HOFSTRA-JAMES MADISON SERIES: Saturday's game is the eighth meeting between Hofstra and James Madison in a series that started in 1992. The Dukes hold a 5-2 series lead and have won the last four meetings including a 42-10 victory in 2005 at Shuart Stadium on Long Island. Two of the contests in the series had a three-point margin of victory including a 24-21 JMU overtime victory in 2002. The series history is as follows: 2008 Year Winner (Loc.) Score HOFSTRA FOOTBALL 1992 James Madison (A) 6-38 1998 Hofstra (A) 37-24 GAME 5: 1999 Hofstra (H) 34-16 (2-2, 1-0) 2002 James Madison (H) 21-24 (OT) at 2003 James Madison (A) 20-23 #1 (4-1, 2-0) 2004 James Madison (A) 21-31 Saturday, October 4, 2008 - 1:30 p.m. 2005 James Madison (H) 42-10 (15,500) - Harrisonburg, VA THE LAST TIME - HOFSTRA vs. JAMES MADISON - OCTOBER 1, 2005 IN HEMPSTEAD: Defending I-AA national Television: None champion James Madison Dukes used a big second half to break Radio: WRHU-FM (88.7), Pre-game show at 1:00 p.m. open a close game and capture a 42-10 win Internet: Audio - www.WRHU.org over Hofstra at James M. Shuart Stadium.

Hofstra and James Madison were tied 7-7 at the half, but the Dukes 2008 HOFSTRA SCHEDULE scored two quick touchdowns at the start of the third quarter and took Date Opponent (TV) Time/Res. advantage of three Hofstra turnovers and turned them into 21 second Aug. 28 at Connecticut (SNY) 3-35 L half points to pull away for the win. Sept. 13 ALBANY 16-22 L OT Sept. 20 RHODE ISLAND*+ 23-20 W The Dukes got on the board late in the first quarter as junior Sept. 26 at Stony Brook (MSG) 43-3 W Justin Rascati hooked up with L.C. Baker for a 37-yard scoring pass. David Rabil's extra-point gave JMU a 7-0 lead. After Oct. 4 at #1 James Madison* 1:30 p.m. Rabil missed a 30-yard field goal attempt in the second quarter, the Oct. 11 at Bucknell 1:00 p.m. Pride tied the contest as junior running back Terry Crenshaw caught a Oct. 18 at Maine* 3:00 p.m. 4-yard pass to cap an 8-play, 80-yard drive. Quarterback Anton Oct. 25 #16 DELAWARE* 3:00 p.m. Clarkson was 5-for-5 for 78 yards, including two completions to Nov. 1 at #5 New Hampshire* 12:00 p.m. Marques Colston for 59 yards, in the drive. Nov. 8 #6 RICHMOND* 1:00 p.m. Nov.15 NORTHEASTERN* 1:00 p.m. The game turned for Hofstra in the third quarter as junior tailback Maurice Fenner rushed 66 yards down the Hofstra sideline to take a Nov. 22 at #18 Massachusetts *(CN8) 2:30 p.m. 14-7 lead just 1:10 into the period. Fenner rushed 14 times for 125 yards on the day. On Hofstra's next possession Clarkson was * - CAA Game + - Homecoming • All times ET pressured and hit while throwing and was picked off by tackle Chuck Suppon. The 6'4, 290-pound junior rumbled 33 yards for the touchdown and a 21-7 advantage. The Pride got three back on its next INFORMATION CONTACTS: possession as sophomore kicker Rob Zarrilli booted a 39-yard field Hofstra - Jim Sheehan, Senior Sports Information Director; goal to close the deficit to 21-10. (516) 463-6764 - O; (516) 523-6692 - Cell; (516) 463-5033 - Fax The Dukes capped a 6-play, 98-yard drive on the first play of the James Madison - Gary Michael, Sports Information Director; fourth quarter as Rascati hit Ardon Bransford for a 64-yard score (540) 568-6154- O; (540) 568-3703- Fax eight seconds into the period. On Hofstra's next possession, Clarkson was picked off by junior linebacker at the Pride 30 and Bridgeforth Stadium Press Box - (540) 568-6521 returned 18 yards to the Hofstra 12 yard line. After gaining 10 yards on his first rushing attempt, junior Alvin Banks carried the ball into 2008 HOFSTRA FACTS, FIGURES, STREAKS AND TRENDS: the end zone from 2 yards out for a 35-10 lead.

- Hofstra is riding a two-game winning streak and is coming off a 43- Clarkson, who suffered a shoulder injury, was replaced by 3 victory over Long Island rival Stony Brook last Friday night at sophomore Dennis Davis on the Pride's next possession. JMU safety LaValle Stadium. Phil Minafield picked off Davis at the Hofstra 41. Three plays later Rascati hit Tahir Hinds for a 29-yard touchdown and a 42-10 lead. - The Pride is 66-50 (.565) in regular season play since the start of the 1998 season. Hofstra has posted a 98-60-1 (.619) record since Rascati compled 8-of-10 passes for 174 yards and three touchdowns becoming a member of the Football Championship Subdivision to lead the Dukes attack, which racked up 502 yards. JMU rushed for (FCS), formerly I-AA, in 1994. 320 yards. The Pride were led by Clarkson, who completed 24-of 40 passes for 274 yards and a touchdown, but was picked off three Cohen By The Numbers times. Senior receiver Devale Ellis caught six passes for 117 yards 11-15 Overall record while Colston added six grabs for 89 yards. 6-11 Conference record 5-7 Home record 1 2 3 4 F 6-8 Road record JMU 7 0 14 21 42 5-3 Night games HOFSTRA 0 7 3 0 10 6-12 Day games

Scoring Summary HOFSTRA COACHING STAFF: Pride Head Football Coach Dave JMU– Baker 37-yard pass from Rascati (Rabil kick) Cohen added two new members and made several promotions to its HU- Crenshaw 4-yard pass from Clarkson (Zarrilli kick) 2008 football coaching staff during the off-season. After the JMU- Fenner 66-yard run (Rabil kick) departure of assistant head coach/offensive coordinator/offensive line JMU- Suppon 33-yard interception return (Rabil kick) coach Ed Foley to a BCS position and wide receiver/special teams HU- Zarrilli 39-yard field goal coach Jaime Elizondo to the Canadian Football League, Cohen JMU- Bransford 64-yard pass from Rascati (Rabil kick) promoted: defensive coordinator Mike Elko to assistant head JMU- Banks 2-yard run (Rabil kick) coach/defensive coordinator; passing game coordinator/ JMU- Hinds 29-yard pass from Rascati (Rabil kick) coach Dave Patenaude to offensive coordinator/passing game coordinator; defensive backs coach Lyle Hemphill to special teams JMU HOFSTRA coordinator/defensive backs coach; defensive backs assistant Kahmal First Downs (R-P-Pe) 13-5-1 4-9-1 Roy to Receivers Coach; and defensive line assistant Kevin Mapp to Rushes-Yards (Net) 50-320 21-28 defensive ends coach. In addition Cohen added Bill Durkin from the Passing Yards (Net) 182 272 as run game coordinator/offensive line, and Passes Comp-Att-Int 9-11-0 25-44-4 newcomer Kyle Smith as defensive backs assistant. Durkin, who Total Offense/Plays-Yards 61-502 65-300 brings 11 years of college coaching experience to Hofstra, was an Punt Returns-Yards 1-0 0-0 All-American, a two-time All- first team selection Kickoff Returns-Yards 0-0 4-62 and a two-time captain at Massachusetts from 1989 through 1993. He Interception Returns-Yards 4-52 0-0 was also named to the Yankee Conference 50th anniversary all-time Punts (Number-Avg) 3-37.3 6-39.3 team. Smith, a newcomer to college coaching, was a three-year Fumbles-Lost 1-1 1-0 letterman and a two-year starter at free safety at Purdue University Penalties-Yards 3-21 6-48 from 2001 through 2005. The 2007 Pride football coaching staff, with Possession Time 33:43 26:17 returning coaches bolded, is as follows: Third Down Conversions 7-13 9-18 Fourth Down Conversions 1-1 0-0 Coach Pos. HU Yr. Overall Red-Zone Scores-Chances 1-3 2-3 Mike Elko Asst. HC/DC./LB 3rd 10th Sacks By: Number-Yards 3-18 1-12 David Patenaude OC/QB Coach 2nd 17th Lyle Hemphill S.T. Coord/DB. 3rd 7th RUSHING: HOFSTRA- Crenshaw (10-45-0), Huggins (3-6-0), Bill Durkin Off. Line 1st 12th Clarkson (8-(-23)-0); JMU-Fenner (14-125-1), Hines (9-82-0), Banks Kevin Baumann Tight Ends 3rd 5th (16-77-1) Antonio Smikle RB Coach 2nd 4th PASSING: HOFSTRA- Clarkson (40-24-3, 274, 1), Davis (4-1-1, (- Malik Hall DL Coach 2nd 5th )2, 0); JMU-Rascati (10-8-0, 174, 3), Landers(1-1-0, 8, 0); JMU Kahmal Roy WR Coach 2nd 2nd RECEIVING: HOFSTRA- Crenshaw (7-33-1), Ellis (6-117-0), Kevin Mapp DE Coach 2nd 6th Colston (6-89-0); JMU-Bransford (2-72-1), Banks (2-12-0), Baker Kyle Smith Asst. DB Coach 1st 1st (1-37-1) TACKLES (UA-A): HOFSTRA-Darby (3-8-11), Talvacchio (3-7- 10), LeGrande (4-5-9), Haley (3-6-9), Greene (3-6-9); JMU- Barnes (6-3-9), LeZotte (5-4-9), Winston (2-4-6)

Stadium: James M. Shuart Stadium Attendance: 6,065 Weather: 69 degrees and sunny

HOFSTRA HEAD COACH: Dave HOFSTRA'S 2008 STATISTICAL LEADERS – 4 GAMES Cohen is in his third season as Hofstra RUSHING Att. Net Avg. TD YPG University head football coach. Just the Brock Jackolski 32 195 6.1 2 65.0 seventh head coach in the history of Cory Christopher 74 166 2.2 3 41.5 Pride football, Cohen came to Hofstra Everette Benjamin 40 165 4.1 2 41.2 in December 2005 after serving as defensive coordinator and linebackers PASSING (Eff.) Comp-Att-Int Yds. TD YPG coach at the Cory Christopher (126.9) 84-123-2 (68.3) 828 2 207.0 from 2002 through 2005. He also served as defensive line and RECEIVING No. Yds. Avg. TD YPG linebackers coach at Delaware from 1994 through 1998 before Anthony Nelson 25 264 10.6 1 66.0 becoming the associate head coach/defensive coordinator at Fordham Aaron Weaver 22 194 8.8 1 48.5 University from 1999 through 2001. The Long Island native, who Ottis Lewis 12 157 13.1 0 39.2 was a two-year starter at LIU-C.W. Post, began his coaching career at Everette Benjamin 10 72 7.2 0 18.0 the University at Albany in 1988 as linebackers and strength coach. In 1990 Cohen became linebackers and defensive line coach at Lafayette College and held that position for four seasons. TACKLES UT-AT-TT Sacks Int Chris Edmond 13-10-23 0-0 1-6 CAA FOOTBALL Greg Melendez 13-10-23 0-0 0-0 THIS WEEK: Here is Luke Bonus 7-15-22 1.5-6 0-0 the CAA Football Nick Altomare 13-12-25 0-0 2-5 standings and schedule Anthony Vernaglia 9-10-19 1-7 1-16 as of September 29: HOFSTRA IN THE NCAA STATS: Here is where the Hofstra team and Pride players rank Conference Overall in this week’s NCAA statistics report, as of W L Pct. W L Pct. September 29: North New Hampshire 1 0 1.000 4 0 1.000 Category FCS Avg. CAA Hofstra 1 0 1.000 2 2 .500 Northeastern 0 0 .000 1 3 .250 Rushing Offense 59 134.50 6 Massachusetts 0 1 .000 2 2 .500

Passing Offense 57 207.00 8 Maine 0 2 .000 2 3 .400 Total Offense 64 341.50 9 Rhode Island 0 2 .000 1 4 .200

Scoring Offense 77 21.25 9 South

Rushing Defense 60 147.50 6 James Madison 2 0 1.000 4 1 .800

Pass Efficiency Defense 9 97.30 2 Villanova 1 0 .000 3 1 .750 Richmond 2 1 1.000 3 2 .600 Total Defense 43 328.00 5 William& Mary 0 0 .000 2 1 .667

Scoring Defense 28 20.00 3 Delaware 0 0 .000 2 2 .500 Net Punting 50 33.06 5 Towson 0 1 .000 2 3 .400

Punt Returns 118 -1.80 12

Kickoff Returns 36 21.36 5 This Week - Saturday, October 4

Turnover Margin 2 2.00 1 *Northeastern at Towson *Delaware at Massachusetts Pass Defense T-39 180.50 4 *Villanova at William and Mary Passing Efficiency 59 122.91 8 *Hofstra at James Madison Sacks 97 1.00 11 Richmond at VMI

Tackles For Loss 31 7.00 2 Brown at Rhode Island Sacks Allowed 114 3.75 12 Last Week - Friday & Saturday, September 26-27 Category HU Player FCS Avg. CAA Hofstra 43 at Stony Brook 3

Rushing Brock Jackolski T-76 65.00 12 *Richmond 20 at Villanova 26 (OT)

Cory Christopher 41.50 15 *James Madison 24 at Maine 10

Everette Benjamin 41.25 16 Columbia 24 at Towson 31 Albany 7 at Delaware 38 Passing Efficiency Cory Christopher 48 126.95 7 UC Davis 10 at Northeastern 27 Total Offense Cory Christopher 26 248.50 2 Rhode Island 0 at Boston College 42 Brock Jackolski 65.00 24 New Hampshire 42 at Dartmouth 6

Recpt./Game Anthony Nelson T-19 6.25 T-1 For more CAA Football information visit the CAA website at

Aaron Weaver T-40 5.50 4 www.caasports.com

Ottis Lewis 3.00 T-25 THE PRIDE AGAINST THE TOP 10: Saturday’s game at top- Rec. Yds./Game Anthony Nelson 64 66.00 6 ranked James Madison will be Hofstra’s first contest against a Aaron Weaver 48.50 T-16 number one-ranked team since 2002. That season, the Pride opened Interceptions Nick Altomare T-41 .50 T-7 up against #1 Montana at James M. Shuart Stadium and lost to the

Ray McDonough T-41 .50 T-7 Grizzlies, 21-0. Since then, the Pride has faced 12 opponents who

Anthony Vernaglia .25 T-15 have been ranked in the top 10. Here are the Hofstra results against top 10 opponents since joining the CAA/Atlantic 10 in 2001: Chris Edmond .25 T-15

Leslie Jackman .25 T-15 Rank Opponent Result Date Punting Shane Casciano 71 36.94 6 1 Montana 0-21 L 8/29/02

Kickoff Returns Brock Jackolski T-79 20.88 9 2 at Montana 23-41 L 9/11/04

Field Goals Brian Hanly T-27 1.00 T-3 2 New Hampshire 26-29 L 11/5/05 3 Delaware 19-20 L 10/16/04 Roger Williams T-52 .75 T-6 3 at Massachusetts 16-22 L 11/18/06 Scoring Cory Christopher 5.00 18 6 James Madison 10-42 L 10/1/05

All-Purpose Runners Brock Jackolski 42 127.67 3 6 at Massachusetts 22-27 L 10/18/03

Anthony Nelson 74.50 22 7 Delaware 14-24 L 9/27/03 7 Villanova 34-32 W 11/8/03 Sacks Luke Bonus .38 T-16 7 Massachusetts 21-10 W 11/19/05

Tackles For Loss Luke Bonus .88 T-11 8 Massachusetts 5-27 L 11/17/07 Andrew Nelson .75 T-15 9 at Furman 41-44 L (2OT) 9/24/05

Joe Akabalu .67 T-22 9 Furman 32-17 W 9/8/07

HOFSTRA IN THE POLLS: Here is where the Pride ranked in the No. Team (1st Votes) W-L Pts. LW FCS Polls in 2008: 1. James Madison (23) 4-1 671 1 2. Montana (4) 4-0 638 3 Date TSN Coaches 3. Appalachian State 2-2 621 4 Preseason RV RV 4. McNeese State 2-1 572 6 Sept. 1 RV RV 5. New Hampshire 4-0 517 8 Sept. 8 RV RV 6. North Dakota State 2-2 493 7 Sept. 15 NR NR 7. Richmond 3-2 477 2 Sept. 22 NR NR 8. Cal Poly 2-1 470 9 Sept. 29 RV RV 9. Wofford 3-1 421 11 RV-Receiving Votes; NR- Not Ranked 10. Northern Iowa 2-2 397 5 11. Southern Illinois 2-1 390 13 12. Massachusetts 2-2 376 10 13. Eastern Washington 2-2 347 16 14. Delaware 2-2 344 12 15. Elon 4-1 305 14 16. Villanova 3-1 303 19 THE SPORTS NETWORK FCS MEDIA POLL: Here is The 17. Furman 4-1 268 17 Sports Network’s 2008 Football Championship Subdivision Media Poll, as of September 29. 18. South Dakota State 3-2 218 18 19. Central Arkansas 4-1 197 15 No. Team (1st pl votes) W-L Pts. LW 20. The Citadel 3-1 152 24 1. James Madison Dukes (87) 4-1 2,684 2 21. Liberty 4-0 131 NR 2. Appalachian State Mountaineers 2-2 2,528 3 22. Western Illinois 2-2 129 21 3. Montana Grizzlies (16) 4-0 2,455 4 23. Jacksonville State 3-1 78 NR 4. McNeese State Cowboys (1) 2-1 2,360 6 24. Northern Arizona 3-1 44 NR 5. New Hampshire Wildcats (3) 4-0 1,976 7 25. Eastern Illinois 2-3 40 20 6. 3-2 1,733 1 7. 4-1 1,653 8 Other receiving votes (pts. in parentheses): Georgia Southern (33), 8. Cal Poly Mustangs 2-1 1,337 9 Montana State (25), Youngstown State (20), Tennessee State (19), 9. Wofford Terriers 3-1 1,242 14 Hampton (16), Sam Houston State (14), William & Mary (12), South 10. Northern Iowa Panthers 2-2 1,228 5 Carolina State (6), Florida A&M (6), Holy Cross (5), Lafayette (5), 11. Eastern Washington Eagles 2-2 1,206 11 Jackson State (3), Prairie View A&M (3), Colgate (2), Hofstra (2), 12. The Citadel Bulldogs 3-1 1,193 13 San Diego (2), UT Martin (1), SE Louisiana (1), Harvard (1). 13. Southern Illinois Salukis 2-1 1,155 15 14. 3-1 1,117 19 PRIDE SECOND IN TURNOVER MARGIN: After their +4 15. Furman Paladins (1) 4-1 1,043 16 turnover margin at Stony Brook on September 26, Hofstra is number one in the CAA and second in the FCS in turnover margin with a + 16. Delaware Blue Hens 2-2 935 17 2.0 tpg average. The Pride trail only McNeese State in the FCS in the 17. North Dakota State Bison 2-2 855 10 category. The Cowboys have a 2.33 average. Hofstra has picked up 18. Massachusetts Minutemen 2-2 784 18 12 turnovers (7 interceptions and five fumbles) while turning the ball 19. Central Arkansas Bears 4-1 703 12 over four times (2 fumbles and 2 interceptions). 20. Liberty Flames 4-0 687 25 21. Western Illinois Leathernecks 2-2 681 22 KILLING THE CLOCK: Hofstra is dominating the time of 22. Jacksonville State Gamecocks 3-1 650 NR possession category this season, winning that battle in the last three 23. South Dakota State Jackrabbits 3-2 559 20 games. The Pride is averaging 33:42 in the four games this season 24. Northern Arizona Lumberjacks 3-1 548 NR including holding the ball for a season-best 37:22 against Rhode 25. Brown Bears 2-0 481 NR Island on September 20. Hofstra continues to lead the CAA in time of possession. Others receiving votes: Eastern Illinois 382, Lafayette 368, Tennessee State 267, Harvard 260, Holy Cross 251, Youngstown RED-ZONE: The Pride is 13-for-19 for a 68% average in the red- State 148, William & Mary 145, Hampton 143, Sam Houston State zone through four games this season. Included in those 13 scores in 130, Georgia Southern 66, Prairie View 56, San Diego 50, Weber the red-zone were eight touchdowns. State 42, Florida A&M 36, Cornell 24, Tennessee-Martin 21, North Dakota 10, Sacred Heart 7, Delaware State 6, Southeastern Louisiana QB CORY CHRISTOPHER: 6, Montana State 4, Colgate 2, South Carolina State 2, Southern 2, Quarterback Cory Christopher led Central Connecticut State 1, Coastal Carolina 1, Grambling 1, the Pride’s 316-yard offensive effort Hofstra 1. by accumulating 209 yards in total offense in Hofstra’s 43-3 victory at Stony Brook last Friday night. He The 2008 CCA/AFCA FCS TOP 25 completed 15 of 24 passes for 161 COACHES POLL: Here is Collegiate yards and threw a 30-yard Commissioner’s Associations/American touchdown pass to Anthony Nelson Football Coaches Association 2008 Football in the second quarter and rushed 12 Championship Subdivision Coaches Poll, as times for 48 yards with scoring runs of September 29. of 1-yard in the first and 2-yards in the fourth. Christopher is now 84- for-123 (68.3%) for 828 yards and two touchdowns this season. He in the CAA and is 19th in the FCS in receptions per game with a 6.25 ranks second in the CAA in total offense with a 248.5 ypg average rpg average. Nelson now has 25 receptions for 264 yards and one through four games. touchdown through four games this season.

