2014 Blazers Game Week GAME 5 UAB (2-2, 0-1) at WKU (2-2, 0-1) Saturday, Oct. 4 | 6:00 p.m. CT Bowling Green, Ky. | Houchens Industries-L.T. Smith Stadium (22,113)

Twitter: @UABAthletics @UABBlazersFB | Facebook: UAB Blazers | YouTube: UAB Athletics | Instagram: UABathletics | Website: UABSports.com BLAZERS TRAVEL TO WKU FOR FIRST CONFERENCE ROAD GAME 2014 SCHEDULE/RESULTS s UAB will play its first Conference USA road game of the season this Saturday when the Blazers travel (2-2, 0-1 Conference USA) to Bowling Green, Ky. to meet first-year league member WKU. Kickoff at Houchens Industries-L.T. Sta- dium will be at 6:00 p.m. CT. AUGUST s The Blazers held visiting FIU to less than 300 yards of offense, but turnovers were the difference in 30 Troy (FOX CS) W, 48-10 the game as the Panthers handed UAB a 34-20 defeat last Saturday at . The Blazers had six SEPTEMBER turnovers to FIU’s zero and the Panthers scored 20 of their points off those miscues. 6 at Mississippi State (FOX SPORTS) L, 47-34 13 A&M (ASN) W, 41-14 GAMEDAY STORY LINES 27 FIU* (ASN) L, 34-20 s UAB is in its 24th season of intercollegiate football and its 19th at the NCAA Division I level. OCTOBER s The Blazers are playing first-year Conference USA member WKU for the sixth time overall and 4 at Western Kentucky* 6:00 p.m. for the first occasion since the 1997 season. 11 North Texas* (ASN) 2:30 p.m. s The Blazers averaged 507 yards and 41 points in their first three games but managed just 380 18 at Middle Tennessee (FOX CS) 2:30 p.m. yards and 20 points in the loss to FIU last Saturday. 25 at Arkansas TBA s Against Mississippi State Sept. 6, the Blazers scored on pass plays of 88 (Jeremiah Briscoe to J.J. NOVEMBER Nelson), 81 (Cody Clements to Josh Magee) and 75 yards (Briscoe to Quincy Perdue). Those plays 1 at Florida Atlantic* (ASN) 6 p.m. represent the sixth-longest, seventh-longest and 12th-longest (tied) pass plays in UAB history. 8 Louisiana * (ASN) 11:00 a.m. s The Blazers had two players named to the All-Conference USA first team during the summer. 22 MARSHALL* (ASN) 11:00 a.m. Wide receiver J.J. Nelson and punter Hunter Mullins were both tabbed to the first unit by the 29 at Southern Miss* (ASN) 2:30 p.m. league’s coaches. Mullins, in addition, was named the C-USA Special Teams Player-of-the-Year. Home games in bold s The Blazers return eight starters on offense and eight on defense, as well as both their kicker *Conference USA game All times are CT and punter, from last season. s Senior running back D.J. Vinson registered a UAB record five rushing touchdowns against Ala- UAB COACHING STAFF bama A&M, also tying the Conference USA single-game mark. Bill Clark (f) Head Coach s The Blazers’ sophomore running back Jordan Howard rushed for 881 yards last season as a true Bryant Vincent (pb) Offensive Coordinator/QBs freshman as he split time with Darrin Reaves who left UAB a year early and is now a member of the Duwan Walker (f) Defensive Coordinator/DBs Jody Wright (f) Assistant HC/Running Backs Carolina Panthers. Howard’s rushing total was the second-best nationally among freshmen in 2013. Mike Bennefield (f) Offensive Line s J.J. Nelson has averaged 20.4 yards per reception on his 94 catches during his career. Chuck Dunn (f) Inside Linebackers s Nelson now ranks No. 7 on the Blazers’ all-time reception list with his 94 catches. Richard Owens (f) Tight Ends s UAB’s 548 offensive yards on Sept. 6 at Mississippi State are the most by the Blazers since the David Reeves (f) Defensive Line final game of the 2012 season when they tallied 599 at UCF (11/24/12). Daric Riley (f) Outside LBs/Special Teams s UAB is ranked No. 3 in C-USA in total offense (375.2) and is No. 4 in total defense (359.2). Cornelius Williams (f) Wide Receivers s UAB’s Bill Clark is in his 11th overall season as a head coach (9 years at Prattville HS, 1 year at (f) Strength & Conditioning Jacksonville State and in first year at UAB). In those 11 years, he has only suffered 17 total losses. f - On The Field pb - Press Box s There will be some familiar faces on the WKU sideline Saturday as seven members of the Hilltop- pers’ football staff formerly were on the staff at UAB. MEDIA RELATIONS STAFF Office Address - West Tower THE COACHES 617 13th Street South s Bill Clark (Jacksonville State, ‘90) is in his first season as the head coach at UAB. Clark came to Birmingham, AL 35294 UAB after spending one year at Jacksonville State where he led the Gamecocks to an 11-4 record Office Phone and a berth in the NCAA FCS playoffs. JSU concluded the year ranked No. 10 in the final FCS poll 205-934-0722 and recorded its most wins since the 1992 season. Assoc. AD/Media Relations: Norm Reilly s Jeff Brohm (Louisville, ’94) is in his first season as the head coach at WKU. He spent the Cell: 205-936-1793 2013 season as assistant head coach and offensive coordinator for the Hilltoppers after spending Email: [email protected] the 2012 season on the staff at UAB as the Blazers’ offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach. Assistant Director: Tray Littlefield Cell: 205-504-4566 BROADCAST INFORMATION SERIES INFORMATION Email: [email protected] TV: N/A ALL-TIME: WKU leads, 3-2 Assistant Director: Kristin Watkins OVERALL STREAK: UAB, 2 Cell: 205-234-9422 RADIO: Blazer IMG Sports Network Last Meeting: UAB, 20-16, 10/4/97 Email: [email protected] Play-by-Play: David Crane Last UAB Win: 20-16, 10/4/97 Assistant Director: Brandon Lee Analyst: Steve Irvine IN BIRMINGHAM: UAB leads, 2-1 Cell: 334-447-2325 Sideline: Sam Miller Streak: UAB, 2 Email: [email protected] Broadcasts: WUHT-FM 107.7 Last UAB Win: 20-16, 10/4/97 Media Relations Assistant: Jon Hevron Last WKU Win: 31-22, 10/1/94 Cell: 248-978-5066 TWITTER: @UABAthletics IN BOWLING GREEN: WKU leads, 2-0 Email: [email protected] Streak: WKU, 2 Last UAB Win: N/A Last WKU Win: 32-18, 9/23/95 2014 UAB FOOTBALL

Call Us UAB! UAB GAME WEEK SCHEDULE Please note that there are only two correct MEDIA SERVICES versions of our name, the acronym “UAB,” or Sunday: Following Saturday’s game, the team will generally have Sundays off. the full “ at Birmingham.” In addition, the Associated Press sports style- book now uses UAB on first reference, not Monday: Coach Clark will be available for interviews at his weekly media luncheon, held in the Alabama-Birmingham. Green & Gold Room (in Bartow Arena) between 11:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. CT (quotes and audio from press conference will be posted on the UAB Athletics website later in the afternoon). Lunch is served We are not: promptly at 11:30 a.m. The Monday media luncheon is held only during weeks in which the Blazers Alabama-Birmingham, have an upcoming game. Ala.-Birmingham, or U.A.B. Practice. There will be a 30-minute media viewing opportunity prior to the first individual period of The University of Alabama at Birmingham each practice. The tentative start time for the gameweek practices is 3:00. Call the UAB media rela- (UAB) has been an autonomous member of tions office to confirm practice times for the week. the University of Alabama system since 1969, and has had an intercollegiate athletic program Tuesday: Practice. There will be a 30-minute media viewing opportunity prior to the first individual since 1977. UAB is sometimes confused with period of each practice. the University of Alabama (Crimson Tide), which is located in Tuscaloosa; while this is in- Wednesday: Practice. There will be a 30-minute media viewing opportunity prior to the first evitable, it is important to note that the two individual period of each practice. This is the last day for player interview availability of game weeks. are indeed separate institutions. In addition,

the UAB name is often altered by various me- dia, opponents, merchandisers, etc. Thursday: Practice. No player availability. Coach Clark will participate in his weekly radio call-in show, “Blazer Sportsline,” on ESPN JOX2 100.5 FM in Birmingham. The weekly show runs from 10:30- 11:30 a.m. CT and is held at Dreamland BBQ. There will be no show on Sept. 18 (open date week). Postgame Interviews Friday: Travel and practice schedule TBA (check with the UAB media relations office for updates). UAB has a closed locker room policy after

each game. There is NO player availabilty on Saturday: Coach Clark will address the media approximately 15 minutes following the conclusion the field immediately after the game except for network television when requested ahead of the game; the UAB locker room and training room are closed to the media at all times; requested of time. players will be made available following the game, time permitting.

Head coach Bill Clark will address the assem- Interviews: Contact Associate AD for Media Relations Norm Reilly (205-934-0722), Assistant Director bled media prior to any player comments. The Tray Littlefield or another member of the media relations staff to request coach or player interviews. postgame interview room at Legion Field is The best time for interviews with the head coach is Monday at the weekly media luncheon and after located in the north end of the stadium under practice. the grandstand. Media will have an opportunity in the press box to make interview requests Media are asked to notify the media relations staff at least 24 hours in advance of their plans to attend for specific players. practice and of specific interview requests.

UAB Quick Facts Location...... Birmingham, Ala. Founded...... 1969 Enrollment...... 18,568 Nickname...... Blazers Media covering UAB football and Conference USA are encouraged School Colors...... Forest Green & Old Gold to utilize the web site CollegePressBox.com. CollegePressBox.com is the Stadium (Capacity)...... Legion Field (72,000) official media website for Conference USA football. Access and download Playing Surface...... SureTurf weekly game notes, quotes, statistics, media guides and more for the confer- Conference...... Conference USA ence and each of its 12 member schools throughout the season. President...... Dr. Ray Watts (UAB, ’76) Login information will be distributed to accredited media or you can Faculty Rep...... Dr. Frank Messina (West Alabama, ’86) apply for a password by sending an e-mail to password@collegepressbox. Director of Athletics...... Brian Mackin (UAB, ’83) com. Head Coach...... Bill Clark (Jacksonville State, ’90) For more information, contact CollegePressBox at CollegePressBox@ gmail.com.

BLAZER IMG SPORTS NETWORK

UAB fans in Birmingham will once again be able to hear all the football and game day action on WUHT-FM “Hot” 107.7, the flagship station of the Blazer IMG Sports Network. The Green and Gold faithful will also be able to hear “Blazer Sport- sline” each week on Birmingham’s 100.5 ESPN JOX2 throughout the football and basketball campaigns.

David Crane returns for his eighth season as the play-by-play “Voice of the Blazers.” Crane will be joined in the booth by former Birmingham News and UAB beat writer Steve Irvine. Sam Miller, a former athletic department staff member in the marketing office for the Blazers, will again serve as sideline reporter this season. 2014 UAB FOOTBALL

ALL-TIME SERIES RECORD VS. WKU HEAD COACH s UAB and WKU will be meeting for the sixth time when they kick off Saturday night in BILL CLARK Bowling Green. The Hilltoppers lead the all-time series by a 3-2 margin. The schools have not played since the 1997 season when the Blazers defeated WKU, 20-16, at Legion Field. The Bill Clark, who guided Jack- teams played five consecutive seasons from 1993-97. sonville State to a record-setting UAB-WKU Series (WKU leads, 3-2) season in 2013 and the highest NCAA Division I final ranking in 1997: UAB 20-16, @ Birmingham 1994: WKU 31-22, @ Birmingham school history, was named head 1996: UAB 24-0, @ Birmingham 1993: WKU 40-13, @ Bowling Green football coach at UAB in Janu- 1995: WKU 32-18, @ Bowling Green ary, 2014, becoming the fifth head coach in Blazers’ history. 2014 UAB - WKU By The Numbers UAB WKU UAB WKU Clark has more than 20 years of First Downs Per Game 23.0 31.5 Rush Yds Allowed Per Game 137.8 237.8 experience, having spent a year Points Per Game 35.8 44.0 Pass Yds Allowed Per Game 221.5 260.5 as the head coach at Jacksonville Total Yds Per Game 475.2 594.2 Avg. Time of Possession 29:09 30:22 State before coming to UAB. Prior Rush Yds Per Game 207.5 132.8 Penalties 19-162 29-248 to taking the helm of the Gamecocks’ program, Clark was Pass Yds Per Game 267.8 461.5 3rd Down Conversions 26/63 40/70 assistant head coach and the defensive coordinator at South Points Allowed Per Game 26.2 37.5 4th Down Conversions 1/7 1/3 Alabama. Before joining the Jaguars’ staff, he was one of the Total Yds Allowed Per Game 359.2 498.2 Net Punting Average 37.4 32.6 most successful high school coaches in the State of Alabama.

