2019 Wagner Seahawks Football Wagner (0-2, 0-0 NEC) at Stony Brook (1-1, 0-0, CAA) Saturday, September 14 , 2019 6:00 PM LaValle Stadium (12,300) /Stony Brook, NY

Wagner-Stony Brook Scene-Setter Wagner At a Glance , NY – After battling FBS member UConn Location:...... Staten Island, NY on the road to the wire before falling 24-21 in the 2019 President:...... Dr. Joel W. Martin season opener on August 30, the football Athletics Director:...... team (2-1) dropped its home opener to East Stroudsburg Head Football Coach:...... Jason Houghtaling Play-by-Play: Jonny Wincott by a 24-14 count on September 7 and now faces a Record at Wagner:...... 15-31/5th year Color Analyst: Erik Coleman major challenge with a road test at 1-1 Stony Brook on Producer: Frank LaSquadro Overall Record:...... Same Saturday at 6:00 p.m. Saturday’s matchup marks the Sideline Reporter: Ariel Epstein Media Relations:...... John Beisser second (NEC) foe Stony Brook has Beisser Office Phone:...... (718) 390-3227 faced this season as the Seahwolves defeated Bryant 35-10 in their Beisser Email:...... [email protected] All-Time Series August 29 season opener. (9-5, Wagner Leads)

Wagner Head Coach Jason Houghtaling on Stony Brook 1985 W, 26-10 “This will be, without question, a big task for our football team 1995 W, 28-27 because Stony Brook is undoubtedly the most talented team we 1996 W, 27-20 will faced so far this season. People talk about FBS and all that 1997 W, 10-0 stuff, this is one good, solid football team we’ve got on our hands 1998 W, 14-13 this week.” 1999 W, 24-12 WAGNER COLLEGE 2000 W, 35-9 Location: Staten Island, NY Wagner-Stony Brook Former NEC Rivals 2001 L, 30-52 Nickname: Seahawks This will be the 15th all-time meeting between the schools in a 2002 W, 17-14 Enrollment: 2,000 series that began in 1985 and Wagner is 9-5 in these matchups. 2003 L, 21-28 Founded: 1883 The most recent meeting between the schools was on November 2004 W, 21-13 11, 2017 a 12th-ranked Seawolves team earned a 38-10 home 2005 L, 10-28 2006 L, 9-45 victory. The Seahawks won the first two meetings ever in the 2017 L, 38-10 series, prior to becoming fellow NEC members, with those wins coming in 1985 and 1995. Then, from 1999-2006, the Seahawks and the Seawolves were rivals in the Northeast Conference (NEC). As NEC rivals, Wagner was 7-4 vs. Stony Brook, having won the first five meetings before Stony Brook won four of the final six STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY matchups. Location: Stony Brook, NY Nickname: Seawolves Wagner vs. the Colonial Athletic Association (CAA) All-Time Enrollment: 16,831 Wagner has an all-time record of 11-76 vs. teams that are currently members of the CAA. The Founded: 1863 Seahawks have faced a pair of former NEC rivals, Stony Brook, and UAlbany, a combined 27 times apiece and has faced Delaware one time. The most recent meeting the Seahawks had prior to the 2017 meeting at Stony Brook, was was on September 21, 2013, when the 2019 ScheduleL, 24-21 Delaware Fightin’ Blue Hens earned a at UConn August 29 L, 24-14 49-9 win in Newark, DE. East Stroudsburg 6:00 PM September 7 at Stony Brook 6:00 PM September 14 at FAU Stony Brook 9-5 September 21 12:00 PM LIU* 6:00 PM (Homecoming) UAlbany 2-11 September 28 Monmouth Delaware 0-1 October 5 12:00 PM Robert Morris* 1:00 PM 11-17 October 19 at Duquesne* October 26 12:00 PM Central Connecticut* 12:00 PM November 2 at Sacred Heart* 89th Season of Seahawk Football November 9 12:00 PM at Saint Francis U* 12:00 PM Underway November 16 Bryant* The season opener at UConn kicked November 23 off the 89th season of intercollegiate Bold - Home Games / * - NEC Game football at Wagner College. In the 89 All Times EST. season-opening games, the Seahawks’ all-time record, following this season’s 24-21 loss to the Huskies, is 46-41-2. In five season openers under Coach Senior cornerback Myron Morris is shown above in Houghtaling, the Seahawks are 3-2 and the midst of his 71-yard “Pick-Six” at UConn. His INT saw their three-game season-opening one week later vs. East Stroudsburg gives him nine for win streak come to an end. his career which ties for 10th on the Seahawk all-time career list. New Faces on Coaching Staff The Wagner coaching staff will feature five assistants in their first season with the Seahawks, including both coordinators. Associate Head Coach/Defensive coordinator Del Smith is no stranger to Wagner having served the 2006 and 2007 seasons as linebackers coach under former longtime Wagner head coach, and current athletic director, Walt Hameline. Prior to his second tour of duty on Staten Island, Smith spent the last three seasons as head coach of his alma mater, West Virginia Wesleyan. The Seahawks’ new offensive coordinator, Lee Hull, is also a former head coach, having spent the 2014 and 2015 seasons as the head man at Morgan State. Prior to his tenure there, he patrolled the sidelines as a longtime assistant at Maryland, Oregon and his alma mater, Holy Cross.

2019 Seahawk Offense to Feature FBS Transfer at Quarterback Wagner fifth-year head coach Jason Houghtaling has handed over the keys to the Seahawk offense to 6-3, 225-pound graduate student and FIU transfer Christian Alexander-Stevens. The ninth-leading passer in Florida high school history, the strong-armed and mobile Alexander-Stevens earned Offensive MVP honors in leading FIU to a 35-32 victory over Toledo in the 2018 Bahamas Bowl. In this contest, he completed 17-of-26 passes for 209 yards and one touchdown while rushing for 83 yards Three NEC PrimePerformers from UConn Game in the win over the MAC Champion Rockets, while stepping Sophomore running back Dymitri McKenzie, the understudy to consensus 2018 Alexander-Stevens in for 2018 Conference USA Newcomer of the Year, James consensus All-American Ryan Fulse at running back a year ago, responded to Morgan, who was sidelined by injury. Alexander-Stevens the first start of his young career with a 13-carry, 115-yard, two-touchdown will have a talented but young cast around him as the Seahawk return just performance as Wagner battled FBS member UConn to the wire before falling three offensive starters in guards Chris Gangarossa and Tyler Piekarz and wide 24-21 last Thursday. The 5-10, 215-pound Floridian showed power, speed and receiver Joshua DeCambre. Wagner has a good one at in senior Adam burst throughout the contest vs. the Huskies. With the Seahawk trailing 17-7 in Giordano who is coming off a 14-catch season and now carries 255 pounds on a game that was carried live on ESPN 3, McKenzie ripped off the first of his two his 6’4” frame. TDs, a nifty 55-yard jaunt which made it a 17-14 game with 2:51 left in the third quarter. Then, with just 3:36 remaining in the game, McKenzie riggled free for a Defense Boasts Six Returning Starters Headed by All- seven-yard touchdown over the right side to draw the Seahawks within 24-21. American Gill, All-NEC Performers Graham and Williams For McKenzie, 13 caarries, 115 yards and two touchdowns were all career highs. First-year defensive coordinator Del Smith inherits or a core of six returning starters, five whom are in the front seven. Senior defensive tackle Chris Williams showed why he was a 2018 Second-Team Leading the way is senior consensus All-American outside All-NEC choice and a 2019 Preseason All-NEC selection with a dominating career- linebacker Cam Gill, the 2018 ECAC and NEC Defensive Player high 11-tackle effort as Wagner battled FBS member UConn to the wire before of the Year, along with All-NEC inside linebacker Santoni falling 24-21 last Thursday. The powerfully built 6-2, 305-pound Brooklyn, NY Gill Graham. Not to be overlooked is sturdy, 300-pound senior native also came up with a pivotal forced on UConn’s first possession nose tackle and another All-NEC player in of the second half to quell a Husky drive that was threatening to add to their Chris Williams. Other returning starters 10-0 halftime lead. With UConn facing a 1st-and-10 at the Seahawk 25-yard line, for the Seahawks include fifth-year senior Williams stripped running back Kevin Mensah of the ball with junior defensive defensive end Tevaughn Grant, fifth-year lineman Macai Bruce pounced on. This play loomed even larger later in the senior defensive tackle Julian McCleod third quarter when senior defensive back Myron Morris recorded a 71-yard and senior cornerback Myron Morris, who pick-six to make it anybody’s ballgame at 10-7. Of Williams’ 11 tackles, four had three in 2018. Morris were of the solo variety. doubles as a dangerous kick returner. Graham Williams Senior cornerback Myron Morris turned in a huge momentum-changing play late in the third quarter of Wagner’s hard-fought 24-21 loss at FBS member UConn Silvester a Proven Special Teams Commodity on Thursday night when, with the Seahawks trailing 10-0. With Wagner having Coming off a season that saw him average 39.4 yards per mustered just two first downs all evening to that point, and UConn on the move, punt, which tied for second in the NEC, is junior kicker Eric Morris stepped on front of a pass from Husky QB Mike Beaudry, at the Seahawk Silvester, who was named to the 2019 All-NEC Preseason 29-yard line, and stuck out his left hand for a one-handed interception, which Team. That 39.8-yard average was buoyed was buoyed he returned 71 yards up the left sideline for a score that made it a 10-7 ball by a career-long 68-yard launch at Bryant (11/10), which game. From that point forward, the game was up for grabs as Wagner battled was preceded the previous week by a 62-yard missile vs. the Huskies to the wire. For the game, the speedy 6-0, 180-pound Florida native Duquesne (11/3). Silvester’s powerful left leg also allowed wound up with seven tackles, including three solo, in addition to one pass Wagner to finish third in the NEC in net punting average at breakup. For Morris, the game-changing INT was the eighth of his career and Silvester 38.8 yards per clip. For the season, the Lincolndale, NY native second career pick-six, as he returned an interception 31 yards to paydirt in a had 10 punts that traveled 50 yards or more, 18 punts downed inside the 20- 2017 home contest vs. Central Connecticut. Morris’ eight career INTs move him yard line, while his hang time forced 10 fair catches on the year. While being to within one pick of entering the Wagner all-time top-10 career interception list. recognized on the Preseason All-NEC team for his punting exploits, Silvester was also one of the league top placekickers a year ago where he converted on 10-of-13 field goal attempts (76.9 percent), including 5-of-5 accuracy from 30- 39 yards. He also averaged 51.0 yards on 60 kickoffs per kickoff, eight of which went for eight touchbacks. 2019 Wagner Football Quick Facts

General Information Head Coach : Jason Houghtaling (Binghamton, 2004) 5th Year: Location: Staten Island, NY Overall: 15-30/ NEC: 10-14 Founded: 1883 Assistant Coaches Enrollment: 2,000 Del Smith Associate Head Coach/Defensive Coordinator Nickname: Seahawks Darrell Wilson Asst. Head Coach/Defensive Pass Game Coordinator/Special Teams Colors: Green (PMS 3308) & White Lee Hull Offensive Coordinator/Wide Receivers Affiliation: NCAA Division I (FCS) Terrance Knighton Defensive Line/Co-Recruiting Coordinator Conference: Northeast Conference (NEC) Walter Kusmirek Tight Ends/Co-Recruiting Coordinator Stadium: Hameline Field (3,300) Jim Munson Defensive Assistant Surface: Field Turf Daniel White Inside Linebackers President: Dr. Joel W. Martin (Birmingham-Southern, 1979) Jeri Petite, Jr. Assistannt Offensive Line Athletic Director: Walt Hameline (Brockport St., 1975) Chase Cartwright Quarterbacks Athletic Dep. Phone: (718) 390-3433 Randall Jette Running Backs Ticket Office Phone: (718) 420-4039 Tim Jackson Director of Football Operations Nicholas Tucci Video Coordinator Football History Josh Michels Football Equipment Manager First Year of Football: 1927 Football Office Phone: 718-420-4511 Overall all-time record: 406-351-19 (.535) Undefeated Seasons: 1960, 1964, 1967 Media Relations Div. III National Champions: 1987 Asst. AD For Media Relations John Beisser Became FCS Program 1992 Secondary Football Contact: Max Rottenecker Became NEC Program 1996 Office Phone: 718-390-3227 All-time NEC Record: 74-79 (.484) Office Fax: 718-390-3347 Cell Phone: 732-921-6744 Team Information E-mail: [email protected] 2018 Overall Record: 4-7 Press Box Phone: (718) 420-4050 2018 NEC Record/Finish: 3-3/4th Website: www.wagnerathletics.com Starters Returning/Lost: 9/13 Offense: 3/6 Defense: 10/11 Lettermen Returning: 48 Lettermen Lost: 32 Newcomers 56

2019 Schedule

Date Opponent Location Time Aug 29 (Thu.) at Connecticut (UConn) Storrs, Ct L, 24-21 ESPN 3 Sep 7 vs. East Stroudsburg Staten Island, NY L, 24-14 NEC Front Row Sep 14 at Stony Brook Stony Brook, NY 6:00 PM SNY Sep 21 at Florida Atlantic (FAU) Boca Raton, FL 6:00 PM ESPN+ Sep 28 vs. (LIU)* Staten Island, NY 12:00 PM ESPN 3 Oct 5 vs. Monmouth Staten Island, NY 12:00 PM (Homecoming) Oct 19 vs. Robert Morris* Staten Island, NY 12:00 PM NEC Front Row Oct 26 at Duquesne* Pittsburgh, PA 1:00 PM NEC Front Row Nov 2 vs. Central Connecticut State* Staten Island, NY 12:00 PM NEC Front Row Nov 9 at Sacred Heart* Fairfield, CT 12:00 PM NEC Front Row Nov 16 at Saint Francis* Loretto, PA 12:00 PM NEC Front Row Nov 23 vs. Bryant* Staten Island, NY 12:00 PM NEC Front Row

* - NEC Games Wagner vs. Stony Brook: The Last Time

November 11, 2017 No. 12 Stony Brook 38, Wagner 10 Kenneth P. LaVelle Stadium Stony Brook, NY - Nationally-ranked Stony Brook broke open a close game by taking advantage of three second-half turnovers in pulling away for a 38-10 win over Wagner, in the first meeting between these former Northeast Conference (NEC) rivals in 11 years, at chilly Kenneth P. LaVelle Stadium.

With the victory, the Seawolves, who compete in the ultra-competitive Colonial Athletic Association (CAA) and entered the game ranked 12th in the STATS FCS Top-25 and 15th in the Coaches Poll, improve to 8-2 on the season while the Seahawks fell to 3-7.

Graduate student James Cooper (Linwood, NJ / Mainland Regional/ Temple) gave the Seahawks an early 3-0 lead by capping a game-opening 13-p-lay,m 58-yard drive by drilling a 29-yard field goal. Stony Brook’s Darin Peart then returned the ensuing kickoff 71 yards, all the way to the Seahawk 14. Two players later, quarterback Joe Carbone hit wide receiver Harrison Jackson on a 14-yard strike to put SBU ahead 7-3.

Junior running back Ryan Fulse (Fort Meade, FL / Fort Meade / Milford Academy) scored on a 29-yard first-quarter touchdown run, enroute to a 22-carry, 121-yard day, as Wagner took a 10-7 lead after one quarter and trailed by just a 14-10 halftime county before the Seawolves pulled away following the intermission.

Entering the game as the nation’s sixth-leading rusher with 993 yards, Fulse’s 121-yard afternoon gives him 1,114 for the season, leaving him just 93 yards shy of reaching the Seahawk all-time single-season top-10. For the 5-11, 195-pound Fulse, today’s effort marked the sixth time he has reached the century mark, a string of games highlighted by a career-high 228-yard effort vs. Bryant back on October 28.

Trailing by that 14-10 halftime deficit, Wagner received the ball to open the third quarter and quickly moved the ball down the field. Junior quarterback Luke Massei (Cary, NC / Green Hope) hit redshirt junior running back Denzel Knight for 23 yards and a first down at the Stony Brook 38-yard line.

On third-and-12 at the Seawolves’ 41, Massei fumbled after being sacked with SBU taking over at the Seahawk 45. On the next play, Donald Liotine scampered 45 yards for a touchdown to make it a two-score game at 21-10.

Undaunted, Massei smartly moved the Seahawks back down the field. Keyed by a 33-yard run by Fulse, followed by a 15-yard defensive pass interference penalty on Stony Brook, Wagner had it first-and-goal at the Seawolves five. On second-and-goal at the SBU five, SBU linebacker Shayne Lawless came up with a huge, game-changing interception in the end zone to quell the Seahawk would-be scoring drive.

Following the touchback, Carbone engineered a seven-play, 3:49, 80-yard drive, capped by a Jordan Gowins one-yard-touchdown plunge which put the Seawolves firmly in control with a 28-10 lead.

Massei wound up 19-of-33 passing for 185 yards with his favorite target being senior wide receiver John Williams (Sewell, NJ / Washington Township / Lackawanna CC), who corralled four passes for 63 yards. Not to be lost in the outcome of the game was a sensational defensive performance put forth by sophomore outside linebacker Cameron Gil (Douglasville, GA / Chapel Hill), who appeared to be unblockable at times in registering a career-high four sacks which contributed to his team-high eight tackles.

Carbone was a workmanlike 12-of-20 passing for 115 yards while Gowins led Stony Brook on the ground with 125 yards on just 16 carries, keyed by a 53-yard second-half run.

PRONUNCIATION GUIDE WAGNER-STONY BROOK

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2019 STATS FCS Poll 2019 AFCA COACHES Poll 1. North Dakota State (2-0) 1. North Dakota State (2-0) 2. James Madison (1-1) 2. James Madison (1-1) 3. South Dakota State (1-1) 3. South Dakota State (1-1) 4. Eastern Washington (1-1) 4. Eastern Washington (1-1) 5. UC Davis (1-1) 5. UC Davis (1-1) 6. Weber State (1-1) 6. Weber State (1-1) 7. Maine (1-1) 7. Maine (1-1) 8. Towson (2-0) 8. Towson (2-0) 9. Kennesaw State (1-1) 9. Kennesaw State (1-1) 10. Montana State (1-1) 10. Montana State (1-1) 11. Northern Iowa (0-1) 11. Northern Iowa (0-1) 12. Nicholls (0-1) 12. Nicholls (0-1) 13. Illinois State (1-1) 13. Illinois State (1-1) 14. Central Arkansas (2-0) 14. Central Arkansas (2-0) 15. North Carolina A&T (1-1) 15. North Carolina A&T (1-1) 16. Furman (1-1) 16. Furman (1-1) 17. Jacksonville State (1-1) 17. Jacksonville State (1-1) 18. Delaware (2-0) 18. Delaware (2-0, 1-0 CAA) 19. Southeast Missouri (1-1) 19. Southeast Missouri (1-1) 20. Montana (2-0) 20. Montana (2-0) 21. Wofford (0-1 21. Wofford (0-1) 22. Villanova (2-0) 22. Villanova (2-0) 23. Southeastern Louisiana 23. Southeastern Louisiana (1-0) 24. Sam Houston State (1-1) 24. Sam Houston State (1-1) 25. Elon (1-1) 25. Elon (1-1) Others Receiving Votes: Indiana State 256, Princeton Others Receiving Votes: Indiana State 256, Princeton 229, South Carolina State 167, Duquesne 109, ETSU 229, South Carolina State 167, Duquesne 109, ETSU 100, Stony Brook 99, Eastern Kentucky 91, Dartmouth 100, Stony Brook 99, Eastern Kentucky 91, Dartmouth 83, Youngstown State 50, Alcorn State 46, Colgate 44, 83, Youngstown State 50, Alcorn State 46, Colgate 44, Mercer 42, McNeese 35, Dayton 30, Lamar 30, Yale 30, Mercer 42, McNeese 35, Dayton 30, Lamar 30, Yale 30, Southern Illinois 28, Northern Arizona 26, Monmouth 24, Southern Illinois 28, Northern Arizona 26, Monmouth 24, Chattanooga 15, Cal Poly 11, Holy Cross 3, Idaho State 2, Chattanooga 15, Cal Poly 11, Holy Cross 3, Idaho State 2, Sacramento State 2, The Citadel 1 Sacramento State 2, The Citadel 1 Greg Senat, Julian Stanford Make NFL Rosters

Staten Island, NY – Former Wagner standouts Greg Senat and Julian Stanford have each earned spots on NFL rosters with Senat being named a member of the Baltimore Raven’s 53-man roster while Stanford survived Buffalo’s final cut in being tabbed to the Bills’ active roster.