-He posted his second straight 250-yard passing game and 70% - Nelson equaled his season-high with nine catches for 92 yards completion contest while accumulating 314 yards in total offense in against Rhode Island on September 20. He also tallied nine the Pride’s 23-20 victory over URI on September 20. Christopher receptions for 85 yards against Albany on September 13. completed 25 of 33 passes for a career-best 75.8 completion percentage and 265 yards. He also rushed 22 times for 49 yards and - Nelson had three catches for 18 yards, and two kickoff returns for scored on a 1-yard run after an 11-play drive early in the fourth 43 yards in the season opener at Connecticut. quarter. The junior Floridian completed four of seven passes in Hofstra’s final drive, moving the Pride from their own 21 to the URI Last year, Nelson: 21. That set up Roger William’s game-winning field goal. - Was second on the team, 12th in the CAA and 97th in the FCS in receptions with 44 for 543 yards and one touchdown in 2007. He - Christopher led the Pride in their 22-16 overtime loss to the Great posted the second-most receptions by a Hofstra freshman in school Danes of Albany on September 13. Christopher completed 27 of 38 history, trailing only Charles Sullivan’s 68 in 2004. He tallied two passes (66.7) for a career-best 272 yards and one touchdown. His 13- 100-yard receiving games as a freshman yard scoring pass to Aaron Weaver put the Pride on the scoreboard just 4:32 into the contest. Christopher was also credited with 19 - Was named to the All-CAA first team as a punt returner after rushes for 44 yards against the Great Danes. leading the CAA and placing sixth in the NCAA with a 15.6 average (312 yards) on 20 returns. - In his Hofstra debut on August 28 Christopher completed 17 of 28 passes for 130 yards at Connecticut. He also rushed 21 times for 25 - Recorded six catches for 105 yards at Northeastern. He also yards and was sacked seven times. returned a punt 67 yards to the Northeastern 7-yard line that resulted in a 7-yard scoring pass from Savage to Sullivan. Like injured 2007 starter Bryan Savage, Christopher came to Hofstra last year through the junior college system, An All-American - Posted career-highs of 10 receptions for 128 yards in the Pride’s honorable mention at Nassau Community College, Christopher was loss to New Hampshire on October 27. His previous highs were 7 named to the all-conference first team and was selected conference catches for 92 yards against Furman. Offensive Player of the Year after passing for 1,181 yards and eight touchdowns in 2006. He was an all-conference second team pick in - Tallied 4 receptions for 52 yards and hauled in a 24-yard touchdown 2005. The American High School (Miami Lakes, Florida) graduate pass at Villanova. He also had 4 punt returns for 39 yards. was named to the All-Dade County team as a senior. - Notched 3 catches for 13 yards and returned four punts for 33 yards DB NICK ALTOMARE: Senior safety Nick Altomare , a two-time against Stony Brook on September 29. academic all-conference selection and a CoSIDA Academic All- District pick in 2007, led a Pride defensive charge that held Stony - Helped spark the Pride’s second half comeback at Rhode Island Brook to 211 yards on the night, including 139 yards passing. with a 77-yard punt return in the third quarter of Hofstra’s 37-24 Altomare recorded a game-high and career-best eight tackles against victory. Nelson, who posted three punt returns for 83 yards in the the Seawolves including a career-best six solo tackles in the contest. contest, returned the punt to the Rams’ 4-yard line, setting up a 4- The Academic All-American candidate leads the Pride in tackles with yard TD pass from Savage to Sullivan on the next play. He also 25 and interceptions with two in 2008.Altomare ranks seventh in the caught five passes for 59 yards to post 142 all-purpose yards in the CAA in interception average this season. contest.

- Altomare led a Pride defensive charge that held URI to 341 yards - Made his college debut by recording 7 receptions for 92 yards, and on the day, including 248 yards passing which was 64 yards under adding 22 yards on 1 punt return for 114 all-purpose yards. Three of their 2008 average. Altomare picked off his second pass of the season the rookie’s catches went for first downs. in the first quarter at the URI 33 and returned it five yards. He was third on the team in tackles against the Rams with five and added one K ROGER WILLIAMS: Red-shirt freshman walk-on Roger tackle for a loss of two yards, forced a fumble and had a pass break- Williams, who handles kickoff duties for the Pride, made his third up. consecutive field goal of the year in as many attempts, and connected on four of six point-after attempts to record seven points in the -He notched a career-high seven tackles including six assisted stops, Pride’s 43-3 victory over Stony Brook. Williams’ 21-yard field goal against Albany on September 13, topping his previous best of five in the first quarter gave the Pride a 10-0 lead. tackles. - He came off the bench in the second half against Rhode Island to - Altomare posted five tackles and his first Hofstra interception at kick two field goals, including the game-winner with 3-seconds to Connecticut on August 28. He tallied his interception in the UConn play, that gave the Pride a 23-20 victory over the URI Rams. end zone stopping a second quarter Huskie drive. - Williams, a native of Mandeville, Louisiana who was a transplanted - Last year, Altomare recorded a career-high 32 tackles (18-14) as a victim of Hurricane Katrina, kicked a 33-yard field goal with 3:27 to junior and equaled his career-high with five tackles in games against play in regulation that boosted the Hofstra lead to 20-14 before his Rhode Island (4 solos), Albany and William and Mary. He also game-winner. He also assisted in the game-ending tackle on the tallied four tackles against New Hampshire on October 20 and three kickoff following his 38-yard kick. tackles at Northeastern. LB ANTHONY VERNAGLIA: Notre Dame-transfer graduate- WR ANTHONY NELSON: Sophomore receiver Anthony Nelson student, linebacker Anthony Vernaglia led the Pride with six tackles, tallied four receptions for 69 yards and caught a 30-yard TD pass a sack (-7) and a fumble recovery to lead the Pride defense against from Cory Christopher at Stony Brook last week. He is tied for first Rhode Island on September 20. He was in on three tackles at Stony Last year Benjamin: Brook last week. - Played in 11 games and started eight at both fullback and tailback and was third on the team in rushing with 68 carries for 260 yards - The Anaheim Hills, California native had 19 tackles, one sack, one and two touchdowns. interception, one fumble recovery and two pass deflections through - Tallied 93 yards on 20 carries and scored on a 2-yard run at four games this season. Northeastern and posted 57 yards on 15 carries against William and Mary. - Vernaglia tallied four tackles, one tackle-for a loss (-2), one interception and two pass break-ups in his Hofstra debut at - Filled in for Kareem Huggins in the second half of the Villanova Connecticut on August 28. He followed that debut with 6 tackles in game and rushed 11 times for 24 yards and scored on a 2-yard run the loss to Albany. late in the third quarter.

RB BROCK JACKOLSKI: True-freshman running back Brock - Benjamin rushed for 42 yards on nine carries against New Jackolski came off the bench to post 32 yards on 11 carries and Hampshire, and posted 10 carries for 32 yards against Maine. caught one pass for eight yards in the Pride’s 43-3 victory over Stony Brook. The William Floyd High School graduate from Shirley, New WR AARON WEAVER: Red-shirt freshman receiver Aaron York also returned one kickoff for 18 yards. Jackolski, who is Weaver continues to have a fine first season, picking up three averaging 6.1 yards per carry this season, leads the Pride in rushing receptions for 23 yards, one rush for 18 yards, and returning one with 195 yards on 32 carries, and all-purpose yards with 383 (127.7 kickoff for 27 yards against Stony Brook last week. Weaver is second ypg). He ranks 12th in the CAA in rushing with a 65.0 ypg average. on the Pride team with 22 receptions for 194 yards and one touchdown through four games this season - Jackolski was named the CAA Rookie of the Week for his performance against Rhode Island on September 20. In only his - He posted a career-best eight catches for 76 yards against Rhode second collegiate game, Jackolski posted his first 100-yard rushing Island on September 20. That topped his previous best of seven game, carrying the ball 13 times for 144 yards against the Rams of against Albany on September 13. URI. His 64-yard run to the URI 1-yard line in the fourth quarter set- up Roger Williams’ first field goal. The former NY State Player of - He posted a career-best seven catches for 70 yards and hauled in a the Year and PrepNation All-American also returned four kickoffs 13-yard TD pass to open the scoring in the Albany contest. for 73 yards including a 23-yarder in the fourth quarter that started the Pride on a touchdown drive that gave them the lead 17-14. - Weaver led the Pride with four receptions for 25 yards and added two kickoff returns for 44 yards in the Pride’s loss at UConn on - He made his collegiate debut against Albany on September 13 and August 28. Weaver had two receptions on the Pride’s only scoring posted a team-high 108 all-purpose yards for the Pride. Jackolski drive against the Huskies, including a possession opening 11-yard stepped into a back-up role at tailback after the departure of red-shirt grab to the UC 33-yardline. He also had a 19-yard KOR in the first freshman Larry Gaskins and a hamstring injury to graduate-student quarter and a 25-yard KOR in the fourth quarter. transfer Justine Buries (New Mexico State). Jackolski’s 38-yard return on the opening kickoff against Albany helped set-up Hofstra’s DB CHRIS EDMOND: Freshman linebacker Chris Edmond first score. He later tied the game at 16-16 early in the fourth quarter continues to play consistent, solid football in this his first season with with a 3-yard touchdown run. Jackolski rushed eight times for 19 the Pride. He posted four tackles and one interception, the first of his yards, had one reception for 13 yards, and returned three kickoffs for career, at Stony Brook last week. Edmond is second on the team in 76 yards against the Great Danes of Albany. tackles with 23 including a team-high 13 solo stops.

DB LESLIE JACKMAN: Junior cornerback Leslie Jackman may - Edmond posted a game-high nine tackles, including five solos, in have had the best defensive game for the Pride against Stony Brook his Pride debut against Connecticut. last week. He recorded four tackles (3 solos), one forced fumble, one fumble recovery and was in on a tackle for a loss. He turned around - He followed that up with seven stops, including five solo tackles, his second quarter strip of running back Edwin Gowins and returned against Albany. Against Rhode Island Edmond tallied three tackles. the fumble for a 60-yard touchdown. Jackman now has 14 tackles through four games on the season. LB LUKE BONUS: Junior linebacker Luke Bonus, the 2006 Atlantic 10 Defensive Rookie of the Year award-winner and a two- - He recorded his first Hofstra interception on September 20 against time academic all-conference selection, tallied five tackles including Rhode Island. The Rutgers University-transfer picked off the pass in four solos to finish second on the Pride team against Stony Brook last the third quarter stopping a Rams drive at the Hofstra 32-yard line. week. Bonus now has 22 tackles on the season including a team-high Jackman also posted three solo tackles in the contest. 15 assisted stops, and has a team-high three tackles for losses through four games this season. RB EVERETTE BENJAMIN: Sophomore Everette Benjamin started in the backfield at Stony Brook last week and posted 45 yards - He tallied five tackles against Rhode Island on September 20. on 11 carries (4.1), caught two passes for 11 yards and tallied 56 all- purpose yards. - He doubled his tackle output from week one with eight tackles to lead the Pride defense against Albany on September 13. The Garden - Benjamin rushed for 69 yards on 19 carries against the Great Danes State native also tallied two tackles for losses of eight yards and of Albany on September 13. He carried the ball nine times for 43 recorded 1.5 sacks for six yards in losses. yards and scored on a 6-yard run against Rhode Island on September 20. - He posted four tackles, broke up a pass and was in on one tackle for a loss in the opener at Connecticut. All four of his stops were assisted - He rushed just once for eight yards and had one reception for six tackles. yards in the season opener at Connecticut.

The Bonus Career - He tallied two tackles against Albany on September 13. - Bonus was third on the Pride and 24th in the CAA in tackles with 84 (42-42) last year. He posted four double-digit tackle games in DE JOE AKABALU: Junior defensive end Joe Akabalu recorded 2007. Bonus also led the Pride in pass deflections with six. two solo and two assisted stops at Stony Brook last week. He now has six solo and seven assisted tackles in four games this season. - Led the Hofstra defense with a game-high 13 tackles, including 4 solos, against New Hampshire last season. It was his season-high. -Akabalu posted a career-best seven tackles, including four solo stops, in the Pride’s loss to Albany on September 13. - Posted game-high honors with 12 tackles-all solo stops- in Hofstra’s 35-31 loss at Northeastern in 2007. The 12 were a career solo tackle - He was in on two tackles against Rhode Island on September 20. high for the 2006 Atlantic 10 Defensive Rookie of the Year. - He posted five unassisted tackles and five assisted stops in seven - Recorded 11 tackles and three pass deflections against Stony Brook games last season. on September 29, 2007. It was his first double-digit tackle game of the season. LB DERON MAYO: Sophomore linebacker Deron Mayo tallied three tackles against Rhode Island and one solo stop at Stony Brook. - Notched five solo stops and five assisted tackles in the Pride’s 38- He now has 10 solo tackles and 6 assisted stops in 2008. 13 victory over Maine. - He notched a career-high seven total tackles (2-5) in the Pride’s loss - Posted seven tackles against William and Mary. to Albany on September 13

- Led the team with 98 tackles stops in 2006. - Mayo also recorded a career-high five solo stops in the season opener at Connecticut. - The Medford Lakes, New Jersey, native recorded a career-high 15 tackles, 4.5 tackles for losses of 23 yards, one sack for eight yards, Last year Mayo: one forced fumble and one fumble recovery in the Pride’s 20-13 loss - Posted 11 solos and seven assisted tackles in nine games. to Rhode Island on November 4, 2006. - Recorded his first college interception and returned it 4 yards - Posted 12 tackles including six solos, three pass deflections and had against William and Mary last November. He also posted four tackles a half-tackle-for-a-loss against Towson on September 23. 2006. against the Tribe.

- On October 28, 2006 at New Hampshire, he tallied 11 tackles and - Posted a career-high six tackles against the Black Bears of Maine on an assisted tackle behind the line of scrimmage, in Hofstra’s 10-6 loss October 6. to the Wildcats. WR OTTIS LEWIS: Senior receiver Ottis (OTT-is) Lewis posted - At Marshall on September 9, 2006 he was second on the team with a season-high four receptions for 37 yards in the Pride’s 43-3 win 10 tackles, including five solo stops. over Stony Brook. He now has 12 receptions for 157 yards on the season. - Posted three tackles and one interception against Northeastern in 2006. His interception was in the end zone. - He posted three catches for 51 yards against Albany and three receptions for 32 yards in the season opener at Connecticut on DB GREG MELENDEZ: Red-shirt freshman safety Greg Melendez August 28. The 2008 tri-captain had two grabs for 37 yards against tallied four tackles and broke up two passes at Stony Brook last the Rams of Rhode Island last week. week. The Brooklyn, New York native is tied for second on the team with 23 tackles (13-10) through four games. Last year Lewis: - Tallied a career-high 27 receptions for 465 yards and four -He recorded three solo tackles in the victory over Rhode Island on touchdowns. He ranked third on the team in receptions and was 20th September 20. Melendez posted a season-best eight tackles, including in the CAA in receiving yards per game. six assisted stops, against Albany on September 13. - Posted a career-high four receptions against New Hampshire (62 - He also posted five solos and three assisted tackles in the Pride’s yards), Furman (51) and Albany (34). opener at Connecticut. - Recorded a career-high with 88 receiving yards on three catches S RAY MCDONOUGH: Junior safety Ray McDonough tallied his against Stony Brook on September 29, 2007. second interception of the season last week at Stony Brook. The Glendale Community College (CA) transfer was in on one tackle - Posted 63 yards receiving on three receptions and recorded his first against the Seawolves. McDonough now has 14 tackles on the touchdown catch in the Pride’s victory at URI. He hauled in a 33- season, a team-high four pass deflections and is tied for the team lead yard scoring toss from Bryan Savage that closed the Pride deficit to with two interceptions. 24-20 against the Rams.

-McDonough, who tallied three solo tackles against URI on - Had one catch for 17 yards at Villanova and two for 57 yards and a September 20, was second on the Pride team with eight tackles touchdown against William and Mary. His scoring catch was 12 against the Huskies of UConn on August 28. His third quarter yards. interception on the Pride 2-yard line-on a second-and-goal play from the Hofstra 5 yard line stopped a potential UConn scoring drive. He - Posted a 33-yard TD catch-his only catch of the game-against returned the interception 54 yards to the Connecticut 44 which set-up Maine in 2007. the Pride’s only score of the contest, a 28-yard field goal by freshman Brian Hanly. McDonough posted 4 solo stops and one assisted tackle - Lewis tallied three catches for 40 yards at Towson on October 13. in the first half. LB SAID GAIDA: Sophomore linebacker Said Gaida posted two TE BRYANT CARPENTER: Junior tight end Bryant Carpenter, tackles at Stony Brook last week. He now has seven solo stops and who also played at fullback last season, tallied 9 receptions for 92 five assisted tackles through four games in 2008. yards in 2007

- He recorded a career-best six tackles, including four solo stops, in - Recorded a season-high 5 catches for 57 yards against William and the Pride’s victory over Rhode Island on September 20. The six stops Mary on November 3, 2007 and had 3 catches for 19 yards at tops his previous best of three at Albany in 2007. Northeastern.

