2016 UW-Stout Football Table of Contents 2016 Football Preview
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2016 UW-Stout Football Table of Contents 2016 Football Preview ................................2-3 2015 Game-by-Game ............................25-27 2016 Football Fast Facts ...............................3 2015 All-WIAC Teams ...................................28 Head Coach Clayt Birmingham .....................4 UW-Stout Year-by-Year Results ..............29-30 Coaching Staff .............................................4-6 Blue Devil Record Book ......................... 31-33 2016 Blue Devil Preseason Rosters ..........7-8 All-Time Statistical Leaders ...................32-33 2016 Blue Devil Returners’ Profiles ....... 9-17 Stout All-Time, All-Conference Picks ...........34 2015 UW-Stout Final Statistics .............18-19 This is the WIAC, NCAA & UW-Stout ......35-36 2016 Opponent Information .................20-22 Schedules .....................................Back Covers Stout vs. 2016 Opponents thru the Years ....22-24 2016 UW-Stout Football Schedule Date Opponent Site Time Sat, Sep. 3 Simpson College Menomonie, WI 1 p.m. Sat, Sep. 10 at St. Thomas St. Paul, MN 1 p.m. Sat, Sep. 17 at Mayville State Mayville, ND 1 p.m. Sat, Oct. 1 at UW-Oshkosh* Oshkosh, WI 2 p.m. Sat, Oct. 8 UW-La Crosse* Menomonie, WI 2 p.m. Homecoming Sat, Oct. 15 UW-Eau Claire* Menomonie, WI 6 p.m. Sat, Oct. 22 at UW-River Falls* River Falls, WI 1 p.m Sat, Oct. 29 UW-Platteville* Menomonie, WI 2 p.m. Military Appreciation Day Sat, Nov. 5 at UW-Stevens Point* Stevens Point, WI 1 p.m. Sat, Nov. 12 UW-Whitewater* Menomonie, WI 2 p.m. Senior Day Media Information Welcome to UW-Stout. We appreciate the attention you give to our Blue Devils. To Contact Coach Birmingham In planning your coverage of Blue Devil Football for the 2016 season, please The best time of day to contact Coach Clayt Birmingham by telephone is in review the following items. the afternoon between noon and 3 p.m., Monday through Friday at 715-232- 2203. You may also arrange contact through the Sports Information office, Working credentials 715-232-2275. Working space in the Press Box at the Don & Nona Williams Stadium is limited to working press members only. The working area is located in the Radio center section of the press box, the same area as the scoreboard operator. The official radio station of Blue Devil athletics is WMEQ 880-AM radio. We ask that you contact the Sports Information Office (715-232-2275) in Visiting radio stations planning to broadcast from Williams Stadium, and not advance to secure space. Every attempt will be made to accomodate all included on the WIAC Radio Coupler, should contact the Sports Information reasonable requests. Working press will be able to work the front table. office ASAP, but not less than 10 days before the scheduled game. If a sta- Overflow and additional work space is available. Press credentials can be tion is on the WIAC Radio Coupler, a booth and phone line in the press box picked up one hour before game time at the Will Call Window. Please, no will be provided. spouses or family members are allowed in the working area of the press box or on the sidelines. Complimentary Game Day programs can be picked up Internet Broadcasts from Sports Information located in the press box, or at the Sports Informa- WMEQ 880-AM radio webcasts all of the Blue Devil football games. Those tion office, 218 Sports & Fitness Center. games can be accessed at: www.wmeq.com In cooperation with WMEQ, video webcasting of the majority of Blue Devils home football games will be available. Photographers To access the video schedule, go to: http://athletics.uwstout.edu/webcasts. Credentials for sideline photographers will be issued only to those con- Live Stats are also available for all home games. sidered legitimate workers – those working for either a newspaper, television station, a Sports Information Office or other legitimate media. Credentials FAX Service can be picked up one hour before game time at the Will Call window. No To arrange for information by FAX either before or after games, contact the tripods are allowed on the sidelines, but monopods are allowed. Please, no Sports Information office, 715-232-2275. spouses or family members allowed on the sidelines. Social Media Services Telephone & Internet Connections Blue Devil information is also available by Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and Telephones may be utilized in the Press Box before, during and after the YouTube. Go to the Blue Devil website or use the social media below: game. Wireless access is easily obtained through the UW-Stout Guest Registra- Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/stoutbluedevils tion process. Special arrangements will need to be made to access the hardwire Twitter: http://twitter.com/#!