Clark led the Gamecocks to an 11-4 record last season, their SATURDAY’S GAME FEATURES TWO OF C-USA’S TOP OFFENSES most victories since the 1992 campaign when JSU won the s Saturday’s game will feature two of the top offenses in Conference USA through the NCAA Division II National Championship. That number set first month of the season. WKU is ranked No. 2 in the league, averaging 475.2 yards per an Ohio Valley Conference record and is also the most wins game. UAB is ranked No. 3 in C-USA with an average of 475.2 yards per contest. by a first-year head coach. 24TH SEASON OF UAB FOOTBALL; 19TH AT 1-A LEVEL Jacksonville State earned an at-large berth in the FCS Playoffs s UAB has a young football program compared to most of its opposition. The Blazers and captured two victories -- including a second round win went through their first intercollegiate football season in 1991 as a member of NCAA over No. 6 McNeese State -- to reach the quarterfinals. The Division III. wins were the Gamecocks’ first-ever in the NCAA Division I s playoffs. Jacksonville State concluded the 2013 season ranked The Blazers moved to Division I-AA two seasons later in 1993, remaining at that level No. 10 in the final FCS poll. three years before making the transition to Division I-A during 1996 season. s The 2014 season represents the 24th season of football for UAB. Clark became the Jacksonville State head coach after five out- standing seasons at South Alabama as the Jaguars’ defensive EXPERIENCE RETURNS FOR BLAZERS IN 2014 coordinator. s When UAB takes the field this fall, the Blazers will have a large group of returning let- terwinners and starters from last season. Heading into preseason practice, UAB listed 20 Clark joined South Alabama in 2008 after spending nine years returning letterwinners on offense, 24 on defense and three specialists. The Blazers have as head coach at Prattville (Ala.) High School where he led the eight returning starters on offense and defense, plus both their placekicker (Ty Long) and Lions to national prominence. He won a pair of Class 6A State their punter (Hunter Mullins). Championships as his last two teams won 30 straight games, while the 2007 squad was ranked No. 2 in the nation in USA Today’s national high school poll. BLAZERS HAD ANOTHER POTENT OFFENSIVE SEASON IN 2013 s The Blazers averaged nearly 400 yards per game on offense for the 2013 season. UAB Following his final season at Prattville High School, he was finished with an average of 392.9 yards on offense, including a 178.1 rushing yards average named the Alabama High School Athletic Association Coach and a 214.8 passing yards mark. of the Year and was also selected as the Schutt Southeast Re- gional Coach of the Year. PAIR OF FIRST-TIME OPPONENTS, TWO SEC TEAMS ON SCHEDULE s The Blazers will play a pair of schools for the first time during the 2014 season while He first led the Lions to the Class 6A state playoffs in 2000, they take on a pair of Southeastern Conference opponents. UAB plays road games against his second season guiding the program. Clark earned his first postseason victory a year later, helping Prattville advance to Mississippi State (last Saturday, Sept. 6) and Arkansas (Oct. 25) this fall, representing the the quarterfinals before falling to the eventual state champion, 13th consecutive year that the Blazers have played at least one opponent from the SEC. which is where the Lions’ season would end each of the next s The Blazers are meeting Alabama A&M (Sept. 13) and Arkansas for first-time meetings. two falls. s The Blazers played Mississippi State five times in their history prior to Saturday with the Bulldogs holding a 4-1 series advantage. UAB won the first meeting — 27-13 at Clark served on the staff of the Alabama-Mississippi All-Star Starkville in 2004 – between the schools, but State has come back to win the last four. Classic three times, including as head coach in the summer s Southern Miss is the opponent the Blazers have faced the most with the 2014 meeting of 2007. He also served as head coach in the 2004 North- (Nov. 29) at Hattiesburg set to be the 15th all-time meeting. South All-Star Game. Clark began his coaching career as an assistant at Piedmont High School (1990-91) and also has UAB RETURNING STATISTICAL LEADERS coaching stints at Tuscaloosa County High School (1992-94), Coffee County (Ga.) High School (1995-96) and Dothan High Rushing Yards Receptions Punt Return Yards School (1997-98). Jordan Howard 881 Jamarcus Nelson 81 Jamarcus Nelson 88 Darius Powell 23 Jamari Staples 45 He graduated from Jacksonville State in 1990 with a degree Kennard Backman 28 Kickoff Return Yards in physical education. Clark and his wife, Jennifer, have two Passing Yards Jamarcus Nelson 614 children: daughter, Katie (19) and son Jacob (17). N/A Receiving Yards Jamarcus Nelson 846 Tackles Jamari Staples 458 Jake Ganus 93 2014 UAB FOOTBALL A LOOK BACK AT THE FIU GAME HOWARD WAS NO. 2-RANKED NCAA FRESHMAN IN 2013 s For the first time in four games this season, UAB scored first as the s Running back Jordan Howard rushed for 881 yards last season as a true Blazers took the opening possession 74 yards on five plays for a TD. freshman in 2013 as he split backfield duty with the s UAB outgained visiting FIU by a 380-297 margin in offense, including a departed Darrin Reaves, now with the Carolina 102-36 advantage in the first quarter. Panthers. Howard averaged 6.1 yards on 145 car- s Turnovers were the difference in the game. UAB committed six turn- ries for the Blazers. overs and FIU had none. The Panthers converted those turnovers into s His rushing total in 2013 ranked No. 2 nationally 20 points. among NCAA FBS freshmen, only behind Arkansas’ Alex Collins who ran for 1,026 yards. s FIU scored on a pair of offensive plays covering 75 and 85 yards, re- s Howard is off to a great start in 2014 as he has spectively. On the other 59 offensive plays the Panthers ran in the game, rushed for 381 yards in four games. He had 179 FIU only totaled 137 yards (2.3 yards per attempt). yards in the season-opening win against Troy and a s UAB’s D.J. Vinson scored on a 2-yard run on the Blazers’ first posses- solid 89-yard performance against SEC foe Missis- sion of the game, his sixth rushing TD in the last two games. sippi State. He saw only limited action vs. Alabama s FIU returned a pair of interceptions for touchdowns in the game, one A&M after leaving early in the game due to injury. for 25 yards and another for 31 yards. Howard totaled 102 yards last Saturday against FIU. UAB RECORD WHEN... NCAA FRESHMEN Overall...... 2-2 RUSHING LEADERS IN 2013 Home...... 2-1 Name G Att Yds TD Away...... 0-1 1. Alex Collins, Arkansas 12 190 1,026 4 Grass...... 0-1 2. Jordan Howard, UAB 11 145 881 2 Turf...... 2-0 Shock Linwood, Baylor 12 128 881 8 4. Kareem Hunt., Toledo 12 137 866 6 Playing A Day Game...... 2-2 5. Elijah McGuire, La.-Lafayette 13 103 863 8 Playing A Night Game...... 0-0 CLEMENTS EFFICIENT IN BLAZER DEBUT August...... 1-0 s Quarterback Cody Clements made his UAB debut in the Aug. 30 season September...... 1-2 opener against Troy and the result was a 48-10 Blazer victory. October...... 0-0 s Clements was extremely efficient as he passed for a pair of touchdowns November...... 0-0 and ran for one more in the win. He connected on 13-of-19 passes (68.4 percent) for 152 yards. Clements also rushed for 37 yards on nine carries UAB Scored First...... 0-1 (4.1 average). Opponent Scored First...... 2-1 s Clements, a native of Whittier, Calif. who originally enrolled at Washington Leading After 1st Quarter...... 1-1 State out of high school, spent the past two seasons at Cerritos (Calif.) College. Tied After 1st Quarter...... 0-0 Trailing After 1st Quarter...... 0-2 WATKINS HAS STRONG START TO SENIOR SEASON Leading At Halftime...... 2-0 s Defensively, senior Diaheem Watkins was among the Blazer leaders in the Tied At Halftime...... 0-0 season-opening victory over Troy. Trailing At Halftime...... 0-2 s Watkins registered six tackles in the game — all solos — and recorded a pair of sacks and two tackles for loss in the game. Leading After 3rd Quarter...... 2-0 s Watkins is the most experienced member of UAB’s defensive front. He Tied After 3rd Quarter...... 0-0 has played in 34 games during his Blazer career and started every one of them. Trailing After 3rd Quarter...... 0-2 LONG BOOTS PAIR OF FIELD GOALS TO OPEN 2014 Largest Halftime Lead...... 14 (2x) s Senior Ty Long, on his way to becoming UAB’s all-time kicker for field goals, Largest Halftime Deficit...... 6 has gotten his senior season off to a good start. s Long was successful on both of field goal attempts against the Trojans, con- Score 20 or More Points...... 1-2 necting from 34 and 49 yards in the victory. He hit from 44 and 46 against the Score 30 or More Points...... 2-1 Bulldogs. The Roswell, Ga. native now has 50 career field goals and trails Nick Opponents Score 20 or Less...... 2-0 Hayes (57 from 2001-04) by only seven. s Also impressive is that in four games thus far, aside from his 4x5 on field Rush for 100 Yards or more...... 2-1 goals, may be that Long has 13 touchbacks. Rush for 150 Yards or more...... 2-1 Pass for 200 Yards or more...... 1-1 Pass for 300 Yards or more...... 0-1 BLAZERS RUSHING TOTAL HIGHEST IN 48 GAMES Total 400 Yards or more...... 1-1 s UAB rushed for 338 yards in the season-opening 48-10 win over Troy and the rushing total was the Blazers’ highest ground production in 48 games. Opp. Rush less than 100 Yards...... 2-1 s The last time that a UAB team rushed for as many yards as the season Opp. Pass less than 200 Yards...... 0-0 opener was on Sept. 2, 2010 when the Blazers ran for 345 vs. Florida Atlantic. Opp. Total less than 300 yards...... 1-0 s The Blazers also had a pair of 100-yard rushers in the win over Troy. Jordan Howard rushed for 179 yards while senior D.J. Vinson tallied 106 yards. Commit More Turnovers...... 1-1 Commit Fewer Turnovers...... 1-0 TIGHT END BACKMAN SCORES TWICE IN OPENER Commit Equal Turnovers...... 0-1 s Senior tight end Kennard Backman, named in the summer to the Mackey Award Watch List, lived up to the hype in the season opener for the Blazers. Lead in Time of Possession...... 1-0 s Backman caught a pair of touchdown passes from junior quarterback Cody Trail in Time of Possession...... 1-2 Clements — both in the first half on distances of 3 and 18 yards. s Backman now has eight receiving touchdowns in his career. 2014 UAB FOOTBALL

HOWARD IN TOP 10 FOR UAB CAREER RUSHING NELSON PROVIDES MAJOR OFFENSIVE WEAPON s Jordan Howard is off to an outstanding start to the 2014 season. Just four s Senior wide receiver J.J. Nelson registered four 100-yard receiving games games into his sophomore season, running back Jordan Howard has moved during the 2013 season and also caught a pair of touchdown passes. Nelson into the top 10 on UAB’s career rushing list. averaged 20.1 yards per reception for the season as he caught 42 passes for s Howard, who has 381 yards (95.2 avg.) after four games this season, has 846 yards and eight touchdown passes in 10 games. He now has 94 career re- increased his career total to 1,262 yards. ceptions to rank No. 7 all-time on the UAB charts and is No. 4 on the career s Howard is averaging 5.9 yards per attempt in his career thus far. list for receiving yards with 1,914 Of his 20 career touchdowns, 13 of them have coveraged distances of 40 yards or more. UAB ALL-TIME TOP 10 RUSHERS 1. Pat Green (1991-94)...... 2,817 JORDAN HAD OUTSTANDING FRESHMAN SEASON 2. Joe Webb (2006-09)...... 2,774 s Running back Jordan Howard is coming off an outstanding true freshman 3. Darrin Reaves (2011-13)...... 2,337 season for the Blazers. He rushed for 881 yards and a pair of touchdowns 4. Dan Burks (2002-06)...... 1,979 while averaging a team-best 6.1 yards per attempt. Howard, who split playing time with All-Conference USA running back Darrin Reaves, ranked second 5. Jegill Dugger (1998-2001)...... 1,979 nationally among FBS freshmen in rushing yards. He was named to the C- 6. Corey White (2003-06)...... 1,925 USA All-Freshman Team following the season. 7. Lucious Foster (1996-98)...... 1,463 8. Carl Sanders (1996-97)...... 1,263 MULLINS NAMED C-USA PRESEASON 9. Jordan Howard (2013-Present)...... 1,262 SPECIAL TEAMS PLAYER-OF-THE-YEAR 10. Rashaud Slaughter (2006-09)...... 1,094 s Senior Hunter Mullins holds the UAB record for punting average at 44.0 yards per kick. In July, he was named the preseason Special Teams Player- UAB CURRENTLY IN THE 2014 NCAA STATISTICS of-the-Year for Conference USA, as voted by the league’s 13 head coaches. • Here are UAB’s current rankings in the 2014 NCAA statistics, both in Mullins, who is entering his third season as the Blazers’ starting punter, was the team categories, as well as individually: also tabbed to the first-team All-Conference USA team, joining teammate J.J. Nelson who was named as one of the first-team receivers. Team Rankings Rushing Offense...... 39th...... 207.5 PLENTY OF FIREPOWER BACK ON OFFENSE Passing Offense...... 44th...... 267.8 s The Blazers are expected to again feature a high-powered offense as they Total Offense...... 35th...... 475.3 return eight starters from the 2013 season. Wide receiver Jamarcus Nelson is Scoring Offense...... 44th...... 35.8 one of the most dynamic players in college football and enters his final season Rushing Defense...... 57th...... 137.8 at UAB with a career average of 20 yards per catch. Nelson has been named to the Watch Lists for both the Biletnikoff and Hornung Awards. Passing Efficiency...... 24th...... 156.9 s Pass Efficiency Defense...... 62nd...... 136.2 Tight end Kennard Backman has seen his numbers improve with each of his first three seasons and is expecting a banner senior campaign. Backman Total Defense...... 43rd...... 359.3 was tabbed to the Mackey Award Watch List in July. Sophomore running back Scoring Defense...... 73rd...... 26..3 Jordan Howard rushed for nearly 900 yards as a true freshman and he wasn’t Net Punting...... 71st...... 37.4 even listed as the team’s feature back. Punt Returns...... 59th...... 9.0 s UAB will have to fill the voids left with the departure of running back Kickoff Returns...... 45th...... 22.7 Darrin Reaves (928 yards, 12 rushing TDs) and at quarterback. The Blazers do Turnover Margin...... 114th...... -1.25 not have a quarterback on the roster who has thrown a pass in a game while Pass Defense...... 49th...... 221.5 at UAB. junior Cody Clements, who originally enrolled at Washington State, 3rd Down Conversions...... 63rd ...... 0.413 (26x63) participated in spring practice in 2014 after coming to UAB in January. Cle- Opp. 3rd Down Conversions...... 29th...... 0.324 (22x68) ments emerged from spring practice as the No. 1 quarterback, but redshirt Sacks...... 41st...... 2.5 freshman Jeremiah Briscoe was impressive in fall camp and is also expected to Tackles for Loss...... 27th...... 7.0 compete for playing time. Sacks Allowed...... 52nd...... 1.8 UAB IN ALL-TIME OVERTIME GAMES Individual Rankings Rushing Yards Per Game...... Jordan Howard, 34th, 95.3 Overall: 2-6 | Home: 0-4 | Away: 2-2 Rushing Touchdowns...... D.J. Vinson, 8th, 7 Most Recent: L, 37-34 vs. Rice, Nov. 21, 2013 ...... Jordan Howard, 68th, 3 Rushing Yards...... Jordan Howard, 42nd, 381 Date Opponent Result Pass Efficiency...... Cody Clements, 54th, 139.3 9/26/98 Kansas (4 OT) L, 39-37 Completion Percentage...... Cody Clements, 36th, .640 11/20/99 at Tulane W, 23-20 Yards Per Pass Attempt...... Cody Clements, 31st, 8.26 Receiving Yards Per Game...... J.J. Nelson, 63rd, 74.0 11/11/00 Southern Miss L, 33-30 Field Goals Per Game...... Ty Long, 59th, 1.00 9/23/06 Mississippi State L, 16-10 Field Goal Percentage...... Ty Long, 29th, 80.00 9/25/10 at Tennessee (2 OT) L, 32-29 Scoring...... D.J. Vinson, 17th, 10.5 10/30/10 at Southern Miss (2 OT), W, 50-49 Punting Average...... Hunter Mullins, 14th, 45.3 8/31/13 at Troy (OT), L, 34-31 All-Purpose Yards...... J.J. Nelson, 30th, 132.8 11/21/13 Rice L, 37-34 Fumbles Recovered...... Kalen Jackson, 33rd, 1 Kickoff Returns...... J.J. Nelson, 19th, 27.2 GANUS IS BLAZERS’ TOP RETURNING TACKLER Passes Defended...... Kalen Jackson, 22nd, 1.5 s UAB junior Jake Ganus is the Blazers’ top returning tackler with 93 stops Sacks...... Diaheem Watkins, 51st, 0.7 registered in 2013. Ganus also had a team-high 8.0 tackles for loss. He either led the team, or tied for the team lead, in tackles in seven of 12 games in 2013. 2014 UAB FOOTBALL LAST MEETING NELSON ETCHING NAME IN BLAZER RECORD BOOKS s Senior WR J.J. Nelson continues to move up the charts in the UAB record Oct. 4, 1997 — Birmingham, Ala. book in several receiving and all-purpose categories. s Nelson is currently No. 7 on the Blazers’ all-time list in receptions with 94, is WKU 7 3 6 0 — 16 No. 4 in receiving yards (1,914), fourth in receiving touchdowns (17) and fourth UAB 10 0 7 3 — 20 in all-purpose yards (3,381). Nelson’s Career Numbers WKU - Gummer 10 pass from Taggart (Poisel kick) 1st Q Receiving UAB - Arians 27 field goal 1st Q Year G/GS No. Yds. TD Avg. LG UAB - Drake 41 pass from Jolly (Arians kick) 1st Q 2011 12/0 17 358 4 21.1 66 WKU - Poisel 28 field goal 2nd Q 2012 10/4 22 414 4 18.8 75 WKU - Poisel 41 field goal 3rd Q 2013 10/7 42 846 8 20.1 62 UAB - Drake 33 pass from Jolly (Arians kick) 3rd Q 2014 4/4 13 296 1 22.8 88 WKU - Poisel 28 field goal 3rd Q Totals 36/15 94 1,914 17 20.4 88 UAB - Arians 25 field goal 4th Q

