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Western Kentucky University TopSCHOLAR® WKU Archives Records WKU Archives Spring 2019 UA19/16/1 Spring 2019 Football Guide WKU Athletic Media Relations Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalcommons.wku.edu/dlsc_ua_records Part of the Journalism Studies Commons, Mass Communication Commons, Public Relations and Advertising Commons, and the Sports Studies Commons This Article is brought to you for free and open access by TopSCHOLAR®. It has been accepted for inclusion in WKU Archives Records by an authorized administrator of TopSCHOLAR®. For more information, please contact [email protected]. 2019 WKU Football SPRING GUIDE Quick FACTS 2019 WKU FOOTBALL SCHEDULE SUPPORT STAFF DATE OPPONENT SERIES HISTORY LAST RESULT NAME POSITION A 31 Central Arkansas UCA leads 1-0 L, 7-28 (Sept. 19, 2009) Nick Uhlenhopp Assistant AD/Football Operations S 7 at FIU* Series tied 6-6 L, 17-38 (Oct. 27, 2018) Jason Veltkamp Assistant AD/Football Strength S 14 vs. Louisville& UL leads 20-12 L, 17-20 (Sept. 15, 2018) Bobby Thomas Associate Director Strength & Conditioning S 28 UAB* Series tied 3-3 L, 39-42 (Oct. 4, 2014) Alex Curtis Assistant Strength & Conditioning O 5 at Old Dominion* WKU leads 4-1 L, 34-37 (Oct. 20, 2018) Kim Helton Offensive Analyst O 12 Army WKU leads 2-0 W, 52-24 (Nov. 15, 2014) Chris Franklin Defensive Quality Control O 19 Charlotte* Series tied 1-1 L, 14-40 (Oct. 13, 2018) Vince Lewis Offensive Quality Control O 26 at Marshall* MU leads 6-4 L, 17-20 (Sept. 29, 2018) Madison Atwell Offensive Graduate Assistant N 2 Florida Atlantic* FAU leads 7-3 L, 15-34 (Nov. 10, 2018) Garrett Schwettman Special Teams Graduate Assistant N 9 at Arkansas Never met N/A Ahmad Smith Defensive Graduate Assistant N 23 at Southern Miss* WKU leads 2-0 W, 45-28 (Dec. 5, 2015) Brian Ditmer Head Equipment Manager N 30 Middle Tennessee* MT leads 35-32-1 L, 10-29 (Nov. 2, 2018) Zach Grant Director of Player Personnel Home games in Bold * - Denotes C-USA Game Taylor Brown Director of Recruiting Travis Taylor Assistant Director of FB Operations 2018 WKU FOOTBALL SCHEDULE Ben Hayden Assistant Equipment Manager 3-9 Overall; 2-6 C-USA Joshua Smick Director of Football Video DATE OPPONENT TV RESULT ATTEND Imari Hazelwood Coord. of Academic Development A 31 at Wisconsin ESPN 3-34 74,145 S 8 Maine ESPN+ 28-31 15,718 UNIVERSITY INFORMATION S 15 at Louisville ACC RSN 17-20 54,923 Location Bowling Green, Ky. S 22 at Ball State ESPN3 28-20 15,873 Founded 1906 S 29 Marshall* Stadium 17-20 20,811 Enrollment 20,267 O 13 at Charlotte* ESPN+ 14-40 11,610 Nickname Hilltoppers O 20 Old Dominion* ESPN+ 34-37 13,269 Colors Red and White O 27 FIU* beIN 17-38 15,138 Conference Conference USA N 3 at Middle Tennessee* CBS Sports Net. 10-29 16,617 President Dr. Timothy C. Caboni N 10 at Florida Atlantic* Stadium 15-34 14,400 Provost Dr. Terry Ballman N 17 UTEP* beIN 40-16 6,221 Director of Athletics Todd Stewart N 24 at LA Tech* CBS Sports Net. 30-15 11,459 Faculty Representative Dr. Craig Martin Home games in Bold * - Denotes C-USA Game FOOTBALL INFORMATION Starters Returning (O/D/S) 19 (10/6/3) COACHING STAFF Starters Lost (O/D/S) 6 (1/5/0) NAME POSITION ALMA MATER Lettermen Returning (O/D/S) 50 (26/21/3) Tyson Helton Head Coach Houston, ‘99 