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F o o t b a l l Columbia 2 0 0 6 2006 columbia football (0-0, 0-0 Ivy) (Minnesota ‘89), first season vs. Sept. 16 FORDHAM...... 12:30 p.m. 23 GEORGETOWN . . . . . 12:30 p.m. 30 PRINCETON*∆ ...... 1:30 p.m. (1-1) Oct. 7 IONA...... 12:30 p.m. Saturday, September 16, 2006, 12:30 p.m. 14 at Penn*...... 1 p.m. Lawrence A. Wien Stadium (17,000/FieldTurf) 21 DARTMOUTH*...... 12:30 p.m. , N.Y. 28 at Yale*†...... noon Columbia Quick Facts Nov. 4 at Harvard*...... 12:30 p.m. Enrollment...... 5,532 Colors...... Columbia Blue and White 11 CORNELL*...... 12:30 p.m. Conference...... /NCAA Div. I-AA 18 at Brown*...... 12:30 p.m. President ...... Lee C. Bollinger * Ivy League game Director of Intercollegiate Athletics and Physical Education...... Dr. M. Dianne Murphy † YES Network ∆ Homecoming Head Coach...... Norries Wilson Record at Columbia...... 0-0, first season Overall Record...... 0-0, first season Columbia 2005 Record ...... 2-8 overall, 0-7 Ivy 2006 fordham football Website ...... www.gocolumbialions.com Tom Masella (Wagner ’81), first season Athletics Communications Sept. 2 Monmouth...... L, 9-23 Associate Athletics Director For 9 at Albany ...... W, 9-7 Athletics Communications...... Alex Oberweger 16 at COLUMBIA...... 12:30 p.m. Phone/E-mail...... 212-854-2605/[email protected] Football Contact...... Todd Kennedy 30 at Holy Cross...... 1 p.m. Phone/E-mail...... 212-854-7141/[email protected] Oct. 7 Duquesne...... 1 p.m. Fax ...... 212-854-8168 Press Box Phone...... 212-304-8023 14 Marist...... 1 p.m. Address ...... Dodge Fitness Center 21 Colgate...... 1 p.m. 3030 Broadway, MC 1914 28 at Bucknell...... 12:30 p.m. New York, NY 10027 Nov. 4 Lafayette ...... 1 p.m. 11 at Lehigh ...... 12:30 p.m. Media Information The Columbia locker room is closed to the media. 18 Georgetown...... 1 p.m. Please see Todd Kennedy or another member of the Columbia Athletics Communications Staff to request players or coaches for post-game interviews. the series Wien Stadium Press Box Series record: Columbia 10, Fordham 4 All writers and radio broadcasters will be seated on the Columbia’s last home victory: 2002 (13-11) first level of the press box, while tape, film and tele- last road victory: 2005 (23-17) vision cameras will be on the top level. TV broadcasters widest margin of victory: 45 (45-0, 1890) may be on either level. A limited number of sideline Fordham’s last home victory: 2003 (37-30) passes will be issued to photographers. last road victory: 2004 (17-14) Wien Stadium In & Post-Game Procedures widest margin of victory: 31 (41-10, 2001) Full typewritten play-by-play, statistics, and scoring Last tie: none summaries will be provided approximately 10 min- Current streak: Columbia, one win (2005) utes following the conclusion of the game. Quarterly Series started: 1890 (Columbia, 45-0) statistics and half-time summaries will be distributed Wilson vs. Fordham: 0-0 during the game. Masella vs. Columbia: 0-0 For home games, the post game-interview will take place in the Chrystie Field House (brick building behind press box), and instructions will be given following the contest.