UAB celebrated its fourth Home- The Hilltoppers tied the game at 10- CLEMENTS’ DEBUT SEASON AT UAB LOOKING GOOD coming game at Legion Field with its 10 on 28-yard field goal by Jeff Poisel s Junior Cody Clements has made an early impact at the quarterback posi- final meeting in the five-game series just before halftime. tion for UAB and has been impressive through the first four games of his initial with Western Kentucky, taking a 20-16 Poisel added a 41-yard field goal on season for the Blazers. Clements enrolled at UAB last January after transfer- victory over the Hilltoppers. WKU’s first possession of the third ring from Cerritos (Calif.) College and participated in the Blazers’ spring drills. The Blazers were also looking to gain quarter made it a 13-10 Hilltopper ad- Clements’ Season Numbers their second victory in a row in the se- vantage. Passing On the next UAB possession, the ries after the Hilltoppers won the first Year G/GS Cmp. Att. Pct. Yds INT TD Eff. LG three contests while UAB was compet- Blazers connected on pass plays of 32 ing at the Division I-AA level. yards and then 33 yards, the latter a 2014 4/4 89 57 64.0 735 4 4 139.26 81 WKU opened the scoring by tak- touchdown toss from Jolly to Drake. ing the first possession of the game Poisel trimmed the UAB lead to 17- Game-by-Game Passing 70 yards on seven plays for a 10-yard 16 with what would be WKU’s final 2014 touchdown from Jade Gummer to Wil- points of the game as he hit a 28-yard G/GS C/A Pct. Yds. INT TD LG lie Taggart. With 12:14 remaining in the field goal late in the third quarter. Troy 1/1 13/19 68.4 152 1 2 34 first quarter, the Hilltoppers held a 7-0 After the teams exchanged punts, @ Miss. State 1/1 10/18 55.6 167 1 1 81 lead. UAB took over at its own 14-yard line Alabama A&M 1/1 18/23 78.3 228 0 0 33 UAB kicker Jake Arians made it 7-3 with 14:50 to play. The Blazer offense with a 27-yard field goal after a seven- then moved it 78 yards on 14 plays, FIU 1/1 16/29 55.2 188 2 1 40 play, 64-yard drive. The big play on the capped off by a 25-yard field goal by drive was a 53-yard run by tailback Lu- Arians with 10:07 remaining. Clements In C-USA & NCAA Rankings cious Foster. Foster finished the game with 154 2014 A 41-yard touchdown pass from Lee yards on the ground for UAB while C-USA Rank NCAA Rank Jolly to Kevin Drake with 5:56 remain- Drake had five receptions for 159 yards Completion Pct. 3rd 36th ing in the opening period gave UAB its and a pair of touchdowns. Passing Efficiency 7th 54th first lead of the game. Passing Yards Per Comp. 3rd 47th GAME STATISTICS LONG ON VERGE OF UAB RECORDS WKU UAB s UAB kicker Ty Long entered his senior season needing only 12 field goals to become the Blazers’ all-time leader in three-pointers. After four FGs thus First Downs 16 20 far this season, the senior from Roswell, Ga. now has 50 career field goals and Rushing (Att.-Yards): 46-200 41-204 trails UAB career leader Nick Hayes by just seven. Long is the third kicker in Passing (Cmp-Att.-Yds.-Int.): 7-17-58-1 9-24-219-1 UAB history to make 50 career field goals (Nick Hayes and Swayze Waters). Total Plays-Total Net Yards 63-258 65-423 s Long put together another outstanding season for the Blazers in 2013 as he Fumbles 2-0 3-1 made 16-of-24 attempts. He also connected on three field goals of 50 yards Penalties 6-48 3-25 last season and now has five of 50 yards or more in his UAB career. Punts (No.-Yards) (Avg.): 6-41.7 3-37.0 Time of Possession: 30:56 29:04 FAMILIAR FACES ON WKU STAFF s When UAB makes its way to Bowling Green this weekend, there will be LEADERS several familiar faces on the WKU sideline to those who follow Blazer football. Rushing Att. Yds. TD s There are seven members of the Hilltoppers’ football staff with connections W. Taggart (WKU) 18 90 0 to the UAB program, including WKU head coach Jeff Brohm who served as L. Foster (UAB) 25 154 0 the Blazers’ offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach in 2012, as well as WKU offensive line coach . Callaway was UAB’s head coach from Passing Att. Cmp. Yds. TD 2007-11. Here is a look at the WKU staff with Blazer ties: W. Taggart (WKU) 17 7 58 1 WKU Staff With UAB Connections L. Jolly (UAB) 24 9 219 2 Name Pos. at WKU Pos. at UAB (Yrs. at UAB) Jeff Brohm Head Coach OC/QBs (2012) Receiving No. Yds. TD Neil Callaway Offensive Line Head Coach (2007-11) Stockton (WKU) 5 43 0 Tyson Helton Off. Coord./QBs QBs (2007-11), RBs (2012) Travis Taylor Asst. Operations Asst. Ops (2007-11), Ops Dir. (2012-13) K. Drake (UAB) 5 159 2 Bryan Ellis Off. Quality Control Player (2007-11), Grad. Asst. (2012-13) Zach Lankford Off. Graduate Asst. Assoc. Dir. Player Development (2013) Dave Consiglio Asst. Dir. S&C Dir. of Sports Enhancement (2012-13) 2014 UAB FOOTBALL NELSON, BACKMAN, MULLINS NAMED TO PRESEASON WATCH LISTS s UAB seniors JJ Nelson, Kennard Backman and Hunter Mullins were all named to watch lists for their respective positions. s Nelson, a wide receiver from nearby Midfield, Ala., was named this summer on a pair of lists — the Paul Hornung Award and the Biletnikoff Award. The Hornung Award is presented annually to the nation’s most versatile player while the Biletnikoff Award goes to the top receiver. s Backman, a three-year starter at tight end, is listed on the John Mackey Award Watch List. The Mackey Award recognizes the country’s outstanding tight end each season. s Mullins, from Tallassee, Ala., is on the Ray Guy Award list for the second consecutive year. The Ray Guy Award is given each season to the nation’s top collegiate punter. Mullins is UAB’s career record holder in average yards per punt.

NELSON = EXPLOSION PLAYS s There’s no doubt that when UAB wide receiver JJ Nelson is on the field, J.J. Nelson (left) and Jamari Staples (right) provide an outstanding he’s a threat to break a big play. returning duo at wide receiver. Nelson has 94 career receptions for 1,914 yards and 17 receiving touchdowns. He averages 20.4 yards s Nelson has averaged 20.4 yards per reception in his career with 1,914 per catch in his career. Staples is coming of a true freshman season yards on 94 catches. He ranks among UAB’s all-time leaders in receptions, in which he caught 31 passes for 458 yards with four touchdowns. receiving yards and receiving touchdowns. s Nelson has 20 touchdowns (17 receiving, 1 rushing, 2 on returns) in his three-year career and 13 of those have covered distances of 40 yards or more. UAB RECORD WATCH 2011 2013 Yds Opp. Play 21 Troy Reception Career Receptions Career Field Goals 66 Tulsa Reception 97 Troy Kick Ret. 1. Derrick Ingram, 1991-94...... 207 1. Nick Hayes, 2001-04...... 57 45 Tulsa Reception 62 Troy Reception 2. Frantrell Forrest, 2007-10...... 164 2. Ty Long, 2011-Present...... 50 47 Memphis Reception 41 LSU Reception 3. Roddy White, 2001-04...... 163 Swayze Waters, 2005-08...... 50 42 Memphis Reception 63 NW St. Punt Ret. 4. Jackie Williams, 2010-12...... 140 4. Kevin Thomason, 1992-95...... 39 3 FAU Run 41 NW St. Reception 5. Cedrick Buchannon, 1992-95...... 116 5. Rhett Gallego, 1998-01...... 30 28 UTSA Reception 6. Patrick Hearn, 2009-12...... 116 6. Jake Arians, 1996-99...... 29 2012 21 MTenn Reception 7. J.J. Nelson, 2011-Present....94 24 Troy Reception 48 Sou Miss Reception 8. Percy Coleman, 1997-00...... 93 Longest Field Goals 75 Tulsa Reception 9 Robert Porter, 1991-94...... 92 Ty Long at Ohio St., 2012...... 54 50 Tulsa Reception 2014 10. Darrius Malone, 1996-99...... 90 Ty Long vs. SE La., 2012...... 53 35 ECU Reception 88 Miss. St. Reception Willie Quinnie, 2000-02...... 90 Swayze Waters vs. Alcorn State...... 52 12. Norris Drinkard, 2003-06...... 86 Swayze Waters at Tulsa...... 52 GOOD PRODUCTION BACK AT RECEIVER Kevin Thomason vs. Miss. Valley...... 52 s UAB entered the 2014 season ranking 14th nationally among schools with Career Receiving Yards Josh Zahn vs. Southern Miss...... 51 the highest percentage of receptions among returning players. The Blazers 1. Derrick Ingram, 1991-94...... 3,379 Ty Long at Troy...... 50 are one of three Conference USA teams ranked in the top 15 nationally from 2. Roddy White, 2001-04...... 3.112 Ty Long at UTSA...... 50 last season. 3. Frantrell Forrest, 2007-10...... 2,215 Ty Long vs. Middle Tenn...... 50 Highest Pct. of Receptions Returning (min. 75 pct.) 4. J.J. Nelson, 2011-Pres..... 1,914 Five others...... 50 5. Jackie Williams, 2010-12...... 1,733 1. Akron...... 96.6 (230/238) 9. Purdue...... 86.4 (203/235) 6. Cedrick Buchannon, 1992-95...1,694 Career Punting Average 2. FIU...... 92.2 (141/153) 10. Mississippi State...85.8 (217/253) 7. Darrius Malone, 1992-95...... 1,733 1. Hunter Mullins, 2011-Pres.. 44.18 3. UTSA...... 91.1 (236/159) 11. Michigan State...... 85.5 (212/248) 8. Willie Quinnie, 2000-02...... 1,395 2. Swayze Waters, 2005-08...... 42.38 4. Auburn...... 90.2 (156/173) 12. Tennessee...... 83.8 (160/191) 9. Robert Porter, 1991-94...... 1,207 3. Trey Ragland, 2008-11...... 41.67 5. Northern Illinois....89.7 (234/261) 13. UNLV...... 83.3 (249/299) 10. Reggie Lindsey, 2004-05...... 1,205 4. Ross Stewart, 1999-2002...... 41.58 6. Washington State ..89.8 (422/470) 14. UAB...... 80.0 (148/185) 5. Kevin Tatarek, 1992-96...... 40.35 7. Memphis...... 87.9 (181/206) 15. Houston...... 79.9 (239/299) Career Receiving TDs 1. Derrick Ingram, 1991-94...... 28 8. Central Michigan....86.9 (167/192) Career All-Purpose Yards 2. Roddy White, 2001-04...... 26 1. Frantrell Forrest, 2007-10...... 4,458 3. Frantrell Forrest, 2007-10...... 20 O’LEARY ONLY SENIOR AMONG OFFENSIVE LINEMEN 2. Cedrick Buchannon, 1992-95...3,823 4. J.J. Nelson, 2011-Present.....17 3. Derrick Ingram, 1991-94...... 3,580 s Brian O’Leary enters the 2014 season as the Blazers’ most experienced 5. Reggie Lindsey, 2004-05...... 15 4. J.J. Nelson, 2011-Pres.. 3,381 offensive lineman. 6. Cedrick Buchannon, 1992-95...... 14 5. Pat Green, 1991-94...... 3,353 s The native of Sarasota, Fla. is a fifth-year senior has now made starts in 18 7. Patrick Hearn, 2009-12...... 10 consecutive games. Last year, he started the first 10 games before an injury Willie Quinnie, 2000-02...... 10 sidelined him for the final two contests. Single-Season Rushing Yds. STAPLES DEBUT SEASON A SUCCESS 1. Joe Webb, 2009...... 1,427 s UAB wide receiver Jamari Staples, a product of Lineville, Ala., had a success- 2. Carl Sanders, 1996...... 1,154 ful initial collegiate season for the Blazers. 3. Darrin Reaves, 2012...... 1,037 s Staples finished his freshman season with 31 receptions for 458 yards — 4. Joe Webb, 2008...... 1,021 both second on the team — and ranked among the top first-year receivers 5. Darrin Reaves, 2013...... 928 6. Jordan Howard, 2013...... 881 in Conference USA. 7. Dan Burks, 2004...... 880 s Staples’ first-year success started early as he made his UAB debut at Troy last Aug. 31, posting six catches for 103 yards and one touchdown. 2014 UAB FOOTBALL

UAB AGAINST RANKED 2014 Conference USA Standings OPPONENTS UAB has a record of 3-16 all-time in games played EAST DIVISION WEST DIVISION against ranked opponents. The most recent contest C-USA Overall C-USA Overall against a ranked opponent occurred two weeks ago Middle Tennessee 2-0 3-2 Louisiana Tech 1-0 2-3 when UAB fell to No. 9-ranked LSU in Baton Rouge, Florida Atlantic 1-0 2-3 Rice 1-1 1-3 56-17. The last win over a ranked foe was on Nov. 26, 2011 when the Blazers upset 20th-ranked Southern FIU 1-0 2-3 UTEP 0-0 2-2 Miss, 34-31, in Birmingham. Old Dominion 1-1 3-2 UTSA 0-1 1-3 Marshall 0-0 4-0 Southern Miss 0-1 2-3 UAB OT Record: 3-15 UAB 0-1 2-2 North Texas 0-1 2-2 Home: 2-1 Away: 1-14 WKU 0-0 2-2 Date Opponent Result 8/31/96 at #18 Auburn L, 0-29 RECENT RESULTS UPCOMING SCHEDULE 11/1/97 at #22 Virginia Tech L, 0-37 Friday, Sept. 26 Thursday, Oct. 2 9/5/98 at #3 Nebraska L, 7-38 Middle Tennessee 41, Old Dominion 28 Florida Atlantic at FIU 10/24/98 #21 Virginia Tech L, 0-41 Saturday, Oct. 4 11/7/98 at #2 Tennessee L, 13-37 Saturday, Sept. 27 FIU 34, UAB 20 UAB at WKU 9/11/99 at #11 Virginia Tech L, 10-31 Kansas State 58, UTEP 28 Marshall at Old Dominion 11/6/99 #17 East Carolina W, 36-17 WKU 36, Navy 27 Southern Miss at Middle Tennessee 8/31/02 at #6 Florida L, 3-51 Auburn 45, Louisiana Tech 17 North Texas at Indiana 10/25/03 at #4 Georgia L, 13-16 Florida Atlantic 41, UTSA 37 New Mexico at UTSA 9/18/04 at #4 Florida State L, 7-34 Rice 41, Southern Miss 23 UTEP at Louisiana Tech 9/3/05 at #3 Tennessee L, 10-17 Hawai’i at Rice 11/19/05 at #24 UTEP W, 35-23 9/2/06 at #5 Oklahoma L, 17-24 9/16/06 at #9 Georgia L, 0-34 11/5/11 #14 Houston L, 13-56 11/26/11 #20 Southern Miss W, 34-31 9/15/12 at #8 South Carolina L, 6-49 9/22/12 at #16 Ohio State L, 15-29 9/7/13 at #9 LSU L, 17-56

2014 UAB STARTERS — GAME BY GAME OFFENSE OT OG C OG OT WR WR QB RB TE WR PK TROY Salako Byrd O’Leary Blankenship Naumann Staples Nelson Clements Howard Backman Vinson (RB) Long at Mississippi State Salako Byrd O’Leary Blankenship Naumann Staples Nelson Clements Howard Backman Humphrey Long ALABAMA A&M Salako Byrd O’Leary Blankenship Naumann Magee Nelson Clements Howard Backman Humphrey Long FIU Salako Byrd O’Leary Blankenship Naumann Magee Nelson Clements Howard Backman Humphrey Long at WKU NORTH TEXAS at Middle Tennessee at Arkansas at Florida Atlantic LOUISIANA TECH MARSHALL at Southern Miss

DEFENSE DE DT NT JACK LB LB LB CB SAF SAF CB P TROY Watkins Walton Morris Crews Ganus K. Jackson Gaston Jean C. Jones Baker Petty Mullins at Mississippi State Watkins Walton Morris Crews Ganus K. Jackson Gaston Jean C. Jones Baker Petty Mullins ALABAMA A&M Watkins Walton Morris S. Jones Ganus Slaughter Gaston Jean C. Jones Baker Petty Mullins FIU Watkins Walton Morris S. Jones Ganus Milligan Gaston Jean C. Jones J. Davis Farmer Mullins at WKU NORTH TEXAS at Middle Tennessee at Arkansas at Florida Atlantic at Arkansas LOUISIANA TECH MARSHALL at Southern Miss 2014 UAB FOOTBALL 2014 UAB Depth Chart OFFENSE DEFENSE

“X” WR 1 J.J. Nelson - 5-11, 160, Sr. JACK 42 Shaq Jones - 6-3, 232, Jr. 8 Nyiakki Height - 6-2, 192, Jr. 23 Tevin Crews - 6-2,, 210, Jr. 18 Trey Grissett - 6-5, 243, Sr. LT 77 Victor Salako - 6-6, 324, So. 51 Danny Anousheh - 6-4, 292, Jr. T 90 Chris Walton - 6-3, 265, Sr. 93 Parrish Huddleston - 6-0, 285, So. LG 56 Roscoe Byrd - 6-3, 325, Jr. 50 Daron Wright - 6-2, 256, Jr. 53 Zach Sims - 6-2, 295, R-Fr. NOSE 55 Jontavious Morris - 6-2, 310, Jr. C 76 Brian O’Leary - 6-2, 282, Sr. 43 Robert Mondie - 6-2, 303, Jr. OR 72 Lee Dufour - 6-3, 278, Fr. 98 Uneik Crumbley - 6-3, 324, So.

RG 71 Cameron Blankenship - 6-4, 297, Jr. DE 46 Diaheem Watkins - 6-4, 259, Sr. 75 Kalepi Falou - 6-3, 319, Jr. 49 Chris Rabb - 6-0, 221, Jr. OR 15 Kingley Ejike - 6-3, 224, R-Fr. RT 70 Hayden Naumann - 6-5, 278, Jr. 74 Bryant Novick - 6-5, 305, R-Fr. OR MIKE 25 Harris Gaston - 6-2, 240, Sr. 69 Steve Pickren - 6-4, 245, So. 38 Alonzo McGee - 6-1, 214, Jr.

TE 86 Kennard Backman - 6-3, 240, Sr. WILL 4 Jake Ganus - 6-2, 225, Jr. 88 Tristan Henderson - 6-4, 240, Sr. 36 James Banks - 6-1, 218, So. 15 Gerald Everett - 6-3, 215, So. 12 Nolen Smith - 6-3, 206, Sr. SAM 26 Rolan Milligan - 5-11, 185, Jr. 33 Derek Slaughter - 5-11, 205, Jr. QB 5 Cody Clements - 6-2, 195, Jr. 16 Jeremiah Briscoe - 6-3, 210, R-Fr. CB 7 Jimmy Jean - 6-3, 197, Sr. 41 Darius Williams - 5-10, 170, So. RB 7 Jordan Howard - 6-1, 224, So. 6 D.J. Vinson - 5-10, 202, Sr. SS 17 Jordan Petty - 5-10, 192, So. OR 28 Ja’Won Arrington - 5-11, 214, Jr. 8 Jay Davis - 6-1, 203, Sr.

“A” WR 3 Maudrecus Humphrey - 6-2, 191, Sr. FS 11 Calvin Jones - 5-10, 180, Sr. 25 Collin Lisa - 5-10, 173, Fr. 22 Desman Carter - 6-2, 201, Jr. 13 Darius Powell - 5-10, 177, Jr. 12 Greg Maclin - 6-3, 180, So.

“Z” WR 2 Jamari Staples - 6-4, 192, So. CB 3 Lamarcus Farmer - 5-11, 170, Jr. 9 Josh Magee - 5-10, 170, So. 19 Devon Brown - 5-11, 187, So. 21 Kelton Brackett - 5-11, 191, Jr.