/stoutbluedevils internet connections through an on-campus secure password. YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/uwstoutsports Instagram: http://instagram.com/stoutbluedevils Parking Parking is available to media in the lot north of the stadium. Primary Blue Devil Media Outlets The Dunn County News WMEQ/WBIZ Media Services Brock Fritz, Sports Editor Mike Sullivan, Sports Director 710 Main Street 619 Cameron Street Quarterly play-by-play, halftime and final stats, final individual offensive and Menomonie, WI 54751 Eau Claire, WI 54702 defensive stats and a scoring summary will be provided approximately 30-45 715-235-3411 715-835-9429/715-552-5109 minutes after the completion of the game. They can be picked up in the Sports Information office, 218 Sports & Fitness Center. Halftime statistics will be avail- Leader-Telegram WAXX Joe Ziemer, Sports Editor Sports Director able about midway through halftime in the Max Sparger Press Box. Post-game 701 S. Farwell 944 Harlem St. interviews may be conducted on the field after coaches have had the opportunity Eau Claire, WI 54702 Altoona, WI 54720 to talk to their teams (allow approximately 10 minutes). Interviews can also be 715-833-9212 715-833-2909 conducted outside of the locker rooms in the lower level of the Sports & Fitness The Stoutonia Wisconsin State Journal Center. There is no formal postgame interview area. Sports Editor Sports Editor The Sports Information office will release a weekly news release concerning UW-Stout Memorial Student Center 1901 Fish Hatchery Rd. each of the fall, winter and spring seasons. It will contain notes on the current Menomonie, WI 54751 Madison, WI 53713 715-232-2272 season, as well as upcoming game information and updated statistical data. 800-686-1339 The weekly release will be available by subscription through the UW-Stout WEAU TV-13 St. Paul Pioneer-Press athletic website. The release is normally available by late Monday afternoon. Justus Cleveland, Sports Director Sports Editor To subscribe to the weekly release service, which is sent out via e-mail. Go to 1907 S. Hastings 345 Cedar Ave. Eau Claire, WI 54702 St. Paul, MN 55101 the Blue Devils website and click on “Subscribe to our E-Letter” towards the 715-832-3254 651-228-5516 bottom of the page and follow the instructions. Game stories and stats will be posted approximately one hour after home games and within three hours of WQOW TV-18 Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel Bob Bradovich, Sports Director Sports Editor away events. Player information and photos are also available on the Blue Devil 5545 Hwy 93 PO Box 371 web page at: athletics.uwstout.edu Eau Claire, WI 54701 Milwaukee, WI 53201 715-835-1881 414-224-2173 Player Interviews During the Week Credits All requests for player interviews during the week should be made one day The University of Wisconsin-Stout Football Preseason Media Guide is a production of the UW-Stout Sports Information office. Editing, typesetting, design and layout was done by the Sports Information in advance and through the Sports Information office. Players will return calls staff. The material in this guide is current as of August 17, 2016. Any corrections, additions or dele- to members of the media or a time will be arranged for media to call. Player tions may be directed to the UW-Stout Sports Information office, 218 Sports & Fitness Center. home phone or cell phone numbers will be released only with prior approval of head coach Clayt Birmingham. 2016 UW-Stout Football Preview UW-Stout put together an explosive offense Greg Okray (Jr, Milwaukee) made a start at Hall started the first three games at tight last season, putting up some numbers that had tackle and played in nine games. end last year, and caught three passes and a not been seen in more than 10 years. Brandon Elrick (Jr, Little Chute) played in touchdown before seeing his season come to The injury-battered Blue Devil offensive line all 10 games last year on the defensive line, but an early end due to injury. allowed only six sacks throughout the entire will shift to the offensive side of the ball. The Blue Devils will mix their fullbacks and season – 10 less than any other team in the Thomas Roble (So, Carver, Minn), Sam their tight ends. Sturm has seen action listed Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Urban (So, Superior), Justin Herbst (So, Park as the starting fullback, but has yet to carry the (WIAC) and ranked fourth in the NCAA Division III Falls) and Garrett Grabowsky (Jr, Antigo) will ball. in fewest sacks allowed. The Blue Devil offense all be in contention for time on the offensive line. Blake Strehlow (Sr, Suring) and Nick Siegel had five games where they threw for more than The most visible spot that will need to be (Jr, Menasha) both bring true, fullback bodies 300 yards and had one game where quarter- filled is at quarterback. After spring practice, to the backfield, Birmingham said. back Hank Kujak had 418 yards in passing, a sophomore Jay Alston (Rochester, Minn), “I do like our quarterback and wide receiver number that had not been seen on Stout’s side who played in four games last year, and senior corp,” Birmingham said.