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QUICK FACTS // MM EDIA INFO<br />
SUN. MON. TUE. WED. THU. FRI. SAT.<br />
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Practice<br />
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3:00 p.m.<br />
Practice<br />
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4:15 p.m.<br />
Practice<br />
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4:15 p.m.<br />
SPRING MEDIA POLICIES<br />
Practice Practice<br />
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Spr. Game<br />
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ATHLETIC COMMUNICATIONS<br />
Associate AD/Communications*...............................................Mike Enright<br />
Assistant AD/Communications .................................................. Kyle Muncy<br />
Associate Director - Athletic Communications ................... AnnMarie Person<br />
Assistant Director - Athletic Communications ...................... Rachel Margolis<br />
Assistant Director - Athletic Communications*........................... Leigh Torbin<br />
Communications Assistants ................Brook Brandenburger, Kristine Henck<br />
Communications Secretary ................................................Luanne Dunstan<br />
* Football contacts<br />
Mailing Address<br />
2095 Hillside Road U-3078<br />
Storrs, CT 06269-3078<br />
Office Phone: (860) 486-3531<br />
Office FAX: (860) 486-5085<br />
SPRING PRACTICE SCHEDULE<br />
<strong>UConn</strong>’s first practice of the spring, Monday March 24, will be open to the media,<br />
as will each of the two scheduled Saturday scrimmages (April 5 and April 12) and<br />
the April 19 Spring Game, which will be played at Memorial Stadium in Storrs.<br />
Players will be available to the media following the practice sessions on these four<br />
dates. In addition, the first half hour of all Wednesday practices will be open to the<br />
media. Interviews with players will be permitted prior to practice on all Wednesdays<br />
and Fridays with advance notice to Leigh Torbin in the Athletic Communications<br />
office. Due to time constraints imposed by class schedules, there will be no<br />
pre-practice interviews on Mondays. To arrange for an interview with head coach<br />
Randy Edsall, please contact Leigh Torbin in the Athletic Communications office.<br />
Torbin Home: (860) 648-8982<br />
Torbin Email: ltorbin@maya.ath.uconn.edu<br />
Enright Home: (860) 429-1574<br />
Enright Email: menright@maya.ath.uconn.edu<br />
The 2003 University of Connecticut Spring Football Prospectus is a publication of the <strong>UConn</strong> Divison<br />
of Athletics and the Athletic Communications Office. Written, edited and designed by Leigh Torbin.<br />
Editorial Assistance by Luanne Dunstan and Gretchen Schueler. Photography by Steve Slade, Bob<br />
Stowell, Dan Burns, James Percival and Aerial Photography. Printed by Wolf ColorPrint of Newington,<br />
Conn.<br />
TABLE OF CONTENTS<br />
Quick Facts/Media Info ............................... 1<br />
Spring Outlook .......................................... 2-3<br />
Spring Depth Chart ...................................... 4<br />
Personnel Chart ........................................... 5<br />
Rosters ...................................................... 6-9<br />
Head Coach Randy Edsall ................. 10-11<br />
Assistant Coaches .....................................12<br />
Returning Players ................................ 13-24<br />
2003 Signees ....................................... 25-26<br />
Key Losses ........................................... 27-29<br />
2002 Year In Review ........................... 30-41<br />
2002 Statistics ...................................... 42-48<br />
QUICK FACTS<br />
GENERAL INFORMATION<br />
LOCATION:.................................. Storrs, CT<br />
FOUNDED:............................................ 1881<br />
ENROLLMENT:......23,419 (17,630 Ugrad)<br />
PRESIDENT: ................. Dr. Philip E. Austin<br />
ATHLETICS DIR.:.................... Lew Perkins<br />
NICKNAMES:.................... <strong>Huskies</strong>, <strong>UConn</strong><br />
COLORS:...............Nat’l Flag Blue & White<br />
AFFILIATION:....................I-A Independent<br />
WEBSITE:................... <strong>UConn</strong><strong>Huskies</strong>.com<br />
STADIUM:.......................... Rentschler Field<br />
CAPACITY: ..........................Approx. 40,000<br />
SURFACE:............................. Natural Grass<br />
TEAM INFORMATION<br />
HEAD COACH:...................... Randy Edsall<br />
ALMA MATER: .................. Syracuse, 1980<br />
RECORD AT UCONN:.......... 15-30 (4 yrs.)<br />
CAREER RECORD:............................Same<br />
OFFENSIVE SYSTEM:................... Multiple<br />
DEFENSIVE SYSTEM:........................... 4-3<br />
2002 RECORD: ....................................... 6-6<br />
STARTERS RET./LOST: ....................... 17/7<br />
LETTERMEN RET./LOST: ................. 36/18<br />
FB OFFICE PHONE: .........(860) 486-2718<br />
FB OFFICE FAX:................(860) 486-2197<br />
ASSISTANT COACHES<br />
NORRIES WILSON (Minnesota, 1989) - Offensive<br />
Coordinator, Centers and Guards<br />
HANK HUGHES (Springfield, 1979) - Defensive<br />
Coordinator, Defensive Line<br />
ROB AMBROSE (Towson State, 1993) -QBs<br />
TORRIAN GRAY (Virginia Tech, 1996) - DBs<br />
LYNDON JOHNSON (Connecticut, 1992) -<br />
Recruiting Coord., Outside Linebackers<br />
VINNY MARINO (Connecticut, 1992) - WRs<br />
DAVE McMICHAEL (Bowling Green, 1974) -<br />
Special Teams Coord., Tackles and TEs<br />
TODD ORLANDO (Wisconsin, 1994) - LBs<br />
TERRY RICHARDSON (Syracuse, 1994) -<br />
Running Backs<br />
MATT CERSOSIMO (Springfield, 2000) - Offensive<br />
Graduate Assistant<br />
DON CORZINE (Indiana, 1998) - Director<br />
of Football Operations
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OUTLOOK<br />
OFFENSIVE RETURNEES<br />
QUARTERBACK<br />
Player Cl. ‘02GP/CAR.<br />
Dan Orlovsky* Jr. 12/22<br />
Jermell Williams So. 4/4<br />
Shane Fogarty RFr. 0/0<br />
Matt Bonislawski RFr. 0/0<br />
WIDE RECEIVERS<br />
Player Cl. ‘02GP/CAR.<br />
Shaun Feldeisen* Sr. 12/22<br />
O’Neil Wilson Jr. 12/22<br />
Keron Henry Jr. 12/19#<br />
Matt Cutaia Jr. 4/15<br />
Jason Williams So. 12/12<br />
Brandon Young So. 12/12<br />
Quanear Gaskins So. 6/6<br />
Tony Atkinson Sr. 2/2<br />
Dan Desriveaux RFr. 0/0<br />
David Sanchez RFr. 0/0<br />
Brian Sparks RFr. 0/0<br />
RUNNING BACKS<br />
Player Cl. ‘02GP/CAR.<br />
Deon Anderson* So. 12/12<br />
Terry Caulley* So. 10/10<br />
Evan Benson Sr. 12/26<br />
Chandler Poole Sr. 10/17<br />
Chris Bellamy Jr. 5/14<br />
Jonathan Wholley So. 2/2<br />
Cornell Brockington RFr. 0/0<br />
TIGHT ENDS<br />
Player Cl. ‘02GP/CAR.<br />
Terry McClowry Sr. 8/27<br />
Tim Lassen So. 12/12<br />
Conn Davis RFr. 0/0<br />
Ziggy Goryn RFr. 0/0<br />
Dan Murray RFr. 0/0<br />
Justin Wolf So. 0/0<br />
CENTER<br />
Player Cl. ‘02GP/CAR.<br />
Jeff Fox Jr. 12/23<br />
Billy Irwin Jr. 12/13<br />
T.J. Dlubac So. 0/0<br />
OFFENSIVE GUARDS<br />
Player Cl. ‘02GP/CAR.<br />
Brian Markowski* Jr. 12/23<br />
Laurence Oliver Sr. 9/21<br />
LeAndre Dupree Jr. 5/16<br />
Jason McKee Jr. 2/6<br />
Nick Graby Sr. 4/4<br />
Ken Rice So. 1/1<br />
Derrick Lewis So. 0/0<br />
After a remarkable run to cap his team’s successful 2002 campaign, while also welcoming<br />
back 17 starters from that squad, few people are more anxious to kick off the start of <strong>UConn</strong>’s<br />
2003 spring practice than fifth-year head coach Randy Edsall. With player enthusiasm at record<br />
high levels since the program began its transition to Division I-A, and precious few injuries to<br />
hamper key players, Edsall hopes for a productive spring. The <strong>Huskies</strong> will need one as they<br />
prepare to face a 2003 schedule laden with four teams that won bowl games last year (Boston<br />
College, Virginia Tech, North Carolina State and Wake Forest) while gearing up to open their<br />
new home-40,000-seat Rentschler Field.<br />
“I think we’ve had a good winter conditioning,” Edsall says. “The players are working hard<br />
and picking up the pace. I expect a very competitive spring. I expect them to be in shape as we<br />
start the spring, and all of the injured players are doing a good job in their rehabilitations.<br />
“I think it’s the best focus that we have had in the five years that I have been here. Our<br />
quarterbacks and receivers have been throwing three days a week in the gym. They organized<br />
it all themselves and that was great to see. I think the leadership has been good and the attitude<br />
has been very good. It has been a very business-like type approach to getting bigger, stronger<br />
and faster and also the players have been looking at tape to study their positions even more<br />
than they have in the past. I’ve been very pleased with what has taken place so far.”<br />
The Husky offense brings back players that accounted for 100-percent of the team’s 2,671<br />
passing yards, 100-percent of its 1,639 of its rushing yards and 66-percent of its receiving yardage,<br />
to accompany four returning starters on the offensive line.<br />
One of the more interesting races to watch this spring will be at tight end where six players<br />
will vie to pick up the slack left behind by Tommy Collins, the team’s leading receiver in 2002.<br />
Collins had a career year as a senior, catching 39 passes for 497 yards with six touchdowns to<br />
garner All-ECAC recognition. Sophomore Tim Lassen, who caught a pair of touchdowns in 2002,<br />
and senior Terry McClowry, a converted fullback, are the most experienced ones at the tight end<br />
post but a talented quartet of youngsters in Justin Wolf, Dan Murray, Ziggy Goryn and Conn<br />
Davis will also get a look.<br />
Offensive line is another spot where shuffling is likely. The departures of senior Steve Cully<br />
and Mike Henry leave <strong>UConn</strong> with just one player (junior stalwart Ryan Krug) who has ever<br />
started a collegiate game at tackle. In an effort to get what may be his best five linemen on the<br />
field together, Edsall has moved Grant Preston, his starter at left guard in 11 games last year as<br />
a redshirt freshman, outside to right tackle. LeAndre Dupree, who filled in admirably for Preston<br />
at right guard in <strong>UConn</strong>’s 38-0 win at Navy, will get a longer look at that position this spring and<br />
may join the remainder of <strong>UConn</strong>’s returning starting line in center Billy Irwin, left guard Brian<br />
Markowski and Krug at left tackle.<br />
While these battles will bear watching, along with the battle to backup 2002 Freshman All-<br />
America tailback Terry Caulley and the fight amongst a tightly wide receiver rotation, it’s the big<br />
picture that will have Edsall’s attention this spring in terms of his offense.<br />
“Offensively, we have to be more consistent,” Edsall says. “We need to start running the ball<br />
more consistently and also be more consistent in our pass protection. We have to continue to be<br />
more assignment-conscious on offense.”<br />
<strong>UConn</strong>’s defense returns eight starters from 2002 and is in good shape as the curtain lifts<br />
on spring practice. An experienced defensive line will benefit from the play of two senior starters<br />
at tackle in Ryan Bushey and Sean Mulcahy, along with a seasoned senior end in Hakeem<br />
Kashama and a junior end in Tyler King. That starting unit will grow even more formidable in<br />
August with the full-go return of senior Uyi Osunde. Osunde, who led <strong>UConn</strong> with 9.5 sacks in<br />
2002, will miss this spring’s practice after undergoing off-season shoulder surgery. The backup<br />
posts on the line are wide open though and some good competition should develop for those<br />
slots.<br />
OFFENSIVE TACKLES<br />
Player Cl. ‘02GP/CAR.<br />
Ryan Krug* Jr. 10/21<br />
Grant Preston* So. 11/11&<br />
Michael Kodish So. 3/3<br />
Brendan Borowski So. 2/2<br />
Craig Berry RFr. 0/0<br />
Aloys Manga RFr. 0/0<br />
* Denotes 2002 starters<br />
# Henry played all but six games at QB<br />
& Preston played offensive guard in 2002<br />
S P R IN G P R O S P E C T U S<br />
<strong>UConn</strong> returns four starters on its offensive line, including center Billy Irwin (58),<br />
left guard Brian Markowski (54) and left tackle Ryan Kurg (73).
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OUTLOOK<br />
The linebacking corps brings back two of the team’s top tacklers from 2002 in Alfred Fincher<br />
and Maurice Lloyd who led <strong>UConn</strong> with both 133 total tackles and 18 tackles for loss a year ago.<br />
The unit will suffer from the loss of “husky” linebacker Jamal Lundy who graduates as the seventh<br />
leading tackler in <strong>UConn</strong> history. James Hargrave showed flashes of brilliance when spelling<br />
Lundy in 2002, including a 17-tackle performance against Ohio when Lundy was out with an<br />
ankle injury. Kinnan Herriott and redshirt freshman Shawn Mayne will also get a shot at claiming<br />
that starting post.<br />
While <strong>UConn</strong> is in solid shape at safety,<br />
this spring will provide the team’s corner<br />
backs an excellent opportunity to<br />
demonstrate their abilities. The unit was<br />
already scheduled to lose fifth-year senior<br />
Roy Hopkins and his 44 career starts, but<br />
the group will also go through spring without<br />
its next two most experienced players as well.<br />
Marlon Jones, an 11-game starter last year,<br />
will miss spring drills with a shoulder injury.<br />
Meanwhile, Justin Perkins will not be at full<br />
speed this spring as he continues to<br />
rehabilitate a knee injury suffered last year<br />
at Boston College. Ezra Carey, Cathlyn<br />
Clarke and Ernest Cole, all of which were<br />
key special teams performers in 2002 and<br />
occasional defensive backs, will be the<br />
leaders of this battle.<br />
“Our gap responsibility is the main thing<br />
I want this defense to work on in the spring,”<br />
Edsall says. “I’m really looking forward to<br />
seeing who steps up behind the starters on<br />
the defensive line, who takes charge at the<br />
husky backer spot and also how the secondary sorts itself out. But overall, I think we have to<br />
become a more physical team on defense and a team that doesn’t make mistakes. Those are the<br />
things that I want to accomplish.”<br />
The punting job is in the capable hands of senior Adam Coles, but the placekicking duties<br />
are wide open with the departure of three-year starter Marc Hickok. David Butts, Matt Nuzie and<br />
Robert Halpern will compete for a position that likely will not be solidified until the fall. Butts is the<br />
only one of the three with any game experience, kicking off in three contests last year.<br />
“When I think goals for the spring, the basic one is that everybody has to get better,” Edsall<br />
says. “We’ve got to make sure that we continue to work hard and that we understand what we are<br />
supposed to do. I think everybody has to become a little bit more dominant.<br />
“Spring is time for players to get better in their assignments and get better in their technique.<br />
These people here on the team right now have to make sure<br />
they make their mark right now so there will not be a situation<br />
where a freshman comes in and goes ahead of them.<br />
Those who are vying for backup roles or playing time<br />
need to make their mark this spring. I am anxious to see<br />
all the players that were redshirted last year, how much<br />
they have improved, and what they might be able to<br />
contribute to this football team in 2003.”<br />
Another benefit to Edsall this spring won’t just be<br />
the returning player personnel, but also the return of his entire<br />
full-time staff of assistant coaches. With a year under their<br />
belts, the coaches are as familiar with their players as the<br />
players are with them. Add in enhanced knowledge of the<br />
<strong>UConn</strong> systems compared to last spring, and the <strong>Huskies</strong>’<br />
outlook just grows brighter.<br />
“Having them all back makes a big difference,”<br />
Edsall said. “Now you have got coaches that are used to<br />
working with each other and talking the same language.<br />
With eight defensive starters returning,<br />
including defensive ends<br />
Uyi Osunde (97) and Tyler King<br />
(52), from a unit that ranked 19th<br />
in the nation last year, there is<br />
plenty of cause for optimism on<br />
the defensive side of the ball.<br />
“I think the win streak has something to<br />
do with our good early spring, but also I<br />
think the type of young men we have<br />
here has a lot to do with it. They want to<br />
get better. They want to be good. They<br />
understand that you are probably not<br />
going to sneak up on anybody anymore<br />
and the players understand that we have<br />
to work a little bit harder. We have to<br />
maximize our time that we have in order<br />
to get better. Winning breeds success<br />
and also does a lot for confidence. But,<br />
this team hasn’t accomplished anything<br />
yet. This is a new team, but I like<br />
everything that I see from this team so<br />
far in terms of the work ethic, the level<br />
of commitment that their putting into it,<br />
and the seriousness with which they are<br />
going about their business.”<br />
-- Head Coach Randy Edsall<br />
They’re comfortable together. Stability is big, not only<br />
from a recruiting standpoint, but stability is good because<br />
now the players have the same coach again and they<br />
have the same system. They have that familiarity with<br />
them. Plus, some of the coaches know their players a<br />
little bit better because they’ve been around them a little<br />
bit longer. I think that will be instrumental to our<br />
development and to our improvement in this coming<br />
year.”<br />
DEFENSIVE RETURNEES<br />
DEFENSIVE ENDS<br />
Player Cl. ‘02GP/CAR.<br />
Uyi Osunde* Sr. 12/34<br />
Tyler King* Sr. 11/22<br />
Hakeem Kashama Sr. 12/23<br />
Matt Applebaum RFr. 0/0<br />
Jason Ward RFr. 0/0<br />
DEFENSIVE TACKLES<br />
Player Cl. ‘02GP/CAR.<br />
Sean Mulcahy* Sr. 12/34<br />
Ryan Bushey Sr. 7/18<br />
Deon McPhee So. 12/12<br />
Rhema Fuller RFr. 2/2<br />
Raymond Blagman RFr. 0/0<br />
LINEBACKERS<br />
Player Cl. ‘02GP/CAR.<br />
Alfred Fincher* Jr. 12/23<br />
Maurice Lloyd* Jr. 12/22<br />
Mike McIntosh Sr. 12/26<br />
Kinnan Herriott So. 11/19<br />
James Hargrave So. 11/12<br />
Taurien Sowell So. 10/10<br />
Cedric Baylor Sr. 4/4<br />
Darius Leak RFr. 0/0<br />
Shawn Mayne RFr. 0/0<br />
Justin Quinn So. 0/0<br />
CORNERBACKS<br />
Player Cl. ‘02GP/CAR.<br />
Marlon Jones* Jr. 12/21<br />
Justin Perkins Jr. 1/12<br />
Ezra Carey Sr. 11/11<br />
Cathlyn Clarke So. 11/11<br />
Ernest Cole RFr. 3/3<br />
Nick Berube So. 1/1<br />
Keith Harrison So. 1/1<br />
Robert Noone RFr. 0/0<br />
SAFETIES<br />
Player Cl. ‘02GP/CAR.<br />
Chris Meyer* Sr. 12/34<br />
Terrance Smith* Sr. 12/33<br />
Jason Dellaselva Sr. 12/30<br />
John Fletcher Jr. 12/21<br />
Ryan DeRubertis So. 0/0<br />
M.J. Estep RFr. 0/0<br />
SPECIAL TEAMS<br />
RETURNEES<br />
PUNTER<br />
Player Cl. ‘02GP/CAR.<br />
Adam Coles* Sr. 12/34<br />
PLACE KICKERS<br />
Player Cl. ‘02GP/CAR.<br />
David Butts So. 3/3<br />
Robert Halpern RFr. 0/0<br />
Matt Nuzie RFr. 0/0<br />
* Denotes 2002 starters<br />
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PRE-SPRING DEPTH CHART<br />
OFFENSE<br />
WR: 80 Jason Williams (So., 6-0, 180)<br />
88 O’Neil Wilson (Jr., 6-3, 182)<br />
85 David Sanchez (Fr., 5-8, 169)<br />
WR: 87 Shaun Feldeisen (Sr., 6-1, 218)<br />
1 Keron Henry (Jr., 6-2, 218)<br />
81 Tony Atkinson (Sr., 6-0, 191)<br />
15 Brian Sparks (So., 5-10, 184)<br />
WR: 83 Brandon Young (So., 6-0, 192)<br />
3 Dan Desriveaux (Fr., 5-9, 182)<br />
18 Quanear Gaskins (So., 6-1, 187)<br />
LT: 73 Ryan Krug (Jr., 6-4, 297)<br />
74 Michael Kodish (So., 6-5, 291)<br />
70 Aloys Manga (Fr., 6-7, 304)<br />
LG: 54 Brian Markowski (Jr., 6-2, 288)<br />
66 Laurence Oliver (Sr., 6-4, 274)<br />
71 Derrick Lewis (So., 6-4, 357)<br />
C: 58 Billy Irwin (Jr., 6-2, 281)<br />
56 Jeff Fox (Jr., 6-2, 285)<br />
62 T.J. Dlubac (So., 6-2, 312)<br />
RG: 64 LeAndre Dupree (Jr., 6-2, 301)<br />
63 Nick Graby (Sr., 6-5, 286)<br />
67 Jason McKee (Jr., 6-3, 326)<br />
RT: 78 Grant Preston (So., 6-5, 295)<br />
77 Brendan Borowski (So., 6-4, 286)<br />
72 Craig Berry (Fr., 6-5, 327)<br />
TE: 91 Tim Lassen (So., 6-5, 270)<br />
36 Terry McClowry (Sr., 6-2, 249)<br />
90 Justin Wolf (So., 6-4, 230)<br />
46 Dan Murray (Fr., 6-5, 229)<br />
89 Ziggy Goryn (Fr., 6-4, 215)<br />
86 Conn Davis (Fr., 6-4, 222)<br />
QB: 7 Dan Orlovsky (Jr., 6-5, 229)<br />
19 Jermell Williams (So., 6-2, 188)<br />
16 Matt Bonislawski (Fr., 6-4, 203)<br />
13 Shane Fogarty (Fr., 6-3, 221)<br />
TB: 44 Terry Caulley (So., 5-7, 180)<br />
28 Chandler Poole (Sr., 5-11, 204)<br />
34 Chris Bellamy (Jr., 6-1, 207)<br />
33 Cornell Brockington (Fr., 6-0, 182)<br />
31 Jonathan Wholley (So., 5-9, 200)<br />
FB: 30 Deon Anderson (So., 5-10, 234)<br />
29 Evan Benson (Sr., 5-8, 205)<br />
DEFENSE<br />
DE: 95 Hakeem Kashama (Sr., 6-5, 267)<br />
59 Jason Ward (Fr., 6-3, 268)<br />
DT: 92 Ryan Bushey (Sr., 6-4, 276)<br />
76 Deon McPhee (So., 6-2, 273)<br />
DT: 99 Sean Mulcahy (Sr., 6-6, 295)<br />
93 Rhema Fuller (Fr., 6-3, 270)<br />
53 Raymond Blagman (Fr., 6-3, 317)<br />
DE*: 52 Tyler King (Jr., 6-6, 261)<br />
57 Matt Applebaum (Fr., 6-4, 265)<br />
SLB#: 38 James Hargrave (So., 5-11, 214)<br />
20 Kinnan Herriott (Jr., 5-11, 216)<br />
40 Shawn Mayne (Fr., 6-3, 223)<br />
27 Justin Quinn (So., 6-2, 207)<br />
MLB: 48 Alfred Fincher (Jr., 6-1, 242)<br />
45 Cedric Baylor (Sr., 6-0, 217)<br />
51 Darius Leak (Fr., 6-1, 257)<br />
WLB: 11 Maurice Lloyd (Jr., 5-11, 228)<br />
47 Taurien Sowell (So., 6-1, 232)<br />
39 Mike McIntosh (Sr., 5-11, 223)<br />
LCB: 23 Cathlyn Clarke (So., 5-11, 186)<br />
25 Keith Harrison (So., 5-9, 190)<br />
37 Nick Berube (So., 5-10, 181)<br />
SS: 5 Chris Meyer (Sr., 6-0, 207)<br />
12 John Fletcher (Jr., 5-9, 186)<br />
4 Jason Dellaselva (Sr., 5-9, 199)<br />
FS: 22 Terrance Smith (Sr., 5-11, 195)<br />
35 M.J. Estep (Fr., 6-1, 181)<br />
31 Ryan DeRubertis (So., 6-0, 203)<br />
RCB: 24 Ezra Carey (Sr., 5-11, 170)<br />
41 Ernest Cole (Fr., 5-10, 174)<br />
85 Robert Noone (Fr., 5-11, 182)<br />
* referred to as the “bandit” end<br />
# referred to as the “husky” linebacker<br />
SPECIAL TEAMS<br />
P: 6 Adam Coles (Sr., 6-6, 227)<br />
PK: 94 David Butts (So., 6-2, 251)<br />
98 Matt Nuzie (Fr., 5-11, 189)<br />
49 Robert Halpern (Fr., 5-5, 174)<br />
NOT LISTED DUE TO INJURIES:<br />
WR Matt Cutaia, CB Marlon Jones, DE Uyi Osunde,<br />
CB Justin Perkins, OG Ken Rice<br />
S P R IN G P R O S P E C T U S 4
5<br />
PERSONNEL CHARTS<br />
O F F E N S E<br />
R E T U R N IN G L E T T E R M E N (16 )<br />
Pos. Player (Letters)<br />
QB (1) Dan Orlovsky (2)<br />
WR (6) Matt Cutaia (1), Shaun<br />
Feldeisen (2), Keron Henry* (2),<br />
Jason Williams (1), O’Neil Wilson<br />
(2), Brandon Young (1)<br />
TE (1) Tim Lassen (1)<br />
RB (3) Deon Anderson (1), Terry<br />
Caulley (2), Chandler Poole (1)<br />
C (2) Jeff Fox (2), Billy Irwin (1)<br />
OG (1) Brian Markowski (2)<br />
OT (2) Ryan Krug (2), Grant Preston# (1)<br />
* Henry played six games each at QB and WR<br />
# Preston played right guard in 2002<br />
L E T T E R M E N L O S T (8 )<br />
Pos. Player (Letters)<br />
QB (1) Jeff Larson (1)<br />
WR (3) Cliff Hill (3), Wes Timko (4), Joe<br />
Villapiano (1)<br />
TE (1) Tommy Collins (4)<br />
OG (1) Ed Injaychock (1)<br />
OT (2) Steve Cully (3), Mike Henry (1)<br />
D E F E N S E<br />
R E T U R N IN G L E T T E R M E N (19 )<br />
Pos. Player (Letters)<br />
DE (4) Hakeem Kashama (2), Tyler<br />
King (2), Deon McPhee (1), Uyi<br />
Osunde (3)<br />
DT (2) Ryan Bushey (2), Sean<br />
Mulcahy (3)<br />
LB (6) Alfred Fincher (2), James<br />
Hargrave (1), Kinnan Herriot<br />
(2), Maurice Lloyd (2), Mike<br />
McIntosh (2), Taurien Sowell (1)<br />
CB (4) Ezra Carey (1), Cathlyn Clarke<br />
(1), John Fletcher (2), Marlon<br />
S (3)<br />
Jones (2)<br />
Jason Dellaselva (3), Chris<br />
Meyer (3), Terrance Smith (3)<br />
L E T T E R M E N L O S T (9 )<br />
Pos. Player (Letters)<br />
DE (2) Matt Jackson (2), Frank<br />
Quagliano (2)<br />
DT (3) Clewi Challenger (1), Chris<br />
Clarke (1), Greg Smoot (4)<br />
LB (2) Jamal Lundy (4), Razul Wallace (4)<br />
CB (1) Roy Hopkins (4)<br />
S (1) Dwaun Black (2)<br />
S P E C IA L IS T S<br />
R E T U R N IN G L E T T E R M A N (1)<br />
Pos. Player (Letters)<br />
P (1) Adam Coles (3)<br />
L E T T E R M A N L O S T (1)<br />
Pos. Player (Letters)<br />
PK (1) Marc Hickok (3)<br />
R E T U R N G S T A R T E R S )<br />
IN (8<br />
Pos. Player ‘02 Starts/Career<br />
QB Dan Orlovsky 12/18<br />
WR Shaun Feldeisen 5/6<br />
FB Deon Anderson 6/6<br />
TB Terry Caulley 9/9<br />
C Billy Irwin 12/12<br />
OG Brian Markowski 12/23<br />
OG Grant Preston 11/11<br />
OT Ryan Krug 10/21<br />
R E T U R N G S T A R T E R S )<br />
IN (8<br />
Pos. Player ‘02 Starts/Career<br />
DE Tyler King 11/20<br />
DE Uyi Osunde 12/25<br />
DT Sean Mulcahy 12/29<br />
LB Alfred Fincher 11/23<br />
LB Maurice Lloyd 12/17<br />
CB Marlon Jones 11/11<br />
SS Chris Meyer 12/27<br />
FS Terrance Smith 12/30<br />
R E T U R N G S T A R T E R IN (1)<br />
Pos. Player ‘02 Games/Career<br />
P Adam Coles 12/34<br />
S T A R T E R S L O S T ) (3<br />
Pos. Player ‘02 Starts/Career<br />
WR Wes Timko 12/31<br />
TE Tommy Collins 12/16<br />
OT Steve Cully 11/27<br />
S T A R T E R S L O S T ) (3<br />
Pos. Player ‘02 Starts/Career<br />
DT Greg Smoot 12/44<br />
LB Jamal Lundy 10/37<br />
CB Roy Hopkins 12/44<br />
S T A R T E R L O S T (1)<br />
Pos. Player ‘02 Games/Career<br />
PK Marc Hickok 12/33<br />
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2003 <strong>UConn</strong> Alphabetical Spring Roster<br />
No. Name Pos. Cl. Yr. Ht. Wt. Hometown/HS/Prep/JC<br />
30 Anderson, Deon* RB So. 2nd 5-10 234 Providence, RI/Avon (CT) Old Farms<br />
57 Applebaum, Matt DE Fr. 2nd 6-4 265 Yardley, PA/Pennsbury<br />
81 Atkinson, Tony WR Sr. 5th 6-0 191 Brunswick,GA/Brunswick/New Mexico Military Academy<br />
45 Baylor, Cedric LB Sr. 5th 6-0 217 Highland Springs, VA/Highland Springs/Lackawanna JC<br />
34 Bellamy, Chris* RB Jr. 4th 6-1 207 New Britain, CT/New Britain<br />
29 Benson, Evan** TB Sr. 4th 5-8 205 Marietta, GA/Pope<br />
72 Berry, Craig OT Fr. 2nd 6-5 327 North Haledon, NJ/Manchester Regional<br />
37 Berube, Nick CB So. 3rd 5-10 181 Enfield, CT/Fermi<br />
53 Blagman, Raymond DT Fr. 2nd 6-3 317 Roosevelt, NY/Roosevelt<br />
16 Bonislawski, Matt QB Fr. 2nd 6-4 203 Natrona Heights, PA/Highlands<br />
77 Borowski, Brendan OT So. 3rd 6-4 286 Cherry Hill, NJ/Cherry Hill East<br />
33 Brockington, Cornell RB Fr. 2nd 6-0 182 Burlington, NJ/Willingboro<br />
92 Bushey, Ryan** DT Sr. 4th 6-4 276 Manchester, CT/Manchester/Milford (CT) Academy<br />
94 Butts, David K So. 3rd 6-2 251 Stroudsburg, PA/Stroudsburg<br />
24 Carey, Ezra* CB Sr. 2nd 5-11 170 Farmingdale, NJ/Neptune/Lackawanna JC<br />
44 Caulley, Terry* RB So. 2nd 5-7 180 Lusby, MD/Patuxent<br />
23 Clarke, Cathlyn* CB So. 2nd 5-11 186 Fort Lauderdale, FL/Dillard<br />
41 Cole, Ernest CB Fr. 2nd 5-10 174 Upper Marlboro, MD/DeMatha Catholic<br />
6 Coles, Adam*** P Sr. 4th 6-6 227 Gladesville, Australia/Northmead<br />
17 Cutaia, Matt** WR Jr. 3rd 5-11 173 Webster, NY/Webster<br />
86 Davis, Conn TE Fr. 2nd 6-4 222 St. Thomas, VI/Antilles<br />
4 Dellaselva, Jason*** SS Sr. 4th 5-9 199 Cheshire, CT/Cheshire<br />
31 DeRubertis, Ryan FS So. 2nd 6-0 203 Bethel, CT/Bethel/Southern Connecticut<br />
3 Desriveaux, Dan WR Fr. 2nd 5-9 182 Laval, QC/Vanier Prep<br />
62 Dlubac, T.J. C So. 2nd 6-2 312 Middlefield, CT/Coginchaus Regional/Colorado<br />
64 Dupree, LeAndre* OG Jr. 4th 6-2 301 New Haven, CT/Hamden Hall/Worcester (MA) Academy<br />
35 Estep, M.J. FS Fr. 2nd 6-1 181 Mechanicsville, MD/Chopticon<br />
87 Feldeisen, Shaun** WR Sr. 5th 6-1 218 Stow, MA/Nashoba Regional<br />
9 Fincher, Alfred** LB Jr. 3rd 6-1 242 Norwood, MA/Norwood<br />
12 Fletcher, John** SS Jr. 3rd 5-9 186 Miami, FL/Miami Carol City<br />
13 Fogarty, Shane QB Fr. 2nd 6-3 221 Morgantown, WV/Morgantown<br />
56 Fox, Jeff** C Jr. 3rd 6-2 285 Plymouth Meeting, PA/Plymouth Whitemarsh<br />
93 Fuller, Rhema DT Fr. 2nd 6-3 270 Cocoa, FL/Cocoa<br />
18 Gaskins, Quanear WR So. 3rd 6-1 187 Aliquippa, PA/Aliquippa<br />
89 Goryn, Ziggy TE Fr. 2nd 6-4 215 Wayne, NJ/Wayne Hills<br />
63 Graby, Nick OG Sr. 3rd 6-5 286 Calicoon, NY/Delaware Valley/Lackawanna JC<br />
49 Halpern, Robert K Fr. 2nd 5-5 174 Middletown, NY/Middletown<br />
38 Hargrave, James* LB So. 2nd 5-11 214 Pleasantville, NJ/St. Joseph<br />
25 Harrison, Keith CB So. 3rd 5-9 190 Camden, NJ/Woodrow Wilson<br />
1 Henry, Keron** WR Jr. 4th 6-2 218 Brooklyn, NY/Brooklyn Technical<br />
20 Herriott, Kinnan** LB Jr. 3rd 5-11 216 McKeesport, PA/McKeesport<br />
58 Irwin, Billy* C Jr. 4th 6-2 281 Fairfax, VA/Robinson Secondary<br />
32 Jones, Marlon** CB Jr. 3rd 5-8 163 Jacksonville, FL/Ribault<br />
95 Kashama, Hakeem** DE Sr. 5th 6-5 267 Brampton, ON/Bramalea<br />
52 King, Tyler** DE Jr. 4th 6-6 261 North Attleboro, MA/Bishop Feehan/Avon (CT) Old Farms<br />
74 Kodish, Michael OT So. 3rd 6-5 291 Coral Springs, FL/J.P. Taravella<br />
