2018 UW-Stout Football
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2018 UW-Stout Football All-Region / All-WIAC Offensive Lineman Caleb Adams Table of Contents 2018 Football Preview ................................2-3 2017 Game-by-Game .............................30-38 2018 Football Fast Facts ...............................3 2017 All-WIAC Teams & Stats ................ 39-41 Head Coach Clayt Birmingham .....................4 UW-Stout Year-by-Year Results ..............42-43 Coaching Staff .............................................4-6 Blue Devil Record Book ...............................44 2018 Blue Devil Preseason Rosters ..........7-8 All-Time Statistical Leaders ...................45-46 2018 Blue Devil Returners’ Profiles ....... 9-17 Stout All-Conference Picks ..........................47 2017 UW-Stout Final Stats & Awards ...18-23 This is the WIAC, NCAA & UW-Stout ............48 2018 Opponent Information .................25-28 Schedules .....................................Back Covers Stout vs. 2018 Opponents thru the Years .........29 2018 UW-Stout Football Schedule Date Opponent Site Time Sat, Sep. 1 at St. John’s University Collegeville, MN 1 p.m. Sat, Sep. 8 at Gustavus Adolphus College St. Peter, MN 1 p.m Sat, Sep. 22 California Lutheran Menomonie, WI 1 p.m. Sat, Sep. 29 UW-Eau Claire* Menomonie, WI 6 p.m. Sat, Oct. 6 UW-La Crosse* Menomonie, WI 2 p.m. Homecoming Sat, Oct. 13 UW-River Falls* River Falls, WI 1 p.m. Sat, Oct. 20 UW-Stevens Point* Stevens Point, WI 1 p.m. Sat, Oct. 27 UW-Whitewater* Menomonie, WI 1 p.m. Sat, Nov. 3 UW-Platteville* Menomonie, WI 1 p.m. Senior Day Sat, Nov. 10 UW-Oshkosh* Oshkosh, WI 2 p.m. Media Information Welcome to UW-Stout. We appreciate the attention you give to our Blue Devils. To Contact Coach Birmingham In planning your coverage of Blue Devil Football for the 2018 season, please The best time of day to contact Coach Clayt Birmingham by telephone is in review the following items. the afternoon between noon and 3 p.m., Monday through Friday at 715-232- 2203. You may also arrange contact through the Sports Information office, Working credentials 715-232-2275. Working space in the Press Box at the Don & Nona Williams Stadium is limited to working press members only. The working area is located in the Radio center section of the press box, the same area as the scoreboard operator. The official radio station of Blue Devil athletics is WMEQ 880-AM radio. We ask that you contact the Sports Information Office (715-232-2275) in Visiting radio stations planning to broadcast from Williams Stadium, and not advance to secure space. Every attempt will be made to accomodate all included on the WIAC Radio Coupler, should contact the Sports Information reasonable requests. Working press will be able to work the front table. office ASAP, but not less than 10 days before the scheduled game. If a sta- Overflow and additional work space is available. Press credentials can be tion is on the WIAC Radio Coupler, a booth and phone line in the press box picked up one hour before game time at the Will Call Window. Please, no will be provided. spouses or family members are allowed in the working area of the press box or on the sidelines. Complimentary Game Day programs can be picked up Internet Broadcasts from Sports Information located in the press box, or at the Sports Informa- WMEQ 880-AM radio webcasts all of the Blue Devil football games. Those tion office, 218 Sports & Fitness Center. games can be accessed at: www.wmeq.com In cooperation with WMEQ, video webcasting of the majority of Blue Devils home football games will be available. Photographers To access the video schedule, go to: http://athletics.uwstout.edu/webcasts. Credentials for sideline photographers will be issued only to those con- Live Stats are also available for all home games. sidered legitimate workers – those working for either a newspaper, television station, a Sports Information Office or other legitimate media. Credentials FAX Service can be picked up one hour before game time at the Will Call window. No To arrange for information by FAX either before or after games, contact the tripods are allowed on the sidelines, but monopods are allowed. Please, no Sports Information office, 715-232-2275. spouses or family members allowed on the sidelines. Social Media Services Telephone & Internet Connections Blue Devil information is also available by Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and Telephones may be utilized in the Press Box before, during and after the YouTube. Go to the Blue Devil website or use the social media below: game. Wireless access is easily obtained through the UW-Stout Guest Registra- Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/stoutbluedevils tion process. Special arrangements will need to be made to access the hardwire Twitter: http://twitter.com/#!