VANDERBILT FOOTBALL NOTES FOR SEC HOME OPENER VS. SOUTH CAROLINA Primary: Larry Leathers ([email protected]) • Secondary: Andrew Pate ([email protected])

SOUTH CAROLINA AT VANDERBILT Saturday, Sept. 22 H 3 p.m. CT H Nashville, Tenn. H Vanderbilt Stadium COMMODORES GAMECOCKS 2018 Record: 2-1 2018 Record: 1-1 SEC East Record: 0-0 SEC East Record: 0-1 Head Coach: Head Coach: (5th season) Will Muschamp (3rd season)

GAME 4 Record at VU: 20-32 (.385) Record at SC: 16-12 (.571) Career record: 20-32 (.385) Career record: 44-33 (.571)

QUICK COMPARISON NOTES ON THE SOUTH CAROLINA GAME H Vanderbilt is looking to capture a win in its SEC opener for the first VU SC time since 2011 – and the third time in the last decade. H 31.0 PPG 33.0 continues to climb Vanderbilt career passing charts in his final season. 22.3 1st DOWNS 25.5 H The Commodores are seeking their first victory over the Gamecocks 156.0 RUSH 158.5 since registering back-to-back wins in 2007-08. 255.3 PASS 288.0 H , becoming Commodores’ leading 411.3 OFFENSE 446.5 aerial targets. H The Commodores are using multiple backs to replace career rushing 42% 3rd DOWNS 48% leader Ralph Webb. 131.7 OPP. RUSH 198.5 H An array of young defenders have stepped forward for the Vanderbilt 176.3 OPP. PASS 157.0 defense early in the regular season. 308.0 OPP. OFFENSE 355.5 H Derek Mason has added four key coaches to his staff: defensive 38% OPP. 3rd DOWNS 32% coordinator Jason Tarver, special teams coordinator Shawn Mennenga, wide receivers coach Aaron Moorehead and cornerbacks coach Terrence Brown. H Three graduate transfers having an impact with the Commodores. TOP RETURNING STATISTICAL LEADERS TELEVISION, RADIO PASSING YARDS Kyle Shurmur: 754 yards, 5 TDs SEC NETWORK RUSHING YARDS Ke’Shawn Vaughn: 184 yards (30 atts.) PBP: Taylor Zarcour Analyst: Matt Stinchcomb RECEPTIONS Kalija Lipscomb: 25 catches, 3 TDs Field Reporter: Kris Budden RECEIVING YARDS Jared Pinkney: 240 yards, 1 TD VANDERBILT IMG NETWORK TOTAL TACKLES Jordan Griffin (ILB): 22 total tackles Flagship: WLAC 1510-AM/98.3 FM Voice of the Commodores: Joe Fisher SOLO TACKLES Josh Smith (OLB): 15 solo tackles Analyst: Norman Jordan Sideline Reporter: Mitch Light QB SACKS Kenny Hebert (OLB): 3 sacks Sirius: 106 XM: 210

Middle TN Nevada @Notre Dame So. Carolina Tenn. State @Georgia Florida @ @Arkansas @Missouri Ole Miss Sept. 1 Sept. 8 Sept. 15 Sept. 22 Sept. 29 Oct. 6 Oct. 13 Oct. 20 Oct. 27 Nov. 10 Nov. 17 Nov. 24 Nashville Nashville South Bend Nashville Nashville Athens Nashville Lexington Fayetteville Columbia Nashville Nashville W, 35-7 W, 41-10 L, 17-22 3 pm CT 3 pm CT Kick: TBA Kick: TBA Kick: TBA Kick: TBA Kick: TBA Kick: TBA Kick: TBA MEDIA SERVICES SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY MORNING NO PRACTICE REGULAR PRESS SEC COACHES MORNING MORNING VS. SO. CAROLINA PRACTICE CONFERENCE TELECONFERENCE PRACTICE PRACTICE OFF DAY FOR Vanderbilt NO MEDIA STUDENT- COACH MASON COACH MASON COACH LUDWIG, NO MEDIA Stadium AVAILABILITY ATHLETES 12:15 p.m. 10:30-10:40 a.m. COACH TARVER, AVAILABILITY STUDENT-ATHLETES STUDENT-ATHLETES 3 p.m. 12:30 p.m. 9:45 a.m. SEC Network

VANDERBILT POST-GAME INTERVIEWS WEEKLY PRESS CONFERENCE ON TUESDAYS Coach Mason’s post-game press conferences are held after he addresses Coach Mason will participate in a press conference for local media on the team. Only properly credentialed media will be allowed into the Vanderbilt each Tuesday of game week at 12:15 p.m. It is held in the team’s post- press conference room at Vanderbilt Stadium and away games. game press conference room in the south end zone of Vanderbilt Stadium. At home games, Mason’s remarks will be held in the team’s press Interviews with selected student-athletes will follow Mason’s remarks. conference area. The press conference area at Vanderbilt Stadium is The press event is available on SEC Network+ and archived at vucommodores.com. located in the south end zone tunnel near the team’s locker room. The Vanderbilt locker room is closed. Up to six student-athletes will be SEC COACHES TELECONFERENCE: WEDNESDAY 10:30 AM made available for post-game interviews. These interviews will be Coach Mason is available each Wednesday morning to media outlets conducted in the same press conference room as Coach Mason’s as part of the Southeastern Conference Coaches’ Teleconference. remarks. The players are available after Mason’s conference. Mason’s 10-minute segment starts at 10:30 a.m. CT. To participate, call the GAME WEEK INTERVIEW POLICY SEC Office at (205) 458-3010. All interview requests for Coach Mason and Vanderbilt student-athletes COACH’S SHOW ON FACEBOOK MUST go through Larry Leathers and Andrew Pate prior to the interview. The Coach’s Show with Derek Mason will be available on Facebook Offensive coordinator Andy Ludwig and defensive coordinator Jason each Friday (3 pm CT) of game weeks. Tarver will be available to media members at the conclusion of practice The show will feature interviews and stories with Coach Mason, on Thursday morning. Student-athletes and other assistant coaches will assistant coaches and student-athletes while being hosted by the Voice also be available to media after Thursday practices. of the Commodores Joe Fisher. Practice sessions are closed to the media. ON THE INTERNET COACH MASON’S RADIO SHOW WEDNESDAY Vanderbilt’s website - vucommodores.com - hosts stories from former Sports Illustrated writer Zac Ellis along with stats, notes and videos. The Vanderbilt Coaches Show with Coach Mason, a weekly feature of Nashville flagship Talkradio 1510 WLAC, is scheduled on Wednesdays. GAME DAY AT VANDERBILT STADIUM The show starts at 7 p.m. with Coach Mason and the Voice of the Commo- The press box at Vanderbilt Stadium opens 2 1/2 hours before kickoff dores Joe Fisher. unless otherwise noted. The press box will close approximately two hours after the conclusion of post-game interviews. MEDIA/PHOTO CREDENTIALS Game notes and depth charts for both teams will be available in the Media seeking credentials should contact Larry Leathers at least one week press box and online at vucommodores.com/FootballGameNotes. prior to the event. Media Will Call is located at Gate 1 of Vanderbilt Stadium. Wireless internet is available in the press box along with live stats via statbroadcast.com.

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2 @VANDYFOOTBALL NOTES/GAME 4 WEEK 4 OPPONENT: SOUTH CAROLINA VANDERBILT-SOUTH CAROLINA SERIES Vanderbilt all-time vs. South Carolina: VU trails series 4-23 Last meeting: 2017, in Columbia (L, 27-34) First meeting: 1961, in Nashville (L, 7-23) Last meeting in Nashville: 2016 (L, 10-13) In Nashville: 2-12 In Columbia: 2-11 VANDERBILT SO. CAROLINA Streak: South Carolina has captured the last nine games OVERALL RECORD 2-1 1-1 played in the series. Five of the last six games have been SEC East/SEC East 0-0 0-1 decided by 10 points or less. SCORING 93 66 Points Per Game 31.0 33.0 Points Off Turnovers 35 0 THE 2017 GAME: VU’S LATE RALLY COMES UP FIRST DOWNS 67 5 Rushing 24 17 JUST SHORT AGAINST GAMECOCKS Passing 35 31 COLUMBIA, S.C. -- Jake Bentley ran for two touchdowns and threw for Penalty 8 3 another to lead South Carolina to a 34-27 win over Vanderbilt on Saturday RUSHING YARDAGE 468 317 that assured the SEC’s East race would go on at least one more week. Yards gained rushing 534 339 Bentley was 19-of-29 for 174 yards and ran six times for 47 yards, includ- Yards lost rushing 66 22 ing his first scores rushing in his college career for the Gamecocks (6-2, 4-2). Rushing Attempts 104 58 Game 8 Vanderbilt (3-5, 0-5) had two players ejected for Average Per Rush 4.5 5.5 Oct. 28, 2017 targeting, including linebacker Charles Wright -- the Average Per Game 156.0 158.5 Columbia, S.C. team’s sack leader -- on a hit on Bentley just after TDs Rushing 6 2 he released the ball. PASSING YARDAGE 766 576 The Commodores finished with 10 penalties for 100 yards. The final one Comp-Att-Int 60-94-1 56-83-2 might have been the most costly. A holding penalty by tight end Sam Dobbs Average Per Pass 8.1 6.9 stalled a potential game-tying drive and Kyle Shurmur overthrew Caleb Scott on fourth-and-2 with just over a minute to go. Average Per Catch 12.8 10.3 Shurmur threw for 333 yards and four touchdowns. Average Per Game 255.3 288.0 TDs Passing 5 7 SCORING SUMMARY TOTAL OFFENSE 1234 893 TEAM 1 2 3 4 FINAL RECORD Total Plays 198 141 VANDERBILT 7 6 7 7 27 3-5, 0-5 Average Per Play 6.2 6.3 SOUTH CAROLINA 14 10 7 3 34 6-2, 4-2 Average Per Game 411.3 446.5 KICK RETURNS: #-Yards 6-132 5-107 1st: VU: Blasingame 9-yd pass from Shurmur (Openshaw kick), 6-75 2:54. SC: Bentley PUNT RETURNS: #-Yards 5-50 1-3 19-yd run (White kick), 4-75 1:41. SC: Turner 1-yd run (White kick), 10-64 3:38. 2nd: VU: Duncan 8-yd pass from Shurmur (Openshaw kick blockd), 6-54 1:45. SC: INT RETURNS: #-Yards 3-101 1-16 Smith 36-yd pass from Bentley (White kick), 5-75 1:57. SC: White 44 yd FG, 6-8 2:15. KICK RETURN AVERAGE 22.0 21.4 3rd: VU: Lipscomb 47-yd pass from Shurmur (Openshaw kick), 3-70 1:28. SC: Bentley PUNT RETURN AVERAGE 10.0 3.0 11-yd run (White kick), 8-72 5:01. INT RETURN AVERAGE 6.3 16.0 4th: SC: White 39-yd field goal, 10-43 4:23. VU: Duncan 4-yd pass from Shurmur FUMBLES-LOST 5-4 3-0 (Openshaw kick), 14-77 4:52. PENALTIES-Yards 18-153 12-139 STATISTICS VANDERBILT SOUTH CAROLINA Average Per Game 51.0 69.5 FIRST DOWNS 27 26 PUNTS-Yards 9-378 6-250 RUSHES-YARDS (NET) 23-107 37-212 Average Per Punt 42.0 41.7 PASSING YDS (NET) 333 174 Passes Att-Comp-Int 49-27-1 29-19-0 Net punt average 38.9 40.2 TOTAL OFFENSE PLAYS-YARDS 72-440 66-386 KICKOFFS-Yards 17-1084 12-780 Fumble Returns-Yards 0-0 0-0 Average Per Kick 63.8 65.0 Punt Returns-Yards 3-21 0-0 Kickoff Returns-Yards 2-52 1-23 Net kick average 38.8 40.0 Returns-Yards 0-0 1-10 TIME OF POSSESSION/Game 31:22 27:09 Punts (Number-Avg) 4-34.5 3-48.0 3RD-DOWN Conversions 16/38 11/23 Fumbles-Lost 2-0 0-0 Penalties-Yards 10-100 7-50 3rd-Down Pct 42% 48% Possession Time 29:24 30:36 4TH-DOWN Conversions 2/4 2/5 Third-Down Conversions 8 of 15 7 of 14 4th-Down Pct 67% 40% Fourth-Down Conversions 0 of 2 0 of 0 Red-Zone Scores-Chances 3-3 3-3 SACKS BY-Yards 8-46 5-33 Sacks By: Number-Yards 1-8 0-0 TOUCHDOWNS SCORED 12 9 FIELD GOALS-ATTEMPTS 3-5 1-1 RUSHING: VANDY-Rivers 11-41; Webb 6-31; Sherfield 1-19; Lipscomb 1-11; Tennyson ON-SIDE KICKS 0-0 0-0 1-11; Blasingame 2-7; TEAM 1-(-13). SC-Turner 15-121; Bentley 6-47; Denson 4-25; Williams 8-13; Hurst 1-6; Edwards 1-5; TEAM 2-(-5). RED-ZONE SCORES (11-13) 85% (6-7) 86% PASSING: VANDY-Shurmur 27-49-1-333. SC-Bentley 19-29-0-174. RED-ZONE TOUCHDOWNS (8-13) 62% (5-7) 71% RECEIVING: VANDY-Duncan 8-80; Lipscomb 7-128; Sherfield 4-59; PAT-ATTEMPTS (12-12) 100% (9-9) 100% Scott 4-32; Webb 1-13; Marcus 1-9; Blasingame 1-9; Pinkney 1-3. SC-S. Smith 5-76; Hurst 4-31; Turner 4-24; O. Smith 3-35; Edwards 2-15; Williams 1-(-7).

RELENTLESS | TOUGH | INTELLIGENT 3 NOTES/GAME 4 BREAKING DOWN THE 2018 ROSTER THIRTEEN DORES EARN FIRST COLLEGIATE STARTS LETTERWINNERS RETURNING VERSUS MTSU, NEVADA, NOTRE DAME OFFENSE (21) Thirteen Commodores, including a pair of defenders in the Notre Dame Khari Blasingame, Cole Clemens, Devin Cochran, Josh Crawford, Darion DeBrossard, Egidio DellaRipa, Sam Dobbs, Trey Ellis, game, have earned their first start in a Vanderbilt uniform in the first three Kalija Lipscomb, Cody Markel, Sean McMoore, Chris Pierce, games of the season. Jared Pinkney, Bruno Reagan, Kyle Shurmur, Justin Skule, Jared The first-time starters include three offensive players, eight defensive Southers, Donaven Tennyson, Jamauri Wakefield, Jackson Winrow, contributors and two specialists. Saige Young Last Saturday at Notre Dame, Louis Vecchio (Grad., DL) and Dimitri Moore DEFENSE (22) (R-Fr., ILB) earned their first starts on defense. Moore posted a career outing Gil Barksdale, Drew Birchmeier, Frank Coppet, Tae Daley, Jordan against the Irish, registering eight total tackles and a quarterback hurry while Griffin, Elijah Hamilton, Kenny Hebert, Zaire Jones, Andre Mintze, Dare Odeyingbo, Dayo Odeyingbo, Caleb Peart, Jalen Pinkney, sharing a tackle for loss. and Vecchio contributed one tackle playing both Austin Quillen, Andrew Rector, Josiah Sa’o, Donovan Sheffield, defensive end and tackle. Josh Smith, Cameron Tidd, LaDarius Wiley, Joejuan Williams, Two players earned their first Vanderbilt starts vs. Nevada: Ke’Shawn Charles Wright Vaughn (R-Jr., RB) and Brayden DeVault-Smith (R-Fr.). SPECIALISTS (2) Seven position players earned their first starts against Middle Tennessee: Ryley Guay, Tommy Schiager Colin Anderson (R-Fr., ILB), Tae Daley (So., safety), Cody Markel (R-So., TE) LETTERWINNERS LOST Alim Muhammad (Grad., NB), Dayo Odeyingbo (So., DL), Chris Pierce (So., WR) OFFENSE (11) and Donovan Sheffield (Sr., CB). C.J. Duncan, Bailey Granier, Nathan Marcus, Ean Pfeifer, Dallas Ryley Guay (R-Jr., kicker) and Parker Thome (Grad., punter) also are new Rivers, Caleb Scott, Trent Sherfield, Shawn Stankavage, Deuce starting specialists for the Commodores. Wallace, Ralph Webb DEFENSE (11) Oren Burks, Taurean Ferguson, Tre Herndon, Jay Hockaday, Nifae 2018 GAME-BY-GAME CAPTAINS Lealao, Bryce Lewis, Emmanuel Smith, Arnold Tarpley III, Ryan Opponent Captains White, Jay Woods, Jonathan Wynn MTSU...... K. Shurmur (QB)/J. Skule (OT)/L. Wiley (SAF)/C. Wright (LB) SPECIALISTS (4) Nevada...... K. Shurmur (QB)/K. Blasingame (RB)/J. Griffin (LB)/Dare Odeyingbo (DL) Sam Loy, Reid Nelson, Tommy Openshaw, Scott Sypniewski Notre Dame....K. Shurmur (QB)Pinkney (TE)/ Wiley (SAF)/Wright (LB) So.Carolina Tenn. State COMMODORES BY CLASS Georgia Florida GRADUATE STUDENTS (6) Khari Blasingame, Trey Ellis, Alim Kentucky Muhammad, Parker Thome, Louis Vecchio, LaDarius Wiley Arkansas SENIORS (13) Gil Barksdale, Egidio DellaRipa, Sam Dobbs, Missouri Jordan Griffin, Kade Mayle, Dare Odeyingbo, Bruno Reagan, Ole Miss Andrew Rector, Donovan Sheffield, Kyle Shurmur, Justin Skule, Tennessee Josh Smith, Charles Wright JUNIORS (14) Josh Crawford, Darion DeBrossard, Jaire George, VANDERBILT RESULTS IN NON-CONFERENCE PLAY Ryley Guay, Kalija Lipscomb, Kade Mayle, Caleb Peart, Jared The 22-17 loss at Notre Dame ended Vanderbilt’s six-game win streak against Pinkney, Jared Southers, Alex Stump, Donaven Tennyson, non-Southeastern Conference teams. The streak dated to the 2017 season opener at Ke’Shawn Vaughn, Joejuan Williams, Saige Young Middle Tennessee. SOPHOMORES (23) Drew Birchmeier, Cole Clemens, Devin After going 4-0 in non-SEC play last year, the Commodores opened the 2018 season Cochran, Turner Cockrell, Frank Coppet, David Floyd, Elijah with non-conference home victories over Middle Tennessee (35-7) and Nevada (41-10) Hamilton, Mo Hasan, Kenny Hebert, Zaire Jones, Braden Kopp, before the Notre Dame game. Carlton Lorenz, Cody Markel, Sean McMoore, Andre Mintze, Since the 2011 opener, VU is 27-7 playing teams out of the conference, including a Dayo Odeyingbo, Chris Pierce, Austin Quillen, Josiah Sa’o, 2-2 mark in bowl games. The Dores 43-14 in out-of-league play in the last decade. Tommy Schiager, Cameron Tidd, Jamauri Wakefield, Jackson The Commodores finish their non-SEC slate on Sept. 29 hosting Tennessee State. Winrow REDSHIRT FRESHMEN (16) Feleti Afemui, Colin Anderson, Bryce FACING NON-CONFERENCE OPPONENTS Bailey, James Bostic, Jonah Buchanan, Brayden DeVault-Smith, Year Non-SEC Opponents (W/L) Stone Edwards, Allan George, Randall Haynie, Grant Miller, 2018 MTSU (W), Nevada (W), Notre Dame (L), Tennessee State Michael Owusu, Rutger Reitmaier, Cameron Robinson, Keithian 2017 MTSU (W), Alabama A&M (W), Kansas State (W), Western Kentucky (W) Starling, Brett Starr, Jonathan Stewart 2016 MTSU (W), Georgia Tech (L), Western Kentucky (W), Tenn. State (W), NC State (L) FRESHMEN (23) Amir Abdur-Rahman, BJ Anderson, CJ Bolar, 2015 Western Kentucky (L), Austin Peay (W), MTSU (W), Houston (L) 2014 Temple (L), UMass (W), Charleston Southern (W), Old Dominion (W) Ben Bresnahan, , Will Clark, Dan Dawkins, Tré 2013 Austin Peay (W), UMass (W), UAB (W), Wake Forest (W), Houston (W) Douglas, Zach Drevno, Brendon Harris, Dashaun Jerkins, Cam 2012 Northwestern (L), Presbyterian (W), UMass (W), Wake Forest (W), NC State (W) Johnson, Ja’Veon Marlow, Salua Masina, Elijah McAllister, 2011 Elon (W), UConn (W), Army (W), Wake Forest (W), Cincinnati (L) Alston Orji, Javan Rice, Gavin Schoenwald, Tyler Steen, Lorenza 2010 Northwestern (L), UConn (L), E. Michigan (W), Wake Forest (L) Surgers, Allan Walters, Kyle White, Max Worship. 2009 Western Carolina (W), Rice (W), Army (L), Ga. Tech (L) 2008 Miami OH (W), Rice (W), Duke (L), Wake Forest (L), Boston College (W)