PUNTER SHANE CASCIANO: Junior punter Shane Casciano NOTES FROM THE STONY BROOK GAME: Hofstra improved punted three times for a 38.5 average, including one punt inside the to 12-0 all-time against the Seawolves of Stony Brook with its 43-3 5-yard line, at Stony Brook last week. He has now punted 17 times victory…The Pride defense and Stony Brook turnovers were the for a 37. 0 average this season. story of the game as SBU recorded four turnovers (2 fumbles, 2 interceptions) that resulted in 26 Hofstra points… The Pride defense - He averaged 41 yards per punt in five kicks against Rhode Island. held Stony Brook to just 211 yards on offense-which was 93 below Included was a career-best 66-yard punt in the third quarter against their season average- recorded interceptions by Pride newcomers, the Rams. freshman Chris Edmond (4 tackles) and junior Ray McDonough (1 tackle) and a forced fumble/fumble recovery return for a 60-yard - Casciano, who punted three times for a 27.3 average against touchdown by Rutgers-transfer, junior cornerback Leslie Albany, posted a 37.8 punting average in 6 kicks in the 2008 opener Jackman..For the third consecutive meeting the Pride held Stony at Connecticut. Brook to under 75 yards rushing in their meeting. Hofstra held the Seawolves to 211 total yards last week including just 72 rushing. In - Last year, he averaged 32.8 ypp in relief of the injured Chris Hanly. 2007 the Pride allowed just 273 yards to Stony Brook, including just 29 yards rushing on 32 attempts. In 2006 the Pride held Stony Brook DB JEFF AIME: Sophomore Jeff Aime (Ah-may) has made the to just 27 yards rushing in a 17-8 victory. move from running back to the secondary since last season and recorded two tackles in each of the first two games this season. He NOTES FROM THE RHODE ISLAND GAME: Hofstra had one tackle at Stony Brook last week. improved to 17-6 against the Rams all-time and 10-2 against URI on Long Island…The Pride went over the 400-yard mark in total offense - Aime, a running back last season, came in for Everette Benjamin in for the second straight game. The Pride also picked off two passes the third quarter against William and Mary on November 3, 2007 and against Rhode Island…Hofstra posted a season-high 476 yards, rushed 23 times for 81 yards, and caught one pass for 1 yard in the including 265 passing, against the Rams…The Pride dodged the Pride’s 38-14 win. bullet with five fumbles but only lost one of those drops…Hofstra held the ball for a season-best 37:22 against the Rams. TE PHIL RILEY: Senior Phil Riley posted three receptions for 27 yards in the loss to Albany. Riley has four receptions for 27 yards in NOTES FROM THE ALBANY GAME: Hofstra outgained Albany four games in 2008. 404-309 in total offense but went just 3-of-6 in the red-zone and was 1-for-4 in the field goal department. The Pride did not have any - Riley had one reception at UConn in the 2008 opener. turnovers despite four fumbles. Hofstra also had the ball for 36:41 of the contest…The Pride, who fell to the Albany Great Danes for only - He started all 11 games at tight end in 2007 and posted eight the third time in 14 games, had their nine-game winning streak over receptions for 72 yards on the season. the state university snapped on September 13.

- Riley tallied a season-high four receptions for 25 yards at Rhode NOTES FROM THE CONNECTICUT GAME: The Pride defense Island on September 22, 2007. picked off three passes in the season opener at Connecticut-the most by a HU team since 2005 against Maine-as senior DB Nick Altomare, - Riley posted 22 catches for 168 yards in 2006. He had five graduate-student LB Anthony Vernaglia and junior Ray McDonough receptions for 49 yards at Marshall in 2006, and equaled his career- all recorded the first aerial thefts of their Hofstra careers. Altomare high with 5 catches for 38 yards against Rhode Island in November, tallied his in the UConn end zone stopping a Huskie drive. Vernaglia 2006. returned his 16 yards deep into UConn territory, and McDonough’s 54-yard return set-up Hofstra’s only score… The Huskies blew away OG DAVID SPANICH: Starting junior guard David Spanich went the previous top road crowd to see a Hofstra game by drawing down in the first half of the Rhode Island game with a lower leg 37,583. The previous mark was 26,861 at Marshall in 2006… The injury and did not return. He missed the Stony Brook game and is UConn game was the earliest start to a season in Hofstra history, questionable for Saturday’s game at James Madison. beating the 2002 season opener against Montana at Shuart Stadium by one day. HANLY GETS HOFSTRA ON THE BOARD: Freshman kicker Brian Hanly, the brother of former Pride punter Chris Hanly, hit one TEAM CAPTAINS: The Pride coaching staff has named senior of four field goal attempts- missing one and having two others quarterback Bryan Savage, senior wide receiver Ottis Lewis and blocked-against Albany, and went one-for-two in the field goal junior linebacker Luke Bonus to serve as Hofstra team captains in department against Rhode Island. He also missed a point-after 2008. attempt in each of those contests. QB BRYAN SAVAGE LOST FOR THE SEASON: 2007 starting - Hanly gave Hofstra its only points of the game against UConn in quarterback Bryan Savage will miss the 2008 season due to a the season opener on August 28 with a 28-yard field goal after a Ray herniated disc in his back. Junior Cory Christopher (Miami, Florida), McDonough interception. He was a two-time all-county and All-New who replaced Savage in the 2008 season opener at Connecticut, will Jersey selection at Don Bosco Prep. continue as the starting quarterback for the Pride.

Savage, a senior signal-caller from Springfield, Pennsylvania was scratched from the Pride's season opener at BCS-member Connecticut approximately 15 minutes before game time after annual East-West Shrine Game in San Antonio in 2006 and caught notifying the Hofstra medical staff of numbness in his feet. An MRI five passes for 82 yards and a touchdown. taken revealed the severity of the injury. "My heart really goes out to Bryan," Cohen said. "He worked very hard to prepare for this season. Two seasons into his NFL career, Marques Colston has emerged as He is a leader and has given so much of himself for the program one of the elite receivers in the NFL and owns the league record for including spending most of the summer on campus preparing for his receptions in his first two campaigns with a total of 168. Incidentally, senior year." Hofstra alum and retired New York Jet Wayne Chrebet was a previous holder of that record with 150 catches in his first two NFL A January 2007 transfer from Coffeyville Community College, seasons. Savage started all 11 games for the 7-4 Pride last season. He ranked fourth in the Colonial Athletic Association (CAA) and was 13th in the After catching 70 balls for 1,038 yards and eight scores in 2006, NCAA Football Championship Subdivision (FCS) in passing yards, Colston finished third in the voting for NFL Offensive Rookie of the and was fourth in the CAA and 15th in the nation in total offense. Year. He was even better in 2007, posting a Saints-record 98 Savage completed 232-of-367 passes for 2,668 yards and 13 receptions, 1,202 yards and a team record-tying 11 touchdowns. touchdowns last season, posting the sixth-best, single-season passing yards total in Hofstra history. He recorded six games with 250 or Schmitt, who graduated from Hofstra in more passing yards including three 300-yard contests, and tallied 10 1964 with degrees in management and games with a completion percentage of above 60 percent, including a marketing, was a three-year letterman on school-record 15-for-17 (88.2) against William and Mary. Savage the Pride football team and also lettered completed 31-of-50 passes for a season-best 325 yards against New in wrestling and track. An offensive Hampshire at Shuart Stadium last October. lineman, he received Little College All- America honors in 1963. Savage played the 2006 season at Coffeyville CC in Kansas where he served as team captain and earned all-conference honors. He attended In 1964 he was signed by the New York the University of Wisconsin for two years, red-shirting in 2004 and Jets, starting an 11-year National practicing with the team in 2005. Football League career that was highlighted by a Super Bowl ONE FOR THE ROAD FOR OL JIMMY MANGIERO: Injured championship in 1969. He was a starter in nine of his 10 seasons with junior offensive lineman Jimmy Mangiero, who had his seventh knee the Jets and played in 114 games. Schmitt earned All-Pro honors in surgery recently, made his season debut ans season farewell against 1968 and 1969, Most Valuable Lineman accolades in 1972, and was Rhode Island on September 20. Mangiero, who was expected to a team captain in 1971. He saw action in 14 games for the Packers in return to a starting role in 2008, was sidelined until the URI game 1974 before ending his NFL career. with the bad knee. He came off the bench against URI after junior guard David Spanich was injured to help provide some leadership on In 1969 he was the first inductee into the Long Island Sports Hall of the line. Mangiero is not expected to return this season. Fame. He has been honored by Hofstra University with the 1969 George M. Estabrook Distinguished Service Award, the 1988 Hofstra GASKINS LEAVES: Red-shirt freshman running back Larry School of Business Alumni Association Alumnus of the Year Award Gaskins has voluntarily left the team due to personal reasons. He had and the 1990 Hofstra University Alumnus of the Year Award. John two carries for one yard at Connecticut on August 28. was an honoree at the 2002 Club Dinner and was inducted into the Hofstra Athletics Hall of Fame in 2006. FORMER HOFSTRA AND NFL GREATS JOHN SCHMITT AND COLSTON HAVE THEIR PRIDE NUMBERS RETIRED: John founded the 16th-largest insurance business in the nation, and In an effort to acknowledge the outstanding accomplishments of an insurance marketing firm that develops programs for credit unions. numerous former student-athletes during the University's nearly 75 Schmitt is actively involved with many charitable causes and in the years of existence, Hofstra University has announced that a group of Hofstra community, including serving on the board of directors of the 20 former Pride athletes, including three former football standouts, Hofstra Pride Club. will have their jersey numbers retired. During the first two Hofstra home games, current New Orleans Saints receiver Marques Colston "The honoring of Marques Colston and John Schmitt and the other 18 (#89) and former New York Jets center John Schmitt (#77) had their former student-athletes is a celebration of the outstanding history of Hofstra jersey numbers retired in halftime ceremonies. Hofstra Athletics," commented Hofstra University Director of Athletics Jack Hayes. Colston, a four-year letterman and a three-year starter at Hofstra from Earlier this year the athletics department began an online process 2001 through 2005, was selected in that resulted in more than 150 nominations being submitted. From the seventh round of the 2006 NFL that list the group of 20 former student-athletes was selected by a Draft by the Saints after an committee of alumni, athletics department administrators and Hofstra outstanding Pride career. An All- Pride Club members. The group of 20 former student-athletes Atlantic 10 Football Conference encompasses a wide range of sports and accomplishments as 10 first team selection as a senior, he different teams are recognized and among the honorees are National ended his college career in grand Champions, National Players of the Year, All-Americans and World style by breaking the Hofstra career Champions. receiving yards record formerly held by former Houston Texans/Denver Broncos receiver Charlie Adams. Colston posted 70 Colston’s #89 and Schmitt’s #77 join the current list of retired jerseys receptions for 975 yards and five touchdowns in 2005 to finish his that includes football alumni Wayne Chrebet (#3) and Walter career with 182 receptions for 2,834 yards and 18 touchdowns. In Kohanowich (#33), Crystal Boyd (#13) from the softball team and addition to his 2,834 receiving yards-which was broken last season Sue Weber (#20) from the women’s soccer team. by Charles Sullivan-his 182 catches currently ranks third on the Hofstra career reception list. Colston was also named to the 81st

In 2008, Hofstra is… Jimmy Mangiero LG Jr. 2-2 overall David Spanich RG Jr. 1-0 in CAA games Brian Frederick RT So. 1-1 at home 1-1 on the road Defensive Starters Returning: 3 1-0 in day games Kevin Smith DE Jr. 1-2 in night games Luke Bonus LB Jr. 1-1 televised games Nick Altomare SS Sr. 0-1 overtime games 0-1 on grass fields Starting Kickers Returning: 0 2-1 on turf fields 1-1 when scoring first HOFSTRA’S NEW STARTERS: Hofstra’s starters for the season 1-0 when leading after one quarter opener against Connecticut included seven defensive players, three 1-2 when trailing after one quarter offensive players and a kicker who made their starting debut in a 0-0 when tied after one quarter Hofstra uniform. 2-1 when leading after two quarters 0-1 when trailing after two quarters The Pride, who graduated 24 seniors including 14 starters following 0-0 when tied after two quarters the 7-4 2007 season, started three new faces in the secondary, two at 2-0 when leading after three quarters linebacker, two on the defensive line, two offensive linemen and a 0-2 when trailing after three quarters tailback. Three of the newcomers, graduate student linebacker 0-0 when tied after three quarters Anthony Vernaglia (Anaheim Hills, CA), junior cornerback Leslie 0-1 scoring 10 points or less Jackman (Freeport, NY), and junior safety Ray McDonough (Los 0-1 scoring 11-20 points Angeles, CA) are transfers while three others, safety Greg Melendez 1-0 scoring 21-30 points (Brooklyn, NY), offensive tackle Derek Moore (Granville, OH) and 0-0 scoring 31-40 points tailback Larry Gaskins (Conshohocken, PA) are red-shirt freshmen. 1-0 when scoring 40 points or more Junior defensive tackle Zach Carney (Wynatskill, NY), sophomore 1-0 allowing 10 points or less defensive tackle Andrew Nelson (Uniondale, NY), linebacker Deron 1-0 allowing 11-20 points Mayo (Hampton, VA) and center Jaren Harrell (Quartz Hill, CA), 0-1 allowing 21-30 points and true freshman kicker Brian Hanly (Wyckoff, NJ) also made their 0-1 allowing 31-40 points Pride starting debut. 0-0 allowing more than 40 points 0-1 when rushing for less than 100 yards Vernaglia, who is pursuing a MBA at Hofstra, graduated from the 1-1 when rushing for 101-200 yards University of Notre Dame this past spring after playing three seasons. 1-0 when rushing for 201-300 yards He is one of two graduate-student transfers, along with back-up 2-0 when allowing less than 100 rushing yards running back Justine Buries from New Mexico State, on the Pride 0-0 when allowing 101-200 rushing yards roster. Jackman, a Long Island native, came to Hofstra last winter 0-2 when allowing 201-300 rushing yards after three years at Rutgers University, while McDonough is a junior 0-0 when allowing more than 300 rushing yards college transfer from Glendale Community College in California. 0-0 when passing for less than 100 yards 1-1 when passing for 101-200 yards 1-1 when passing for 201-300 yards PRIDE PICKED THIRD IN 0-0 when passing for more than 300 yards THE 2008 CAA 0-0 when allowing less than 100 yards passing FOOTBALL PRESEASON 1-1 when allowing 101-200 passing yards COACHES POLL 1-1 when allowing 201-300 passing yards 0-0 when allowing more than 300 passing yards The Pride is picked to finish third in the CAA North Division in the 0-0 with less than 100 yards in total offense 2008 CAA Preseason Poll of conference coaches and select media. 0-1 with 101-200 yards in total offense FCS Playoff participants Massachusetts was selected to win the 0-0 with 201-300 yards in total offense North Division and Richmond was picked to win the South Division. 1-0 with 301-400 yards in total offense In the North, Massachusetts again gets the top preseason nod after 1-1 with more than 400 yards in total offense winning the division last season. New Hampshire, a FCS Playoff 0-0 when allowing less than 100 yards in total offense participant, was second in this year’s poll followed by the Pride, who 0-0 when allowing 101-200 yards in total offense surprised many by finishing tied for second last year after being 1-0 when allowing 201-300 yards in total offense picked fifth in the preseason poll. Maine, Northeastern, and Rhode 1-1 when allowing 301-400 yards in total offense Island round out the North Division in the poll. 0-1 when allowing more than 400 yards in total offense 2-1 with more than 30:00 in time of possession In the South Division, the Spiders of Richmond, who captured the 0-1 with less than 30:00 in time of possession South Division and the conference title before advancing to the FCS 0-0 when time of possession is even Playoff semifinals, are picked to win in 2008. Richmond was selected to finish fourth last season in the preseason poll. James Madison, who HOFSTRA’S RETURNING STARTERS: The Pride has 10 dropped a one-point decision to eventual national champion returning starters from the 2007 squad. There are seven offensive Appalachian State in the first round of the FCS Playoffs last year, is starters and three defensive. The returning starters from 2007 are: picked second while FCS Playoff finalist Delaware is third. Villanova, William and Mary, and Towson round out the South Offensive Starters Returning: 7 Division in the preseason poll. Bryan Savage QB Sr. Bryant Carpenter FB Jr. Ottis Lewis WR Sr, Phil Riley TE Sr. 2008 COLONIAL ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION PRESEASON Huskies blew away the previous top road crowd to see a Hofstra COACHES POLL game by drawing 37,583. The previous mark was 26,861 at Marshall North Division (First Place votes) in 2006. 1. Massachusetts (17) 2. New Hampshire (1) 68th SEASON: 2008 marks the 68th season of Hofstra Football. The 3. Hofstra (1) Pride has posted a .500 or better record in 46 of those seasons. 4. Maine Hofstra (2-2) has recorded a 396-256-11 record (.607) in its 663 5. Northeastern games. 2008 also marks the second season of Colonial Athletic 6. Rhode Island , which sent a record five conference members to the Football Championship Subdivision (FCS) Playoffs last season. South Division (First Place votes) The CAA absorbed the Atlantic 10 Football Conference, which 1. Richmond (11) Hofstra was a member from 2001 through 2006, capturing the 2001 2. James Madison (7) league title and advancing to the FCS (then-called I-AA) Playoffs. 3. Delaware (1) Prior to that the Pride played as FCS Independents from 1994 4. Villanova through the 2000 season, making four trips to the national playoffs. 5. William and Mary Hofstra was also a successful Division III program, making six 6. Towson NCAA Division III Championship Playoff appearances from 1983 through 1990, including a national semifinal appearance in the OVERALL CHAMPION -- Massachusetts Pride’s final season in Division III (1990).

