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2020 (Redshirt Freshman): Has not yet seen game action.
KENNETH ANYAEHIE 2019 (Freshman): Joined Temple as a walk-on in the summer ... did not see game ac- tion ... American Athletic Conference All-Academic Team ... redshirted. 6-2 ♦ 218 ♦ r-Fr High School: Played linebacker and defensive end as a senior at Lely High in Naples, #57 Naples, Fla. LB Fla. Under head coach Fritz Jacques … collected 56 tackles, 27 solos, 17 TFLs, and 13 sacks in 10 games … also played safety … was introduced to the game of football as a sophomore in high school … invited to US Army All-American Bowl … was Collier Coun- 2019 Fr 0/0 ty Football Academic Hall of Fame inductee … also lettered in track and field where he was a district champion shot putter. 2020 r-Fr 0/0 Personal: Born Kenneth Ekene Anyaehie in Nigeria … parents are Prisca and Tobias Anyaehie … brothers Benedict (20), Lawrence (16) and Franklin (14), and sister Jane (18) … Benedict serves in the Army ... volunteered to feed and clean up during Hurricane Irma recovery … list of favorites include: Blindside, Forest Gump and the Marvel series (movies), rap (music), The Giving Tree (book), Chinese rice and wings (pregame meal), Chelsea FC, Chicago Bulls and New England Patriots (pro sports teams) … claims the craziest thing he ever did was kill a python … pre-law major.
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Participated in Championship Game
Earned Undergraduate Degree
Participated in Boca Raton Bowl
Owl Scholar Athlete
Participated in Military Bowl All-American Athletic Conference •• PBPB •• Participated in Gasparilla Bowl Walk On
Participated in Independence Bowl
Chuck Bednarik Award Watchlist
Doak Walker Award Watchlist
Maxwell Award Watchlist
Rimington Award Watchlist
Nagurski Trophy Watchlist
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2017 r-Fr 13/10 DANIEL ARCHIBONG 2018 r-So 13/13 6-6 ♦ 299 ♦ Gr 2019 r-Jr 13/12 #6 Springfield, Pa. DT 2020 Gr 2/2 2020 (Graduate): Earned preseason All-American Athletic Conference recognition DAN ARCHIBONG’S DEFENSIVE STATS [Athlon's (second), Phil Steele (third)] ... set a new career-high in tackles with six in sea- son opener at Navy. Opp. P / S U A T TFL / Yds Sk / Yds QH Int / Yds PB FF FR
2019 (Redshirt Junior): Was awarded #6 during summer practices (changed from #95) - 2016 2 / 0 1 - 0 - 1 0.0 / 0 0.0 / 0 0 0 / 0 0 0 0 Temple awards single-digit jerseys to the toughest players on the team ... started nearly 2017 13 / 10 7 - 13 - 20 2.5 / 8 2.0 / 7 0 0 / 0 3 0 0 every game at defensive tackle ... registered his first sack and TFL of the season, as well as a blocked FG, at Buffalo ... did not start at ECU as a result of a targeting foul vs. 2018 13 / 13 7 - 12 - 19 3.0 / 9 0.5 / 4 1 0 / 0 3 0 0 Georgia Tech ... Academic All-Area (PhillySIDA) ... President's Honor Roll ... American 2019 13 / 12 12 - 15 - 27 1.5 / 10 1.5 / 10 2 0 / 0 2 0 0 Athletic Conference All-Academic Team ... lettered. @Navy 1 / 1 3 - 3 - 6 0.0 / 0 0.0 / 0 0 0 / 0 0 0 0 2018 (Redshirt Sophomore): Started every game on the defensive line ... Phil Steele Third Team All-AAC ... All-ECAC Honorable Mention ... 2018 - 66 Phillips Athlete of the USF 1 / 1 2 - 1 - 3 0.0 / 0 0.0 / 0 0 0 / 0 0 0 1 Week (Houston) ... tied career-high in tackles with four against Tulsa ... made a sack in @Memphis / - - 0 / / / the last minute of regulation to force overtime at #20 Cincinnati ... caught first career pass vs. USF (from Anthony Russo) ... #theSTANDARD Player of the Game (Villanova, @Tulane / - - 0 / / / Buffalo, Maryland, Tulsa, Boston College, ECU, Navy, Houston, USF) ... CoSIDA Academ- SMU / - - 0 / / / ic All-America Team Nominee ... American Athletic Conference All-Academic Team ... Athletic Director’s Honor Roll ... lettered. @UCF / - - 0 / / /
ECU / - - 0 / / / 2017 (Redshirt Freshman): Was part of a deep D-line rotation and earned ECAC Defen- sive Rookie of the Year ... made first career start opening day at Notre Dame ... started Cincinnati / - - 0 / / / at DT in 10 of 13 games ... had a career-high four tackles at Army ... wore #1 against Navy ... notched his first sack as an Owl at Cincinnati ... recorded a sack in Gasparilla Bowl vs. 2020 2 / 2 5 - 4 - 9 0.0 / 0 0.0 / 0 0 0 / 0 0 0 1 FIU ... #theSTANDARD Player of the Game (USF, ECU, UConn, Army, Navy, Cincinnati, Career 43 / 37 32 - 44 - 76 7.0 / 27 4.0 / 21 3 0 / 0 8 0 1 FIU) ... President’s Honor Roll ... lettered.
2016 (Freshman): Was part of the 2016 recruiting class ... saw first game action of ca- reer vs. Charlotte at defensive line and made first career tackle ... Scout Team Defen- sive Player of the Week (Navy) ... American Athletic Conference All-Academic Team ... Athletic Director's Honor Roll ... redshirted.
High School: Three-year letterwinner at defensive end and tight end for head coach Chris Britton at Springfield (Pa.) High … all-state honorable mention at defensive end senior year ... was a Blue-Gray All-American and Maxwell Award nominee … earned second team all-league recognition at defensive end and honorable mention recogni- tion at tight end junior year ... finished 12-1 as a junior and 6-5 as a senior.
Personal: Born Daniel Patrick Archibong (pronounced ARCH-eh-bong) in Philadelphia ... parents are Heather Carroll, Sean Carroll (stepfather), and Henry Archibong and Sa- mantha Archibong (stepmother) ... sisters Sophia Carroll (9) and Jules Archibong (3) ... brothers Shaun Carroll (8) and Owen Archibong (6) ... part of the Japan 8 (8 Temple players who traveled to Japan in the spring for a week of football clinics) ... earned his degree in criminal justice (Fall 2019) and wants to work in tech for FBI. 2020 TEMPLE FOOTBALL
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2020 (Freshman): Part of the 2020 recruiting class... Defensive Scout Team Player of NICK BAGS the Week (Navy) ... has not yet seen game action. High School: Transferred to Tottenville in Staten Island as a senior, finishing 11-2 and 6-3 ♦ 257 ♦ Fr playing in PSAL Championship … had 19 tackles, 4.0 sacks and one fumble recovery New Jersey and also caught one touchdown as a tight end … played in 11 games as a junior at #90 DT DePaul High in Wayne, N.J. with 38 tackles, 11.0 TFLs, and 2.0 sacks … also attended Monsignor Farrell in Staten Island.
2020 Fr 0/0 Personal: Born Nick Bagashvili … goes by Nick Bags … mother Nikkia. Class of 2020
2020 (Freshman): Was part of the 2020 recruiting class ... has not yet seen game action
ZAE BAINES High School: Played wide receiver and defensive back at North Cross High for coach Stephen Alexander … was a four-year letterwinner who earned All-Virginia and All-Vir- 6-2 ♦ 175 ♦ Fr ginia Independence Conference at both wide receiver and cornerback from 2016-19 Roanoke, Va. … finished 11-1 and won the VISAA Division II State Championship as a senior when he #80 WR amassed 1,133 total yards (842 receiving) and 14 touchdowns … also had 35 tackles and five interceptions … was the team’s MVP and Virginia offensive player of the year as a junior … also starred in basketball as an all-state and all-conference performer … was 2020 Fr 0/0 the Chance Harmin Classic MVP in 2017. Class Personal: Born ZaeWuan Daviona Baines in Long Beach, Calif. … goes by Zae … father of is Shannon Taylor … has two brothers Sean and Amare and one sister Ataijah … father 2020 played college football at Virginia and in the NFL for San Diego, Baltimore, and Jack- sonville … list of favorites include: The Interview, Step Brothers, and the “Friday” series (movies), The Great Gatsby (book), All-American (TV show).
2018 Fr 0/0 KHRIS BANKS 2019 r-Fr 13/1 6-4 ♦ 306 ♦ r-So 2020 r-So 2/0 #56 Patterson, N.J. DT
2020 (Redshirt Sophomore): Recorded his first TFL of 2020 and set a new career-high in tackles with 9 in the season opener at Navy. KHRIS BANKS’ DEFENSIVE STATS
2019 (Redshirt Freshman): Part of deep defensive line ... rotates in and consistently Opp. P / S U A T TFL / Yds Sk / Yds QH Int / Yds PB FF FR contributes at defensive tackle ... saw first career game action against Bucknell and re- 2019 13 / 1 13 - 2 - 15 2.5 / 5 0.0 / 0 0 0 / 0 3 0 0 corded first career tackle and pass breakup in his debut ... recorded his first career TFL at ECU ... made his first career start and had a career-high 3 tackles vs. UCF ... American @Navy 1 / 0 3 - 6 - 9 1.0 / 5 0.0 / 0 0 0 / 0 0 0 0 Athletic Conference All-Academic Team ... lettered. USF 1 / 0 2 - 0 - 2 0.0 / 0 0.0 / 0 0 0 / 0 0 0 0 2018 (Freshman): Was part of the 2018 recruiting class ... Scout Team Defensive Player @Memphis / - - 0 / / / •• PBPB •• of the Week (Villanova) ... did not see game action ... Athletic Director’s Honor Roll ... redshirted. @Tulane / - - 0 / / / SMU / - - 0 / / / High School: Lettered four years at offensive tackle and on the defensive line for coach John McKenna at DePaul Catholic High in Wayne, N.J. … compiled a career 33-15 record @UCF / - - 0 / / / with the Spartans, including an undefeated 12-0 mark his freshman season ... honored ECU / - - 0 / / / on the all-state, all-county and all-metro team twice (junior & senior) as well as the all- league team three times (senior, junior & sophomore) ... played on the varsity basketball Cincinnati / - - 0 / / / team as a freshman and sophomore. 2020 2 / 0 5 - 6 - 11 1.0 / 5 0.0 / 0 0 0 / 0 0 0 0
Personal: Born Khristopher James Banks in Montclair, N.J. ... mother Kellishia Brown Career 15 / 1 18 - 8 - 26 3.5 / 10 0.0 / 0 0 0 / 0 3 0 0 and father Lenny Banks ... has one sister, Kori Banks (23), and one brother, Rodney Bird (15) ... list of favorites include: Last Chance U and Rick & Morty (TV shows), The Great Gatsby (book), the New York Jets (NFL franchise) and J.J. Watt (NFL player) ... has a pet dog named Justice ... made the academic honor roll six times during his high school career ... sport tourism hospitality management major.
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2018 Fr 0/0 JOSE BARBON 2019 r-Fr 13/6 6-0 ♦ 180 ♦ r-So 2020 r-So 2/0 #10 Lancaster, Pa. WR
2020 (Redshirt Sophomore): Saw consistent action in season opener at Navy ... had a career day in the home opener vs. USF, matching his career high in receptions (3) and JOSE BARBON’S OFFENSIVE STATS setting a new career high in receiving yards (35). RECEIVING RUSHING
2019 (Redshirt Freshman): Rotates in behind an experienced receiving core, play- Opp. P / S No Yd Avg TD Lg No Yd Avg TD Lg ing behind three single-digit seniors ... made his collegiate debut vs. Bucknell in the 2019 13 / 6 18 168 9.3 0 24 0 0 0.0 0 0 opener and made first career catch (11-yards from QB Anthony Russo) ... recorded a career-long reception at #19 SMU for 24 yards ... recorded a career-high in receptions @Navy 1 / 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 (3) in a win at USF ... set a new career-high in receiving yards (28) at #19 Cincinnati USF 1 / 0 3 35 11.7 0 13 1 8 8.0 0 8 ... lettered. @Memphis / 0.0 0.0 2018 (Freshman): Was part of the 2018 recruiting class ... Scout Team Offensive Player of the Week (Maryland, Houston) ... Scout Team Special Teams Player of the Week @Tulane / 0.0 0.0 (UCF) ... did not see game action ... redshirted. SMU / 0.0 0.0
High School: Played wide receiver and defensive back for head coach Gerad Novak @UCF / 0.0 0.0 at Conestoga Valley High in Lancaster, Pa. … was a three-year letterwinner and twice ECU / 0.0 0.0 earned first-team wide receiver and defensive back honors … as a senior, recorded 68 catches for 1,041 yards and 16 touchdowns earning wide receiver of the year honors Cincinnati / 0.0 0.0 … also added three touchdowns on seven interceptions en route to defensive back of 2020 2 / 0 3 35 11.7 0 13 1 8 8.0 0 8 the year accolades … scored 22 TDs overall, adding a kick return and two punt return scores … as a junior, hauled in 64 catches for 925 yards and seven touchdowns en Career 15 / 6 21 203 9.7 0 24 1 8 8.0 0 8 route to wide receiver of the year honors, and added six interceptions for one score as a defensive back … was 37-497-3TDs receiving as a sophomore … also participated in track .
Personal: Born Jose Barbon in Havana, Cuba … resides in Lancaster, Pa. … mother Lazara Linares and father William Barbon … has a brother Will (25) … both parents and brother served in the military … list of favorites include: Wild 'N Out (TV show), Fast and Furious (movies), and Pittsburgh Steelers (NFL team) … sport tourism hospitality management major.
2018 Fr - ADAM BARRY 2019 So 13/0 6-6 ♦ 210 ♦ Jr 2020 Jr 2/0 #49 Prospect, Kent. P KHRIS BANKS’ DEFENSIVE STATS
Opp. P / S U A T TFL / Yds Sk / Yds QH Int / Yds PB FF FR 2020 (Junior): Began the season as the first-team punter ... Special Teams Player of
ADAM BARRY’S PUNTING STATS 2020 TEMPLE FOOTBALL 2019 13 / 1 13 - 2 - 15 2.5 / 5 0.0 / 0 0 0 / 0 3 0 0 the Game (Navy, USF). Opp. GP No Yds Avg Lg TB FC I20 50+ Bk @Navy 1 / 0 3 - 6 - 9 1.0 / 5 0.0 / 0 0 0 / 0 0 0 0 2019 (Sophomore): Was recruited to Temple in the spring ... was the primary punter 2018 9 47 1759 37.4 72 1 1 13 4 1 throughout the season ... Special Teams Player of the Game (#19 SMU) ... lettered. USF 1 / 0 2 - 0 - 2 0.0 / 0 0.0 / 0 0 0 / 0 0 0 0 2019 13 62 2344 37.8 56 2 3 17 2 0 @Memphis / - - 0 / / / 2018 (Freshman): Punted for head coach Kiyoshi Harris at Independence (Kan.) Com- • PB • @Navy 1 1 44 44.0 44 0 0 1 0 0 • PB • munity College ... had a 37.4 yard average on 47 punts in nine games, including a long @Tulane / - - 0 / / / of 72 yards. USF 1 4 160 40.0 51 0 1 3 1 0 SMU / - - 0 / / / @Memphis 0.0 High School: Was a four-year letterwinner as a punter, wide receiver and defensive @UCF / - - 0 / / / back at North Oldham High under head coach Joe Gamsky ... also played basketball. @Tulane 0.0 ECU / - - 0 / / / Personal: Born Adam Christopher Barry in Prospect, Kent. ... parents are Loreta and SMU 0.0 Cincinnati / - - 0 / / / Scott Barry ... has a brother Luke (18) ... list of favorites include: Indianapolis Colts (NFL @UCF 0.0 team), Odell Beckham Jr. (professional athlete), rap (music) ... aspires to be a wildlife 2020 2 / 0 5 - 6 - 11 1.0 / 5 0.0 / 0 0 0 / 0 0 0 0 expert. ECU 0.0 Career 15 / 1 18 - 8 - 26 3.5 / 10 0.0 / 0 0 0 / 0 3 0 0 Cincinnati 0.0
2020 2 5 204 40.8 51 0 1 4 1 0
Career 24 114 4307 37.8 72 3 5 34 7 1
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2018 Fr 1/0 TRAD BEATTY 2019 r-Fr 2/0 6-5 ♦ 217 ♦ r-So 2020 r-So 0/0 #11 Columbia, S.C. QB
2020 (Redshirt Sophomore): Contributes as a member of a TRAD BEATTY’S OFFENSIVE STATS deep QB group playing behind third-year starter Anthony Russo. PASSING RUSHING 2019 (Redshirt Freshman): Led the second team offense in sum- mer camp with Anthony Russo nursing an injury ... had his first Opp. P / S Eff Cpl Att Cp% Yds TD Int Lg Sk / Ls No Yd Avg TD Lg game action of the season vs. UCF ... President's Honor Roll ... 2018 1 / 0 0.00 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 / 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 American Athletic Conference All-Academic Team. 2019 2 / 0 0.00 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 / 0 3 13 4.3 0 7
2018 (Freshman): Was part of the 2018 recruiting class and was @Navy 0 / 0 a mid-year enrollee who joined the Owls in January ... saw first game action at UConn ... #theSTANDARD Player of the Game USF 0 / 0 (Navy) ... Scout Team Offensive Player of the Game (UConn) ... @Memphis / 0.00 0.0 / 0.0 Scout Team Offensive Player of the Week (Cincinnati) ... Temple Athletics’ Leadership Council ... American Athletic Conference @Tulane / 0.00 0.0 / 0.0 All-Academic Team ... President’s Honor Roll ... redshirted. SMU / 0.00 0.0 / 0.0
High School: As a senior, played quarterback for head coach @UCF / 0.00 0.0 / 0.0 Derek White at Ben Lippen High in Columbia, S.C. … was 143- of-194 passing for 2,892 yards and 29 touchdowns with just ECU / 0.00 0.0 / 0.0 four interceptions, leading his team to an 8-3 record … earned Cincinnati / 0.00 0.0 / 0.0 first-team all-state, The State All-Midlands first team, and SCISA offensive player of the year … was a five-time SCISA player of the 2020 0 / 0 0.00 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 / 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 week and was selected to play in North-South All-Star game … Career 3 / 0 0.00 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 / 0 3 13 4.3 0 7 completed 19 consecutive passes and finished with a school re- cord 508 yards and four touchdowns against Cardinal Newman … was a three-year letterwinner at Chapin High before transfer- ring … was a Class 4A all-state selection as a junior, leading his team to an 11-3 record on 124-of-193 passing for 1,911 yards and 17 touchdowns … led team to an 11-2 record as a sophomore and 7-4 as a freshman … was a three-time letterwinner in baseball … member of the National Honor Society.
Personal: Born Bruce Alan Beatty in Columbia, S.C. … parents are Michele and Alan Beatty … lives in Chapin, S.C. … has two sisters, Sarah Joyce (17) and Ashlyn (14) … father played football at Furman and grandfather Bruce Beatty played at University of South Carolina before joining the Army … list of favorites include: Talladega Nights (movie), Friday Night Lights (TV show), and cal- culus (subject) … enjoys hunting and fishing … speaks Spanish … business & management major.
2020 (Freshman): Joined the team as a walk-on in the summer ... has not yet seen game action. RORY BELL High School: Was a four-year kicker and punter at Wilmington (Ohio) High for head 5-9 ♦ 182 ♦ Fr coach Scott Killen … was a three-time winner of the Clinton County Kiwanis Special Wilmington, Oh. Teams Award … earned first-team All-Southwest Ohio and #2 in the nation by GWK as a #47 K senior … also lettered in swimming and track … was a two-time first-team all-conference in track and set three school records (4x1600, 4x800, and distance medley) … member of the National Honor Society … selected Homecoming King. • PB • 2020 Fr 0/0 • PB • = Class Personal: Born Rory Scott Bell in Cincinnati, Ohio … parents are Tammy (mother) and Rob Weinel (step-father) and Shawn Bell (father) … is the youngest of three siblings: of sister Tiffany and brother Brendan … list of favorites include: Dexter (TV show), Lone Survivor (book), Gladiator (movie), Cincinnati Reds (pro sports team), Pat McAfee (pro- 2020 fessional athlete) … aspires to be an FBI SWAT medic … criminal justice major.
10 6 101010 2020 Fr 1/0 TREY BLAIR Class 5-11 ♦ 192 ♦ Fr of #32 Havertown, Pa. SAF 2020
2020 (Freshman): Was part of the 2020 recruiting class ... made his collegiate debut in the season opener at Navy rotating in on special teams. TREY BLAIR’S DEFENSIVE STATS Opp. P / S U A T TFL / Yds Sk / Yds QH Int / Yds PB FF FR High School: Led Haverford Senior High to 11-3 record and District 1 Class 6A finals with 500+ rushing yards and nine TDs in three playoff games … Delaware County Daily @Navy 1 / 0 0 - 0 - 0 0.0 / 0 0.0 / 0 0 0 / 0 0 0 0 Times Player of the Year … played QB and DB … was a running back until his senior USF 1 / 0 0 - 0 - 0 0.0 / 0 0.0 / 0 0 0 / 0 0 0 0 year when he was converted to quarterback … in 2019 he rushed for 2,165 yards and 28 touchdowns on 183 carries and completed 85 of 120 passes for 1,154 yards and 14 @Memphis / - - 0 / / / scores … also intercepted two passes and scored on a kickoff and punt return … set the @Tulane / - - 0 / / / school record with 13 career interceptions. SMU / - - 0 / / / Personal: Born Trey Blair. @UCF / - - 0 / / /
ECU / - - 0 / / /
Cincinnati / - - 0 / / /
2020 2 / 0 0 - 0 - 0 0.0 / 0 0.0 / 0 0 0 / 0 0 0 0
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2020 (Redshirt Junior): Biletnikoff Award Watch List ... recognized as a Top 30 Player in the American Athletic Conference (#23) by College Football News ... earned presea- JADAN BLUE son All-American Athletic Conference recognition [Phil Steele (second), Athlon's (third)] ... changed number from 18 to 5 in the summer (Temple awards single-digit jersey 6-0 ♦ 184 ♦ r-Jr numbers to its toughest players on and off the field) ... started his second consecutive Randallstown, Md. season opener and recorded 5 receptions for 40 yards ... led the team in receptions (9) #5 WR and had a single-game career high of 2 TDs in home opener vs. USF.
2019 (Redshirt Sophomore): First Team All-ECAC ... Second Team All-AAC ... set the 2017 Fr 0/0 school record with 95 receptions and became the first player in TU history with a 1,000 yard receiving season ... only 12 players in Temple history have more career receptions 2018 r-Fr 7/0 than the 95 Blue had this season ... holds four of the top 12 receiving games in Temple history ... his 7.3 receptions per game ranked among the nations best (8th in FBS/2nd 2019 r-So 13/8 in AAC) and his 81.2 yards per game ranked fifth in the AAC ... led the team in receiving in nine of 13 games ... caught his first career touchdown in the season opener vs. Buck- 2020 r-Jr 2/2 nell ... led the team in receptions (5) and yards (132) against #21 Maryland and caught a 79-touchdown pass from Anthony Russo ... American Athletic Conference Honor Roll (#21 Maryland, Tulane) ... Offensive Player of the Game (Bucknell, USF) ... Athletic SINGLE SEASON RECEIVING SINGLE GAME RECEIVING Director's Honor Roll ... American Athletic Conference All-Academic Team ... lettered. Yards Name...... Year Rcpts Name...... Opponent/Year 1,067 Jadan Blue...... 2019 15 Clint Graves.... Rhode Island/1972 2018 (Redshirt Freshman): Recorded first career catch vs. Villanova (18 yards from QB 964 Gerald Lucear...... 1979 13 Jadan Blue...... @#19Cin./2019 Frank Nutile) ... had first career carry (7 yards) vs. Tulsa. 939 Robby Anderson ...... 2015 12 Jadan Blue...... Tulane/2019 902 Van Johnson ...... 1996 12 R.Anderson...... @#19 Hou./2015 2017 (Freshman): Was part of the 2017 recruiting class ... Scout Team Offensive Player 11 Jadan Blue...... @USF/2019 of the Week (ND, UConn) ... did not see game action .... Athletic Director’s Honor Roll Rec Name...... Year 11 Ventell Bryant...... W.Forest/2016 ... redshirted. 95 Jadan Blue...... 2019 11 Michael Campbell...... Ohio/2010 74 Zamir Cobb ...... 2003 11 Sean Dillard...... Pitt/2000 High School: Played wide receiver and defensive back at Peddie Prep High in Hight- 11 Van Johnson.... Wash. State/1996 stown, N.J., under coach Christopher Malleo … helped the Falcons get to a 6-2 record 11 Wiley Pitts...... at Wm.&Mary/1978 in 2016 … received first-team all-conference honors for the Mid-Atlantic Prep League 11 Clint Graves....West Virginia/1972 and NJ first-team all-prep as a receiver … his senior season, he had 23 receptions for 10 Jadan Blue...... Bucknell/2019 457 yards and five touchdowns while only playing in five games … against Hun School, had eight receptions for 139 yards to pace the Falcons' offense, including a TD of 65 yards and a 38-yard reception to set up another score … in win over rival Lawrencev- INDIVIDUAL GAMES W/100 ille, scored twice - a 46-yard catch and a 62-yard punt return … had seven catches REC. YDS IN A SEASON including two TD receptions in win over Wyoming Seminary … on defense, recorded Gms Name ...... Year a pick-six … prior to his senior year, played at Mt. Saint Joseph High in Baltimore, Md., 5 Jadan Blue ...... 2019 for head coach Rich Holzer … his junior year, he finished with 47 receptions, 892 yards, 5 Branden Mack ...... 2019 4 Michael Campbell...... 2010 and nine touchdowns … earned first-team all-state honors … was a Baltimore Touch- down Club selection and participated in the MD Crab Bowl All Star Game … set the CAREER GAMES W/9+ CATCHES MSJ school record with a 99-yard TD reception … was a three-time 4x200 champion Gms Name ...... Year and first-team All-MIAA in track for three years. 5 Jadan Blue...... 2018-20 5 Zamir Cobb ...... 2001-03 3 Branden Mack ...... 2017-20 Personal: Born Jadan James-Edward Blue in Baltimore, Md. … parents are Lekeshia 3 Sean Dillard...... 1979 and James Blue … has two brothers, Landan (12) and Payton (7) … cousin Lardarius Webb played for the Baltimore Ravens … list of favorites include: Transformers (movie), The Great Gatsby (book), and math (subject) ... psychology major.
JADAN BLUE’S OFFENSIVE STATS
RUSHING RECEIVING PUNT RETURNS KICKOFF RETURNS Total
Opp. P / S No Yd Avg TD Lg No Yd Avg TD Lg No Yd Avg TD Lg No Yd Avg TD Lg Yards
2018 7 / 0 3 18 6.0 0 7 3 39 13.0 0 18 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 57
2019 13 / 8 6 20 3.3 0 8 95 1067 11.2 4 79t 0 0 0.0 0 0 6 134 22.3 0 31 1221
@Navy 1 / 1 1 3 3.0 0 3 5 40 8.0 0 18 0 0 0 0 0 3 56 18.7 0 28 99 USF 1 / 1 0 0 0.0 0 0 9 60 6.7 2 20 1 21 21 0 21 2 30 15.0 0 17 111 •• PBPB •• @Memphis / 0.0 0.0 0 0.0 0
@Tulane / 0.0 0.0 0 0.0 0
SMU / 0.0 0.0 0 0.0 0
@UCF / 0.0 0.0 0 0.0 0
ECU / 0.0 0.0 0 0.0 0
Cincinnati / 0.0 0.0 0 0.0 0
2020 2 / 2 1 3 3.0 0 3 14 100 7.1 2 18 1 21 21.0 0 21 5 86 17.2 0 28 210
Career 22 / 10 10 41 4.1 0 8 112 1206 10.8 6 79t 1 21 21.0 0 0 11 220 20.0 0 22 1488
10 8 101010 PLAYER BIOS PLAYER BIOS 2018 Fr 0/0 EVAN BOOZER 2019 r-Fr 0/0 6-4 ♦ 259 ♦ r-So 2020 r-So 2/1 #69 Hunt Valley, Md. DE
2020 (Redshirt Sophomore): Saw first game action of his career earning the start at DE EVAN BOOZER’S DEFENSIVE STATS in season opener at Navy. Opp. P / S U A T TFL / Yds Sk / Yds QH Int / Yds PB FF FR 2019 (Redshirt Freshman): Missed the entire season after offseason surgery ... Athletic Director's Honor Roll ... American Athletic Conference All-Academic Team. 2019 0 / 0 0 - 0 - 0 0.0 / 0 0.0 / 0 0 0 / 0 0 0 0 @Navy 1 / 1 0 - 3 - 3 0.0 / 0 0.0 / 0 0 0 / 0 0 0 0 2018 (Freshman): Was part of the 2018 recruiting class ... Scout Team Defensive Player of the Week (Navy, UConn) ... Juice Boyz Player of the Game (Tulsa, ECU) ... did not see USF 1 / 1 0 - 0 - 0 0.0 / 0 0.0 / 0 0 0 / 0 0 0 0 game action ... American Athletic Conference All-Academic Team ... Athletic Director’s @Memphis / - - 0 / / / Honor Roll ... redshirted. @Tulane / - - 0 / / / High School: Played defensive line at Loyola Blakefield in Towson, Md., for head coach Anthony Zehyone … was a three-year letterwinner … notched seven sacks and 24 TFLs SMU / - - 0 / / / as a senior ... as a junior, had eight-sacks, 27 TFLs and added two scores – one on an @UCF / - - 0 / / / interception return and one fumble recovery … blocked two punts … selected for the Baltimore Touchdown Club and Blue Gray All Star games … also played rugby. ECU / - - 0 / / / Cincinnati / - - 0 / / / Personal: Born Evan Malloy Boozer in Hunt Valley, Md. … mother is Kathie Boozer … two brothers, Cole (25) and Greyson (23) … Cole played football for Temple and now plays 2020 2 / 2 0 - 3 - 3 0.0 / 0 0.0 / 0 0 0 / 0 0 0 0 for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers … has a dog named Spike … list of favorites include: Step Career 2 / 2 0 - 3 - 3 0.0 / 0 0.0 / 0 0 0 / 0 0 0 0 Brothers (movie), Impractical Jokers (TV show), and Beowulf (book) … psychology major.
2020 (Redshirt Sophomore): Walked onto the team ... has not yet seen game action.
NASIR BOWEN 2019 (Sophomore): Took a gap year and was not enrolled in school.
6-0 ♦ 170 ♦ r-So JUCO: Appeared in all 11 games and started three as a defensive back at Lycoming #49 Elkins Park, Pa. CB College for head coach Mike Clark in 2018 … tallied 16 tackles … had a tackle for loss against King’s (Pa.) … led team with six pass breakups … had four tackles and two break- ups against both FDU-Florham and Franklin & Marshall.
2018 Fr - High School: Played wide receiver and defensive back at Archbishop Wood for head Class coach Steve Devlin in Warminster, Pa. … team went 13-2 his senior year and won the 2019 So - 2017 PIAA 5A Football Championship … team went 11-2 junior year and won the 2016 of PIAA 5A Football Championship. 2020 r-So 0/0 2020 Personal: Born Nasir Bowen in Philadelphia, Pa. ... mother is Biana Hancock … brothers Raheem Blackshear (20) and Ayaan Neely (10) … Raheem plays football at Virginia Tech ... business major. 2020 TEMPLE FOOTBALL
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2017 Fr 0/0 CHRISTIAN BRASWELL 2018 r-Fr 12/1 5-10 ♦ 179 ♦ r-Jr 2019 r-So 12/9 #2 Washington, D.C. CB 2020 r-Jr 2/2 2020 (Redshirt Junior): Earned preseason All-American Athletic Con- ference recognition [Athlon's (third), Phil Steele (fourth)] ... changed CHRISTIAN BRASWELL’S DEFENSIVE STATS KICK RETURN number from 14 to 2 in the summer (Temple awards single-digit jersey Opp. P / S U A T TFL / Yds Sk / Yds QH Int / Yds PB FF FR No Yd Avg TD Lg numbers to its toughest players on and off the field). 2018 12 / 1 6 - 5 - 11 0.0 / 0 0.0 / 0 0 1 / 8 3 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 2019 (Redshirt Sophomore): Rotated in at cornerback against Buck- 2019 12 / 9 28 - 1 - 29 0.0 / 0 0.0 / 0 0 1 / 0 8 1 2 1 23 23.0 0 23 nell ... made his first start of the season against #21 Maryland, filling in for an injured Linwood Crump and held down the starting spot for @Navy 1 / 1 1 - 0 - 1 0.0 / 0 0.0 / 0 0 0 / 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 most of the season ... had his first interception of the season against Buffalo on their opening drive ... had his first career fumble recov- USF 1 / 1 4 - 0 - 4 0.0 / 0 0.0 / 0 0 0 / 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 ery against Georgia Tech, recovered for a touchback ... recorded a @Memphis / - - 0 / / / single-game career-high in pass breakups (2) against #23 Memphis ... had a single-game career-high of 3 pass break-ups at #19 SMU ... @Tulane / - - 0 / / / recorded his first career forced fumble in a win at USF ... American SMU / - - 0 / / / Athletic Conference All-Academic Team ... lettered. @UCF / - - 0 / / / 2018 (Redshirt Freshman): Saw first game action of career against Buffalo ... recorded first tackle against Boston College ... recorded first ECU / - - 0 / / / career interception, that he returned for a TD at UConn ... APEX Pred- Cincinnati / - - 0 / / / ator Special Teams Player of the Game (USF) ... #theSTANDARD Player of the Game (ECU, Navy, USF, UConn) ... lettered. 2020 2 / 2 5 - 0 - 5 0.0 / 0 0.0 / 0 0 0 / 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 Career 26 / 12 39 - 6 - 45 0.0 / 0 0.0 / 0 0 2 / 8 11 1 2 1 23 0.0 0 23 2017 (Freshman): Was a part of the 2017 recruiting class ... Scout Team Defensive Player of the Week (ND, FIU) ... did not see game action ... Athletic Director’s Honor Roll ... redshirted.