73 Krug, Ryan** OT Jr. 4th 6-4 297 Pine Beach, NJ/Toms River South<br />
91 Lassen, Tim* TE So. 3rd 6-5 270 Cheshire, CT/Cheshire<br />
51 Leak, Darius LB Fr. 2nd 6-1 257 Fork Union, VA/Fork Union Academy<br />
71 Lewis, Derrick OG So. 3rd 6-4 357 West Haven, CT/West Haven<br />
11 Lloyd, Maurice** LB Jr. 3rd 5-11 228 Daytona Beach, FL/Mainland<br />
70 Manga, Aloys OT Fr. 2nd 6-7 304 Duana, Cameroon/Master’s (CT) School<br />
54 Markowski, Brian** OG Jr. 4th 6-2 288 Carlstadt, NJ/Paramus Catholic<br />
40 Mayne, Shawn LB Fr. 2nd 6-3 223 Montreal, QC/Vanier Prep<br />
S P R IN G P R O S P E C T U S<br />
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2003 <strong>UConn</strong> Alphabetical Spring Roster<br />
No. Name Pos. Cl. Yr. Ht. Wt. Hometown/HS/Prep/JC<br />
36 McClowry, Terry** TE Sr. 4th 6-2 249 Dearborn, MI/Divine Child/Milford (CT) Academy<br />
39 McIntosh, Michael** LB Sr. 5th 5-11 223 Edgewood, MD/Edgewood<br />
67 McKee, Jason* OG Jr. 4th 6-3 326 Estero, FL/Estero<br />
76 McPhee, Deon* DT So. 3rd 6-2 273 Jacksonville, FL/The Bolles School<br />
5 Meyer, Chris*** SS Sr. 4th 6-0 207 Clearwater, FL/Clearwater<br />
99 Mulcahy, Sean*** DT Sr. 4th 6-6 295 Westport, CT/Staples<br />
46 Murray, Dan TE Fr. 2nd 6-5 229 Gloucester, MA/Gloucester<br />
85 Noone, Robert CB Fr. 2nd 5-11 182 Danbury, CT/Danbury<br />
98 Nuzie, Matt K Fr. 2nd 5-11 189 Trumbull, CT/Trumbull<br />
66 Oliver, Laurence** OG Sr. 5th 6-4 274 Homestead, PA/Steel Valley<br />
7 Orlovsky, Dan** QB Jr. 3rd 6-5 229 Shelton, CT/Shelton<br />
97 Osunde, Uyi*** DE Sr. 5th 6-3 243 Bloomsburg, PA/Central Columbia<br />
2 Perkins, Justin* CB Jr. 4th 5-11 177 Fort Lauderdale, FL/Plantation<br />
28 Poole, Chandler* TB Sr. 4th 5-11 204 Fort Lauderdale, FL/Western<br />
78 Preston, Grant* OT So. 3rd 6-5 295 Mechanicsburg, PA/Mechanicsburg<br />
27 Quinn, Justin LB So. 3rd 6-2 207 Norwich, CT/Norwich Free Academy<br />
60 Rice, Ken OG So. 3rd 6-1 249 Franklin Square, NY/Sewanhaka<br />
85 Sanchez, David WR Fr. 2nd 5-8 169 Windsor, CT/Enfield<br />
22 Smith, Terrance*** FS Sr. 4th 5-11 195 Pompano Beach, FL/Coconut Creek<br />
47 Sowell, Taurien* LB So. 3rd 6-1 232 Bridgeport, CT/Bridgeport Central<br />
15 Sparks, Brian WR So. 3rd 5-10 184 Plainville, CT/Plainville<br />
59 Ward, Jason DE Fr. 2nd 6-3 268 St. Hippolyte, QC/John Abbott<br />
31 Wholley, Jonathan RB So. 3rd 5-9 200 Southington, CT/Southington/Wagner College<br />
80 Williams, Jason* WR So. 3rd 6-0 180 McKeesport, PA/McKeesport<br />
19 Williams, Jermell QB So. 3rd 6-2 188 Hollywood, FL/McArthur<br />
88 Wilson, O’Neil** WR Jr. 4th 6-3 182 Scarborough, ON/Central Technical<br />
90 Wolf, Justin TE So. 3rd 6-4 230 Monroe, CT/Masuk<br />
83 Young, Brandon* WR So. 2nd 6-0 192 Morganza, MD/Hargrave (VA) Military Academy<br />
* indicates letters earned<br />
Head Coach:<br />
Randy Edsall (Syracuse, 1980)<br />
Offensive Coord./Centers/Guards:<br />
Norries Wilson (Minnesota, 1989)<br />
Defensive Coord./Defensive Line:<br />
Hank Hughes (Springfield, 1979)<br />
Quarterbacks:<br />
Rob Ambrose (Towson State, 1993)<br />
Defensive Backs:<br />
Torrian Gray (Virginia Tech, 1996)<br />
Recruiting Coordinator/OLBs:<br />
Lyndon Johnson (Connecticut, 1992)<br />
Wide Receivers:<br />
Vinny Marino (Connecticut, 1992)<br />
FOOTBALL STAFF<br />
Special Teams Coord./Tackles/TEs:<br />
Dave McMichael (Bowling Green, 1974)<br />
Linebackers:<br />
Todd Orlando (Wisconsin, 1994)<br />
Running Backs:<br />
Terry Richardson (Syracuse, 1994)<br />
Offensive Graduate Assistant:<br />
Matt Cersosimo (Springfield, 2000)<br />
Defensive Graduate Assistant:<br />
TBA<br />
Director of Football Operations:<br />
Don Corzine (Indiana, 1998)<br />
PRONUNCIATION GUIDE<br />
Players<br />
Matt Cutaia cuh-TIE-ah<br />
Dan Desriveaux deh-rih-VOH<br />
T.J. Dlubac dlu-back<br />
Shaun Feldeisen fell-DIE-sen<br />
Quanear Gaskins qua-NEER<br />
Nick Graby gray-bee<br />
Keron Henry kuh-RON<br />
Kinnan Herriott keen-an hair-EE-ut<br />
Hakeem Kashama kuh-SHAH-ma<br />
Ryan Krug crew-g<br />
Aloys Manga AH-low-ees<br />
Matt Nuzie new-zee<br />
Uyi Osunde ooh-ee O-sunday<br />
Taurien Sowell soh-well<br />
Johnathan Wholley who-LEE<br />
Torrian Gray<br />
Matt Cersosimo<br />
Don Corzine<br />
Staff<br />
tour-EE-an<br />
sir-SAUCE-ih-mo<br />
core-zyne<br />
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2003 <strong>UConn</strong> Numerical Spring Roster<br />
No. Name Pos. Cl. Yr. Ht. Wt. Hometown/HS/Prep/JC<br />
1 Henry, Keron** WR Jr. 4th 6-2 218 Brooklyn, NY/Brooklyn Technical<br />
2 Perkins, Justin* CB Jr. 4th 5-11 177 Fort Lauderdale, FL/Plantation<br />
3 Desriveaux, Dan WR Fr. 2nd 5-9 182 Laval, QC/Vanier Prep<br />
4 Dellaselva, Jason*** SS Sr. 4th 5-9 199 Cheshire, CT/Cheshire<br />
5 Meyer, Chris*** SS Sr. 4th 6-0 207 Clearwater, FL/Clearwater<br />
6 Coles, Adam*** P Sr. 4th 6-6 227 Gladesville, Australia/Northmead<br />
7 Orlovsky, Dan** QB Jr. 3rd 6-5 229 Shelton, CT/Shelton<br />
9 Fincher, Alfred** LB Jr. 3rd 6-1 242 Norwood, MA/Norwood<br />
11 Lloyd, Maurice** LB Jr. 3rd 5-11 228 Daytona Beach, FL/Mainland<br />
12 Fletcher, John** SS Jr. 3rd 5-9 186 Miami, FL/Miami Carol City<br />
13 Fogarty, Shane QB Fr. 2nd 6-3 221 Morgantown, WV/Morgantown<br />
15 Sparks, Brian WR So. 3rd 5-10 184 Plainville, CT/Plainville<br />
16 Bonislawski, Matt QB Fr. 2nd 6-4 203 Natrona Heights, PA/Highlands<br />
17 Cutaia, Matt** WR Jr. 3rd 5-11 173 Webster, NY/Webster<br />
18 Gaskins, Quanear WR So. 3rd 6-1 187 Aliquippa, PA/Aliquippa<br />
19 Williams, Jermell QB So. 3rd 6-2 188 Hollywood, FL/McArthur<br />
20 Herriott, Kinnan** LB Jr. 3rd 5-11 216 McKeesport, PA/McKeesport<br />
22 Smith, Terrance*** FS Sr. 4th 5-11 195 Pompano Beach, FL/Coconut Creek<br />
23 Clarke, Cathlyn* CB So. 2nd 5-11 186 Fort Lauderdale, FL/Dillard<br />
24 Carey, Ezra* CB Sr. 2nd 5-11 170 Farmingdale, NJ/Neptune/Lackawanna JC<br />
25 Harrison, Keith CB So. 3rd 5-9 190 Camden, NJ/Woodrow Wilson<br />
27 Quinn, Justin LB So. 3rd 6-2 207 Norwich, CT/Norwich Free Academy<br />
28 Poole, Chandler* TB Sr. 4th 5-11 204 Fort Lauderdale, FL/Western<br />
29 Benson, Evan** TB Sr. 4th 5-8 205 Marietta, GA/Pope<br />
30 Anderson, Deon* RB So. 2nd 5-10 234 Providence, RI/Avon (CT) Old Farms<br />
31 DeRubertis, Ryan FS So. 2nd 6-0 203 Bethel, CT/Bethel/Southern Connecticut<br />
31 Wholley, Jonathan RB So. 3rd 5-9 200 Southington, CT/Southington/Wagner College<br />
32 Jones, Marlon** CB Jr. 3rd 5-8 163 Jacksonville, FL/Ribault<br />
33 Brockington, Cornell RB Fr. 2nd 6-0 182 Burlington, NJ/Willingboro<br />
34 Bellamy, Chris* RB Jr. 4th 6-1 207 New Britain, CT/New Britain<br />
35 Estep, M.J. FS Fr. 2nd 6-1 181 Mechanicsville, MD/Chopticon<br />
36 McClowry, Terry** TE Sr. 4th 6-2 249 Dearborn, MI/Divine Child/Milford (CT) Academy<br />
37 Berube, Nick CB So. 3rd 5-10 181 Enfield, CT/Fermi<br />
38 Hargrave, James* LB So. 2nd 5-11 214 Pleasantville, NJ/St. Joseph<br />
39 McIntosh, Michael** LB Sr. 5th 5-11 223 Edgewood, MD/Edgewood<br />
40 Mayne, Shawn LB Fr. 2nd 6-4 223 Montreal, QC/Vanier Prep<br />
41 Cole, Ernest CB Fr. 2nd 5-10 174 Upper Marlboro, MD/DeMatha Catholic<br />
44 Caulley, Terry* RB So. 2nd 5-7 180 Lusby, MD/Patuxent<br />
45 Baylor, Cedric LB Sr. 5th 6-0 217 Highland Springs, VA/Highland Springs/Lackawanna JC<br />
46 Murray, Dan TE Fr. 2nd 6-5 229 Gloucester, MA/Gloucester<br />
47 Sowell, Taurien* LB So. 3rd 6-1 232 Bridgeport, CT/Bridgeport Central<br />
49 Halpern, Robert K Fr. 2nd 5-5 174 Middletown, NY/Middletown<br />
51 Leak, Darius LB Fr. 2nd 6-1 257 Fork Union, VA/Fork Union Academy<br />
52 King, Tyler** DE Jr. 4th 6-6 261 North Attleboro, MA/Bishop Feehan/Avon (CT) Old Farms<br />
53 Blagman, Raymond DT Fr. 2nd 6-3 317 Roosevelt, NY/Roosevelt<br />
54 Markowski, Brian** OG Jr. 4th 6-2 288 Carlstadt, NJ/Paramus Catholic<br />
56 Fox, Jeff** C Jr. 3rd 6-2 285 Plymouth Meeting, PA/Plymouth Whitemarsh<br />
57 Applebaum, Matt DE Fr. 2nd 6-4 265 Yardley, PA/Pennsbury<br />
58 Irwin, Billy* C Jr. 4th 6-2 281 Fairfax, VA/Robinson Secondary<br />
59 Ward, Jason DE Fr. 2nd 6-3 268 St. Hippolyte, QC/John Abbott<br />
60 Rice, Ken OG So. 3rd 6-1 249 Franklin Square, NY/Sewanhaka<br />
62 Dlubac, T.J. C So. 2nd 6-2 312 Middlefield, CT/Coginchaus Regional/Colorado<br />
63 Graby, Nick OG Sr. 3rd 6-5 286 Calicoon, NY/Delaware Valley/Lackawanna JC<br />
64 Dupree, LeAndre* OG Jr. 4th 6-2 301 New Haven, CT/Hamden Hall/Worcester (MA) Academy<br />
66 Oliver, Laurence** OG Sr. 5th 6-4 274 Homestead, PA/Steel Valley<br />
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2003 <strong>UConn</strong> Numerical Spring Roster<br />
No. Name Pos. Cl. Yr. Ht. Wt. Hometown/HS/Prep/JC<br />
67 McKee, Jason* OG Jr. 4th 6-3 326 Estero, FL/Estero<br />
70 Manga, Aloys OT Fr. 2nd 6-7 304 Duana, Cameroon/Master’s (CT) School<br />
71 Lewis, Derrick OG So. 3rd 6-4 357 West Haven, CT/West Haven<br />
72 Berry, Craig OT Fr. 2nd 6-5 327 North Haledon, NJ/Manchester Regional<br />
73 Krug, Ryan** OT Jr. 4th 6-4 297 Pine Beach, NJ/Toms River South<br />
74 Kodish, Michael OT So. 3rd 6-5 291 Coral Springs, FL/J.P. Taravella<br />
76 McPhee, Deon* DT So. 3rd 6-2 273 Jacksonville, FL/The Bolles School<br />
77 Borowski, Brendan OT So. 3rd 6-4 286 Cherry Hill, NJ/Cherry Hill East<br />
78 Preston, Grant* OT So. 3rd 6-5 295 Mechanicsburg, PA/Mechanicsburg<br />
80 Williams, Jason* WR So. 3rd 6-0 180 McKeesport, PA/McKeesport<br />
81 Atkinson, Tony WR Sr. 5th 6-0 191 Brunswick,GA/Brunswick/New Mexico Military Academy<br />
83 Young, Brandon* WR So. 2nd 6-0 192 Morganza, MD/Hargrave (VA) Military Academy<br />
85 Noone, Robert CB Fr. 2nd 5-11 182 Danbury, CT/Danbury<br />
85 Sanchez, David WR Fr. 2nd 5-8 169 Windsor, CT/Enfield<br />
86 Davis, Conn TE Fr. 2nd 6-4 222 St. Thomas, VI/Antilles<br />
87 Feldeisen, Shaun** WR Sr. 5th 6-1 218 Stow, MA/Nashoba Regional<br />
88 Wilson, O’Neil** WR Jr. 4th 6-3 182 Scarborough, ON/Central Technical<br />
89 Goryn, Ziggy TE Fr. 2nd 6-4 215 Wayne, NJ/Wayne Hills<br />
90 Wolf, Justin TE So. 3rd 6-4 230 Monroe, CT/Masuk<br />
91 Lassen, Tim* TE So. 3rd 6-5 270 Cheshire, CT/Cheshire<br />
92 Bushey, Ryan** DT Sr. 4th 6-4 276 Manchester, CT/Manchester/Milford (CT) Academy<br />
93 Fuller, Rhema DT Fr. 2nd 6-3 270 Cocoa, FL/Cocoa<br />
94 Butts, David K So. 3rd 6-2 251 Stroudsburg, PA/Stroudsburg<br />
95 Kashama, Hakeem** DE Sr. 5th 6-5 267 Brampton, ON/Bramalea<br />
97 Osunde, Uyi*** DE Sr. 5th 6-3 243 Bloomsburg, PA/Central Columbia<br />
98 Nuzie, Matt K Fr. 2nd 5-11 189 Trumbull, CT/Trumbull<br />
99 Mulcahy, Sean*** DT Sr. 4th 6-6 295 Westport, CT/Staples<br />
* indicates letters earned<br />
CH-CH-CH-CHANGES<br />
2003 POSITION CHANGES<br />
Conn Davis<br />
T.J. Dlubac<br />
Jason McKee<br />
Robert Noone<br />
Grant Preston<br />
WR to TE<br />
OG to C<br />
C to OG<br />
WR to CB<br />
OG to OT<br />
2003 NUMBER CHANGES<br />
Dan Desriveaux 84 to 3<br />
Alfred Fincher 48 to 9<br />
Dan Orlovsky 14 to 7<br />
GEOGRAPHICAL BREAKDOWN<br />
Connecticut (19): Bellamy, Berube, Bushey, Dellaselva,<br />
DeRubertis, Dlubac, Dupree, Lassen, Lewis, Mulcahy, Noone,<br />
Nuzie, Orlovsky, Quinn, Sanchez, Sowell, Sparks, Wholley, Wolf<br />
Florida (13): Ca. Clarke, Fletcher, Fuller, Jones, Kodish, Lloyd,<br />
McKee, McPhee, Meyer, Perkins, Poole, Smith, Je. Williams<br />
Pennsylvania (10): Applebaum, Bonislawski, Butts, Fox, Gaskins,<br />
Herriott, Oliver, Osunde, Preston, Ja. Williams<br />
New Jersey (9): Berry, Borowski, Brockington, Carey, Goryn,<br />
Hargrave, Harrison, Krug, Markowski<br />
New York (6): Blagman, Cutaia, Graby, Halpern, Henry, Rice<br />
Maryland (5): Caulley, Cole, Estep, McIntosh, Young<br />
Massachusetts (4): Feldeisen, Fincher, King, Murray<br />
Quebec (3): Desriveaux, Mayne, Ward<br />
Virginia (3): Baylor, Irwin, Leak<br />
Georgia (2): Atkinson, Benson<br />
Ontario (2): Kashama, Wilson<br />
Australia (1): Coles<br />
Cameroon (1): Manga<br />
Michigan (1): McClowry<br />
Rhode Island (1): Anderson<br />
Virgin Islands (1): Davis<br />
West Virginia (1): Fogarty<br />
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HEAD COACH RANDY EDSALL<br />
University of Connecticut head football coach Randy<br />
Edsall knows that the work is far from over to fully develop<br />
the <strong>Huskies</strong> into a top-notch NCAA Division I-A program.<br />
However, the 2002 season was a strong indication that<br />
Edsall has <strong>UConn</strong> on the right track to enjoy football excellence<br />
on the highest level for many years to come.<br />
Edsall guided last season’s team to a 6-6 record in its<br />
first year with a full Division I-A compliment of 85 scholarships.<br />
<strong>UConn</strong> ended the season impressively with fourstraight<br />
wins to reach the .500 mark, including season-ending<br />
road wins at Navy and at bowl-bound Iowa State of the<br />
Big 12 Conference.<br />
“This was the day that the man on the street connected<br />
with <strong>UConn</strong> football,” proclaimed a Connecticut sportswriter<br />
after the win. “It’s his team, and by gawd, he’s going to cheer<br />
for it.”<br />
<strong>UConn</strong>’s .500 season was its best record since the<br />
squad won 10 games in 1998. The <strong>Huskies</strong>’ six wins were<br />
more than the <strong>Huskies</strong> posted in 2000 (three) and 2001<br />
(two) combined. <strong>UConn</strong> defeated five Division I-A schools<br />
in ’02, after defeating just four I-A clubs in the previous two<br />
seasons combined.<br />
The <strong>Huskies</strong> were the most improved Division I-A team<br />
in the country in 2002, according to preseason and<br />
postseason ratings by College Football News .<br />
The excitement for Edsall and his team will continue<br />
this season as the <strong>Huskies</strong> will move into Rentschler Field,<br />
Randy Edsall has led <strong>UConn</strong> through its transition from a Division I-AA<br />
school to one which is now solidly competitive at the Division I-A level<br />
and will soon look to join the ranks of the elite, as a member of the BIG<br />
EAST Conference in 2005.<br />
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HEAD COACH RANDY EDSALL<br />
the new 40,000-seat home of <strong>UConn</strong> football in East Hartford.<br />
The 2005 season will see the <strong>Huskies</strong> become full football-playing<br />
members of the BIG EAST Conference.<br />
The 2003 schedule will be another challenge for Edsall<br />
as the <strong>Huskies</strong> face competition from the BIG EAST (Boston<br />
College, Virginia Tech and Rutgers), Big Ten (Indiana), Atlantic<br />
Coast Conference (North Carolina State and Wake<br />
Forest) and tradition-filled Army.<br />
“I pride myself on taking advantage of opportunities and<br />
attacking challenges head on,” says Edsall. “I see this as a<br />
great opportunity. An opportunity to take a program to the<br />
Division I-A level and being able to put my stamp on it, along<br />
with Lew Perkins and everyone else here, and building it<br />
into something that the entire University and the state of Connecticut<br />
can be proud of.”<br />
Edsall was named the 27th head football coach at the<br />
University of Connecticut on December 21, 1998.<br />
“Randy Edsall has done a wonderful job with our football<br />
program,” says <strong>UConn</strong> Director of Athletics Lew Perkins.<br />
“It is the perfect fit for our school and our team. His background<br />
on both the collegiate and professional level was the<br />
perfect training for his position here at <strong>UConn</strong>.”<br />
Edsall brought 19 years of coaching experience to the<br />
Husky program, including 15 seasons at the Division I-A collegiate<br />
level and three seasons in the National Football<br />
League.<br />
Edsall joined the <strong>Huskies</strong> after completing the 1998 season<br />
as the defensive coordinator at Georgia Tech, where<br />
he helped the No. 14 nationally-ranked Yellow Jackets<br />
complete a 9-2 campaign and earn a New Year’s<br />
Day win in the Gator Bowl over Notre Dame. Georgia<br />
Tech finished 7-1 in the ACC and earned a<br />
share of the league championship with<br />
Florida State.<br />
“It is with great pleasure that I accept the<br />
head coaching position at the University of<br />
Connecticut,” said Edsall at the time of his<br />
hiring. “I look forward to the challenges that<br />
are ahead of us and the opportunity to work<br />
with the many great people that make up the<br />
university community. The support of the<br />
staff, student-athletes and the people of the<br />
state of Connecticut has played a big part in<br />
the well-documented success of the university<br />
and its athletic programs. I am anxious<br />
to get started and continue building upon the<br />
foundation this football program has had put<br />
in place over the past several seasons.”<br />
Prior to joining the staff at Georgia Tech,<br />
Edsall spent three seasons as the secondary<br />
coach for the Jacksonville Jaguars of the<br />
National Football League. In his three seasons<br />
on Tom Coughlin’s staff, Edsall was a<br />
part of one of the most successful expansion<br />
franchises in the history of the NFL. The<br />
Jaguars reached the playoffs in 1996 and<br />
1997, including a berth in the AFC Championship<br />
Game in 1996. During that 1996 playoff<br />
run, Edsall’s secondary allowed an average<br />
of only 217 yards passing to three of<br />
the top quarterbacks in the NFL, Buffalo’s
HEAD COACH RANDY EDSALL<br />
HEAD COACH RANDY EDSALL<br />
Jim Kelly, Denver’s John Elway and New England’s Drew<br />
Bledsoe.<br />
Edsall began his coaching career in 1980 at his alma<br />
mater, Syracuse University. A former quarterback for the<br />
Orangemen, Edsall started as a graduate assistant from<br />
1980-1982. In 1983, coach Dick MacPherson named Edsall<br />
running backs coach. He coached the running backs for three<br />
seasons at Syracuse (1983-84 and 1986) and coached the<br />
tight ends in 1985 before making the switch to the defensive<br />
side of the ball. He coached the Syracuse defensive backs<br />
from 1987-1990 and during that period the Orangemen were<br />
ranked amongst the National Division I-A leaders in pass<br />
defense.<br />
In 1991, Edsall moved on to Boston College and joined<br />
the staff of Coughlin. He coached the Eagle defensive backs<br />
for three seasons (1991-1993) and had his secondary ranked<br />
among the national top 20 in pass defense in two of those<br />
three seasons. He moved with Coughlin to the NFL in 1994.<br />
Success has followed Edsall at every stop along his playing<br />
and coaching journey. He has been a part of nine different<br />
teams (eight as a coach) that made bowl appearances<br />
and came away with a victory six times.<br />
The Jacksonville Jaguars advanced to the NFL Playoffs<br />
in two of his three seasons, including an AFC Championship<br />
Game appearance in 1996. From 1985 to1993, Edsall was<br />
a part of seven teams that made bowl appearances and in<br />
1993, Boston College upset three top 10 teams on the road<br />
in Notre Dame, Penn State and Syracuse.<br />
Edsall was a three-year letterwinner in football, basketball<br />
and baseball at Susquehannock High School in Glen<br />
Rock, Penn. He was an all-state selection in all three sports<br />
in his senior season. He then went on to Syracuse, where<br />
he was a member of the football team and earned one varsity<br />
letter as a quarterback for the Orangemen.<br />
He was a member of the Syracuse squad that captured<br />
the 1979 Independence Bowl title under head coach Frank<br />
Maloney.<br />
Edsall is a native of Glen Rock, Penn., and earned a<br />
bachelor’s degree in physical education from Syracuse in<br />
1980 and added a master’s degree in health and physical<br />
education in 1982 from Syracuse.<br />
He is an active member of the Connecticut community<br />
as he has spoken at a number of civic organizations around<br />
the state. Edsall served as the honorary chairman of the<br />
Greater Hartford American Heart Association Walk in September<br />
of 2002 and will serve as the honorary chairman of<br />
the National Multiple Sclerosis Society Walk, which will take<br />
place in nine Connecticut cities in April of 2003. He is also<br />
highly involved at The Children’s Home in Cromwell, Conn.,<br />
a center for over 100 neglected and abused children.<br />
He and his wife, Eileen, a former basketball and volleyball<br />
letterwinner at Syracuse, have a daughter, Alexi, and a<br />
son, Corey.<br />
FULL NAME: Randy Douglas Edsall<br />
WIFE: Eileen<br />
CHILDREN: Alexi (born 1/31/90), Corey (born 8/13/92)<br />
ALMA MATER: Syracuse, 1980<br />
BIRTHDATE: August 27, 1958<br />
HOMETOWN: Glen Rock, PA<br />
YEARS IN COACHING (COLLEGE): 23 (19)<br />
A CLOSER LOOK AT RANDY EDSALL<br />
COACHING RESUME:<br />
Years School/Team Position<br />
1999-present Connecticut Head Coach<br />
1998 Georgia Tech Defensive Coordinator/DBs<br />
1994-1997 Jacksonville Jaguars Defensive Backs<br />
1991-1993 Boston College Defensive Backs<br />
1980-1990 Syracuse Defensive Backs (87-90)<br />
Recruiting Coordinator (89-90)<br />
Running Backs (86, 83-84)<br />
Tight Ends (85)<br />
Graduate Assistant (80-82)<br />
BOWL GAMES AS A COACH/PLAYER (6-2-1 RECORD)<br />
Year Game Result, Opponent<br />
1999 Gator Bowl W, 35-28 vs. Notre Dame<br />
1994 Carquest Bowl W, 31-13 vs. Virginia<br />
1993 Hall of Fame Bowl L, 23-38 vs. Tennessee<br />
1990 Aloha Bowl W, 28-0 vs. Arizona<br />
1989 Peach Bowl W, 19-18 vs. Georgia<br />
1989 Hall of Fame Bowl W, 23-10 vs. LSU<br />
1988 Sugar Bowl T, 16-16 vs. Auburn<br />
1985 Cherry Bowl L, 18-35 vs. Maryland<br />
1979 Independence Bowl W, 31-7 vs. McNeese State<br />
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ASSISTANT COACHES<br />
ASSISTANT COACHES<br />
N O R R IE S W<br />
O F F E N S IV E A S S IS T A N T S<br />
IL S O N<br />
Norries Wilson enters his fifth year at <strong>UConn</strong> and his second<br />
as offensive coordinator. Wilson served as offensive<br />
line coach for his first three years in Storrs. Prior to <strong>UConn</strong>,<br />
Wilson worked as an assistant coach at Bucknell (1995-<br />
98), Livingstone College (1993-94), North Carolina Central<br />
(1991-92) and Minnesota (1989-90), while also serving NFL<br />
Minority coaching fellowships with the Kansas City Chiefs,<br />
Jacksonville Jaguars and Indianapolis Colts. Wilson is a<br />
1989 graduate of Minnesota where he was a two-year starter<br />
for the Golden Gopher football team and was also an NCAA<br />
Wrestling Championship qualifier.<br />
R O B A M B R O S E<br />
Q u a r t e r b a c k s<br />
Rob Ambrose enters his second season as quarterbacks<br />
coach at <strong>UConn</strong>. Prior to coming to Storrs, he served as<br />
head coach at Catholic University for the 2001 season. He<br />
was an assistant coach at Towson State from 1993 to 2000,<br />
from where he earned his bachelor’s degree in 1993.<br />
Ambrose helped guide the leading passing offense in all of<br />
Division I-AA in 1999.<br />
V IN N Y M A R IN O<br />
id e R e c e iv e r s<br />
Vinny Marino is in his second season as wide receivers<br />
coach at his alma mater. Prior to returning to Storrs, he<br />
served as an assistant coach at Rhode Island (2000-01),<br />
Richmond (1999), Holy Cross (1996-98), Western Carolina<br />
(1993-95) and Bowdoin (1992). Marino graduated from<br />
<strong>UConn</strong> in 1992.<br />
D A V E M c M IC H A E L<br />
S p e c ia l T e a m s C o o r d in a t o r , T a c k le s a n d T ig h t E n d s<br />
Dave McMichael is in his third season at <strong>UConn</strong> and is the<br />
veteran member of the Husky coaching staff. McMichael<br />
was an assistant under Don Nehlen at West Virginia from<br />
1984 to 2000, helping the Mountaineers to 11 bowl games<br />
and six Top 25 finishes. Prior to his time in Morgantown,<br />
McMichael served as an assistant at Southern Illinois (1980-<br />
83), Muskingum (1977-79) and his alma mater, Bowling<br />
Green.<br />
T E R R Y R IC H A R D S O N<br />
R u n n ing Backs<br />
Terry Richardson enters his fifth season as running backs<br />
coach at <strong>UConn</strong>. Richardson graduated from Syracuse in<br />
1994 after a productive career. He later spent time with the<br />
NFL’s Cincinnati Bengals, Philadelphia Eagles, Kansas City<br />
Chiefs and Pittsburgh Steelers before retiring in 1997. He<br />
spent the 1998 season as an assistant coach in his native<br />
Fort Lauderdale at Northeast High School.<br />
D E F E N S IV E A S S IS T A N T S<br />
H A N K H U G H E S<br />
D e f e n s iv e C o o r d inator, D e f e n s iv e L in e<br />
Hank Hughes enters his third season at <strong>UConn</strong> and his second<br />
as defensive coordinator while serving as defensive line<br />
coach for the third year. Prior to <strong>UConn</strong>, Hughes worked as<br />
a collegiate assistant coach at Memphis (1998-2000),<br />
Harvard (1994-97), Cincinnati (1993), James Madison (1985-<br />
90), Lafayette (1982-84), Northeastern (1981), Springfield<br />
College (1980) and Albany (1979). He also coached for the<br />
Montreal Machine of the World League of American Football<br />
in 1991 and 1992. Hughes is a 1979 graduate of Springfield<br />
College where he was a two-year starter.<br />
T O R R IA N G R A Y<br />
D e f e n s iv e B a c k s<br />
Torrian Gray is in his second year at <strong>UConn</strong> after spending<br />
two years at Maine (2000-01). Gray was a three-time All-BIG<br />
EAST selection at Virginia Tech, where he earned his<br />
bachelor’s degree in 1996. Gray was a second round pick of<br />
the Minnesota Vikings in 1997 and played there until suffering<br />
a career-ending knee injury in 2000.<br />
L Y N D O N J O H N S O N<br />
R e c r u itin g C o o r d in a t o r , Outsid e L in e b a c k e r s<br />
Johnson is in his fifth year at <strong>UConn</strong> and his third as recruiting<br />
coordinator and outside linebackers coach after spending<br />
his first two years working with <strong>UConn</strong>’s special teams<br />
and tight ends. Johnson previously worked as an assistant<br />
coach at Fordham (1998), Sacred Heart (1997) and McMahon<br />
High School in Norwalk (1993-96). Johnson was an All-Yankee<br />
Conference and All-ECAC pick on the offensive line in<br />
his Husky playing career.<br />
T O D D O R L A N D O<br />
Linebackers<br />
Todd Orlando enters his fifth year working with linebackers<br />
at <strong>UConn</strong>. Before coming to Storrs, he served as an assistant<br />
coach at Pennsylvania (1996-98) along with<br />
Pennsylvania’s Fox Chapel Area High School (1995) and<br />
Central Catholic High School (1994). Orlando played at Wisconsin<br />
from 1990-93, helping the Badgers to the 1993 Big<br />
Ten Championship and a berth in the 1994 Rose Bowl, UW’s<br />
first trip to Pasadena since 1963.<br />
D O N C O R Z IN E<br />
D irector of Football O p e r a t io n s<br />
Don Corzine enters his fifth year at <strong>UConn</strong> and his fourth as<br />
Director of Football Operations. He is one of five assistants<br />
remaining from Edsall’s original <strong>UConn</strong> staff, joining Lyndon<br />
Johnson, Todd Orlando, Terry Richardson and Norries Wilson.<br />
Prior to <strong>UConn</strong>, Corzine served as a graduate assistant<br />
at Ball State (1998) and a student assistant coach at Indiana<br />
(1994-97).<br />
S P R IN G P R O S P E C T U S<br />
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KEY RETURNEES<br />
D E O N<br />
A N D E R S O N<br />
S o . * FB * 5-10 * 234<br />
P r o v id e n c e , R I / A v o n (C T ) O ld F a r m<br />
2002 AND CAREER: Played in all 12<br />
games as a true freshman and was<br />
<strong>UConn</strong>’s starting fullback in every game when <strong>UConn</strong> opened<br />
with a fullback...Gained 119 yards on 34 carries with one<br />
touchdown while also catching five passes for 12 yards...A<br />
solid blocker, key performer on special teams, and was effective<br />
with the ball...Led the team with nine special teams<br />
tackles (seven solo)...Was dropped for a loss just four times<br />
on 34 carries...Rushed for a career-high 34 yards against<br />
Miami, including an 18-yarder, while making two<br />
catches...Ran for 14 yards against Ball State, including a nineyard<br />
carry...Gained 16 yards against Ohio...Had an eightyard<br />
carry against Georgia Tech...Scored a touchdown in the<br />
season-opener at Boston College on just his second career<br />
carry.<br />
Year GP/GS Att. Yds. TD Avg. | Rec. Yds. TD<br />
2002 12/6 34 119 1 10.8 | 5 12 0<br />
C H R IS<br />
3 4<br />
B E L L A M Y<br />
J r . * T B * 6-1 * 207<br />
N e w B r itain, CT / New B r itain<br />
CAREER: Has played in 14 games as a<br />
Husky with two starts...Has 332 career rushing<br />
yards on 97 carries along with 13 career receptions for<br />
118 yards and two TDs. 2002: Played in five games with a<br />
start against Georgia Tech...The backup tailback for the first<br />
half of the season...Carried the ball 36 times for 95 yards on<br />
the year and made four catches for 16 yards. 2001: Appeared<br />
in nine games with one start as tailback against Utah<br />
State....Gained 237 yards on 61 carries for a 26.3 ypg average<br />
that ranked as the second highest total on the<br />
team....Broke off the longest run of any Husky in 2001 with a<br />
