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2020 FLORIDA ATLANTIC Primary Contact: Assistant AD Katrina McCormack - E: [email protected] | C: 561-251-5588 | O: 561-297-3163 Secondary Contact: Assistant Director Jonathan Fraysure - E: [email protected]; C: 561-430-7148 FOOTBALLFOOTBALL COVERING THE TEAM - RADIO Fox Sports 640 South Florida 11-3 7-1 C-USA Play-by-Play ............................................ Ken LaVicka 2019 Analyst ....................................................... Kris Bartels Pre/Post-game/Engineer .................... Mike Mreczko 2020 Spring Prospectus COVERING THE TEAM - T.V. ESPNU Letterwinners Lost Quick Facts Play-by-Play .............................................. Mike Corey Off ensive ..................................................................21 School ............................................... Florida Atlantic Analyst ......................................................... Jay Walker Defensive .................................................................16 Location ..........................................Boca Raton, Fla. 4th consecutive season opener on a national stage Founded .............................................................. 1961 Special Teams ............................................................3 Enrollment....................................................... 30,000 Starters Returning/Lost THE SERIES Nickname ...........................................................Owls Off ense ...................................................................4/7 Colors ...................................................Blue and Red Defense .................................................................. 3/8 Series: FAU holds the all-time 3-2 advantage. Each of the fi ve meetings have been action-packed and most Home Stadium ....................................FAU Stadium Special Teams ........................................................3/3 oft en weather-aff ected. Th e two have alternating win- Capacity ........................................................... 29,495 DEFEND THE TITLE ning with FAU winning the 1st, 3rd and 5th meetings. Surface ..................................................Natural Grass Charlotte has won the even, 2nd and 4th meetings. First Year of Football .........................................2001 FAU has captured Oddly it is the road team that prevails. Th is will be National Affi liation .................................NCAA FBS the 6th meeting. Basic Off ense ............................................Up-Tempo two Conference Basic Defense ...............................................Multiple USA titles in three Conference .................................... Conference USA seasons (2017 and AN OWL WIN WOULD... President ....................................... Dr. John W. Kelly 2019). Th e Owls Vice President/Director of Athletics ..Brian White will look to defend • Be the program’s 104th win Media Information that title in 2020 • Move FAU to 1-0 and would be the fi rst time the SID ............................................Katrina McCormack under the direction Owls have opened the season with a win since 2016 Offi ce Phone ........................................561-297-3163 of newly hired head which, a home gave versus Southern Illinois Cell Phone ...........................................561-251-5588 coach Willie • Head Coach Willie Taggart’s fi rst win at FAU E-Mail ....................................... [email protected] Taggart. Web Site ............................................FAUsports.com 2020 CONFERENCE USA STANDINGS Coach Taggart brings experience versus Coaching Staff TEAM C-USA OVERALL Head Coach ........................................Willie Taggart C-USA teams to FAU aft er the Florida native EAST DIVISION W L W L Alma Mater ..........................Western Kentucky, ‘98 served as the WKU head coach from 2010-12. Marshall 0 0 2 0 Collegiate Head Coaching Record ................56-62 Florida Atlantic 0 0 0 0 Head Coaching Record at FAU...........................0-0 IN-GAME INJURIES Charlotte 0 0 0 1 Years as a Head Coach .......................................11th FIU 0 0 0 1 FAU will not announce or make injury WKU 0 0 0 2 FAU 2019 Record ................................................11-3 Middle Tennessee 0 0 0 3 FAU 2019 Conference Record ............................7-1 reports during the game. WEST DIVISION W L W 0 Offi ce Phone ........................................561-297-1094 UTSA 1 0 3 0 Assistant Coaches/Staff POST-GAME INTERVIEWS Louisiana Tech 1 0 2 0 Special Teams Coordinator/TE .......Jaron Fairman UTEP 0 0 3 1 All interviews with head football coach Wil- UAB 0 0 2 1 Defensive Coordinator/LB .....................Jim Leavitt North Texas 0 0 1 1 Co-Off ensive Coordinator/WR ..Drew Mehringer lie Taggart