SPECIAL TEAMS PK 2 Ty Long - 6-2, 199, Sr. PR 1 J.J. Nelson - 5-11, 160 Sr. 19 Nick Vogel - 5-8, 178, Fr. 3 Lamarcus Farmer - 5-11, 170, Jr.

P 36 Hunter Mullins - 6-3, 212, Sr. KR 1 J.J. Nelson - 5-11, 160, Sr. 9 Josh Magee - 5-10, 170, So. SN 36 Dallas Noriega - 6-0, 247, Sr. 3 Maudrecus Humphrey - 6-2, 191, Sr.

H 36 Hunter Mullins - 6-3, 212, Sr.

PRONUNCIATION GUIDE Danny Anousheh...... a-new-SHAY Kalepi Falou...... ka-leap-AY fa-lou Victor Salako...... sah-LAH-ko Kennard Backman...... Ka-NARD Jake Ganus...... GAY-ness Shalin Waterford...... SHAY-lin Devon Brown...... de-VON Trey Grissett...... gris-SET Diaheem Watkins...... dye-heem Uneik Crumbley...... yoo-NEEK Nyakki Height...... NYE-kee Daron Wright...... duh-RON Kingsley Ejike ...... E-gee-KAY Jontavious Morris...... jon-TAY-vee-us 2014 UAB FOOTBALL 2014 UAB Numerical Roster No. Name Pos. Ht. Wt. Class Hometown (Last School Attended) 1 Bobby Baker SAF 6-3 193 Jr./JC Sherman Oaks, Calif. (Pierce College) 1 Jamarcus Nelson WR 5-11 160 Sr./3L Midfield, Ala. (Midfield HS) 2 Ty Long K 6-2 199 Sr./3L Roswell, Ga. (Roswell HS) 2 Jamari Staples WR 6-4 192 So./1L Lineville, Ala. (Central HS) 3 Lamarcus Farmer CB 5-11 170 Jr./2L Pensacola, Fla. (West Florida Tech HS) 3 Maudrecus Humphrey WR 6-3 191 Sr./TR Hoover, Ala. (Univ. of Arkansas) 4 Stevie Farmer QB 6-1 192 Fr./HS Athens, Ala. (Athens HS) 4 Jake Ganus LB 6-2 225 Jr./2L Chelsea, Ala. (Chelsea HS) 4 J.J. Green WR 6-2 180 So./1L Florence, Ala. (Florence HS) 5 Cody Clements QB 6-2 195 Jr./JC Whittier, Calif. (Cerritos College) 5 Kalen Jackson SAF 6-1 197 Jr./JC Magee, Miss. (Copiah-Lincoln CC) 6 Austin Chipoletti QB 5-11 190 So./TR Jacksonville, Fla. (Weber State) 6 Ja’Kii Moore SAF 6-1 198 Jr./JC Tulsa, Okla. (NE Oklahoma A&M College) 6 D.J. Vinson RB 5-10 202 Sr./1L Clay, Ala. (Clay-Chalkville HS) 7 Jordan Howard RB 6-1 224 So./1L Gardendale, Ala. (Gardendale HS) 7 Jimmy Jean CB 6-3 197 Sr./1L Pompano Beach, Fla. (Arkansas-Baptist) 8 Jay Davis SAF 6-1 203 Sr./3L Lilburn, Ga. (Parkview HS) 8 Nyiakki Height WR 6-2 192 Jr./2L Marietta, Ga. (Osborne HS) 9 Josh Magee WR 5-10 170 So./TR Hoover, Ala. (Univ. of South Alabama) 9 T.J. McCollum LB 6-3 219 R-Fr./RS Birmingham, Ala. (Clay-Chalkville HS) 10 Myles McKee QB 6-3 198 Jr./RS Asheville, N.C. (Sierra (Calif.) College) 10 Nate Weston SAF 5-11 177 Jr./JC Hampton, Ga. (Glendale (Calif.) CC 11 Calvin Jones SAF 5-10 180 Sr./2L Petal, Miss. (Copiah-Lincoln JC) 11 Quincy Perdue WR 6-3 206 Fr./HS Marietta, Ga. (Lassiter HS) 12 Greg Maclin SAF 6-3 180 So./1L Tanner, Ala. (Tanner HS) 12 Nolen Smith WR 6-3 206 Jr./3L Oneonta, Ala. (Oneonta HS) 13 Darius Powell WR 5-10 177 Jr./2L Foley, Ala. (Foley HS) 14 Demarco Davis CB 5-11 172 Fr./HS Atlanta, Ga. (Booker T. Washington HS) 14 Evan Orth QB 6-3 189 Fr./HS Neptune Beach, Fla. (Fletcher HS) 15 Kingsley Ejike LB 6-3 224 R-Fr./RS Covington, Ga. (Newton HS) 15 Gerald Everett TE 6-3 215 Jr./JC Decatur, Ga. (Hutchinson CC) 16 Ervin Alston LB 6-2 210 So./1L Jacksonville, Fla. (Fleming Island) 16 Jeremiah Briscoe QB 6-3 210 R-Fr./RS Houston, Texas (Stratford) 17 Jordan Petty CB 5-10 192 So./1L Florence, Ala. (Florence HS) 17 Kyle Sappington TE 6-3 208 So./TR Tuscaloosa, Ala. (University of South Alabama) 18 Trey Grissett JACK 6-5 243 Sr./3L Warner Robins, Ga. (Houston County HS) 18 Rodney Morris TE 6-3 223 R-Fr./RS Alpharetta, Ga. (Alpharetta HS) 19 Devon Brown CB 5-11 187 So./1L Hoover, Ala. (Spain Park HS) 19 Nick Vogel K 5-8 178 Fr./HS Jacksonville, Fla. (Mandarin HS) 20 Dequindre Adams WR 5-10 194 Jr./2L Columbus, Ga. (Carver HS) 20 David Norris LB 6-2 199 Fr./HS Madison, Ala. (Bob Jones HS) 21 Kelton Brackett CB 5-11 191 Jr./2L Mobile, Ala. (Blount HS) 21 Kenton Petties WR 6-0 165 Fr./HS Dora, Ala. (Dora HS) 22 Desman Carter SAF 6-2 201 Jr./JC Pomona, Calif. (Riverside City College) 23 Khaled Berklin WR 6-1 195 Fr./HS Phenix City, Ala. (Central HS) 23 Tevin Crews JACK 6-2 210 Jr./2L Brent, Ala. (Bibb County HS 24 Julian Little RB 5-7 186 Fr./HS Linden, Ala. (Linden HS) 24 Demarcus Kirk RB 6-0 190 Fr./HS Dora, Ala. (Dora HS) 24 Tajh Lowe SAF 5-11 180 R-Fr./RS Tulsa, Okla. (Booker T. Washington HS) 25 Harris Gaston LB 6-2 240 Sr./TR Birmingham, Ala. (Jacksonville State) 25 Collin Lisa WR 5-10 173 Fr./HS Alpharetta, Ga. (Chattahoochee HS) 26 Rolan Milligan CB 5-11 185 Jr./JC Lake City, Fla. (Reedley College) 27 Jalen Coleman LB 6-3 220 R-Fr./RS Daphne, Ala. (Daphne HS) 28 Ja’Won Arrington RB 5-11 214 Jr./SQ Birmingham, Ala. (Alabama A&M) 28 Nick Jackson SAF 6-2 205 So./1L Birmingham, Ala. (Wenonah HS) 29 Jordan Collier SAF 6-0 206 Fr./HS Hampton, Ga. (Lovejoy HS) 29 Marcus Reaves RB 6-2 207 So./TR Birmingham, Ala. (Clay-Chalkville HS) 2014 UAB FOOTBALL

No. Name Pos. Ht. Wt. Class Hometown (Last School Attended) 30 Tamar Mickens RB 5-10 200 Sr./SQ Birmingham, Ala. (Spain Park HS) 31 Brandon Fuller LB 6-1 226 R-Fr./RS Birmingham, Ala. (Clay-Chalkville HS) 32 Jordan Ricks LB 6-1 198 So./SQ Birmingham, Ala. (Wenonah HS) 33 Derek Slaughter LB 5-11 205 Jr./2L Pelham, Ala. (Nebraska) 34 Scottie Peace SAF 6-0 203 So./SQ Nashville, Tenn. (Hunters Lane HS) 35 Jamal Hundley CB 5-9 180 Jr./SQ Trussville, Ala. (Hewiit-Trussville) 36 James Banks LB 6-1 218 So./TR Junction City, Ore. (New Mexico Military Institute) 36 Hunter Mullins P 6-3 212 Sr./2L Tallassee, Ala. (Tallassee HS) 37 Will Craig K 5-7 182 Jr./TR Huntsville, Ala. (North Alabama) 37 Shalin Waterford SAF 5-11 195 Jr./2L Harvest, Ala. (Sparkman HS) 38 Alonzo McGee LB 6-1 214 Jr./JC Sumter, S.C. (Georgia Military College) 39 Colin Anderson K 5-10 191 Jr./1L Stone Mountain, Ga. (Stephenson HS) 40 John Robinson LB 6-1 199 R-Fr./RS Birmingham, Ala. (Hoover HS) 41 Darius Williams CB 5-10 170 So./TR Jacksonville, Fla. (Marietta College) 42 Shaq Jones JACK 6-3 232 Jr./2L Lanett, Ala. (Lanett HS) 43 Robert Mondie DL 6-2 303 Jr./JC Memphis, Tenn. (Coahoma CC) 44 Mark Rawls LB 6-0 209 R-Fr./RS Homewood, Ala. (Homewood HS) 45 Kyle Lestrange LB 6-1 223 R-Fr./RS Alpharetta, Ga. (Milton HS) 46 Diaheem Watkins DL 6-4 259 Sr./3L Brent, Ala. (Bibb County HS) 47 Joseph Roberts LB 6-3 218 Fr./HS Trussville, Ala. (Hewitt-Trussville HS) 48 Kyree Hollis CB 5-8 145 Fr./HS Indianapolis, Ind. (Cardinal Ritter HS) 49 Chris Rabb DL 6-0 221 Jr./2L Hueytown, Ala. (Hueytown HS) 50 Daron Wright DL 6-2 256 Jr./1L Atlanta, Ga. (Grady HS) 51 Daniel Anousheh OL 6-4 292 Jr./JC Lancaster, Calif. (Antelope Valley College) 52 Shaquille Roberson DL 6-4 244 Jr./2L Camp Hill, Ala. (Reeltown HS) 53 Zach Sims OL 6-2 295 R-Fr./RS Homewood, Ala. (Homewood HS) 54 Ryan Krum OL 6-5 339 Jr./JC El Cajon, Calif. (Grossmont College) 55 Jontavious Morris DL 6-2 310 Jr./2L Albany, Ga. (Albany HS) 56 Roscoe Byrd OL 6-3 325 Jr./2L Albany, Ga. (Albany HS) 58 Dallas Noriega SN 6-0 247 Sr./1L Scottsdale, Ariz. (Scottsdale JC) 61 Trevon Strickland OL 5-11 254 So./TR Leeds, Ala. () 62 Wes Drewery OL 6-3 201 Fr./HS Franklin, Tenn. (Centennial HS) 63 Hunter Kennedy OL 6-3 300 Fr./HS Troy, Ala. (Charles Henderson HS) 64 Vincent Hunter OL 6-4 318 R-Fr./RS Memphis, Tenn. (Whitehaven HS) 67 Chris Hudson OL 6-5 280 Fr./HS Ocala, Fla. (West Port HS) 69 Steve Pickren OL 6-4 255 So./1L Pell City, Ala. (Pell City HS) 70 Hayden Naumann OL 6-5 278 Jr./2L Decatur, Ala. (Decatur HS) 71 Cameron Blankenship OL 6-4 297 Jr./2L Alexander City, Ala. (Benjamin Russell HS) 72 Lee Dufour OL 6-3 278 Fr./HS Saraland, Ala. (Saraland HS) 73 Brad Minor OL 6-0 270 Fr./HS Centre, Ala. (Cherokee County HS) 74 Bryant Novick OL 6-5 305 R-Fr./RS Hoover, Ala. (Spain Park HS) 75 Kelepi Falou OL 6-3 319 Jr./JC Concord, Calif. (Diablo Valley Community College) 76 Brian O’Leary OL 6-2 282 Sr./3L Sarasota, Fla. (Venice HS) 77 Victor Salako OL 6-6 324 So./1L Huntsville, Ala. (Grissom HS) 81 Marqui Hawkins WR 6-1 210 R-Fr./TR Columbus, Ga. (University of Florida) 82 Vernon Chatman WR 5-8 157 Jr./HS Theodore, Ala. (Theodore HS) 83 Perry Able SN 5-11 171 R-Fr./RS Columbia, S.C. (Newberry County HS) 84 Jarvis Wright WR 5-8 152 Sr./SQ Mobile, Ala. (Faith Academy) 86 Kennard Backman TE 6-3 240 Sr./3L Austell, Ga. (Whitefield Academy) 88 Tristan Henderson TE 6-4 240 Sr./1L Los Alamitos, Calif. (Cerritos College) 89 Rodarius Houston WR 5-10 170 So./SQ Anniston, Ala. (LaGrange College) 90 Chris Walton DL 6-3 265 Sr./3L Atlanta, Ga. (Grady HS) 93 Parrish Huddleston DL 6-0 285 So./SQ Dorsey, Miss. (Northeast Mississippi CC) 94 Gerald McRath DL 6-3 187 So./TR Oxford, Ala. () 95 Cam Willis DL 6-3 242 So./TR Birmingham, Ala. (Miles College) 97 Josh Smith DL 6-2 281 Jr./SQ Birmingham, Ala. (Jackson Olin HS) 98 Uneik Crumbley DL 6-3 314 Jr./1L Americus, Ga. (Americus-Sumter HS) 2014 UAB FOOTBALL Individual Offensive Highlights

J.J. • Ranks No. 4 all-time at UAB in receiving yards with 1,914 in his career • Is No. 7 on Blazers’ all-time career receptions chart with 94 in his career #1 NELSON • Led the team with four catches for 55 yards against FIU (9/27/14) WR • Had five catches for 144 yards and a touchdown at Mississippi State (9/6/14) Sr. • 5-11 • 160 • His 88-yard TD reception in the second quarter against Mississippi State represented the CAREER HIGHS sixth-longest pass play in UAB history REC: 10 - at Troy, 8/31/13 • Named to the preseason All-C-USA first team YDS: 199 - at Troy, 8/31/13 • Named to 2014 watch list for the Paul Hornung Award, given to nation’s top receiver TD: 2 (4x) - last at Troy, 8/31/13 • Averages 20 yards per reception during his career • Ranked No. 2 in receiving yards, No. 2 in all-purpose yards, No. 6 in scoring and No. 7 in Nelson’s Career Statistics receptions in C-USA last season Year G Rec. Yds. TD Long 2011 12 17 358 4 66 2012 10 22 414 4 75 2013 10 42 846 8 62 2014 4 13 296 1 88 Total 36 94 1914 17 88

Jamari • Registered a 53-yard reception at Mississippi State (9/6/14) • Played in 10 games and started eight contests last season #2 STAPLES • Finished second on the team in receptions last season with 31 WR • Totaled 458 receiving yards and averaged 14.8 yards per catch So. • 6-4 • 192 • Totaled six catches for season-high 103 yards and a toucdown last season vs. Troy CAREER HIGHS • Had at least one reception in each game he played except for the Rice game REC: 6 - 2x, last at FIU, 10/12/13 YDS: 103 - at Troy, 8/31/13 TD: 1 - 4X, last vs. FAU, 10/5/13 Staples’ Career Statistics Year G Rec. Yds. TD Long 2013 10 31 458 4 45 2014 3 2 66 0 53 Total 13 33 524 4 53

Maudrecus • Had a season-best two catches for 22 yards in last outing vs. FIU (9/27/14) • Recorded the first catch of his UAB career against Troy (8/30/14) #3 HUMPHREY • Sat out last season after transferring from Arkansas WR • Appeared in 13 games during his career at Arkansas Sr. • 6-3 • 191 • Saw action in all 13 games in 2010, primarily on special teams CAREER HIGHS • Had standout prep career at nearby Hoover (Ala.) High School REC: 2 - vs. FIU, 9/27/14 YDS: 22 - vs. FIU, 9/27/14 TD: 0 Humphreys’ Career Statistics Year G Rec. Yds. TD Long 2014 4 5 57 0 16 Total 4 5 57 0 16

Cody • Completed a career-high 18 passes for a career-high 228 yards vs. Alabama A&M (9/13/14) #5 CLEMENTS • Completed an 81-yard TD pass to Josh Magee at Mississippi State (9/6/14) -- the sev- QB enth-longest pass play in UAB history Jr. • 6-2 • 195 • Completed 13-of-19 passes for 152 yards and two TDs in UAB debut vs. Troy (8/30/14) CAREER HIGHS • Enters first season at UAB COMP: 18 - vs. Alabama A&M, 9/13/14 • Transferred from Cerritos (Calif.) College YDS: 228 - vs. Alabama A&M, 9/13/14 • Originally began college career at Washington State PASS TDS: 2 - vs. Troy, 8/30/14 • Entered preseason camp as UAB’s No. 1 quarterback • Passed for 1,953 yards and 16 touchdowns last season at Cerritos Clements’ Career Statistics • Named MVP of Cerritos’ bowl game Year G Cmp-Att-Int Pct Yards TD Long 2014 4 57-89-4 64.0 735 4 81 Total 4 57-89-4 64.0 735 4 81 2014 UAB FOOTBALL Individual Offensive Highlights

