UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO FOOTBALL 2013 INFORMATION GUIDE Branden Oliver RB Najja Johnson CB Khalil Mack LB Alex Neutz WR Maxwell Award & Doak Walker Award Watch Lists Jim Thorpe Award Watch List Butkus, Lombardi, Bednarik & Nagurski Watch Lists Biletnikoff Award Watch List 2013 BUFFALO BULLS FOOTBALL The University at Buffalo 2013 UB Football Schedule Location __________________________________________ Buffalo, NY 14260 Founded _____________________________________________________ 1846 Date Opponent Time Television Enrollment __________________________________________________ 28,952 Sat., Aug. 31 at Ohio State 12:00 pm ESPN2 Nickname _____________________________________________________Bulls Sat., Sept. 7 at Baylor 3:30 pm Fox Sports School Colors ______________________________________ Royal Blue & White Sat., Sept. 14 STONY BROOK 3:30 pm - Affiliatation _________________________________________NCAA Division I-A Sat., Sept. 28 CONNEctICUT 3:30 pm - Conference ____________________________________________Mid-American Sat., Oct. 5 EASTERN MICHIGAN* 12:00 pm ESPN+ President ____________________________________________ Satish K. Tripathi Sat., Oct. 12 at Western Michigan* 2:00 pm - Athletic Director _________________________________________ Danny White Sat., Oct. 19 MASSACHUSETTS* 3:30 pm TWCS Sat., Oct. 26 at Kent State* TBA - Football Fast Facts Tue., Nov. 5 OHIO* 8:00 pm ESPN2/ESPNU Head Coach ______________________________________________ Jeff Quinn Tue., Nov. 12 at Toledo* 7:30 pm ESPNU/ESPN3 Alma Mater _____________________________________________Elmhurst, ’84 Tue., Nov. 19 at Miami (OH)* 8:00 pm ESPN2/ESPNU Fri., Nov. 29 BowLING GREEN* 1:30 pm ESPNU/ESPN3 Record at UB (yrs) ____________________________________________ 9-27 (3) Fri., Dec. 6 MAC Championship 8:00 pm ESPN2 Career Record (yrs) _____________________________________________ Same Offensive Coordinator/Wide Receivers _________________________Alex Wood Bold denotes home game Defensive Coordinator/Linebacker ___________________________ Lou Tepper *Mid-American Conference Game Asst. Head Coach/Defensive Line ___________________________ Jappy Oliver All times are Eastern Standard Quarterbacks __________________________________________Don Patterson Offensive Line/Run Game Coordinator ______________________ Adam Shorter Running Backs ___________________________________________ Matt Simon Returning Offensive Starters (Pos./Ht./Wt./Cl.) Tight Ends/Co-Special Teams Coordinator ___________________ Marty Spieler Jasen Carlson (OL, 6-3, 307, Sr.) Safeties/Co-Special Teams Coordinator_______________________ Mike Dietzel Andre Davis (OL, 6-4, 305, Jr.) Cornerbacks _________________________________________Maurice Linguist Alex Dennison (TE, 6-2, 249, Sr.) High School Relations _____________________________________ Scott Pilkey Cordero Dixon (WR, 5-11, 186, Jr.) Graduate Assistants ___ Keegan Jones, Holman Copeland, Greg Meyer and Jordan Brown Jimmy Gordon (TE, 6-5, 260, Sr.) Head Strength Coach ______________________________________ Zach Duval Joe Licata (QB, 6-2, 217, So.) Stadium __________________________________________UB Stadium (29,013) Fred Lee (WR, 6-2, 