Lettermen Lost (O/D/S) 18 (5/12/1) Bryan Ellis Offensive Coordinator/QB UAB, ‘10 All-Time Record 573-401-31 (.586) Clayton White Defensive Coordinator NC State, ‘01 All-Time Conference Record 204-136-9 (.597) Garret Chachere Running Backs Tulane, ‘92 First Year in FBS 2009 Chris Chestnut Wide Receivers Western Michigan, ‘08 Home Facility Houchens-Smith Stadium Maurice Crum Linebackers Notre Dame, ‘09 Capacity 22,113 Mike Goff Offensive Line Iowa, ‘12 Surface FieldTurf Zack Lankford Tight Ends UAB, ‘10 Stadium Opening 1968 Andy LaRussa Safeties/Special Teams S. Utah, ‘02 Addition Completed 2008 Jimmy Lindsey D. Ends/Rec. Coord. Chattanooga ‘01 Kenny Martin Defensive Tackles WKU ‘12 WKUSports.com • 2019 Spring Football Guide 1 2019 WKU Football SPRING GUIDE Spring ROSTER NO. NAME POS HT WT CL HOMETOWN/LAST SCHOOL 42 Omari Alexander DB 5-10 185 r-Jr.-TR Louisville, Ky. (DuPont Manual/Eastern Kentucky) NUMERICAL ROSTER 5 Manny Allen WR 6-2 185 Fr.-HS Moreno Valley, Calif. (Rancho Verde) 28 Gino Appleberry, Jr. RB 5-9 210 So.-1L Atlanta, Ga. (Westlake) 2 Devon Key .......................................... DB 36 Kyle Bailey LB 6-0 220 Jr.-2L Carrollton, Ga. (Bremen) 2 Jacquez Sloan ...................................WR 23 Quinton Baker RB 5-9 185 r-Jr.-2L Ashland, Ky. (Ashland Blazer) 3 Jakairi Moses ......................................RB 75 Ricky Barber DL 6-3 275 Fr.-HS Louisville, Ky. (Doss) 3 Lichon Terrell ......................................DL 89 Joey Beljan TE 6-3 240 r-Fr.-RS Frenchtown, N.J. (Delaware Valley) 4 Ty Storey ............................................. QB 91 Devin Bell DL 6-5 255 r-Fr.-RS Troy, Ala. (Goshen) 5 Manny Allen ......................................WR 29 Beanie Bishop DB 5-11 170 r-Fr.-RS Louisville, Ky. (Pleasure Ridge Park) 5 LA Rogers-Anderson ...................... DB 98 Marcus Bragg DL 6-4 260 Jr.-JC North Miami, Fla. (Miami Jackson/Arizona Western) 6 Joshua Simon ..................................... TE 37 A.J. Brathwaite, Jr. DB 6-0 190 r-Fr.-RS Miami, Fla. (Central) 7 Trae Meadows................................... DB 75 Gunner Britton OL 6-6 295 r-Fr.-RS Conway, S.C. (Conway) 77 Mason Brooks OL 6-6 275 So-.1L Cedar Park, Texas (Cedar Park) 7 Jahcour Pearson ...............................WR 13 Russell Brown DB 6-3 205 r-Fr.-RS Fort Myers, Fla. (Lehigh) 8 Malik Occiur ....................................... DB 32 Eli Brown LB 6-2 220 r-Sr.-1L Bowling Green, Ky. (Warren East/Kentucky) 8 Kevaris Thomas ................................ QB 21 Clayton Bush DB 6-1 205 Fr.-HS Bowling Green, Ky. (South Warren) 9 Xavier Lane ........................................WR 28 Demetrius Cain DL 6-0 240 r-Jr.-2L Princeton, Ky. (Caldwell County) 10 Steven Duncan ................................. QB 64 Bryson Canada OL 6-4 290 r-So.-SQ Lexington, Ky. (Henry Clay) 10 DeAngelo Malone ............................DL 60 Bryce Chandler OL 6-2 290 r-Fr.-RS Morganfield, Ky. (Union County) 11 Lucky Jackson ...................................WR 69 Devante Colton DL 6-1 250 r-Jr.-SQ Bowling Green, Ky. (South Warren) 12 Davis Shanley .................................... QB 93 Robert Crawford DL 6-2 270 r-Sr.-1L Nashville, Tenn. (Father Ryan/Tennessee State) 12 Gaej Walker ........................................ DB 24 Roger Cray DB 5-10 170 Jr.