Senat, a 2018 sixth-round choice of the Ravens, became the first Seahawk in 53 years, and third all- time, to be drafted by an NFL team. In 2018, the 6-6, 305-pound offensive lineman suffered a leg injury that sidelined him for the season as he spent all of the 2018 campaign on the injured list.

Stanford, a veteran linebacker who entered the league in 2012 as a free agent with the , enters his seventh NFL season, and second with the Bills. His 72-game NFL career also includes stints with the and the Jets. In those 72 games, the 6-1, 230-pounder has amassed 84 career tackles, 64 of which have been solo stops.

Senat and the Ravens open the 2019 season on September 8 at Miami, while Stanford and the Bills also open on the road, playing right across the river from Staten Island at MetLife Stadium, as Buffalo will tangle with the . Both games are slated for 1:00 p.m. kickoffs.

This is W a g n e r C o l l e g e

As tenacious as any Seahawk, Wagner College enjoys a bucolic perch atop Grymes Hill overlooking Manhattan and the other boroughs of New York City. Founded in 1883 as a Lutheran proseminary, Wagner has evolved to become an independent residential liberal arts college enrolling a capacity of over 2,000 students. The location of the College above the gateway to one of the world’s greatest financial and cultural capitals was the work of alumnus Frank Sutter who convinced the College’s Board of Trustees to relocate Wagner here from Rochester in 1918. In this, the Rev. Sutter and the trustees were extraordinarily prescient. Their wisdom provided Wagner with a distinct geographical advantage over all other all liberal arts colleges in the country. Wagner is New York State’s southernmost college and its 105 park-like acres represent the highest elevation on the eastern seaboard from Maine to Key West Florida. The College’s signature curriculum – the Wagner Plan for the Practical Liberal Arts – capitalizes on the best of a traditional, suburban, liberal arts modern buildings; and sweeping views of Manhattan, Brooklyn, college campus and the infinite array of educational opportunities and New York Harbor. No wonder Wagner students voted their afforded by New York City. Students intern in the world’s leading campus Most Beautiful in the Princeton Review’s Poll in 2005. financial institutions. They observe and experience diversity The carefully tended campus is yet one more manifestation of from the sophisticateworkings of the United Nations to melting the nurturing environment Wagner provides its students. pots of multicultural neighborhoods. They circulate in the Movie companies have frequently used the campus as a city’s unparalleled creative environment of museums, media, classic college setting, most recently for a movie titled “School of and performing arts. This is their laboratory. They immerse Rock” starring Jack Black (Shallow Hal). The picturesque campus themselves and are inspired by the city’s sheer energy. was also used in a fall 2001 television series, The Education of Max The contrast between the frenetic life of the city and the Bixford, starring Richard Dreyfus and as the site of a prospective almost pastoral setting of the campus is the perfect metaphor private military school in the HBO series, The Sopranos. The for the melding of experiential and theoretical education that is school was also used a a backdrop for current shows, Rescue Me the hallmark of The Wagner Plan. In small learning communities, and Law & Order. students and faculty explore the conceptual foundations of the Since the adoption of the Wagner Plan in 1997, enrollment arts, humanities, and sciences. The faculty challenges students to has increased by nearly 40 percent and student quality as consider new ideas, to master new skills and technologies, and measured by high school average and SAT scores have improved to reflect and draw meaning from what they have experienced as well. Once largely a commuter campus, now 82 percent of in and out of the classroom. all undergraduates live on campus in residence halls that offer A lush canopy of mature maples and oaks shades Wagner’s “million dollar” views. Though continuing to serve students from 105-acre campus of manicured lawns and gardens; historic and metropolitan New York, the college draws most of its enrollment from beyond the immediate region. By every measure – enrollment, endowment, and national reputation – Wagner is ascending the ranks of America’s strongest small colleges that blend the liberal arts with a commitment to service and preparation for the professions. Campus life includes the array of sports provided by an NCAA Division I program which is housed in a 93,000-square-foot sports center featuring an extensive fitness center, an indoor NCAA swimming pool and a arena. A football and track & field stadium showcases a variety of playing fields throughout the campus including , softball, and soccer venues. Wagner’s alumni include Broadway Tony award winners, movie stars, film producers, playwrights, and Fortune 500 CEO’s including the chairman of GE Investments, the chairman of Dupont Europe, the chairman Emeritus of The Oppenheimer Management Company and the chairman of the New York Power Authority. Visitors to and residents of New York City alike enjoy access to a rich and diverse array of museums, cultural organizations, arts performances, sports teams, societies and attractions. Some of the best and most famous attractions in the world call New

First-Year Wagner College President, Dr. Joel W. Martin, flanked by Head Coach Jason Houghtaling , Athletic Director Walt Hameline and the 2019 Seahawks NOTABLE WAGNER FOOTBALL ALUMNI NEW-LOOK NORTHEAST CONFERENCE FOOTBALL Rich Kotite (1963-1965) is perhaps the most recognizable name by The NEC began sponsoring FCS Wagner fans. Formerly the head coach of the National football in 1996. As a result of the Football League’s Philadelphia Eagles and the New York Jets, Kotite NCAA Board of Directors’ approval broke onto the football scene as a three-year performer at tight end of a new budget that allowed for for the Wagner football program. the expansion of the Division I Football Championship Subdivision Kotite graduated with then school-record totals of 119 receptions and post-season bracket, the NEC 2,065 yards in just three seasons, both of which stood for almost 20 gained automatic access into the years. Following Wagner, he played six Division I Football Championship seasons of NFL football with the New York beginning in 2010. Giants and the Pittsburgh Steelers. Kotite also worked for 13 seasons as an assistant Joining the fold as an NEC member coach under coaches Hank Stram, Sam in football in 2019 will be LIU, with the LIU-Post and LIU-Brooklyn Rutigliano and Buddy Ryan ,before rising athletic departments merging under one nickname - the Sharks. to the rank of head coach for Philadelphia (1991-1994) and New York (1995-1996). The start of the 2019-20 academic year will bring another new A staunch supporter of Wagner athletics, addition to the NEC in Merrimack College, which accepted the Kotite can often be found in the stands league’s invitation to become the league’s 11th full time member attending a Seahawk event. last September. The second NFL draft pick in Wagner history The Warriors have begun their four-year NCAA reclassification on was Allan Ferrie, who was a 7th-round pick of the Minnesota Vikings their way to becoming an official member of the conference in in 1961 2023-24. Of more recent vintage, Wagner has two current former players playing Merrimack has been incorporated as fully as possible into NEC in the NFL in linebacker Julian Stanford who entered the league as a free athletic schedules beginning with the 2019-20 season. During agent in 2012. Stanford is a seven-year veteran and a member of the its reclassification, Merrimack will be able to participate in NEC , while offensive lineman Greg Senat, became the Seahawks’ championships in NCAA non-automatic qualifier sports (cross third player ever drafted by an NFL team when he was a 6th-round draft country, swimming and diving, and indoor and outdoor track and pick of the Baltimore Ravens in 2018. field) only. WAGNER FOOTBALL - A PROUD HISTORY About the Northeast Conference 1987 Division III National Champions Now in its 39th year, the Northeast Conference is an NCAA Division The Seahawks, who have won at least of share of two of the last three I collegiate athletic association consisting of 12 institutions of NEC championships, off to an uncharacteristic 1-9 start in 2015, have higher learning located throughout six states. Media coverage a long and proud gridiron history. Since the football program was of the NEC extends to four established in 1927, Wagner has had three undefeated seasons, in 1960 of the largest markets in the (9-0), 1964 (10-0) and 1967 (9-0). A Division III program until moving United States - New York (#1), up to the Football Championship Subdivision (FCS) level in 1993 (then Pittsburgh (#23), Baltimore 1-AA), undoubtedly the signature moment in Seahawk history came (#27), and Hartford/New Haven in 1987 when the Green & White won the NCAA Division III National (#30). Founded in 1981 as the Title, capping a 13-1 season with a 19-3 victory over Dayton in the basketball-only ECAC Metro championship game, known as the Amos Alonzo Stagg Bowl. That year, Conference, the NEC has grown head coach Walt Hameline, who stepped down as head coach after 34 to sponsor 23 championship seasons at the end of the 2014 campaign, was named the 1987 Chevrolet sports for men and women National Division III Coach of the Year. and now enjoys automatic access to 14 different NCAA 2012 NEC Champions Championships. NEC member In 2012, Wagner captured its first-ever NEC title and accompanying institutions include Bryant, NCAA Playoff appearance. On November 24, 2012, the Seahawks Central Connecticut, Fairleigh defeated Patriot League champion Colgate, 31-20, becoming the first, Dickinson, LIU, Mount St. and to date only, NEC team Mary’s, Robert Morris, Sacred to ever win an NCAA Playoff Heart, St. Francis Brooklyn, Saint Francis U., and Wagner. Duquesne game. The following week, is an associate member of the NEC in the sport of football. For more the Seahawks took a third- information on the NEC, visit the league’s official website (www. quarter lead at No. 4 Eastern northeastconference.org) and digital network (www.necfrontrow. Washington before the Eagles com), or follow the league on Twitter, Facebook, YouTube, Instagram came back to post a 29-19 win. and Google+, all @NECsports. Following the 2012 season, Wagner became the first, and to date only, NEC team to finish in the Final Top 25 of both major FCS Polls (No. 21 FCS Sports Network Poll, No. 22 FCS Coaches Poll). Following the 2012 campaign, Walt Hameline earned two FCS National Coach of the Year honors (College Football News & College Sports Journal), in addition to being named NEC Coach of the Year, In 2014, the Seahawks earned a share of the NEC regular season crown. Current head coach Jason Houghtaling served as offensive line coach on both of Wagner’s NEC title teams, Christian Alexander-Stevens Phil Steele’s 2019 Preseason All-NEC Second Team Alexander-Stevens, the ninth-leading passer in Florida high school history, who earned Offensive MVP honors in leading Florida International University (FIU) to a 35-32 victory over Toledo in the 2018 Bahamas Bowl, transferred to Wagner College in January, 2019. The 6-3, 225-pound Alexander completed 17-of-26 passes for 209 yards and one touchdown while rushing for 83 yards in the Bahamas Bowl win over the MAC Champion Rockets, stepping in for 2018 Conference USA Newcomer of the Year, James Morgan, who was sidelined by injury. Adam Giordano Phil Steele’s 2019 Preseason All-NEC Third Team Giordano, a converted wide receiver, developed into a dangerous pass-catching receiver, as well as a more than capable blocker, after being moved to tight end last season. The South Jersey native, who has gained some 40 pounds since arriving on Grymes Hill, was team’s second-leading returner in receptions with 14 catches that went for 141 yards and two touchdowns. The 6-5, 255-pounder, who boasts 29 games of playing experience as a Seahawk, finished the 2018 season by matching his career high of three receptions (for 24 yards) in the win at Robert Morris (11/17) and had Had two catches in five different games. Cam Gill STATS FCS First-Team Preseason All-America/Phil Steele FCS First-Team Preseason All-America/Hero Sports First-Team Preseason All-America STATS FCS Preseason Buck Buchanan Award List /Phil Steele FCS NEC Defensive Player of the Year/Phil Steele FCS First-Team All-NEC/All-NEC Preseason Team Gill, one of the top defensive players in the nation, is a physical and athletic 6-3, 240-pound outside linebacker who’s primed for a big senior season following a well-honored junior year. The Douglasville, GA native is coming off a breakout 2018 season that saw him earn All-America honors by STATS FCS (2nd Team) and the Associated Press (3rd Team) in addition to garnering Defensive Player of the Year honors by both the ECAC and the NEC, was one of 25 finalists for the Buck Buchanan Award, given annually to FCS football’s defensive player of the year. n the season-ending win at RMU, came within one half-tackle of matching the DI FCS single-game season high in tackles-for-loss and notched his third NEC Defensive Player of the Week Award after totaling 11 tackles, on his way to moving into fifth place on the NEC’s all-time list of single-season tackles-for-loss leaders (24.5). Overall, Gill was Wagner’s second-leading tackler with 61, which included 13.5 sacks for minus 76 yards in losses. Santoni Graham 2019 All-NEC Preseason Team/Phil Steele’s 2019 Preseason All-NEC Second Team One of the top linebackers in recent Seahawk history, Santoni Graham is a two-time All-NEC linebacker and a 2018 First-Team All-NEC choice who was far and away the team leader in tackles with 99 (No. 3 in the NEC), 57 of which were of the solo variety. He added eight tackles for loss (minus 22 yards), two sacks (mi- nus 10 yards), two fumble recoveries, one forced fumble, and one interception. The 6-3, 225-pound inside linebacker registered a staggering four double-digit tackle games on the season, headlined by a career-high 11 stops (8 solo) at FBS member Syracuse (9/8). He also recorded 10-tackle performances vs. Bowie State (8/30) Sacred Heart (9/22), and Bryant (11/10) and had nine-tackle efforts vs. Montana State (9/15, Monmouth (9/29), and Duquesne (11/3). A model of consistency all season, Graham also recorded a trio of eight-tackle games one seven-tackle effort, the latter being his “lowest” output of the season. He record- ed seven or more tackles in all 11 games, and eight or more in 10 of 11 games and will enter his final season as a Seahawk with 237 career tackles to his credit. Chris Williams Phil Steele’s 2019 Preseason All-NEC First Team/2019 All-NEC Preseason Team Chris Williams is an athletic, agile, mobile and strong defensive lineman who is one of the top talents up front in the NEC, and potentially among the nation’s best. While perhaps the most unsung among the Seahawk’s All-NEC honorees a year ago, his important contributions up front did not escape the attention of the league’s coaches who recognized his vast talent by voting him to the All-NEC Second Team. This run-stuffing force responded to the tutoring of Seahawks’ first-year defensive line coach, and former seven-year NFL standout, Terrance Knighton, throughout the 2018 season, and is looking for even bigger and bet- ter things as a senior in 2019. A starter in all 11 games, Williams was credited with 25 tackles on the season, including 14 solo hits, with a sack vs. Monmouth (9/29) in addition to 11 assisted stops. He recorded three or more tackles in six different games, highlighted by a career-high five-tackle effort at Central Con- necticut (10/27). In this contest, he also came up with one of his two blocked kicks on the year, with this one being returned 36 yards for a touchdown by fellow D-lineman Charbel Dabire. Four Seahawks Named To 2019 NEC Preseason Team, Wagner Picked Fourth

East Rutherford, NJ (July 24) - Reigning Northeast Conference (NEC) Defensive Player of the Year Cam Gill, along with fellow linebacker Santoni Graham, defensive lineman Chris Williams and punter Eric Silvester were selected to the 27-man, 2019 Preseason All-NEC Team, while the Seahawks were picked fourth in the preseason poll, as chosen by the conference’s head coaches, the league office announced at #NECFB Social Media Day at MetLife Stadium.

Defending NEC champion Duquesne was a unanimous pick as league’s preseason favorite with seven first-place votes. Sacred Heart, which picked up one first-place ballot, was chosen second, with Central Connecticut checking in at third. Following fourth- place Wagner is Bryant, which found itself in fifth place when the survey results were tallied, followed by Saint Francis U, Robert Morris, and first-year football member, LIU.

In addition to the eight teams that will vie for the 2019 NEC crown, Merrimack, the league’s newest core member, was also present for the preseason event.

On July 1, Merrimack, which is moving up from Division II, began the NCAA-mandated, four-year DI reclassification process. The Warriors, who will be eligible for FCS postseason play beginning in 2023, will face four of their NEC peers on the field this fall. Head Coach Jason Houghtaling, LB Cam Gill, QB Christian Alexander-Stevens Duquesne led the way by securing eight spots on the Preseason All- NEC Team, which was headlined by running back AJ Hines. Set for his senior season in the Steel City, Hines comes off a 2018 campaign during which he totaled 1,756 yards from scrimmage while playing his way to STATS FCS All-America First Team honors. The Dukes’ continuity on offense extends to the quarterback position following a fruitful first year for former Florida Atlantic transfer Daniel Parr.

Of the seven returning starters on Duquesne’s defense, three earned preseason all-NEC nods – one at each level of the unit. Lineman Kam Carter (Pittsburgh), linebacker Brett Zanotto (Maryland) and cornerback Reid Harrison-Ducros (Boise State) have produced plenty since transferring from FBS programs.

Sacred Heart, which boasted the league’s top-ranked run game in 2018, welcomes back its two primary ball carriers. Preseason all-NEC pick Jordan Meachum broke the 1,300-yard barrier as a junior while sophomore Julius Chestnut averaged 6.1 yards per attempt during his rookie campaign.

TEAM-BY-TEAM POLL BREAKDOWN 1. DUQUESNE: Starting quarterback Daniel Parr and All-American running back AJ Hines return to a team that ended the 2018 campaign in the National Top 25. Jerry Schmitt’s Dukes, who have finished no lower than second place in the NEC standings any of the past four seasons, also feature all-conference talent at each level of the defense.

2. SACRED HEART: The Pioneers’ defense lost only one starter while the offensive backfield, which accounted for a league-high 241.1 rush yards per game last year, will again feature the two-headed beast of Jordan Meachum and Julius Chestnut.

3. CENTRAL CONNECTICUT: Previously the offensive coordinator for the NEC’s top-ranked unit, Ryan McCarthy has taken the reins as head coach and will welcome back an experienced o-line that allowed the Blue Devils to gain 6.8 yards per play last season.

4. WAGNER: QB Christian Alexander-Stevens, the 2018 Bahamas Bowl Offensive MVP, has arrived on Grymes Hill as the new signal caller while All-American linebacker Cam Gill returns to a defense loaded with athleticism.

5. BRYANT: Coming off their first-ever losing NEC record, the Bulldogs have a new leader at the helm. Chris Merritt, who won 14 district titles in 18 years as a Florida high school coach, inherits a roster that features 19 returning starters.

6. SAINT FRANCIS: The Red Flash offense will feature a new coordinator and a first-year starting quarterback, but there is plenty of continuity (six returning starters) on a defense that led the NEC in both points and yards allowed last season.

