6-1 - 210 12 R-Jr. - 6-3 - 175 39 Lexington, S.C. (River Bluff HS) Columbia, S.C. (Denmark-Olar HS)

• Appeared in 10 games as a true freshman in 2016, including his first career start against • Two-time second team Big South All-Conference cornerback (2015 & 2016) Jacksonville (09-10-16) • Has made two appearances on SportsCenter's Top 10 plays (Nov. 19, 2015 & Aug. 12, 2017) • Had four tackles against Baylor and intercepted a “Hail Mary” pass on the game’s final play, after making acrobatic interceptions sealing Liberty’s win • Intercepted his eighth career pass in a win over Baylor, returning it 32 yards for a touch- • Added a season-best five tackles in a home-opening victory over Morehead State down TILLMON'S CAREER STATS TURNER'S CAREER STATS INTERCEPTIONS G No. Yds TD Lg Avg/R Avg/G INTERCEPTIONS G No. Yds TD Lg Avg/R Avg/G 2016 10 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 2015 11 4 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 2017 2 1 -2 0 -2 -2.0 -2.0 2016 11 3 25 0 25 8.3 2.3 TOTAL 12 1 -2 0 -2 -2.0 -0.2 2017 2 1 32 1 32 32.0 32.0 TOTAL 24 8 57 1 32 7.1 2.4 TACKLES G UA A Total TFL Yds PD FF FR Blkd QBH 2016 10 19 5 24 2.0 3 0 0 0 0 0 TACKLES G UA A Total TFL Yds PD FF FR Blkd QBH 2017 2 5 4 9 0.5 1 1 0 0 0 0 2015 11 20 4 24 2.0 4 6 0 0 0 0 TOTAL 12 24 9 33 2.5 4 1 0 0 0 0 2016 11 34 3 37 0.0 0 14 1 0 0 0 2017 2 2 1 3 0.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 TILLMON'S CAREER HIGHS TOTAL 24 56 8 64 2.0 4 21 1 0 0 0 Interceptions: 1, at Baylor, 09-02-17 Tackles: 8, Jacksonville, 09-10-16 (7-1) TURNER'S CAREER HIGHS Tackles for loss: 2.0, Jacksonville, 09-10-16 (2-0) Interceptions: 2, Charleston Southern, 11-12-16 Long interception return: 32, at Baylor, 09-02-17 Tackles: 9, at Virginia Tech, 09-03-16 (6-3) Tackles for loss: 1.0, at Gardner-Webb, 10-10-15 (1-0) ; at Monmouth, 10-17-15 (1-0) Pass breakups: 2, at Virginia Tech, 09-03-16 ; at Presbyterian, 11-05-16

‹ 24 › record chase/player superlatives

Liberty Career Top 5 Career 300+ Yard Passing Games Punt Average (Min. 70 att.) #12 Stephen Calvert (3) 1) Trey Turner/2014-Present...... 41.0 Date Opponent C-A-Int Yds TD 2) Eric Colvard/1992-95...... 39.8 10/1/16 Robert Morris 23-37-0 340 4 3) Mike Larsson/2008-11...... 39.6 10/22/16 Monmouth 27-34-2 350 3 4) Mike Forslund/1979-82...... 39.5 9/2/17 Baylor 44-60-0 447 3 5) Grant Bowden/2012-13...... 38.8 Career 100+ Yard Rushing Games Kickoff Return Average (Min. 25 att.) #22 Todd Macon (3) 1) Dominic Bolden/2005-08...... 28.8 Date Opponent No. Yds TD 2) Andrew McFadden/1995-96...... 27.4 9/10/16 Jacksonville 16 128 1 3) Frankie Hickson/2016-Present...... 25.3 10/22/16 Monmouth 22 193 2 4) /2009-13...... 25.3 11/5/16 Presbyterian 20 100 1 5) Wynton Jackson/2004-07...... 24.2 #34 Carrington Mosley (2) Liberty Single-Game Top 5 Date Opponent No. Yds TD Passing Yardage 11/5/16 Presbyterian 17 137 0 1) Stephen Calvert vs. Baylor/2017...... 447 9/2/17 Baylor 28 122 0 2) Phil Basso vs. Carson-Newman/1984...... 441 #9 Kentory Matthews (1) Passing Attempts Date Opponent No. Yds TD 1) Stephen Calvert vs. Baylor/2017...... 60 9/9/17 Morehead State 13 103 2 2T) Mike Forslund vs. Jacksonville State/1982...... 57 #23 Frankie Hickson (1) 2T) Phil Basso vs. Central State/1983...... 57 Date Opponent No. Yds TD 9/10/16 Jacksonville 14 116 2 Passing Completions 1) Stephen Calvert vs. Baylor/2017...... 44 Career 100+ Yard Receiving Games 2T) Josh Woodrum vs. Montana/2012...... 34 #82 B.J. Farrow (2) 2T) Josh Woodrum vs. Monmouth/2015...... 34 Date Opponent No. Yds TD 9/26/15 Southern Illinois 8 101 0 Touchdown Passes 9/9/17 Morehead State 6 177 3 1) Phil Basso vs. Mars Hill/1984...... 6 2T) Stephen Calvert vs. Morehead State/2017...... 5 #11 Antonio Gandy-Golden (1) 2T) Biff Parson vs. Wingate/2000...... 5 Date Opponent No. Yds TD 2T) Ben Anderson vs. Cal Poly/1997...... 5 9/2/17 Baylor 13 192 2 2T) Robby Justino vs. West Virginia Tech/1991...... 5 Total Offense 2017 Pass Plays of 20+ Yards (11) 1) Mike Brown vs. Stony Brook/2010...... 494 Quarterback No. Long 2) Stephen Calvert vs. Baylor/2017...... 447 #12 Stephen Calvert 10 76 #4 Mason Cunningham 1 29 Receiving Yardage 1) Chris Summers vs. Stony Brook/2011...... 240 Receiver No. Long 2) Pat Kelly vs. Stony Brook/2010...... 235 #11 Antonio Gandy-Golden 3 40 3) Chris Summers vs. Lehigh/2011...... 205 #82 B.J. Farrow 3 76 4) Mike Brown vs. Gardner-Webb/2009...... 198 #7 Damian King 2 42 5) Antonio Gandy-Golden vs. Baylor/2017...... 192 #16 Spencer Jones 1 26 #18 Fidel Ogbeifun 1 29 Receiving Touchdowns #87 Cephas Reddick 1 20 1T) B.J. Farrow vs. Morehead State/2017...... 3 1T) 13 other occurrences...... 3 2017 Run Plays of 20+ Yards (3) Rusher No. Long Field Goals Made #9 Kentory Matthews 2 23 1T) Alex Probert vs. Baylor/2017...... 4 #34 Carrington Mosley 1 36 1T) 5 other occurrences...... 4