39-yard carry against Eastern Washington and finished with<br />
15 carries for a career-high 86 yards against the Eagles...Also<br />
handled the ball 15 times against Eastern Michigan for 40<br />
yards...Pulled down a total of nine catches for 102 yards on<br />
the season...Snared three receptions at Cincinnati for 47<br />
yards and the first two receiving touchdowns of his career,<br />
marking the first time in 10 years a <strong>UConn</strong> running back has<br />
brought in two receiving TDs in the same game.<br />
Year GP/GS Att. Yds. TD Avg. | Rec. Yds. TD<br />
2001 9/1 61 237 0 3.9 | 9 102 2<br />
2002 5/1 36 95 0 2.6 | 4 16 0<br />
Totals 14/2 97 332 0 3.4 | 13 118 2<br />
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S r . * T B * 5 - 8 * 2 0 5<br />
M a r ietta, G A / P o p e<br />
CAREER: Has appeared in 26 games,<br />
starting four...Has 137 career rushes for<br />
395 yards with three touchdowns and 11 career catches for<br />
120 yards. 2002: Appeared in all 12 games, mainly on special<br />
teams...Made his lone carry of the year against Kent<br />
State, gaining two yards. 2001: Appeared in seven games,<br />
getting the starting nod in two (Cincinnati, Temple)...Racked<br />
up 163 yards and two touchdowns on 66 carries...Had the<br />
longest run of his career, 21 yards, at Middle<br />
Tennessee...Made five grabs for 50 yards, including a season-long<br />
26-yard reception against MTSU...Was the Scout<br />
Team Offensive Player of the Week prior to the Eastern<br />
Washington game. 2000: Played in seven games, starting<br />
two at tailback...Started games vs. South Florida and Middle<br />
Tennessee...Did not see action vs. Eastern Michigan, Northeastern,<br />
Louisville and Boston College...Finished the season<br />
with 230 yards on 70 carries, scoring one rushing<br />
touchdown...Ran for 119 yards and one touchdown on 22<br />
carries vs. South Florida...Ran for 70 yards on 19 carries<br />
vs. Akron, 51 of those yards coming in <strong>UConn</strong>’s 17-point<br />
fourth quarter...Awarded the offensive game ball for the win<br />
over Akron...Only the seventh true freshman at that time in<br />
<strong>UConn</strong> history to reach the 100-yard mark in a game and<br />
the first since 1997...Also caught six passes for 70 yards.<br />
Year GP/GS Att. Yds. TD Avg. | Rec. Yds. TD<br />
2000 7/2 70 230 1 3.3 | 6 70 0<br />
2001 7/2 66 163 2 2.5 | 5 50 0<br />
2002 12/0 1 2 0 2.0 | 0 0 0<br />
Totals 26/4 137 395 3 2.9 | 11 120 0<br />
R Y A N<br />
9 2<br />
B U S H E Y<br />
S r . * DE * 6-4 * 276<br />
M a n c h e s t e r , C T / M ilford Academ<br />
CAREER: Has appeared in 18 games,<br />
starting 11...Has made 33 career tackles<br />
(28 solo) with six tackles for loss. 2002: Appeared in seven<br />
games at defensive end and made 11 tackles (nine solo)<br />
with one forced hurry...Missed the first three games due to<br />
a suspension and missed the final two with an injury...Made<br />
a career-high six tackles against Kent State, five of them<br />
solo. 2001: Starting defensive end in all of <strong>UConn</strong>’s 11<br />
games...Made 22 tackles, including 19 solo stops...Credited<br />
with six tackles for loss, two of which came in the win at<br />
Rutgers...Also recorded a TFL in the Buffalo, Eastern Michigan,<br />
Utah State and Temple games ...Had two or more tackles<br />
in each of the last five games of the season...Recorded<br />
the first sack of his career against Utah State for an 11-yard<br />
loss.<br />
Year GP/GS UT AT TT SKS TTFL INT PBU<br />
2001 11/11 19 3 22 1-11 6-22 0 0<br />
2002 7/0 9 2 11 0 0 0 0<br />
Career 18/11 28 5 33 1-11 6-22 0 0<br />
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S P R IN G P R O S P E C T U S<br />
E Z R A<br />
2 4<br />
C A R E Y<br />
F a r m<br />
S r . * C B * 5-11 * 170<br />
in g d a le , N J / L a c k a w a n a J C<br />
2002 AND CAREER: Appeared in 11 of<br />
<strong>UConn</strong>’s 12 games (missed Georgia Tech)<br />
and made a start against Temple as the <strong>Huskies</strong>’ nickel<br />
back...Had 14 tackles on the year (10 solo) with two pass<br />
deflections and one interception...Recorded a career-high<br />
four tackles against Florida Atlantic...Had three tackles, all<br />
solo, against Miami and Temple...Scored a touchdown at<br />
Miami on a blocked punt return...Made his first career interception<br />
in the Ohio game...Credited with five tackles (two<br />
solo) on special teams.<br />
Year GP/GS UT AT TT SKS TTFL INT PBU<br />
2002 11/1 10 4 14 0 0 1 2<br />
Terry Caulley was the nation’s leading freshman rusher<br />
in 2002, averaging 124.7 yards per game. His 1,247 rushing<br />
yards, coming in just 10 games played, were the<br />
most for a Division I-A true freshman since Tennessee’s<br />
Jamal Lewis ran for 1,364 in 1997.<br />
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T E R R Y<br />
4 4<br />
C A U L L E Y<br />
S o . * T B * 5-7 * 180<br />
L u s b y , M D / P a t u x e n t<br />
2002 AND CAREER: Named Freshman All-<br />
America by The Sporting News and both<br />
Freshman All-America and All-Independent by College Football<br />
News , in addition to garnering All-ECAC honors...Chosen<br />
as the Independent Rookie of the Year by ESPN.com...Was<br />
the NCAA Division I-A freshman leader in rushing yards<br />
(124.7 ypg - 10th overall) and all-purpose yardage (145.2<br />
ypg - 19th overall), while ranking second in freshman scoring<br />
(9.6 ppg - 10th overall)...His 1,247 rushing yards were<br />
the most nationally by a true freshman in Division I-A since<br />
Tennessee’s Jamal Lewis ran for 1,364 in 1997...His 124.7<br />
ypg average set a school record, while his 1,247 rushing<br />
yards were 15 shy of the school record...Became the 55th<br />
true freshman in NCAA history to rush for over 1,000 yards,<br />
reaching the plateau in nine games, just two shy of the NCAA<br />
record of seven games shared by Emmitt Smith and Marshall<br />
Faulk...Set the <strong>UConn</strong> freshman record with his 15 rushing<br />
TDs...The first Husky to rush for over 100 yards in four consecutive<br />
games (an active streak) since Wilbur Gilliard in<br />
1995, hitting the century mark against Florida Atlantic, Kent<br />
State, Navy and Iowa State...Had a school-record tying seven<br />
100-yard games overall to his credit in 2002...Named<br />
<strong>UConn</strong>’s co-offensive player of the year and received a total<br />
of three game balls for his play against Buffalo, Kent State<br />
and Iowa State...<strong>UConn</strong>’s starting tailback as a true freshman<br />
in every game he was healthy for (missed the Georgia<br />
Tech game with a shoulder injury and missed Miami with a<br />
neck injury) and <strong>UConn</strong> opened with a tailback...Ran for a<br />
career-high 191 yards on 32 carries, including a crucial 68-<br />
yard TD scamper, at Iowa State...Tied an NCAA Division I-A<br />
record by scoring four TDs (three rushing, one receiving) in<br />
the second quarter of the Kent State game...Had 174 rushing<br />
yards and 209 all-purpose yards before being pulled at<br />
the half against the Golden Flashes...Rushed for 157 yards<br />
and two touchdowns on 32 carries at Navy while also catching<br />
four passes for 34 yards...Ran for 105 yards on 15 carries<br />
with three touchdowns against Florida Atlantic before<br />
being pulled at the half...Led <strong>UConn</strong> with both 95 rushing<br />
yards (for two TDs) and five receptions at Vanderbilt...Had<br />
124 all-purpose yards against Temple (79 rushing, 45 receiving)<br />
with a rushing TD...Ran for 131 yards on 18 carries<br />
(7.3 ypc) with a TD against Ball State, including a careerlong<br />
54-yard scamper...Rushed for 117 yards and the first<br />
two TDs of his career, both in the fourth quarter, to help rally<br />
<strong>UConn</strong> past Ohio...Led <strong>UConn</strong> in both rushing and receiving<br />
in the win at Buffalo, carrying for 136 yards on 26 rushes and<br />
catching five passes, good for 40 yards...Had a strong collegiate<br />
debut at Boston College, rushing for 62 yards on 17<br />
carries while making four catches out of the backfield.<br />
Year GP/GS Att. Yds. TD Avg. | Rec. Yds. TD<br />
2002 10/9 220 1247 15 124.73 | 25 205 1
KEY RETURNEES<br />
C A T H L Y N<br />
2 3<br />
C L A R K E<br />
S o . *•C B * 5-11 * 186<br />
F o r t L a u d e r d a le , FL / Dillard<br />
2002 AND CAREER: Played in every game<br />
except for Boston College on special teams<br />
and as a reserve defensive back...Made five solo tackles on<br />
the year, two of them coming on special teams, with one<br />
forced fumble...Scored a touchdown on a 31-yard return of a<br />
blocked punt against Kent State...Had a career-high three<br />
stops against Florida Atlantic and also caused a<br />
fumble...Recorded a tackle against Ball State and Navy.<br />
Year GP/GS UT AT TT SKS TTFL INT PBU<br />
2001 11/0 5 0 5 0 0 0 0<br />
A D A M<br />
6<br />
C O L E S<br />
S r . *•P * 6 - 6 * 2 2 7<br />
G la d e s v ille , A u s t r a lia / Northm<br />
CAREER: <strong>UConn</strong>’s starting punter for the<br />
past three seasons...Former Australian<br />
Rules Football player is <strong>UConn</strong>’s career leader in punting<br />
yards (8,469) while ranking second in career average (39.8)<br />
and third in career punts (213)...Also ranks highly on most<br />
single-season <strong>UConn</strong> charts. 2002: Punted in all 12<br />
games...Averaged 39.9 yards on his 76 punts...Earned the<br />
special teams game ball after placing three of his four punts<br />
at Navy inside the 20...Had a season-high 44.3 average on<br />
his four punts against Kent State...Hit a season-long 64-yarder<br />
at Miami...Hit on a 42.8 average against Ball State...Placed<br />
three of his six punts against Ohio inside the 20...Boomed a<br />
62-yarder at Boston College. 2001: <strong>UConn</strong>’s starter all season,<br />
punted 81 times for 3172 yards (39.2 avg.)... Averaged<br />
40 yards per punt or more in six of Connecticut’s 11 games...<br />
Of his 81 punts, nine traveled 50 yards or more...Pinned the<br />
opposition inside the 20 on 32 occasions...Booted a careerlong<br />
71-yarder against Middle Tennessee, which ties as the<br />
sixth-longest punt in school history...His 39.2 yards-per-punt<br />
average ranked eighth on the <strong>UConn</strong> single-season punting<br />
average list. 2000: Starting punter for all 11 games...Named<br />
to the CollegeFootballNews.com Division I-A Freshman All-<br />
American team...Named the 2000 <strong>UConn</strong> Special Teams<br />
Most Valuable Player...Averaged 40.5 yards per punt, the<br />
most ever by a <strong>UConn</strong> freshman... Punted 56 times for 2,267<br />
yards with 12 touchbacks and 17 punts downed inside the<br />
20...Had a season-long 64-yard punt vs. Rhode Island, a<br />
60-yarder vs. Ball State, a 56-yarder vs. Colgate and kicks<br />
of 54 and 53 yards vs. Akron... Earned the special teams<br />
game ball for the win vs. Colgate, averaging 50.7 yds per<br />
punt in the win.<br />
Year GP/GS NO YDS AVG LNG TB FC I20<br />
2000 11/0 56 2267 40.5 64 12 3 17<br />
2001 11/0 81 3172 39.2 71 1 14 32<br />
2002 12/0 76 3030 39.9 64 5 7 18<br />
Career 34/0 213 8469 39.8 71 18 24 67<br />
e a d<br />
15<br />
M A T T<br />
17<br />
C U T A IA<br />
J r . * W R * 5-11 * 173<br />
W e b s t e r , N Y / W e b s t e r<br />
CAREER: Appeared in 15 games with five<br />
starts...Has 25 career catches for 299<br />
yards. 2002: Started the first four games at wide receiver<br />
(Boston College, Georgia Tech, Buffalo and Ohio)...Suffered<br />
a season-ending knee injury against Ohio...Led <strong>UConn</strong> in<br />
both receptions and receiving yardage at the time of the<br />
injury...Had a career-high 80 yards receiving against Ohio to<br />
earn a game ball, before leaving with a knee injury...Set a<br />
career high with 57 yards on four catches at Buffalo...Led<br />
<strong>UConn</strong> with a career-high five catches in the season opener<br />
at BC, good for 41 yards. 2001: Worked into the receiver<br />
rotation playing in all of <strong>UConn</strong>’s 11 games and getting one<br />
start at Cincinnati...Had 11 catches for 87 yards...Received<br />
two passes in the Eastern Michigan game for a career-high<br />
49 yards...Led the team in kickoff returns with 12 for 239<br />
yards for a 19.9 average that ranked third on the squad.<br />
Year GP/GS Rec. Yds. Avg. TD Long Avg./G<br />
2001 11/1 11 87 7.9 0 36 7.9<br />
2002 4/4 14 212 15.1 0 50 53.0<br />
Career 15/5 25 299 12.0 0 50 19.9<br />
J A S O N<br />
4<br />
D E L L A S E L V A<br />
S r . * S * 5-9 * 199<br />
C h e s h ir e , C T / C h e s h ir e<br />
CAREER: A versatile player who has<br />
started games at three different positions<br />
(safety, cornerback and tailback) while also returning kickoffs<br />
and also lending a hand in both punt and kickoff coverage.<br />
2002: Appeared in all 12 games on special teams...Had<br />
23 kickoff returns for 477 yards (20.7 avg.) and made seven<br />
tackles on special teams (five solo) with two fumble<br />
recoveries...Five solo special teams tackles tied for second<br />
on the team...His 47-yard kickoff return at Miami was the<br />
longest against the Hurricanes over a 22-game span from<br />
Sept. 1, 2001 to Dec. 7, 2002...Also recovered a fumble on a<br />
muffed punt at Miami...Earned the special teams game ball<br />
at Buffalo. 2001: Started the season returning kickoffs and<br />
played in seven games...Had 10 returns for 267 yards and<br />
a team leading 26.7 yards per return average...Continually<br />
set <strong>UConn</strong> up with good field position against Eastern Washington<br />
with four returns for 112 yards...Also had six tackles,<br />
with three solos coming against Eastern Michigan. 2000:<br />
Saw action in all 11 games in 2000, making four starts at<br />
three different positions on the season, starting the Eastern<br />
Michigan game at safety, playing the next seven games at<br />
cornerback (starting vs. Colgate and Akron) and playing the<br />
final three games at tailback (starting vs. Ball State)... Made<br />
30 tackles on the season, one for a loss, and recorded three<br />
pass break-ups... Ran 27 times for 86 yards (3.2 average)...<br />
Also had 11 kick returns for 200 yards (18.2 avg)... Made<br />
eight tackles in season opener at EMU... Ran for 35 yards<br />
on seven carries vs. Rhode Island.<br />
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L e A N D R E<br />
6 4<br />
D U P R E E<br />
J r . * O G * 6 - 2 * 3 0 1<br />
N e w H a v e n , CT / W o r c e s t e r A c a d .<br />
CAREER: Played in 16 games for <strong>UConn</strong><br />
at right guard with 12 starts. 2002: Appeared<br />
in five games, making his lone start of the season at<br />
Navy...Shared the offensive game ball with the rest of the<br />
offensive line and tight ends after the win at Navy...Named<br />
the Scout Team Player of the Week prior to the Ball State<br />
game. 2001: Was the starting right guard in all 11 games.<br />
S H A U N<br />
8 7<br />
F E L D E IS E N<br />
S t o w<br />
S r . * W R * 6-1 * 218<br />
, M A / N a s h o b a R e g io n a l<br />
CAREER: Walk-on who was awarded a<br />
scholarship just prior to the start of the<br />
2002 season...Has appeared in 22 games with six starts for<br />
the <strong>Huskies</strong>...Made 42 career catches for 532 yards and<br />
two touchdowns. 2002: Had a breakthrough<br />
season...Second on the team in receiving yardage and<br />
receptions...Played in all 12 games with five starts, coming<br />
against Ball State, Miami, Temple, Navy and Iowa State...Led<br />
<strong>UConn</strong> with a career-high eight catches for 85 yards against<br />
the Cyclones...Had a touchdown catch against Florida<br />
Atlantic...Made four catches against Temple...Posted his first<br />
career 100-yard game when he caught a then career-high<br />
six passes for 101 yards against Georgia Tech, <strong>UConn</strong>’s<br />
lone 100-yard receiving effort of the season...Caught his<br />
first career TD at Boston College.<br />
Year GP/GS Rec. Yds. Avg. TD Long Avg./G<br />
2001 10/1 9 107 11.9 0 18 10.7<br />
2002 12/5 33 425 12.9 2 49 35.4<br />
Career 22/6 42 532 12.6 2 49 24.1<br />
Shaun Feldeisen is <strong>UConn</strong>’s leading returning receiver,<br />
making 33 catches in 2002 for 425 yards.<br />
S P R IN G P R O S P E C T U S 16<br />
Alfred Fincher ranked third for the <strong>Huskies</strong> with 92 tackles<br />
in 2002, including a career-high 15 at Boston College<br />
in his first career start.<br />
A L F R E D<br />
9<br />
FIN C H E R<br />
J r . *•LB * 6-1 * 242<br />
N o r w o o d , M A / Norw o o d<br />
CAREER: Has appeared in 23 games with<br />
11 starts...Made 102 career tackles (65 solo)<br />
with 12.5 tackles for loss...Switching from uniform No. 48 to<br />
No. 9 this spring. 2002: Started every game at middle linebacker,<br />
except Temple when <strong>UConn</strong> opened in a nickel<br />
package...Third for <strong>UConn</strong> in total tackles with 92, solo tackles<br />
with 58, and total tackles for loss with 10.5...Also recorded<br />
1.5 sacks, four pass break ups, three forced hurries, two<br />
fumble recoveries, one caused fumble and made one interception<br />
on the year...Made an immediate impact in his debut<br />
as a starter, leading <strong>UConn</strong> with 15 tackles at Boston College<br />
with two TFLs, a pass deflection and his first career<br />
interception...At Iowa State he recorded seven tackles with<br />
two TFLs, including a 14-yard sack, with a pass break up<br />
and two forced hurries...Had four tackles with a TFL, a forced<br />
fumble and a fumble recovery at Navy...Had his first career<br />
half sack to go with seven tackles and a fumble recovery at<br />
Vanderbilt...Despite seeing limited action against Temple due<br />
to the Owls’ spread offense, made five tackles with a 12-<br />
yard TFL...Made 13 stops against Ball State...Tied for the<br />
team lead with seven tackles at Buffalo...Had eight stops<br />
and a TFL against Georgia Tech. 2001: Played in 11 games<br />
as a reserve linebacker...Had 10 tackles, seven solo and<br />
three assisted...Recorded a pair of tackles for a loss against<br />
Eastern Michigan.<br />
Year GP/GS UT AT TT SKS TTFL INT PBU<br />
2001 11/0 7 3 10 0 2-3 0 0<br />
2002 12/11 58 34 92 1.5-18 10.5-49 1 4<br />
Career 23/11 65 37 102 1.5-18 12.5-52 1 4
KEY RETURNEES<br />
J O H N<br />
12<br />
F L E T C H E R<br />
J r . *•S * 5-9 * 186<br />
M ia m i, FL / Carol C ity<br />
CAREER: Has appeared in 21 career<br />
games with one start and made 39 tackles<br />
(28 solo) with three for a loss. 2002: Played in all 12 games<br />
on special teams and as a backup safety...Made 10 tackles<br />
on the year (seven solo)...Made eight tackles (six solo)<br />
against Kent State, tying for second most on the team...Also<br />
had stops against Miami and Iowa State. 2001: After not appearing<br />
in the first two games, saw his first action against<br />
Buffalo and played in every game from there on out...Started<br />
at defensive back at South Florida and had a career-high<br />
nine stops...Had six tackles in each of his first two games<br />
(Buffalo and at Rutgers)...In all, had 21 solo tackles and eight<br />
assisted...Finished with three tackles for losses, including<br />
an eight yard sack against Buffalo...Also, had two pass break<br />
ups.<br />
Year GP/GS UT AT TT SKS TTFL INT PBU<br />
2001 9/1 21 8 29 1-8 3-11 0 2<br />
2002 12/0 7 3 10 0 0 0 0<br />
Career 21/1 28 11 39 1-8 3-11 0 2<br />
J E F F<br />
5 6<br />
F O X<br />
J r . * 6 - 2 * 2 8 5<br />
P m o u t h M e e t g , P A / P m o u t h M t n g .<br />
*•C<br />
ly in ly<br />
2002: Saw action in all 12 games as the long<br />
snapper on all placement kicks and some<br />
punts...2001: Played in all 11 games as a back defensive lineman<br />
and long snapper...Assisted on one tackle at Cincinnati.<br />
J A M ES<br />
3 8<br />
H A R G R A V E<br />
S o . *•LB * 5-11 * 214<br />
P leastantville , N J / S t . J o s e p h<br />
2002 AND CAREER: Appeared in every<br />
game in 2002 as a true freshman with starts<br />
against Ohio and Ball State...Ranked second on the team with<br />
eight special teams tackles...<strong>UConn</strong>’s leading tackler amongst<br />
freshmen with 45...Earned <strong>UConn</strong>’s defensive game ball against<br />
Ohio and the special teams game ball at Iowa State...Had three<br />
solo special teams tackles at Iowa State...Contributed seven<br />
tackles to the win over Kent State...Had three tackles, two for<br />
loss, and recorded a sack in the win over Florida<br />
Atlantic...Started against Ball State and made four tackles, including<br />
a sack, before hurting his shoulder...Made the most of<br />
his first career start, leading <strong>UConn</strong> with 17 tackles (12 solo)<br />
against Ohio with a pair of TFLs and a pass pressure, earning<br />
him a game ball...Registered his first career sack against Georgia<br />
Tech...Made five tackles in his collegiate debut at Boston<br />
College.<br />
Year GP/GS UT AT TT SKS TTFL INT PBU<br />
2002 11/2 31 14 45 3-28 7-38 0 1<br />
17<br />
K E R O N<br />
1<br />
H E N R Y<br />
J r . *•W R * 6-2 * 218<br />
B r o o k lyn, N Y / B r o o k ly n T e c h n ic a l<br />
CAREER: Began his <strong>UConn</strong> career as a<br />
quarterback but has found a home at wide<br />
receiver...Has played in 19 total games with five<br />
starts...Appeared in six games as a wide receiver. 2002:<br />
Appeared in all 12 games...Moved from quarterback to receiver<br />
prior to the Temple game on Oct. 19...Became the<br />
first Husky since Tory Taylor in 1996 to gain yardage passing,<br />
rushing and receiving in the same season...Led <strong>UConn</strong><br />
with 42 receiving yards against Kent State, 33 of them coming<br />
on a spectacular grab of an off-line pass...Made two<br />
catches for 20 yards against FAU...Had one catch for zero<br />
yards on his 11 snaps against the Owls in his WR<br />
debut...Ran an option attack as a quarterback...Rushed for<br />
a TD at Buffalo...Saw the most action against Georgia Tech<br />
where he rushed for 19 yards on 10 carries and was two-offive<br />
passing for 40 yards, including a touchdown. 2001:<br />
<strong>UConn</strong>’s starting quarterback for five of the first six games...<br />
Battled injuries, suffering a hip pointer in the win over<br />
Rutgers that forced him to miss the game against Eastern<br />
Michigan...Missed the fourth quarter of the South Florida<br />
game with an injured knee...Was also out with a knee sprain<br />
against Ball State, Cincinnati and Utah State, but took over<br />
for an injured Dan Orlovsky at Middle Tennessee...Had 41<br />
completions for 106 yards with one touchdown and one<br />
interception...Also rushed for 166 yards on 61 carries for a<br />
23.9 yards-per-game average...Had a career-long 54-yard<br />
pass drop into the hands of O’Neil Wilson on a post pattern<br />
with 18 seconds left to go before the half against<br />
Buffalo...Had a 15-yard touchdown run against Virginia<br />
Tech...Also ran one in from 24 yards out against Rutgers,<br />
finishing the game with a team-high 60 yards on six carries.<br />
K IN N A N<br />
2 0<br />
H E R R IO T T<br />
J r . * LB * 5-11 * 216<br />
M c K e e s p o r t , P A / M c K e e s p o r t<br />
CAREER: Played in 19 games and had<br />
made 12 tackles in his Husky career. 2002:<br />
Appeared in 11 games as a reserve linebacker and also saw<br />
action on special teams...Made four tackles on the year. 2001:<br />
Played in eight games as a defensive back...Had eight tackles,<br />
five of which came against Temple.<br />
B IL L Y<br />
5 8<br />
IR W IN<br />
J r . * C * 6 - 2 * 2 8 1<br />
Fairfax, V A / Robin s o n S e c o n d a r y<br />
CAREER: Played in 13 games for <strong>UConn</strong><br />
at center with 12 starts. 2002: Started all<br />
12 games at center, joining left guard Brian Markowski as<br />
the only <strong>UConn</strong> offensive linemen to start every game. 2001:<br />
Played off of the bench at center against Buffalo.<br />
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s<br />
KEY RETURNEES<br />
M A R L O N<br />
3 2<br />
J O N E S<br />
J r . * C B * 5-8 * 163<br />
J a c k s o n v ille , F L / Ribault<br />
CAREER: Has appeared in 21 games with<br />
11 starts...Has made 79 career tackles, 60<br />
of them solos, and three interceptions...Expected to miss<br />
2003 spring practice after undergoing offseason shoulder<br />
surgery. 2002: Although narrowly losing a preseason race<br />
with Roy Hopkins, found a starting role with the loss of Justin<br />
Perkins to a knee injury...Appeared in all 12 games with<br />
11 starts (all but Boston College) and ranked seventh on<br />
the team in tackles...Nine tackles with a break up at Iowa<br />
State...Had an interception against Temple...Made nine tackles<br />
against Ohio...Had a career-high 10 tackles against<br />
Georgia Tech in his first career start...Made an interception<br />
at BC. 2001: A back-up cornerback who played in nine<br />
games...Finished with 14 tackles as he had 11 solo stops<br />
while assisting on three...Best single game effort came at<br />
South Florida where he logged six tackles in addition to<br />
picking off the first pass of his career...Also had a pair of<br />
kick returns in that game for 34 yards.<br />
Year GP/GS UT AT TT SKS TTFL INT PBU<br />
2001 9/0 11 3 14 0 0 1 1<br />
2002 12/11 49 16 65 0 0 2 8<br />
Career 21/11 60 19 79 0 0 3 9<br />
H A K E E M<br />
9 5<br />
K A S H A M A<br />
S r . * DE * 6-5 * 267<br />
B r a m pton, O N / B r a m a le a<br />
CAREER: Has appeared in 23 games with<br />
10 starts...Has made 57 career tackles (37<br />
solo), including 8.5 tackles for a loss and 1.5 sacks. 2002:<br />
Appeared in every game in 2002 with a start against Florida<br />
Atlantic...Made four stops at Iowa State with a<br />
TFL...Recorded five tackles, including a TFL, against Kent<br />
State...Had four tackles with a fumble recovery and three<br />
pressures against FAU...Had a season-high four tackles<br />
against Temple...Split a sack with Uyi Osunde against Ball<br />
State...Made at least two tackles in each of the first three<br />
games...Made three stops at Buffalo with a TFL. 2001: Starting<br />
defensive end that was lost after two games for the rest<br />
of the season after reinjuring his right knee during the Eastern<br />
Washington game...Prior to the injury, he made six tackles,<br />
five of which came against Virginia Tech. 2000: Appeared<br />
in nine games, starting seven... Missed the game<br />
vs. Buffalo with a sprained ankle and missed the season<br />
finale at Ball State with a torn ACL in his right knee... Did not<br />
start games vs. Northeastern and Louisville... Finished the<br />
season with 25 tackles, five for a loss, and one sack...Had<br />
a season-high six tackles in the win at Akron.<br />
Year GP/GS UT AT TT SKS TTFL INT PBU<br />
2000 9/7 17 8 25 1-7 5-12 0 0<br />
2001 2/2 4 2 6 0 0 0 0<br />
2002 12/1 16 10 26 0.5-1 3.5-7 0 0<br />
Career 23/10 37 20 57 1.5-8 8.5-19 0 0<br />
S P R IN G P R O S P E C T U S 18<br />
T Y L E R<br />
5 2<br />
K IN G<br />
J r . *•DE * 6-6 * 261<br />
North Attle b o r o , M A / A v o n O ld F a r m<br />
CAREER: Has appeared in 22 games with<br />
20 starts...Has recorded 66 tackles (47 solo)<br />
with 13 tackles for loss and 6.5 sacks. 2002: Second leading<br />
tackler on the line with 37 stops and also second in solo<br />
stops (27) and tied for second in QB pressures (12)...Had a<br />
streak of 17 consecutive starts at defensive end snapped<br />
when he missed the Florida Atlantic game after contracting<br />
the chicken pox...Returned to the lineup against Kent State<br />
and had six tackles with two TFLs, including a sack, and had<br />
a pass pressure...Had six tackles with a TFL at<br />
Vanderbilt...Had three pressures and five tackles against<br />
Temple...Made three tackles with one TFL against Ball<br />
State...Had four tackles, all solos, second-best in his career<br />
against Ohio while adding a TFL and a pressure...Made three<br />
solo stops against Georgia Tech. 2001: Played in 11 games,<br />
starting in each of the last nine...Had 29 tackles, 20 of which<br />
were solo and nine assisted...Led the team in sacks with<br />
five and half and recorded seven tackles for losses to finish<br />
third in the department...Forced one fumble and deflected a<br />
pass in the Buffalo game.<br />
Year GP/GS UT AT TT SKS TTFL INT PBU<br />
2001 11/9 20 9 29 5.5-28 7-36 0 1<br />
2002 11/11 27 10 37 1-3 6-21 0 2<br />
Career 22/20 47 19 66 6.5-31 13-57 0 3<br />
R Y A N<br />
7 3<br />
K R U G<br />
J r . *•O T * 6 - 4 * 2 9 7<br />
P in e B e a c h , N J / T o m s R iv e r S o u t h<br />
CAREER: An anchor piece to the offensive<br />
line who started 21 games during his first<br />
two seasons at <strong>UConn</strong>. 2002: Started the first four games<br />
and 10 total...Named All-Independent by College Football<br />
News...Missed his first career start against Ball State after<br />
fracturing his hand...Also missed the Miami game with that<br />
hand injury...Shared the offensive game ball with the rest of<br />
the offensive line and tight ends after the Navy game. 2001:<br />
Won the left tackle spot during spring practice and started all<br />
11 games.