High School: Played cornerback and wide receiver at Friendship Col- legiate Academy in Washington, D.C., for coach Mike Hunter … helped lead his team to the program's first District of Columbia State Athletic Association (DCSAA) Class 2A title since 2012 … a part of a defensive unit that shutout Woodson High (13-0) in the championship game to finish 10-2 on the season … earned first-team All-USA D.C. honors in 2016 at DB … named to the 2016 Senior Under Armour Elite 100 that honors the top senior high school players in Maryland and Washing- ton D.C. … among 44 finalists to participate in the 2016-17 Big 33 game … 2016 All-Metro honorable mention … MVP recognition at his position (DB) during the Charlotte Open Regional … two-time DCSAA Honor Roll recipient (2013-14 & 2015-16) … also competed in track and field, placing third in the 100-meter-dash, clocking in at 11:40 seconds at the 2016 DCSAA State Track and Field Championships ... member of National Honor Society.
Personal: Born Christian Amon Braswell in Washington, D.C. ... mother is Mia Hayes ... has a brother Jaylen Braswell (23) ... exercise & sport science major.
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2017 r-Fr 7/0 KIMERE BROWN 2018 r-So 13/3 6-0 ♦ 179 ♦ Gr 2019 r-Jr 0/0 #24 Penns Grove, N.J. CB 2020 Gr 1/0
2020 (Graduate): Part of a deep secondary ... has played every game after missing the CHRISTIAN BRASWELL’S DEFENSIVE STATS KICK RETURN entire 2019 season. KIMERE BROWN’S DEFENSIVE STATS Opp. P / S U A T TFL / Yds Sk / Yds QH Int / Yds PB FF FR No Yd Avg TD Lg Opp. P / S U A T TFL / Yds Sk / Yds QH Int / Yds PB FF FR 2019 (Redshirt Junior): Suffered an injury in the spring and missed the entire season. 2018 12 / 1 6 - 5 - 11 0.0 / 0 0.0 / 0 0 1 / 8 3 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 2017 7 / 0 2 - 0 - 2 0.0 / 0 0.0 / 0 0 0 / 0 0 0 0
2019 12 / 9 28 - 1 - 29 0.0 / 0 0.0 / 0 0 1 / 0 8 1 2 1 23 23.0 0 23 2018 (Redshirt Sophomore): Made first career start against Villanova and returned a 2018 13 / 3 8 - 6 - 14 0.0 / 0 0.0 / 0 0 0 / 0 4 0 0 blocked kick for a touchdown ... recorded career-high three tackles vs. Tulsa ... #the- @Navy 1 / 1 1 - 0 - 1 0.0 / 0 0.0 / 0 0 0 / 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 STANDARD Player of the Game (Villanova, Houston, USF) ... lettered. 2019 0 / 0 0 - 0 - 0 0.0 / 0 0.0 / 0 0 0 / 0 0 0 0
USF 1 / 1 4 - 0 - 4 0.0 / 0 0.0 / 0 0 0 / 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 @Navy 1 / 0 0 - 0 - 0 0.0 / 0 0.0 / 0 0 0 / 0 0 0 0 2017 (Redshirt Freshman): Was a backup cornerback and member of the special teams @Memphis / - - 0 / / / units ... made collegiate debut at ECU ... recorded first career tackle against Navy ... USF 1 / 0 0 - 0 - 0 0.0 / 0 0.0 / 0 0 0 / 0 1 0 0 lettered. @Tulane / - - 0 / / / @Memphis / - - 0 / / /
SMU / - - 0 / / / 2016 (Freshman): Was part of the 2016 recruiting class ... redshirted. @Tulane / - - 0 / / /
@UCF / - - 0 / / / High School: Three-year varsity starter at defensive back and wide receiver for coach SMU / - - 0 / / / ECU / - - 0 / / / John Emel at Penns Grove in Carneys Point, N.J. … earned first team all-state when he @UCF / - - 0 / / / totaled 45 tackles, 37 solo and four interceptions as a senior… grabbed 27 receptions Cincinnati / - - 0 / / / for 656 yards and nine touchdowns … also rushed for 176 yards and one score on 20 ECU / - - 0 / / / carries … in 30 career games, caught 50 passes for 1,094 yards with 14 touchdowns, 2020 2 / 2 5 - 0 - 5 0.0 / 0 0.0 / 0 0 0 / 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 Cincinnati / - - 0 / / / along with 301 rushing yards with three scores on 31 carries … defensively, snared 11 Career 26 / 12 39 - 6 - 45 0.0 / 0 0.0 / 0 0 2 / 8 11 1 2 1 23 0.0 0 23 interceptions with 126 total tackles, 91 solo … compiled 18 wins in three-year career … 2020 2 / 0 0 - 0 - 0 0.0 / 0 0.0 / 0 0 0 / 0 1 0 0 won individual state title in long jump as a junior, and led team to group championship three times. Career 16 / 3 8 - 6 - 14 0.0 / 0 0.0 / 0 0 0 / 0 5 0 0 Kickoff Returns: 1-11 at Navy Personal: Born Kimere (pronounced: kah-mear) Brown in Penns Grove, N.J. ... parents are Renee Brown and Clifton Shaw ... sisters Dontaja (24), Rayana (24), Dannaja (22), Diamond (20), Dominique (18), and Anija (17) ... brothers Clifton Jr. (24), and Amar’e (10) ... earned degree in communication studies (Spring 2020).
2019 Fr - Class NAZIR BURNETT 2020 r-Fr 0/0 of 6-0 ♦ 164 ♦ r-Fr #84 Harrisburg, Pa. WR 2020
2020 (Redshirt Freshman): Transfered to Temple in the spring ... must sit out this sea- NAZIR BURNETT’S OFFENSIVE STATS son due to NCAA transfer rules. RECEIVING RUSHING
2019 (Freshman): Played in two games at Georgia Tech as a true freshman ... redshirted. Opp. P / S No Yd Avg TD Lg No Yd Avg TD Lg 2020 TEMPLE FOOTBALL
2019 2 / 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 High School: Played wide receiver for coach Jeff Weachter at Bishop McDevitt in Har- risburg, Pa. … tabbed as the #24 player in the state of Pennsylvania by 247Sports and @Navy 0 / 0 the #25 player in the state by ESPN … two-time first-team all-state honoree … three-time USF 0 / 0 letterwinner and all-conference performer … 2018 Eastern Pennsylvania Player of the •• PBPB •• Year … caught 78 passes for 1,746 yards and a school-record 25 touchdowns as a se- @Memphis / 0.0 0.0 nior in 2018 … recorded 52 receptions for 1,110 yards and 15 touchdowns as a junior in 2017 … holds school records for single-game receptions (10), receiving yards (258) and @Tulane / 0.0 0.0 touchdown receptions (3) … helped lead Bishop McDevitt to district championships as SMU / 0.0 0.0 a freshman (2015) and senior (2018) … selected to represent Pennsylvania in the presti- gious Pennsylvania-Ohio Big 33 Football Classic all-star game. @UCF / 0.0 0.0
Personal: Born Nazir L. Burnett in Harrisburg, Pa. … goes by Naz … parents are Latoya ECU / 0.0 0.0 and Gernaro Elam … list of favorites include: Bad Boys (movie), The Girl with the Dragon Cincinnati / 0.0 0.0 Tattoo (book), All-American (TV show) … finance major. 2020 0 / 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0
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2020 (Redshirt Junior): Has not yet seen game action.
MAX CAVALLUCCI 2019 (Redshirt Sophomore): Lost a preseason competition at punter with transfer Adam Barry ... did not see game action ... President's Honor Roll ... American Athletic 6-1 ♦ 190 ♦ r-Jr Conference All-Academic Team. Wyncote, Pa. #43 P 2018 (Redshirt Freshman): Lost a preseason competition for the punting role to Connor Bowler ... did not see game action ... also played on scout team ... Juice Boyz Player of the Game (Boston College) ... American Athletic Conference All-Academic Team ... 2017 Fr 0/0 President’s Honor Roll.
2018 r-Fr 0/0 2017 (Freshman): Joined the team as a walk-on in the fall ... did not see game action ... Athletic Director’s Honor Roll ... redshirted. 2019 r-So 0/0 High School: Lettered his senior year at Cheltenham (Pa.) High for head coach Joe Gro 2020 r-Jr 0/0 … was first team all-conference his senior year … played in the MontCo-BucksCo All-Star Game … four-year letterwinner in track and field … second team AAU All-American in the javelin.
Personal: Born Max Kai Cavallucci in Philadelphia, Pa. … parents are Chris and Lori Ca- vallucci … has a brother Justin (22) … list of favorites include: Collateral Beauty (movie), Ballers (TV show), hip-hop/rap (music), How to Win Friends and Influence People (book), Wawa hoagie (food), statistics (class), Spruce Street Harbor Park (Philadelphia site), and Marquette King (professional football player - XFL) … vegetarian … entrepreneurship and innovation management major.
2018 Fr 0/0 ELIJAH CLARK 2019 r-Fr 10/0 6-3 ♦ 187 ♦ r-So 2020 r-So 2/0 #20 Sayreville, N.J. CB
2020 (Redshirt Sophomore): Part of a deep secondary ... made season debut in sea- son opener at Navy ... made his first career tackle in the home opener vs. USF. ELIJAH CLARK’S DEFENSIVE STATS Opp. P / S U A T TFL / Yds Sk / Yds QH Int / Yds PB FF FR 2019 (Redshirt Freshman): Made his collegiate debut in the season opener vs. Buck- nell seeing action on special teams ... saw consistent game action on a few special 2019 10 / 0 0 - 0 - 0 0.0 / 0 0.0 / 0 0 0 / 0 0 0 0 teams units before being sidelined by injury ... Athletic Director's Honor Roll ...lettered. @Navy 1 / 0 0 - 0 - 0 0.0 / 0 0.0 / 0 0 0 / 0 0 0 0
2018 (Freshman): Was part of the 2018 recruiting class ... did not see game action ... USF 1 / 0 1 - 0 - 1 0.0 / 0 0.0 / 0 0 0 / 0 0 0 0 Scout Team Special Teams Player of the Week (Boston College) ... Athletic Director’s Honor Roll ... redshirted. @Memphis / - - 0 / / / @Tulane / - - 0 / / / High School: Played defensive back for head coach Chris Beagan at Sayreville (N.J.) High ... served as the team captain in addition to being recognized to the first-team SMU / - - 0 / / / all-area, all-division and all-conference teams following his senior season … also played @UCF / - - 0 / / / basketball during all four years and ran track for two years. ECU / - - 0 / / / Personal: Born Elijah Anthony Clark in Summit, N.J. … nicknamed Eli … parents Marcia and Anthony Clark … has one brother, Lamont Smith (30), and one sister, Kenyetta Cincinnati / - - 0 / / / Clark (36) ... list of favorites include: Family Guy (TV show), Hip-Hop/rap (music), City 2020 2 / 0 1 - 0 - 1 0.0 / 0 0.0 / 0 0 0 / 0 0 0 0 Hall (Philadelphia site), New York Giants (NFL franchise), and Odell Beckham, Jr. (NFL player) ... enjoys going fishing ... liberal arts major. Career 12 / 0 1 - 0 - 1 0.0 / 0 0.0 / 0 0 0 / 0 0 0 0
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DYSHIER CLARY High School: was a two-year letterwinner at defensive end for coach Preston Brown at Woodrow Wilson High in Camden, N.J. … went 10-2 and won the NJSIAA South/Central 6-2 ♦ 235 ♦ Fr Group 3 Regional Championship as a senior when he collected 17.0 sacks, 70 tackles East Camden, N.J. and three forced fumbles en route to all-state recognition … had 10.0 sacks and 60 tack- #93 DE les earning all-conference as a junior.
Personal: Born Dyshier Anthony Clary in Camden, N.J. … parents are Lakisha Pulliman 2020 Fr 0/0 and Teron Clary … brothers, Antonio Clary (11) and Jauen Rivera (15) … list of favorites Class include: My Name is Ivan (book), Kevin Durant (pro athlete), Green bay packers (profes- of sional team) … expected major is dentistry. 2020
LINWOOD CRUMP 2017 So 13/6 2018 Jr 13/10 6-0 ♦ 174 ♦ Gr 2019 Sr 4/2 #11 South Amboy, N.J. CB 2020 Gr 2/2
2020 (Graduate): Started in the season opener at Navy and set a new career high in LINWOOD CRUMP’S DEFENSIVE STATS assisted tackles (3). Opp. P / S U A T TFL / Yds Sk / Yds QH Int / Yds PB FF FR 2019 (Senior): Started week 1 vs. Bucknell at cornerback ... injured his hand in practice the week prior to playing #21 Maryland ... returned to the lineup against #23 Memphis 2016 13 / 0 8 - 0 - 8 0.0 / 0 0.0 / 0 0 0 / 0 0 1 0 ... Scout Team Defensive Player of the Week (UConn) ... Scout Team Special Teams 2017 13 / 6 14 - 1 - 15 0.0 / 0 0.0 / 0 0 0 / 0 6 0 0 ELIJAH CLARK’S DEFENSIVE STATS Player of the Week (USF) ... redshirted and will return for a full final season of eligibility ... American Athletic Conference All-Academic Team. 2018 13 / 10 12 - 1 - 13 0.0 / 0 0.0 / 0 0 3 / 0 5 0 0 Opp. P / S U A T TFL / Yds Sk / Yds QH Int / Yds PB FF FR 2019 3 / 1 3 - 0 - 3 0.0 / 0 0.0 / 0 0 0 / 0 0 0 0 2019 10 / 0 0 - 0 - 0 0.0 / 0 0.0 / 0 0 0 / 0 0 0 0 2018 (Junior): Made first start of season vs. Buffalo ... started games 5-13 ... record- ed first career interception against Maryland (thrown by QB Tyrelle Pigrome) ... had a @Navy 1 / 1 1 - 1 - 2 0.0 / 0 0.0 / 0 0 0 / 0 0 0 0 @Navy 1 / 0 0 - 0 - 0 0.0 / 0 0.0 / 0 0 0 / 0 0 0 0 career-high four tackles at Houston ... had another two interceptions vs. USF and vs. Duke [IB] ... #theSTANDARD Player of the Game (Maryland, Boston College, USF) ... USF 1 / 1 1 - 0 - 1 0.0 / 0 0.0 / 0 0 0 / 0 0 0 0 USF 1 / 0 1 - 0 - 1 0.0 / 0 0.0 / 0 0 0 / 0 0 0 0 lettered. @Memphis / - - 0 / / / @Memphis / - - 0 / / / 2017 (Sophomore): Saw action on special teams and as the nickel corner in ev- @Tulane / - - 0 / / / @Tulane / - - 0 / / / ery game ... made first career start against Houston and had career-high 3 tackles SMU / - - 0 / / / SMU / - - 0 / / / ... matched his career-high in tackles (3) at Cincinnati ... had a career-high two pass breakups in the Gasparilla Bowl vs. FIU ... #theSTANDARD Player of the Game (ECU, @UCF / - - 0 / / / @UCF / - - 0 / / / Navy, UCF, FIU) ... lettered. ECU / - - 0 / / / ECU / - - 0 / / / 2016 (Freshman): Was part of the 2016 recruiting class ... wore jersey number 29 to Cincinnati / - - 0 / / / Cincinnati / - - 0 / / / start the year but also wore 46 and 11 ... saw first game action and recorded first tackle of career in game vs. Stony Brook and played in every game after ... registered his first 2020 2 / 2 2 - 1 - 3 0.0 / 0 0.0 / 0 0 0 / 0 0 0 0 2020 TEMPLE FOOTBALL 2020 2 / 0 1 - 0 - 1 0.0 / 0 0.0 / 0 0 0 / 0 0 0 0 career forced-fumble vs. UCF ... tied his career-high in solo tackles with two against Career 44 / 19 39 - 3 - 42 0.0 / 0 0.0 / 0 0 3 / 0 11 1 0 Career 12 / 0 1 - 0 - 1 0.0 / 0 0.0 / 0 0 0 / 0 0 0 0 USF ... Co-Special Teams Effort Player of the Week (USF) ... lettered.
High School: Was a two-year varsity starter at defensive back and wide receiver for coach Chris Beagan at Sayreville (N.J.) High before moving to Piscataway (N.J.) High •• PBPB •• for senior season under coach George Najjan … team’s second-leading rusher as a junior, compiling 236 yards on 26 carries in a shortened three-game season… grabbed 19 receptions for 238 yards as a sophomore… also ranked fourth on the team with 38 tackles … ran two legs of a 4x100 relay team, which won the State Group IV Title … ran the 100, 200 and 400-meter races on the school’s first Group IV state track & field title team in 2014.
Personal: Born Linwood Denzel Crump in Livingston, N.J. ... parents are Patricia and Linwood Crump, Sr. ... sisters Cimone (29) and Alanni (19) ... part of the Japan 8 (8 Tem- ple players who traveled to Japan in the spring for a week of football clinics) ... earned degree in communication studies (Fall 2019).
10 10101310 PLAYER BIOS 2019 Fr 12/6 RE’MAHN (RAY) DAVIS 2020 So 2/2 5-9 ♦ 215 ♦ So #13 San Francisco, Calif. RB
2020 (Sophomore): Doak Walker Watch List ... FRESHMAN RUSHING RE’MAHN DAVIS’ OFFENSIVE STATS earned preseason All-American Athletic Confer- Yards Name ...... Year ence third team recognition (Athlon's and Phil 1,361 Bernard Pierce ...... 2009 RUSHING RECEIVING Steele) ... started the season opener at Navy ... 936 Re'Mahn Davis...... 2019 tied his single-game career-high in receptions (4) Opp. P / S No Yd Avg TD Lg No Yd Avg TD Lg Atts Name ...... Year in the home opener vs. USF ... ranks third in rush- 2019 12 / 6 193 936 4.8 8 55t 15 181 12.1 2 51t 236 Bernard Pierce ...... 2009 ing per game (90.0) in the conference. 193 Re'Mahn Davis...... 2019 @Navy 1 / 1 23 97 4.2 1 17 1 1 1.0 0 1
2019 (Freshman): Was part of the 2019 recruit- TDs Name ...... Year USF 1 / 1 25 83 3.3 0 11 4 29 7.3 0 14 ing class and became a first-team Freshman 16 Bernard Pierce ...... 2009 All-America (PFF) ... was an early enrollee and be- 8 Re'Mahn Davis...... 2019 @Memphis / 0.0 0.0 gan classes in January ... was held out of spring 100-yd Name ...... Year @Tulane / 0.0 0.0 ball but was very impressive when the team took 6 Bernard Pierce ...... 2009 the field in the summer ... earned a share of the 3 Re'Mahn Davis...... 2019 SMU / 0.0 0.0 starting role with senior Jager Gardner ... saw first @UCF / 0.0 0.0 career game action in the opener vs. Bucknell and recorded his first career TD on a 51 yard catch-and-run ... made first career start ECU / 0.0 0.0 against #21 Maryland and led the team in rushing for the second consecutive game while setting career-highs in rushes, rushing yards, and longest rush ... set single-game Cincinnati / 0.0 0.0 highs for rushes (29), rushing yards (135), and rushing touchdowns (2) vs. Georgia Tech 2020 2 / 2 48 180 3.8 1 17 5 30 6.0 0 14 and earned American Athletic Conference Honor Roll and Offensive Player of the Week ... reset his career-high in rushing yards at ECU (157) ... among Temple freshmen Career 14 / 8 241 1116 4.6 9 55t 20 211 10.6 2 51t rushers, trails only Bernard Pierce (2009) in every rushing category ... his 936 rushing yards ranked seventh in the conference overall and fifth in the FBS among freshmen ... lettered.
High School: Played running back and defensive back for coach Jim Saylor at Blair Academy in Blairstown, N.J. ... team posted a 5-3 record as a senior ... played in 33 career games rushing for 4,815 yards and 59 touchdowns on 375 carries, also tallied 80 tackles and six interceptions over his four years.
Personal: Born Re'Mahn Walter Zhamar Jamar Davis in San Francisco, Calif. ... goes by Ray ... biological parents are Jessica Blazer and Raymond Davis ... guardians are Lora Banks and Greg Ley ... siblings are Levar Watkins, Jashonna Davis, Xion Davis, Amir Davis, Keari Davis, Janiyah Davis, Damari Davis, Bradley Ley, Danayah Bobo, and Camari Cook.
2020 (Freshman): Was part of the 2020 recruiting class ... has not yet seen game SAM DAVIS action. High School: Was a three-year letterwinner at offensive tackle and defensive end for 6-3 ♦ 275 ♦ Fr coach Chip Sorber at Geneva (Ohio) High … was first-team all-conference as a junior Rock Creek, Ohio and senior … was voted Ashland County lineman of the year and first-team Northeast #73 OL Great lakes District as a senior … also lettered twice in track and field … earned first- team all-academic as a senior.
2020 Fr 0/0 Personal: Born Samuel Lee Davis in Chardon, Ohio … Parents are Leigh and Dan Davis Class … has a sister Taylor (22) … list of favorites include: Stranger Things (TV show), Cleve- land Browns (pro team), Joe Thomas (pro athlete) … plans to study sports management. of • PB • 2020 • PB •
10 14 101010 PLAYER BIOS 2020 Fr 1/0 JAMES DELLA PESCA Class of 6-2 ♦ 231 ♦ Fr #45 River Vale, N.J. TE 2020
Was part of the 2020 recruiting class ... saw his first career game 2020 (Freshman): JAMES DELLA PESCA’S OFFENSIVE STATS action on special teams in the home opener vs. USF ... Offensive Scout Team Player of the Week (USF). RECEIVING RUSHING
Opp. P / S No Yd Avg TD Lg No Yd Avg TD Lg High School: Played tight end and linebacker at Pascack Valley High in Hillsdale, N.J., for coach Len Cusumano … did not play as a senior due to torn ACL … earned three @Navy 0 / 0 letters and was second-team all-league as a sophomore … also lettered for four sea- sons in lacrosse. USF 1 / 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 @Memphis / 0.0 0.0 Personal: Born James Richard Della Pesca in River Vale, N.J. … parents are Geralyn and Mark Della Pesca … has a brother, John (22) , and three sisters Gabrielle (28), Madeline @Tulane / 0.0 0.0 (26), and Amelia (24) … list of favorites include: Remember the Titans (movie), The Office SMU / 0.0 0.0 (TV show), Lord of the Flies (book) … expects to major in sports management. @UCF / 0.0 0.0
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2018 Fr 0/0 KYLE DOBBINS 2019 r-Fr 1/0 5-11 ♦ 193 ♦ r-So 2020 r-So 0/0 #33 Richland, N.J. RB
2020 (Redshirt Sophomore): Has not yet seen game action. KYLE DOBBINS’ OFFENSIVE STATS
2019 (Redshirt Freshman): Part of a deep running back rotation ... saw second half ac- RUSHING RECEIVING tion against Bucknell ... Scout Team Offensive Player of the Week (USF) ... was sidelined for much of the season due to injury. Opp. P / S No Yd Avg TD Lg No Yd Avg TD Lg 2019 1 / 0 2 11 5.5 0 7 1 3 3.0 0 3 2018 (Freshman): Was part of the 2018 recruiting class ... did not see game action ... redshirted. @Navy 0 / 0 USF 0 / 0 High School: Played running back at Timber Creek High in Sicklerville, N.J., for head coach Rob Hinson as a senior after playing at St. Augustine ... recognized by Scout.com @Memphis / 0.0 0.0 as the #2 running back in New Jersey … was a four-year letterwinner and posted a 34-4 @Tulane / 0.0 0.0 record … three-time first team all-conference, and two-time all-state … amassed 4,804 yards and 57 touchdowns in his career … tallied 672 offensive yards and 11 touchdowns SMU / 0.0 0.0 as a senior … collected 1,340 yards and 17 touchdowns as a junior … burst on the scene @UCF / 0.0 0.0 with 1,852 yards and 21 touchdowns as a sophomore … also lettered twice in track. ECU / 0.0 0.0
Personal: Born Kyle Thomas Dobbins in Voorhees, N.J. … mother Michelle Cyrus … 2020 TEMPLE FOOTBALL has two brothers, Carlton (32) and Cameron (22) … his grandfather, Billy Harris Sr., and Cincinnati / 0.0 0.0 uncle, Clarence Harris, both served in the military … has a dog named Clay … list of fa- 2020 0 / 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 vorites include: Spiderman (movie), The Alchemist (book), and math (subject) … aspired to be a scientist as a kid … university studies major. Career 1 / 0 2 11 5.5 0 7 1 3 3.0 0 3 •• PBPB ••
2020 (Redshirt Freshman): Plays behind a deep and experienced group of offensive JERMAINE DONALDSON linemen ... has not yet seen game action. 2019 (Freshman): Was part of the 2019 recruiting class ... did not see game action ... 6-4 ♦ 283 ♦ r-Fr redshirted. Voorhees, N.J. #71 OL High School: Played on the offensive line for coach John Doherty at Eastern Regional in Voorhees, N.J. … made all-conference his junior and senior seasons … also a four-year 2019 Fr 0/0 starter in track and played basketball. Personal: Born Jermaine Donaldson in Voorhees, N.J. … mother is Tawanna Donaldson 2020 r-Fr 0/0 … has volunteered at homeless shelters in Camden, N.J. with the H.O.P.E. organiza- tion,and at a battered women's shelter … list of favorites include: The Blindside (movie), rap (music), Dracula (book), Atlanta Falcons (NFL team) and pasta (pregame meal) … plans to major in marketing.
10 10101510 2020 (Freshman): Was part of the 2020 recruiting class ... has not yet seen game MATT DUNCAN action. High School: Played quarterback for coach Kenny Walker at Ashley Ridge High in Sum- 6-1 ♦ 215 ♦ Fr merville, S.C. … was a four-year letterwinner … played in 39 games with 474 completions #17 Summerville, S.C. QB on 837 attempts for 6,807 yards and 40 touchdowns … as a senior, completed 105 pass- es for 1,172 yards and four touchdowns adding five scores and 488 yards on the ground … as a junior, completed 150 passes for 2,412 yard and 14 touchdowns.
Personal: Born Matthew Clark Duncan in Greenville, S.C. … parents are Von and Steve 2020 Fr 0/0 Duncan … older brother Steve plays QB at Western Kentucky … has two sisters, Avery Class (4) and Skyler (3) … list of favorites include: The Great Gatsby (book), Cleveland Browns (professional team), ESPN’s 30 for 30 (TV show) … wants to be a teacher. of 2020
2017 Fr 0/0 ARNOLD EBIKETIE 2018 r-Fr 6/0 6-4 ♦ 236 ♦ r-Jr 2019 r-So 12/0 #17 Silver Spring, Md. DE 2020 r-Jr 2/2
Made his first career start in season opener at Navy while 2020 (Redshirt Junior): ARNOLD EBIKETIE’S DEFENSIVE STATS having a career day recording a TFL, a forced fumble, and setting a new career high in tackles (10) ... followed up his career day at Navy with another impressive performance Opp. P / S U A T TFL / Yds Sk / Yds QH Int / Yds PB FF FR in the home opener vs. USF earning AAC Defensive Player of the Week honors as a result of setting a new single-game high in TFL (3.5) and putting Temple up 32-31 with 2018 6 / 0 4 - 0 - 4 0.0 / 0 0.0 / 0 0 0 / 0 0 0 0 less than ten minutes left in its first win of the season with an 11-yard scoop and score 2019 12 / 0 10 - 3 - 13 2.0 / 11 2.0 / 11 2 0 / 0 0 0 0 ... ranks first in the conference in forced fumbles per game (1.0) and ninth in tackles per game (8.0). @Navy 1 / 1 3 - 7 - 10 1.0 / 2 0.0 / 0 0 0 / 0 0 1 0 USF 1 / 1 5 - 1 - 6 3.5 / 15 1.0 / 5 0 0 / 0 0 1 1 2019 (Redshirt Sophomore): Saw action rotating in at defensive end ... matched his ca- reer-highs in total and solo tackles (2) vs. #21 Maryland ... recorded his first career quar- @Memphis / - - 0 / / / terback hit at ECU ... matched his single game career-high in tackles (3) and recorded @Tulane / - - 0 / / / his first career sack and TFL vs. UCF ... notched a sack and a TFL at USF, making that consecutive games where he recorded a sack and a TFL ... Athletic Director's Honor SMU / - - 0 / / / Roll ... American Athletic Conference All-Academic Team ... lettered. @UCF / - - 0 / / /
2018 (Redshirt Freshman): Saw first game action vs. Villanova ... recorded first career ECU / - - 0 / / / tackle vs. Buffalo. Cincinnati / - - 0 / / /
2017 (Freshman): Was part of the 2017 recruiting class ... did not see game action 2020 2 / 2 8 - 8 - 16 4.5 / 17 1.0 / 5 0 0 / 0 0 2 1 Scout Team Defensive Player of the Week (UMass, Houston) ... American Athletic Con- • PB • ference All-Academic Team ... redshirted. Career 20 / 2 22 - 11 - 33 6.5 / 28 3.0 / 16 2 0 / 0 0 2 1 • PB •
High School: Was a three-year letterwinner for Albert Einstein High in Kensington, Md., under head coach Mike Bonavia … as a senior, helped Einstein earn a 6-4 record while playing linebacker and wide receiver … earned 2016 co-Defensive Player of the Year and first-team All-Sentinel honors … awarded Washington Post All-Metro honorable mention in his senior year … compiled 21.5 sacks, 36 TFLs, while catching for 298 yards and three TDs at the receiver position as a senior … racked up 9.5 sacks, 14.0 TFLs, three fumble recoveries, three pass deflections, and two blocked field goals in his junior year … also played basketball and averaged 9.7 rebounds and 6.5 points in his career as a power forward … participated in high jump and sprints in track and field … transferred from Richard Montgomery before his sophomore season.