‹ 25 › FLAMESThe Last 2016-17time PLAYER BIOS

LIBERTY TEAM LIBERTY INDIVIDUAL RECEIVING 50+ Points 58 vs. Morehead State, Sept. 9, 2017 Caught 10+ Passes 13, Antonio Gandy-Golden and 60+ Points 73 vs. Kentucky Wesleyan, Sept. 28, 2013 10, Damian King at Baylor, Sept. 2, 2017 70+ Points 73 vs. Kentucky Wesleyan, Sept. 28, 2013 Two Players Caught 10+ Passes 13, Antonio Gandy-Golden and Was shut out at William & Mary, Sept. 24, 2005 (0-56) 10, Damian King at Baylor, Sept. 2, 2017 Shut a team out at home Gardner-Webb, Oct. 25, 2014 (34-0) 100+ Yards Receiving 177, B.J. Farrow vs. Morehead State, Sept. 9, 2017 Shut out a conf. opponent at home Gardner-Webb, Oct. 25, 2014 (34-0) 200+ Yards Receiving 240, Chris Summers at Stony Brook, Nov. 19, 2011 Shut a team out on the road Presbyterian, Nov. 5, 2016 (16-0) Two Players with 100+ Yards Receiving 111, Dante’ Shells and Shut out a conf. opponent on the road Presbyterian, Nov. 5, 2016 (16-0) 101, Zac Parker vs. Montana, Sept. 19, 2015 Overtime game vs. Gardner-Webb, Oct. 29, 2016 (won 23-20 in OT) Three Players with 100+ Yards Receiving 129, Chris Summers, 115, Pat Kelly 30+ first downs 31 at Baylor, Sept. 2, 2017 and 110, B.J. Hayes vs. St. Francis, Pa., Sept. 4, 2010 50+ rushing attempts 54 at Presbyterian, Nov. 5, 2016 Had 2+ TD Catches 3, B.J. Farrow vs. Morehead State, Sept. 9, 2017 60+ rushing attempts 61 vs. Charleston So., Oct. 30, 2004 Had 3+ TD Catches 3, B.J. Farrow vs. Morehead State, Sept. 9, 2017 200+ Yards Rushing 264 at Presbyterian, Nov. 5, 2016 100+ Yards Receiving by a RB 128, D.J. Jordan vs. Charleston So., 300+ Yards Rushing 331 vs. Monmouth, Oct. 22, 2016 Nov. 11, 2000 400+ Yards Rushing 429 at Presbyterian, Oct. 13, 2012 50+ Yard Reception 76, B.J. Farrow vs. Morehead State, Sept. 9, 2017 Less than 100 Yards Rushing -23 at Coastal Carolina, Nov. 17, 2016 80+ Yard Reception 80, Darrin Peterson vs. Kennesaw State, Oct. 24, 2015 Less than 50 Yards Rushing -23 at Coastal Carolina, Nov. 17, 2016 90+ Yard Reception 91, Travis Burns vs. Charleston So., Nov. 10, 2001 Less than 25 Yards Rushing -23 at Coastal Carolina, Nov. 17, 2016 50+ pass attempts 60 at Baylor, Sept. 2, 2017 LIBERTY INDIVIDUAL DEFENSE 60+ pass attempts 60 at Baylor, Sept. 2, 2017 Had 10+ Tackles 10, Nick Newman and Juwan Wells 300+ Yards Passing 327 vs. Morehead State, Sept. 9, 2017 at Coastal Carolina, Nov. 17, 2016 400+ Yards Passing 447 at Baylor, Sept. 2, 2017 Less than 100 Yards Passing 51 at Presbyterian, Nov. 5, 2016 Had 15+ Tackles 15, Jimmy O’Grady vs. Kennesaw State, Oct. 24, 2015 500+ Yards Total Offense 523 vs. Morehead State, Sept. 9, 2017 Had 2+ Interceptions 2, Chris Turner vs. Charleston So., Nov. 12, 2016 600+ Yards Total Offense 681 vs. Monmouth, Oct. 22, 2016 Had 3+ Interceptions 3, Jacob Hagen vs. Charleston So., Nov. 15, 2014 Less than 200 Yards Total Offense 181 vs. Jacksonville State, Sept. 24, 2016 INT Return for a TD 32, Chris Turner at Baylor, Sept. 2, 2017 Less than 150 Yards Total Offense 145 at William & Mary, Sept. 24, 2005 Fumble Return for a TD 71, Alpha Jalloh at Virginia Tech, Sept. 3, 2016 90+ offensive plays 103 at Baylor, Sept. 2, 2017 Had 4+ Tackles for Loss 4, Nick Sigmon vs. Charleston So., Nov. 3, 2012 Forced 5 Turnovers 5 vs. Stony Brook, Nov. 17, 2012 Had 5+ Tackles for Loss 5, Aaron DeBerry at Charleston So., Nov. 1, 2003 Intercepted 4 Passes 4 vs. Charleston So., Nov. 15, 2014 Had 2+ Sacks 2, Juwan Wells vs. Robert Morris, Oct. 1, 2016 Had 0 Turnovers at Baylor, Sept. 2, 2017 Had 3+ Sacks 4, Aaron DeBerry at Charleston So., Nov. 1, 2003 Blocked a Punt Jimmy O’Grady at Gardner-Webb, Oct. 26, 2013 LIBERTY INDIVIDUAL RUSHING Blocked a FG Dexter Robbins at Presbyterian, Nov. 5, 2016 100+ Yards Rushing 103, Kentory Matthews vs. Morehead St., Sept. 9, 2017 Blocked a PAT Chima Uzowihe vs. Coastal Carolina, Oct. 19, 2013 150+ Yards Rushing 193, Todd Macon vs. Monmouth, Oct. 22, 2016 Recorded a Safety vs. Jacksonville State, Sept. 24, 2016 200+ Yards Rushing 220, at Youngstown St., Sept. 27, 2008 LIBERTY INDIVIDUAL MISCELLANEOUS QB Rushed for 100 Yards 160, Mike Brown vs. Stony Brook, Nov. 20, 2010 KR for a TD 99, Frankie Hickson at Kennesaw State, Oct. 15, 2016 Two Players with 100+ Yards Rushing 137, Carrington Mosley and Game-Opening KR for a TD 85, Danny Broggin vs. Gardner-Webb, 100, Todd Macon at Presbyterian, Nov. 5, 2016 Nov. 6, 2010 Three Players with 100+ Yards Rushing Never PR for a TD 71, Zac Parker at Gardner-Webb, Oct. 10, 2015 Had a run of 50+ yards 55, Carrington Mosley at Presbyterian, Nov. 5, 2016 Returned a Blocked Punt for a TD 30, Andrew Jauch blocked & returned Had a run of 60+ yards 65, Todd Macon vs. Monmouth, Oct. 22, 2016 vs. Kentucky Wesleyan, Sept. 28, 2013 Had a run of 70+ yards 70, Mike Brown at Stony Brook, Nov. 21, 2009 Returned a Blocked FG for a TD 59, Erick Harris blocked and Jordan Alford Had a run of 80+ yards 82, Danny Broggin vs. Coastal Carolina, Oct. 17, 2009 returned vs. Elon, Nov. 20, 2004 Had 30+ Rushing Attempts 35, D.J. Abnar at Coastal Carolina, Nov. 22, 2014 Returned a PAT for a score Seth Reichart blocked and Kevin Moon returned Had 35+ Rushing Attempts 35, D.J. Abnar at Coastal Carolina, Nov. 22, 2014 for the defensive 2-point conversion at Chattanooga, Nov. 13, 2004 Had 40+ Rushing Attempts 40, Eugene Goodman vs. Hofstra, Nov. 22, 2003 Scored 4+ TDs in a game 4, Aldreakis Allen at Presbyterian, Oct. 13, 2012 3+ Rushing Touchdowns 3, Desmond Rice at Georgia State, Oct. 3, 2015 Passed for 200 Yards & Rushed for 100 Mike Brown, 4+ Rushing Touchdowns 4, Aldreakis Allen at Presbyterian, Oct. 13, 2012 334 passing/160 rushing 5+ Rushing Touchdowns 5, Kim Raynor vs. Ferrum, Nov. 3, 1979 vs. Stony Brook, Nov. 20, 2010 Passed for 300 Yards & Rushed for 100 Mike Brown, LIBERTY INDIVIDUAL PASSING 334 passing/160 rushing 300+ Yards Passing 447, Stephen Calvert at Baylor, Sept. 2, 2017 vs. Stony Brook, Nov. 20, 2010 400+ Yards Passing 447, Stephen Calvert at Baylor, Sept. 2, 2017 300-yd Passer, 100-yd Rusher, 100-yd Receiver Stephen Calvert, 447 passing Had 30+ Completions 44, Stephen Calvert at Baylor, Sept. 2, 2017 Carrington Mosley, 122 rushing Had 40+ Completions 44, Stephen Calvert at Baylor, Sept. 2, 2017 and Antonio Gandy-Golden, 192 receiving, Had 40+ Attempts 60, Stephen Calvert at Baylor, Sept. 2, 2017 at Baylor, Sept. 2, 2017 Had 50+ Attempts 60, Stephen Calvert at Baylor, Sept. 2, 2017 100-yd Rusher, 100-yd Receiver Kentory Matthews, 103 rushing Had 60+ Attempts 60, Stephen Calvert at Baylor, Sept. 2, 2017 and B.J. Farrow, 177 receiving 50+ Yard Pass 76, Stephen Calvert vs. Morehead State, Sept. 9, 2017 vs. Morehead State, Sept. 9, 2017 80+ Yard Pass 80, Josh Woodrum vs. Kennesaw State, Oct. 24, 2015 Punted the Ball 60+ Yards 61, Trey Turner vs. Delaware State, Sept. 5, 2015 90+ Yard Pass 91, Biff Parson at Charleston So., Nov. 10, 2001 Punted the Ball 70+ Yards 71, Mike Larsson at Charleston So., Oct. 24, 2009 Had 3+ TD Passes 5, Stephen Calvert vs. Morehead State, Sept. 9, 2017 Kicked a 50+ Yard FG 50, Alex Probert at Kennesaw State, Oct. 15, 2016 Had 4+ TD Passes 5, Stephen Calvert vs. Morehead State, Sept. 9, 2017 Made 3+ FG 3, Alex Probert vs. Morehead State, Sept. 9, 2017 Had 5+ TD Passes 5, Stephen Calvert vs. Morehead State, Sept. 9, 2017 Made 4+ FG 4, Alex Probert at Baylor, Sept. 2, 2017 Had 6+ TD Passes 6, Phil Basso vs. Mars Hill, Oct. 6, 1984