OFFICE OF ATHLETICS COMMUNICATIONS • www.gocolumbialions.com 2deeps (0-0, 0-0 Ivy) (1-1) offense offense WR 10 Nick DeGasperis. . Sr., 5-11, 174 QB 1 Derric Daniels...... Sr., 6-1, 194 8 Tim Paulin ...... Jr., 6-3, 185 Wilson’s Wisdoms 9 T.J. Jordan...... So., 6-0, 200 LT 76 Matt Barsamian. . . . Sr., 6-3, 272 TB 23 James Prydatko...... Sr., 6-0, 219 50 Calder Orr ...... Sr., 6-3, 269 42 Larry Dortch...... Fr., 5-10, 205 LG 66 Daniel Palmer . . . . . Sr., 6-2, 293 On opening day: 58 Gene Kaskiw...... So.,6-3, 283 "They’re excited for the op- FB 43 Bo Marchand...... So., 6-2, 233 C 72 Mike Partain...... Jr., 6-4, 281 portunity to play someone 45 Kenny Jones...... Jr., 5-11, 226 62 John Seiler...... Fr., 6-3, 276 SE 80 Sylvester Clarke ...... Jr., 6-2, 203 RG 60 Mike Brune...... So., 6-4, 278 different after beating up on 88 Asa Lucas...... Fr., 6-1, 182 75 Uche Osadebe. . . . . Sr., 6-2, 269 each other two or three times or 88 James Crockett...... Fr., 6-2, 210 RT 73 Ralph DeBernardo. So., 6-4, 277 per week. It gets old." FL 47 Tommy Martin...... Fr., 5-11, 185 55 T.J. DeFilippo...... Jr., 6-2, 284 13 Mike Melvin...... Sr., 6-0, 180 TE 81 Jamal Russell...... Jr., 6-3, 223 TE 84 Ty Hogan...... Sr., 6-3, 240 89 Troy Evangelist . . . So., 6-6, 248 On invigorating a program: 85 Cody Kritzer...... So., 6-3, 232 RB 36 Jordan Davis. . . . So., 5-10, 193 "New uniforms don’t make 41 James Cobb...... Sr., 5-9, 197 or 90 Matt Graham...... Jr., 6-2, 249 QB 14 Craig Hormann. . . . . Jr., 6-4, 234 you play better. We have to RT 74 Justin Sarabaez...... So., 6-5, 305 18 Chris Allison...... So., 6-3, 208 compete in everything we do 75 Ricky Bencivenni...... Sr., 6-2, 250 FB 85 Thomas Weldon. . . . Jr., 6-1, 213 and outhustle people on both RG 55 Michael Nardone...... Jr., 6-1, 294 45 Austin Stevenson. . . Jr., 5-9, 217 sides of the ball." 79 Peter Jannen...... Sr., 6-4, 288 WR 4 Adrian Demko . . . . . Sr., 6-3, 197 C 66 Mike Breznicky ...... Jr., 6-0, 300 6 Jim Besselman. . . . . Sr., 6-2, 210 78 Robby Reiss...... Fr., 6-3, 315 On Uche Osadebe’s move to LG 68 Joe Welton ...... So., 6-3, 309 offensive line: 64 Frank Rizzo...... Fr., 6-3, 285 defense "He’s challenging the guys LT 51 Anthony Silvestro . . . . . Sr., 6-2, 298 LDE 91 Phillip Mitchell. . . . So., 6-5, 248 ahead of him. I wouldn't be 60 Alex Brown ...... So., 6-3, 250 71 Rick Ingold...... So., 6-4, 254 surprised to see him crack NT 54 Todd Abrams. . . . . Sr., 6-1, 262 defense 99 Mack Loughrey . . Fr., 5-11, 220 back into the starting lineup." DE 69 Cory Terzis...... Sr., 6-1, 255 RDE 93 Conor Joyce . . . . . So.,6-4, 250 67 Greg DeMarco...... So., 6-1, 244 98 Javier Garza . . . . . So.,6-0, 213 On Fordham: NG 97 Eduardo Boza...... Sr., 6-2, 292 OLB 49 Andy Shalbrack. . . Fr., 6-1, 188 "They’re young in the second- 70 Michael Techtmann. . . . Sr., 6-0, 258 DT 93 Jay Edwards...... Sr., 6-1, 260 39 Ben Schori...... Sr., 5-11, 188 ary from what I've seen. We ILB 48 Drew Quinn...... So., 6-3, 231 99 Rich Cerullo...... Jr., 6-2, 242 44 Zac Wallingford. . . So.,6-2, 217 need to pressure them. We OLB 5 Marcus Taylor...... Sr., 6-1, 244 MLB 35 Adam Brekke. . . . Sr., 5-11, 218 have to create space when we 38 Ryan Darcey...... Fr., 6-2, 190 40 Corey Cameron. . . So., 6-1, 220 run the ball. We cannot force ILB 25 Josh Jenrette...... Sr., 6-0, 192 ILB 59 Lou Miller...... Fr., 5-11, 199 or 39 Ryan Kleve...... Jr., 6-0, 231 the issue or turn the ball over. ILB 11 Dominique Owens . . . . Jr., 6-1, 225 52 Justin Masorti . . . Fr., 5-11, 226 Fordham runs the ball pretty OLB 2 Justin Nunez. . . . Sr., 5-10, 181 58 Daniel Scillieri...... Sr., 6-2, 225 OLB 32 Fonzie Culver...... So., 6-0, 222 43 Andrew Farrell. . . . . Jr., 6-0, 191 well. I think we did a great job 34 Jeb Bent...... Jr., 6-0, 221 CB 19 Chad Musgrove. . . . Jr., 6-3, 196 against the run [in the scrim- CB 24 Sam Orah...... Jr., 6-0, 181 FS 3 Tad Crawford. . . . . Sr., 6-3, 194 mage] against Harvard, but 26 Isiejah Allen ...... Fr., 5-11, 190 28 Brandon Buckley. . . Jr., 6-1, 198 they didn't use their starting FS 44 Zach Dayton...... So., 6-1, 210 CB 1 JoJo Smith...... Jr., 5-7, 156 tailback." 27 Matt Loucks ...... So., 6-1, 195 32 Eugene Edwards. . . Jr., 6-0, 164 SS 22 Earl Hudnell...... Jr., 5-8, 190 8 Bruce Lee...... Jr., 5-9, 175 On Columbia’s Depth: CB 16 Ray Loney ...... Jr., 5-9, 180 special teams "Our twos and threes are 12 Mike Shackelford. . . . Fr., 5-10, 170 P 11 Jon Rocholl...... So., 6-3, 185 predominantly freshmen and 29 Taylor Joseph ...... Fr., 6-2, 173 sophomores." K (FG/PAT) 11 Jon Rocholl...... So., 6-3, 185 special teams K (KO) 33 Patrick Huston. . . . . So., 6-2, 173 P 18 Benjamin Dato ...... Jr., 6-3, 195 LS 31 Josh Webster ...... Jr., 6-1, 211 15 Micah Clukey ...... Sr., 5-9, 198 H 4 Adrian Demko. . . . . Sr., 6-3, 197 PK 15 Micah Clukey ...... Sr., 5-9, 198 KR 19 Chad Musgrove. . . . . Jr., 6-3, 196 18 Benjamin Dato ...... So., 6-3, 185 41 James Cobb ...... Sr., 5-9, 197 LS 5 Marcus Taylor...... Sr., 6-1, 244 PR 3 Tad Crawford...... Sr., 6-3, 194 99 Rich Cerullo ...... Jr., 6-2, 224 H 13 Mike Melvin...... Sr., 6-0, 180 KR 2 Jonte Coven...... Jr., 5-9, 175 16 Ray Loney...... Jr., 5-9, 180 PR 26 Isiejah Allen...... Fr., 5-11, 190 82 Rich Rayborn ...... So., 6-0, 180

