EASTERN MICHIGAN EAGLES Dr. James M. Smith President Eastern Michigan wide reciever Sergio Bailey II EASTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY Location: ..........................................................................................................Ypsilanti, Mich. President: ..................................................................................................Dr. James M. Smith Vice President, Director of Athletics: .................................................. Scott Wetherbee Head Coach: ........................................................................Chris Creighton (Kenyon, ‘91) Faculty Representative: ........................................................................ Dr. Edward Sidlow Scott Wetherbee Vice President, Enrollment: ...................................................................................................................... 21,105 Director of Athletics Founded: ..............................................................................................................................1849 Nickname: .........................................................................................................................Eagles Colors: ............................................................................................Green (PMS 349) & White Stadium: (Capacity): ............................................................Rynearson Stadium (30,200) Website: ..........................................................................................................EMUeagles.com TEAM FACTS Offense: ..........................................................................................................................Multiple Defense: ............................................................................................................................... 4-2-5 2016 Record:........................................................................................................................... 7-6 2016 Conference Record/Finish: ................................................................4-4 / 4th West Last Bowl Appearance: .................................................Popeyes Bahamas Bowl (2016) Chris Creighton Letterwinners Returning/Lost:.................................................................................... 52/14 Head Coach Starters Returning/Lost: ...................................................................................................17/9 All-Time Record: ....................................................................................................448-582-47 All-Time MAC Record:............................................................................................ 100-222-6 MAC Championships/Last: .........................................................................................1/1987 MEDIA RELATIONS Football Contact: ................................................................................................Greg Steiner Office Phone: ......................................................................................................734.487.0318 Cell Phone: ..........................................................................................................734.845.1132 E-Mail: .............................................................................................greg.steiner@emich.edu Rynearson Stadium Pressbox: ......................................................734.481.0014 or 0072 30 2017 MACGreg Football Steiner Record Book Media Relations EASTERN MICHIGAN EAGLES TEAM INFORMATION 2017 Schedule Date Opponent Time Television Series Fri., Sept. 1 Charlotte 6:30 pm ET ESPN3 EMU leads 1-0 Sat., Sept. 9 at Rutgers 3:30 pm ET Big Ten Network Rutgers leads 1-0 Sat., Sept. 23 *Ohio TBA TBA Ohio leads 18-12-1 Fri., Sept. 30 at Kentucky TBA TBA First Meeting Sat., Oct. 7 *at Toledo TBA TBA UT leads, 33-11 Sat., Oct. 14 at Army Noon ET CBS Sports Network Army leads 6-1 Sat., Oct. 21 *Western Michigan 2:00 pm ET TBA WMU leads 32-18-2 Thur., Oct. 26 *at Northern Illinois 7:00 pm ET CBSSN/ESPN3 NIU leads 31-14-2 Thur., Nov. 2 *Ball State 7:00 pm ET CBSSN BSU leads 34-22-2 Wed., Nov. 8 *at Central Michigan 7/7:30 pm ET ESPN2/ESPNU/CBSSN CMU leads 59-29-6 Wed., Nov. 15 *at Miami 7/8:00 pm ET ESPN2/ESPNU/CBSSN MIA leads, 19-4 Tue., Nov. 21 *Bowling Green 7:00 pm ET ESPNU/ESPN3 BGSU leads, 25-12-1 *Mid-American Conference game Primary Media Outlets 2017 Squad Breakdown Starters Returning (17) EMU Athletic Media Relations Offense (8) Pos. 2016 Statistics Football Contact: Greg Steiner Room 307, Convocation Center Ka’John Armstrong OL Nine starts; Team shattered the school record for total offense with 5,917 yards Ypsilanti, MI 48197 Sergio Bailey II WR Third Team All-MAC; Leading