Personal: Born Arnold Kevin Ebiketie (pronounced ebb-uh-KAY-tee) in Yaounde, Cam- eroon (joins William Kwenkeu, an Owls' LB, as Cameroon natives) … parents are Jean Marie Ebiketie and Guy Susanne … has two sisters, Nancy (24) and Nelly (16), and a
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2017 Fr 0/0 ANDREW EISENSON 2018 r-Fr 0/0 6-4 ♦ 288 ♦ r-Jr 2019 r-So 2/0 #68 Durham, N.C. OL 2020 r-Jr 0/0
2020 (Redshirt Junior): Plays behind a deep and experienced ANDREW EISENSON’S OFFENSIVE STATS group of offensive linemen ... has not yet seen game action. Opp. P / S Opp. P / S Opp. P / S Opp. P / S Opp. P / S 2019 (Redshirt Sophomore): Saw limited action playing behind a deep and talented starting offensive line ... Scout Team Offen- Bucknell x @Navy dnp sive Player of the Week (UConn) ... Athletic Director's Honor Roll ... #21 Maryland dnp USF dnp American Athletic Conference All-Academic Team. @Buffalo dnp @Memphis 2018 (Redshirt Freshman): Was one of the team's top scout team Georgia Tech dnp @Tulane players ... Scout Team Offensive Player of the Week (ECU, Navy) ... did not see game action ... American Athletic Conference All-Aca- @ECU dnp SMU demic Team ... Athletic Director’s Honor Roll. #23 Memphis dnp @UCF
2017 (Freshman): Joined the team as a walk-on in the summer ... @#19 SMU dnp ECU did not see game action ... Athletic Director’s Honor Roll ... red- shirted. UCF dnp Cincinnati @USF dnp High School: Three-year letterwinner as a center and offensive tackle at Northern High in Durham, N.C. under head coach R.J. Tulane dnp Wilson … scholar athlete recognition for four years and Pac-6 @#19 Cincinnati dnp All-Conference honors his junior season … played in the East West All Star Game … four-year letterwinner for track and field and one UConn dnp year for lacrosse. UNC [MB] x
Personal: Born Andrew Edward Eisenson in Durham, N.C. … par- 2019 2 / 0 2020 0 / 0 2021 0 / 0 2022 0 / 0 2023 0 / 0 ents are Adam and Nancy Eisenson … has one brother, Stephen (19) ... supply chain management major. Career 2 / 0
2017 r-Fr Class WILLIE ERDMAN 2018 r-So ARNOLD EBIKETIE’S DEFENSIVE STATS of 5-10 ♦ 183 ♦ Gr Opp. P / S U A T TFL / Yds Sk / Yds QH Int / Yds PB FF FR 2019 r-Jr #84 Melbourne, Fl. WR 2020 2018 6 / 0 4 - 0 - 4 0.0 / 0 0.0 / 0 0 0 / 0 0 0 0 2020 Gr 1/0 2019 12 / 0 10 - 3 - 13 2.0 / 11 2.0 / 11 2 0 / 0 0 0 0 2020 (Graduate): Joined the team as a walk-on transfer from Georgia in the summer ... WILLIE ERDMAN’S OFFENSIVE STATS @Navy 1 / 1 3 - 7 - 10 1.0 / 2 0.0 / 0 0 0 / 0 0 1 0 saw his first action as an Owl rotating in at receiver in the home opener vs. USF. RECEIVING RUSHING USF 1 / 1 5 - 1 - 6 3.5 / 15 1.0 / 5 0 0 / 0 0 1 1 2019 (Redshirt Junior): Saw action vs. Murray State and Arkansas State and had two Opp. P / S No Yd Avg TD Lg No Yd Avg TD Lg @Memphis / - - 0 / / / catches for 14 yards ... had a 12-yard catch vs. Arkansas State ... participated in spring drills and earned one of the 2019 Most Outstanding Walk-On Awards post-spring ... 2016 0 / 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 @Tulane / - - 0 / / / earned a starting spot with the Black team for the 2019 G-Day Game, making three SMU / - - 0 / / / catches for 11 yards. 2018 2 / 0 1 -2 -2.0 0 0 2 9 4.5 0 7 @UCF / - - 0 / / / 2018 (Redshirt Sophomore): Made his collegiate debut vs. Austin Peay ... also played 2019 2 / 0 2 14 7.0 0 12 0 0 0.0 0 0 2020 TEMPLE FOOTBALL vs. UMass and had one catch ... carried once for a 2-yard gain vs. Ga. Tech ... named to ECU / - - 0 / / / @Navy 0 / 0 the J. Reid Parker Director of Athletics Honor Roll for Spring 2018. Cincinnati / - - 0 / / / USF 1 / 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 2017 (Redshirt Freshman): Participated on scout team ... one of four recipients of Of- 2020 2 / 2 8 - 8 - 16 4.5 / 17 1.0 / 5 0 0 / 0 0 2 1 @Memphis / 0.0 0.0 fensive Scout Team Player of the Year, given at the team's annual awards gala. •• PBPB •• Career 20 / 2 22 - 11 - 33 6.5 / 28 3.0 / 16 2 0 / 0 0 2 1 @Tulane / 0.0 0.0 2016 (Freshman): Participated on scout team ... redshirted. SMU / 0.0 0.0
High School: Was a four-time letterwinner at receiver and linebacker at Melbourne @UCF / 0.0 0.0 Central Catholic for head coach Mike Razzi … also played quarterback as a senior … was a four-year letterwinner in baseball and basketball … won the baseball state cham- ECU / 0.0 0.0 pionship as a freshman in 2013. Cincinnati / 0.0 0.0
Personal: Born William R. Chaplow Erdman in Merritt Island, Fla. … parents are Freddie 2020 1 / 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 and Mike Erdman … is the youngest of seven children – brothers Ray (28), Mike (28), Matt (26), Max (23), and sisters Anna (25) and Allie (21) … Ray played football at Univer- Career 5 / 0 3 12 4.0 0 12 2 9 4.5 0 7 sity of Miami and also for the Dolphins, Mike played at UGA, and Max played at FIT … uncle Blaise Chaplow served in the Air Force … list of favorites include: Bible (book), Four Brothers (movie), Peaky Blinders (TV show) ... earned a degree in consumer eco- nomics from Georgia.
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2019 Fr 2/0 KWESI EVANS 2020 r-Fr 2/0 6-3 ♦ 210 ♦ r-Fr #83 Parkville, Md. WR
2020 (Redshirt Freshman): Sees consistent game action on special teams. KWESI EVANS’ OFFENSIVE STATS
2019 (Freshman): Was part of the 2019 recruiting class ... made his collegiate debut on RECEIVING RUSHING special teams vs. UConn in the regular season finale ... Scout Team Offensive Player of the Week (UCF) ... redshirted. Opp. P / S No Yd Avg TD Lg No Yd Avg TD Lg 2019 2 / 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 High School: Played wide receiver for head coach Henry Russell at St. Frances Acade- my in Baltimore, Md. ... went 13-0 junior and senior year at Saint Francis ... as an under- @Navy 1 / 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 classmen at Dunbar High rushed 20 times for 378 yards and three touchdown. USF 1 / 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0
Personal: Born Kwesi (pronounced: KWAY-zee) Anokye Evans in Baltimore, Md. … par- @Memphis / 0.0 0.0 ents are Kimathi and Rhonda … has a brother Kimathi (11) ... sisters, Kierra (22) and Ka- @Tulane / 0.0 0.0 mala (12) … list of favorites include: Creed (movie), ESPN (TV show), Diary of a Wimpy Kid (book), Baltimore Ravens (NFL team), Odell Beckham Jr. (NFL player) and Dubai (place SMU / 0.0 0.0 in the world). @UCF / 0.0 0.0
ECU / 0.0 0.0
Cincinnati / 0.0 0.0
2020 2 / 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0
Career 4 / 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0
DE’VON FOX DE’VON FOX’S OFFENSIVE STATS RECEIVING RUSHING 5-10 ♦ 176 ♦ r-Fr Opp. P / S No Yd Avg TD Lg No Yd Avg TD Lg #88 Maple Heights, Ohio WR 2019 1 / 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 @Navy 0 / 0 2019 Fr 1/0 USF 0 / 0 2020 r-Fr 0/0 @Memphis / 0.0 0.0 @Tulane / 0.0 0.0 SMU / 0.0 0.0 •• PBPB •• @UCF / 0.0 0.0
2020 (Redshirt Freshman): Part of a deep receiver group ... has not yet seen game ECU / 0.0 0.0 action. Cincinnati / 0.0 0.0
2019 (Freshman): Was part of the 2019 recruiting class ... part of a deep receiving corps 2020 0 / 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 ... saw his first career game action at #19 Cincinnati ... Scout Team Special Teams Player of the Week (#23 Memphis) ... redshirted. Career 1 / 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0
High School: Was a three-year letterwinner at wide receiver and defensive back for coach Shaq Washington at Maple Heights High in Maple Heights, Ohio … went 12-1 and made all-conference his senior season when he recorded 42 receptions, 1,231 receiving yards, 17 receiving TDs and two interceptions … also played basketball and track.
Personal: Born De'Von Anthony Fox (pronounced DEE-von) in Cleveland, Ohio … moth- er is Latricia Fox … sister Olivia (10), and brother Zay (14).
10 18 101010 PLAYER BIOS PLAYER BIOS 2018 Fr - Class SAM FRALEY 2019 So - of 6-2 ♦ 227 ♦ Jr 2020 Jr 0/0 #95 Redwood City, Ca. LS 2020
2020 (Junior): Joined the team as a walk-on in the summer ... has yet to see game SAM FRALEY’S DEFENSIVE STATS action. Opp. P / S U A T TFL / Yds Sk / Yds QH Int / Yds PB FF FR JUCO: Played linebacker and long snapper for head coach Kelly Edwards at Foothill 2018 6 / 0 9 - 2 - 11 0.0 / 0 0.0 / 0 0 0 / 0 0 0 0 College in Los Altos Hills, Calif. … was team captain and two-time scholar athlete. 2019 7 / 0 2 - 4 - 6 0.0 / 0 0.0 / 0 0 0 / 0 0 0 0 High School: Played offensive line, linebacker and long snapper for head coach Rob Poulas at Sequoia High in Redwood City, Calif. … was a two-way starter as a junior and @Navy 0 / 0 senior … was a three-time captain … twice earned CCS All-Academic honors … was the USF 0 / 0 inaugural winner of the schools “Man Up” Award in 2015. @Memphis / - - 0 / / / Personal: Born Samuel Gerard Fraley in Dallas, Texas … parents are Pam Maples and @Tulane / - - 0 / / / Gerry Fraley … father played football at Carnegie Mellon … has a brother Tyson (21) … list of favorites include: Animal House (movie), Sopranos (TV show), Their Life’s Work SMU / - - 0 / / / (book), Nolan Ryan (professional athlete) … economics major. @UCF / - - 0 / / /
ECU / - - 0 / / /
Cincinnati / - - 0 / / /
2020 0 / 0 0 - 0 - 0 0.0 / 0 0.0 / 0 0 0 / 0 0 0 0
Career 13 / 0 11 - 6 - 17 0.0 / 0 0.0 / 0 0 0 / 0 0 0 0
2018 Fr - RON GAINES 2019 r-Fr 11/0 6-5 ♦ 236 ♦ r-So 2020 r-So 2/0 #96 Chicago, Ill. LS
2020 (Redshirt Sophomore): Starts the season as the primary long RON GAINES’ OFFENSIVE STATS snapper on punts. Opp. P / S Opp. P / S Opp. P / S Opp. P / S Opp. P / S 2019 (Redshirt Freshman): Joined Temple as a walk-on in the Bucknell dnp @Navy x summer ... made his debut at Buffalo as the long snapper on punts and earned Special Teams Player of the Game ... retained that role #21 Maryland dnp USF x
for the remainder of the season. ... American Athletic Conference 2020 TEMPLE FOOTBALL All-Academic Team ... lettered. @Buffalo x @Memphis Georgia Tech x @Tulane High School: Served as the long snapper and also played offensive line at Simeon High in Chicago, Ill. for coach Dante Culbreath from @ECU x SMU 2015-18 … selected to play in Blue Gray All-Star Game in Dallas … #23 Memphis x @UCF • PB • also lettered in wrestling as a junior and senior. • PB • @#19 SMU x ECU Personal: Born Ronald I. Gaines III in Chicago, Ill. … parents are Ken- UCF x Cincinnati yatta and Ronald Gaines Jr. … brother Cameron (16) and sister Kira (13) … grandfather, Ronald Gaines Sr., played football at Western @USF x Illinois … has served as a volunteer for the Illinois Special Olympics … list of favorites include: Where the Wild Things Are (book), hip Tulane x hop (music), Star Wars: A New Hope (movie), Atlanta (TV show) … @#19 Cincinnati x aspires to be a defense attorney. UConn x
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2019 11 / 0 2020 2 / 0 2021 0 / 0 2022 0 / 0 2023 0 / 0
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10 10101910 2020 (Freshman): Joined the team as a walk-on in the summer ... Special Teams Scout Team Player of the Week (USF) ...has not yet seen game action. SAMIR GARDNER High School: Played safety, linebacker, and running back at The Haverford School for 6-1 ♦ 202 ♦ Fr head coach Michael Murphy … was a four-year letterwinner averaging over 40 tackles Philadelphia, Pa. per season … had 38 tackles, one interception and three touchdowns as a senior … also #47 SAF lettered in basketball as a freshman.
Personal: Born Samir Naim Gardner in Philadelphia, Pa. … both parents, Chonera Brack 2020 Fr 0-0 (mother) and Cladell Jones (stepdad), attended Temple … sister, Ammarah Jones (9) … Class list of favorites include: Rise of the Planet of the Apes (movie), The Outsiders (book), LeBron James and the Lakers (pro athlete and team). of 2020
2020 (Freshman): Joined the team as a walk-on in the summer ... has not yet seen MAGNUS GEERS game action.
High School: Was a two-year letterwinner at La Salle College High … played nearly 6-6 ♦ 227 ♦ Fr every position – QB, TE, WR, OL, DE, SAF … ranked the #1 player in Switzerland also #40 Philadelphia, Pa. TE played soccer and crew.
Personal: Born Magnus Leon Geers in Zurich, Switzerland … nicknamed Viking … par- ents are Inga and Christian Geers … has a sister Paulina (25) and brother Johannes (23) 2020 Fr 0-0 … uncle Torsten Geers attended Temple … list of favorites include: Rocky IV (movie), Class Scrubs (TV show), Rob Gronkowski (professional athlete) … the endzone (place in the of world). 2020
2020 (Redshirt Sophomore): Has not yet seen game action.
GABRIEL GELVES 2019 (Redshirt Freshman): Joined the team as a walk on in the summer ... did not see game action ... Scout Team Defensive Player of the Week (USF) ... redshirted. 5-9 ♦ 192 ♦ r-So Merrick, N.Y. High School: Was a three-year letterwinner at multiple positions, playing linebacker, safe- • PB • #48 SAF ty, running back and on special teams for coach Tony Mascia at Holy Trinity in Hicksville, • PB • N.Y. … was all-league and a Golden 11 Top scholar-athlete his senior year … participated in the NYCHSFL Senior Bowl ... also lettered in lacrosse his junior and senior year ... made 2018 Fr - honor role all four years.
2019 r-Fr 0/0 Personal: Born Gabriel Jose Gelves in Hempstead, N.Y. … parents are Gabriel and Norma Gelves … has one sister, Danielle (16) ... list of favorites include: The Office (TV show), 2020 r-So 0/0 Anchorman (movie), Tiki and Ronde Barber (NFL player), Go Long (book), Jason Taylor (NFL player), and Long Island (place in the world) ... his father served in the military ... business major.
10 20 101010 PLAYER BIOS ISAIAH GRAHAM-MOBLEY 2017 r-Fr 11/2 2018 r-So 13/0 6-2 ♦ 225 ♦ Gr 2019 r-Jr 8/0 #8 King of Prussia, Pa. LB 2020 Gr 2/2
2020 (Graduate): Temple's AFCA Good Works Team nominee for his leadership and ISAIAH GRAHAM-MOBLEY’S DEFENSIVE STATS community service ... earned preseason All-American Athletic Conference recognition [Phil Steele (second), Athlon's (fourth)] ... Defensive Player of the Game (Navy) ... led the Opp. P / S U A T TFL / Yds Sk / Yds QH Int / Yds PB FF FR defense in the season opener at Navy by setting a new career high with a team-high 2017 11 / 2 19 - 7 - 26 2.5 / 9 2.0 / 8 0 0 / 0 0 0 0 14 tackles while also recorded a sack and a TFL ... ranks fourth in the conference in tackles per game (9.5). 2018 13 / 0 51 - 19 - 70 2.0 / 14 2.0 / 14 0 0 / 0 1 0 1
2019 8 / 0 27 - 9 - 36 4.0 / 7 0.0 / 0 0 0 / 0 0 1 2 2019 (Redshirt Junior): Was awarded #8 at the beginning of summer practice (changed from #19) - Temple awards single-digit jerseys to the toughest players on the team ... @Navy 1 / 1 8 - 6 - 14 1.0 / 9 1.0 / 9 0 0 / 0 0 0 0 saw action at linebacker in a deep rotation ... matched his career-high in TFLs and fumble recoveries against Buffalo ... set a new career-high in TFL (2.0) and made a USF 1 / 1 3 - 2 - 5 0.0 / 0 0.0 / 0 1 0 / 0 0 0 0 touchdown-saving forced fumble on the goal line against Georgia Tech ... suffered sea- @Memphis / - - 0 / / / son-ending injury vs. UCF ... Athletic Director's Honor Roll ... American Athletic Confer- ence All-Academic Team ... lettered. @Tulane / - - 0 / / / SMU / - - 0 / / / 2018 (Redshirt Sophomore): Saw action at linebacker and on special teams ... finished third on the team in tackles (70) ... led team with a career-high 11 tackles against Boston @UCF / - - 0 / / / College and returned a fumble for a TD ... led the team in tackles (6) in a dominating ECU / - - 0 / / / 49-6 win over ECU ... APEX Predator Special Teams Player of the Game (UCF) ... #the- STANDARD Player of the Game (Villanova, Boston College, Navy, Cincinnati, USF) ... Cincinnati / - - 0 / / / American Athletic Conference All-Academic Team ... lettered. 2020 2 / 2 11 - 8 - 19 1.0 / 9 1.0 / 9 1 0 / 0 0 0 0
2017 (Redshirt Freshman): Saw action at linebacker and special teams in 11 games .. Career 34 / 4 - 43 - 151 9.5 / 39 5.0 / 31 1 0 / 0 1 1 3 made first career start opening day at Notre Dame ... registered first career sack against UMass and a career-high in tackles (6) ... returned into the starting rotation following an injury to Chapelle Russell prior to Week 10 at Cincinnati ... injured during Cincinnati game and missed action against #15 UCF and at Tulsa the following two weeks ... APEX Predator Special Teams Player of the Week (UMass, ECU) ... #theSTANDARD Player of the Game (UMass, Houston, ECU, UConn, Army) ... lettered.
2016 (Freshman): Was part of the 2016 recruiting class ... Scout Team Defensive Player of the Week (USF) ... redshirted.
High School: Versatile two-year varsity starter at defensive back, wide receiver and quarterback for coach Harold Smith at Upper Merion High School in King of Prussia, Pa. … was team captain, MVP, and school athlete of the year as a senior ... totaled 82 tackles, 60 solo, with six interceptions as a senior ... owns the school record with a 96-yard interception return for a TD … grabbed 27 receptions for 485 yards and six touchdowns … also rushed for 255 yards and two scores on 39 carries … in 20 career games, rushed for 655 yards with three scores on 94 carries along with 26 catches for 465 yards and five touchdowns … served as signal-caller as well, primarily as a junior, compiling 678 passing yards and seven scores on a 31.2 completion percentage … defensively, snared eight interceptions with 103 total tackles, 74 solo … also lettered in both basketball and lacrosse.
Personal: Born Isaiah Donnell Graham-Mobley in Bryn Mawr, Pa. ... parents are Maria Graham-Baptist (mother), William Baptist (stepfather), Kevin Mobley (father) and Chris- tine Mobley (stepmother) ... sister Mia Kai Mobley (11) and brother Liam Baptist (11) ... 2020 TEMPLE FOOTBALL father and uncles, John Mobley and Kyle Helton, played college football .... earned degree in media studies & production (Spring 2020).
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2020 (Freshman): Joined the team as a walk-on in the summer ... has not yet seen game action. KAMAL GRAY High School: Played quarterback for head coach Rory Graver at Pope John Paul II in 5-11 ♦ 183 ♦ Fr Royersford, Pa. … was the PAC Conference MVP leading his team to a 10-3 record and #18 Eagleville, Pa. QB the District 1 Championship as a senior when he passed for 2,744 yards and 38 touch- downs and added 620 yards and seven scores on the ground … was all-area, all-state, and was invited to play in the Blue-Gray All-American Game … earned PAC player of the year as a junior with 2,250 yards and 28 touchdowns passing and 346 yards and seven 2020 Fr 0-0 scores rushing … played his sophomore season at Archbishop Carroll where he totaled Class nearly 1,000 yards and 16 TDs through the air and on the ground … also lettered in track of at PJPII and baseball at Archbishop Carroll.
2020 Personal: Born Kamal Gray in Philadelphia, Pa. … parents are Nina and Kamal Gray … father is a musician for The Roots … has two sisters, Kamiah (20) and Khasi (8), and one brother Kash (6) … list of favorites include: The Waterboy (movie), Big Mouth (TV show), The Picture of Dorian Gray (book), Russell Wilson (professional athlete) … plans to major in business.
2019 Fr 4/0 M.J. GRIFFIN 2020 r-Fr 1/0 6-1 ♦ 192 ♦ r-Fr #28 Ypsilanti, Mich. SAF
2020 (Redshirt Freshman): Is part of a deep secondary ... saw his first game action M.J. GRIFFIN’S DEFENSIVE STATS rotating in on defense in the home opener vs. USF. Opp. P / S U A T TFL / Yds Sk / Yds QH Int / Yds PB FF FR 2019 (Freshman): Was part of the 2019 recruiting class ... was an early enrollee and began classes in January ... made his collegiate debut in the season opener against 2019 4 / 0 1 - 0 - 1 0.0 / 0 0.0 / 0 0 0 / 0 0 0 0 Bucknell ... made first career tackle vs. UConn in the regular season finale ... redshirted. @Navy 0 / 0
High School: Four-year letterwinner at defensive back for coach Joe Palka at Saline USF 1 / 0 1 - 0 - 1 0.0 / 0 0.0 / 0 0 0 / 0 0 0 0 (Mich.) High … went 11-2 as a senior ... received all-state honors his junior and senior @Memphis / - - 0 / / / seasons … made the Detroit Free Press Dream Team as a senior. @Tulane / - - 0 / / / Personal: Born Myles Jordan Griffin in Detroit, Mich. ... parents are Aliya and Ryan Grif- fin ... brothers, Jori (27) and Tre (20) ... sister Mia (17) ... godfather, Aaron Bailey, played SMU / - - 0 / / / college football ... uncle, Richard Griffin, served in the military ... list of favorites include: @UCF / - - 0 / / / Training Day (movie), Family Guy (TV show), Against the Darkness (book), Baltimore Ravens (NFL team), Geno’s (place to get a cheesesteak), Twitter (social media platform) ECU / - - 0 / / / and Africa (place in the world) ... communications major. Cincinnati / - - 0 / / /
2020 1 / 0 1 - 0 - 1 0.0 / 0 0.0 / 0 0 0 / 0 0 0 0
Career 5 / 0 2 - 0 - 2 0.0 / 0 0.0 / 0 0 0 / 0 0 0 0
2020 (Freshman): Was part of the 2020 recruiting class ... has not yet seen game action. •• PBPB •• DAIYAAN HAWKINS High School: Played defensive back and running back at The Haverford School in Havertown, Pa., for coach Michael Murphy … played in 25 games with 87 carries for 636 6-1 ♦ 183 ♦ Fr yards and seven touchdowns … also had 50 tackles and three interceptions … earned West Philadelphia, Pa. first-team all-conference honors as a senior after earning second-team honors as a ju- #43 CB nior … lettered in track and field.
Personal: Born Daiyaan Hawkins in Overbrook, Pa. … parents are Takiyah Hamilton and 2020 Fr 0-0 James Hawkins … has three brothers, Zakee (21), A.J. (21), and James (10), and one sister, Class Alana (23) … his cousin, Reginald Ward Jr., plays football at Holy Cross … grandfather, of Tyrone Hamilton, served in the military. 2020
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2020 (Redshirt Senior): Rejoined team in January ... has not yet seen game action.
TRAVIS HINES 2019 (Redshirt Junior): Not with team.
5-11 ♦ 180 ♦ r-Sr 2018 (Redshirt Sophomore): One of the team's top scout team players. Sroudsburg, Pa. #42 WR 2017 (Redshirt Freshman): Joined the team as a walk-on in the fall ... did not see game action. 2017 r-Fr 0/0 High School: Played at Stroudsburg for head coach Jim Miller … also played basketball and ran track & field … won the Jay Effross Memorial Award … honor roll student. 2018 r-So 0/0 Personal: Born Travis Charles Hines in Passaic, N.J. … parents are Selena and Errick 2019 r-Jr - Hines … has a brother Trevor (18) and sister Tamia (18) … list of favorites include: Martin (TV show), Sport and Leisure in American Society (class), TECH Center (place on cam- 2020 r-Sr 0/0 pus), Madden and NBA 2k (video game), New York Giants (NFL team), Odell Beckham Jr. (NFL player), Basketball (sport besides football) … loves to draw …business management major.
M.J. GRIFFIN’S DEFENSIVE STATS 2018 Fr - Opp. P / S U A T TFL / Yds Sk / Yds QH Int / Yds PB FF FR SHANE HOGARTH 2019 So 1/0 2019 4 / 0 1 - 0 - 1 0.0 / 0 0.0 / 0 0 0 / 0 0 0 0 6-3 ♦ 265 ♦ r-So 2020 r-So 0/0 @Navy 0 / 0 #53 Downingtown, Pa. DT USF 1 / 0 1 - 0 - 1 0.0 / 0 0.0 / 0 0 0 / 0 0 0 0
@Memphis / - - 0 / / / 2020 (Redshirt Sophomore): Has not yet seen game action. SHANE HOGARTH’S DEFENSIVE STATS @Tulane / - - 0 / / / 2019 (Sophomore): Joined the program as a walk-on in the winter ... made his debut in Opp. P / S U A T TFL / Yds Sk / Yds QH Int / Yds PB FF FR SMU / - - 0 / / / the season opening blowout of Bucknell ... was sidelined for most of the season due to injury ... American Athletic Conference All-Academic Team ... redshirted. 2019 1 / 0 1 - 0 - 1 0.0 / 0 0.0 / 0 0 0 / 0 0 0 0 @UCF / - - 0 / / / @Navy 0 / 0 ECU / - - 0 / / / 2018 (Freshman): Missed his season at Delaware due to injury … did not see any game action. USF 0 / 0 Cincinnati / - - 0 / / / @Memphis / - - 0 / / / 2020 1 / 0 1 - 0 - 1 0.0 / 0 0.0 / 0 0 0 / 0 0 0 0 High School: Three-year letter winner as a defensive lineman for coach Michael Matta at Downingtown (Pa.) East High … two-year starter who led Downingtown East to two @Tulane / - - 0 / / / Career 5 / 0 2 - 0 - 2 0.0 / 0 0.0 / 0 0 0 / 0 0 0 0 playoff appearances … earned All-Southeastern PA, All-League, and 1st team All-Ches- mont honors as a senior … was selected for and played in the Big 33 Football Classic as SMU / - - 0 / / / a senior … distinguished honor roll student. @UCF / - - 0 / / / 2020 TEMPLE FOOTBALL
Personal: Born Shane M. Hogarth in West Chester, Pa … son of Robert and Beth Hogarth ECU / - - 0 / / / … has two brothers, Cole (19) and Evan (14) … has a sister Ava (16) … both parents are Cincinnati / - - 0 / / / graduates of Temple … grandfather played college football at Franklin & Marshall in Lancaster, Pa … list of favorites include: Game of Thrones (TV show), Philadelphia Eagles 2020 0 / 0 0 - 0 - 0 0.0 / 0 0.0 / 0 0 0 / 0 0 0 0 • PB • (pro team), Aaron Donald (pro athlete) … marketing major. • PB • Career 1 / 0 1 - 0 - 1 0.0 / 0 0.0 / 0 0 0 / 0 0 0 0
10 10231010 2017 Fr - JOSEPH HOOPER 2018 So - 6-3 ♦ 306 ♦ Sr 2019 Jr 10/4 #52 Waimea, Hawaii OL 2020 Sr 2/2
2020 (Senior): Started the season opener at Navy at left guard. JOSEPH HOOPER’S OFFENSIVE STATS
2019 (Junior): Joined the program as a transfer in the summer ... Opp. P / S Opp. P / S Opp. P / S Opp. P / S Opp. P / S sees game action on PAT/FG units ... rotated in on the offensive line against Bucknell ... made his first career start at RG for the Iowa Central LG Bucknell x @Navy LG injured Vincent Picozzi against Tulane and retained the starting Highland LG #21 Maryland x USF LG role for the remainder of the season. Coffeyville LG @Buffalo x @Memphis 2018 (Sophomore): Started 12 games at left guard for Butler Dodge City LG Georgia Tech x @Tulane Community College in El Dorado, Kansas ... the team went 8-4 under head coach Tim Schaffner ... Hooper made Dean's List and Hutchinson LG @ECU dnp SMU Phi Theta kappa Honor Society. Independence LG #23 Memphis dnp @UCF
High School: Four-year letter winner as an offensive lineman for Air Force Prep LG @#19 SMU dnp ECU coach Dan Lyons at Kameahemha Schools in Waimea, Hawaii ... earned all-state and All-Big Island Interscholastic Federation Fort Scott LG UCF x Cincinnati (BIIF) as a senior at left tackle ... also earned all-conference as Ellsworth (Iowa) LG @USF x a junior ... started at left guard as a freshman and sophomore leading the team to a 17-4 record, including a conference cham- Iowa Western LG Tulane RG pionship in 2014 ... lettered in wrestling, judo and track and field Garden City LG @#19 Cincinnati RG ... was the BIIF 285-pound wrestling champion. NE Okla. A&M LG UConn RG Personal: Born Joseph Keoni Kaimipono Hooper in Kamuela, Hawaii ... parents are Michele and Kyle Hooper ... has a sister UNC [MB] RG Danielle (24) ... accounting major. 2018 12 / 12 2019 10 / 4 2020 2 / 2 2021 0 / 0 2022 0 / 0
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2020 (Redshirt Sophomore): Has not yet seen game action.
JAKE HOROSHKO 2019 (Redshirt Freshman): Joined team as a transfer in the spring ... did not see game action ... Athletic Director's Honor Roll ... American Athletic Conference All-Academic 6-2 ♦ 286 ♦ r-So Team. Allentown, Pa. #60 OL 2018 (Freshman): Played offensive line and long snapper at Monmouth University for head coach Kevin Callahan in 2018.
2018 Fr - High School: Lettered three years for coaches Robert Pietrbon and John Cupples at Allentown (Pa.) Central Catholic High … played long snapper and on the offensive and • PB • 2019 r-Fr 0/0 defensive lines … East Penn Conference champions as a junior… also played basketball • PB • and tennis.
Personal: Born Jake Hughes Horoshko in Allentown, Pa. … parents are Scott and Sherri Horoshko … has a sister Riley (16) and brother Brian (17) … father, Scott, played football at Delaware Valley University … cousin, Ryan Purvis, played for Boston College and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers … list of favorites include: Friday Night Lights (TV show), Damian Lillard (pro athlete), and philly cheesesteak mac and cheese (cheat meal) … film and media arts major.
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2020 Fr 0/0 LAMUMBA HOWARD Class 6-0 ♦ 212 ♦ Fr of #58 Alexandria, Va. LB 2020
2020 (Freshman): Joined the team as a walk-on in the summer ... has not yet seen game action.
High School: Was a four-year letterwinner at St. Stephens and St. Agnes School in Alexandria, Va., for head coach Bernard Joseph … played safety as a freshman, moved to defensive end as a sophomore before earning all-state and all-conference honors at linebacker as a junior and senior … was also a three-time letterwinner in basketball when the school won two conference championships and one state title.
Personal: Born Lamumba Howard in Washington, D.C. … parents are Shakira and Lamumba Howard … has two sisters Shaniya (10) and Shaelyn (7).
2020 (Redshirt Freshman): Part of a deep secondary ... has yet to see game action.
JOSHUA IRVIN 2019 (Freshman): Joined the team as a walk on in the summer ... did not see game action ... Scout Team Defensive Player of the Week (Tulane) ... Athletic Director's Honor 5-9 ♦ 173 ♦ r-Fr Roll ... American Athletic Conference All-Academic Team ... redshirted. Middlesex, N.J. #36 CB High School: Was a three-year letterwinner at multiple positions: wide receiver, defen- sive back, and punt returner his sophomore through senior year … attended Immacu- lata his freshman and sophomore years (2015-2017) before transferring to Middlesex 2019 Fr 0/0 High his final two years (2017-2019) ... was all-conference and all-division his senior year … participated in the Autoland Classic All-Star Game ... also lettered in track his 2020 r-Fr 0/0 sophomore and senior year.
Personal: Born Joshua David Irvin in Livingston, New Jersey … parents are Kenneth and Makeesa Irvin … has three sisters: Makayla (16), Dominique (14), and Danielle (12) ... his 2020 TEMPLE FOOTBALL grandfather served in the military ... business major.
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10 10251010 PLAYER BIOS 2017 Fr 0/0 AUDLEY ISAACS 2018 r-Fr 12/0 6-1 ♦ 220 ♦ r-Jr 2019 r-So 13/0 #30 Philadelphia, Pa. LB 2020 r-Jr 1/0
2020 (Redshirt Junior): Is part of a deep linebacker group ... rotates in at linebacker. AUDLEY ISAACS’ DEFENSIVE STATS
2019 (Redshirt Sophomore): Saw game action on special teams and rotating at line- Opp. P / S U A T TFL / Yds Sk / Yds QH Int / Yds PB FF FR backer ... Special Teams Player of the Game (UCF) ... had his most extensive action of the season at USF after Chapelle Russell was ejected and responded with a ca- 2018 12 / 0 1 - 2 - 3 0.0 / 0 0.0 / 0 0 0 / 0 0 0 0 reer-high 6 tackles ... lettered. 2019 13 / 0 7 - 6 - 13 0.0 / 0 0.0 / 0 0 0 / 0 0 0 0
2018 (Redshirt Freshman): Saw first game action against Buffalo ... recorded first- ca @Navy 0 / 0 reer tackle at UConn ... #the STANDARD Player of the Game (UConn) ... Scout Team USF 1 / 0 1 - 0 - 1 0.0 / 0 0.0 / 0 0 0 / 0 0 0 0 Defensive Player of the Week (Buffalo) ... Juice Boyz Player of the Game (Buffalo) ... Athletic Director’s Honor Roll ... lettered. @Memphis / - - 0 / / /
@Tulane / - - 0 / / / 2017 (Freshman): Was a part of the 2017 recruiting class ... did not see game action ... Scout Team Special Teams Player of the Week (ECU, Cincinnati) ... Athletic Director’s SMU / - - 0 / / / Honor Roll ... redshirted. @UCF / - - 0 / / /
High School: Played running back and linebacker for head coach Mike Korom at Valley ECU / - - 0 / / / Forge Military Academy in Wayne, Pa. … earned second-team all-state for the PIAA Division 2A and All-Southeastern Pa. in 2016 at LB … first-team All-Bicentennial Athletic Cincinnati / - - 0 / / / League (BAL) at RB and LB, to go along with BAL Defensive Player of the Year honors 2020 1 / 0 1 - 0 - 1 0.0 / 0 0.0 / 0 0 0 / 0 0 0 0 … as a senior gained 1,123 rushing yards, and compiled 133 tackles … participated in the Blue-Gray Regional Combine … recorded 117 tackles, 11 TFLs, three sacks, and one Career 26 / 0 9 - 8 - 17 0.0 / 0 0.0 / 0 0 0 / 0 0 0 0 forced fumble during his junior year, while scoring nine TDs on offense … led the team with 108 tackles and six sacks as a sophomore.
