UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO FOOTBALL 2012 INFORMATION GUIDE 2012 BUFFALO BULLS FOOTBALL The University at Buffalo 2012 UB Football Schedule Location __________________________________________ Buffalo, NY 14260 Founded _____________________________________________________ 1846 Date Opponent Time Television Enrollment __________________________________________________ 29,049 Sat., Sept. 1 at Georgia 12:00 pm SEC Network/ESPN3 Nickname _____________________________________________________Bulls Sat., Sept. 8 MORGAN STATE 6:00 pm TWCS School Colors ______________________________________ Royal Blue & White Wed., Sept. 19 KENT State* 7:00 Pm ESPNU Affiliatation _________________________________________NCAA Division I-A Sat., Sept. 29 at Connecticut 12:00 pm ESPN3/SNY Sat., Oct. 6 at Ohio* 12:00 pm ESPN+ Conference ____________________________________________Mid-American Sat., Oct. 13 at Northern Illinois* 3:30 pm - President ____________________________________________ Satish K. Tripathi Sat., Oct. 20 PITTSBURGH* 3:30 pm ESPN+ Athletic Director _________________________________________ Danny White Sat., Oct. 27 TOLEDO* 3:30 pm TWCS Sat., Nov. 3 MIAMI (OH)* 12:00 pm - Football Fast Facts Sat., Nov. 10 WESTERN MICHIGAN* 3:30 pm - Head Coach ______________________________________________ Jeff Quinn Sat., Nov. 17 at Massachusetts* TBA - Alma Mater _____________________________________________Elmhurst, ’84 Fri., Nov. 23 at Bowling Green* TBA - Record at UB (yrs) ____________________________________________ 5-19 (2) Fri., Nov. 30 MAC Championship 7:00 pm ESPN2 Career Record (yrs) _____________________________________________ Same Offensive Coordinator/Wide Receivers _________________________Alex Wood Bold denotes home game *Mid-American Conference Game Defensive Coordinator/Linebacker ___________________________ Lou Tepper All times are Eastern Standard Asst. Head Coach/Defensive Line ___________________________ Jappy Oliver Quarterbacks __________________________________________Don Patterson Offensive Line/Run Game Coordinator ______________________ Adam Shorter Returning Offensive Starters (Pos./Ht./Wt./Cl.) Running Backs ___________________________________________ Matt Simon Jasen Carlson (OL, 6-3, 307, Jr.) Tight Ends/Co-Special Teams Coordinator ___________________ Marty Spieler Andre Davis (OL, 6-4, 305, So.) Safeties/Co-Special Teams Coordinator_______________________ Mike Dietzel Alex Dennison (TE, 6-2, 249, Jr.) Secondary ___________________________________________Maurice Linguist Fred Lee (WR, 6-2, 204, Jr.) High School Relations _____________________________________ Scott Pilkey Alex Neutz (WR, 6-4, 209, Jr.) Graduate Assistants _____ Nick Bach, Keegan Jones, Greg Meyer & Holman Copeland Branden Oliver (RB, 5-8, 204, Jr.) Head Strength Coach ______________________________________ Zach Duval Gokhan Ozkan (OL, 6-7, 330, Sr.) Stadium __________________________________________UB Stadium (29,013) Graham Whinery (OL, 6-4, 297, Sr.) Playing Surface ___________________________________Sportexe Momentum 2011 Record/Conference _______________________________________3-9/2-6 Returning Defensive Starters (Pos./Ht./Wt./Cl.) Letterwinners returning (offense/defense/special teams) ________ 55 (26/27/2) Isaac Baugh (S, 5-11, 205, Jr.) Letterwinners lost (offense/defense/special teams) ______________ 20 (10/8/2) Najja Johnson (CB, 6-0, 