D.J. • Set a UAB single-game record and tied C-USA record with five rushing touchdowns vs. Alabama A&M (9/13/14) #6 VINSON • Led UAB with 22 carries and totaled 106 yards vs. Troy (8/30/14) RB • Has been at wide receiver for most of his career at UAB but switched over to running Sr. • 5-10 • 202 back prior to 2014 spring practice • Sat out the 2012 season due to injury and did not play last season CAREER HIGHS • Played in all 12 games in 2011 CAR: 25 - vs. Alabama A&M, 9/13/14 • Returned 22 kickoffs for 473 yards in 2011 RU YDS: 106 -2x, last vs. Alabama A&M, 9/13/14 TD: 5 - vs. Alabama A&M, 9/13/14 Vinson’s Career Statistics Year G Att. Yds. TD Long 2011 12 4 3 0 5 2014 4 68 270 7 24 Total 16 72 273 7 24

Jordan • No. 9 on UAB’s all-time career rushing list with 1,262 yards on the ground in his career -- just one yard shy of moving into eighth place all-time #7 HOWARD • Has gone over 100 yards rushing in three of four games this season RB • Rushed for career-high 179 yards vs. Troy (8/30/14) in season opener So. • 6-1 • 224 • His 179-yard rushing performance is No. 9 all-time at UAB for a single-game CAREER HIGHS • Was nation’s second-best rusher among freshmen in 2013 with 881 rushing yards CAR: 24 - at Miss. State, 9/6/14 • Named to Conference USA All-Freshman Team last season RU YDS: 179 - vs. Troy, 8/30/14 • Set UAB’s single-season rushing mark for a freshman TD: 2, vs. Troy, 8/30/14 • Went over 1,000-yard rushing mark for his career in 2014 opener vs. Troy Howard’s Career Statistics Year G Att. Yds. TD Long 2013 11 145 881 2 52 2014 4 69 381 3 55 Total 15 214 1262 5 55

Nyiakki • Caught a career-high three passes vs. Alabama A&M (9/13/14) • Enters third season at UAB #8 HEIGHT • Moved to wide receiver from the secondary in 2013 WR • Saw action in 11 games last season and drew two starts (Northwestern State and Vander- Jr. • 6-2 • 192 bilt) CAREER HIGHS • Registered seven receptions for 113 yards last season REC: 3 - vs. Alabama A&M, 9/13/14 YDS: 54 - vs. NWLA, 9/21/13 TD: NA Height’s Career Statistics Year G Rec. Yds. TD Long 2012 10 0 0 0 0 2013 11 7 113 0 31 2014 4 6 53 0 19 Total 25 13 166 0 31

Josh • Recorded the first catch of his UAB career at Mississippi State (9/6/14) • Finished MSU game with 100 yards receiving, including an 81-yard TD reception #9 MAGEE • Local product who prepped at Hoover (Ala.) High School alongside teammate Maudrecus WR Humphrey So. • 5-10 • 170 • During his final two high school seasons, he caught 114 passes for 2,087 yards and 24 CAREER HIGHS touchdowns REC: 2 - 3x, last vs. FIU, 9/27/14 • Played three seasons in the Houston Astros organization YDS: 100 - at Miss. State, 9/6/14 • Spent one season on the University of South Alabama football team before coming to TD: 1 - at Miss. State, 9/6/14 UAB Magee’s Career Statistics Year G Rec. Yds. TD Long 2014 4 6 137 1 81 Total 4 6 137 1 81 2014 UAB FOOTBALL

Individual Offensive Highlights

Gerald • Recorded the first touchdown reception (29 yards) of his UAB career vs. FIU (9/27/14) in the team’s last outing #15 EVERETT • Caught three passes for 94 yards vs. Alabama A&M (9/13/14) TE • Played two seasons at Hutchinson Community College in Hutchinson, Kan. Jr. • 6-3 • 215 • Prepped at Columbia High School in Decatur, Ga., where he did not start playing football CAREER HIGHS until his senior season of high school REC: 3 - vs. Alabama A&M, 9/13/14 • Was a three-year varsity basketball player and was a member of the track and field team YDS: : 94 - vs. Alabama A&M, 9/13/14 in high school TD: 1 - VS. FIU, 9/27/14 Everett’s Career Statistics Year G Rec. Yds. TD Long 2014 4 6 163 1 34 Total 4 6 163 1 34

Jeremiah • Finished 5-of-15 for 231 yards and two touchdowns at Mississippi State (9/6/14) • His 88-yard TD pass to J.J. Nelson at Mississippi State was the first pass completion of his #16 BRISCOE UAB career and the sixth-longest pass play in UAB history QB • Saw first action of UAB career vs. Troy (8/30/24) in season opener R-Fr. • 6-3 • 210 • Enters second season at UAB • Did not see any action during the 2013 season CAREER HIGHS • Enrolled at UAB in January, 2013 COMP: 9 - vs. Alabama A&M, 9/13/14 YDS: 231 - at Miss. State, 9/6/14 PASS TDS: 2 - at Miss. State, 9/6/14 Briscoe’s Career Statistics Year G Cmp-Att-Int Pct Yards TD Long 2014 4 11-29-3 37.9 299 2 88 Total 4 11-29-3 37.9 299 2 88

Brian • Has made 19 starts in his career, including 10 games during the 2013 season • Suffered leg injury vs. East Carolina last year and missed the final two games of the #76 O’LEARY season C Sr. • 6-2 • 282

CAREER HIGHS GP: 33 GS: 19 CONSECUTIVE GS: 4 O’Leary’s Career Statistics Year GP 2011 9 2012 10 2013 10 2014 4 Total 33

Victor • Enters third year at UAB #77 SALAKO • Has drawn 15-straight starts OT • Saw action in all 12 games last season and drew 11 starts. So. • 6-6 • 324

CAREER HIGHS GP: 16 GS: 15 CONSECUTIVE GS: 15 Salako’s Career Statistics Year GP 2012 0 2013 12 2014 4 Total 16 2014 UAB FOOTBALL Individual Offensive Highlights

Kennard • Has led UAB in receptions in two of the first four games • Had five catches for 80 yards vs. Alabama A&M (9/13/14) #86 BACKMAN • Led the team with in receptions with four and added two TDs vs. Troy (8/30/14) TE • Named to 2014 watch list for John Mackey Award, given to nation’s top tight end Sr. • 6-3 • 240 • Has made 27 starts at tight end in four seasons at UAB • Ranked fourth on the team in receptions last season with 28 for 302 yards CAREER HIGHS REC: 5 - 4x, last vs. Alabama A&M, 9/13/14 YDS: 78 - at UCF, 11/24/12 TD: 2 - at TLN, 10/27/12 Backman’s Career Statistics Year G Rec. Yds. TD Long 2011 12 6 43 0 18 2012 12 23 235 4 26 2013 12 28 302 2 36 2014 4 17 169 2 25 Total 40 74 749 8 36

Tristan • Enters second season at UAB • Matched his career high with two catches for 14 yards vs. Troy (8/30/14) #88 HENDERSON • Caught five passes for 40 yards in 2013 -- his first season with the Blazers TE Sr. • 6-4 • 240

CAREER HIGHS REC: 2 - 2x, last vs. Troy, 8/30/14 YDS: 14 - 3x, last vs. Troy, 8/30/14 TD: 0 Henderson’s Career Statistics Year G Rec. Yds. TD Long 2013 10 5 40 0 14 2014 4 3 14 0 14 Total 14 8 54 0 14

Individual Defensive Highlights

Lamarcus • Recorded an interception and ran it back 48 yards vs. Alabama A&M (9/13/14) • Saw action in seven games last season #3 FARMER • Started five games in 2013 CB • Ranked No. 8 on the team in overall tackles with 34 total stops in 2013 Jr. • 5-11 • 170 • Had 20 solo tackles last season • Started at corner 10 games during the 2012 season -- his first at UAB CAREER HIGHS TACK: 13 - at Houston, 10/13/12 INT: 1 - 2x, last vs. Alabama A&M, 9/13/14 PBU: 1 5x -last vs. Alabama A&M, 9/13/14 Farmer’s Career Statistics Year G UA A Total TFL Int. 2011 0 0 0 0 0 0 2012 12 28 22 50 4.0-17 0 2013 7 20 14 34 4.0-12 1 2014 3 2 0 2 0 1 Total 22 50 36 86 8.0-29 2 2014 UAB FOOTBALL

Individual Defensive Highlights

Jake • Recorded two tackles for lost against FIU (9/27/14) -- the second-straight game he has recorded two tackles for loss #4 GANUS • Tied for team lead with five tackles and had two tackles for loss vs. Alabama A&M LB (9/13/14) Jr. • 6-2 •225 • Led UAB in tackles in season opener with six vs. Troy (8/30/14) • Team leader in tackles last season with 93 total stops CAREER HIGHS • Enters third year at UAB TACK: 13 - at East Carolina, 11/16/13 • Has started 25 of 28 games in his first two seasons with the Blazers INT: 1 - 2x, last at East Carolina, 11/16/13 • Paced UAB in tackles for loss last season with 8.0 PBU: 1 (4x) - last at Marshall, 11/9/13 • Played in all 12 games and started 10 contests as a freshman in 2012 Ganus’ Career Statistics Year G UA A Total TFL Int. 2012 12 36 27 63 3.5-8 1 2013 12 58 35 93 8.0-21 1 2014 4 11 6 17 4.0-15 0 Total 28 105 68 173 15.5-44 2

Jimmy • Third on the team with five tackles vs. FIU (9/27/14) • Only Blazer to start all 12 games on the defensive side of the ball last season #7 JEAN • Led UAB in interceptions with two on the year in 2013 CB • Recorded a season-high 10 tackles at Vanderbilt and against Northwestern State last Sr. • 6-3 • 197 season

CAREER HIGHS TACK: 10 - 2x, last vs. NSU, 9/21/13 INT: 1 - 2x, last at FIU, 10/12/13 PBU: 1 - 3x, last vs. Troy, 8/30/14

Jean’s Career Statistics Year G UA A Total TFL Int. Sacks 2013 12 25 7 32 1.0-1 2 0 2014 4 11 1 12 0 0 0 Total 16 36 8 44 1.0-1 2 0

Calvin • Recorded first interception of his career vs. Alabama A&M (9/13/14) • Totaled five tackles at Mississippi State (9/6/14) #11 JONES • Recorded three tackles in 2014 season opener vs. Troy (8/30/14) SAF • Suffered season-ending foot injury in the second game of the 2013 season Sr. • 5-10 • 180 • Enters fourth season at UAB • Was the team’s leading returning tackler in 2012 with 71 stops in 2011 CAREER HIGHS • Drew nine starts during the 2011 season TACK: 10 - 2x, last at UCF, 11/24/12 INT: 1 - vs. Alabama A&M, 9/13/14 PBU: 1 - 2x, last at Ohio State, 9/22/12 Jones’ Career Statistics Year G UA A Total TFL Int. Sacks 2011 10 18 18 36 1.0-0 0 0 2012 11 39 32 71 2.5-5 0 0.5-2 2013 2 6 3 9 0.0-0 0 0 2014 4 11 4 15 0.0-0 1 0 Total 27 74 57 131 3.5-5 1 0.5-2

Jordan • Coming off a four-tackle game vs. FIU (9/27/14) • Had a game-high three pass breakups at Mississippi State (9/6/14) to go along with five #17 PETTY tackles SAF • Tied for fifth on the team with four tackles vs. Troy (8/30/14) So. • 5-10 • 192 • Played in 10 games and drew seven starts during the 2013 campaign • Ranked second on the team in tackles last season with 55 stops CAREER HIGHS • Registered one interception and three pass breakups last season TACK: 9 - vs. Rice, 11/21/13 INT: 1 - vs. MT, 11/2/13 PBU: 3 - at Miss. State, 9/6/14

Petty’s Career Statistics Year G UA A Total TFL Int. Sacks 2013 10 36 19 55 3.5-5 1 1.0-2 2014 4 10 5 15 1.0-2 0 0 Total 14 46 24 70 4.5-7 1 1.0-2 2014 UAB FOOTBALL Individual Defensive Highlights

Derek • Registered a career-high six tackles at Mississippi State (9/6/14) • Enters third season at UAB after transferring from Nebraska #33 SLAUGHTER • Played in 11 games and made eight starts last season LB • Registered 26 tackles during the 2013 campaign Jr. • 5-11 • 205 • Saw action in all 12 games during the 2012 season

CAREER HIGHS TACK: 6 - at Miss. State, 9/6/14 INT: 1 - at Southern Miss, 11/3/12 PBU: 1, VS. NSU, 9/21/13 Slaughter’s Career Statistics Year G UA A Total TFL Int. Sacks 2012 12 19 9 28 1.0-6 1 1.0-6 2013 11 18 8 26 3.0-8 0 0 2014 4 7 5 12 2.5-5 0 1.0-4 Total 27 44 22 66 6.5-19 1 2.0-10

Alonzo • Had five tackles at Mississippi State (9/6/14) • Enters first season at UAB #38 MCGEE • Played last two seasons at Georgia Military College LB • Totaled 48 tackles in 11 games last year Jr. • 6-1 • 214 • Prepped at Crestwood (S.C.) High School

CAREER HIGHS TACK: 5 - at Miss. State, 9/6/14 INT: 0 PBU: 0

McGee’s Career Statistics Year G UA A Total TFL Int. Sacks 2014 4 8 2 10 1.0-2 0 0 Total 4 8 2 10 1.0-2 0 0

Diaheem • Led UAB with eight tackles, including one sack and a tackle for loss vs. FIU (9/27/14) • One of UAB’s most experienced players #46 WATKINS • Has played in 34 games in his Blazer career and started every one of them DL • Recorded career-high two sacks vs. Troy (8/30/14) in season opener Sr. • 6-4 • 259 • Ranked No. 5 on the team last season with 37 tackles, including 30 solo stops • Led UAB in sacks last season with 5.5 CAREER HIGHS TACK: 9 - SLU, 10/6/12 TFL: 2.5 - SLU, 10/6/12 SACK: 2.0 - vs. Troy, 8/30/14

Watkin’s Career Statistics Year G UA A Total TFL Int. Sacks 2011 12 18 13 31 2.5-15 0 1.5-14 2012 7 14 18 32 4.0-17 0 1.5-9 2013 11 30 7 37 7.5-40 0 5.5-34 2014 4 15 5 20 4.0-23 0 3.0-21 Total 34 77 43 120 18.0-95 0 11.5-78

Chris • Recorded two tackles for loss and a sack vs. Alabama A&M (9/13/14) • Enters third season at UAB #49 RABB • Played in 11 games and started seven last season LB • Ranked No. 7 in tackles on the team last season with 35 total stops Jr. • 6-0 • 221 • Played in all 12 games during the 2012 season

CAREER HIGHS TACK: 11 - vs. Rice, 11/21/13 INT: 0 PBU: 0

Rabb’s Career Statistics Year G UA A Total TFL Int. Sacks 2012 12 8 6 14 6.5-36 0 3.5-32 2013 11 22 13 35 5.0-22 0 3.0-15 2014 4 5 0 5 2.0-12 0 1.0-11 Total 27 35 19 54 13.5-70 0 7.5-58 2014 UAB FOOTBALL Individual Defensive Highlights

Jontavious • Has drawn four-straight starts at nose tackle for the Blazers this season • Played in 11 contests last season #55 MORRIS • Drew four starts and finished with 14 tackles last year DT Jr. • 6-2 • 310

CAREER HIGHS TACK: 5 - 3x, last vs. Alabama A&M, 9/13/14 TFL: 1.5 - vs. Memphis, 11/17/12 FF: NA Morris’ Career Statistics Year G UA A Total TFL Int. Sacks 2012 12 9 11 20 3.5-16 0 0 2013 11 6 8 14 0.0-0 0 0 2014 4 5 3 8 0.5-0 0 0 Total 27 20 22 42 4.0-16 0 0

Chris • Had a career high six tackles at Mississippi State (9/6/14) • Now in fifth season at UAB #90 WALTON • Saw action in eight games last season DL • Finished the 2013 season with 12 tackles Sr. • 6-3 • 265 • Played in all 12 games during the 2012 season • Saw early action before being sidelined due to injury during the 2010 season CAREER HIGHS TACK: 6 - at Miss. State, 9/6/14 TFL: 2 - at USM, 11/3/12 FF: 1 - at Tulsa, 10/15/11

Walton’s Career Statistics Year G UA A Total TFL Int. Sacks 2010 3 0 0 0 0.0-0 0 0 2011 10 6 6 12 2.0-2 0 0 2012 12 12 9 21 7.5-18 0 1.5-9 2013 8 7 5 12 2.5-8 0 0 2014 4 8 2 10 1.5-7 0 1.0-7 Total 37 33 22 55 13.5-35 0 2.5-16