Personal: Born Audley Alphonso Isaacs Jr. in Philadelphia, Pa. ... parents are Danielle Simmons and Audley Isaacs Sr. ... brothers Simeon (23), Josh (23), Marky (15) and sister Morgan (14) ... list of favorites include: pizza (food), Flash (TV show), history (subject) ... enjoys art and always wanted to be an artist ... sports management major.
2018 Fr 0/0 AARON JARMAN 2019 r-Fr 13/1 6-6 ♦ 255 ♦ r-So 2020 r-So 2/2 #86 Kinston, N.C. TE
2020 (Redshirt Sophomore): Sees game action rotating in at tight end. AARON JARMAN’S OFFENSIVE STATS
2019 (Redshirt Freshman): Saw game action rotating in at tight end and on special RECEIVING RUSHING teams ... had first career game action vs. Bucknell and made first career reception and first career touchdown on a 10 yard pass from QB Anthony Russo ... made his first Opp. P / S No Yd Avg TD Lg No Yd Avg TD Lg career start at TE against UCF ... Athletic Director's Honor Roll ... American Athletic 2019 13 / 1 1 10 10.0 1 10 0 0 0.0 0 0 Conference All-Academic Team ... lettered. @Navy 1 / 1 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0
2018 (Freshman): Was part of the 2018 recruiting class .. did not see game action ... USF 1 / 1 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 Scout Team Offensive Player of the Week (Tulsa, ECU) ... Juice Boyz Player of the Game (Boston College) ... American Athletic Conference All-Academic Team ... Athletic Direc- @Memphis / 0.0 0.0 •• PBPB •• tor’s Honor Roll ... redshirted. @Tulane / 0.0 0.0
High School: Played tight end and defensive end for head coach Kim Brown at North SMU / 0.0 0.0 Lenoir High in La Grange, N.C. … four-year letterwinner … also played baseball and @UCF / 0.0 0.0 basketball. ECU / 0.0 0.0 Personal: Born Aaron Gregory Jarman in Kinston, N.C. … parents are Becky and Greg Jarman … has a sister Rylie (21) … has a dog named Sunny … list of favorites include: Cincinnati / 0.0 0.0 Seinfeld and Friends (TV show), lasagna (food), math (subject), Minnesota Vikings (NFL 2020 2 / 2 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 team), and Captain America (movie) … finance major. Career 15 / 3 1 10 10.0 1 10 0 0 0.0 0 0
10 26 101010 PLAYER BIOS 2017 Fr 0/0 JEREMY JENNINGS 2018 r-Fr 5/0 5-10 ♦ 180 ♦ r-Jr 2019 r-So 10/0 #22 Downingtown, Pa. WR 2020 r-Jr 0/0
2020 (Redshirt Junior): Has not yet seen game action. AUDLEY ISAACS’ DEFENSIVE STATS RUSHING RECEIVING PUNT RETURN Opp. P / S U A T TFL / Yds Sk / Yds QH Int / Yds PB FF FR 2019 (Redshirt Sophomore): Made his season debut against Bucknell rotating in at wide receiver ... saw most of his action Opp. P / S No Yd Avg TD Lg No Yd Avg TD Lg No Yd Avg TD Lg 1 2 3 2018 12 / 0 - - 0.0 / 0 0.0 / 0 0 0 / 0 0 0 0 on special teams ... Special Teams Player of the Game (Tulane) 2018 5 / 0 14 79 5.6 0 43 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 2019 13 / 0 7 - 6 - 13 0.0 / 0 0.0 / 0 0 0 / 0 0 0 0 ... lettered. 2019 10 / 0 2 9 4.5 0 6 1 6 6.0 0 6 1 1 1.0 0 1 @Navy 0 / 0 2018 (Redshirt Freshman): Saw first game action and had three @Navy 0 / 0 USF 1 / 0 1 - 0 - 1 0.0 / 0 0.0 / 0 0 0 / 0 0 0 0 carries against Buffalo ... was limited in games 4-10 due to injury ... made return in week 12 vs. USF ... had a career-high 60 rush- USF 0 / 0 @Memphis / - - 0 / / / ing yards at UConn ... had a career-high six carries vs. Duke [IB]. @Memphis / 0.0 0.0 0.0 @Tulane / - - 0 / / / 2017 (Freshman): Was a part of the 2017 recruiting class ... did @Tulane / 0.0 0.0 0.0 SMU / - - 0 / / / not see game action ... Scout Team Special Teams Player of the Week (Houston) ... Scout Team Offensive Player of the Week SMU / 0.0 0.0 0.0 @UCF / - - 0 / / / (Navy) ... Juice Boyz Player of the Game (UConn, Tulsa) ... red- @UCF / 0.0 0.0 0.0 ECU / - - 0 / / / shirted. ECU / 0.0 0.0 0.0 Cincinnati / - - 0 / / / High School: Played cornerback and wide receiver at Downing- Cincinnati / 0.0 0.0 0.0 2020 1 / 0 1 - 0 - 1 0.0 / 0 0.0 / 0 0 0 / 0 0 0 0 town (Pa.) East High for coach Michael Matta … had 45 catches for 480 yards and eight touchdowns his senior year … was a 2020 0 / 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 Career 26 / 0 9 - 8 - 17 0.0 / 0 0.0 / 0 0 0 / 0 0 0 0 three-year starter and the team went 34-9 during that time span … was voted all-league and all-county all three years … his junior Career 15 / 0 16 88 5.5 0 43 1 6 6.0 0 6 1 1 1.0 0 1 and senior year he was all-district and made several all-state teams ... school all-time leader in interceptions with 12 … also four-time letterwinner in track and field and won the 4x100 state championship as a sophomore; took second his junior year … also in his junior year, he placed third in the 100-meter dash at the PIAA Class 3A state track and field championships.
Personal: Born Jeremy A. Jennings in Chester, Pa. … parents are Kisha and Wendell Wesley … brothers Jamere Walker (29), Joe Jennings (25), and J'Von Jennings (22); and sister Jaleya Jen- nings (26) … cousin Rahlir Hollis-Jefferson attended Temple … criminal justice major.
2019 Fr 2/0 THOMAS JOE-KAMARA 2020 r-Fr 0/0 6-0 ♦ 216 ♦ r-Fr #34 Dayton, N.J. BUBO
2020 (Redshirt Freshman): Has not yet seen game action. THOMAS JOE-KAMARA’S DEFENSIVE STATS 2020 TEMPLE FOOTBALL 2019 (Freshman): Was part of the 2019 recruiting class ... had his first game as a Tem- Opp. P / S U A T TFL / Yds Sk / Yds QH Int / Yds PB FF FR ple Owl at #19 Cincinnati on special teams ... redshirted. 2019 2 / 0 0 - 1 - 1 0.5 / 0 0.0 / 0 0 0 / 0 0 0 0
High School: Played safety and running back for head coach Joseph George at South @Navy 0 / 0 Brunswick High in Dayton, N.J. … as a senior, had 65 tackles and three interceptions USF 0 / 0 • PB • (one returned for a touchdown) on defense, while gaining 875 all-purpose yards and 12 • PB • total touchdowns on offense … helped to lead his team to an 11-1 record while recording @Memphis / - - 0 / / / 75 tackles, two interceptions, and two forced fumbles on defense combined with four touchdowns and 225 rushing yards on offense as a junior …. also played basketball. @Tulane / - - 0 / / / SMU / - - 0 / / / Personal: Born Thomas Moijwe Joe-Kamara in Somerset, N.J. … parents are Justina Musa and Edward Joe-Kamara … mother and father both attended Temple … list of @UCF / - - 0 / / / favorites include: Creed (movie), Regular Show (TV show), hip-hop (music), Hunger ECU / - - 0 / / / Games (book) … if football doesn't work out, wants to be a police officer … plans to major in criminal justice ... hashtag to describe himself: #Different Cincinnati / - - 0 / / /
2020 0 / 0 0 - 0 - 0 0.0 / 0 0.0 / 0 0 0 / 0 0 0 0
Career 2 / 0 0 - 1 - 1 0.5 / 0 0.0 / 0 0 0 / 0 0 0 0
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2017 r-Fr 12/0 FREDDIE JOHNSON 2018 r-So 10/0 6-1 ♦ 186 ♦ Gr 2019 r-Jr 13/2 #21 North Fort Myers, Fla. CB 2020 Gr 2/0
2020 (Graduate): Sees consistent game action rotating in at cornerback and also excel on special teams. RECEIVING RUSHING KICKOFF RETURN SpTm
2019 (Redshirt Junior): Was moved to cornerback at the Opp. P / S No Yd Avg TD Lg No Yd Avg TD Lg No Yd Avg TD Lg Tkls start of summer practice ... played first career game at cor- ner against Bucknell, and made first career defensive solo 2016 2 / 0 1 14 14.0 0 14 1 17 17.0 0 17 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 (2) and assisted (2) tackles ... matched his single-game ca- 2017 12 / 0 3 36 12.0 0 16 0 0 0.0 0 0 1 40 40.0 0 40 4 reer-high in tackles (4) at ECU ... recorded his first career TFL in a win against Tulane ... made his first career start at 2018 10 / 0 8 138 17.3 1 44t 0 0 0.0 0 0 6 109 18.2 0 35 4 cornerback at #19 Cincinnati ... lettered. Career 12 188 15.7 1 44t 1 17 17.0 0 17 7 149 21.3 0 40 8 2018 (Redshirt Sophomore): Recorded a career-high two special teams tackles vs. Villanova ... led the team in receiving yards with a career-high three receptions for 86 yards and scored his first FREDDIE JOHNSON’S DEFENSIVE STATS career touchdown on a career-long 44-yard reception from QB Todd Centeio at Mary- Opp. P / S U A T TFL / Yds Sk / Yds QH Int / Yds PB FF FR land ... APEX Predator Special Teams Player of the Game (Villanova, Tulsa) ... #the- STANDARD Player of the Game (Buffalo, Maryland, Boston College, UCF, USF) ... Juice 2019 13 / 2 11 - 8 - 19 1.0 / 2 0.0 / 0 0 0 / 0 0 0 0 Boyz Player of the Game (Cincinnati) ... lettered. @Navy 1 / 0 1 - 0 - 1 0.0 / 0 0.0 / 0 0 0 / 0 0 0 0
2017 (Redshirt Freshman): Made season debut at Notre Dame ... played on special USF 1 / 0 0 - 0 - 0 0.0 / 0 0.0 / 0 0 0 / 0 0 0 0 teams and saw action at wide receiver ... pressed into action as kickoff returner vs. #15 UCF and registered 40-yard return ... #theSTANDARD Player of the Game (ECU, UCF, @Memphis / - - 0 / / / FIU) ... American Athletic Conference All-Academic Team ... lettered. @Tulane / - - 0 / / /
2016 (Freshman): Was part of the 2016 recruiting class ... made college debut vs. Stony SMU / - - 0 / / / Brook ... recorded first reception of his career in game vs. Charlotte ... suffered an injury @UCF / - - 0 / / / vs. Charlotte ... was awarded medical redshirt. ECU / - - 0 / / / High School: Played receiver, running back, defensive back and returned kicks at North Cincinnati / - - 0 / / / Ft. Myers (Fla.) High under head coach Earnest Graham ... only played there as a senior after transferring from East Lee County High in Lehigh Acres, Fla. ... had 13 catches for 2020 2 / 0 1 - 0 - 1 0.0 / 0 0.0 / 0 0 0 / 0 0 0 0 183 yards ... ranked as #8 recruit in Southwest Florida by the News-Press ... had 338 yards and six touchdowns on 18 receptions as a junior ... defensively, claimed 25 tack- Career 39 / 2 12 - 8 - 20 1.0 / 2 0.0 / 0 0 0 / 0 0 0 0 les, 22 solo, with three interceptions ... 200-meters conference champion.
Personal: Born Freddie Lee Johnson ... earned degree in human development and community engagement (Spring 2020).
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10 28 101010 PLAYER BIOS PLAYER BIOS 2017 r-Fr 12/0 RANDLE JONES 2018 r-So 11/4 6-0 ♦ 186 ♦ Gr 2019 r-Jr 4/0 #0 Miami Beach, Fla. WR 2020 Gr 2/0
2020 (Graduate): Rotated in at WR in season opener at Navy ... led the team in receiving yards (81) in the home opener vs. USF RECEIVING RUSHING KICKOFF RETURN RECEIVING RUSHING KICKOFF RETURN SpTm and earned AAC Honor Roll as 7 of his 8 catches went for first downs. Opp. P / S No Yd Avg TD Lg No Yd Avg TD Lg No Yd Avg TD Lg Opp. P / S No Yd Avg TD Lg No Yd Avg TD Lg No Yd Avg TD Lg Tkls 2016 9 / 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 2 13 6.5 0 10 7 144 0.0 0 26 2016 2 / 0 1 14 14.0 0 14 1 17 17.0 0 17 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 2019 (Senior): Was awarded #7 during summer practices (changed from #81) - Temple awards single-digit jerseys to the 2017 12 / 0 14 194 13.9 0 45 3 -4 -1.3 0 4 0 0 0.0 0 0 2017 12 / 0 3 36 12.0 0 16 0 0 0.0 0 0 1 40 40.0 0 40 4 toughest players on the team ... rotated in at receiver against 2018 11 / 4 23 445 19.3 4 70t 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 2018 10 / 0 8 138 17.3 1 44t 0 0 0.0 0 0 6 109 18.2 0 35 4 Bucknell ... caught his first touchdown of the season against UCF on the first drive of the game ... American Athletic Conference 2019 4 / 0 1 32 32.0 1 32 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 Career 12 188 15.7 1 44t 1 17 17.0 0 17 7 149 21.3 0 40 8 All-Academic Team ... was limited by injury early this season and decided to redshirt and return for a full final season of eligibility. @Navy 1 / 0 4 48 12.0 0 22 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0
USF 1 / 0 8 81 10.1 1 14 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 FREDDIE JOHNSON’S DEFENSIVE STATS 2018 (Junior): Caught first career touchdown pass (44-yarder from QB Frank Nutile) vs. Buffalo ... made first career start against @Memphis / 0.0 0.0 0.0 Opp. P / S U A T TFL / Yds Sk / Yds QH Int / Yds PB FF FR ECU ... had a team-high and career-high five receptions vs. #20 @Tulane / 0.0 0.0 0.0 2019 13 / 2 11 - 8 - 19 1.0 / 2 0.0 / 0 0 0 / 0 0 0 0 Cincinnati ... had a career-high 94 receiving yards at #9 UCF, including a 70-yard TD pass from QB Anthony Russo ... finished SMU / 0.0 0.0 0.0 @Navy 1 / 0 1 - 0 - 1 0.0 / 0 0.0 / 0 0 0 / 0 0 0 0 third in the conference (15th in the nation) in yards per reception @UCF / 0.0 0.0 0.0 USF 1 / 0 0 - 0 - 0 0.0 / 0 0.0 / 0 0 0 / 0 0 0 0 (19.35) ... #theSTANDARD Player of the Game (ECU, Navy, Cincin- nati, Houston, USF, UConn) ... lettered. ECU / 0.0 0.0 0.0 @Memphis / - - 0 / / / Cincinnati / 0.0 0.0 0.0 @Tulane / - - 0 / / / 2017 (Sophomore): Caught first career pass (11-yards from Logan Marchi) against UMass ... recorded career-highs in receptions (2) 2020 2 / 0 12 129 10.8 1 22 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 SMU / - - 0 / / / and yards (36) vs. Houston and topped that with career-long 45- yard reception the following week at ECU ... reset career-high Career 38 / 4 50 800 16.0 6 70t 5 9 1.8 0 10 7 144 20.6 0 26 @UCF / - - 0 / / / with three receptions (38 yards) at Cincinnati ... #theSTANDARD ECU / - - 0 / / / Player of the Game (UMass, Cincinnati) ... lettered.
Cincinnati / - - 0 / / / 2016 (Freshman): Was part of the 2016 recruiting class ... made 2020 2 / 0 1 - 0 - 1 0.0 / 0 0.0 / 0 0 0 / 0 0 0 0 college debut vs. Stony Brook ... had his longest kickoff return of 26 yards vs. UCF .. had a career-high three kick returns for Career 39 / 2 12 - 8 - 20 1.0 / 2 0.0 / 0 0 0 / 0 0 0 0 60 yards against USF ... was hurt in practice leading up to the game vs. Cincinnati and did not play ... rushed for 13 yards on two carries at Tulane.
High School: Played wide receiver for head coach Aaron Harris at Miami Beach (Fla.) Senior High ... three-year captain ... had 17 receptions for 600 yards and 11 rushes for 300 yards as a senior ... voted both offensive and special teams MVP ... earned All-Dade County honors as a junior and senior ... also a two-year letterwinner in track.
Personal: Born Randle Donte Jones in Miami, Fla. ... mother is Vicki Solomon ... guardians are Tawanda Solomon and Ana Ri- vas ... brothers Randle Jones (27), Akeem Jones (26) and sister Leighla Morris (15) ... earned degree in human development &
community engagement (Fall 2019). 2020 TEMPLE FOOTBALL
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2018 Fr 0/0 LAYTON JORDAN 2019 r-Fr 12/0 6-2 ♦ 221 ♦ r-So 2020 r-So 2/0 #13 McKeesport, Pa. DE
2020 (Redshirt Sophomore): Sees consistent game action rotating in at defensive LAYTON JORDAN’S DEFENSIVE STATS end. Opp. P / S U A T TFL / Yds Sk / Yds QH Int / Yds PB FF FR 2019 (Redshirt Freshman): Switched from linebacker to defensive end in the summer 2019 12 / 0 2 - 2 - 4 1.0 / 7 1.0 / 7 0 0 / 0 0 1 0 ... saw action on special teams ... recorded his first career sack, TFL, and forced fumble vs. UCF ... American Athletic Conference All-Academic Team. @Navy 1 / 0 0 - 1 - 1 0.0 / 0 0.0 / 0 0 0 / 0 0 0 0
2018 (Freshman): Was part of the 2018 recruiting class ... did not see game action ... USF 1 / 0 1 - 0 - 1 0.0 / 0 0.0 / 0 0 0 / 0 0 0 0 Juice Boyz Defensive Player of the Game (Villanova) ... redshirted. @Memphis / - - 0 / / /
High School: Played running back and linebacker for head coach Matt Miller at McK- @Tulane / - - 0 / / / eesport (Pa.) High … rushed for 1,257 yards and 14 touchdowns as a senior and added SMU / - - 0 / / / 24 tackles and two sacks … also played basketball. @UCF / - - 0 / / / Personal: Born Layton Jordan in Pittsburgh, Pa. … mother Leah Simmons … has a sister ECU / - - 0 / / / London (26) … has a dog named Albert … university studies major. Cincinnati / - - 0 / / /
2020 2 / 0 1 - 1 - 2 0.0 / 0 0.0 / 0 0 0 / 0 0 0 0
Career 14 / 0 3 - 3 - 6 1.0 / 7 1.0 / 7 0 0 / 0 0 1 0
2020 (Redshirt Senior): Has yet to see game action.
ERIC KIEWLAK 2019 (Redshirt Junior): Playing behind a deep and talented receiving corps ... did not see game action. 5-8 ♦ 168 ♦ r-Sr #30 Fairless HIlls, Pa. WR 2018 (Redshirt Sophomore): Did not see game action. 2017 (Redshirt Freshman): Joined team as a walk-on in the spring ... did not see game 2017 r-Fr 0/0 action. High School: Played wide receiver and defensive back for coach Jack Techtmann at 2018 r-So 0/0 Conwell-Egan Catholic in Fairless Hills, Pa. … had 100 career tackles and seven inter- ceptions as a three-year letterman … also played basketball, baseball and volleyball. 2019 r-Jr 0/0 Personal: Born Eric Anthony Kiewlak (pronounced kev-lack) in Fairless Hills, Pa. … par- 2020 r-Sr 0/0 ents are Michele and Richard Kiewlak … father is a Temple graduate … list of favorites • PB • includes: seafood (food), Dumb and Dumber (movie), motivational (music), and Wes • PB • Welker (NFL player) … kinesiology major.
10 30 101010 PLAYER BIOS PLAYER BIOS 2018 Fr 0/0 TRAVON KING 2019 r-Fr 13/0 6-3 ♦ 210 ♦ r-So 2020 r-So 0/0 #44 Camden, N.J. DE
2020 (Redshirt Sophomore): Has not yet seen game action. LAYTON JORDAN’S DEFENSIVE STATS TRAVON KING’S DEFENSIVE STATS
Opp. P / S U A T TFL / Yds Sk / Yds QH Int / Yds PB FF FR 2019 (Redshirt Freshman): Made the transition from linebacker to defensive end ... Opp. P / S U A T TFL / Yds Sk / Yds QH Int / Yds PB FF FR sees action on special teams ... recorded first career tackle vs. Bucknell in the season 2019 12 / 0 2 - 2 - 4 1.0 / 7 1.0 / 7 0 0 / 0 0 1 0 opener ... Special Teams Player of the Game (UConn) ... lettered. 2019 13 / 0 3 - 2 - 5 0.0 / 0 0.0 / 0 0 0 / 0 0 0 0 @Navy 1 / 0 0 - 1 - 1 0.0 / 0 0.0 / 0 0 0 / 0 0 0 0 @Navy 0 / 0 2018 (Freshman): Was part of the 2018 recruiting class ... did not see game action ... USF 1 / 0 1 - 0 - 1 0.0 / 0 0.0 / 0 0 0 / 0 0 0 0 redshirted. USF 0 / 0 @Memphis / - - 0 / / / @Memphis / - - 0 / / / High School: Played wide receiver and linebacker for head coach Preston Brown at @Tulane / - - 0 / / / Woodrow Wilson High in Camden, N.J. … ranked as the 33rd best player in New Jersey @Tulane / - - 0 / / / … earned first-team All-South Jersey honors as a senior after recording 21.5 sacks, 38 SMU / - - 0 / / / tackles-for-loss and 70 total tackles … also had 46 catches for 700 yards and eight SMU / - - 0 / / / @UCF / - - 0 / / / touchdowns … as a junior totaled 390 receiving yards on 25 receptions along with six @UCF / - - 0 / / / receiving touchdowns and added 44 tackles for loss. ECU / - - 0 / / / ECU / - - 0 / / /
Cincinnati / - - 0 / / / Personal: Born Travon W. King in Camden, N.J. … parents are Pippa Blanton and Cincinnati / - - 0 / / / Charles King … father served in the military … sport & recreation management major. 2020 2 / 0 1 - 1 - 2 0.0 / 0 0.0 / 0 0 0 / 0 0 0 0 2020 0 / 0 0 - 0 - 0 0.0 / 0 0.0 / 0 0 0 / 0 0 0 0
Career 14 / 0 3 - 3 - 6 1.0 / 7 1.0 / 7 0 0 / 0 0 1 0 Career 13 / 0 3 - 2 - 5 0.0 / 0 0.0 / 0 0 0 / 0 0 0 0
2018 Fr 13/10 ADAM KLEIN 2019 So 13/13 6-5 ♦ 290 ♦ Jr 2020 Jr 1/1 #74 Springfield, Pa. OL
2020 (Junior): Earned Athlon's preseason All-American Athletic ADAM KLEIN’S OFFENSIVE STATS Conference fourth team recognition ... moved over to right guard after being a two-year starter at right tackle. Opp. P / S Opp. P / S Opp. P / S Opp. P / S Opp. P / S
Bucknell 2019 (Sophomore): Entered his second season as the starter at Villanova x RT @Navy dnp right tackle and started every game ... the Owls started the same Buffalo x #21 Maryland RT USF RG five linemen in each of the first seven games of the season before Hennessy (C) missed game 8 ... President's Honor Roll ... American @Maryland x @Buffalo RT @Memphis Athletic Conference All-Academic Team ... lettered. Tulsa RT Georgia Tech RT @Tulane
2018 (Freshman): Was part of the 2018 recruiting class ... saw first @BC RT @ECU RT SMU
game action against Villanova ... made first career start against Tul- 2020 TEMPLE FOOTBALL ECU RT #23 Memphis RT @UCF sa ... one of just five true freshmen to see game action (WR Sean Ryan, TE David Martin-Robinson, SAF DaeSean Winston, and OL @Navy RT @#19 SMU RT ECU Isaac Moore) ... started games 4-13 on his way to ECAC Offensive Rookie of the Year ... APEX Predator Player of the Game (Houston, #20 Cincinnati RT UCF RT Cincinnati UConn) ... #theSTANDARD Player of the Game (ECU, Navy, Cincin- @#9 UCF RT @USF RT • PB • nati, Houston, UConn) ... American Athletic Conference All-Aca- • PB • demic Team ... Athletic Director’s Honor Roll ... lettered. @Houston RT Tulane RT USF RT @#19 Cincinnati RT
High School: Played offensive line for head coach Todd Fairlie at @UConn RT UConn RT Episcopal Academy in Newtown Square, Pa. … was a four-year let- UNC [MB] terwinner … earned second team all-conference honors as a soph- Duke [IB] RT RT omore and junior before garnering first team honors as a senior … 2018 13 / 10 2019 13 / 13 2020 1 / 1 2021 0 / 0 2022 0 / 0 lettered four times in track & field and once in basketball. Career 27 / Personal: Born Adam Patrick Klein in Springfield, Pa. … mother Patti Klein … three brothers, Kurt (32), Ryan (29), and Erik (27) … spent a week one summer in Jamaica working for Special Olympics … list of favorites include: Remember the Titans (movie), The Great Gatsby (book), math (class), and Meek Mill (music) … enjoys tennis … kinesiology major.
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2017 So 13/1 WILLIAM KWENKEU 2018 Jr 11/0 6-1 ♦ 233 ♦ Gr 2019 Sr 4/0 #4 Waldorf, Md. LB 2020 Gr 2/2
2020 (Graduate): Was awarded #4 near the start of the season (changed from #35) - WILLIAM KWENKEU’S DEFENSIVE STATS Temple awards single-digit jerseys to the toughest players on the team ... Earned Phll Steele preseason All-American Athletic Conference third team recognition ... started Opp. P / S U A T TFL / Yds Sk / Yds QH Int / Yds PB FF FR his second career game, first as a single digit, while recording a career high in assisted 2016 13 / 0 10 - 4 - 14 1.0 / 2 0.0 / 0 0 0 / 0 0 0 1 tackles (7) and total tackles (11) in season opener at Navy ... ranks sixth in the confer- ence in tackles per game (9.0). 2017 13 / 1 26 - 8 - 34 4.0 / 14 2.0 / 11 0 0 / 0 0 0 0
2019 (Senior): With a deep and talented senior linebacking unit, Temple looked to red- 2018 11 / 0 19 - 14 - 33 1.0 / 6 1.0 / 6 0 0 / 0 0 0 0 shirt Kwenkeu ... made his first appearance and recorded his first tackle of the season 2019 4 / 0 2 - 1 - 3 0.0 / 0 0.0 / 0 0 0 / 0 0 0 0 against Tulane ... Athletic Director's Honor Roll ...redshirted. @Navy 1 / 1 4 - 7 - 11 0.0 / 0 0.0 / 0 0 0 / 0 0 0 0 2018 (Junior): Saw action at linebacker in a deep LB corps and as a core special teams USF 1 / 1 6 - 1 - 7 1.5 / 6 1.0 / 5 1 0 / 0 1 0 0 player ... #theSTANDARD Player of the Game (Boston College, UCF) ... Juice Boyz Play- er of the Game (USF) ... American Athletic Conference All-Academic Team ... Athletic @Memphis / - - 0 / / / Director’s Honor Roll ... lettered. @Tulane / - - 0 / / /
2017 (Sophomore): One of the Owls' top special teams players ... also saw action at SMU / - - 0 / / / linebacker ... had career-highs in total tackles (8) and solo tackles (7) vs Houston ... made his first career start at MLB in the Gasparilla Bowl and led the team with 2.0 sacks @UCF / - - 0 / / / ... APEX Predator Defensive Player of the Game (FIU) ... #theSTANDARD Defensive ECU / - - 0 / / / Player of the Game (Houston, FIU) ... lettered. Cincinnati / - - 0 / / / 2016 (Freshman): Was part of the 2016 recruiting class .... played in all 14 games and 2020 2 / 2 10 - 8 - 18 1.5 / 6 1.0 / 5 1 0 / 0 1 0 0 was a standout on special teams ... tied for a team-high in tackles (5) vs. Stony Brook ... had first TFL of his career vs. Charlotte ... had a fumble recovery during a punt return Career 43 / 3 67 - 35 - 102 7.5 / 28 4.0 / 22 1 0 / 0 1 0 1 inside the five-yardline at Memphis ... Defensive Effort Player of the Week (Stony Brook) ... Special Teams Effort Player of the Week (Stony Brook, Charlotte) ... lettered.
High School: Played as a sophomore at McDonough High (Pomfret, Md.) before re- zoning brought him to a newly-built school, St. Charles High (Waldorf, Md.), in 2014 ... played running back and linebacker for head coach Avery Williams at St. Charles ... was school MVP and earned all-conference honors ... rushed for 1,145 yards and 16 touch- downs on 203 carries and collected 101 tackles (51 solos), three fumble recoveries, a sack, and an interception ... played in the Maryland Crab Bowl ... also participated in soccer, track and wrestling ... member of the Honor Roll Society and had perfect atten- dance throughout high school.
Personal: Born William Patrick Kwenkeu (pronounced kwen-koo) in Douala, Cameroon ... named after former president Bill Clinton (mother watched his second inauguration the year Kwenkeu was born) ... mother, Martine Etammane, moved to the United States in 2010 and brought William over two years later ... became a U.S. citizen on Dec. 20, 2017, one day before playing in Gasparilla Bowl ... mother is a certified nursing assistant ... took a week-long class in Rome as part of Temple’s STHM (Sports, Tourism, Hospital- ity Management) program in the 2019 spring ... earned degree in adult & organizational development (Fall, 2019).