‹ 26 › series records/overtime history Baylor (1-0) Kennesaw State (2-0, 2-0 BSC *) Presbyterian (9-4, 7-0 BSC *) 9/2/17 W 48-45 Waco, Texas 10/24/15 W 45-35 * Lynchburg 10/30/82 W 24-12 Clinton, S.C. Liberty is 1-1 all-time vs. Big 12 opponents. 10/15/16 W 36-21 * Kennesaw, Ga. 10/29/83 L 9-28 Lynchburg 1-0 vs. Baylor 10/14/17 Lynchburg 10/27/84 L 13-17 Clinton, S.C. 0-1 vs. West Virginia 11/2/85 L 0-3 Lynchburg Monmouth (3-1, 2-1 BSC *) 10/27/07 W 48-14 Lynchburg Morehead State (6-3) 9/7/13 W 45-15 Lynchburg 11/1/08 L 28-31 Clinton, S.C. 11/8/80 W 23-20 Lynchburg 11/8/14 W 34-24 * Lynchburg 10/31/09 W 55-19 * Lynchburg 11/7/81 L 10-34 Morehead, Ky. 10/17/15 L 17-20 * W. Long Branch, N.J. 10/30/10 W 34-24 * Clinton, S.C. 11/6/82 W 13-10 Lynchburg 10/22/16 W 52-28 * Lynchburg 10/29/11 W 27-20 * Lynchburg 11/5/83 L 16-24 Morehead, Ky. 10/21/17 W. Long Branch, N.J. 10/13/12 W 56-7 * Clinton, S.C. 9/24/88 W 34-7 Lynchburg 11/9/13 W 35-14 * Lynchburg 9/23/89 W 34-14 Morehead, Ky. Gardner-Webb (13-9-1, 10-5 BSC *) 11/1/14 W 28-7 * Clinton, S.C. 9/22/90 W 42-13 Lynchburg 10/2/76 L 20-49 Boiling Springs, N.C. 11/7/15 W 21-13 * Lynchburg 10/5/91 L 10-12 Morehead, Ky. 10/1/77 L 7-22 Lynchburg 11/5/16 W 16-0 * Clinton, S.C. 9/9/17 W 58-17 Lynchburg 9/30/78 T 20-20 Boiling Springs, N.C. 11/11/17 Lynchburg Liberty is 2-0 all-time vs. Pioneer opponents. 9/29/79 W 32-29 # Roanoke, Va. 1-0 vs. Jacksonville 10/18/80 W 15-14 Boiling Springs, N.C. Charleston Southern (19-5, 11-4 BSC *) 1-0 vs. Morehead State 10/3/81 L 9-14 Lynchburg 10/30/93 W 42-6 Lynchburg (The first eight Liberty-Morehead State contests 9/19/00 W 19-8 Lynchburg 11/19/94 W 59-27 Lynchburg happened when the Eagles were OVC members.) 10/20/01 L 25-29 Boiling Springs, N.C. 10/28/95 W 19-15 Charleston, S.C. 10/5/02 L 21-31 * Lynchburg 10/26/96 W 37-7 Lynchburg Indiana State (0-2) 10/11/03 L 17-27 * Boiling Springs, N.C. 10/25/97 W 48-14 Charleston, S.C. 9/28/96 L 10-34 Lynchburg 10/2/04 W 17-9 * Lynchburg 10/3/98 W 28-21 Lynchburg 9/27/14 L 19-38 Terre Haute, Ind. 10/29/05 L 16-21 * Boiling Springs, N.C. 10/23/99 W 34-14 Charleston, S.C. 9/16/17 Lynchburg 10/21/06 L 24-27 * Lynchburg 11/11/00 L 0-25 Lynchburg Liberty is 3-12 all-time vs. MVFC opponents. 11/17/07 W 31-0 * Boiling Springs, N.C. 11/10/01 W 45-31 Charleston, S.C. 1-3 vs. Eastern Illinois 11/15/08 W 30-10 * Lynchburg 10/19/02 W 31-17 * Lynchburg 0-2 vs. Indiana State 11/14/09 W 51-28 * Boiling Springs, N.C. 11/1/03 W 17-6 * Charleston, S.C. 1-1 vs. Missouri State 11/6/10 W 40-14 * Lynchburg 10/30/04 W 34-6 * Lynchburg 0-1 vs. Southern Illinois 10/8/11 W 35-3 * Boiling Springs, N.C. 11/12/05 L 30-31 * Charleston, S.C. 0-2 vs. Western Illinois 10/6/12 W 42-35 * Lynchburg 11/11/06 W 34-20 * Lynchburg 1-3 vs. Youngstown State 10/26/13 W 24-0 * Boiling Springs, N.C. 10/20/07 W 50-10 * Charleston, S.C. 10/25/14 W 34-0 * Lynchburg 10/25/08 W 42-0 * Lynchburg Jacksonville State (0-3) 10/10/15 L 20-34 * Boiling Springs, N.C. 10/24/09 W 20-13 * Charleston, S.C. 10/17/81 L 0-64 Jacksonville, Ala. 10/29/16 W 23-20 * Lynchburg 10/9/10 W 44-20 * Lynchburg 9/25/82 L 13-42 Lynchburg 10/28/17 Boiling Springs, N.C. 10/22/11 W 38-16 * Charleston, S.C. 9/24/16 L 19-48 Lynchburg Liberty is 53-20 all-time in Big South games. 11/3/12 W 26-12 * Lynchburg 9/23/17 Jacksonville, Ala. 11-4 vs. Charleston Southern 11/23/13 W 56-14 * Charleston, S.C. Liberty is 6-10 all-time vs. OVC opponents. 7-6 vs. Coastal Carolina 11/15/14 L 36-38 * Lynchburg 0-2 vs. Eastern Kentucky 0-1 vs. Elon 11/14/15 L 24-31 * Charleston, S.C. 0-1 vs. Jacksonville State 10-5 vs. Gardner-Webb 11/12/16 L 26-48 * Lynchburg 0-1 vs. Middle Tennessee 2-0 vs. Kennesaw State 11/18/17 Charleston, S.C. 5-3 vs. Morehead State 2-1 vs. Monmouth 0-1 vs. Murray State 8-0 vs. Presbyterian Liberty in Overtime (6-8 record) 9/21/96 Morgan State L, 28-34 1-2 vs. Tennessee Tech 3-2 vs. Stony Brook 10/12/97 Hampton L, 27-33 (Liberty’s first two meetings with Jacksonville State 10-1 vs. VMI 10/3/98 Charleston So. W, 28-21 occurred prior to the Gamecocks’ first season of OVC 10/24/98 Buffalo W, 27-24 football in 2003.) Duquesne (First Meeting) 11/2/02 E. Kentucky L, 28-35 11/4/17 Lynchburg 11/22/03 Hofstra W, 49-42 Saint Francis (Pa.) (2-0) Liberty is 5-1 all-time vs. NEC opponents. 10/22/05 Coastal Caro. L, 21-27 (3OT) 9/29/07 W 68-10 Lynchburg 1-0 vs. Bryant 9/15/07 William & Mary L, 41-48 9/4/10 W 52-7 Lynchburg 0-0 vs. Duquesne 10/29/11 Presbyterian W, 27-20 (2OT) 9/30/17 Lynchburg 2-1 vs. Robert Morris 10/19/13 Coastal Caro. L, 52-55 (2OT) Liberty is 5-1 all-time vs. NEC opponents. 2-0 vs. Saint Francis (Pa.) 10/4/14 Richmond L, 39-46 (2OT) 10/11/14 App. State W, 55-48 10/17/15 Monmouth L, 17-20 10/29/16 Gardner-Webb W, 23-20

‹ 27 › Season Box scores - 2017

GAME 1 : AT baylor GAME 2: MOREHEAD STATE GAME 3: INDIANA STATE LIBERTY 48 MOREHEAD STATE 17 BAYLOR 45 LIBERTY 58 Sept. 2, 2017 at McLane Stadium (45,784) Sept. 9, 2017 at Williams Stadium (17,118) SCORING 1 2 3 4 T SCORING 1 2 3 4 T Liberty 6 11 17 14 48 Morehead State 0 10 7 0 17 Baylor 0 17 14 14 45 Liberty 24 21 7 6 58 SCORING SUMMARY: SCORING SUMMARY: FIRST QUARTER FIRST QUARTER 11:27 LU Probert 27 yd field goal 13:47 LU Farrow 25 yd pass from Calvert (Probert) 2:35 LU Probert 41 yd field goal 10:01 LU King 42 yd pass from Calvert (Probert) 7:20 LU Probert 33 yd field goal SECOND QUARTER 2:41 LU Gandy-Golden 10 yd pass from Calvert (Probert) 13:59 BU Mims 45 yd pass from Solomon (Martin) 11:38 LU Gandy-Golden 40 yd pass from Calvert (Lewis rush) SECOND QUARTER 9:38 BU Hasty 14 yd run (Martin) 14:50 MS Foster 53 yd field goal 5:17 LU Probert 33 yd field goal 13:44 LU Farrow 76 yd pass from Calvert (Probert) 0:12 BU Martin 39 yd field goal 3:37 LU Matthews 2 yd run (Probert) 1:43 MS Sutherland 11 yd pass from Page (McDonogh) THIRD QUARTER 0:24 LU Farrow 45 yd pass from Calvert (Probert) 13:53 LU Turner 32 yd interception return (Probert) 13:31 BU Platt 20 yd pass from Solomon (Martin) THIRD QUARTER 5:48 LU Probert 31 yd field goal 9:02 MS Holbrook 9 yd run (McDonogh) 5:37 BU Platt 75 yd pass from Solomon (Martin) 2:47 LU Matthews 2 yd run (Probert) 0:24 LU Gandy-Golden 13 yd pass from Calvert (Probert) FOURTH QUARTER FOURTH QUARTER 14:20 LU Probert 37 yd field goal 12:11 LU Calvert 8 yd run (Probert) 9:03 LU Probert 38 yd field goal 10:39 BU Lovett 3 yd run (Martin) 6:12 LU Jones 26 yd pass from Calvert (Probert) TEAM STATS MSU LIBERTY 5:00 BU Lovett 34 yd run (Martin) FIRST DOWNS 16 24 RUSHES-YARDS (NET) 30-64 44-196 TEAM STATS LIBERTY BAYLOR PASSING YDS (NET) 236 327 FIRST DOWNS 31 22 Passes Att-Comp-Int 37-22-1 31-17-1 RUSHES-YARDS (NET) 43-138 34-254 TOTAL OFFENSE PLAYS-YARDS 67-300 75-523 PASSING YDS (NET) 447 278 Fumble Returns-Yards 1--1 0-0 Passes Att-Comp-Int 60-44-0 30-14-2 Punt Returns-Yards 0-0 4-36 TOTAL OFFENSE PLAYS-YARDS 103-585 64-532 Kickoff Returns-Yards 7-114 3-131 Fumble Returns-Yards 0-0 0-0 Interception Returns-Yards 1-0 1-25 Punt Returns-Yards 0-0 0-0 Punts (Number-Avg) 7-41.9 1-46.0 Kickoff Returns-Yards 2-44 3-53 Fumbles-Lost 0-0 1-1 Interception Returns-Yards 2-30 0-0 Penalties-Yards 12-96 6-85 Punts (Number-Avg) 3-40.3 4-40.8 Possession Time 33:31 26:29 Fumbles-Lost 2-0 1-0 Third-Down Conversions 4 of 16 7 of 12 Penalties-Yards 8-95 7-61 Fourth-Down Conversions 1 of 2 0 of 0 Possession Time 38:16 21:44 Red-Zone Scores-Chances 2-2 6-7 Third-Down Conversions 15 of 24 4 of 12 Sacks By: Number-Yards 1-7 1-6 Fourth-Down Conversions 2 of 2 2 of 2 Red-Zone Scores-Chances 6-6 3-3 INDIVIDUAL STATS Sacks By: Number-Yards 0-0 1-2 RUSHING: MSU-Holbrook, L. 13-44; Page, L. 7-9; London, R. 4-7, Beasley, A. 5-6, Team 1-minus 2. INDIVIDUAL STATS Liberty-Matthews, K. 13-103; Hickson, F. 10-57; RUSHING: Liberty-Mosley, C. 28-122; Hickson, F. 8-17; Lewis, M. 10-35; Mosley, C. 4-12, Calvert, S. 4-2, Team Calvert, S. 6-0; Team 1-minus 1. 2-minus 4; Cunningham, M. 1-minus 9. Baylor-Solomon, A. 6-97; Lovett, J. 14-89; Hasty, J. PASSING: MSU-Page, L. 18-31-1-187; Sherry, J. 11-56; Platt, C. 2-11; Dixon, D. 1-1. 4-6-0-49. Liberty-Calvert, S. 13-21-0-281; Cunningham, M. PASSING: Liberty-Calvert, S. 44-60-0-447. 4-10-1-46. Baylor-Solomon, A. 14-29-1-278; Smith, Z. 0-1-1-0. RECEIVING: MSU-Sutherland, J. 4-55; Wyche, S.R. RECEIVING: Liberty-Gandy-Golden, A. 13-192; 3-46; Robinson, C. 3-18; Higginbotham, J. 2-64; Hurst, King, D. 10-66; Fitzgerald, M. 6-47; Reddick, C. 4-48; L. 2-18; Washington, J. 2-14; Sames, N. 2-10; Beasley, Stubbs, DJ 3-19; Mosley, C. 2-18; Matthews, K. 2-4; A. 2-2; Adams, D. 1-9; Holbrook, L. 1-0. Jones, S. 1-26; McConnell, L. 1-12; Kennedy, T. 1-9; Liberty-Farrow, B.J. 6-177; King, D. 3-86; Reddick, C. Foutz, Z. 1-6. 2-13; Ogbeifun, F. 1-29; Hickson, F. 1-14; Gandy-Golden, Baylor-Nicholson, T. 5-28; Platt, C. 3-102; Stricklin, P. A. 1-10; Matthews, K. 1-6; Fitzgerald, M. 1-4; Calvert, 3-60; Mims, D. 2-85; Hasty, J. 1-3 S. 1-minus 12