4 @VANDYFOOTBALL NOTES/GAME 4 SENIOR KYLE SHURMUR RISING UP VANDERBILT PASSING CHARTS Kyle Shurmur (Sr., QB) continues to rise up Vanderbilt’s all-time pass- ing charts. Shurmur, a three-year starter from Philadelphia, Pa., is now ranked No. WHERE SHURMUR STANDS ON VU CAREER LISTS 3 all-time behind school-record holder (2002-05) and Greg Zol- CATEGORY TOTAL ENTERING 2018 RANK ALL-TIME LEADER man (19980-2001) in passing yardage after throwing for 326 yards at Notre PASSING YARDS 6,489 3rd Jay Cutler, 8,697 Dame. Shurmur bypassed Whit Taylor (1979-82) and Kurt Page (1981-84) TOUCHDOWN PASSES 45 2th J. Cutler, 59 on VU’s career chart during the performance. PASS ATTEMPTS 950 4th J. Cutler, 1,242 Shurmur now has 6,489 passing yards in his career. He needs nearly PASS COMPLETIONS 527 5th J. Cutler, 710 1,500 yards to reach Zolman’s 7,981-yard total, and 2,208 yards to top TOTAL OFFENSE 6,237 5th J. Cutler, 9,953 Cutler’s 8,697-yard school record. Shurmur was superb in Vanderbilt’s 22-17 loss at Notre Dame. He com- pleted 26 of 43 passes for 326 yards and a touchdown at South Bend. It marked Shurmur’s fourth VU CAREER PASSING YARDS highest single-game total for passing yards. Shurmur also spread the ball around against the Irish, hitting 10 different receivers. He and Quarterback Att. Comp. Pct. Yards TDs Kalija Lipscomb (Jr., WR) connected for 11 receptions. Jay Cutler, 2002-05 1,242 710 57.2 8,697 59 Shurmur is ranked high in virtually every VU all-time passing category. He ranks second behind , 1998-2001 1,156 596 51.6 7,981 41 Cutler with 45 touchdown passes, is fourth with 950 pass attempts and fifth with 527 completions. KYLE SHURMUR, 2015- 950 527 55.6 6,489 45 Whit Taylor, 1979-82 1,016 555 54.6 6,307 41 Among the team’s all-time top passers, Shurmur’s 55.5 completion percentage ranks third just Kurt Page, 1981-84 936 531 56.7 6,233 35 behind Cutler (57.2%) and Page (56.7%). Shurmur also went Page on VU’s all-time total offense SHURMUR’S TOP PERFORMANCES charts at Notre Dame. He has produced 6,237 yards of to- VU SINGLE-SEASON PASSING YARDS tal offense, just three yards shy of fourth place currently Yards TDs Opponent Date 416 2 Tennessee 11/26/2016 held by Eric Jones (1985-88). Quarterback Att. Comp. Pct. Yards TDs 348 1 Missouri 11/18/2017 Shurmur is just the fifth Vanderbilt quarterback to top 1. Kurt Page, 1983 493 286 58.0 3,178 14 333 4 South Carolina 10/28/2017 6,000 passing yards against Nevada. 2. Jay Cutler, 2005 462 273 59.1 3,073 21 326 1 Notre Dame 9/15/2018 This summer, Shurmur was named to watch lists for 3. KYLE SHURMUR, 2017 380 220 57.9 2,823 26 308 1 Kentucky 11/11/2017 4. Eric Jones, 1988 360 195 54.4 2,548 11 296 3 Middle Tennessee 9/2/2017 three leading awards: the Maxwell Award (Player of the 5. , 2012 319 191 59.9 2,539 15 283 4 Tennessee 11/25/2017 Year), Walter Camp Award (Player of the Year) and the 279 1 Western Kentucky 9/24/2016 Johnny Unitas Award (nation’s top senior quarterback). 273 2 Ole Miss 11/19/2017 He became the first Commodore named to the Walter Camp Award preseason watch list since All-America 264 3 Florida 9/30/2017 wide receiver Jordan Matthews was recognized in 2013. Shurmur ranks among the SEC’s top returning , though he did not received preseason All-SEC accolades. He entered this year third in the conference in passing yards (behind Missouri’s Drew Lock and Auburn’s Jarrett Stidham), and second in touchdown passes (trailing only Lock). He is one of 12 SEC quarterbacks who is returning this year after starting for their teams in 2017. In Shurmur’s last 11 games, he has averaged 259.6 passing yards and thrown 23 touchdowns. In 2017, Shurmur established a new Vanderbilt team mark with 26 touchdown passes, bettering Whit Taylor’s previous record of 22 touchdowns set in 1982. He also threw for 2,823 yards, the third highest single-season total ever by a Commodore. In 2017, Shurmur threw for at least three touchdowns in five different games. He also matched his single-game high of four touchdowns against Alabama A&M, South Carolina and Tennessee during the season. He has thrown a touchdown in 11 straight games. LIPSCOMB BECOMING TOP TARGET DEFENSE SHOWING PROGRESS UNDER Kalija Lipscomb (Jr., WR) has become a leading target for quarterback FIRST-YEAR COORDINATOR JASON TARVER Kyle Shurmur. “All Gas. No Brakes.” Lipscomb has hauled at least 10 receptions in Vanderbilt’s last two It’s a favorite catch phrase used by first-year defensive coordinator games against Nevada and Notre Dame, becoming the first Commodore Jason Tarver and it seems to be catching on with his Commodore pupils. receiver to accomplish the feat Tarver’s aggressive in back-to-back games since LIPSCOMB: DOUBLE-DIGIT CATCHES defense has VANDERBILT DEFENSIVE RANKING All-America WR Jordan performed at a high Matthews did so against Opponent Date Catches Rec. Yards level early in the Category Total SEC NCAA Nevada Sept. 8 10 85 Tennessee and Wake Forest Notre Dame Sept. 15 11 89 season. Scoring Defense 13.0 5 15 to conclude the 2013 regular The unit has held Total Defense 308.0 6 29 season. MTSU, Nevada and Pass Yards Allowed 176.3 5 35 Lipscomb, a product of New Orleans, leads the Southeastern Conference Notre Dame to an Pass Defense Efficiency 108.2 6 35 through three weeks with 25 receptions. He ranks sixth in the league with average of 13 points Red Zone Defense 70% 5 30 234 receiving yards and is tied for second in the conference with three and 308 yards. Sacks By/Game 3.0 4 23 touchdown receptions. Vanderbilt ranks Lipscomb, who had a team-high eight touchdown catches last year, is among among top half Vanderbilt’s active career leader with 89 receptions, 1,163 receiving yards of SEC team in scoring defense, total defense, passing yards allowed, pass and 13 touchdowns. defense efficiency, red zone defense and sacks.

RELENTLESS | TOUGH | INTELLIGENT 5 NOTES/GAME 4 NATIONAL RANKINGS COMMODORES UTILIZING SEVERAL PLAYERS Associated Press Top 25 TO REPLACE RALPH WEBB’S RUSHING PRODUCTION Week 4 Through preseason camp, Vanderbilt offensive coaches said a stable of running Record Points Prev 1. Alabama(58) 3-0 1521 — backs would be used to replace the rushing void left by the graduation of school 2. Georgia 3-0 1416 1 record-holder Ralph Webb. 3. Clemson(3) 3-0 1405 1 Through the first three regular-season games, the Commodores have shown a solid 4. Ohio State 3-0 1357 — corps of running backs. 5. Oklahoma 3-0 1283 — Four talented backs – Khari Blasingame (Grad.), Ke’Shawn Vaughn (R-Jr.), Josh 6. LSU 3-0 1241 6 Crawford (R-Jr.) and Jamauri Wakefield 7. Stanford 3-0 1055 2 8. Notre Dame 3-0 1034 — (R-So.) – have seen extended action ear- CARRYING THE ROCK IN 2018 9. Auburn 2-1 958 2 ly for the Commodores. And all of them 10. Penn State 3-0 947 1 have looked impressive when inserted Running Back Carries Yards TDs Washington 2-1 947 — into the game. Ke’Shawn Vaughn 30 184 3 12. West Virginia 2-0 841 2 Vaughn, a first-year Commodore Khari Blasingame 28 129 1 13. Virginia Tech 2-0 816 — contributor who transferred from the Jamauri Wakefield 20 108 1 14. Mississippi State 3-0 790 2 University of Illinois, and Blasingame Josh Crawford 12 38 1 15. Oklahoma State 3-0 587 9 16. UCF 2-0 556 2 impressed in the second half against 17. TCU 2-1 502 2 Notre Dame. Vaughn topped the Commodores with 54 yards on 10 carries, including a 18. Wisconsin 2-1 486 12 touchdown rush of 18 yards. Blasingame finished with 49 yards on 10 carries, including 19. Michigan 2-1 448 — a long of 14 yards. 20. Oregon 3-0 399 — Through three games, Vaughn is the team leader with 184 rushing yards and three 21. Miami 2-1 362 — rushing touchdowns. Blasingame is VU’s second leading rusher with 129 yards and a 22. Texas A&M 2-1 193 NR 23. Boston College 3-0 130 NR touchdown. 24. Michigan State 1-1 86 1 Vaughn and Blasingame are getting plenty of competition at running back from 25. BYU 2-1 75 NR Jamauri Wakefield (R-So.) and Josh Crawford (R-Jr.). Dropped from rankings: Boise State 17, USC 22, Arizona State 23 Wakefield has rushed for 108 yards and a touchdown on 20 carries. Crawford im- Others receiving votes: Iowa 64, Boise State 62, Duke 61, pressed late in the Nevada win, and has 38 yards and a score on 12 carries. Colorado 49, California 40, Kentucky 38, South Florida 14, Texas 12, The Commodores also want to insert a fifth back,Ja’Veon Marlow (Fr.) into the NC State 10, Arizona State 9, Missouri 8, Utah 6, San Diego State 5, North Texas 4, South Carolina 4, Washington State 2, Syracuse 2 rotation at some time. COACHES POLL SIX DORES WORKING ON POSTGRADUATE DEGREES Week 4 Record Points Prev Six Commodores are enrolled in postseason studies during the fall semester. 1. Alabama (60) 3-0 1572 — The postgraduates are Khari Blasingame (RB), Trey Ellis (WR), Alim Muhammad 2. Clemson (2) 3-0 1477 — (DB), Parker Thome (punter), Louis Vecchio (DL) and 3. Georgia 3-0 1436 — LaDarius Wiley (safety). POSTGRADUATE DORES 4. Ohio State (1) 3-0 1405 — Blasingame, Ellis and Wiley are Vanderbilt graduates; 5. Oklahoma 3-0 1339 — Khari Blasingame, running back 6. LSU 3-0 1171 7 Muhammad, Thome and Vecchio are graduate transfers. Trey Ellis, receiver/returner 7. Stanford 3-0 1116 2 All six of the postgraduates have played an important Alim Muhammad, defensive back 8. Notre Dame 3-0 1083 — role for the Commodores early in the season. Parker Thome, punter 9. Penn State 3-0 1070 1 Blasingame, a four-time SEC Academic Honor Roll Louis Vecchio, defensive line 10. Virginia Tech 2-0 927 1 recipient, and Wiley, a two-year starter in the Commo- LaDarius Wiley, safety 11. Auburn 2-1 921 4 dore defensive backfield, is working toward a Master’s 12. Washington 2-1 909 — 13. West Virginia 2-0 824 2 of Education at the Peabody College. 14. Mississippi State 3-0 780 2 Ellis, Muhammad, Thome and Vecchio are working toward Master’s of Marketing at 15. Oklahoma State 3-0 672 4 Vanderbilt’s Owen Management School. 16. Wisconsin 2-1 626 10 17. TCU 2-1 508 3 18. UCF 2-0 500 — TIGHT END TURNER COCKRELL IN HEALTH FIGHT 19. Oregon 3-0 384 4 20. Miami 2-1 373 — One active Vanderbilt student-athlete is facing a completely different battle than his 21. Michigan 2-1 354 1 teammates. Turner Cockrell (R-So., TE) is continuing his struggle with melanoma. 22. Texas A&M 2-1 150 NR Cockrell’s original diagnosis came last November. After surgery and months of treat- 23. Michigan State 1-1 141 1 ment at Vanderbilt Medical Center, routine scans this summer spotted more growths on 24. Boise State 2-1 114 7 25. Boston College 3-0 109 NR his lungs. Dropped from rankings: USC 21, Arizona State 25 Cockrell spent last week at MD Anderson Medical Center in Houston undergoing the Others receiving votes: Kentucky 98, Duke 55, South Florida 45, first step of using tumor-infiltrating lymphocytes. The procedure will harvest cells from Colorado 41, South Carolina 40, Iowa 36, Washington State 35, Cockrell’s body as doctors grow them externally before re-injecting them in six-to-eight BYU 30, Missouri 21, NC State 19, Appalachian State 13, Syracuse weeks. The treatment prepares cells to more effectively attack cancerous cells. 11, California 11, Utah 10, Cincinnati 10, Texas 9, North Texas 5, Through much of the last year, Cockrell continued to train with his teammates. In Troy 4, Minnesota 3, Florida 3, Arizona State 3, San Diego State 3, post-game ceremonies after the Commodores’ season-opening win over Middle VANDERBILT 2, Houston 2, Tennessee 2, Arkansas State 2, Fresno State 1 Tennessee, head coach Derek Mason presented Cockrell with the game ball.

6 @VANDYFOOTBALL NOTES/GAME 4 PINKNEY PLAYING UP TO MACKEY AWARD VANDERBILT ALL-TIME VS. 2018 OPPONENTS Opponent Date Series Record Result (Last Game) PRESEASON EXPECTATION MTSU Sept. 1 Vanderbilt leads 16-3 W, 35-7 (2018) Jared Pinkney (R-Jr., TE) is playing up to his preseason billing as John Nevada Sept. 8 Vanderbilt leads 1-0 W, 41-10 (2018) Mackey Award candidate. Notre Dame Sept. 15 Vanderbilt trails 0-3 L, 17-22 (2018) Pinkney, a redshirt junior from Norcross, Ga., posted five catches for 111 South Carolina Sept. 22 Vanderbilt trails 4-23 L, 27-34 (2017) Tennessee State Sept. 29 Vanderbilt leads 2-0 W, 35-16 (2016) yards and a touchdown at Notre Dame. Georgia Oct. 6 Vanderbilt trails 20-57-2 L, 14-45 (2017) In his last two appearances, Pinkney has nine receptions, good for 209 Florida Oct. 13 Vanderbilt trails 10-39-2 L, 24-38 (2017) yards. He leads all Commodores with 240 receiving yards this year. Kentucky Oct. 20 Vanderbilt trails 42-44-4 L, 21-44 (2017) In 2017, Pinkney recorded 22 receptions, 273 receiving yards and three Arkansas Oct. 27 Vanderbilt trails 2-7 L, 28-31 (2011) touchdowns, including a 119-yard effort against Missouri. Missouri Nov. 10 Vanderbilt trails 3-6-1 L, 17-45 (2017) Pinkney has played in every game during the last two seasons following Ole Miss Nov. 17 Vanderbilt trails 39-51-2 L, 35-57 (2017) an injury-riddled freshman campaign. In 2016, he was tabbed a First-Team Tennessee Nov. 24 Vanderbilt trails 32-75-5 W, 42-24 (2017) Freshman All-SEC Tight End by Athlon Sports after hauling in 22 catches, good for 274 yards and two touchdowns. COMMODORE OFFENSIVE LINE FEATURES VU TURNOVERS COSTLY AT NOTRE DAME ALL FIVE RETURNING STARTERS Through three games, turnover margin has been a key indicator for The Commodores feature a big advantage in offensive line experience this Vanderbilt success. year as opposed to the 2017 campaign. The Dores enter 2018 with all five starters Last Saturday, the Commodores dropped a close decision at Notre and two top reserves returning. The returnees combined for 65 starts on the offensive line a year ago. Dame after losing three turnovers and failing to produce a single Irish A pair of seniors, Justin Skule and miscue. Bruno Reagan, anchor assistant coach Conversely, the Commodores forced six total turnovers in early- Cameron Norcross’s offensive line. Both O-LINE CAREER STARTS season victories over Middle Tennessee and Nevada. Vanderbilt has turned Skule and Reagan are productive two- Player, Position Career Starts the opponent mistakes into 35 points. year starters who have started at multi- Bruno Reagan, OG/C 30 Winning the turnover margin stat has been important to Vanderbilt suc- ple positions during their careers. Justin Skule, OT 30 cess in recent years. All four VU squads that have appeared in bowl games Skule put together a solid campaign Devin Cochran, OT 13 since 2011 finished the year with a positive turnover margin. protecting Kyle Shurmur’s blindside in Egidio Dellaripa, OG/C 11 Saige Young, OG 8 Six VU defenders are responsible for getting turnovers: forced fumbles 2017. A 30-game career starter, Skule is Cole Clemens, OG/OT 4 by Kenny Hebert (R-So., OLB), Charles Wright (R-Sr., OLB) and Drew Birch- back at left tackle. Reagan, also a 30-game starter, is one Jared Southers, OG/OT 4 meier (R-So., DL) and by Joejuan Williams (Jr., CB), Allan of the team’s most versatile lineman. After George (R-Fr., CB) and Frank Coppet (R-So., safety). starting at guard as a sophomore and at center as a junior, Reagan has moved back to guard this year. Devin Cochran (R-So.) is arguably the Commodores’ most athletic lineman. WRIGHT GARNERS PRESEASON RECOGNITION; Cochran started 10 games as a redshirt freshman at right tackle. Cole Clemens (R-So.) has started the first three games at left guard. He is BEDNARIK AWARD CONSIDERATION backed up by Saige Young (R-Jr.), a physical eight-game starter last year. Charles Wright (R-Sr., OLB) has earned preseason All-Southeastern Egidio DellaRipa (R-Sr.) has three starts at center this year. He was pushed this summer by fast-improving Grant Miller (R-Fr.). Conference recogition coming off a 2017 campaign when he ranked Jared Southers (R-Jr.) also is the mix at both tackle positions. He started among the league leaders in quarterback sacks. four games last year, showing versatility to play guard or center. Sean McMoore Wright, from Irvine, Calif., was voted to the preseason second-team (R-So.) also impressed this August at guard and center. All-SEC defense by media members attending SEC Media Days in early July. He also earned first-team All-SEC from Phil Steele’s Publication. NINETEEN COMMODORE NEWCOMERS Wright also was included YEARLY SACK TOTALS by the Maxwell Football Club SEE INITIAL GAME ACTION on the preseason watch list Player, Position Year QB Sacks for the Bednarik Award, given Alan Young, DL 1993 12 Nineteen Commodores, including five true freshmen, have enjoyed their ini- tial collegiate action early in the 2018 season. annually to the nation’s top CHARLES WRIGHT, OLB 2017 9 The newcomers including three true freshman wide receivers, five lineback- defensive player. James Manley, DL 1994 9 ers and four recent transfers. Wright has nine total Note: Vanderbilt QB sack totals date to 1984. First-time contributors on offense were Amir Abdur-Rahman (Fr., WR), tackles and a forced fumble Bryce Bailey (R-Fr., OT/TE), CJ Bolar (Fr., WR), Cam Johnson (Fr., WR), through three games this season. Braden Kopp (R-So., TE) and Ke’Shawn Vaughn (R-Jr., RB). As a junior, Wright earned AP second-team All-SEC LB by the after Defensive players seeing their first action were Feleti Afemui (R-Fr., LB), putting together a superb season. He topped the Dores – and shared the Colin Anderson (R-Fr., LB), Brayden DeVault-Smith (R-Fr., LB), Stone Edwards SEC regular season lead – with nine quarterback sacks. It matched the (R-Fr., DL), Allan George (R-Fr., CB), Randall Haynie (R-Fr., CB), Alim second highest sack total by a Commodore since the mid-1980s, trailing Muhammad (Grad., CB), Alston Orji (Fr., LB), Michael Owusu (R-Fr., LB), Rutger only Alan Young’s 12-sack total in 1993. Reitmeier (R-Fr., DL), Louis Vecchio (Grad., DL) and Max Worship (Fr., safety). Wright’s 2017 campaign also included single-season highs of 25 total Parker Thome (Grad., punter) was the team’s only specialist that was first- tackles, 10.5 tackles for loss and four quarterback hurries. time contributor.