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We Serve New Radio season and was moved to guard this Columbia Athletics announced Sep- fall. He is majoring in psychology. Who Owns New York? tember 5 that all ten Lions football Columbia is now 22-7-1 all-time games during the 2006 season will Give Me Liberty vs. institutions of be broadcast live on WSNR, 620 AM, Today marks the fifth contest for higher learning, including 10-4 vs. the Sporting News Radio affiliate in the Liberty Cup, which was created Fordham. the Metropolitan New York City area. in 2001 to recognize the events of WFAN sports anchor Jerry Recco September 11. Ram Tough has been named as the play-by-play The Lions look to defend the cup Columbia has 29 tackles for a loss in announcer for all broadcasts. Recco, following last year’s 23-17 victory the last two meetings with Fordham who has been a mainstay of WFAN last September in . In that for ten years, is also a familiar voice game, Jeff Oke had a sack, forced a Static Statistics to Sirius Satellite Radio fans, where fumble and recovered another and Columbia's 2005 statistical leaders in he has hosted the “Between the Jon Rocholl booted three field goals. rushing, passing, scoring, tackles, punting, Hashmarks” show Craig Hormann completed 22 of 33 punt returns, sacks and interceptions and last year was the Update Anchor passes for 215 yards as the Lions return to the team this fall. for Sirius’ NFL Radio coverage. rallied from a 10-3 halftime deficit in Rick Mantz, who was President of a game that was delayed 65 minutes The Old 96er the New Jersey Football Coaches As- due to lightning in the area. The Rams’ Columbia is ranked 96th of 120 teams in sociation and head football coach at James Prydatko rushed 22 times for the I-AA.org power rankings. The Lions Hillsborough High School, will serve 165 yards and two touchdowns. were also picked eighth in the Ivy League as color commentator. The Liberty Cup series is now tied, pre-season media poll. All 10 football games will be si- 2-2. The Lions also won the inaugural mulcast online at gocolumbialions. game in the cup series, 13-11, in He Shall Break You com. Visitors to gocolumbialions.com 2002. Andy Shalbrack (Doylestown, Pa.) will also be able to see an enhanced This is the 15th-ever meeting had a sack and an interception in the video webcast featuring the WSNR between the Lions and Fordham in a Lions' scrimmage with Harvard. The audio feed via the SideLION Pass fea- series dating back to 1890. Columbia first-year is slated to start at spur vs. ture. leads the all-time series, 10-4. The Fordham. WKCR 88.9 FM will also continue teams have met in each of the last six to broadcast Columbia football. John years; each school has won three of Have You Ever Been Experienced? Painting will provide play-by-play, those meetings. Eight of Columbia's 11 projected with Howard Klein doing color. Columbia is 4-2 on opening day starters on offense are juniors or vs. the Rams. seniors, compared to five last season. Captains The Liberty Cup was instituted to That number may increase to nine Seniors Matt Barsamian, Adam Brekke commemorate the victims of Sept. as captain Uche Osadebe gains and Uche Osadebe have been elected 11, 2001 World Trade Center attacks. experience on the offensive line. captains for the 2006 campaign. It marks the fourth straight season the The Mane Gets a Makeover LIONS IN THE PROS Lions have had three or more captains In addition to a new coaching staff, For a time this summer, Columbia in a season and just the 13th time in Columbia will be sporting new had as many former players on the program’s history, including two uniforms and helmets for today’s rosters seasons in which the Lions had game contest. The white helmets will as any Ivy League school with captains. feature the tertiary logo of Columbia five. ‘97CC of the Barsamian, an economics major Athletics, the block ‘C’. Jacksonville Jaguars is now in his 10th from Rochester Hills, Mich., is one of NFL season and Michael Quarshie the Lions’ top offensive linemen. Husky Voices ‘05CC will spend the season on the Brekke is a neuroscience and behavior Norries Wilson and Tom Masella Oakland Raiders’ injured reserve major from Houston. A teammate said missed coaching together at UConn list. After recovering a fumble in the of the middle linebacker, “In a way, by one season. Masella was secondary Hall of Fame Game vs. Philadelphia Adam has been like a captain since coach in 1998 and Wilson was and recording a sack that took the he joined the team as a freshman.” offensive line coach the following Minnesota Vikings out of field goal Also hailing from the Houston area, season. Columbia's first two games range to preserve an Oakland victory Osadebe was honorable mention All- will feature opposing coaches in their in a nationally televised Monday Ivy League on the defensive line last first season as head coaches. Night Game, Quarshie suffered a