‹ 28 › 2017 game results

2017 Liberty University Football Liberty Game Results (as of Sep 09, 2017) All games

Date Opponent Score Overall Conference Time Attend 09-02-17 at Baylor W 48-45 1-0 0-0 3:48 45784 09-09-17 MOREHEAD STATE W 58-17 2-0 0-0 3:12 17118

‹ 29 › Liberty team stats

2017 Liberty University Football Liberty Overall Team Statistics (as of Sep 09, 2017) All games

Team Statistics LIBERTY OPP SCORING 106 62 Points Per Game 53.0 31.0 Points Off Turnovers 10 0 FIRST DOWNS 55 38 R u s h i n g 21 14 P a s s i n g 32 18 P e n a l t y 2 6 RUSHING YARDAGE 334 318 Yards gained rushing 395 338 Yards lost rushing 61 20 Rushing Attempts 87 64 Average Per Rush 3.8 5.0 Average Per Game 167.0 159.0 TDs Rushing 3 4 PASSING YARDAGE 774 514 C o m p - A t t - I n t 61-91-1 36-67-3 Average Per Pass 8.5 7.7 Average Per Catch 12.7 14.3 Average Per Game 387.0 257.0 TDs Passing 8 4 TOTAL OFFENSE 1108 832 Total Plays 178 131 Average Per Play 6.2 6.4 Average Per Game 554.0 416.0 KICK RETURNS: #-Yards 5-175 10-167 PUNT RETURNS: #-Yards 4-36 0-0 INT RETURNS: #-Yards 3-55 1-0 KICK RETURN AVERAGE 35.0 16.7 PUNT RETURN AVERAGE 9.0 0.0 INT RETURN AVERAGE 18.3 0.0 FUMBLES-LOST 3-1 1-0 PENALTIES-Yards 14-180 19-157 Average Per Game 90.0 78.5 PUNTS-Yards 4-167 11-456 Average Per Punt 41.8 41.5 Net punt average 36.8 38.2 KICKOFFS-Yards 21-1333 12-710 Average Per Kick 63.5 59.2 Net kick average 42.4 36.2 TIME OF POSSESSION/Game 3 2 : 2 3 2 7 : 3 8 3RD-DOWN Conversions 22/36 8/28 3rd-Down Pct 61% 29% 4TH-DOWN Conversions 2/2 3/4 4th-Down Pct 100% 75% SACKS BY-Yards 1-6 2-9 MISC YARDS 0 0 TOUCHDOWNS SCORED 12 8 FIELD GOALS-ATTEMPTS 7-7 2-3 ON-SIDE KICKS 0-0 0-0 RED-ZONE SCORES (12-13) 92% (5-5) 100% RED-ZONE TOUCHDOWNS (5-13) 38% (5-5) 100% PAT-ATTEMPTS (11-11) 100% (8-8) 100% ATTENDANCE 17118 45784 Games/Avg Per Game 1/17118 1/45784 Neutral Site Games 0/0

Score by Quarters 1st 2nd 3rd 4th OT Total Liberty 30 32 24 20 0 106 Opponents 0 27 21 14 0 62 ‹ 30 › Liberty individual stats

2017 Liberty University Football Liberty Overall Individual Statistics (as of Sep 09, 2017) All games

Rushing gp-gs att gain loss net avg td lg avg/g Punt Returns no. yds avg td lg MOSLEY, Carrington 2 - 1 32 151 17 134 4.2 0 36 67.0 STUBBS, DJ 4 36 9.0 0 32 MATTHEWS, Kentory 2 - 1 13 109 6 103 7.9 2 23 51.5 Total 4 36 9.0 0 32 HICKSON, Frankie 2 - 1 18 76 2 74 4.1 0 12 37.0 Opponents 0 0 0.0 0 0 LEWIS, Mitchell 2 - 0 10 39 4 35 3.5 0 11 17.5 CALVERT, Stephen 2 - 2 10 20 18 2 0.2 1 8 1.0 Interceptions no. yds avg td lg TEAM 2 - 0 3 0 5 -5 -1.7 0 0 -2.5 TILLMON, Brandon 1 0 0.0 0 0 CUNNINGHAM, Mason 1 - 0 1 0 9 -9 -9.0 0 0 -9.0 TURNER, Chris 1 32 32.0 1 32 Total 2 87 395 61 334 3.8 3 36 167.0 MCKINNEY, Jaylyn 1 25 25.0 0 25 Opponents 2 64 338 20 318 5.0 4 44 159.0 Total 3 55 18.3 1 32 Opponents 1 0 0.0 0 0 Passing gp-gs effic comp-att-int pct yds td lg avg/g CALVERT, Stephen 2 - 2 178.46 57-81-0 70.4 728 8 76 364.0 Kick Returns no. yds avg td lg CUNNINGHAM, Mason 1 - 0 58.64 4-10-1 40.0 46 0 29 46.0 HICKSON, Frankie 4 104 26.0 0 42 Total 2 165.29 61-91-1 67.0 774 8 76 387.0 STUBBS, DJ 1 71 71.0 0 71 Opponents 2 128.92 36-67-3 53.7 514 4 75 257.0 Total 5 175 35.0 0 71 Opponents 10 167 16.7 0 29 Receiving gp-gs no. yds avg td lg avg/g GANDY-GOLDEN,Anto 2 - 1 14 202 14.4 3 40 101.0 Fumble Returns no. yds avg td lg KING, Damian 2 - 2 13 152 11.7 1 42 76.0 Total 0 0 0.0 0 0 FITZGERALD, Marquis 2 - 1 7 51 7.3 0 12 25.5 Opponents 1 -1 -1.0 0 0 FARROW, B.J. 1 - 1 6 177 29.5 3 76 177.0 REDDICK, Cephas 2 - 0 6 61 10.2 0 20 30.5 STUBBS, DJ 2 - 0 3 19 6.3 0 10 9.5 MATTHEWS, Kentory 2 - 1 3 10 3.3 0 6 5.0 MOSLEY, Carrington 2 - 1 2 18 9.0 0 12 9.0 OGBEIFUN, Fidel 1 - 0 1 29 29.0 0 29 29.0 JONES, Spencer 2 - 0 1 26 26.0 1 26 13.0 HICKSON, Frankie 2 - 1 1 14 14.0 0 14 7.0 MCCONNELL, Lionell 1 - 0 1 12 12.0 0 12 12.0 KENNEDY, Thomas 2 - 1 1 9 9.0 0 9 4.5 FOUTZ, Zac 2 - 1 1 6 6.0 0 6 3.0 CALVERT, Stephen 2 - 2 1 -12 -12.0 0 0 -6.0 Total 2 61 774 12.7 8 76 387.0 Opponents 2 36 514 14.3 4 75 257.0

‹ 31 › Liberty individual stats

2017 Liberty University Football Liberty Overall Individual Statistics (as of Sep 09, 2017) All games

PAT Scoring td fg kick rush rcv pass dxp saf pts Total Offense g plays rush pass total avg/g PROBERT, Alex - 7-7 11-11 - - - - - 32 CALVERT, Stephen 2 91 2 728 730 365.0 FARROW, B.J. 3 ------18 MOSLEY, Carrington 2 32 134 0 134 67.0 GANDY-GOLDEN,Anto 3 ------18 MATTHEWS, Kentory 2 13 103 0 103 51.5 MATTHEWS, Kentory 2 ------12 HICKSON, Frankie 2 18 74 0 74 37.0 KING, Damian 1 ------6 CUNNINGHAM, Mason 1 11 -9 46 37 37.0 CALVERT, Stephen 1 ------6 LEWIS, Mitchell 2 10 35 0 35 17.5 TURNER, Chris 1 ------6 TEAM 2 3 -5 0 -5 -2.5 JONES, Spencer 1 ------6 Total 2 178 334 774 1108 554.0 LEWIS, Mitchell - - - 1-1 - - - - 2 Opponents 2 131 318 514 832 416.0 Total 12 7-7 11-11 1-1 - - - - 106 Opponents 8 2-3 8-8 - - - - - 62

Field Goals fg pct. 01-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50-99 lg blk Punting no. yds avg lg tb fc i20 50+ blk PROBERT, Alex 7-7 100.0 0-0 1-1 5-5 1-1 0-0 41 0 TURNER, Trey 4 167 41.8 46 1 3 2 0 0 Total 4 167 41.8 46 1 3 2 0 0 FG Sequence Liberty Opponents Opponents 11 456 41.5 56 0 5 1 1 0 Baylor (27),(41),(33),(31) (39) Morehead State (33),(37),(38) (53),44 Kickoffs no. yds avg tb ob retn net ydln PROBERT, Alex 21 1333 63.5 11 0 Numbers in (parentheses) indicate field goal was made. Total 21 1333 63.5 11 0 16.7 42.4 22 Opponents 12 710 59.2 4 2 35.0 36.2 28

