2016 WKU Football SPRING GUIDE Quick FACTS 2016 WKU FOOTBALL SCHEDULE SUPPORT STAFF DATE OPPONENT SERIES HISTORY LAST RESULT NAME POSITION S 3 Rice* WKU leads 1-0 W, 49-10 (10/3/15) Greg Brohm Director of Football Operations S 10 at Alabama UA leads 2-0 L, 0-35 (9/8/12) Dave Consiglio Asst. Dir. Strength & Conditioning S 17 at Miami (OH) WKU leads 1-0 W, 56-14 (9/26/15) Anthony Davis Strength & Conditioning Assistant S 24 Vanderbilt VU leads 3-1 W, 14-12 (9/3/15) Nate Dennison Director of Player Personnel O 1 Houston Baptist Never met n/a Bennett Dettlinger Defensive Graduate Assistant O 8 at LA Tech* LT leads 3-2 W, 41-38 (9/10/15) Brian Ditmer Head Equipment Manager O 15 at Middle Tennessee* MT leads 34-30-1 W, 58-28 (10/10/15) Najja Johnson Offensive Graduate Assistant O 22 Old Dominion* WKU leads 2-0 W, 55-30 (10/31/15) Zach Lankford Offensive Quality Control O 29 at FAU* FAU leads 5-2 W, 35-19 (11/7/15) Justin Lovett Strength & Conditioning Director N 5 FIU* WKU leads 5-4 W, 63-7 (11/21/15) Sean Pugh Character Coach N 12 North Texas* NT leads 4-3 W, 55-28 (10/15/15) John Riley Football Video Coordinator N 26 at Marshall* MU leads 4-3 W, 49-28 (11/27/15) Bryan Schneider Head Trainer Home games in Bold * - Denotes C-USA Game Chris Springer Defensive Graduate Assistant Tyson Street Assistant Equipment Manager 2015 WKU FOOTBALL SCHEDULE 12-2 Overall; 8-0 C-USA; Conference USA Champions; UNIVERSITY INFORMATION Miami Beach Bowl Champions; Final AP Ranking: 24 Location Bowling Green, Ky. DATE OPPONENT TV RESULT ATTEND Founded 1906 S 3 at Vanderbilt SECN W, 14-12 30,307 Enrollment 20,178 S 10 LA Tech* CBS SN W, 41-38 17,515 Nickname Hilltoppers S 19 at Indiana ESPNews L, 35-38 44,823 Colors Red and White S 26 Miami (Ohio) CBS SN W, 56-14 20,320 Stadium Houchens Industries-L.T. Smith Stadium (Turf/22,113) O 3 at Rice* FCS W, 49-10 20,124 Conference Conference USA O 10 Middle Tennessee* FSN W, 58-28 16,993 President Dr. Gary Ransdell O 15 at North Texas* CBS SN W, 55-28 10,155 Provost Dr. David Lee O 24 at LSU ESPNU L, 20-48 101,561 Director of Athletics Todd Stewart O 31 at Old Domnion* FSN W, 55-30 20,118 Faculty Representative Craig Martin N 7 Florida Atlantic (HC)* FSN W, 35-19 18,421 N 21 at FIU* FCS W, 63-7 14,380 TABLE OF CONTENTS N 27 Marshall* FS1 W, 49-28 17,687 D 5 Southern Miss^ ESPN2 W, 45-28 16,823 Table of Contents 1 SPECIALTY STATISTICS D 21 vs. South Florida% ESPN W, 45-35 21,712 Team Roster 2-3 Explosive Plays 18 Home games in Bold * - Denotes C-USA Game Practice Schedule 4 Opening Drives 16 ^ - C-USA Championship Game % - Miami Beach Bowl Contact Information 7 Play Breakdown 19 The Last Time... 20-21 Starts by Position 17 COACHING STAFF 2015 Game Recaps 55-68 Total/Consec. Starts 16 NAME POSITION ALMA MATER 2015 Final Stats 23-31 2015 Game Notables 18 Jeff Brohm Head Coach Louisville, ‘89 2015 Game Starters 17 Nick Holt Associate HC/DC U. of Pacific, ‘86 NOTEBOOK Tony Levine Special Teams/Tight Ends Minnesota, ‘96 Chris Barclay Running Backs Wake Forest, ‘05 Spring Notebook 8-10 THE HILLTOPPERS Brian Brohm Quarterbacks Louisville, ‘07 Final Stat Rankings 8 Head Coach Jeff Brohm 11-12 Mike Cassity Secondary Kentucky, ‘76 Final National