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10 32 101010 PLAYER BIOS 2017 Fr 0/0 COLE LERCH 2018 r-Fr 13/0 5-10 ♦ 160 ♦ r-Jr 2019 r-So 13/0 #59 Rydal, Pa. LS 2020 r-Jr 0/0
WILLIAM KWENKEU’S DEFENSIVE STATS 2020 (Redshirt Junior): Has not yet seen game action. COLE LERCH’S OFFENSIVE STATS
Opp. P / S U A T TFL / Yds Sk / Yds QH Int / Yds PB FF FR Opp. P / S Opp. P / S Opp. P / S Opp. P / S Opp. P / S 2019 (Redshirt Sophomore): Handled the long snapping respon- 2016 13 / 0 10 - 4 - 14 1.0 / 2 0.0 / 0 0 0 / 0 0 0 1 sibilities on punts for the first two games but was replaced ... Villanova x Bucknell x @Navy dnp served as the holder on FG/PATs ... Athletic Director's Honor Roll 2017 13 / 1 26 - 8 - 34 4.0 / 14 2.0 / 11 0 0 / 0 0 0 0 ... American Athletic Conference All-Academic Team ... lettered. Buffalo x #21 Maryland x USF dnp 2018 11 / 0 19 - 14 - 33 1.0 / 6 1.0 / 6 0 0 / 0 0 0 0 @Maryland x @Buffalo x @Memphis 2018 (Redshirt Freshman): Entered season as the primary long 2019 4 / 0 2 - 1 - 3 0.0 / 0 0.0 / 0 0 0 / 0 0 0 0 snapper, taking over for his brother Corey Lerch who held the po- Tulsa x Georgia Tech x @Tulane sition from 2014-17 ... saw first game action vs. Villanova ... handled @Navy 1 / 1 4 - 7 - 11 0.0 / 0 0.0 / 0 0 0 / 0 0 0 0 @BC x @ECU x SMU longsnapping duties in every game ... Juice Boyz Player of the USF 1 / 1 6 - 1 - 7 1.5 / 6 1.0 / 5 1 0 / 0 1 0 0 Game (Navy, UCF) ... Athletic Director’s Honor Roll ... lettered. ECU x #23 Memphis x @UCF
@Memphis / - - 0 / / / @#19 SMU 2017 (Freshman): Joined the team as a walk-on in August ... did @Navy x x ECU @Tulane / - - 0 / / / not see game action ... Athletic Director’s Honor Roll ... redshirted. #20 Cincinnati x UCF x Cincinnati SMU / - - 0 / / / High School: Three-year letterwinner as a long snapper for LaSal- @#9 UCF x @USF x @UCF / - - 0 / / / le College in Springfield Township, Pa., for coach John Steinmetz @Houston x Tulane x … lettered in lacrosse. ECU / - - 0 / / / USF x @#19 Cincinnati x Personal: Born Cole Lerch in Philadelphia, Pa. … son of Lynda and Cincinnati / - - 0 / / / @UConn x UConn x Craig Lerch … brother Corey (24) played football at Temple (2014- 2020 2 / 2 10 - 8 - 18 1.5 / 6 1.0 / 5 1 0 / 0 1 0 0 17) ... sister Casey (17) ... finance major. Duke [IB] x UNC [MB] x
Career 43 / 3 67 - 35 - 102 7.5 / 28 4.0 / 22 1 0 / 0 1 0 1 2018 13 / 0 2019 13 / 0 2020 0 / 0 2021 0 / 0 2022 0 / 0
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2020 (Freshman): Joined the team as a walk-on in the summer ... has not yet seen WILL LEYLAND game action. High School: Lettered three years at kicker and punter at Souderton Area High for 5-11 ♦ 216 ♦ Fr coach Edward Gallagher … earned first-team All-SOL at kicker and punter his senior Souderton, Pa. season, leading his team to an 8-3 record … participated in the Bucks/Montgomery #47 K/P County All-Star Game … was also a third-team All-State preseason kicker his senior year … awarded first-team All-SOL kicking honors his junior year, and second-team honors his sophomore year … was a four-year letterwinner in water polo and swimming, where 2020 Fr 0/0 he was captain for both his senior season … was a member of National Honors Society Class all four years of high school.
of Personal: Born William Isaac Leyland in Sellersville, Pa. … parents are Steve and Lisa
Leyland … has one brother, Tyler (11) … list of favorites include: Interstellar (movie), Mi- 2020 TEMPLE FOOTBALL 2020 chael Phelps (pro athlete), and spaghetti on a paper plate with six meatballs (pregame meal) … is an Eagle Scout, and has completed over 200 hours of community service … management/administrative business major.
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10 10331010 PLAYER BIOS 2017 r-Fr 13/0 BRANDEN MACK 2018 r-So 13/13 6-5 ♦ 220 ♦ Gr 2019 r-Jr 13/13 #1 Wyncote, Pa.. WR 2020 Gr 2/2
2020 (Graduate): Earned Phil Steele preseason All-American Athletic Conference third team recognition ... led the team in receptions (7) and receiving yards (80) in season BRANDEN MACK’S OFFENSIVE STATS opener at Navy ... Offensive Player of the Game (Navy) ... ranks eighth in receptions RECEIVING RUSHING per game (5.0). Opp. P / S No Yd Avg TD Lg No Yd Avg TD Lg
2019 (Redshirt Junior): Was awarded #1 at the beginning of summer practice (changed 2017 13 / 0 2 23 11.5 0 15 0 0 0.0 0 0 from #88) - Temple awards single-digit jerseys to the toughest players on the team ... had one of the best season's for an Owls' receiver (56-886-7TDs) and climbed the all- time lists in receptions (105), yards (1,528), and touchdowns (12) ... eighth in receiving 2019 13 / 13 59 904 15.3 7 75t 2 14 7.0 0 7 yards (73.8) and ninth in receptions (4.7) in the conference ... led the team in receiving @Navy 1 / 1 7 80 11.4 1 20 0 0 0.0 0 0 yards in four straight weeks: ECU, vs. #23 Memphis, at #19 SMU, and vs. UCF ... led the team in receiving against Bucknell and set single-game career-highs in receptions USF 1 / 1 3 29 9.7 1 12 1 3 3.0 0 3 (9) and receiving yards (130) ... drew a crucial holding call on third down against #21 @Memphis / 0.0 0.0 Maryland to set up the go ahead touchdown in the fourth quarter ... American Athletic Conference Honor Roll (UConn) ... Offensive Player of the Game (#23 Memphis, UCF, @Tulane / 0.0 0.0 UConn) ... lettered. SMU / 0.0 0.0
2018 (Redshirt Sophomore): Made first career start vs. Villanova and led team with sev- @UCF / 0.0 0.0 en catches for 78 yards (five for a first down) ... caught two touchdowns (first of career) and blocked a punt (recovered by Ty Mason for a TD) vs. Buffalo ... caught the game-ty- ECU / 0.0 0.0 ing TD to force overtime vs. #20 Cincinnati ... led the conference (5th in the nation) in Cincinnati / 0.0 0.0 blocked kicks with 2 ... led the team with five receiving TDs ... APEX Predator Offensive Player of the Game (Villanova, USF) ... #theSTANDARD Player of the Game (Villanova, 2020 2 / 2 10 109 10.9 2 20 1 3 3.0 0 3 Buffalo, Boston College, ECU, Navy, Cincinnati, UCF, USF, UConn) ... American Athletic Career 41 / 28 115 1637 14.2 14 75t 3 17 5.7 0 7 Conference All-Academic Team ... lettered. Blocked Punt (1): vs. Buf 9/8/18 2017 (Redshirt Freshman): Made collegiate debut at Notre Dame ... played on special teams and also saw action at receiver ... caught his first career pass from Frank Nutile for 15 yards at ECU ... APEX Predator Special Teams Player of the Game (UConn, UCF) ... #theSTANDARD Player of the Game (ECU, UCF) ... lettered.
2016 (Freshman): Was part of the 2016 recruiting class ... Offensive Scout Team Player of the Week (SMU) ... redshirted.
High School: Played quarterback, running back, defensive back, and kicker/punter at Cheltenham High in Philadelphia for head coach Joe Gro ... team captain ... earned all-conference, all-region, and all-city as a senior when he threw for 1,500 yards and ran for another 1,050 yards ... averaged 12+ tackles per game ... had 12 career interceptions ... also lettered in basketball and track.
Personal: Born Branden Ruckmen Mack in Germantown, Pa. ... father, Daryl Mack, passed away in spring 2017 ... brother Daryl Jr. (25) attended Temple ... cousin LeLand Lassiter is a defensive back for Howard University ... earned degree in human develop- ment & community engagement (Fall, 2019).
CAREER RECEIVING LEADERS Yards Name ...... Years TDs Name ...... Years SINGLE SEASON Rcpts Name ...... Years 2,444 Ventell Bryant ...... 2015-18 23 Bruce Francis...... 2005-08 RECEIVING LEADERS 173 Ventell Bryant ...... 2015-18 2,272 Willie Marshall ...... 1983-86 18 Gerald Lucear...... 1978-81 Rcpts Name...... Year 165 Zamir Cobb ...... 2000-03 2,035 Bruce Francis...... 2005-08 16 Robby Anderson...... 2011-13, 15 95 Jadan Blue...... 2019 138 Bruce Francis...... 2005-08 1,882 Gerald Lucear...... 1978-81 16 Willie Marshall ...... 1983-86 74 Zamir Cobb ...... 2003 134 Isaiah Wright...... 2016-19 1,869 Van Johnson...... 1992-96 15 Van Johnson...... 1992-96 70 Robby Anderson ...... 2015 •• PBPB •• 130 Sean Dillard ...... 1999-02 1,856 Zamir Cobb ...... 2000-03 14 Branden Mack...... 2017-20 63 Clint Graves ...... 1972 126 Gerald Lucear...... 1978-81 1,780 Troy Kersey ...... 1994-97 14 Zamir Cobb ...... 2000-03 59 Branden Mack...... 2019 122 Rich Drayton ...... 1987-90 1,730 Robby Anderson...... 2011-13, 15 13 Adonis Jennings...... 2015-17 121 Jalen Fitzpatrick ...... 2011-14 1,693 Rich Drayton ...... 1987-90 12 Keith Kirkwood ...... 2014, 16-17 Yards Name...... Year 120 Clint Graves^...... 1970-72 1,637 Branden Mack...... 2017-20 1,067 Jadan Blue...... 2019 115 Branden Mack...... 2017-20 1,632 Sean Dillard ...... 1999-02 964 Gerald Lucear...... 1979 114 Robby Anderson...... 2011-13, 15 939 Robby Anderson ...... 2015 904 Branden Mack...... 2019
TDs Name...... Year 13 Bruce Francis ...... 2008 CAREER GAMES W/9+ CATCHES INDIVIDUAL GAMES W/100 13 Gerald Lucear...... 1979 Gms Name ...... Year REC. YDS IN A SEASON 9 Robby Anderson ...... 2013 5 Jadan Blue...... 2018-20 Gms Name ...... Year 9 Willie Marshall ...... 1985 5 Zamir Cobb ...... 2001-03 5 Branden Mack ...... 2019 8 Van Johnson ...... 1996 3 Branden Mack ...... 2017-20 5 Jadan Blue ...... 2019 8 Pete Righi ...... 1974 3 Sean Dillard...... 1979 4 Michael Campbell...... 2010 7 Branden Mack...... 2019 (tied with three others)
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2019 Fr 4/0 JORDAN MAGEE 2020 r-Fr 2/1 6-3 ♦ 218 ♦ r-Fr #23 Dover, Del. LB
Started his first career game at BUBO in the season open- 2020 (Redshirt Freshman): JORDAN MAGEE’S DEFENSIVE STATS er at Navy. Opp. P / S U A T TFL / Yds Sk / Yds QH Int / Yds PB FF FR 2019 (Freshman): Was part of the 2019 recruiting class ... made his career debut on special teams in a win at ECU ... Scout Team Defensive Player of the Week (Buffalo) 2019 4 / 0 0 - 0 - 0 0.0 / 0 0.0 / 0 0 0 / 0 0 0 0 ... Scout Team Special Teams Player of the Week (Tulane) ... American Athletic Confer- @Navy 1 / 1 2 - 3 - 5 0.5 / 1 0.0 / 0 0 0 / 0 0 0 0 ence All-Academic Team ... redshirted. USF 1 / 0 0 - 0 - 0 0.0 / 0 0.0 / 0 0 0 / 0 0 0 0
High School: Played quarterback and safety for coach Rudy Siminotti at Dover (Del.) @Memphis / - - 0 / / / High … went 9-2 his senior year and made second team all-state and first team all-con- ference ... threw for 1,208 yards and 18 touchdowns as a senior … also lettered in @Tulane / - - 0 / / / basketball for three years. SMU / - - 0 / / /
Personal: Born Jordan Machai Magee in Towson, Md. … parents are Kevin and Pamela @UCF / - - 0 / / / Magee … sister Keyonna (24), and brother Josh (15) … list of favorites include: Killers (movie), Gravity Falls (TV show), Hunger Games (book), Baltimore Ravens (NFL team) ECU / - - 0 / / / and Rome (place in the world) … hashtag to describe himself: #Dangerous ... physical Cincinnati / - - 0 / / / therapy major. 2020 2 / 1 2 - 3 - 5 0.5 / 1 0.0 / 0 0 0 / 0 0 0 0
Career 6 / 1 2 - 3 - 5 0.5 / 1 0.0 / 0 0 0 / 0 0 0 0 2020 TEMPLE FOOTBALL
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2017 Fr 0/0 IFEANYI MAIJEH 2018 r-Fr 12/1 6-2 ♦ 285 ♦ r-Jr 2019 r-So 12/9 #9 Far Rockaway, N.Y. DT 2020 r-Jr 2/2 2020 (Redshirt Junior): Bednarik Award Watch List ... Nagurski Trophy Watch LIst ... IFEANYI MAIJEH’S DEFENSIVE STATS Outland Trophy Watch List ... preseason All-America [Phil Steele (fourth team)] ... rec- ognized as a Top 30 Player in the American Athletic Conference (#13) by College Foot- Opp. P / S U A T TFL / Yds Sk / Yds QH Int / Yds PB FF FR ball News ... earned preseason All-American Athletic Conference first team recognition (Athlon's, College Football News, Phil Steele) ... was awarded #9 towards the start of 2018 8 / 0 4 - 3 - 7 1.0 / 1 0.0 / 0 0 0 / 0 0 0 0 the season (changed from #88) - Temple awards single-digit jerseys to the toughest 2019 12 / 12 36 - 15 - 51 10.0 / 62 6.5 / 53 5 0 / 0 0 1 0 players on the team. @Navy 1 / 1 1 - 3 - 4 0.0 / 0 0.0 / 0 0 0 / 0 0 0 0 Earned first team All-AAC and first team All-ECAC ... 2019 (Redshirt Sophomore): USF 1 / 1 0 - 0 - 0 0.0 / 0 0.0 / 0 0 0 / 0 0 0 0 ranked eighth in the conference for sacks per game (0.60) ... made first career start on opening day vs. Bucknell and recorded single-game career highs in sacks (1.0), tackles @Memphis / - - 0 / / / for loss (2.0), and solo tackles (5) ... reset career-highs in tackles (6), sacks (1.5), and TFL (2.0) while constantly being in the offensive backfield against #21 Maryland ... matched @Tulane / - - 0 / / / his career-high in TFL (2.0) and had his first career forced fumble against Georgia Tech SMU / - - 0 / / / ... matched his career-high in TFLs at ECU and set a new single-game career-high in quarterback hits (2) ... set a new career high for tackles (9) at #19 Cincinnati ... Chuck @UCF / - - 0 / / / Bednarik National Defensive Player of the Week (#21 Maryland) ... Defensive Player of ECU / - - 0 / / / the Game (Bucknell, ECU) ... Athletic Director's Honor Roll ...lettered. Cincinnati / - - 0 / / / 2018 (Redshirt Freshman): Saw first game action and recorded a tackle at Boston Col- 2020 2 / 2 1 - 3 - 4 0.0 / 0 0.0 / 0 0 0 / 0 0 0 0 lege ... recorded first TFL vs. ECU ... Scout Team Defensive Player of the Week (Tulsa) ... American Athletic Conference All-Academic Team ... Athletic Director’s Honor Roll. Career 22 / 14 41 - 21 - 62 11.0 / 63 6.5 / 53 5 0 / 0 0 1 0
2017 (Freshman): Was a part of the 2017 recruiting class ... did not see game action ... Juice Boyz Defensive Player of the Game (UConn, Navy) ... Athletic Director’s Honor Roll ... redshirted.
High School: Played defensive end and tight end for head coach Kevin Fountaine at Poly Prep High in Brooklyn, N.Y. … helped lead Poly Prep to a 5-3 record overall … ac- colades include first-team all-city, top 100 New York and defensive MVP of Ivy League conference in 2016 ... led Poly Prep as a senior with nine sacks and seven TFLs.
Personal: Born Ifeanyi Louis Maijeh (pronounced ee-FINE my-JAY) in Brooklyn, N.Y. … parents are Calandra (mother) and Ife Maijeh (father) … has three brothers Obi (19), Kanayo (16), and Arinze (13) …university studies major.
2017 r-Fr - TRAVIS MALINOWSKI 2018 r-So 4/0 5-11 ♦ 195 ♦ r-Sr 2019 r-Jr 13/0 #46 Dearborn Heights, Mich. LS 2020 r-Sr 2/0
2020 (Redshirt Senior): Sees action as the primary long snapper TRAVIS MALINOWSKI’S OFFENSIVE STATS on FG/PATs. Opp. P / S Opp. P / S Opp. P / S Opp. P / S Opp. P / S 2019 (Redshirt Junior): Saw game action as the long snapper on FG/PATs ... American Athletic Conference All-Academic Team ... let- Villanova dnp Bucknell x @Navy x tered. Buffalo dnp #21 Maryland x USF x 2018 (Redshirt Sophomore): Joined the team as a walk-on in the @Maryland dnp @Buffalo x @Memphis •• PBPB •• winter ... saw first game action as the short snapper on PATs and Tulsa dnp Georgia Tech x @Tulane FGs at Houston ... Athletic Director’s Honor Roll. @BC dnp @ECU x SMU College: Attended Erie CC in Buffalo, N.Y. during the 2017 season … ECU dnp #23 Memphis x @UCF attended Central Michigan in the fall of 2016. @Navy dnp @#19 SMU x ECU High School: Played for head coach John Filiatraut at Divine Child in Dearborn Heights, Mich., where he was the team’s primary long #20 Cincinnati dnp UCF x Cincinnati snapper for four years … also lettered as a junior and senior at of- @#9 UCF dnp @USF x fensive line and linebacker … lettered three times in lacrosse and earned All-Catholic honors as a senior … lettered twice in hockey @Houston x Tulane x where he was selected Academic All-Catholic. USF x @#19 Cincinnati x
Personal: Born Travis Alexander Malinowski in Dearborn Heights, @UConn x UConn x Mich. … parents are Robert and Mary Kay … list of favorites include: Top Gun (movie), country (music genre), Liberty Bell (Philadelphia Duke [IB] x UNC [MB] x site), Detroit Lions (NFL team), and hockey (sports besides football) 2018 4 / 0 2019 13 / 0 2020 2 / 0 2021 0 / 0 2022 0 / 0 … attended same high school as Pat Shurmur, former Cleveland Browns and New York Giants head coach … legal studies major. Career 19 / 0
10 36 101010 PLAYER BIOS PLAYER BIOS DAVID MARTIN-ROBINSON 2018 Fr 4/0 2019 r-Fr 13/7 6-4 ♦ 240 ♦ r-So 2020 r-So 2/2 #82 Landisville, Pa. TE
2020 (Redshirt Sophomore): Started the season opener at Navy while setting new IFEANYI MAIJEH’S DEFENSIVE STATS single game highs in receptions (5), receiving yards (72), and for longest reception (35) DAVID MARTIN-ROBINSON’S OFFENSIVE STATS Opp. P / S U A T TFL / Yds Sk / Yds QH Int / Yds PB FF FR on a pass thrown by WR Branden Mack. RECEIVING RUSHING
2018 8 / 0 4 - 3 - 7 1.0 / 1 0.0 / 0 0 0 / 0 0 0 0 2019 (Redshirt Freshman): Made his first career start in the opener against Bucknell ... Opp. P / S No Yd Avg TD Lg No Yd Avg TD Lg rotates in at tight end and started six games ... notched a career-long reception of 32 2019 12 / 12 36 - 15 - 51 10.0 / 62 6.5 / 53 5 0 / 0 0 1 0 2018 4 / 0 1 2 2.0 0 2 0 0 0.0 0 0 yards in a win vs. Tulane ... lettered. @Navy 1 / 1 1 - 3 - 4 0.0 / 0 0.0 / 0 0 0 / 0 0 0 0 2019 13 / 7 5 64 12.8 0 16 0 0 0.0 0 0 2018 (Freshman): Was part of the 2018 recruiting class ... saw game action and record- @Navy 1 / 1 5 72 14.4 0 35 0 0 0.0 0 0 USF 1 / 1 0 - 0 - 0 0.0 / 0 0.0 / 0 0 0 / 0 0 0 0 ed first career reception against Buffalo (2 yards from QB Frank Nutile) ... one of just USF 1 / 1 3 36 12.0 0 20 0 0 0.0 0 0 @Memphis / - - 0 / / / five true freshmen to see game action (WR Sean Ryan, OL Adam Klein, NKL DaeSean Winston, and OL Isaac Moore) ... Scout Team Special Teams Player of the Week (Villa- @Memphis / 0.0 0.0 @Tulane / - - 0 / / / nova, USF) ... American Athletic Conference All-Academic Team ... Athletic Director’s @Tulane / 0.0 0.0 SMU / - - 0 / / / Honor Roll ... redshirted. SMU / 0.0 0.0 @UCF / - - 0 / / / High School: Played wide receiver, running back, linebacker, safety, and returner for head coach Ron Zeiber at Hempfield High in Lancaster, Pa. … was a four-time letter- @UCF / 0.0 0.0 ECU / - - 0 / / / winner and two-time all-conference … scored 11 touchdowns as a senior to go with 53 ECU / 0.0 0.0 Cincinnati / - - 0 / / / tackles, two interceptions, and one forced fumble … overall, scored 26 touchdowns and tallied 134 tackles … played in the L-L All Star game … was also a four-year letter- Cincinnati / 0.0 0.0 2020 2 / 2 1 - 3 - 4 0.0 / 0 0.0 / 0 0 0 / 0 0 0 0 winner in basketball and track. 2020 2 / 2 8 108 13.5 0 35 0 0 0.0 0 0 Career 22 / 14 41 - 21 - 62 11.0 / 63 6.5 / 53 5 0 / 0 0 1 0 Personal: Born David Michael Martin-Robinson in Lancaster, Pa. … mother Michaele Career 19 / 9 14 174 12.4 0 35 0 0 0.0 0 0 Martin and father Andre Robinson … has one brother, Darien Ressler (19), and one sis- ter, Davida Robinson (3) … has a cat named Tuxy … list of favorites include: Game of Thrones (book and TV show), anatomy (class), and weight room (place to be) … plans to study health professions.
2017 Fr 0/0 TY MASON 2018 r-Fr 13/0 5-10 ♦ 180 ♦ r-Jr 2019 r-So 12/1 #15 Silver Spring, Md. CB 2020 r-Jr 0/0 2020 (Redshirt Junior): Has not yet seen game action.
2019 (Redshirt Sophomore): Rotated in at cornerback with a deep defensive backfield 2020 TEMPLE FOOTBALL ... saw game action on special teams units ... forced his first fumble against Buffalo ... did not play at ECU due to injury ... made his first career start vs. UConn in the regular season finale ... lettered.
2018 (Redshirt Freshman): Saw first career game action against Villanova ... recovered • PB • a blocked punt for a touchdown against Buffalo ... recorded first career interception • PB • against Tulsa that he returned 36 yards for a TD to open the scoring ... blocked a punt at Houston ... #theSTANDARD Player of the Game (Tulsa, ECU, Houston, USF) ... lettered.
2017 (Freshman): Was a part of the 2017 recruiting class ... did not see game action ... Scout Team Defensive Player of the Week (USF, Cincinnati) ... Juice Boyz Player of the Game (Navy, Cincinnati) ... redshirted.
High School: Played football for James Hubert Blake High in Silver Spring, Md., under head coach DeShawn Anderson … finished his senior year with eight interceptions and 36 solo tackles … in 2016, he was selected to play in the Maryland Crab Bowl and se- lected to the ALL-MOCO and ALL-Met football teams … in track & field during his junior year, he broke the record in the long jump at indoor nationals with 23'5 … also set three school records: the 4x100 and 4x200, and the long jump with a personal best of 23'11.
Personal: Born Dearage Mason but goes by Ty ... media studies and production major.
10 10371010 2017 r-Fr 0/0 THOMAS MATTIONI 2018 r-So 0/0 6-0 ♦ 200 ♦ r-Sr 2019 r-Jr 3/0 #16 Downingtown, Pa. WR 2020 r-Sr 0/0 2020 (Redshirt Senior): Has not yet seen game action. THOMAS MATTIONI’S OFFENSIVE STATS
2019 (Redshirt Junior): Had first career game action vs. Bucknell and made first career RECEIVING RUSHING reception for 5 yards ... suffered a season-ending injury at Buffalo ... Athletic Director's Honor Roll ... American Athletic Conference All-Academic Team. Opp. P / S No Yd Avg TD Lg No Yd Avg TD Lg 2019 3 / 0 1 5 5.0 0 5 0 0 0.0 0 0 2018 (Redshirt Sophomore): Was among the top scout team players ... did not see game action ... Athletic Director’s Honor Roll. @Navy 0 / 0
USF 0 / 0 2017 (Redshirt Freshman): Joined the team as a walk-on in the fall ... did not see game action ... Athletic Director’s Honor Roll. @Memphis / 0.0 0.0
High School: Played at Downingtown (Pa.) West for head coach Mike Milano … three- @Tulane / 0.0 0.0 year letterwinner … played quarterback and defensive back … All-Chesmont during his SMU / 0.0 0.0 senior and junior years … combined for 27 offensive touchdowns and three intercep- tions … played in the Valor Bowl … two-year letterwinner in basketball and lacrosse. @UCF / 0.0 0.0
ECU / 0.0 0.0 Personal: Born Thomas David Mattioni in Downingtown, Pa. … parents are David and Lisa Mattioni … has two sisters Maria (27) and Gina (26) … list of favorites include: Djan- Cincinnati / 0.0 0.0 go Unchained (movie), Narcos (TV show), Kanye West (artist), Lone Survivor (book), so- cial studies (class), Alter Hall (place on campus), Citizens Bank Park (Philadelphia site), 2020 0 / 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 Madden (video game), Steve Smith Sr. (NFL player), baseball (sport besides football) … Career 3 / 0 1 5 5.0 0 5 0 0 0.0 0 0 works in HVAC during the summer … wanted to be a NASCAR driver when he was a kid … accounting major.
2020 Fr 1/0 MUHEEM MCCARGO Class 5-10 ♦ 202 ♦ Fr of #42 Camden, N.J. BUBO 2020
2020 (Freshman): Was part of the 2020 recruiting class ... saw his first career game MUHEEM MCCARGO’S DEFENSIVE STATS action on special teams in the home opener vs. USF. Opp. P / S U A T TFL / Yds Sk / Yds QH Int / Yds PB FF FR High School: Played running back and linebacker at Woodrow Wilson High in Cam- den, N.J. … team finished 10-2 and won the NJSIAA South/Central Group 3 Regional @Navy 0 / 0 Championship … as a senior, gained 1,106 yards and 14 touchdowns on 162 carries and USF 1 / 0 0 - 0 - 0 0.0 / 0 0.0 / 0 0 0 / 0 0 0 0 added 38 catches for 554 yards and five scores receiving … also had 133 tackles, one sack, one forced fumble and two interceptions returned for touchdowns … as a junior @Memphis / - - 0 / / / • PB • collected 105 tackles, two forced fumbles and an interception. • PB • @Tulane / - - 0 / / /
Personal: Born Muheem McCargo. SMU / - - 0 / / /
@UCF / - - 0 / / /
ECU / - - 0 / / /
Cincinnati / - - 0 / / /
2020 1 / 0 0 - 0 - 0 0.0 / 0 0.0 / 0 0 0 / 0 0 0 0
Career 1 / 0 0 - 0 - 0 0.0 / 0 0.0 / 0 0 0 / 0 0 0 0
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2020 (Redshirt Junior): Has not yet seen game action.
MICHEAL MITCHELL 2019 (Junior): Joined the team as a walk on in the summer ... did not see game action ... 2019 - Scout Team Offensive Player of the Week (Tulane) ... President's Honor Roll 6-0 ♦ 194 ♦ r-Jr ...American Athletic Conference All-Academic Team ... redshirted.
#27 Saylorsburg, Pa. RB Junior College: Played for coach Chris Calabreese at ACA College in Brooklyn, N.Y. ... played wide receiver, running back, and returned kicks.
2017 Fr - High School: Was a two-year letterwinner at running back and cornerback for coach Mark Versuk at Pleasant Valley Brodheadsville, Pa. … was EPC second team all-de- 2018 So - fense his junior year … was first team all-area his senior year while running for 1,496 yards and 25 touchdowns coupled with 2,325 all-purpose yards ... participated in the 2019 Jr 0/0 2016 Lehigh Valley McDonald's All-Star Game ... also lettered three years in track and two years in basketball ... holds his schools record for long jump and triple jump. 2020 r-Jr 0/0 Personal: Born Micheal W. Mitchell in Livingston, N.J. … parents are Rahsean and Rab- bia Mitchell … has two brothers: Aquil (26) and Noah (16), and two sisters: Miosha (27) and Mahasin (23) ... list of favorites include: The Originals/Gossip Girl (TV show), Glory Road (movie), Biography of Allen Iverson (book), and Odell Beckham and Ronaldinho (athletes) … cousin Myles Hartsfield pl-ayed college football for Ole Miss ... business major.
2018 Fr - Class RE-AL MITCHELL 2019 r-Fr - of 6-0 ♦ 201 ♦ r-So 2020 r-So 0/0 #17 Eastville, Ca. QB 2020
2020 (Redshirt Sophomore): Transferred to Temple in the sum- mer ... contributes as a member of a deep QB group playing RE-AL MITCHELL’S OFFENSIVE STATS behind third year starter Anthony Russo. PASSING RUSHING
Opp. P / S Eff Cpl Att Cp% Yds TD Int Lg Sk / Ls No Yd Avg TD Lg
2019 (Redshirt Freshman): Played for head coach Matt Camp- 2019 5 / 0 161.90 2 4 50.0 14 1 0 9t 0 / 0 11 100 9.1 1 29t bell at Iowa State … appeared in five games as the team’s # 2 quarterback … was 2-of-4 passing with a touchdown and ran @Navy 0 / 0 for 100 yards on 11 carries and a touchdown … tossed first ca- USF 0 / 0 reer touchdown pass and was 1-of-2 on passes vs. ULM … also ran for 65 yards on four rushes, including a 29-yard touchdown @Memphis / 0.00 0.0 / 0.0 run vs. ULM … had four carries for 18 yards vs. West Virginia … picked up eight yards on his only rush vs. Oklahoma … was @Tulane / 0.00 0.0 / 0.0 1-of-2 for five yards vs. Notre Dame … second-team Academic SMU / 0.00 0.0 / 0.0 All-Big 12. @UCF / 0.00 0.0 / 0.0
2018 (Freshman): Saw action in one game, but was able to earn ECU / 0.00 0.0 / 0.0 a redshirt. Cincinnati / 0.00 0.0 / 0.0 High School: Played quarterback for coach Jason Negro at St. 2020 0 / 0 0.00 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 / 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 John Bosco in Eastvale, Calif. … was a four-year letterwinner … split time at QB his senior season, passing for 708 yards and MUHEEM MCCARGO’S DEFENSIVE STATS Career 5 / 0 161.90 2 4 50.0 14 1 0 9t 0 / 0 11 100 9.1 1 29t nine touchdowns … also rushed for 214 yards and four touch- RECEIVING: 1-3 vs. TCU/2019 Opp. P / S U A T TFL / Yds Sk / Yds QH Int / Yds PB FF FR downs … played in six games before getting injured … as a ju- 2020 TEMPLE FOOTBALL nior, threw for 2,932 yards and completed 198-of-294 attempts @Navy 0 / 0 (67.3 pct.) to earn first-team all-conference and first-team All- USF 1 / 0 0 - 0 - 0 0.0 / 0 0.0 / 0 0 0 / 0 0 0 0 CIF accolades… had 30 touchdown passes and six games with three or more TD tosses … also rushed for 1,058 yards on 152 @Memphis / - - 0 / / / carries (7.0 ypc) with 15 touchdowns … had four 100-yard rush- •• PBPB •• @Tulane / - - 0 / / / ing games … team went 13-2 and won the state title and South- ern Section Division 1 championship … one of 12 QBs selected SMU / - - 0 / / / to the Elite 11 in 2017 … rushed for 560 yards and threw for 299 yards as a sophomore … also a first-team all-conference sprint- @UCF / - - 0 / / / er. ECU / - - 0 / / / Personal: Born Re-al Mitchell in Santa Monica, Calif. … parents Cincinnati / - - 0 / / / are Sha-ri and Rodney Mitchell … mother was a hurdler and 2020 1 / 0 0 - 0 - 0 0.0 / 0 0.0 / 0 0 0 / 0 0 0 0 triple jumper at Nebraska and gained fame as “Blaze” in the television show “American Gladiators” … father served in the Career 1 / 0 0 - 0 - 0 0.0 / 0 0.0 / 0 0 0 / 0 0 0 0 Marine corps for over 30 years and played “Knightmare” in the television show “Knights and Warriors” … sister Yazmeen (23) … was featured on the Netflix series “QB1” … list of favorites include: King Arthur (movie), The Bachelor (TV show), and Kyler Murray and Deshaun Watson (professional athletes) … psychol- ogy major.