RELENTLESS | TOUGH | INTELLIGENT 7 NOTES/GAME 4 VANDERBILT’S RECORD WHEN... SUPERLATIVES FROM THE NOTRE DAME GAME home...... 2-0 road...... 0-1 • After starting the game with four quick possessions all ending in punts, the neutral...... Vanderbilt offense produced eight consecutive drives of at five plays or more. The day games...... 1-1 Commodores compiled 419 total yards and all three scores during the stretch. night games...... 1-0 overtime...... • After a sluggish start when the Notre Dame offense converted on four of five third VU scores on 1st possession...... 1-0 downs, the Commodore defense stiffened, holding the Irish offense to just one conver- Opp. scores on 1st possession...... 0-1 sion in its last 10 third-down attempts. VU scores first...... 2-0 Opp. scores first...... 0-1 • After holding Middle Tennessee and Nevada scoreless after intermission, the VU leads after 1st quarter...... Commodore defense limited Notre Dame to six points in the second half. Opp. leads after 1st quarter...... 0-1 Tied after 1st quarter...... 2-0 Through three games, the Commodores have outscored opponents by a 59-6 VU leads at halftime...... 2-0 margin. Opp. leads at halftime...... 0-1 Tied at halftime...... • Kalija Lipscomb (Jr., WR) and Jared Pinkney (R-Jr., TE) paced the Commodore VU leads after 3rd quarter...... 2-0 receiving corps with 11 and five catches, respectively. Pinkney amassed 111 receiving Opp. leads after 3rd quarter...... 0-1 yards on five catches, including an 18-yard touchdown. Lipscomb totalled 89 yards Tied after 3rd quarter...... from 11 catches. VU has more total yards...... 2-1 Opp. has more total yards...... • Parker Thome (Grad., punter) had his finest game in a Vanderbilt uniform. He VU has more rushing yards...... 2-0 averaged 46.0 yards on four punts, with a long effort of 51 yards. Thome also downed Opp. has more rushing yards...... 0-1 VU has more passing yards...... 1-1 one punt inside the ND 20-yard line and finished the game with a net average of 45.8 yards. Opp. has more passing yards...... 1-0 VU has more turnovers...... 0-1 Opp. has more turnovers...... 2-0 • Kyle Shumur (Sr., QB) put together one of his finest games as a Commodore. The Teams have equal turnovers...... signal caller threw for 326 yards (fourth most in his career) after completing 26 of 43 VU forces 1+ turnovers...... 2-0 passes. VU has more penalties...... 1-0 Shurmur, who found TE Jared Pinkney for a 18-yard score in the fourth quarter), Opp. has more penalties...... 0-1 connected with 10 different targets during the game. Teams have equal penalties...... 1-0 VU has more time of possession...... 1-0 • For the first time this season, the Commodore defense did not register a fumble Opp. has more time of possession...... 1-1 recovery or interception against Notre Dame. The unit had six forced turnovers enter- VU has 100-yard rusher...... ing the game. Opp. has 100-yard rusher...... 0-1 VU has 300-yard passer...... 0-1 • Dimitri Moore (R-Fr., ILB) made the most of his first career starting assignment. Opp. has 300-yard passer...... VU has 100-yard receiver...... 0-1 Moore registered eight total tackles, shared a tackle for loss, and contributed a quar- Opp. has 100-yard receiver...... rterback hurry. VU scores less than 20 points...... 0-1 Opp. scores less than 20 points...... 2-0 • Ke’Shawn Vaughn (R-Jr., RB) topped the Commodore rushing attack with 54 yards, VU scores 20+ points...... 2-0 including a 3-yard run was provided the team’s first touchdown. Opp. scores 20+ points...... 0-1 VU scores 30+ points...... 2-0 • Donovan Sheffield (R-Sr., CB) registered a single-game high with five solo stops Opp. scores 30+ points...... and seven total tackles. Playing on grass...... Playing on turf...... 2-1 • LaDarius Wiley (Grad., SAF) topped the Commodores with 10 total tackles. It was VU defense scores...... 1-0 his highest total of the season and the sixth game of his career with 10+ tackles. Opp. defense scores...... VU scores special teams TD...... • After punting on its first four possessions, the Commodores never faced a punting Opp. scores special teams TD...... situation after intermission. vs. Associated Press Top 5...... vs. Associated Press Top 10...... 0-1 • A 20-yard punt return with 2:55 remaining in the third quarter was a career long vs. Associated Press Top 15...... 0-1 for Trey Ellis (Grad., WR/PR). The return set up the Commodores at the Notre Dame vs. Associated Press Top 25...... 0-1 47-yard line. VU rushes for 100+ yards...... 2-0 Opp. rushes for 100+ yards...... 1-1 • CJ Bolar (Fr., WR) registered the first catches of his collegiate career. He had a VU rushes for 200+ yards...... pair of receptions for 40 yards, including a 30-yard catch that led to Vanderbilt’s first Opp. rushes for 200+ yards...... 0-1 touchdown. VU passes for 200+ yards...... 1-1 Opp. passes for 200+ yards...... 0-1 • Trailing 16-3 entering halftime, the Commodores got back into the game with an VU passes for 250+ yards...... 1-1 Opp. passes for 250+ yards...... impressive third quarter when they outscored the Irish 7-0, produced nine first downs, VU passes for 300+ yards...... 0-1 and 123 total yards while owning a 5:08-minute advantage in time of possession (10:04- Opp. passes for 300+ yards...... 4:56). VU totals less than 300 yards total offense...... Opp. totals less than 300 yards total offense...... 2-0 • Saige Young (R-Jr., OL) saw his first action of the season, contributing at left VU totals 300+ yards total offense...... 2-1 guard. Opp. totals 300+ yards total offense...... 0-1

8 @VANDYFOOTBALL NOTES/GAME 4 FOUR KEY COACHING STAFF ADDITIONS DORES IN SEC, NATIONAL RANKINGS Head coach Derek Mason has added four new coaches to the Vanderbilt staff: Jason Tarver (defensive coordinator/outside linebackers coach), TEAM Aaron Moorehead (wide receivers coach), Shawn Mennenga (special teams Category Stat SEC NCAA coordinator) and Terrence Brown (cornerbacks coach). Total Offense 411.3 6 74 The rest of the Dores’ coaching staff returns intact: Andy Ludwig (offensive Rushing Offense 156.0 13 88 coordinator/tight ends/running backs), C.J. Ah You (defensive line), Gerry Passing Offense 255.3 7 52 Gdowski (quarterbacks), Chris Marve (inside linebackers), Marc Mattioli Team Passing Efficiency 147.7 10 47 (defensive secondary) and Cameron Norcross (offensive line). Scoring Offense 31.0 13 74 Total Defense 308.0 6 29 Jason Tarver will serve as the Dores’ new defensive coordinator taking over for Mason, who has served Rushing Defense 131.7 11 49 as his own defensive coordinator since 2015. He Passing Yards Allowed 176.3 5 35 brings 16 years of NFL experience to Nashville after Team Pass Defense Efficiency 108.2 6 35 working with the San Francisco 49ers and Oakland Scoring Defense 13.0 5 15 Raiders. In his second tenure with the 49ers, Tarver Turnover Margin +1 6 48 worked in a variety of roles, most recently as the 3rd Down Conversions 42% 8 59 team’s senior defensive assistant. He also coached Opp. 3rd Down Conv. 38% 11 72 outside linebackers (2016) and was the senior Red Zone Offense 85% 11 75 defensive assistant/linebackers coach (2015). Tarver Red Zone Defense 70% 5 30 was also a member of the staff in San Francisco from Net Punting 38.9 8 53 2001-10. Prior to rejoining the 49ers, Tarver served as defensive coordinator Punt Return Avg. 10.0 7 52 for the Oakland Raiders (2012-14). He served one season at Stanford along- Kickoff Returns 22.0 5 48 side Mason as the co-defensive coordinator for the Cardinal (2011). 1st Downs 22.3 8 52 Opp. 1st Down 19.7 12 76 Aaron Moorehead joins Vanderbilt after serving as the wide receivers coach at Texas A&M, the same Fewest Penalty Yards/Game 6.0 5 49 role he will fill for VU. He spent the last three seasons Time of Possession 31:21 6 44 with the Aggies after spending two years at Virginia Sacks By/Game 1.0 4 21 Tech (2013-14), three at Stanford (2010-12) and Sacks Against/Game 3.0 4 23 beginning his career at New Mexico. At Texas A&M, Moorehead developed Christian Kirk into one of the INDIVIDUAL most explosive playmakers in the Southeastern Con- Category/Player Stat (pg) SEC NCAA ference. At Virginia Tech, Moorehead had three wide All-Purpose Yards/K. Lipscomb 84.3 17 - receivers post 40-plus catches in the same season Completion Percentage/K. Shurmur 64.1 7 45 twice for the first time in program history. He also spent five seasons in the Passing Yards/Game/K. Shurmur 251.3 5 37 NFL with the Colts, winning XLI. Passing Efficiency/K. Shurmur 148.7 8 45 Passing TDs/Game/K. Shurmur 1.7 (5) 7 41 Shawn Mennenga (MEN-in-guh) returns to college Points Responsible For/K. Shurmur 30 11 78 football as the Dores’ special teams coordinator Total Touchdowns/K. Lipscomb 6.0 (3) 18 - after spending the last seven seasons as the Cleve- land Browns’ special teams assistant coach. During Total Touchdowns/K. Vaughn 6.0 (3) 18 - his tenure in Cleveland he helped numerous players Receptions/K. Lipscomb 8.3 (25) 1 5 set NFL and franchise records, including Travis Receptions/J. Pinkney 4.0 (12) 12 - Coons who set an NFL record by making the first 18 Receiving Yards/J. Pinkney 80.3 6 61 field goals of his career. Prior to joining the Browns, Receiving Yards/K. Lipcomb 78.0 7 67 Mennenga made six stops at different levels of col- Total Receiving TDs/K. Lipscomb 1.0 (3) 2 19 lege football. His last collegiate stop was as the linebackers coach at South Rushing Yards/K. Vaughn 61.3 14 - Dakota State (2009-10) before making the jump to professional football. He Rushing Yards per carry/K. Vaughn 6.1 6 34 brings three years of head coaching experience to Vanderbilt, having led the Sacks/Game/K. Hebert 1.0 (3) 1 18 program at Culver-Stockton College from 2002-04. Solo Tackles/J. Smith 5.0 (15) 2 52 Total Tackles/Game/J. Griffin 7.3 5 - Terrence Brown joins the Commodores’ staff as Tackles for Loss/J. Smith 1.7 (5) 3 31 the team’s new cornerbacks coach after spending the last three seasons as a defensive graduate Total Tackles/Game/J. Smith 7.0 7 - assistant for the Washington Huskies. While with Tackles for Loss/K. Hebert 1.3 (4) 7 56 the Huskies, he helped transform the team’s defense Forced Fumbles/Birchmeier,Wright, Hebert .3 5 61 into one of the Pac-12’s and nation’s best units. Last Fumble Rec./Dy. Odeyingbo/Mayle, Hebert .3 2 - season, Washington ranked first in the Pac-12 in Interceptions/George, Coppet, Williams .3 6 - scoring and total defense while ranking fifth nation- Total Offense/K Shurmur 249.3 5 46 ally in scoring defense and eighth in total defense. Kickoff Returns/J. Wakefield 22.0 2 39 In 2016, Brown worked with consensus All-American Punt Returns/T. Ellis 10.0 3 33 safety Budda Baker, second-team All-American cornerback Sidney Jones and Pac-12 Defensive Freshman of the Year Taylor Rapp.

RELENTLESS | TOUGH | INTELLIGENT 9 NOTES/GAME 4 THE VANDERBILT STAFF COMMODORE GETTING VALUABLE CONTRIBUTION FROM GRADUATE TRANSFERS MUHAMMAD, THOME, VECCHIO COACHES/STAFF Derek Mason...... Head Coach Three graduate transfer arrivals – defensive back Alim Muhammad, specialist Parker C.J. Ah You...... DL Thome and defensive lineman Louis Vecchio – have contributed significantly for the Commo- Terrence Brown...... CBs dores in the early season. Gerry Gdowski...... QBs Muhammad, from St. Louis, Mo. and a graduate of the College of Holy Cross, started at Andy Ludwig...... Offensive Coordinator/RBs/TEs nickel back against MTSU and Nevada. He nine total tackles through three games. Aaron Moorehead...... WRs Thome, an All-Ivy League punter from Hortonville, Wisc., averaged 46.0 yards on four Chris Marve...... ILBs Marc Mattioli...... Secondary punts at Notre Dame, posting a net average of 45.8 yards. He is averaging 42.0 yards this Shawn Mennenga...... Special Teams Coordinator year. Cameron Norcross...... OL Vecchio, a two-time All-Ivy League defensive end from Orange, Calif., contributed his Jason Tarver...... Defensive Coordinator/OLBs first quarterback sack against MTSU. He also shared team honors with two tackles for loss James Dobson...... Head Strength Coach among four total tackles. As a Commodore, Vecchio has five total tackles in two starting Tyler Clarke...... Assistant Director, Strength assignments. Aaron Hill...... Assistant Coach, Strength Muhammad, Thome and Vecchio are enrolled in postgraduate courses at Vanderbilt’s Fahd Jindani...... Assistant Coach, Strength Matt Manninger...... Assistant Coach, Strength Owen School of Management. Bret Ingalls...... Senior Offensive Analyst Osia Lewis...... Senior Defensive Analyst Patrick Ashford...... Graduate Assistant (Off.) Keith Jones...... Graduate Assistant (Off.) Bryce Lewis...... Graduate Assistant (Def.) TJ Weyl...... Graduate Assistant (Def.) Tate Benton...... Quality Control (Def.) Ryan Blakney...... Quality Control (Off.) Darris Darden-Box...... Quality Control (Off.) Jovan Haye...... Quality Control (Def.) Rayna Stewart...... Quality Control (Spec. Teams) Jason Grooms...... Assistant AD/Football Jake Kirkendall...... Director, Football Operations Charlotte Siegel...... Assistant to Coach Mason Dr. Christiana Russell...... Director, Player Development Austen Everson...... Director, Player Personnel Eric Lammers...... Director, Recruiting Andrea P. Cain...... Director, Recruiting Relations Corey Phillips...... Assistant Recruiting Coordinator Haley Schaafsma...... Assistant Recruiting Coordinator Jordan Hunt...... Football Equipment Manager Chas Petrone...... Director, Football Video Production Erica Duane...... Graphic Designer A QUICK LOOK Head Coach...... Derek Mason (Northern Arizona) Career Record...... 20-32 (5th year) ‘VOICE OF THE DORES’ FISHER ANCHORS RADIO NETWORK 2018 Team Record...... 2-0 2018 SEC Record...... 0-0 (SEC East) Joe Fisher, Norman Jordan and Mitch Light provide Home/Away...... 2-0/0-0 concise and insightful Commodore coverage on the VU IMG RADIO NETWORK Home Attendance...... 51,114 (25,557 avg.) Vanderbilt Radio Network. Number of Bowl Appearances...... 8 A Nashville native, Fisher enters his 21st season as All-Time Bowl Record...... 4-3-1 the team’s play-by-play announcer. He handles similar Last Bowl...... 2016 Independence Last Bowl W/L...... NC State (L, 41-17) duties for Vanderbilt men’s basketball and baseball. Fisher also serves as Vanderbilt Athletics’ Director of Talkradio 1510 WLAC* Nashville Broadcasting. WNRQ 98.3 FM Nashville INFORMATION/STAFF WPLZ-HD2 106.9 FM Chattanooga Location...... Nashville, Tenn. Prior to joining Vanderbilt, Fisher was a television WEKR AM-1240 Fayetteville Founded ...... 1873 sports anchor in the Nashville market from 1987-96,with WJJM AM-1490 Lewisburg Undergraduate Enrollment...... 6,871 stints at WSMV-4 and WKRN-2. He also worked in WJJM 94.3 FM Lewisburg Nickname...... Commodores public relations. WMSR AM-1320 Manchester Nicholas S. Zeppos...... Chancellor Jordan, a former Vanderbilt standout running back WMSR 107.9 FM Manchester David Williams II...... Athletics Director who helped the Commodores to a 1982 Hall of Fame WMPS AM-1210 Memphis Colors...... Black and Gold Bowl appearance, returns for his fourth year at analyst. WMPS 103.1 FM Memphis Conference...... Southeastern Stadium...... Vanderbilt Stadium (40,350) He works as a stock broker in Nashville. * network flagship Surface...... Synthetic (Shaw Sportexe) Light enters his sixth season providing sideline com- Mason’s weekly Coach’s Show hosted by All-Time Record...... 602-614-50 (.495) mentary. Light is a Vanderbilt graduate and editor of Joe Fisher is heard Wednesdays at 7 p.m. CT Athlon sports publications. on Talkradio 1510 WLAC.

