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• For Sale 2012STATS SU’SLEADERS SU UM Passing Comp. Att. YPG Int. • Pets Avg. points/game 32.7 34.0 Ryan Nassib 97 147 379.7 3 Turnovers 6 5 Rushing No. Yds. Lg. • Autos Fumbles lost 3 3 Jerome Smith 44 175 21 Interceptions thrown 3 2 Prince-Tyson Gulley 27 134 21 • Help Wanted First downs 87 61 Ashton Broyld 17 85 22 Rushing 27 29 Receiving No. Yds. Lg. • Real Estate Passing 51 27 Marcus Sales 25 350 41 Penalty 9 5 Jarrod West 13 211 33 • Garage, Yard & Estate Sales 3rd-down conv. % 52.8% 44.0% Prince-Tyson Gulley 14 123 61 4th-down conv. % 60.0% 50.0% Jeremiah Kobena 5 101 50 • All Others Avg. ypg 533.3 429.0 Beckett Wales 11 90 17 Offensive plays 262 209 Field goals Made Att. Lg. Ross Krautman 3 6 37 Average gain 6.1 6.2 Punting No. Avg. Lg. Rushing ypg 153.7 209.7 Jonathan Fisher 10 43.5 58 Rushes 115 141 Kickoff returns No. Avg. Lg. syracuse.com/placead Average gain 4.0 4.5 Jeremiah Kobena 9 19.3 26 Passing ypg 379.7 219.3 Punt returns No. Avg. Lg. Comp/attempts 147/97 41/68 Ritchy Desir 3 5.7 10 Avg. gain/attempt 7.8 9.7 Tackles Solo Ast. Total The Post-Standard Sacks 7 8 Marquis Spruill 10 11 21 Penalties 25 23 Dyshawn Davis 10 7 17 POWERING Punts/avg. yards 13/41.9 15/35.5 Ri’Shard Anderson 11 4 15 Punts blocked 0 0 Siriki Diabate 10 5 15 Punt returns/avg. 6/1.8 7/8.6 Shamarko Thomas 10 5 15 Kickoff returns/avg. 12/17.4 9/21.1 Durell Eskeridge 7 5 12 HOWTHEYSTACKUP

Quarterbacks Running backs Receivers Offensive line

12 Ryan Nassib 45 Jerome Smith 5 Marcus Sales 60 Sean Hickey QB Sr. 6-3, 228 TB Jr. 6-0, 226 WR Sr. 6-0, 195 LT Jr. 6-5, 285

11 31 Clay Cleveland 15 Alec Lemon 75 Zach Chibane QB So. 6-6, 237 FB Jr. 6-1, 232 WR Sr. 6-5, 205 LG Sr. 6-5, 295

Nassib passes for 379.7 ypg, completes 66 percent of his 20 Donnell Kirkwood 85 Beckett Wales 59 Macky MacPherson passes and has a 9/3 TD/INT TB So. 5-10, 219 TE Jr. 6-3, 235 C Jr. 6-2, 277 ratio. He also has big edge in experience on Shortell. 81 John Rabe 82 A.J. Barker 72 Ivan Foy HB Sr. 6-4, 258 WR Jr. 6-1, 191 RG So. 6-4, 311 SU UM Injury to QB MarQueis Gray will 80 Devin Crawford-Tubbs 77 Lou Alexander hurt UM’s output, although WR So. 6-2, 194 RT Sr. 6-4, 311 Defensive line Kirkwood (4.9 ypc) is a good tailback. SU counters with a 10 M. Pierce-Brewster solid committee of three. 15 Marcus Jones 58 Ed Olson DE Jr. 6-3, 257 WR So. 5-8, 172 LT Jr. 6-7, 312

SU’s group, led by Sales (25 for 91 Brandon Sharpe SU UM 350 yards), has been a pleasant 53 Tommy Olson DE Sr. 6-1, 253 surprise so far. UM’s ends, led LG So. 6-4, 298 by Barker (23.1 ypr), don’t see as Linebackers many passes as SU’s. 13 Deon Goggins 62 Zach Mottla DT Sr. 6-1, 275 35 Dyshawn Davis C Jr. 6-2, 287 OLB So. 6-2, 214 SU UM 96 Jay Bromley 52 Zac Epping NT Jr. 6-4, 293 11 Marquis Spruill Defensive backs RG So. 6-2, 306 OLB Jr. 6-0, 230

