2020 FLORIDA ATLANTIC Primary Contact: Assistant AD Katrina McCormack - E: [email protected] | C: 561-251-5588 | O: 561-297-3163 Secondary Contact: Assistant Director Jonathan Fraysure - E: [email protected]; C: 561-430-7148 FOOTBALL COVERING THE TEAM - RADIO Fox Sports 640 South Florida 11-3 7-1 C-USA Play-by-Play ............................................ Ken LaVicka 2019 Analyst ....................................................... Kris Bartels Pre/Post-game/Engineer .................... Mike Mreczko 2020 Spring Prospectus COVERING THE TEAM - T.V. TBA Starters Returning/Lost Quick Facts Play-by-Play Offense ...................................................................5/6 School ............................................... Florida Atlantic Analyst Defense .................................................................. 3/8 Location .......................................... Boca Raton, Fla. Sideline Reporter Founded .............................................................. 1961 Specialty ................................................................. 3/3 Enrollment....................................................... 30,000 THE SERIES Nickname ...........................................................Owls Colors ................................................... Blue and Red Series: FAU is 1-2 versus the Gophers. The Owls Home Stadium .................................... FAU Stadium 2020 SIGNING CLASS captured the lone win inside the state of Florida with Capacity ........................................................... 29,495 a 42-39 win at Hard Rock Stadium in 2007. FAU went Surface ..................................................Natural Grass Name Pos Ht Wt Cl on the capture the Sun Belt Conference and became First Year of Football ......................................... 2001 Evan Anderson DL 6-3 325 Fr the fastest startup program to earn a bowl berth and National Affiliation .................................NCAA FBS Alex Atcavage OL 6-5 285 Fr then a win in the 2007 New Orleans Bowl. FAU fell in **Alvin Dempsey III DL 6-1 288 Jr Basic Offense ............................................Up-Tempo the Metro Dome 46-7 in 2005 and 37-3 in 2008. **Sebastien Dolcine OL 6-5 295 Jr Basic Defense ...............................................Multiple ***Eli Fields OL 6-5 297 R-So Conference .................................... Conference USA *Decarius Hawthorne DL 6-2 280 Fr AN OWL WIN WOULD... President ....................................... Dr. John W. Kelly Ja’Marquis Johnson LB 6-4 204 Fr Vice President/Director of Athletics .. Brian White Chris Jones LB 6-4 215 Fr • Be the program’s 104th win Media Information Malik Jones OL 6-2 296 Fr • Move FAU to 1-0 and would be the first time the SID ............................................Katrina McCormack *Marlon Krakue LB 6-2 210 Fr Owls have opened the season on the road with a win Office Phone ........................................561-297-3163 *Andre Lamas OL 6-3 270 Fr since UAB in 2010 Cell Phone ...........................................561-251-5588 **Joe Lewis LB 6-1 191 Fr • Head Coach Willie Taggart’s first win at FAU E-Mail ....................................... [email protected] *Travis Lockhart DL 6-3 225 Fr Web Site ............................................FAUsports.com **Justin McKithen WR 5-10 155 Fr 2019 CONFERENCE USA STANDINGS Coaching Staff Trevor Reaves DB 6-2 175 Fr TEAM C-USA OVERALL Head Coach ........................................Willie Taggart Willie Taggart, Jr. QB 6-1 157 Fr EAST DIVISION W L W L Alma Mater ..........................Western Kentucky, ‘98 *Charles Toombs DB 5-9 155 Fr Florida Atlantic 7 1 11 3 Collegiate Head Coaching Record ................56-62 Peter Warrick, Jr. DB 5-10 183 Fr WKU 6 2 9 5 Head Coaching Record at FAU...........................0-0 Jaden Wheeler DL 6-3 265 Fr Marshall 6 2 8 5 * - December Signee CHA 5 3 7 6 Years as a Head Coach .......................................11th FIU 3 5 6 7 FAU 2019 Record ................................................11-3 ** - December Signee and Early Enrollee *** - January Signee and Early Enrollee MT 3 5 4 8 FAU 2019 Conference Record ............................7-1 ODU 0 8 1 11 Office Phone ........................................561-297-1094 WEST DIVISION W L W L Assistant Coaches/Staff Louisiana Tech 6 2 10 3 DEFEND THE TITLE UAB 6 2 10 5 Special Teams Coordinator/TE .......Jaron Fairman Southern Miss 5 3 7 6 Defensive Coordinator/LB .....................Jim Leavitt UTSA 3 5 4 8 Co-Offensive Coordinator/WR .. Drew Mehringer FAU has captured two Conference USA titles North Texas 3 5 4 8 Co-Offensive Coordinator/QB ......... Clint Trickett in three seasons (2017 and 2018). The Owls Rice 3 5 3 9 Recruiting Coordinator/OLB....Raymond Woodie will look to defend that title in 2020 under UTEP 0 8 1 11 Safeties .................................................Lance Guidry the direction of newly hired head coach 2020 SCHEDULE AND RESULTS Offensive Line ..........................................Jeff Norrid Willie Taggart. Defensive Line.....................................Kevin Patrick Date Opponent Location Time/Result Running Backs ....................................Chris Perkins Coach Taggart Sept. 3 at Minnesota Minneapolis, Minn. Sept. 12 Stony Brook BOCA RATON, Fla. Cornerbacks .............................Stanford Samuels Jr. brings experience Graduate Assistant (Off.) ....................... Frank Diaz Sept. 19 at Georgia Southern Statesboro, Ga. versus C-USA Sept. 26 USF BOCA RATON, Fla. Team Information teams to FAU Oct. 3 Charlotte * BOCA RATON, Fla. Letter Winners Returning after the Florida Oct. 10 at Southern Miss * Hattiesburg, Miss. Offensive ..................................................................14 native served Oct. 24 at Marshall * Huntington, W.Va. Defensive .................................................................14 as the WKU Oct. 31 UTSA * BOCA RATON, Fla. Special Teams ............................................................4 head coach from Nov. 7 WKU * BOCA RATON, Fla. Letter Winners Lost Nov. 14 at FIU * Miami, Fla. 2010-12. Offensive ..................................................................21 Nov. 21 Old Dominion * BOCA RATON, Fla. Defensive .................................................................16 Nov. 28 at Middle Tennessee Murfreesboro, Tenn. Specialty .....................................................................3 Dec. 5 C-USA Championship TBA *C-USA Opponents 1 2020 Key Returners/Losses Key Rushers