Polls 9 Assistant Coaches 13-15 Don Dunn Defensive Tackles E. Tenn. St., ‘76 Letterwinners Lost/Returning 5 Hilltopper player bios available online Bryan Ellis Wide Receivers UAB, ‘10 Miscellaneous Notes 8 at WKUSports.com Reggie Johnson Defensive Ends Louisville, ‘96 Positional Breakdown 6 Dale Williams Offensive Line West Virginia, ‘94 Player Honors (2015) 10 RECORD BOOKS Team Records 32-39 FOOTBALL INFORMATION Individual Records 40-53 Starters Returning (O/D/S) 13 (7/4/2) Starters Lost (O/D/S) 12 (4/7/1) Miscellaneous Records 54 Lettermen Returning (O/D/S) 55 (25/26/4) Lettermen Lost (O/D/S) 21 (8/12/1) All-Time Record: 554-382-31 (.589) All-Time Conference Record: 191-130-9 (.592) First Year in FBS 2009 WKUSports.com • 2016 Spring Football Guide 1 2016 WKU Football SPRING GUIDE 2016 HILLTOPPER SPRING ROSTER NO. NAME POS. HT WT CL HOMETOWN/LAST SCHOOL 33 Leon Allen RB 6-0 235 r-Sr.-3L Bradenton, Fla. (Manatee) NUMERICAL ROSTER 3 Quinton Baker RB 5-10 180 Fr.-HS Ashland, Ky. (Ashland Blazer) 54 Daeshawn Bertram LB 5-11 220 r-Jr.-2L Louisville, Ky. (Trinity) 1 Nacarius Fant ....................................WR 7 Joe Brown DB 5-10 190 Jr.-2L Louisville, Ky. (Butler) 1 Keith Brown ........................................ LB 1 Keith Brown LB 6-1 235 Gr.-TR Miami, Fla. (Miami Norland/Louisville) 2 Taywan Taylor ...................................WR 17 Stephon Brown WR 5-9 190 r-Sr.-1L Atlanta, Ga. (Henry County) 2 Drew O’Bryan ..................................... LB 8 John Brunner WR 6-3 190 r-Fr.-RS Clearwater, Fla. (Clearwater Catholic) 3 Quinton Baker ....................................RB 9 Omarius Bryant DL 6-3 310 Sr.-1L Byrum, Miss. (Terry/Southwest MS CC) 3 Chris Johnson ....................................DL 83 Will Bush WR 5-11 195 r-So.-1L Louisville, Ky. (Ballard) 4 Drew Eckels ....................................... QB 13 Demetrius Cain LB 6-1 210 Fr.-HS Princeton, Ky. (Caldwell County) 55 Tyler Camp OL 6-3 305 r-Fr.-RS Forsyth, Ga. (Mary Persons) 4 Joel Iyiegbuniwe ............................... LB 53 Clark Campbell LB 6-2 200 r-Fr.-RS Louisville, Ky. (St. Xavier) 5 Marquez Trigg ....................................RB 35 Nicholas Coffey DL 6-4 260 r-Fr.-RS Dunnville, Ky. (Russell County) 5 Jason Johnson .................................. DB 49 Jake Collins P 6-0 190 r-So.-1L Louisville, Ky. (St. Xavier) 6 T.J. McCollum ..................................... LB 38 Ta’Corian Darden DB 5-10 180 r-Fr.-RS Russellville, Ky. (Russellville) 6 Devin Nixon .......................................WR 34 Drew Davis LB 6-1 225 Sr.-3L Madison, Ala. (Bob Jones) 7 Joe Brown ........................................... DB 94 Nick Dawson-Brents DL 6-3 260 Gr.-TR Charlotte, N.C. (Phillip O’Berry/Louisville) 7 Tyler Ferguson .................................. QB 47 Nolan Dowling LS 6-0 225 r-Sr.-3L Belleville, Ill. (Belleville East) 8 John Brunner ....................................WR 24 Devante Duclos DL 6-1 240 Sr.-3L Miami, Fla. (Miami Central) 8 Marcus Ward ...................................... DB 32 Ryan Duvall DL 6-5 230 r-So.-SQ Owensboro, Ky. (Apollo HS) 4 Drew Eckels QB 6-4 210 r-So.