2008 PRESEASON CAA ALL-CONFERENCE TEAM NEW HELMET DESIGN: The Pride OFFENSE will have a new helmet design for the QB - Liam Coen Senior Massachusetts second time in as many years. The blue RB - Jhamal Fluellen Senior Maine graphic of the two lions on the white RB - Eugene Holloman Senior James Madison helmet that was used last year has been FB - Joe Casey Senior Rhode Island replaced with the white block “H” in WR - Kevin Grayson Soph. Richmond motion on the blue helmet. WR - Marcus Lee Senior Towson WR - Aaron Love Senior Delaware TE - Scott Sicko Junior New Hampshire SEASON OPENERS: Including the 2008 season opener at UConn OL - Sean Calicchio Senior Massachusetts on August 28 Hofstra has now won 23 of its last 26 season openers OL - Ryan Canary Senior Maine dating back to 1983. The Pride has posted a 42-24-2 all-time record OL - Kheon Hendricks Senior Delaware in season openers. In 2002 the University of Montana ended Hofstra's OL - Scott Lemn Senior James Madison streak of 19 consecutive season opener victories, as well as the OL - Matt McCracken Junior Richmond Pride's 255-game, non-shutout streak in a 21-0 decision. In 2003 the Pride dropped its season opener at FBS Marshall, 45-21. DEFENSE DL - Jovan Belcher Senior Maine HOME OPENERS: With their loss to Albany on September 13 DL - Tim Kukucka Junior Villanova Hofstra dropped its home opener for only the fifth time in the last 27 DL - Matt Marcorelle Junior Delaware seasons. In addition to Albany the Pride’s other home opening losses DL - Lawrence Sidbury Junior Richmond during that period came in: 2006 to Towson (33-30); 2003 to Maine LB - Andrew Downey Senior Maine (44-21); 2002 to Montana (21-0); and 2000 to Delaware (44-14). LB - Erik Johnson Senior Delaware LB - Eric McBride Soph. Richmond SECOND MOST-IMPROVED TEAM IN THE FCS: After going LB - Collin McConaghy Junior Richmond 2-9 in Coach Dave Cohen’s first season at Hofstra in 2006, the Pride S - Drew Mack Senior Towson improved five games to 7-4 in 2007 to become the second most- S - Jeromy Miles Junior Massachusetts improved team in the Football Championship Subdivision. CB - Courtney Robinson Senior Massachusetts CB - Sean Smalls Senior Massachusetts AGAINST THE FBS: Following the 2008 season opening 35-3 loss at Connecticut, the Pride is 0-3 against members of the Football Bowl SPECIAL TEAMS Subdivision (FBS), formerly I-A. Hofstra dropped games at Marshall RET - Justin Rogers Sophomore Richmond in 2003 and 2006. In addition the Pride defeated two other current PK - Jon Striefsky Junior Delaware FBS teams while in their transition from I-AA. In 1999 the Pride, P - Tom Bishop Senior New Hampshire who recorded a 10-1 mark that season, defeated Buffalo, 20-13, and South Florida, 42-23, on the road. 2008 CAA FOOTBALL PRESEASON OFFENSIVE PLAYER

OF THE YEAR ON THE ROAD: The Pride is 30-27 in their last 57 road games and QB - Liam Coen Senior Massachusetts 32-29 in their last 61 contests away from Shuart Stadium. The Pride

is 37-30 on the road since the start of the 1997 season. 2008 CAA FOOTBALL PRESEASON DEFENSIVE PLAYER

OF THE YEAR EARLIEST START EVER: The season opener at Connecticut was DL - Jovan Belcher Senior Maine the earliest start to a season in Hofstra history. While the Pride has

played three games in August since 2002, the UConn contest beat the UCONN DRAWS: After their season opening victory over the Pride, 2002 season opener against Montana at Shuart Stadium by one day. the Connecticut Huskies are now in the Pride’s attendance record book twice. The Huskies were in the record book previously as the opponent for the best attended Pride home game at Shuart/Hofstra

Stadium, drawing 9,381 in 1999 to see Hofstra down the Huskies, 56-

17. In the season opener at Rentschler Field in East Hartford, CT, the only one Hofstra football alum, linebacker Renauld Williams ’04, is HOFSTRA'S RETURNING STATISTICAL playing in the Canadian Football League this season. Last year the LEADERS FROM 2007 Pride has as many as four alumni playing in the CFL.

RUSHING Att. Net Avg. TD SHUART STADIUM - HOME, SWEET HOME: With its win Bryan Savage 118 302 2.6 10 over Rhode Island on September 20, Hofstra is now 111-31-0 in Everette Benjamin 68 260 3.8 2 regular season play at Shuart Stadium since 1980. Hofstra was 6-0 in 1986 and 1980; 6-1 in 1998; 5-0 in 1995, 1990, 1989, 1988 and 1983, PASSING (Eff.) GP Comp-Att-Int Yds. TD 4-0 in 1991; 5-1 in 2001, 1999, 1984 and 1982; 4-1 in 2000, 1997, Bryan Savage (127.2) 11 232-367-16 2,668 13 1994, 1993, 1987, 1985 and 1981; 4-2 in 2007; 3-1 in 1992; 3-2 in 2004 and 2005; and 3-3 in 2002. The Pride was 2-4 in 2003 and RECEIVING No. Yds. Avg. TD 1996, and 0-4 at home in 2006. They are 1-1 at home this season. Anthony Nelson 44 543 12.3 1 Ottis Lewis 27 465 17.2 4 RADIO AND INTERNET: Every Hofstra football game in 2008 Everette Benjamin 15 153 10.2 1 can be heard on radio on WRHU-FM (88.7) and on the Internet at www.wrhu.org beginning with the pre-game show at least 30 minutes TACKLES UT-AT-TT Sacks Int before every contest. This week’s pregame show for James Madison Luke Bonus (LB) 42-42-84 0-0 0-0 will begin at 1 p.m. Nick Altomare (DB) 18-14-32 0-0 0-0 Al Carmody (DE) 3-16-19 0-0 0-0 THE HOFSTRA COACHES SHOW: Fans, friends and the media Deron Mayo (LB) 11-7-18 1-3 1-4 are invited to listen to Hofstra Athletics coaches and players and be part of the live audience as WRHU-FM (88.7) presents the Hofstra HOLDING THE BALL: The Pride won the battle for time of Coaches Show. The one-hour show, which will air locally on possession in 10 of the 11 games last season. Hofstra’s 36:04 WRHU-FM and worldwide on the internet at www.wrhu.org on possession time in its victory over William and Mary was the Pride’s Tuesday’s at noon will review and preview Hofstra Athletics during second-best of the season. Ironically the best, 36:48, was against New the 2008-09 season. In addition to Pride coaches and players, Hampshire in a 40-3 loss. opposing coaches and media members will make guest appearances on the show. 400 YARDS: The Pride recorded 400 yards of offense in six of the 11 contests in 2007 including in five consecutive games. On October “IN THE TRENCHES” CAA FOOTBALL SHOW: Hofstra 13 at Towson the Pride recorded a season-high 482 yards on offense. University’s “In the Trenches” CAA football show can be heard It topped the previous 2007 high of 461 at Rhode Island. It is the every Thursday night at 8 p.m. during the football season on WRHU- most yardage on offense since racking up 533 yards against #2 New FM (88.7) in the metropolitan area, and online at www.wrhu.org and Hampshire in a 29-26 loss at Shuart Stadium in 2005. The Pride www.CAASports.com. The hour-long show produced by WRHU- posted 474 yards on offense in the loss to New Hampshire on FM, home for Hofstra Athletics, will touch on a wide variety of CAA October 20. Football topics. The WRHU Sports team, headed by Sports Director Mike Leslie, will be joined by a number of guests, including CAA DEFENSIVE NOTES FROM 2007: The Pride defense recorded six Football administrators, coaches and student-athletes, and radio sub-300 yard games in 2007…Hofstra posted its first sub-200 yard personalities from around the league. The show, entering its third contest of the season against Towson on October 13. Hofstra held the season, will review some of the big games from the previous Tigers to 193 yards including just 70 yards rushing on 34 attempts. weekend, preview the upcoming contests, and chat with several CAA The Tigers’ junior quarterback Sean Schaefer was also held to his Football weekly honorees. career-low passing yardage with just 123 yards. Towson’s 193 total yards including just 70 rushing was Hofstra’s lowest opponents total PRACTICE: Here is the Hofstra football practice schedule at Shuart since New Hampshire had 140 yards in a storm-washed contest in Stadium for September 28 through October 8: 2006. Linebacker Stanley Gutierrez and safety David Darby intercepted passes for Hofstra against Towson. Both interceptions led to Hofstra scores…The Pride defense picked off two passes in a Sunday, Sept. 28 4:30 p.m. Shakeout game four times in 2007… Villanova’s 56 yards passing was a Monday, Sept. 29 Players off season-best for the Pride defense. Hofstra held opponents under 140 Tuesday, Sept. 30 4:15 p.m. Practice yards passing three times in 2007. Wednesday, Oct. 1 4:00 p.m. Practice Thursday, Oct. 2 4:15 p.m. Practice A RECORD RALLY: Hofstra’s 2007 rally from a 17-point halftime Friday, Oct. 3 Travel to JMU deficit at URI to win the game is the biggest in Hofstra recorded Saturday, Oct. 4 Players off history. In 2003 the Pride rallied from a 26-14 halftime deficit to Sunday, Oct. 5 4:30 p.m. Shakeout down Villanova, 34-32. Monday, Oct. 6 Players off Tuesday, Oct. 7 4:15 p.m. Practice HOFSTRA ALUMNI IN THE NFL: While the Pride had as many Wednesday, Oct. 8 4:00 p.m. Practice as eight alums on National Football League rosters in August, there are currently four former Hofstra players currently gracing NFL team WEEKLY RELEASE E-MAIL: The Hofstra University weekly rosters in 2008. They are: football release will be available by Wednesday on the Hofstra - OT Willie Colon (Class of ‘06), Pittsburgh Steelers Athletics Web site (www.Hofstra.edu/athletics). We will e-mail the - WR Marques Colston (Class of ‘06), New Orleans Saints release, in PDF format, to those media members who wish to get - DE Stephen Bowen (Class of ’06), Dallas Cowboys every football release during the season. -DT Shemiah LeGrande (Class of ’08), Detroit Lions HOF•STRA PRO•NUN•SEE•AY•SHUNS:

1 - Vernaglia (Ver-nag-lee-ah) ALUMNI NORTH OF THE BORDER: After the retirements of 2 - Justine Buries (Justin Burr-eaze) linebacker Brian Clark ’96 and defensive back Patrick Dorvelus ’02, 4 - Aime (Ah-may) 11 - Said Gaida (Sy-eed, Guy-da) Brown nearly added his third touchdown of the quarter before a 12 - Casciano (Cash•see•ann•o) holding penalty negated another scoring rush. The junior tailback still 13 - Heron (Her-ron) tallied 86 yards on 14 carries in the opening 15 minutes. 14 - Sidaras (Sa-dare-us) 19 - Luqman Abdallah (Luke-mahn) The Pride almost got on the board in the second quarter, engineering 20 - Altomare (Al•ta•mair) a 15-play drive that teetered out after two sacks. UConn still held 24 - Basim Hudeen (Bah-seem who-deen) Hofstra off the scoreboard and surged to a 28-0 halftime lead thanks 31 - Kwabena Asante (Kwa-bee-nah, A-sahn-tay) to Brown's third and fourth rushing touchdowns of the half, including 48 - Schamgar Cenat (Sham-gar Sen-not) a 19-yard scamper 12 minutes into the second and a two-yard rush 50 - Szelong (Zee•long) into the end zone with 41 seconds remaining in the half. 53 - Akabalu (Ocka•bah•loo) 60 - Ottaiano (Oh-tee-ah-no) Ray McDonough (Los Angeles, CA) helped put some life back into 74 - Paulemon (Paul-la-mun) Hofstra in the second half, picking off Tyler Lorenzen's pass at the 80 - Ottis Lewis (OTT•is) Huskies' 2-yard line before returning it 54 yards. Christopher 84 - Denimarck (Den•ah•mark) completed first-down passes to Weaver and Nelson (Wellington, Fla.) 89 - Jaramillo (Jare-a-mee-oh) on back-to-back plays while also scrambling for another 12 yards; 94 - Akabalu (Ock-a-bah-lu) setting up place-kicker Brian Hanly's (Wyckoff, NJ) 29-yard field 95 - Carmody (Car-ma-dee) goal to put Hofstra on the scoreboard nearly 10 minutes into the third 98 - Abiola (Ab-ee-oh-la) quarter.

Graduate student Anthony Vernaglia (Anaheim Hills, CA) made a 2008 HOFSTRA GAME SUMMARIES master's-worthy play in the third quarter, picking off Lorenzen's downfield attempt and returned it 16 yards. Vernaglia recorded his GAME 1 – AUGUST 28 AT first pick of his career. The linebacker never had an interception in CONNECTICUT: University of Connecticut his three seasons at Notre Dame. running back Donald Brown set a career-high with four touchdowns and 146 rushing yards, Nick Altomare (Fairfax, VA) also generated the first pick of his helping the Huskies defeat the Pride, 35-3, in career. The fourth-year veteran moved from safety to cornerback the season opener for both teams at Rentschler during training camp and saved at least six points when he corralled a Field Thursday night. pass in the Connecticut end zone on the second quarter's first play. Altomare registered five tackles. Junior quarterback Cory Christopher (Miami, Fla) made his first career appearance for the Pride, kicking off the 68th season of Frey's two-yard touchdown run 3:33 into the final quarter capped the Hofstra football by going 17-28 for 130 yards and two interceptions. scoring as Connecticut improved to 3-2 in the all-time series against Christopher was named the starter by Head Coach Dave Cohen about the Pride. 15 minutes before kickoff, replacing Bryan Savage (Springfield, PA) after the starting QB was held out because of back spasms. Freshman Chris Edmond (Freeport, NY) collected a team-high nine tackles. McDonough added eight tackles; the same total as freshman It was the Pride's first season-opening loss in five years. Christopher, Gregory Melendez (Brooklyn, NY). Senior receiver Ottis Lewis who was the 2006 Conference Offensive Player of the Year for (Norwalk, CT) led all Pride receivers with 32 yards on three Nassau Community College before transferring, completed at least receptions. one pass to nine different receivers (including offensive lineman David Spanich on a tipped pass). Connecticut sacked Christopher 1 2 3 4 F seven times. Hofstra 0 0 3 0 3 Connecticut 14 14 0 7 35 The contest marked just the third time the Pride played a member of the Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS), formerly I-A. Hofstra lost two Scoring Summary games at Marshall-in 2003 and 2006-while also posting victories UC - Brown 1-yard run (Ciaravino kick) against current FBS schools Buffalo and South Florida in 1999 when UC - Brown 1-yard run (Ciaravino kick) both schools were in transition from I-AA. UC - Brown 19-yard run (Ciaravino kick) UC - Brown 2-yard run (Ciaravino kick) Hofstra came out strong and temporarily quieted the near-sellout HU - Hanly 28-yard field goal crowd of 37,583, forcing the Huskies to go three-and-out on its UC - Frey 2-yard run (Ciaravino kick) opening possession. Following a 47-yard punt, Connecticut's Robbie Frey recovered Anthony Nelson's fumble recovery at the Hofstra 1- HOFSTRA UCONN yard line. Brown capitalized on the turnover one play later, bullying First Downs (R-P-Pe) 4-8-1 12-13-2 his way into the end zone for a touchdown run to open a 7-0 lead two Rushes-Yards (Net) 28-40 43-218 minutes into the first quarter. Passing Yards (Net) 130 233 Passes Comp-Att-Int 17-28-2 18-30-3 Christopher recorded his first career completion for the Pride, Total Offense/Plays-Yards 56-170 73-451 delivering a third-down strike to Aaron Weaver (Freeport, NY) Punt Returns-Yards 1- (-15) 2-42 picked up the first down. But Scott Lutrus' interception stalled the Kickoff Returns-Yards 5-105 2-33 drive, giving possession back to the Huskies midway through the Interception Returns-Yards 3-70 2-0 first. Brown added his second touchdown of the quarter, capping a Punts (Number-Avg) 6-37.8 2-43.5 seven-play drive with another 1-yard touchdown run to forge a 14- Fumbles-Lost 2-1 2-2 point edge with 4:47 remaining. Penalties-Yards 8-70 7-70 Possession Time 28:43 31:17 Third Down Conversions 6-14 5-10 Fourth Down Conversions 0-1 0-0 Red-Zone Scores-Chances 1-3 5-7 Jackolski took the pitch and ran untouched into the left corner of the Sacks By: Number-Yards 0-0 7-47 end zone, tying the game at 16 with 10:34 remaining in the fourth quarter. RUSHING: HOFSTRA- Christopher (21-25-0), Benjamin (1-8-0), Buries (4-6-0); UConn- Brown (23-146-4), Frey (9-34-1), Wylie (6- Albany quarterback Vinny Espositio (10-22, 102 yards) put the Great 23-0) Danes ahead when the junior bullied his way into the end zone for a PASSING: HOFSTRA- Christopher (17-28-2, 130, 0TD); UConn- 1-yard quarterback keeper. The touchdown forged a 16-9 lead for the Lorenzen (14-25-3, 184, 0TD), Endres (4-5-0, 49, 0TD) Great Danes with 2:12 left in the third quarter. RECEIVING: HOFSTRA- Weaver (4-25-0), Lewis (3-32-0), Ant. Nelson (3-18-0), Benson (2-26-0); UConn- Gaulden (4-62-0), Moore Nearly four minutes earlier, Albany generated points on defense to (4-37-0), Smith (3-32) erase a 9-7 deficit. With the ball at the Hofstra 4-yard line, TACKLES (UA-A): HOFSTRA-Edmond (5-4-9), Melendez (5-3-8), Christopher fumbled but recovered. Albany made the tackle in the McDonough (5-3-8); UConn- Wilson (4-4-8), Lloyd (2-4-6), Lutrus Pride end zone for the game-tying safety. (3-1-4). Hofstra surged to a 6-0 lead thanks to nine-play, 59-yard drive that Stadium: Rentschler Field culminated with Christopher's 13-yard touchdown strike to Weaver. Attendance: 37,583 The Pride missed the extra point, though Weaver's first career Weather: 76 degrees and cloudy touchdown reception gave the home team the edge on its first possession. GAME 2 - SEPTEMBER 13 VS. ALBANY: Hofstra junior Christopher's bullet pass was his first touchdown pass as a Hofstra quarterback Cory Christopher player. But Albany rebounded late in the first quarter by marching 84 passed for 272 yards and a yards in 10 plays, pulling ahead thanks to the first of Esposito's two touchdown, but it wasn't enough rushing touchdowns. The QB pushed past the goal line with a 1-yard as Albany got a 7-yard keeper. Herb Glass added the extra point, putting Albany up 7-6 touchdown run from junior entering the second quarter. tailback David McCarthy in the first overtime to earn a 22-16 victory over the Pride Saturday evening Hofstra defensive end Al Carmody combined with Bonus on at James M. Shuart Stadium. Hofstra's only other sack. Gregory Melendez chipped in seven Hofstra slips to 0-2 with the loss, while Albany evens its record at 1-1 tackles. Strong safety Ray McDonough contributed three pass this season. breakups.