Individual Special Teams Highlights

Ty • Tied for second place on UAB’s career field goals made chart with 50 made field goals • Named to 2013 Lou Groza Award Watch List #2 LONG • Has hit 50-of-65 career field goals, including 31-for-33 mark from 40 yards in PK • Has 17 made field goals in his career from beyond 40 yards Sr. • 6-2 • 199 • Has made five career field goals from 50 yards or more -- a UAB record • Made 28-yard field goal as time expired to secure UAB’s win at FIU last season CAREER HIGHS • Holds two longest field goals in UAB history, including a school record career-long 54 FG: 3 (4x) - last vs. FAU, 10/5/13 yarder at Ohio State during the 2012 season FG ATT: 4 (2x) - last at Ohio St., 9/22/12 • Closing in on UAB’s career field goal record. Record is 57 (Nick Hayes), leaving Long LONG: 54 - at Ohio St., 9/22/12 only seven shy of the school mark Long’s Career Statistics Year G Made Att Long Pct 2011 12 16 19 49 84.2 2012 12 14 17 54 82.4 2013 12 16 24 50 66.7 2014 4 4 5 49 80.0 Total 40 50 65 54 76.9 2014 UAB FOOTBALL Individual Special Teams Highlights

Hunter • Hit a career-long 65-yard punt vs. FIU (9/27/14) • Named 2014 Preseason Conference USA Special Teams Player of the Year #36 MULLINS • Ranks No.1 on the UAB career records charts with a 44.1 yards per punt average for P his career Sr. • 6-3 • 212 • Averaged 43.1 yards per punt and was named First-Team All-C-USA last season • Has 38 career punts inside the 20 yard line and 27 punts of 50 yards or more CAREER HIGHS P YDS: 323 (7p) - Tulsa, 9/29/12 P ATT: 7 - at S. Carolina, 9/15/12 LONG: 65 - vs. FIU, 9/27/14

Mullins’ Career Statistics Year G No. Yards Long Avg. 2011 1 2 83 49 41.5 2012 12 50 2239 61 44.8 2013 12 51 2200 63 43.1 2014 4 21 951 65 45.3 Total 29 124 5473 65 44.1 2014 UAB FOOTBALL

2014 UAB Football Statistics UAB Game Results (as of Sep 27, 2014) All games

Date Opponent Score Overall Conference Time Attend Aug 30, 2014 TROY W 48-10 1-0 0-0 3:25 27133 Sep 6, 2014 at Mississippi State L 34-47 1-1 0-0 3:35 57704 Sep 13, 2014 ALABAMA A&M W 41-14 2-1 0-0 3:26 29604 * Sep 27, 2014 FIU L 20-34 2-2 0-1 3:30 16133 2014 UAB FOOTBALL

2014 UAB Football Statistics UAB Overall Team Statistics (as of Sep 27, 2014) All games

Team Statistics UAB OPP SCORING 143 105 Points Per Game 35.8 26.2 Points Off Turnovers 28 52 FIRST DOWNS 92 69 R u s h in g 49 37 P a s s in g 36 29 P e n a lt y 7 3 RUSHING YARDAGE 830 551 Yards gained rushing 913 676 Yards lost rushing 83 125 Rushing Attempts 196 174 Average Per Rush 4.2 3.2 Average Per Game 207.5 137.8 TDs Rushing 13 3 PASSING YARDAGE 1071 886 C o m p - A t t - I n t 69-121-7 56-120-4 Average Per Pass 8.9 7.4 Average Per Catch 15.5 15.8 Average Per Game 267.8 221.5 TDs Passing 6 7 TOTAL OFFENSE 1901 1437 Total Plays 317 294 Average Per Play 6.0 4.9 Average Per Game 475.2 359.2 KICK RETURNS: #-Yards 15-340 12-271 PUNT RETURNS: #-Yards 13-117 8-128 INT RETURNS: #-Yards 4-61 7-151 KICK RETURN AVERAGE 22.7 22.6 PUNT RETURN AVERAGE 9.0 16.0 INT RETURN AVERAGE 15.2 21.6 FUMBLES-LOST 5-3 4-1 PENALTIES-Yards 19-162 27-238 Average Per Game 40.5 59.5 PUNTS-Yards 22-951 33-1286 Average Per Punt 43.2 39.0 Net punt average 37.4 34.2 KICKOFFS-Yards 26-1616 20-1249 Average Per Kick 62.2 62.5 Net kick average 39.2 39.2 TIME OF POSSESSION/Game 2 9 : 0 9 3 0 : 5 1 3RD-DOWN Conversions 26/63 22/68 3rd-Down Pct 41% 32% 4TH-DOWN Conversions 1/7 3/7 4th-Down Pct 14% 43% SACKS BY-Yards 10-75 7-31 MISC YARDS 0 0 TOUCHDOWNS SCORED 19 14 FIELD GOALS-ATTEMPTS 4-5 3-5 ON-SIDE KICKS 0-1 0-0 RED-ZONE SCORES (14-18) 78% (9-11) 82% RED-ZONE TOUCHDOWNS (13-18) 72% (6-11) 55% PAT-ATTEMPTS (17-18) 94% (12-14) 86% ATTENDANCE 72870 57704 Games/Avg Per Game 3/24290 1/57704 Neutral Site Games 0/0

Score by Quarters 1st 2nd 3rd 4th OT Total UAB 27 51 41 24 0 143 Opponents 27 37 31 10 0 105 2014 UAB FOOTBALL

2014 UAB Football Statistics UAB Overall Individual Statistics (as of Sep 27, 2014) All games

Rushing gp att gain loss net avg td lg avg/g Punt Returns no. yds avg td lg HOWARD, Jordan 4 69 399 18 381 5.5 3 55 95.2 NELSON, JJ 11 100 9.1 0 26 VINSON, D.J. 4 68 278 8 270 4.0 7 24 67.5 HUMPHREY, Maudr 1 0 0.0 0 0 CLEMENTS, Cody 4 38 136 42 94 2.5 2 19 23.5 FARMER, Lamarcu 1 17 17.0 0 17 REAVES, Marcus 2 6 49 2 47 7.8 0 26 23.5 Total 13 117 9.0 0 26 ARRINGTON, Ja'W 3 9 34 3 31 3.4 1 14 10.3 Opponents 8 128 16.0 1 77 BRISCOE, Jeremi 4 4 14 9 5 1.2 0 8 1.2 STAPLES, Jamari 3 1 3 0 3 3.0 0 3 1.0 Interceptions no. yds avg td lg NELSON, JJ 4 1 0 1 -1 -1.0 0 0 -0.2 BAKER, Bobby 1 13 13.0 0 13 Total 4 196 913 83 830 4.2 13 55 207.5 JACKSON, Kalen 1 0 0.0 0 0 Opponents 4 174 676 125 551 3.2 3 26 137.8 FARMER, Lamarcu 1 48 48.0 0 48 JONES, Calvin 1 0 0.0 0 0 Passing gp effic comp-att-int pct yds td lg avg/g Total 4 61 15.2 0 48 CLEMENTS, Cody 4 139.26 57-89-4 64.0 735 4 81 183.8 Opponents 7 151 21.6 3 46 BRISCOE, Jeremi 4 126.61 11-29-3 37.9 299 2 88 74.8 SMITH, Nolen 4 205.40 1-2-0 50.0 37 0 37 9.2 Kick Returns no. yds avg td lg TEAM 2 0.00 0-1-0 0.0 0 0 0 0.0 MAGEE, Josh 7 152 21.7 0 45 Total 4 136.17 69-121-7 57.0 1071 6 88 267.8 NELSON, JJ 5 136 27.2 0 37 Opponents 4 121.27 56-120-4 46.7 886 7 85 221.5 HOUSTON, Rodari 2 34 17.0 0 21 FARMER, Lamarcu 1 18 18.0 0 18 Receiving gp no. yds avg td lg avg/g Total 15 340 22.7 0 45 BACKMAN, Kennar 4 17 169 9.9 2 25 42.2 Opponents 12 271 22.6 0 36 NELSON, JJ 4 13 296 22.8 1 88 74.0 EVERETT, Gerald 4 6 163 27.2 1 34 40.8 Fumble Returns no. yds avg td lg MAGEE, Josh 4 6 137 22.8 1 81 34.2 Total 0 0 0.0 0 0 HEIGHT, Nyiakki 4 6 53 8.8 0 19 13.2 Opponents 0 0 0.0 0 0 HUMPHREY, Maudr 4 5 57 11.4 0 16 14.2 VINSON, D.J. 4 5 7 1.4 0 8 1.8 POWELL, Darius 4 3 20 6.7 0 7 5.0 HENDERSON, Tris 4 3 14 4.7 0 14 3.5 STAPLES, Jamari 3 2 66 33.0 0 53 22.0 PERDUE, Quincy 3 1 75 75.0 1 75 25.0 LISA, Collin 4 1 9 9.0 0 9 2.2 HOWARD, Jordan 4 1 5 5.0 0 5 1.2 Total 4 69 1071 15.5 6 88 267.8 Opponents 4 56 886 15.8 7 85 221.5 2014 UAB FOOTBALL

2014 UAB Football Statistics UAB Overall Individual Statistics (as of Sep 27, 2014) All games

PAT Scoring td fg kick rush rcv pass dxp saf pts Total Offense g plays rush pass total avg/g VINSON, D.J. 7 ------42 CLEMENTS, Cody 4 127 94 735 829 207.2 LONG, Ty - 4-5 17-18 - - - - - 29 HOWARD, Jordan 4 69 381 0 381 95.2 HOWARD, Jordan 3 ------18 BRISCOE, Jeremi 4 33 5 299 304 76.0 BACKMAN, Kennar 2 ------12 VINSON, D.J. 4 68 270 0 270 67.5 CLEMENTS, Cody 2 ------12 REAVES, Marcus 2 6 47 0 47 23.5 EVERETT, Gerald 1 - - 0-1 - - - - 6 SMITH, Nolen 4 2 0 37 37 9.2 PERDUE, Quincy 1 ------6 ARRINGTON, Ja'W 3 9 31 0 31 10.3 MAGEE, Josh 1 ------6 STAPLES, Jamari 3 1 3 0 3 1.0 ARRINGTON, Ja'W 1 ------6 NELSON, JJ 4 1 -1 0 -1 -0.2 NELSON, JJ 1 ------6 Total 4 317 830 1071 1901 475.2 Total 19 4-5 17-18 0-1 - - - - 143 Opponents 4 294 551 886 1437 359.2 Opponents 14 3-5 12-14 - - - - - 105

Field Goals fg pct. 01-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50-99 lg blk Punting no. yds avg lg tb fc i20 50+ blk LONG, Ty 4-5 80.0 0-0 0-0 1-1 3-3 0-1 49 0 MULLINS, Hunter 21 951 45.3 65 0 7 10 7 1 TEAM 1 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 FG Sequence UAB Opponents Total 22 951 43.2 65 0 7 10 7 1 TROY (34),(49) 29,(47) Opponents 33 1286 39.0 55 2 5 7 6 0 Mississippi State (44),(46) - Alabama A&M - - Kickoffs no. yds avg tb ob retn net ydln FIU 56 44,(35),(25) LONG, Ty 26 1616 62.2 13 0 Total 26 1616 62.2 13 0 22.6 39.2 25 Numbers in (parentheses) indicate field goal was made. Opponents 20 1249 62.5 5 0 22.7 39.2 25 2014 UAB FOOTBALL

2014 UAB Football Statistics UAB Overall Individual Statistics (as of Sep 27, 2014) All games

All Purpose g rush rcv pr kr ir total avg/g NELSON, JJ 4 -1 296 100 136 0 531 132.8 HOWARD, Jord 4 381 5 0 0 0 386 96.5 MAGEE, Josh 4 0 137 0 152 0 289 72.2 VINSON, D.J. 4 270 7 0 0 0 277 69.2 BACKMAN, Ken 4 0 169 0 0 0 169 42.2 EVERETT, Gera 4 0 163 0 0 0 163 40.8 CLEMENTS, Co 4 94 0 0 0 0 94 23.5 FARMER, Lama 3 0 0 17 18 48 83 27.7 PERDUE, Quinc 3 0 75 0 0 0 75 25.0 STAPLES, Jama 3 3 66 0 0 0 69 23.0 HUMPHREY, M 4 0 57 0 0 0 57 14.2 HEIGHT, Nyiakki 4 0 53 0 0 0 53 13.2 REAVES, Marcu 2 47 0 0 0 0 47 23.5 HOUSTON, Rod 1 0 0 0 34 0 34 34.0 ARRINGTON, J 3 31 0 0 0 0 31 10.3 POWELL, Dariu 4 0 20 0 0 0 20 5.0 HENDERSON, T 4 0 14 0 0 0 14 3.5 BAKER, Bobby 3 0 0 0 0 13 13 4.3 LISA, Collin 4 0 9 0 0 0 9 2.2 BRISCOE, Jere 4 5 0 0 0 0 5 1.2 Total 4 830 1071 117 340 61 2419 604.8 Opponents 4 551 886 128 271 151 1987 496.8 2014 UAB FOOTBALL

2014 UAB Football Statistics UAB Overall Defensive Statistics (as of Sep 27, 2014) All games

Tackles Sacks Pass defense Fumbles blkd # Defensive Leaders gp ua a tot tfl/yds no-yds int-yds brup qbh rcv-yds ff kick saf 46 WATKINS, Diahee 4 15 5 20 4.0-23 3.0-21 ...... 1B BAKER, Bobby 3 15 4 19 1.0-5 . 1-13 . 1 . . . . 4 GANUS, Jake 4 11 6 17 4.0-15 1.0-8 ...... 8B DAVIS, Jay 4 11 5 16 ...... 11 JONES, Calvin 4 11 4 15 . . 1-0 2 . . . . . 2M GASTON, Harris 4 10 5 15 1.0-3 . . . 1 . . . . 17 PETTY, Jordan 4 10 5 15 1.0-2 . . 3 1 . 1 . . 33 SLAUGHTER, Dere 4 7 5 12 2.5-5 1.0-4 . 1 2 . . . . 7B JEAN, Jimmy 4 11 1 12 . . . 3 . . . . . 23 CREWS, Tevin 4 8 3 11 1.0-15 1.0-15 . . . . 1 . . 42 JONES, Shaq 4 9 2 11 3.0-5 . . 1 1 . . . . 38 MCGEE, Alonzo 4 8 2 10 1.0-2 . . . 1 . . . . 90 WALTON, Chris 4 8 2 10 1.5-7 1.0-7 . . 2 . . . . 55 MORRIS, Jontavi 4 5 3 8 0.5-0 ...... 5B JACKSON, Kalen 2 6 1 7 1.0-6 1.0-6 1-0 2 . 1-0 . . . 26 MILLIGAN, Rolan 4 6 1 7 1.0-1 . . . 1 . . . . 36 BANKS, James 4 6 . 6 1.0-3 1.0-3 . 1 . . . . . 9 MCCOLLUM, T.J. 4 5 . 5 ...... 49 RABB, Chris 4 5 . 5 2.0-12 1.0-11 . . 1 . . . . 93 HUDDLESTON, Par 4 5 . 5 1.0-2 ...... 22 CARTER, Desman 4 4 . 4 1.0-1 ...... 41 WILLIAMS, Dariu 4 2 1 3 . . . 2 . . . . . 18 GRISSETT, Trey 4 2 . 2 ...... 12 MACLIN, Greg 4 2 . 2 ...... 30 MICKENS, Tamr 1 1 1 2 ...... 40 ROBINSON, John 1 2 . 2 . . . . 1 . . . . 3 FARMER, Lamarcu 3 2 . 2 . . 1-48 1 . . . . . 43 MONDIE, Robert 4 1 . 1 . . . 1 . . . . . 50 WRIGHT, Daron 2 . 1 1 ...... 56 BYRD, Roscoe 4 1 . 1 ...... 58 NORIEGA, Dallas 4 . 1 1 ...... 71 BLANKENSHIP, Ca 4 1 . 1 ...... 2 LONG, Ty 4 1 . 1 ...... 1F EJIKE, Kingsley 3 . 1 1 ...... 1H SAPPINGTON, Kyl 4 1 . 1 ...... 98 CRUMBLEY, Uneik 3 . 1 1 0.5-1 ...... 1C PERDUE, Quincy 3 1 . 1 ...... 3A HUMPHREY, Maudr 4 1 . 1 ...... 19 BROWN, Devon 2 1 . 1 ...... 86 BACKMAN, Kennar 4 1 . 1 ...... 21 BRACKETT, Kelto 3 ...... 1 . . . . . Total 4 196 60 256 28-108 10-75 4-61 18 12 1-0 2 . . Opponents 4 216 106 322 30-80 7-31 7-151 13 5 3-0 3 2 . 2014 UAB FOOTBALL

2014 Game-By-Game Rushing Passing

Jordan Howard, RB Jeremiah Briscoe, QB Cody Clements, QB Opponent G/GS Att./Yds. TD LG G/GS Att./Yds. TD LG G/GS C/A YDS TD I LG Troy 1/0 19/179 2 55 1/0 1/8 0 0 1/1 13/19 152 2 1 34 at Mississippi State 2/1 24/89 1 17 2/0 0/0 0 0 2/2 10/18 167 1 1 81 vs. Alabama A&M 3/2 5/11 0 5 3/0 2/-1 0 6 3/3 18/23 228 0 0 33 vs. FIU* 4/3 21/102 0 18 4/0 1/-2 0 0 4/4 16/29 188 1 2 40 at Western Kentucky* vs. North Texas* at Middle Tennessee* at Arkansas at Florida Atlantic* vs. Louisiana Tech* vs. Marshall* at Southern Miss*

