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2007 BUCKNELL FOOTBALLSPRING REPORT

SENIOR LB RYAN SLATER

� • Bucknell Football • Spring Report �007

General FactsLocation: Lewisburg, Pa.Enrollment: 3,350Founded: 1846, 100th American college charteredColors: Orange and BlueNickname: Bison Stadium: Christy Mathewson-Memorial StadiumCapacity: 13,100Turf: FieldTurf synthetic grassAffiliations: NCAA Division I-AA, ECACConference: Patriot LeaguePresident: Dr. Brian C. MitchellDir. of Athletics & Recreation: John P. HardtDir. of Athletic Communications: Jon Terry Office Phone: 570-577-3121 Fax: 570-577-1660 E-mail Address: [email protected] Home Phone: 570-522-0840Press Box Phone: 570-577-1519/1522Football Office Phone: 570-577-1134

Sept. 2 DUQUESNE (OT) 31-28 WSept. 9 • LAFAYETTE 31-0 LSept. 16 CORNELL 20-5 WSept. 23 at #7 Richmond 48-21 LSept. 30 at Marist 48-19 WOct. 7 PENN 34-24 LOct. 14 • at Georgetown 17-7 WOct. 21 • at Lehigh 38-7 LOct. 28 • FORDHAM 13-3 WNov. 4 • at Holy Cross 27-10 LNov. 18 • COLGATE 31-28 W

• Patriot League game Home games in BOLD

2006 Results (6-5, 3-3 Pl)

Football Facts�006 Record: 6-5 (3-3 Patriot League, 4th)Offense: Spread Option Defense: 3-4Head Coach: Tim Landis (Randolph-Macon ’86)Record at Bucknell: 20-25 (5th year)Record Overall: 73-77-1 (15th year)

Offensive Assistant Coaches: Ashley Ingram (OC/G/C), Brent Thompson (QB/FB), Matt Lintal (RB), Steve Hayes (OL)

Defensive Assistant Coaches: Andrew Cohen (DC/LB), Steve Vashel (S), Ryan Crawford (CB), Travis Burkett (OLB), Pat Kingman (DL)

Off. Def. Spec.Lettermen Returning (35): 20 13 2 Lettermen Lost (13): 6 5 2 Starters Returning (17): 7 8 2Starters Lost (7): 4 3 0

Key Losses (�006 Stats) • DB David Frisbey (51 TK, 7 PD, 1 INT) • OL Joel Hoffer (2nd team All-PL, 2 1/2-year starter at C) • RB Peter Kaufman (59 att., 244 yds., 3 TD) • OL Stefan Niemczyk (2nd team All-PL, 3-year starter at LG) • DB Matt Palermo (2nd team All-PL, 62 TK, 8 PD, 2 INT) • LB Dorian Petersen (1st team All-PL, 102 TK, 3 FF, 5.5 TFL) • WR Richard Simpson (7 rec., 103 yds., 2 TD) Key Returnees (�006 Stats) • PR Nolan Applegate (281 yds., 12.2 ypr) • P Phil Azarik (40.5 avg.) • K Will Carney (9-16 FG, 27-27 PAT) • DB Stephen Collage (51 TK, 4 INT) • RB Josh DeStefano (2nd team All-PL, 643 yds., 3 TD) • DL Josh Eden (37 TK, 7 TFL, team-high 4 SK) • DB Brigham Farrand (72 TK, 6 PD, 1 INT, 2 FR) • RB A.J. Kizekai (441 yds., 7.6 ypc, 4 TD) • QB Andrew Lair (13-26, 243 yds., 0 TD, 0 INT, 145 rush yds., 3 TD) • LB Sam Nana-Sinkam (85 TK, 2 SK, 4.5 TFL) • LB Ryan Slater (81 TK) • QB Marcello Trigg (39-92, 617 yds., 4 TD, 5 INT, 299 rush yds.) • QB Terrance Wilson (3-16,, 29 yds., 0 TD, 1 INT, 49 rush yds., 2 TD) • WR Daniel Zvara (team-high 13 rec., 186 yds.)