-SQ Daytona, Fla. (Warner Christian) 9 Omarius Bryant .................................DL 64 Dennis Edwards OL 6-1 305 r-So.-1L Snellville, Ga. (South Gwinnett) 9 Nelson Fishback ............................... QB 1 Nacarius Fant WR 5-9 185 Jr.-1L Bowling Green, Ky. (Bowling Green) 11 Lucky Jackson ...................................WR 22 DeAndre Farris DB 5-10 190 r-So.-1L Shelbyville, Ky. (Collins) 11 Tanner Reeves ....................................DL 32 D’Andre Ferby RB 6-1 240 r-So.-1L Nashville, Tenn. (Ensworth) 13 Demetrius Cain.................................. LB 60 Dylan Ferguson DL 6-2 300 r-So.-SQ Mount Washington, Ky. (Bullitt East) 14 Juwan Gardner ................................. DB 7 Tyler Ferguson QB 6-4 220 Gr.-TR Bakersfield, Calif. (Ridgeview/Penn State/Louisville) 14 Mike White ......................................... QB 9 Nelson Fishback QB 6-2 215 r-Sr.-2L Oroville, Calif. (Durham/Butte Coll.) 15 Nicholas Norris .................................WR 56 Luke Frain K 6-1 205 r-Fr.-RS Indianapolis, Ind. (Scecina) 15 Joseph Occhipinti................................P 14 Juwan Gardner DB 6-1 205 r-Jr.-1L Louisville, Ky. (DuPont Manual) 93 Sheldon Goins DL 6-4 210 r-Fr.-RS Frankfort, Ky. (Franklin County) 16 Sidney Hammond ............................DL 21 Jordon Gonzalez DB 6-0 180 r-Fr.-RS Louisville, Ky. (DuPont Manual) 16 Quin Jernighan .................................WR 28 Drell Greene DB 6-1 190 So.-1L Alma, Ga. (Bacon County) 17 Stephon Brown ................................WR 70 Max Halpin OL 6-3 295 r-Sr.-3L Fort Mitchell, Ky. (Covington Catholic) 18 AJ Jackson .......................................... DB 46 Logan Hamilton LS 6-0 195 r-Fr.-RS Cumming, Ga. (Pinecrest) 18 Shaquille Johnson ............................ TE 16 Sidney Hammond DL 6-2 250 r-Jr.-RS Kennesaw, Ga. (Kennesaw Mountain/Dodge City CC) 19 Deon Yelder ........................................ TE 77 Hunter Holland OL 6-2 275 r-Fr.-RS Buford, Ga. (Buford) 20 Nathan Roush ................................... DB 44 Ben Holt RB 5-11 210 r-Fr.-RS Bowling Green, Ky. (Bowling Green) 20 Anthony Wales ..................................RB 99 Ty’Ron Horton DL 6-3 260 r-Fr.-RS Louisville, Ky. (DuPont Manual) 21 Jordon Gonzalez .............................. DB 68 Parker Howell OL 6-4 275 r-Fr.-RS Nashville, Tenn. (Christ Presbyterian Academy) 22 DeAndre Farris .................................. DB 4 Joel Iyiegbuniwe LB 6-2 220 r-So.-1L Bowling Green, Ky. (South Warren) 18 AJ Jackson DB 5-11 170 r-Fr.-RS Louisville, Ky. (Seneca) 23 De’Andre Simmons ......................... DB 49 Canon Jackson LB 6-2 210 r-Fr.-RS Louisville, Ky. (Trinity) 24 Devante Duclos .................................DL 11 Lucky Jackson WR 6-1 185 r-Fr.-RS Lexington, Ky. (Lafayette) 25 Omar Stover .......................................RB 16 Quin Jernighan WR 6-3 210 r-Fr.-RS LaVergne, Tenn. (LaVergne) 25 Masai Whyte ....................................... LB 3 Chris Johnson DL 6-2 290 Jr.-JC Gulfport, Miss. (Gulfport/Mississippi Gulf Coast) 26 Darmontre Warr ................................RB 5 Jason Johnson DB 6-0 195 r-Fr.-RS Pahokee, Fla. (Pahokee) 26 Devon Wharton ................................ DB 29 Leverick Johnson DB 6-1 185 Jr.-2L Miami, Fla.