y<br />
KEY RETURNEES<br />
KEY RETURNEES<br />
T IM<br />
L A S S E N 9 1<br />
S o . *•TE * 6-5 * 270<br />
C h e s h ir r , C T / C h e s h ir e<br />
2002 AND CAREER: Appeared in all 12<br />
games with starts against Ohio and Kent<br />
State...Played as a backup at tight end as also saw action on<br />
special teams...Of his three catches on the season, two went<br />
for touchdowns...Caught two passes at Navy, one of them a<br />
touchdown...Shared the offensive game ball at Navy with<br />
the offensive line and tight ends...Made his first career catch,<br />
a four-yard touchdown, against Florida Atlantic.<br />
Year GP/GS Rec. Yds. Avg. TD Long Avg./G<br />
2002 12/2 3 18 6.0 2 12 1.5<br />
M A U R IC E<br />
11<br />
L L O Y D<br />
J r . *•LB * 5-11 * 228<br />
D a y t o n a B e a c h , FL / M a in la n d<br />
CAREER: Has made 17 straight starts and<br />
appeared in 22 games overall at<br />
linebacker...Has 173 career tackles (118 solo) with 21 for a<br />
loss and four interceptions. 2002: Started every game at<br />
weakside linebacker and led the team in solo tackles (78),<br />
total tackles (113) and tackles for loss (18)...The 18 TFLs<br />
tied for second best for a single season in <strong>UConn</strong><br />
history...Made four interceptions during the final three<br />
games...Led <strong>UConn</strong> with 14 tackles and a pair of INTs at<br />
Iowa State...Earned the team’s defensive game ball at Navy<br />
where he led <strong>UConn</strong> with eight stops, including four TFLs,<br />
while also making an interception, breaking up a pass and<br />
making two fumble recoveries against the Mids...Made his<br />
first career interception in the Kent State win to accompany<br />
eight tackles, two hurries, a pass breakup and a forced<br />
fumble...Led <strong>UConn</strong> with 11 tackles and two TFLs at<br />
Vanderbilt...Topped the team with 14 tackles (12 solo) against<br />
Temple with a pair of TFLs, including a sack...Led <strong>UConn</strong><br />
with 14 tackles (11 solo) and four TFLs, including his first<br />
career sack, plus two forced hurries against Ball State...Made<br />
a career-high 16 tackles, including two TFLs in <strong>UConn</strong>’s win<br />
over Ohio...Added two TFLs to <strong>UConn</strong>’s win at Buffalo...Had<br />
eight stops (six solo) against Ga. Tech. 2001: Took over the<br />
starting will linebacker position after Kamari Stroman suffered<br />
a season-ending knee injury...In 10 games, had 60 tackles<br />
marking the fifth highest total on the squad...15 of those<br />
came against Middle Tennessee as he tied with Chris Meyer<br />
for the largest single game effort of the season...That capped<br />
a four-game stretch in which he had reached double figures<br />
in tackles...Starting with 11 against Ball State and at Cincinnati,<br />
he also made 13 against Utah State prior to the MTSU<br />
game...Made three tackles for losses with one each against<br />
Ball State, Cincinnati and Temple...Also forced a fumble<br />
against Utah State.<br />
Year GP/GS UT AT TT SKS TTFL INT PBU<br />
2001 10/5 40 20 60 0 3-10 0 0<br />
2002 12/12 78 35 113 2-13 18-44 4 5<br />
Career 22/17 118 55 173 2-13 21-54 4 5<br />
19<br />
B R IA N<br />
5 4<br />
M A R K O W S K I<br />
J r . * O G * 6 - 2 * 2 8 8<br />
C a r lstadt, N J / P a r a m u s C a t h o lic<br />
CAREER: Has yet to miss a start in his<br />
<strong>UConn</strong> career, starting 23 straight<br />
contests...Began his career at center and moved to right<br />
guard as a sophomore. 2002: Started all 12 games at right<br />
guard...Joined center Billy Irwin as the only Husky offensive<br />
linemen to start every game...Shared the offensive<br />
game ball at Navy with the rest of the offensive line and<br />
tight ends. 2001: Started all 11 games at center.<br />
T E R R Y<br />
3 6<br />
M c C L O W R Y<br />
S r . * TE * 6-2 * 249<br />
D e a r b o r n , M I / M ilford (CT) Academ<br />
CAREER: Has appeared in 27 games over<br />
three years as a fullback and on special<br />
teams while also working at tight end in practice. 2002: Was<br />
hampered all season by an ankle injury suffered during fall<br />
camp and appeared in eight games on special teams as a<br />
reserve...Fielded a short kickoff against Temple and returned<br />
it 11 yards. 2001: Played in 10 games at fullback, missing<br />
only Eastern Michigan...Carried the ball for the first time<br />
against Virginia Tech and had three at Temple...Also returned<br />
four kickoffs for 47 yards...Had a 17-yard return at Cincinnati.<br />
2000: Appeared in nine games at fullback and on special<br />
teams... Did not play vs. Buffalo or Boston College...<br />
Did not have a carry, but caught one pass for two yards...<br />
Also recorded two tackles.<br />
Maurice Lloyd led <strong>UConn</strong><br />
in both total tackles and<br />
tackles for loss in 2002,<br />
while also proving valuable<br />
in coverage with four interceptions,<br />
two of them coming<br />
at Iowa State.<br />
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KEY RETURNEES<br />
S P R IN G P R O S P E C T U S<br />
M IK E<br />
3 9<br />
M c IN T O S H<br />
S r . * LB * 5-11 * 223<br />
E d g e w o o d , M D / Edgew o o d<br />
CAREER: A key special teams player who<br />
has appeared in 26 games as a Husky with<br />
18 career tackles. 2002: Played in all 12 games on special<br />
teams and as a backup linebacker...Had 10 tackles on the<br />
year (four solo) with a pass breakup...Made a career-high<br />
five tackles in the season opener at Boston College...Named<br />
the Scout Team Player of the Week for the Kent State game.<br />
2001: Added depth to the linebacker position and appeared<br />
on special teams in all 11 games...Had eight tackles, half of<br />
which came at Cincinnati. 2000: Played in three games on<br />
special teams (Louisville, South Florida and Middle Tennessee)...<br />
Named Scout Team Player of the Week for the<br />
South Florida game.<br />
D E O N<br />
7 6<br />
M c P H E E<br />
S o . * D T * 6-2 * 273<br />
J a c k s o n v ille , FL / The Bolle s S c h o o l<br />
2002 AND CAREER: Played in all 12<br />
games as a reserve defensive tackle...<br />
Made 11 tackles (four solo) and forced a fumble...Had three<br />
tackles in both the Florida Atlantic and Kent State games.<br />
C H R IS<br />
5<br />
M E Y E R<br />
S r . * S S * 6 - 0 * 2 0 7<br />
C le a r w a t e r , FL / Clearw a t e r<br />
CAREER: A talented safety who has<br />
started 22 straight games...<strong>UConn</strong>’s active<br />
career leader with 216 tackles...Has also made 10 tackles<br />
for loss, seven interceptions and broken up 19 passes as a<br />
Husky. 2002: Started all 12 games and ranked second for<br />
<strong>UConn</strong> with 71 solo stops and also second on the team in<br />
total tackles...Forced a team-high five fumbles and ranked<br />
second for <strong>UConn</strong> with 12 pass break ups...Also added three<br />
interceptions on the year...Amongst <strong>UConn</strong>’s special teams<br />
tackle leaders with his seven...Led <strong>UConn</strong> with 10 tackles<br />
against Kent State, with one TFL, a forced fumble, two breakups<br />
and a 63-yard interception return for a touchdown, earning<br />
the team’s defensive game ball...Had a TFL, broke up a<br />
pass and forced a pair of fumbles at Vanderbilt...Made a<br />
career-high two TFLs against Temple...Had nine tackles<br />
against Ball State, including his first career sack, while also<br />
adding an interception (returned 38 yards) and two pass<br />
deflections...Had 10 solo stops (11 total) against Ohio and<br />
made a critical fourth-quarter interception that helped squash<br />
a potential Bobcat rally...Tied for the team lead with seven<br />
tackles at Buffalo...Led <strong>UConn</strong> with 11 total tackles and nine<br />
solos against Georgia Tech. 2001: <strong>UConn</strong>’s starting strong<br />
safety, played in all 11 games, starting all but the season<br />
opener at Virginia Tech...Led the team in tackles with 94<br />
(60 solo, 34 assisted)...Picked off four interceptions to lead<br />
2 0<br />
the <strong>Huskies</strong> in the department...Named the team’s defensive<br />
player of the year...Recorded 15 tackles at Cincinnati to<br />
tie for the team lead...Also, had 11 against Buffalo and at<br />
Rutgers and 10 against Ball State...Was awarded with the<br />
defensive game ball following the Rutgers game. 2000:<br />
Played in all 11 games, starting five at right safety... Started<br />
games vs. Colgate, Buffalo, Northeastern, Rhode Island and<br />
Ball State... Finished the season with 45 tackles... Had a<br />
season best ten tackles in game vs. Buffalo... Finished the<br />
season with nine tackles vs. both Rhode Island and Ball State.<br />
Year GP/GS UT AT TT SKS TTFL INT PBU<br />
2000 11/5 33 12 45 0 0 0 3<br />
2001 11/10 60 34 94 0 2-4 4 4<br />
2002 12/12 71 26 77 1-11 8-23 3 12<br />
Career 34/27 164 72 216 1-11 10-27 7 19<br />
S E A N<br />
9 9<br />
M U L C A H Y<br />
S r . *•D T * 6 - 6 * 2 9 5<br />
estport, C T / S t a p le s<br />
CAREER: Has yet to miss a game in his<br />
<strong>UConn</strong> career and has started 26 straight<br />
in the trenches...Matching his uniform number, has made 99<br />
career tackles (53 solo) with 11 for loss, including four sacks.<br />
2002: Started all 12 games...Third leading tackler on the line<br />
in 2002 with 29 tackles (15 solo), including six tackles for<br />
loss...Fourth on the team with 10 QB pressures...A colorful<br />
character off of the field...Recorded his first and only solo<br />
sack of the year at Iowa State...Shared a sack with Uyi<br />
Osunde against Florida Atlantic, his first of the year...Had<br />
two TFLs and a forced hurry against Ball State...Had five<br />
tackles, a TFL and two QB pressures at Buffalo. 2001: Moved<br />
to defensive tackle and started 11 games...Had 41 tackles<br />
with 22 solo and 19 assisted stops...Also had three tackles<br />
for losses, including two and a half sacks...Had one interception,<br />
which came at Rutgers...Made a career-high eight<br />
tackles in <strong>UConn</strong>’s first game of the year at Virginia Tech.<br />
2000: Played in all 11 games, starting six at defensive<br />
end...Started games vs. Buffalo, Northeastern, Louisville,<br />
Middle Tennessee, Rhode Island and Ball State... Totaled 29<br />
tackles, two for a loss... Recorded a season-high five tackles<br />
in two games, vs. Boston College and Rhode Island.<br />
Year GP/GS UT AT TT SKS TTFL INT PBU<br />
2000 11/6 16 13 29 0 2-7 0 2<br />
2001 11/11 22 19 41 2.5-11 3-12 1 1<br />
2002 12/12 15 14 29 1.5-7 6-17 0 0<br />
Career 34/29 53 46 99 4-18 11-36 1 3<br />
L A U R E N C E<br />
6 6<br />
O L IV E R<br />
H o m<br />
S r . *•O G * 6-4 * 274<br />
estead, P A / S t e e l V a lle y<br />
CAREER: Has played in 21 games for the<br />
<strong>Huskies</strong> with five starts. 2002: Appeared in<br />
nine games for <strong>UConn</strong>. 2001: Played in eight games and<br />
started six at left guard. 2000: Played in four games (Colgate,<br />
Middle Tennessee, Rhode Island and Ball State), starting at<br />
left guard vs. Middle Tennessee.
KEY RETURNEES<br />
D A N<br />
7<br />
O R L O V S K Y<br />
J r . *•Q B * 6 - 5 * 2 2 9<br />
S h e lton, C T / S h e lton<br />
CAREER: Amongst the school’s career leaders<br />
in most passing categories...Has started<br />
18 games at quarterback and has played in 22 total...349-for-<br />
635 passing in his career (55.0%) for 3,867 yards with 28<br />
touchdowns and 22 interceptions for a 113.74 rating...Switching<br />
from uniform No. 14 to No. 7 this spring. 2002: <strong>UConn</strong>’s starting<br />
quarterback for every game...Hit on 221 of his 366 passes<br />
(60.4%) for 2,488 yards with 19 touchdowns and 11<br />
interceptions...The 2,488 yards was the fourth-best single<br />
season total in <strong>UConn</strong> history while his 221 completions ranked<br />
second best, his 366 attempts third best, and his 19 passing<br />
touchdowns ranked fourth best...Ranked 38th in the nation in<br />
passing efficiency (128.60 rating), 30th in completions (18.42<br />
per game) and 36th in points responsible for (11.50 per<br />
game)...Threw a TD pass in all 12 games, joining Shane<br />
Stafford (1997) as the only <strong>Huskies</strong> to throw a TD pass in<br />
every game for an entire season...Showed an increased running<br />
ability, rushing for 132 positive yards (non-sacks/TFLs)<br />
after carrying for just 43 in 2001 and also ranked second on<br />
the team with four rushing TDs...Named <strong>UConn</strong>’s co-offensive<br />
player of the year, sharing the honor with Terry<br />
Caulley...In <strong>UConn</strong>’s season-ending four-game win streak, he<br />
threw for 11 touchdowns against just two interceptions...Had<br />
a streak of 77 consecutive pass attempts without an interception<br />
from the Boston College game to the Ohio game...Threw<br />
for three TDs, including a backbreaking 51-yard toss to Jason<br />
Williams, in <strong>UConn</strong>’s win at Iowa State...Completed his first<br />
11 passes at Navy en route to a career high 29 to go with 272<br />
passing yards and three TDs...Accounted for three TDs (two<br />
passing, one rushing) before being pulled at the half against<br />
Kent State... Earned the offensive game ball against Florida<br />
Atlantic after going 13-for-19 for 218 yards and a career-high<br />
tying three TD passes before being pulled at halftime...Led<br />
<strong>UConn</strong> on two 95-yard drives vs. Ball State, capping the second<br />
one with a one-yard TD plunge with 0:29 to play...Guided<br />
<strong>UConn</strong> to 31 second half points to beat Ohio...Hit on 18-of-29<br />
for 242 yards with one passing TD and one rushing TD in the<br />
win at Buffalo...Led the <strong>Huskies</strong> on a 12-play, 90-yard TD drive<br />
at BC in the team’s opening possession of the season...Drive<br />
was part of a monster first half that saw him go 14-for-17 (82%)<br />
for 132 yards. 2001: Was turned to after starting quarterback<br />
Keron Henry suffered a hip pointer at Rutgers, Orlovsky<br />
played in 10 games and made six starts....Became the first<br />
true freshman signal caller to start for <strong>UConn</strong> since 1992 in<br />
<strong>UConn</strong>’s 19-0 blanking of Eastern Michigan...Had 128<br />
completions for 269 yards and nine touchdowns with 11 interceptions<br />
while also adding a pair of rushing<br />
touchdowns...Had a career day at Cincinnati in which he finished<br />
with three touchdowns and 382 passing yards, which<br />
ranks as the fourth highest single game total in school history<br />
and the most ever by a freshman...He had 27 completions<br />
in that game, which is the ninth highest single game<br />
total in program history...It was during that game that he completed<br />
a 60-yard pass to Wes Timko, marking the longest<br />
2 1<br />
completion of the season...Had a career long 25-yard run<br />
against Utah State...The first quarterback in school history<br />
to throw the ball 100 or more times in two consecutive games<br />
with 50 attempts at Cincinnati and 51 at Utah State.<br />
Year GP/GS A-C-I PCT YDS TD EFF<br />
2001 10/6 269-128-11 47.6 1379 9 93.51<br />
2002 12/12 366-221-11 60.4 2488 19 128.60<br />
Career 22/18 635-349-22 55.0 3867 28 113.74<br />
After two years at <strong>UConn</strong>, Dan Orlovsky ranks in the<br />
top five of most school career passing categories.<br />
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KEY RETURNEES<br />
U Y I<br />
9 7<br />
O S U N D E<br />
S r . * * *<br />
B s b u r g , P A / C e n t r a l C o m b<br />
DE 6-3 243<br />
loom lu ia<br />
CAREER: A converted linebacker who has<br />
appeared in 34 career games with 25 career<br />
starts...One of two active <strong>Huskies</strong> with over 200 career<br />
tackles...24.5 career tackles for loss rank fifth best in <strong>UConn</strong><br />
history...Also has 11.5 career sacks to his credit...Had<br />
offseason shoulder surgery and may miss part of spring<br />
drills...2002: Started all 12 games...Earned honorable mention<br />
All-ECAC honors...Led the <strong>Huskies</strong> with his 9.5 sacks<br />
and 19 QB pressures and was second on the team with<br />
15.5 total tackles for loss...His 15.5 tackles for loss was the<br />
fifth-best seasonal total in <strong>UConn</strong> history...By far led all down<br />
linemen with 76 tackles, 39 more than second-place Tyler<br />
King’s 37...Broke up a pass in coverage...Also played on<br />
special teams...Had eight tackles, including a 13-yard sack<br />
at Iowa State...Made seven tackles with a sack and two total<br />
TFLs at Navy...Blocked a punt and had 1.5 sacks against<br />
Florida Atlantic, earning him both the defensive game ball<br />
and the special teams game ball...Made <strong>UConn</strong>’s lone sack<br />
of Miami’s Ken Dorsey...Recorded 1.5 sacks with a forced<br />
hurry against Ball State...Had two sacks and two other TFLs<br />
in <strong>UConn</strong>’s win at Buffalo. 2001: Missed the season after<br />
undergoing successful surgery on his right shoulder on September<br />
4. 2000: Played in all 11 games, starting nine at<br />
outside linebacker... Did not start vs. Northeastern and<br />
Louisville...Finished the season third on the squad with 87<br />
tackles, five for a loss, and one sack...Also forced one<br />
fumble...Tied the team lead with five double-digit tackle efforts,<br />
including a season-high 13 vs. Ball State. 1999: Played<br />
in all 11 games for the <strong>Huskies</strong>, starting the final four at<br />
outside linebacker...Totaled 48 tackles on the year, four for<br />
a loss, and one sack... Averaged 10.3 tackles per game in<br />
his four starts...Registered 14 tackles in his first career start<br />
vs. Richmond...Had 11 tackles the next week vs. Northeastern<br />
and totaled 11 tackles in the season finale at UMass.<br />
Year GP/GS UT AT TT SKS TTFL INT PBU<br />
1999 11/4 32 16 48 1-6 4-16 0 0<br />
2000 11/9 45 42 87 1-5 5-21 0 0<br />
2002 12/12 51 25 76 9.5-70 15.5-88 0 1<br />
Career 34/25 128 83 211 11.5-81 24.5-125 0 1<br />
Senior Uyi Osunde led the <strong>Huskies</strong> with 9.5 sacks as a<br />
junior in 2001 and presently ranks fifth in <strong>UConn</strong> history<br />
with 24.5 career tackles for loss.<br />
J U S T IN<br />
2<br />
P E R K IN S<br />
J r . *•C B * 5-11 * 177<br />
F o r t L a u d e r d a le , FL / Plantation<br />
CAREER: A regular starter at cornerback<br />
in 2001 and perhaps the team’s best cover<br />
man...Started the first 12 games of his career before suffering<br />
a knee injury in the 2002 season opener at Boston<br />
College...Should return to the field this spring. 2002: Was<br />
injured in the season opener at Boston College and missed<br />
the entire season...Made two tackles prior to the injury. 2001:<br />
Started in 11 games at the cornerback position...Fourth-leading<br />
tackler on the team with 61...Had six tackles for<br />
losses...Also recovered a pair of fumbles and had one<br />
interception...Broke up a team-high nine passes...Made a<br />
career-high 13 tackles at Virginia Tech...Had five tackles,<br />
three of which went for losses and had one interception to<br />
earn the game ball following the win against Eastern<br />
Michigan...Returned nine kicks for 212 yards, an average of<br />
23.6 per return...Had the longest return of any <strong>UConn</strong> player<br />
on the season as he brought one back 44 yards against<br />
Middle Tennessee.<br />
Year GP/GS UT AT TT SKS TTFL INT PBU<br />
2001 11/11 48 13 61 0 6-27 1 9<br />
2002 1/1 1 1 2 0 0 0 0<br />
Career 12/12 49 14 63 0 6-27 1 9<br />
S P R IN G P R O S P E C T U S 2 2
KEY RETURNEES<br />
KEY RETURNEES<br />
C H A N D L E R<br />
P O O L E 2 8<br />
S r . *•T B * 5-11 * 204<br />
F o r t L a u d e r d a le , FL / W e s t e r n<br />
CAREER: Has appeared in 17 games for<br />
<strong>UConn</strong>, making one start in each of the past<br />
two seasons...371 career rushing yards on 102 carries. 2002:<br />
Was the top backup at tailback and appeared in 10 games<br />
(all but Temple and Vanderbilt), starting against<br />
Miami...Second on the team in rushing yards with 215...Carried<br />
the ball 14 times for 59 yards at Navy...Gained 56 yards<br />
on 10 carries, including a 47-yard gallop, against Florida<br />
Atlantic...Led <strong>UConn</strong> with eight carries for 39 yards at<br />
Miami...Five carries for 15 yards and his first career reception<br />
against Ball State...Four rushes for 15 yards against Georgia<br />
Tech. 2001: A fullback who made his first career start in<br />
the game vs. Middle Tennessee and promptly recorded the<br />
first 100 yard rushing performance of the season for <strong>UConn</strong><br />
by getting to the mark on 22 carrries...Sprained his left ankle<br />
on the carry that put him at 100 yards and was forced to<br />
leave the game...Also appeared at Virginia Tech where he<br />
had six carries for 14 yards and against Eastern Washington<br />
where he ran two times for five yards. 2000: Played in<br />
four games (Eastern Michigan, Northeastern, Louisville,<br />
Boston College) as a reserve tailback... Carried the ball 19<br />
times for 37 yards on the season.<br />
Year GP/GS Att. Yds. TD Avg. | Rec. Yds. TD<br />
2000 4/0 19 37 0 9.3 | 0 0 0<br />
2001 3/1 30 119 0 39.7 | 0 0 0<br />
2002 10/1 53 215 0 21.5 | 1 7 0<br />
Career 17/2 102 371 0 21.8 | 1 7 0<br />
G R A N T<br />
7 8<br />
P R E S T O N<br />
S o . *•O T * 6 - 5 * 2 9 5<br />
M e c h a n ic s b u r g , P A / M e c h a n ic s b u r g<br />
2002 AND CAREER: Started every game<br />
at right guard except for the Navy game,<br />
which he missed with pneumonia...Shared a game ball with<br />
the rest of the offensive line and tight ends for their play<br />
against Navy...Shifting over to tackle from guard this spring.<br />
T E R R A N C E<br />
2 2<br />
S M IT H<br />
P o m<br />
S r . *•S * 5-11 * 195<br />
p a n o B e a c h , F L / C o c o n u t C r e e k<br />
CAREER: Has made 26 consecutive starts<br />
at safety dating back to the 2000<br />
season...Appeared in 33 games with 30 starts for the<br />
<strong>Huskies</strong>...Has made 186 tackles (132 solo) in his three-year<br />
career with eight tackles for loss and four interceptions. 2002:<br />
Ranked sixth on the team, and second amongst defensive<br />
backs, with his 72 total tackles, while his 56 solo tackles<br />
ranked fourth on the squad...Made his lone interception of<br />
the year at Iowa State...Had a TFL, forced a fumble and broke<br />
2 3<br />
up a pass at Navy...Made 10 stops (eight solo) at Vanderbilt,<br />
tying for second on the squad...Had eight stops against the<br />
Hurricanes...Tied his career high by making 11 tackles<br />
against Ohio, with eight solos and one TFL...Had eight total<br />
tackles against both Boston College and Georgia Tech.<br />
2001: Made a move to free safety and started all 11<br />
games...Made 54 tackles and had one interception against<br />
Eastern Michigan...Had one tackle for a seven-yard loss in<br />
the same game...Reached double-digits with a season-high<br />
10 stops at Middle Tennessee. 2000: Played in ten games,<br />
starting seven at cornerback... Missed the Akron game with<br />
a sprained ankle... Started games vs. Buffalo, Northeastern,<br />
Louisville, Boston College, Middle Tennessee, Rhode<br />
Island and Ball State... Totaled 60 tackles on the season,<br />
sixth on the team... Also recorded four tackles for a loss<br />
and a team-leading two interceptions...Had a season-high<br />
11 tackles vs. Northeastern and added an interception...Also<br />
recorded an interception vs. Colgate.<br />
Year GP/GS UT AT TT SKS TTFL INT PBU<br />
2000 10/7 42 18 60 0 4-8 2 6<br />
2001 11/11 34 20 54 0 1-7 1 2<br />
2002 12/12 56 16 72 0 3-9 1 7<br />
Career 33/30 132 54 186 0 8-24 4 15<br />
Terrance Smith has made 26 consecutive starts at safety<br />
for <strong>UConn</strong> dating back to his freshman year of 2000. He<br />
is <strong>UConn</strong>’s third leading active tackler with 186, trailing<br />
just Chris Meyer (216) and Uyi Osunde (211).<br />
T A U R IEN<br />
4 7<br />
S O W ELL<br />
S o . * LB * 6-1 * 232<br />
B r id g e p o r t , C T / B r id g e p o r t C e n t r a l<br />
2002 AND CAREER: Played in the first 10<br />
games of the season on special teams and<br />
as a reserve linebacker...Had four tackles on the year (three<br />
solo).<br />
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KEY RETURNEES<br />
J A S O N<br />
8 0<br />
W ILLIA M S<br />
S o . * W R * 6-0 * 180<br />
M c K e e s p o r t , P A / M c K e e s p o r t<br />
2002 AND CAREER: Appeared in all 12<br />
games with starts against Ball State, Miami<br />
and Temple...The most productive true backup of the<br />
wide receiver group, catching 23 passes for 354<br />
yards...Worked out with the indoor track team this winter<br />
and placed seventh in the 55 meters at the BIG EAST<br />
Championship...Had a 53-yard TD catch in the fourth quarter<br />
to help seal the Iowa State win...Had an 18-yard TD catch<br />
at Navy...Two catches for a career-high 64 yards against<br />
Florida Atlantic...Had a 53-yard catch at Vanderbilt...Tied<br />
for the team lead with five catches against Ball State, good<br />
for 47 yards...His 26-yard TD reception helped jump start<br />
<strong>UConn</strong>’s rally against Ohio...Had three catches for 40 yards<br />
at Buffalo...Had three catches for 24 yards at BC.<br />
Year GP/GS Rec. Yds. Avg. TD Long Avg./G<br />
2002 12/3 23 354 15.4 3 53 29.5<br />
O ’N E IL<br />
8 8<br />
W IL S O N<br />
J r . *•W R * 6-3 * 182<br />
S c a r b o r o u g h , O N / C e n t r a l T e c h n ic a l<br />
CAREER: Appeared in 22 games for<br />
<strong>UConn</strong> with nine starts...Has 34 career<br />
catches for 379 yards with two touchdowns. 2002: Had a<br />
strong fall camp and played in all 12 contests, starting against<br />
Vanderbilt, Florida Atlantic, Kent State, Navy and Iowa<br />
State...Had 20 catches on the year for 181 yards...Made three<br />
catches for 24 yards at Iowa State...Had a career-high six<br />
catches at Navy...Made two grabs for 21 yards against Kent<br />
State...Had four catches at Vanderbilt, good for 38<br />
yards...Nearly caught Dan Orlovsky’s Hail Mary pass in the<br />
end zone in the final seconds of the Temple game...Caught<br />
an eight-yard pass at Miami...Had an 11-yard catch against<br />
Georgia Tech. 2001: Worked into the receiver rotation with<br />
appearances in 10 games and four starts...Had 14 receptions<br />
for 198 yards and two touchdowns...Averaged 14.1<br />
yards per catch, which was the second highest total on the<br />
team...Brought in a 54-yard touchdown pass in heavy traffic<br />
against Buffalo with ten seconds left to go before<br />
halftime...Also found the end zone at South Florida on a 10-<br />
yard strike.<br />
Year GP/GS Rec. Yds. Avg. TD Long Avg./G<br />
2001 10/4 14 198 14.1 2 54 19.8<br />
2002 12/5 20 181 9.1 0 25 15.1<br />
Career 22/9 34 379 11.1 2 54 17.2<br />
B R A N D O N<br />
8 3<br />
Y O U N G<br />
Jason WIlliams made three starts as a freshman in 2002<br />
and posted a solid 25 receptions on the year, including<br />
three touchdowns, one of them a back-breaking fourth<br />
quarter 53-yard strike at Iowa State.<br />
J E R M ELL<br />
19<br />
W ILLIA M S<br />
S o . * Q B * 6-2 * 188<br />
H o lly w o o d , FL / M c A r t h u r<br />
2002 AND CAREER: Played in four games<br />
(Ball State, Miami, Florida Atlantic and Kent<br />
State) as a backup quarterback...Was 8-of-15 on the year<br />
for 136 yards with one touchdown and a team-best 151.49<br />
efficiency rating...Also gained 34 yards on 13 rushes, including<br />
a touchdown...Hit on four of his five passes against<br />
Kent State for 72 yards with his first touchdown pass, a 28-<br />
yard strike to Joe Villapiano...Was four-for-nine for 64 yards<br />
against Florida Atlantic while gaining 22 yards on six carries,<br />
including a one-yard touchdown sneak.<br />
S o . *•W R * 6-0 * 192<br />
M o r g a n z a , M D / H a r g r a v e ( V A ) M ilita r y<br />
2002 AND CAREER: Earned a space in the<br />
receiver rotation and appeared in all 12<br />
contests...Also the team’s top punt returner for a while,<br />
backup kick returner and a gunner on the punt team...Made<br />
22 catches on the year for 269 yards with two touchdowns<br />
while returning 12 punts for 77 yards and one kickoff for 21<br />
yards...Made two catches for 28 yards against Kent<br />
State...Led <strong>UConn</strong> with five catches and 69 receiving yards<br />
against Florida Atlantic, also catching his second career<br />
TD...Two catches for 24 yards against Ball State...Had a pair<br />
of catches and a 33-yard punt return against Ohio...Made a<br />
nine-yard TD reception, the first score of his career, against<br />
Georgia Tech...Caught three passes in his collegiate debut<br />
at Boston College.<br />
Year GP/GS Rec. Yds. TD | PR Yds. Avg. TD<br />
2002 12/0 22 269 2 | 12 77 6.4 0<br />
S P R IN G P R O S P E C T U S 2 4
2003 SIGNEES<br />
2003 CONNECTICUT NATIONAL LETTER OF INTENT SIGNEES<br />
PLAYER POS. HT. WT. HOMETOWN / HIGH SCHOOL<br />
Allen, Shaun DL 6-2 220 Temple Hills, MD / Crossland<br />
Anoai, Afa DL 6-2 260 Bethlehem, PA / Freedom<br />
Atwell, Chad OL 6-5 295 West Springfield, MA / West Springfield<br />
Barnes, Allan DB 6-0 175 Starke, FL / Bradford County<br />
Dillon, Brandon DL 6-4 225 Pittston, PA / Pittston Area<br />
Dorvil, Sam FB 5-10 225 Lauderhill, FL / Cardinal Gibbons<br />
Fogarty, Seth WR 6-1 190 Morgantown, WV / Morgantown<br />
Ford, Donnell DB 6-1 180 Dania, FL / Hollywood Hills<br />
Hall, Michael LB/DL 6-2 225 St. Petersburg, FL / Lakewood<br />
Henegan, Ryan LB 6-1 230 Arlington, TX / Nolan Catholic<br />
Kersmanc, Brian OL 6-5 295 Lititz, PA / Manheim Township<br />
Lansanah, Danny LB 6-1 225 Harrisburg, PA / Harrisburg<br />
Lawrence, Matt RB 6-1 195 Bloomfield, CT / Bloomfield<br />
Mack, Gary DL 6-3 215 Kingston, PA / Wyoming Seminary<br />
Moore, Dontá DB 6-1 180 Tampa, FL / Blake<br />
Smith, Jahi DB 5-11 180 Suitland, MD / Suitland<br />
Stanback, Harold DL 6-1 220 Temple Hills, MD / Bishop McNamara<br />
Taylor, Marvin DB 5-11 180 New Brunswick, NJ / New Brunswick<br />
Ushler, Brian OL 6-4 250 Hatfield, PA / North Penn<br />
Wilson, Maurice DL 6-3 245 New Haven, CT / Hyde Leadership<br />
SHAUN ALLEN – Named second-team all-county…Fouryear<br />
starter at tight end and linebacker…Team captain…<br />
Senior season cut short after six games due to a hand injury<br />
but still made 73 tackles with 7.5 sacks, forced four<br />
fumbles, recovering two and contributing 16 catches for 286<br />
yards and three touchdowns...Led his team with 85 tackles<br />
as a junior to accompany six sacks.<br />
AFA ANOAI – Pronounced OFF-ah on-oh-wah-hee… Selected<br />
for the 2003 U.S. Army All-American Game at the<br />
Alamodome in San Antonio…Named all-state as a senior and<br />
was a three-time All-Area pick on the defensive line by both<br />
the Allentown Morning Call and the Easton Express<br />
Times…Named first-team All-Region by PrepStar…Also a<br />
three-time all-conference pick… Has been nominated for the<br />
Big 33 (Pennsylvania-Ohio) all-star Game, but teams have<br />
not yet been chosen…A three-year starter and team captain<br />
as a senior…Also played fullback…Made 214 career tackles,<br />
including 23 sacks and 34 total tackles for loss while also<br />
recovering 12 fumbles...Father, Afa, and uncle, Sika, formed<br />
the three-time WWE tag-team champion “Wild Samoans.”<br />
CHAD ATWELL – Named All-Western Massachusetts and<br />
All-League…Started for four years at offensive tackle, two<br />
years at defensive tackle and also punted during his senior<br />
year…Helped his team to the 2000 Western Massachusetts<br />
Super Bowl…In his two years on defense, made 125 tackles,<br />
nine sacks, blocked seven extra points, knocked down<br />
11 passes, forced six fumbles and recovered nine.<br />
ALLAN BARNES – Was a first-team All-Area pick and received<br />
honorable mention all-state honors…Participated in<br />
the North Florida Shrine Bowl all-star Game…Made 16 career<br />
interceptions and returned two for touchdowns…As a<br />
senior, recorded 55 tackles with 12 pass breakups and also<br />
caught 28 passes for 575 yards and four touchdowns…Played<br />
cornerback, wide receiver, quarterback, running back and<br />
punted in high school…Team captain…Also lettered four<br />
years in track and three years in basketball.<br />
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BRANDON DILLON – Has been nominated for the Big 33<br />
(Pennsylvania-Ohio) all-star Game and the Pennsylvania<br />
East-West Game, but those teams have not yet been<br />
chosen…Started at both tight end and<br />
linebacker…Transferred for his senior year from Marshall<br />
High School in Rochester, N.Y…Was named first-team allcity<br />
at Marshall and was the school’s Offensive Player of<br />
the Year as a wide receiver…Also started on the varsity<br />
basketball teams at both Pittston Area and Marshall.<br />
SAM DORVIL – A second-team All-Broward County pick…A<br />
two-way player who ran for 563 yards and eight touchdowns<br />
in just six games as a senior and also made 79 tackles for<br />
the year…A team captain…Also an all-state wrestler who won<br />
two county and three district championships…Helped Cardinal<br />
Gibbons win the 2002 1A State Wrestling Championship.<br />
SETH FOGARTY – Named first-team all-state as both a<br />
junior and senior and each year was a finalist for West Virginia<br />
Player of the Year…Also twice named all-conference<br />
and named to the Dominion Post all-star team…Gained<br />
2,003 receiving yards on 110 catches with 22 touchdowns<br />
during his combined junior and senior years…Helped<br />
Morgantown to the 2000 AAA State Championship with a<br />
14-0 record as the starting strong safety and started at wide<br />
receiver as the team advanced to the 2001 state<br />
semifinals…Also a four-year basketball letterman…Honor<br />
Roll student who also volunteers for the Special Olympics<br />
and the Boys & Girls Club…Younger brother of <strong>UConn</strong><br />
redshirt freshman quarterback Shane Fogarty.<br />
DONNELL FORD – Named all-county as both a junior and<br />
a senior…Was the leading tackler in Broward County for<br />
2002 amongst safeties…Played in both the Florida North<br />
vs. South all-star Game and the Dade-Broward all-star<br />
Game...Team captain.