/stoutbluedevils internet connections through an on-campus secure password. YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/uwstoutsports Instagram: http://instagram.com/stoutbluedevils Parking Parking is available to media in the lot north of the stadium. Primary Blue Devil Media Outlets The Dunn County News WMEQ/WBIZ Media Services Ryan Curtis, Sports Editor Pete Knutson, Sports Director Quarterly play-by-play, halftime and final stats, final individual offensive and PO Box 40 619 Cameron Street defensive stats and a scoring summary will be provided approximately 30-45 Menomonie, WI 54751 Eau Claire, WI 54702 minutes after the completion of the game. They can be picked up in the Sports 715-235-3411 715-835-9429/715-552-5109 Information office, 218 Sports & Fitness Center. Halftime statistics will be avail- Leader-Telegram WAXX able about midway through halftime in the Max Sparger Press Box. Post-game Mike Klees, Sports Editor Sports Director interviews may be conducted on the field after coaches have had the opportunity 701 S. Farwell 944 Harlem St. Eau Claire, WI 54702 Altoona, WI 54720 to talk to their teams (allow approximately 10 minutes). Interviews can also be 715-833-9212 715-833-2909 conducted outside of the locker rooms in the lower level of the Sports & Fitness Center. There is no formal postgame interview area. The Stoutonia Wisconsin State Journal Sports Editor Sports Editor The Sports Information office will release a weekly news release concerning UW-Stout Memorial Student Center 1901 Fish Hatchery Rd. each of the fall, winter and spring seasons. It will contain notes on the current Menomonie, WI 54751 Madison, WI 53713 season, as well as upcoming game information and updated statistical data. 715-232-2272 800-686-1339 The weekly release will be available by subscription through the UW-Stout WEAU TV-13 St. Paul Pioneer-Press athletic website. The release is normally available by late Monday afternoon. Justus Cleveland, Sports Director Sports Editor To subscribe to the weekly release service, which is sent out via e-mail. Go to 1907 S. Hastings 345 Cedar Ave. the Blue Devils website and click on “Subscribe to our E-Letter” towards the Eau Claire, WI 54702 St. Paul, MN 55101 bottom of the page and follow the instructions. Game stories and stats will be 715-832-3254 651-228-5516 posted approximately one hour after home games and within three hours of WQOW TV-18 Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel away events. Player information and photos are also available on the Blue Devil TBA, Sports Director Sports Editor web page at: athletics.uwstout.edu 5545 Hwy 93 PO Box 371 Eau Claire, WI 54701 Milwaukee, WI 53201 715-835-1881 414-224-2173 Player Interviews During the Week All requests for player interviews during the week should be made one day in advance and through the Sports Information office. Players will return calls Credits to members of the media or a time will be arranged for media to call. Player The University of Wisconsin-Stout Football Preseason Media Guide is a production of the UW-Stout Sports Information office. Editing, typesetting, design and layout was done by the Sports Information home phone or cell phone numbers will be released only with prior approval of staff. The material in this guide is current as of August 17, 2018. Any corrections, additions or dele- head coach Clayt Birmingham. tions may be directed to the UW-Stout Sports Information office, 218 Sports & Fitness Center. 2018 UW-Stout Football Preview On paper, it would look like UW-Stout would Brandon Vecchio (Jr, Tomahawk) saw action in game,” Birmingham said about Adams. have a lot of holes to fill after graduating 24 all nine games last season at linebacker and seniors last year, one of the largest group of is expected to join Wilz as an inside linebacker. Kevin Ruechel (So, Pulaski) and Alex Negoski graduating seniors in head coach Clayt Bir- (So, Evergreen Park, Ill) will be contenders for mingham’s eight year tenure. Bradley Myers (Sr, Triton, Minn) and Nathan guard positions, while Curtis Neu (So, West Mrdutt (Jr, Glenwood City) will both see time Bend) will be looked at for tackle. Joe Smith (So, And while the Blue Devils will need to replace a at inside linebacker. South St. Paul, Minn) and Justin Schlangen (Fr, lot of players - including nine defensive starters, Ham Lake, Minn) will figure into the center spot. - Birmingham said his squad returns athletes Logan Peterson (So, Somerset) who backed who have seen considerable time in the rugged up first-teamer Josh Johnson last season, and The offensive line will be in front of several Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Jason Dilly (Sr, Andover, Minn) who backed up familiar faces. (WIAC) play, but not as a listed starter. all-conference pick Iyen Ogbomoh, have the in- side track at outside linebacker. Also in the mix At quarterback, Jay Alston (Sr, Rochester, Minn) This year’s senior class, along with a solid junior on the outside are Jake Schmitt (Jr, Woodstock, completed 98 passes for 1473 yards with eight class, will need to step in while the team devel- Ill), Ryan Miller (So, Somerset), Ted Mark (So, touchdowns, playing in eight games.