and members of the team will be Rice 0 0 0 0 Co-Off ensive Coordinator/QB ......... Clint Trickett conducted through Webex, shortly following Southern Miss 0 1 0 3 Recruiting Coordinator/OLB....Raymond Woodie the game. Please email Jonathan Fraysure Safeties .................................................Lance Guidry [email protected] for an invite. Off ensive Line ..........................................Jeff Norrid 2020 SCHEDULE AND RESULTS Defensive Line.....................................Kevin Patrick Date Opponent Location Time/Result Running Backs ....................................Chris Perkins Sept. 3 at Minnesota Minneapolis, Minn. Canceled Cornerbacks .............................Stanford Samuels Jr. Sept. 12 Stony Brook BOCA RATON, Fla. Canceled Graduate Assistant (Off .) .......................Frank Diaz Now in its 16th season, collegepressbox.com is Sept. 19 at Georgia Southern Statesboro, Ga. Postponed Sept. 26 USF BOCA RATON, Fla. Postponed Graduate Assistant (Def.) ..................Luke Gogerty the offi cial media website of Division I football. Oct. 3 Charlotte * BOCA RATON, Fla. 4 p.m. Graduate Assistant (Def.) .................Joe Pucciarelli Access is provided to approved members of the media as well as a variety or working Oct. 10 at Southern Miss * Hattiesburg, Miss. TBA Graduate Assistant (Off .) ..............Austin Shepherd Oct. 24 at Marshall * Huntington, W.Va. 2:30 p.m. Team Information professionals in the college football industry, Oct. 31 UTSA * BOCA RATON, Fla. Noon Letterwinners Returning including coaches, scouts, analysts and more. Nov. 7 WKU * BOCA RATON, Fla. 6 p.m. Off ensive ..................................................................14 You must register and be approved for access, a Nov. 13 at FIU * Miami, Fla. 7 p.m. Defensive .................................................................14 process that takes just a few minutes. Nov. 21 Old Dominion * BOCA RATON, Fla. Canceled Special Teams ............................................................4 Nov. 28 at Middle Tennessee * Murfreesboro, Tenn. TBA Dec. 5 C-USA Championship TBA *C-USA Opponents 1 2020 Key Returners/Losses Key Rushers Returners RUSHING GP Att Gain Loss Net Avg TD Long Avg/G DAVIDSON, Macolm 10 102 730 19 711 7.0 9 57 71.1 CHARLES, James 13 78 424 11 413 5.3 5 26 31.8 MCCAMMON, Larry 9 91 357 33 324 3.6 7 20 36.0 TRONTI, Nick 11 51 270 31 239 4.7 2 35 21.7 EMMONS, BJ 5 51 249 12 237 4.6 6 40 47.4 Key Rushers Lost RUSHING GP Att Gain Loss Net Avg TD Long Avg/G None Key Quarterbacks Returning PASSING G Effi c Cmp-Att-Int Pct Yds TD Lng Avg/G TRONTI, Nick 11 166.91 17-22-1 77.3 180 2 32 16.4 Key Quarterbacks Lost PASSING G Effi c Cmp-Att-Int Pct Yds TD Lng Avg/G ROBISON, Chris 14 144.86 291-471-6 61.8 3701 28 75 264.4 Key Receivers Returning RECEIVING G No. Yds Avg TD Long Avg/G MITCHELL, John 14 38 488 12.8 5 47 34.9 WRIGHT, Willie 11 20 186 9.3 2 51 16.9 Key Receivers Lost RECEIVING G No. Yds Avg TD Long Avg/G BRYANT, Harrison 13 65 1004 15.4 7 57 77.2 ANTOINE, Deangelo 13 61 771 12.6 5 75 59.3 HARRISON, Tavaris 13 33 523 15.8 2 48 40.2 Key Punt Returners Returning Key Punt Returners Lost None PUNT RETURNS No. Yds Avg TD Long COUSART, Dante 19 86 4.5 0 30 Key Pass Protection Returning INTERCEPTIONS No. Yds Avg TD Long GILBERT, Zyon 2 -2 -1.0 0 0 BRICE, Caliph 1 7 7.0 0 7 Key Pass Protection Lost INTERCEPTIONS No. Yds Avg TD Long DOTSON, Meiko 9 108 12.0 0 50 PIERRE, James 3 33 11.0 0 30 LEROY, Akileis 3 43 14.3 0 24 SMITH, Rashad 3 22 7.3 0 22 TOOLEY, Chris 1 10 10.0 0 10 Key Kickers Returning PUNTING No. Yds Avg Long TB FC I20 50+ Blkd HAYBALL, Matt 68 2958 43.5 77 4 31 21 8 0 FIELD GOALS FGM-FGA Pct 01-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50-99 Lg Blk RIVAS, Vladimir 17-25 68.0 0-0 9-10 6-7 2-8 0-0 48 2 SHAHRIARI, Aaron 1-1 100.0 0-0 0-0 1-1 0-0 0-0 31 0 KICKOFFS No. Yds Avg TB OB Retn Net YdLn SHAHRIARI, Aaron 65 3739 57.5 22 2 RIVAS, Vladimir 30 1706 56.9 8 0 Key Specialist Lost Longsnapper Jonathan Sullivan Key Defensive Returners |-------Tackles-------| |-Sacks-| |---Pass Def---| |-Fumbles-| Blkd DEFENSIVE LEADERS GP Solo Ast Total TFL/Yds No-Yards Int-Yds BrUp QBH Rcv-Yds FF Kick Saf 24 GILBERT, Zyon 13 35 13 48 . 2--2 8 . 1 . 5 ROSS, Ahman 14 25 14 39 2.5-3 . 2 . 1 . 13 McCARTHY, Leighton 14 14 16 30 10.5-50 6.0-41 . 3 . 19 BRICE, Caliph 13 11 17 28 1.0-8 1.0-8 1-7 . 1 . Key Defensive Losses |-------Tackles-------| |-Sacks-| |---Pass Def---| |-Fumbles-| Blkd DEFENSIVE LEADERS GP Solo Ast Total TFL/Yds No-Yards Int-Yds BrUp QBH Rcv-Yds FF Kick Saf 7 SMITH, Rashad 14 58 51 109 11.5-42 3.5-24 3-22 2 4 5-45 1 . 36 LEROY, Akileis 13 55 46 101 15.5-67 7.5-53 3-43 1 5 . 5 1 . 27 BROWN, Da’Von 14 54 22 76 5.0-8 . 3 . 1 . 54 BARNWELL, Hosea 13 22 35 57 0.5-0 . 3 . 1 . 23 PIERRE, James 13 30 14 44 4.5-12 . 3-33 4