D.J. Vinson, RB JJ Nelson, WR Jeremiah Briscoe, QB Opponent G/GS Att./Yds. TD LG G/GS Att./Yds. TD LG G/GS C/A YDS TD I LG Troy 1/1 22/106 1 18 1/1 1/-1 0 -1 1/0 0/1 0 0 0 0 at Mississippi State 2/1 11/23 0 9 2/2 0/0 0 0 2/0 5/15 231 2 0 88 vs. Alabama A&M 3/1 25/106 5 24 3/3 0/0 0 0 3/0 4/8 60 0 1 31 vs. FIU* 4/1 10/35 1 7 4/4 0/0 0 0 4/0 2/5 8 0 2 5 at Western Kentucky* vs. North Texas* at Middle Tennessee* at Arkansas at Florida Atlantic* vs. Louisiana Tech* vs. Marshall* at Southern Miss*

Ja’Won Arrington, RB Jamari Staples, WR Opponent G/GS Att./Yds. TD LG G/GS Att./Yds. TD LG Troy 1/0 3/9 0 5 1/1 0/0 0 0 at Mississippi State DNP 2/2 1/3 0 3 vs. Alabama A&M 2/0 6/22 1 14 DNP vs. FIU* 3/0 0/0 0 0 3/2 0/0 0 0 at Western Kentucky* vs. North Texas* at Middle Tennessee* at Arkansas at Florida Atlantic* vs. Louisiana Tech* vs. Marshall* at Southern Miss*

Cody Clements, QB Marcus Reaves, RB Opponent G/GS Att./Yds. TD LG G/GS Att./Yds. TD LG Troy 1/1 9/37 1 10 DNP at Mississippi State 2/2 7/-2 0 5 DNP vs. Alabama A&M 3/3 7/10 0 12 1/0 6/47 0 26 vs. FIU* 4/4 15/49 1 19 2/0 0/0 0 0 at Western Kentucky* vs. North Texas* at Middle Tennessee*

at Arkansas

at Florida Atlantic* vs. Louisiana Tech* vs. Marshall* at Southern Miss*

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2014 Game-By-Game Receiving

J.J. Nelson, WR Maudrecus Humphrey, WR Jamari Staples, WR Opponent G/GS Rec./Yds. TD LG G/GS Rec./Yds. TD LG G/GS Rec./Yds. TD LG Troy 1/1 2/65 0 34 1/0 1/13 0 13 1/1 0 0 0 at Mississippi State 2/2 5/144 1 88 2/1 1/14 0 14 2/2 1/53 0 53 vs. Alabama A&M 3/3 2/32 0 21 3/1 1/8 0 8 DNP vs. FIU* 4/4 4/55 0 40 4/2 2/22 0 16 3/2 1/13 0 13 at Western Kentucky* vs. North Texas* at Middle Tennessee* at Arkansas at Florida Atlantic* vs. Louisiana Tech* vs. Marshall* at Southern Miss*

Kennard Backman, TE Nyiakki Height, WR Quincy Perdue, WR Opponent G/GS Rec./Yds. TD LG G/GS Rec./Yds. TD LG G/GS Rec./Yds. TD LG Troy 1/1 4/43 2 20 1/0 1/7 0 7 DNP at Mississippi State 2/2 5/31 0 10 2/0 1/18 0 18 1/0 1/75 1 75 vs. Alabama A&M 3/3 5/80 0 25 3/0 3/23 0 19 DNP vs. FIU* 4/4 3/15 0 6 4/0 1/5 0 5 2/0 0/0 0 0 at Western Kentucky* vs. North Texas* at Middle Tennessee* at Arkansas at Florida Atlantic* vs. Louisiana Tech* vs. Marshall* at Southern Miss*

Tristan Henderson, TE Gerald Everett, TE Darius Powell, WR Opponent G/GS Rec./Yds. TD LG G/GS Rec./Yds. TD LG G/GS Rec./Yds. TD LG Troy 1/1 2/14 0 14 1/0 1/6 0 6 1/0 0/0 0 0 at Mississippi State 2/1 0 0 0 2/0 0/0 0 0 2/0 0/0 0 0 vs. Alabama A&M 3/1 1/0 0 0 3/0 3/94 0 33 3/0 2/14 0 7 vs. FIU* 4/1 0/0 0 0 4/0 2/63 1 34 4/0 1/6 0 6 at Western Kentucky* vs. North Texas* at Middle Tennessee* at Arkansas at Florida Atlantic* vs. Louisiana Tech* vs. Marshall* at Southern Miss*

D.J. Vinson, RB Josh Magee, WR Collin Lisa, WR Opponent G/GS Rec./Yds. TD LG G/GS Rec./Yds. TD LG G/GS Rec./Yds. TD LG Troy 1/1 2/4 0 8 1/0 0/0 0 0 1/0 0/0 0 0 at Mississippi State 2/1 0 0 0 2/0 2/100 1 81 2/0 0/0 0 0 vs. Alabama A&M 3/1 2/4 0 2 3/1 2/24 0 16 3/0 1/9 0 9 vs. FIU* 4/1 1/-1 0 0 4/2 2/13 0 10 4/0 0/0 0 0 at Western Kentucky* vs. North Texas*

at Middle Tennessee*

at Arkansas at Florida Atlantic* vs. Louisiana Tech* vs. Marshall* at Southern Miss*

2014 UAB FOOTBALL

2014 Game-By-Game Defensive Statistics TACKLES UA-A TOT TROY MSU AAMU FIU WKU NT MT ARK FAU LT MAR USM Diaheem Watkins 15-5 20 6-0 0-1 3-2 6-2 Bobby Baker 15-4 19 2-1 11-3 2-0 DNP Jake Ganus 11-6 17 4-2 0-3 4-1 3-0 Jay Davis 11-5 16 4-0 4-5 2-0 1-0 Calvin Jones 11-4 15 1-2 4-1 5-0 1-1 Harris Gaston 10-5 15 2-2 4-2 3-0 1-1 Jordan Petty 10-5 15 4-1 1-4 1-0 4-0 Derek Slaughter 7-5 12 1-1 3-3 2-1 1-0 Jimmy Jean 11-1 12 4-0 2-1 0-0 5-0 Tevin Crews 8-3 11 0-1 5-2 1-0 2-0 Shaq Jones 9-2 11 0-0 1-2 2-0 6-0 Alonzo McGee 8-2 10 0-0 3-2 3-0 2-0 Chris Walton 8-2 10 3-0 4-2 0-0 1-0 Jontavious Morris 5-3 8 1-0 1-1 3-2 0-1 Kalen Jackson 6-1 7 4-1 2-0 DNP DNP Rolan Milligan 6-1 7 0-0 1-0 3-0 2-1 James Banks 6-0 6 4-0 0-0 2-0 0-0 T.J. McCollum 5-0 5 1-0 1-0 3-0 0-0 Chris Rabb 5-0 5 1-0 0-0 3-0 1-0 Parrish Huddleston 5-0 5 1-0 1-0 1-0 2-0 Desman Carter 4-0 4 0-0 1-0 2-0 1-0 Darius Williams 2-1 3 1-1 1-0 0-0 0-0 Trey Grissett 2-0 2 1-0 0-0 1-0 0-0 Greg Maclin 2-0 2 0-0 0-0 1-0 1-0 Tamar Mickens 1-1 2 1-1 DNP DNP DNP John Robinson 2-0 2 DNP DNP 2-0 DNP Lamarcus Farmer 2-0 2 DNP 0-0 1-0 1-0 Robert Mondie 1-0 1 0-0 0-0 1-0 0-0 Daron Wright 0-1 1 0-1 DNP 0-0 DNP Roscoe Byrd 1-0 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 1-0 Dallas Noriega 0-1 1 0-0 0-1 0-0 0-0 Cameron Blankenship 1-0 1 1-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 Ty Long 1-0 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 1-0 Kingsley Ejike 0-1 1 0-1 DNP 0-0 0-0 Kyle Sappington 1-0 1 0-0 1-0 0-0 0-0 Uneik Crumbley 0-1 1 0-1 DNP 0-0 0-0 Quincy Perdue 1-0 1 DNP 0-0 1-0 0-0 Maudrecus Humphrey 1-0 1 0-0 1-0 0-0 0-0 Devon Brown 1-0 1 DNP DNP 1-0 0-0 Kennard Backman 1-0 1 0-0 0-0 1-0 0-0

TACKLES FOR LOSS UA-A TOT TROY MSU AAMU FIU WKU NT MT ARK FAU LT MAR USM Diaheem Watkins 3-2 4.0 2.0-14 0.5-1 0.5-1 1.0-7 Jake Ganus 4-0 4.0 0-0 0-0 2.0-11 2.0-4 Shaq Jones 3-0 3.0 0-0 0-0 1.0-2 2.0-3 Derek Slaughter 2-1 2.5 0.5-0 0-0 1.0-4 1.0-1 Chris Rabb 2-0 2.0 0-0 0-0 2.0-12 0-0 Chris Walton 1-1 1.5 1.0-7 0.5-0 0-0 0-0 Bobby Baker 1-0 1.0 0-0 1.0-5 0-0 DNP Rolan Milligan 1-0 1.0 0-0 0-0 1.0-1 0-0 Parrish Huddleston 1-0 1.0 0-0 0-0 1.0-2 0-0 Tevin Crews 1-0 1.0 0-0 1.0-15 0-0 0-0 Desman Carter 1-0 1.0 0-0 0-0 0-0 1.0-1 Jordan Petty 1-0 1.0 1.0-2 0-0 0-0 0-0 James Banks 1-0 1.0 0-0 0-0 1.0-3 0-0 Kalen Jackson 1-0 1.0 1.0-6 0-0 DNP DNP Alonzo McGee 1-0 1.0 0-0 0-0 1.0-2 0-0 Harris Gaston 1-0 1.0 1.0-3 0-0 0-0 0-0 Jontavious Morris 0-1 0.5 0-0 0-0 0.5-0 0-0 Uneik Crumbley 0- 0.5 0.5-1 DNP 0-0 0-0 2014 UAB FOOTBALL 2014 Game-By-Game Defensive Statistics

SACKS UA-A TOT TROY MSU AAMU FIU WKU NT MT ARK FAU LT MAR USM Diaheem Watkins 3-0 3.0 2.0-14 0-0 0-0 1.0-7 James Banks 1-0 1.0 0-0 0-0 1.0-3 0-0 Derek Slaughter 1-0 1.0 0-0 0-0 1.0-4 0-0 Kalen Jackson 1-0 1.0 1.0-6 0-0 DNP DNP Tevin Crews 1-0 1.0 0-0 1.0-15 0-0 0-0 Jake Ganus 1-0 1.0 0-0 0-0 1.0-8 0-0 Chris Rabb 1-0 1.0 0-0 0-0 1.0-11 0-0 Chris Walton 1-0 1.0 1.0-7 0-0 0-0 0-0 2014 UAB FOOTBALL

2014 Game-By-Game Statistics

1ST DOWNS RUSHING PASSING TOTAL OFF PUNTS FUM PENALTY 3rd Time of Game Score [Tot Ru-Pa-Pen] [No-Yds-TD] [C-A-I Yds TD] [Plays-Yds] [No.-Avg.] [N-L] [No-Yds] Dns Poss

Troy 10 15 6-8-1 37-71-1 21-31-0 201 0 68-272 6-40.0 2-1 5-55 5-16 29:43 UAB 48 25 18-5-2 55-338-4 13-20-1 152 2 75-490 2-49.0 1-1 3-35 9-13 30:17

UAB 34 19 6-12-1 43-113-1 16-34-1 435 3 77-548 8-36.8 0-0 5-27 3-16 27:06 Mississippi State 47 26 18-8-0 57-292-2 14-31-1 224 4 88-516 8-45.5 1-0 3-32 5-16 32:54

Alabama A&M 14 19 9-8-2 44-95-0 12-34-3 257 1 78-352 9-31.2 1-0 9-86 9-19 30:46 UAB 41 27 12-12-3 51-195-6 22-32-1 288 0 83-483 6-27.7 1-0 6-60 7-16 29:14

FIU 34 9 4-5-0 37-93-0 9-24-0 204 2 61-297 10-30.0 0-0 10-65 4-17 30:02 UAB 20 21 13-7-1 47-184-2 18-35-4 196 1 82-380 6-46.0 2-2 5-40 7-18 29:58 2014 UAB FOOTBALL THE LAST TIME A UAB TEAM... Had 30 first downs at Memphis, Nov. 12, 2011 (31) Had an extra point blocked vs. FIU, Sept. 27, 2014 Had 300 yards rushing vs. Troy, Aug. 30, 2014 (339) Had a field goal blocked vs. Marshall, Nov. 10, 2012 Had five or more rushing TDs vs. Alabama A&M, Sept. 13 (6) Was held scoreless at Florida, Sept. 10, 2011 (39-0) Had 400 yards passing at Miss. State, Sept. 6, 2014 (435) Held an opponent scoreless for a game vs. UCF, Nov. 29, 2008 (15-0) Had three or more TDs passing at Miss. State, Sept. 6, 2014 (3) Held an opponent scoreless for first half vs. Middle Tennessee, Nov. 2, 2013 Had 500 or more yds total offense at Miss. State, Sept. 6, 2014 (548) Forced five or more turnovers at East Carolina, Sept. 24, 2011 (7) Scored 50 or more points vs. Northwestern State, Sept. 21, 2013 (52) Intercepted four or more passes at Tulane, Nov. 15, 2008 (4) Allowed 50 or more points vs. Southern Miss, Nov. 30, 2013 (62) Intercepted three or more passes vs. Alabama A&M, Sept. 13, 2014 (3) Returned a punt for a TD vs. Northwestern State, Sept. 21, 2013 (JJ Nelson, 63 yards) Recovered four or more opponent fumbles at ECU, Sept. 24, 2011 (4) Returned a kickoff for a TD at Troy, Aug. 31, 2013 (J.J. Nelson, 97 yards) Held an opponent to 10 or less first downs vs. SLU, Oct. 6, 2012 (9) Returned an interception for TD Southeastern Louisiana, Oct. 6, 2012 Held an opponent to less than 100 yards rushing vs. FIU, Sept. 27, 2014 (93) (Marvin Burdette, 36 yds.) Held opponent to less than 50 yards rushing vs. SLU, Oct. 6, 2012 (47) Recovered a fumble for a TD at UCF, Nov. 25, 2006 (Chris Felder, 44 yds.) Held opponent to 300 or less yards total offense vs. FIU, Sept. 27, 2014 (297) Blocked a field goal at Marshall, Nov. 9, 2013 (Jontavious Morris) Held an opponent to 100 or less yards total offense vs. Louisiana-Lafayette, Blocked an extra point vs. FAU, Oct. 5, 2013 (Shaq Jones and JontaviousMorris) Sept. 30, 2000 Returned a blocked field goal for a TD vs. Lindenwood, Oct. 12, 1991 Scored a two-point conversion vs. Middle Tennessee, Nov. 2, 2013 (J. Perry) (Terry Dollerson) (64 yds.) Scored a safety vs. Marshall, Blocked a punt for a TD at Ohio State, Sept. 22, 2012 Oct. 18, 2008 (QB sack in endzone - Anthony Barnes) (Calvin Jones block, Nick Adams TD) Played an overtime game vs. Rice, Nov. 21, 2013 Blocked a punt for a safety vs. Hastings, Nov. 9, 1991 (Curt Eddy) Held an opponent without a TD vs. Southeastern Lousiana, Oct. 6, 2012 Blocked a punt vs. Marshall, Nov. 10, 2012 Defeated a ranked opponent UAB 34, No. 20 Southern Miss 31, Nov. 17, 2011 Had a punt blocked at Miss. State, Sept. 6, 2014 THE LAST TIME A UAB PLAYER...