7. ROBERT MORRIS: The Colonials more than doubled their scoring output under first-year head coach Bernard Clark, Jr. Next, the former Miami Hurricanes linebacker will look to solidify the defensive side of the ball.

8. LONG ISLAND: Set for their first season of FCS competition, Bryan Collins’ team posted a 30-4 record over its final three years at the Division II level. MERRIMACK (2023): Having been invited to join the FCS ranks as a NEC core member, Dan Curran’s Warriors have moved up from Division II and will face four future conference foes this season as they kick off the NCAA-mandated reclassification process. CHRIS WILLIAMS NOSE TACKLE I 6'3" I 305 LBS. I Brooklyn, NY I Lafayette High School Wagner Assistant Athletic Director of Media Relations John Beisser recently spoke with 6-2, 305-pound senior nose tackle Chris Williams, a 2019 All-NEC Preseason selection and one of the Seahawks’ five team captains who is drawing interest from NFL teams. Williams is coming off a career-high 11-tackle game in Wagner’s gritty 24-21 season-opening loss at FBS member UConn. A 2018 Second-Team All-NEC choice, he was starter in all 11 games a year ago when he was credited with 25 tackles on the season, including 14 solo hits, with a sack vs. Monmouth (9/29), in addition to 11 assisted stops. He recorded three or more tackles in six different games, highlighted by a career-high five-tackle effort at Central Connecticut (10/27).

Question: I want to begin by asking you to discuss your career at Lafayette High School in Brooklyn and the recruiting process that led to you becoming a Wagner Seahawk? Answer: “I feel like from my freshman year to the end of my sophomore year I didn’t really know too much about football. It was just a sport that I always played and was a lot of fun. Freshman year I was on varsity, mostly offensive line. Sophomore year, I started on both the O-Line and the D-Line. It wasn’t until my junior and senior years when I started dominating and getting stats and awards. Even though I played well, I had almost no recruiting interest. Temple came once. I went to their camp. Wagner popped up at the last second. Coach Patterson (former Wagner assistant coach Custavious Patterson) was my main recruiter and they offered me.”

Question: Why do you feel that you were somewhat overlooked as far as colleges recruiting you? Answer: “I feel like where I came from kind of was a factor because city football is kind of downplayed and I was in one of the lowest divisions – the PSAL III Division. So, I think colleges thought that I only dominated because the competition I was going against.”

Question:What is your academic major and when football eventually comes to an end, whether it’s following this season or after a professional career, what kind of work do you see yourself getting into? Answer: “I’m a computer science major here at Wagner. As far as a future career, I’d like to get into coding for video games. I’m really into video games and some of my favorite ones include Call of Duty, Fortnite and, of course, Madden.”

Question: Is there anyone in particular in the Wagner football program that you have developed a video game rivalry with? Answer: “Coach Knighton (Wagner assistant recruiting coordinator/defensive line coach and former NFL standout Terrance Knighton) and I go at it pretty hard in Call of Duty.”

Question: Who’s better? Answer: “I am, definitely me. I’m better than him (laughs).

Question:Would he agree with that? Answer: “Oh man, Coach Knighton would never admit to anyone that someone’s better at him at anything!” (more laughs).

Question: Speaking of Coach Knighton, how important has he been in your development as a football player here at Wagner? Answer: “Oh, he’s been very important and definitely had a big hand in my development. Before he got here, things were a bit cloudy out there on the field for me. But since he’s arrived, he’s been able to make the game so much simpler for me which allows me to play faster. He’s taught me so much more about the game. We watch a lot film of NFL players and he shows us, all the D-lineman, he shows us step-by-step, how he did it, and he applies it to us on the practice field. We basically mimic how the pros do it. We repeat it over and over until it turns into muscle memory. He teaches us so much off the field, how to be a leader, how to carry ourselves, both on and off the field. We’re so fortunate to have Coach Knighton here on staff.”

Question: Discuss your role as one of Wagner’s five captains, along with Santoni Graham, Adam Giordano, Cam Gill, and Christian Alexander-Stevens…how it came to be and what it means to you. Answer: “Our team voted the day after the spring game. I was happy to hear that I was named one of the captains. One of my main goals in the offseason was to be a leader, being the best leader and player I can be, for the team. I really appreciate being named a captain, it means a lot to me and it’s not something that I take lightly.”

Question: Big news this week for Wagner football fans with the announcement that Greg Senat, your former teammate, had been named to the Ravens’ 53-man roster, in addition to NFL veteran and former Seahawk standout Julian Stanford being tabbed to the Bills’ active roster. Is it a motivating factor to see two former Wagner players in the pros? Answer: “Oh definitely. Obviously I know Greg more than Julian but it’s a source of pride to have two guys from here in the league. Greg and I went at it every day in practice. It was like an iron sharpens iron kind of deal where we each made the other better. I’m still in touch with Greg and wish him the best of luck.” Question:You went from wearing the highest uniform number possible, 99, to the lowest number, 1. I’m sure Seahawk fans are wondering your reasing for the change. Answer: “Well, it all started in the offseason when Julian (McCleod) said he wanted establish a new identity in his last season. So, he switched to No. 5 (formerly No. 95) and then Tevaugn (Grant) liked the idea and switched to No. 7 (formerly No. 58). Not to be left out, I thought it’s be cool if all three of us wore single digit numbers in our last seasons. So, I went with No. 1 (also worn by quarterback Christian Alexander-Stevens on the offensive side of the ball). So, here we are, all three starting D-lineman wearing single digits.”

***CAM GILL*** ALL-AMERICAN CANDIDATE ______

Senior Linebacker 6-3, 240 Douglasville, GA/Chapel Hill HS

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TEAM CAPTAIN Cam Gill is one of the top defensive players in the nation, Cam Gill is primed for a big senior season following a well-honored junior year ... His 13.5 sacks from 2018 rank No. 2 among all returning FCS players entering the 2019 campaign. 2018: Coming off a breakout 2018 season that saw him earn All-America honors by STATS FCS (2nd Team) and the Associated Press (3rd Team) in addition to garnering Defensive Player of the Year honors by both the ECAC and the NEC, was one of 25 finalists for the Buck Buchanan Award, given annually to FCS football’s defensive player of the year ... Was a virtually unblockable defensive force throughout the season ... In the Seahawks’ 41-7 season-ending win at Robert Morris, Gill seemingly spent the entire afternoon in the Colonials’ backfield, recording 5.5 tackles for loss, for 24 yards, including a forced fumble. Among those 5.5 TFL’s were 2.5 sacks that went for a combined 18 yards of loss, which helped contribute to RMU finishing with a net nine yards of rushing ... In the win at RMU, came within one half-tackle of matching the DI FCS single-game season high in tackles- for-loss and notched his third NEC Defensive Player of the Week Award after totaling 11 tackles, on his way to moving into fifth place on the NEC’s all-time list of single-season tackles-for-loss leaders (24.5) ... Overall, Gill was Wagner’s second-leading tackler with 61, which included 13.5 sacks for minus 76 yards in losses.

2017: Named Defensive Player of the Year at the team’s postseason banquet … Started all 11 games at outside linebacker … Used his athleticism to become Seahawks’ second- leading tackler with 53, including 37 solo stops … Recorded four or more tackles in five different games … Ranked second in the NEC with 11 sacks, which resulted in 51 yards in loss … Career-high four sacks for 11 yards in loss at No. 12 Stony Brook (11/11) … Registered career-high nine tackles vs. Central Connecticut (10/14) and eight-tackle efforts vs. Lehigh (9/30) and No. 12 Stony Brook (11/11) … Had 13 tackles for loss for negative 58 yards.

2016: Saw action in all 11 games as a true freshman, with two starts, at outside linebacker … Also made his presence felt on several special teams units … Used his size and athleticism to record 14 tackles, of which seven were solo stops … Recorded first career interception at Bryant (10/22) ... Credited with two sacks ... Earned late-season start vs. Duquesne (11/5) and defending NEC champion Saint Francis U (11/19) … In helping the Seahawks become the lone NEC team to defeat SFU, matched his career high with four tackles … Also enjoyed a four-tackle game at Central Connecticut (10/15), Before Wagner: Big-play, two-way performer for the Chapel Hill Panthers at linebacker and wide receiver ... Credited with 105 career tackles, including 88 solo stops with 13 sacks ... Physical specimen who had 22 career receptions.

Windsor’s Terrance Knighton, an NFL Defensive Lineman Affectionately Known as ‘Pot Roast,’ Returns to Connecticut as a Wagner Assistant Coach

By MIKE ANTHONY HARTFORD COURANT AUG 22, 2019

Wagner football coach Jason Houghtaling knew in December 2017 that Terrance Knighton wanted to coach because Knighton told him so. Knighton contacted Houghtaling, traveled from Arizona to Staten Island to meet with him and said all the right things during an interview.

But there’s knowing something, and truly understanding something.

“I explained to him that I wasn’t going to pay him and that he was going to have to live in the basement of the freshman dorm,” Houghtaling said. “So all of the sudden when he agreed to live in the dorm and not get paid — and this dorm isn’t the Taj Mahal; let’s get that straight — and he’s walking up the hill coming to the office, I said, ‘This guy really wants to be a coach.’”

That was the best place for Knighton to be, a volunteer climbing that hill on campus, pulling himself through the proverbial mud, down in the trenches like any rookie coach, no shortcuts, long hours, easy access to nothing except a love for the game that makes it all uniquely appealing.

Knighton, of Windsor, found fame and earned plenty of money as a defensive lineman affectionately known as “Pot Roast” for three NFL teams in 2009- 2015, appearing in Super Bowl XLVIII with the Broncos. After playing the 2015 season for the Redskins, then being cut by the Patriots before the 2016 season, he retired to Arizona because it seemed like a nice place to be.

“I was miserable,” Knighton said. “I used to go watch a local team practice, just standing at the fence. I still had an itch for the game, just in a different capacity.”

So Knighton called Houghtaling, the Wagner coach since 2014. Houghtaling was an assistant at Milford (N.Y.) Academy, where Knighton spent a prep year in 2004.

It was Houghtaling who helped turn Knighton into “Pot Roast,” really. He suggested Knighton put on weight and move from tight end to the defensive line, a move that paid off with a scholarship to Temple and a seven-year stint in the NFL.

They remained close over the years and are together again with a Wagner team that visits Rentschler Field as UConn’s guest for the 2019 opener next Thursday night, a business trip for Knighton that is also a homecoming. He is in his second year with the Seahawks, now a full-time and paid assistant coach in charge of the defensive line and the recruiting co-coordinator.

Situations like this don’t always work out. Successful athletes get that post-playing-days itch and scratch it by looking into low-level coaching jobs only to be turned off by the fact that it’s not the glamorous existence they came to know as players.

Some dive in and fail to understand the hours required, the recruiting travel, all the little things that go into being an educator. It is not an easy transition – unless you’re really, truly, dedicated to making it work and you really, truly, find joy in the process. “I wanted to learn everything about coaching that is possible,” Knighton said. “I didn’t want to go anywhere where I’d just be picking up coffee. I wanted to get thrown in the fire. I picked guys’ minds. … I wanted to come into this process very humble. I didn’t ask for anything, no handouts because I came from the NFL with my playing resume. I wanted playing and coaching to be different and I wanted to be a grinder. I wanted to start from day one all over again. If you have a certain love for the game and if you have a certain mindset and attack what you do, it becomes easy. I don’t mind being here grinding it out. I was here strictly to get into coaching and to learn and to be around people I wanted to be around, people with the same passion for the game that I have. I would have slept in the car if I had to.”

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“It’s just different, just your approach to the game, understanding the big picture, understanding that you’re working with kids, the personal ties, living on campus, being a role model, the whole package,” he said. “It’s bigger than football. You’re dealing with kids that come from different demographics, different situations at home. You have to learn how to keep guys together. Playing in the NFL, they look at me differently, expect me to have a magic formula, but you just come in and preach to the guys that it’s all about hard work.”

Few FCS coaches have spent years learning from people such as . Even fewer have flattened in an AFC Championship game. How many have appeared on an episode of “Family Feud”? Pot Roast has. And he has natural way of being able to teach and lead, always a favorite teammate in his playing days, a demeanor that translates to working well with young men. “He’s always been one of the smartest football players I’ve ever been around,” Houghtaling said. “It’s 10-fold, obviously, now, being part of the NFL. His defensive mind is really something special. He understands the game really well up front, the front seven. I’ve challenged him a little bit to learn the back end because I think somewhere in the future there’s going to be a coordinator role if he wants it. He can coach with the best of them, that’s for sure. Winners are winners and successful people are successful people. Obviously he was really successful as a player and he wants to be a great coach and he’s going to be successful at that.”

Knighton said he still lives on campus.

But not in the basement of the freshman dorm.

“No,” he said. “I’m at the top of the hill now.” Wagner College Seahawks Roster (Numerical)

No. Name Cl. Pos. Ht. Wt. Hometown/High School/Last School No. Name Cl. Pos. Ht. Wt. Hometown/High School/Last School 1 Christian Alexander-Stevens Gr. QB 6-3 225 Lakeland, FL / Lakeland Christian School / FIU 93 Eric DeMayo So. FB 6-0 245 Peabody, MA / Peabody Veterans Memorial 1 Chris Williams Sr. DL 6-2 300 Brooklyn, NY / Lafayette 94 Matthew Stetz Fr. DL 5-10 245 Melville, NY / St. Anthony 2 Ikechukwu Ogwuegbu Sr. RB 5-9 205 Hyattsville, MD / Northwestern HS / Maryland 95 Damian Rybaltowski Fr. DL 6-0 225 Eatontown, NJ / Freehold Twp / Kirkland 3 Joshua DeCambre Jr. WR 6-4 200 Staten Island, NY / Curtis 96 Tajhir Tate Fr. DL 5-11 270 Elizabeth, NJ / Elizabeth 4 Myron Morris Sr. DB 6-0 180 Miami, FL / Booker T. Washington 97 Xavier Young Jr. DL 6-3 270 Roselle, NJ / Abraham Clark 5 Julian McCleod R-Sr. DL 6-3 285 Miramar, FL / St. Thomas Aquinas 98 Jabreil Salaam Jr. DL 6-1 270 Irvington, NJ / The Peddie School 6 Ahmad Lyons Jr. DB 5-10 190 Tarboro, NC / North Edgecombe / ASA Miami - Jose Andujar Fr. LB 5-10 190 Middlesex, NJ / Middlesex 7 Tevaughn Grant R-Sr. LB 6-2 250 Paterson, NJ / Eastside - Korey Besse Fr. QB 6-2 175 Fort Myers, FL / Bishop Verot 9 Noah Ellison Jr. WR 6-2 200 Sicklerville, NJ / Timber Creek / Old Dominion - Ian Britt So. RB 5-8 190 Springfield, MA / Kingswood Oxford (CT) 10 Jeremiah Lorick Jr. WR 5-10 180 Hesperia, CA/Oak Hills/Los Angeles Valley - Coby Calvin Fr. WR 6-1 190 Indianapolis, IN / Mount Vernon 11 Cam Gill Sr. LB 6-3 240 Douglasville, GA / Chapel Hill - William Cisko Fr. WR 6-2 195 Sparta, NJ / Sparta 12 DQ Vinson Fr. QB 6-4 205 Charleston, SC / James Island - Will Clayton So. LB 6-1 220 Liverpool, NY / Liverpool / Milford Academy 13 Jayvin Little Fr. WR 5-10 180 Sicklerville, NJ / Timber Creek Regional - Ricky Cole III So. DL 6-2 300 Baltimore, MD / Dallastown 14 Roland Foiyoe Jr. WR 6-1 195 Staten Island, NY / New Dorp / ASA CC - Jacque Cook Fr. LB 5-11 185 Union, NJ / Union 15 Titus Leo So. LB 6-4 230 Sheepshead Bay, NY / Sheepshead Bay - Armando Delgado Fr. FB 6-1 225 Phoenix, AZ / Desert Vista 16 Ryan Yost Fr. QB 6-4 190 Medford, NJ / Holy Spirit - Jason Deschon Fr. PK 6-2 205 Richmond, VA / Milford Academy 17 Gabriel Bryan Fr. WR 6-0 180 Windsor, CT/ Windsor HS - Nathaneal Faison So. FB 5-9 220 Bayside, NY / The Hotchkiss School (CT) 18 Justice Stewart 5th WR 6-1 180 Union, NJ / Union / Rutgers - Jordan Francois Fr. DB 5-10 205 Queens, NY / Pope John XXIII 19 Chris Ciccone Jr. QB 6-2 190 Hillsborough, NJ / Hillsborough - Dorian Gashi Fr. WR 6-0 185 North Caldwell, NJ / West Essex HS 19 Javeon Ensley Jr. DB 6-2 185 Plainfield, NJ/Hudson Catholic/New Haven/ASA - John Gioia Fr. LB 6-1 185 LaGrangeville, NY / Arlington 20 Darrell Malone Jr. DB 6-0 175 Weston, FL / Cypress Bay /ASA Miami - Mike Giuliano Jr. LB 6-3 230 Toms River, NJ / Donovan Catholic 22 Alex Brink Jr. RB 6-0 220 Logansport, IN / Kokomo / ASA College - Issac Hadac Fr. LB 6-1 225 Greene, NY / Greene 24 Dee’Shari Keith Fr. DB 6-0 185 Port Orange, FL / Spruce Creek - Zach Hartman Fr. OL 6-2 295 Paramus, NJ / Paramus 25 Eric Silvester Jr. K/P 5-11 185 Lincolndale, NY / Somers - James Hook Fr. P 6-3 220 State College, PA / State College 26 Prince Hall Fr. RB 6-1 200 Riviera Beach, FL Jupiter Christian/Wyoming Seminary - - Ahmir Lyles Fr. DL 5-10 245 Pottstown, PA / The Hill School 27 Jordan Porter Jr. DB 6-0 210 Colleyville, TX / Texas Heritage / Eastern Michigan - Keith McLaurin Fr. DB 5-11 180 Indian Trail, NC / North Branford / Jireh Prep 29 Blake Smaw Jr. DB 6-0 190 Brooklyn, NY / Fort Hamilton / Fork Union (VA) - Scott McMillon Fr. DB 6-0 175 Bryans Road, MD / Henry E. Lackey 30 Dymitri McKenzie So. RB 6-0 215 Pompano Beach, FL / North Broward Prep - Jadon Munroe Fr. RB 5-8 180 Newburgh, NY/Newburgh Free/Milford 31 Marcus Barnes Sr. DB 6-0 165 Scotchtown, NY / Pine Bush / East Coast Prep - Tanner Nairn Fr. PK 5-10 170 Wellington, FL / Palm Beach Central 32 Santoni Graham R-Sr. LB 6-1 225 Arlington, VA / Bishop O’Connell / Fork Union - Isaiah Pae Fr. TE 6-4 205 Burlington Township, NJ / Burlington 33 Naseem Barnett So. DB 5-10 190 Staten Island, NY / Tottenville - Malik Prioleau Fr. DB 5-10 170 Richmond Heights, FL / Edgewater 33 Donovan Davis Sr. RB 5-8 195 Carson, CA / Culver City / El Camino College - Quinton Quirrenbach Fr. WR 5-11 170 McKinney, TX / Deerfield Academy 34 Nashawn Brooks Fr. LB 6-0 220 Irvington, NJ / Irvington - Rajiv Redd Fr. WR 5-10 165 St. Paul, MN / Cretin-Derham Hall 34 Khari Jones Fr. DB 5-10 175 Baltimore, MD / Gilman - Morgan Rippey Fr. DB 5-10 195 Glendale, AZ / Mountain Ridge 35 Ben Sieczkowski 5th FB 6-2 240 Englishtown, NJ / Manalapan - Cade Rutkowski Fr. WR 6-2 170 Weston, MA / Weston 36 Khaliq Byard Sr. DB 6-2 220 Lithonia, GA / Martin Luther King - Patrick Shanley So. QB 6-4 210 East Rochester, NY / East Rochester / Gananda 37 Ali Brightwell So. LB 6-4 215 Paramus, NJ / Paramus Catholic - Sean Shivers Fr. LB 6-0 195 Staten Island, NY / Monsignor Farrell 38 Drew Daniel Gr. DB 5-9 180 Wharton, NJ / Pope John XXIII / - Josh Smith So. QB 6-3 200 Northampton, PA / Northampton Area 39 Devon Mann So. DB 6-1 185 Sharon, MA / Thayer Academy - Robert Smithwick Fr. QB 6-3 205 Jupiter, FL / Jupiter Christian 40 Matt Ansell So. DB 6-1 220 Red Bank, NJ / Red Bank Catholic - Cameron Weng Fr. WR 5-11 180 Baltimore, MD / Concordia 42 Keyon Means-Bowman So. LB 6-1 220 Irvington, NJ / Irvington - DJ Williams Fr. DB 5-10 175 West Orange, NJ / Milford Academy 43 Josh Clark Sr. LB 6-3 215 Camden, NJ / Camden 44 Tre Hubbard Jr. LB 6-0 230 Virginia Beach, VA/Virginia Tech / Iowa Western 45 BJ Buckle Sr. DL 5-11 270 New Canaan, CT / St. Luke’s 46 Kevin DiCapua Jr. K 6-2 230 West Islip, NY / West Islip 47 Edward Nunez Sr. LB 6-2 230 Bronx, NY / Dewitt Clinton 48 Jordan Haven Jr. LB 6-0 220 Windsor, NY / Windsor Central 49 Shane Quast Fr. LB 6-2 225 Mullica Hill, NJ / St. Augustine Prep Coaching Staff 50 Gunner Daniel Jr. LS 5-10 190 Marysville, OH / Marysville / Ball State Head Coach/Offensive Line Jason Houghtaling (Binghamton, ‘04) 5th Year 51 George Snowden Sr. OL 6-3 290 Gaithersburg, MD / Milford Academy (NY) 52 Myles Lopes Jr. LB 5-9 245 Staten Island, NY / Susan Wagner 54 Rourke Colligan So. LB 6-1 225 Washington Township, NJ / West Morris Central Assistant Coaches 55 Dillon Donaldson Sr. OL 6-3 290 Monmouth Junction, NJ / South Brunswick Associate Head Coach/Defensive Coordinator Del Smith (West Virginia Wesleyan, ‘05) 56 Macai Bruce Jr. DL 6-2 270 Jonesboro, GA / Jonesboro Assistant Head Coach/Secondary/Special Teams Darrell Wilson (UConn, ‘81) 57 Malik Johnson So. LB 6-2 230 Sugar Hill, GA / Lanier Offensive Coordinator/WRs Lee Hull (Holy Cross, ‘88) 59 William Soto So. LB 5-11 230 Marlborough, MA/Assabet Valley Regional Tech Defensive Line/Co-Recruiting Coordinator Terrance Knighton (Temple, ‘09) 62 Zack Donovan So. OL 6-3 270 Linwood, NJ / Mainland Regional 67 Tyler Piekarz R-Jr. OL 6-6 300 Flanders, NJ / Mt. Olive Tight Ends/Co-Recruiting Coordinator Walter Kusmirek (Fitchburg State, ‘13) 70 Jonathan Irizarry Sr. OL 6-4 320 Katy, TX / Morton Ranch / Cisco College (TX) Defensive Assistant Jim Munson (Kean, ‘89) 72 Chris Gangarossa Sr. OL 6-6 295 Fort Erie, Ontario Canada / Milford Academy Inside Linebackers Daniel White (UAB, ‘13), 73 Branden Barnes Fr. OL 6-3 300 Edison, NJ / Edison / Milford Academy Assistant Offensive Line Jeri Petite, Jr. (West Virginia Wesleyan, 17) 74 Zef Djurasevic So. OL 6-5 290 Harrison, NY / Harrison Quarterbacks Chase Cartwright (Northern Arizona, ‘15) 75 Jeremiah Bolling-Farrar Jr. OL 6-7 285 Hopewell, VA/Hopewell/Louisburg College (MD) 76 Sowande McWhite So. OL 6-8 305 Bronx, NY / Harry S. Truman Running Backs Randall Jette (UMass, ‘16) 77 Xavier Santiago Sr. OL 6-5 290 South Fort Myers, FL/Fort Myers S./ASA College Assistant Athletic Director For Sports Performance Ian Jones (University College Cork, IRE, ‘11 ) 78 Thomas Kutchma Fr. OL 6-4 295 Stony Brook, NY/Ward-Melville/St. Thomas More Director of Operations Tim Jackson (Wagnerr, ‘18) 79 Xavier Bryson So. OL 6-3 275 Mechanicsville, VA/ Hanover / Fork Union Nicholas Tucci Video Coordinator (FDU, ‘19) 80 Peter Savrides Jr. WR 6-1 195 Holmdel, NJ / IMG Academy / Shasta College Josh Michels St. John Fisher (‘19) 81 Nicholas Cartwright-Atkins Fr. WR 6-1 195 Moorestown, NJ / Moorestown 82 Adam Giordano Sr. TE 6-5 255 Cherry Hill, NJ / Milford Academy (NY) 83 Ivan McDaniel Jr. WR 6-4 205 Montclair, NJ / Montclair 85 Jeremiah Dezard Fr. TE 6-6 225 Palm Beach, FL / William T. Dwyer 86 Eric Castorina So. WR 6-0 170 Sparta, NJ / Sparta 87 Nolan Quinlan So. TE 6-5 225 Westhampton Beach, NY / Westhampton Beach 88 Lincoln McGarrity Jr. TE 6-5 230 Syracuse, NY / CBA / Kent School (CT) 90 Nick Davis So. DL 6-2 220 Delmar, DE / Delmar Wagner College Seahawks Roster (Alphabetical)