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2017 Fr 0/0 WILL MOBLEY 2018 r-Fr 12/0 5-8 ♦ 165 ♦ r-Jr 2019 r-So 13/0 #91 Lititz, Pa. K 2020 r-Jr 2/0
2020 (Redshirt Junior): Earned Phil Steele preseason WILL MOBLEY’S KICKING STATS All-American Athletic Conference fourth team recog- nition. Opp. GP Pt XP XP% FG FG% 10-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50+ Lg Blk KO Avg TB OB 2018 12 87 54 - 55 0.982 11 - 15 0.733 2 - 2 3 - 6 4 - 4 2 - 3 0 - 0 41 0 76 52.6 10 1 2019 (Redshirt Sophomore): Handled PAT/FG re- sponsibilities ... ranked third in the conference in FG 2019 13 71 37 - 40 0.925 11 - 14 0.786 0 - 0 4 - 4 5 - 7 2 - 3 0 - 0 44 0 5 45.0 1 0 percentage (84.6) ... matched his career-high for made @Navy 1 5 2 - 2 1.000 1 - 1 1.000 1 - 1 25 0 5 48.2 0 0 and attempted PATs (8) week 1 vs. Bucknell ... had a career-long 44-yard FG vs. #23 Memphis leading the USF 1 8 3 - 3 1.000 2 - 3 0.667 2 - 2 0 - 1 26 1 8 51.6 0 1 team with 12 points in a 30-28 victory ... Lou Groza @Memphis - 0.000 - 0.000 - - - - - Award Stars of the Week (#23 Memphis) ... American Athletic Conference Special Teams Player of the Week @Tulane - 0.000 - 0.000 - - - - - (#23 Memphis) ... Special Teams Player of the Game (ECU) ... Academic All-Area (PhillySIDA) ... President's SMU - 0.000 - 0.000 - - - - - Honor Roll ... American Athletic Conference All-Aca- @UCF - 0.000 - 0.000 - - - - - demic Team ... lettered. ECU - 0.000 - 0.000 - - - - - Saw first game action 2018 (Redshirt Freshman): Cincinnati - 0.000 - 0.000 - - - - - against Buffalo when K Aaron Boumerhi was injured and remained the team's primary kicker ... made first 2020 2 13 5 - 5 1.000 3 - 4 0.750 0 - 0 3 - 3 0 - 1 0 - 0 0 - 0 25 1 13 50.3 0 1 career field goal (33-yarder) against Tulsa ... kicked Career 27 171 96 - 100 0.960 25 - 33 0.758 2 - 2 10 - 13 9 - 12 4 - 6 0 - 0 44 1 94 51.9 11 2 a career-long 41-yard field goal at #9 UCF ... APEX Predator Special Teams Player of the Game (Mary- 2018: ()()()(24m,33)()()(26m,31)(28)(41,27,40m)(40)(29m,33,36)(18,18,27)() land, Houston) ... #theSTANDARD Player of the Game (Cincinnati, UConn) ... made 51 consecutive PATs, a school record ... broke Brandon McManus's record of 2020: (25) (24,36blk,26) 50 PATs in a season (2012) ... American Athletic Con- ference All-Academic Team ... President’s Honor Roll ... lettered.
2017 (Freshman): Joined the team as a walk-on in the fall ... did not see game action ... Athletic Director’s Honor Roll ... redshirted.
High School: Played at Warwick in Lititz, Pa., for head coach Bob Locker … two-year letterwinner … was 11 of 17 on field goals … lettered in basketball (two years), soccer (two years), and tennis (one year) … played for PA Classics Academy Soccer … first team All-Star for soccer … Academic All-Star for basketball … Class President … member of National Honor Society, Na- tional Business Honor Society, Spanish Honor Society … distinguished honor roll all four years.
Personal: Born William Clay Mobley (pronounced MOB-lee) in Rockville, Md. … goes by Will … parents are Kendrick and Barbara Mobley … has a sister Kate (25) … list of favorites include: Remember the Titans (movie), The Office (TV show), The Bible (book), pas- ta (food), math (class), Fox School of Business (place on campus), City Hall (Philadelphia site), FIFA (video game), Seattle Seahawks (NFL team), Russell Wilson (NFL player), soccer (sport besides football), Geno’s •• PBPB •• (place to get cheesesteak) … once rode his bike from Seattle, Wash., to Portland, Ore., in two days … busi- ness administration and management major.
10 40 101010 CHAUNCEY MOORE 2018 Fr 0/0 2019 r-Fr 12/0 6-0 ♦ 213 ♦ r-So 2020 r-So 2/0 #26 Washington, D.C. SAF
2020 (Redshirt Sophomore): Sees action on special teams. CHAUNCEY MOORE’S DEFENSIVE STATS
2019 (Redshirt Freshman): Made his collegiate debut in the opener against Bucknell ... Opp. P / S U A T TFL / Yds Sk / Yds QH Int / Yds PB FF FR sees game action on special teams ... made his first career tackle vs. UCF. 2019 12 / 0 5 - 0 - 5 0.0 / 0 0.0 / 0 0 0 / 0 0 0 0 2018 (Freshman): Was part of the 2018 recruiting class ... did not see game action ... @Navy 1 / 0 0 - 0 - 0 0.0 / 0 0.0 / 0 0 0 / 0 0 0 0 Scout Team Special Teams Player of the Week (Navy, Houston) ... Juice Boyz Player of the Game (Villanova, Maryland, Cincinnati) ... American Athletic Conference All-Aca- USF 1 / 0 0 - 0 - 0 0.0 / 0 0.0 / 0 0 0 / 0 0 0 0 demic Team ... Athletic Director’s Honor Roll ... redshirted. @Memphis / - - 0 / / /
High School: Played defensive back for coach Mike Hunter at Friendship Collegiate @Tulane / - - 0 / / / Academy in Washington, D.C. … helped lead his team to an 8-4 record during his senior year … named conference player of the week during week seven in his senior cam- SMU / - - 0 / / / paign … four-time letterwinner in track & field … ranked #1 for his senior class academi- @UCF / - - 0 / / / cally, was school valedictorian, made the Dean's List all four years, and was a National Honor Society Scholar, Achievers Scholar, and OSSE Scholar. ECU / - - 0 / / /
Cincinnati / - - 0 / / / Personal: Born Chauncey D'Andre Moore in Silver Spring, Md. … mother is Carletta Moore … has a brother Douglas (25) … list of favorites include: The Dark Knight (movie), 2020 2 / 0 0 - 0 - 0 0.0 / 0 0.0 / 0 0 0 / 0 0 0 0 Stranger Things (TV show), Rocky Steps (Philadelphia site), and San Francisco 49ers (NFL team) … enjoys watching movies and playing games ... computer science major. Career 14 / 0 5 - 0 - 5 0.0 / 0 0.0 / 0 0 0 / 0 0 0 0 2020 TEMPLE FOOTBALL
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2018 Fr 13/2 ISAAC MOORE 2019 So 13/13 6-7 ♦ 308 ♦ Jr 2020 Jr 2/0 #63 Orebro, Sweden OL
2020 (Junior): Earned preseason All-American Athletic Confer- ISAAC MOORE’S OFFENSIVE STATS ence recognition [College Football News (first team), Athlon's and Phil Steele (third team)] ... sees game action on FG/PATs unit ... has Opp. P / S Opp. P / S Opp. P / S Opp. P / S Opp. P / S seen spot action at LT in place of starter Vincent Picozzi. Villanova x Bucknell LT @Navy x
2019 (Sophomore): Entered his first season as the starter at left Buffalo x #21 Maryland LT USF x tackle joining four holdover starters from a year ago ... the Owls started the same five linemen in each of the first seven games @Maryland x @Buffalo LT @Memphis of the season before Hennessy (C) missed game 8 ... President's Tulsa x Georgia Tech LT @Tulane Honor Roll ... American Athletic Conference All-Academic Team ... lettered. @BC x @ECU LT SMU
2018 (Freshman): Was part of the 2018 recruiting class and was ECU x #23 Memphis LT @UCF a mid-year enrollee who joined the Owls in January ... saw first @Navy x @#19 SMU LT ECU game action against Villanova ... one of just five true freshmen to see game action (WR Sean Ryan, TE David Martin-Robinson, SAF #20 Cincinnati x UCF LT Cincinnati DaeSean Winston, and OL Adam Klein) ... played in every game ... @#9 UCF x @USF LT started games 10 and 11, making him part of the only true freshman starting tackle duo in the nation ... APEX Predator Player of the @Houston LT Tulane LT Game (Houston) ... #theSTANDARD Player of the Game (Cincinna- @#19 Cincinnati ti) ... American Athletic Conference All-Academic Team ... Athletic USF LT LT Director’s Honor Roll ... lettered. @UConn x UConn LT
High School: Attended Thoren Business School ... played offen- Duke [IB] x UNC [MB] LT sive line/defensive line for coach Aaron Fielder for Orebro Black 2018 13 / 2 2019 13 / 13 2020 2 / 0 2021 0 / 0 2022 0 / 0 Knights in Sweden ... in 2017 he helped lead his team to a 4-2 overall record … named offensive tackle of the year for the 2016-17 Career 28 / 15 seasons in the U-19 Vastra conference.
Personal: Born Isaac Jonathan Moore in Orebro, Sweden … fa- ther is Ronald Moore ... nicknamed Moose ... brother Marcus (24) … list of favorites includes: City of God (movie), It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia (TV show), Nelson Mandela: No Easy Walk to Free- dom (book), Swedish meatballs (food), the training room (place on campus), and Tyron Smith (NFL player) ... sport tourism hospitality management major.
2020 (Freshman): Was part of the 2020 recruiting class ... has not yet seen game ac- DEMERICK MORRIS tion. High School: Played four seasons and offensive and defensive line at Wendell Phillips 6-3 ♦ 323 ♦ Fr Academy in Chicago … team won at least nine games all four years: 11-1, 14-0, 10-2, and #99 Chicago, Ill. DT 9-2. Personal: Born Demerick Carnell Morris in Chicago, Ill. … parents are Loren Thomas and Derrick Morris … has three brothers, Avery (31), Ashton (24), and Demetrius (18) … list of 2020 Fr 0/0 favorites include: Avengers (movie), Flash (TV show), Chicago Bears (pro team), Aaron Class Donald (pro athlete) … plans to major in sports medicine. •• PBPB •• of 2020
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2020 Fr 0/0 MATHENGE MWANGI Class 6-3 ♦ 167 ♦ Fr of #41 Villanova, Pa. SAF 2020
2020 (Freshman): Joined the team as a walk-on in the summer ... Special Teams Scout Team Player of the Week (Navy) ... has not yet seen game action.
High School: Played defensive back and wide receiver at The Haverford School for head coach Michael Murphy … played both safety and cornerback as a senior.
Personal: Born Maxwell Mathenge Mwangi in Wilmington, Del. … goes by his middle name … mother is Lydia Mathenge … has two brothers: Mbogo (20) and Gachuhi (8) … list of favorites include: Chop Wood, Carry Water (book), Dark Knight (movie), Friday Night Lights (TV show), Kenya (place in the world).
2020 (Redshirt Freshman): Has not yet seen game action.
ONASIS NEELY 2019 (Freshman): Was part of the 2019 recruiting class ... was an early enrollee and began classes in January ... redshirted. 6-0 ♦ 223 ♦ r-Fr Enola, Pa. High School: Played running back for coach Todd Stuter at East Pennsboro Senior #28 RB High in Enola, Pa. ... in three seasons amassed 5,684 rushing yards with 70 touch- downs finishing as the school’s all-time leading rusher ... added seven touchdowns on 53 catches and also had one score on punt return ... broke school rushing records for 2019 Fr 0/0 most yards in a single game with 320 and most rushing yards in a playoff game with 254 ... earned many accolades as a senior captain including Mid-Penn Conference Of- 2020 r-Fr 0/0 fensive Player of the Year, league MVP, Male Athlete of the Year, and Mr. PA Football Terrific Ten ... rushed for 2,444 yards and 33 touchdowns on 252 carries as a senior ... broke the 100-yard mark in 11 of 12 games ... added two touchdowns on 16 catches for 155 yards ... named team offensive player of the year as junior and senior while leading Mid-Penn conference in rushing yards and touchdowns both years ... as a junior, ran for 1,838 yards and 24 touchdowns on 232 carries and eclipsed the 100-yard mark in 9 of 11 games ... added two touchdowns on 26 catches for 295 yards ... as a sophomore ran for 1,388 yards and 14 touchdowns on 179 carries and broke the 100- yard mark 8 of
12 games ... led team to first home playoff win in school history as a sophomore ... also 2020 TEMPLE FOOTBALL played basketball and participated in long jump and 4x4 relay in track ... participated in the Nike opening regionals as a sophomore and junior and U.S. Army national combine as a junior. Personal: Born Onasis Amonte Neely ... parents are O’Neal and Tilita Neely ... has a • PB • brother Owassa McDaniel (22) and a sister Takara Neely (15) ... sports management • PB • major.
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2017 r-Fr - Class MICHAEL NIESE 2018 r-So - of 6-5 ♦ 286 ♦ Gr 2019 r-Jr - #57 Chesterfield, Mo. OL 2020 2020 Gr 2/2
2020 (Graduate): Transferred to Temple in February with one MICHAEL NIESE’S OFFENSIVE STATS season of eligibility remaining ... started at RT in his first game with Temple in the season opener at Navy. Opp. P / S Opp. P / S Opp. P / S Opp. P / S Opp. P / S
@Robert Morris dnp Robert Morris RG @Indiana State RG @Navy RT 2019 (Redshirt Junior): Preseason first team All-Pioneer Foot- ball League … played in all 11 games … lettered. Southeast @Southeast @Robert Morris Missouri LG Missouri RG RG USF RT 2018 (Redshirt Sophomore): Started all 11 games for the Flyers Duquesne LG @Duquesne RG Duquesne RG @Memphis … named Honorable Mention All-Pioneer Football League. @Morehead Jacksonville 2017 (Redshirt Freshman): Started five games and appeared State LG Davidson RG RG @Tulane in 10 games … recorded one tackle on the season … member of San Diego LG @Marist RG @Valparaiso RG SMU the 2017 PFL Academic Honor Roll. @Drake x Valparaiso RG @Stetson RG @UCF 2016 (Freshman): Named a member of the 2016 PFL Academic San Diego Honor Roll … redshirted. Campbell RG @San Diego RG RG ECU @Morehead Drake High School: Lettered three years at St. Louis University play- @Davidson x RG State RG Cincinnati ing offensive and defensive line for head coach Gary Kornfeld Butler dnp @Butler RG Marist RG … the team posted an 8-3 record his junior and senior seasons … named All-MCC on defense in 2014 and All-MCC on offense Marist dnp Morehead State RG @Drake RG in 2015 … three-time Academic All-Missouri … football team captain and was a member of the state championship water @Valparaiso dnp @Jacksonville RG Butler RG polo teams as a junior and senior. 2017 7 / 5 2018 11 / 11 2019 11 / 11 2020 2 / 2 2021 0 / 0
Personal: Born Michael Henry Niese in St. Louis … son of John Career 31 / 29 and Shelia Niese … has a sister Mary Beth (26) and two broth- ers David (32) and Daniel (30) … list of favorites include: The Godfather (movie), Seinfeld (TV show), classic rock (music), Chris Long (athlete), Australia (place in the world) … graduated with a degree in mechanical engineering from Dayton in De- cember 2019 … working towards his master’s in engineering management at Temple.
2018 Fr 0/0 DAVID NWAOGWUGWU 2019 r-Fr 6/0 6-5 ♦ 308 ♦ r-So 2020 r-So 0/0 #58 Bronx, N.Y. OL
2020 (Reshirt Sophomore): Has not yet seen game action. DAVID NWAOGWUGWU’S OFFENSIVE STATS
2019 (Redshirt Freshman): Added nearly 65-lbs. from a year ago ... Opp. P / S Opp. P / S Opp. P / S Opp. P / S Opp. P / S playing behind a deep and talented starting offensive line ... saw his first collegiate action vs. Bucknell ... saw game action at right guard Bucknell x @Navy dnp in a win against Tulane ... American Athletic Conference All-Aca- #21 Maryland dnp USF dnp demic Team. @Buffalo dnp @Memphis 2018 (Freshman): Was part of the 2018 recruiting class ... did not @Tulane • PB • see game action ... Scout Team Offensive Player of the Week (ECU, Georgia Tech dnp • PB • USF) ... Juice Boyz Player of the Game (Villanova, Tulsa, UConn) ... @ECU dnp SMU redshirted. #23 Memphis dnp @UCF
High School: Was a four-year letterwinner as a defensive end and @#19 SMU dnp ECU offensive tackle for head coach Howard Langley at Dewitt Clinton High in Bronx, N.Y. … had 42 tackles, 28 tackles-for-loss, and four UCF x Cincinnati sacks as a senior earning first team all-city … as a junior notched 48 @USF dnp tackles, 17 TFLs and two sacks … also lettered in basketball. Tulane x Personal: Born David Nwaogwugwu (pronounced NO-goo-goo) in Nigeria … parents are Joy and Obidma Nwaogwugwu … brothers, @#19 Cincinnati x Joseph (7) and Emmanuel (3), and sister Chinwendu (5) … list of UConn x favorites include: Harry Potter (movie), Teen Wolf (TV show), rap (music) … liberal arts major. UNC [MB] x 2019 6 / 0 2020 0 / 0 2021 0 / 0 2022 0 / 0 2023 0 / 0
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10 44 101010 PLAYER BIOS PLAYER BIOS 2020 Fr 2/0 ALEX ODOM Class 6-0 ♦ 195 ♦ Fr of #41 Swedesboro, N.J. SAF 2020
2020 (Freshman): Made his collegiate debut on special teams in the season opener at Navy. ALEX ODOM’S DEFENSIVE STATS Opp. P / S U A T TFL / Yds Sk / Yds QH Int / Yds PB FF FR High School: Played running back and safety for coach Mark Hendricks at Kingsway High in Swedesboro, N.J. … as a senior, had 206 carries for 1,113 rushing yards and 13 @Navy 1 / 0 0 - 0 - 0 0.0 / 0 0.0 / 0 0 0 / 0 0 0 0 touchdowns and added 17 catches for 262 yards and four more scores … collected 10 USF 1 / 0 0 - 0 - 0 0.0 / 0 0.0 / 0 0 0 / 0 0 0 0 tackles, two interceptions and a fumble recovery on defense … also lettered in basket- ball and lacrosse. @Memphis / - - 0 / / /
Personal: Born Alex Odom … parents are Dawn and Alex Odom … has two brothers, @Tulane / - - 0 / / / Shawn and Alen. SMU / - - 0 / / /
@UCF / - - 0 / / /
ECU / - - 0 / / /
Cincinnati / - - 0 / / /
2020 2 / 0 0 - 0 - 0 0.0 / 0 0.0 / 0 0 0 / 0 0 0 0
Career 2 / 0 0 - 0 - 0 0.0 / 0 0.0 / 0 0 0 / 0 0 0 0
2020 (Redshirt Sophomore): Has not yet seen game action.
GAGE PANNO 2019 (Redshirt Freshman): Joined the team as a walk on in the summer ... did not see game action ... Defensive Scout Team Player of the Week (Georgia Tech) ... Special 6-0 ♦ 218 ♦ r-So Teams Scout Team Player of the Week (#19 SMU) ... Athletic Director's Honor Roll ... #37 Mt. Laurel, N.J. LB American Athletic Conference All-Academic Team. 2018 (Freshman): Played for coach Marty Schaetzle at Mercyhurst University in Erie, Pa. ... played linebacker and running back. 2018 Fr - High School: Was a three-year letterwinner at Camden Catholic in Cherry Hill, N.J. … 2019 r-Fr 0/0 played linebacker and guard for coach Nick Strom ... went 34-6 over his four years ... senior year captain and received the John Boris Award ... also lettered three years in 2020 r-So 0/0 lacrosse.
Personal: Born Gage Panno in Voorhees, N.J. … parents are Robert Panno and Nancy Mandes … has one brother, Aaron Klugger (19), and four sisters: Sarah Mandes (34), Al- exa Mandes (30), Jessica Panno (23) and Amber Klugger (23) ... list of favorites include: The Office (TV show), Remember the Titans (movie), Cat in the Hat (book), and the Dominican Republic (place in the world) ... exercise science major. 2020 TEMPLE FOOTBALL
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10 10451010 2017 r-Fr - Class C.J. PEREZ 2018 r-So - of 6-1 ♦ 296 ♦ r-Sr 2019 r-Jr - #62 Shawnee, Ks. OL 2020 2020 r-Sr 2/2 2020 (Graduate): Transferred to Temple in the summer … re- united with the staff who recruited him at NIU ... Rimington Tro- C.J. PEREZ’S OFFENSIVE STATS phy Watch List ... started his first game with Temple at center in the season opener at Navy. Opp. P / S Opp. P / S Opp. P / S Opp. P / S Opp. P / S Fort Scott X @Iowa LG Illinois State C @Navy C 2019 Redshirt Junior): Started nine games and played in 10 for the Huskies under first-year coach Thomas Hammock. @Coffeyville X Utah LG @Utah C USF C
Iowa Western X C. Michigan LG @Nebraska C @Memphis 2018 (Redshirt Sophomore): Started 11 games at left guard missing just three (Toledo, Western Michigan, MAC Champion- @Dodge City dnp @Florida State LG @Vandelbilt C @Tulane ship) … Huskie RBs notched six 100-yard rushing games with Perez in the game … NIU ranked in the top half of the MAC in Garden City dnp @E. Michigan LG Ball State C SMU rushing offense (166.9 yards/game), first downs (270) and red @Highland dnp @Ball State LG @Ohio C @UCF zone offense (82.1 percent). Air Force Prep dnp Ohio LG @Miami (OH) C ECU Played offensive line at Shawnee (Kan.) Com- 2016-17 (JUCO): @Hutchinson dnp @BYU LG Akron C Cincinnati munity College where he helped the team to an 8-3 record his sophomore year as they ended the season as conference run- @Ellsworth (IA) dnp @Akron LG @C. Michigan C ners-up … served as the Grizzlies captain and was named first @Toledo team All-Kansas Jayhawk Community College Conference and Independence X Toledo LG dnp was a first team All-American in 2017. Iowa Central X Miami (OH) LG E. Michigan dnp
High School: Played tight end in high school … spent his sopho- @W. Michigan dnp W. Michigan dnp more year in Kansas before transferring to St. Thomas Aquinas Buffalo [MAC] dnp in Florida as a junior and senior … recorded six catches in both his junior and senior seasons, for 82 and 124 yards, respec- UAB [BRB] dnp tively … as a sophomore, caught one pass for 21 yards and a 2017 5 / 0 2018 11 / 11 2019 9 / 9 2020 2 / 2 2021 0 / 0 touchdown and was selected first team all-state and first team All-Eastern Kansas League ... also participated in track & field, swimming, nad basketball.
Personal: Born Christopher Perez, Jr. in Overland Park, Kansas … parents are Jodi and Christopher Perez …father played football at Kansas, was drafted by the Miami Dolphins and played for several teams in the NFL and CFL ... has a brother Jordan (24), and two sisters, Rachel (20) and Payton (16) ... list of favorites include: Lord of the Rings (book), Friends (TV show), Star Wars (movie), Green Bay Packers (team) ... earned his degree in corporate communications.
2018 Fr 0/0 NICK PICOZZI 2019 r-Fr 7/0 6-5 ♦ 235 ♦ r-So 2020 r-So 2/0 #87 Collegeville, Pa. TE
2020 (Redshirt Sophomore): Sees action on special teams and multiple TE sets. NICK PICOZZI’S OFFENSIVE STATS
2019 (Redshirt Freshman): Made his collegiate debut against Bucknell ... saw game RECEIVING RUSHING action on special teams ...Athletic Director's Honor Roll. Opp. P / S No Yd Avg TD Lg No Yd Avg TD Lg • PB • 2018 (Freshman): Joined the team as a walk-on in the summer ... did not see game 2019 7 / 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 • PB • action ... Juice Boyz Player of the Game (Maryland) ... American Athletic Conference @Navy 1 / 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 All-Academic Team ... Athletic Director’s Honor Roll ... redshirted. USF 1 / 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 High School: Two-year letterwinner at tight end and defensive end for head coach Tom Kirk at Lansdale Catholic in Lansdale, Pa. … elected captain and 1st team all-catholic his @Memphis / 0.0 0.0 senior season … lettered four times in swimming and once in volleyball. @Tulane / 0.0 0.0
Personal: Born Nick Rocco Picozzi in Voorhees, N.J. … parents are Anthony and Mar- SMU / 0.0 0.0 garet Picozzi … brothers are Vincent and Anthony … sisters are Racheal, Sarah, Kate, @UCF / 0.0 0.0 Mary, Grace, and Mia … brother Vincent also currently plays football for Temple … list of favorites include: The Revenant (movie), country (music), Eagles (NFL team), Derrick ECU / 0.0 0.0 Coleman (NFL player), Pat’s (cheesesteak place), Twitter/Instagram (social media plat- Cincinnati / 0.0 0.0 forms) and Yellowstone (place in the world) … engineering major. 2020 2 / 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0
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10 46 101010 2017 r-Fr 10/6 VINCENT PICOZZI 2018 r-So 13/13 6-4 ♦ 302 ♦ Gr 2019 r-Jr 9/9 #76 Collegeville, Pa. OL 2020 Gr 2/2
2020 (Graduate): Earned preseason All-American Athletic VINCENT PICOZZI’S OFFENSIVE STATS Conference recognition [Athlon's (first), Phil Steele (second)] ... moved over to start at LT inafter being a starter at guard for Opp. P / S Opp. P / S Opp. P / S Opp. P / S Opp. P / S three seasons. @ND dnp Villanova RG Bucknell RG @Navy LT
2019 (Redshirt Junior): Entered the season as the starter at Villanova dnp Buffalo RG #21 Maryland RG USF LT right guard ... the Owls started the same five linemen in each of the first seven games of the season before Hennessy (C) UMass dnp @Maryland RG @Buffalo RG @Memphis missed game 8 ... suffered season-ending injury at USF ... let- @#21 USF x Tulsa RG Georgia Tech RG @Tulane tered. Houston x @BC RG @ECU RG SMU
2018 (Redshirt Sophomore): Entered season as starter at right @ECU LG ECU RG #23 Memphis RG @UCF guard ... played center at #9 UCF after Matt Hennessy went down with an injury and played the position in next two games UConn LG @Navy RG @#19 SMU RG ECU at Houston and vs. USF ... returned to right guard in regular @Army x #20 Cincinnati RG UCF RG Cincinnati season finale at UConn ... started all thirteen games on offen- sive line ... earned All-ECAC Honorable Mention ... APEX Pred- Navy LG @#9 UCF RG @USF RG ator Player of the Game (Houston) ... #theSTANDARD Player of the Game (Maryland, Tulsa, Houston, USF) ... Athletic Director’s @Cincinnati LG @Houston C Tulane dnp Honor Roll ... lettered. #15 UCF LG USF C @#19 Cincinnati dnp
2017 (Redshirt Freshman): Saw his first career action at USF @Tulsa LG @UConn RG UConn dnp ... played on FG and PATs ... made first career start at ECU ... FIU [BBMGB] x Duke [IB] RG UNC [MB] dnp served as the primary LG in place of an injured Jovahn Fair ... #theSTANDARD Player of the Game (ECU) ... Athletic Director’s 2017 10 / 6 2018 13 / 13 2019 9 / 9 2020 2 / 2 2021 0 / 0 Honor Roll ... lettered.
2016 (Freshman): Joined the team as a walk-on ... American Athletic Conference All-Academic Team ... Athletic Director's Honor Roll ... redshirted.
High School: Was a two-way starter on the offensive line and defensive line for coach Tom Kirk of Lansdale Catholic in Lansdale, Pa., for two years … earned first team All-Catholic as well as an all-state selection … played in the Philadelphia City All Star game … named second team honors for academics … attended Methacton High School for his freshman and sophomore years.
Personal: Born Vincent Picozzi in Voorhees, N.J. … parents Anthony and Margaret Picozzi … has six sisters Rachel (25), Sarah (23), Mary (18), Grace (15), Kate (13), and Mia (11) … also has two brothers Anthony (26) and Nicholas (20) ... Nick is currently his Owls’ teammate … enjoys camping, hiking, and canoing … list of favorites: Big Fish (movie), Ireland (vacation spot), Duck Walk (drill), and J.J. Watt (NFL player) … took a week-long class in Rome as part of Temple’s STHM (Sports, Tourism, Hospitality Management) program in the 2019 spring ... earned degree in risk management and insurance (Spring, 2020). 2020 TEMPLE FOOTBALL
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2017 r-Fr 0/0 LEON PINTO 2018 r-So 0/0 6-3 ♦ 289 ♦ Gr 2019 r-Jr 8/1 #66 Houston, Texas OL 2020 Gr 1/1
2020 (Graduate): Started his first career game at RG in the season LEON PINTO’S OFFENSIVE STATS opener at Navy. Opp. P / S Opp. P / S Opp. P / S Opp. P / S Opp. P / S 2019 (Redshirt Junior): Spent the season as the primary backup Bucknell x @Navy RG on the O-line ... saw his first collegiate action in week 1 against Bucknell ... played for LG Jovahn Fair in the second half vs. #23 #21 Maryland dnp USF dnp Memphis ... started at center in place of an injured Matt Hennessy vs. UCF ... Athletic Director's Honor Roll ... American Athletic Con- @Buffalo dnp @Memphis ference All-Academic Team ... lettered. Georgia Tech x @Tulane
2018 (Redshirt Sophomore): Provided depth at each o-line po- @ECU dnp SMU sition ... did not see game action ... Scout Team Offensive Player #23 Memphis x @UCF of the Week (Buffalo) ... Juice Boyz Player of the Game (USF) ... American Athletic Conference All-Academic Team ... Athletic Di- @#19 SMU x ECU rector’s Honor Roll. UCF C Cincinnati
2017 (Redshirt Freshman): Joined the team as a walk-on in Au- @USF x gust ... did not see game action ... Scout Team Offensive Player of the Week (Cincinnati) ... Juice Boyz Player of the Game (UConn, Tulane dnp UCF) ... Athletic Director’s Honor Roll. @#19 Cincinnati dnp
2016 (Freshman): Was a walk-on at LSU but didn’t play ... red- UConn x shirted. UNC [MB] x
High School: Played offensive line at Lamar High School in Hous- 2019 8 / 1 2020 1 / 1 2021 0 / 0 2022 0 / 0 2023 0 / 0 ton, Texas, for coach Tom Nolen … was a two-year letterwinner … had a team record of 21-4 … was named second team all-district Career 9 / 2 during his senior campaign.
Personal: Born Leon Cesar Depaul Pinto in Houston, Texas, to par- ents Juan and Kathleen Pinto … list of favorites include: Rick and Morty (TV show), hip hop (music genre), The Alchemist (book), his- tory (class), Pat’s Cheesesteaks (Philadelphia site), Madden (video game), J.J. Watt (NFL player), basketball (sport besides football), reading (hobby) … when he was younger he wanted to be an as- tronaut … was awarded a scholarship in the summer of 2019 ... earned degree in criminal justice (Spring, 2020).
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10 48 101010 PLAYER BIOS 2017 Fr - Class DARIUS PITTMAN 2018 r-Fr - of 6-3 ♦ 249 ♦ r-Jr 2019 r-So - #81 Gulfport, Miss. TE 2020 2020 r-Jr 1/0
2020 (Redshirt Junior): Had his first offensive snap as an Owl in the home opener vs. DARIUS PITTMAN’S OFFENSIVE STATS USF. RECEIVING RUSHING
College: A graduate transfer from Purdue … played in 23 career games and record- Opp. P / S No Yd Avg TD Lg No Yd Avg TD Lg ed two receptions for 23 yards for head coach Jeff Brohm … played in 10 games in 2017 and all 13 in 2018, mostly on special teams … caught first collegiate pass (7 yards) 2017 10 / 0 1 7 7.0 0 7 0 0 0.0 0 0 vs. Arizona in the Foster Farms Bowl (12/27/17) … added a 16-yard reception at Illinois 2018 13 / 0 1 16 16.0 0 16 0 0 0.0 0 0 (10/13/18). @Navy 0 / 0
High School: Excelled as a pass catching tight end at St. Stanislaus High … had 61 USF 1 / 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 catches for 690 yards (11.3 avg.) and nine touchdowns in 12 games as a senior … had 56 receptions for 926 yards (16.5) and nine touchdowns and returned 23 kickoffs for @Memphis / 0.0 0.0 572 yards (24.9 avg.) and eight punts for 71 yards (8.9 avg.) in 15 games as a junior … @Tulane / 0.0 0.0 selected as a member of Team America for the Offense-Defense All-America Bowl in Atlanta … also lettered in basketball. SMU / 0.0 0.0
Personal: Born Darius Jamal Pittman in Gulfport, Miss. … parents are Kayana and @UCF / 0.0 0.0 Damien Pittman … father served in the military … has four sisters, Kearl, Damiyana, Dani- ECU / 0.0 0.0 ya, and Damani … list of favorites include: Norbit (movie), Atlanta (TV show), San Diego Cincinnati / 0.0 0.0
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2017 r-Fr 0/0 BOAZ POGUE 2018 r-So 4/0 6-2 ♦ 213 ♦ r-Sr 2019 r-Jr 7/0 #15 Chambersburg, Pa. LB 2020 r-Sr 0/0
2020 (Redshirt Senior): Defensive Scout Team Player of the Week (USF) ... has not yet BOAZ POGUE’ DEFENSIVE STATS seen game action. Opp. P / S U A T TFL / Yds Sk / Yds QH Int / Yds PB FF FR
2019 (Redshirt Junior): Saw action mostly on special teams ... rotated in at linebacker 2018 4 / 0 0 - 0 - 0 0.0 / 0 0.0 / 0 0 0 / 0 0 0 0 in the opener against Bucknell ... made his first career tackle against UCF ... Athletic Director's Honor Roll ... American Athletic Conference All-Academic Team. 2019 7 / 0 1 - 0 - 1 0.0 / 0 0.0 / 0 0 0 / 0 0 0 0
@Navy 0 / 0 2020 TEMPLE FOOTBALL 2018 (Redshirt Sophomore): Saw first game action at Maryland ... played in four games on special teams ... Scout Team Defensive Player of the Week (Maryland) ... Juice Boyz USF 0 / 0 Player of the Game (Navy, UCF, UConn) ... American Athletic Conference All-Academic @Memphis / - - 0 / / / Team ... Athletic Director’s Honor Roll. @Tulane / - - 0 / / / • PB • 2017 (Redshirt Freshman): Joined the program as a transfer from Morehead State in • PB • the fall ... did not see game action ... Athletic Director’s Honor Roll. SMU / - - 0 / / / @UCF / - - 0 / / / 2016 (Freshman): Joined the Morehead State program and was redshirted. ECU / - - 0 / / / High School: Three-year letterwinner as an outside linebacker at Fork Union Military Cincinnati / - - 0 / / / Academy in Fork Union, Va. ... as a senior, averaged six tackles per game while compil- ing three interceptions and three sacks ... named all-region as a senior. 2020 0 / 0 0 - 0 - 0 0.0 / 0 0.0 / 0 0 0 / 0 0 0 0
Personal: Born Boaz Pogue (pronounced BOE-az Poag) in Chambersburg, Pa. … par- Career 11 / 0 1 - 0 - 1 0.0 / 0 0.0 / 0 0 0 / 0 0 0 0 ents are George and Lisa Pogue … has two sisters, Chantel Tremetiere (51) and Hannah Pogue (18) … Chantel played collegiate basketball at Auburn before taking her talent to the WNBA ... human development & community engagement major.