194, Jr.) Starters returning/lost ___________________________________________16/7 Cortney Lester (CB, 6-0, 184, So.) Offensive starters returning/lost ____________________________________ 8/3 Khalil Mack (LB, 6-3, 244, Jr.) Defensive starters returning/lost ___________________________________ 7/4 Steven Means (DL, 6-3, 260, Sr.) Specialists (snapper, kicker, punter) returning/lost _____________________ 2/1 Lee Skinner (LB, 6-2, 237, So.) 2012 Captains __________________________________________________ TBA Colby Way (DL, 6-4, 270, Jr.) Offensive System ____________________________________________Multiple Defensive System __________________________________Multiple (3&4 down) Returning Statistical Leaders Rushing Att. Yds Avg. TDs Long Avg/Gm Athletic Communications Branden Oliver 306 1395 4.6 13 68 116.2 Mailing Address ____________________________________ 28A Alumni Arena Brandon Murie 4 33 8.2 0 15 3.0 ___________________________________________________ Buffalo, NY 14260 Assistant AD for Communications ______________________________Jon Fuller Passing Cmp. Att. Pct. Yds TDs Int. Avg/Gm Office _________________________________________________ 716-645-6762 Alex Zordich 5 12 41.7 41 0 0 10.2 Cell __________________________________________________ 716-359-2728 E-mail [email protected] Receiving No. Yds Avg. TD Long Avg/Gm Associate Director _________________________________________Brian Wolff Alex Neutz 43 641 14.9 4 60 71.2 Office _________________________________________________ 716-645-6993 Branden Oliver 38 365 9.6 0 38 30.4 Cell __________________________________________________ 716-359-2750 Fred Lee 20 139 6.9 2 14 12.6 E-mail __________________________________________ [email protected] Fax ___________________________________________________ 716-645-6840 Tackles Tot. Solo Ast. TFL Sacks Int./PBU FR FF Lee Skinner 80 38 42 5.0-9 0-0 0-0 1 0 Mid-American Conference Khalil Mack 65 38 27 20.5-74 5.5-35 1-23 0 5 Location ______________________________________________Cleveland, OH Cortney Lester 54 34 20 2.0-10 1.0-9 2-11 0 0 MAC Phone ____________________________________________ 216-566-4622 MAC Fax ______________________________________________ 216-696-2622 Web Site _______________________________________ www.mac-sports.com Commissioner ____________________________________ Dr. Jon Steinbrecher Asst. Commissioner/Media Relations ________________________ Ken Mather WWW.BUFFALOBULLS.COM 2 2012 BUFFALO BULLS FOOTBALL 2012 University at Buffalo Numerical Football Roster NO. PLAYER POS CL HT WT HOMETOWN HS/PREVIOUS SCHOOL 1 James Potts RB So. 5-11 196 Boynton Beach, FL American Heritage 2 Jordan Johnson RB Fr. 6-0 213 Amherst, NY Sweet Home 3 Okezie Alozie S Fr. 6-0 200 Bethlehem, PA Freedom 4 Jerry Davis** QB Sr. 6-0 217 Fresno, CA Edison 4 Cortney Lester* DB So. 6-0 179 Miramar, FL Everglades 5 Tony Daniel QB R-Fr. 6-5 203 Hiram, GA South Paulding 6 Saron Hood*** WR Sr. 6-0 186 San Diego, CA The Bishop’s School 6 Collin Michael QB Fr. 6-5 224 Lexington, OH Lexington 7 Marcus McGill WR Fr. 6-1 211 Rochester, NY Gates-Chili 8 Isaac Baugh*** S Sr. 6-0 208 Spring Hill, TN Independence 8 Rudy Johnson* WR So. 6-1 186 Owings Mills, MD McDonogh 9 Jake Stockman* LB So. 6-2 235 Joliet, IL Joliet Catholic 10 Witney Sherry* S So. 6-0 185 Miami, FL Chaminade-Madonna 11 Tyler Grassman P Fr. 6-1 190 Columbus, OH Gahanna Lincoln 12 Cordero Dixon* WR So 5-11 186 Suwanee, GA