No. Name Cl. Pos. Ht. Wt. Hometown/High School/Last School No. Name Cl. Pos. Ht. Wt. Hometown/High School/Last School 1 Christian Alexander-Stevens Gr. QB 6-3 225 Lakeland, FL / Lakeland Christian School / FIU 88 Lincoln McGarrity Jr. TE 6-5 230 Syracuse, NY / CBA / Kent School (CT) - Jose Andujar Fr. LB 5-10 190 Middlesex, NJ / Middlesex 30 Dymitri McKenzie So. RB 6-0 215 Pompano Beach, FL / North Broward Prep 40 Matt Ansell So. DB 6-1 220 Red Bank, NJ / Red Bank Catholic - Keith McLaurin Fr. DB 5-11 180 Indian Trail, NC / North Branford / Jireh Prep 73 Branden Barnes Fr. OL 6-3 300 Edison, NJ / Edison / Milford Academy - Scott McMillon Fr. DB 6-0 175 Bryans Road, MD / Henry E. Lackey 31 Marcus Barnes Sr. DB 6-0 165 Scotchtown, NY / Pine Bush / East Coast Prep 76 Sowande McWhite So. OL 6-8 305 Bronx, NY / Harry S. Truman 33 Naseem Barnett So. DB 5-10 190 Staten Island, NY / Tottenville 42 Keyon Means-Bowman So. LB 6-1 220 Irvington, NJ / Irvington - Korey Besse Fr. QB 6-2 175 Fort Myers, FL / Bishop Verot 4 Myron Morris Sr. DB 6-0 180 Miami, FL / Booker T. Washington 37 Ali Brightwell So. LB 6-4 215 Paramus, NJ / Paramus Catholic - Jadon Munroe Fr. RB 5-8 180 Newburgh, NY/Newburgh Free/Milford 22 Alex Brink Jr. RB 6-0 220 Logansport, IN / Kokomo / ASA College - Tanner Nairn Fr. PK 5-10 170 Wellington, FL / Palm Beach Central - Ian Britt So. RB 5-8 190 Springfield, MA / Kingswood Oxford (CT) 47 Edward Nunez Sr. LB 6-2 230 Bronx, NY / Dewitt Clinton 75 Jeremiah Bolling-Farrar Jr. OL 6-7 285 Hopewell, VA/Hopewell/Louisburg College (MD) 2 Ikechukwu Ogwuegbu Sr. RB 5-9 205 Hyattsville, MD / Northwestern HS / Maryland 34 Nashawn Brooks Fr. LB 6-0 220 Irvington, NJ / Irvington - Isaiah Pae Fr. TE 6-4 205 Burlington Township, NJ / Burlington 56 Macai Bruce Jr. DL 6-2 270 Jonesboro, GA / Jonesboro 67 Tyler Piekarz R-Jr. OL 6-6 300 Flanders, NJ / Mt. Olive 17 Gabriel Bryan Fr. WR 6-0 180 Windsor, CT / Windsor HS 27 Jordan Porter Jr. DB 6-0 210 Colleyville, TX / Texas Heritage / Eastern Michigan 79 Xavier Bryson So. OL 6-3 275 Mechanicsville, VA/ Hanover / Fork Union - Malik Prioleau Fr. DB 5-10 170 Richmond Heights, FL / Edgewater 45 BJ Buckle Sr. DL 5-11 270 New Canaan, CT / St. Luke’s 49 Shane Quast Fr. LB 6-2 225 Mullica Hill, NJ / St. Augustine Prep 36 Khaliq Byard Sr. DB 6-2 220 Lithonia, GA / Martin Luther King 87 Nolan Quinlan So. TE 6-5 225 Westhampton Beach, NY / Westhampton Beach - Coby Calvin Fr. WR 6-1 190 Indianapolis, IN / Mount Vernon - Quinton Quirrenbach Fr. WR 5-11 170 McKinney, TX / Deerfield Academy 81 Nicholas Cartwright-Atkins Fr. WR 6-1 195 Moorestown, NJ / Moorestown - Rajiv Redd Fr. WR 5-10 165 St. Paul, MN / Cretin-Derham Hall 86 Eric Castorina So. WR 6-0 170 Sparta, NJ / Sparta - Morgan Rippey Fr. DB 5-10 195 Glendale, AZ / Mountain Ridge 19 Chris Ciccone Jr. QB 6-2 190 Hillsborough, NJ / Hillsborough - Cade Rutkowski Fr. WR 6-2 170 Weston, MA / Weston - William Cisko Fr. WR 6-2 195 Sparta, NJ / Sparta 95 Damian Rybaltowski Fr. DL 6-0 225 Eatontown, NJ / Freehold Twp / Kirkland 43 Josh Clark Sr. LB 6-3 215 Camden, NJ / Camden 98 Jabreil Salaam Jr. DL 6-1 270 Irvington, NJ / The Peddie School - Will Clayton So. LB 6-1 220 Liverpool, NY / Liverpool / Milford Academy 77 Xavier Santiago Sr. OL 6-5 290 South Fort Myers, FL/Fort Myers S./ASA College - Ricky Cole III So. DL 6-2 300 Baltimore, MD / Dallastown 80 Peter Savrides Jr. WR 6-1 195 Holmdel, NJ / IMG Academy / Shasta College 54 Rourke Colligan So. LB 6-1 225 Washington Township, NJ / West Morris Central - Patrick Shanley So. QB 6-4 210 East Rochester, NY / East Rochester / Gananda - Jacque Cook Fr. LB 5-11 185 Union, NJ / Union - Sean Shivers Fr. LB 6-0 195 Staten Island, NY / Monsignor Farrell - Joe Curry Fr. LB 5-11 220 Galloway Township, NJ / Cedar Creek 35 Ben Sieczkowski 5th FB 6-2 240 Englishtown, NJ / Manalapan 38 Drew Daniel Gr. DB 5-9 180 Wharton, NJ / Pope John XXIII / Marist College 25 Eric Silvester Jr. K/P 5-11 185 Lincolndale, NY / Somers 50 Gunner Daniel Jr. LS 5-10 190 Marysville, OH / Marysville / Ball State 29 Blake Smaw Jr. DB 6-0 190 Brooklyn, NY / Fort Hamilton / Fork Union (VA) 33 Donovan Davis Sr. RB 5-8 195 Carson, CA / Culver City / El Camino College - Josh Smith So. QB 6-3 200 Northampton, PA / Northampton Area 90 Nick Davis So. DL 6-2 220 Delmar, DE / Delmar - Robert Smithwick Fr. QB 6-3 205 Jupiter, FL / Jupiter Christian 3 Joshua DeCambre Jr. WR 6-4 200 Staten Island, NY / Curtis 51 George Snowden Sr. OL 6-3 290 Gaithersburg, MD / Milford Academy (NY) - Armando Delgado Fr. FB 6-1 225 Phoenix, AZ / Desert Vista 59 William Soto So. LB 5-11 230 Marlborough, MA/Assabet Valley Regional Tech 93 Eric DeMayo So. FB 6-0 245 Peabody, MA / Peabody Veterans Memorial 94 Matthew Stetz Fr. DL 5-10 245 Melville, NY / St. Anthony - Jason Deschon Fr. PK 6-2 205 Richmond, VA / Milford Academy 18 Justice Stewart 5th WR 6-1 180 Union, NJ / Union / Rutgers 85 Jeremiah Dezard Fr. TE 6-6 225 Palm Beach, FL / William T. Dwyer 96 Tajhir Tate Fr. DL 5-11 270 Elizabeth, NJ / Elizabeth 46 Kevin DiCapua Jr. K 6-2 230 West Islip, NY / West Islip 12 DQ Vinson Fr. QB 6-4 205 Charleston, SC / James Island 74 Zef Djurasevic So. OL 6-5 290 Harrison, NY / Harrison - Cameron Weng Fr. WR 5-11 180 Baltimore, MD / Concordia 55 Dillon Donaldson Sr. OL 6-3 290 Monmouth Junction, NJ / South Brunswick 1 Chris Williams Sr. DL 6-2 300 Brooklyn, NY / Lafayette 62 Zack Donovan So. OL 6-3 270 Linwood, NJ / Mainland Regional - DJ Williams Fr. DB 5-10 175 West Orange, NJ / Milford Academy 9 Noah Ellison Jr. WR 6-2 200 Sicklerville, NJ / Timber Creek / Old Dominion 16 Ryan Yost Fr. QB 6-4 190 Medford, NJ / Holy Spirit 19 Javeon Ensley Jr. DB 6-2 185 Plainfield, NJ/Hudson Catholic/New Haven/ASA 97 Xavier Young Jr. DL 6-3 270 Roselle, NJ / Abraham Clark - Nathaneal Faison So. FB 5-9 220 Bayside, NY / The Hotchkiss School (CT) 14 Roland Foiyoe Jr. WR 6-1 195 Staten Island, NY / New Dorp / ASA CC - Jordan Francois Fr. DB 5-10 205 Queens, NY / Pope John XXIII 72 Chris Gangarossa Sr. OL 6-6 295 Fort Erie, Ontario Canada / Milford Academy - Dorian Gashi Fr. WR 6-0 185 North Caldwell, NJ / West Essex HS 11 Cam Gill Sr. LB 6-3 240 Douglasville, GA / Chapel Hill - John Gioia Fr. LB 6-1 185 LaGrangeville, NY / Arlington 82 Adam Giordano Sr. TE 6-5 255 Cherry Hill, NJ / Milford Academy (NY) - Mike Giuliano Jr. LB 6-3 230 Toms River, NJ / Donovan Catholic 32 Santoni Graham R-Sr. LB 6-1 225 Arlington, VA / Bishop O’Connell / Fork Union 7 Tevaughn Grant R-Sr. LB 6-2 250 Paterson, NJ / Eastside - Issac Hadac Fr. LB 6-1 225 Greene, NY / Greene 26 Prince Hall Fr. RB 6-1 200 Riviera Beach, FL Jupiter Christian/Wyoming Seminary -- Zach Hartman Fr. OL 6-2 295 Paramus, NJ / Paramus 48 Jordan Haven Jr. LB 6-0 220 Windsor, NY / Windsor Central - James Hook Fr. P 6-3 220 State College, PA / State College 44 Tre Hubbard Jr. LB 6-0 230 Virginia Beach, VA/Virginia Tech / Iowa Western 70 Jonathan Irizarry Sr. OL 6-4 320 Katy, TX / Morton Ranch / Cisco College (TX) 57 Malik Johnson So. LB 6-2 230 Sugar Hill, GA / Lanier 34 Khari Jones Fr. DB 5-10 175 Baltimore, MD / Gilman 24 Dee’Shari Keith Fr. DB 6-0 185 Port Orange, FL / Spruce Creek 78 Thomas Kutchma Fr. OL 6-4 295 Stony Brook, NY/Ward-Melville/St. Thomas More 15 Titus Leo So. LB 6-4 230 Sheepshead Bay, NY / Sheepshead Bay 13 Jayvin Little Fr. WR 5-10 180 Sicklerville, NJ / Timber Creek Regional 52 Myles Lopes Jr. LB 5-9 245 Staten Island, NY / Susan Wagner 10 Jeremiah Lorick Jr. WR 5-10 180 Hesperia, CA/Oak Hills/Los Angeles Valley - Ahmir Lyles Fr. DL 5-10 245 Pottstown, PA / The Hill School 6 Ahmad Lyons Jr. DB 5-10 190 Tarboro, NC / North Edgecombe / ASA Miami 20 Darrell Malone Jr. DB 6-0 175 Weston, FL / Cypress Bay /ASA Miami 39 Devon Mann So. DB 6-1 185 Sharon, MA / Thayer Academy 5 Julian McCleod R-Sr. DL 6-3 285 Miramar, FL / St. Thomas Aquinas 83 Ivan McDaniel Jr. WR 6-4 205 Montclair, NJ / Montclair 2019 Wagner Seahawks Depth Chart vs. Stony Brook - September 14, 2019

OFFENSE DEFENSE SPECIAL TEAMS

LEFT TACKLE DEFENSIVE END PLACEKICKER 76 - Sowande McWhite (So, 6-8, 305) 5 - Julian McCleod (Gr, 6-3, 285) 25 - Eric Silvester (Jr, 5-11, 185) 77 - Xavier Santiago (Sr, 6-5, 290) 56 - Macai Bruce (Jr, 6-2, 270) 49 - Tanner Nairn (Fr, 5-10, 170)

LEFT GUARD NOSE TACKLE KICKOFFS 72 - Chris Gangarossa (Sr, 6-6, 295) 1 - Chris Williams (Sr, 6-2, 300) 49 - Tanner Nairn (Fr, 5-10, 170) 51 - George Snowden (Sr, 6-3, 290) 90 - Dillon Donaldson (Sr, 6-3, 290) 25 - Eric Silvester (Jr, 5-11, 185)

CENTER DEFENSIVE TACKLE PUNTER 79 - Xavier Bryson (Sr, 6-5, 290) 7 - Tevaughn Grant (5th, 6-2, 250) 25 - Eric Silvester (Jr, 5-11, 185) 51 - George Snowden (Sr, 6-3, 290) 97 - Xavier Young (Jr, 6-3, 270) 49 - Tanner Nairn (Fr, 5-10, 170)

