Roster
* denotes starter
R denotes redshirt
-- denotes suspended for year (none this season)
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* Vallery, Kurt 13 QB Sr* 89 (+16) 100
Clayton, Larry 12 QB Jr* 33 (+2) 82
Marzullo, B.J. 3 QB So* 27 (+5) 100
R Barnes, Morris 10 QB Fr 18 64
Farrell, Sean 9 QB* Sr 31 (+11) 61
Vallery is still on board (hopefully for 2 years if he doesn’t declare early), ready to compete for the Heisman trophy. Clayton & Marzullo are still raw be are more than capable backups.
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* Wittich, Erik 21 RB Sr 88 (+5) 88
Niklos, Archie 41 RB Sr 56 (0) 56
England, Eugene 36 RB Sr* 49 (+2) 81
Stone, Luther 23 RB So* 25 (+4) 60
* Kaplan, Ethan 48 FB Jr 73 (+19) 100
Sampson, Ken 30 FB Sr 39 (+4) 100
Barker, Jerry 35 FB So* 28 (+10) 86
Mueller, Quentin 34 FB* Fr 15 35
RB Wittich is back for his Senior season. He already has a lot of IU records and plan on improving them again this season.
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* Jeffries, Nick 89 TE Sr 94 (+13) 94
Bell, Terrance 95 TE Sr* 63 (+3) 63
Gillespie, Lee 88 TE So* 34 (+15) 51
R Fruth, Wesley 83 TE* Fr 36 83
Bergen, Nathan 85 TE* Sr* 23 (+2) 25
Jeffries is the indisputable starter. Bell and Gillespie provide comfortable depth. Walk-on TE Fruth is redshirted (and looks like our best recruit).
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* Bertram, Herb 8 WR Jr* 77 (+29) 90
Shannon, Carl 82 WR Sr 39 (+6) 70
Rhodes, Bert 2 WR So* 33 (+21) 58
* Jones, Joel 86 WR Fr 28 96
R Donohoe, Aaron 84 WR So 24 (+1) 54
Husted, Michael 87 WR Jr* 22 (+5) 32
Baker, Quentin 4 WR* Sr* 44 (+2) 58
Freshman Jones has too much potential to let him sit on the bench all year. Plus we need another starting WR. Big Play, avoid fumble and 3rd down catching are already maxed out.
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C Godfrey, Mitchell 57 C Sr* 82 (0) 100
T Gullett, Charles 56 C Jr* 49 (+3) 79
T Vrabel, Kyle 71 C So* 37 (+30) 81
Pritchett, Scottie 55 C Sr 28 (+2) 81
G Abate, Joe 62 G Sr 78 (+2) 78
G Hancock, Tito 76 G Sr 44 (+3) 100
Alston, Gilbert 69 G Sr* 30 (+7) 66
R Rheams, Harvey 61 G Fr 15 67
R Bensen, Wesley 63 G Fr 9 76
Tornberg, Donnell 73 G* So* 16 (+16) 56
Tanner, K.C. 75 T Jr* 37 (+1) 42
Stump, Clay 70 T Jr* 32 (+7) 67
James, Bryan 65 T So* 24 (+24) 54
R Harden, Jamie 64 T Fr 14 89
Oldham, Nicky 68 T Jr* 6 (+4) 31
Cucina, Les 60 T* Sr 15 (0) 23
Menendez, Shane 67 T* Jr* 7 (+1) 19
All freshmen redshirt. Our 4 centers could even be starters…
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R Riley, Skip 14 P Fr 30 80
* Floyd, Wesley 1 P* Sr* 33 (+11) 33
Trammell, Gino 6 P* So* 5 (0) 14
* Cash, Howard 16 K Sr* 79 (+25) 79
Kanu, Karl 7 K* Sr 10 (0) 10
Floyd & Cash, just like last season.
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DE Horoszowski, Donnell 91 DE Sr* 68 (+1) 68
Compton, Steven 96 DE Fr 19 39
R Bronson, Jesse 94 DE So 15 (-4) 78
Monroe, Morris 92 DE* Sr 33 (0) 33
DT Cabrera, Malcolm 99 DT Sr 76 (+11) 83
DT Schultz, David 74 DT Jr* 46 (+13) 78
DE Toombs, Vinny 78 DT So* 39 (+22) 89
Nordby, Duane 77 DT Jr* 35 (+5) 50
Joseph, Bubba 97 DT Jr* 32 (+8) 58
Shuran, Gus 79 DT Fr 8 50
We might give a shot at the 4-3 defense as we have 4 strong starters. Of course we will switch back to our usual 3-4 once injuries start to strike our DL (as usual).
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Ellis, Tom 98 ILB Sr 35 (+1) 43
Holliday, Marcus 54 ILB Jr* 18 (0) 49
R Derubeis, Leland 49 ILB Fr 5 77
R Benson, Nathan 58 ILB Fr 3 49
* Bleess, Carlton 47 ILB* Sr* 57 (+15) 61
Tracey, Donnell 43 ILB* So* 15 (+9) 61
R Devine, Casey 51 ILB* Fr 15 54
* Jeans, Robert 53 OLB Sr* 74 (+2) 82
* Wasserman, Myron 59 OLB Sr 36 (+15) 49
Marcus, Randal 50 OLB Sr* 34 (+7) 73
R Young, Mike 52 OLB Fr 11 54
R Gray, Mercury 93 OLB So 6 (+4) 54
Ferguson, Antoine 90 OLB* Sr* 13 (0) 45
While the Linebacker team has potential, it is still raw and not developed. The future looks bright though.
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* Sonnier, Jared 26 CB Sr 84 (+22) 84
* Crane, Jeff 25 CB Jr* 58 (+17) 72
Kitchens, Marvin 45 CB Sr 44 (-1) 54
R Sanford, Darren 22 CB Jr 42 (+4) 63
Bergmann, Butch 31 CB So* 26 (+17) 50
R Howe, Josh 24 CB Fr 16 45
Vuong, Deron 42 CB* Sr 16 (+5) 16
FS Dorrough, Chad 44 S Sr* 87 (+8) 87
SS Sample, Brant 20 S Jr* 66 (+14) 66
R Gordon, Charles 37 S Jr 44 (+17) 44
Proffitt, Darryl 40 S So* 35 (+19) 83
Kirchhof, Dennis 46 S So* 27 (+8) 64
R Blumer, Vinny 28 S Fr 22 60
I redshirt a maximum of players, and the backups will be common for the CB and S positions.
Roster Strentgh
QB : #1 starter in the nation
RB : Top 5
FB : Top 10
TE : #2 starter and top backup
WR : Average – That’s why I start True Freshman Jones
C : Top 10 (backups too)
G : Top 15
T : Terrible – None of them will start (backup Centers will)
P : Poor (only 20 teams worse than us)
K : Top 10
DE : Tier 1
DT : Top 10 (backups too, that’s why they’ll play at DE)
ILB : Average
OLB : Tier 1
CB : Top 10
S : Top 5
Formations
Offense : Pro-Formation
Defense : 4-3
Special Teamers : RB Wittich and WR Bertram are by far the best top returners.