Christopher, a native of Miami, Florida, completed 27-of-38 passes, 1 2 3 4 OT F while also rushing for 44 yards. Linebacker Luke Bonus led Hofstra's Albany 7 0 9 0 6 22 defense with eight tackles and 1 ½ sacks. Hofstra 6 3 0 7 0 160

Christopher tried to win it for the Pride in regulation, initiating an 18- Scoring Summary play drive with the scored tied at 16. The junior passer produced a HU - Waever 13-yard pass from Christopher (Hanly kick blocked) mini-highlight reel on the drive, faking a handoff before scrambling UA - Esposito 1-yard run (Glass kick) up-field for a key first down on an option play to push Hofstra past HU - Hanly 25-yard field goal midfield. UA - Team safety UA - Esposito 1 yard ruin (Glass kick) Anthony Nelson, who logged a game-high nine catches for 85 yards, HU - Jackolski 3-yard run (Hanly kick) sustained the drive by sprawling out for a third-down catch, giving UA - McCarthy 7-yard run the Pride a new set of downs on the Albany 17. Christopher ran a quarterback keeper to center the ball between the hash marks, setting HOFSTRA ALBANY up freshman kicker Brian Hanly's potential game-winning attempt. First Downs (R-P-Pe) 7-18-1 10-6-1 Rushes-Yards (Net) 46-132 45-207 But Hanly had his 34-yard field goal attempt blocked by Dave Casale Passing Yards (Net) 272 102 with three seconds remaining, sending the contest into overtime. Passes Comp-Att-Int 27-39-0 10-22-0 Hanly had another chance in overtime, lining up for a 30-yard kick Total Offense/Plays-Yards 85-404 67-309 that would have forced the Great Danes to score a field goal to tie or Punt Returns-Yards 0-0 1-0 a touchdown to win. Instead, Albany senior Raphael Nguti came up Kickoff Returns-Yards 3-76 4-61 with the third block of the game for Albany. McCarty raced in for the Interception Returns-Yards 0-0 0-0 winning score five plays later, marking just the third time the Great Punts (Number-Avg) 3-27.3 6-37.3 Danes have defeated Hofstra in 14 career meetings. Fumbles-Lost 4-0 0-0 Penalties-Yards 6-44 4-32 Down 16-9 early in the fourth quarter, the Pride stormed back. Possession Time 36:41 23:19 Christopher electrified the crowd of 5,111, eluding a sack about 10 Third Down Conversions 8-16 6-15 yards in the backfield on third-and-long by juking away from Fourth Down Conversions 1-2 1-2 linebacker Emerson Kinsey before firing a strike to Everette Red-Zone Scores-Chances 3-6 3-3 Benjamin for a first-down. Sacks By: Number-Yards 2-7 3-17

The drive nearly stalled near Albany's goal line as Christopher's RUSHING: HOFSTRA- Benjamin (19-69-0), Christopher (19-44-0), third-down pass to Aaron Weaver sailed wide. Albany's Ross Jackolski (8-19-1); UA- McCarty (27-178-1), Simmons (8-25-0), Bertrand was called for pass interference, setting up freshman Gannon (3-3-0) tailback Brock Jackolski's first collegiate touchdown. PASSING: HOFSTRA- Christopher (27-38-0, 272, 1); UA- Esposito (10-22-0, 102, 0) RECEIVING: HOFSTRA- Ant. Nelson (9-85-0), Weaver (7-70-1), yard field goal. Benjamin, who added 44 yards on nine carries, gave Lewis (3-51-0); UA- Bush (6-58-0), Bocanegra (1-17-0), Lullen (1- the Pride its first lead just over a minute later, recording a six-yard 10-0) touchdown run to give Hofstra a 9-7 halftime lead. It was Benjamin’s TACKLES (UA-A): HOFSTRA-Bonus (3-5-8), Melendez (2-6-8), first touchdown of the season. Edmond (5-2-7); UA- Brancaccio (9-6-15), Casale (7-6-13), Kelly (7- 3-10. Senior defensive back Nick Altomare (Fairfax, VA) set up that short scoring drive, forcing Hughes to fumble after a ferocious hit. Stadium: James M. Shuart Stadium Anthony Vernaglia (Anaheim Hills, CA) recovered the loose ball, Attendance: 5,111 giving possession to the Pride at the Rams 21-yard line. Vernaglia Weather: 71 degrees and overcast finished with a team-high six tackles, including five sol stops, and a sack. Altomare also added an interception-his second of the season- GAME 3 - SEPTEMBER 20 off quarterback Derek Cassidy, one of three turnovers the Pride VS. RHODE ISLAND: Hofstra generated. Cassidy, who completed 18 of his 32 passes for 248 yards, freshman placekicker Roger also had a pass picked off by Leslie Jackman. Williams drilled a 38-yard-field goal with three seconds Christopher ran the ball 22 times but also forged a connection with remaining in the contest to give his two top receivers. Sophomore Anthony Nelson (Wellington, FL) the Pride a 23-20 CAA Football logged a game-high nine receptions for 92 yards while Weaver victory over Rhode Island at contributed eight catches for 76 yards. James M. Shuart Stadium Saturday afternoon. The Pride improved to 1-2 and 1-0 in the CAA while Rhode Island dropped to 1-3 and 0-2 in 1 2 3 4 F conference play. Rhode Island 7 0 0 13 20 Hofstra 0 9 0 14 23 Williams, a walk-on from Mandeville, Louisiana, came off the bench in the second half in place of freshman starter Brian Hanly and Scoring Summary kicked two field goals, including the game-winner in the waning URI - Hughes 37-yard run (Feinstein kick) seconds of regulation, to lead the Pride to victory. Pride quarterback HU- Hanly 21-yard field goal Cory Christopher sliced through the Rams defense with his arm and HU- Benjamin 6-yard run (Hanly kick failed) his legs, completing 25 of his 33 attempts for 265 yards while rushing URI- Ferrer 2-yard pass from Cassidy (Feinstein kick) for an additional 97 yards. Freshman tailback Brock Jackolski HU- Christopher 1-yard run (Weaver pass from Christopher) (Shirley, NY) added a career-high 144 yards on 13 carries in just his HU- Williams 33-yard field goal second collegiate contest. URI- Ferrer 1-yard run (Feinstein kick failed) HU- Williams 38-yard field goal With the scored tied at 20 in the final minute and no timeouts, Christopher engineered an eight-play, 58-yard drive in just 44 HOFSTRA URI seconds to facilitate Williams’ attempt. The Miami, FL. native First Downs (R-P-Pe) 12-12-1 5-10-0 completed two passes to Everette Benjamin before connecting on a Rushes-Yards (Net) 45-211 26-93 12-yard pass to red-shirt freshman receiver Aaron Weaver as the Passing Yards (Net) 265 248 Pride advanced into Rams territory. Christopher punctuated the drive Passes Comp-Att-Int 25-36-0 18-32-2 by finding Ottis Lewis for 24 yards to the URI 21. After a spike to Total Offense/Plays-Yards 81-476 58-341 stop the clock, Williams came on and converted his second field goal Punt Returns-Yards 4-6 1-6 of the game to give the Pride the lead. Williams would kick-off to the Kickoff Returns-Yards 4-73 6-144 Rams and, after a total return of 57 yards by two URI players, would Interception Returns-Yards 2-5 0-0 assist on the final tackle to end the game. Punts (Number-Avg) 5-41.0 7-32.7 Fumbles-Lost 5-1 2-1 Rhode Island mounted a comeback of its own, marching 54 yards Penalties-Yards 6-60 4-30 down the field on its second-to-last possession. Rams tailback Possession Time 37:22 22:38 Anthony Ferrer pushed through for a 21-yard gain and then pushed Third Down Conversions 5-15 3-12 his way in from the 1-yard line one play later to tie the game at 20 Fourth Down Conversions 0-2 1-1 with 44 seconds left. But Louis Feinstein hooked his extra point Red-Zone Scores-Chances 4-5 2-2 attempt, keeping the score tied at 20. Sacks By: Number-Yards 2-14 5-30

Hofstra scored 14 points in the final quarter, starting with RUSHING: HOFSTRA- Jackolski (13-144-0), Christopher (22-49- Christopher’s one-yard quarterback sneak for a touchdown with 8:21 1), Benjamin (9-43-1); URI- Hughes (11-49-1), Ferrer (3-25-1), left. Head Coach Dave Cohen elected to go for the two-point Cassidy (10-22-0) conversion and Christopher delivered by finding Weaver for a PASSING: HOFSTRA- Christopher (25-33-0, 265, 0TD); URI- successful conversion and a 17-14 lead for the Pride. Cassidy (18-32-2, 248, 1TD) RECEIVING: HOFSTRA- Ant. Nelson (9-92-0), Weaver (8-76-0), Jackolski, who was playing in just his second NCAA game, nearly Benjamin (4-33-0); URI- Johnson-Farrell (7-67-0), Leonard (4-118- made it a two-score game five minutes later. The underclassman 0), Bellini (4-50-0) busted through a hole, completed a spin move and raced 64 yards TACKLES (UA-A): HOFSTRA- Vernaglia (5-1-6), Gaida (4-2-6), downfield before getting hauled down just inches from the goal line. Altomare (3-2-5); URI- Hansen (9-3-12), Ball (7-4-11), Young (8-1- But the Pride couldn’t punch it in and had to settle for a 33-yard field 9). goal from Williams to boost the Pride lead to 20-14 with 3:27 to play. The Rams came out strong, breaking open the scoring just 1:50 into Stadium: James M. Shuart Stadium the contest when Jimmy Hughes blasted through a hole for a 37-yard Attendance: 6,107 rushing touchdown. Hughes would lead the Rams’ ground game with Weather: 64 degrees and cloudy 49 yards on 11 carries. The Pride got on the scoreboard with 5:31 remaining in the first half following Brian Hanly’s (Wyckoff, NJ) 21- Two turnovers allowed Hofstra to pad the lead in the second half. GAME 4 - SEPTEMBER 26 AT Phil Riley recovered Eley's fumbled punt return near midfield late in STONY BROOK: Hofstra's the third quarter. The Pride opened up the playbook, getting Weaver defense generated four turnovers, got into the action as a rusher. The sophomore wideout took a reverse leading directly to 26 points as the 18 yards to the Stony Brook 2-yard line. Christopher added the Pride defeated Stony Brook, 43-3, second of his rushing touchdowns on the next play. in a non-conference game at LaValle Stadium. Red-shirt freshman Chris Edmond garnered his first collegiate interception, picking off Hoffman's pass in the flat at the Stony Brook The Pride forced stops on the Seawolves first five drives, surging 28. Benjamin capped the following seven-play drive by bullying ahead 31-3 at halftime. Hofstra improved to 2-2 on the season and ahead for a 2-yard touchdown run to close the scoring. 12-0 in the all-time series, starting strong in the first of four straight road contests. Stony Brook dropped to 1-4. 1 2 3 4 F Hofstra 10 21 0 12 43 Hofstra junior quarterback Cory Christopher wasn't deterred by the Stony Brook 0 3 0 0 3 soggy weather, finishing 15-for-24 for 161 yards and a touchdown, while adding 48 yards on the ground and two rushing touchdowns. Scoring Summary The Pride's point total exceeded its first three games combined, HU- Christopher 1-yard run (Williams kick) extending the team's winning streak to two. HU- Williams 21-yard field goal HU- Jackman 60-yard fumble recovery (Williams kick) Nick Altomare registered a team-high eight tackles, keying a defense HU- Jackolski 3-yard run (Williams kick) that picked off quarterback Dayne Hoffman twice and recovered two HU- Ant. Nelson 30-yard pass from Christopher (Williams kick) fumbles in addition to stopping four fourth-down attempts. SBU- Gaddis 28-yard field goal HU- Christopher 2-yard run (Williams kick failed) A fumbled punt and a turnover on downs gave Hofstra favorable field HU- Benjamin 2-yard run (Williams kick failed) position in the first quarter, as the Pride put up 10 points. The Pride defense sustained the momentum in the second quarter, building a HOFSTRA SBU three-score lead when cornerback Leslie Jackman's stripped Stony First Downs (R-P-Pe) 10-8-0 7-7-2 Brook running back Edwin Gowins of the ball and raced untouched Rushes-Yards (Net) 39-155 29-72 60 yards up the Stony Brook sideline for a touchdown, building a 17- Passing Yards (Net) 161 139 0 lead with 14:08 to play in the half . Passes Comp-Att-Int 15-24-0 12-27-2 Total Offense/Plays-Yards 63-316 56-211 Stony Brook nearly set the early tone, marching all the way to the Punt Returns-Yards 0-0 1- (-1) Hofstra 24 on its opening drive. Hoffman nearly put his team on the Kickoff Returns-Yards 2-45 7-124 scoreboard, finding an open receiver in the end zone. But Dwayne Interception Returns-Yards 2-6 0-0 Eley couldn't handle the throw and the Pride defense forced a Punts (Number-Avg) 3-38.3 2-39.5 turnover on downs. Fumbles-Lost 0-0 3-2 Penalties-Yards 6-53 3-15 Christopher's engineered a 12-play, 66-yard drive and called his own Possession Time 32:03 27:57 number on the quarterback keeper to put Hofstra ahead, 7-0, with Third Down Conversions 8-13 3-11 4:05 remaining in the first quarter. Fourth Down Conversions 1-1 1-5 Red-Zone Scores-Chances 5-5 1-2 On the Seawolves next possession a bad snap on Stony Brook's punt Sacks By: Number-Yards 0-0 0-0 attempt set up Hofstra's second score on the next drive. The snap from center went over punter Luke Gaddis' head with the punter RUSHING: HOFSTRA- Christopher (12-48-2), Benjamin (11-45-1), falling on the ball at the Seawolves 4-yard line for a 38-yard loss. Jackolski (11-32-1); SBU- Cuttino (15-75-0), Gowins (9-63-0), Hofstra capitalized on the miscue, pulling ahead by 10 thanks to Contardi (3-(-4)-0). Roger Williams' 21-yard-field goal in the first quarter's final minute. PASSING: HOFSTRA- Christopher (15-24-0, 161-1TD); SBU- Hoffman (9-22-2, 119, 0), Sweeney (3-5-0, 20, 0) Hofstra kept pressuring the Seawolves following Jackson's big play. RECEIVING: HOFSTRA- Ant. Nelson (4-69-1), Lewis (4-37-0), Anthony Nelson, who finished with a game-high 69 receiving yards Weaver (3-23-0); SBU- Eley (6-69-0), Saffold (2-23-0), Porter (1-37- on four catches, took a swing pass 2 yards in the backfield and 0) sprinted up-field to sustain the drive on third-and-long. Christopher's TACKLES (UA-A): HOFSTRA- Altomare (6-2-8), Bonus (1-4-5), fourth down sneak later in the drive led to another seven points and Jackman (3-1-4, Melendez (3-1-4); SBU- Schwicke (4-4-8), Soivilien marked the Miami, FL, native's third rushing TD of the year. (4-2-6), Brevi (4-2-6).

After a Stony Brook three-and-out, Christopher went right back to Stadium: LaValle Stadium work. Aaron Weaver corralled a jump ball at the Stony Brook 4, Attendance: 2,105 beating the man-on-man coverage. Reigning CAA Rookie of the Weather: 70 degrees and misty Week Brook Jackolski recorded a touchdown for a second straight game, taking an end-around all the way on the next play as Hofstra opened a 24-0 lead midway through the second quarter.

Just 12 seconds later, Ray McDonough registered the second big play from a defensive back. The junior read Hoffman's passing route, stepping in front of the intended receiver for his second interception of the season. Hofstra turned the mistake into points when corner Mike McCoy slipped, allowing Nelson all the time he needed to catch Christopher's lob and increase the lead to 31-0. THIS WEEK'S OPPONENT RETURNING JAMES MADISON STATISTICAL LEADERS Rushing Pos. Cl. GP Rushes Yards TD Rodney Landers QB Sr. 12 223 1,273 12 Passing Pos. Cl. GP Att/Comp/INT Yards TD Rodney Landers QB Sr. 12 130/205/5 1,678 13 Receiving Pos. Cl. GP Rec. Yards TD Rockeed McCarter WR Jr. 12 20 285 2 Defense Pos. Cl. GP ST-AT-TT INT Sacks Marcus Haywood FS Sr. 12 53-40-93 1 0.5 D.J. Brandon LB Sr. 12 34-41-75 0 1 JAMES MADISON UNIVERSITY Location: Harrisonburg, VA JMU IN THE NCAA STATS: Here is where the James Madison Founded: 1908 Enrollment: 17,500 team and players rank in this week’s NCAA statistics report, as of Nickname: Dukes September 29: Conference: CAA Football Colors: Purple and Gold Category FCS Avg. CAA Stadium: Bridgeforth Stadium (15,500) Rushing Offense 5 265.40 1 President: Dr. Linwood H. Rose

Passing Offense 114 102.60 12 Athletics Director: Jeff Bourne

Football SID: Gary Michael Total Offense 49 368.00 6

Web Site: www.jmusports.com Scoring Offense 17 34.80 3 Head Coach: (West Texas State, 1976) Rushing Defense 54 145.40 5 Record at School: 64-44/9 years

Pass Efficiency Defense 37 110.38 5 Overall Record: same

Assistant Coaches: George Barlow (asst. head coach/defensive Total Defense 44 328.80 6

coordinator/safeties), Jeff Durden (offensive coordinator/quarterbacks), Mark Scoring Defense 46 23.60 6 Hendricks (cornerbacks), Ulrick Edmonds (running backs), Kyle Gillenwater Net Punting 21 35.29 1 (linebackers), Josh Haymore (tight ends), Chris Malone (offensive line),

Punt Returns 34 11.64 2 Clayton Matthews (wide receivers/kickers), J.C. Price (defensive line), Isai

Bradshaw (defensive line assistant) Kickoff Returns 9 25.16 2

Basic Offense: Spread Turnover Margin T-21 1.00 3 Basic Defense: Eight-man front Pass Defense 42 183.40 6 2007 Record: 8-4, 6-2 CAA

Passing Efficiency 48 127.30 5 Lettermen Returning/Lost: 46/19 Off. Starters Returning: 8 Sacks 31 2.40 1

Def. Starters Returning: 7 Tackles For Loss 65 5.80 6 Series Record: James Madison leads, 5-2 Sacks Allowed 18 .80 3 Last Meeting: 2005 - Hofstra 10, James Madison 42

Category JMU Player FCS Avg. CAA 2008 Schedule Aug. 30 at Duke 7-31 L Rushing Rodney Landers 10 120.40 1

Sept. 6 North Carolina Central 56-7 W Eugene Holloman 50 77.50 8

Sept. 13 Massachusetts 52-38 W Griff Yancey 47.80 13 Sept. 20 Appalachian State 35-32 W Passing Efficiency Rodney Landers 140.06 4 Sept. 27 at Maine 24-10 W Oct. 4 Hofstra Total Offense Rodney Landers 43 221.20 8

Oct. 11 at Richmond Eugene Holloman 77.50 20

Oct. 25 at Villanova Griff Yancey 47.80 25 Nov. 1 Delaware Interceptions Marcus Haywood T-8 .80 1 Nov. 15 William and Mary Nov. 22 at Towson Darrieus Ramsey T-41 .50 T-7

Evan McCollough T-80 .40 T-11

2007 Results - 8-4-0 Punt Returns Scotty McGee 21 12.46 1 at North Carolina 14-37 L Kickoff Returns Scotty McGee 7 36.00 1 New Hampshire 41-24 W

Field Goals Dave Stannard T-96 .40 T-12 VMI 45-17 W

Coastal Carolina 45-10 W Scoring Griff Yancey T-18 9.60 3

Villanova 35-7 W Rodney Landers T-32 8.40 6 at Northeastern 21-14 W Dave Stannard T-88 6.00 T-10 at Rhode Island 44-27 W

All-Purpose Runners Rodney Landers 53 120.40 5 Richmond 16-17 L at Delaware 34-37 L Scotty McGee 74 111.60 8

at William and Mary 55-34 W Eugene Holloman 94.25 13 Towson 23-13 W Sacks Arthur Moats T-65 .60 T-4 at Appalachian State (NCAA) 27-28 L

Sam Daniels T-81 .50 T-6

Important Numbers - Area Code - 540 Hassan Abdul-Wahid .30 T-24

Athletic Office: 568-6164 Tackles Marcus Haywood T-79 8.20 7 Ticket Office: 568-3853 Gerren Griffin 7.50 T-11 Football Office: 568-6517