Bucknell Quick Facts

Sept. 1 at Duquesne TBASept. 8 STONY BROOK 6 p.m.Sept. 15 at Cornell TBASept. 22 RICHMOND 1 p.m.Sept. 29 MARIST 6 p.m.Oct. 6 • at Colgate TBAOct. 20 • GEORGETOWN 1 p.m.Oct. 27 • HOLY CROSS 1 p.m.Nov. 3 • at Lafayette TBANov. 10 • LEHIGH 1 p.m.Nov. 17 • at Fordham TBA

Schedule subject to change• Patriot League game Home games in BOLD

2007 schedule

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• In improving from 1-10 in 2005 to 6-5 in 2006, the Bison enjoyed one of the best one-year turnarounds in school history. In fact, the five-game improvement tied the school record, set previously by the 1954, 1949 and 1891 teams. Bucknell also tied with Arkansas Pine-Bluff, Liberty and Robert Morris for the best win differential in all of I-AA football.

• For the 10th time in the last 12 years, Bucknell finished with a record of .500 or better. It was the third such season in head coach Tim Landis’ four-year tenure here.

• Five Bison were named to the All-Patriot League Team at season’s end, including first-team defen-sive selection LB Dorian Petersen. Named to the second team were RB Josh DeStefano, OL Joel Hoffer, OL Stefan Niemczyk and DB Matt Palermo. It was the first all-league recognition for all five players.

• Two Bison were named to the ESPN the Magazine Academic All-District Team last fall. OL Michael Boccella and DB David Frisbey were repeat selections, and Frisbey went on to make the national Academic All-America Team for the first time. Frisbey was also named a semifinalist for the Draddy Trophy, also known as the “Academic Heisman,” which is awarded to college football’s top scholar-athlete.

• Starting with a 31-28 overtime win over Duquesne on opening night and finishing with a 31-28 win over arch-rival Colgate, Bucknell alter-nated wins and losses throughout the 2006 season. Only one other time

in school history have the Bison followed that pattern over the course of an entire season, that coming in a seven-game season (4-3) in 1893.

• Bucknell finished the regular season ranked fifth in the nation in rushing offense at 235.2 yards per game. Josh DeStefano won the team rushing title with a career-high 643 yards. The Bison were also ninth in kickoff return coverage, allowing opponents only 16.1 yards per return.

• LB Dorian Petersen finished with a team-high 102 tackles, topping the century mark for the first time in his career. He ranked fifth in the Patriot League and 42nd in the nation in total tackles.

• Bucknell relied heavily on an outstanding fresh-man class last season. Five different Bison, and six total, earned Patriot League Rookie of the Week accolades. Twelve first-year players were awarded a varsity letter, and eight started at least one game.

• Bucknell will have a new defensive coordinator in 2007, with Andrew Cohen replacing Jared Backus, who is now on the staff at Temple. Cohen was a member of Tom Gadd’s staff at Bucknell from 1995-99 and was a member of the 1996 Patriot League championship team. Cohen worked with a Bison defense that set a school record with 47 sacks in 1999 and ranked No. 1 in the league in total defense four out of five years. Most recently, he worked as an assistant at Columbia under head coach Norries Wilson,

another former Gadd assistant at Bucknell.

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2006 Bucknell national RankingsTeam Rank Avg.Rushing Offense ............................................................ 5 235.2Passing Offense ........................................................ 113 80.8Total Offense ................................................................74 316.0Scoring Offense ...........................................................72 20.2Rushing Defense .........................................................97 184.4Total Defense ............................................................. 110 400.3Scoring Defense ..........................................................68 24.4Net Punting ...................................................................31 33.7Punt Returns .................................................................17 12.2Kickoff Returns .............................................................92 17.5Turnover Margin ..........................................................32 0.45Pass Defense .............................................................. 102 215.9Passing Efficiency .................................................... 109 94.19Sacks ............................................................................. 110 0.82Sacks Allowed ..............................................................39 1.55

Individual Rank Avg.Nolan Applegate (punt returns) ............................15 12.22Phil Azarik (punting) ..................................................24 40.51Will Carney (field goals) ..........................................T44 0.82Stephen Collage (interceptions) .........................T28 0.36Jason Davis (kickoff returns) ...................................84 19.3Josh DeStefano (rushing) .........................................82 58.5Sam Nana-Sinkam (tackles)...................................T92 7.73Dorian Petersen (tackles) .........................................41 9.18