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2020 (Redshirt Senior): Has not yet seen game action.
KALEB PREJEAN 2019 (Redshirt Junior): Joined the team as a walk on in the summer ... did not see game action ... Offensive Scout Team Player of the Week (#19 SMU) ... Special Teams 6-4 ♦ 250 ♦ r-Sr Scout Team Player of the Week (Maryland, UCF). Bristow, Va. #55 DE Junior College: Played tight end for coach Maehr at Pasadena City College in Cali- fornia.
2017 r-Fr - High School: Was a three-year letterwinner playing tight end and linebacker for coach Mike Dougherty at Stonewall Jackson in Manassas, Va. ... went 10-3 his senior year ... 2018 r-So - also lettered in track and field, basketball, and lacrosse.
2019 r-Jr 0/0 Personal: Born Kaleb Jules Prejean in Lafayette, La. … parents are Wendy and Jonathan Prejean … has three sisters: Taylor (20), Hailey (16), and McKenzie (12) ... list of favorites 2020 r-Sr 0/0 include: The Challenge (TV show), The Break-Up and Remember the Titans (movie), the Saints (NFL team), and Disney World (place in the world) ... communications major.
2020 (Redshirt Junior): Has not yet seen game action.
JASON PRINCE 2019 (Redshirt Sophomore): Did not see game action ... Scout Team Defensive Player of the Week (Maryland, UCF) ... Athletic Director's Honor Roll ... American Athletic Con- 6-2 ♦ 210 ♦ r-Jr ference All-Academic Team. Lansdale, Pa. #22 SAF 2018 (Sophomore): Joined the team as a walk-on in the fall ... American Athletic Confer- ence All-Academic Team ... Athletic Director’s Honor Roll ... redshirted.
2017 Fr - 2017 (Freshman): Played outside linebacker for head coach Duke Greco at Delaware 2018 So 0/0 Valley University … finished 12-1 in his only season. High School: Played half-back and outside linebacker for head coach Dick Beck at 2019 r-So 0/0 North Penn High in Lansdale, Pa. … finished 14-1 his senior season … also lettered in 2020 r-Jr 0/0 basketball three times .. awarded a leadership scholarship. Personal: Born Jason Wesley Prince in Philadelphia, Pa. … mother is Carastine Earl- Prince … brothers are Justin (26), Jeremy (22 – twin, and Owl teammate) and Josh (10) … sister is Jayla (14) … list of favorites include: Thursday Night Football (TV show), Bible (book), Indianapolis Colts (NFL team), Sean Taylor (NFL player), bacon (pregame meal), nachos (cheat meal) and Philly (place in the world) … wants to be a physician’s assistant … pre-med kinesiology major.
2020 (Junior): Has not yet seen game action. JEREMY PRINCE 2019 (Sophomore): Transferred to Temple University in the winter ... did not see game •• PBPB •• action ... Scout Team Offensive Player of the Week (Bucknell, ECU) ... Scout Team Spe- 5-10 ♦ 195 ♦ r-So cial Teams Player of the Week (Georgia Tech) ... redshirted. Lansdale, Pa. #85 WR 2018 (Freshman): Attended Delaware Valley University and played wide receiver for Duke Greco.
2018 Fr - High School: Played wide receiver, running back, and defensive back for Dick Beck at 2019 So 0/0 North Penn High in Lansdale, Pa. Personal: Born Jeremy Wayne Prince in Philadelphia, Pa. … parents are Caristine and 2020 r-So 0/0 Earl … brothers Justin (25), Jason (21 - twin, and Owl teammate) and Josh (9) and sister Jayla (13) … was high school president and leader of Fellowship of Christian Athletes … physical therapy major.
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2019 Fr 2/0 WISDOM QUARSHIE 2020 r-Fr 2/0 6-3 ♦ 310 ♦ r-Fr #79 Sicklerville, N.J. OL
2020 (Redshirt Freshman): Sees game action on the FG and PAT units. WISDOM QUARSHIE’S OFFENSIVE STATS
Opp. P / S Opp. P / S Opp. P / S Opp. P / S Opp. P / S 2019 (Freshman): Was part of the 2019 recruiting class ... saw his first collegiate action in the season opener vs. Bucknell as Bucknell x @Navy x a defensive tackle ... was moved to the offensive line during the season ... played center in the fourth quarter of the Military #21 Maryland dnp USF x Bowl game vs. UNC ... Defensive Scout Team Player of the Week @Buffalo dnp @Memphis (Bucknell) ... redshirted. Georgia Tech dnp @Tulane Played defensive end for coach Paul Sacco at St. High School: @ECU dnp SMU Joseph High in Hammonton, N.J. ... two time first team all-state, two time first team all-conference, two time first team All-South #23 Memphis dnp @UCF Jersey, three time state champion ... as a senior ,made 29 tack- @#19 SMU ECU les, eight TFLs and two fumble recoveries ... as a junior, recorded dnp 25 tackles and seven TFLs ... as a sophomore collected 24 tack- UCF dnp Cincinnati les, nine TFLs and 1.5 sacks. @USF dnp
Personal: Born Wisdom Quarshie (pronounced: KWAR-SHE) in Tulane dnp Voorhees, N.J. … has two brothers, Jesse Mason and Antwan Mason and a sister Diana Mason … list of favorites include: clas- @#19 Cincinnati dnp sic hip-hop (music), Pittsburgh Steelers (NFL team), and Aaron UConn dnp Donald (athlete). UNC [MB] x
2019 2 / 0 2020 2 / 0 2021 0 / 0 2022 0 / 0 2023 0 / 0
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2018 Fr - Class KWANTEL RAINES 20182019 r-Fr - of 6-3 ♦ 200 ♦ r-So 2020 r-So 0/0 #18 Aliquippa, Pa. BUBO 2019 2020
Transferred to Temple in January ... has not yet seen 2020 (Redshirt Sophomore): KWANTEL RAINES’ DEFENSIVE STATS game action. Opp. P / S U A T TFL / Yds Sk / Yds QH Int / Yds PB FF FR 2019 (Redshirt Freshman): Appeared in six games for the Mountaineers … totaled nine tackles and a forced fumble. 2018 1 / 0 0 - 1 - 1 0.0 / 0 0.0 / 0 0 0 / 0 0 0 0 2019 6 / 0 6 - 3 - 9 0.0 / 0 0.0 / 0 0 0 / 0 0 1 0
2018 (Freshman): Appeared in one game and had a tackle against #25 Texas Tech … 2020 TEMPLE FOOTBALL redshirted. @Navy 0 / 0 USF 0 / 0 High School: Played defensive back and running back at Aliquippa High for head coach Mike Smijnanc … helped team to a 12-1 season, a 6-0 conference mark and @Memphis / - - 0 / / / a #3 ranking in the state … Quips made their 10th straight appearance in the WPIAL @Tulane / - - 0 / / / • PB • championship game … 3A Pittsburgh Tribune Review’s Trib 25 All-Star Team … two- • PB • time All-Beaver Valley Conference first-team selection … nominated for the US Army SMU / - - 0 / / / All-American Bowl … collected three interceptions in a win over South Park … forced six turnovers in the first two playoff games of 2017 … was the team leader of one of the @UCF / - - 0 / / / best defenses statistic-wise in the WPIAL, allowing just one touchdown in the regular ECU / - - 0 / / / season. Cincinnati / - - 0 / / /
Personal: Born Kwantel Raines in Pittsburgh, Pa. … son of Michael Raines … one of six 2020 0 / 0 0 - 0 - 0 0.0 / 0 0.0 / 0 0 0 / 0 0 0 0 children … human development and community engagement major. Career 7 / 0 6 - 4 - 10 0.0 / 0 0.0 / 0 0 0 / 0 0 1 0
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2018 Fr 2/0 KADAS REAMS 2019 r-Fr 9/0 6-2 ♦ 173 ♦ r-So 2020 r-So 1/0 #12 New Brunswick, N.J. WR
2020 (Redshirt Sophomore): Saw his first game action of the season during the home KADAS REAMS’ OFFENSIVE STATS opener vs. USF. RECEIVING RUSHING 2019 (Redshirt Freshman): Played in the season opener vs. Bucknell and had first career reception ... saw most of his action on special teams ... Athletic Director's Honor Opp. P / S No Yd Avg TD Lg No Yd Avg TD Lg Roll ... American Athletic Conference All-Academic Team. 2018 2 / 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0
2018 (Freshman): Was part of the 2018 recruiting class and was a mid-year enrollee 2019 9 / 0 2 10 5.0 0 9 0 0 0.0 0 0 who joined the Owls in January ... saw first game action vs. ECU ... American Athletic @Navy 0 / 0 Conference All-Academic Team ... Athletic Director’s Honor Roll ... redshirted. USF 1 / 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0
Prep School: Attended Milford Academy where he helped the team to a 10-2 record in @Memphis / 0.0 0.0 2017 under head coach Bill Chaplick. @Tulane / 0.0 0.0 Played wide receiver for head coach Don Sofilkanich at New Brunswick High School: SMU / 0.0 0.0 (N.J.) High … was a two-year letterwinner … earned Baller of the Year and first team all-conference as a senior … recorded 154 yards and four touchdowns on seven recep- @UCF / 0.0 0.0 tions against Edison … was third team all-conference as his team went 9-2 as a junior … played in the North-South All Star game … recorded a 4.37 in the 40-yard dash. ECU / 0.0 0.0 Cincinnati / 0.0 0.0 Personal: Born Kadas (pronounced KAY-dus) Reams in New Brunswick, N.J. … parents are Joyce Inman Reams and Kevin Reams … has one brother, Maurice Inman (34), and 2020 1 / 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 two sisters, Jalessa Inman (30) and Shamara Inman (28) … criminal justice major. Career 12 / 0 2 10 5.0 0 1 0 0 0.0 0 0
2020 (Redshirt Freshman): Has not yet seen game action.
RYAN REEDER 2019 (Freshman): Part of a deep and talented receiving corps ... did not see game action ... redshirted. 5-11 ♦ 170 ♦ r-Fr Glenside, Pa. Prep School: Played both left and right tackle positions for coach John Shumanat at #44 WR Fork Union Military Academy in Fork Union, Va. … the team went 9-0.
High School: Was a four-year letterwinner at wide receiver for coach Jim Murphy at 2019 Fr 0/0 Roman Catholic in Philadelphia … also lettered in indoor and outdoor track and field.
2020 r-Fr 0/0 Personal: Born Ryan Reeder in Glenside, Pa. ... parents are Bonny and Walt Reeder Jr. … both parents attended Temple ... has one brother, Jayson (14) … list of favorites: Stomp the Yard (movie), The Office (TV show), Eagles (sports team), Dalessandro’s (chees- esteak), Instagram (social media), Jamaican platters (cheat meal) ... business major. •• PBPB ••
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2017 Fr 0/0 GEORGE REID 2018 r-Fr 6/0 6-2 ♦ 221 ♦ r-Jr 2019 r-So 12/0 #39 Glenside, Pa. LB 2020 r-Jr 2/0
2020 (Redshirt Junior): Saw game action on special teams in season opener at Navy GEORGE REID’S DEFENSIVE STATS ... saw consistent snaps at linebacker in the second half of the home opener vs. USF, while recording his first career sack, TFLs (2.0), pass breakup and fumble recovery Opp. P / S U A T TFL / Yds Sk / Yds QH Int / Yds PB FF FR while also setting a new career high in tackles (6). 2018 6 / 0 2 - 1 - 3 0.0 / 0 0.0 / 0 0 0 / 0 0 0 0
2019 (Redshirt Sophomore): Saw game action at linebacker against Bucknell and re- 2019 12 / 0 6 - 2 - 8 0.0 / 0 0.0 / 0 0 0 / 0 0 0 0 corded a single-game career-high in tackles (5), assisted tackles (3), and solo tackles (2) ... saw game action on special teams throughout the season ... Athletic Director's @Navy 1 / 0 0 - 0 - 0 0.0 / 0 0.0 / 0 0 0 / 0 0 0 0 Honor Roll ... American Athletic Conference All-Academic Team ... lettered. USF 1 / 0 6 - 0 - 6 2.0 / 10 1.0 / 9 0 0 / 0 1 0 1
2018 (Redshirt Freshman): Saw first game action vs. ECU ... Special Teams Player of @Memphis / - - 0 / / / the Game (USF) ... Scout Team Defensive Player of the Week (ECU, Houston) ... Temple @Tulane / - - 0 / / / Athletics’ Leadership Council ... American Athletic Conference All-Academic Team ... Athletic Director’s Honor Roll ... lettered. SMU / - - 0 / / /
@UCF / - - 0 / / / 2017 (Freshman): Was a part of the 2017 recruiting class ... did not see game action ... Scout Team Defensive Player of the Week (ECU) ... Scout Team Special Teams Player of ECU / - - 0 / / / the Week (Tulsa) ... Juice Boyz Player of the Game (Cincinnati, Tulsa) ... Athletic Direc- tor’s Honor Roll ... redshirted. Cincinnati / - - 0 / / / 2020 2 / 0 6 - 0 - 6 2.0 / 10 1.0 / 9 0 0 / 0 1 0 1 High School: Played wide receiver and defensive back for coach Kevin Conlin at Abington (Pa.) High … finished senior season with 31 catches for 642 yards and six Career 20 / 0 14 - 3 - 17 2.0 / 10 1.0 / 9 0 0 / 0 1 0 1 touchdowns, along with one fumble recovery for a touchdown, and three interceptions as a first-team all-league safety … finished his junior season first in receiving touch- downs (11) and yards among Southeastern Montgomery County and Upper Bucks County high schools … was the 2017 Maxwell Football Club Mini Max Award Recipi- ent … earned PA Football News first-team all-state, Southeastern PA all-area and Penn Preps all-state honors in 2016 … was a two-time second-team Suburban One National Conference player.
Personal: Born George Ellis Reid in Philadelphia, Pa. ... parents are Danette and George Reid ... sister Danae Reid ... took a week-long class in Rome as part of Temple’s
2019 Fr 4/0 YVANDY RIGBY 2020 r-Fr 2/1 6-2 ♦ 222 ♦ r-Fr #31 Egg Harbor Township, N.J LB
2020 (Redshirt Freshman): Rotated in at linebacker in season opener at Navy and YVANDY RIGBY’S DEFENSIVE STATS made solo (2) and assisted (2) tackles for a career single game high four total tackles ... made his first career start in the home opener vs. USF while also leading the team and Opp. P / S U A T TFL / Yds Sk / Yds QH Int / Yds PB FF FR setting a new single game high in tackles (11). 2019 4 / 0 0 - 0 - 0 0.0 / 0 0.0 / 0 0 0 / 0 0 0 0 2020 TEMPLE FOOTBALL 2019 (Freshman): Was part of the 2019 recruiting class ... was an early enrollee and @Navy 1 / 0 2 - 2 - 4 0.0 / 0 0.0 / 0 0 0 / 0 0 0 0 began classes in January ... saw action in four games (UCF, at USF at #19 Cincinnati, and UNC) ... redshirted. USF 1 / 1 10 - 1 - 11 0.0 / 0 0.0 / 0 0 0 / 0 0 0 0 @Memphis / - - 0 / / / Prep School: Played safety for coach Bill Chaplick at Milford Academy in New Berlin, • PB • N.Y. … went 10-2 in only season ... had 57 tackles, 4 sacks, an interception, a fumble @Tulane / - - 0 / / / • PB • recovery, and a forced fumble. SMU / - - 0 / / /
High School: Played safety and linebacker for coach Kevin Stetser at Egg Harbor @UCF / - - 0 / / / Township (N.J.) High … played in the Phil Simms NJ North-South All-Star Football Clas- sic his senior year … also ran track. ECU / - - 0 / / / Cincinnati / - - 0 / / / Personal: Born Yvandy (pronounced: ye-VAN-dee) Mesadieu Rigby in Turks and Caicos … guardian is Kevin Stetser… lives in Egg Harbor Township, N.J. … has two brothers, 2020 2 / 1 12 - 3 - 15 0.0 / 0 0.0 / 0 0 0 / 0 0 0 0 Junior (36) and JP (33), and two sisters, Johnika (20) and Ashley (15) … list of favor- Career 6 / 1 12 - 3 - 15 0.0 / 0 0.0 / 0 0 0 / 0 0 0 0 ites include: rap (music), Seattle Seahawks (NFL team) and Ishkabibbles (place to get cheesesteak) … hashtag to describe himself: #GetThatBag ... computer science major.
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2017 Fr - KEVIN ROBERTSON 2018 So - 6-2 ♦ 300 ♦ Sr 2019 Jr 6/0 #98 Silver Spring, Md. DT 2020 Sr 1/0 2020 (Senior): Sees consistent game action rotating in at DT. KEVIN ROBERTSON’ DEFENSIVE STATS
2019 (Junior): Transferred to Temple in the summer ... made his Temple debut in a win Opp. P / S U A T TFL / Yds Sk / Yds QH Int / Yds PB FF FR at ECU and notched his first career quarterback hit and first tackle as an Owl ... Ameri- can Athletic Conference All-Academic Team. 2017 9 / 0 7 - 4 - 11 3.0 / 13 0.0 / 0 0 0 / 0 1 0 0 2018 8 / 0 5 - 3 - 8 1.5 / 7 1.0 / 6 0 0 / 0 0 0 0 College: Played 17 games collecting 19 tackles at Fullerton (Calif.) College from 2017-18 under coach Tim Byrnes ... saw action at both defensive tackle and defensive end ... 2019 6 / 0 3 - 0 - 3 0.0 / 0 0.0 / 0 1 0 / 0 0 0 0 played 9 games with 11 tackles in 2018 and added 8 stops in 8 games in 2018. @Navy 1 / 0 0 - 0 - 0 0.0 / 0 0.0 / 0 0 0 / 0 0 0 0
High School: Attended Montgomery Blair High in Silver Spring, Md. USF 1 / 0 0 - 0 - 0 0.0 / 0 0.0 / 0 0 0 / 0 0 0 0
@Memphis / - - 0 / / / Personal: Born Kevin Isaiah Robertson in Silver Spring, Md. ... mother is Martina Robert- son ... has a brother Ryan (20) and sister Zena (14) ... list of favorites include: Paid in Full @Tulane / - - 0 / / / (movie), Relentless (book), Aaron Donald (pro athlete), Washington Redskins (pro team) ... kinesiology major and aspires to be a strength and conditioning coach. SMU / - - 0 / / / @UCF / - - 0 / / /
ECU / - - 0 / / /
Cincinnati / - - 0 / / /
2020 2 / 0 0 - 0 - 0 0.0 / 0 0.0 / 0 0 0 / 0 0 0 0
Career 25 / 0 15 - 7 - 22 4.5 / 20 1.0 / 6 1 0 / 0 1 0 0
2020 (Redshirt Freshman): Has not yet seen game action.
RONNIE ROSS 2019 (Freshman): Joined Temple as a walk-on in the summer ... did not see game action ... Athletic Director's Honor Roll ... American Athletic Conference All-Academic 6-3 ♦ 269 ♦ r-Fr Team ... redshirted. Philadelphia, Pa. #65 OL High School: Played offensive and defensive line for head coach John Steinmetz at La Salle College High … was a four-year letterwinner … served as team captain as a senior and won the team’s outstanding lineman award … also lettered in basketball, 2019 Fr 0/0 rugby and track
2020 r-Fr 0/0 Personal: Born Ronald C. Ross in Philadelphia … parents are Rhonda and Earl Ross Jr. … one brother, Earl Ross III (26) … grandfather Earl Ross Sr. served in the military … is a big fan of the Rocky movie franchise including Creed 1-2 … list of favorites include: Catcher in the Rye (book), South Park (TV show), rap (music), Delasandro’s (cheesesteak) ... con- struction engineering major.
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2017 r-Fr - TAYVON RULEY 2018 r-So - 6-0 ♦ 214 ♦ r-Sr 2019 r-Jr 9/0 #29 Lansdowne, Pa. RB 2020 r-Sr 2/0
KEVIN ROBERTSON’ DEFENSIVE STATS 2020 (Redshirt Senior): Rotated in at RB with starter Re'Mahn Davis in the season opener at Navy ... tied his career high in rushes (6) in the home opener vs. USF. TAYVON RULEY’S OFFENSIVE STATS Opp. P / S U A T TFL / Yds Sk / Yds QH Int / Yds PB FF FR RUSHING RECEIVING 2017 9 / 0 7 - 4 - 11 3.0 / 13 0.0 / 0 0 0 / 0 1 0 0 2019 (Redshirt Junior): Fought for reps in a deep field of running backs ... made his Temple debut in a win at ECU ... recorded his first four career rushes in a game against Opp. P / S No Yd Avg TD Lg No Yd Avg TD Lg 2018 8 / 0 5 - 3 - 8 1.5 / 7 1.0 / 6 0 0 / 0 0 0 0 UCF ... set new career-highs in rushes (6) and rushing yards (30), while also recording 2019 9 / 0 24 127 5.3 1 23 1 7 7.0 0 7 his first career reception in a win at USF ... with Jager Gardner sidelined due to a sea- 2019 6 / 0 3 - 0 - 3 0.0 / 0 0.0 / 0 1 0 / 0 0 0 0 son-ending injury, Ruley notched career-highs in attempts (9) and yards (74), including @Navy 1 / 0 5 46 9.2 0 30 0 0 0.0 0 0 @Navy 1 / 0 0 - 0 - 0 0.0 / 0 0.0 / 0 0 0 / 0 0 0 0 his first-career touchdown, in the regular season finale vs. UConn ... Offensive Scout USF 1 / 0 6 39 6.5 0 16 0 0 0.0 0 0 Team Player of the Week (Georgia Tech) ... American Athletic Conference All-Academic USF 1 / 0 0 - 0 - 0 0.0 / 0 0.0 / 0 0 0 / 0 0 0 0 Team. @Memphis / 0.0 0.0 @Memphis / - - 0 / / / @Tulane / 0.0 0.0 Prep School: Played under head coach Lou Orth at Valley Forge Military Academy & @Tulane / - - 0 / / / College in 2017-18 … in his career, ran for 1,028 yards and 13 touchdowns on 170 carries SMU / 0.0 0.0 … two-time conference MVP and named to the all-conference team twice. SMU / - - 0 / / / @UCF / 0.0 0.0
@UCF / - - 0 / / / High School: Played running back and linebacker for coach Nick Lincoln at Penn Wood ECU / 0.0 0.0 High in Landsdowne, Pa. … in his career, ran for 2,525 yards and 25 touchdowns on ECU / - - 0 / / / 415 carries, including 1,331 yards and 15 touchdowns as a senior … was named to first Cincinnati / 0.0 0.0 Cincinnati / - - 0 / / / team All-Delaware Valley as a junior and senior … named to second team All-Delaware 2020 2 / 0 11 85 7.7 0 30 0 0 0.0 0 0 County as a senior and earned honorable mentions as a junior … earned team MVP 2020 2 / 0 0 - 0 - 0 0.0 / 0 0.0 / 0 0 0 / 0 0 0 0 honors his senior year… played in the Delco Hero Bowl … also participated in track. Career 11 / 0 35 212 6.1 1 30 1 7 7.0 0 7 Career 25 / 0 15 - 7 - 22 4.5 / 20 1.0 / 6 1 0 / 0 1 0 0 Personal: Born Tayvon Derrell Ruley in Darby, Pa. … mother is Coretta Ruley … brothers are Keith (33), Ronald (30), Karon (25), Kevin (21), David (19), and Conner (10) … sisters are Katrina (31), Ieesha (28), and Jasmine (17) … dream job is to be a sports analyst … list of favorites include: Creed 2 (movie), All-American (TV Show), Dubai (place to travel) … adult and organizational development major. 2020 TEMPLE FOOTBALL
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CAREER PASSING LEADERS SINGLE SEASON PASSING LEADERS ANTHONY RUSSO Yards Name ...... Years Yards Name ...... Year 10,669 Phillip Walker ...... 2013-16 3,295 Phillip Walker...... 2016 6-4 ♦ 242 ♦ Gr 7,495 Henry Burris ...... 1993-96 2,972 Phillip Walker ...... 2015 5,967 Mike McGann...... 2001-05 2,861 Anthony Russo...... 2019 #15 Doylestown, Pa. QB 5,900 Anthony Russo...... 2018-20 2,716 Henry Burris ...... 1994 2,563 Anthony Russo...... 2018 Cmpl Name ...... Years 2017 r-Fr 3/0 830 Phillip Walker ...... 2013-16 Cmpl Name...... Year 558 Henry Burris ...... 1993-96 246 Anthony Russo...... 2019 2018 r-So 12/10 512 Mike McGann...... 2001-05 245 Phillip Walker ...... 2015 495 Anthony Russo...... 2018-20 2019 r-Jr 13/13 Atts Name ...... Years 2020 r-Sr 2/2 1,458 Phillip Walker ...... 2013-16 Atts Name...... Year 1,138 Henry Burris ...... 1993-96 432 Phillip Walker ...... 2015 2020 (Graduate): Started season opener at Navy ... ranks eighth 1,040 Mike McGann...... 2001-05 419 Anthony Russo...... 2019 in passing average per game (206.0) and sixth in total offense 836 Anthony Russo...... 2018-20 (226.0) in the conference ... tied his career high 4 TD passes in the home opener vs. USF. TDs Name ...... Years TDs Name...... Year 74 Phillip Walker ...... 2013-16 22 Phillip Walker...... 2016 2019 (Redshirt Junior): Started against Bucknell and became the 49 Henry Burris ...... 1993-96 22 Brian Broomell ...... 1979 first Temple QB to throw for 400+ yards twice (409) and tied his 40 Anthony Russo...... 2018-20 21 Anthony Russo...... 2019 career-high 4 TD passes playing through three quarters ... threw 40 Adam DiMichele...... 2006-08 21 Henry Burris ...... 1994 3 TD passes in win vs. #21 Maryland, the most notable of which 35 Brian Broomell ...... 1976-79 a 79-yard TD pass to Jadan Blue ... with 419-246-2,861-21, set the school record for completions and came close to the marks ANTHONY RUSSO’S OFFENSIVE STATS for most attempts (432), yards (3,295), and touchdowns (22) in a season ... ranked sixth in the conference in passing yards (227.8), PASSING RUSHING eighth in total offense per game (222.8), and eighth in passing ef- Opp. P / S Eff Cpl Att Cp% Yds TD Int Lg Sk / Ls No Yd Avg TD Lg ficiency (128) ... Offensive Player of the Game (#19 SMU) ... Davey O'Brien Great 8 National QB of the Week (#21 Maryland) ... Ameri- 2017 3 / 0 0.00 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 / 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 can Athletic Conference Player of the Week Honor Roll (Bucknell) 2018 12 / 10 125.07 198 345 57.4 2563 14 14 70t 14 / 84 43 63 1.5 3 16 ... College Sports Madness AAC Player of the Week (Bucknell) ... Offensive Player of the Game (#21 Maryland) ... Maxwell Award 2019 13 / 13 126.88 246 419 58.7 2861 21 12 79t 16 / 96 35 -64 -1.8 2 9 Watch List ... Johnny Unitas Golden Arm Watch List ... lettered. @Navy 1 / 1 132.01 21 30 70.0 206 1 1 22 0 / 0 4 20 5.0 2 10
2018 (Redshirt Sophomore): Entered season as the primary USF 1 / 1 147.33 30 42 71.4 270 4 2 20 0 / 0 9 9 1.0 0 3 backup at quarterback, but led the team to a 7-3 record since @Memphis / 0.00 0.0 / 0.0 being inserted as the starter ... completed first career pass against Buffalo (18 yards to WR Brodrick Yancy) ... made first career start @Tulane / 0.00 0.0 / 0.0 at Maryland and threw first career TD pass (47-yarder to TE Kenny SMU / 0.00 0.0 / 0.0 Yeboah) ... threw a career-high four TDs to four different receiv- ers vs. ECU ... dueled Heisman candidate McKenzie Milton at #9 @UCF / 0.00 0.0 / 0.0 UCF where he had career-highs in attempts (52), completions (31), passing yards (444), passing TDs (4), rushes (12) and rushing yards ECU / 0.00 0.0 / 0.0 (46) - also had first career rushing TD ... missed regular season Cincinnati / 0.00 0.0 / 0.0 finale at UConn due to injury, but returned in bowl game vs. Duke ... finished sixth in the conference in yards per attempt (7.43) ... 2020 2 / 2 140.95 51 72 70.8 476 5 3 22 0 / 0 13 29 2.2 2 10 finished sixth in the conference (33rd in the nation) in yards per Career 30 / 25 127.34 495 836 59.2 5900 40 29 79t 30 / 180 91 28 0.3 7 16 completion (12.94) ... had the fourth most passing yards and sixth most completions in a single season for a QB in school history ... Temple Athletics Athlete of the Month (October) ... APEX Predator Offensive Player of the Game (ECU, UCF) ... #theSTANDARD Play- er of the Game (Maryland, Navy, Houston) ... lettered.
2017 (Redshirt Freshman): Was in a four-way battle for the start- ing QB position ... saw first game action as PAT/FG holder in home finale vs. #15 UCF ... Offensive Scout Team Player of the Week (Houston). •• PBPB •• 2016 (Freshman): Was part of the 2016 recruiting class ... red- shirted.
High School: A three-year starter at quarterback for head coach Steve Devlin at Archbishop Wood in Warminster, Pa. ... was an Elite 11 finalist and first team all-state ... named Catholic League MVP and Maxwell Award Tri-State High School Player of the Year ... threw for 2,500 yards and a Catholic League record 35 touch- downs.
Personal: Born Anthony Russo in Doylestown, Pa. ... parents are Nancy and Tony Russo ... sisters Chelsea (26), Emily (23) and Gina (18) ... uncle Dan Meier played football at North Carolina State ... earned degree in advertising (Spring, 2020).