D.J. Brandon 6.60 T-21 SID Office: 568-6154 Fax: 568-3703 Press Box: 568-6521

HOFSTRA UNIVERSITY Game Results (as of Oct 01, 2008) All games

Overall Conference Date Opponent Score Record Record Time Attend ------Aug 28, 2008 at CONNECTICUT 3-35 L 0- 1- 0 0- 0- 0 3:31 37583 Sep 13, 2008 ALBANY O 16-22 L 0- 2- 0 0- 0- 0 3:08 5111 * Sep 20, 2008 RHODE ISLAND W 23-20 1- 2- 0 1- 0- 0 3:05 6107 Sep 26, 2008 at Stony Brook W 43-3 2- 2- 0 1- 0- 0 2:45 2105

* indicates conference game

------FIRST DOWNS------RUSHING------PASSING------TOTAL OFFENSE-- Return Turn- Opponent Score Total Rush Pass Pen Number-Yards Comp-Att-Int Yards Plays-Yards Yards Overs ------/-- --/-- --/-- --/------/------/------/------/ ------/-- --/-- CONNECTICUT...... 3-35 13/27 4/12 8/13 1/2 28-40 / 43-218 17-28- 2 / 18-30- 3 130/233 56-170 / 73-451 169/75 3/5 ALBANY...... 16-22 26/17 7/10 18/6 1/1 46-132 / 45-207 27-39- 0 / 10-22- 0 272/102 85-404 / 67-309 76/61 0/0 RHODE ISLAND...... 23-20 25/15 12/5 12/10 1/0 45-211 / 26-93 25-36- 0 / 18-32- 2 265/248 81-476 / 58-341 84/150 1/3 Stony Brook...... 43-3 18/16 10/7 8/7 0/2 39-155 / 29-72 15-24- 0 / 12-27- 2 161/139 63-316 / 56-211 111/123 0/4

Totals...... 85-80 82/75 33/34 46/36 3/5 158-538 /143-590 84-127- 2/ 58-111- 7 828/722 285-1366/ 254-1312 440/409 4/12

Note: Game totals are displayed in the format TEAM/OPPONENT for each category HOFSTRA UNIVERSITY Team Game-by-Game Comparison (as of Oct 01, 2008) All games

------FIRST DOWNS------RUSHING------PASSING------TOTAL OFFENSE-- Return Turn- Opponent Score Total Rush Pass Pen Number-Yards Comp-Att-Int Yards Plays-Yards Yards Overs ------/-- --/-- --/-- --/------/------/------/------/ ------/-- --/-- CONNECTICUT...... 3-35 13/27 4/12 8/13 1/2 28-40 / 43-218 17-28- 2 / 18-30- 3 130/233 56-170 / 73-451 169/75 3/5 ALBANY...... 16-22 26/17 7/10 18/6 1/1 46-132 / 45-207 27-39- 0 / 10-22- 0 272/102 85-404 / 67-309 76/61 0/0 RHODE ISLAND...... 23-20 25/15 12/5 12/10 1/0 45-211 / 26-93 25-36- 0 / 18-32- 2 265/248 81-476 / 58-341 84/150 1/3 Stony Brook...... 43-3 18/16 10/7 8/7 0/2 39-155 / 29-72 15-24- 0 / 12-27- 2 161/139 63-316 / 56-211 111/123 0/4

Totals...... 85-80 82/75 33/34 46/36 3/5 158-538 /143-590 84-127- 2/ 58-111- 7 828/722 285-1366/ 254-1312 440/409 4/12

Note: Game totals are displayed in the format TEAM/OPPONENT for each category

3rd Down 4th Down Time of TOP Avg Avg Avg Punting ----PENALTIES---- Opponent Conversions Conversions Possession Margin Yds/Rush Yds/Pass Yds/Play Number-Avg No-Yds / No-Yds ------/------/------/------/------/------/------/------/------CONNECTICUT...... 6-14 / 5-10 0-1 / 0-0 28:43/ 31:17 -2:34 1.4/5.1 4.6/7.8 3.0/6.2 6-37.8 / 2-43.5 8-70 / 7-70 ALBANY...... 8-16 / 6-15 1-2 / 1-2 36:41/ 23:19 13:22 2.9/4.6 7.0/4.6 4.8/4.6 3-27.3 / 6-37.3 6-44 / 4-32 RHODE ISLAND...... 5-15 / 3-12 0-2 / 1-1 37:22/ 22:38 14:44 4.7/3.6 7.4/7.8 5.9/5.9 5-41.0 / 7-32.7 6-60 / 4-30 Stony Brook...... 8-13 / 3-11 1-1 / 1-5 32:03/ 27:57 4:06 4.0/2.5 6.7/5.1 5.0/3.8 3-38.3 / 2-39.5 6-53 / 3-15

Totals...... 27-58 / 17-48 2-6 / 3-8 134:49/105:11 29:38 3.4/4.1 6.5/6.5 4.8/5.2 17-37.0 / 17-36.4 26-227 / 18-147

Note: Game totals are displayed in the format TEAM/OPPONENT for each category HOFSTRA UNIVERSITY Overall Team Statistics (as of Oct 01, 2008) All games

TEAM STATISTICS HOFSTRA OPP ------SCORING...... 85 80 Points Per Game...... 21.2 20.0 FIRST DOWNS...... 82 75 Rushing...... 33 34 Passing...... 46 36 Penalty...... 3 5 RUSHING YARDAGE...... 538 590 Yards gained rushing...... 703 737 Yards lost rushing...... 165 147 Rushing Attempts...... 158 143 Average Per Rush...... 3.4 4.1 Average Per Game...... 134.5 147.5 TDs Rushing...... 7 10 PASSING YARDAGE...... 828 722 Att-Comp-Int...... 127-84-2 111-58-7 Average Per Pass...... 6.5 6.5 Average Per Catch...... 9.9 12.4 Average Per Game...... 207.0 180.5 TDs Passing...... 2 1 TOTAL OFFENSE...... 1366 1312 Total Plays...... 285 254 Average Per Play...... 4.8 5.2 Average Per Game...... 341.5 328.0 KICK RETURNS: #-YARDS...... 14-299 19-362 PUNT RETURNS: #-YARDS...... 5--9 5-47 INT RETURNS: #-YARDS...... 7-81 2-0 KICK RETURN AVERAGE...... 21.4 19.1 PUNT RETURN AVERAGE...... -1.8 9.4 INT RETURN AVERAGE...... 11.6 0.0 FUMBLES-LOST...... 11-2 7-5 PENALTIES-YARDS...... 26-227 18-147 Average Per Game...... 56.8 36.8 PUNTS-YARDS...... 17-629 17-619 Average Per Punt...... 37.0 36.4 Net punt average...... 33.1 32.2 TIME OF POSSESSION/GAME...... 33:42 26:18 3RD-DOWN CONVERSIONS...... 27/58 17/48 3rd-Down Pct...... 47% 35% 4TH-DOWN CONVERSIONS...... 2/6 3/8 4th-Down Pct...... 33% 38% SACKS BY-YARDS...... 4-21 15-94 MISC YARDS...... -19 10 TOUCHDOWNS SCORED...... 10 11 FIELD GOALS-ATTEMPTS...... 6-10 1-2 ON-SIDE KICKS...... 0-0 0-0 RED-ZONE SCORES...... 13-19 68% 11-14 79% RED-ZONE TOUCHDOWNS...... 8-19 42% 10-14 71% PAT-ATTEMPTS...... 5-9 56% 9-10 90% ATTENDANCE...... 11218 39688 Games/Avg Per Game...... 2/5609 2/19844 Neutral Site Games...... 0/0

SCORE BY QUARTERS 1st 2nd 3rd 4th OT Total ------HOFSTRA UNIVERSITY.. 16 33 3 33 0 - 85 Opponents...... 28 17 9 20 6 - 80 HOFSTRA UNIVERSITY Overall Individual Statistics (as of Oct 01, 2008) All games

RUSHING GP Att Gain Loss Net Avg TD Long Avg/G PUNT RETURNS No. Yds Avg TD Long ------Brock Jackolski 3 32 200 5 195 6.1 2 64 65.0 Anthony Nelson 4 -9 -2.2 0 5 Cory Christopher 4 74 284 118 166 2.2 3 25 41.5 Jaron McNeill 1 0 0.0 0 0 Everette Benjamin 4 40 174 9 165 4.1 2 18 41.2 Total...... 5 -9 -1.8 0 5 Aaron Weaver 4 1 18 0 18 18.0 0 18 4.5 Opponents...... 5 47 9.4 0 29 Ray Bennett 3 2 19 3 16 8.0 0 19 5.3 Justine Buries 1 4 6 0 6 1.5 0 3 6.0 INTERCEPTIONS No. Yds Avg TD Long Larry Gaskins 1 2 2 1 1 0.5 0 2 1.0 ------TEAM 3 2 0 4 -4 -2.0 0 0 -1.3 Nick Altomare 2 5 2.5 0 5 Phil Riley 4 1 0 25 -25 -25.0 0 0 -6.2 Ray McDonough 2 54 27.0 0 54 Total...... 4 158 703 165 538 3.4 7 64 134.5 Leslie Jackman 1 0 0.0 0 0 Opponents...... 4 143 737 147 590 4.1 10 46 147.5 Anthony Vernaglia 1 16 16.0 0 16 Chris Edmond 1 6 6.0 0 6 PASSING GP Effic Cmp-Att-Int Pct Yds TD Lng Avg/G Total...... 7 81 11.6 0 54 ------Opponents...... 2 0 0.0 0 0 Cory Christopher 4 126.95 84-123-2 68.3 828 2 30 207.0 TEAM 3 0.00 0-4-0 0.0 0 0 0 0.0 KICK RETURNS No. Yds Avg TD Long Total...... 4 122.95 84-127-2 66.1 828 2 30 207.0 ------Opponents...... 4 97.25 58-111-7 52.3 722 1 46 180.5 Brock Jackolski 8 167 20.9 0 38 Aaron Weaver 3 71 23.7 0 27 RECEIVING GP No. Yds Avg TD Long Avg/G Anthony Nelson 2 43 21.5 0 21 ------Christian Dennis 1 18 18.0 0 18 Anthony Nelson 4 25 264 10.6 1 30 66.0 Total...... 14 299 21.4 0 38 Aaron Weaver 4 22 194 8.8 1 21 48.5 Opponents...... 19 362 19.1 0 51 Ottis Lewis 4 12 157 13.1 0 30 39.2 Everette Benjamin 4 10 72 7.2 0 15 18.0 FUMBLE RETURNS No. Yds Avg TD Long Darren Brownlee 4 5 51 10.2 0 22 12.8 ------Phil Riley 4 4 27 6.8 0 11 6.8 Leslie Jackman 1 60 60.0 1 60 Derek Benson 4 2 26 13.0 0 23 6.5 Jeff Aime 1 9 9.0 0 9 Brock Jackolski 3 2 21 10.5 0 13 7.0 Total...... 2 69 34.5 1 60 Justine Buries 1 1 17 17.0 0 17 17.0 Opponents...... 0 0 0.0 0 0 David Spanich 4 1 -1 -1.0 0 0 -0.2 Total...... 4 84 828 9.9 2 30 207.0 Opponents...... 4 58 722 12.4 1 46 180.5 HOFSTRA UNIVERSITY Overall Individual Statistics (as of Oct 01, 2008) All games

|------PATs ------| SCORING TD FGs Kick Rush Rcv Pass DXP Saf Points TOTAL OFFENSE G Plays Rush Pass Total Avg/G ------Cory Christopher 3 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 1-1 0 0 18 Cory Christopher 4 197 166 828 994 248.5 Roger Williams 0 3-3 4-6 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 13 Brock Jackolski 3 32 195 0 195 65.0 Brock Jackolski 2 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 12 Everette Benjamin 4 40 165 0 165 41.2 Everette Benjamin 2 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 12 Aaron Weaver 4 1 18 0 18 4.5 Brian Hanly 0 3-7 1-3 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 10 Ray Bennett 3 2 16 0 16 5.3 Aaron Weaver 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 1 0-0 0 0 8 Justine Buries 1 4 6 0 6 6.0 Anthony Nelson 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 6 Larry Gaskins 1 2 1 0 1 1.0 Leslie Jackman 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 6 TEAM 3 6 -4 0 -4 -1.3 Total...... 10 6-10 5-9 0-0 1 1-1 0 0 85 Phil Riley 4 1 -25 0 -25 -6.2 Opponents...... 11 1-2 9-10 0-0 0 0-0 0 1 80 Total...... 4 285 538 828 1366 341.5 Opponents...... 4 254 590 722 1312 328.0

PUNTING No. Yds Avg Long TB FC I20 Blkd FIELD GOALS FGM-FGA Pct 01-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50-99 Lg Blk ------Shane Casciano 17 629 37.0 66 1 8 3 0 Hanly 3-7 42.9 0-0 3-4 0-3 0-0 0-0 28 3 Total...... 17 629 37.0 66 1 8 3 0 Williams 3-3 100.0 0-0 1-1 2-2 0-0 0-0 38 0 Opponents...... 17 619 36.4 47 4 3 6 0

FG SEQUENCE HOFSTRA UNIVERSITY OPPONENTS KICKOFFS No. Yds Avg TB OB Retn Net YdLn ------CONNECTICUT (28) - Roger Williams 18 1011 56.2 0 1 ALBANY (25),32,34,30 46 Brian Hanly 2 111 55.5 0 0 RHODE ISLAND (21),24,(33),(38) - Shane Casciano 1 37 37.0 0 1 Stony Brook (21) (28) Total...... 21 1159 55.2 0 2 362 38.0 32 Opponents...... 15 954 63.6 1 0 299 42.3 27 Numbers in (parentheses) indicate field goal was made. HOFSTRA UNIVERSITY Overall Individual Statistics (as of Oct 01, 2008) All games

ALL PURPOSE G Rush Rec PR KOR IR Tot Avg/G ------Brock Jackolski 3 195 21 0 167 0 383 127.7 Anthony Nelson 4 0 264 -9 43 0 298 74.5 Aaron Weaver 4 18 194 0 71 0 283 70.8 Everette Benjamin 4 165 72 0 0 0 237 59.2 Cory Christopher 4 166 0 0 0 0 166 41.5 Ottis Lewis 4 0 157 0 0 0 157 39.2 Ray McDonough 4 0 0 0 0 54 54 13.5 Darren Brownlee 4 0 51 0 0 0 51 12.8 Derek Benson 4 0 26 0 0 0 26 6.5 Justine Buries 1 6 17 0 0 0 23 23.0 Christian Dennis 3 0 0 0 18 0 18 6.0 Ray Bennett 3 16 0 0 0 0 16 5.3 Anthony Vernaglia 4 0 0 0 0 16 16 4.0 Chris Edmond 4 0 0 0 0 6 6 1.5 Nick Altomare 4 0 0 0 0 5 5 1.2 Phil Riley 4 -25 27 0 0 0 2 0.5 Larry Gaskins 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1.0 David Spanich 4 0 -1 0 0 0 -1 -0.2 TEAM 3 -4 0 0 0 0 -4 -1.3 Total...... 4 538 828 -9 299 81 1737 434.2 Opponents...... 4 590 722 47 362 0 1721 430.2 HOFSTRA UNIVERSITY Overall Defensive Statistics (as of Oct 01, 2008) All games

|------Tackles------| |-Sacks-| |---Pass Def---| |-Fumbles-| Blkd DEFENSIVE LEADERS GP Solo Ast Total TFL/Yds No-Yds Int-Yds BrUp QBH Rcv-Yds FF Kick Saf ------20 Nick Altomare 4 13 12 25 1.0-2 . 2-5 3 . . 1 . . 41 Chris Edmond 4 13 10 23 1.5-3 . 1-6 1 . . . . . 23 Greg Melendez 4 13 10 23 . . . 2 . . . . . 44 Luke Bonus 4 7 15 22 3.0-10 1.5-6 . 1 . . . . . 1 Anthony Vernaglia 4 9 10 19 2.0-9 1.0-7 1-16 2 . 1-0 . . . 10 Deron Mayo 4 10 6 16 0.5-1 ...... 9 Leslie Jackman 4 12 2 14 1.0-1 . 1-0 . . 1-60 2 . . 8 Ray McDonough 4 9 5 14 1.0-2 . 2-54 4 . . . . . 94 Joe Akabalu 4 6 7 13 1.5-6 ...... 11 Said Gaida 4 7 5 12 1.0-6 0.5-3 . 1 . . . . . 63 Andrew Nelson 4 2 10 12 2.5-5 ...... 66 Zachary Carney 4 . 9 9 1.0-1 ...... 26 Everette Benjamin 4 4 3 7 ...... 95 Al Carmody 4 3 3 6 2.5-27 0.5-1 ...... 17 Kevin Smith 4 2 4 6 1.0-6 ...... 21 Andre Freeman 4 2 4 6 . . . 1 . . . . . 24 Basim Hudeen 4 2 3 5 ...... 56 Ronnie Cameron 4 2 3 5 1.0-1 ...... 82 Anthony Nelson 4 5 . 5 ...... 4 Jeff Aime 4 3 2 5 . . . . . 1-9 . . . 90 Quincy Barr 4 2 2 4 2.5-15 0.5-4 . 1 . 1-0 1 . . 98 Larry Abiola 4 3 1 4 1.0-1 ...... 27 Jaron McNeill 4 1 2 3 ...... 50 Scott Szelong 1 1 1 2 1.0-1 ...... 15 Derek Benson 4 . 1 1 ...... 31 Kwabena Asante 2 1 . 1 ...... 47 Roger Williams 4 . 1 1 ...... 46 Tyler Johnston 1 1 . 1 ...... 37 Chris Betz 3 . 1 1 ...... 32 Phil Riley 4 ...... 1-0 . . . Total...... 4 133 132 265 25-97 4-21 7-81 16 . 5-69 4 . . Opponents...... 4 170 136 306 30-130 15-94 2-0 7 . 2-0 5 4 1 HOFSTRA UNIVERSITY Game Superlatives (as of Oct 01, 2008) All games

