2019 I UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO FOOTBALL I INFORMATION GUIDE QUICK FACTS 2019 BUFFALO FOOTBALL The University at Buffalo 2019 UB FOOTBALL SCHEDULE Location __________________________________________ Buffalo, NY 14260 Founded _____________________________________________________ 1846 Date Opponent Time Television Enrollment __________________________________________________ 31,500 Thur., Aug. 29 ROBERT MORRIS 7:00 pm ESPN+ Nickname _____________________________________________________Bulls Sat., Sept. 7 at Penn State 7:30 pm FOX School Colors ______________________________________ Royal Blue & White Sat., Sept. 14 at Liberty 6:00 pm ESPN+ Affiliatation _________________________________________NCAA Division I-A Sat., Sept. 21 TEMPLE TBA TBA Conference ____________________________________________Mid-American Sat., Sept. 28 at Miami (OH)* TBA TBA President ____________________________________________ Satish K. Tripathi Sat., Oct. 5 OHIO* 3:30 pm TBA Athletic Director __________________________________________Mark Alnutt Sat., Oct. 19 at Akron* TBA TBA Sat., Oct. 26 CENTRAL MICHIGAN* TBA TBA Football Fast Facts Sat., Nov. 2 at Eastern Michigan* TBA TBA Thur., Nov. 14 at Kent State* 7:00 pm CBS Sports Network Head Coach ___________________________________________ Lance Leipold Wed., Nov. 20 TOLEDO* 7:30 pm ESPN2/ESPNU Alma Mater __________________________________Wisconsin-Whitewater, ’87 Fri., Nov. 29 BOWLING GREEN* TBA ESPNU/CBSSN/ESPN3 Record at UB (yrs) ___________________________________________ 23-27 (4) Sat., Dec. 7 MAC Championship TBA TBA Career Record (yrs) ________________________________________ 133-33 (12) Offensive Coordinator/Running Backs ____________________ Andy Kotelnicki Bold denotes home game Defensive Coordinator/Cornerbacks ________________________ Brian Borland *Mid-American Conference Game Associate Head Coach/Recruiting Coord./Wide Receivers _________ Rob Ianello All times are Eastern Standard Offensive Line ____________________________________________ Scott Fuchs Tight Ends ______________________________________________ Alan Hensell Quarterbacks/Co-Offensive Coord./Passing Game Coord. _______Jim Zebrowski Returning Offensive Starters (Pos./Ht./Wt./Cl.) Linebackers/Defensive Run Game Coordinator _______________Chris Simpson Kayode Awosika (OL, 6-5, 300, Jr.) Defensive Ends/Special Teams ____________________________ Taiwo Onatolu Jacob Gall (OL, 6-2, 300, So.) Defensive Tackles _______________________________________ Brad McCaslin Thomas Jack-Kurdyla (OL, 6-4, 290, Sr.) Safeties _________________________________________________ Jeff Burrow Evin Ksiezarczyk (OL, 6-6, 315, Sr.) Director of High School Relations ___________________________Grant Murray Paul Nosworthy (OL, 6-4, 288, Jr.) Director of Player Personnel___________________________George Ricumstrict Jaret Patterson (RB, 5-9, 195, So.) Assistant AD for Football Operations ______________________Michael Painter Director of Player Development __________________________ Rashidi Greene Returning Defensive Starters (Pos./Ht./Wt./Cl.) Head Strength Coach _________________________________ Matt Gildersleeve Joey Banks (S, 5-10, 200, Sr.) Stadium __________________________________________UB Stadium (29,013) DeShondrick Foxworth (DT, 6-1, 290, Sr.) Playing Surface ___________________________________________ A-Turf Titan Tyrone Hill (S, 6-1, 195, Jr.) 2018 Record/Conference _____________________________________ 10-4/7-1 Chibueze Onwuka (DT, 6-0, 277, Jr.) Letterwinners returning ___________________________________________ 47 James Patterson (LB, 6-0, 235, So.) Letterwinners lost ________________________________________________ 26 Aapri Washington (CB, 5-9, 175, So.) Starters returning/lost ___________________________________________8/14 Offensive starters returning/lost ____________________________________ 5/6 Returning Statistical Leaders Defensive starters returning/lost ____________________________________ 3/8 Rushing Att. Yds Avg. TDs Long Avg/Gm Specialists (kicker, punter) returning/lost _____________________________ 1/1 Jaret Patterson 183 1,013 5.5 14 64 72.4 2019 Captains __________________________________________________ TBA Kevin Marks 180 845 4.7 13 70 60.4 Offensive System ____________________________________________Multiple Defensive System ________________________________________________ 4-3 Passing Cmp. Att. Pct. Yds TDs Int. Avg/Gm Kyle Vantrease 4 9 44.4 20 0 0 6.7 Athletic Communications Dominic Johnson 1 2 50.0 4 0 1 1.0 Mailing Address ______________________________________21 Alumni Arena ___________________________________________________ Buffalo, NY 14260 Receiving No. Yds Avg. TD Long Avg/Gm Assistant AD/Communications ________________________________Jon Fuller Kevin Marks 13 60 4.6 0 10 4.3 Office _________________________________________________ 716-645-6762 Antonio Nunn 12 146 12.2 1 51 10.4 Cell __________________________________________________ 716-359-2728 Zac Lefebvre 10 84 8.4 0 25 6.0 E-mail [email protected] Associate Director of Communications _________________________Brian Wolff Tackles Tot. Solo Ast. TFL Sacks Int./PBU FR FF Office _________________________________________________ 716-645-6993 James Patterson 77 40 37 9.0 1.0 0/2 1 4 Cell __________________________________________________ 716-359-2750 Tyrone Hill 46 27 19 1.0 0.0 0/4 2 0 E-mail __________________________________________ [email protected] Joey Banks 41 21 20 0.0 0.0 1/6 0 1 Mid-American Conference Location ______________________________________________Cleveland, OH MAC Phone ____________________________________________ 216-566-4622 MAC Fax ______________________________________________ 216-696-2622 Web Site _______________________________________ www.mac-sports.com Commissioner ____________________________________ Dr. Jon Steinbrecher @UBFootball /ubbulls /ubathletics Assoc. Commissioner/Media Relations _______________________ Ken Mather @CoachLeipold /ubftball /ubfootball @UBAthletics @UBJonFuller ROSTER 2019 BUFFALO FOOTBALL 2019 University at Buffalo Numerical Football Roster NO. PLAYER POS CL HT WT HOMETOWN HS/PREVIOUS SCHOOL 1 Antonio Nunn WR Jr. 5-11 200 Tampa, FL Jefferson 2 Theo Anderson RB Jr. 5-10 215 Largo, FL Indian Rocks Christian 3 Aapri Washington CB So. 5-9 185 Charlotte, NC Mountain Island Charter 3 Daniel Lee WR Jr. 6-0 190 Breaux Bridge, LA Breaux Bridge/Cisco