-2L Lake City, Fla. (Columbia) 13 Russell Brown .................................... DB 23 B.J. Crim DB 6-1 205 r-Fr.-RS Ocala, Fla. (Vanguard) 14 Garland LaFrance.............................WR 15 Ta’Corian Darden DB 5-9 190 r-Sr.-3L Russellville, Ky. (Russellville) 53 Jeremy Darvin DL 6-1 305 r-Jr.-2L Nashville, Tenn. (Father Ryan) 15 Ta’Corian Darden ............................. DB 30 Clay Davis LB 6-2 225 r-Jr.-RS Louisville, Ky. (Christian Aca./Tennessee Tech) 15 Sean McCormack ............................. QB 55 Daylen Powell OL 6-5 295 Fr.-HS Summerville, S.C. (Summerville) 16 Quin Jernighan .................................WR 10 Steven Duncan QB 6-4 230 r-Jr.-2L Charleston, S.C. (Ashley Ridge) 17 Canon Jackson .................................. DB 73 Chase Farris OL 6-4 315 r-Fr.-RS Louisville, Ky. (St. Xavier) 17 Dalvin Smith ......................................WR 83 Marcus Floyd WR 6-1 195 r-Jr.-1L Frankfort, Ky. (Bryan Station/Morehead St.) 19 C.J. Marria ............................................DL 42 Kyle Fourtenbary TE 6-3 240 r-Jr.-2L Opelika, Ala. (Opelika) 19 Drake Peer .......................................... QB 86 Spencer Gaddis WR 6-0 175 r-Fr.-HS Alpharetta, Ga. (Alpharetta) 20 Marcelis Logan ..................................RB 90 Jaylon George DL 6-3 290 r-Sr.-2L Atlanta, Ga. (North Clayton/NE Oklahoma A&M) 20 Devon Wharton .................................DL 87 Jay Gibson TE 6-5 255 r-Fr.-RS Chattanooga, Tenn. (McCallie) 21 Clayton Bush ..................................... DB 38 Andre Haynes DB 6-0 175 r-So.-SQ Louisville, Ky. (Male) 22 Cardavion Myers .............................. DB 40 Rex Henderson LB 6-1 225 r-So.-1L Morgantown, Ky. (Butler County) 68 Parker Howell OL 6-4 290 r-Sr.-3L Nashville, Tenn. (Christ Presbyterian Aca.) 23 Quinton Baker ....................................RB 65 Jack Randolph OL 6-3 295 Fr.-HS Franklin, Ky. (Franklin-Simpson) 23 B.J. Crim ............................................... DB 17 Canon Jackson DB 6-1 220 r-Sr.-3L Louisville, Ky. (Trinity) 24 Roger Cray .......................................... DB 11 Lucky Jackson WR 6-1 185 r-Sr.-3L Lexington, Ky. (Lafayette) 25 Joshua Samuel ..................................RB 16 Quin Jernighan WR 6-3 210 r-Sr.-3L LaVergne, Tenn. (LaVergne) 25 Bryson Washington ......................... DB 67 Seth Joest OL 6-2 300 r-Jr.-2L Versailles, Ky. (Woodford County) 26 Dionté Ruffin ..................................... DB 47 John Haggerty K 6-5 230 Jr.-TR Melbourne, Aus. (Western Suburbs) 27 Jayden Patterson ............................. DB 34 Juwuan Jones DL 6-3 270 r-So.-1L Sugar Hill, Ga. (Lanier) 28 Gino Appleberry, Jr. .........................RB 43 Carson Jordan DL 6-2 255 r-Sr.-1L Poplarville, Miss. (Hancock/Mississippi Gulf Coast) 28 Demetrius Cain..................................DL 2 Devon Key DB 6-1 205 r-Jr.-2L Lexington, Ky. (Bryan Station) 29 Beanie Bishop ................................... DB 31 Antwon Kincade DB 5-11 195 Jr.-2L Valdosta, Ga. (Valdosta) 30 Clay Davis ............................................ LB 40 Adam Krause P 6-0 190 So.-1L Chicago, Ill. (Montini Catholic) 14 Garland LaFrance WR 5-10 175 So.-1L New Orleans, La. (St. Augustine) 31 Antwon Kincade .............................. DB 9 Xavier Lane WR 6-4 200 r-Jr.-1L Montgomery, Ala.