10 56 101010 PLAYER BIOS 2019 Fr 4/0 EDWARD SAYDEE 2020 r-Fr 2/0 5-11 ♦ 210 ♦ r-Fr #36 Philadelphia, Pa. RB
2020 (Redshirt Freshman): Sees action on special teams. EDWARD SAYDEE’S OFFENSIVE STATS
2019 (Freshman): Was part of the 2019 recruiting class ... made his collegiate debut RUSHING RECEIVING playing special teams vs. #23 Memphis ... Offensive Scout Team Player of the Week Opp. P / S No Yd Avg TD Lg No Yd Avg TD Lg (Maryland) ... Athletic Director's Honor Roll ...American Athletic Conference All-Aca- demic Team ... redshirted. 2019 4 / 0 2 2 1.0 0 2 0 0 0.0 0 0 @Navy 1 / 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 High School: Played running back, defensive back, wide receiver, and returned kicks for coach Tom Coyle at William Penn Charter in Philadelphia. … amassed over 3,000 ca- USF 1 / 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 reer rushing yards and 53 touchdowns in three years with the team … rushed for 1,446 @Memphis / 0.0 0.0 yards and 25 touchdowns his senior season… was a three-time first-team all-league of- fense and defense honoree … 2018 Geis MVP Award winner and 2018 Interact League @Tulane / 0.0 0.0 Co-MVP … also ran winter and spring track. SMU / 0.0 0.0
Personal: Born Edouard Saydee (pronounced: SAY-dee) in Liberia … parents are Tarlue @UCF / 0.0 0.0 and Comfort Saydee … has two sisters, Jenny and Princess … has two brothers, Prince and Eugene … list of favorites include: Friday After Next (movie), hip-hop (music), Invisi- ECU / 0.0 0.0 ble Man (book) and The Poppy's (place to get a cheesesteak) … wants to work in sports Cincinnati / 0.0 0.0 medicine … hashtag that describes him: #HitStick ... exercise science major. 2020 2 / 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0
Career 6 / 0 2 2 1.0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0
2017 Fr 0/0 GRIFFIN SESTILI 2018 r-Fr 8/0 6-3 ♦ 292 ♦ r-Jr 2019 r-So 7/0 #51 Sewickley, Pa. OL 2020 r-Jr 2/0
Sees action on PAT/FG units. 2020 Redshirt Junior): GRIFFIN SESTILI’S OFFENSIVE STATS
2019 (Redshirt Sophomore): Saw action on PAT/FG units ... suf- Opp. P / S Opp. P / S Opp. P / S Opp. P / S Opp. P / S fered injury vs. #21 Maryland and was sidelined for five games ... returned to play against UCF ... Athletic Director's Honor Roll ... Villanova x Bucknell x @Navy x American Athletic Conference All-Academic Team. Buffalo x #21 Maryland x USF x
@Maryland x @Buffalo dnp @Memphis 2018 (Redshirt Freshman): Saw first game action against Villa- 2020 TEMPLE FOOTBALL nova ... played on FG/PAT unit ... Athletic Director’s Honor Roll Tulsa x Georgia Tech dnp @Tulane ... lettered. @BC x @ECU dnp SMU 2017 (Freshman): Was a member of the 2017 recruiting class ... ECU x #23 Memphis dnp @UCF did not see game action ... Scout Team Offensive Player of the • PB • Week (Army) ... Juice Boyz Player of the Game (Army) ... Athletic @Navy x @#19 SMU dnp ECU • PB • Director’s Honor Roll ... redshirted. #20 Cincinnati dnp UCF x Cincinnati
High School: Played tight end for coach Art Walker at North Al- @#9 UCF dnp @USF x legheny High in Wexford, Pa. … was a three-year letterwinner and a team captain as a senior … had six catches for 73 yards in just @Houston dnp Tulane x six games his senior year and received first-team all-conference USF dnp @#19 Cincinnati x honors … his junior year, he had seven catches for 100 yards and three touchdowns and received second-team all-conference @UConn x UConn x honors ... also played basketball in high school. Duke [IB] dnp UNC [MB] dnp
Personal: Born Griffin Christopher Sestili in Raleigh, N.C. … par- 2018 8 / 0 2019 7 / 0 2020 2 / 0 2021 0 / 0 2022 0 / 0 ents are Jana and Chris Sestili … father is the JV coach at North Allegheny High and played at Pitt … has a brother Carson (15) ... Career 17 / 0 list of favorites: Step Brothers (movie), Travel Team (book), The Office (TV show), science (subject) … marketing major.
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JACOBY SHARPE’S DEFENSIVE STATS
JACOBY SHARPE Opp. P / S U A T TFL / Yds Sk / Yds QH Int / Yds PB FF FR 6-3 ♦ 246 ♦ r-Fr 2019 1 / 0 0 - 0 - 0 0.0 / 0 0.0 / 0 0 0 / 0 0 0 0 #54 Sugar Hill, Ga. DE @Navy 0 / 0 USF 0 / 0 2019 Fr 1/0 @Memphis / - - 0 / / / @Tulane / - - 0 / / / 2020 r-Fr 0/0 SMU / - - 0 / / /
@UCF / - - 0 / / /
ECU / - - 0 / / /
Cincinnati / - - 0 / / / 2020 (Redshirt Freshman): Has not yet seen game action. 2020 0 / 0 0 - 0 - 0 0.0 / 0 0.0 / 0 0 0 / 0 0 0 0 2019 (Freshman): Was part of the 2019 recruiting class ... made his collegiate debut against Bucknell rotating in at defensive end ... Scout Team Defensive Player of the Career 1 / 0 0 - 0 - 0 0.0 / 0 0.0 / 0 0 0 / 0 0 0 0 Week (Bucknell, USF) ... redshirted.
High School: Played defensive end for head coach Corey Mobbs at Lanier High in Sugar Hill, Ga. ... as a senior, he had 29 tackles (18 solo), nine TFLs, five sacks, and six QB hurries in just five games ... as a junior, he tallied 19 catches for 136 yards and a touchdown.
2020 (Freshman): Joined the team as a walk-on in the summer ... has not yet seen game action. NATE SLUTZKY High School: Was a three-year starter at linebacker for Mount St. Joseph’s under head 5-10 ♦ 194 ♦ Fr coach Rich Holzer … transferred after lettering his freshman year at The John Carroll Bel Air, Md. School … … was 10-2 and won the MIAA A Conference Championship as MaxPreps #52 LB #20 team in the nation as a senior … totaled 75 tackles, 24.0 TFLs, 2.5 sacks, nine pass breakups, two forced fumbles and two fumble recoveries … earned Baltimore Touchdown Club Super 22 Team and Maryland Crab Bowl All Star honors … as a junior, 2020 Fr 0/0 led the MIAA with 12.5 sacks and added 18.0 TFLs, 78 tackles, four forced fumbles and Class one recovery … also participated in the long jump … was a member of the Honor Roll and Leadership Council. of 2020 Personal: Born Nathan D. Slutzky in Baltimore, Md. … parents are April and Matt Slutzky … sister Natasha (17) … grandfather, Richard Slutzky, served in the Marines … list of favorites include: The Wolf of Wall Street (movie), Hunger Games (book) … Lawrence Taylor (professional athlete), Baltimore Ravens (pro sports team) … hopes to one day own a fishing charter business. •• PBPB ••
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JACOBY SHARPE’S DEFENSIVE STATS 2018 Fr 0/0 Opp. P / S U A T TFL / Yds Sk / Yds QH Int / Yds PB FF FR JORDAN SMITH 2019 r-Fr 11/0 2019 1 / 0 0 - 0 - 0 0.0 / 0 0.0 / 0 0 0 / 0 0 0 0 6-5 ♦ 219 ♦ r-So 2020 r-So 1/0 @Navy 0 / 0 #19 Davie, Fla. WR USF 0 / 0
@Memphis / - - 0 / / / 2020 (Redshirt Sophomore): Saw game action on special teams in the season opener JORDAN SMITH’S OFFENSIVE STATS at Navy. @Tulane / - - 0 / / / RECEIVING RUSHING 2019 (Redshirt Freshman): Played behind a deep and talented receiving corps ... saw SMU / - - 0 / / / Opp. P / S No Yd Avg TD Lg No Yd Avg TD Lg his first collegiate action in the season opener vs. Bucknell ... sees action each week @UCF / - - 0 / / / on several special teams units ... lettered. 2019 11 / 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 @Navy 1 / 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 ECU / - - 0 / / / 2018 (Freshman): Was part of the 2018 recruiting class ... did not see game action ... Cincinnati / - - 0 / / / Scout Team Special Teams Player of the Week (UConn) ... redshirted. USF 0 / 0 @Memphis / 0.0 0.0 2020 0 / 0 0 - 0 - 0 0.0 / 0 0.0 / 0 0 0 / 0 0 0 0 High School: Played wide receiver for coach Adam Ratkevich at Western High in Davie, Fla. ... made 45 catches for 703 yards and 10 touchdowns as a senior ... earned first- Career 1 / 0 0 - 0 - 0 0.0 / 0 0.0 / 0 0 0 / 0 0 0 0 @Tulane / 0.0 0.0 team all-county honors. SMU / 0.0 0.0
Personal: Born Jordan Elijah Smith in Hollywood, Fla. … mother is Latrese Smith ... list @UCF / 0.0 0.0 of favorites include: Planet of the Apes (movie), Forensic Files (TV show), Diary of a Wimpy Kid (book), the Pittsburgh Steelers (NFL franchise) and Odell Beckham, Jr. ECU / 0.0 0.0 (NFL player) … enjoys working out and playing games ... has a pet dog named Lola ... Cincinnati / 0.0 0.0
2020 1 / 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0
Career 12 / 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0
2018 Fr 0/0 RONNIE STEVENSON 2019 r-Fr 6/0 6-5 ♦ 198 ♦ r-So 2020 r-So 2/0 #89 Montour, Pa. WR
2020 (Redshirt Sophomore): Sees game action on special teams. RONNIE STEVENSON’S OFFENSIVE STATS
2019 (Redshirt Freshman): Played behind a deep and talented receiving corps ... RECEIVING RUSHING earned a role on special teams by midseason and played in each game since. Opp. P / S No Yd Avg TD Lg No Yd Avg TD Lg
2018 (Freshman): Was part of the 2018 recruiting class ... did not see game action ... 2019 6 / 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 Scout Team Special Teams Player of the Week (ECU) ... redshirted. @Navy 1 / 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 2020 TEMPLE FOOTBALL High School: Played both wide receiver and cornerback for coach Lou Cerro at Mon- USF 1 / 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 tour High in Pittsburgh, Pa. … lettered all four years at both positions, compiling a 26-16 @Memphis / 0.0 0.0 career record … during both his senior and junior campaigns, was named an honorable mention on the All-Northwest Nine conference team. @Tulane / 0.0 0.0
Personal: Born Ronald Dubois Stevenson, Jr. in Pittsburgh, Pa. … parents are Kay and SMU / 0.0 0.0 •• PBPB •• Ron Stevenson … has a twin sister, Rayna, an older sister, Kennedi (20), and younger @UCF / 0.0 0.0 brother, Vason (15) … has a pet dog named Milo … list of favorites include: Remember the Titans (movie), spaghetti (food), Pittsburgh Steelers (NFL team), and ESPN (TV net- ECU / 0.0 0.0 work) … liberal arts major. Cincinnati / 0.0 0.0
2020 2 / 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0
Career 8 / 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0
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2019 Fr 4/0 VICTOR STOFFEL 2020 r-Fr 0/0 6-8 ♦ 291 ♦ r-Fr #78 Stockholm, Sweden OL
2020 (Redshirt Freshman): Has yet to see game action. VICTOR STOFFEL’S OFFENSIVE STATS
2019 (Freshman): Was part of the 2019 recruiting class ... was an Opp. P / S Opp. P / S Opp. P / S Opp. P / S Opp. P / S early enrollee and began classes in January ... saw his first colle- Bucknell x @Navy dnp giate action in week 1 against Bucknell ... has seen action in three games ... Scout Team Offensive Player of the Week (#23 Memphis) #21 Maryland dnp USF dnp ... Athletic Director's Honor Roll ...redshirted. @Buffalo dnp @Memphis
High School: Graduated from Stockholm International ... played for Georgia Tech dnp @Tulane coach Jeff Beller at Norfolk (Neb.) Catholic as a freshman … went 12-1 and were the state runner-up ... also lettered in wrestling and @ECU dnp SMU track and field. #23 Memphis dnp @UCF
Personal: Born Victor Mats Noel Stoffel in Stockholm, Sweden … @#19 SMU dnp ECU parents are Karen and Richard Stoffel … brothers, Lean (28) and UCF x Cincinnati Benjamin (26) ... sister Shana (30) … list of favorites include: Lord of the Rings (movie), It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia (TV show), @USF dnp Chicago Bears (NFL team) and Zlatan Ibrahimovic (pro athlete). Tulane dnp
@#19 Cincinnati dnp
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2020 (Freshman): Was part of the 2020 recruiting class ... Offensive Scout Team Player BRYCE THOMAN of the Week (Navy) ... has not yet seen game action. High School: Played four seasons at offensive and defensive line for coach Glen Mc- 6-4 ♦ 267 ♦ Fr Namee at Central Dauphin High … earned all-conference honors as a senior when the Harrisburg, Pa. team finished 12-3 and played in the PIAA Class 6A State Championship Game … was #72 OL tree-time letterwinner going 6-3 as a sophomore and 10-3 as a junior.
Personal: Born Bryce Allen Thoman in Harrisburg, Pa. … mother is Judy Thoman … has 2020 Fr 0/0 a sister Moriah (21) … list of favorites include: Remember the Titans (movie), rap (music), Class Dallas Cowboys (professional team). of 2020
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2020 Fr 0/0 CHEVEZ TRASK Class 6-4 ♦ 260 ♦ Fr of #55 Chicago, Ill. OL 2020
2020 (Freshman): Was part of the 2020 recruiting class ... has not yet seen game action.
High School: Played defensive line and tight end for coach Lackey at Evans (Ga.) High … was a two-year letterwinner … participated in the CSRA and All Star Bowls … also played basketball and track.
Personal: Born Chevez Marshawn Trask in Chicago, Ill. … nicknamed Chevy … parents are Barbara Nicole and Chevez M. Trask Sr. … has three sisters Bethany, Samaria, and Zion … his father, uncle and both grandfathers served in the military … list of favorites include: That 70’s Show and Martin (TV show), Holes (book), Dubai (favorite place in the world) … would like to be a veterinarian.
2017 r-Fr 1/0 AMIR TYLER 2018 r-So 9/0 6-0 ♦ 205 ♦ r-Sr 2019 r-Jr 12/7 #3 Lakewood, N.J. SAF 2020 r-Sr 2/2
2020 (Redshirt Senior): Earned Athlon's preseason All-American Athletic Conference AMIR TYLER’S DEFENSIVE STATS fourth team recognition ... changed number from 25 to 3 in the summer (Temple awards single-digit jersey numbers to its toughest players on and off the field) ... made the Opp. P / S U A T TFL / Yds Sk / Yds QH Int / Yds PB FF FR game-winning final stop on a USF 2-point attempt in the home opener vs. USF. 2017 1 / 0 0 - 0 - 0 0.0 / 0 0.0 / 0 0 0 / 0 0 0 0
2019 (Redshirt Junior): Did not see game action in week 1 while still healing from 2018 9 / 0 0 - 1 - 1 0.0 / 0 0.0 / 0 0 0 / 0 0 0 0 offseason injury ... saw game action on special teams and rotating in at safety before breaking into the starting lineup at #19 SMU ... had his first career fumble recovery 2019 12 / 7 38 - 12 - 50 3.0 / 4 0.0 / 0 0 0 / 0 7 2 1 against #23 Memphis for 13 yards ... had single-game career-highs in tackles (12) and @Navy 1 / 1 3 - 3 - 6 0.0 / 0 0.0 / 0 0 0 / 0 0 0 0 TFL (1) at #19 SMU ... notched a career-high in PBU's (3) at #19 Cincinnati ... Defensive Player of the Game (#19 SMU) ... Special Teams Player of the Week (Georgia Tech) ... USF 1 / 1 3 - 1 - 4 0.0 / 0 0.0 / 0 0 0 / 0 1 1 0 American Athletic Conference All-Academic Team ... lettered. @Memphis / - - 0 / / /
2018 (Redshirt Sophomore): Made season debut against Villanova ... sees action on @Tulane / - - 0 / / / special teams ... made first career tackle at UConn ... Juice Boyz Player of the Game (UCF) ... lettered. SMU / - - 0 / / / 2020 TEMPLE FOOTBALL @UCF / - - 0 / / / 2017 (Redshirt Freshman): Made season debut at Army ... #theSTANDARD Player of the Game (Villanova) ... Juice Boyz Special Teams Player of the Game (Army). ECU / - - 0 / / /
Cincinnati / - - 0 / / / 2016 (Freshman): Was part of the 2016 recruiting class ... redshirted. •• PBPB •• 2020 2 / 2 6 - 4 - 10 0.0 / 0 0.0 / 0 0 0 / 0 1 1 0 High School: A four-year letterwinner as a defensive back and running back at Lake- wood (N.J.) High for head coach L.J. Clark ... was a teammate of current Owl Chapelle Career 24 / 9 44 - 17 - 61 3.0 / 4 0.0 / 0 0 0 / 0 8 3 1 Russell ... had over 1,000 yards and 20 touchdowns rushing as a senior ... added two more scores on interception returns and one on a punt return ... ranked the #32 player out of New Jersey ... also played basketball.
Personal: Born Amir (pronounced: AY-meer) Asad Tyler in Philadelphia ... guardians are Stacy and Sean Barksdale, the parents of his high school teammate, Sean ... has five brothers and two sisters ... human development and community engagement major.
10 10106110 2020 (Redshirt Freshman): Transferred to Temple in the summer … reunited with the staff who recruited him at NIU ... has not yet seen game action. MARIANO VALENTI 2019 (Freshman): Redshirted during his first season and Northern Illinois … earned hon- 6-1 ♦ 204 ♦ r-Fr or roll with a 3.8 GPA. Rochester, Mi. #12 QB High School: Played quarterback for three seasons at Brother Rice High in Bloomfield Hills, Mich., before transferring to St. Thomas Aquinas in Florida as a senior … played in 10 games as a senior and completed 12-of-23 passes for 220 yards with one touch- 2019 Fr - down and one interception while rushing 11 times for 58 yards with a score … also Class caught four passes for 55 yards and a touchdown … threw for 1,505 yards and 22 2020 r-Fr 0/0 touchdowns as a junior … named all-conference twice at Brother Rice … was the first of freshman in Brother Rice history to earn the starting quarterback position … also ran track as a freshman and sophomore. 2020 Personal: Born Mariano Robert Valenti in Troy, Mich. parents are Jennifer and Mike Val- enti … sister Felicia (21) … list of favorite include: Friday Night Lights (movie), Ozark (TV show), Fearless by Doug Pederson (book), and Matthew Stafford (professional athlete) … advertising major.
2020 (Freshman): Was part of the 2020 recruiting class ... has not yet seen game DARIAN VARNER action. High School: Played offensive tackle and defensive line for coach Dyrri McCain at 6-2 ♦ 285 ♦ Fr Maury High … led team to a 35-8 record over four years, including 10-0 as a senior … Norfolk, Va. three-year letterwinner … earned numerous awards including first-team all-conference #50 DT as a junior when he amassed 79 tackles, 20.0 TFLs and five forced fumbles … also lettered twice in basketball and once in track.
2020 Fr 0/0 Personal: Born Darian Christopher Varner in Novelty, Ohio … parents are Stephanie Class and Desmond Varner …has a brother, Desmond Jr. (21), and sister, Danielle (19) … both his father and brother have served in the military … list of favorites include: Any Given of Sunday (movie), Diary of a Wimpy Kid (book), Kansas City Chiefs (pro team) … is ambi- 2020 dextrous … plans to study business management.
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2017 r-Fr - Class MANNY WALKER 2018 r-So - of 6-4 ♦ 232 ♦ Gr 2019 r-Jr - #12 Holly Hills, S.C. DE 2020 2020 Gr 2/0
Transferred to Temple in February with one season of eligibility re- 2020 (Graduate): MANNY WALKER’S DEFENSIVE STATS maining ... saw his first game action as an Owl in the season opener at Navy ... made his first sack and TFL as an Owl in the home opener vs. USF. Opp. P / S U A T TFL / Yds Sk / Yds QH Int / Yds PB FF FR
2018 11 / 0 9 - 3 - 12 4.0 / 13 2.0 / 11 1 0 / 0 0 0 0 2019 (Redshirt Junior): Appeared in 11 games in his final season at Wake Forest … had seven tackles, one TFL, and an interception against Syracuse. 2019 10 / 0 2 - 5 - 7 1.0 / 3 0.0 / 0 0 1 / 3 0 0 0
2018 (Redshirt Sophomore): Earned his first letter by playing in 12 games ... made his @Navy 1 / 0 0 - 0 - 0 0.0 / 0 0.0 / 0 0 0 / 0 0 0 0 college debut in the season-opener at Tulane (8/30) ... logged a season-high 37 snaps USF 1 / 0 1 - 0 - 1 1.0 / 4 1.0 / 4 0 0 / 0 0 0 0 against Rice (9/29) ... collected three tackles vs. Towson, Rice and Syracuse ... had two tackles for loss vs. the Orange ... added sacks against Towson and Syracuse ... was on @Memphis / - - 0 / / / the field for 243 plays on the season ... finished the year with 12 tackles including four @Tulane / - - 0 / / / tackles for loss and a pair of sacks. SMU / - - 0 / / / 2017 (Redshirt Freshman): Did not see action after suffering injury in preseason camp ... returned to practice late in the season. @UCF / - - 0 / / / ECU / - - 0 / / / 2016 (Freshman): Redshirted. Cincinnati / - - 0 / / /
High School: Team captain at Lake Marion High under head coach Chris Carter ... 2020 2 / 0 1 - 0 - 1 1.0 / 4 1.0 / 4 0 0 / 0 0 0 0 named to the USA Today High School Sports American Family Insurance ALL-USA South Carolina Football Team ... led the state of South Carolina with 27.0 sacks in Career 23 / 0 12 - 8 - 20 6.0 / 20 3.0 / 15 1 1 / 3 0 0 0 2015 ... a consensus three-star recruit and the No. 1 defensive end in South Carolina ... ranked among the top 15 players in the state by Rivals, 247Sports and ESPN ... first team all-state by the High School Sports Report .... defensive Player of the Year by the Orangeburg Times & Democrat ... had 93 tackles including 83 solo stops as a senior ... recorded 74 tackles and 13 sacks as a junior in 2014 ... helped the Gators to a 9-4 record as a senior and a berth in the Lower State Championship game ... ran the 100 meter hurdles in track and placed second in the state in the high jump as a junior.
Personal: Born Emmanuel I’Sel Walker in Columbia, S.C. … goes by Manny … grandson of Mattie and Morris Watson … has one brother Terrell Watson (38) … has five sisters Latonya Watson (36), Latoria Watson (36), Ishanna Walker (35), Tiesha Pierre (33), and Myesha Walker (31) … cousin Davondre Robinson played at ECU … list of favorites in- clude: Walking Dead (TV show), Patriots (NFL team), Japan (place in the world), Roll of Thunder (book) … earned his degree in communications at Wake Forest in December 2019. 2020 TEMPLE FOOTBALL
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2017 Fr - Class JALEN WARE 2018 r-Fr - of 6-0 ♦ 181 ♦ r-Jr 2019 r-So - #38 Starkville, Ms. SAF 2020 2020 r-Jr 2/2 2020 (Reshirt Junior): Made his first start as an Owl in the season opener at Navy while JALEN WARE’S DEFENSIVE STATS recording 0.5 TFL and 5 total tackles. Opp. P / S U A T TFL / Yds Sk / Yds QH Int / Yds PB FF FR College: Played in nine games with 34 tackles, 2.0 sacks, one interceptions and one forced fumble as a sophomore at Copiah-Lincoln Community College in 2019 … played 2018 8 / 0 12 - 8 - 20 0.0 / 0 0.0 / 0 0 0 / 0 1 0 0 eight games as a freshman with 20 tackles. 2019 9 / 0 26 - 8 - 34 3.5 / 26 2.0 / 20 1 1 / 52 0 1 1
High School: Attended Starkville (Miss.) High. @Navy 1 / 1 2 - 3 - 5 0.5 / 1 0.0 / 0 0 0 / 0 0 0 0 USF 1 / 1 4 - 1 - 5 0.0 / 0 0.0 / 0 0 0 / 0 0 0 0 Personal: Born Jalen Ware. @Memphis / - - 0 / / /
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Cincinnati / - - 0 / / /
2020 2 / 2 6 - 4 - 10 0.5 / 1 0.0 / 0 0 0 / 0 0 0 0
Career 19 / 2 44 - 20 - 64 4.0 / 27 2.0 / 20 1 1 / 52 1 1 1
2020 (Freshman): Was part of the 2020 recruiting class ... has not yet seen game GARRETT WILLIAMS action. High School: Lettered at safety for four years for coach Kermit Buggs at King’s Fork 5-11 ♦ 196 ♦ Fr High in Suffolk, Va. … team won Southeastern District Championship during freshman #46 Suffolk, Va. SAF season. Personal: Born Garrett Michael Williams in Suffolk, Va. … parents are Davida Harrell-Wil- liams and Jeronn Williams … has two sisters Brittany Williams (31) and Taylor Harrell (22) 2020 Fr 0/0 … father served in the military … list of favorite include: The Hate You Give (movie), The Class Son of Neptune (book), Deion sanders (professional athlete), pizza (food) … aspires to of be an attorney. 2020
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2020 Fr 2/0 KOBE WILSON Class of 5-11 ♦ 210 ♦ Fr #33 Snellville, Ga. LB 2020
JALEN WARE’S DEFENSIVE STATS 2020 (Freshman): Was a part of the 2020 recruiting class ... Saw fist career game KOBE WILSON’S DEFENSIVE STATS action in first career game while also recording his first career tackle. Opp. P / S U A T TFL / Yds Sk / Yds QH Int / Yds PB FF FR Opp. P / S U A T TFL / Yds Sk / Yds QH Int / Yds PB FF FR
2018 8 / 0 12 - 8 - 20 0.0 / 0 0.0 / 0 0 0 / 0 1 0 0 High School: Played four years at Parkview High in Lilburn, Ga. For head coach Eric @Navy 1 / 0 1 - 0 - 1 0.0 / 0 0.0 / 0 0 0 / 0 0 0 0 Godfree … was a three-year letterwinner … team finished 12-2 his senior year. 2019 9 / 0 26 - 8 - 34 3.5 / 26 2.0 / 20 1 1 / 52 0 1 1 USF 1 / 0 0 - 0 - 0 0.0 / 0 0.0 / 0 0 0 / 0 0 0 0
@Navy 1 / 1 2 - 3 - 5 0.5 / 1 0.0 / 0 0 0 / 0 0 0 0 Personal: Born Kobe Brandon Wilson in Lawrenceville, Ga. … mother is Khadija Thomas @Memphis / - - 0 / / / … has two brothers, Bryce Wilson (19) and Roman Thomas (14) … Bryce plays football at USF 1 / 1 4 - 1 - 5 0.0 / 0 0.0 / 0 0 0 / 0 0 0 0 Akron … expects to major in communications. @Tulane / - - 0 / / / @Memphis / - - 0 / / / SMU / - - 0 / / /
@Tulane / - - 0 / / / @UCF / - - 0 / / /
SMU / - - 0 / / / ECU / - - 0 / / /
@UCF / - - 0 / / / Cincinnati / - - 0 / / /
ECU / - - 0 / / / 2020 2 / 0 1 - 0 - 1 0.0 / 0 0.0 / 0 0 0 / 0 0 0 0
Cincinnati / - - 0 / / / Career 2 / 0 1 - 0 - 1 0.0 / 0 0.0 / 0 0 0 / 0 0 0 0 2020 2 / 2 6 - 4 - 10 0.5 / 1 0.0 / 0 0 0 / 0 0 0 0
Career 19 / 2 44 - 20 - 64 4.0 / 27 2.0 / 20 1 1 / 52 1 1 1
2018 Fr 10/0 DAESEAN WINSTON 2019 So 13/1 6-2 ♦ 200 ♦ Jr 2020 Jr 0/0 #16 Severn, Md. SAF
2020 (Junior): Has not yet seen game action. DAESEAN WINSTONS’ DEFENSIVE STATS
2019 (Sophomore): Played week 1 against Bucknell and led the team in tackles for Opp. P / S U A T TFL / Yds Sk / Yds QH Int / Yds PB FF FR the game (6) ... saw game action on special teams and rotating in at safety ... recorded his first career TFL in a win at ECU ... made his first career start vs. #23 Memphis as 2018 10 / 0 5 - 2 - 7 0.0 / 0 0.0 / 0 0 0 / 0 0 0 1 Benny Walls was out with an injury ... Athletic Director's Honor Roll ... American Athletic 2019 13 / 1 15 - 4 - 19 1.0 / 2 0.0 / 0 0 0 / 0 0 0 0 Conference All-Academic Team ... lettered. @Navy 0 / 0 Was part of the 2018 recruiting class ... saw first career game action 2018 (Freshman): USF 0 / 0 vs. Villanova ... one of just five true freshmen to see game action (WR Sean Ryan, TE 2020 TEMPLE FOOTBALL David Martin-Robinson, OL Adam Klein, and OL Isaac Moore) ... made a key fumble @Memphis / - - 0 / / / recovery on a kickoff vs. USF ... Scout Team Special Teams Player of the Week (Buffalo) ... Juice Boyz Player of the Game (Boston College) ... American Athletic Conference @Tulane / - - 0 / / / All-Academic Team ... Athletic Director’s Honor Roll ... lettered. SMU / - - 0 / / / • PB • High School: Played defensive back for head coach Kyle Schmitt at Archbishop Spal- @UCF / - - 0 / / / • PB • ding High in Severn, Md. … was a four-year letterwinner … selected to play in Maryland ECU / - - 0 / / / Crab Bowl … also lettered four times in track & field. Cincinnati / - - 0 / / / Personal: Born DaeSean Ali Winston in Towson, Md. … parents are Nina and Sean 2020 0 / 0 0 - 0 - 0 0.0 / 0 0.0 / 0 0 0 / 0 0 0 0 Winston … has three sisters: Dayanna (8), Da'Nia (6), and Dakota (4) … has a cat named Dusty … list of favorites include: Family Guy (TV show), Macbeth (book), history (sub- Career 23 / 1 20 - 6 - 26 1.0 / 2 0.0 / 0 0 0 / 0 0 0 1 ject), and Teez Tabor (NFL player) … is a huge Star Wars fan … wants to be an FBI agent … criminal justice major.
10 10651010 2020 (Freshman): Was part of the 2020 recruiting class ... has not yet seen game D.J. WOODBURY action. High School: Played numerous positions for coach Ray Robinson and Burlington City 6-0 ♦ 218 ♦ Fr (N.J.) High … threw for over 100-yards while rushing for 600+ yards as a senior when he #40 Burlington City, N.J. LB was responsible for 26 touchdowns … also had seven interceptions … was a four-year letterwinner scored 13 touchdowns as a junior when he totaled 903 receiving yards … had nine interceptions in his first two seasons also lettered in basketball … first attend- 2020 Fr 0/0 ed Rancocas Valley (N.J.) High. Class Personal: Born Deonte Jamar Woodbury … goes by D.J. … parents are Annette Wood- bury (mother) and Gary Crump (stepfather) … has two brothers, Darryl and Antoine, and of three sisters, Joi, Romeka, and Jamillah … his grandfather and uncle, both named Ed- 2020 ward Woodbury, served in the military … list of favorites include: Remember the Titans and Love & Basketball (movies), Martin, Fresh Prince, SpongeBob (TV shows), Chicago Bears and Los Angeles Lakers (professional teams).
2020 (Redshirt Freshman): Has not yet seen game action.
NATE WYATT 2019 (Freshman): Was part of the 2019 recruiting class ... did not see game action ... Athletic Director's Honor Roll ... American Athletic Conference All-Academic Team ... 6-1 ♦ 192 ♦ r-Fr redshirted. Somerset, N.J. #27 CB High School: Was a four-year letterwinner at cornerback and wide receiver for coach Rich Hilliard at St. Joseph High in Metuchen, N.J. … led his team to a record of 32-2 over four years … recorded seven combined interceptions as a junior and senior … also 2019 Fr 0/0 lettered in basketball and track.
2020 r-Fr 0/0 Personal: Born Nathaniel Devon Wyatt in Canton, Ohio … parents are Chancellor and Edrice Wyatt … has one brother, Jonathan (16) ... list of favorites include: Last Chance U (TV show), Rocky IV (movie)and Patrick Peterson (NFL player) … outside of football, aspires to be a physical therapist … hashtag to describe himself: #SilentKilla ... exercise science major.
2020 (Redshirt Sophomore): Has not yet seen game action.
TYREKE YOUNG 2019 (Redshirt Freshman): Suffered an injury in the spring game and missed the en- tire season ...Athletic Director's Honor Roll American Athletic Conference All-Academic 6-3 ♦ 210 ♦ r-So Team. Hilton Head, S.C. #94 DE 2018 (Freshman): Was part of the 2018 recruiting class ... did not see game action ... American Athletic Conference All-Academic Team ... Athletic Director’s Honor Roll ... 2018 Fr 0/0 redshirted. High School: Played defensive end and wide receiver for head coach B.J. Payne at 2019 r-Fr 0/0 Hilton Head (S.C.) High … ranked as the 63rd best player in South Carolina … three-time all-area selection and earned Big 22 and all-region as a senior … recorded 62 tackles, 20 tackles-for-loss, 14.0 sacks, three forced fumbles and two fumble recoveries as a senior … participated in the Border Bowl and the Blitz Bowl … also played basketball.
Personal: Born Tyreke (pronounced TIE-reek) Leon Young in Hilton Head, S.C. … par- ents are Shanada Young and Marvin Smart (stepfather) … Marvin was a wide receiver at The Citadel … brothers, Victor Frazier (26) and Aaron Frazier (22), and sisters, Shania (16), Lania (13), and Aria (10) … has two cats named Chloe and Leo … list of favorites include: Hatchet (book), The Hobbit and Lord of the Rings (movie), … enjoys fishing and hunting … exercise & sport science major. •• PBPB •• 2020 (Freshman): Was part of the 2020 recruiting class ... has not yet seen game MILES ZEITEK action. High School: Attended Georg-Christoph-Lichtenberg-Schule in Hessen Germany … 6-5 ♦ 296 ♦ Fr played for a club team in Germany. Germany #75 OL Personal: Born Miles Zietek in Germany, Hessen, Darmstadt … parents are Marion and Michael Zietek … has a brother Marvin (23) … list of favorites include: This is Us (TV show), J.J. Watt (pro athlete), spaghetti (meal), rap (music) … thinks that studying abroad 2020 Fr 0/0 in the craziest thing he’s ever done … plans to study engineering. Class of 2020
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