2003 SIGNEES<br />
2003 SIGNEES<br />
MICHAEL HALL – Named St. Petersburg Times ’ allsuncoast<br />
first team…Received All-Pinellas County recognition<br />
three times and was also named first-team all-conference<br />
as a senior…Helped Lakewood to district title in<br />
2002 and a berth in the 4A regional semifinals…Team<br />
captain…Honor Roll student who won an Ebony Scholar’s<br />
Award…Has earned a student pilot’s license and gained<br />
the rank of Cadet Major in the Civil Air Patrol.<br />
RYAN HENEGAN – Named first team all-state and his<br />
district’s Defensive MVP as both a junior and<br />
senior…Named All-Area as both a junior and senior in Fort<br />
Worth/Arlington…Recorded over 30 career sacks, 14 of<br />
them coming his senior year…Named one of the<br />
Southwest’s top 200 prospects by The Sporting<br />
News…Rated as a national super sleeper by Max Emfinger’s<br />
Blue Chip Recruiting…Will become the first Texan to play<br />
for the <strong>Huskies</strong> since LB Louis Waggoner (Vernon, Texas)<br />
in 1998.<br />
BRIAN KERSMANC – Pronounced KERS-man (“c” is<br />
silent)…Named first-team all-state, All-District and All-<br />
League in 2002…Also named second-team All-League on<br />
defense…Has been nominated for the Big 33 (Pennsylvania-Ohio)<br />
all-star Game, but teams have not yet been<br />
chosen…Also named All-League as a junior…A Pennsylvania<br />
Academic All-American…A three-year starter on both<br />
sides of the ball.<br />
DANNY LANSANAH – Pronounced lân-sân-ah…Named<br />
first-team Mid-Penn all-conference at tight end and secondteam<br />
all-conference at linebacker…Participated in the East-<br />
West all-star Game…Also played forward for 16-0 state<br />
championship basketball team and was named the MVP of<br />
the recent Slam Fest Tournament.<br />
MATT LAWRENCE –Rushed for 1,950 yards as a junior on<br />
130 carries (15 yards per carry)…SuperPrep All-American<br />
in 2001 and named to Tom Lemming’s National Top 100<br />
list…Named MVP of the 2001 State Championship Game<br />
after rushing for 268 yards and four touchdowns in the first<br />
half…A two-time all-state and all-conference<br />
selection…Started at tailback for two years and started at<br />
free safety and wide receiver as a sophomore…Team<br />
captain...Also earned all-state honors in the triple jump and<br />
competed in the 100 yard dash and on the school’s 4x100<br />
relay team…Helped the Warhawk basketball team to the<br />
2001 Class S State Championship.<br />
GARY MACK – Was named first-team all-conference at both<br />
defensive end and tight end in 2001 and garnered conference<br />
Defensive MVP honors…Earned four varsity letters in<br />
baseball and wrestling in addition to his three in<br />
football…Went 25-3 on the mats in 2001 to earn all-conference<br />
honors...Great uncle is Billy Joe, head coach at Florida<br />
A&M, who has compiled a 228-94-4 career record.<br />
DONTÁ MOORE – Pronounced don-tay…Named a first<br />
team all-star in 2002 for football-rich Hillsborough<br />
County…Had 116 tackles with 12 pass break ups and three<br />
interceptions as a senior, after making 73 tackles with 16<br />
pass break ups and three interceptions as a junior…Also<br />
caught 27 passes his senior year for 407 yards and two<br />
touchdowns…Returned punts and kicks as well...Team captain.<br />
JAHI SMITH – Pronounced jah-hee…Honorable mention<br />
All-Metro by The Washington Post…Was named All-Prince<br />
George’s County and All-League as a senior…A three-year<br />
starter and four-year letterman…Also ran track as a freshman<br />
and sophomore and was a regional finalist in the indoor<br />
55 meters as a sophomore…Honor Roll student.<br />
HAROLD STANBACK – A consensus first-team all-state<br />
choice in 2002 and an honorable mention all-state selection<br />
as a junior…Named All-Metro by The Washington<br />
Post…A three-time all-conference pick at defensive<br />
end…Had 89 tackles and 11 sacks as a junior en route to<br />
the school’s career sack record…A two-way starter at both<br />
fullback and defensive end…Team captain…Also played<br />
basketball during his freshman and sophomore years.<br />
MARVIN TAYLOR – Named to the Gannett New Jersey All-<br />
State first team as a defensive back…Named Offensive<br />
Player of the Year by the Home News Tribune as a<br />
quarterback…Combining his junior and senior seasons, had<br />
nine interceptions on defense and offensively passed for<br />
2,664 yards while rushing for 1,576 more…Team went 11-1<br />
his senior year, losing by one point in the Central Group II<br />
Championship Game…Also named all-state in basketball<br />
as a junior, averaging 21 points per game…Is averaging 19<br />
points a game so far this year as a senior.<br />
BRIAN USHLER – Named All-Area by the Philadelphia Inquirer,<br />
Norristown Times Herald and Doylestown<br />
Intelligencer…Also named All-Southeastern Pennsylvania<br />
by the Inquirer…A first team all-conference choice…Team<br />
captain…In 2002, team posted a 10-3 record and captured<br />
the Suburban One National Conference Championship, the<br />
first team in school history to win the District One title.<br />
MAURICE WILSON – Named honorable mention all-state<br />
by the New Haven Register as a senior and a two-time firstteam<br />
all-conference selection at defensive end…Had 151<br />
career solo tackles and 78 assists to accompany 15.5 sacks,<br />
four blocked punts, four blocked extra points, seven fumble<br />
recoveries and a touchdown…2001 Connecticut Class S<br />
State Outdoor Champion in the discus throw and placed<br />
third in the state in the shot put at the 2001 Indoors.<br />
S P R IN G P R O S P E C T U S<br />
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KEY LOSSES<br />
KEY LOSSES<br />
T O M M Y<br />
C O L L IN S<br />
J a c k s o n v ille , FL / Bishop Kenny<br />
CAREER: Appeared in 42 games for<br />
<strong>UConn</strong>, starting 16...Had 69 career catches<br />
for 802 yards and 10 touchdowns...His 10 career touchdown<br />
catches tie for the second most ever by a <strong>UConn</strong> tight<br />
end...Made a catch in each of his final 15 career<br />
games...Participated in the Paradise Classic in January, 2003.<br />
2002: One of three tri-captains for the <strong>Huskies</strong>...A physical<br />
tight end who had a career year as a pass receiver...Named<br />
All-Independent by College Football News and honorable<br />
mention All-ECAC...Served as the long snapper on punt plays<br />
and made six tackles in coverage...Started all 12 games...Led<br />
<strong>UConn</strong> with his 39 receptions, 497 receiving yards, and six<br />
TDs...The 39 catches marked the fifth-best season ever for<br />
a <strong>UConn</strong> tight end while both his six TDs in 2002 and his 10<br />
career TDs tied for second best ever by a <strong>UConn</strong> tight<br />
end...Made a TD catch at Iowa State...Had a career-high<br />
seven catches, all in the second half, for 84 yards with one<br />
TD against Temple...Led <strong>UConn</strong> with three catches for 40<br />
yards and a TD at Miami...Tied for the team lead with five<br />
catches against Ball State...Set a career season-high when<br />
he eclipsed the 149 receiving yardage mark in just the fourth<br />
game of the year, against Ohio...Made three catches for a<br />
career-high 96 yards with a TD at Buffalo, his 50-yard TD<br />
catch and run being the longest of his career...Also made a<br />
career-high two tackles (one solo) against the Bulls...Had<br />
four catches for 24 yards and <strong>UConn</strong>’s first TD against Georgia<br />
Tech.<br />
Year GP/GS Rec. Yds. Avg. TD Long Avg./G<br />
1999 11/1 2 21 10.5 0 12 1.9<br />
2000 10/1 16 135 8.4 3 17 13.5<br />
2001 9/2 12 149 12.4 1 30 16.5<br />
2002 12/12 39 497 12.7 6 50 41.4<br />
Career 42/16 69 802 11.6 10 50 19.1<br />
S T E V E<br />
7 9<br />
C U L L Y<br />
S r . * O T * 6 - 4 * 3 0 6<br />
N e w H a r t f o r d , N Y / N e w H a r t f o r d<br />
CAREER: Appeared in 33 games for<br />
<strong>UConn</strong>, starting 27. 2002: Started 11 of the<br />
12 games, missing Georgia Tech with an ankle<br />
injury...Vanderbilt DE Jovan Haye, after facing a rigorous SEC<br />
schedule, told ESPN.com that Cully was the best right tackle<br />
he faced all year...Shared the offensive game ball with the<br />
rest of the offensive line and tight ends after the Navy game.<br />
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Tri-Captain Tommy Collins was <strong>UConn</strong>’s leading receiver<br />
in 2002, making 39 catches for 497 yards with<br />
six touchdowns from his tight end post.<br />
M A R C<br />
8<br />
H IC K O K<br />
S r . * P K * 6-1 * 183<br />
G lo v e r s v ille , N Y / G lo v e r s v ille<br />
CAREER: <strong>UConn</strong>’s primary placekicker for<br />
the 2001 and 2002 seasons and part of<br />
1999...Ranks third on <strong>UConn</strong>’s career PAT chart with 82<br />
and fourth on the career field goal chart with 27...Hit on the<br />
final 47 PATs of his career, setting a school record...His 151<br />
career points are seventh best in school history. 2002: Hit<br />
on 12-of-17 field goals and 47-48 PATs for 83 points, second<br />
on the team...Named the <strong>Huskies</strong>’ Special Teams Player<br />
of the Year and received special teams game balls for his<br />
play against Ohio and Kent State...Tied his personal bests<br />
with three field goals and 13 points at Iowa State...Set a<br />
school record, which he had tied a week before, by going a<br />
perfect nine-for-nine in PAT tries against Kent State...Tied<br />
the then-school record by going a perfect eight-for-eight on<br />
PAT tries against Florida Atlantic...Recorded his 100th career<br />
point against Temple...Was 0-for-2 on field goals against<br />
Ball State, including a 37-yard attempt in overtime...A perfect<br />
3-for-3 on field goals against Ohio (career-high for<br />
makes) while also converting all four PAT attempts...Was<br />
1-of-3 on FGs at Buffalo with one blocked...Hit a careerlong<br />
48-yard field goal in his only attempt at BC.<br />
Year XP/XPA FG/FGA 0-29 30-39 40-49 50+ LNG PTS<br />
1999 17/19 3/4 2-2 1-1 0-1 0-0 38 26<br />
2001 18/19 12/17 4-4 4-6 4-5 0-2 47 42<br />
2002 47/48 12/17 6-6 1-4 5-7 0-0 48 83<br />
Career 82/86 27/38 12-12 6-11 9-13 0-2 48 151<br />
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y<br />
C L IFF<br />
3<br />
H ILL<br />
S r . * W R * 5-10 * 177<br />
W a llin g f o r d , CT / Lym a n H a ll<br />
CAREER: Started 21 games at wide receiver<br />
in 2000 and 2001 and appeared in<br />
32 during his <strong>UConn</strong> career...Made 77 career receptions<br />
for 744 yards with a pair of touchdowns while returning 63<br />
punts for 363 yards...His 63 career punt returns tie for fourth<br />
in <strong>UConn</strong> history while his 363 return yards rank eighth best.<br />
2002: Played in nine games as a wide receiver and punt<br />
returner...Had six catches for 65 yards on the year with one<br />
touchdown and returned 23 punts for 129 yards...Made three<br />
catches for 27 yards at Navy...Had two catches, including a<br />
touchdown, at Ball State.<br />
Year GP/GS Att. Yds. TD Avg. | PR Yds. TD<br />
1999 1/0 2 21 0 21.0 | 0 0 0<br />
2000 11/10 29 261 0 23.7 | 12 133 0<br />
2001 11/11 40 397 1 36.1 | 28 101 0<br />
2002 9/0 6 65 1 7.2 | 23 129 0<br />
Totals 32/21 77 744 2 23.3 | 63 363 0<br />
R O Y<br />
7<br />
H O P K IN S<br />
S r . * C B * 5-7 * 180<br />
R o c h e s t e r , N Y / M ilford (CT) Academ<br />
CAREER: Fifth-year senior...Appeared in<br />
a school-record 48 games...Started each<br />
of his final 44 games for <strong>UConn</strong>...Recorded 227 career tackles<br />
(190 solo) while making 10 interceptions and breaking<br />
up 31 passes. 2002: Started all 12 games at<br />
cornerback...Made 53 tackles on the year, an impressive<br />
50 of them solos...His six interceptions in 12 games in 2002<br />
ranked tied for 15th in the nation while his 2.00 passes defended<br />
per game ranked third in the nation...Led the <strong>Huskies</strong><br />
with a career-high 18 breakups in 2002...Named<br />
<strong>UConn</strong>’s Defensive Player of the Year...Closed his career<br />
in style with nine tackles, an interception, a tackle for loss, a<br />
forced fumble and four pass deflections at Iowa State to<br />
earn a game ball...Four tackles and a TFL at Navy...Made<br />
an interception, forced a fumble and recovered a fumble,<br />
had two breakups and two tackles against Kent State...Had<br />
an interception, two breakups and blocked a PAT against<br />
Temple...Led the <strong>Huskies</strong> with nine tackles, all solo, at Miami<br />
with an interception...Made seven tackles with an interception<br />
in the end zone against Ball State...Received a game<br />
ball for his work against Buffalo where he made four solo<br />
tackles with a TFL, three breakups and an interception.<br />
Year GP/GS UT AT TT SKS TTFL INT PBU<br />
1998 13/9 35 12 47 3-18 3-18 2 3<br />
1999 11/11 63 15 78 0 3-7 1 6<br />
2000 1/1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0<br />
2001 11/11 41 7 48 0 1-2 1 4<br />
2002 12/12 50 3 53 0 3-11 6 18<br />
Career 48/44 190 37 227 3-18 10-38 10 31<br />
KEY LOSSES<br />
J A M A L<br />
2 1<br />
L U N D Y<br />
S r . *•LB * 5-11 * 224<br />
B u r lin g t o n , NJ / Flo r e n c e T o w n s h ip<br />
CAREER: A converted safety who never<br />
missed a game in his career, playing in 45<br />
total, but had a streak 30 straight starts snapped against Ohio<br />
in 2002...<strong>UConn</strong>’s seventh leading tackler all-time with<br />
320...23.5 career tackles for loss rank sixth best in <strong>UConn</strong><br />
history. 2002: One of three tri-captains for the<br />
<strong>Huskies</strong>...Earned honorable mention All-ECAC<br />
recognition...Played in all 12 games and made 10 starts,<br />
coming off of the bench against Ohio and Ball State because<br />
an ankle injury limited his playing time...Was third on the<br />
team with 77 tackles (47 solo) while adding 4.5 tackles for<br />
loss, an interception and nine QB pressures...In his final career<br />
game, made 13 tackles in the monumental win at Iowa<br />
State...Made seven tackles, eclipsing 300 in his career, and<br />
recovered a fumble against Kent State...Had a pair of TFLs,<br />
including a sack, against Florida Atlantic...Ten stops, half a<br />
sack and a fumble recovery at Vanderbilt...Had a 62-yard<br />
interception return for a TD against Temple, plus eight<br />
tackles...Tied for the team lead with nine tackles at Miami<br />
with a TFL...Tied for the team high with seven total tackles at<br />
Buffalo adding a TFL and two pressures...Had a sack against<br />
Georgia Tech.<br />
Year GP/GS UT AT TT SKS TTFL INT PBU<br />
1999 11/5 37 16 53 0 1-1 0 0<br />
2000 11/11 69 33 102 0 10-13 1 5<br />
2001 11/11 66 22 88 3-12 8-24 0 6<br />
2002 12/10 47 30 77 1.5-10 4.5-14 1 2<br />
Career 45/37 219 101 320 4.5-22 23.5-52 2 13<br />
Tri-Captain Jamal Lundy leaves <strong>UConn</strong> with 320 career<br />
tackles, the seventh most in school history.<br />
S P R IN G P R O S P E C T U S<br />
2 8
KEY LOSSES<br />
W<br />
KEY LOSSES<br />
F R A N K<br />
6 1<br />
Q U A G L IA N O<br />
ES<br />
8 2<br />
T IM K O<br />
S r . *•DE * 6-2 * 244<br />
C h e s h ir e , C T / C h e s h ir e<br />
CAREER: Played in 26 career games with<br />
no starts adding depth at defensive end and<br />
contributing on special teams...Made 29 career tackles. 2002:<br />
Played in all 12 games off of the bench, making 20 tackles,<br />
including five for loss...Made four stops against both Florida<br />
Atlantic and Kent State...Recorded three tackles at Buffalo.<br />
Year GP/GS UT AT TT SKS TTFL INT PBU<br />
2000 4/0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0<br />
2001 10/0 5 4 9 0 0 0 1<br />
2002 12/0 15 5 20 0 5-12 0 0<br />
Career 26/0 20 9 29 0 5-12 0 1<br />
G R E G<br />
5 5<br />
S M O O T<br />
S r . *•D T * 6 - 3 * 2 9 0<br />
E d g e w o o d , M D / Calv e r t H a ll<br />
CAREER: Started each of the last 44 games<br />
of his career, coming off of the bench in just<br />
the first game of his career as a freshman...Made 117 career<br />
tackles (75 solo), including 21.5 tackles for loss and nine<br />
sacks. 2002: One of three tri-captains for the<br />
<strong>Huskies</strong>...Started all 12 games and made 25 tackles...Tied<br />
for second on the team with 12 QB pressures...Made five<br />
tackles, one off of his career high, and had two forced hurries<br />
at Iowa State...Had a sack at Navy...Had three assisted<br />
tackles and a pair of pass breakups against Florida<br />
Atlantic...Made a season-high four tackles (two solo) against<br />
Ohio...Had a pair of stops at BC...Made tackles for loss<br />
against Buffalo and Ohio.<br />
Year GP/GS UT AT TT SKS TTFL INT PBU<br />
1999 11/10 20 12 32 2-9 4-14 0 1<br />
2000 11/11 24 10 34 2-19 8-43 0 3<br />
2001 11/11 19 7 26 3.5-28 6-29 0 1<br />
2002 12/12 12 13 25 1.5-10 3.5-14 0 4<br />
Career 45/44 75 42 117 9-66 21.5-100 0 9<br />
Tri-Captain<br />
Greg Smoot<br />
started 44 consecutive<br />
games<br />
in the trenches<br />
at either defensive<br />
tackle or<br />
end.<br />
2 9<br />
S r . * W R * 6-3 * 199<br />
D e L a n d , FL / DeLand<br />
CAREER: Started 31 of his 42 career<br />
games played...Finished just shy of the<br />
1,000 career receiving yard plateau with 980 on 79 catches<br />
with four touchdowns. 2002: The elder statesman of a fairly<br />
young unit...Started all 12 games...<strong>UConn</strong>’s third leading<br />
receiver on the season with 29 catches while ranking fourth<br />
with 309 yards and tying for second on the squad with three<br />
touchdown receptions...Had a TD in each of <strong>UConn</strong>’s final<br />
three games, including a TD grab on a well-run fade route<br />
at Iowa State...Led <strong>UConn</strong> with seven catches at Navy for<br />
66 yards and a TD...Scored his first TD of the year against<br />
Kent State with an over-the-shoulder catch on a fade route<br />
in the end zone...Four grabs at Vanderbilt...<strong>UConn</strong>’s leading<br />
receiver against Ball State with five catches for 71<br />
yards...Made three catches against Ohio...Caught two<br />
passes for 27 yards at Boston College.<br />
Year GP/GS Rec. Yds. Avg. TD Long Avg./G<br />
1999 11/4 13 176 13.5 0 36 16.0<br />
2000 8/8 18 220 12.2 0 43 27.5<br />
2001 11/7 19 275 14.5 1 60 25.0<br />
2002 12/12 29 309 10.7 3 25 25.8<br />
Career 42/31 79 980 12.4 4 60 23.3<br />
R A Z U L<br />
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W A L L A C E<br />
S r . * LB * 6-1 * 232<br />
H ic k s v ille , N Y / C h a m in a d e<br />
CAREER: Appeared in 44 career games<br />
with 17 starts...Recorded 201 career tackles<br />
(143 solo)...Started at linebacker in 2000 and 2001 before<br />
being beaten out in 2002 by Alfred Fincher...Shares<br />
the <strong>UConn</strong> career record with 31 tackles for loss and set<br />
the seasonal mark of 19 in 2000. 2002: Played in all 12<br />
games, making 16 tackles (13 solo), including four for a<br />
loss...Also added an interception, a pass defense, a forced<br />
hurry and recovered a fumble...Made three stops on five<br />
separate occasions (Navy, Florida Atlantic, Vanderbilt, Miami<br />
and Georgia Tech)...Returned an interception 31 yards<br />
for a touchdown against Florida Atlantic.<br />
Year GP/GS UT AT TT SKS TTFL INT PBU<br />
1999 10/1 8 8 16 0 0 1 0<br />
2000 11/7 69 28 97 2-8 19-40 0 0<br />
2001 11/9 53 19 72 0 8-23 0 0<br />
2002 12/0 13 3 16 0 4-6 1 1<br />
Career 44/17 143 58 201 2-8 31-69 2 1<br />
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YEAR IN IN REVIEW<br />
<strong>UConn</strong> 2002 Schedule/Results<br />
Date Opponent (TV) ............ Time/Score<br />
8/31 at Boston Coll. (ESPN Reg.) ..... L, 16-24<br />
9/7 GEORGIA TECH (YES)......L, 14-31<br />
9/14 at Buffalo (YES) ................. W, 24-3<br />
9/21 OHIO (WFSB) ...................W, 37-19<br />
9/28 BALL STATE ............... L, 21-24 OT<br />
10/5 at #1 Miami, Fla. ................ L, 14-48<br />
10/19 TEMPLE (WFSB) ..............L, 24-38<br />
10/26 at Vanderbilt (WFSB) ......... L, 24-28<br />
11/2 FLA. ATLANTIC (WFSB) ...W, 61-14<br />
11/9 KENT STATE....................W, 63-21<br />
11/16 at Navy (WFSB) ................. W, 38-0<br />
11/23 at Iowa State .....................W, 37-20<br />
<strong>UConn</strong> In the Final NCAA Rankings<br />
Team Category (Stat) ........................ Rank<br />
Pass Defense (160.42 ypg) ................... 5th<br />
Pass Efficiency Def. (102.44 rating) ......18th<br />
Total Defense (316.08 ypg) ...................19th<br />
Scoring Defense (22.5 ppg) ..................36th<br />
Scoring Offense (31.08 ppg) .................28th<br />
Turnover Margin (+1.00 pg) ..................16th<br />
Interceptions (20) .................................14th<br />
Turnovers Gained (32) ........................ 23rd<br />
Net Punting (35.44 ypp) ........................37th<br />
Individual Category (Stat)<br />
Caulley Rushing (124.7 ypg) .................10th<br />
Caulley All-Purpose (145.20 ypg) ..........19th<br />
Caulley Scoring (9.6 ppg) .....................10th<br />
Orlovsky Pass. Eff. (128.60 rating) ........38th<br />
Hopkins INTs (0.50 pg) .........................15th<br />
SEASON STORYLINES<br />
• <strong>UConn</strong> posts first .500-plus season since 1998.<br />
• <strong>Huskies</strong> improve from 2001 totals in every<br />
major category and end the season<br />
ranked 19th nationally in total defense.<br />
• <strong>UConn</strong> ends season on four-game winning<br />
streak that includes shutout at Navy<br />
and 37-20 upset at bowl-bound Iowa State.<br />
• Freshman All-American Terry Caulley<br />
leads all freshmen in the nation in rushing,<br />
and all-purpose yardage.<br />
• Three <strong>Huskies</strong> named All-Independent<br />
while four earn All-ECAC recognition.<br />
• <strong>UConn</strong> scores 61 and 63 points in its final<br />
two games at 50-year old Memorial Stadium.<br />
<strong>Huskies</strong> will relocate to brand new<br />
Rentschler Field in 2003.<br />
SQUAD NOTES<br />
HUSKIES GO 6-6 TO EARN FIRST .500 RECORD SINCE 1998<br />
<strong>UConn</strong> won six games in 2002, its best showing since winning 10 games in 1998,<br />
a season that saw the <strong>Huskies</strong> go 10-3 overall and advance to the NCAA Division<br />
I-AA Quarterfinals. <strong>UConn</strong>’s six wins in 2002 were more than the <strong>Huskies</strong> recorded<br />
in 2000 (three) and 2001 (two) combined. Further, five of <strong>UConn</strong>’s wins<br />
came over Division I-A schools, more than doubling the previous high of two set<br />
in both 2000 (Buffalo and Akron) and 2001 (Rutgers and Eastern Michigan).<br />
<strong>UConn</strong>’s active four-game winning streak is the <strong>Huskies</strong>’ longest since winning<br />
four in a row in October of 1998, beating Hofstra, Massachusetts, Rhode<br />
Island and Northeastern between October 10 and October 31.<br />
A PERFECT 4-0: NO NOVEMBER RAIN FOR CONNECTICUT<br />
The <strong>Huskies</strong> went a perfect 4-0 in the month of November, defeating Florida<br />
Atlantic (Nov. 2), Kent State (Nov. 9), Navy (Nov. 16) and Iowa State (Nov. 23). It<br />
is the first time that <strong>UConn</strong> has won four games in the month of November<br />
and the first time that <strong>UConn</strong> has been 4-0 or better in a single month since<br />
posting a 4-0 mark in September 1995. <strong>UConn</strong>’s other 4-0 months came in<br />
October, 1952 and October,1956. The run also marks the longest winning streak<br />
to close out a season since winning the final four games of the 1989 campaign.<br />
HUSKIES NATION’S MOST IMPROVED I-A TEAM DURING 2002<br />
According to College Football News’ Top 117 rankings, <strong>UConn</strong> made the largest<br />
improvement from its preseason predicted finish of any team in the country<br />
during the 2002 season. <strong>UConn</strong> was tabbed at No. 114 in the publication’s<br />
preseason prognostication and finished the year at No. 63, a jump of 51 places.<br />
Notre Dame and Northern Illinois tied for second with a 43 spot improvement,<br />
followed by Toledo’s 38 place jump. <strong>UConn</strong> also ranked high for its 2002 improvement<br />
in CBS Sportsline’s Top 117 rankings, as the <strong>Huskies</strong> tied Kentucky<br />
for the seventh-biggest jump, shooting up 34 spots from No. 111 to No. 77. South<br />
Florida ran away with the CBS crown, improving 61 places from No. 93 to No. 32,<br />
followed by Iowa (46), with a third place tie between North Texas (42) and West<br />
Virginia (42).<br />
HUSKIES HOLD 10TH LONGEST WINNING STREAK IN THE NATION<br />
Connecticut’s four-game winning streak is presently tied for the 10th longest active<br />
streak in the nation. Ohio State leads the way with 14 consecutive wins,<br />
followed by Boise State’s 11 and Southern California’s eight. With four straight<br />
wins, <strong>UConn</strong> stands tied with Boston College, Central Florida and Oklahoma<br />
State.<br />
HUSKIES GET A HAPPY ENDING<br />
With a 37-20 win at Iowa State, <strong>UConn</strong> won its season finale for the first time<br />
since 1995, when the <strong>Huskies</strong> posted a 20-7 win over UMass. <strong>UConn</strong> then lost<br />
each of its next six season finales, including a NCAA Division I-AA Quarterfinal<br />
game at Georgia Southern in 1998. Prior to beating Iowa State, <strong>UConn</strong> had never<br />
defeated a team from outside of New England to close its season, posting a 0-12<br />
mark in such instances, dating back to a 13-7 loss to Rensselear in 1925. <strong>UConn</strong>’s<br />
four game winning streak to end the season ties for its longest since winning six<br />
straight to open the 1995 campaign. The four game winning streak ties the<br />
1987 and 1989 seasons for the longest season-ending Husky winning streak<br />
since winning five in a row to close out the 1945 campaign.<br />
HONORABLE HUSKIES<br />
Three <strong>Huskies</strong> earned post season honors from collegefootballnews.com. Terry<br />
Caulley, Tommy Collins and Ryan Krug were named All-Independent by College<br />
Football News while Caulley earned freshman All-America honors from The Sporting<br />
News and was named the Independent Rookie of the Year by both College<br />
Football News and ESPN.com.<br />
S P R IN G P R O S P E C T U S 3 0
YEAR IN REVIEW<br />
REVERSING THE QUARTERLY TRENDS<br />
For the first half season, <strong>UConn</strong> dominated in the first quarter and was dominant in the<br />
fourth quarter, but the second half of the season saw a reversal of those fortunes. After<br />
posting just 13 first quarter points through six games, <strong>UConn</strong> scored 76 first quarter points<br />
in the last six games. <strong>UConn</strong> held an 89-62 scoring advantage for the season in the<br />
opening quarter after entering the Vanderbilt game on Oct. 26 being outscored 62-<br />
16. The <strong>Huskies</strong> will take an 82:20 first quarter shutout streak into the 2003 season.<br />
<strong>UConn</strong>’s 7-0 lead after 15 minutes of the Vanderbilt game on Oct. 26 was the first time it<br />
won the opening stanza since the season opener at Boston College. Conversely, <strong>UConn</strong><br />
did not allow a single fourth quarter point for 91:08 after allowing a touchdown at BC in<br />
week one of the season but then allowed a total of 22 fourth quarter points against Temple<br />
and Vanderbilt, sealing tough losses. After entering the Temple game with a 66-7 fourth<br />
quarter scoring advantage for the season, <strong>UConn</strong> held just a 46-43 edge in the fourth<br />
quarter of its final five games.<br />
TREMENDOUS FIRST HALF PRODUCTION IN THE SECOND HALF RUN<br />
<strong>UConn</strong> outscored its opponents 122-0 in the first half during the three consecutive lopsided<br />
wins over Florida Atlantic, Kent State and Navy from Nov. 2-16. <strong>UConn</strong> led 42-0 at<br />
the break against FAU, 49-0 against KSU and held a 31-0 advantage at the half over the<br />
Midshipmen in Annapolis. <strong>UConn</strong> had scored on 17 of its 24 first half possessions in<br />
those three games (6-of-9 vs. FAU, 6-of-8 vs. Kent State and 5-of-7 at Navy) and held an<br />
aggregate 987 to 222 advantage in first half total offense (327-49 vs. FAU, 308-109 vs.<br />
Kent State and 352-64 at Navy).<br />
WIN THIRD DOWN AND WIN THE GAME<br />
Third down conversions, while a critical element in any football game, proved to be the key<br />
to success in several 2002 <strong>UConn</strong> games. The team that posted a better third down<br />
conversion percentage won each of <strong>UConn</strong>’s 12 games. Interestingly, the discrepancies<br />
in the percentages were often similar to the scores of the game. <strong>UConn</strong>’s two biggest<br />
losses (Georgia Tech and Miami) were also its worst conversion percentage differentials.<br />
Three of <strong>UConn</strong>’s biggest wins (Buffalo, Florida Atlantic and Navy) saw its largest positive<br />
margins. The narrow overtime loss against Ball State saw less than a percentage point<br />
advantage for the Cardinals (47.0%-46.7%).<br />
UCONN LEARNS TO MAKE THE MOST OF ITS OPPORTUNITIES<br />
After lagging badly behind its opponents for much of the season in terms of taking advantage<br />
of opposing miscues, <strong>UConn</strong> caught up to its foes in points off of turnovers with a<br />
drastic advantage late in the season. <strong>UConn</strong> tallied 90 points off of turnovers in the final six<br />
games after scoring just 20 in the first six games of the year. <strong>UConn</strong> held a staggering 83-<br />
0 aggregate advantage in points scored off of turnovers in the final five games of the<br />
year. The Vanderbilt game marked the only instance this year in which the team with more<br />
points off of turnovers did not go on to win the game. For the season, <strong>UConn</strong> was able to<br />
produce 110 points off of its 32 gained turnovers while <strong>UConn</strong>’s opponents scored 49 off of<br />
<strong>UConn</strong>’s 20 miscues.<br />
2002 GAME BALLS RECIPIENTS: ENOUGH TO KEEP WILSON IN BUSINESS<br />
These <strong>Huskies</strong> earned game balls for their performances in <strong>UConn</strong>’s six wins in 2002:<br />
BUFFALO (Terry Caulley - offense, Roy Hopkins - defense, Jason Dellaselva - special<br />
teams)<br />
OHIO (Matt Cutaia - offense, James Hargrave - defense, Marc Hickok - special teams)<br />
FLA. ATLANTIC (Dan Orlovsky - offense, Uyi Osunde - defense and special teams)<br />
KENT STATE (Terry Caulley - offense, Chris Meyer - defense, Dwaun Black and Marc<br />
Hickok - special teams)<br />
NAVY (Offensive Line and Tight Ends (Tommy Collins, Steve Cully, LeAndre Dupree, Billy<br />
Irwin, Ryan Krug, Tim Lassen, Brian Markowski) - offense, Maurice Lloyd - defense, Adam<br />
Coles - special teams)<br />
IOWA STATE (Terry Caulley - offense, Roy Hopkins - defense, James Hargrave - special<br />
teams)<br />
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A NOVEMBER TO REMEMBER<br />
November 2, 2002<br />
<strong>UConn</strong> scores a Memorial Stadium record<br />
61 points in the 50-year old facility’s<br />
penultimate game.<br />
November 9, 2002<br />
The record lasts seven days as <strong>UConn</strong><br />
blows past Kent State in Memorial’s finale.<br />
November 16. 2002<br />
In its first ever Division I-A road shutout,<br />
<strong>UConn</strong> holds Navy to a school-record<br />
three first downs, 82 total yards and just<br />
40 total plays, the fewest by a I-A school<br />
since at least 1999.<br />
November 23, 2002<br />
<strong>UConn</strong> blows past bowl-bound Iowa State<br />
in what has proven to be the seminal win<br />
of <strong>UConn</strong>’s development as a nationallyrespected<br />
program.<br />
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YEAR IN IN REVIEW<br />