North Gwinnett 13 Devon Hughes* WR So. 6-0 190 Tyrone, GA Sandy Creek 14 Anthone Taylor* RB So. 5-10 204 Huber Heights, OH Wayne 15 Derek Brim S Jr. 6-0 188 Buffalo, NY Canisius 15 Alex Zordich** QB Jr. 6-3 222 Youngstown, OH Cardinal Mooney 16 Joe Licata QB R-Fr. 6-2 217 Williamsville, NY Williamsville South 17 Alex Dennison** TE Jr. 6-1 246 Irwin, PA Norwin 18 Fred Lee** WR Jr. 6-2 201 Chester, SC Chester 19 Alex Neutz** WR Jr. 6-3 205 Grand Island, NY Grand Island 19 Daniel Gold* DB Jr. 5-8 176 Highland Mills, NY Monroe-Woodbury 20 Ode Egharevba WR Fr. 6-6 180 Rosedale, NY Evelyn Mack Academy 21 Devin Campbell RB Fr. 5-11 195 Youngstown, OH Boardman 22 Najja Johnson* DB Jr. 6-0 182 Atlanta, GA Marietta 23 Brandon Berry S Fr. 6-0 205 Detroit, MI Cass Technical HS 24 Dalonte Wallace*** S Sr. 6-1 210 Temple Hills, MD Eleanor Roosevelt 25 John Dunmore WR So. 6-0 177 Syracuse, NY Christian Brothers Academy 25 Tomarris Bell DB Sr. 5-11 185 Rochester, NY McQuaid 26 Brandon Murie** RB Jr. 5-9 186 Elma, NY Iroquois 26 Alexander Small DB Fr. 5-11 195 Raseda, CA Chaminade 27 Kyndal Minniefield S R-Fr. 6-0 187 Daphne, AL Daphne 28 Dwellie Striggles* DB So. 5-10 185 Lauderhill, FL University School 29 Adam Redden* S So. 6-1 193 Amherst, NY St. Francis 30 Okoye Houston** S Jr. 6-0 201 Greenville, SC Woodmont 31 Carlos Lammons** DB Jr. 5-8 176 Pahokee, FL Pahokee 32 Branden Oliver** RB Jr. 5-8 202 Miami, FL Miami Southridge 33 Scott Pettigrew*** LB Sr. 6-1 225 Thompson’s Station, TN Independence 34 Colby Way** DL Jr. 6-4 276 State College, PA State College 35 Rashad Jean* FB Jr. 6-0 246 Spring Valley, NY Spring Valley 35 William Rembert S Fr. 6-1 175 Southfield, MI Cass Technical 36 Lee Skinner* LB So. 6-2 226 Dayton, OH Fairborn 37 Khari Brown* LB So. 6-1 229 Upper Marlboro, MD Bishop McNamara 38 C.J. Stancil DB Fr. 5-11 184 Chesterfield, VA Cosby 39 Marqus Baker DB R-Fr. 5-10 177 Tampa, FL Robinson 40 Steven Means*** DL Sr. 6-4 250 Buffalo, NY Grover Cleveland 41 Boomer Brock* FB Jr. 5-10 250 Elma, NY Iroquois 42 Ryan Paxson LB So. 6-6 230 Brighton, MI Brighton/Cincinnati 43 Nick Gilbo LB So. 6-1 240 Port Henry, NY Moriah Central/Hudson Valley CC 45 Patrick Clarke* K So. 6-1 197 New Castle, DE Delaware Military Acad./Hargrave Military Acad. 46 Khalil Mack** LB Jr. 6-3 245 Fort Pierce, FL Westwood 47 Imani Chatman*** S Sr. 6-2 228 Frederick, MD Urbana 48 Willie Moseley*** LB Sr. 6-4 246 Richmond, VA Varina 49 Keith Takeh DB So. 5-9 183 Hollywood, FL Chaminade-Madonna 50 Andre Davis* OL So. 6-4 303 Cheektowaga, NY Maryvale 51 Brandon Tammaro LB R-Fr. 6-3 225 Plymouth, MI Detroit Central Catholic WWW.BUFFALOBULLS.COM 3 2012 BUFFALO BULLS FOOTBALL NO. PLAYER POS CL HT WT HOMETOWN HS/PREVIOUS SCHOOL 52 Travis Pitzonka LB Fr. 6-1 220 Lancaster, NY Lancaster/Milford Academy 53 Joe Felicia DL R-Fr. 6-4 249 Marcellus, NY Marcellus 55 Graham Whinery*** OL Sr. 6-4 302 Arlington, TX Martin 56 Jasen Carlson** OL Jr. 6-1 301 Jamestown, NY Southwestern 57 Kendall Patterson DL R-Fr. 6-0 254 Abingdon, MD DeMatha Catholic 59 Jason Abdo OL Fr. 6-5 270 Manlius, NY Fayetteville Manluis 59 Mike Gelz FB Fr. 6-1 238 Clarence, NY Clarence 60 Jake Pickett OL R-Fr. 6-0 283 Owego, NY Owego Free Academy 61 John Kling OL R-Fr. 6-7 310 Cheektowaga, NY Depew 62 Jaden Cotton OL Fr. 6-5 329 Depew, NY Depew 63 Andrew Borruso OL Fr. 6-2 280 Oceanside, NY Oceanside 64 Andrew Burgio OL Fr.