College 4 Isaiah King CB So. 5-10 190 Norfolk, VA Norview 4 Trevor Bycznski QB Fr. 6-5 225 Berea, OH Berea-Midpark 5 Kevin Marks RB So. 6-0 200 Norfolk, VA Norview 5 Tim Terry, Jr. LB So. 6-2 220 Pittsburgh, PA Central Catholic 6 Max Michel LB R-Fr. 6-2 220 Elizabeth, NJ Elizabeth 7 Kyle Vantrease QB R-So. 6-3 220 Stow, OH Stow-Munroe Falls 7 Dawun Hylton S So. 6-1 205 Opa-Locka, FL American/Navy Prep 8 Dylan McDuffie RB R-Fr. 6-0 215 Amherst, NY Sweet Home 8 Marcus Fuqua S Fr. 6-0 195 Southfield, MI Southfield A&T 9 Dominic Johnson QB Jr. 6-5 225 Windsor, Ontario Catholic Central 9 Joey Banks S Sr. 5-10 200 Sacramento, CA Franklin/City College of San Francisco 10 Matt Myers QB R-Fr. 6-4 220 West Seneca, NY West Seneca West 10 Trey Franklin CB Fr. 5-9 165 Robins, GA Warner Robins 11 Wankeith Akin, Jr. CB So. 5-10 175 Roseland, NJ Don Bosco Prep 12 Devon Russell CB Sr. 5-9 185 Newcastle, DE Elkton Academy/Ellsworth CC 12 Aaron Chase QB Fr. 6-0 190 Lockport, NY Starpoint 13 Tito Overton WR Jr. 5-10 185 Lyndhurst, OH Brush 13 Sean Colgan LB Jr. 6-1 215 Goshen, NY Goshen Central 14 Jelani Foster WR Fr. 6-1 200 Laurel, MD St. Vincent Pallotti 14 Jackson Baltar K/P Fr. 5-11 165 Orlando, FL Bishop Moore 15 Ali Abbas CB Jr. 5-10 180 Irvington, NJ Irvington 16 LeMaro Smith, Jr. WR R-Fr. 6-3 200 Cleveland, OH Cleveland Heights 16 Alex McNulty K R-Fr. 6-1 210 Rochester, NY McQuaid Jesuit 17 Bernard Porter WR So. 6-3 180 Columbia, SC Ridge View/Highland CC 17 Jahkeel Reef CB Fr. 5-10 170 Brooklyn, NY Fort Hamilton 18 Roy Baker CB Jr. 6-2 200 Hialeah, FL American 18 Trevor Wilson WR Fr. 5-11 190 Tallahassee, FL Amos P. Godby 19 Javien Cuff WR Fr. 6-2 170 Vero Beach, FL Vero Beach 19 Shemar Hayes CB Jr. 6-1 180 Rochester, NY Aquinas Institute 20 James Patterson LB So. 6-0 230 Glendale, MD Saint Vincent Pallotti 21 Justin Mulbah LB Jr. 5-11 220 Laurel, MD Saint Vincent Pallotti 21 Tajay Ahmed RB Fr. 6-1 195 Lockport, NY Starpoint/Canada Prep Academy 22 Mark Davis CB Fr. 6-2 175 Bradenton, FL Braden River 23 Ron Cook, Jr. RB Fr. 5-7 190 Temple Hills, MD St. John’s College HS 24 Cory Gross, Jr. S R-Fr. 6-2 210 Rochester, NY Brockport 25 Caleb Tate LB Fr. 6-0 205 Tampa, FL Tampa Catholic 26 Jaret Patterson RB So. 5-9 195 Glendale, MD Saint Vincent Pallotti 27 Steven Shoemaker WR So. 6-1 195 East Norwich, NY Oyster Bay 28 Dev Lamour S Sr. 6-2 205 Montreal, Quebec Vanier College 29 Larry Robbins CB Fr. 5-8 175 Miami, FL Miami Northwestern 30 Rich Miller LB Fr. 6-1 215 Detroit, MI Martin Luther King 30 Josh Griffen WR So. 5-11 175 Glens Falls, NY Glens Falls/Wagner 31 Kadofi Wright LB Jr. 6-3 225 Richmond, VA Henrico 32 Owen Chambers S R-Fr. 5-10 185 Central Valley, NY Monroe-Woodbury 33 Tyrone Hill S Jr. 6-1 205 Passaic, NJ Don Bosco Prep 34 Ja’Varius Harrison LB R-So. 5-11 225 Quincy, FL North Florida Christian 35 Max Bowden WR Fr. 6-0 200 Lockport, NY Starpoint 36 Cole Burniston TE R-Fr. 6-3 240 Grimsby, Ontario Canisius 37 Evan Davis LS Fr. 5-10 245 Fair Haven, NJ Rumson-Fair Haven 38 Jackson Westfall WR Fr. 6-5 195 Pittsford, NY Pittsford Mendon 39 Dylan Powell CB Jr. 6-3 205 Laurel, MD St. Vincent Pallotti/ASA College 40 Evan Finegan P So. 5-11 195 Sterling