2002 UCONN VS. 2001 UCONN<br />
STATISTICAL COMPARISON<br />
2002 HUSKIES 2001 HUSKIES<br />
Caulley.............. 1,247<br />
Poole .....................215<br />
Anderson ..............119<br />
RUSHING YARDS<br />
Henry ....................166<br />
PASSING YARDS<br />
Orlovsky............ 2,488 Orlovsky ........... 1,379<br />
Je. Williams .........136 Henry ....................478<br />
RECEPTIONS<br />
Collins .....................39 Hill ...........................40<br />
Feldeisen................33 Ridley ......................27<br />
Timko ......................29 Timko ......................19<br />
POINTS SCORED<br />
Caulley....................96 Hickok .....................54<br />
Hickok .....................83 Small .......................24<br />
TOTAL TACKLES<br />
Lloyd .....................113 Meyer ......................94<br />
Meyer ......................97 Lundy ......................88<br />
Fincher ....................92 Wallace ...................72<br />
Lundy ......................77 Perkins ....................61<br />
Hopkins ..................... 6<br />
Lloyd ......................... 4<br />
INTERCEPTIONS<br />
Small .....................326<br />
Bellamy.................237<br />
Meyer ........................ 4<br />
Five with ................... 1<br />
WHAT A DIFFERENCE A YEAR MAKES!<br />
In 2002, Connecticut showed a marked improvement over it’s totals from the 2001<br />
season in several major categories (see chart to the left). An impressive facet of<br />
this dramatic improvement is that the 2002 season was played against a harder<br />
schedule than the 2001 slate. The 2002 slate featured four bowl game participants<br />
in BC, Georgia Tech, Iowa State and Miami, four MAC schools and six members of<br />
BCS conferences. In 2001, <strong>UConn</strong> had faced just one national power in Virginia Tech,<br />
three BCS conference members and also lost at home to Division I-AA Eastern Washington.<br />
The chart at the left illustrates some of the dramatic differences that <strong>UConn</strong><br />
made. Every single team category improved from 2001 to 2002.<br />
NOT HALF BAD AT MIAMI<br />
<strong>UConn</strong> outscored Miami 14-6 in the second half of its game at the Orange Bowl on<br />
Oct. 5, which was a very rare accomplishment. In its recent 34-game winning streak,<br />
Miami lost just nine of its 68 halves. Of those nine lost halves, only three came<br />
against an unranked team, as <strong>UConn</strong> joins Louisiana Tech (Oct. 28, 2000) and<br />
Rutgers (Nov. 2, 2002) in that regard. Miami’s other six lost halves came against<br />
Florida State (2000 and 2002), Virginia Tech (2000, 2001 and 2002) and Nebraska<br />
(2002 Rose Bowl). All of those teams were ranked 18th or better at the time.<br />
BETTER NOT LEAVE EARLY<br />
Six of <strong>UConn</strong>’s 12 games this year were not settled until late in the fourth quarter.<br />
The season opener at Boston College was not secured until <strong>UConn</strong>’s last gasp<br />
drive stalled out on downs with 1:06 to play. <strong>UConn</strong> led Buffalo just 10-3 midway<br />
through the fourth quarter before a pair of TDs put the game away. A week later,<br />
<strong>UConn</strong> trailed 19-13 after the third quarter but 24 unanswered fourth quarter points<br />
gave the <strong>Huskies</strong> a 37-19 win. The next week, Dan Orlovsky led <strong>UConn</strong> on a 95-yard<br />
TD drive to tie up Ball State with 0:29 to play in a game the Cardinals would take in<br />
overtime. Against Temple, <strong>UConn</strong> was within a single score until the Owls put it away<br />
on a touchdown with 2:48 to play. The thrilling Vanderbilt game saw four fourth quarter<br />
lead changes until the Commodores got the game-winner with 1:14 to play.<br />
CATEGORY ........................ UC02<br />
Total Offense....................... 359.2<br />
Rushing Offense ................ 136.6<br />
Passing Offense................. 222.6<br />
Passing Efficiency ............. 127.98<br />
Scoring Offense ................. 31.1<br />
First Downs For .................. 231<br />
Third Down Conv. .............. 32%<br />
Turnovers (INT/Fum)......... 12/8<br />
Total Defense...................... 316.1<br />
Rushing Defense ............... 155.7<br />
Passing Defense................ 160.4<br />
Passing Eff. Defense......... 102.45<br />
Scoring Defense ................ 22.5<br />
First Downs Against........... 195<br />
Third Down Defense.......... 31%<br />
TOs Forced (INT/Fum)...... 20/12<br />
Turnover Margin ................. +12<br />
Time of Possession ........... 30:54<br />
Penalties-Yards .................. 75-599<br />
UC01<br />
246.3<br />
77.5<br />
168.8<br />
86.17<br />
17.5<br />
174<br />
23%<br />
17/9<br />
405.8<br />
179.3<br />
226.5<br />
137.86<br />
33.6<br />
230<br />
42%<br />
9/12<br />
-5<br />
29:44<br />
75-650<br />
EAGLE SCOUTS<br />
Each week head coach Randy Edsall issued an award for the Scout Team Player of<br />
the Week on both offense and defense. In recognition of their often-overlooked hard<br />
work, those players earn a spot on the Husky travel squad and dress list for that<br />
week’s game. The weekly honorees for 2002 are listed below.<br />
Game Offense Defense<br />
Boston College RB Cornell Brockington DB Ryan DeRubertis<br />
Georgia Tech WR Joe Villapiano LB Darius Leak<br />
Buffalo WR Conn Davis LB Kinnan Herriott<br />
Ohio FB Gary Whitehill LB Justin Quinn<br />
Ball State OG LeAndre Dupree DB M.J. Estep<br />
Miami RB Jonathan Wholley LB Darius Leak<br />
Temple OT Brendan Borowski DT Chris Clarke<br />
Vanderbilt FB Jeff Batulevitz DE Matt Applebaum<br />
Florida Atlantic WR David Sanchez LB Robert Hornbuckle<br />
Kent State QB Matt Bonislawski LB Mike McIntosh<br />
Navy QB Shane Fogarty DB Ernest Cole<br />
Iowa State TE Ziggy Goryn DT Clewi Challenger<br />
HUSKIES SHOW VAST IMPROVEMENT AT BOSTON COLLEGE<br />
Throughout the course of its 24-16 loss at Boston College on August 31, <strong>UConn</strong><br />
demonstrated dramatic improvements over its 55-3 loss at the Heights on Oct. 7,<br />
2000. It would be a taste of what was to come throughout the 2002 season. In its first<br />
apples vs. apples comparison game (same opponent, same stadium) since beginning<br />
its march to Division I-A, the 2002 <strong>Huskies</strong> came out ahead in this, their first<br />
season with a full compliment of 85 available scholarships. Listed at the top of the<br />
next page are some major categories from the 2000 and 2002 BC games that demonstrate<br />
a more potent Husky defense in particular:<br />
S P R IN G P R O S P E C T U S<br />
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YEAR IN REVIEW<br />
YEAR IN REVIEW<br />
Category 2000 2002<br />
Halftime Score BC, 41-3 UC, 16-10<br />
Completion Pct. 50% (20-40) 63% (24-38)<br />
Rushing Defense 361 114<br />
Total Defense 635 353<br />
Time of Possession 18:25 30:58<br />
Turnover Margin -3 +1<br />
Scoring Margin -52 -8<br />
Longest <strong>UConn</strong> Drive 50 yds. 90 yds.<br />
YOUTH IS SERVED<br />
Five true freshmen appeared in the <strong>Huskies</strong> season opener at Boston College, including<br />
an all-true freshman starting back field featuring fullback Deon Anderson<br />
and tailback Terry Caulley. Overall, seven true freshman played for <strong>UConn</strong> in<br />
2002. Brandon Young earned a slot in the wide receiver rotation while also serving<br />
as <strong>UConn</strong>’s top punt returner for the first half of the season. James Hargrave played<br />
a backup role at Husky linebacker and on special teams. He started for the injured<br />
Jamal Lundy against Ohio and led <strong>UConn</strong> with 17 tackles. Cathlyn Clarke made his<br />
Husky debut against Georgia Tech, while Ernest Cole and Rhema Fuller also saw<br />
limited action.<br />
YOUNG GUNS<br />
Frequent redshirting of players over the past couple of seasons and drastic expansion<br />
in the total number of available scholarships to 85, enabled head coach Randy<br />
Edsall to put together a fairly young team in 2002. This was especially true on the<br />
offensive side of the ball. <strong>UConn</strong> had just five offensive scholarship seniors<br />
and 70% of scholarship players were sophomores or younger on offense.<br />
<strong>UConn</strong> will return 16 of its 22 starters next season, plus punter Adam Coles.<br />
2002 Scholarship Chart<br />
Class Off. Def. Spec.<br />
Sr. (13) 5 7 1<br />
Jr. (20) 8 11 1<br />
So. (17) 10 7 0<br />
RFr. (13) 10 3 0<br />
TFr. (21) 10 10 1<br />
Total (84) 43 38 3<br />
UCONN PARTIES LIKE IT’S 1999<br />
The Buffalo game evoked a recurrence of the 1999 season, Randy Edsall’s first at<br />
<strong>UConn</strong>. Just like in 2002, the 1999 <strong>Huskies</strong> opened 0-2 after losing to a pair of<br />
tough teams. <strong>UConn</strong> fell to I-AA power Hofstra in the season opener and then lost<br />
45-14 at SEC member Kentucky against Hal Mumme’s “Air Raid” offense in 1999.<br />
Each time, <strong>UConn</strong> drew Buffalo in week three and came away with a comfortable<br />
win (23-0 in ‘99, 24-3 in ‘02). The 1999 win triggered a three-game winning streak.<br />
<strong>UConn</strong> won two straight in 2002 before a narrow overtime loss to Ball State. In<br />
1999, <strong>UConn</strong>’s first win after having its winning streak snapped was on the first<br />
Saturday in November (29-24 vs. Northeastern on Nov. 6). The same thing happened<br />
in 2002 as <strong>UConn</strong>’s losing skid ended on the first Saturday in November<br />
with a 61-14 win over Florida Atlantic on Nov. 2.<br />
OUR OWN LITTLE EPCOT CENTER HERE IN STORRS<br />
While the overwhelming majority of the 2002 <strong>UConn</strong> football team was comprised<br />
of players from the northeastern United States, the <strong>Huskies</strong> had a far<br />
greater foreign influence than your typical college football team with players<br />
hailing from three different continents. <strong>UConn</strong> had five Canadian players,<br />
two from Ontario (Hakeem Kashama and O’Neil Wilson) and a trio of Quebecois<br />
(Dan Desriveaux, Shawn Mayne and Jason Ward). Although now a Canadian<br />
citizen, Kashama was actually born in Zaire. Punter Adam Coles is a<br />
native Australian while offensive tackle Aloys Manga is a native of Duana,<br />
Cameroon. Although not a foreign nation, <strong>UConn</strong>’s Conn Davis grew up outside<br />
of the 50 states in the Virgin Islands.<br />
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TRACKING THE OPPONENTS<br />
Boston College<br />
9-4 Overall, 3-4 BIG EAST<br />
Won Motor City Bowl<br />
Georgia Tech<br />
7-6 Overall, 4-4 ACC<br />
Lost Silicon Valley Classic<br />
Buffalo<br />
1-11 Overall, 0-8 MAC<br />
No bowl game<br />
Ohio<br />
4-8 Overall, 4-4 MAC<br />
No bowl game<br />
Ball State<br />
6-6 Overall, 4-4 MAC<br />
No bowl game<br />
#2/2 Miami, Fla.<br />
12-1 Overall, 7-0 BIG EAST<br />
Lost Tostitos Fiesta Bowl<br />
Temple<br />
4-8 Overall, 2-5 BIG EAST<br />
No bowl game<br />
Vanderbilt<br />
2-10 Overall, 0-8 SEC<br />
No bowl game<br />
Florida Atlantic<br />
2-9 Overall<br />
No bowl game<br />
Kent State<br />
3-9 Overall, 1-7 MAC<br />
No bowl game<br />
Navy<br />
2-10 Overall<br />
No bowl game<br />
Iowa State<br />
7-7 Overall, 4-4 Big 12<br />
Lost Humanitarian Bowl<br />
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YEAR IN IN REVIEW<br />
OFFENSE NOTES<br />
WHO YOU GONNA CAULLEY?<br />
True freshman tailback Terry Caulley’s 124.70 ypg rushing average<br />
led the nation in freshman rushing and ranked 10th overall.<br />
Caulley also led all freshmen nationally (19th overall) in<br />
all-purpose yardage (145.20 ypg) despite not returning either<br />
punts or kickoffs. Caulley also ranked tied for 10th in the nation<br />
in scoring (9.60 ppg) overall. After rushing for 62 yards in<br />
his debut against BC and missing the Georgia Tech game with a<br />
shoulder injury, Caulley had his breakthrough game at Buffalo,<br />
rushing for 136 yards, a performance he followed up with 117 yards<br />
against Ohio and 131 against Ball State. He went over 100 yards<br />
in each of <strong>UConn</strong>’s four season-ending wins, including a careerhigh<br />
191 at Iowa State. In all, Caulley eclipsed the 100-yard rushing<br />
plateau seven times in his first 10 collegiate games, tying<br />
Eric Torkelson’s <strong>UConn</strong> record of seven 100-yard rushing<br />
games in one season, set in 1973. In Randy Edsall’s first three<br />
years as head coach at <strong>UConn</strong> combined, the <strong>Huskies</strong> posted<br />
just five 100-yard rushing games. Caulley also caught 25 passes<br />
out of the backfield for 205 yards, even leading <strong>UConn</strong> with five<br />
receptions during the win at Buffalo. Meanwhile, his blocking ability,<br />
excellent for his youth and his size at just 5-7, enabled <strong>UConn</strong><br />
to utilize him as a third down back.<br />
LONG DISTANCE CAULLEY<br />
Terry Caulley’s 1,247 rushing yards on the 2002 season were<br />
the most by a Division I-A true freshman since Jamal Lewis of<br />
Tennessee ran for 1,364 in 1997. At Navy, Terry Caulley became<br />
the 55th overall freshman to ever rush for 1,000 yards in a season<br />
in NCAA Division I-A history. Caulley’s feat is all the more impressive<br />
when you consider that he missed two games and played<br />
only until halftime in blowout wins over Florida Atlantic and Kent<br />
State. The national Division I-A freshman record of 1,863 was set<br />
in 1996 by Wisconsin’s Ron Dayne, a true freshman that year.<br />
Caulley reached 1,000 yards in his ninth game, two shy of the<br />
record of seven set by Emmitt Smith of Florida in 1987 and<br />
equaled San Diego State’s Marshall Faulk in 1991.<br />
(Colorado vs. Nebraska (Nov. 2, 1990), Corey Dillon (Washington<br />
vs. San Jose State, Nov. 16, 1996) and Frank Moreau (Louisville<br />
vs. East Carolina, Nov. 1, 1997).<br />
DAN-O PUTTING ON A SHOW<br />
Sophomore Dan Orlovsky, a high school All-American and the Connecticut<br />
Player of the Year in 2000 at Shelton High School, was<br />
steady as the <strong>Huskies</strong>’ starting quarterback for all 12 games in 2002,<br />
posting solid numbers. Orlovsky hit on 221-of-366 passes (60.4%)<br />
for 2,488 yards with 19 touchdowns and 11 interceptions. With a<br />
TD pass in each of <strong>UConn</strong>’s 12 games, Orlovsky joined Shane<br />
Stafford (1997) as the only <strong>Huskies</strong> to throw a TD pass in every<br />
game for an entire season. His 128.60 passing efficiency rating<br />
ranked 38th in the nation and ahead of Eli Manning of Ole Miss,<br />
Dave Ragone of Louisville, Brian St. Pierre of Boston College, Rex<br />
Grossman of Florida and John Navare of Michigan, amongst others.<br />
Orlovsky started the season off on the right foot as he showed<br />
great poise in leading <strong>UConn</strong> on a 12-play, 90-yard TD drive on the<br />
game’s opening possession at Boston College’s Alumni Stadium.<br />
That drive was <strong>UConn</strong>’s longest TD drive since going 92 for a score<br />
against Northeastern on Sept. 23, 2000, and for Orlovsky was part<br />
of a monster half that saw him hit on 14-of-17 attempts (82%) for<br />
132 yards. He also led <strong>UConn</strong> in two 95-yard touchdown drives<br />
against Ball State, the latter one tying the game with 0:29 to play.<br />
He had a streak of 77 consecutive passes without an interception<br />
early in the season and at Navy hit on each of his first 11 passes to<br />
open the game. At Iowa State, he led <strong>UConn</strong> on touchdown drives<br />
of 88, 80 and 96 yards. Helping make Orlovsky more effective was<br />
his improved running ability. Orlovsky’s positive rushes (nonsacks/TFLs)<br />
accounted for 132 yards in 2002 after rushing positively<br />
for just 43 yards in 2001. He has also rushed for four touchdowns<br />
in 2002, second best on the team.<br />
HERE I COME TO SAVE THE DAY!!<br />
True freshman Terry Caulley ran for 1,247 yards in his 10 games<br />
played in 2002. As a team, <strong>UConn</strong> ran for 852 yards in 2001<br />
and 907 in 2000. Caulley’s 1,247 rushing yards were just 15 shy<br />
of tying Tory Taylor’s school record of 1,262 set in 1995 while his<br />
124.7 ypg rushing average did set a <strong>UConn</strong> seasonal record. His<br />
15 rushing touchdowns in 2002 were the most ever for a <strong>UConn</strong><br />
freshman and third best overall for a single season. His 16 overall<br />
TDs on the year also tied for the third most in <strong>UConn</strong> history.<br />
Caulley’s 16 TDs were four times more than <strong>UConn</strong>’s 2001<br />
leader, Taber Small, who reached the end zone just four times<br />
on the season. <strong>UConn</strong> went 6-4 in 2002 when he played and was<br />
0-2 in the two games that he missed.<br />
CAULLEY COLLECTS NCAA RECORD<br />
Terry Caulley tied an NCAA Division I-A record against Kent<br />
State when he scored four touchdowns in one quarter. In the<br />
second quarter, Caulley had TD runs of 10, 30 and 60 yards with a<br />
35-yard TD reception, against the Golden Flashes. The feat had<br />
previously been accomplished five times in Division I-A history,<br />
joining Dick Felt (BYU vs. San Jose State, Nov. 8, 1952), Howard<br />
Griffith (Illinois vs. Southern Illinois, Sept. 22, 1990), Eric Bieniemy<br />
S P R IN G P R O S P E C T U S 3 4<br />
Sophomore quarterback Dan Orlovsky (14) and Freshman<br />
All-American tailback Terry Caulley (44) were named<br />
<strong>UConn</strong>’s Co-Offensive MVPs after the 2002 season.
YEAR IN REVIEW<br />
RUNNING TO PAY DIRT<br />
The running game was productive in terms of generating points for<br />
the <strong>Huskies</strong> in 2002. <strong>UConn</strong> has posted 22 rushing TDs in 2002,<br />
tied for fourth-best in school history. With 15 TD carries (in just<br />
10 games played), Terry Caulley more than tripled up <strong>UConn</strong>’s 2001<br />
leader in rushing TDs, Taber Small, who had four.<br />
OFFENSE PUTTING POINTS ON THE BOARD<br />
With 373 points scored in 2002, <strong>UConn</strong> posted the third highest<br />
scoring season in school history. The <strong>Huskies</strong> tallied 461 points in<br />
1998 and 398 in 1997.<br />
PERFECT BALANCE<br />
In 2002 <strong>UConn</strong> attempted 421 rushing plays and 421 passing plays<br />
after adjusting its 29 sacks allowed (the NCAA credits these as rushes).<br />
NO SACKS ALLOWED<br />
The <strong>UConn</strong> offensive line allowed 26 sacks in the first seven games of<br />
the year, including eight against Temple. However, <strong>UConn</strong> did not<br />
allow a sack in any of its next four games (Vanderbilt, Florida<br />
Atlantic, Kent State and Navy). <strong>UConn</strong> went 132 consecutive passing<br />
attempts without yielding a sack until the first quarter of the Iowa<br />
State game. Oddly, the last sack recorded against <strong>UConn</strong> before this<br />
streak was by Temple’s aptly named defensive tackle, Rob Sack.<br />
SHARING THE WEALTH<br />
When Randy Edsall talked in the preseason about having a deep<br />
rotation at wide receiver to choose from, he knew what he was talking<br />
about. Seven different <strong>Huskies</strong> caught at least 20 passes in<br />
2002. Tommy Collins led the way with 39 receptions, followed by<br />
Shaun Feldeisen (33), Wes Timko (29), Terry Caulley (25), Jason<br />
Williams (23), Brandon Young (22) and O’Neil Wilson (20). In addition,<br />
Matt Cutaia had a team-high 14 catches through the first four<br />
games when he injured his knee and missed the remainder of the<br />
season. <strong>UConn</strong>’s seven 20 reception players tied for fourth in<br />
the nation during the regular season. Texas Tech had nine players<br />
reach the plateau while Duke and Hawaii had eight each.<br />
<strong>UConn</strong>’s seven equals Marshall, Miami of Ohio and Washington.<br />
TOUCHDOWN TOMMY COLLINS<br />
Senior tri-captain Tommy Collins served as an integral part of the <strong>UConn</strong><br />
passing attack from his tight end post in 2002. Collins led the <strong>Huskies</strong><br />
with 39 receptions, 497 receiving yards and six touchdowns, all career<br />
seasonal highs. Collins had a TD catch in six of <strong>UConn</strong>’s 12 games<br />
after making just four total TD catches in his career entering the<br />
2002 season. His seven catches against Temple were a career high<br />
and accompanied 84 yards and a touchdown. Doing a little bit of<br />
everything, Collins did a fine job as a blocker at tight end, served<br />
as the punt team’s long snapper for the first eight games and<br />
made six tackles on special teams, including four solos.<br />
FELDEISEN SLICIN’ AND DICIN’<br />
Shaun Feldeisen stepped up his play in some of <strong>UConn</strong>’s biggest<br />
games of the year. The junior had a breakout game against Georgia<br />
Tech hauling in six passes for 101 yards with a long play of 49 yards,<br />
all comfortably career highs. The performance matched <strong>UConn</strong>’s 100-<br />
yard game total from all of the 2001 season. Making a perfect bookend,<br />
Feldeisen broke that career high by leading the <strong>Huskies</strong> with<br />
eight catches in their big win at Iowa State, good for 85 yards. Most<br />
importantly, he helped sustain drives and move the chains as<br />
six of Feldeisen’s catches against the Cyclones were good<br />
for first downs, three of them coming on critical third down<br />
plays. Feldeisen, a redshirt junior, walked on to the team in 1999<br />
and was rewarded with a scholarship on August 26, 2002, just five<br />
days before catching his first career touchdown at Boston College,<br />
less than an hour from his Stow, Massachusetts home.<br />
TAKING THE LONG ROAD<br />
Showing increased poise and maturity, the <strong>UConn</strong> offense was able<br />
to string together some long drives in 2002. <strong>UConn</strong>’s 43 touchdown<br />
drives averaged 60.2 yards, including 14 of 80 yards or<br />
longer and four of 90 yards or longer. Only 14 times (seven coming<br />
against FAU and Navy) did <strong>UConn</strong> start in opposing territory for a<br />
TD march, usually earning the six points with a strong drive. Amongst<br />
the highlights was a 90 yarder on the season’s opening possession<br />
at BC, a pair of 80 yard scoring drives against Georgia Tech and a<br />
95 yarder to tie the Ball State game with 0:29 to play and force overtime.<br />
At Iowa State, <strong>UConn</strong> had three TD drives of at least 80 yards,<br />
including a season-long 96 yard drive.<br />
THOSE SWINGING 60’s<br />
In 2002, for the first time in school history, <strong>UConn</strong> scored over<br />
60 points in a game twice in one year. The <strong>Huskies</strong> put 61 on the<br />
board against Florida Atlantic on Nov. 2 and followed that up with a<br />
63-point effort the following week against Kent State. By scoring<br />
124 points in those two consecutive games, <strong>UConn</strong> set a<br />
school record for the most points scored in consecutive games<br />
against four-year colleges. In 1949, <strong>UConn</strong> scored 137 in games<br />
against Maine and the Newport Naval Training Station. The previous<br />
record against four-year colleges was a combined 107 points against<br />
Maine and Boston University to close the 1945 season.<br />
Junior O’Neil Wilson was one of seven <strong>Huskies</strong> to catch<br />
at least 20 passes in 2002.<br />
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CODE RED<br />
<strong>UConn</strong> had a streak in 2002 of almost seven full games without a<br />
red zone miscue. The <strong>Huskies</strong> streak saw the team convert on<br />
each of 21 consecutive red zone possessions, scoring 17<br />
touchdowns and four field goals. <strong>UConn</strong>’s run started on Sept.<br />
14 at Buffalo with a Marc Hickok field goal with 14 seconds left in<br />
the first half, and ended on Nov. 2 with a fumble by walk-on RB<br />
Jonathan Wholley at the goal line with 6:46 to play in <strong>UConn</strong>’s 61-<br />
14 win over Florida Atlantic. For the season, <strong>UConn</strong> was 37-for-41<br />
(90%) in the red zone with 30 touchdowns (73%).<br />
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YEAR IN IN REVIEW<br />
STANDING STRONG IN THE EYE OF THE HURRICANE<br />
While Dan Orlovsky’s third-quarter touchdown pass to Tommy Collins<br />
at Miami may have not meant much in the final outcome of the game<br />
it was very significant in the notebook. It was one of only 13 passing<br />
TDs that Miami allowed over the entire 2001 and 2002 seasons<br />
combined. The 2001 season saw national powers like Syracuse,<br />
Washington, Virginia Tech and Nebraska play a full 60 minutes<br />
against the ‘Canes without throwing for a touchdown. Boston<br />
College, Florida, Tennessee and Ohio State, amongst others, failed<br />
to throw for a TD in their games against Miami in 2002.<br />
REGARDING HENRY<br />
Backup quarterback Keron Henry was moved to wide receiver on<br />
the Monday after the Miami game and after a bye week made his<br />
debut as a wide receiver against Temple. Henry played on 11 snaps<br />
against the Owls, making one catch for zero yards. The move was<br />
designed to get the athletic 6-2 sophomore an opportunity to make<br />
more plays down field. Jermell Williams has replaced Henry as<br />
the backup quarterback behind Dan Orlovsky. Henry made five<br />
catches on the year for 62 yards. In 2002, he became the first<br />
Husky since Tory Taylor in 1996 to gain yards rushing, passing<br />
and receiving in the same season.<br />
GROUND GAME SHUFFLES THROUGH BUFFALO, FAU<br />
When <strong>UConn</strong> posted 187 rushing yards in its 24-3 win at Buffalo<br />
on Sept. 14 and 214 against Florida Atlantic on Nov. 2, each proved<br />
to be a pretty significant total in the program’s recent history. The<br />
Buffalo sum marked the best single-game rushing output for<br />
the <strong>Huskies</strong> in a road game since racking up 203 in a triple-OT<br />
game at Maine on Oct. 11, 1997. The 214 against the Owls marked<br />
<strong>UConn</strong>’s best rushing performance overall of the Randy Edsall<br />
era and was it’s first 200-yard rushing game since gaining 203<br />
against Rhode Island on Oct. 24, 1998. The <strong>Huskies</strong> would go on<br />
to post 237 rushing yards against Navy, <strong>UConn</strong>’s most since gaining<br />
240 on the ground against Hofstra on Oct. 10, 1998.<br />
YOUTH REIGNS IN CONNECTICUT BACKFIELD<br />
<strong>UConn</strong> started true freshmen at both fullback and tailback in Deon<br />
Anderson and Terry Caulley, respectively, in 2002. The diminutive,<br />
5-7 Caulley dazzled in the fall camp, demonstrating the solid instincts<br />
that led him to be named the 2001 Maryland offensive player<br />
of the year. Anderson took charge early on at the fullback spot.<br />
The three sport (football, wrestling and track) standout at<br />
Providence’s Hope High School and Connecticut’s Avon Old Farms<br />
Prep picked up the Husky offense quickly and won a starting nod.<br />
Anderson did not disappoint, picking up 119 yards on the season<br />
on 34 carries, with a TD, while blocking well.<br />
DEFENSE NOTES<br />
HUSKY PASS DEFENSE RANKS HIGH NATIONALLY<br />
The <strong>Huskies</strong> were able to slow down its opposition’s passing attack<br />
fairly well in 2002. <strong>UConn</strong> ranked fifth in the nation in passing<br />
defense by averaging just 160.42 yards per game and 18th in passing<br />
efficiency defense with a rating of 102.44. This contributed to a<br />
total defense figure of 316.08 that ranked 19th in the country. Nine<br />
of <strong>UConn</strong>’s 12 opponents in 2002 completed 15 or fewer passes,<br />
including a scant three by Navy. With 20 interceptions to its<br />
credit, the <strong>UConn</strong> defense tied for 10th nationally.<br />
BUT HUSKIES NEEDED TO STOP THE RUN BETTER<br />
While <strong>UConn</strong> did a good job against the pass in 2002, the <strong>Huskies</strong> did<br />
not have as much success against the run. <strong>UConn</strong> was 59th in the<br />
nation in rush defense, allowing 155.7 yards per game. Every <strong>UConn</strong><br />
opponent in 2002, except for Buffalo, FAU, Navy and Iowa State,<br />
produced a 100-yard rusher against the <strong>Huskies</strong>, but none had<br />
a 100-yard receiver. When <strong>UConn</strong> did stop the run though it was<br />
with a monumental figure. <strong>UConn</strong> held Buffalo to just 45 yards on the<br />
ground when the <strong>Huskies</strong> faced the Bulls on Sept. 14 while the Nov.<br />
2 game against Florida Atlantic saw <strong>UConn</strong> set a school record<br />
by holding the Owls to minus-12 yards rushing. The previous<br />
low was minus-eight, set by Yale on Sept., 29, 1984. The <strong>UConn</strong> defense<br />
swamped Navy’s option attack on Nov. 16. Entering the game<br />
fourth in the country with a 275.1 ypg average, Navy was held to just<br />
35 yards rushing against <strong>UConn</strong>.<br />
UCONN DEFENSE STOPS NAVY’S FLEET FEET<br />
The following are some notes from the Husky defense’s stellar performance<br />
against Navy on Nov. 16...Navy ran just 40 offensive plays<br />
in the game. The 40 offensive plays were the fewest in the nation<br />
for all of Division I since Sept. 30, 2000 when Tennessee<br />
Tech held UT-Martin to 37. It is the most for a I-A school since at<br />
least the 1999 season but NCAA records prior to that are not complete<br />
in this area...The <strong>Huskies</strong> set a school record by holding<br />
Navy to just three first downs in the game. The old mark of four<br />
had been set against Maine in 1978 and equalled at Yale in<br />
1984...The <strong>UConn</strong> defense held Navy to 82 yards of total offense,<br />
its best performance since holding Yale to 65 yards in 1984. The<br />
Midshipmen had just 18 yards of total offense in the second half...The<br />
82 yards of total defense was fourth best in the nation in 2002<br />
against a I-A school...<strong>UConn</strong> recorded its first shutout of the year<br />
and its first ever against a Division I-A school on the road...<strong>UConn</strong><br />
was perfect in the clutch, holding Navy to a 0-for-12 mark in<br />
third down conversion attempts. The last time <strong>UConn</strong> had been<br />
perfect defensively on third down was on Nov. 21, 1992 when the<br />
<strong>Huskies</strong> held Rhode Island on each of 11 third down attempts...Navy,<br />
which entered the game fourth in the nation with 275.1 rushing<br />
yards per game, was held to just 35 rushing yards by the <strong>UConn</strong><br />
defense...<strong>UConn</strong> forced a Navy three-and-out on eight of the<br />
Midshipmen’s 12 possessions...Navy completed just three passes<br />
in the contest.<br />
DEFENSE SCORES AT RECORD PACE<br />
While <strong>UConn</strong>’s offense had a successful season in 2002, the Husky<br />
defense also did its part to put points on the board. <strong>UConn</strong> set a<br />
school record in 2002 by returning three interceptions for touchdowns.<br />
Four times <strong>UConn</strong> had produced two interception return touchdowns<br />
in a season, most recently in 1998. In 2002, Jamal Lundy returned<br />
an interception 62 yards for a TD against Temple, Razul Wallace<br />
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ran one back 31 yards for a TD against Florida Atlantic and Chris<br />
Meyer posted a 63-yard interception return for a TD against Kent State.<br />
The <strong>UConn</strong> record for defensive touchdowns in a season is four set<br />
in 1997 (two INT returns, two fumble returns).<br />
ANOTHER YEAR, ANOTHER SHUTOUT<br />
With <strong>UConn</strong>’s 38-0 shutout of Navy, the <strong>Huskies</strong> have recorded a<br />
shutout in three of Randy Edsall’s four years at the Husky helm and<br />