2007 sPRing PRactice scheduleDate ActivityMarch 25 Practice 4:00-6:15 p.m.March 26 OFFMarch 27 Practice 7:15-9:30 p.m.March 28 Lift/FilmMarch 29 Practice 4:30-6:30 p.m.March 30 LiftMarch 31 Practice 8:00-10:15 a.m.April 1 Practice 4:00-6:15 p.m.April 2 LiftApril 3 Practice 7:15-9:30 p.m.April 4 Lift/FilmApril 5 OFFApril 6 Practice 4:30-6:30 p.m.April 7 Practice 8:00-10:15 a.m.April 8 (Easter) OFFApril 9 LiftApril 10 Practice 7:15-9:30 p.m.April 11 Practice 4:30-6:30 p.m.April 12 Practice 4:30-6:30 p.m.April 13 Lift/FilmApril 14 OFFApril 15 Practice 4:00-6:15 p.m.April 16 LiftApril 17 OFFApril 18 Practice 4:30-6:30 p.m.April 19 Lift/FilmApril 20 Practice 7:15-9:30 p.m.April 21 SPRING GAME 8 p.m.

Josh DeStefano was Bucknell’s leading rusher last season and earned Second Team All-PL

honors.


2007 Bucknell sPRing outlookIf the old coaching adage is true that

players make their biggest strides between year one and year two, then this should be an awfully important spring football ses-sion for the Bucknell Bison.

Coming off a turnaround 6-5 campaign in which a number of first-year players were handed significant roles, Bucknell’s contin-ued ascent in the Patriot League standings will largely be determined by the level of progress those youngsters make in the off-season.

“As freshmen, a lot of guys would be happy just to get playing time,” said head coach Tim Landis, who will be in his fifth season at Bucknell in 2007. “It is important that we get the young guys to take the next step in their development and not be satis-fied simply with playing time.”

Eight different freshmen started at least one game and five earned a Patriot League Rookie of the Week certificate in 2006. The first-year class, along with a solid nucleus of veterans, helped the Bison improve from 1-10 in 2005 to 6-5 last season, tying them for the nation’s top one-year victory improve-ment.

While posting a winning record was an admirable accomplishment last season given the travails of 2005, ultimately the program has much loftier aspirations, most notably a conference championship. Landis knows that in order to join the Patriot League’s elite, there is plenty of work to be done.

“We certainly made critical strides going 6-5 with such a young team last season,” offered Landis. “But we have to be aggressive in taking the next step, and that next step is competing in the upper echelon of the Patriot League. We have stressed to the players that going from 6-5 to a conference championship is going to be a much tougher step than going from 1-10 to 6-5. We are not going to surprise anyone, which we may have done to some extent last year. We are still going to be very young, but the expectation is there that we will forge ahead.”

Following is a position-by-position look at the Bison heading into spring practice.

OFFENSEQuarterbackFootball’s glamour position typically draws the most attention from ca-

sual spectators, but this spring all eyes truly will be trained on the quarter-backs, as this figures to be the premier position group battle between now and the Sept. 1 opener at Duquense.

Bucknell comes into spring camp with three quarterbacks who started games last season, and all three had shining moments. Andrew Lair started four games and Terrance Wilson one, but each was felled by a broken col-larbone. That left the offense in the hands of freshman Marcello Trigg, who improved significantly throughout the back half of the season and led the team to a 3-3 record in his six starts.

Trigg, who rushed for 299 yards and two touchdowns and passed for 617 and four scores, is listed No. 1 on the spring depth chart, a clear sign of the positive impression he left on the coaches at the end of the fall. His best game came in the season finale, a 31-28 win over rival Colgate, when he completed 9 of 10 passes for 185 yards and a touchdown and also ran for 73 yards and a score.

Lair, who transferred to Bucknell from Navy prior to last spring’s prac-tice session, won the opening night starting assignment and showed off a strong, accurate throwing arm and explosive speed. Unfortunately, Lair’s first season in Orange & Blue was marred by injuries.

He had a 38-yard touchdown against Duquesne in the season opener, but he was forced out after two quarters due to a hip injury. Lair returned to start the next three games, but against Richmond in week four he was

tackled hard and suffered the collarbone in-jury, effectively ending his season. All told Lair rushed for 145 yards and three touchdowns, and he completed half his pass attempts (13-for-26) for 243 yards.

Wilson was the hero of the Duquesne vic-tory, when he relieved Lair in the second half and scrambled for a 15-yard tying touchdown on the final play of regulation, allowing Buck-nell to eventually win in overtime. Wilson also scored a TD in relief against Richmond, and he was leading the Bison to a rout of Marist be-fore breaking his collarbone one week after Lair did the same.