10 @VANDYFOOTBALL NOTES/GAME 4 DEFENSIVE NEWCOMERS MAKING MOST OF SNAPS SEC STANDINGS Several new contributors are having a positive impact on the Vanderbilt defense. While returning starters Jordan Griffin (Sr., ILB), Dare Odeyingbo (Sr., DL), Charles Eastern Division Wright (R-Sr., OLB), Josh Smith (Sr., OLB) and Team OVR SEC Home Road Strk Joejuan Williams (Jr., CB) have provided leader- Georgia 3-0 1-0 1-0 1-0 W3 ship and solid play, several young prospects and RELATIVE NEWCOMERS Kentucky 3-0 1-0 1-0 1-0 W3 first-time contributors have stepped forward to IMPACTING VU DEFENSE Missouri 3-0 0-0 2-0 0-0 W3 provide a spark for the Commodore defense early Vanderbilt 2-1 0-0 2-0 0-0 L1 in the season. Player, Position Tackles Dimitri Moore (R-Fr., ILB) 11 Florida 2-1 0-1 1-1 0-0 W1 Thirteen different defenders who are new to Kenny Hebert (R-Fr., OLB) 10 Tennessee 2-1 0-0 1-0 0-0 W2 the program or saw limited to no action a year Tae Daley (So., SAF) 9 So. Carolina 1-1 0-1 1-1 0-0 L1 ago, have contributed at least two tackles and Allan George (R-Fr., CB) 9 quality snaps for the defense. Eleven of the 13 are Alim Muhammad (Grad., DB) 9 young returnees from the 2017 squad. Brayden DeVault-Smith (R-Fr., ILB) 7 Western Division The Commodore defense directed by first-year Drew Birchmeier (R-So.) 5 Team OVR SEC Home Road Strk Louis Vecchio (Grad., DL) 5 coordinator Jason Tarver has been solid, limiting Alabama 3-0 1-0 1-0 1-0 W3 Frank Coppet (R-So., SAF) 4 MTSU and Nevada to an average of 8.5 points and Randall Haynie (R-Fr., CB) 4 LSU 3-0 1-0 1-0 1-0 W3 272 total yards. Colin Anderson (R-Fr., ILB) 3 Miss. State 3-0 0-0 1-0 1-0 W3 Dimitri Moore (R-Fr., ILB) and Kenny He- Zaire Jones (So., SAF) 3 Auburn 2-1 0-1 1-1 0-0 L1 bert (R-So., OLB) has been the most productive Cameron Tidd (R-So., DL) 3 Ole Miss 2-1 0-1 1-1 0-0 L1 Rutger Reitmeier (R-Fr., DL) 2 newcomers. Hebert has four tackles for loss, two Texas A&M 2-1 0-0 1-1 0-0 W1 QB sacks, a forced fumble and fumble recovery Arkansas 1-2 0-0 1-1 0-1 L2 coming off the edge. Moore has 11 total tackles and two QB hurries. Tae Daley (R-So., SAF) and Allen George (R-Fr., CB) have nine tackles each. This Week in the SEC Brayden DeVault-Smith (R-Fr., ILB) has added seven tackles. Saturday, Sept. 22 Others young VU defenders who are seeing their most action are Drew Birchmeier Georgia at Missouri | 11 a.m. | ESPN (R-So., DL), Frank Coppet (R-Fr., SAF), Randall Haynie (R-Fr., CB), Zaire Jones (So., SAF), Rutger Reitmeier (R-Fr., DL) and Cameron Tidd (R-So., DL). Kent State at Ole Miss | 11 a.m. | SECN Two new graduate transfers on defense, Alim Muhammad (CB) and Louis Vecchio Texas A&M at Alabama | 2:30 p.m. | CBS (DL), have registered nine and five tackles, respectively. South Carolina at Vanderbilt | 3 p.m. | SECN Miss. State at Kentucky | 6 p.m. | ESPN2 Louisiana Tech at LSU | 6 p.m. | ESPNU NEW SPECIALISTS PERFORMING AS EXPECTED Florida at Tennessee | 6 p.m. | ESPN Vanderbilt’s two new specialists – Parker Thome (Grad., punter) and Ryley Guay Arkansas at Auburn | 6:30 p.m. | SECN (R-Jr., PK) – have performed early in the year as planned by first-year special teams coordinator Shawn Mennenga. Next Week in the SEC Thome, one of two new transfers to the Dores from the Ivy League, has averaged Saturday, Sept. 29 42.0 yards on nine punts. He also had three punts downed inside the MTSU 20-yard Louisiana at Alabama | line, with a long effort of 51 yards. Only one of his nine punts has been returned. Tennessee at Georgia | Guay has converted on field goals of 35, 25 and 21 yards early in the season. Southern Miss at Auburn | He has two misses, both coming from beyond 42 yards. He has also converted all 12 Ole Miss at LSU | extra point attempts. Thirteen of Guay’s 17 kickoffs have resulted in touchbacks. Florida at Miss. State | Arkansas at Texas A&M | South Carolina at Kentucky | VANDERBILT’S ‘WEST COAST’ FLAVOR Tennessee State at Vanderbilt | Several members of the Vanderbilt coaching staff, including head coach Derek All times Central Mason, offensive coordinator Andy Ludwig and defensive coordinator Jason Tarver, and numerous Commodore student-athletes have roots tied to the West Coast. Mason, a native of Phoenix, Ariz. and graduate of Northern Arizona, has VANDERBILT RESULTS AGAINST coached at several universities in the western United States, including Weber State, Idaho State, Utah and Stanford. Ludwig has coordinated offenses at Oregon, TENNESSEE OPPONENTS Utah, California, San Diego State and California among others. Tarver is a native Californian, having spent the last 18 years in the Bay Area. The Vanderbilt victory in the opener against Middle Offensive line coach Cameron Norcross played and coached at the University of Tennessee was the Commodores’ sixth straight against Nevada. other teams from the state of Tennessee. Other VU coaches with West Coast ties include C.J. Ah You (DL), Terrence Brown The streak, which dates back to a loss at Tennessee (CBs), Marc Mattioli (secondary) and Aaron Moorehead (WRs). to close the 2015 season, includes three wins over Middle Twelve student-athletes on the Vanderbilt roster are from the West Coast, Tennessee, a pair of victories over Tennessee and a 2016 including seven from California, and two from Arizona and Utah. triumph over Tennessee State. It also marked Vanderbilt’s fourth straight win over MTSU.

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SIX COMMODORES STUDY ABROAD IN MAY – The following Vanderbilt football student-athletes studied abroad in May: Jaire UPDATING COMMODORES IN THE NFL George (R-Jr., FB, England); Andre Mintze (R-So., LB, Australia); Note: This information on Vanderbilt players on current National Football Caleb Peart (R-Jr., LB, Australia); Josh Smith (R-Sr., LB, Austra- League rosters was updated Sept. 17. lia), Jared Southers (R-Jr., OL, Australia); and LaDarius Wiley OREN BURKS (2014-17) // Green Bay (Grad., safety, Australia). WEEK 2: Burks was inactive for the second straight week in Green Bay’s 29-29 WRIGHT’S BACKPACK DRIVE – Charles Wright (R-Sr., OLB) overtime tie against Minnesota Sunday. UP NEXT: The 1-0-1 Packers will travel to Washington on Sunday, Sept. 23. collected 127 backpacks and about 1,200 school supply items this ADAM BUTLER (2013-16) // New England summer through his “Impact with Backpacks” drive. The items WEEK 2: Butler contributed a solo tackle in New England’s 31-20 road loss at were donated to inner-city Nashville children in need. Jacksonville Sunday. UP NEXT: The 1-1 Patriots will face the Lions in Detroit on Sunday, Sept. 23. SHURMUR WORKS MANNING CAMP – In June, Kyle Shurmur (Sr., QB) served as a collegiate counselor at the Manning Quar- ZACH CUNNINGHAM (2013-16) // Houston WEEK 2: Cunningham was the Texans’ leading tackler with eight stops in a close terback Camp. It was Shurmur’s second year to mentor with the road loss to Tennessee. camp. UP NEXT: The 0-2 Texans will host the on Sunday, Sept. 23. TARVER’S SPRING RESIDENCE - MASON’S EXTRA ROOM – After ANDRE HAL (2010-13) // Houston accepting Derek Mason’s appeal to become Vanderbilt’s defen- Hal is currently on the team’s non-football illness list after being diagnosed with Hodgkin lymphoma in early June. Hal has been a mainstay on the Texans’ defense, sive coordinator, Jason Tarver resided in a garage apartment at with 38 starts over the past four seasons. Mason’s house in Nashville. Tarver and Mason were co-defen- CASEY HAYWARD (2008-11) // L.A. Chargers sive coordinators for the 2011 Stanford team that ranked among WEEK 2: Hayward had one tackle and a defensed pass as a starter at cornerback the top defenses in the nation. in the Chargers’ 31-20 road win over Buffalo. UP NEXT: The 1-1 Chargers face the L.A. Rams on Sunday, Sept. 23. BLASINGAME NOMINATED FOR GOOD WORKS – Khari TRE HERNDON (2014-17) // Jacksonville Blasingame (Grad., RB) has been nominated for the Allstate- WEEK 2: A rookie free agent with the Jags, Herndon contributed a special teams AFCA National Good Works Team for his on-campus work as a tackle in Jacksonville’s 31-20 home victory over New England on Sunday. mentor to first-year Vanderbilt minority students through Project UP NEXT: The 2-0 Jaguars host Tennessee on Sunday, Sept. 23. I Am. He is also president of Sankofa, a student-led organization WILL HOLDEN (2013-16) // Indianapolis A fifth-round pick in the 2017 Draft, in African American Diaspora Studies. Blasingame is a first-year Holden was signed to the Indianapolis practice squad on Sept. 13. He was released graduate student and two-time team captain. in early September by Arizona. KENNY LADLER (2010-13) // Washington ODEYINGBO BROTHERS – There should plenty of plays this WEEK 2: Ladler saw his first action of the regular season, playing on special teams season when Dare Odeyingbo (Sr.) and his younger brother Dayo and at safety in Washington’s 21-9 home loss to Indianapolis. Odeyingbo (So.) are on the field together as defensive ends in UP NEXT: The 1-1 Redskins host Green Bay on Sunday, Sept. 23. Vanderbilt’s 3-4 scheme. The brothers both lettered last year, SPENCER PULLEY (2011-15) // N.Y. Giants their first year on the field together in organized football. WEEK 2: Pulley was inactive for the Giants’ Sunday Night Football matchup against divisional rival Dallas. WORKING TO FEED THE DISADVANTAGED – Mo Hasan (R-So., UP NEXT: The 0-2 Giants will travel to Houston on Sunday, Sept. 23. QB) started Second Spoon in his hometown of Miami, Fla., to CALEB SCOTT (2014-17) // Seattle Scott was added to the Seahawks’ practice distribute unused food from local restaurants. Hasan used a food squad Sept. 2. He was a rookie free agent receiver. truck to distribute at various locations around Miami. TRENT SHERFIELD (2014-17) // Arizona WEEK 2: A rookie free agent, Sherfield was not active in Arizona’s road loss to the TENNESSEE PREP TEAMMATES – Cam Johnson (Fr., WR) and L.A. Chargers on Sunday. Gavin Schoenwald (Fr., TE) were prep teammates on three UP NEXT: The 0-2 Cardinals will host Chicago on Sunday, Sept. 23. straight state championship squads at Brentwood Academy just STEPHEN WEATHERLY (2012-15) // Minnesota south of Nashville. They were also teammates with VU hoops WEEK 2: Weatherly contributed two tackles and a QB hurry in the Vikings’ 29-29 freshmanDarius Garland on four straight state basketball titles. overtime tie to rival Green Bay. UP NEXT: The 1-0-1 Vikings will host Buffalo on Sunday, Sept. 23. ATHLETES IN THE FAMILY – Collegiate athletics is part of life for RALPH WEBB (2014-17) // New England Webb was added to the Patriots’ Michael Owusu (R-Fr., OLB). All four of his siblings have played practice squad Sept. 2. He is a rookie free agent. collegiately: Francis and Chris, football players at Stanford; Brian, a football player at Harvard; and Crystal, a basketball player at IN OTHER RECENT NEWS: Columbia. Francis currently plays wide receiver with the Miami C.J. DUNCAN (2014-17) // Arizona Duncan was released from Arizona Sept. 2. Dolphins. WESLEY JOHNSON (2010-13) // Detroit Johnson was released by Detroit on Sept. 2. In 2017, the five-year pro was the starting center for the New York Jets. SHURMUR UP FOR NATIONAL SCHOLAR ATHLETE AWARD – Kyle Shurmur (Sr., QB) is under consideration for the prestigious EMMANUEL SMITH (2014-17) // Atlanta Smith was released by Atlanta Sept. 2. National Scholar Athlete Award presented by the National JONATHAN WYNN (2014-17) // Minnesota Wynn was released Sept. 2 by Football Foundation. Minnesota. He was a rookie free agent defensive end prospect.

12 @VANDYFOOTBALL NOTES/GAME 4 HEAD COACH DEREK MASON MASON AT THE HELM Age: 48 Alma Mater: Northern Arizona (playing career 1989-92) 2018 Career Degrees: Bachelor’s, Criminal Justice, NAU 1993 Family: Wife, LeighAnne; daughters, Makenzie & Sydney Overall...... 2-1...... 20-32 Twitter: @CoachDerekMason Home...... 2-0...... 15-13 Road...... 0-1...... 5-17 VANDERBILT – 2014-18 (Head Coach) Neutral...... -...... 0-2 Introduced Jan. 17, 2014 as the 28th head coach in team history... Notched first career SEC games...... -...... 6-26 victory as head coach in dramatic style, guiding team to 34-31 win over UMass on Sept. Overtime...... -...... 1-0 13, 2014... After 2014 season, took over Vanderbilt defensive coordinator responsibili- Grass...... -...... 2-11 ties... Earned first road win at MTSU in October 2015... Earned first SEC victory Oct. 24, 2015 with 10-3 win over Turf...... 2-1...... 19-21 Missouri... Mason’s 2016 team improved win total for second straight year, winning the final two games of the vs. AP Top 5...... -...... 0-4 regular season against Ole Miss and Tennessee to get to six wins and earn an invitation to the Camping World Independence Bowl... Also earned first win over ranked foe on the road vs. Georgia... Offense improved in nearly vs. AP Top 10...... 0-1...... 0-6 every category in 2016, finishing sixth nationally in red zone efficiency... The 2016 defense was led by consensus vs. AP Top 15...... 0-1...... 0-11 All-American Zach Cunningham, who became just the third Commodore to ever earn first-team All-American vs. AP Top 25...... 0-1...... 2-14 status from the Walter Camp Foundation... 2016 Defense led the nation in the red zone. Leading after 1Q...... -...... 8-3 STANFORD – 2013 (Willie Shaw Director of Defense) Trailing after 1Q...... 0-1...... 7-24 Promoted to position of Willie Shaw Director of Defense, Mason guides one of the nation’s top defenses Tied after 1Q...... 2-0...... 5-5 as The Cardinal goes 10-3 overall, wins Pac-12 crown and plays in second straight Rose Bowl... Stanford Leading at half...... 2-0...... 15-5 finishes year ranked No. 10 on strength of four victories over ranked opponents... The defense ranks third in Trailing at half...... 0-1...... 4-26 NCAA in rushing defense, 10th in scoring defense and 16th in total defense... Unit again ranks among Pac-12’s Tied at half...... -...... 1-1 best in numerous defensive categories... For second straight year, Mason’s defense limits powerful Oregon Leading after 3Q...... 2-0...... 14-2 spread offense, holding Ducks scoreless for first three quarters in eventual 26-20 Stanford victory... Three of Mason’s standouts – LB Trent Murphy, LB Shayne Skov and DB Ed Reynolds – garner postseason All-America Trailing after 3Q...... 0-1...... 4-30 recognition. Tied after 3Q...... -...... 2-0 STANFORD – 2011-12 (associate head coach/defensive coordinator) Scoring first...... 2-0...... 12-9 Finalist for 2012 Broyles Award as nation’s outstanding assistant coach... Stanford goes 23-4 overall in Opp. scoring first...... 0-1...... 8-23 Mason’s first two years as coordinator, wins 2012 Pac-12 title, captures 2012 Rose Bowl over Wisconsin, and Scoring 20+ points...... 2-0...... 16-6 plays in the 2011 BCS Fiesta Bowl... Mason’s 3-4 attacking defense ranked among the NCAA leaders in both Allowing 20+ points...... 0-1...... 7-26 seasons... In 2012, the Cardinal defense topped the nation with 57 quarterback sacks, ranked second in tack- Scoring 30+ points...... 2-0...... 13-2 les for loss, fifth in rushing defense and 11th in scoring defense... Stanford also paced the Pac-12 in scoring Allowing 30+ points...... -...... 3-17 defense, total defense, rushing defense and sacks... The 2012 defense also held eight opponents under 100 Decided by 3 points or less...... -...... 4-3 rushing yards and limited high-powered Oregon to just 14 points in an overtime win... . In 2011 the Cardinal was third in the NCAA in rushing defense, sixth in 3rd-down efficiency and 11th in quarterback sacks, and Decided by 10 points or less...... 0-1...... 8-14 finished among the Pac-12 leaders in scoring defense, total defense, rushing defense, sacks and opponent Rush for <100 yards...... 0-1...... 3-12 first downs. Rush for 100+ yards...... 2-0...... 14-19 STANFORD – 2010 (defensive backs coach) Rush for 200+ yards...... -...... 5-1 Hired by Cardinal head coach Jim Harbaugh... Helped change Stanford into a tough-minded, attacking Pass for <200 yards...... 1-0...... 9-18 defense... Unit was key to arguably Stanford’s best year of modern era – a 12-1 overall record capped by 40-12 Pass for 200+ yards...... 1-1...... 8-13 victory over Virginia Tech in the Orange Bowl... The 2010 Cardinal secondary was one of the great turnaround Pass for 250+ yards...... 1-1...... 6-7 stories in college football as Stanford ranked high nationally in interceptions and pass defense... That unit in- Pass for 300+ yards...... 0-1...... 2-4 cluded three eventual NFL players, including All-Pro cornerback Richard Sherman from the World Champion Total 300+ yards offense...... 2-1...... 16-15 Seahawks. Opp. rush for <100 yards...... 1-0...... 12-3 MINNESOTA VIKINGS/NFL – 2007-09 (assistant defensive backs coach) Served as an assistant defensive backs coach for the from 2007 to 2009, playing a vital role Opp. pass for <200 yards...... 1-0...... 9-9 in the team ranking sixth in total defense in 2008 and 2009 as the Vikings won NFC North titles each season. Opp. total <300 yards...... 2-0...... 8-3 OHIO – 2005-06 (wide receivers) Win turnover margin...... 2-0...... 12-5 Hired by former Nebraska head coach Frank Solich, Mason coached Ohio receivers for two years, helping the Tie turnover margin...... -...... 5-6 Bobcats improve from 4-7 in 2005 to a 9-5 campaign in 2006 that ended with a GMAC Bowl appearance. Lose turnover margin...... 0-1...... 3-21 NEW MEXICO STATE – 2004 (wide receivers) In lone season at New Mexico State, the Aggie offense with Mason mentoring wide receivers corps topped the Sun Belt Conference in numerous passing categories. SAINT MARY’S – 2003 (co-defensive coordinator/assistant head coach) 2018 COACHING STAFF First coordinator responsibilities came in only season at St. Mary’s, member of NCAA I-AA Independent League. UTAH – 2002 (wide receivers/special teams assistant coach) ON THE SIDELINE Mason tutored WR Paris Warren, an eventual 7th round draft pick, in his only year at Utah. The 2002 Utes Jason Tarver, Defensive Coord./OLBs offense featured young QB Alex Smith, the eventual 2005 No. 1 NFL draft pick. Shawn Mennenga, Special Teams Coord. BUCKNELL – 1999-2001 (defensive backs) Secondary coach for three straight winning Bison squads... Coached two Bucknell defensive backs to All-Pa- C.J. Ah You, Defensive Line triot League recognition... Bison defensive staff was directed by current Vanderbilt coordinator David Kotulski. Terrence Brown, Cornerbacks IDAHO STATE – 1997-98 (running backs) Gerry Gdowski, Quarterbacks Mason coached Idaho State running backs for two years under head coach Tom Walsh. WEBER STATE – 1995-96 (wide receivers) Chris Marve, Inside Linebackers Mason worked with Weber State receivers, including Pokey Eckford, who earned All-America honors in 1995 Aaron Moorehead, Wide Receivers after catching 77 passes for 1,074 yards and six TDs. MESA (ARIZ.) COMMUNITY COLLEGE – 1994 (wide receivers) Cameron Norcross, Offensive Line Mason entered collegiate coaching as a receivers coach with community college located in San Diego. NFL MINORITY COACHING FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM IN THE BOOTH Mason spent time with the St. Louis Rams in 1996, New York Giants and Oakland Raiders through the Andy Ludwig, Offensive Coord./RBs/TEs Minority Coaching Fellowship Program. Philadelphia in 1999 and Minnesota in 2008. Marc Mattioli, Secondary