RIGHT GUARD OUTSIDE LINEBACKER HOLDER 67 - Tyler Piekarz (R-JR, 6-6, 300) 11 - Cam Gill (Sr, 6-3, 240) 46 - Kevin DiCapua (Jr, 6-2, 230) 70 - Johnathan Irizarry (Sr, 6-4, 320) 57 - Malik Johnson (So, 6-2, 230) 16 - Ryan Yost (Fr, 6-4, 190)

RIGHT TACKLE INSIDE LINEBACKER LONG SNAPPER 77 - Xavier Santiago (Sr, 6-5, 290) 32 - Santoni Graham (Gr, 6-1, 225) 50 - Gunner Daniel (Jr, 5-10, 190) 75 - Jeremiah Bolling-Farrar (Jr, 6-7, 285) 48 - Jordan Haven (Jr, LB, 6-0, 220) 87 - Nolan Quinlan (So, 6-5, 225)

QUARTERBACK INSIDE LINEBACKER KICK RETURNER 1 - Christian Alexander-Stevens (Gr, 6-3, 225) 47 - Edward Nunez (Sr, 6-2, 230) 4 - Myron Morris (SR, 6-0, 180) 16 - Ryan Yost (Fr, 6-4, 190) 44 - Tre Hubbard (Jr, 6-0, 230) KICK RETURNER RUNNING BACK OUTSIDE LINEBACKER 81 - Nicholas Cartwright-Atkins (Fr, 6-1, 195) 30 - Dymitri McKenzie (SO, 6-0, 215) 15 - Titus Leo (So, 6-4, 230) 2- Ikechukwu Ogwuegbu (Gr, 5-9, 205) 36 - Khaliq Byard (Sr, 6-2, 220) PUNT RETURNER 10 - Jeremiah Lorick (JR, 5-10, 180) FULLBACK* CORNERBACK 35 - Ben Sieczkowski (5th, 6-2, 240) 4 - Myron Morris (Sr, 6-0, 180) 93 - Eric DeMayo (So, 6-0, 245) 31 - Marcus Barnes (Sr, 6-0, 165)

RECEIVER STRONG SAFETY 3 - Joshua DeCambre (Jr, 6-4, 200) 6 - Ahmad Lyons (Jr, 5-10, 190) 14 - Roland Foiyoe (Jr, 6-1, 195) 27 - Jordan Porter (Jr, 6-0, 210)

RECEIVER FREE SAFETY 10 - Jeremiah Lorick (Jr, 5-10 180) 33 - Naseem Barnett (So, 5-10, 190) 9 - Noah Ellison (Jr, 6-2, 200) 40 - Matt Ansell (So, 6-1, 220)

RECEIVER CORNERBACK 18 - Justice Stewart (5th, 6-1, 180) 38 - Drew Daniel (Gr, 5-9, 180) 81 - Nicholas Cartwright-Atkins (Fr, 6-1, 195) 20 - Darrell Malone (Jr, 6-0, 175)

TIGHT END* 82 - Adam Giordano (SR, 6-5, 255) 87 - Nolan Quinlan (SO, 6-5, 225)

* - Fullback and Tight End Listed 2019 Stony Brook Depth Chart (The Wagner Game)

OFFENSE DEFENSE CAREER STARTS LT 71 James Tunstall (6-5, 305, So.-R) DE 2 Casey Williams (6-2, 250, So.-R) 32 Mason Zimmerman 74 Cameron Lucas (6-5, 335, So.-R) 91 Makye Smith (6-1, 240, Fr.-R) 29 Sam Kamara 26 Gavin Heslop 23 Jean Constant(%) LG 62 Mason Zimmerman (6-5, 325, Sr.-R) DT 5 Sam Kamara (6-2, 275, Sr.) 22 Joe Detorie 69 Matt Mirabito (6-6, 335, Fr.-R) 96 Odean Gilzene (6-1, 270, Sr.-R) 14 Synceir Malone, Augie Contress 13 EJ Fineran, TJ Morrison 11 Brandon Lopez C 72 Joe Detorie (6-3, 285, Sr.-R) NT 70 Brandon Lopez (6-1, 280, Jr.-R) 10 Sean Hammonds Jr.(#) 60 Anthony Catapano (6-1, 300, Jr.-R) 92 Peterson Octavien (6-3, 260, Jr.-R) 9 Casey Williams 7 Kyle Nunez RG 55 Kyle Nunez (6-2, 350, So.-R) Anchor 42 Keegan Henderson (6-2, 250, Sr.-R) 6 Jaelen Vazquez, Nick Anderson 4 Anthony Catapano 68 Jalen Vazquez (6-3, 330, Sr.-R) 17 Sean Hammond Jr. (6-1, 250, Gr.) 3 Andrew Trent 2 Keegan Henderson, Zachary Lucas RT 65 Ian McLean (6-6, 290, Jr.R) Mike 24 Keirston Johnson (6-0, 225, Jr.) 1 Jack Cassidy, Odean Gilzene, Cameron Lucas, 76 Larry Ross Jr. (6-5, 290, Fr.-R) 47 Elijah Duff (5-11, 220, Jr.-R) Ian McLean, Isaiah White, Tyquell Fields, Keirston Johnson, Reidgee Dimanche

Y 44 Zachary Lucas (6-4, 240, Sr.-R) Buck 30 Reidgee Dimanche (6-0, 200, So.-R) CONSECUTIVE STARTS 83 Isaiah Givens (6-3, 210, Fr.-R) 49 Anthony Del Negro (6-2, 220, So.-R) 32 Mason Zimmerman 26 Sam Kamara, Gavin Heslop 13 Augie Contressa, Synceir Malone, EJ Fineran, TJ Morrison QB 4 Tyquell Fields (6-2, 195, Jr.-R) Rover 8 Augie Contressa (6-0, 200, Jr.-R) 12 Joe Detorie 9 Jack Cassidy (6-1, 205, Jr.-R) 16 Oniel Stanbury (5-11, 200, Fr.-R) CAREER GAMES PLAYED TB 28 Isaiah White (5-11, 210, Sr.-R) BC 1 Gavin Heslop (6-1, 200, Sr.-R) 35 Synceir Malone, Mason Zimmerman 34 Sam Kamara, Gavin Heslop, Jean Constant(%) 7 Ty Son Lawton (5-10, 215, Fr.-R) 20 Jabari Reddock (5-11, 190, So.-R) 33 Keegan Henderson 3 Seba Nekhet (5-9, 200, So.-R) 30 Isaiah White FS 19 Gregory Young II (5-10, 180, Fr.-R) 29 Sean Hammonds Jr.(#) WR 87 Nick Anderson (6-1, 195, Sr.-R) 40 Randy Pringle (6-0, 180, So.R) 27 Joe Detorie 26 Sean Cassidy(!), Augie Contressa, Billy Barber 15 Brandon Benson (6-1, 210, Jr.-R) 25 Nick Anderson, TJ Morrison, Elijah Duff, Anthony Catapano, Whip 48 Justin Burns (5-11, 195, So.-R.) Zachary Lucas WR 86 Andrew Trent (6-1, 195, Sr.-R) 41 Randy Hepburn Jr. (6-2, 200, Fr.-R.) 24 Brandon Lopez 81 Delante Hellams Jr. (6-0, 205, So.-R) 19 Keirston Johnson($) 18 Seba Nekhet, EJ Fineran FC 6 TJ Morrison (5-10, 185, Jr.-R) 17 Odean Gilzene WR 5 Jean Constant (5-9, 180, Gr.) 10 Kareem Gaulden (5-11, 185, Jr.-R) 15 Nick Courtney 27 JP Roane (5-10, 185, Fr.-R) 14 Peterson Octavien 13 Justin Burns, Jaelen Vazquez, Tyquell Fields, Peter McKenzie, Kyle Nunez, Casey Williams 11 Ian McLean SPECIALISTS 10 Brandon Benson(@) K 50 Nick Courtney (5-9, 160, Sr.-R) 9 Jahquel Webb 57 Kris McDonald (5-9, 170, Fr.-R) 8 Delante Hellams Jr., Reidgee Dimanche 7 Jack Pruban PRONUNCIATIONS 6 Cameron Lucas, James Tunstall(^), Carter MCcarthy(&) P 51 Mitchell Wright (6-1, 205, Jr.-R) 5 Brennan Souhrada, Randy Pringle, Anthony Del Negro, 1 Gavin Heslop ...... hess-LOP Lorenzo Worrell DS 56 Billy Barber (6-3, 225, Sr.-R) 3 Seba Nekhet ...... suh-BAH neck-HET 4 Isaiah Givens, JP Roane, Petey Wilks Jr., Jack Cassidy, 4 Tyquell Fields ...... TIE-kell Randall Hepburn Jr. 18 Jahquel Webb ...... jah-QWELL 3 Calique Cato-Jacobs, Chris Higgins, Mitchell Wright HO 51 Mitchell Wright (6-1, 205, Jr.-R) 2 Anthony Santorelli, John Corpac, Joshua Zamot 20 Jabari Reddock ...... jah-BAR-ee 1 Ty Son Lawton, Gregory Young II, Lukas Merluzzi, KOR 5 Jean Constant (5-9, 180, Gr.) 21 Synceir Malone ...... sincere Alex Indelicato, Will Corchado, Kendall Nero-Clark, 22 Calique Cato-Jacobs ...... cal-EEK Ryan Lopez, Matt Mirabito, Souleymane Camara, 7 Ty Son Lawton (5-10, 200, Fr.-R) Thomas Dutton, Mayke Smith. 30 Reidgee Dimanche ...... Reggie DEE-manch PR 5 Jean Constant (5-9, 180, Gr.) 52 Angelo Guglielmello ...... goog-lee-mello ! - at Stonehill College; @ - at SMU; # - at Ball State; $ - at USF; % - 3 Seba Nekhet (5-9, 175, So.-R) 67 Brennan Souhrada ...... sue-RAH-dah at Bryant; ^ - at UConn; & - at UTSA 7 Ty Son Lawton (5-10, 200, Fr.-R) 69 Matt Mirabito ...... meer-ah-BEET-oh 85 Mike Saleme ...... sal-e-MAY 91 Makye Smith ...... muck-eye bold - has started for Stony Brook at that position. Coaches Chuck Priore ...... PRE-or-E Chris Bache ...... bay-jay 2019 NEC FOOTBALL

#NECFB CONTACT: RALPH VENTRE • [email protected] • 200 COTTONTAIL LANE • SOMERSET, NJ 08873 • PH: (732) 469-0440, Ext. 207 • FAX: (732) 469-0744 SCHEDULE/RESULTS 2019 NEC FOOTBALL STANDINGS WEEK ONE THRU WEEK 2 (September 9, 2019) Thursday, August 29 SCHOOL NEC PCT. OVERALL PCT. STREAK HOME AWAY NEU. Stony Brook 35, BRYANT 10 Central Connecticut 0-0 0.000 2-0 1.000 W2 1-0 1-0 0-0 Buffalo 38, ROBERT MORRIS 10 Duquesne 0-0 0.000 1-0 1.000 W1 1-0 0-0 0-0 Connecticut 24, WAGNER 21 Sacred Heart 0-0 0.000 1-1 0.500 W1 1-0 0-1 0-0 Saint Francis U 0-0 0.000 1-1 0.500 L1 0-0 1-1 0-0 Friday, August 30 LIU 0-0 0.000 0-1 0.000 L1 0-0 0-1 0-0 #7 Maine 42, SACRED HEART 14 Bryant 0-0 0.000 0-2 0.000 L2 0-0 0-2 0-0 Saturday, August 31 Robert Morris 0-0 0.000 0-2 0.000 L2 0-1 0-1 0-0 SAINT FRANCIS 14, Lehigh 13 Wagner 0-0 0.000 0-2 0.000 L2 0-1 0-1 0-0 CENTRAL CONNECTICUT 26, Fordham 23 Merrimack 45, Virginia Lynchburg 14 NEC OFFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK JULIUS CHESTNUT, SACRED HEART RB, So., 6-1, 215 lbs., Bowie, MD/Archbishop Spaulding WEEK TWO WEEK 2 STATS: 187 scrimmage yards, 3 TD (1 rush, 2 rec), 162 rush yards, 21 rushes, 3 receptions, 25 rec yards Saturday, September 7 Chestnut spearheaded a SHU rushing attack that regained their 2018 form against Patriot League member Bucknell. CENTRAL CONNECTICUT 40, Merrimack 37 The sophomore, who averaged 6.1 yards per carry for the league-leading rushing offense last year, ran for 162 yards Kentucky State 13, ROBERT MORRIS 7 and one touchdown on 21 attempts in the Pioneers’ 30-10 home win over the Bison. In addition to his 7.7 yards DUQUESNE 44, Walsh 3 per carry, Chestnut made three receptions for 25 yards and two scores. He provided the game’s first touchdown, SACRED HEART 30, Bucknell 10 breaking free for an 86-yard scoring sprint to give SHU a 10-3 lead midway through the second quarter. Chestnut #2 James Madison 44, SAINT FRANCIS 7 found the end zone again three second prior to halftime, making a 12-yard reception on a 2nd-and-10 play to bump SHU’s advantage to 23-3. He scored a third time when his nine-yard TD reception capped a 73-yard drive. East Stroudsburg 24, WAGNER 14 #3 South Dakota State 38, LONG ISLAND 3 NEC DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK Albany 45, BRYANT 3 DA’JON LEE, SAINT FRANCIS LB, Sr., 6-2, 245 lbs., Falls Church, VA/Robinson WEEK THREE WEEK 2 STATS: 13 total tackles, 3.5 TFL, 1.0 sack, FR Lee held his own during a Week 2 road battle with FCS juggernaut James Madison. The senior linebacker, who Saturday, September 14 began the season on the STATS Buck Buchanan Award Watch List, totaled a game-high 13 tackles, highlighted Merrimack at SAINT FRANCIS 12:00 pm by 3.5 hits for a loss, against the nation’s No. 2 team. Lee, who was also credited with 1.0 sack and one fumble SACRED HEART at Lafayette 12:30 pm recovery, made his presence felt in the first half. With JMU looking to build on a 7-0 first-quarter lead, the SFU Fordham at BRYANT 1:00 pm linebacker came away with a fumble at his own 44-yard line. Lee killed another Dukes’ drive on the first snap of CENTRAL CONNECTICUT at Valparaiso 2:00 pm the second quarter, sacking quarterback Ben DiNucci to force a 4th-and-11. DUQUESNE at Youngstown State 2:00 pm Dayton at ROBERT MORRIS 3:00 pm NEC SPECIAL TEAMS PLAYER OF THE WEEK WAGNER at Stony Brook 6:00 pm FRANCIS COLE, CENTRAL CONNECTICUT PK, Sr., 5-11, 205 lbs., Queens, NY/Anna Maria WEEK 2 STATS: 10 points, 2 FG (40+), Game-winning 44-yard FG w/ 00:03 remaining Cole drilled a tie-breaking field goal in the game’s final seconds for the second week in a row. Following his Week 1 heroics at Patriot League member Fordham, the CCSU senior connected on another clutch kick during the Blue Devils’ home opener against NEC newcomer Merrimack. After Mack posted 23 straight points to even the score at 37-37, Cole sent the crowd home happy by nailing a 44-yard attempt with 00:03 remaining. Central’s veteran 2019 NEC PRESEASON POLL placekicker also opened the game’s scoring by hitting a 42-yard field goal with 9:09 left in the first quarter. Cole, who added four PATs, bounced back in the game’s final seconds after missing a pair of 43+ yard attempts earlier. 1. Duquesne (7) 2. Sacred Heart (1) NEC ROOKIE OF THE WEEK 3. Central Connecticut TYRESE CHAMBERS, SACRED HEART WR, Fr., 6-1, 175 lbs., Baltimore, MD/Poly 4. Wagner WEEK 2 STATS: 4 receptions, 94 rec yards, TD reception 5. Bryant Chambers accounted for a trio of explosive plays (20+ yard gains) during Sacred Heart’s triumphant home opener 6. Saint Francis against Patriot League member Bucknell. The freshman receiver totaled four receptions for 94 yards and one touch- 7. Robert Morris down in a 30-10 victory. His receptions went for 24, 28, 5 and 37 yards. Chambers first catch converted a 3rd-and-9 situation and took the ball into opponent territory late in the first quarter of a scoreless game. The rookie was on 8. Long Island the receiving end of a 28-yard scoring strike that increased the SHU lead to 17-3 with 6:26 left in the opening half. (First-place votes in parentheses) Chambers’ 37-yard reception brought the Pioneers into the red zone during the final minute of the third quarter. @NECsports • #NECFB • @NECfootball 2019 NEC FOOTBALL SCHEDULE/RESULTS BRYANT (0-2, 0-0 NEC) CENTRAL CONNECTICUT (2-0, 0-0 NEC) DUQUESNE (1-0, 0-0 NEC) A 29 @ Stony Brook ...... L, 35-10 A 31 @ Fordham ...... W, 26-23 S 07 Walsh ...... W, 44-3 S 07 @ Albany ...... L, 45-3 S 07 Merrimack ...... W, 40-37 S 14 @ Youngstown State ...... 2:00 pm S 14 Fordham ...... 1:00 pm S 14 @ Valparaiso ...... 2:00 pm S 21 @ Dayton ...... 1:00 pm S 21 Brown ...... 6:00 pm S 21 @ Eastern Michigan ...... 3:00 pm S 28 @ New Hampshire ...... 6:00 pm S 28 SAINT FRANCIS ...... 1:00 pm O 05 @ SACRED HEART ...... 2:00 pm O 05 LONG ISLAND ...... 12:00 pm O 05 @ Merrimack ...... 1:00 pm O 12 @ Columbia ...... 1:00 pm O 19 @ SACRED HEART ...... 12:00 pm O 12 LONG ISLAND ...... 1:00 pm O 19 BRYANT ...... 1:00 pm O 26 WAGNER ...... 1:00 pm O 19 @ CENTRAL CONNECTICUT .....1:00 pm O 26 LONG ISLAND ...... 12:00 pm N 02 SAINT FRANCIS U ...... 12:00 pm O 26 @ ROBERT MORRIS ...... 12:00 pm N 02 @ WAGNER ...... 12:00 pm N 09 @ ROBERT MORRIS ...... 1:00 pm N 02 SACRED HEART ...... 1:00 pm N 09 SAINT FRANCIS ...... 12:00 pm N 16 @ BRYANT ...... 1:00 pm N 16 DUQUESNE ...... 1:00 pm N 16 ROBERT MORRIS ...... 12:00 pm N 23 CENTRAL CONNECTICUT ...... 12:00 pm N 23 @ WAGNER ...... 12:00 pm N 23 @ DUQUESNE ...... 12:00 pm