2006 COLUMBIA FOOTBALL season-ending injury in practice prior quarterbacks looked sharp. Chris it would leave him just four short of the to the Oakland’s fourth preseason Allison had the better statistical Lions’ all-time top-five career list; Archie game against Detroit. afternoon, completing 5-of-6 passes Roberts '65 had 313 for fifth. ‘04CC (Buccaneers), for 62 yards. He showed excellent Wade Fletcher ‘05CC (Giants) and quickness on several plays, in one If Only It Were a Best-of-Three ‘05CC (Cardinals) were each case getting whistled down on a play Season released following camp. he appeared set to break free (QBs In 2005, Columbia started 2-0 for the were protected by quick-whistle rule first time since 1996 (that team started Lions Fall to Harvard in in the scrimmage). On another, he 6-0 before falling to Princeton, 14-11) Scrimmage scrambled 17 yards to the Harvard and for the second time since 1978. Nineteen minutes into the first half of 23 following a 22-yard completion to Prior to 1978, the Lions had not won its scrimmage vs. Harvard September Jason Pyles, who played quarterback, their first two games since 1951. 8, Columbia had posted more points receiver and special teams during the that it had against the Crimson in course of the day. A Fraction of the Infractions the previous two seasons combined. The Lions’ other touchdown was Columbia finished fourth in the nation Additionally, the Lions had more to from James Cobb, who rushed for a (I-AA) in fewest yards penalized per show on their side of the scoreboard nine-yard score in the fourth quarter, game (35.50 yards per game) last than they did against all but two of bouncing off defenders in what has year. The Lions were penalized 38 their league opponents in 2005. become his trademark. times for 355 yards in 2005. The Excitement might be tempered by the Defensively, Justin Nunez had Lions were well-behaved in 2004 as fact that the 19-minute total was 10 seven tackles and Eli Waltz made six. well, with 401 yards in penalties to points and Columbia fell, 37-17 to First-year Andy Shalbrack had a sack opponents’ 547. Harvard here at Lawrence A. Wien and an interception. Stadium. However, the Crimson are the pre-season favorites to win the Just a Tad Better Ivy League and Columbia went deep Tad Crawford (Burlington, Ont.) had into its roster in the scrimmage; the 111 tackles last season, which led Lions had their third quarterback the Ivy League and was Columbia’s in the game late in the third quarter highest season total since Paul Roland before Harvard replaced its starting '99 had 119 in 1997. Crawford was quarterback. Five Lion quarterbacks the first Lion to have more than 100 took snaps in the game. tackles in a season since Chris Carey The Lions held two leads in the ’04 had 102 in 2002. contest and looked strong against the Crawford had 19 tackles vs. Princeton, run. the Lions’ highest single-game total since Against the pass, Harvard was Carey had 19 in 2002. dominant, as Crimson receivers appeared to pull in every pass thrown For Those About to Rocholl at them. Sophomore Jon Rocholl (Fort Wayne, Jon Rocholl had a 49-yard field Ind.) had what would have been a goal and a 62-yard punt – all in the career-long 49-yard field goal in the air – in the contest. Lions’ scrimmage vs. Harvard Sept. The Lions took their second and 8. Last fall, he nailed a season-long final lead when sophomore running 47-yard field goal at Princeton to set back Jordan Davis took a pitch for a school record for consecutive made a one-yard touchdown four minutes field goals in a season with seven. into the second quarter, capping a Four of those seven were 41 yards or seven-minute drive. On the drive, longer. Craig Hormann hit Jamal Russell with Also Columbia’s punter, Rocholl a 21-yard completion, and Davis booted one 62 yards (with no roll) in with a 12-yard pass. Hormann found the Harvard scrimmage. He had a 74- James Besselman for a 17-yard gain to yard punt vs. Duquesne, three yards the Crimson 28 and connected with short of a Columbia record, in 2005. Russell for another 15-yarder, then an eight-yard completion to Besselman Stormin’ Hormann moved the ball to the one, setting up Junior Craig Hormann (Indianapolis, Davis’ score. Ind.) has 164 career completions. Should Both of the Lions’ top two he duplicate his total of 145 last season,