have whitewashed a foe for the second year in a row. <strong>UConn</strong> shutout<br />
Eastern Michigan, 19-0 on Oct. 6, 2001 and Buffalo, 23-0 on<br />
Sept. 18, 1999. With shutouts in both 2001 and 2002, it marks<br />
the first time <strong>UConn</strong> has recorded a shutout in consecutive<br />
seasons since 1967-68 when <strong>UConn</strong> blanked Maine and Holy<br />
Cross in 1967 and Vermont and Maine in 1968. The Navy shutout<br />
was <strong>UConn</strong>’s first ever shutout over a Division I-A team on the<br />
road and <strong>UConn</strong>’s first away from Memorial Stadium since beating<br />
Yale 28-0 on Sept. 27, 1997 at the Yale Bowl.<br />
MORE TURNOVERS THAN AN AU BON PAN<br />
The <strong>UConn</strong> defense forced 32 turnovers in 2002, making 20 interceptions<br />
and recovering 12 lost fumbles. The 32 turnovers were<br />
tied for 23rd in the nation and, coupled with the <strong>UConn</strong> offense<br />
holding on to the ball, helped the <strong>Huskies</strong> tie for 16th in the nation in<br />
turnover margin at +1.00 per game. <strong>UConn</strong>’s 20 interceptions tied<br />
for 14th nationally. <strong>UConn</strong>’s 32 forced turnovers were its most since<br />
forcing 36 over 11 games played in 1992.<br />
QUIETLY MAKING NOISE<br />
Although the unit’s tackle totals do not necessarily reflect it, the<br />
Husky defensive line made great strides over its 2001 performance<br />
and the evidence is in the tackle totals of the Husky linebackers<br />
and defensive backs. In 2001 the defensive line got eaten up at the<br />
line of scrimmage and the opposing blockers were able to contain<br />
the <strong>UConn</strong> linebackers, forcing Husky defensive backs to make too<br />
many big-play saving tackles. In 2002, with the defensive linemen<br />
doing a better job of tying up blockers, the <strong>UConn</strong> linebackers were<br />
able to roam free as Maurice Lloyd, Alfred Fincher and Jamal Lundy<br />
finished first, third and fourth, respectively, on the team in tackles.<br />
CAN’T AVOID LLOYD<br />
Sophomore Maurice Lloyd had a hot hand during the second half<br />
of the 2002 season from the weakside linebacker spot. Lloyd assumed<br />
the team lead in tackles with 113 on the year after leading<br />
the <strong>Huskies</strong> in five of the last six games. Lloyd hit double digits five<br />
times in 2002, coming against Ohio, Ball State, Temple, Vanderbilt<br />
and Iowa State. He also recorded two TFLs in the Temple and<br />
Vanderbilt games and overall, Lloyd made multiple TFLs in six<br />
out of <strong>UConn</strong>’s 12 games this season and with 18 on the year<br />
fell just one shy of the <strong>UConn</strong> seasonal record.<br />
FINCHER PHENOMENAL IN NEW STARTING ROLE<br />
Sophomore Alfred Fincher, a native of Norwood, Mass., made the<br />
most of his opportunity after beating out incumbent middle linebacker<br />
Razul Wallace in the 2002 fall camp. Fincher finished third<br />
for <strong>UConn</strong> with 92 total tackles on the year and has 10.5 tackles<br />
for loss. At BC, in his first career start, Fincher tied for the<br />
team lead with seven solo tackles and was credited with a<br />
team-best 15 total to accompany a pair of tackles for loss, a<br />
pass deflection and his first career interception which he ran<br />
back 19 yards to the BC 42 yard line late in the third quarter. His<br />
only missed start of the 2002 season came against Temple when<br />
<strong>UConn</strong> played most of the game in a nickel package against the<br />
Owls’ spread offense.<br />
ROY’S A NATURAL<br />
Hopkins finished the 2002 regular season as part of a tie for 10th<br />
place in the NCAA by averaging 0.50 interceptions a game (six in<br />
12 games). One of only three <strong>UConn</strong> fifth-year seniors in 2002,<br />
joining Marc Hickok and Frank Quagliano, Hopkins’ six interceptions<br />
topped his total for the rest of his career combined (four) and<br />
marked the best performance by a Husky since Mark Chapman<br />
picked off eight passes in 1992. Hopkins by far led <strong>UConn</strong> in 2002<br />
with his 18 pass breakups while making a solid 53 tackles. Amongst<br />
the 18 breakups was a diving swat in the end zone of a certain<br />
touchdown pass at Iowa State. Hopkins also blocked an extra point<br />
kick against Temple. Hopkins played in a school record 48 games<br />
during his career, starting 44.<br />
MY OH MEYER<br />
Junior safety Chris Meyer made his presence known in 2002 both<br />
with some hard hits and also with the sheer quantity of them. Meyer<br />
finished second on the team to Maurice Lloyd with 71 solo tackles<br />
and 97 total tackles. Meyer had three interceptions. His first of the<br />
year, plus a 17-yard return late in the Ohio game, was one of the<br />
most important factors in the momentum swing that secured a<br />
Husky victory. Meyer also had 10 solo tackles against the Bobcats.<br />
He ran an interception back 63 yards for a touchdown against<br />
Kent State.<br />
<strong>UConn</strong>’s defensive line, including Sean Mulcahy (99) and<br />
Hakeem Kashama (95), contributed plenty of pass pressure<br />
to a passing defense that ranked fifth in the nation.<br />
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OSUNDE MAY BE PLAYING ON SUNDAYS SOMEDAY SOON<br />
Junior defensive tackle Uyi Osunde had a break-out season in<br />
2002. Osunde used a prototypical NFL frame to record 76 tackles<br />
on the year, fifth on the team and 39 more than any other lineman.<br />
Osunde led the 2002 <strong>Huskies</strong> with 9.5 sacks and 19 forced hurries<br />
while ranking second with 15.5 total tackles for loss. Osunde<br />
also participated in punt coverage, making five tackles on the season.<br />
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UCONN FORCES BUFFALO TO GO THE DISTANCE<br />
Critical to the success of the Husky defense at Buffalo was its<br />
good work on first and second down in forcing the Bulls into several<br />
third-and-long situations. UB was forced to convert on thirdand-10<br />
or more eight times against <strong>UConn</strong> and were denied<br />
on all eight attempts. Against BC and Georgia Tech combined,<br />
<strong>UConn</strong>’s foes only faced double-digit distances on third down five<br />
times (converting two). The Bulls faced third-and-15 or more four<br />
times. UB was 1-for-14 overall on third down (7%) after BC and<br />
Georgia Tech converted on a combined 32% (9-for-28) of its total<br />
tries. As a result of their tough defense, <strong>UConn</strong> forced six<br />
three-and-outs at Buffalo, a percentage that represents 40%<br />
of UB’ 15 possessions. <strong>UConn</strong> forced five more three-and-outs<br />
against Ohio but forced an average of 2.75 in its four games after<br />
that, all losses. <strong>UConn</strong> fixed this by forcing five three-and-outs<br />
against FAU, six more against Kent State and forced staggering<br />
eight three-and-outs (in 12 possessions) against Navy.<br />
SPECIAL TEAMS NOTES<br />
THE CROCODILE PUNTER<br />
Junior Adam Coles, a native of Gladesville, Australia, and a former<br />
Australian Rules Football player, has made a solid transition to the<br />
American version of football and is quietly making noise in <strong>UConn</strong>’s<br />
record book. Coles is presently second all-time at <strong>UConn</strong> with<br />
a 39.7 average for a minimum of 80 career punts and ranks<br />
amongst the top five in school history for both number of<br />
punts and yardage. Coles didn’t disappoint in 2002, kicking for<br />
a 39.9 average, including a long of 64 at Miami. In that game,<br />
Coles showed his AFL background on a punt in the second quarter<br />
when the snap went well over his head and he had to back<br />
peddle about 20 yards, finally getting off what he termed a “snap<br />
kick” at his own seven yard line just before being flattened by<br />
Miami’s Marcus Maxey. Although it went in the book as a 24 yard<br />
boot, it went about 50 yards in the air. Coles was named to the<br />
Ray Guy Award’s preseason watch list.<br />
ON THE MARC<br />
Senior Marc Hickok broke a pair of school records in <strong>UConn</strong>’s<br />
win over Kent State on Nov. 9. Hickok was a perfect nine-fornine<br />
in his extra point attempts against the Golden Flashes,<br />
eclipsing the previous school record of eight successful PATs<br />
done three times, including once by Hickok just the week before<br />
against Florida Atlantic. The first of Hickok’s nine PATs against<br />
Kent State extended Hickok’s streak to 30 consecutive successful<br />
PAT tries, breaking Rob Moons’ school record of 29<br />
set in 1988. The record streak reached 47 as Hickok’s career<br />
closed at Iowa State. Hickok shanked his first PAT try of the<br />
2002 season (5:20 into the Boston College game) and never<br />
missed again as a Husky.<br />
EVERYONE GETTING INTO THE MIX<br />
Head coach Randy Edsall stressed the importance of special<br />
teams every day, even sitting in daily on the <strong>UConn</strong> special teams<br />
meetings. A majority of the team’s players are involved in special<br />
teams in some capacity and it shows on the tackle chart. As evidence<br />
of this full participation, 25 different <strong>Huskies</strong> made a<br />
special teams tackle over the course of the 2002 season, led<br />
by Deon Anderson with nine, while James Hargrave had eight and<br />
Chris Meyer and Jason Dellaselva each added seven tackles on<br />
special teams.<br />
Dwaun Black blocked two punts in 2002, both of which<br />
<strong>UConn</strong> scooped up and returned for touchdowns.<br />
EVERYONE’S CHASIN’ JASON<br />
Junior Jason Dellaselva made his presence known this year on<br />
special teams. Dellaselva tied for third on <strong>UConn</strong> with seven special<br />
teams tackles, covering both kickoffs and punts. He also served<br />
as the team’s kick returner, averaging 20.7 yards on his 23 returns,<br />
including a long of 47 yards against Miami, a team that held<br />
its opponents to a scant 13.8 yards per return entering the <strong>UConn</strong><br />
game. Dellaselva’s was the longest kick return against Miami<br />
over a 22 game span between Larry Johnson of Penn State<br />
running one back 69 yards on Sept. 1, 2001 and Virginia Tech’s<br />
Richard Johnson running one back 92 yards on Dec. 7, 2002.<br />
No one has returned a kickoff for a touchdown against the Canes<br />
since 1998 (Kevin Johnson of Syracuse). Against Miami, Dellaselva<br />
also recovered the fumble off of a muffed punt.<br />
BETTER BLOCK BACK-BREAKING BLOCKER BLACK BETTER<br />
Senior Dwaun Black floated around the <strong>UConn</strong> roster for years<br />
looking for a niche and he found it in 2002. Black blocked two<br />
punts during his senior season, both of which were scooped up<br />
and returned for <strong>UConn</strong> touchdowns. Black was the first Husky<br />
with multiple blocked kicks of any time in one season since<br />
<strong>UConn</strong> started keeping the stat. Black blocked a Freddie<br />
Capshaw punt at Miami that Ezra Carey ran in five yards for a<br />
touchdown. Against Kent State, Jared Fritz had his punt blocked<br />
by Black with Cathlyn Clarke tbeing the beneficiary of a 31-yard<br />
touchdown.<br />
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RADIO/TV COVERAGE NOTES<br />
THE UCONN HUSKIES: MUST SEE TV<br />
<strong>UConn</strong> had eight of its 12 games broadcast on live television in<br />
2002. The BC game was an ESPN Regional production which aired<br />
on both NESN and MSG. The YES Network carried <strong>UConn</strong>’s games<br />
against Georgia Tech and Buffalo. WFSB-TV 3, Hartford’s CBS affiliate,<br />
carried five games as the <strong>Huskies</strong> battled Ohio, Temple,<br />
Vanderbilt, Florida Atlantic and Navy. With eight total TV games, it<br />
was by far the most football games that <strong>UConn</strong> had ever had<br />
televised in a single season. Curiously, former Syracuse star Don<br />
McPherson served as <strong>UConn</strong>’s color commentator for seven of these<br />
eight games, appearing on three different networks. <strong>UConn</strong> went<br />
4-4 in 2002 when on TV.<br />
PLENTY OF FOLKS WERE TUNING IN TOO<br />
<strong>UConn</strong>’s five games on WFSB drew a good crowd to their televisions<br />
in the Nutmeg State, averaging a 4.3 rating and an 11.6 share<br />
in the Hartford TV market. The highest rated game was against<br />
Navy, which despite a 38-0 final score, drew a strong 6.1 rating<br />
and a 16 share. Comparing these numbers with typical Connecticut<br />
college football TV audiences, on Nov. 16, the lopsided Navy<br />
game blew away ABC’s Big Ten game (Ohio State-Illinois - 1.5) and<br />
CBS’s SEC game (Georgia-Auburn - 3.7), each of which went down<br />
to the final play and had both national and conference championship<br />
implications. The 3.8 rating from the <strong>UConn</strong>-Vanderbilt game<br />
on Oct. 26 held its own that day against undefeated Notre Dame at<br />
Florida State, which drew a 4.5, and dwarfed Boston College and<br />
Pittsburgh, which drew a 0.2 rating. The Temple game drew a 4.7<br />
rating on Oct. 19 and almost doubled its next closest competitor<br />
that day with CBS’s Alabama-Ole Miss clash coming in second with<br />
a 2.5 rating. With a 3.7 rating, <strong>UConn</strong>’s win over Ohio on Sept. 21<br />
beat out a pair of very high-profile games that day, topping Florida-<br />
Tennessee (2.9 on CBS) and Notre Dame-Michigan State (2.3 on<br />
ABC). The Ohio game also nearly doubled up the New York Yankees-Detroit<br />
Tigers baseball game on FOX at the same time (2.1).<br />
The only two games to beat <strong>UConn</strong>’s same-day TV ratings in<br />
2002 were Notre Dame’s contests against Florida State and Boston<br />
College.<br />
<strong>UConn</strong>’s 37-19 win over Ohio University on September<br />
21 drew a higher TV audience in Hartford on that day<br />
than FOX’s coverage of the New York Yankees and Detroit<br />
Tigers, CBS’ coverage of the Florida-Tennessee<br />
game and ABC’s coverage of Notre Dame-Michigan State.<br />
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SCHEDULE NOTES<br />
WHO ARE YOU? WHO? WHO? WHO? WHO?<br />
As a part of their move to Division I-A status the <strong>Huskies</strong> faced a<br />
revamped schedule in 2002, one which featured six first time opponents<br />
for <strong>UConn</strong>. The <strong>Huskies</strong> opposed Georgia Tech, Ohio,<br />
Miami (Fla.), Vanderbilt, Florida Atlantic and Iowa State for the<br />
first time ever on the gridiron, posting a 3-3 record in these<br />
games. In fact, fellow-Division I-A neophyte Buffalo was the only<br />
2002 opponent that <strong>UConn</strong> had faced more than 10 times with the<br />
<strong>Huskies</strong> and Bulls playing for the 13th time on Sept. 14. Entering<br />
the season, a total of just 36 games had been played all-time between<br />
<strong>UConn</strong> and its 2002 opponents combined, fewer than its<br />
series with six individual schools, a list led by Rhode Island with 92<br />
meetings. In addition to its new opponents, <strong>UConn</strong> faced its first<br />
ever member of the Big 12 Conference (Iowa State) and faced<br />
only its second ever foe from the Southeastern Conference<br />
(Vanderbilt). <strong>UConn</strong> previously travelled to SEC member Kentucky<br />
in 1999. The Georgia Tech game marked <strong>UConn</strong>’s second ever<br />
game against an active Atlantic Coast Conference opponent with<br />
the <strong>Huskies</strong> having faced North Carolina in 1990. <strong>UConn</strong> also<br />
played then-Southern Conference member Maryland in 1942 prior<br />
to the ACC’s formation in 1953.<br />
HUSKIES PLAY THE BCS FIELD<br />
<strong>UConn</strong> faced opponents from four different conferences in 2002<br />
that are amongst the six members of the Bowl Championship Series<br />
as the <strong>Huskies</strong> faced foes from the ACC (Georgia Tech), BIG<br />
EAST (Boston College, Miami, Temple), Big 12 (Iowa State) and<br />
SEC (Vanderbilt). Facing four different BCS conferences tied<br />
<strong>UConn</strong> for the most of any school in the nation in the 2002<br />
regular season joining Florida State, North Carolina, Notre<br />
Dame, Texas Tech, Virginia and Virginia Tech. The one common<br />
denominator is that all seven schools played at least one<br />
ACC team while all but the Red Raiders faced a BIG EAST squad.<br />
WHERE EVER I MAY ROAM<br />
<strong>UConn</strong>’s independent schedule led to some noteworthy road trips<br />
in 2002. <strong>UConn</strong>’s game at Miami marked the furthest south the<br />
team has ever travelled for a game, eclipsing its trip to Tampa’s<br />
Raymond James Stadium for a 2001 game against South Florida.<br />
This mark should hold forever as the Orange Bowl is the southernmost<br />
stadium in the continental United States for a I-A school although<br />
it is a couple of miles north of the actual UM campus in<br />
Coral Gables...<strong>UConn</strong>’s game at Iowa State in Ames just narrowly<br />
missed being its furthest ever western destination, a<br />
nod that goes to Dallas, Texas where the <strong>Huskies</strong> faced SMU in<br />
1989...<strong>UConn</strong>’s games at Vanderbilt (Nashville, Tenn.) and Iowa<br />
State (Ames, Iowa) were significant as they marked just the<br />
third and fourth times, respectively, that <strong>UConn</strong> ever played<br />
outside of the Eastern time zone. Both schools are located in<br />
the Central time zone. <strong>UConn</strong> has never played in either the Mountain<br />
or Pacific time zones. The win over Iowa State was <strong>UConn</strong>’s<br />
first ever win outside of the Eastern time zone...<strong>UConn</strong> played three<br />
games south of the Mason-Dixon line in 2002 and its win at Navy<br />
on Nov. 16 was its first victory in its last nine games in Dixie. <strong>UConn</strong><br />
is 8-33-1 all-time down south as it prepares to travel to Virginia<br />
Tech, Wake Forest and North Carolina State in 2003.<br />
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MAC-NIFICENT<br />
The <strong>Huskies</strong> have become quite familiar with the Mid-American<br />
Conference as <strong>UConn</strong> faced four teams from the league in 2002<br />
in Buffalo (W, 24-3), Ohio (W, 37-19), Ball State (L, 21-24 OT) and<br />
Kent State (W, 63-21). <strong>UConn</strong> also faced four MAC teams in 2000,<br />
posting a 2-2 record, and three MAC schools in 2001, going 1-2.<br />
The <strong>Huskies</strong> will play four MAC teams in both 2003 and 2004 as<br />
well. With their 3-1 mark in 2002, <strong>UConn</strong> now stands at 13-10<br />
all-time against MAC schools. Six different MAC schools had<br />
three or fewer wins this year within the conference. Six of <strong>UConn</strong>’s<br />
last 10 wins overall have come against schools from the MAC.<br />
WEEK TWELVE????<br />
For just the second time in school history, <strong>UConn</strong> played 12 games<br />
in a season and it was the first time <strong>UConn</strong> had ever scheduled in<br />
advance to do so. The other instance came in 1998 when <strong>UConn</strong><br />
was chosen for the NCAA Division I-AA Playoffs after a 9-2 regular<br />
season. <strong>UConn</strong> defeated Hampton, 42-34, in the first round on<br />
Nov. 28 in Storrs in that inaugural 12th game. The <strong>Huskies</strong> fell at<br />
Georgia Southern the following week in its only 13th game to a<br />
season. In 2002 and 2003, schools are allowed by the NCAA to<br />
schedule 12 games because there are 14 Saturdays between<br />
the first permissible playing date (August 30) and the last playing<br />
date in November...November 23 was the latest scheduled<br />
finale for <strong>UConn</strong> since losing 20-10 at Rhode Island on Nov. 23,<br />
1991. <strong>UConn</strong> faced Temple on Nov. 24, 2001 in a game rescheduled<br />
from Sept. 15 due to the September 11th attacks.<br />
STADIUM/ATTENDANCE NOTES<br />
THANKS FOR THE MEMORIES, MEMORIAL<br />
The Kent State game was the <strong>Huskies</strong>’ final at Memorial Stadium<br />
after a 50 year run. <strong>UConn</strong> posted a 131-102-4 (.561) record in<br />
the 16,200 seat facility that opened on October 10, 1953, with<br />
a 26-6 win over St. Lawrence. Memorial Stadium will be torn down<br />
to make room for the Burton Family Football Complex, a facility<br />
which will house coaches’ offices, meeting rooms, locker rooms<br />
and other improved facilities. It will also be the site of a multi-sport<br />
practice center.<br />
MEMORIAL MAGIC TAKES ONE LAST GASP<br />
The <strong>Huskies</strong> sent their home of a half a century out in grand<br />
style, breaking their Memorial Stadium scoring record in each<br />
of their final two games there. <strong>UConn</strong>’s 61 points against Florida<br />
Atlantic broke the old benchmark of 56 set against Rhode Island in<br />
1980. The new benchmark lasted for exactly seven days as <strong>UConn</strong><br />
posted 63 points in the stadium’s finale against Kent State.<br />
STARTING A COMMOTION<br />
Swelling interest in the Husky football program as it gradually moves<br />
up into BIG EAST play can be evidenced by a rise in attendance.<br />
The Ball State game drew 16,849 fans to Memorial Stadium,<br />
the most in the facility’s 50-year history, breaking a mark set<br />
on Sept. 7 when 16,751 came out for the Georgia Tech game.<br />
The Ohio game drew 15,901, the tenth most ever at Memorial Stadium.<br />
<strong>UConn</strong>’s season-ticket base for 2002 stood at a school record<br />
of approximately 11,300.<br />
SURE COULD HAVE USED THOSE EXTRA SEATS THIS YEAR<br />
Operating at 97.58% of capacity at 16,200 seat Memorial Stadium,<br />
the <strong>Huskies</strong> ranked 23rd in the nation in 2002 in average attendance<br />
based on percentage of capacity. While <strong>UConn</strong> is not<br />
yet a member of the conference, Virginia Tech was the only BIG<br />
EAST school amongst the top 25 schools in this category in 2002,<br />
In its 50th and final season, Memorial Stadium saw its largest<br />
ever average attendance for a single season (15,807).<br />
while Notre Dame was the only other independent. Nebraska led<br />
the nation at 105.25%,<br />
MOVIN’ ON UP TO THE EAST SIDE<br />
The <strong>Huskies</strong> will move into brand new Rentschler Field in East Hartford<br />
for the 2003 season with the stadium set to open its doors on<br />
August 30 for a game against the Big Ten’s Indiana Hoosiers. Conveniently<br />
located within miles of Interstates 91, 84 and 384, Adriaen’s<br />
Landing and downtown Hartford, the new home of the <strong>Huskies</strong> lies<br />
on 75 acres of land donated to the State of Connecticut from the<br />
historic Pratt & Whitney Airfield by company founder Frederick<br />
Rentschler. The new stadium will hold approximately 40,000 seats<br />
and 40 luxury suites in a massive press box tower which will help<br />
enclose the natural grass field. The $91 million construction project,<br />
part of Governor John Rowland’s economic development program<br />
for the Hartford metro-area, is currently about 90% completed and<br />
on schedule.<br />
MISCELLANEOUS NOTES<br />
CONNECTICUT’S NEW CLOTHES<br />
The <strong>Huskies</strong> wore completely new ensembles in 2002. Blue and<br />
white with silver trim, the fashionable look was designed by<br />
new sponsor Aéropostale. The uniforms also featured a patch on<br />
the right chest commemorating the team’s 50th and final season at<br />
Memorial Stadium. Additionally, the 2002 helmets included a white<br />
interlocking “UC” logo on a blue background. The helmet logo will<br />
be redesigned for the 2003 season as the <strong>Huskies</strong> search for a<br />
mark to form an identity around as the pivotal 2005 season approaches.<br />
The 2002 uniforms featured the players’ names on the<br />
back for the first time under head coach Randy Edsall’s watch. The<br />
red accents commonly found on <strong>UConn</strong> uniforms were replaced with<br />
silver accents on the 2002 football jerseys. Instead of white uniform<br />
pants for home games, <strong>UConn</strong> often donned silver britches. Also, the<br />
front of the jerseys said “Connecticut” instead of “<strong>UConn</strong>,” a point that<br />
Edsall was especially passionate about. At the team’s August 9th media<br />
day he said “We’re Team Connecticut. From Greenwich to<br />
Torrington and Norwich to Danbury, we want everybody to know that<br />
we’re your team. We want people from all those areas to come up<br />
and experience the things that we’ve got going.” <strong>UConn</strong> and<br />
Aéropostale recently announced a new corporate partnership that will<br />
see the company provide practice and sideline apparel for football<br />
and 18 other <strong>UConn</strong> sports. Aéropostale will also be involved in a<br />
number of campus activities.<br />
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<strong>UConn</strong> Depth Chart - Season Finale at Iowa State<br />
OFFENSE<br />
WR: 82 Wes Timko (Sr., 6-3, 199)<br />
88 O’Neil Wilson (Jr., 6-3, 192)<br />
83 Brandon Young (Fr., 6-0, 191)<br />
1 Keron Henry (So., 6-2, 213)<br />
WR: 87 Shaun Feldeisen (Jr., 6-1, 212)<br />
80 Jason Williams (Fr., 6-0, 180)<br />
3 Cliff Hill (Jr., 5-10, 177)<br />
LT: 73 Ryan Krug (So., 6-4, 300)<br />
74 Michael Kodish (Fr., 6-4, 295)<br />
LG: 54 Brian Markowski (So., 6-2, 293)<br />
66 Laurence Oliver (Jr., 6-4, 294)<br />
C: 58 Billy Irwin (So., 6-1, 267)<br />
56 Jeff Fox (So., 6-2, 285)<br />
RG: 78 Grant Preston (Fr., 6-5, 306)<br />
64 LeAndre Dupree (So., 6-2, 311)<br />
RT: 79 Steve Cully (Sr., 6-4, 306)<br />
77 Brendan Borowski (Fr., 6-4, 296)<br />
TE: 42 Tommy Collins (Sr., 6-3, 253)<br />
91 Tim Lassen (Fr., 6-5, 278)<br />
QB: 14 Dan Orlovsky (So., 6-5, 228)<br />
19 Jermell Williams (Fr., 6-2, 182)<br />
TB: 44 Terry Caulley (Fr., 5-7, 178)<br />
28 Chandler Poole (Jr., 5-11, 205)<br />
FB: 30 Deon Anderson (Fr., 5-10, 203)<br />
29 Evan Benson (Jr., 5-8, 209)<br />
SPECIAL TEAMS<br />
FG: 8 Marc Hickok (Sr., 6-1, 183)<br />
94 David Butts (Fr., 6-2, 234)<br />
KO: 94 David Butts (Fr., 6-2, 234)<br />
8 Marc Hickok (Sr., 6-1, 183)<br />
P: 6 Adam Coles (Jr., 6-6, 224)<br />
8 Marc Hickok (Sr., 6-1, 183)<br />
2002 Game-By-Game Starters<br />
DEFENSE<br />
DE: 52 Tyler King (So., 6-6, 258)<br />
95 Hakeem Kashama (Jr., 6-5, 256)<br />
DT: 55 Greg Smoot (Sr., 6-3, 290)<br />
50 Chris Clarke (Jr., 6-0, 284)<br />
DT: 99 Sean Mulcahy (Jr., 6-6, 294)<br />
76 Deon McPhee (Fr., 6-2, 282)<br />
DE*: 97 Uyi Osunde (Jr., 6-3, 243)<br />
61 Frank Quagliano (Sr., 6-2, 244)<br />
SLB#: 21 Jamal Lundy (Sr., 5-11, 224)<br />
38 James Hargrave (Fr., 5-11, 212)<br />
MLB: 48 Alfred Fincher (So., 6-1, 231)<br />
43 Razul Wallace (Sr., 6-1, 232)<br />
WLB: 11 Maurice Lloyd (So., 5-11, 224)<br />
39 Mike McIntosh (Jr., 5-11, 213)<br />
LCB: 7 Roy Hopkins (Sr., 5-7, 180)<br />
24 Ezra Carey (Jr., 5-11, 170)<br />
SS: 5 Chris Meyer (Jr., 6-0, 205)<br />
4 Jason Dellaselva (Jr., 5-9, 197)<br />
FS: 22 Terrance Smith (Jr., 5-11, 202)<br />
12 John Fletcher (So., 5-9, 181)<br />
RCB: 32 Marlon Jones (So., 5-8, 167)<br />
23 Cathlyn Clarke (Fr., 5-10, 168)<br />
* referred to as the “bandit” end<br />
# referred to as the “husky” linebacker<br />
2003 returnees in italics<br />
H: 6 Adam Coles (Jr., 6-6, 224)<br />
3 Cliff Hill (Jr., 5-10, 177)<br />
LS: 56 Jeff Fox (So., 6-2, 285)<br />
42 Tommy Collins (Sr., 6-3, 253)<br />
KR: 4 Jason Dellaselva (Jr., 5-9, 197)<br />
83 Brandon Young (Fr., 6-0, 191)<br />
PR: 3 Cliff Hill (Jr., 5-10, 177)<br />
83 Brandon Young (Fr., 6-0, 191)<br />
Game WR WR LT LG C RG RT TE QB TB FB<br />
at Boston Coll. Timko Cutaia Krug Markowski Irwin Preston Cully Collins Orlovsky Caulley Anderson<br />
Georgia Tech Timko Cutaia Krug Markowski Irwin Preston M. Henry Collins Orlovsky Bellamy Anderson<br />
at Buffalo Timko Cutaia Krug Markowski Irwin Preston Cully Collins Orlovsky Caulley Anderson<br />
Ohio Timko Cutaia Krug Markowski Irwin Preston Cully Collins Orlovsky Caulley Lassen (TE)<br />
Ball State Timko Feldeisen M. Henry Markowski Irwin Preston Cully Collins Orlovsky Caulley Williams (WR)<br />
at Miami, Fla. Timko Feldeisen M. Henry Markowski Irwin Preston Cully Collins Orlovsky Poole Williams (WR)<br />
Temple Timko Feldeisen Krug Markowski Irwin Preston Cully Collins Orlovsky Williams (WR) Anderson<br />
at Vanderbilt Timko Wilson Krug Markowski Irwin Preston Cully Collins Orlovsky Caulley Anderson<br />
Fla. Atlantic Timko Wilson Krug Markowski Irwin Preston Cully Collins Orlovsky Caulley Anderson<br />
Kent State Timko Wilson Krug Markowski Irwin Preston Cully Collins Orlovsky Caulley Lassen (TE)<br />
at Navy Timko Wilson Krug Markowski Irwin Dupree Cully Collins Orlovsky Caulley Feldeisen (WR)<br />
at Iowa State Timko Wilson Krug Markowski Irwin Preston Cully Collins Orlovsky Caulley Feldeisen (WR)<br />
Game DE DT DT BAN HUS MLB WLB LCB SS FS RCB<br />
at Boston Coll. King Smoot Mulcahy Osunde Lundy Fincher Lloyd Hopkins Meyer Smith Perkins<br />
Georgia Tech King Smoot Mulcahy Osunde Lundy Fincher Lloyd Hopkins Meyer Smith Jones<br />
at Buffalo King Smoot Mulcahy Osunde Lundy Fincher Lloyd Hopkins Meyer Smith Jones<br />
Ohio King Smoot Mulcahy Osunde Hargrave Fincher Lloyd Hopkins Meyer Smith Jones<br />
Ball State King Smoot Mulcahy Osunde Hargrave Fincher Lloyd Hopkins Meyer Smith Jones<br />
at Miami, Fla. King Smoot Mulcahy Osunde Lundy Fincher Lloyd Hopkins Meyer Smith Jones<br />
Temple King Smoot Mulcahy Osunde Lundy Carey (DB) Lloyd Hopkins Meyer Smith Jones<br />
at Vanderbilt King Smoot Mulcahy Osunde Lundy Fincher Lloyd Hopkins Meyer Smith Jones<br />
Fla. Atlantic Kashama Smoot Mulcahy Osunde Lundy Fincher Lloyd Hopkins Meyer Smith Jones<br />
Kent State King Smoot Mulcahy Osunde Lundy Fincher Lloyd Hopkins Meyer Smith Jones<br />
at Navy King Smoot Mulcahy Osunde Lundy Fincher Lloyd Hopkins Meyer Smith Jones<br />
at Iowa State King Smoot Mulcahy Osunde Lundy Fincher Lloyd Hopkins Meyer Smith Jones<br />
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2002 CONNECTICUT TEAM STATISTICS<br />
RECORD: OVERALL HOME AWAY NEUTRAL<br />
ALL GAMES........... (6-6-0) (3-3-0) (3-3-0) (0-0-0)<br />
DATE OPPONENT W/L SCORE ATTEND<br />
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Aug 31, 2002 at BOSTON COLLEGE L 16-24 40066<br />
Sept 7, 2002 GEORGIA TECH L 14-31 16751<br />
Sep 14, 2002 at BUFFALO W 24-3 17012<br />
Sep 21, 2002 OHIO W 37-19 15901<br />
Sep 28, 2002 BALL STATE Lo 21-24 16849<br />
Oct. 5, 2002 at MIAMI L 14-48 52131<br />
Oct 19, 2002 TEMPLE L 24-38 15723<br />
Oct 26, 2002 at VANDERBILT L 24-28 21210<br />
Nov. 2, 2002 FLORIDA ATLANTIC W 61-14 14287<br />
Nov. 9, 2002 KENT STATE W 63-21 15332<br />
Nov 16, 2002 at NAVY W 38-0 25664<br />
NOV 23, 2002 at IOWA STATE W 37-20 34582<br />
TEAM STATISTICS UC OPP<br />
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SCORING....................... 373 270<br />
Points Per Game............. 31.1 22.5<br />
FIRST DOWNS................... 231 195<br />
Rushing..................... 92 95<br />
Passing..................... 117 81<br />
Penalty..................... 22 19<br />
RUSHING YARDAGE............... 1639 1868<br />
Yards gained rushing........ 2028 2250<br />
Yards lost rushing.......... 389 382<br />
Rushing Attempts............ 450 459<br />
Average Per Rush............ 3.6 4.1<br />
Average Per Game............ 136.6 155.7<br />
TDs Rushing................. 22 18<br />
PASSING YARDAGE............... 2671 1925<br />
Att-Comp-Int................ 392-232-12 322-162-20<br />
Average Per Pass............ 6.8 6.0<br />
Average Per Catch........... 11.5 11.9<br />
Average Per Game............ 222.6 160.4<br />
TDs Passing................. 21 14<br />
TOTAL OFFENSE................. 4310 3793<br />
Total Plays................. 842 781<br />
Average Per Play............ 5.1 4.9<br />