INDIVIDUAL GAME HIGHS

Rushes...... 22 Cory Christopher vs RHODE ISLAND (Sep 20, 2008) Yards Rushing...... 144 Brock Jackolski vs RHODE ISLAND (Sep 20, 2008) TD Rushes...... 2 Cory Christopher at Stony Brook (Sep 26, 2008) Long Rush...... 64 Brock Jackolski vs RHODE ISLAND (Sep 20, 2008) Pass attempts...... 38 Cory Christopher vs ALBANY (Sep 13, 2008) Pass completions.... 27 Cory Christopher vs ALBANY (Sep 13, 2008) Yards Passing...... 272 Cory Christopher vs ALBANY (Sep 13, 2008) TD Passes...... 1 Cory Christopher vs ALBANY (Sep 13, 2008) Cory Christopher at Stony Brook (Sep 26, 2008) Long Pass...... 30 Cory Christopher vs ALBANY (Sep 13, 2008) Cory Christopher at Stony Brook (Sep 26, 2008) Receptions...... 9 Anthony Nelson vs ALBANY (Sep 13, 2008) Anthony Nelson vs RHODE ISLAND (Sep 20, 2008) Yards Receiving..... 92 Anthony Nelson vs RHODE ISLAND (Sep 20, 2008) TD Receptions...... 1 Aaron Weaver vs ALBANY (Sep 13, 2008) Anthony Nelson at Stony Brook (Sep 26, 2008) Long Reception...... 30 Ottis Lewis vs ALBANY (Sep 13, 2008) Anthony Nelson at Stony Brook (Sep 26, 2008) Field Goals...... 2 Roger Williams vs RHODE ISLAND (Sep 20, 2008) Long Field Goal..... 38 Roger Williams vs RHODE ISLAND (Sep 20, 2008) Punts...... 6 Shane Casciano at CONNECTICUT (Aug 28, 2008) Punting Avg...... 41.0 Shane Casciano vs RHODE ISLAND (Sep 20, 2008) Long Punt...... 66 Shane Casciano vs RHODE ISLAND (Sep 20, 2008) Long Punt Return.... 5 Anthony Nelson vs RHODE ISLAND (Sep 20, 2008) Long Kickoff Return. 38 Brock Jackolski vs ALBANY (Sep 13, 2008) Tackles...... 9 Chris Edmond at CONNECTICUT (Aug 28, 2008) Sacks...... 1.5 Luke Bonus vs ALBANY (Sep 13, 2008) Tackles For Loss.... 2.0 Luke Bonus vs ALBANY (Sep 13, 2008) Interceptions...... 1 Anthony Vernaglia at CONNECTICUT (Aug 28, 2008) Ray McDonough at CONNECTICUT (Aug 28, 2008) Nick Altomare at CONNECTICUT (Aug 28, 2008) Leslie Jackman vs RHODE ISLAND (Sep 20, 2008) Nick Altomare vs RHODE ISLAND (Sep 20, 2008) Ray McDonough at Stony Brook (Sep 26, 2008) Chris Edmond at Stony Brook (Sep 26, 2008) HOFSTRA UNIVERSITY Game Superlatives (as of Oct 01, 2008) All games

TEAM GAME HIGHS

Rushes...... 46 vs ALBANY (Sep 13, 2008) Yards Rushing...... 211 vs RHODE ISLAND (Sep 20, 2008) Yards Per Rush...... 4.7 vs RHODE ISLAND (Sep 20, 2008) TD Rushes...... 4 at Stony Brook (Sep 26, 2008) Pass attempts...... 39 vs ALBANY (Sep 13, 2008) Pass completions.... 27 vs ALBANY (Sep 13, 2008) Yards Passing...... 272 vs ALBANY (Sep 13, 2008) Yards Per Pass...... 7.4 vs RHODE ISLAND (Sep 20, 2008) TD Passes...... 1 vs ALBANY (Sep 13, 2008) at Stony Brook (Sep 26, 2008) Total Plays...... 85 vs ALBANY (Sep 13, 2008) Total Offense...... 476 vs RHODE ISLAND (Sep 20, 2008) Yards Per Play...... 5.9 vs RHODE ISLAND (Sep 20, 2008) Points...... 43 at Stony Brook (Sep 26, 2008) Sacks By...... 2 vs ALBANY (Sep 13, 2008) vs RHODE ISLAND (Sep 20, 2008) First Downs...... 26 vs ALBANY (Sep 13, 2008) Penalties...... 8 at CONNECTICUT (Aug 28, 2008) Penalty Yards...... 70 at CONNECTICUT (Aug 28, 2008) Turnovers...... 3 at CONNECTICUT (Aug 28, 2008) Interceptions By.... 3 at CONNECTICUT (Aug 28, 2008) HOFSTRA UNIVERSITY Game Superlatives (as of Oct 01, 2008) All games

OPPONENT INDIVIDUAL GAME HIGHS

Rushes...... 27 David McCarty, vs ALBANY (Sep 13, 2008) Yards Rushing...... 178 David McCarty, vs ALBANY (Sep 13, 2008) TD Rushes...... 4 BROWN, Donald, at CONNECTICUT (Aug 28, 2008) Long Rush...... 46 David McCarty, vs ALBANY (Sep 13, 2008) Pass attempts...... 32 Cassidy, vs RHODE ISLAND (Sep 20, 2008) Pass completions.... 18 Cassidy, vs RHODE ISLAND (Sep 20, 2008) Yards Passing...... 248 Cassidy, vs RHODE ISLAND (Sep 20, 2008) TD Passes...... 1 Cassidy, vs RHODE ISLAND (Sep 20, 2008) Long Pass...... 46 Cassidy, vs RHODE ISLAND (Sep 20, 2008) Receptions...... 7 Johnson-Farrell, vs RHODE ISLAND (Sep 20, 2008) Yards Receiving..... 118 Leonard, vs RHODE ISLAND (Sep 20, 2008) TD Receptions...... 1 Ferrer, vs RHODE ISLAND (Sep 20, 2008) Long Reception...... 46 Leonard, vs RHODE ISLAND (Sep 20, 2008) Field Goals...... 1 GADDIS, L., at Stony Brook (Sep 26, 2008) Long Field Goal..... 28 GADDIS, L., at Stony Brook (Sep 26, 2008) Punts...... 7 Edger, vs RHODE ISLAND (Sep 20, 2008) Punting Avg...... 43.5 CULLEN, Desi, at CONNECTICUT (Aug 28, 2008) Long Punt...... 47 CULLEN, Desi, at CONNECTICUT (Aug 28, 2008) Long Punt Return.... 29 HOWARD, Jasper, at CONNECTICUT (Aug 28, 2008) Long Kickoff Return. 51 Johnson-Farrell, vs RHODE ISLAND (Sep 20, 2008) Tackles...... 15 J. Brancaccio, vs ALBANY (Sep 13, 2008) Sacks...... 2.0 WITTEN, Lindsey, at CONNECTICUT (Aug 28, 2008) BROWN, Cody, at CONNECTICUT (Aug 28, 2008) Hansen, vs RHODE ISLAND (Sep 20, 2008) Tackles For Loss.... 4.0 Hansen, vs RHODE ISLAND (Sep 20, 2008) Interceptions...... 1 BAGSBY, Aaron, at CONNECTICUT (Aug 28, 2008) LUTRUS, Scott, at CONNECTICUT (Aug 28, 2008) HOFSTRA UNIVERSITY Game Superlatives (as of Oct 01, 2008) All games

OPPONENT TEAM GAME HIGHS

Rushes...... 45 vs ALBANY (Sep 13, 2008) Yards Rushing...... 218 at CONNECTICUT (Aug 28, 2008) Yards Per Rush...... 5.1 at CONNECTICUT (Aug 28, 2008) TD Rushes...... 5 at CONNECTICUT (Aug 28, 2008) Pass attempts...... 32 vs RHODE ISLAND (Sep 20, 2008) Pass completions.... 18 at CONNECTICUT (Aug 28, 2008) vs RHODE ISLAND (Sep 20, 2008) Yards Passing...... 248 vs RHODE ISLAND (Sep 20, 2008) Yards Per Pass...... 7.8 at CONNECTICUT (Aug 28, 2008) TD Passes...... 1 vs RHODE ISLAND (Sep 20, 2008) Total Plays...... 73 at CONNECTICUT (Aug 28, 2008) Total Offense...... 451 at CONNECTICUT (Aug 28, 2008) Yards Per Play...... 6.2 at CONNECTICUT (Aug 28, 2008) Points...... 35 at CONNECTICUT (Aug 28, 2008) Sacks By...... 7 at CONNECTICUT (Aug 28, 2008) First Downs...... 27 at CONNECTICUT (Aug 28, 2008) Penalties...... 7 at CONNECTICUT (Aug 28, 2008) Penalty Yards...... 70 at CONNECTICUT (Aug 28, 2008) Turnovers...... 5 at CONNECTICUT (Aug 28, 2008) Interceptions By.... 2 at CONNECTICUT (Aug 28, 2008) HOFSTRA UNIVERSITY Passing Game-by-Game (as of Oct 01, 2008) All games

#5 Christopher Att Comp Int Pct Yards TD Long Sack-Yds Effic ------CONNECTICUT...... 28 17 2 60.7 130 0 23 7-47 85.43 ALBANY...... 38 27 0 71.1 272 1 30 3-17 139.86 RHODE ISLAND...... 33 25 0 75.8 265 0 25 5-30 143.21 Stony Brook...... 24 15 0 62.5 161 1 30 0-0 132.60 TOTALS...... 123 84 2 68.3 828 2 30 15-94 126.95

#TM TEAM Att Comp Int Pct Yards TD Long Sack-Yds Effic ------ALBANY...... 1 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0-0 0.00 RHODE ISLAND...... 3 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0-0 0.00 TOTALS...... 4 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0-0 0.00 HOFSTRA UNIVERSITY Rushing/Receiving Game-by-Game (as of Oct 01, 2008) All games

RUSHING No-Yds/TD UC ALBANY URI SBU

Jackolski RB...... 32-195/2 DNP 8-19/1 13-144/0 11-32/1 Christopher QB...... 74-166/3 21-25/0 19-44/0 22-49/1 12-48/2 Benjamin RB...... 40-165/2 1-8/0 19-69/0 9-43/1 11-45/1 Weaver WR...... 1-18/0 - - - 1-18/0 Bennett RB...... 2-16/0 DNP - - 2-16/0 Buries RB...... 4-6/0 4-6/0 DNP DNP DNP Gaskins RB...... 2-1/0 2-1/0 DNP DNP DNP TEAM...... 2--4/0 DNP - - 2--4/0 Riley TE...... 1--25/0 - - 1--25/0 -

RECEIVING No-Yds/TD UC ALBANY URI SBU

Ant. Nelson WR...... 25-264/1 3-18/0 9-85/0 9-92/0 4-69/1 Weaver WR...... 22-194/1 4-25/0 7-70/1 8-76/0 3-23/0 Lewis WR...... 12-157/0 3-32/0 3-51/0 2-37/0 4-37/0 Benjamin RB...... 10-72/0 1-6/0 3-22/0 4-33/0 2-11/0 Brownlee WR...... 5-51/0 1-7/0 1-4/0 2-27/0 1-13/0 Riley TE...... 4-27/0 1-0/0 3-27/0 - - Benson WR...... 2-26/0 2-26/0 - - - Jackolski RB...... 2-21/0 DNP 1-13/0 - 1-8/0 Buries RB...... 1-17/0 1-17/0 DNP DNP DNP Spanich OL...... 1--1/0 1--1/0 - - - HOFSTRA UNIVERSITY Return Stats Game-by-Game (as of Oct 01, 2008) All games

PUNT RETURNS No-Yds UC ALBANY URI SBU

McNeill...... 1-0 - - 1-0 - Ant. Nelson.... 4--9 1--15 - 3-6 -

KICK RETURNS No-Yds UC ALBANY URI SBU

Jackolski...... 8-167 DNP 3-76 4-73 1-18 Weaver...... 3-71 2-44 - - 1-27 Ant. Nelson.... 2-43 2-43 - - - Dennis...... 1-18 1-18 - - DNP

INT. RETURNS No-Yds UC ALBANY URI SBU

Altomare...... 2-5 1-0 - 1-5 - McDonough...... 2-54 1-54 - - 1-0 Edmond...... 1-6 - - - 1-6 Vernaglia...... 1-16 1-16 - - - Jackman...... 1-0 - - 1-0 -

FUMBLE RETURNS No-Yds UC ALBANY URI SBU

Jackman...... 1-60 - - - 1-60 Aime...... 1-9 1-9 - - - HOFSTRA UNIVERSITY Total Tackles Game-by-Game (as of Oct 01, 2008) All games

TOTAL TACKLES UA-A TOT UC ALBANY URI SBU

Altomare DB...... 13-12 25 3-2 1-6 3-2 6-2 Melendez DB...... 13-10 23 5-3 2-6 3-0 3-1 Edmond...... 13-10 23 5-4 5-2 2-1 1-3 Bonus LB...... 7-15 22 0-4 3-5 3-2 1-4 Vernaglia LB...... 9-10 19 2-2 2-4 5-1 0-3 Mayo LB...... 10-6 16 5-0 2-5 2-1 1-0 Jackman DB...... 12-2 14 3-1 3-0 3-0 3-1 McDonough DB...... 9-5 14 5-3 1-1 3-0 0-1 Akabalu DE...... 6-7 13 - 4-3 0-2 2-2 And. Nelson DL...... 2-10 12 1-4 0-2 1-2 0-2 Gaida LB...... 7-5 12 0-2 2-0 4-2 1-1 Carney DT...... 0-9 9 0-4 0-3 - 0-2 Benjamin...... 4-3 7 0-1 2-1 1-0 1-1 Freeman DB...... 2-4 6 1-3 - - 1-1 Carmody DE...... 3-3 6 1-1 0-1 1-0 1-1 Smith DE...... 2-4 6 0-2 - 2-2 - Hudeen LB...... 2-3 5 1-2 - 0-1 1-0 Ant. Nelson...... 5-0 5 - 1-0 3-0 1-0 Aime DB...... 3-2 5 0-2 2-0 - 1-0 Cameron DE...... 2-3 5 0-1 2-1 - 0-1 Abiola DT...... 3-1 4 0-1 1-0 - 2-0 Barr DL...... 2-2 4 1-1 - 0-1 1-0 McNeill DB...... 1-2 3 0-2 - - 1-0 Szelong DE...... 1-1 2 DNP DNP DNP 1-1 Betz LB...... 0-1 1 0-1 DNP - - Johnston DB...... 1-0 1 DNP DNP DNP 1-0 Asante...... 1-0 1 - 1-0 DNP DNP Benson...... 0-1 1 - - - 0-1 Williams...... 0-1 1 - - 0-1 - 2008 HOFSTRA UNIVERSITY TWO-DEEP CHART AT JMU PRIDE DEFENSE LE 17 Kevin Smith Jr. 6-2 230 Miami, FL/Coral Reef/Western Michigan U. 94 Joe Akabalu Jr. 6-1 247 Brentwood, NY/Brentwood LT 63 Andrew Nelson So. 6-3 259 Uniondale, NY/Uniondale 98 Larry Abiola Sr. 5-11 316 South Farmingdale, NY/Farmingdale/Nassau CC RT 66 Zachary Carney Jr. 6-4 260 Wynatskill, NY/Blair Academy 56 Ronnie Cameron RFr. 6-3 245 Westbury, NY/Holy Trinity RE 95 Al Carmody Jr. 6-3 247 Wilton Manors, FL/St. Thomas Aquinas 56 Ronnie Cameron RFr. 6-3 245 Westbury, NY/Holy Trinity OLB 41 Chris Edmond Fr. 5-10 197 Freeport, NY/Freeport/Nassau CC 10 Deron Mayo So. 5-11 200 Hampton, VA/Kecoughtan MLB 44 Luke Bonus Jr. 5-10 205 Medford Lakes, NJ/Shawnee 11 Said Gaida So. 5-10 211 Bloomfield, NJ/Bloomfield OLB 1 Anthony Vernaglia Gr. 6-3 234 Anaheim Hills, CA/Orange Lutheran/U. of Notre Dame 24 Basim Hudeen RFr. 5-10 220 Elizabeth, NJ/Elizabeth CB 9 Leslie Jackman Jr. 5-11 179 Freeport, NY/Freeport/Rutgers U. 21 Andre Freeman RFr. 5-11 182 Pittsburgh, PA/Penn Hills SS 8 Ray McDonough Jr. 6-0 187 Los Angeles, CA/St. Francis/Glendale CC 27 Jaron McNeill So. 5-9 176 Brooklyn, NY/Christ the King FS 23 Gregory Melendez RFr. 6-1 196 Brooklyn, NY/Canarsie 4 Jeff Aime So. 5-9 203 Queens Village, NY/St. Francis Prep CB 20 Nick Altomare Sr. 5-10 185 Fairfax, VA/Robinson Secondary 21 Andre Freeman RFr. 5-11 182 Pittsburgh, PA/Penn Hills PRIDE OFFENSE WR 82 Anthony Nelson So. 5-10 179 Wellington, FL/Glades Day School 18 Darren Brownlee Jr.. 6-1 192 Boyds, MD/Northwest/West U. LT 71 Brian Frederick So. 6-4 264 Dracut, MA/Dracut/Bridgeton Academy 72 Kevin Brown RFr. 6-3 269 Brooklyn, NY/Canarsie LG 70 Mike Trice Jr. 6-5 357 Hempstead, NY/Holy Trinity 65 Josh Weigel Sr. 6-3 278 Overland Park, KS/Shawnee Mission South/Coffeyville CC C 67 Jaren Harrell So. 6-2 275 Quartz Hill, CA/Quartz Hill 60 Tom Ottaiano So. 6-0 271 East Hanover, NJ/Hanover Park RG 77 Armand Poole Jr. 6-2 274 Grayson, GA/Grayson 78 David Spanich Jr. 6-3 275 Coral Springs, FL/ RT 68 Derek Moore RFr. 6-3 263 Granville, OH/Newark Catholic/Fork Union 77 Armand Poole Jr. 6-2 274 Grayson, GA/Grayson TE 32 Phil Riley Sr. 6-3 245 Prince Frederick, MD/Huntingtown 85 Bryant Carpenter Jr. 6-1 230 Orlando, FL/Edgewater/U. Southern Mississippi WR 80 Ottis Lewis Sr. 6-5 213 Norwalk, CT/Brien McMahon 83 Aaron Weaver So. 6-2 211 Freeport, NY/Baldwin QB 5 Cory Christopher Jr. 6-1 230 Miami, FL/American/Nassau CC 16 Steve Probst Fr. 6-4 200 North Massapequa, NY/Farmingdale TB 30 Brock Jackolski Fr. 5-11 188 Shirley, NY/William Floyd 26 Everette Benjamin So. 6-1 211 Massapequa, NY/Amityville Memorial FB 26 Everette Benjamin So. 6-1 211 Massapequa, NY/Amityville Memorial 45 Ray Bennett Sr. 5-8 221 Uniondale, NY/Hempstead PRIDE SPECIAL TEAMS KO 47 Roger Williams RFr. 6-2 215 Mandeville, LA/Yarmouth Regional (MA) 49 Brian Hanly Fr. 6-1 175 Wyckoff, NJ/Don Bosco Prep PK 47 Roger Williams RFr. 6-2 215 Mandeville, LA/Yarmouth Regional (MA) 49 Brian Hanly Fr. 6-1 175 Wyckoff, NJ/Don Bosco Prep H 12 Shane Casciano So. 6-0 200 Allentown, PA/Central Catholic 5 Cory Christopher Jr. 6-1 230 Miami, FL/American/Nassau CC SS 32 Phil Riley Sr. 6-3 245 Prince Frederick, MD/Huntingtown 1 Anthony Vernaglia Gr. 6-3 234 Anaheim Hills, CA/Orange Lutheran/U. of Notre Dame P 12 Shane Casciano So. 6-0 200 Allentown, PA/Central Catholic 49 Brian Hanly Fr. 6-1 175 Wyckoff, NJ/Don Bosco Prep LS 32 Phil Riley Sr. 6-3 245 Prince Frederick, MD/Huntingtown 1 Anthony Vernaglia Gr. 6-3 234 Anaheim Hills, CA/Orange Lutheran/U. of Notre Dame PR 82 Anthony Nelson So. 5-10 179 Wellington, FL/Glades Day School 83 Aaron Weaver So. 6-2 211 Freeport, NY/Baldwin KOR 30 Brock Jackolski Fr. 5-11 188 Shirley, NY/William Floyd 82 Anthony Nelson So. 5-10 179 Wellington, FL/Glades Day School