pass catcher with 60 receptions for 868 yards Phone: 734.487.0318 Cell: 734.845.1132 Dan Buschman TE Started all 13 games; Caught a pair of touchdown passes [email protected] Eddie Daugherty WR Hauled in 31 balls for an average of 9.3 yards per catch Ian Eriksen RB Led the rushing attack with 771 yards on 184 carries and nine scores Newspaper Detroit Free Press Jimmy Leatiota OL Started all 13 games; Line allowed the second fewest tackles for a loss in the FBS 600 W. Lafayette Johnnie Niupalau WR Caught 28 passes for 359 yards and four touchdowns Detroit, MI 48226 Brogan Roback QB Threw for 2,694 yards in 10 games; Had six 300-yard passing games Phone: 313.222.6661 [email protected] Defense (8) Pos. 2016 Statistics Detroit News Jason Beck DB Second on the squad in tackles with 104 to go along with 7.0 TFLs Sports Desk Ikie Calderon DB Had 63 stops in addition to two forced fumbles 615 W. Lafayette Detroit, MI 48226 Vince Calhoun DB 13 starts as a freshman; Ranked second on the team with 9 passes defended Phone: 313.222.2230 Jeremiah Harris DL Third Team All-MAC; Fifth nationally in blocked kicks [email protected] Luke MacLean DL Earned eight starts; Finished with 10 tackles and two sacks Kevin McGill DB Started six games as a freshman; Had 35 tackles and three pass breakups Ann Arbor News Sports Desk Kyle Rachwal LB Led the team with 109 stops in 10 starts 111 N. Ashley Street Ike Spearman LB Returned after two years away to post 44 tackles and two sacks Ann Arbor, MI 48104 Phone: 734.623.2500 [email protected] Specialists (1) Pos. 2016 Statistics Paul Fricano K Second Team All-MAC; Broke the school’s single-season extra point record Eastern Echo Sports Editor King Hall, EMU Starters Lost (9) Ypsilanti, MI 48197 Offense (3) Pos. 2016 Statistics Phone: 734.487.1010 Cole Gardner OL Second Team All-MAC; Helped allow the 9th fewest sacks nationally [email protected] Jake Hurcombe OL Started the final 12 games at center for the 18th ranked passing offense Radio Andrew Wylie OL Third Team All-MAC; 13 starts in 2016 and 43 in his career WEMU (89.1 FM) Play-by-Play: Matt Shepard Defense (3) Pos. 2016 Statistics Color: Rob Rubic King Hall, EMU Mike Brown DL Ranks 13th in career starts with 35 Ypsilanti, MI 48197 Pat O’Connor DL First Team All-MAC; EMU career leader in sacks Phone: 734.487.2229 DaQuan Pace DB Third Team All-MAC; All-time EMU leader in pass breakups Television WJBK-TV 2 (FOX) Specialists (3) Pos. 2016 Statistics Sports Desk Austin Barnes P Second Team All-MAC; Averaged 43.5 yards per punt 16550 W. 9 Mile Chris O’Risky LS Long-snapper since he set foot on campus as a freshman Southfield, MI 48075 Phone: 248.557.2000 Brendan Renius KO Turned in 78 kickoffs with 20 touchbacks for an average of 59.2 per kick WDIV-TV 4 (NBC) Sports Desk 550 W. Lafayette 2016 Results (7-6, 4-4 MAC) Detroit, MI 48226 Date Opponent Score Total Off. Total Def. Att. Phone: 313.222.0504 Fri., Sept. 2 Mississippi Valley State W, 61-14 479 201 16,408 WXYZ-TV 7 (ABC) Sat., Sept. 10 at Missouri L, 21-61 428 647 51,192 Sports Desk Sat., Sept. 17 at Charlotte W, 37-19 357 356 15,080 20777 W. Ten Mile Rd. Fri., Sept. 23 Wyoming W, 27-24 500 313 17,012 Southfield, MI 48037 Sat., Oct. 1 *at Bowling Green W, 28-25 474 456 19,382 Phone: 248.827.9420 Sat., Oct. 8 *Toledo L, 20-35 317 467 21, 412 Sat., Oct. 15 *at Ohio W, 27-20 435 415 23,566 E-TV Sat., Oct. 22 *at Western Michigan L, 31-45 461 561 23,721 18 Welch Hall, EMU Sat., Oct. 29 *Miami L, 15-28 361 405 16,481 Ypsilanti, MI 48197 Tue., Nov. 8 *at Ball State W, 48-41 632 542 9,442 Phone: 734.487.1240 Wed., Nov. 16 *at Northern Illinois L, 24-31 (OT) 475 485 15,603 Tue., Nov. 22 *Central Michigan W, 26-21 538 383 19,147 Fri., Dec. 23 Popeyes Bahamas Bowl vs Old Dominion L, 20-24 470 394 13,422 *Mid-American Conference game www.mac-sports.com 31 EASTERN MICHIGAN EAGLES ROSTER INFORMATION No. Name Pos. Ht./Wt. Yr. Hometown No. Name Pos. Ht./Wt. Yr. Hometown 59 Thad Abram DE 6-4/235 Jr.-So. Woodhaven, Mich. 43 Tyler Lyle FB 6-0/230 So.-Fr. Kalamazoo, Mich. 70 Darnell Adams OL 6-1/300 Fr.-Fr. Byron, Mich. 68 Chase Lynch DL 6-4/250 So.-Fr. Fenton, Mich. 94 Hunter Andrews DL 6-4/280 Jr.-So. Metamora, Mich. 27 Karmi Mackey RB 6-1/210 Fr.-Fr. Seffner, Fla. 15 Dieuly Aristilde* WR 6-4/210 Jr.-So. Boynton Beach, Fla. 29 Brandon Macklin DB 6-0/195 Sr.-Jr. Novi, Mich. 54 Ka’John Armstrong** OL 6-4/290 Sr.-Jr. Detroit, Mich. 8 Luke Maclean** DL 6-5/285 Sr.-Sr. Grand Blanc, Mich. 2 Sergio Bailey II* WR 6-0/190 Sr.-Sr. San Diego, Calif. 64 Thomas Major OL 6-2/270 Jr.-So. Macomb, Mich. 20 Blake Banham** RB 5-9/200 Sr.-Jr. St. Paul, Minn. 18 Keyan Marshall WR 6-2/190 So.-Fr. Toledo, Ohio 3 Jason Beck*** LB 6-1/220 Sr.-Sr. Indianapolis, Ind. 72 Devin McCallister OL 6-4/315 Jr.-Jr. Ypsilanti, Mich. 34 Bo Bell RB