204, Sr.) Playing Surface ___________________________________Sportexe Momentum Alex Neutz (WR, 6-4, 209, Sr.) 2012 Record/Conference _______________________________________4-8/3-5 Branden Oliver (RB, 5-8, 204, Sr.) Letterwinners returning ___________________________________________ 52 Trevor Sales (OL, 6-2, 318. Jr.) Letterwinners lost ________________________________________________ 18 Alex Zordich (QB, 6-3, 222, Jr.) Starters returning/lost ___________________________________________17/6 Offensive staters returning/lost _____________________________________ 9/2 Returning Defensive Starters (Pos./Ht./Wt./Cl.) Defensive starters returning/lost ____________________________________ 8/4 Derek Brim (DB, 6-0, 188, Jr.) Specialists (kicker, punter) returning/lost _____________________________ 2/0 Okoye Houston (DB, 6-0, 201, Sr.) 2013 Captains __________________________________________________ TBA Najja Johnson (DB, 6-0, 194, Sr.) Offensive System ____________________________________________Multiple Cortney Lester (DB, 6-0, 184, Jr.) Defensive System __________________________________Multiple (3&4 down) Khalil Mack (LB, 6-3, 244, Sr.) Witney Sherry (DB, 6-0, 185, Jr.) Athletic Communications Lee Skinner (LB, 6-2, 237, Jr.) Mailing Address ____________________________________ 28A Alumni Arena Jake Stockman (LB. 6-2, 235, Jr.) ___________________________________________________ Buffalo, NY 14260 Colby Way (DL, 6-4, 270, Sr.) Assistant AD/Communications ________________________________Jon Fuller Office _________________________________________________ 716-645-6762 Returning Statistical Leaders Cell __________________________________________________ 716-359-2728 Rushing Att. Yds Avg. TDs Long Avg/Gm E-mail [email protected] Branden Oliver 148 821 5.5 5 36 117.3 Associate Director of Communications _________________________Brian Wolff Devin Campbell 115 502 4.4 2 45 45.6 Office _________________________________________________ 716-645-6993 Cell __________________________________________________ 716-359-2750 Passing Cmp. Att. Pct. Yds TDs Int. Avg/Gm E-mail __________________________________________ [email protected] Alex Zordich 106 208 51.0 1,254 9 7 156.8 Fax ___________________________________________________ 716-645-6840 Joe Licata 86 163 52.8 1,045 7 3 116.1 Mid-American Conference Receiving No. Yds Avg. TD Long Avg/Gm Location ______________________________________________Cleveland, OH Alex Neutz 65 1,015 15.6 11 55 92.3 MAC Phone ____________________________________________ 216-566-4622 Devon Hughes 23 228 9.9 1 36 25.3 MAC Fax ______________________________________________ 216-696-2622 Web Site _______________________________________ www.mac-sports.com Tackles Tot. Solo Ast. TFL Sacks Int./PBU FR FF Commissioner ____________________________________ Dr. Jon Steinbrecher Khalil Mack 94 52 42 21.0-98 8.0-63 0-0 0 4 Asst. Commissioner/Media Relations ________________________ Ken Mather Lee Skinner 89 36 53 8.5-47 5.0-38 0-0 0 1 Jake Stockman 59 27 32 4.0-25 2.5-21 0-0 0 1 2 WWW.BUFFALOBULLS.COM 2013 BUFFALO BULLS FOOTBALL 2013 University at Buffalo Numerical Football Roster NO. PLAYER POS CL HT WT HOMETOWN HS/PREVIOUS SCHOOL 1 James Potts* RB Jr. 