2008 HOFSTRA FOOTBALL NUMERICAL ROSTER

No. First Last Pos. Cl. Ht. Wt. Hometown/High School Cesar Alvarez DE RFr. 6-2 208 Tampa, FL/Robinson Tim Gallo WR Fr. 5-10 175 Water Mill, NY/Milford Academy Gerald Guerrier WR Jr. 5-9 187 Irvington, NJ/Irvington/New Mexico State 1 Anthony Vernaglia LB Gr. 6-3 234 Anaheim Hills,CA/Orange Lutheran/U. of Notre Dame 2 Justine Buries RB Gr. 6-0 211 Mesquite, TX/West Mesquite/New Mexico State 4 Jeff Aime DB So. 5-9 203 Queens Village, NY/St. Francis Prep 5 Cory Christopher QB Jr. 6-1 230 Miami, FL/American/Nassau CC 7 Bryan Savage QB Sr. 6-2 223 Springfield, PA/The Haverford School/Coffeyville CC 8 Ray McDonough DB Jr. 6-0 187 Los Angeles, CA/St. Francis/Glendale CC 9 Leslie Jackman DB Jr. 5-11 179 Freeport, NY/Freeport/Rutgers U. 10 Deron Mayo LB So. 5-11 200 Hampton, VA/Kecoughtan 11 Said Gaida LB So. 5-10 211 Bloomfield, NJ/Bloomfield 12 Shane Casciano P Jr. 6-0 200 Allentown, PA/Central Catholic 13 Garrett Heron DB So. 5-9 178 South Orange, NJ/Columbia 14 Joe Sidaras QB Fr. 6-3 218 Mastic Beach, NY/William Floyd 15 Derek Benson WR Jr. 6-1 195 West Hartford, CT/The Hun School (NJ)/Purdue U. 16 Steve Probst QB Fr. 6-4 200 North Massapequa, NY/Farmingdale 17 Kevin Smith DE Jr. 6-2 230 Miami, FL/Coral Reef/Western Michigan U. 18 Darren Brownlee WR Jr.. 6-1 192 Boyds, MD/Northwest/West Virginia U. 19 Luqman Abdallah DT Jr. 6-4 305 Trenton, NJ/The Hun School/Univ. of Miami (FL) 20 Nick Altomare DB Sr. 5-10 185 Fairfax, VA/Robinson Secondary 21 Andre Freeman DB RFr. 5-11 182 Pittsburgh, PA/Penn Hills 22 Chris Griffin SS RFr. 6-1 180 Miami, FL/Coral Reef 23 Gregory Melendez DB RFr. 6-1 196 Brooklyn, NY/Canarsie 24 Basim Hudeen LB RFr. 5-10 220 Elizabeth, NJ/Elizabeth 25 Darryl Kornegay DE So. 6-3 248 Burtonsville, MD/Springbrook 26 Everette Benjamin FB So. 6-1 211 Massapequa, NY/Amityville Memorial 27 Jaron McNeill CB So. 5-9 176 Brooklyn, NY/Christ the King 28 Paul Leslie DB So. 5-8 160 Montgomeryville, PA/North Penn/Boise State 29 Dontavious Johnson DB Fr. 5-10 160 West Palm Beach, FL/Palm Beach Lakes 30 Brock Jackolski RB Fr. 5-11 188 Shirley, NY/William Floyd 31 Kwabena Asante RB RFr. 5-11 200 Westbury, NY/Hicksville 32 Phil Riley TE Sr. 6-3 245 Prince Frederick, MD/Huntingtown 34 Anthony Caizzo DB RFr. 5-7 165 Franklin Square, NY/Kellenberg Memorial 35 Keith Ferrara DB RFr. 5-10 179 Glendale, NY/St. Francis Prep 36 Joshua Jacques WR So. 6-0 195 Brentwood, NY/Brentwood 37 Chris Betz LB So. 5-10 209 Chatham, NJ/Chatham 38 Kenny Munson WR Fr. 5-10 185 Staten Island, NY/Tottenville/Naval Academy Prep 39 Jon Haefner WR Fr. 5-10 165 East Norriton, PA/Archbishop Carroll 40 Vaughn Davis WR Jr. 6-1 207 Palm Bay, FL/Campus Magnet (NY)/Hancock CC (CA) 41 Chris Edmond LB RFr. 6-0 205 Freeport, NY/Freeport/Nassau CC 42 Rashad Swanson LB Jr. 5-11 188 Antioch, CA/Dea Valley/City College of S.F. 43 Henry Greco K Jr. 5-8 160 Franklin Square, NY/Valley Stream North/Nassau CC 44 Luke Bonus LB Jr. 5-10 205 Medford Lakes, NJ/Shawnee 45 Ray Bennett FB Sr. 5-8 221 Uniondale, NY/Hempstead 46 Tyler Johnston DB RFr. 6-1 195 South Deerfield, MA/Frontier Regional 47 Roger Williams K RFr. 6-2 215 Mandeville, LA/Yarmouth (MA) Regional 48 Schamgar Cenat DB Jr. 6-3 200 Queens Village, NY/Bayside/Nassau CC 49 Brian Hanly K/P Fr. 6-1 175 Wyckoff, NJ/Don Bosco Prep 50 Scott Szelong DE Jr. 6-1 252 Mt. Pleasant, PA/Mt. Pleasant Area 51 Chris Thomas LB Fr. 6-1 200 Staten Island, NY/Curtis 52 Matt Clerk DE RFr. 6-2 212 Jersey City, NJ/Lincoln 54 John Perlaza OL Fr. 6-2 232 North Babylon, NY/North Babylon 55 Anthony Polo LB Fr. 5-11 204 Wantagh, NY/Wantagh 56 Ronnie Cameron DE RFr. 6-3 245 Westbury, NY/Holy Trinity 57 Evans Nelson LB Jr. 6-1 194 Queens Village, NY/Christ the King/LIU-C.W. Post 59 Julian Flamer OL Fr. 6-0 270 Charlotte, NC/Country DaySchool 60 Tom Ottaiano OG So. 6-0 271 East Hanover, NJ/Hanover Park 62 Nick Seeley OL So. 6-2 285 Hicksville, NY/Division Avenue/LIU-C.W.Post 63 Andrew Nelson DL So. 6-3 259 Uniondale, NY/Uniondale 65 Joshua Weigel OT Sr. 6-3 278 Overland Park, KS/Shawnee Mission So./Coffeyville CC 66 Zachary Carney DT So. 6-4 260 Wynatskill, NY/Blair Academy 67 Jaren Harrell OL So. 6-2 275 Quartz Hill, CA/Quartz Hill 68 Derek Moore OT RFr. 6-3 263 Granville, OH/Newark Catholic/Fork Union 70 Mike Trice OG Jr. 6-5 357 Hempstead, NY/Holy Trinity 71 Brian Frederick OL So. 6-4 264 Dracut, MA/Dracut/Bridgton Academy 72 Kevin Brown OL RFr. 6-3 269 Brooklyn, NY/Canarsie 74 Jordy Paulemon OL Fr. 6-3 291 Brentwood, NY/Brentwood 75 Jimmy Mangiero C Jr. 6-2 275 Bloomington, IN/Bloomington South 77 Armand Poole OT Jr. 6-2 274 Grayson, GA/Grayson 78 Roland Massimino OL RFr. 6-1 255 Lake Barrington, IL/Barrington 79 David Spanich OG Jr. 6-3 275 Coral Springs, FL/Cardinal Gibbons 80 Ottis Lewis WR Sr. 6-5 213 Norwalk, CT/Brien McMahon 82 Anthony Nelson WR So. 5-10 179 Wellington, FL/Glades Day School 83 Aaron Weaver WR So. 6-2 211 Freeport, NY/Baldwin 84 Mike Denimarck TE Sr. 6-4 253 Sound Beach, NY/Miller Place 85 Bryant Carpenter TE Jr. 6-1 230 Orlando, FL/Edgewater/U. Southern Mississippi 86 Brad Hilovsky WR RFr. 6-0 175 Millsboro, DE/Sussex Central 87 David Wilson TE RFr. 6-6 210 Serone, PA/Upper Darby/Delaware County CC 88 Christian Dennis WR RFr. 6-0 194 Ponte Vedra, FL/Nease 89 Patrick Jaramillo WR RFr. 6-1 207 Teaneck, NJ/Teaneck 90 Quincy Barr DL Fr. 6-4 230 Brandon, FL/Riverview 91 Johnny Hartsfield DL Fr. 6-3 240 St. Petersburg, FL/Boca Ciega 92 Elliott Antoine DL Jr. 6-0 254 Newton, MA/St. Ignatius (OH)/U.S. Military Academy 93 Bruce DeMyer DT Jr. 6-1 240 Poughquag, NY/Arlington 94 Joe Akabalu DE Jr. 6-1 247 Brentwood, NY/Brentwood 95 Al Carmody DE Jr. 6-3 247 Wilton Manors, FL/St. Thomas Aquinas 98 Larry Abiola DT Sr. 5-11 316 South Farmingdale, NY/Farmingdale/Nassau CC

Head Football Coach: Dave Cohen Assistant Coaches: Mike Elko (Assistant Head Coach/Defensive Coordinator/Linebackers), Dave Patenaude (Offensive Coordinator/Quarterbacks), Lyle Hemphill (Special Team Coordinator/Defensive Backs), Bill Durkin (Offensive Run Game Coordinator/Offensive Line), Antonio Smikle (running backs), Kevin Baumann (Recruiting Coordinator/Tight ends), Malik Hall (Defensive Line), Kahmal Roy (Wide Receivers), Kevin Mapp (Defensive Ends), Kyle Smith (Assistant Defensive Backs); Brandon Beach (Strength & Conditioning)

As of September 30, 2008

2008 HOFSTRA FOOTBALL ALPHABETICAL ROSTER

No. First Last Pos. Cl. Ht. Wt. Hometown/High School 19 Luqman Abdallah DT Jr. 6-4 305 Trenton, NJ/The Hun School/Univ. of Miami (FL) 98 Larry Abiola DT Sr. 5-11 316 South Farmingdale, NY/Farmingdale/Nassau CC 4 Jeff Aime DB So. 5-9 203 Queens Village, NY/St. Francis Prep 94 Joe Akabalu DE Jr. 6-1 247 Brentwood, NY/Brentwood 20 Nick Altomare DB Sr. 5-10 185 Fairfax, VA/Robinson Secondary Cesar Alvarez DE RFr. 6-2 208 Tampa, FL/Robinson 92 Elliott Antoine DL Jr. 6-0 254 Newton, MA/St. Ignatius (OH)/U.S. Military Academy 31 Kwabena Asante RB RFr. 5-11 200 Westbury, NY/Hicksville 90 Quincy Barr DL Fr. 6-4 230 Brandon, FL/Riverview 26 Everette Benjamin FB So. 6-1 211 Massapequa, NY/Amityville Memorial 45 Ray Bennett FB Sr. 5-8 221 Uniondale, NY/Hempstead 15 Derek Benson WR Jr. 6-1 195 West Hartford, CT/The Hun School (NJ)/Purdue U. 37 Chris Betz LB So. 5-10 209 Chatham, NJ/Chatham 44 Luke Bonus LB Jr. 5-10 205 Medford Lakes, NJ/Shawnee 72 Kevin Brown OL RFr. 6-3 269 Brooklyn, NY/Canarsie 18 Darren Brownlee WR Jr.. 6-1 192 Boyds, MD/Northwest/West Virginia U. 2 Justine Buries RB Gr. 6-0 211 Mesquite, TX/West Mesquite/New Mexico State 34 Anthony Caizzo DB RFr. 5-7 165 Franklin Square, NY/Kellenberg Memorial 56 Ronnie Cameron DE RFr. 6-3 245 Westbury, NY/Holy Trinity 95 Al Carmody DE Jr. 6-3 247 Wilton Manors, FL/St. Thomas Aquinas 66 Zachary Carney DT So. 6-4 260 Wynatskill, NY/Blair Academy 85 Bryant Carpenter TE Jr. 6-1 230 Orlando, FL/Edgewater/U. Southern Mississippi 12 Shane Casciano P Jr. 6-0 200 Allentown, PA/Central Catholic 48 Schamgar Cenat DB Jr. 6-3 200 Queens Village, NY/Bayside/Nassau CC 5 Cory Christopher QB Jr. 6-1 230 Miami, FL/American/Nassau CC 52 Matt Clerk DE RFr. 6-2 212 Jersey City, NJ/Lincoln 40 Vaughn Davis WR Jr. 6-1 207 Palm Bay, FL/Campus Magnet (NY)/Hancock CC (CA) 93 Bruce DeMyer DT Jr. 6-1 240 Poughquag, NY/Arlington 84 Mike Denimarck TE Sr. 6-4 253 Sound Beach, NY/Miller Place 88 Christian Dennis WR RFr. 6-0 194 Ponte Vedra, FL/Nease 41 Chris Edmond LB RFr. 6-0 205 Freeport, NY/Freeport/Nassau CC 35 Keith Ferrara DB RFr. 5-10 179 Glendale, NY/St. Francis Prep 59 Julian Flamer OL Fr. 6-0 270 Charlotte, NC/Country Day School 71 Brian Frederick OL So. 6-4 264 Dracut, MA/Dracut/Bridgton Academy 21 Andre Freeman DB RFr. 5-11 182 Pittsburgh, PA/Penn Hills 11 Said Gaida LB So. 5-10 211 Bloomfield, NJ/Bloomfield Tim Gallo WR Fr. 5-10 175 Water Mill, NY/Milford Academy 43 Henry Greco K Jr. 5-8 160 Franklin Square, NY/Valley Stream North/Nassau CC 22 Chris Griffin SS RFr. 6-1 180 Miami, FL/Coral Reef Gerald Guerrier WR Jr. 5-9 187 Irvington, NJ/Irvington/New Mexico State 39 Jon Haefner WR Fr. 5-10 165 East Norriton, PA/Archbishop Carroll 49 Brian Hanly K/P Fr. 6-1 175 Wyckoff, NJ/Don Bosco Prep 67 Jaren Harrell OL So. 6-2 275 Quartz Hill, CA/Quartz Hill 91 Johnny Hartsfield DL Fr. 6-3 240 St. Petersburg, FL/Boca Ciega 13 Garrett Heron DB So. 5-9 178 South Orange, NJ/Columbia 86 Brad Hilovsky WR RFr. 6-0 175 Millsboro, DE/Sussex Central 24 Basim Hudeen LB RFr. 5-10 220 Elizabeth, NJ/Elizabeth 9 Leslie Jackman DB Jr. 5-11 179 Freeport, NY/Freeport/Rutgers U. 30 Brock Jackolski RB Fr. 5-11 188 Shirley, NY/William Floyd 36 Joshua Jacques WR So. 6-0 195 Brentwood, NY/Brentwood 89 Patrick Jaramillo WR RFr. 6-1 207 Teaneck, NJ/Teaneck 29 Dontavious Johnson DB Fr. 5-10 160 West Palm Beach, FL/Palm Beach Lakes 46 Tyler Johnston DB RFr. 6-1 195 South Deerfield, MA/Frontier Regional 25 Darryl Kornegay DE So. 6-3 248 Burtonsville, MD/Springbrook 28 Paul Leslie DB So. 5-8 160 Montgomeryville, PA/North Penn/Boise State 80 Ottis Lewis WR Sr. 6-5 213 Norwalk, CT/Brien McMahon 75 Jimmy Mangiero C Jr. 6-2 275 Bloomington, IN/Bloomington South 78 Roland Massimino OL RFr. 6-1 255 Lake Barrington, IL/Barrington 10 Deron Mayo LB So. 5-11 200 Hampton, VA/Kecoughtan 8 Ray McDonough DB Jr. 6-0 187 Los Angeles, CA/St. Francis/Glendale CC 27 Jaron McNeill CB So. 5-9 176 Brooklyn, NY/Christ the King 23 Gregory Melendez DB RFr. 6-1 196 Brooklyn, NY/Canarsie 68 Derek Moore OT RFr. 6-3 263 Granville, OH/Newark Catholic/Fork Union 38 Kenny Munson WR Fr. 5-10 185 Staten Island, NY/Tottenville/Naval Academy Prep 63 Andrew Nelson DL So. 6-3 259 Uniondale, NY/Uniondale 82 Anthony Nelson WR So. 5-10 179 Wellington, FL/Glades Day School 57 Evans Nelson LB Jr. 6-1 194 Queens Village, NY/Christ the King/LIU-C.W. Post 60 Tom Ottaiano OG So. 6-0 271 East Hanover, NJ/Hanover Park 74 Jordy Paulemon OL Fr. 6-3 291 Brentwood, NY/Brentwood 54 John Perlaza OL Fr. 6-2 232 North Babylon, NY/North Babylon 55 Anthony Polo LB Fr. 5-11 204 Wantagh, NY/Wantagh 77 Armand Poole OT Jr. 6-2 274 Grayson, GA/Grayson 16 Steve Probst QB Fr. 6-4 200 North Massapequa, NY/Farmingdale 32 Phil Riley TE Sr. 6-3 245 Prince Frederick, MD/Huntingtown 7 Bryan Savage QB Sr. 6-2 223 Springfield, PA/The Haverford School/Coffeyville CC 62 Nick Seeley OL So. 6-2 285 Hicksville, NY/Division Avenue/LIU-C.W.Post 14 Joe Sidaras QB Fr. 6-3 218 Mastic Beach, NY/William Floyd 17 Kevin Smith DE Jr. 6-2 230 Miami, FL/Coral Reef/Western Michigan U. 79 David Spanich OG Jr. 6-3 275 Coral Springs, FL/Cardinal Gibbons 42 Rashad Swanson LB Jr. 5-11 188 Antioch, CA/Dea Valley/City College of S.F. 50 Scott Szelong DE Jr. 6-1 252 Mt. Pleasant, PA/Mt. Pleasant Area 51 Chris Thomas LB Fr. 6-1 200 Staten Island, NY/Curtis 70 Mike Trice OG Jr. 6-5 357 Hempstead, NY/Holy Trinity 1 Anthony Vernaglia LB Gr. 6-3 234 Anaheim Hills,CA/Orange Lutheran/U. of Notre Dame 83 Aaron Weaver WR So. 6-2 211 Freeport, NY/Baldwin 65 Joshua Weigel OT Sr. 6-3 278 Overland Park, KS/Shawnee Mission So./Coffeyville CC 47 Roger Williams K RFr. 6-2 215 Mandeville, LA/Yarmouth (MA) Regional 87 David Wilson TE RFr. 6-6 210 Serone, PA/Upper Darby/Delaware County CC

Head Football Coach: Dave Cohen Assistant Coaches: Mike Elko (Assistant Head Coach/Defensive Coordinator/Linebackers), Dave Patenaude (Offensive Coordinator/Quarterbacks), Lyle Hemphill (Special Team Coordinator/Defensive Backs), Bill Durkin (Offensive Run Game Coordinator/Offensive Line), Antonio Smikle (running backs), Kevin Baumann (Recruiting Coordinator/Tight ends), Malik Hall (Defensive Line), Kahmal Roy (Wide Receivers), Kevin Mapp (Defensive Ends), Kyle Smith (Assistant Defensive Backs); Brandon Beach (Strength and Conditioning)

As of September 30, 2008