2006 COLUMBIA FOOTBALL Norries Wilson head coach Norries Wilson, one of the top assistant In addition to his college coaching experience, Wilson coaches in the nation while at the University has served minority coaching fellowships in the NFL with the of Connecticut, became Columbia’s 18th Kansas City Chiefs (1992), the Jacksonville Jaguars (1995) and head coach in December 2005. the Indianapolis Colts (2000). Wilson, who served as offensive A native of Markham Ill., where he attended Thornwood coordinator at UConn for the past four High School, Wilson is married to the former Brenda Marquis, seasons, was one of five finalists for the who played forward on UConn’s first women’s national Frank Broyles Award as the nation’s top championship team. The couple had their first son, Cecil, on assistant coach in 2004, a season in which February 17, 2005. the Huskies led the Big East in both total and scoring offense. In 2003, he guided UConn’s offense that posted 477.5 yards per game, which ranked eighth in the nation. “Norries Wilson is a dynamic leader with a full complement of leadership, coaching, management Coaching Highlights and communication skills • 2004 One of five finalists for who will take this program the Frank Broyles Award as the where we want to go,” says nation’s top assistant coach Dr. M. Dianne Murphy, Columbia’s director of • 2004 UConn’s offense led the intercollegiate athletics and Big East in both total and scoring physicla education. “We offense are proud to have Coach Wilson on board as the • 2004 UConn defeated Toledo head coach of the Lions.” to win the Motor City Bowl In 2002, Wilson was promoted to the Huskies’ • 2004 Three members of his offensive coordinator after offensive unit went on to sign “Columbia University has made an outstanding joining the UConn staff NFL contracts choice in hiring Norries. Not only is he the type of in 1999 as offensive line coach. He continued to • 2004 One of 12 coaches person who will be able to succeed as a head coach, work specifically with the selected to participate in the but he is also an outstanding football coach who Huskies’ centers and guards. NCAA Expert Coaching Program knows the game well. From our experiences here In 2004, UConn defeated - building UConn essentially from the ground up - Toledo to win the Motor • 2003 UConn’s offense ranked he knows what it will take to build Columbia into a City Bowl. Three members eighth in the nation (477.5 yards winner.” -- Randy Edsall of that team’s offense went per game) head football coach, University of Connecticut on to sign National Football League contracts. Prior to the 2004 season, Wilson was one of 12 coaches selected to participate in the NCAA Expert Coaching Program. The program is designed to teach and reinforce various aspects of securing, managing and excelling in NCAA head coaching positions at the Division I-A level. Before UConn, Wilson spent four seasons at Bucknell. He was the Bisons’ offensive line coach in 1995 and 1996 before a promotion to offensive coordinator in 1997 and 1998. He was also defensive coordinator at Livingstone College (1993), offensive line/ tight ends coach at North Carolina Central (1991-92) and graduate assistant at his alma mater, the University of Minnesota (1989-90). Wilson was a captain and two-year starter for the Gophers. In 1985, the team defeated Clemson to win the Independence Bowl and competed in the Liberty Bowl vs. Tennessee the Coach Wilson appeared following year. He was a three-year letterwinner in football, and on (clockwise, from bot- earned two letters and qualified for the NCAA Championships tom left) WCBS, WNBC as a heavyweight in wrestling. He graduated from Minnesota in and ESPNews during his 1989 with a degree in psychology. first month at Columbia