5-11 194 Boynton Beach, FL American Heritage 2 Jordon Johnson RB R-Fr. 6-0 233 Amherst, NY Sweet Home 3 Okezie Alozie* DB So. 6-0 208 Bethlehem, PA Freedom 4 Cortney Lester** DB Jr. 6-0 182 Miramar, FL Everglades 5 Marqus Baker* DB So. 5-10 181 Tampa, FL Robinson 5 Tony Daniel* QB So. 6-5 206 Hiram, GA South Paulding 6 Collin Michael QB R-Fr. 6-5 221 Lexington, OH Lexington 7 Marcus McGill* WR So. 6-1 227 Rochester, NY Gates Chili 8 Houston Glass DB Fr. 6-0 188 Kentwood, MI East Kentwood 9 Jake Stockman** LB Jr. 6-2 237 Joliet, IL Joliet Catholic 9 Craig Slowik QB Fr. 6-4 185 Joliet, IL Joliet Catholic 10 Witney Sherry** DB Jr. 6-0 188 Miami, FL Chaminade-Madonna 11 Tyler Grassman* P So. 6-1 195 Columbus, OH Gahanna Lincoln 11 Jordan Shay WR R-So. 5-11 187 Elmira, NY Elmira Southside 12 Cordero Dixon** WR Jr. 5-11 180 Suwanee, GA North Gwinnett 13 Devon Hughes** WR Jr. 6-0 188 Tyrone, GA Sandy Creek 14 Anthone Taylor* RB So. 5-10 209 Huber Heights, OH Wayne 15 Derek Brim** DB Sr. 6-0 199 Buffalo, NY Canisius 15 Alex Zordich*** QB Sr. 6-3 227 Youngstown, OH Cardinal Mooney 16 Joe Licata* QB So. 6-2 226 Williamsville, NY Williamsville South 17 Alex Dennison*** TE Sr. 6-1 242 Irwin, PA Norwin 17 Andrews Dadeboe DB Fr. 6-1 187 York, PA Central York 18 Fred Lee*** WR Sr. 6-2 205 Chester, SC Chester 19 Alex Neutz*** WR Sr. 6-3 205 Grand Island, NY Grand Island 19 James Chambers DB Fr. 6-0 190 Lockport, NY Lockport 20 Tomarris Bell DB Sr. 5-11 206 Rochester, NY McQuaid 21 Devin Campbell RB So. 5-11 205 Youngstown, OH Boardman 22 Najja Johnson** DB Sr. 6-0 187 Atlanta, GA Marietta 22 Diamond Williams RB Fr. 5-11 197 Watertown, NY Watertown 23 Brandon Berry DB R-Fr. 6-0 205 Detroit, MI Cass Technical 24 Lee Skinner** LB Jr. 6-2 233 Dayton, OH Fairborn 25 John Dunmore* WR Jr. 6-0 178 Syracuse, NY Christian Brothers Academy 26 Brandon Murie*** RB Sr. 5-9 192 Elma, NY Iroquois 26 Alexander Small DB R-Fr. 5-10 187 Reseda, CA Chaminade 27 Corbin Grassman LS Fr. 6-2 223 Alexander, OH Johnstown-Monroe 28 Dwellie Striggles** DB Jr. 5-10 185 Lauderhill, FL University School 29 Adam Redden** DB Sr. 6-1 202 Amherst, NY St. Francis 30 Okoye Houston*** DB Sr. 6-0 209 Greenville, SC Woodmont 30 James Coleman RB Fr. 6-1 232 Queens Village, NY Christ the King 31 Carlos Lammons*** DB Sr. 5-8 175 Pahokee, FL Pahokee 32 Branden Oliver*** RB Sr. 5-8 208 Miami, FL Miami Southridge 33 Blake Bean LB Jr. 6-1 232 Wichita, KS Mt. Carmel Catholic/Butler CC 34 Colby Way*** DL Sr. 6-4 293 State College, PA State College 34 Patrick Brennan RB Sr. 5-8 198 Staten Island, NY St. Joseph by the Sea 35 William Rembert DB R-Fr. 6-0 195 Southfield, MI Cass Technical 36 Jarrett Franklin LB Fr. 6-0 200 St. Charles, MO Francis Howell 37 Colton Caldwell TE Jr. 6-4 240 Dublin, OH Dublin Coffman/Alfred State 38 C.J. Stancil DB R-Fr. 5-11 200 Chesterfield, VA Cosby 39 Greg Lis LB Fr. 6-0 219 Lincoln Park, NJ DePaul Catholic 40 Joe Schillace RB Fr. 6-1 245 Auburn, NY Auburn 41 Boomer Brock FB Sr. 5-10 260 Elma, NY Iroquois 41 Solomon Jackson LB Fr. 6-1 230 Stone Mountain, GA Tucker 42 Ryan Paxson LB Jr. 6-6 227 Brighton, MI Brighton/Cincinnati 43 Nick Gilbo LB So. 6-1 220 Port Henry, NY Moriah