RELENTLESS | TOUGH | INTELLIGENT 13 2018 ROSTER NUMERICAL ROSTER # NAME POS. HT. WT. YEAR CL HOMETOWN/HS/(OTHER) ROSTER A-Z 2 Frank Coppet SAF 5-11 188 R-So. 1L Fort Lauderdale, Fla./St. Thomas Aquinas NO. NAME POS. 3 Tae Daley SAF 6-0 195 So. 1L Warner Robins, Ga./Northside 87 Amir Abdur-Rahman WR 3* Ja’Veon Marlow RB 5-11 185 Fr. HS Winter Haven, Fla./Winter Haven Senior 17 Feleti Afemui LB 4* Randall Haynie DB 6-0 185 R-Fr. RS Fort Lauderdale, Fla./Cardinal Gibbons 16 BJ Anderson DB 18 Colin Anderson LB 4 Donaven Tennyson WR 5-10 174 Jr. 2L Richmond, Va./Benedictine College Prep 78/86 Bryce Bailey OL 5* Ke’Shawn Vaughn RB 5-10 222 R-Jr. TR Nashville, Tenn./Pearl-Cohn/Illinois 38 Gil Barksdale SAF 5 LaDarius Wiley SAF 6-1 209 Grad. 3L Los Angeles, Calif./Cathedral 91 Drew Birchmeier DL 23 Khari Blasingame RB 6* Josh Crawford RB 5-10 195 R-Jr. 2L Montgomery, Ala./Edgewood Academy 83 CJ Bolar WR 6 Zaire Jones SAF 6-0 195 R-So. 1L Meridian, Miss./Meridian 81 James Bostic WR 7* Cam Johnson WR 6-0 190 Fr. HS Brentwood, Tenn./Brentwood Academy 12 Jack Bowen QB 7 Dimitri Moore LB 6-3 230 R-Fr. RS Cedar Hill, Texas/Cedar Hill 86 Ben Bresnahan TE 52 Alex Brown LB 8 Joejuan Williams DB 6-3 210 Jr. 2L Nashville, Tenn./Father Ryan 92 Jonah Buchanan DL 9 Caleb Peart LB 6-1 235 R-Jr. 2L Chandler, Ariz./Hamilton 44 Will Clark FB 10 Dayo Odeyingbo DL 6-6 270 So. 1L Irving, Texas/Carrollton Ranchview 74 Cole Clemens OL 11* Alex Stump WR 6-3 208 R-Jr. TR Avon, Ohio/St. Edward/Ohio State 77 Devin Cochran OL 82 Turner Cockrell TE 11 Charles Wright LB 6-3 240 R-Sr. 3L Irvine, Calif./Beckman 37 Pierson Cooke P 12* Jack Bowen QB 6-0 185 Fr. HS Grand Rapids, Mich./Catholic Central 2 Frank Coppet SAF 12 Brayden DeVault-Smith LB 6-3 225 R-Fr. RS Nashville, Tenn./Pearl-Cohn 6 Josh Crawford RB 3 Tae Daley SAF 13* Brendon Harris SAF 6-1 205 Fr. HS Chattanooga, Tenn./Baylor School 72 Dan Dawkins Jr. OL 13 Jackson Winrow WR 6-1 195 R-So. 1L Shawnee, Okla./Shawnee 96 Darion DeBrossard DL 14 Kyle Shurmur QB 6-4 225 Sr. 3L Philadelphia, Pa./La Salle College Prep 76 Egidio DellaRipa OL 14* Max Worship SAF 6-1 200 Fr. HS Ft. Lauderdale, Fla./Cardinal Gibbons 12 Brayden DeVault-Smith LB 84 Sam Dobbs TE 15 Elijah Hamilton DB 6-2 205 R-So. 1L Roswell, Ga./Blessed Trinity Catholic 20 Tre’ Douglas DB 15* Allan Walters QB 6-2 210 Fr. HS Chatham, N.J./The Peddie School 49 Zach Drevno SN 16* BJ Anderson DB 6-1 180 Fr. HS Andalusia, Ala./Andalusia 99 Stone Edwards DL 36 Trey Ellis WR 16 Kalija Lipscomb WR 6-1 201 Jr. 2L New Orleans, La./Jesuit 55 David Floyd OL 17 Feleti Afemui LB 6-3 236 R-Fr. RS Kahului, Hawaii/Maui 28 Allan George DB 18 Colin Anderson LB 6-2 222 R-Fr. RS Florence, Ala./Brooks 27 Jaire George FB 18* Mo Hasan QB 6-3 208 R-So. TR Miami, Fla./ Dillard/Coffeyville CC 40 Jordan Griffin LB 98 Ryley Guay PK 19 Chris Pierce WR 6-4 215 So. 1L Smithfield, Va./Smithfield 15 Elijah Hamilton DB 20 Tre’ Douglas DB 6-2 195 Fr. HS McDonough, Ga./Eagles Landing Christian 13 Brendon Harris SAF 21 Donovan Sheffield DB 6-0 190 Sr. 3L Nashville, Tenn./Ensworth 18 Mo Hasan QB 22 Austin Quillen SAF 5-11 195 R-So. 1L Jenks, Okla./Jenks 4 Randall Haynie DB 42 Kenny Hebert LB 23 Khari Blasingame RB 6-1 228 Grad. 3L Huntsville, Ala./Buckhorn 43 Josh Higgs FB 24 Alston Orji LB 6-2 235 Fr. HS Rockwall, Texas/Rockwall 33 Dashaun Jerkins DB 25 Josh Smith LB 6-4 242 Sr. 3L Murfreesboro, Tenn./Oakland 7 Cam Johnson WR 6 Zaire Jones SAF 26 Andrew Rector LB 6-0 210 Sr. 3L Nashville, Tenn./Father Ryan 89 Braden Kopp TE 27 Jaire George FB 6-1 228 R-Jr. 1L Hyattville, Md./DeMatha Catholic 16 Kalija Lipscomb WR 28 Allan George DB 6-1 185 R-Fr. RS Andalusia, Ala./Andalusia 64 Carlton Lorenz OL 29* Brett Starr FB 6-0 220 R-Fr. SQ Nashville, Tenn./Montgomery Bell Academy 45 Cody Markel TE 3 Ja’Veon Marlow RB 29 Louis Vecchio DL 6-5 270 Grad. TR Orange, Calif./Villa Park/Univ. of Penn 30 Salua Masina LB 30 Salua Masina LB 6-3 220 Fr. HS Salt Lake City, Utah/Brighton 54 Kade Mayle DL 31 Alim Muhammad DB 5-10 170 Grad. TR St. Louis, Mo./Mary Institute/Holy Cross 41 Elijah McAllister LB 31* Mitchell Pryor RB 5-11 180 Fr. HS Darien, Conn./Darien 50 Sean McMoore OL 63 Grant Miller OL 32 Jamauri Wakefield RB 6-1 220 R-So. 1L Jacksonville, Fla./Providence 48 Andre Mintze LB 33 Dashaun Jerkins DB 6-0 185 Fr. HS Woodbridge, Va./Woodbridge 7 Dimitri Moore LB 34 Dare Odeyingbo DE 6-2 282 Sr. 3L Irving, Texas/Cistercian Prep 31 Alim Muhammad DB 34 Dare Odeyingbo DE 35 Kyle White SN 6-0 220 Fr. HS Scottsdale, Ariz./Notre Dame Prep 10 Dayo Odeyingbo DL 36 Trey Ellis WR 5-9 175 Grad. 3L Charlotte, N.C./Ardrey Kell 24 Alston Orji LB 37 Pierson Cooke P 6-0 180 Fr. HS Bloomfield Hills, Mich./Cranbrook-Kingswood 88 Michael Owusu LB 38 Gil Barksdale SAF 5-10 188 Jr. 2L Solon, Ohio/Solon 9 Caleb Peart LB 19 Chris Pierce WR 39 Javan Rice PK 6-2 190 Fr. HS Miami, Fla./Belen Jesuit Prep

14 @VANDYFOOTBALL 2018 ROSTER NUMERICAL ROSTER # NAME POS. HT. WT. YEAR CL HOMETOWN/HS/(OTHER) ROSTER A-Z 40 Jordan Griffin LB 6-0 232 Sr. 3L Tampa, Fla./Armwood 41 Elijah McAllister LB 6-6 230 Fr. HS Rumson, N.J. /Rumson Fair Haven NO. NAME POS. 42 Kenny Hebert LB 6-4 225 R-So. 1L New Orleans, La./Holy Cross 80 Jared Pinkney TE 43 Josh Higgs FB 6-0 237 R-Fr. SQ Nashville, Tenn./Brentwood Academy 31 Mitchell Pryor RB 22 Austin Quillen SAF 44 Will Clark FB 6-1 225 Fr. HS Andalusia, Ala./Andalusia 61 Bruno Reagan OL 45 Cody Markel TE 6-5 250 R-So. 1L Middleton, Wis./Middleton 26 Andrew Rector LB 46 Keithian Starling WR 6-0 185 R-Fr. RS Nashville, Tenn./Nashville Christian 94 Rutger Reitmaier DL 47 Tommy Schiager SN 6-0 220 R-So. 1L Portland, Ore./Sunset 39 Javan Rice PK 66 Cameron Robinson DL 48 Andre Mintze LB 6-3 240 R-So. 1L Philadelphia, Pa./Imhotep Institute 79 Sean Sadler DL 49 Zach Drevno SN 6-0 220 Fr. HS Saline, Mich./Saline 57 Josiah Sa’o DL 50 Sean McMoore OL 6-4 305 R-So. 1L Kapolei, Hawaii/Kapolei 47 Tommy Schiager SN 52 Alex Brown LB 6-2 215 Fr. HS San Antonio, Texas/Claudia Taylor Johnson 85 Gavin Schoenwald TE 21 Donovan Sheffield DB 54 Kade Mayle DL 6-2 265 Sr. SQ McConnelsville, Ohio/Morgan 14 Kyle Shurmur QB 54* Tyler Steen OL 6-5 302 Fr. HS Ft. Lauderdale, Fla./St. Thomas Aquinas 58 Justin Skule OL 55 David Floyd OL 6-5 300 Jr. SQ Nashville, Tenn./Lipscomb Academy 95 Harrison Smith P 56 Saige Young OL 6-4 305 Jr. 1L Versailles, Ky./Woodford Co. 25 Josh Smith LB 71 Jared Southers OL 57 Josiah Sa’o DL 6-2 300 R-So. 1L San Diego, Calif./Kearney 46 Keithian Starling WR 58 Justin Skule OL 6-6 318 Sr. 3L Clifton, Va./Centreville 29 Brett Starr FB 61 Bruno Reagan OL 6-3 318 R-Sr. 3L Clarksville, Tenn./Clarksville 54 Tyler Steen OL 63 Grant Miller OL 6-4 290 R-Fr. RS Fort Lauderdale, Fla./St. Thomas Aquinas 73 Jonathan Stewart OL 11 Alex Stump WR 64 Carlton Lorenz OL 6-4 285 R-So. TR Studio City, Calif./Bishop Alemany 97 Lorenza Surgers DL 65 Michael Warden OL 6-2 280 Fr. HS Loveland, Ohio/Summit Country Day 4 Donaven Tennyson WR 66 Cameron Robinson DL 6-0 290 R-Fr. RS Mobile, Ala./Murphy 93 Parker Thome P 71 Jared Southers OL 6-5 315 R-Jr. 2L South Orange, N.J./Seton Hall Prep 90 Cameron Tidd DL 5 Ke’Shawn Vaughn RB 72 Dan Dawkins OL 6-3 300 Fr. HS Staten Island, N.Y./The Peddie School 29 Louis Vecchio DL 73 Jonathan Stewart OL 6-7 315 R-Fr. RS Lawrenceville, Ga./Mountain View 32 Jamauri Wakefield RB 74 Cole Clemens OL 6-6 315 So. 1L South Jordan, Utah/Bingham 15 Allan Walters QB 76 Egidio DellaRipa OL 6-4 305 R-Sr. 1L Castaic, Calif./West Ranch 65 Michael Warden OL 35 Kyle White FB 77 Devin Cochran OL 6-7 318 R-So. 1L Norcross, Ga./Greater Atlanta Christian 5 LaDarius Wiley SAF 78/86 Bryce Bailey OL 6-5 302 R-Fr. RS Newburgh, Ind./Castle 8 Joejuan Williams DB 79 Sean Sadler DL 6-3 240 Fr. HS Oklahoma City, Okla./Edmond Memorial 13 Jackson Winrow WR 80 Jared Pinkney TE 6-4 255 R-Jr. 2L Norcross, Ga./Norcross 14 Max Worship SAF 11 Charles Wright LB 81 James Bostic WR 6-3 212 R-Fr. RS Fort Lauderdale, Fla./Cardinal Gibbons 56 Saige Young OL 82 Turner Cockrell TE 6-5 230 R-So. SQ Acworth, Ga./Allatoona 83 CJ Bolar WR 6-1 190 Fr. HS Purvis, Miss./Purvis 84 Sam Dobbs TE 6-4 235 Sr. 3L Douglasville, Ga./Landmark Christian PRONUNCIATION GUIDE 85 Gavin Schoenwald TE 6-4 230 Fr. HS Brentwood, Tenn./Brentwood Academy 86 Ben Bresnahan TE 6-4 240 Fr. HS Cumming, Ga./West Forsyth PLAYERS 87 Amir Abdur-Rahman WR 6-4 207 Fr. HS Atlanta, Ga./Mays Feleti Afumei (fay-lay-tee ah-fay-moo-ee) 88 Michael Owusu LB 6-5 230 R-Fr. RS Oxnard, Calif./Oaks Christian Khari (car-EE) Blasingame Jaire (JIE-air) George 89 Braden Kopp TE 6-5 275 R-So. SQ Houston, Texas/Houston Christian Andre Mintze (mence) 90 Cameron Tidd DL 6-3 290 R-So. 1L Greenwood, Ind./Center Grove Dare Odeyingbo (dar-ee oh-DANG-bow) 91 Drew Birchmeier DL 6-4 295 R-So. 1L Midlothian, Va./Cosby Dayo Odeyingbo (day-oh oh-DANG-bow) 92 Jonah Buchanan DL 6-4 280 R-Fr. RS Honolulu, Hawaii/Iolani Alston Orji (or-jee) Michael Owusu (oh-OO-zoo) 93 Parker Thome P 6-4 215 Grad. TR Hortonville, Wis./Hortonville/Columbia Caleb Peart (peert) 94 Rutger Reitmaier DL 6-3 275 R-Fr. HS Nashville, Tenn./Lipscomb Academy Rutger Reitmaier (right-meyer) 95 Harrison Smith P 6-1 180 Fr. HS Franklin, Tenn./Brentwood Academy Josiah Sa'o (sah-O) 96 Darion DeBrossard DL 6-4 300 R-Jr. 2L Snellville, Ga./Shiloh Justin Skule (school) Parker Thome (toe-mee) 97 Lorenza Surgers DL 6-5 235 Fr. HS Cary, N.C. /Panther Creek Louis Vecchio (veck-EE-oh) 98 Ryley Guay PK 5-10 185 Jr. 2L Naperville, Ill./Benet Academy STAFF 99 Stone Edwards DL 6-5 260 R-Fr. RS Hillsborough, N.C./Orange Gerry Gdowski (Jerry Guh-DOW-ski) * - duplicate jersey C.J. Ah You (ah U)