2006 COLUMBIA FOOTBALL Norries Wilson head coach

Coaching Chronology University of Connecticut Offensive coordinator (2002-05) Offensive line (1999-2001)

Bucknell University Offensive coordinator (1997-98) Offensive line (1995-96)

Livingstone (N.C.) College Defensive coordinator (1993) Coach Wilson greets the North Carolina Central University Columbia community at a Offensive line/tight ends (1991-92) men’s basketball game in February University of Minnesota Graduate assistant (1989-90)

NFL Minority Coaching Fellowships Indianapolis Colts (2000) Jacksonville Jaguars (1995) Kansas City Chiefs (1992)

Education/Playing Experience • B.S. in psychology, University of Minnesota, 1989 • Captain and two-year starter, three-year letterwinner Coach Wilson in the huddle with sophomores Troy Evangelist (No. 89) and Chris Allison at • Played in two bowl games: 1985 Independence Columbia’s Blue-White scrimmage in April. bowl (defeated Clemson), 1986 Liberty Bowl (lost to Tennessee) • Also a two-year letterwinner and NCAA Championships qualifier in wrestling (heavyweight division)

Personal • Native of Markham Ill. • Attended Thornwood High School • Married to the former Brenda Marquis, who played forward on UConn’s first women’s basketball Coach Wilson shares a national championship team. laugh with junior quarter- • First child, a son, Cecil, on February 17, 2005 back Craig Hormann

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No. Name Pos. Cl. Ht. Wt. Hometown/High School 10 Drew Abeyta CB Fr. 6-0 180 Woodland Hills, Calif./Notre Dame 54 Todd Abrams NT Sr. 6-1 262 St. Louis, Mo./Clayton 18 Chris Allison QB So. 6-3 208 Wayne, N.J./Bergen Catholic 86 Nate Anschuetz WR Fr. 6-1 200 West Newton, Mass./Milton Academy