LONG ISLAND (0-1, 0-0 NEC) ROBERT MORRIS (0-2, 0-0 NEC) SACRED HEART (1-1, 0-0 NEC) S 07 @ #3 South Dakota State ...... L, 38-3 A 29 @ Buffalo ...... L, 38-10 A 30 @ #7 Maine ...... L, 42-14 S 21 SACRED HEART ...... 1:00 pm S 07 Kentucky State ...... L, 13-7 S 07 Bucknell ...... W, 30-10 S 28 @ WAGNER ...... 12:00 pm S 14 Dayton ...... 3:00 pm S 14 @ Lafayette ...... 12:30 pm O 05 @ DUQUESNE ...... 12:00 pm S 21 @ Virginia Military Institute ...... 1:30 pm S 21 @ LONG ISLAND ...... 1:00 pm O 12 @ BRYANT ...... 1:00 pm S 28 @ Youngstown State ...... 6:00 pm O 05 CENTRAL CONNECTICUT ...... 2:00 pm O 19 SAINT FRANCIS ...... 1:00 pm O 12 @ SAINT FRANCIS ...... 12:00 pm O 12 @ Pennsylvania ...... 1:00 pm O 26 @ CENTRAL CONNECTICUT ....12:00 pm O 19 @ WAGNER ...... 12:00 pm O 19 DUQUESNE ...... 12:00 pm N 02 @ ROBERT MORRIS ...... 12:00 pm O 26 BRYANT ...... 12:00 pm O 26 @ SAINT FRANCIS ...... 12:00 pm N 15 @ Villanova ...... 7:00 pm N 02 LONG ISLAND ...... 12:00 pm N 02 @ BRYANT ...... 1:00 pm N 23 Merrimack ...... 12:00 pm N 09 DUQUESNE ...... 1:00 pm N 09 WAGNER ...... 12:00 pm N 16 @ CENTRAL CONNECTICUT ....12:00 pm N 16 Lehigh ...... 12:00 pm N 23 SACRED HEART ...... 12:00 pm N 23 @ ROBERT MORRIS ...... 12:00 pm

SAINT FRANCIS U (1-1, 0-0 NEC) WAGNER (0-2, 0-0 NEC) MERRIMACK (1-1) A 31 @ Lehigh ...... W, 14-13 A 29 @ Connecticut ...... L, 24-21 A 31 Virginia Lynchburg ...... W, 45-14 S 07 @ #2 James Madison ...... L, 44-7 S 07 East Stroudsburg ...... L, 24-14 S 07 @ Central Connecticut ...... L, 40-37 S 14 Merrimack ...... 12:00 pm S 14 @ Stony Brook ...... 6:00 pm S 14 @ SAINT FRANCIS ...... 12:00 pm S 21 Columbia ...... 1:00 pm S 21 @ Florida Atlantic ...... 6:00 pm S 21 Mayville State ...... 1:00 pm S 28 @ BRYANT ...... 1:00 pm S 28 LONG ISLAND ...... 12:00 pm S 28 @ Lehigh ...... 12:30 pm O 12 ROBERT MORRIS ...... 12:00 pm O 05 Monmouth ...... 6:00 pm O 05 Bryant ...... 1:00 pm O 19 @ LONG ISLAND ...... 1:00 pm O 19 ROBERT MORRIS ...... 12:00 pm O 19 @ Delaware State...... 2:00 pm O 26 SACRED HEART ...... 12:00 pm O 26 @ DUQUESNE ...... 1:00 pm O 26 Presbyterian ...... 1:00 pm N 02 @ DUQUESNE ...... 12:00 pm N 02 CENTRAL CONNECTICUT ...... 12:00 pm N 02 @ Rhode Island ...... 1:00 pm N 09 @ CENTRAL CONNECTICUT ....12:00 pm N 09 @ SACRED HEART ...... 12:00 pm N 16 Franklin Pierce ...... 1:00 pm N 16 WAGNER ...... 12:00 pm N 16 @ SAINT FRANCIS ...... 12:00 pm N 23 @ Long Island ...... 12:00 pm N 23 @ Delaware State ...... 2:00 pm N 23 BRYANT ...... 12:00 pm

@NECsports • #NECFB • @NECfootball Head Coach Jason Houghtaling

Former Wagner associate head coach/offensive coordinator Jason Houghtaling (hO - Tail- Ling), was elevated to head football coach on November 25, 2014 and enters his fifth season at the helm of the Seahawk program in 2019.

In his previous four seasons as head coach, Houghtaling has developed 22 All-Northeast Conference (NEC) selections, including 11 First-Team choices, headlined by 2018 NEC Defensive and ECAC Player of the Year, LB Cam Gill, as well as RB Ryan Fulse, who finished second nationally with 1,784 rushing yards.

In his four seasons on Grymes Hill, Houghtaling is 15-29 (11-14 NEC), highlighted by a 6-5 season in 2016, which included a 4-2 mark in the Northeast Conference (NEC). That season, the Seahawks had the distinction of being the only NEC team to defeat eventual NEC Champion Saint Francis U.

Under Houghtaling's tutelage, offensive lineman Greg Senat developed into a sixth-round pick of the 2018 NFL Draft when he went in the sixth round to the Baltimore Ravens, becoming just the third Seahawk in program history to be drafted by the NFL.

Houghtaling took over for Walt Hameline, who served in the dual role as Seahawk athletic director and head football coach for 34 years, before announcing that he is stepping down from his role as head coach. Hameline will remain as Wagner’s athletic director.

Prior to his appointment as head coach, Houghtaling spent seven seasons on the Wagner sidelines, serving as offensive coordinator during Wagner’s 2012 and 2014 Northeast Conference (NEC) title runs, while in-between, spending the 2013 season as offensive coordinator at Cornell

In his last three seasons as Wagner’s offensive coordinator, the Seahawks have amassed a 16-6 NEC record with league titles in two of the last three seasons. The Green & White staged a dramatic 23-20 come-from-behind victory at Bryant, marching 65 yards in the waning minutes for the game-winning touchdown that gave the Seahawks a 7-4 record, a 5-1 NEC mark, and a share of the 2014 NEC title.

The 2014 Seahawk offense followed a similar formula to the 2012 Seahawks, finishing the regular season ranked No. 4 nationally in time of possession (33:02), while not committing a single turnover in the last three games of the season.

When he returned to Grymes Hill in the capacity of associate head coach/ offensive coordinator in January, 2014, this marked Houghtaling’s third stint at Wagner. Known as ‘Hoss’ to his players and fellow coaches, Houghtaling was a Seahawk assistant coach from 2006-2009, before becoming head coach at Hudson Valley Community College in 2010. Following one season as head coach of the Vikings, he returned to Wagner as offensive coordinator in 2011, where he spent two seasons, including the 2012 NEC Championship campaign.

During Wagner’s 9-4 NEC Championship season of 2012, that saw the Seahawks become the first team in NEC history to win an NCAA FCS Playoff game and rank in the Top 25 of both final national The “Hoss” File

Hometown: Windsor, NY High School: Windsor Central High School Age: 37 Alma Mater: Binghamton, 2004 Master’s Degree: Wagner, 2009 Wife: Mary Children: Abbie and Emma

COLLEGIATE COACHING EXPERIENCE Year Title School 2015-Present Head Coach Wagner 2014 Associate Head Coach/Offensive Coordinator/RBs Wagner 2013 Offensive Coordinator Cornell 2011-12 Offensive Coordinator/Running Backs Wagner 2010 Head Coach Hudson Valley CC 2007-09 Offensive Line Wagner 2006 Running Backs Wagner 2004-05 Defensive Coordinator/DL/Strength & Conditioning Milford Academy

Head Coach Jason Houghtaling

polls, Houghtaling tutored the Seahawks’ record-setting quarterback, Nick Doscher, as he evolved into one of the all-time great quarterbacks to ever compete at Wagner and in the NEC.

Doscher operated Houghtaling’s offensive system with precision, finishing his career ranked No. 1 in Seahawk history, and No. 2 in NEC history, with 8,404 yards of total offense. His 6,100 passing yards are also No. 1 on the Wagner all-time list and No. 9 on the all-time NEC list. As a senior in 2012, Doscher fashioned a passer rating of 133.9, with 13 touchdown passes and just one interception, ending his career with a remarkable 221 consecutive pass attempts without an interception.

Led by Doscher, and star running back Dominique Williams, who is now a member of the NFL’s Minnesota Vikings’ practice squad, the 2012 Seahawks were one of the nation’s most balanced units, ranking No. 1 nationally with the fewest turnovers (6) in all of FCS football.

During the 2013 season as offensive coordinator at Cornell, Houghtaling coached quarterback Jeff Mathews, who led the Ivy League in attempts, completions and passing yards, before signing a free agent contract with the NFL’s Atlanta Falcons. Following the 2013 season, Mathews, who is currently a member of the practice squad of the , was named to the College Sports Journal FCS All-America Team and received the additional honor of participating in the East–West Shrine Game, serving as captain of the East squad.

During his first season as a collegiate offensive coordinator (2011), Houghtaling directed the talented Williams to impressive numbers. Williams ranked among the national leaders by rushing for 121.6 yards per game and 14 total touchdowns, while posting eight 100-yard games in 11 contests. The following season, Williams was a 2012 College Sports Journal All-American, in addition to earning First-Team All-NEC honors.

“Wagner is a special place for both my family and I, so it’s truly an honor to be selected to continue to build this program,” said Houghtaling. “I thank Coach Hameline and Wagner College President Dr. Guarasci for entrusting me with this position and can’t wait to lead this program, coach our current players, and attract even more elite student-athletes in the coming years.”

When he first arrived at Wagner in 2006, Houghtaling served as running backs coach, before heading the Seahawk offensive lines from 2007- 2009.

With an emphasis on New York State and Florida, Houghtaling has been the lead recruiter for a host of student-athletes who have gone on to enjoy outstanding careers on Grymes Hill. The list of top Wagner student-athletes that Houghtaling has recruited include New Jerseyan Dominique Williams, New York State natives Quintin Anderson, Tyrone Collins, Chazz Legette, Stefan Gage, Patrick Gibbons, and Sidiq Soulemana, as well as Floridians Keith Hernandez, Frantz Placide and Otis Wright. In 2010, his one season as head coach at Troy, NY-based Hudson Valley, he tutored two All-Conference performers.

Houghtaling began his collegiate coaching career at prep powerhouse Milford Academy in Berlin, NY, where he helped lead the Falcons to a 20-3 mark as defensive coordinator, while also serving as defensive line and strength and conditioning coach. A 2004 graduate of the University of Binghamton with a degree in History, Houghtaling earned a Masters in Education from Wagner in 2009. He originally attended Lafayette, where he was a defensive lineman for the Leopards, before injuries cut short his playing career and he transferred to Binghamton.

A native of Windsor, NY, Houghtaling got his start in coaching at his high school alma mater, Windsor Central High School, where he spent two seasons working with the Black Knights’ offensive line and linebackers under the head coach he played for, Dan Hodack.

Houghtaling and his wife Mary are the proud parents of two daughters, Abbie and Emma. ASSISTANT COACHES

The Smith File el Years School Title D 2019-Present Wagner College Assoc. Head Coach/Defensive Coordinator 2016-18: West Virginia Wesleyan Head Coach 2014-15: Bridgewater College Defensive Coordinator Smith 2012-14: Bishop O’Connell HS Head Coach 2010: Bridgewater College LBs/Special Teams Defensive Coordinator 2008-10: Blue Ridge HS Head Coach 2006-07: Wagner LBs/Special Teams First Year 2005: West Virginia Wesleyan LBs

Education: West Virginia Wesleyan (2005)

The Wilson File

Years School Title 2018-Present: Wagner College Asst. Head Coach/Special Teams/DBs Darrell 2013-16: Rutgers University Defensive Backs 2012: University of Iowa Defensive Back/Special Teams 2008-2011: University of Iowa Linebackers/Special Teams Wilson 2002-2007: University of Iowa Outside Linebackers.Special Teams Asst. Head Coach/Def. Pass Game 2000-2001: University of Wisconsin Outside Linebackers/Special Teams Coordinator/Special Teams 1996-98: University of Rhode Island Defensive Backs/Wide Receivers 1988-95: Woodrow Wilson HS Head Coach Second Year Education: University of Connecticut (1981)

The Hull File

Lee Years School Title 2019-Present Wagner College Offensive Coordinator/WRs Hull 2014-15: Morgan State Head Coach 2008-13: University of Maryland Wide Receivers 2005-07: University of Oregon Wide Receivers Offensive Coordinator /WRs 2003-04: University of Oregon Running Backs First Year 2000-02: Holy Cross College WRs/Pass Game Coordinator/Kickoff Coverage 1999: Holy Cross College WRs/Kickoff Coverage 1998: Holy Cross College Linebackers 1996-97: South High School Head Coach 1993-95: South High School Offensive Coordinator 1994: Auburn HS Assistant Coach

Education: Holy Cross (1988)

The Knighton File Terrance Years School Title 2017-Present: Wagner College Defensive Line/Recruiting Coordinator Knighton Playing Career Organization Position Defensive Line/Co-Recruiting 2016: (pratice squad) Defensive Line 2015: Washington Redskins Defensive Line Coordinator 2013-14: Defensive Line Second Year 2009-12: Jacksonville Jaguars Defensive Line Career Highlights and Awards 2009: Sporting News NFL All-Rookie Team 2009: NFL All-Rookie Team as selected by Pro Football Weekly and the Pro Football Writers of America 2008: First-Team All-Mid-American Conference (MAC) Education: Temple University (2009) ASSISTANT COACHES

Walter The Kusmirek File Kusmirek Years School Title 2018: Wagner College Tight Ends/Co-Recruiting Coordinator 2017: Wagner College Tight Ends/Fullbacks Tight Ends/ 2016: Wagner College Tight Ends Co-Recruiting 2015 Morrisville State RBs/Strength& Conditioning/Co-Special Teams 2014: Morrisville State Running Backs Coordinator 2013: Maine Maritime Academy Strong Safeties/Outside Linebackers Fourth Year Education: Fitchburg State (2013) MBA - Wagner College (2018)

Jim The Munson File Years School Title Munson 2017-Present: Wagner College Defensive Assistant 1991-2015: Tottenville High School Head Foootball Coach Defensive Assistant 178-88-3 Record (.667) 2012, 2013 PSAL Championship Game Appearances at Yankee Stadium Third Year Notable Players Coached: Joe Andruzzi (Packers, Browns and Patriots), Adewale Ogunleye (Dolphins, Bears, Texans) Education: Kean College (1989) MBA - Brooklyn College (1999)

The White File Years School/Organization Title Daniel 2018 to Present Wagner College Inside Linebackers 2017: West Oranage HS Linebackers White Playing Career Years School Title Inside Linebackers 2009-13: University of Alabama-Birmingham Linebacker/Defensive End Second Year Career Highlights and Awards 2009 Conference USA All-Freshman Team member Ranked the nation's No. 43 prep school prospect in 2008 All-State performer at Apopka HS (FL) in 2007 and 2008 Education: University of Alabama-Birmingham (2013)

The Petite, Jr. File Years School Title Jeri 2019-Present: Wagner College Assistant Offensive Line 2018: Florida Tech Tight Ends Petite, Jr. 2017: Greensboro College Offensive Line Playing Career Years School Title 2012-15: West Virginia Wesleyan Offensive Line Asst. Offensive Line Career Highlights and Awards Team Captain: 2015 First Year Offensive Line Captain:2012-14 Education: West Virginia Wesleyan (2017) ASSISTANT COACHES/ SUPPORT STAFF The Cartwright File Chase Years School Title 2019-Present: Wagner College Quarterbacks Cartwright 2018: Southesat Missouri State Graduate Assistant - Academic Services Playing Career Years Organization Position Quarterbacks 2017: Arizona Rattlers (Indoor Football League) Quarterback First Year 2017: Baltimore Brigade (Arena Football League) 2016: Orlando Predators (Arena Football League)

Years School Position 2010-14: Northern Arizona Quarterback Career Highlights and Awards Three-year Starter: Passed for 2,824 Yards 57.2% Completion Rate with 23 Touchdowns and just seven interceptions Education: Northern Arizona (2015)

The Jette File Randall Years School Title 2019-Present: Wagner College Running Backs Jette Playing Career Years School Position Running Backs 2011-15: UMass Defensive Back First Year Career Highlights and Awards In 44 career starts, amassed 210 tackles, nine interceptions and 36 pass breakups 2014 Second-Team All-Mid-American Conference (MAC) 2015 member of Jim Thorpe Watch List Education: Northern Arizona (2015) The Raux File Derek Years School/Organization Title 2019 to Present Wagner College Director of Operations Raux 2019: Atlantic City Blackjacks (Arena Football League) Player Personnel/Operations Intern Playing Career Director of Operations Years School Position 2016: St. John Fisher College Quarterback First Year Education: St. John Fisher College (2018)

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2 2019 OverallThe Automated Combined ScoreBook Statistics WAGNER Combined Team Statistics (as of Sep 08, 2019) All games

Date Opponent Score Att. Record: Overall Home Away Neutral Aug 29, 201 at UConn L 21-24 19648 All games 0-2 0-1 0-1 0-0 Sep 07, 201 ESU L 14-24 2243 Conference 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 Non-Conference 0-2 0-1 0-1 0-0 Rushing g att gain loss net avg td lg avg/g McKENZIE, D 2 29 209 7 202 7.0 3 55 101.0 Team Statistics WAGNER OPP Ikechukwu, Ike 2 5 33 0 33 6.6 0 10 16.5 FIRST DOWNS 27 39 LORICK, Jeremia 2 3 18 0 18 6.0 0 11 9.0 R u s h in g 11 21 Total 2 51 279 74 205 4.0 3 55 102.5 P a s s in g 13 13 Opponents 2 89 409 46 363 4.1 5 24 181.5 P e n a lt y 3 5 RUSHING YARDAGE 205 363 Passing g effic comp-att-int pct yds td lg avg/g Rushing Attempts 51 89 ALEXANDER-STEV 2 108.50 32-57-0 56.1 316 1 40 158.0 Average Per Rush 4.0 4.1 Total 2 108.50 32-57-0 56.1 316 1 40 158.0 Average Per Game 102.5 181.5 Opponents 2 121.74 26-43-2 60.5 322 1 41 161.0 TDs Rushing 3 5 PASSING YARDAGE 316 322 Receiving g no. yds avg td lg avg/g C o m p - A t t - I n t 32-57-0 26-43-2 GIORDANO, Adam 2 6 46 7.7 0 12 23.0 Average Per Pass 5.5 7.5 DeCAMBRE, Joshu 2 5 99 19.8 0 40 49.5 Average Per Catch 9.9 12.4 LORICK, Jeremia 2 5 31 6.2 0 28 15.5 Average Per Game 158.0 161.0 STEWART,Justice 2 5 31 6.2 0 17 15.5 TDs Passing 1 1 QUINLAN, Nolan 2 4 54 13.5 0 19 27.0 TOTAL OFFENSE 521 685 McKENZIE, D 2 2 18 9.0 0 16 9.0 Average Per Play 4.8 5.2 Ikechukwu, Ike 2 2 4 2.0 0 4 2.0 Average Per Game 260.5 342.5 ELLISON, Noah 2 1 15 15.0 0 15 7.5 KICK RETURNS: #-Yards 8-183 4-82 SIECZKOWSKI,Ben 2 1 15 15.0 0 15 7.5 PUNT RETURNS: #-Yards 6-25 3-31 McGARRITY, Linc 1 1 3 3.0 1 3 3.0 INT RETURNS: #-Yards 2-97 0-0 Total 2 32 316 9.9 1 40 158.0 -LOST 1-1 1-1 Opponents 2 26 322 12.4 1 41 161.0 PENALTIES-Yards 20-152 12-103 PUNTS-AVG 14-37.7 9-44.2 Field Goals fg pct. 01-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50-99 lg blk TIME OF POSSESSION/G 3 0 : 3 3 2 9 : 2 7 3RD-DOWN Conversions 9/25 9/22 PAT 4TH-DOWN Conversions 1/2 0/2 Scoring td fg kick rush rcv pass dxp saf pts McKENZIE, D 3 ------18 Interceptions no. yds avg td lg MORRIS, Myron 1 ------6 MORRIS, Myron 2 97 48.5 1 71 McGARRITY, Linc 1 ------6 SILVESTER, Eric - - 5-5 - - - - - 5 Punting no. yds avg lg tb fc i2050+ blk Total 5 - 5-5 - - - - - 35 SILVESTER, Eric 14 528 37.7 52 0 4 5 2 0 Opponents 6 2-2 6-6 - - - - - 48 Punt Returns no. yds avg td lg Score by Quarters 1st 2nd 3rd 4th OT Total LORICK, Jeremia 6 25 4.2 0 15 WAGNER 7 0 21 7 0 35 Total 6 25 4.2 0 15 Opponents 14 17 14 3 0 48 Opponents 3 31 10.3 0 19