Rushed for 200 yards in a game Darrin Reaves at Southern Miss, Nov. 3, 2012 (223) Intercepted three passes in a game Don Blackmon Rushed for 150 yards (less than 200) in a game Jordan Howard vs. Lane, Sept. 19, 1992 (3) vs. Troy, Aug. 30, 2014 (179) Intercepted two passes in a game Kevin Sanders at Tulane, Nov. 15, 2008 (2) Rushed for 100 yards (less than 150) in a game Jordan Howard Recovered two opponent fumbles in a game T.J. Ballou vs. FIU, Sept. 27, 2014 (102) at Tulsa, Oct. 15, 2011 (2) Rushed for three or more TDs in game D.J. Vinson vs. Alabama A&M, Sept. 13, 2014 (5) Kicked five field goals in a game Swayze Waters at UCF, Nov. 29, 2008 (5) Had two RB rush for 100+ yards in a game Jordan Howard (154) and Kicked four field goals in a game Swayze Waters vs. UCF, Nov. 29, 2008 (5) Darrin Reaves (111) vs. Middle Tennessee, Nov. 2, 2013 Kicked three field goals in a game Ty Long, vs. FIU, Oct. 12, 2013 (3) Had a run of 50 yards or more Jordan Howard, at Vanderbilt, Sept. 28, 2013 (52) Scored three or more TDs D.J. Vinson vs. Alabama A&M, Sept. 13, 2014 (5) Had a run of 70 yards or more Mark Ferrell vs. SMU, Sept. 12, 2009 (80) Scored four or more TDs D.J. Vinson vs. Alabama A&M, Sept. 13, 2014 (5 rush) Passed for 300 yards in a game Austin Brown, at Troy, Aug. 31, 2013 Completed a 90+ yard pass Chris Williams to Nick Coon Attempted 40 or more passes in a game Austin Brown (52) vs. Army, Nov. 1, 2003 (91 for TD) at Tulane, Oct. 27, 2012 Kicked a field goal of 50 or more yards Ty Long Completed 25 or more passes in a game Austin Brown vs. Middle Tennessee, Nov. 2, 2013 (50) at Tulane, Oct. 27, 2012 (26) Had a 70+ yard punt Trey Ragland at SMU, Sept. 11, 2010 (75) Threw at least four TDs in a game Jonathan Perry at Memphis, Nov. 12, 2011 (4) Had 20 or more tackles in a game Marvin Burdette at Tulane, Oct. 27 2012 (24) Threw at least three TDs (less than four) in a game Austin Brown Had 16 or more tackles in a game Marvin Burdette vs. Northwestern State, Sept. 21, 2013 (3) vs. Marshall, Nov. 10, 2012 (17) Had 400 or more yards of total offense in a game Austin Brown Had a punt blocked Hunter Mullins at Miss. State, Sept. 6, 2014 at Tulane, Oct. 27, 2012 (412) Had a field goal blocked Ty Long vs. Marshall, Nov. 10, 2012 Caught 10 or more passes in a game J.J. Nelson Had an extra point blocked Ty Long vs. FIU, Sept. 27, 2014 at Troy, Aug. 31, 2013 (10) Recovered a fumble in endzone for touchdown Terence Edge Had 100 or more yards receiving in a game J.J. Nelson (144) and vs. Tulane, Oct. 13, 2007 (offense) Josh Magee (100) at Mississippi State, Sept. 6, 2014 Scored on an interception return Marvin Burdette Had 150 or more yards receiving in a game J.J. Nelson at Troy, Aug. 31, 2013 (199) vs. SLU, Oct. 6, 2012 (36 yds.) Had 200 or more yards receiving in a game Patrick Hearn at UCF, Nov. 24, 2012 (203) Scored on a fumble return Chris Felder at UCF, Nov. 25, 2006 (44 yds.) Caught four TD passes in a game Derrick Ingram Scored on a blocked punt Nick Adams at Ohio State, Sept. 22, 2012 (20 yds.) at Prairie View A&M, Nov. 19, 1994 (4) Caught three TD passes in a game Mike Jones at Southern Miss, Oct. 30, 2010 (3) Had two receivers record 100+ receiving yards in a game J.J. Nelson (144) and Josh Magee (100) at Mississippi State, Sept. 6, 2014 2014 UAB FOOTBALL 2014 Game Summaries Aug. 30, 2014 — Birmingham, Ala. Sept. 6, 2014 — Starkville, Miss.

Troy 7 3 0 0 — 10 UAB 3 17 7 7 — 34 UAB 17 7 14 10 — 48 Miss. State 13 13 21 0 — 47

Troy - Chunn 1 run (Kay kick) 13:31-1st Q MSU - R. Johnson 68 pass from Prescott (Sobiesk kick) 14:03-1st Q UAB - Howard 2 run (Long kick) 8:51-1st Q UAB - Long 44 field goal 5:31-1st Q UAB - Backman 3 pass from Clements (Long kick) 4:33-1st Q MSU - P. Smith 21 interfeption return (kick failed) :43-1st Q UAB - Long 34 field goal :38-1st Q UAB - Howard 2 run (Long kick) 14:13-2nd Q UAB - Backman 18 pass from Clements (Long kick) 6:54-2nd Q UAB - Nelson 88 pass from Briscoe (Long kick) 13:03-2nd Q Troy - Kay 47 field goal :00-2nd Q MSU - Robinson 17 run (kick failed) 11:37-2nd Q UAB - Howard 55 run (Long kick) 6:46-3rd Q UAB - Long 46 field goal 8:06-2nd Q UAB - Clements 1 run (Long kick) 1:23-3rd Q MSU - Walley 20 pass from Prescott (Sobiesk kick) 5:02-2nd Q UAB - Long 49 field goal 11:15-4th Q MSU - Prescott 4 run (Sobiesk kick) 13:03-3rd Q UAB - Vinson 3 run (Long kick) 5:52-4th Q MSU - Morrow 15 pass from Prescott (Sobiesk kick) 6:40-3rd Q UAB - Magee 81 pass from Clements (Long kick) 5:49-3rd Q Cody Clements passed for two touch- 74 first-half rushing yards and UAB’s first MSU - Wilson 8 pass from Prescott (Sobiesk kick) 1:49-4th Q downs and ran for another, while Jordan score, a 2-yard touchdown run. UAB - Perdue 75 pass from Briscoe (Long kick) :49-4th Q Howard rushed for two more in helping Clements, making his first start for touchdown run in the early stages of the the UAB football team beat Troy Univer- UAB, then sandwiched a 34-yard field Dak Prescott threw for 211 yards second quarter. sity 48-10 on Saturday. goal by Ty Long with a pair of touchdown and four touchdowns while also run- The Blazers added a final big play with The win gives Blazer head football passes to Kennard Backman to put UAB ning for 111 yards and a touchdown to only 38 seconds remaining in the game coach Bill Clark a victory in his debut as up 24-7. lead Mississippi State past UAB 47-34 at when Briscoe hooked up with true fresh- UAB’s coach. It marks the first season- Ryan Kay cut the UAB lead to 24-10 Starkville, Miss. man Quincy Perdue on a 75-yard touch- opening victory for the Blazers since the with a 47-yard Trojan field goal as time The Blazers battled the Bulldogs all down pass. 2009 season and the first for a UAB foot- expired in the first half. day on the strength of a 548-516 advan- The Blazers attempted an onside kick ball head coach in his opening game. Troy failed to capitalize on a pair of tage in total yards. UAB’s quarterback on the ensuing kickoff and thought they UAB opened its 2014 season and the early second half UAB turnovers, before combination of Cody Clements and Jer- had recovered, but the officials ruled it Clark era by falling behind Troy 7-0, but the Blazers sealed the win with Clement’s emiah Briscoe, along with a 37-yard pass MSU’s ball. the Blazers rattled off 24-straight points 55-yard touchdown pass and Howard’s completion by tight end Nolen Smith, ac- UAB’s Briscoe threw for 231 yards going in to halftime behind Clements and 1-yard TD run in the third quarter. counted for 435 passing yards and three and two touchdowns. Clements threw Howard efforts. Senior D.J. Vinson also eclipsed the touchdowns. for 167 yards, one touchdown and an in- The Trojans took the opening drive 75 100-yard rushing mark for the Blazers, UAB wide receiver J.J. Nelson caught terception. yards on five plays, less than two minutes finishing with 106 yards and a touchdown. an 88-yard pass from Briscoe for a touch- The two teams combined for 1,064 into the game, but the Blazers outscored Defensively, linebacker Jake Ganus led down with 13:03 left in the second quar- total yards - UAB had 548 and Mississippi the vistitors 48-3 and held Troy to only the Blazers with seven tackles, one tackle ter. The scoring play, the sixth-longest State 516. 197 yards the rest of the game. for loss and a forced fumble. Defensive pass play in UAB history, gave the Blazers UAB senior kicker Ty Long kicked field Howard, who rushed for a career-best end Diaheem Watkins added six stops a 17-13 lead. In the third quarter, Cle- goals of 44 and 46 yards, giving him 50 for 179 yards and went over 1,000 yards in with a pair of sacks and two tackles for ments connected on an 81-yard touch- his career and moving him into a second only his 12th game as a Blazer, routinely loss. down completion to receiver Josh Magee. place tie with former Blazer Swayze Wa- shredded the Trojan defense en route to UAB running back Jordan Howard rushed for 89 yards, including a 2-yard ters on the school’s all-time list. GAME STATISTICS GAME STATISTICS Troy UAB UAB MSU First Downs 15 26 First Downs 19 26 Rushing (Att.-Yards): 37-71 55-338 Rushing (Att.-Yards): 43-113 57-192 Passing (Cmp-Att.-Yds.-Int.): 21-31-201-0 13-19-152-1 Passing (Cmp-Att.-Yds.-Int.): 16-34-435-1 14-31-224-1 Total Plays-Total Net Yards: 68-272 74-490 Total Plays-Total Net Yards: 77-548 88-516 Fumbles (No.-Lost): 2-1 1-1 Fumbles (No.-Lost): 0-0 1-0 Penalties (No.-Yards): 5-57 3-35 Penalties (No.-Yards): 5-27 3-32 Punts (No.-Yards) (Avg.): 6-240 (40.0) 2-97 (48.5) Punts (No.-Yards) (Avg.): 8-317 (39.6) 8-364 (45.5) Kickoff Returns (No.-Yards): 2-54 2-64 Kickoff Returns (No.-Yards): 6-116 5-121 Punt Returns (No.-Yards): 2-11 1-21 Punt Returns (No.-Yards): 4-35 3-23 Time of Possession: 29:43 30:17 Time of Possession: 27:06 32:54

LEADERS LEADERS Rushing Att. Yds. TD Long Rushing Att. Yds. TD Long B. Burks (Troy) 8 42 0 12 J. Howard (UAB) 24 89 1 17 J. Howard (UAB) 19 179 2 55 J. Robinson (MSU) 20 124 1 17

Passing Att. Cmp. Yds. TD Passing Att. Cmp. Yds. TD Silvers (Troy) 23 16 153 0 J. Briscoe (UAB) 15 5 231 2 C. Clements (UAB) 19 13 152 2 D. Prescott (MSU) 25 12 211 4

Receiving No. Yds. TD Long Receiving No. Yds. TD Long B. Burks (Troy) 5 23 0 7 J. Nelson (UAB) 5 144 1 88 K. Backman (UAB) 4 43 2 20 R. Johnson (MSU) 2 75 1 68 2014 UAB FOOTBALL 2014 Game Summaries Sept. 13, 2014 — Birmingham, Ala. Sept. 27, 2014 — Birmingham, Ala.

Alabama A&M 7 7 0 0 — 14 FIU 0 14 10 10 — 34 UAB 0 21 20 0 — 41 UAB 7 6 0 7 — 20

AAMU - Anderson 77 punt return (Diaz-Ramon kick) 3:06-1st Q UAB - Vinson 2 run (Long kick) 13:36-1st Q AAMU - Miles 57 pass from Wells (Diaz-Ramon kick) 13:41-2nd Q FIU - Leonard 25 interception return (Taylor kick) 8:44-2nd Q UAB - Vinson 1 run (Long kick) 11:56-2nd Q UAB - Everett 29 pass from Clements (kick blocked) 5:39-2nd Q UAB - Vinson 24 run (Long kick) 6:27-2nd Q FIU - J. Smith 75 pass from McGough (Taylor kick) 3:37-2nd Q UAB - Vinson 1 run (Long kick) 1:02-2nd Q FIU - Coleman 85 pass from McGough (Taylor kick) 9:30-3rd Q UAB - Vinson 12 run (Long kick) 12:45-3rd Q FIU - Taylor 35 field goal 8:00-3rd Q UAB - Arrington 14 run (rush failed) 8:10-3rd Q FIU - Taylor 25 field goal 14:17-4th Q UAB - Vinson 13 run (Long kick) 4:47-3rd Q FIU - Perkins 31 interception return (Taylor kick) 13:40-4th Q UAB - Clements 15 run (Long kick) 1:21-4th Q

D.J. Vinson ran for a UAB single-game from a 14-point deficit to a 21-14 half- UAB football jumped out to an early forcing six turnovers, including two pick- record five touchdowns and the Blazers time lead. He and Ja’Won Arrington com- lead, but FIU scored 20 unanswered sixes. UAB was driving in the second scored 41 unanswered points as the UAB bined for three more UAB touchdowns points to begin the second half as the quarter when Leonard picked Jeremiah football team defeated Alabama A&M, 41- in the third period to finish out the Blaz- Blazers fell, 34-20, in their Conference Briscoe and raced 25 yards to tie the 14, Saturday at Legion Field. ers’ scoring. USA opener Saturday at Legion Field. game, 7-7. Perkins also intercepted Bris- Vinson had 106 yards on 25 carries for From then on, it was all Blazers, who UAB scored on its first possession of coe for a 31-yard TD. Briscoe and Cody the Blazers. His five rushing touchdowns scored 41 unanswered points. the game as senior running back D.J. Vin- Clements were each picked off twice. also tied the Conference USA mark for Ja’Won Arrington also scored on a 14- son ran it in for a touchdown from two FIU’s Alex McGough completed only single-game rushing scores. UAB quar- yard rushing play in the third quarter. yards out to cap off a five-play, 74-yard 9 of 24 passes for 204 yards -- most of terback Cody Clements finished his day “It was a big deal,” UAB head coach drive to begin the game. The Blazers out- those on scoring tosses of 75 and 85 18-of-23 for 228 yards. Bill Clark said about his team’s 41 unan- gained the Panthers, 102-36, in the open- yards to Jonnu Smith and Glenn Coleman. As a team, UAB rushed for six touch- swered points. “That’s one thing that we ing quarter. UAB’s J.J. Nelson recorded four recep- downs to tie a school record set in 1996, can do, score in bunches. Other than a For the game, most of the statistics fell tions for 55 yards, giving him 94 catches the first season that the Blazers played at misjudged ball and getting our defense in UAB’s favor. The Blazers outgained the in his career and moving him into No. 7 the Division I-A level. ready, I thought our defense played really Panthers in the game, 380-297. FIU only on the Blazers’ all-time career receptions The Blazers improved their record to well. We started giving the ball back to managed nine first downs to UAB’s 21. list. Nelson, who had 115 all-purpose 2-1 for the first time since the 2005 sea- the offense a bunch and started scoring.” The Panthers failed to reach the century yards in the game, also moved into fourth son. The UAB defense, which held Alabama mark in rushing yards (93) while the Blaz- place on UAB’s all-time list for all-pur- The Bulldogs went up 14-0 on a 77- A&M scoreless for close to three quar- ers totalled 184. pose yards with 3,381 in his career. yard punt return by Rashad Anderson ters, was led by four players who each FIU’s Richard Leonard and Demarkus Jordan Howard rushed for 102 yards late in the first quarter and a Brandon recorded five tackles -- Calvin Jones, Jake Perkins returned interceptions for touch- in the game, his second 100-yard effort Wells 57-yard touchdown pass to Octay- Ganus, Diaheem Watkins and Jontavious downs as big plays and turnovers helped this season. He had a 71-yard run called vius Miles early in the second. Morris. Jones, as well as teammate and FIU climb out of an early hole to defeat back early in the third quarter due to a Vinson scored three rushing touch- junior safety Bobby Baker, each recorded UAB. holding penalty. downs in the second quarter, taking UAB interceptions in the game. The Panthers tied a school record,

GAME STATISTICS GAME STATISTICS Alabama A&M UAB FIU UAB First Downs 19 27 First Downs 9 21 Rushing (Att.-Yards): 44-95 51-195 Rushing (Att.-Yards): 37-93 47-184 Passing (Cmp-Att.-Yds.-Int.): 12-34-257-3 22-32-288-1 Passing (Cmp-Att.-Yds.-Int.): 9-24-204-0 18-35-196-4 Total Plays-Total Net Yards: 78-352 83-483 Total Plays-Total Net Yards: 61-297 82-380 Fumbles (No.-Lost): 1-0 1-0 Fumbles (No.-Lost): 0-0 2-2 Penalties (No.-Yards): 9-86 6-60 Penalties (No.-Yards): 10-65 5-40 Punts (No.-Yards) (Avg.): 9-308 (34.2) 6-258 (43.0) Punts (No.-Yards) (Avg.): 10-381 (38.1) 6-278 (46.3) Kickoff Returns (No.-Yards): 3-42 1-37 Kickoff Returns (No.-Yards): 2-54 6-123 Punt Returns (No.-Yards): 2-92 2-27 Punt Returns (No.-Yards): 1-2 5-41 Time of Possession: 30:46 29:14 Time of Possession: 30:02 29:58

LEADERS LEADERS Rushing Att. Yds. TD Long Rushing Att. Yds. TD Long B. Brower (AAMU) 24 65 0 15 A. Gardner (FIU) 19 62 0 9 D.J. Vinson (UAB) 25 106 5 24 J. Howard (UAB) 21 102 0 18

Passing Att. Cmp. Yds. TD Passing Att. Cmp. Yds. TD B. Wells (AAMU) 22 8 166 1 A. McGough (FIU) 24 9 204 2 C. Clements (UAB) 18 23 228 0 C. Clements (UAB) 29 16 188 1

Receiving No. Yds. TD Long Receiving No. Yds. TD Long M. Smith (AAMU) 4 61 0 23 G. Coleman (FIU) 4 106 1 85 K. Backman (UAB) 5 80 0 25 J.J. Nelson (UAB) 4 55 0 40