76 Matt Barsamian OT Sr. 6-3 272 Rochester Hills, Mich./Rochester Adams 97 Matt Bashaw DE Fr. 6-3 248 Cranford, N.J./Delbarton School 6 James Besselman WR Sr. 6-2 210 Marietta, Ga./Alan C. Pope 35 Adam Brekke MLB Sr. 5-11 218 Houston, Texas/Cypress Falls 15 David Brekke QB Fr. 5-11 190 Houston, Texas/Cypress Falls 60 Mike Brune OT So. 6-4 278 Fort Wayne, Ind./Concordia Lutheran 28 Brandon Buckley LB Jr. 6-1 198 Kansas City, Mo./Pembroke School

40 Corey Cameron DE So. 6-1 220 Encinitas, Calif./La Costa Canyon 41 James Cobb RB Sr. 5-9 197 Stamford, Conn./Stamford 3 Tad Crawford FS Sr. 6-3 194 Burlington, Ont./M.M. Robinson

36 Jordan Davis RB So. 5-10 193 Durham, N.C./Hillside 73 Ralph DeBernardo OT So. 6-4 277 Washington Township, N.J./Westwood 63 Pat DeFazio C So. 6-1 285 Morristown, N.J./Delbarton School 55 T.J. DeFilippo OG Jr. 6-2 284 Bethany, Conn./Taft School 5 Nick DeGasperis WR Sr. 5-11 174 Schenectady, N.Y./Schenectady 4 Adrian Demko WR Sr. 6-3 197 Valparaiso, Ind./Valparaiso 7 Tyler Duffy OLB So. 5-11 190 Austin, Texas/St. Michael’s Academy

20 Eugene Edwards CB Jr. 6-0 164 West Memphis, Ark./West Memphis 89 Troy Evangelist TE So. 6-6 248 Mahtomedi, Minn./Mahtomedi

43 Andrew Farrell DB Jr. 6-0 191 Milton, Mass./Boston College H.S.

98 Javier Garza NT So. 6-0 213 Brinklow, Md./Sherwood

46 Vaughn Hodges OLB Fr. 6-1 196 Stamford, Conn./Brunswick School 14 Craig Hormann QB Jr. 6-4 234 Indianapolis, Ind./Lawrence Central 33 Patrick Huston FS/K So. 6-2 173 Gilbert, Ariz./Highland

71 Rick Ingold DL So. 6-4 254 Newark, Ohio/Newark

21 Derek Jancisin WR Fr. 6-3 195 Pittsburgh, Pa./Mount Lebanon 27 Grant Jefferson RB Fr. 5-11 185 Houston, Texas/Strake Jesuit College Prep 29 Taylor Joseph WR Fr. 6-2 173 Torrance, Calif./Loyola 93 Conor Joyce DE So. 6-4 250 Foxboro, Mass./St. Sebastian’s C.D.S.

58 Gene Kaskiw OG So. 6-3 283 Little Silver, N.J./Red Bank Regional 83 Austin Knowlin WR Fr. 5-10 189 Newington, Conn./Newington 84 Tony Knox WR Fr. 5-10 169 Raleigh, N.C./Ravenscroft School 26 Clark Koury OLB So. 6-0 210 Dublin, Ohio/Dublin Coffman

70 Will Lipovsky OT Fr. 6-6 247 Oakton, Va./Thomas Jefferson 99 Mack Loughrey OL Fr. 5-11 220 Glenshaw, Pa./Central Catholic

52 Justin Masorti LB Fr. 5-11 226 State College, Pa./State College 13 Chase McCaleb WR Fr. 6-1 163 San Antonio, Texas/Alamo Heights 94 Troy McHenry DE So. 6-5 259 Peabody, Mass./St. John’s Prep

2006 COLUMBIA FOOTBALL 34 Gary Mesko FB So. 5-11 209 Honesdale, Pa./Honesdale 59 Lou Miller LB Fr. 5-11 199 Cincinnati, Ohio/St. Xavier 91 Phillip Mitchell DE So. 6-5 248 Knoxville, Tenn./Webb School of Knoxville 42 Jared Morine CB Fr. 5-10 167 Averill Park, N.Y./Averill Park 19 Chad Musgrove CB Jr. 6-3 196 Pass Christian, Miss./Pass Christian