Kick Returns no. yds avg td lg MORRIS, Myron 6 151 25.2 0 37 LORICK, Jeremia 2 32 16.0 0 23 Total 8 183 22.9 0 37 Opponents 4 82 20.5 0 29

All Purpose g rush rcv pr kr ir total avg/g MORRIS, Myr 2 0 0 0 151 97 248 124.0 McKENZIE, D 2 202 18 0 0 0 220 110.0 LORICK, Jere 2 18 31 25 32 0 106 53.0 D e C A M B R E , 2 0 99 0 0 0 99 49.5 QUINLAN, No 2 0 54 0 0 0 54 27.0 Total 2 205 316 25 183 97 826 413.0 Opponents 2 363 322 31 82 0 798 399.0

Total Offense g plays rush pass total avg/g ALEXANDER-STEV 2 69 -38 316 278 139.0 McKENZIE, D 2 29 202 0 202 101.0 Ikechukwu, Ike 2 5 33 0 33 16.5 LORICK, Jeremia 2 3 18 0 18 9.0 Total 2 108 205 316 521 260.5 Opponents 2 132 363 322 685 342.5

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 33 BARNETT, Naseem 2 6 11 17 . . . 2 . . . . . 32 GRAHAM, Santoni 2 3 11 14 0.5-4 0.5-4 . . 1 . . . . 1A WILLIAMS, Chris 2 5 8 13 0.5-1 . . . . . 1 . . 15 LEO, Titus 2 7 5 12 ...... 47 NUNEZ, Edward 2 5 7 12 0.5-1 . . . 1 . . . . Total 2 60 90 150 11-43 3-19 2-97 6 4 1-0 1 . . Opponents 2 47 84 131 16-86 7-54 . 9 4 1-35 1 . . The Automated ScoreBook WAGNER2019 Overall Defensive Defensive Statistics Statistics (as of Sep 08, 2019) 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 33 BARNETT, Naseem 2 6 11 17 . . . 2 . . . . . 32 GRAHAM, Santoni 2 3 11 14 0.5-4 0.5-4 . . 1 . . . . 1A WILLIAMS, Chris 2 5 8 13 0.5-1 . . . . . 1 . . 11 GILL, Cameron 2 4 9 13 3.5-17 1.0-7 . . 1 . . . . 15 LEO, Titus 2 7 5 12 ...... 47 NUNEZ, Edward 2 5 7 12 0.5-1 . . . 1 . . . . 7 GRANT, Tevaughn 2 2 7 9 2.0-10 1.0-7 ...... 4 MORRIS, Myron 2 5 4 9 0.5-1 . 2-97 1 . . . . . 20 MALONE, Darrell 2 6 3 9 . . . 2 . . . . . 27 PORTER, Jordan 2 3 4 7 0.5-2 ...... 6 LYONS, Ahmad 2 2 5 7 0.5-0 ...... 36 BYARD, Khaliq 2 3 4 7 0.5-0 . . . 1 . . . . 5 McCLEOD, Julian 1 . 4 4 ...... 90 DONALDSON,D 2 1 3 4 ...... 38 DANIEL, Drew 2 3 . 3 1.0-3 ...... 56 BRUCE, Macai 2 2 1 3 0.5-3 . . . . 1-0 . . . 37 BRIGHTWELL, Ali 1 1 1 2 ...... 3 DeCAMBRE, Joshu 2 1 . 1 ...... 5 McLEOD, Julian 1 . 1 1 0.5-1 0.5-1 ...... 50 DANIEL, Gunner 2 1 . 1 ...... 9 ELLISON, Noah 2 . 1 1 ...... 48 HAVEN, Jordan 2 . 1 1 ...... 10 LORICK, Jeremia 2 ...... 1 . . . . . Total 2 60 90 150 11-43 3-19 2-97 6 4 1-0 1 . . Opponents 2 47 84 131 16-86 7-54 . 9 4 1-35 1 . . Game 1: UConn 24, Wagner 21

August 29, 2019 UConn 24, Wagner 21 Rentschler Field East Hartford, CT - The Wagner College football team more than held its own on Thursday night, standing shoulder-to-shoulder with FBS member UConn, nearly pulling off the upset, before the Huskies held on for a 24-21 victory.

The first half of this contest was a defensive battle as the Seahawks trailed by just a 10-0 count at the intermission.

On their first drive of the second half, the Huskies were on the move, threatening to add to their lead when senior cornerback Myron Morris hauled in a one-handed interception in the left flat, before racing 71 yards up the left sideline for a touchdown to make it a 10-7 game with 7:39 left in the third quarter. From this point forward, it was anyone’s game.

For Morris, this marked his eighth career interception and second pick-six of his career. On October 14, 2017, the Miami native returned an INT 31 yards for a touchdown in a home contest vs. Central Connecticut.

Following the Morris touchdown, UConn answered with a seven-play. 63-yard drive, that took just 3:19 and culminated with a four-yard touchdown run by Kevin Mensah which pushed the Huskies’ lead back to 10 at 17-7 with 4:20 remaining in the third.

Undeterred by facing its second 10-point deficit of the game, Wagner went right back to work. On first down from his own 18-yard line, quarterback Christian Alexander-Stevens hit junior wide receiver Noah Ellison on a 15-yard strike for a first down at the Seahawk 33.

Alexander-Stevens then found senior tight end Adam Giordano on a 15-yard hookup, good for another first down at the Seahawk 48. Then, on the Seahawks’ third consecutive first-down play, sophomore running back Dymitri McKenzie burst free up the middle, before cutting to his right, creating the necessary daylight to amble 55 yards for a score, making it a 17-14 game, silencing the UConn faithful in the process.

The see-saw battle continued when the Huskies countered with a quick-strike eight-play, 65-yard jaunt, capped by a five-yard Art Thompkins score, again extending the UConn lead to 10 at 24-14 with just four seconds remaining in the third quarter.

The Seahawks then reached back for another dose of grit and resolve, summoning a mammoth 12-play, 92-yard drive, with McKenzie covering the final seven on a scamper through the right side, making it a 24-21 game with 7:01 remaining.

This drive began with a 17-yard reception by senior wide receiver Justice Stewart, and Quickie Statistics (Final) was keyed by a gutsy fourth-and-one call when Alexander-Stevens, on play-action, Wagner vs UConn (Aug 29, 2019 at East Hartford, Conn.) found fullback Ben Sieczkowski in the right flat for a 15-yard gain to the UConn 21. WAGNER UCONN Score 21 24 Shifty junior wideout Jeremiah Lorick then carried 11 yards on an end-around to make it FIRST DOWNS 12 26 RUSHES-YARDS (NET) 21-103 60-234 first-and-goal, helping to set up the McKenzie touchdown two plays later. PASSING YDS (NET) 82 158 Passes Att-Comp-Int 23-12-0 21-14-1 TOTAL OFFENSE PLAYS-YARDS 44-185 81-392 Fumble Returns-Yards 0-0 0-0 Punt Returns-Yards 3-22 3-31 The Huskies were then, aided by a face-mask penalty, able to salt away the game Kickoff Returns-Yards 5-109 1-14 Interception Returns-Yards 1-71 0-0 without Wagner seeing the ball again in eking out the 24-21 win. Punts (Number-Avg) 8-42.2 4-48.2 Fumbles-Lost 0-0 1-1 Penalties-Yards 10-86 7-68 Possession Time 24:07 35:53 “I thought the guys played extremely hard, in all three phases” said Houghtaling. Third-Down Conversions 1 of 10 5 of 12 Fourth-Down Conversions 1 of 1 0 of 2 “Obviously, offensively it took a little time to get going. We just couldn’t get on schedule in Red-Zone Scores-Chances 1-1 4-4 the first half. Defensively, we played our hearts out, played our hearts out on offense…. Wagner UConn we played our hearts out everywhere. Rushing No. Gain Loss Net TD Lg Avg Rushing No. Gain Loss Net TD Lg Avg McKENZIE, D 13 115 0 115 2 55 8.8 MENSAH, Kevin 36 144 0 144 1 24 4.0 LORICK, Jeremia 1 11 0 11 0 11 11.0 THOMPKINS, Art 17 99 8 91 1 21 5.4 Ikechukwu, Ike 3 8 0 8 0 3 2.7 BEAUDRY, Mike 5 17 16 1 1 10 0.2 “That’s a special group of guys in there, a veteran crew,” Houghtaling added. “It is what ALEXANDER-STEVE 4 0 31 -31 0 0 -7.8 TEAM 2 0 2 -2 0 0 -1.0 Passing C-A-I Yds TD Long Sack Passing C-A-I Yds TD Long Sack it is. It doesn’t hurt our chances reaching our goals. At the end of the day, this was a ALEXANDER-STEVE 12-23-0 82 0 17 3 BEAUDRY, Mike 14-21-1 158 0 30 2 chance to do something really, really great. “And it just didn’t happen.” Receiving No. Yards TD Long Receiving No. Yards TD Long GIORDANO, Adam 3 24 0 12 DRAYTON, Matt 5 51 0 21 STEWART,Justice 3 16 0 17 MAURISSEAU, Her 4 33 0 12 DeCAMBRE, Joshu 2 15 0 10 DONALDSON, Maso 2 30 0 17 Statistically, McKenzie cracked the century mark for the first time in his young career, ELLISON, Noah 1 15 0 15 THOMPKINS, Art 2 14 0 12 finishing with 115 yards on just 13 carries, which computes to a gaudy 8.8-yard average, Punting No. Yds Avg Long In20 TB Punting No. Yds Avg Long In20 TB SILVESTER, Eric 8 338 42.2 52 2 0 MAGLIOZZI, Luke 4 193 48.2 54 2 0 and those two touchdowns. Alexander-Stevens, under duress much of the game, Punt Returns No. Yards TD Long Punt Returns No. Yards TD Long finished 12-of-23 through the air for 82 yards, distributing the ball to seven different LORICK, Jeremia 3 22 0 15 SKANES, Quayvon 3 31 0 19 Kick Returns No. Yards TD Long Kick Returns No. Yards TD Long receivers, with Giordano and Stewart leading the way with three receptions apiece. MORRIS, Myron 3 77 0 37 WILLIAMS, Donov 1 14 0 14 LORICK, Jeremia 2 32 0 23 Tackles UA-A Total Sacks TFL Tackles UA-A Total Sacks TFL For UConn, Mensah led all ball-carriers with 144 yards on 36 carries while Thompkins WILLIAMS, Chris 4-7 11 0.0 0.5 MORGAN, D.J. 0-8 8 0.0 0.5 BARNETT, Naseem 3-7 10 0.0 0.0 FORTT, Omar 1-6 7 0.0 1.0 wound up with 91 yards on 17 rushes. Quarterback Mike Beaudry was 14-of-21 passing NUNEZ, Edward 5-4 9 0.0 0.5 GILMARTIN, Ryan 1-5 6 0.0 0.0 for 158 yards and was sacked two times. GRAHAM, Santoni 1-8 9 0.5 0.5 HARRELL, Diamon 5-0 5 0.0 0.0 Qtr Time Scoring Play V-H 1st 04:29 UCONN - BEAUDRY, Mike 2 yd run (HARRIS, Clayton kick), 12-80 5:45 0 - 7 2nd 08:30 UCONN - HARRIS, Clayton 30 yd field goal, 11-51 5:01 0 - 10 3rd 07:39 WAGNER - MORRIS, Myron 71 yd interception return (SILVESTER, Eric kick) 7 - 10 Defensively, senior nose tackle Chris Williams led the way with a career-high 11 tackles, 04:20 UCONN - MENSAH, Kevin 4 yd run (HARRIS, Clayton kick), 7-63 3:19 7 - 17 02:51 WAGNER - McKENZIE, D 55 yd run (SILVESTER, Eric kick), 3-82 1:29 14 - 17 seven of the solo variety, one of which forced a fumble. Sophomore defensive back 00:04 UCONN - THOMPKINS, Art 5 yd run (HARRIS, Clayton kick), 8-65 2:47 14 - 24 and Staten Island native Naseem Barnett added a career-best 10 stops while senior 4th 03:36 WAGNER - McKENZIE, D 7 yd run (SILVESTER, Eric kick), 12-92 7:01 21 - 24 linebacker Edward Nunez and graduate student linebacker Santoni Graham finishing with nine apiece. For Nunez, his nine-tackle game was a career high.

Game 2: East Stroudsburg, 24, Wagner 14

September 7, 2019 East Stroudsburg 24, Wagner 14 Hameline Field Staten Island, NY - Quarterback Christian Alexander-Stevens completed 20-of-34 passes for 234 yards and a touchdown while running back Dymitri McKenzie added 87 yards rushing and a score but it wasn’t enough as East Stroudsburg earned a 24-14 victory over Wagner in front of a lively crowd of 2,243 fans at Hameline Field.

Defensively for the Green & White, consensus senior All-American linebacker Cam Gill and sophomore defensive back Naseem Barnett led the way with seven tackles apiece.

For the Warriors, quarterback Jake Cirillo completed of 11-of-21 passes for 138 yards and one touchdown and rushed 10 times for 93 yards in leading the Warriors to victory.

On Wagner’s first possession of the game Alexander-Stevens, a graduate student transfer from FIU, and company matched 64 yards in eight plays, with McKenzie finishing the drive off with an eight-yard touchdown scamper off right tackle. The key play in the drive was a gorgeous one-handed 40-yard reception from junior wide receiver Joshua DeCambre off a pretty throw by Alexander-Stevens.

ESU then responded with three consecutive touchdowns in building a 21-7 lead that the Warriors would take into the halftime break. The first of the three unanswered Warrior TDs came on a one-yard run by elusive scatback Devante Robinson that put the finishing touches on a 10-play 67-yard drive to make knot the game at 7-7 with 6:01 left in the opening quarter.

The Warriors then took the lead for good on a 20-yard strike by Cirillo to Robinson, capping a seven- play 81-ydrive that bridged the first two quarters, giving ESU a 14-7 lead in the opening minute of the second quarter. A big defensive play keyed ESU’s third straight touchdown when Jashua Taylor jarred the ball loose with teammate Justin Haynes picking up the loose football and racing 35 yards to the Seahawk 10. On first down, Robinson raced in from 10 yards out as the Division II Warriors, now sensing the potential upset, opened up that 21-7 bulge.

Wagner got back into it by scoring the only points of the third quarter when Alexander-Stevens found wide open junior tight end Lincoln McGarrity, who corralled his first career touchdown in the deep left corner of the end zone. The three-yard Alexander-Stevens to McGarrity connection drew the Seahawks within 21-14 midway through the third quarter.

That’s the was the score remained until Cirillo engineered a late fourth- Individual Statistics (Final) quarter drive, keyed by a gadget play that saw wide receiver Javier Buffalo The Automated ScoreBook hook up with Robinson on a 26-yard completion to the Seahawk 39. This ESU vs WAGNER (Sep 07, 2019 at Staten Island, NY) back-breaking play helped set up what would prove to be the final dagger, ESU WAGNER a clutch 45-yard field goal by Jordan Walters with just 1:13 to play, which Rushing No. Gain Loss Net TD Lg Avg Rushing No. Gain Loss Net TD Lg Avg Jake Cirillo 10 93 3 90 0 22 9.0 McKENZIE, D 16 94 7 87 1 30 5.4 made it a 24-14 game, effectively putting the game out of reach for the D. Robinson 14 50 13 37 2 13 2.6 Ikechukwu, Ike 2 25 0 25 0 10 12.5 G. Anglovich 3 6 0 6 0 4 2.0 LORICK, Jeremia 2 7 0 7 0 7 3.5 Seahawks. TEAM 2 0 4 -4 0 0 -2.0 ALEXANDER-STEVE 8 19 26 -7 0 12 -0.9 Totals 29 149 20 129 2 22 4.4 TEAM 2 0 10 -10 0 0 -5.0 Totals 30 145 43 102 1 30 3.4

Wagner now hits the road for two consecutive road tests. On Saturday, Passing C-A-I Yds TD Long Sack Passing C-A-I Yds TD Long Sack Jake Cirillo 11-21-1 138 1 41 1 ALEXANDER-STEVE 20-34-0 234 1 40 4 September 14, the Seahawks travel to Stony Brook for a 6:00 p.m. date Javier Buffalo 1-1-0 26 0 26 0 Totals 20-34-0 234 1 40 4 with the Seawolves. The following week, Wagner faces its second FBS Totals 12-22-1 164 1 41 1 Receiving No. Yards TD Long Receiving No. Yards TD Long opponent of the season with the Green & White set to fly to Boca Raton, D. Robinson 3 43 1 26 QUINLAN, Nolan 4 54 0 19 Javier Buffalo 3 22 0 14 LORICK, Jeremia 4 34 0 28 FL for a matchup at FAU. In its first game vs. an FBS foe this season, Rece Bender 2 52 0 41 DeCAMBRE, Joshu 3 84 0 40 RJ Sarajian 2 13 0 9 GIORDANO, Adam 3 22 0 11 the Seahawks acquitted themselves well, battling UConn to the wire last C. Brinkley 1 23 0 23 McKENZIE, D 2 18 0 16 G. Anglovich 1 11 0 11 STEWART,Justice 2 15 0 9 Thursday in a tough season-opening 24-21 loss, which marked the closes Totals 12 164 1 41 Ikechukwu, Ike 1 4 0 4 McGARRITY, Linc 1 3 1 3 margin of defeat ever by ann nEC team vs. an FBS team. Totals 20 234 1 40 Punting No. Yds Avg Long In20 TB Punting No. Yds Avg Long In20 TB Jordan Walters 5 205 41.0 46 1 0 SILVESTER, Eric 6 190 31.7 41 3 0 NOTES Totals 5 205 41.0 46 1 0 Totals 6 190 31.7 41 3 0 Morris Cracks Top 10 in Career INTS Punt Kickoff Intercept Punt Kickoff Intercept Returns No Yds Lg No Yds Lg No Yds Lg Returns No Yds Lg No Yds Lg No Yds Lg Senior defensive back Myron Morris came up with his second interception Rece Bender 0 0 0 2 48 29 0 0 0 LORICK, Jeremia 3 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 Ezequiel Lopez 0 0 0 1 20 20 0 0 0 MORRIS, Myron 0 0 0 3 74 33 1 26 26 of the young season and ninth of his career. Those nine career INTs for Totals 0 0 0 3 68 29 0 0 0 Totals 3 3 3 3 74 33 1 26 26 Morris tie Wagner Hall of Famer Andy Fellouris for 10th place on the all- Field goals Qtr Time Dist Result Field goals Qtr Time Dist Result time Seahawk career interception list. Jordan Walters 4th 01:13 45 yards Good Kickoffs No. Yards Avg TB OB Kickoffs No. Yards Avg TB OB Jordan Walters 5 306 61.2 2 0 NAIRN, Tanner 3 174 58.0 0 0 Tight Ends Make their Mark All-purpose Run Rcv KR PR IR Total All-purpose Run Rcv KR PR IR Total Rece Bender 0 52 48 0 0 100 McKENZIE, D 87 18 0 0 0 105 The 20 completions by Alexander-Stevens went to eight different receivers, Jake Cirillo 90 0 0 0 0 90 MORRIS, Myron 0 0 74 0 26 100 D. Robinson 37 43 0 0 0 80 DeCAMBRE, Joshu 0 84 0 0 0 84 including three tight ends. Sophomore TE Nolan Quinlan recorded the first C. Brinkley 0 23 0 0 0 23 QUINLAN, Nolan 0 54 0 0 0 54 receptions of his career, which went for a team-high 54 yards. Starting TE FUMBLES: ESU-None. WAGNER-Ikechukwu, Ike 1-1. Adam Giordano snared three passes for 22 yards while McGarrity had just one reception for three yards but it was a big one as it was his first career TD. All told, Wagner’s three tight ends combined for eight receptions for 79 yards.