98 Michael Amaefula 4 Brandon Reddish 65 Josh Campion DE So. 6-2, 242 18 Siriki Diabate CB So. 5-11, 186 RT Fr. 6-5, 309 MLB Sr. 5-10, 220 SU’s unit has thrived in the new 95 D.L. Wilhite 9 Ri’Shard Anderson no-huddle offense, allowing DE Sr. 6-3, 244 57 Aaron Hill CB Sr. 6-0, 181 only three sacks and paving the OLB Jr. 6-2, 228 way for 533.3 yards per game. UM’s unit has been nearly as 46 Cameron Botticelli 28 Jeremi Wilkes effective. Jr. 5-9, 189 DT So. 6-5, 284 4 Keanon Cooper FS OLB Sr.. 6-0, 220 SU UM 99 Ra’Shede Hageman 21 Shamarko Thomas SS Sr. 5-10, 210 NT Jr. 6-6, 301 26 Mike Rallis MLB Sr. 6-2, 245 Special teams UM has a powerful 1-2 punch 2 Troy Stoudermire in Hageman (3 sacks) and end UM’s group may lack the speed CB Sr. 5-10, 195 37 Ross Krautman Wilhite (3.5 sacks). SU’s front of its SU counterparts but has K Jr. 5-7, 163 four hasn’t made many tackles a big size advantage. Rallis (21 or sacks. tackles) is the anchor. Spruill (21 tackles) leads SU. 23 Michael Carter CB Sr. 5-11, 189 46 Jonathan Fisher P So. 6-1, 206 SU UM SU UM 13 Derrick Wells S So. 6-0, 198 39 Jordan Wettstein K Sr. 5-11, 180 Click these links for more » Orange Football news and Orange football coverage on views with Nolan, Dave and 27 Cedric Thompson columnist Bud Poliquin S So. 5-10, 199 38 Christian Eldred P Sr. 5-11, 180 » Videos | » Photo galleries Wells leads team in tackles (26), » Live game updates » On Twitter @PSFootball INTs (2) and breakups (5). UM’s Neither team has been very secondary is stingy overall. effective punting or kicking » Live fan Q&As every week » On Facebook at facebook. field goals, although SU gets with The Post-Standard’s SU has been decent but has com/SyracuseFootball allowed 10 TD passes. slight edge, but UM has a fine Nolan Weidner and Dave punt returner in A.J. Barker. Rahme, and during every » Subscribe to the Orange game with Lindsay Kramer Insider football newsletter SU UM SU UM 2012TEAMROSTERS Syracuse Minnesota No. Name Pos. No. Name Pos. No. Name Pos. No. Name Pos. 1 Ashton Broyld RB 43 Franklin Santos CB 1 Brendan Beal LB 39 Jordan Wettstein K 2 Quinta Funderburk WR 45 Jerome Smith RB 1 Brandon Green WR 40 Jared Hartman LS 2 Troy Stoudermire DB 40 Nathan Tow-Arnett DB 2 Wayne Morgan DB 46 Jonathan Fisher P 3 Dexter Foreman QB 42 Gavin Bronson DL 3 Durell Eskridge FS 47 Sam Rodgers LS 3 Martez Shabazz DB 42 JoJuan Harper RB 4 Brandon Reddish CB 48 Carl Cutler FB 4 Keanon Cooper LB 43 Ryan Grant LB 5 Marcus Sales WR 49 Ryan Norton K 4 KJ Maye A 44 Gabe Mezzenga TE 6 Ritchy Desir CB 50 Femi Aliyu LB 5 MarQueis Gray QB 45 Ben Holcomb DB 7 Oliver Vigille LB 51 Donnie Simmons DE 6 Grayson Levine DB 46 Cameron Botticelli DL 7 QB 47 Quinn Bauducco LB 8 Keon Lyn CB 52 Eric Crume NT 7 Damarius Travis DB 47 Alex Bisch TE 9 Ri’Shard Anderson CB 53 Lucas Albrecht DT 8 Spencer Reeves LB 48 Jake Filkins LS 10 Terrel Hunt QB 55 Rob Trudo OG 8 Cameron Wilson WR 49 Matt Garin DE 10 Markus Pierce-Brewster DE 57 Omari Palmer OL 9 James Manuel LB 50 Jack Lynn LB 11 Marquis Spruill LB 59 Macky MacPherson C 9 Philip Nelson QB 52 Zac Epping OL 11 Antonio Johnson DB 52 Yoshoub Timms DT 12 