Average Per Game............ 359.2 316.1<br />
KICK RETURNS: #-YARDS......... 30-572 48-936<br />
PUNT RETURNS: #-YARDS......... 38-275 39-264<br />
INT RETURNS: #-YARDS.......... 20-368 12-161<br />
KICK RETURN AVERAGE........... 19.1 19.5<br />
PUNT RETURN AVERAGE........... 7.2 6.8<br />
INT RETURN AVERAGE............ 18.4 13.4<br />
FUMBLES-LOST.................. 17-8 24-12<br />
PENALTIES-YARDS............... 75-599 71-645<br />
Average Per Game............ 49.9 53.8<br />
PUNTS-YARDS................... 79-3064 78-2933<br />
Average Per Punt............ 38.8 37.6<br />
Net punt average............ 35.4 34.1<br />
TIME OF POSSESSION/GAME....... 30:54 29:06<br />
3RD-DOWN CONVERSIONS.......... 57/176 55/175<br />
3rd-Down Pct................ 32% 31%<br />
4TH-DOWN CONVERSIONS.......... 9/18 6/14<br />
4th-Down Pct................ 50% 43%<br />
SACKS BY-YARDS................ 23-171 28-213<br />
MISC YARDS.................... 0 56<br />
TOUCHDOWNS SCORED............. 48 35<br />
FIELD GOALS-ATTEMPTS.......... 12-17 9-12<br />
PAT-ATTEMPTS.................. 47-48 31-34<br />
ATTENDANCE.................... 94843 190665<br />
Games/Avg Per Game.......... 6/15807 6/31778<br />
SCORE BY QUARTERS 1st 2nd 3rd 4th OT Total<br />
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Connecticut......... 89 102 70 112 0 - 373<br />
Opponents........... 62 85 70 50 3 - 270<br />
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RUSHING GP/GS Att Gain Loss Net Avg TD Long Avg/G<br />
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CAULLEY, Terry 10/9 220 1306 59 1247 5.7 15 68 124.7<br />
POOLE, Chandler 10/1 53 225 10 215 4.1 0 47 21.5<br />
ANDERSON, Deon 12/6 34 124 5 119 3.5 1 18 9.9<br />
BELLAMY, Chris 5/1 36 104 9 95 2.6 0 11 19.0<br />
WILLIAMS, Jerm. 4/0 13 44 10 34 2.6 1 12 8.5<br />
HENRY, Keron 12/0 24 74 42 32 1.3 1 16 2.7<br />
WHOLLEY, J. 2/0 6 16 2 14 2.3 0 7 7.0<br />
BENSON, Evan 12/0 1 2 0 2 2.0 0 2 0.2<br />
HILL, Cliff 9/0 1 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0<br />
LARSON, Jeff 3/0 2 1 2 -1 -0.5 0 1 -0.3<br />
YOUNG, Brandon 12/0 1 0 2 -2 -2.0 0 0 -0.2<br />
WILLIAMS, Jason 12/3 1 0 5 -5 -5.0 0 0 -0.4<br />
TEAM 12/12 8 0 25 -25 -3.1 0 0 -2.1<br />
ORLOVSKY, Dan 12/12 50 132 218 -86 -1.7 4 15 -7.2<br />
Total.......... 12/12 450 2028 389 1639 3.6 22 68 136.6<br />
Opponents...... 12/12 459 2250 382 1868 4.1 18 63 155.7<br />
PASSING GP/GS Effic Att-Cmp-Int Pct Yds TD Lng Avg/G<br />
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ORLOVSKY, Dan 12/12 128.60 366-221-11 60.4 2488 19 53 207.3<br />
WILLIAMS, Jerm. 4/0 151.49 15-8-0 53.3 136 1 33 34.0<br />
HENRY, Keron 12/0 82.48 10-3-1 30.0 47 1 38 3.9<br />
TEAM 12/12 0.00 1-0-0 0.0 0 0 0 0.0<br />
Total.......... 12/12 127.98 392-232-12 59.2 2671 21 53 222.6<br />
Opponents...... 12/12 102.45 322-162-20 50.3 1925 14 54 160.4<br />
RECEIVING GP/GS No. Yds Avg TD Long Avg/G<br />
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COLLINS, Tommy 12/12 39 497 12.7 6 50 41.4<br />
FELDEISEN,Shaun 12/5 33 425 12.9 2 49 35.4<br />
TIMKO, Wes 12/12 29 309 10.7 3 25 25.8<br />
CAULLEY, Terry 10/9 25 205 8.2 1 35 20.5<br />
WILLIAMS, Jason 12/3 23 354 15.4 3 53 29.5<br />
YOUNG, Brandon 12/0 22 269 12.2 2 29 22.4<br />
WILSON, O’Neil 12/5 20 181 9.1 0 25 15.1<br />
CUTAIA, Matt 4/4 14 212 15.1 0 49 53.0<br />
HILL, Cliff 9/0 6 65 10.8 1 27 7.2<br />
HENRY, Keron 12/0 5 62 12.4 0 33 5.2<br />
ANDERSON, Deon 12/6 5 12 2.4 0 6 1.0<br />
BELLAMY, Chris 5/1 4 16 4.0 0 6 3.2<br />
VILLAPIANO, Joe 3/0 3 39 13.0 1 28 13.0<br />
LASSEN, Tim 12/2 3 18 6.0 2 12 1.5<br />
POOLE, Chandler 10/1 1 7 7.0 0 7 0.7<br />
Total.......... 12/12 232 2671 11.5 21 53 222.6<br />
Opponents...... 12/12 162 1925 11.9 14 54 160.4<br />
PUNT RETURNS No. Yds Avg TD Long<br />
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HILL, Cliff 23 129 5.6 0 23<br />
YOUNG, Brandon 12 77 6.4 0 33<br />
BLACK, Dwaun 2 24 12.0 0 0<br />
OSUNDE, Uyi 1 9 9.0 0 0<br />
CAREY, Ezra 0 5 0.0 1 5<br />
CLARKE, Cathlyn 0 31 0.0 1 31<br />
Total.......... 38 275 7.2 2 33<br />
Opponents...... 39 264 6.8 0 31<br />
INTERCEPTIONS No. Yds Avg TD Long<br />
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HOPKINS, Roy 6 28 4.7 0 20<br />
LLOYD, Maurice 4 94 23.5 0 26<br />
MEYER, Chris 3 118 39.3 1 63<br />
JONES, Marlon 2 6 3.0 0 6<br />
LUNDY, Jamal 1 62 62.0 1 62<br />
WALLACE, Razul 1 31 31.0 1 31<br />
FINCHER, Alfred 1 19 19.0 0 19<br />
SMITH, Terrance 1 10 10.0 0 10<br />
CAREY, Ezra 1 0 0.0 0 0<br />
Total.......... 20 368 18.4 3 63<br />
Opponents...... 12 161 13.4 0 41<br />
KICK RETURNS No. Yds Avg TD Long<br />
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DELLASELVA, J. 23 477 20.7 0 47<br />
FINCHER, Alfred 2 21 10.5 0 15<br />
WILLIAMS, Jason 1 32 32.0 0 32<br />
YOUNG, Brandon 1 21 21.0 0 21<br />
HARGRAVE, James 1 13 13.0 0 13<br />
McCLOWRY, Terry 1 11 11.0 0 11<br />
COLLINS, Tommy 1 -3 -3.0 0 0<br />
Total.......... 30 572 19.1 0 47<br />
Opponents...... 48 936 19.5 1 94<br />
FUMBLE RETURNS No. Yds Avg TD Long<br />
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Total.......... 0 0 0.0 0 0<br />
Opponents...... 1 56 56.0 1 56<br />
PUNTING No. Yds Avg Long TB FC I20 Blkd<br />
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COLES, Adam 76 3030 39.9 64 5 7 18 1<br />
TEAM 3 34 11.3 24 0 0 0 1<br />
Total.......... 79 3064 38.8 64 5 7 18 2<br />
Opponents...... 78 2933 37.6 70 7 11 21 3<br />
FIELD GOALS FGM-FGA Pct 01-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50-99 Lg Blk<br />
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HICKOK, Marc 12-17 70.6 0-0 6-6 1-4 5-7 0-0 48 2<br />
FG SEQUENCE CONNECTICUT OPPONENTS<br />
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Boston College (48) (37)<br />
Geo. Tech - 50,(41)<br />
Buffalo 38,(20),34 (34)<br />
Ohio (27),(32),(47) 45,(32),(24)<br />
Ball State 48,37 (37)<br />
Miami - -<br />
TEMPLE (42) (22)<br />
Vanderbilt (44) 46<br />
FAU (20) -<br />
Kent State 49 -<br />
Navy (20) -<br />
Iowa State (24),(46),(24) (31),(48)<br />
Numbers in (parentheses) indicate field goal was made.<br />
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SCORING TD FGs Kick Rush Rcv Pass DXP Saf Points TOTAL OFFENSE G Plays Rush Pass Total Avg/G<br />
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CAULLEY, Terry 16 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 96 ORLOVSKY, Dan 12 416 -86 2488 2402 200.2<br />
HICKOK, Marc 0 12-17 47-48 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 83 CAULLEY, Terry 10 220 1247 0 1247 124.7<br />
COLLINS, Tommy 6 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 36 POOLE, Chandler 10 53 215 0 215 21.5<br />
ORLOVSKY, Dan 4 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 24 WILLIAMS, Jerm. 4 28 34 136 170 42.5<br />
TIMKO, Wes 3 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 18 ANDERSON, Deon 12 34 119 0 119 9.9<br />
WILLIAMS, Jason 3 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 18 BELLAMY, Chris 5 36 95 0 95 19.0<br />
YOUNG, Brandon 2 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 12 HENRY, Keron 12 34 32 47 79 6.6<br />
LASSEN, Tim 2 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 12 WHOLLEY, J. 2 6 14 0 14 7.0<br />
FELDEISEN,Shaun 2 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 12 BENSON, Evan 12 1 2 0 2 0.2<br />
WILLIAMS, Jerm. 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 6 LARSON, Jeff 3 2 -1 0 -1 -0.3<br />
ANDERSON, Deon 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 6 YOUNG, Brandon 12 1 -2 0 -2 -0.2<br />
HENRY, Keron 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 6 WILLIAMS, Jason 12 1 -5 0 -5 -0.4<br />
WALLACE, Razul 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 6 TEAM 12 9 -25 0 -25 -2.1<br />
VILLAPIANO, Joe 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 6 Total.......... 12 842 1639 2671 4310 359.2<br />
HILL, Cliff 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 6 Opponents...... 12 781 1868 1925 3793 316.1<br />
LUNDY, Jamal 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 6<br />
CAREY, Ezra 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 6<br />
MEYER, Chris 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 6<br />
CLARKE, Cathlyn 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 6<br />
TEAM 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 1 2<br />
JONES, Marlon 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 0<br />
Total.......... 48 12-17 47-48 0-0 0 0-0 0 1 373<br />
Opponents...... 35 9-12 31-34 0-0 1 1-1 0 0 270<br />
ALL PURPOSE GP/GS Rush Rec PR KOR IR Tot Avg/G<br />
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CAULLEY, Terry 10/9 1247 205 0 0 0 1452 145.2<br />
COLLINS, Tommy 12/12 0 497 0 -3 0 494 41.2<br />
DELLASELVA, J. 12/0 0 0 0 477 0 477 39.8<br />
FELDEISEN,Shaun 12/12 0 425 0 0 0 425 35.4<br />
WILLIAMS, Jason 12/3 -5 354 0 32 0 381 31.8<br />
YOUNG, Brandon 12/0 -2 269 77 21 0 365 30.4<br />
TIMKO, Wes 12/12 0 309 0 0 0 309 25.8<br />
POOLE, Chandler 10/1 215 7 0 0 0 222 22.2<br />
CUTAIA, Matt 4/4 0 212 0 0 0 212 53.0<br />
HILL, Cliff 9/0 0 65 129 0 0 194 21.6<br />
WILSON, O’Neil 12/5 0 181 0 0 0 181 15.1<br />
ANDERSON, Deon 12/6 119 12 0 0 0 131 10.9<br />
MEYER, Chris 12/12 0 0 0 0 118 118 9.8<br />
BELLAMY, Chris 5/1 95 16 0 0 0 111 22.2<br />
HENRY, Keron 12/0 32 62 0 0 0 94 7.8<br />
LLOYD, Maurice 12/12 0 0 0 0 94 94 7.8<br />
LUNDY, Jamal 12/10 0 0 0 0 62 62 5.2<br />
FINCHER, Alfred 12/11 0 0 0 21 19 40 3.3<br />
VILLAPIANO, Joe 3/0 0 39 0 0 0 39 13.0<br />
WILLIAMS, Jerm. 4/0 34 0 0 0 0 34 8.5<br />
CLARKE, Cathlyn 11/0 0 0 31 0 0 31 2.8<br />
WALLACE, Razul 11/0 0 0 0 0 31 31 2.8<br />
HOPKINS, Roy 12/12 0 0 0 0 28 28 2.3<br />
BLACK, Dwaun 6/0 0 0 24 0 0 24 4.0<br />
LASSEN, Tim 12/2 0 18 0 0 0 18 1.5<br />
WHOLLEY, J. 2/0 14 0 0 0 0 14 7.0<br />
HARGRAVE, James 12/2 0 0 0 13 0 13 1.1<br />
McCLOWRY, Terry 8/0 0 0 0 11 0 11 1.4<br />
SMITH, Terrance 12/12 0 0 0 0 10 10 0.8<br />
OSUNDE, Uyi 12/12 0 0 9 0 0 9 0.8<br />
JONES, Marlon 12/11 0 0 0 0 6 6 0.5<br />
CAREY, Ezra 10/1 0 0 5 0 0 5 0.5<br />
BENSON, Evan 12/0 2 0 0 0 0 2 0.2<br />
LARSON, Jeff 3/0 -1 0 0 0 0 -1 -0.3<br />
TEAM 12/12 -25 0 0 0 0 -25 -2.1<br />
ORLOVSKY, Dan 12/12 -86 0 0 0 0 -86 -7.2<br />
Total.......... 12/12 1639 2671 275 572 368 5525 460.4<br />
Opponents...... 12/12 1868 1925 264 936 161 5154 429.5<br />
S P R IN G P R O S P E C T U S<br />
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2002 CONNECTICUT DEFENSIVE STATISTICS<br />
PLAYER GP/GS UT* AT* TT* SKS (YDS) TBL (YDS) TTFL (YDS) FH FF FR PD INT BLK<br />
Maurice Lloyd, LB<br />
Chris Meyer, SS<br />
12/12<br />
12/12<br />
78<br />
71<br />
35<br />
26<br />
113<br />
97<br />
2 (-13)<br />
1 (-11)<br />
16 (-31)<br />
7 (-12)<br />
18 (-44)<br />
8 (-23)<br />
6<br />
0<br />
1<br />
5<br />
2<br />
0<br />
5<br />
12<br />
4<br />
3<br />
0<br />
0<br />
Alfred Fincher, LB 12/11 58 34 92 1.5 (-18) 9 (-31) 10.5 (-49) 3 1 2 4 1 0<br />
Jamal Lundy, LB<br />
Uyi Osunde, DE<br />
12/10<br />
12/12<br />
47<br />
51<br />
30<br />
25<br />
77<br />
76<br />
1.5 (-10)<br />
9.5 (-70)<br />
4 (-5)<br />
6 (-18)<br />
5.5 (-15)<br />
15.5 (-88)<br />
9<br />
19<br />
0<br />
2<br />
2<br />
0<br />
2<br />
1<br />
1<br />
0<br />
0<br />
1<br />
Terrence Smith, FS 12/12 56 16 72 0 3 (-9) 3 (-9) 0 1 0 8 1 0<br />
Marlon Jones, CB<br />
Roy Hopkins, CB<br />
12/11<br />
12/12<br />
49<br />
50<br />
16<br />
3<br />
65<br />
53<br />
0<br />
0<br />
0<br />
3 (-11)<br />
0<br />
3 (-11)<br />
0<br />
0<br />
0<br />
2<br />
0<br />
1<br />
8<br />
18<br />
2<br />
6<br />
0<br />
1<br />
James Hargrave, LB 12/2 31 14 45 3 (-28) 4 (-10) 7 (-38) 2 0 0 1 0 0<br />
Tyler King, DE<br />
Sean Mulcahy, DT<br />
11/11<br />
12/12<br />
27<br />
15<br />
10<br />
14<br />
37<br />
29<br />
1 (-3)<br />
1.5 (-7)<br />
5 (-18)<br />
5 (-10)<br />
6 (-21)<br />
6.5 (-17)<br />
12<br />
10<br />
0<br />
0<br />
0<br />
0<br />
2<br />
0<br />
0<br />
0<br />
0<br />
0<br />
Hakeem Kashama, DE 12/1 16 10 26 0.5 (-1) 3 (-6) 3.5 (-7) 4 0 1 0 0 0<br />
Greg Smoot, DT<br />
Frank Quagliano, DE<br />
12/12<br />
12/0<br />
12<br />
15<br />
13<br />
5<br />
25<br />
20<br />
1.5 (-10)<br />
0<br />
2 (-4)<br />
5 (-12)<br />
3.5 (-14)<br />
5 (-12)<br />
12<br />
0<br />
0<br />
0<br />
0<br />
0<br />
4<br />
0<br />
0<br />
0<br />
0<br />
0<br />
Razul Wallace, LB 12/0 13 3 16 0 4 (-6) 4 (-6) 1 0 1 1 1 0<br />
Ezra Carey, DB<br />
Ryan Bushey, DT<br />
11/1<br />
7/0<br />
10<br />
9<br />
4<br />
2<br />
14<br />
11<br />
0<br />
0<br />
0<br />
0<br />
0<br />
0<br />
0<br />
1<br />
0<br />
0<br />
0<br />
0<br />
2<br />
0<br />
1<br />
0<br />
0<br />
0<br />
Deon McPhee, DT 12/0 4 7 11 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0<br />
John Fletcher, LB<br />
Mike McIntosh, LB<br />
11/0<br />
12/0<br />
7<br />
4<br />
3<br />
6<br />
10<br />
10<br />
0<br />
0<br />
0<br />
0<br />
0<br />
0<br />
0<br />
0<br />
0<br />
0<br />
0<br />
0<br />
0<br />
1<br />
0<br />
0<br />
0<br />
0<br />
Deon Anderson, RB 12/6 7 2 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0<br />
Tommy Collins, TE<br />
Jason Dellaselva, SS<br />
12/12<br />
12/0<br />
5<br />
5<br />
2<br />
2<br />
7<br />
7<br />
0<br />
0<br />
0<br />
0<br />
0<br />
0<br />
0<br />
0<br />
0<br />
0<br />
0<br />
2<br />
0<br />
0<br />
0<br />
0<br />
0<br />
0<br />
Cathlyn Clarke, DB 11/0 5 0 5 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0<br />
Taurien Sowell, LB<br />
Kinnan Herriott, LB<br />
10/0<br />
11/0<br />
3<br />
2<br />
1<br />
2<br />
4<br />
4<br />
0<br />
0<br />
0<br />
0<br />
0<br />
0<br />
0<br />
1<br />
0<br />
0<br />
0<br />
0<br />
0<br />
0<br />
0<br />
0<br />
0<br />
0<br />
Brandon Young, WR 12/0 2 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0<br />
Cedric Baylor, LB<br />
Marc Hickok, PK<br />
4/0<br />
12/0<br />
2<br />
2<br />
0<br />
0<br />
2<br />
2<br />
0<br />
0<br />
0<br />
0<br />
0<br />
0<br />
0<br />
0<br />
0<br />
0<br />
0<br />
0<br />
0<br />
0<br />
0<br />
0<br />
0<br />
0<br />
Quanear Gaskins, WR 6/0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0<br />
Justin Perkins, CB<br />
Chris Clarke, DT<br />
1/1<br />
5/0<br />
1<br />
0<br />
1<br />
2<br />
2<br />
2<br />
0<br />
0<br />
0<br />
0<br />
0<br />
0<br />
0<br />
0<br />
0<br />
0<br />
0<br />
0<br />
0<br />
0<br />
0<br />
0<br />
0<br />
0<br />
Nick Berube, CB 1/0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0<br />
Dwaun Black, S<br />
David Butts, PK<br />
6/0<br />
3/0<br />
1<br />
1<br />
0<br />
0<br />
1<br />
1<br />
0<br />
0<br />
0<br />
0<br />
0<br />
0<br />
0<br />
0<br />
0<br />
0<br />
0<br />
0<br />
0<br />
0<br />
0<br />
0<br />
2<br />
0<br />
Ernest Cole, DB 2/0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0<br />
Adam Coles, P<br />
Jeff Fox, C<br />
12/0<br />
12/0<br />
1<br />
1<br />
0<br />
0<br />
1<br />
1<br />
0<br />
0<br />
0<br />
0<br />
0<br />
0<br />
0<br />
0<br />
0<br />
0<br />
0<br />
0<br />
0<br />
0<br />
0<br />
0<br />
0<br />
0<br />
Keith Harrison, CB 1/0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0<br />
Keron Henry, WR<br />
Mike Henry, OT<br />
12/0<br />
11/3<br />
1<br />
1<br />
0<br />
0<br />
1<br />
1<br />
0<br />
0<br />
0<br />
0<br />
0<br />
0<br />
0<br />
0<br />
0<br />
0<br />
0<br />
0<br />
0<br />
0<br />
0<br />
0<br />
0<br />
0<br />
Billy Irwin, C 12/12 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0<br />
Grant Preston, OG<br />
Wes Timko, WR<br />
11/11<br />
12/12<br />
1<br />
1<br />
0<br />
0<br />
1<br />
1<br />
0<br />
0<br />
0<br />
0<br />
0<br />
0<br />
0<br />
0<br />
0<br />
0<br />
0<br />
0<br />
0<br />
0<br />
0<br />
0<br />
0<br />
0<br />
Jason Williams 12/3 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0<br />
Rhema Fuller, DT<br />
UC TOTALS<br />
2/0<br />
12/12<br />
0<br />
671<br />
0<br />
290<br />
0<br />
961<br />
0<br />
23 (-171)<br />
0<br />
75 (-173)<br />
0<br />
98 (-344)<br />
0<br />
76<br />
0<br />
14<br />
1<br />
12<br />
0<br />
71<br />
0<br />
20<br />
0<br />
4<br />
OPP. TOTALS 12/12 510 370 880 28 (-213) 52 (-131) 80 (-344) na 10 8 38 12 3<br />
* Total tackles columns include special teams tackles which are listed below...KEY: UT (unassisted tackles); AT (assisted tackles); TT (total<br />
tackles); SKS (quarterback sacks); TBL (tackles other than sacks behind the line of scrimmage); TTFL (total tackles for loss: SKS &TBL); FH (forced<br />
hurries); FF (forced fumbles); FR (fumble recoveries); PD (pass deflections); INT (interceptions); BLK (blocked punts, FGs and PATs).<br />
SPECIAL TEAMS TACKLES<br />
PLAYER UT AT TT<br />
Deon Anderson 7 2 9<br />
James Hargrave<br />
Jason Dellaselva<br />
5<br />
5<br />
3<br />
2<br />
8<br />
7<br />
Chris Meyer 5 2 7<br />
Tommy Collins<br />
Jamal Lundy<br />
4<br />
4<br />
2<br />
1<br />
6<br />
5<br />
Uyi Osunde 4 1 5<br />
Ezra Carey<br />
Razul Wallace<br />
2<br />
2<br />
3<br />
2<br />
5<br />
4<br />
Taurien Sowell 3 0 3<br />
Mike McIntosh<br />
Terrance Smith<br />
2<br />
2<br />
1<br />
1<br />
3<br />
3<br />
Brandon Young 2 1 3<br />
Cathlyn Clarke<br />
John Fletcher<br />
2<br />
2<br />
0<br />
0<br />
2<br />
2<br />
Marc Hickok 2 0 2<br />
Roy Hopkins<br />
Quanear Gaskins<br />
2<br />
1<br />
0<br />
1<br />
2<br />
2<br />
David Butts 1 0 1<br />
Ernest Cole<br />
Adam Coles<br />
1<br />
1<br />
0<br />
0<br />
1<br />
1<br />
Alfred Fincher 1 0 1<br />
Keron Henry<br />
Jeff Fox<br />
1<br />
1<br />
0<br />
0<br />
1<br />
1<br />
Kinnan Herriott 1 0 1<br />
Totals 63 22 85<br />
DEFENSIVE CATEGORY LEADERS<br />
SACKS<br />
Osunde 9.5 (-70)<br />
Hargrave 3 (-28)<br />
Lloyd 2 (-13)<br />
Fincher 1.5 (-18)<br />
Lundy 1.5 (-10)<br />
Smoot 1.5 (-10)<br />
Mulcahy 1.5 (-7)<br />
Meyer 1 (-11)<br />
King 1 (-3)<br />
Kashama .5 (-1)<br />
4 5<br />
TTFLs<br />
Lloyd 18 (-44)<br />
Osunde 15.5 (-88)<br />
Fincher 10.5 (-49)<br />
Meyer 8 (-23)<br />
Hargrave 7 (-38)<br />
Mulcahy 6.5 (-17)<br />
King 6 (-21)<br />
Lundy 5.5 (-15)<br />
Quagliano 5 (-12)<br />
Wallace 4 (-6)<br />
Smoot 3.5 (-14)<br />
Kashama 3.5 (-7)<br />
Hopkins 3 (-11)<br />
Smith 3 (-9)<br />
INTERCEPTIONS<br />
Hopkins 6<br />
Lloyd 4<br />
Meyer 3<br />
Jones 2<br />
Carey 1<br />
Fincher 1<br />
Lundy 1<br />
Smith 1<br />
Wallace 1<br />
QB PRESSURES<br />
Osunde 19<br />
King 12<br />
Smoot 12<br />
Mulcahy 10<br />
Lundy 9<br />
Lloyd 6<br />
Kashama 4<br />
Fincher 3<br />
Hargrave 2<br />
Bushey 1<br />
Herriott 1<br />
Wallace 1<br />
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GAME-BY-GAME RUSHING<br />
YEAR IN IN REVIEW<br />
@BC GT @UB OHIO BS @UM TU @VU FAU KENT @NAVY @ISU<br />
PLAYER Att-Yds-TD Att-Yds-TD Att-Yds-TD Att-Yds-TD Att-Yds-TD Att-Yds-TD Att-Yds-TD Att-Yds-TD Att-Yds-TD Att-Yds-TD Att-Yds-TD Att-Yds-TD<br />
Anderson 3-5-1 2-11-0 4-5-0 4-16-0 1-14-0 5-34-0 5-18-0 2-2-0 2-4-0 2-6-0 1-4-0 0-0-0<br />
Bellamy 6-2-0 12-32-0 DNP DNP DNP 8-14-0 DNP DNP 7-30-0 3-17-0 0-0-0 DNP<br />
Benson 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 1-2-0 0-0-0 0-0-0<br />
Caulley 17-62-0 DNP 26-136-0 26-117-2 18-131-1 DNP 20-79-1 19-95-2 15-105-3 15-174-3 32-157-2 32-191-1<br />
Henry 3-(-2)-0 10-19-0 2-2-1 2-4-0 1-1-0 5-7-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 1-1-0<br />
Larson DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP 1-(-2)-0 1-1-0 0-0-0 DNP<br />
Orlovsky 5-(-27)-0 6-(-13)-0 5-18-1 6-(-13)-1 4-3-1 4-(-17)-0 9(-74)-0 1-4-0 0-0-0 2-4-1 2-17-0 5-12-0<br />
Poole 0-0-0 4-15-0 8-31-0 1-2-0 5-15-0 8-39-0 DNP DNP 10-56-0 3-(-2) 14-59-0 0-0-0<br />
Wholley DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP 4-15-0 2-(-1)-0 DNP DNP<br />
Williams, Ja. 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 1-(-5)-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0<br />
Williams, Je. DNP DNP DNP DNP 1-(-4)-0 3-13-0 DNP DNP 6-22-1 3-3-0 DNP DNP<br />
Young 0-0-0 0-0-0 1-(-2)-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0<br />
GAME-BY-GAME P ASSING<br />
@BC GT @UB OHIO BS @UM TU @VU FAU KENT @NAVY @ISU<br />
PLAYER Att-Cmp-Int Att-Cmp-Int Att-Cmp-Int Att-Cmp-Int Att-Cmp-Int Att-Cmp-Int Att-Cmp-Int Att-Cmp-Int Att-Cmp-Int Att-Cmp-Int Att-Cmp-Int Att-Cmp-Int<br />
Yds-TD Yds-TD Yds-TD Yds-TD Yds-TD Yds-TD Yds-TD Yds-TD Yds-TD Yds-TD Yds-TD Yds-TD<br />
Henry 1-0-0 5-2-1 1-0-0 1-0-0 1-1-0 1-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0<br />
0-0 40-1 0-0 0-0 7-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0<br />
Orlovsky 37-24-2 26-13-0 29-18-0 29-15-1 37-23-2 26-11-0 38-21-2 35-23-2 19-13-0 17-11-0 35-29-1 38-20-1<br />
203-1 145-1 242-1 224-1 236-1 100-1 251-1 236-1 218-3 128-2 272-3 233-3<br />
Williams, Je. DNP DNP DNP DNP 0-0-0 1-0-0 DNP DNP 9-4-0 5-4-0 DNP DNP<br />
0-0 0-0 64-0 72-1<br />
GANE-BY-GAME RECEIVING<br />
@BC GT @UB OHIO BS @UM TU @VU FAU KENT @NAVY @ISU<br />
PLAYER Rec-Yds-TD Rec-Yds-TD Rec-Yds-TD Rec-Yds-TD Rec-Yds-TD Rec-Yds-TD Rec-Yds-TD Rec-Yds-TD Rec-Yds-TD Rec-Yds-TD Rec-Yds-TD Rec-Yds-TD<br />
Anderson 0-0-0 0-0-0 1-2-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 2-11-0 0-0-0 1-(-5)-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 1-4-0<br />
Bellamy 2-8-0 1-6-0 DNP DNP DNP 1-2-0 DNP DNP 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 DNP<br />
Caulley 4-19-0 DNP 5-40-0 0-0-0 2-5-0 DNP 3-45-0 5-20-0 1-7-0 1-35-1 4-34-0 0-0-0<br />
Collins 3-29-0 4-24-1 3-96-1 2-41-0 5-42-0 3-40-1 7-84-1 3-41-1 2-36-0 2-17-0 3-29-0 2-18-1<br />
Cutaia 5-41-0 2-34-0 4-57-0 3-80-0 DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP<br />
Feldeisen 2-28-1 6-101-0 2-7-0 2-9-0 2-15-0 2-28-0 4-56-0 1-20-0 3-57-1 0-0-0 1-19-0 8-85-0<br />
Henry 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 1-0-0 0-0-0 2-20-0 2-42-0 0-0-0 0-0-0<br />
Hill DNP DNP DNP 0-0-0 2-32-1 0-0-0 0-0-0 1-6-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 3-27-0 0-0-0<br />
Lassen 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 1-4-1 0-0-0 2-14-1 0-0-0<br />
Poole 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 1-7-0 0-0-0 DNP DNP 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0<br />
Timko 2-27-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 3-37-0 5-71-0 1-8-0 2-19-0 4-29-0 0-0-0 2-9-1 7-66-1 3-43-1<br />
Villapiano DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP 0-0-0 3-39-1 0-0-0 0-0-0<br />
Williams, Ja. 3-24-0 0-0-0 3-40-0 3-40-1 5-47-0 1-3-0 0-0-0 2-56-0 2-64-0 1-9-0 1-18-1 2-53-1<br />
Wilson 0-0-0 1-11-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 1-8-0 2-13-0 4-38-0 1-25-0 2-21-0 6-41-0 3-24-0<br />
Young 3-27-0 1-9-1 0-0-0 2-17-0 2-24-0 0-0-0 2-34-0 2-31-0 5-69-1 2-28-0 2-24-0 1-6-0<br />
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GAME-BY-GAME TACKLES: DEFENSIVE LINEMEN<br />
@BC GT @UB OHIO BS @UM TU @VU FAU KENT @NAVY @ISU<br />
PLAYER UT-AT-TT UT-AT-TT UT-AT-TT UT-AT-TT UT-AT-TT UT-AT-TT UT-AT-TT UT-AT-TT UT-AT-TT UT-AT-TT UT-AT-TT UT-AT-TT<br />
Bushey DNP DNP DNP 0-1-1 1-0-1 1-0-1 2-0-2 0-0-0 0-0-0 5-1-6 DNP DNP<br />
Clarke 0-1-1 DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP 0-0-0 0-1-1 0-0-0 0-0-0<br />
Fuller DNP 0-0-0 0-0-0 DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP<br />
Kashama 1-1-2 1-1-2 1-2-3 0-0-0 1-1-2 0-0-0 3-1-4 0-0-0 2-2-4 4-1-5 0-0-0 3-1-4<br />
King 2-0-2 3-0-3 1-1-2 4-0-4 2-1-3 1-1-2 4-1-5 3-3-6 DNP 5-1-6 0-1-1 2-1-3<br />
McPhee 0-0-0 1-0-1 0-0-0 1-1-2 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-3-3 1-2-3 1-0-1 0-1-1<br />
Mulcahy 0-1-1 0-2-2 3-2-5 1-1-2 2-1-3 1-0-1 3-1-4 1-1-2 1-1-2 1-0-1 1-2-3 1-2-3<br />
Osunde 1-3-4 4-0-4 4-1-5 7-2-9 6-2-8 1-2-3 4-5-9 5-1-6 5-0-5 2-5-7 5-2-7 7-1-8<br />
Quagliano 0-0-0 1-0-1 2-1-3 1-1-2 2-0-2 0-0-0 1-1-2 0-1-1 4-0-4 3-1-4 1-0-1 0-0-0<br />
Smoot 0-2-2 1-0-1 1-0-0 2-2-4 0-0-0 0-1-1 0-2-2 1-1-2 0-3-3 2-1-3 1-0-1 4-1-5<br />
GAME-BY-GAME TACKLES: LINEBACKERS<br />
@BC GT @UB OHIO BS @UM TU @VU FAU KENT @NAVY @ISU<br />
PLAYER UT-AT-TT UT-AT-TT UT-AT-TT UT-AT-TT UT-AT-TT UT-AT-TT UT-AT-TT UT-AT-TT UT-AT-TT UT-AT-TT UT-AT-TT UT-AT-TT<br />
Baylor DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP 0-0-0 2-0-2 0-0-0 0-0-0<br />
Fincher 7-8-15 5-3-8 6-1-7 9-3-12 6-7-13 4-1-5 2-3-5 5-2-7 2-2-4 2-3-5 4-0-4 6-1-7<br />
Hargrave 3-2-5 1-1-2 1-0-1 12-5-17 3-1-4 0-0-0 1-0-1 0-0-0 2-1-3 4-3-7 0-1-1 4-0-4<br />
Herriott 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-1-1 0-1-1 1-0-1 0-0-0 0-0-0 1-0-1 0-0-0 DNP<br />
Lloyd 2-1-3 6-2-8 4-2-6 10-6-16 11-3-14 3-1-4 12-2-14 8-3-11 5-2-7 3-5-8 5-3-8 9-5-14<br />
Lundy 6-3-9 6-1-7 3-4-7 0-0-0 0-2-2 6-3-9 2-6-8 7-3-10 2-1-3 6-1-7 1-1-2 8-5-13<br />
McIntosh 2-3-5 0-2-2 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 DNP 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 1-1-2 1-0-1 0-0-0<br />
Sowell 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 1-0-1 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 1-0-1 0-1-1 DNP DNP<br />
Wallace 0-0-0 3-0-3 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 3-0-3 0-0-0 3-0-3 3-0-3 0-1-1 1-2-3 0-0-0<br />
GAME-BY-GAME TACKLES: DEFENSIVE BACKS<br />
@BC GT @UB OHIO BS @UM TU @VU FAU KENT @NAVY @ISU<br />
PLAYER UT-AT-TT UT-AT-TT UT-AT-TT UT-AT-TT UT-AT-TT UT-AT-TT UT-AT-TT UT-AT-TT UT-AT-TT UT-AT-TT UT-AT-TT UT-AT-TT<br />
Berube DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP 1-0-1 DNP DNP<br />
Black DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP 0-0-0 0-0-0 DNP 0-0-0 0-0-0 1-0-1 0-0-0<br />
Carey 0-0-0 DNP 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 3-0-3 3-0-3 2-0-2 1-3-4 0-0-0 0-0-0 1-1-2<br />
Clarke DNP 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 1-0-1 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 3-0-3 0-0-0 1-0-1 0-0-0<br />
Cole DNP 0-0-0 1-0-1 DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP<br />
Dellaselva 1-0-1 1-1-2 0-1-1 1-0-1 0-0-0 1-0-1 0-0-0 1-0-1 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0<br />
Fletcher 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-1-1 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 6-2-8 0-0-0 1-0-1<br />
Harrison DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP 1-0-1 DNP DNP<br />
Hopkins 2-0-2 1-0-1 4-0-4 3-0-3 6-1-7 9-0-9 4-0-4 4-0-4 4-0-4 2-0-2 3-1-4 8-1-9<br />
Jones 2-0-2 7-3-10 4-0-4 5-4-9 5-1-6 6-1-7 3-1-4 5-2-7 1-1-2 4-0-4 1-0-1 6-3-9<br />
Meyer 7-2-9 9-2-11 6-1-7 10-1-11 6-3-9 3-2-5 4-0-4 6-3-9 3-3-6 7-3-10 4-0-4 7-2-9<br />
Perkins 1-1-2 DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP<br />
Smith 8-0-8 3-5-8 4-1-5 8-3-11 4-0-4 6-2-8 6-1-7 8-2-10 1-0-1 3-1-4 2-0-2 3-1-4<br />
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CONNECTICUT SUPERLATIVES<br />
Points Scored ................... 63 vs. Kent State<br />
Low ............................ 14 vs. Ga. Tech and at Miami<br />
First Downs ...................... 28 at Navy<br />
Low ............................ 13 vs. Georgia Tech<br />
Rushing Plays ................... 49 vs. Fla. Atlantic and Navy<br />
Low ............................ 22 at Vanderbilt<br />
Rushing Yards .................. 237 at Navy<br />
Low ............................ 21 vs. Temple<br />
Passes Attempted ............. 38 Four times, last at ISU<br />
Low ............................ 22 vs. Kent State<br />
Passes Completed ............ 29 at Navy<br />
Low ............................ 11 at Miami<br />
Passing Yards ................... 282 vs. Florida Atlantic<br />
Low ............................ 100 at Miami<br />
Total Offense .................... 509 at Navy<br />
Low ............................ 190 at Miami<br />
Total Plays ........................ 84 at Navy<br />
Low ............................ 55 vs. Kent State<br />
Fumbles Lost .................... 2 vs. Temple and at Navy<br />
Low ............................ 0 Six times, last vs. Iowa St.<br />
Passes Had Intercepted .... 2 Four times, last at Vandy<br />
Low ............................ 0 Four times, last vs. Kent St.<br />
INDIVIDUAL LONG PLAYS<br />
Rushing............................ 68, Caulley at Iowa State<br />
Passing ............................ 53, Orlovsky at Vandy & ISU<br />
Reception ......................... 53, Ja. Williams at VU & ISU<br />
Field Goal ......................... 48, Hickok at Boston College<br />
Punt ................................. 64, Coles at Miami<br />
Punt Return ...................... 33, Young vs. Ohio<br />
Kickoff Return ................... 47, Dellaselva at Miami<br />
Interception Return ........... 63, Meyer vs. Kent State<br />
INDIVIDUAL PLAYER SUPERLATIVES<br />
Rushes ............................. 32, Caulley at Navy and ISU<br />
Rushing Yards .................. 191, Caulley vs. Lowa State<br />
Rushing TDs ..................... 3, Caulley vs. FAU & KSU<br />
Pass Attempts ................... 38, Orlovsky vs. Temple, ISU<br />
Pass Completions ............. 29, Orlovsky at Navy<br />
Passing Yards ................... 272, Orlovsky at Navy<br />
TD Passes ........................ 3, Orlovsky, 3x, last at ISU<br />
Receptions ....................... 8, Feldeisen at Iowa State<br />
Receiving Yards ................ 101, Feldeisen vs. Ga. Tech<br />
TD Receptions .................. 1, Feldeisen, two times<br />
1, Collins, six times<br />
1, Young, two times<br />
1, Ja. Williams, three times<br />
1, Lassen, two times<br />
1, Villapiano vs. Kent State<br />
1, Timko, three times<br />
1, Caulley vs. Kent State<br />
Field Goals ....................... 3, Hickok vs. Ohio & at ISU<br />
Punts ................................ 8, Coles at Boston College<br />
8, Coles at Buffalo<br />
Punting Average ............... 44.3, Coles vs. Kent State<br />
OPPONENT SUPERLATIVES<br />
Points Scored ................... 48, Miami<br />
Low ............................ 0, Navy<br />
First Downs ...................... 27, Miami<br />
Low ............................ 3, Navy<br />
Rushing Plays ................... 51, Vanderbilt<br />
Low ............................ 25, Buffalo<br />
Rushing Yards .................. 278, Kent State<br />
Low ............................ -12, Florida Atlantic<br />
Passes Attempted ............. 44, Iowa State<br />
Low ............................ 11, Navy<br />
Passes Completed ............ 25, Miami<br />
Low ............................ 3, Navy<br />
Passing Yards ................... 284, Miami<br />
Low ............................ 47, Navy<br />
Total Offense .................... 498, Miami<br />
Low ............................ 82, Navy<br />
Total Plays ........................ 79, Iowa State<br />
Low ............................ 40, Navy<br />
Fumbles Lost .................... 3, Navy<br />
Low ............................ 0, Four times, last by Temple<br />
Passes Had Intercepted .... 4, Navy<br />
Low ............................ 0, Georgia Tech and Vandy<br />
INDIVIDUAL LONG PLAYS<br />
Rushing............................ 63, Beccles, Kent State<br />
Passing ............................ 54, St. Pierre, Boston Coll.<br />
Reception ......................... 54, Hemmings, Boston Coll.<br />
Field Goal ......................... 48, Benike, Iowa State<br />
Punt ................................. 70, McMahan, Buffalo<br />
Punt Return ...................... 31, Davis, Vanderbilt<br />
Kickoff Return ................... 94, Fenton, Temple<br />
Interception Return............ 41, Smith, Navy<br />
INDIVIDUAL PLAYER SUPERLATIVES<br />
Rushes ............................. 35, Sharps, Temple<br />
Rushing Yards .................. 223, Sharps, Temple<br />
Rushing TDs ..................... 4, Hollings, Georgia Tech<br />
Pass Attempts ................... 44, Wallace, Iowa State<br />
Pass Completions ............. 19, St. Pierre, Boston Coll.<br />
19, Dorsey, Miami<br />
19, Wallace, Iowa State<br />
Passing Yards ................... 239, St. Pierre, Boston Coll.<br />
TD Passes ........................ 3, St. Pierre, Boston College<br />
3, Dorsey, Miami<br />
Receptions ....................... 7, Whitver, Iowa State<br />
Receiving Yards ................ 98, Whitver, Iowa State<br />
TD Receptions .................. 2, Beard, Miami<br />
Field Goals ....................... 2, Kerr, Ohio<br />
2, Benike, Iowa State<br />
Punts ................................ 11, McMahan, Buffalo<br />
Punting Average ............... 45.8, Morehouse, Ga. Tech<br />
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