Career Records RUSHING YARDS RECEIVING YARDS 1. Rick Sarille (1995-99)...... 5290 1. Chris Turner (2003-06)...... 2863 2. Terry Underwood (1985-88)...... 5010 2. Jason Bain (1997-00)...... 2294 FIELD GOALS 3. Dominique Williams (2009-14) ...... 4435 3. Shaun Grover (2002-05)...... 2256 1. Piotr Czech (2004-07)...... 44 4. Alonzo Patterson (1979-82)...... 4177 5. Kito Lockwood (1992-95)...... 3156 4. Chuck Kinsley (1997-00)...... 2128 David Lopez (2009)...... 44 6. Ryan Fulse (2017-18)...... 3011 5. Rich Kotite (1963-65)...... 2065 3. Tom O’Riordan (1983-86)...... 35 7. Greg Harris (1988-91)...... 2433 6. Mike Walker (1987-90)...... 2010 4. Walter Lopez (1988-91)...... 32 8. Chris Davis (2000-03)...... 2342 7. Lon Woods (2006-09)...... 1906 5. Carl Franke (1994-97)...... 21 9. Jason Butler (2004-07)...... 2088 8. Sean Hurley (1993-96)...... 1876 6. Phil Marak (1979-82)...... 20 10. Nick Doscher (2009- 12)...... 2088 9. David Crawford (2008-12)...... 1723 7. James Cooper (2016-17)...... 16 PASSING YARDS 10. Al Ferrie (1957-60)...... 1703 8. Jerry O’Riordan (1987)...... 13 1. Nick Doscher (2009- 12)...... 6100 9. Eric Silvester (2017-18)...... 10 2. John Sciarra (2004-05)...... 5902 . Ken Danielson (1967-69)...... 9 3. Jason Cue (1993-94)...... 4590 Robert Pate (2002)...... 9 4. Don Cavalli (1958-61)...... 4393 5. Greg Kovar (1985-88)...... 4068 6. Matt Abbey (2005-08)...... 4021 EXTRA POINTS 7. Terry O’Hare (1991-92)...... 3870 1. Tom O’Riordan (1983-86)...... 132 8. Jesse Foote (1984-86)...... 3639 2. David Lopez (2009-14)...... 113 9. Dan Coughlin (1962-64)...... 3634 . Carl Franke (1994-97)...... 113 10. Aaron Smith (1999-01)...... 3625 4. Piotr Czech (2004-07)...... 111 Phil Marak (1979-82)...... 111 PASSING COMPLETIONS 1. John Sciarra (2004-05)...... 473 6. Walter Lopez (1988-91)...... 87 2. Nick Doscher (2009-12)...... 455 7. Steve Schaeffer (1971-73)...... 41 3. Matt Abbey (2005-08)...... 334 8. Ken Danielson (1967-69)...... 40 4. Terry O’Hare (1991-92)...... 313 9. Eric Silvester (2017-18)...... 38 5. Aaron Smith (1999-01)...... 283 10. Jerry O’Riordan (1987)...... 34 6. Jason Cue (1993-94)...... 282 7. Alex Thomson (2015-17)...... 274 Greg Kovar (1985-88)...... 274 INTERCEPTIONS 9. Dan Coughlin (1962-64)...... 258 1. Tony Parisi (1971-74)...... 24 10. Jason Miletic (1995-96)...... 256 QB John Sciarra (2004-05) completely 2. Jim Nix (1976-79)...... 18 Jesse Foote (1984-86)...... 256 rewrote the Wagner record book dur- 3. Al Phillips (2004-07)...... 17 ing his two years under center. 4. Mike Kelly (1963-65)...... 15 TOUCHDOWN PASSES (1950-present) TOTAL OFFENSE 5. Jarrett Dieudonne (2011-2014)...... 14 1. Don Cavalli (1958-61)...... 46 2. Nick Doscher (2009-12)...... 44 (PASSING + RUSHING) Tom Masella (1978-81) ...... ,14 3. John Sciarra (2004-05)...... 40 1. Nick Doscher (2009 - 12)...... 8404 7. John Toto (1969-72)...... 11 4. Aaron Smith (1999-01)...... 38 2 John Sciarra (2004-05)...... 5845 Terek Henderson (2001-04)...... 11 5. Jim Fagan (1969-1971)...... 28 3. Rick Sarille (1995-99)...... 5290 9 Ryan Castellani (1999-02)...... 10 6. Andy Uske (1972-1974)...... 28 4. Terry Underwood (1985-88)...... 5010 10. Andy Fellouris (1982-85)...... 9 7. Greg Kovar (1985-88)...... 27 5. Dominique Williams (2009-14) ...... 4435 MYRON MORRIS (2016-pres.) ...... 9 8. Dan Coughlin (1962-64)...... 26 9. Jason Cue (1993-94)...... 26 6. Don Cavalli (1958-61)...... 4393 TOTAL TACKLES 10. Tim Kelley (1980-83)...... 25 7. Jesse Foote (1984-86)...... 4273 1. Sal D’Alessio (1980-83)...... 457 8. Jason Cue (1993-94)...... 4232 2. Ryan Tobin (1990-93)...... 419 RECEPTIONS 9. Alonzo Patterson (1979-82)...... 4177 3. Craig Romano (2002-05)...... 377 1. Chris Turner (2003-06)...... 213 4. Jeremy Balina (1999-02)...... 351 2. Shaun Grover (2002-05)...... 181 SCORING 5. Bob Mackisey (1979-82)...... 350 3. Jason Bain (1997-00)...... 142 4. Sean Hurley (1993-96)...... 131 1. Rick Sarille (1995-99)...... 334 5. Lon Woods (2006-09)...... 130 2. Terry Underwood (1985-88)...... 330 6. Chuck Kinsley (1997-00)...... 127 3. Dominiue Williams (2009-14)...... 276 7. Rich Kotite (1963-65)...... 119 4. David Lopez (2009-14)...... 245 8. David Crawford (2008-12)...... 109 5. Piotr Czech (2004-07)...... 243 9. Joe Kinard (2004-07)...... 108 6. Tom O’Riordan (1983-86)...... 237 10. Mike Walker (1987-90)...... 107 7. Frank Melos (1958-61)...... 232 PASSING EFFICIENCY 8. Alonzo Patterson (1979-82)...... 226 1. Terry O’Hare (1991-92)...... 130.3 9. Kito Lockwood (1992-95)...... 222 2. Alex Thomson (2015-pres.)...... 125.9 3. Tim Kelley (1980-83)...... 124.6 4. Greg Kovar (1985-88)...... 123.4 5. John Sciarra (2004-05)...... 120.2 6. Nick Doscher (2009-12)...... 119.7 7. Jason Cue (1993-94)...... 119.1 8. Don Cavalli (1958-61)...... 118.3 Single-Game Records

RUSHING YARDS PASSING EFFICIENCY 1. Terry Underwood (1988)...... 1809 1. Greg Kovar (1987)...... 158.1 2. Ryan Fulse (2018)...... 1705 2. Nick Doscher (2012)...... 133.9 3. Alonzo Patterson (1981)...... 1487 3. Alex Thomson (2016)...... 133.6 4. Rick Sarille (1996)...... 1479 4. Terry O’Hare (1992)...... 132.3 5. Jason Butler (2007)...... 1353 5. Aaron Smith (2000)...... 131.6 6. Alonzo Patterson (1982)...... 1351 6. Tim Kelley (1983)...... 129.9 7. Dominique Williams (2011)...... 1338 7. Greg Kovar (1988)...... 129.3 8. Rick Sarille (1999)...... 1337. 8. Lou Simone (1999)...... 128.3 9. Dominique Williams (2012)...... 1328 9. Jesse Foote (1986)...... 128.2 10. Ryan Fulse (2017)...... 1306 10. John Sciarra (2005)...... 128.1

PASSING YARDS RECEIVING YARDS 1. John Sciarra (2005)...... 3321 1. Shaun Grover (2005)...... 1031 2. John Sciarra (2004)...... 2581 2. Chris Turner (2005)...... 952 3. Alex Thomson (2016)...... 2436 3. Rich Kotite (1964)...... 943 4. Aaron Smith (2000)...... 2346 4. Sean Simmons (2003)...... 894 5. Jason Cue (1993)...... 2330 5. Jason Bain (2000)...... 877 6. Jason Cue (1994)...... 2260 6. Bob Grady (1976)...... 852 7. Jeff Skinner (1998)...... 2246 7. Chris Turner (2004)...... 845 8. Terry O’Hare (1992)...... 2161 8. Al Ferrie (1960)...... 738 9 Nick Doscher (2010)...... 2067 9. John Williams (2016)...... 701 Dominique Williams rushed 1,338 yards in 10. Greg Kovar (1987)...... 1979 10. Rich Kotite (1965)...... 684 2011, good for sixth place on the all-time Seahawk single-seas list. TOUCHDOWN PASSES TOTAL OFFENSE 1. John Sciarra (2005)...... 26 (PASSING + RUSHING) EXTRA POINTS 2. Aaron Smith (2000)...... 25 1. John Sciarra (2005)...... 3302 1. Tom O’Riordan (1983)...... 40 3. Greg Kovar (1987)...... 17 2. Nick Doscher (2010)...... 2739 2. Phil Marak (1981)...... 39 4. Don Cavalli (1960)...... 18 3. John Sciarra (2004)...... 2513 3. DAVID LOPEZ (2009)...... 38 5. Nick Doscher (2010)...... 16 4. Alex Thomson (2016)...... 2481 4. Tom O’Riordan (1986)...... 37 Tim Kelley (1983)...... 16 Aaron Smith (2000)...... 2467 5. Phil Marak (1981)...... 37 Alex Thomson (2016)...... 16 6. Jeff Skinner (1998)...... 2402 6. Eric Silvester (2018)...... 36 8. Ray Benvenuti (1989)...... 15 7. Nic Doscher (2012)...... 2367 7. Carl Franke (1994)...... 35 9. David Bateman (2003)...... 14 8. Jason Cue (1994)...... 2130 Steve Cross (2000)...... 35 Dan Coughlin (1964)...... 14 9. Terry O’Hare (1992)...... 2111 9. Piotr Czech (2005)...... 32 Jason Cue (1993)...... 14 10. Jason Cue (1993)...... 2102 Walter Lopez (1989)...... 32 Terry O’Hare (1992)...... 14 Tom O’Riordan (1985)...... 32 John Sciarra (2004)...... 14 SCORING David Lopez (2012)...... 32 1. Terry Underwood (1988)...... 126 PASSING COMPLETIONS 2. Rick Sarille (1999)...... 102 INTERCEPTIONS 1. John Sciarra (2004)...... 266 Terry Underwood (1985)...... 102 1. Jim Nix (1979)...... 10 2. John Sciarra (2004)...... 207 4. Frank Melos (1961)...... 96 2. John Toto (1972)...... 9 3. Alex Thomson (2016)...... 184 5. Rick Sarille (1997)...... 94 3. Tony Parisi (1974)...... 8 4. Aaron Smith (2000)...... 172 6. Greg Harris (1990)...... 90 4. Jarrett Dieudonne (2014)...... 7 5. Terry O’Hare (1992)...... 170 Dominique Williams (2012)...... 90 Mike Kelly (1965)...... 7 6. Jeff Skinner (1998)...... 162 8. Ryan Fulse (2018)...... 84 6. Al Phillips (2007))...... 6 7. Jason Cue (1993)...... 152 Alonzo Patterson (1981)...... 84 Tony Smith (2004)...... 6 8. Matt Abbey (2006)...... 150 Dominique Williams (2011)...... 84 Neil Leonard (1952)...... 6 9. Nick Doscher (2010)...... 148 Dick Schlenker (1960)...... 6 10. Jason Miletic (1996)...... 144 FIELD GOALS 10. Numerous with...... 5 1. James Cooper (2016)...... 16 RECEPTIONS Piotr Czech (2007)...... 16 TOTAL TACKLES 1. Shaun Grover (2005)...... 78 David Lopez (2012)...... 16 1. Ryan Tobin (1993)...... 150 2. Sean Simmons (2003)...... 74 4. Tom O’Riordan (1984)...... 13 2. Joe Asconi (1969)...... 139 3. Chris Turner (2005)...... 66 Jerry O’Riordan (1987)...... 13 3. Sal D’Alessio (1981)...... 133 4. Chris Turner (2004)...... 61 6. David Lopez(2010)...... 11 4. Sal D’Alessio (1982)...... 132 Bob Grady (1976)...... 61 Walter Lopez (1991)...... 11 5. Bob Mackisey (1982)...... 126 6. Rich Kotite (1964)...... 56 Piotr Czech (2005)...... 11 Craig Romano (2004)...... 126 7. Chris Turner (2006)...... 54 Eric Silvester (2018)...... 10 7. Craig Romano (2005)...... 124 8. Lou Simone (2001)...... 51 Tom O’Riordan (1985)...... 10 Jason Bain (2000)...... 51 10. Shawn Grover (2004)...... 50

SEAHAWKS POST-SEASON HISTORY 2012 NEC Champions, 2nd Round NCAA Playoffs The Seahawks' sprint to a historic 2012 NEC Title featured a nine-game winning streak and the first-ever FCS Playoff win by an NEC team, a 31-20 victory over Colgate (11/24). The superlatives for Wagner were many, including a final national Top-25 ranking in both major FCS Polls, and a pair of National Coach of the Year Honors 1987 for Head Coach Hameline. Running back Dominique Williams was named to the College Sports Journal (CSJ) All-America Team while defensive tackle Daevonte Barnet was tabbed a CSJ Freshman All-American. and was one of eight Seahawk All-NEC honorees. NATIONAL

1995 ECAC-IFC DIVISION I-AA BOWL PITTSBURGH, PA — Duquesne jumped on Wagner early, building a 30-7 lead with a monstrous CHAMPIONS air attack that accounted for 357 yards in a 44-20 win. Two Kito Lockwood scores brought Wagner within 30-20 early in the fourth quarter, but Duquesne scored twice on the ground to clinch the game. Seahawk quarterback Jason Miletic completed 22 passes for 251 yards in the loss.

The greatest day in the long and illustrious gridiron history of 1994 ECAC-IFC DIVISION I-AA BOWL Wagner College came on a sunny JAMAICA, NY — The Seahawks turned the ball over five times and managed just 271 yards of December 12, 1987 in Phenix, total offense in a 34-14 loss at St. John’s University, losing an ECAC Championship game for the Alabama, as the Seahawks captured first time ever. Ahead 14-7 and driving into Red Storm territory, the Seahawks fumbled. St. John’s the 1987 NCAA Division III National converted and never looked back. Pat Connolly caught five passes for 69 yards for Wagner. Championship with a 19-3 victory against the University of Dayton. The Seahawks, winners of seven 1993 ECAC-IFC DIVISION I-AA BOWL straight and 12 of 13 heading into the NEW ROCHELLE, NY — The Seahawks won a record fifth ECAC crown and avenged a regular- championship, rose to the challenge season loss by shutting out the Gaels on their home turf, 32-0. All-American linebacker Ryan Tobin, in the Stagg Bowl. Wagner jumped the game’s MVP, made 18 tackles, including 12 solos, three tackles for a loss, two sacks, and forced out to a 19-0 first-half lead and a fumble, while Chris Purdy ran for four Seahawk touchdowns. never looked back in cruising to the College’s first and only national championship in any sport. Quarterback Greg Kovar got 1992 ECAC SOUTHEAST CHAMPIONSHIP Wagner on the board early, finding STATEN ISLAND, NY — Senior quarterback Terry O’Hare earned MVP honors as he passed for 332 yards and three touchdowns, while also running for a score in leading the Seahawks to a split end John Chaney in the end 48-6 victory over the St. Francis (PA) Red Flash, avenging a regular-season loss. The Seahawk zone from 22 yards out with just defense registered six sacks, including three by linebacker Bryan Devone. under two minutes left in the opening quarter. Fullback Tom Pugh put the Seahawks up 13-0, bulldozing in from one yard out. 1986 ECAC SOUTH CHAMPIONSHIP Wide receiver Keith Johnson capped LANCASTER, PA — Senior quarterback Jesse Foote ran for four touchdowns and passed for the Seahawk scoring 20 seconds another as Wagner posted a 40-28 victory over host Franklin & Marshall to capture the ECAC before intermission, hauling in a 22- South Championship at Williamson Field. Foote scored all four of his touchdowns in the final yard Kovar spiral for a 19-0 halftime thirty minutes, including a 46-yard jaunt with 52 seconds remaining to seal the victory. lead. With Kovar on the way to a 301- yard day, the defense took it the rest of the way, holding Dayton to 1985 ECAC SOUTH CHAMPIONSHIP just 234 yards of total offense and KING’S POINT, NY — Sophomore Peter Andolpho’s end zone tackle of King’s Point running 2.9 yards per play. End George back Doug Jones with 7:47 remaining in the first half provided Wagner with the winning margin Gaspar led the way with 16 tackles as the Seahawks captured the ECAC South Championship with a 9-7 victory at Captain Tomb and a sack, while linebackers Artie Field. Freshman running back Terry Underwood scored Wagner’s only touchdown on a two-yard DiMella and Chris West made 13 run. stops each. The Seahawks made three other 1983 ECAC METRO CHAMPIONSHIP NCAA Playoff appearances in the 1980s, earning berths in 1980 and JAMAICA, NY — The Seahawks scored an ECAC Championship game record 48 points 1982 and returning to defend their to capture the ECAC Metro NY-NJ Championship over host St. John’s University, 48-7. The championship in 1988, but falling Seahawks took control early as tailback Ed Christensen scored three first-quarter touchdowns on runs of 77, 14 and 10 yards. Christensen ended the day with 177 yards on the ground. 34-31 in an overtime shoot-out to eventual national champion Ithaca.