‹ 32 › Liberty individual stats

2017 Liberty University Football Liberty Overall Defensive Statistics (as of Sep 09, 2017) All games

Tackles Sacks Pass defense Fumbles blkd # Defensive Leaders gp-gs ua a tot tfl/yds no-yds int-yds brup qbh rcv-yds ff kick saf 3 DAVIS, Rion 2-2 8 3 11 . . . . 1 . . . . 2 PETERS, Jeremy 2-2 8 3 11 1.0-2 . . 2 . . . . . 1D TILLMON, Brandon 2-2 5 4 9 0.5-1 . 1-0 ...... 4D MCKINNEY, Jaylyn 2-1 1 6 7 1.5-3 . 1-25 ...... 44 BROWN, Dia'Vante 2-2 5 2 7 1.5-7 1.0-6 . . 2 . . . . 54 WELLS, Juwan 2-2 3 3 6 1.0-1 ...... 20 MCGINTY, Solomon 2-2 4 2 6 0.5-2 . . . 1 . . . . 55 AVERY, Tolen 2-2 5 . 5 . . . . 3 . . . . 31 BENTON, Elijah 2-0 5 . 5 ...... 75 STOREY, Gregg 2-2 4 1 5 ...... 28 JACKSON, Corbin 2-2 2 3 5 ...... 47 GREEN, Remington 2-0 2 3 5 0.5-2 ...... 8 FAULKS, Jimmy 2-0 2 2 4 . . . 1 . . . . . 99 RUSINS, Ralfs 2-0 3 1 4 0.5-1 ...... 39 TURNER, Chris 2-1 2 1 3 . . 1-32 ...... 97 MITCHELL, Elisha 2-0 3 . 3 ...... 24 MATTHEWS, Malik 1-1 3 . 3 ...... 48 KING, David 2-0 1 1 2 ...... 2D DONALDSON, Kimani 1-0 1 1 2 ...... 84 BITTER, Brett 2-0 1 . 1 ...... 83 TULLY, Josh 1-0 1 . 1 ...... 5D IRONS, Lucas 1-1 1 . 1 ...... 5 STUBBS, DJ 2-0 1 . 1 ...... 17 BRADLEY, Kedrick 2-0 1 . 1 ...... 15 SANDERS, Jayod 2-0 . 1 1 ...... 6 ESPINOZA, Ceneca 2-0 . 1 1 ...... 12 CALVERT, Stephen 2-2 . . . . . 0--2 ...... Total 2 72 38 110 7-19 1-6 3-55 3 7 . . . . Opponents 2 111 56 167 17-69 2-9 1-0 11 2 1--1 1 . .

‹ 33 › Liberty season/career stats

2017 Liberty University Football Liberty Individual Season/Career Statistics (as of Sep 09, 2017) All games

SEASON CAREER

Rushing gp att gain loss net avg td lg avg/g gp att gain loss net avg td lg avg/g MOSLEY, Carrington 2 32 151 17 134 4.2 0 36 67.0 27 181 870 42 828 4.6 5 55 30.7 MATTHEWS, Kentory 2 13 109 6 103 7.9 2 23 51.5 2 13 109 6 103 7.9 2 23 51.5 HICKSON, Frankie 2 18 76 2 74 4.1 0 12 37.0 13 112 538 14 524 4.7 4 45 40.3 LEWIS, Mitchell 2 10 39 4 35 3.5 0 11 17.5 2 10 39 4 35 3.5 0 11 17.5 CALVERT, Stephen 2 10 20 18 2 0.2 1 8 1.0 13 57 62 212 -150 -2.6 1 8 -11.5 TEAM 2 3 0 5 -5 -1.7 0 0 -2.5 CUNNINGHAM, Mason 1 1 0 9 -9 -9.0 0 0 -9.0 1 1 0 9 -9 -9.0 0 0 -9.0 Total 2 87 395 61 334 3.8 3 36 167.0 Opponents 2 64 338 20 318 5.0 4 44 159.0

Passing gp effic comp-att-int pct yds td lg avg/g gp effic comp-att-int pct yds td lg avg/g CALVERT, Stephen 2 178.46 57-81-0 70.4 728 8 76 364.0 13 142.35 207-343-9 60.3 2659 23 76 204.5 CUNNINGHAM, Mason 1 58.64 4-10-1 40.0 46 0 29 46.0 1 58.64 4-10-1 40.0 46 0 29 46.0 Total 2 165.29 61-91-1 67.0 774 8 76 387.0 Opponents 2 128.92 36-67-3 53.7 514 4 75 257.0

Receiving gp no. yds avg td lg avg/g gp no. yds avg td lg avg/g GANDY-GOLDEN,Anton 2 14 202 14.4 3 40 101.0 13 35 517 14.8 6 47 39.8 KING, Damian 2 13 152 11.7 1 42 76.0 18 37 358 9.7 1 42 19.9 FITZGERALD, Marquis 2 7 51 7.3 0 12 25.5 20 13 164 12.6 0 44 8.2 FARROW, B.J. 1 6 177 29.5 3 76 177.0 23 68 906 13.3 8 76 39.4 REDDICK, Cephas 2 6 61 10.2 0 20 30.5 11 7 69 9.9 0 20 6.3 STUBBS, DJ 2 3 19 6.3 0 10 9.5 2 3 19 6.3 0 10 9.5 MATTHEWS, Kentory 2 3 10 3.3 0 6 5.0 2 3 10 3.3 0 6 5.0 MOSLEY, Carrington 2 2 18 9.0 0 12 9.0 27 9 100 11.1 1 28 3.7 OGBEIFUN, Fidel 1 1 29 29.0 0 29 29.0 1 1 29 29.0 0 29 29.0 JONES, Spencer 2 1 26 26.0 1 26 13.0 13 1 26 26.0 1 26 2.0 HICKSON, Frankie 2 1 14 14.0 0 14 7.0 13 7 52 7.4 0 14 4.0 MCCONNELL, Lionell 1 1 12 12.0 0 12 12.0 1 1 12 12.0 0 12 12.0 KENNEDY, Thomas 2 1 9 9.0 0 9 4.5 36 5 25 5.0 1 9 0.7 FOUTZ, Zac 2 1 6 6.0 0 6 3.0 12 2 7 3.5 1 6 0.6 CALVERT, Stephen 2 1 -12 -12.0 0 0 -6.0 13 1 -12 -12.0 0 0 -0.9 Total 2 61 774 12.7 8 76 387.0 Opponents 2 36 514 14.3 4 75 257.0

Total Offense g plays rush pass total avg/g g plays rush pass total avg/g CALVERT, Stephen 2 91 2 728 730 365.0 13 400 -150 2659 2509 193.0 MOSLEY, Carrington 2 32 134 0 134 67.0 27 181 828 0 828 30.7 MATTHEWS, Kentory 2 13 103 0 103 51.5 2 13 103 0 103 51.5 HICKSON, Frankie 2 18 74 0 74 37.0 13 112 524 0 524 40.3 CUNNINGHAM, Mason 1 11 -9 46 37 37.0 1 11 -9 46 37 37.0 LEWIS, Mitchell 2 10 35 0 35 17.5 2 10 35 0 35 17.5 TEAM 2 3 -5 0 -5 -2.5 Total 2 178 334 774 1108 554.0 Opponents 2 131 318 514 832 416.0

PAT PAT Scoring td fg kick rush rcv pass dxp saf pts td fg kick rush rcv pass dxp saf pts PROBERT, Alex - 7-7 11-11 - - - - - 32 - 22-26 44-46 - - - - - 110 GANDY-GOLDEN,Anton 3 ------18 6 ------36 FARROW, B.J. 3 ------18 8 ------48 MATTHEWS, Kentory 2 ------12 2 ------12 KING, Damian 1 ------6 1 ------6 CALVERT, Stephen 1 ------6 1 - - - - 0-2 - - 6 JONES, Spencer 1 ------6 1 ------6 TURNER, Chris 1 ------6 1 ------6 LEWIS, Mitchell - - - 1-1 - - - - 2 - - - 1-1 - - - - 2 Total 12 7-7 11-11 1-1 - - - - 106 Opponents 8 2-3 8-8 - - - - - 62

‹ 34 › Liberty season/career stats

2017 Liberty University Football Liberty Individual Season/Career Statistics (as of Sep 09, 2017) All games

SEASON CAREER

Punt Returns no. yds avg td lg no. yds avg td lg STUBBS, DJ 4 36 9.0 0 32 4 36 9.0 0 32 Total 4 36 9.0 0 32 Opponents 0 0 0.0 0 0

Kick Returns no. yds avg td lg no. yds avg td lg HICKSON, Frankie 4 104 26.0 0 42 32 811 25.3 1 99 STUBBS, DJ 1 71 71.0 0 71 1 71 71.0 0 71 Total 5 175 35.0 0 71 Opponents 10 167 16.7 0 29

Interceptions no. yds avg td lg no. yds avg td lg MCKINNEY, Jaylyn 1 25 25.0 0 25 1 25 25.0 0 25 TURNER, Chris 1 32 32.0 1 32 8 57 7.1 1 32 TILLMON, Brandon 1 0 0.0 0 0 1 0 0.0 0 0 Total 3 55 18.3 1 32 Opponents 1 0 0.0 0 0

Fumble Returns no. yds avg td lg no. yds avg td lg Total 0 0 0.0 0 0 Opponents 1 -1 -1.0 0 0

All Purpose g rush rcv pr kr ir total avg/g g rush rcv pr kr ir total avg/g GANDY-GOLDE 2 0 202 0 0 0 202 101.0 13 0 517 0 0 0 517 39.8 HICKSON, Frank 2 74 14 0 104 0 192 96.0 13 524 52 0 811 0 1387 106.7 FARROW, B.J. 1 0 177 0 0 0 177 177.0 23 0 906 65 0 0 971 42.2 MOSLEY, Carrin 2 134 18 0 0 0 152 76.0 27 828 100 0 0 0 928 34.4 KING, Damian 2 0 152 0 0 0 152 76.0 18 16 358 39 455 0 868 48.2 STUBBS, DJ 2 0 19 36 71 0 126 63.0 2 0 19 36 71 0 126 63.0 MATTHEWS, Ke 2 103 10 0 0 0 113 56.5 2 103 10 0 0 0 113 56.5 REDDICK, Ceph 2 0 61 0 0 0 61 30.5 11 0 69 0 0 0 69 6.3 FITZGERALD, M 2 0 51 0 0 0 51 25.5 20 0 164 0 0 0 164 8.2 LEWIS, Mitchell 2 35 0 0 0 0 35 17.5 2 35 0 0 0 0 35 17.5 TURNER, Chris 2 0 0 0 0 32 32 16.0 24 0 0 0 0 57 57 2.4 OGBEIFUN, Fide 1 0 29 0 0 0 29 29.0 1 0 29 0 0 0 29 29.0 JONES, Spencer 2 0 26 0 0 0 26 13.0 13 0 26 0 0 0 26 2.0 MCKINNEY, Jayl 2 0 0 0 0 25 25 12.5 13 0 0 0 8 25 33 2.5 MCCONNELL, Li 1 0 12 0 0 0 12 12.0 1 0 12 0 0 0 12 12.0 KENNEDY, Tho 2 0 9 0 0 0 9 4.5 36 0 25 0 12 0 37 1.0 FOUTZ, Zac 2 0 6 0 0 0 6 3.0 12 0 7 0 0 0 7 0.6 TEAM 2 -5 0 0 0 0 -5 -2.5 C U N N I N G H A M , 1 -9 0 0 0 0 -9 -9.0 1 -9 0 0 0 0 -9 -9.0 CALVERT, Steph 2 2 -12 0 0 -2 -12 -6.0 13 -150 -12 0 0 -2 -164 -12.6 Total 2 334 774 36 175 55 1374 687.0 Opponents 2 318 514 0 167 0 999 499.5