Dontez Ford DB 60 Sean Hickey OT 11 Max Shortell QB 53 Tommy Olson OL 12 Ryan Nassib QB 61 Eric Morris LS 12 Andre McDonald WR 55 Thieren Cockran DE 13 Deon Goggins DT 62 Andrew Phillips OT 13 Derrick Wells DB 57 Aaron Hill LB 14 John Kinder QB 63 Ryan Sloan DT 14 Connor Cosgrove WR 58 Ed Olson OL 15 Alec Lemon WR 64 Daniel Anyaegbunam DT 14 WR 59 Joey Balthazor LB 16 Keenan Hale WR 67 Justin Pugh OT 15 Marcus Jones WR 60 Augustine Pupungatoa OL 16 Jamel Harbison WR 62 Eric Jacques DL 16 James Jarrett SS 68 Nick Robinson OT 16 Steven Montgomery DB 62 Zach Mottla OL 17 Charley Loeb QB 70 Marcus Coleman DT 17 C.J. Cesario WR 63 Jon Christenson OL 18 Siriki Diabate LB 70 Jesse Wolf-Gould OL 17 Nick Rallis LB 64 Caleb Bak OL 19 Ryan Lichtenstein K 72 Ivan Foy OG 18 Derrick Engel WR 65 Josh Campion OL 19 Joe Nassib CB 74 Seamus Shanley C 18 Peter Westerhaus LB 66 Luke McAvoy OL 19 Cedric Dicke DB 68 Isaac Hayes OL 20 Mitchell Piasecki FB 75 Zack Chibane OG 19 Kendall Gregory-McGhee TE 69 Tyler Hartmann DL 20 Greg Tobias RB 76 Kyle Knapp OL 20 Donnell Kirkwood RB 71 Kyle McAvoy OL 21 Shamarko Thomas SS 77 Lou Alexander OG 21 James Gillum RB 73 Joe Bjorklund OL 22 Adrian Flemming WR 78 Jason Emerich OL 21 Brock Vereen DB 74 Marek Lenkiewicz OL 23 Prince-Tyson Gulley RB 79 Kristofer Curtis OT 22 Jeremy Baltazar DB 75 Ernie Heifort OL 23 Julian Whigham CB 80 Ron Thompson TE 23 Michael Carter DB 76 Jimmy Gjere OL 23 Edward(EJ) Sardinha WR 77 Foster Bush OL 24 Jaston George CB 81 Louie Addazio TE 24 Matt Kloss WR 78 Ben Lauer DT 25 Jeremiah Kobena WR 82 Alvin Cornelius WR 25 Devon Wright RB 79 Jonah Pirsig DT 26 Myles Davis FB 83 Max Beaulieu TE 26 Mike Rallis LB 80 Devin Crawford-Tufts WR 27 George Morris III RB 84 Ben Lewis WR 27 David Cobb RB 81 John Rabe TE 28 Jeremi Wilkes FS 85 Beckett Wales TE 27 Cedric Thompson DB 82 A.J. Barker WR 28 Moses Alipate TE 83 Drew Goodger TE 29 Devante McFarlane RB 86 David Stevens TE 28 Kenny Watkins DB 84 Victor Keise WR 30 Steve Rene RB 87 Kyle Foster WR 29 Briean Boddy DB 85 Lincoln Plsek A 31 Clay Cleveland FB 88 Jarrod West WR 30 Mike Henry FB 86 Malcolm Moulton WR 32 Travon Burke RB 89 Josh Parris TE 31 Cole Banham RB 87 Sahr Ngekia TE 33 Dan Vaughan LB 90 James Washington LB 31 Eric Murray DB 88 Maxx Williams TE 34 Adonis Ameen-Moore RB 91 Brandon Sharpe DE 32 Lamonte Edwards LB 89 Logan Hutton WR 33 John McKelvey A 90 Jackson Miller DE 35 Dyshawn Davis LB 92 Riley Dixon K/P 34 Jephte Matilus LB 91 Alex Keith DE 36 Christopher Clark WR 92 Davon Walls DT 35 Dominic Schultz LB 92 Roland Johnson DT 37 Ross Krautman K 93 Micah Robinson DE 35 Rodrick WilliamsJr. RB 93 Ben Perry DE 37 Chris Williamson DB 94 Robert Welsh NT 36 Chris Hawthorne K 94 Harold Legania DL 38 Cameron Lynch LB 95 Josh Manley DE 36 Cavonte Johnson DB 95 D.L. Wilhite DE 38 Christian Eldred P 96 Dave Ramlet LS 39 Dom Anene LB 96 Jay Bromley DT 38 Peter Mortell P 97 Scott Ekpe DT 40 Zachary McCarrell LB 97 Macauley Hill WR 38 Dan Orseske P 98 Michael Amaefula DE 41 Lewellyn Coker LB 97 John Raymon DE 38 David Schwerman K 99 Ra’Shede Hageman DE 42 Jacob Green TE 99 Zian Jones DT 39 Duke Anyanwu A