RELENTLESS | TOUGH | INTELLIGENT 15 DEPTH CHART/WEEK 4 Kyle Shurmur Josh Smith Sr., QB Sr., OLB Entering his fourth year as the Senior starting linebacker leads the starter, Shurmur ranks No. 3 all-time Commodore defense with 15 solo among Commodores with 6,489 tackles. He had 10 tackles in VU’s passing yards. Sept. 8 victory over Nevada. OFFENSE DEFENSE 16 Kalija Lipscomb 6-1, 201, Jr. 83 C.J. Bolar -or- 6-1, 190, Fr. 10 Dayo Odeyingbo -or- 6-6, 270, So. WR 7 Cam Johnson 6-0, 190, Fr. DL 29 Louis Vecchio 6-5, 270, Grad. 19 Chris Pierce 6-4, 215, So. 91 Drew Birchmeier -or- 6-3, 295, R-So. 36 Trey Ellis -or- 5-9, 175, Grad. 90 Cameron Tidd 6-3, 290, R-So. WR 4 Donaven Tennyson 5-10, 174, Jr. DL 57 Josiah Sa’o 6-2, 300, R-So. 80 Jared Pinkney 6-4, 255, R-Jr. 34 Dare Odeyingbo 6-2, 282, Sr. 84 Sam Dobbs 6-4, 235, Sr. 94 Rutger Reitmaier 6-3, 275, R-Fr. TE 45 Cody Markel 6-5, 250, R-So. DL 99 Stone Edwards 6-5, 260, R-Fr. 58 Justin Skule 6-6, 318, Sr. 11 Charles Wright 6-3, 240, R-Sr. OLB 9 Caleb Peart 6-1, 235, R-Jr. LT 71 Jared Southers 6-5, 315, R-Jr. 48 Andre Mintze 6-3, 240, R-So. 40 Jordan Griffin 6-0, 232, R-Sr 74 Cole Clemens 6-6, 315, So. ILB 12 Brayden DeVault-Smith 6-2, 225, R-Fr. LG 56 Saige Young 6-4, 305, Jr. 26 Andrew Rector 6-0, 210, Sr. 7 Dimitri Moore 6-3, 225, R-Fr. 76 Egidio DellaRipa 6-4, 305, R-Sr. ILB 18 Colin Anderson 6-2, 222, R-Fr. C 63 Grant Miller 6-4, 290, R-Fr. 24 Alston Orji 6-2, 235, Fr. 25 Josh Smith 6-4, 242, Sr. 61 Bruno Reagan 6-3, 318, R-Sr. OLB 42 Kenny Hebert 6-4, 225, R-So. RG 50 Sean McMoore 6-4, 305, R-So. 88 Michael Owusu 6-5, 230, R-Fr. 21 Donovan Sheffield 6-0, 190, Sr. 77 Devin Cochran 6-7, 318, R-So. 4 Randall Haynie 6-0, 185, R-Fr. RT 78 Bryce Bailey 6-5, 302, R-Fr. CB 15 Elijah Hamilton 6-2, 205, R-So. 14 Kyle Shurmur 6-4, 225, Sr. 5 LaDarius Wiley 6-1, 209, Grad. 18 Mo Hasan -or- 6-3, 208, R-So. 2 Frank Coppet 5-11, 188, R-So. QB 15 Allan Walters 6-1, 210, Fr. SAF 38 Gil Barksdale 5-10, 188, Jr. 23 Khari Blasingame -or- 6-1, 228, Grad. 3 Tae Daley -or- 6-0, 195, So. 5 Ke’Shawn Vaughn -or- 5-10, 222, R-Jr. 6 Zaire Jones 6-0, 195, R-So. RB 32 Jamauri Wakefield 6-1, 220, R-So. SAF 14 Max Worship 6-1, 200, Fr. 8 Joejuan Williams 6-3, 210, Jr. 27 Jaire George 6-1, 228, R-Jr. 31 Alim Muhammad 5-10, 170, Grad. 43 Josh Higgs 6-0, 237, R-Fr. FB CB 28 Allan George 6-1, 185, R-Fr. SPECIAL TEAMS 98 Ryley Guay 5-10, 185, Jr. 36 Trey Ellis 5-9, 175, Grad. PK 39 Javan Rice 6-2, 190, Fr. PR 16 Kalija Lipscomb 6-1, 201, Jr.

93 Parker Thome 6-4, 215, Grad. 32 Jamauri Wakefield 6-1, 220, R-So. P 95 Harrison Smith 6-0, 190, Fr. KR 6 Josh Crawford 5-10, 195, R-Jr.

93 Parker Thome 6-4, 215, Grad. 47 Tommy Schiager 6-0, 220, R-So. 49 Zach Drevno -or- 6-0, 220, Fr. H 95 Harrison Smith 6-0, 190, Fr. SN 35 Kyle White 6-0, 220, Fr. 16 @VANDYFOOTBALL 2018 STATS TEAM, INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS SCORE (qtr) 1st 2nd 3rd 4th Ot total GAME RESULTS VANDERBILT 7 27 31 28 93 OPPONENTS 17 16 0 6 39 DATE OPPONENT W/L,SCORE OVERALL CONF TIME ATT 9/1 Middle Tenn. W, 35-7 1-0 0-0 3:09 25348 TEAM STATISTICS VANDY OPPONENT 9/8 Nevada W, 41-10 2-0 0-0 3:19 25676 SCORING 93 39 9/15 @Notre Dame L, 17-22 2-1 0-0 3:20 77622 Points Per Game 31.0 13.0 9/22 South Carolina Points Off Turnovers 35 6 9/27 Tennessee State FIRST DOWNS 67 59 10/6 @Georgia Rushing 24 30 10/13 Florida Passing 35 23 10/20 @Kentucky Penalty 8 6 10/27 @Arkansas RUSHING YARDAGE 468 395 11/10 @Missouri Yards gained rushing 534 483 11/17 Ole Miss Yards lost rushing 66 88 11/24 Tennessee Rushing Attempts 104 109 Average Per Rush 4.5 3.6 Average Per Game 156.0 131.7 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS TDs Rushing 6 1 GP eff. att-Comp-Int Pct Yards td long avg/G PASSING YARDAGE 766 529 PASSING Kyle Shurmur 3 148.73 59-92-1 64.1 754 5 53 251.3 Comp-Att-Int 60-94-1 62-102-3 Mo Hasan 1 100.40 1-2-0 50.0 12 0 12 12.0 Average Per Pass 8.1 5.2 Average Per Catch 12.8 8.5 Total...... 3 147.71 60-94-1 63.8 766 5 53 255.3 Average Per Game 255.3 176.3 Opponents...... 3 108.17 62-102-3 60.8 529 3 32 176.3 TDs Passing 5 3 TOTAL OFFENSE 1234 924 RUSHING GP att Gain loss net avg td long avg/G Total Plays 198 211 Ke’Shawn Vaughn 3 30 195 11 184 6.1 3 46 61.3 Average Per Play 6.2 4.4 K. Blasingame 3 28 134 5 129 4.6 1 30 43.0 Average Per Game 411.3 308.0 J. Wakefield 3 20 113 5 108 5.4 1 26 36.0 KICK RETURNS: #-Yards 6-132 4-100 Josh Crawford 3 12 42 4 38 3.2 1 15 12.7 PUNT RETURNS: #-Yards 5-50 2-28 Kalija Lipscomb 3 2 19 0 19 9.5 0 14 6.3 INT RETURNS: #-Yards 3-19 1-1 Cam Johnson 3 2 6 6 0 0.0 0 6 0.0 KICK RETURN AVERAGE 22.0 25.0 Mo Hasan 1 2 6 7 -1 -0.5 0 6 -1.0 PUNT RETURN AVERAGE 10.0 14.0 TEAM 2 2 0 3 -3 -1.5 0 0 -1.5 INT RETURN AVERAGE 6.3 1.0 Kyle Shurmur 3 6 19 25 -6 -1.0 0 7 -2.0 FUMBLES-LOST 5-4 5-3 Total...... 3 104 534 66 468 4.5 6 46 156.0 PENALTIES-Yards 18-153 18-170 Opponents...... 3 109 483 88 395 3.6 1 22 131.7 Average Per Game 51.0 56.7 PUNTS-Yards 9-378 14-685 RECEIVING GP no. Yards avg td long avg/G Average Per Punt 42.0 48.9 Kalija Lipscomb 3 25 234 9.4 3 28 78.0 Net punt average 38.9 41.1 Jared Pinkney 3 12 241 20.1 1 53 80.3 KICKOFFS-Yards 17-1084 11-671 Chris Pierce 3 4 58 14.5 1 20 19.3 Average Per Kick 63.8 61.0 Sam Dobbs 3 4 39 9.8 0 18 13.0 Net kick average 38.8 37.6 Ke’Shawn Vaughn 3 4 20 5.0 0 12 6.7 TIME OF POSSESSION/Game 31:22 28:38 D. Tennyson 3 3 82 27.3 0 49 27.3 3RD-DOWN Conversions 16/38 17/45 Cam Johnson 3 3 39 13.0 0 14 13.0 3rd-Down Pct 42% 38% C.J. Bolar 3 2 43 21.5 0 30 14.3 4TH-DOWN Conversions 2/4 2/6 K. Blasingame 3 2 4 2.0 0 2 1.3 4th-Down Pct 50% 33% Trey Ellis 3 1 6 6.0 0 6 2.0 SACKS BY-Yards 8-46 3-29 Total...... 3 60 766 12.8 5 53 255.3 MISC YARDS 0 0 Opponents...... 3 62 529 8.5 3 32 176.3 TOUCHDOWNS SCORED 12 4 FIELD GOALS-ATTEMPTS 3-5 4-6 ON-SIDE KICKS 0-0 0-0 RED-ZONE SCORES (11-13) 85% (7-10) 70% RED-ZONE TOUCHDOWNS (8-13) 62% (4-10) 40% PAT-ATTEMPTS (12-12) 100% (3-3) 100% ATTENDANCE 51024 77622 Games/Avg Per Game 2/25512 1/77622 Neutral Site Games 0/0

RELENTLESS | TOUGH | INTELLIGENT 17 2018 STATS TEAM, INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS TOTAL OFFENSE GP Plays rush Pass total avg/G |——— PATs ——––—| Kyle Shurmur 3 98 -6 754 748 249.3 SCORING TDs fGs Kick rush rec Pass dXP Saf Pts Ke’Shawn Vaughn 3 30 184 0 184 61.3 Ryley Guay 0 3-5 12-12 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 21 K. Blasingame 3 28 129 0 129 43.0 Kalija Lipscomb 3 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 18 Ke’Shawn Vaughn 3 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 18 J. Wakefield 3 20 108 0 108 36.0 Josh Crawford 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 6 Josh Crawford 3 12 38 0 38 12.7 J. Wakefield 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 6 Kalija Lipscomb 3 2 19 0 19 6.3 K. Blasingame 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 6 Mo Hasan 1 4 -1 12 11 11.0 Chris Pierce 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 6 TEAM 2 2 -3 0 -3 -1.5 Jared Pinkney 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 6 Total...... 3 198 468 766 1234 411.3 Dayo Odeyingbo 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 6 Opponents...... 3 211 395 529 924 308.0 Total...... 12 3-5 12-12 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 93 Opponents...... 4 4-6 3-3 0-0 0 0-1 0 0 39 ALL-PURPOSE GP rush rec PR KOr ret total avg Kalija Lipscomb 3 19 234 0 0 0 253 84.3 KICKOFF RETURNS No. Yds avg td long Jared Pinkney 3 0 241 0 0 0 241 80.3 J. Wakefield 6 132 22.0 0 31 J. Wakefield 3 108 0 0 132 0 240 80.0 Total...... 6 132 22.0 0 31 Ke’Shawn Vaughn 3 184 20 0 0 0 204 68.0 Opponents...... 4 100 25.0 0 48 K. Blasingame 3 129 4 0 0 0 133 44.3 No. Yds avg td long D. Tennyson 3 0 82 0 0 0 82 27.3 PUNT RETURNS Trey Ellis 5 50 10.0 0 20 Chris Pierce 3 0 58 0 0 0 58 19.3 Total...... 5 50 10.0 0 20 Trey Ellis 3 0 6 50 0 0 56 18.7 Opponents...... 2 28 14.0 0 24 C.J. Bolar 3 0 43 0 0 0 43 14.3 Cam Johnson 3 0 39 0 0 0 39 13.0 FIELD GOAL SEQUENCE VANDERBILT OPPONENT Sam Dobbs 3 0 39 0 0 0 39 13.0 Middle Tennessee -- 47 Josh Crawford 3 38 0 0 0 0 38 12.7 Nevada (35), (25), 49 (32) Allan George 3 0 0 0 0 19 19 6.3 @Notre Dame (21), 43 (26), (33), (46), 32 Mo Hasan 1 -1 0 0 0 0 -1 -1.0 South Carolina TEAM 2 -3 0 0 0 0 -3 -1.5 Tennessee State Kyle Shurmur 3 -6 0 0 0 0 -6 -2.0 @Georgia Total...... 3 468 766 50 132 19 1435 478.3 Florida Opponents...... 3 395 529 28 100 1 1053 351.0 @Kentucky @Arkansas @Missouri F GM-FGA % 1-29 30-39 40-49 50+ lg blk FIELD GOALS Ole Miss Ryley Guay 3-5 60.0 2-2 1-1 0-2 0-0 35 0 Tennessee Total...... 3-5 60.0 2-2 1-1 0-2 0-0 35 0 Numbers in (parentheses) indicate successful field goals. Opponents 4-6 66.7 1-1 2-3 1-2 0-0 46 0

PUNTING No. Yds avg long tb fc i-20 Blk Parker Thome 9 378 42.0 51 0 3 3 10 Total...... 9 378 42.0 51 0 3 3 10 Opponents...... 14 685 48.9 63 3 4 5 70

18 @VANDYFOOTBALL 2018 STATS INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS PASSING Comp-Att-Yds-TD-Int Kyle Shurmur Mo Hasan Middle Tennessee 10-17-170-2-0 - Nevada 23-32-258-2-0 1-2-12-0-0 @Notre Dame 26-43-326-1-1 South Carolina Tennessee State @Georgia Florida @Kentucky @Arkansas @Missouri Ole Miss Tennessee TOTALS 59-92-754-5-1 1-2-12-0-0

RUSHING #-Yds/TD MT NEV ND SC TSU UGA FLA UK ARK MIZZ MISS TENN J. Wakefield 18-104/1 10-57/1 8-47/0 2-9/0 K. Blasingame 15-85/1 9-53/1 6-32/0 13-49/0 Ke’Shawn Vaughn 20-133/2 9-39/0 11-94/2 10-54/1 Kalija Lipscomb 2-19/0 2-19/0 Cam Johnson 1-6/0 1-6/0 1--6/0 Josh Crawford 12-42/1 2-5/0 10-37/1 Kyle Shurmur 5-19/0 4-15/0 1-4/0 1--12/0 Mo Hasan 2-6/0 2-6/0

RECEIVING #-Yds/TD MT NEV ND SC TSU UGA FLA UK ARK MIZZ MISS TENN Kalija Lipscomb 14-145/3 4-60/1 10-85/2 11-89/0 Jared Pinkney 7-130/0 3-32/0 4-98/0 5-111/1 D. Tennyson 2-61/0 1-49/0 1-12/0 1-21/0 Chris Pierce 3-38/1 1-17/1 2-21/0 1-20/0 Ke’Shawn Vaughn 3-18/0 1-12/0 2-6/0 1-2/0 Cam Johnson 2-26/0 2-26/0 1-13/0 Sam Dobbs 2-20/0 2-20/0 2-19/0 K. Blasingame 1-2/0 1-2/0 1-2/0

PUNT RETURNS #-Yds MT NEV ND SC TSU UGA FLA UK ARK MIZZ MISS TENN Trey Ellis 3-23 3-23 2-27

KICK RETURNS #-Yds MT NEV ND SC TSU UGA FLA UK ARK MIZZ MISS TENN J. Wakefield 4-105 2-55 2-50 2-27

RELENTLESS | TOUGH | INTELLIGENT 19 2018 STATS Vanderbilt Scoring Drives Opponent Scoring Drives OPP PLAYS -YARDS TIME SCORING PLAY TEAM PLAYS -YARDS TIME SCORING PLAY MTSU 5-58 2:39 K. Blasingame 30 yd run MTSU 15-93 6:58 WINDHAM 4 yd pass from STOCKSTILL MTSU D. Odeyingbo 3 yd fumble recovery NEVADA 7-13 3:17 AHMED 32 yd field goal MTSU 7-92 4:25 Chris Pierce 17 yd pass from Shurmur NEVADA 10-75 2:24 O. ORANGE 9 yd pass from GANGI MTSU 12-80 4:56 K. Lipscomb 28 yd pass from Shurmur UND 10-74 3:58 Justin Yoon 26 yd field goal MTSU 12-80 7:04 J. Wakefield 14 yd run UND 15-94 5:21 B. Wimbush 12 yd run NEVADA 7-53 2:41 K. Lipscomb 2 yd pass from Shurmur UND 6-49 1:10 Justin Yoon 33 yd field goal NEVADA 2-7 0:15 Ke’Shawn Vaughn 7 yd run UND 10-51 3:55 Justin Yoon 46 yd field goal NEVADA 7-48 2:28 Ryley Guay 35 yd field goal UND 11-72 4:07 Weishar 2 yd pass from Ian Book NEVADA 11-77 6:17 Ryley Guay 25 yd field goal NEVADA 1-46 0:11 Ke’Shawn Vaughn 46 yd run NEVADA 8-73 4:00 K. Lipscomb 11 yd pass from Shurmur NEVADA 3-21 1:40 Josh Crawford 1 yd run UND 8-72 1:15 Ryley Guay 21 yd field goal UND 5-47 2:44 Ke’Shawn Vaughn 3 yd run UND 9-75 3:42 J. Pinkney 18 yd pass from Shurmur

Scoring Drive Breakdown Game-Opening Drives Second Half-Opening Drives VANDERBILT OPPONENT VANDERBILT OPPONENTS VANDERBILT OPPONENTS Yardage TD FG TD FG OPP PTS 1STS YDS PTS 1STS YDS OPP PTS 1STS YDS PTS 1STS YDS No drive 1 - - - Middle Tenn. 7 2 58 0 1 23 Middle Tenn. 7 4 92 0 2 26 Neg. Yards - - - - Nevada 0 4 64 0 2 20 Nevada 3 5 77 0 0 4 0-9 1 - - - @Notre Dame 0 2 41 3 4 74 @Notre Dame 0 4 50 0 2 16 10-19 - - - - So. Carolina ------So. Carolina ------20-29 1 1 - - Tennessee St ------Tennessee St ------30-39 - 1 - 1 @Georgia ------@Georgia ------40-49 2 - - - Florida ------Florida ------50-59 2 - - - @Kentucky ------@Kentucky ------60-69 - - - - @Arkansas ------@Arkansas ------70-79 3 1 1 - @Missouri ------@Missouri ------80-89 2 - - - Ole Miss ------Ole Miss ------90-99 1 - 1 - Tennessee ------Tennessee ------TOTALS 13 3 2 1 TOTALS 7 2 58 0 1 23 TOTALS ------