Field Goals att good long blkd att good long blkd PROBERT, Alex 7 7 41 0 26 22 51 1 Total 7 7 41 0 Opponents 3 2 53 0

Punting no. yds avg lg blk no. yds avg lg blk TURNER, Trey 4 167 41.8 46 0 168 6887 41.0 61 2 Total 4 167 41.8 46 0 Opponents 11 456 41.5 56 0

Kickoffs no. yds avg tb ob no. yds avg tb ob PROBERT, Alex 21 1333 63.5 11 0 83 5161 62.2 38 3 Total 21 1333 63.5 11 0 Opponents 12 710 59.2 4 2

‹ 35 › Liberty season/career stats

2017 Liberty University Football Liberty Individual Season/Career Statistics (as of Sep 09, 2017) All games

SEASON CAREER

## Defensive Leaders gp ua a total tfl sack int pbu fr ff blk gp ua a total tfl sack int pbu fr ff blk 2 PETERS, Jeremy 2 8 3 1 1 1.0 . . 2 . . . 21 3 2 9 4 1 2.5 1 . 0 1 7 1 . . 3 DAVIS, Rion 2 8 3 1 1 0.0 ...... 13 1 7 1 3 3 0 3.0 . . 1 1 . . 1D TILLMON, Brandon 2 5 4 9 0.5 . 1 . . . . 12 2 4 9 3 3 2.5 . 1 . . . . 44 BROWN, Dia'Vante 2 5 2 7 1.5 1 . 0 . . . . . 3 5 2 9 1 4 4 3 7 . 0 3 . 0 . . . . . 4D MCKINNEY, Jaylyn 2 1 6 7 1.5 . 1 . . . . 13 1 2 1 5 2 7 2.5 . 1 . . . . 20 MCGINTY, Solomon 2 4 2 6 0.5 ...... 13 3 5 2 3 5 8 6.0 1 . 0 2 3 . 2 . 54 WELLS, Juwan 2 3 3 6 1.0 ...... 21 5 1 5 0 1 0 1 19.5 1 0 . 5 . 1 . 2 . 47 GREEN, Remington 2 2 3 5 0.5 ...... 2 2 3 5 0.5 ...... 28 JACKSON, Corbin 2 2 3 5 0.0 ...... 23 6 6 3 5 1 0 1 9.5 0 . 5 . 3 . . . 75 STOREY, Gregg 2 4 1 5 0.0 ...... 16 1 1 8 1 9 2.0 ...... 31 BENTON, Elijah 2 5 . 5 0.0 ...... 12 1 0 8 1 8 0.0 ...... 55 AVERY, Tolen 2 5 . 5 0.0 ...... 21 1 2 1 9 3 1 3.0 2 . 0 . . 2 . . 8 FAULKS, Jimmy 2 2 2 4 0.0 . . 1 . . . 11 8 2 1 0 0.0 . . 1 . . . 99 RUSINS, Ralfs 2 3 1 4 0.5 ...... 11 4 1 5 0.5 . . . 1 . . 39 TURNER, Chris 2 2 1 3 0.0 . 1 . . . . 24 5 6 8 6 4 2.0 . 8 1 3 . 1 . 24 MATTHEWS, Malik 1 3 . 3 0.0 ...... 4 4 1 5 0.0 ...... 97 MITCHELL, Elisha 2 3 . 3 0.0 ...... 2 3 . 3 0.0 ...... 2D DONALDSON, Kimani 1 1 1 2 0.0 ...... 1 1 1 2 0.0 ...... 48 KING, David 2 1 1 2 0.0 ...... 19 2 4 6 0.0 ...... 83 TULLY, Josh 1 1 . 1 0.0 ...... 4 2 . 2 0.0 ...... 6 ESPINOZA, Ceneca 2 . 1 1 0.0 ...... 2 . 1 1 0.0 ...... 5D IRONS, Lucas 1 1 . 1 0.0 ...... 20 1 8 1 1 2 9 0.0 ...... 5 STUBBS, DJ 2 1 . 1 0.0 ...... 2 1 . 1 0.0 ...... 84 BITTER, Brett 2 1 . 1 0.0 ...... 2 1 . 1 0.0 ...... 15 SANDERS, Jayod 2 . 1 1 0.0 ...... 2 . 1 1 0.0 ...... 17 BRADLEY, Kedrick 2 1 . 1 0.0 ...... 2 1 . 1 0.0 ...... 12 CALVERT, Stephen 2 . . . 0.0 . 0 . . . . 13 . . . 0.0 . 0 . . . . Total 2 7 2 3 8 1 1 0 7 1 3 3 . . . Opponents 2 1 1 1 5 6 1 6 7 17 2 1 1 1 1 1 .

‹ 36 › Liberty team game-by-game stats

2017 Liberty University Football Liberty Team Game-by-Game (as of Sep 09, 2017) All games

TEAM STATISTICS

Rushing Receiving Passing Kick Returns Punt Returns tot Date Opponent no. yds td lg no. yds td lg cmp-att-int yds td lg no. yds td lg no. yds td lg off 09-02-17 at Baylor 43 138 1 36 44 447 3 40 44-60-0 447 3 40 2 44 0 27 0 0 0 0 585 09-09-17 MOREHEAD STATE 44 196 2 23 17 327 5 76 17-31-1 327 5 76 3 131 0 71 4 36 0 32 523 Liberty 87 334 3 36 61 774 8 76 61-91-1 774 8 76 5 175 0 71 4 36 0 32 1108 Opponents 64 318 4 44 36 514 4 75 36-67-3 514 4 75 10 167 0 29 0 0 0 0 832

Games played: 2 Avg per rush: 3.8 Avg per catch: 12.7 Pass efficiency: 165.29 Kick ret avg: 35.0 Punt ret avg: 9.0 All purpose avg/game: 687.0 Total offense avg/gm: 554.0 Tackles Sacks Fumble Pass Defense blkd PAT Attempts off Date Opponent ua a total tfl-yds no-yds ff fr-yds int-yds qbh brup kick kick rush rcv saf t/o pts 09-02-1 at Baylor 33 14 47 1.0-2 0.0-0 0 0-0 2-30 4 2 0 4-4 1 0 0 7 48 09-09-1 MOREHEAD STATE 39 24 63 6.0-17 1.0-6 0 0-0 1-25 3 1 0 7-7 0 0 0 3 58 Liberty 72 38 110 7.0-19 1.0-6 0 0-0 3-55 7 3 0 11-11 1 0 0 10 106 Opponents 111 56 167 17.0-69 2.0-9 1 1--1 1-0 2 11 0 8-8 0 0 0 0 62

Punting Field Goals Kickoffs Date Opponent no. yds avg long blkd tb fc 50+ i20 md-att long blkd no. yds avg tb ob 09-02-1 at Baylor 3 121 40.3 46 0 1 2 0 1 4-4 41 0 10 636 63.6 7 0 09-09-1 MOREHEAD STATE 1 46 46.0 46 0 0 1 0 1 3-3 38 0 11 697 63.4 4 0 Liberty 4 167 41.8 46 0 1 3 0 2 7-7 41 0 21 1333 63.5 11 0 Opponents 11 456 41.5 56 0 0 5 1 1 2-3 53 0 12 710 59.2 4 2

‹ 37 › opponent game-by-game stats

2017 Liberty University Football Liberty Opponent Game-by-Game (as of Sep 09, 2017) All games

OPPONENT STATISTICS

Rushing Receiving Passing Kick Returns Punt Returns tot Date Opponent no. yds td lg no. yds td lg cmp-att-int yds td lg no. yds td lg no. yds td lg off 09-02-17 at Baylor 34 254 3 44 14 278 3 75 14-30-2 278 3 75 3 53 0 29 0 0 0 0 532 09-09-17 MOREHEAD STATE 30 64 1 12 22 236 1 46 22-37-1 236 1 46 7 114 0 22 0 0 0 0 300 Opponents 64 318 4 44 36 514 4 75 36-67-3 514 4 75 10 167 0 29 0 0 0 0 832 Liberty 87 334 3 36 61 774 8 76 61-91-1 774 8 76 5 175 0 71 4 36 0 32 1108

Games played: 2 Avg per rush: 5.0 Avg per catch: 14.3 Pass efficiency: 128.92 Kick ret avg: 16.7 All purpose avg/game: 499.5 Total offense avg/gm: 416.0 Tackles Sacks Fumble Pass Defense blkd PAT Attempts off Date Opponent ua a total tfl-yds no-yds ff fr-yds int-yds qbh brup kick kick rush rcv saf t/o pts 09-02-1 at Baylor 71 24 95 10.0-28 1.0-2 1 0-0 0-0 2 7 0 6-6 0 0 0 0 45 09-09-1 MOREHEAD STATE 40 32 72 7.0-41 1.0-7 0 1--1 1-0 0 4 0 2-2 0 0 0 0 17 Opponents 111 56 167 17.0-69 2.0-9 1 1--1 1-0 2 11 0 8-8 0 0 0 0 62 Liberty 72 38 110 7.0-19 1.0-6 0 0-0 3-55 7 3 0 11-11 1 0 0 10 106

Punting Field Goals Kickoffs Date Opponent no. yds avg long blkd tb fc 50+ i20 md-att long blkd no. yds avg tb ob 09-02-1 at Baylor 4 163 40.8 45 0 0 4 0 0 1-1 39 0 8 470 58.8 4 1 09-09-1 MOREHEAD STATE 7 293 41.9 56 0 0 1 1 1 1-2 53 0 4 240 60.0 0 1 Opponents 11 456 41.5 56 0 0 5 1 1 2-3 53 0 12 710 59.2 4 2 Liberty 4 167 41.8 46 0 1 3 0 2 7-7 41 0 21 1333 63.5 11 0