2 Justin Nunez OLB Sr. 5-10 181 Englewood, N.J./Kent School

30 Jeff Oke DE Sr. 6-2 253 Scarborough, Ont./St. Michael’s 16 M.A. Olawale QB Fr. 6-0 208 San Francisco, Calif./Long Beach Polytechnic 50 Calder Orr OG Sr. 6-3 269 Nolensville, Tenn./Battle Ground Acad. 75 Uche Osadebe OG Sr. 6-2 269 Friendswood, Texas/Clearbrook

66 Daniel Palmer OG Sr. 6-2 293 Atlanta, Ga./Westminster Schools 72 Mike Partain C Jr. 6-4 281 Hatfield, Pa./North Penn 8 Tim Paulin WR Jr. 6-3 185 Encinitas, Calif./La Costa Canyon 96 David Priest MLB Jr. 6-3 235 Versailles, Ky./Lexington Catholic 12 Jason Pyles QB Fr. 6-1 202 Shadyside, Ohio/Linsly School

48 Drew Quinn LB So. 6-2 231 Maineville, Ohio/St. Xavier

25 Ray Rangel RB Fr. 5-9 186 Anaheim, Calif./Servite 11 Jon Rocholl P/K So. 6-3 185 Fort Wayne, Ind./R. Nelson Snider 81 Jamal Russell TE Jr. 6-3 223 Baton Rouge, La./Southern Univ. Lab School

79 Evan Sanford C Fr. 6-4 286 Eagan, Minn./Eastview 65 Stefan Savic OL Jr. 6-7 281 Belgrade, Serbia/3rd Belgrade 37 Darren Schmidt DE Sr. 5-10 215 Cleveland, Ohio/University School 39 Ben Schori OLB Sr. 5-11 188 Bronx, N.Y./Riverdale Country Day 62 John Seiler OL Fr. 6-3 276 Atlanta, Ga./Westminster Schools 23 Mike Siebold K So. 5-9 168 Haworth, N.J./Northern Valley Regional 49 Andy Shalbrack DB Fr. 6-1 188 Doylestown, Pa./St. Joseph’s Prep 1 JoJo Smith CB Jr. 5-7 156 Dayton, Ohio/Chaminade-Julienne 78 Caleb Spear OG Fr. 6-2 312 Crawfordsville, Ind./Crawfordsville 88 Cody Steele TE So. 6-2 223 Nicholson, Pa./Lackawanna Trail 45 Austin Stevenson FB Jr. 5-9 217 St. Louis, Mo./Mary Inst. & St. Louis C.D.S. 32 Pete Stoll FB Fr. 6-0 215 Lansdale, Pa./North Penn

38 Ed Thomas CB Fr. 5-11 175 Cheektowaga, N.Y./Cleveland Hill 77 Sean Thomas NT Jr. 6-2 250 Butte, Mont./Butte Central

69 Moose Veldman OL Fr. 6-3 300 Mesa, Ariz./Brophy College Prep

68 Nathan Walcker OL So. 6-4 273 Prior Lake, Minn./St. Thomas Academy 44 Zac Wallingford LB So. 6-2 217 Merritt Island, Fla./Holy Trinity Episcopal 51 Eli Waltz NT So. 6-3 244 Venedocia, Ohio/Spencerville 31 Josh Webster LS/LB Jr. 6-1 211 Las Vegas, Nev./Desert Pines 85 Thomas Weldon FB Jr. 6-1 213 New Albany, Ohio/New Albany 22 Kirk Weller FS Fr. 6-1 188 Hingham, Mass./Hingham 87 Josh A. Williams WR Fr. 6-0 170 Santa Rosa, Calif./St. Ignatius College Prep 53 Josh D. Williams LB Fr. 6-0 210 Tucson, Ariz./Salpointe Catholic

Coaching Staff: Norries Wilson, head coach; Lou Ferrari, defensive coordinator/linebackers; Vinny Marino, offensive coordinator/quarterbacks; Cheston Blackshear, tight ends; Andrew Cohen, defensive line; Aaron Kelton, defensive secondary; Jeff Larson, wide receivers; Chris Nugai, running backs/recruiting coordinator; Kris Sweet, offensive line; Greg Sigler, defensive assistant Captains: Matt Barsamian, Adam Brekke, Uche Osadebe

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