Scoring Drive Superlatives VANDERBILT OPPONENT Most Plays/Result (2x) 12/TD vs. MTSU (2x) 15/TD vs. UND Most Yards/Result 92/TD vs. MTSU 94/TD vs. UND Most Time/Result 7:04/TD vs. MTSU 6:58/TD vs. MTSU

20 @VANDYFOOTBALL 2018 STATS FINAL SCORE BY QUARTER FIRST DOWNS RUSHING PASSING OFFENSE PUNTING FUMBLES PENALTY THIRD TOTAL GAME SCORE 1 2 3 4 RU PA PN TOT ATT YDS TD C-A-I YDS TD ATT YDS NO-AVG NO-LOST NO-YDS DOWNS TOP MT 7-35 7 0 0 0 10 8 3 21 36 116 0 24-37-1 178 1 73 294 4-171 2-1 6-40 8-16 31:09 VU 35-7 7 7 7 14 10 8 1 19 38 176 2 10-17-0 170 2 55 346 4-147 0-0 7-49 7-13 28:51 NEV 10-41 0 10 0 0 6 8 0 14 25 34 0 22-39-2 216 1 64 250 5-216 3-2 6-67 4-14 23:58 VU 41-10 0 17 17 7 9 13 3 25 39 198 3 24-34-0 270 2 73 468 1-47 2-2 6-44 4-12 36:02 VU 17-22 0 3 7 7 5 14 4 23 27 120 1 26-43-1 326 1 70 420 4-184 3-2 5-60 5-13 29:12 ND 22-17 10 6 0 6 14 7 3 24 48 261 1 16-26-0 135 1 74 380 5-298 0-0 6-63 5-15 30:48 SC VU TSU VU VU UGA FLA VU VU KY VU ARK VU MIZZ MISS VU UT VU

Vanderbilt Long Plays Three-&-Out Drives YARDS RUSH PASS KR PR TD VANDERBILT OPPONENT 20-29 1 5 - 1 1 THREE-&-OUTS/DRIVES THREE-&-OUTS/DRIVES 30-39 1 1 2 - - Middle Tenn. 1/10 (10.0%) 2/10 (20.0%) 40-49 1 1 - - 1 Nevada 3/13 (23.0%) 0/14 (0.0%) 50-59 - 1 - - - @Notre Dame 4/12 (30.0%) 3/12 (40.0%) 60-69 - - - - - South Carolina 70-79 - - - - - Tennessee State 80-89 - - - - - @Georgia 90-100 - - - - - Florida TOTALS 3 8 2 1 2 @Kentucky @Arkansas Opponent Long Plays @Missouri YARDS RUSH PASS KR PR TD Ole Miss 20-29 2 2 - 1 - Tennessee 30-39 - 2 - - - 8/35 (22.8%) 5/36 (13.8%) 40-49 - - 1 - - 50-59 - - - - - 60-69 - - - - - 70-79 - - - - - 80-89 - - - - - 90-100 - - - - - TOTALS 2 4 1 1 0

RELENTLESS | TOUGH | INTELLIGENT 21 2018 SEASON, GAME HIGHS Vanderbilt Individual Season Highs Opponent Individual Season Highs Rushes 13 K. Blasingame at Notre Dame (Sep 15, 2018) Rushes 19 B. WIMBUSH, at Notre Dame (Sep 15, 2018) Yards Rushing 93 Ke’Shawn Vaughn vs Nevada (Sep 08, 2018) Yards Rushing 118 T. JONES, at Notre Dame (Sep 15, 2018) TD Rushes 2 Ke’Shawn Vaughn vs Nevada (Sep 08, 2018) TD Rushes 1 B. WIMBUSH, at Notre Dame (Sep 15, 2018) Long Rush 46 Ke’Shawn Vaughn vs Nevada (Sep 08, 2018) Long Rush 22 GORDON, Maurice, vs Middle Tennessee (Sept. 1,2018) Pass attempts 43 Kyle Shurmur at Notre Dame (Sep 15, 2018) Pass attempts 39 GANGI, Ty, vs Nevada (Sep 08, 2018) Pass completions 26 Kyle Shurmur at Notre Dame (Sep 15, 2018) Pass completions 24 STOCKSTILL, B., vs Middle Tennessee (Sept. 1,2018) Yards Passing 326 Kyle Shurmur at Notre Dame (Sep 15, 2018) Yards Passing 216 GANGI, Ty, vs Nevada (Sep 08, 2018) TD Passes 2 Kyle Shurmur vs Middle Tennessee (Sept. 1,2018) TD Passes 1 STOCKSTILL, B., vs Middle Tennessee (Sept. 1,2018) Kyle Shurmur vs Nevada (Sep 08, 2018) GANGI, Ty, vs Nevada (Sep 08, 2018) Long Pass 53 Kyle Shurmur vs Nevada (Sep 08, 2018) I. BOOK, at Notre Dame (Sep 15, 2018) Receptions 11 Kalija Lipscomb at Notre Dame (Sep 15, 2018) Long Pass 32 GANGI, Ty, vs Nevada (Sep 08, 2018) Yards Receiving 111 Jared Pinkney at Notre Dame (Sep 15, 2018) B. WIMBUSH, at Notre Dame (Sep 15, 2018) TD Receptions 2 Kalija Lipscomb vs Nevada (Sep 08, 2018) Receptions 6 FOSSUM, Kaleb, vs Nevada (Sep 08, 2018) Long Reception 53 Jared Pinkney vs Nevada (Sep 08, 2018) MANNIX, McLane, vs Nevada (Sep 08, 2018) Field Goals 2 Ryley Guay vs Nevada (Sep 08, 2018) Yards Receiving 86 MANNIX, McLane, vs Nevada (Sep 08, 2018) Long Field Goal 35 Ryley Guay vs Nevada (Sep 08, 2018) TD Receptions 1 WINDHAM, CJ, vs Middle Tennessee (Sept. 1,2018) Punts 4 Parker Thome vs Middle Tennessee (Sept. 1,2018) O’LEARY-ORANGE, vs Nevada (Sep 08, 2018) Parker Thome at Notre Dame (Sep 15, 2018) N. WEISHAR, at Notre Dame (Sep 15, 2018) Punting Avg 47.0 Parker Thome vs Nevada (Sep 08, 2018) Long Reception 32 MANNIX, McLane, vs Nevada (Sep 08, 2018) Long Punt 51 Parker Thome at Notre Dame (Sep 15, 2018) T. JONES, at Notre Dame (Sep 15, 2018) Punts inside 20 2 Parker Thome vs Middle Tennessee (Sept. 1,2018) Field Goals 3 J. YOON, at Notre Dame (Sep 15, 2018) Long Punt Return 20 Trey Ellis at Notre Dame (Sep 15, 2018) Long Field Goal 46 J. YOON, at Notre Dame (Sep 15, 2018) Long Kickoff Return 31 J. Wakefield vs Nevada (Sep 08, 2018) Punts 5 CONAWAY, Q., vs Nevada (Sep 08, 2018) Tackles 9.0 Josh Smith vs Nevada (Sep 08, 2018) T. NEWSOME, at Notre Dame (Sep 15, 2018) Sacks 2.0 Kenny Hebert vs Middle Tennessee (Sept. 1,2018) Punting Avg 59.6 T. NEWSOME, at Notre Dame (Sep 15, 2018) Tackles For Loss 3.0 Josh Smith vs Nevada (Sep 08, 2018) Long Punt 63 T. NEWSOME, at Notre Dame (Sep 15, 2018) Interceptions 1 Frank Coppet vs Middle Tennessee (Sept. 1,2018) Punts inside 20 2 BONADIES, Matt, vs Middle Tennessee (Sept. 1,2018) J. Williams vs Nevada (Sep 08, 2018) T. NEWSOME, at Notre Dame (Sep 15, 2018) Allan George vs Nevada (Sep 08, 2018) Long Punt Return 24 FOSSUM, Kaleb, vs Nevada (Sep 08, 2018) Long Kickoff Return 48 M. YOUNG, at Notre Dame (Sep 15, 2018) Vanderbilt Team Game Highs Tackles 9.0 D. TRANQUILL, at Notre Dame (Sep 15, 2018) Rushes 39 vs Nevada (Sep 08, 2018) Sacks 1.0 HARRIS, Darius, vs Middle Tennessee (Sept. 1,2018) Yards Rushing 198 vs Nevada (Sep 08, 2018) PETERSON, Dom, vs Nevada (Sep 08, 2018) Yards Per Rush 5.1 vs Nevada (Sep 08, 2018) J. TILLERY, at Notre Dame (Sep 15, 2018) TD Rushes 3 vs Nevada (Sep 08, 2018) Tackles For Loss 2.0 SEWELL, Nephi, vs Nevada (Sep 08, 2018) Pass attempts 43 at Notre Dame (Sep 15, 2018) Interceptions 1 T. PRIDE, at Notre Dame (Sep 15, 2018) Pass completions 26 at Notre Dame (Sep 15, 2018) Yards Passing 326 at Notre Dame (Sep 15, 2018) Opponent Team Game Highs Yards Per Pass 10.0 vs Middle Tennessee (Sept. 1,2018) Rushes 48 at Notre Dame (Sep 15, 2018) TD Passes 2 vs Middle Tennessee (Sept. 1,2018) Yards Rushing 245 at Notre Dame (Sep 15, 2018) vs Nevada (Sep 08, 2018) Yards Per Rush 5.1 at Notre Dame (Sep 15, 2018) Total Plays 73 vs Nevada (Sep 08, 2018) TD Rushes 1 at Notre Dame (Sep 15, 2018) Total Offense 468 vs Nevada (Sep 08, 2018) Pass attempts 39 vs Nevada (Sep 08, 2018) Yards Per Play 6.4 vs Nevada (Sep 08, 2018) Pass completions 24 vs Middle Tennessee (Sept. 1,2018) Points 41 vs Nevada (Sep 08, 2018) Yards Passing 216 vs Nevada (Sep 08, 2018) Sacks By 6 vs Middle Tennessee (Sept. 1,2018) Yards Per Pass 5.5 vs Nevada (Sep 08, 2018) First Downs 25 vs Nevada (Sep 08, 2018) TD Passes 1 vs Middle Tennessee (Sept. 1,2018) Penalties 7 vs Middle Tennessee (Sept. 1,2018) vs Nevada (Sep 08, 2018) Penalty Yards 60 at Notre Dame (Sep 15, 2018) at Notre Dame (Sep 15, 2018) Turnovers 3 at Notre Dame (Sep 15, 2018) Total Plays 74 at Notre Dame (Sep 15, 2018) Interceptions By 2 vs Nevada (Sep 08, 2018) Total Offense 380 at Notre Dame (Sep 15, 2018) Punts 4 vs Middle Tennessee (Sept. 1,2018) Yards Per Play 5.1 at Notre Dame (Sep 15, 2018) at Notre Dame (Sep 15, 2018) Points 22 at Notre Dame (Sep 15, 2018) Punting Avg 47.0 vs Nevada (Sep 08, 2018) Sacks By 1 vs Middle Tennessee (Sept. 1,2018) Long Punt 51 at Notre Dame (Sep 15, 2018) vs Nevada (Sep 08, 2018) Punts inside 20 2 vs Middle Tennessee (Sept. 1,2018) at Notre Dame (Sep 15, 2018) Long Punt Return 20 at Notre Dame (Sep 15, 2018) First Downs 24 at Notre Dame (Sep 15, 2018) Penalties 6 vs Middle Tennessee (Sept. 1,2018) vs Nevada (Sep 08, 2018) at Notre Dame (Sep 15, 2018) Penalty Yards 67 vs Nevada (Sep 08, 2018) Turnovers 4 vs Nevada (Sep 08, 2018) Interceptions By 1 at Notre Dame (Sep 15, 2018) Punts 5 vs Nevada (Sep 08, 2018) at Notre Dame (Sep 15, 2018) Punting Avg 59.6 at Notre Dame (Sep 15, 2018) Long Punt 63 at Notre Dame (Sep 15, 2018) Punts inside 20 2 vs Middle Tennessee (Sept. 1,2018) at Notre Dame (Sep 15, 2018) Long Punt Return 24 vs Nevada (Sep 08, 2018)

22 @VANDYFOOTBALL 2018 STATS INDIVIDUAL DEFENSIVE STATS Tackles Sacks Pass Def Fumbles Blocked # Name GP Solo Ast Total TFL/Yds No-Yards Int-Yds BrUp QBH Rcv-Yds FF Kick Saf 40 Jordan Griffin 3 14 8 18.0 2.0-6 1.0-4 . 1 1 . . . . 25 Josh Smith 3 15 6 18.0 5.0-16 1.0-4 . 1 2 . . . . 5 LaDarius Wiley 3 9 7 12.5 1.0-8 1.0-8 ...... 8 J. Williams 3 11 3 12.5 1.0-1 . 1-0 1 . . . . . 21 D. Sheffield 3 9 4 11.0 . . . 3 . . . . . 42 Kenny Hebert 3 8 2 9.0 4.0-18 3.0-17 . 1 . 1-0 1 . . 28 Allan George 3 8 1 8.5 2.0-9 . 1-19 ...... 31 Alim Muhammad 3 7 2 8.0 ...... 3 Tae Daley 3 6 3 7.5 ...... 7 Dimitri Moore 3 4 7 7.5 0.5-0 . . . 2 . . . . 11 Charles Wright 3 6 3 7.5 . . . . 1 . 1 . . 12 B DeVault-Smith 3 3 4 5.0 ...... 2 Frank Coppet 3 4 . 4.0 . . 1-0 ...... 29 Louis Vecchio 3 3 2 4.0 2.0-4 1.0-3 . . 1 . . . . 91 Drew Birchmeier 3 2 3 3.5 ...... 1 . . 4 Randall Haynie 3 3 1 3.5 ...... 18 Colin Anderson 2 3 . 3.0 1.0-10 1.0-10 ...... 10 Dayo Odeyingbo 2 2 2 3.0 0.5-1 . . . 1 1-3 . . . 90 Cameron Tidd 3 2 1 2.5 ...... 6 Zaire Jones 1 1 3 2.5 0.5-5 . . 1 . . . . . 48 Andre Mintze 1 1 2 2.0 1.5-1 ...... 34 Dare Odeyingbo 3 2 . 2.0 . . . . 1 . . . . 24 Alston Orji 3 1 1 1.5 ...... 94 R. Reitmaier 2 1 1 1.5 ...... 16 Kalija Lipscomb 3 1 . 1.0 ...... 26 Andrew Rector 3 1 . 1.0 ...... 99 Stone Edwards 3 1 . 1.0 ...... 9 Caleb Peart 3 . 2 1.0 ...... 38 Gil Barksdale 3 1 . 1.0 ...... 47 Tommy Schiager 3 1 . 1.0 ...... 57 Josiah Sa’o 2 1 . 1.0 ...... 15 Elijah Hamilton 3 1 . 1.0 ...... 54 Kade Mayle 2 ...... 1-0 . . . Total...... 3 132 68 166.0 21-79 8-46 3-19 8 9 3-3 3 . . Opponents...... 3 120 72 156.0 18.0-60 3-29 1-1 13 7 4-0 4 .

INTERCEPTIONS/RET. No.-Yds MT NEV ND SC TSU UGA FLA KY ARK MIZZ MISS TENN Frank Coppet 1-0 1-0 - - J. Williams 1-0 - 1-0 - A. George 1-0 - 1-0 -

QB SACKS UA-A-TOTAL MT NEV ND SC TSU UGA FLA KY ARK MIZZ MISS TENN Kenny Hebert 3-0-3 2-0-2 1-0-1 - Jordan Griffin 1-0-1 1-0-1 0 - Louis Vecchio 1-0-1 1-0-1 - - Josh Smith 1-0-1 1-0-1 - - Colin Anderson 1-0-1 1-0-1 - - LaDarius Wiley 1-0-1 - 1-0-1 -

RELENTLESS | TOUGH | INTELLIGENT 23 2018 STATS INDIVIDUAL DEFENSIVE STATISTICS TACKLES Solo-Assisted-Total MT NEV ND SC TSU UGA FLA KY ARK MIZZ MISS TENN 40 Jordan Griffin 12-8-18 5-3-8 4-2-6 3-3-8 25 Josh Smith 15-6-18 4-0-4 8-2-10 3-4-7 8 J. Williams 11-3-12.5 4-1-5 2-2-4 5-0-5 5 LaDarius Wiley 9-7-12.5 1-0-1 3-2-5 5-5-10 21 D. Sheffield 9-4-11 4-2-6 0-0-0 5-5-7 42 Kenny Hebert 8-2-9 3-0-3 3-1-4 2-1-3 28 Allan George 8-1-8.5 5-0-5 1-0-1 2-1-3 31 Alim Muhammad 7-2-8 1-2-3 6-0-6 - 3 Tae Daley 6-3-7.5 4-1-5 0-1-1 2-1-3 7 Dimitri Moore 4-7-7.5 0-0-0 2-1-3 2-6-8 11 Charles Wright 6-3-7.5 2-2-4 3-0-3 1-1-2 12 B DeVault-Smith 3-4-5 1-1-2 1-3-4 1-0-1 29 Louis Vecchio 3-2-4 2-2-4 0-0-0 1-0-1 2 Frank Coppet 4-0-4 4-0-4 0-0-0 - 91 Drew Birchmeier 2-3-3.5 0-2-2 2-0-2 0-1-1 4 Randall Haynie 3-1-3.5 1-0-1 1-0-1 1-1-2 18 Colin Anderson 3-0-3 3-0-3 3-0-3 - 10 Dayo Odeyingbo 2-2-3 2-0-2 1-0-1 0-2-2 6 Zaire Jones 1-3-2.5 - - 1-3-4 90 Cameron Tidd 2-1-2.5 - - 2-1-3 48 Andre Mintz 1-2-2 - - 2-1-3 34 Dare Odeyingbo 2-0-2 1-0-1 1-0-1 - 24 Alston Orji 1-1-1.5 1-0-1 0-0-0 0-1-1 94 R. Reitmaier 1-1-1.5 0-0-0 1-1-2 - 9 Caleb Peart 0-2-1 0-0-0 0-1-1 0-1-1 16 Kalija Lipscomb 1-0-1 1-0-1 99 Stone Edwards 1-0-1 0-0-0 1-0-1 - 57 Josiah Sa’o 1-0-1 1-0-1 0-0-0 - 26 Andrew Rector 1-0-1 1-0-1 15 Elijah Hamilton 1-0-1 1-0-1 47 Tommy Schiager 1-0-1 1-0-1 38 Gil Barksdale 1-0-1 1-0-1 Total 132-68-166 49-16-65 39-16-55 44-36-80 Opponents 120-72-156 33-22-55 47-28-75 40-22-62

FUMBLES FF/FR MT NEV ND SC TSU UGA FLA KY ARK MIZZ MISS TENN 11 Charles Wright 1/0 1/0 - - 10 Dayo Odeyingbo 0/1 0/1 - - 42 Kenny Hebert 1/1 - 1/1 - 91 Drew Birchmeier 1/0 - 1/0 - Total 1/1 1/1 2/1 0/0 Opponents 0/0 0/0 0/0 3/2