‹ 38 › Liberty game-by-game comparison

2017 Liberty University Football Liberty Team Game-by-Game Comparison (as of Sep 09, 2017) All games

First Downs Rushing Passing Total Offense Return Turn- Opponent Score Total Rush Pass Pen Number-Yards Comp-Att-Int Yards Plays-Yards Yards Overs Baylor 48 - 45 31 / 22 9 / 10 21 / 9 1 / 3 43-138 / 34-254 44-60-0 / 14-30-2 447 / 278 103-585 / 64-532 74 / 53 0 / 2 MOREHEAD STATE 58 - 17 24 / 16 12 / 4 11 / 9 1 / 3 44-196 / 30-64 17-31-1 / 22-37-1 327 / 236 75-523 / 67-300 192 / 113 2 / 1 Totals 106 - 62 55 / 38 21 / 14 32 / 18 2 / 6 87-334 / 64-318 61-91-1 / 36-67-3 774 / 514 178-1108 / 131-832 266 / 166 2 / 3

3rd Down 4th Down Time of TOP Avg Avg Avg Punting Penalties Opponent Conversions Conversions Possession Margin Yds/Rush Yds/Pass Yds/Play Number-Avg Number-Yards Sacks Baylor 15-24 / 4-12 2-2 / 2-2 38:16 / 21:44 1 6 :3 2 3.2 / 7.5 7.4 / 9.3 5.7 / 8.3 3-40.3 / 4-40.8 8-95 / 7-61 0 / 1 MOREHEAD STATE 7-12 / 4-16 0-0 / 1-2 26:29 / 33:31 -7:02 4.5 / 2.1 10.5 / 6.4 7.0 / 4.5 1-46.0 / 7-41.9 6-85 / 12-96 1 / 1 Totals 22-36 / 8-28 2-2 / 3-4 64:45 / 55:15 9 :3 0 3.8 / 5.0 8.5 / 7.7 6.2 / 6.4 4-41.8 / 11-41.5 14-180 / 19-157 1 / 2

Note: Game totals are displayed in the format TEAM/OPPONENT for each category

‹ 39 › Liberty individual game highs

2017 Liberty University Football Liberty Game Superlatives (as of Sep 09, 2017) All games

INDIVIDUAL GAME HIGHS

Rushes 28 MOSLEY, Carrington at Baylor (09-02-17) Yards Rushing 122 MOSLEY, Carrington at Baylor (09-02-17) TD Rushes 2 MATTHEWS, Kentory vs Morehead State (09-09-17) Long Rush 36 MOSLEY, Carrington at Baylor (09-02-17) Pass attempts 60 CALVERT, Stephen at Baylor (09-02-17) Pass completions 44 CALVERT, Stephen at Baylor (09-02-17) Yards Passing 447 CALVERT, Stephen at Baylor (09-02-17) TD Passes 5 CALVERT, Stephen vs Morehead State (09-09-17) Long Pass 76 CALVERT, Stephen vs Morehead State (09-09-17) Receptions 13 GANDY-GOLDEN,Antonio at Baylor (09-02-17) Yards Receiving 192 GANDY-GOLDEN,Antonio at Baylor (09-02-17) TD Receptions 3 FARROW, B.J. vs Morehead State (09-09-17) Long Reception 76 FARROW, B.J. vs Morehead State (09-09-17) Field Goals 4 PROBERT, Alex at Baylor (09-02-17) Long Field Goal 41 PROBERT, Alex at Baylor (09-02-17) Punts 3 TURNER, Trey at Baylor (09-02-17) Punting Avg 46.0 TURNER, Trey vs Morehead State (09-09-17) Long Punt 46 TURNER, Trey at Baylor (09-02-17) 46 TURNER, Trey vs Morehead State (09-09-17) Punts inside 20 1 TURNER, Trey at Baylor (09-02-17) 1 TURNER, Trey vs Morehead State (09-09-17) Long Punt Return 32 STUBBS, DJ vs Morehead State (09-09-17) Long Kickoff Return 71 STUBBS, DJ vs Morehead State (09-09-17) Tackles 7 PETERS, Jeremy at Baylor (09-02-17) 7 DAVIS, Rion vs Morehead State (09-09-17) Sacks 1.0 BROWN, Dia'Vante vs Morehead State (09-09-17) Tackles For Loss 1.5 BROWN, Dia'Vante vs Morehead State (09-09-17) Interceptions 1 TILLMON, Brandon at Baylor (09-02-17) 1 TURNER, Chris at Baylor (09-02-17) 1 MCKINNEY, Jaylyn vs Morehead State (09-09-17)

‹ 40 › Liberty team game highs

2017 Liberty University Football Liberty Game Superlatives (as of Sep 09, 2017) All games

TEAM GAME HIGHS

Rushes 44 vs Morehead State (09-09-17) Yards Rushing 196 vs Morehead State (09-09-17) Yards Per Rush 4.5 vs Morehead State (09-09-17) TD Rushes 2 vs Morehead State (09-09-17) Pass attempts 60 at Baylor (09-02-17) Pass completions 44 at Baylor (09-02-17) Yards Passing 447 at Baylor (09-02-17) Yards Per Pass 10.5 vs Morehead State (09-09-17) TD Passes 5 vs Morehead State (09-09-17) Total Plays 103 at Baylor (09-02-17) Total Offense 585 at Baylor (09-02-17) Yards Per Play 7.0 vs Morehead State (09-09-17) Points 58 vs Morehead State (09-09-17) Sacks By 1 vs Morehead State (09-09-17) First Downs 31 at Baylor (09-02-17) Penalties 8 at Baylor (09-02-17) Penalty Yards 95 at Baylor (09-02-17) Turnovers 2 vs Morehead State (09-09-17) Interceptions By 2 at Baylor (09-02-17) Punts 3 at Baylor (09-02-17) Punting Avg 46.0 vs Morehead State (09-09-17) Long Punt 46 at Baylor (09-02-17) 46 vs Morehead State (09-09-17) Punts inside 20 1 at Baylor (09-02-17) 1 vs Morehead State (09-09-17) Long Punt Return 32 vs Morehead State (09-09-17)

‹ 41 › opponent individual game highs

2017 Liberty University Football Liberty Game Superlatives (as of Sep 09, 2017) All games

OPPONENT INDIVIDUAL GAME HIGHS

Rushes 14 Lovett,John, at Baylor (09-02-17) Yards Rushing 97 Solomon,Anu, at Baylor (09-02-17) TD Rushes 2 Lovett,John, at Baylor (09-02-17) Long Rush 44 Solomon,Anu, at Baylor (09-02-17) Pass attempts 31 PAGE, L., vs Morehead State (09-09-17) Pass completions 18 PAGE, L., vs Morehead State (09-09-17) Yards Passing 278 Solomon,Anu, at Baylor (09-02-17) TD Passes 3 Solomon,Anu, at Baylor (09-02-17) Long Pass 75 Solomon,Anu, at Baylor (09-02-17) Receptions 5 Nicholson,Tony, at Baylor (09-02-17) Yards Receiving 102 Platt,Chris, at Baylor (09-02-17) TD Receptions 2 Platt,Chris, at Baylor (09-02-17) Long Reception 75 Platt,Chris, at Baylor (09-02-17) Field Goals 1 Martin,Connor, at Baylor (09-02-17) 1 FOSTER, A., vs Morehead State (09-09-17) Long Field Goal 53 FOSTER, A., vs Morehead State (09-09-17) Punts 7 BOONE, B., vs Morehead State (09-09-17) Punting Avg 41.9 BOONE, B., vs Morehead State (09-09-17) Long Punt 56 BOONE, B., vs Morehead State (09-09-17) Punts inside 20 1 BOONE, B., vs Morehead State (09-09-17) Long Kickoff Return 29 Dixon,Dru, at Baylor (09-02-17) Tackles 11 Hand,Harrison, at Baylor (09-02-17) Sacks 1.0 Lewis,Ira, at Baylor (09-02-17) 1.0 FLORES, N., vs Morehead State (09-09-17) Tackles For Loss 2.5 Johnston,Clay, at Baylor (09-02-17) 2.5 BROOKS, J., vs Morehead State (09-09-17) Interceptions 1 JOHNS, C., vs Morehead State (09-09-17)

‹ 42 › opponent team game highs

2017 Liberty University Football Liberty Game Superlatives (as of Sep 09, 2017) All games

OPPONENT TEAM GAME HIGHS

Rushes 34 at Baylor (09-02-17) Yards Rushing 254 at Baylor (09-02-17) Yards Per Rush 7.5 at Baylor (09-02-17) TD Rushes 3 at Baylor (09-02-17) Pass attempts 37 vs Morehead State (09-09-17) Pass completions 22 vs Morehead State (09-09-17) Yards Passing 278 at Baylor (09-02-17) Yards Per Pass 9.3 at Baylor (09-02-17) TD Passes 3 at Baylor (09-02-17) Total Plays 67 vs Morehead State (09-09-17) Total Offense 532 at Baylor (09-02-17) Yards Per Play 8.3 at Baylor (09-02-17) Points 45 at Baylor (09-02-17) Sacks By 1 at Baylor (09-02-17) 1 vs Morehead State (09-09-17) First Downs 22 at Baylor (09-02-17) Penalties 12 vs Morehead State (09-09-17) Penalty Yards 96 vs Morehead State (09-09-17) Turnovers 2 at Baylor (09-02-17) Interceptions By 1 vs Morehead State (09-09-17) Punts 7 vs Morehead State (09-09-17) Punting Avg 41.9 vs Morehead State (09-09-17) Long Punt 56 vs Morehead State (09-09-17) Punts inside 20 1 vs Morehead State (09-09-17)

‹ 43 › Liberty by-quarter stats

2017 Liberty University Football Liberty By-Quarter Statistics (as of Sep 09, 2017) All games

3rd-Down Conversions

Date Opponent Score Overall 1st Qtr 2nd Qtr 3rd Qtr 4th Qtr Overtime 09-02-17 at Baylor W 48-45 15-24 62.5 2-6 33.3 2-4 50.0 6-8 75.0 5-6 83.3 09-09-17 MOREHEAD STATE W 58-17 7-12 58.3 2-3 66.7 2-3 66.7 0-1 0.0 3-5 60.0 Liberty 22-36 61.1 4-9 44.4 4-7 57.1 6-9 66.7 8-11 72.7 0-0 0.0 Opponents 8-28 28.6 2-8 25.0 1-6 16.7 1-6 16.7 4-8 50.0 0-0 0.0