Returners RUSHING GP Att Gain Loss Net Avg TD Long Avg/G DAVIDSON, Macolm 10 102 730 19 711 7.0 9 57 71.1 CHARLES, James 13 78 424 11 413 5.3 5 26 31.8 MCCAMMON, Larry 9 91 357 33 324 3.6 7 20 36.0 TRONTI, Nick 11 51 270 31 239 4.7 2 35 21.7 EMMONS, BJ 5 51 249 12 237 4.6 6 40 47.4 ROBISON, Chris 14 84 180 240 -60 -0.7 2 14 -4.3 Key Rushers Lost RUSHING GP Att Gain Loss Net Avg TD Long Avg/G None Key Quarterbacks Returning PASSING G Effic Cmp-Att-Int Pct Yds TD Lng Avg/G ROBISON, Chris 14 144.86 291-471-6 61.8 3701 28 75 264.4 TRONTI, Nick 11 166.91 17-22-1 77.3 180 2 32 16.4 Key Quarterbacks Lost None Key Receivers Returning RECEIVING G No. Yds Avg TD Long Avg/G MITCHELL, John 14 38 488 12.8 5 47 34.9 RAINE, John 14 38 343 9.0 6 61 24.5 WRIGHT, Willie 11 20 186 9.3 2 51 16.9 Key Receivers Lost RECEIVING G No. Yds Avg TD Long Avg/G BRYANT, Harrison 13 65 1004 15.4 7 57 77.2 ANTOINE, Deangelo 13 61 771 12.6 5 75 59.3 HARRISON, Tavaris 13 33 523 15.8 2 48 40.2 Key Punt Returners Returning Key Punt Returners Lost None PUNT RETURNS No. Yds Avg TD Long COUSART, Dante 19 86 4.5 0 30 Key Pass Protection Returning INTERCEPTIONS No. Yds Avg TD Long Key Pass Protection Lost DOTSON, Meiko 9 108 12.0 0 50 INTERCEPTIONS No. Yds Avg TD Long GILBERT, Zyon 2 -2 -1.0 0 0 PIERRE, James 3 33 11.0 0 30 BRICE, Caliph 1 7 7.0 0 7 LEROY, Akileis 3 43 14.3 0 24 SMITH, Rashad 3 22 7.3 0 22 TOOLEY, Chris 1 10 10.0 0 10 Key Kickers Returning PUNTING No. Yds Avg Long TB FC I20 50+ Blkd HAYBALL, Matt 68 2958 43.5 77 4 31 21 8 0 FIELD GOALS FGM-FGA Pct 01-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50-99 Lg Blk RIVAS, Vladimir 17-25 68.0 0-0 9-10 6-7 2-8 0-0 48 2 SHAHRIARI, Aaron 1-1 100.0 0-0 0-0 1-1 0-0 0-0 31 0 KICKOFFS No. Yds Avg TB OB Retn Net YdLn SHAHRIARI, Aaron 65 3739 57.5 22 2 RIVAS, Vladimir 30 1706 56.9 8 0 Key Specialist Lost Longsnapper Jonathan Sullivan Key Defensive Returners |-------Tackles-------| |-Sacks-| |---Pass Def---| |-Fumbles-| Blkd DEFENSIVE LEADERS GP Solo Ast Total TFL/Yds No-Yards Int-Yds BrUp QBH Rcv-Yds FF Kick Saf 54 BARNWELL, Hosea 13 22 35 57 0.5-0 . 3 . 1 . 24 GILBERT, Zyon 13 35 13 48 . 2--2 8 . 1 . 5 ROSS, Ahman 14 25 14 39 2.5-3 . 2 . 1 . 9 HAFIZ, Quran 14 17 16 33 . 1-0 . 15 DOTSON, Meiko 13 23 7 30 1.0-2 . 9-108 3 . 13 McCARTHY, Leighton 14 14 16 30 10.5-50 6.0-41 . 3 . 19 BRICE, Caliph 13 11 17 28 1.0-8 1.0-8 1-7 . 1 . Key Defensive Losses |-------Tackles-------| |-Sacks-| |---Pass Def---| |-Fumbles-| Blkd DEFENSIVE LEADERS GP Solo Ast Total TFL/Yds No-Yards Int-Yds BrUp QBH Rcv-Yds FF Kick Saf 7 SMITH, Rashad 14 58 51 109 11.5-42 3.5-24 3-22 2 4 5-45 1 . 36 LEROY, Akileis 13 55 46 101 15.5-67 7.5-53 3-43 1 5 . 5 1 . 27 BROWN, Da’Von 14 54 22 76 5.0-8 . 3 . 1 . 23 PIERRE, James 13 30 14 44 4.5-12 . 3-33 4 . 1 . 26 TOOLEY, Chris 14 27 8 35 1.5-4 . 1-10 11 1 1-25 1 . 1E ELLIS, Ray 14 11 19 30 8.5-39 4.5-30 . 2 6 1-0 . 45 BONNER, Tim 12 15 10 25 7.5-33 4.0-27 . 1 4 . 1 . 2 The Latest News/Trends Upfront with the Offense - Each season the coaches will say at late in his career to avoid pressure. The least once, the games are won and lost in the trenches. Thankful- only other international kicker to dot ly, the Owls return three/four everyday starters to the offensive FAU’s roster was Greg Joseph (2013- line in 2020.