24 @VANDYFOOTBALL 2018 STATS TEAM STATISTICS GAME-BY-GAME TEAM COMPARISONS (Note: Game totals are displayed in the format TEAM/OPPONENT for each category) Score 1st Downs rushing Passing rush Yds Pass Yds Plays-Total Yds ret. Yds turnovers Middle Tennessee W, 35-7 19/21 10/10 8/8 176/116 170/178 55-346/73-294 55/0 0/2 Nevada W, 41-10 25/19 9/6 13/8 198/34 270/216 73-468/64-250 50/34 2/4 @Notre Dame L, 17-22 23/24 5/14 14/7 94/245 326/135 70-420/74-380 54/68 3/0 South Carolina Tennessee State @Georgia Florida @Kentucky @Arkansas @Missouri Ole Miss Tennessee Totals 2-1 67/59 24/30 35/23 468/395 766/529 198-1234/211-924 204/129 5/6

GAME-BY-GAME TEAM COMPARISONS (Note: Game totals are displayed in the format TEAM/OPPONENT for each category) 3rd Down 4th Down time Poss margin Yds/Rush Yds/Pass Yds/Play Punting Penalty Yds Middle Tennessee 7-13/8-16 2-2/1-3 28:51/31:09 4.6/3.2 10.0/4.8 6.3/4.0 4-147/4-171 49/40 Nevada 4-12/4-14 0-1/0-2 36:02/23:58 5.1/1.4 7.9/5.5 6.4/3.9 1-47/5-216 44/67 @Notre Dame 5-13/5-15 0-1/1-1 29:12/30:48 3.5/5.1 7.6/5.2 6.0/5.1 4-46/5-59.6 60/63 South Carolina Tennessee State @Georgia Florida @Kentucky @Arkansas @Missouri Ole Miss Tennessee Totals 16-38/17-45 2-4/2-6 94:05/85:55 4.5/3.6 8.1/5.2 6.2/4.4 9-42.0/14-48.9 153/170

TEAM GAME-BY-GAME |-----RUSHING-----| |----RECEIVING----| |------PASSING------| |----KICK RET----| |----PUNT RET----| tot Opponent No. Yds TD Lg No. Yds TD Lg Cmp-Att-Int Yds TD Lg No Yds TD Lg No Yds TD Lg off Middle Tenn. 38 176 2 30 10 170 2 49 10-17-0 170 2 49 2 55 0 30 0 0 0 0 346 Nevada 39 198 3 46 24 270 2 53 24-34-0 270 2 53 2 50 0 31 3 23 0 15 468 @Notre Dame 27 94 1 18 26 326 1 30 26-43-1 326 1 30 2 27 0 14 2 27 0 20 420 South Carolina Tennessee State @Georgia Florida @Kentucky @Arkansas @Missouri Ole Miss Tennessee Totals Opponent

|---TACKLES---| |-SACKS-| |--FUMBLE--| |--Pass Defense--| Blkd |------PAT------| Opponent Solo Ast Total TFL-Yds No-Yds FF FR-Yds Int-Yds QBH Brk Kick Att-Mad Run Rcv Saf Pts Middle Tennessee 49 16 65 9-36 6-30 1 1-3 1-0 2 1 0 5-5 0 0 0 35 Nevada 39 15 55 7-24 2-16 2 2-0 2-19 3 4 0 5-5 0 0 0 41 @Notre Dame 44 36 80 5-19 0-0 0 0-0 0-0 4 3 0 2-2 0 0 0 17 South Carolina Tennessee State @Georgia Florida @Kentucky @Arkansas @Missouri Ole Miss Tennessee Totals Opponent

RELENTLESS | TOUGH | INTELLIGENT 25 2018 STATS TEAM STATISTICS 3RD DOWNS Score Overall 1st Qtr 2nd Qtr 3rd Qtr 4th Qtr Middle Tennessee W, 35-7 7-13 1-3 1-4 1-2 4-4 Nevada W, 41-10 4-12 2-4 1-3 1-2 0-3 @Notre Dame South Carolina Tennessee State @Georgia Florida @Kentucky @Arkansas @Missouri Ole Miss Tennessee Totals Opponents

4TH DOWNS Score Overall 1st Qtr 2nd Qtr 3rd Qtr 4th Qtr Middle Tennessee W, 35-17 2-2 1-1 0-0 0-0 1-1 Nevada W, 41-10 0-1 0-1 0-0 0-0 0-0 @Notre Dame South Carolina Tennessee State @Georgia Florida @Kentucky @Arkansas @Missouri Ole Miss Tennessee Totals Opponents

VANDERBILT–INSIDE OPPONENT 20-YARD LINE Times Times Total rush Pass fG ------Failed in Red Zone------Opponent Score in RZ Scored Pts tds tds tds made fGa downs int fumb half Gm Middle Tennessee W, 35-7 2 2 14 2 1 1 ------Nevada W, 41-10 8 6 34 4 2 2 2 2 1 - 1 - - @Notre Dame South Carolina Tennessee State @Georgia Florida @Kentucky @Arkansas @Missouri Ole Miss Tennessee Vanderbilt Season Totals: 8 of 10 (80.0%)

OPPONENTS–INSIDE VANDERBILT 20-YARD LINE Times Times Total rush Pass fG ------Failed in Red Zone------Opponent Score in RZ Scored Pts tds tds tds made fGa downs int fumb half Gm Middle Tennessee W, 35-7 2 1 7 1 0 1 - - - 1 - - - Nevada W, 41-10 3 2 10 1 0 1 1 1 1 - - - - @Notre Dame South Carolina Tennessee State @Georgia Florida @Kentucky @Arkansas @Missouri Ole Miss Tennessee Opponent Season Totals: 3 of 5 (60.0%)

26 @VANDYFOOTBALL 2018 STATS 2018 STARTERS OFFENSE wr wr/te wr/TE/fb te Qb rb lt lG c rG rt Middle Tennessee Lipscomb Pierce Pinkney Markel Shurmur Blasingame Skule Clemens DellaRipa Reagan Cochran Nevada Lipscomb Pierce Pinkney Dobbs Shurmur Vaughn Skule Clemens DellaRipa Reagan Cochran @Notre Dame Lipscomb Pierce Pinkney Dobbs Shurmur Blasingame Skule Clemens DellaRipa Reagan Cochran South Carolina Tennessee State @Georgia Florida @Kentucky @Arkansas @Missouri Ole Miss Tennessee

DEFENSE DL DL OLB ILB ilb OLB/nb cb SS fS cb cb Middle Tennessee Dayo Odeyingbo Dare Odeyingbo Wright Griffin Anderson Smith Sheffield Wiley Daley Williams Muhammad Nevada Birchmeier Dare Odeyingbo Wright Griffin DeVault-Smith Smith Sheffield Wiley Daley Williams Muhammad @Notre Dame Birchmeier Dare Odeyingbo Wright Griffin Moore Smith Sheffield Wiley Daley Williams Vecchio South Carolina Tennessee State @Georgia Florida @Kentucky @Arkansas @Missouri Ole Miss Tennessee EXPERIENCE ANALYSIS The chart below shows Vanderbilt’s offensive and defensive starting lineups over the last six years with numbers representing total starts by classes and percentages of total starts for the entire season. Season G SR JR SO FR UpperCl% 2018 3 (2-1) 37 (56.0%) 10 (15.2%) 16 (24.2%) 3 (4.5%) 71.2% 2017 12 (5-7) 116 (43.9%) 90 (34.1%) 41 (15.5%) 17 (6.4%) 78.0% 2016 13 (6-7) 63 (22.0%) 138 (48.3%) 57 (19.9%) 28 (9.8%) 70.3% 2015 12 (4-8) 64 (24.2%) 79 (29.9%) 107 (40.5%) 14 (5.3%) 54.2% 2014 12 (3-9) 50 (18.9%) 72 (27.3%) 67 (25.4%) 75 (28.4%) 46.2% 2013 13 (9-4) 146 (51.1%) 62 (21.7%) 49 (17.1%) 29 (10.1%) 72.7% 2012 13 (9-4) 96 (33.6%) 122 (42.7%) 50 (17.5%) 18 (6.3%) 76.2% 2011 13 (6-7) 87 (30.4%) 106 (37.1%) 81 (28.3%) 12 (4.2%) 67.5%

SEASON/CAREER STARTS OFFENSE 2018 2017 2016 2015 TOT STRK DEFENSE 2018 2017 2016 2015 TOT STRK Kyle Shurmur, QB 3 12 13 5 33 31 LaDarius Wiley, SAF 3 12 7 0 22 15 Bruno Reagan, OL 3 12 13 2 30 30 Dare Odeyingbo, DL 3 11 3 0 17 8 Justin Skule, OL 3 12 13 2 30 30 Joejuan Williams, CB 3 12 0 - 15 15 Jared Pinkney, TE 3 9 7 - 19 5 Charles Wright, LB 3 12 0 0 15 15 Kalija Lipscomb, WR 3 2 8 - 14 4 Jordan Griffin, LB 3 5 1 0 9 7 Devin Cochran, OL 3 10 - - 13 5 Cameron Tidd, DL - 3 - - 3 0 Egidio DellaRipa, OL 3 8 0 - 11 11 Caleb Peart, OLB - 2 0 0 2 0 Saige Young, OL - 8 - - 8 0 Josh Smith, OLB 3 0 1 0 4 3 Jared Southers, OL - 4 0 - 4 0 Drew Birchmeier, DL 2 1 - - 3 2 Khari Blasingame, RB 2 1 1 1 5 1 Zaire Jones, SAF - 1 - - 1 0 Sam Dobbs, TE 2 1 1 1 5 2 Andrew Rector, LB - 1 0 0 1 0 Cody Markel, TE 1 1 - - 2 0 Dayo Odeyingbo, DL 1 - - - 1 0 Cole Clemens, OL 3 1 - - 4 3 Colin Anderson, LB 1 - - - 1 0 Donaven Tennyson, WR - 0 1 - 1 0 Donovan Sheffield, CB 3 - - - 3 3 Trey Ellis, WR - 1 0 0 1 0 Tae Daley, SAF 3 - - - 3 3 Chris Pierce, WR 3 - - - 3 3 Alim Muhammad, CB 2 - - - 2 0 Ke’Shawn Vaughn, RB 1 - - - 1 0 B. DeVault-Smith, LB 1 - - - 1 1 Dimitri Moore, DB 1 - - - 1 1 Louis Vecchio, DL 1 - - - 1 1

RELENTLESS | TOUGH | INTELLIGENT 27 2018 GAME RECAPS VANDERBILT OPENS WITH 35-7 WIN VANDERBILT LIMITS NEVADA, OVER MIDDLE TENNESSEE NOTCHES 41-10 HOME VICTORY

NASHVILLE – Kyle Shurmur threw for 170 yards and two touchdowns as NASHVILLE – Vanderbilt overcame two early red-zone disappointments Vanderbilt routed Middle Tennessee 35-7 Saturday night in the season opener for and bottled up a high-scoring Nevada offense, winning an early-season, non- both teams. conference game 41-10 Saturday with a dominant second-half performance. Dayo Odeyingbo returned a fumble 3 yards for a TD, and Khari Blasingame Carrying on from last week’s opener against Middle Tennessee, the Dores also ran for a score as the Commodores won their second straight opener at (2-0) were rock-solid defensively, holding the Wolf Pack to 124 yards in the Middle Tennessee’s expense. They also wrapped a four-game contract with their first half and 250 overall, a week after coach Jay Norvell’s team scored 72 fourth straight victory against the Conference USA school less than 40 miles points on 636 yards against Portland State. away. But Vanderbilt’s failure to score on two promising Game 1 The Commodores had six sacks and forced two Game 2 drives into the red zone to start the game allowed turnovers. the visitors from the Mountain West Conference to Sept. 1, 2018 With a pair of senior quarterbacks starting, this was Sept. 8, 2018 keep things close, tightening the score to 17-10 on a Nashville expected to be a showdown through the air. Vanderbilt Nashville 9-yard Ty Gangi pass to Brendan O’Leary-Orange in stuck to the ground on its opening touchdown drive, the final minute of the first half. and Shurmur had just 28 yards passing in the first half compared to Brent Nevada (1-1) never closed the gap, though, going Stockstill who hit 10 of his first 12 passes for 100 yards in the first quarter alone. three-and-out to start the third quarter. Vanderbilt responded with an impres- Shurmur put Vanderbilt up 21-7 midway through the third quarter with a sive 11-play, 77-yard drive, draining 6:17 off the clock, ending with a 25-yard 17-yard TD pass to Chris Pierce on his first career reception. Shurmur set up the Ryley Guay field goal. TD with a perfect 49-yard pass to Donaven Tennyson two plays earlier, and he hit Kalija Lipscomb on a 28-yarder in the fourth quarter for a 28-7 lead. SCORING SUMMARY TEAM 1 2 3 4 FINAL RECORD SCORING SUMMARY NEVADA 0 10 0 0 10 1-1 TEAM 1 2 3 4 FINAL RECORD VANDERBILT 0 17 17 7 41 2-0 MIDDLE TENN. 7 0 0 0 7 0-1 VANDERBILT 7 7 7 14 35 1-0 2nd 13:16 VANDY - Lipscomb 2 yd pass from Shurmur (Ryley Guay kick), 7-53 2:41 12:24 VANDY - Ke’Shawn Vaughn 7 yd run (Ryley Guay kick), 2-7 0:15 1st: VANDY: K. Blasingame 30-yd. run (Ryley Guay kick), 5-58 2:39 05:41 NEVADA - AHMED, Ramiz 32 yd field goal, 7-13 3:17 MT: WINDHAM, CJ 4-yd. pass from STOCKSTILL, B. (HOLT, Crews kick), 15-93 6:58 03:13 VANDY - Ryley Guay 35 yd field goal, 7-48 2:28 2nd:VANDY: Dayo Odeyingbo 3-yd. fumble recovery (Ryley Guay kick) 00:49 NEVADA - ORANGE 9 yd pass from GANGI (AHMED kick), 10-75 2:24 3rd: VANDY: Chris Pierce 17-yd. pass from Kyle Shurmur (Ryley Guay kick), 7-92 4:25 3rd 07:14 VANDY - Ryley Guay 25 yd field goal, 11-77 6:17 4th: VANDY: Kalija Lipscomb 28-yd. pass from K. Shurmur (Ryley Guay kick), 12-80 4:56 06:17 VANDY - Ke’Shawn Vaughn 46 yd run (Ryley Guay kick), 1-46 0:11 VANDY: J. Wakefield 14-yd. run (Ryley Guay kick), 12-80 7:04 00:23 VANDY - Lipscomb 11 yd pass from Shurmur (Guay kick), 8-73 4:00 4th 01:10 VANDY - Josh Crawford 1 yd run (Ryley Guay kick), 3-21 1:40 STATISTICS MT VANDERBILT FIRST DOWNS 21 19 STATISTICS NEVADA VANDERBILT RUSHES-YARDS (NET) 36-116 38-176 FIRST DOWNS 14 25 PASSING YDS (NET) 178 170 RUSHES-YARDS (NET) 25-34 39-198 Passes Att-Comp-Int 37-24-1 10-17-0 PASSING YDS (NET) 216 270 TOTAL OFFENSE PLAYS-YARDS 73-294 55-346 Passes Att-Comp-Int 39-22-2 34-24-0 Fumble Returns-Yards 0-0 1-3 TOTAL OFFENSE PLAYS-YARDS 64-250 73-468 Kickoff Returns-Yards 0-0 2-55 Punt Returns-Yards 1-27 3-23 Interception Returns-Yards 0-0 1-0 Kickoff Returns-Yards 2-34 2-50 Punts (Number-Avg) 4-42.8 4-36.8 Interception Returns-Yards 0-0 2-19 Fumbles-Lost 2-1 0-0 Punts (Number-Avg) 5-43.2 1-47.0 Penalties-Yards 6-40 7-49 umbles ost Possession Time 31:09 28:51 F -L 3-2 2-2 Third-Down Conversions 8 of 16 7 of 13 Penalties-Yards 6-67 6-44 Fourth-Down Conversions 1 of 3 2 of 2 Possession Time 23:58 36:02 Red-Zone Scores-Chances 1-2 2-2 Third-Down Conversions 4 of 14 4 of 12 Sacks By: Number-Yards 1-13 6-30 Fourth-Down Conversions 0 of 2 0 of 1 Red-Zone Scores-Chances 2-3 6-8 RUSHING: MT-THOMAS, Tavares 8-32; GORDON, Maurice 4-27; MOBLEY, Chaton Sacks By: Number-Yards 1-7 3-23 6-24; WEST, Terelle 3-23; STOCKSTILL, B. 14-10; ANDERSON, Brad 1-0. VANDY-J. Wakefield 10-56; K. Blasingame 9-52; Ke’Shawn Vaughn 9-37; Kalija RUSHING: NEV-TAUA, Toa 6-24; LEE, Devonte 6-11; MOORE, Kelton 5-9; KINCAIDE, Lipscomb 2-19; Cam Johnson 1-6; Josh Crawford 2-5; Kyle Shurmur 4-2; J. 2-3; WRIGHT, Blake 1-minus 1; GANGI, Ty 4-minus 4; FOSSUM, Kaleb 1-minus PASSING: MT-STOCKSTILL, B. 24-36-1-178;. 8. VANDY-Ke’Shawn Vaughn 11-93; J. Wakefield 8-43; Josh Crawford 10-33; K. VANDY-Kyle Shurmur 10-17-0-170. Blasingame 6-28; Kyle Shurmur 1-4; Mo Hasan 2-minus 1; TEAM 1-minus 2. RECEIVING: MT-ANDERSON, Brad 5-37; LEE, Ty 5-25; THOMAS, Tavares 4-42; PASSING: NEV-GANGI, Ty 22-39-2-216; FOSSUM, Kaleb 0-0-0-0. VANDY-Kyle MOBLEY, Chaton 3-13; WINDHAM, CJ 2-19; SALTER, Tavonn 1-28; GARNETT, Ruben Shurmur 23-32-0-258; Mo Hasan 1-2-0-12. 1-7; WEST, Terelle 1-6; SHIFLETT, Luke 1-4; SMITH, Patrick 1-minus 3. RECEIVING: NEV-MANNIX, McLane 6-86; FOSSUM, Kaleb 6-56; DOUBS, Romeo VANDY-Kalija Lipscomb 4-60; Jared Pinkney 3-32; D. Tennyson 1-49; Chris Pierce 1-17; 2-25; KINCAIDE, J. 2-11; MOORE, Kelton 2-8; CARTER-WELLS, T 1-13; O’LEARY- Ke’Shawn Vaughn 1-12. ORANGE 1-9; COOKS, Elijah 1-6; TAUA, Toa 1-2. VANDY-Kalija Lipscomb 10-85; Jared Pinkney 4-98; Cam Johnson 2-26; Chris Pierce 2-21; Sam Dobbs 2-20; Ke’Shawn Vaughn 2-6; D. Tennyson 1-12; K. Blasingame 1-2.

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