4th-Down Conversions

Date Opponent Score Overall 1st Qtr 2nd Qtr 3rd Qtr 4th Qtr Overtime 09-02-17 at Baylor W 48-45 2-2 100.0 1-1 100.0 1-1 100.0 0-0 0.0 0-0 0.0 09-09-17 MOREHEAD STATE W 58-17 0-0 0.0 0-0 0.0 0-0 0.0 0-0 0.0 0-0 0.0 Liberty 2-2 100.0 1-1 100.0 1-1 100.0 0-0 0.0 0-0 0.0 0-0 0.0 Opponents 3-4 75.0 0-0 0.0 2-3 66.7 1-1 100.0 0-0 0.0 0-0 0.0

Time of Possession

Date Opponent Score Overall 1st Qtr 2nd Qtr 3rd Qtr 4th Qtr Overtime 09-02-17 at Baylor W 48-45 38:16 9:06 6:54 10:54 11:22 09-09-17 MOREHEAD STATE W 58-17 26:29 5:10 8:26 5:00 7:53 Liberty Total 64:45 14:16 15:20 15:54 19:15 0:00 Avg. 32:22 7:08 7:40 7:57 9:37 0:00 Opponents Total 55:15 15:44 14:40 14:06 10:45 0:00 Avg. 27:37 7:52 7:20 7:03 5:22 0:00

‹ 44 › Liberty red zone stats

2017 Liberty University Football Liberty Red-Zone Results (as of Sep 09, 2017) All games

Liberty Inside Opponent Red-Zone

Times Times Total Rush Pass FGs Failed to score inside RZ Date Opponent Score In RZ Scored Pts TDs TDs TDs Made FGA Down Int Fumb Half Game 09-02-17 at Baylor W 48-456 6262 1 1 4000000 09-09-17 MOREHEAD STATE W 58-177 6303 2 1 3001000 Totals 1312565 3 2 7001000 12 of 13 (92.3%)

Opponents Inside Liberty Red-Zone

Times Times Total Rush Pass FGs Failed to score inside RZ Date Opponent Score In RZ Scored Pts TDs TDs TDs Made FGA Down Int Fumb Half Game 09-02-17 at Baylor W 48-453 3213 2 1 0000000 09-09-17 MOREHEAD STATE W 58-172 2142 1 1 0000000 Totals 5 5355 3 2 0000000 5 of 5 (100.0%)

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2017 Liberty University Football Liberty Combined Team Statistics (as of Sep 09, 2017) All games

Date Opponent Score Att. Record: Overall Home Away Neutral 09-02-17 at Baylor W 48-45 45784 All games 2-0 1-0 1-0 0-0 09-09-17 MOREHEAD STATE W 58-17 17118 Conference 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 Non-Conference 2-0 1-0 1-0 0-0 Rushing gp-gs att gain loss net avg td lg avg/g MOSLEY, Carrington 2 - 1 32 151 17 134 4.2 0 36 67.0 Team Statistics LIBERTY OPP MATTHEWS, Kentory 2 - 1 13 109 6 103 7.9 2 23 51.5 FIRST DOWNS 55 38 HICKSON, Frankie 2 - 1 18 76 2 74 4.1 0 12 37.0 R u s h i n g 2 1 1 4 LEWIS, Mitchell 2 - 0 10 39 4 35 3.5 0 11 17.5 P a s s i n g 3 2 1 8 CALVERT, Stephen 2 - 2 10 20 18 2 0.2 1 8 1.0 P e n a l ty 26 Total 2 87 395 61 334 3.8 3 36 167.0 RUSHING YARDAGE 334 318 Opponents 2 64 338 20 318 5.0 4 44 159.0 Rushing Attempts 87 64 Average Per Rush 3.8 5.0 Passing gp-gs effic comp-att-int pct yds td lg avg/g Average Per Game 167.0 159.0 CALVERT, Stephen 2 - 2 178.46 57-81-0 70.4 728 8 76 364.0 TDs Rushing 3 4 CUNNINGHAM, Mason 1 - 0 58.64 4-10-1 40.0 46 0 29 46.0 PASSING YARDAGE 774 514 Total 2 165.29 61-91-1 67.0 774 8 76 387.0 C o m p - A t t- I n t 61-91-1 36-67-3 Opponents 2 128.92 36-67-3 53.7 514 4 75 257.0 Average Per Pass 8.5 7.7 Average Per Catch 12.7 14.3 Receiving gp-gs no. yds avg td lg avg/g Average Per Game 387.0 257.0 GANDY-GOLDEN,Anton 2 - 1 14 202 14.4 3 40 101.0 TDs Passing 8 4 KING, Damian 2 - 2 13 152 11.7 1 42 76.0 TOTAL OFFENSE 1108 832 FITZGERALD, Marquis 2 - 1 7 51 7.3 0 12 25.5 Average Per Play 6.2 6.4 FARROW, B.J. 1 - 1 6 177 29.5 3 76 177.0 Average Per Game 554.0 416.0 REDDICK, Cephas 2 - 0 6 61 10.2 0 20 30.5 KICK RETURNS: #-Yards 5-175 10-167 STUBBS, DJ 2 - 0 3 19 6.3 0 10 9.5 PUNT RETURNS: #-Yards 4-36 0-0 MATTHEWS, Kentory 2 - 1 3 10 3.3 0 6 5.0 INT RETURNS: #-Yards 3-55 1-0 MOSLEY, Carrington 2 - 1 2 18 9.0 0 12 9.0 FUMBLES-LOST 3-1 1-0 OGBEIFUN, Fidel 1 - 0 1 29 29.0 0 29 29.0 PENALTIES-Yards 14-180 19-157 JONES, Spencer 2 - 0 1 26 26.0 1 26 13.0 PUNTS-AVG 4-41.8 11-41.5 HICKSON, Frankie 2 - 1 1 14 14.0 0 14 7.0 TIME OF POSSESSION/Game 3 2 : 2 3 2 7 : 3 8 MCCONNELL, Lionell 1 - 0 1 12 12.0 0 12 12.0 3RD-DOWN Conversions 22/36 8/28 KENNEDY, Thomas 2 - 1 1 9 9.0 0 9 4.5 4TH-DOWN Conversions 2/2 3/4 FOUTZ, Zac 2 - 1 1 6 6.0 0 6 3.0 CALVERT, Stephen 2 - 2 1 -12 -12.0 0 0 -6.0 Interceptions no. yds avg td lg Total 2 61 774 12.7 8 76 387.0 MCKINNEY, Jaylyn 1 25 25.0 0 25 Opponents 2 36 514 14.3 4 75 257.0 TILLMON, Brandon 1 0 0.0 0 0 TURNER, Chris 1 32 32.0 1 32 Field Goals fg pct. 01-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50-99 lg blk PROBERT, Alex 7-7 100.0 0-0 1-1 5-5 1-1 0-0 41 0 Punting no. yds avg lg tb fc i20 50+ blk TURNER, Trey 4 167 41.8 46 1 3 2 0 0 PAT Scoring td fg kick rush rcv pass dxp saf pts Punt Returns no. yds avg td lg PROBERT, Alex - 7-7 11-11 - - - - - 32 STUBBS, DJ 4 36 9.0 0 32 GANDY-GOLDEN,Anton 3 ------18 Total 4 36 9.0 0 32 FARROW, B.J. 3 ------18 Opponents 0 0 0.0 0 0 MATTHEWS, Kentory 2 ------12 JONES, Spencer 1 ------6 Kick Returns no. yds avg td lg TURNER, Chris 1 ------6 HICKSON, Frankie 4 104 26.0 0 42 CALVERT, Stephen 1 ------6 STUBBS, DJ 1 71 71.0 0 71 KING, Damian 1 ------6 Total 5 175 35.0 0 71 LEWIS, Mitchell - - - 1-1 - - - - 2 Opponents 10 167 16.7 0 29 Total 12 7-7 11-11 1-1 - - - - 106 Opponents 8 2-3 8-8 - - - - - 62 All Purpose g rush rcv pr kr ir total avg/g GANDY-GOLDE 2 0 202 0 0 0 202 101.0 Score by Quarters 1st 2nd 3rd 4th OT Total HICKSON, Frank 2 74 14 0 104 0 192 96.0 Liberty 30 32 24 20 0 106 FARROW, B.J. 1 0 177 0 0 0 177 177.0 Opponents 0 27 21 14 0 62 MOSLEY, Carrin 2 134 18 0 0 0 152 76.0 KING, Damian 2 0 152 0 0 0 152 76.0 Total 2 334 774 36 175 55 1374 687.0 Opponents 2 318 514 0 167 0 999 499.5

Total Offense g plays rush pass total avg/g CALVERT, Stephen 2 91 2 728 730 365.0 MOSLEY, Carrington 2 32 134 0 134 67.0 MATTHEWS, Kentory 2 13 103 0 103 51.5 HICKSON, Frankie 2 18 74 0 74 37.0 CUNNINGHAM, Mason 1 11 -9 46 37 37.0 Total 2 178 334 774 1108 554.0 Opponents 2 131 318 514 832 416.0

Tackles Sacks Pass defense Fumbles blkd ## Defensive Leaders gp-gs ua a tot tfl/yds no-yds int-yds brup qbh rcv-yds ff kick saf 2 PETERS, Jeremy 2-2 8 3 11 1.0-2 . . 2 . . . . . 3 DAVIS, Rion 2-2 8 3 11 . . . . 1 . . . . 1D TILLMON, Brandon 2-2 5 4 9 0.5-1 . 1-0 ...... 4D MCKINNEY, Jaylyn 2-1 1 6 7 1.5-3 . 1-25 ...... 44 BROWN, Dia'Vante 2-2 5 2 7 1.5-7 1.0-6 . . 2 . . . . Total 2 72 38 110 7-19 1-6 3-55 3 7 . . . . Opponents 2 111 56 167 17-69 2-9 1-0 11 2 1--1 1 . .

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