“It is going to be a great battle,” Landis predicted. “We have seen all three perform at game speed, and all have done very well. Marcello Trigg goes in at the top of the depth chart based on his performance during the second half of the season, and he certainly de-serves to be there. We are going to challenge all three of them, give them a lot of reps and see who emerges.”

FullbackSimilar to quarterback, the workhorse

fullback position is also stocked with experi-enced players. Returning Second Team All-Pa-triot Leaguer Josh DeStefano is the probable starter, with Kevin Mullen and Corin Erby also figuring to get plenty of spring reps. A fourth

returning fullback, Paul Forcellini, will not practice this spring while he con-tinues his recovery from an ACL injury that cut short his promising freshman season.

DeStefano rushed for a career-high 643 yards and scored three touch-downs in 2006. Included in that ledger was a 180-yard outburst in a win over Fordham in addition to a 101-yard ledger in a win at Marist.

“Josh DeStefano just had an outstanding year and has earned the right to be the starter,” said Landis. “He is going to be pushed hard, though, by Kevin Mullen and Corin Erby this spring and by Paul Forcellini when he is ready to come back in the fall.”

Mullen, a hard-nosed performer who has earned the team’s ROTC Award for outstanding leadership in each of his first two years in the pro-gram, rushed for 294 yards last season, including a career-high 110 in the win over Georgetown, a game that DeStefano missed due to injury.

Erby had a 42-yard touchdown run against Marist and also played quite a bit on special teams. Forcellini rushed for 71 yards and a TD on only 10 carries in the season-opening win over Duquesne, but he suffered the knee injury a week later against Lafayette and missed the rest of the season.

SlotbackFreshman sensation A.J. Kizekai and veteran Roosevelt Davis are listed

as the top two slotbacks this spring. Kizekai was one of the Patriot League’s top rookies last fall, despite getting a late start due to a preseason injury. He scored on a 36-yard run on his first collegiate carry against No. 7 Richmond in week four, and seeing regular action the rest of the way rushed for 441 yards and a team-high four touchdowns while averaging 7.6 yards per carry. Kizekai also caught six passes for 156 yards and a touchdown.

Davis was a part-time starter last season and ran for 134 yards on 29 carries.

One key cog the Bison will not have this spring is freshman Rashod Bumpers, who made an immediate impact before tearing an ACL in the Richmond game. Bumpers ran for 126 yards and a TD on only nine carries in his collegiate debut against Duquesne.

Another youngster whom the coaches want to take a good look at this spring is promising freshman Josh Lee, who saw brief action in four games in the fall and was also the leading rusher on the jayvee squad. Justin Pul-grano and Cameron O’Reilly will also vie for time in the backfield.

“The slotback position will be a bit thinner than we would like this

Terrance Wilson is one of three returning quarterbacks with starting experience.


2007 Bucknell outlookspring, with Rashod Bumpers out and another good class coming this fall,” said Landis. “Still, we are very excited to watch the development of A.J. Kize-kai. He has the potential to be one of the very best running backs in the league.”

Wide ReceiverBucknell figures to be as deep at wide receiver as it has been since Lan-

dis arrived five years ago. Daniel Zvara has led the team in receiving in each of his first two collegiate seasons, while Alex Odenbach and Cale Cadman both made strong impressions in their first seasons with the Bison. Senior-to-be Andrew Guadagno is another veteran presence, while rookies A.J. Pompliano and Trevor Dombeck are a bit more unproven, but full of poten-tial at the same time.

“We were certainly much improved at wide receiver a year ago, and with a strong group of freshmen receivers coming in, I expect us to be as deep and talented as we’ve been there,” noted Landis.

Offensive LineBucknell’s biggest graduation hit comes on the offensive line, where

senior starters Stefan Niemczyk, Joel Hoffer and Michael Anthony, along with key reserve Michael Boccella, have all moved on. Seniors-to-be Chad Glasser at left tackle and Jonathan Grainger at right guard — both returning starters — figure to be the anchors of the line in 2007.

Rising junior Greg Conti is the top candidate to replace Hoffer at center, with youngsters like James Phelan, Ian Fullmer, Andrew Bottone and Corey Teitz needing strong springs to improve their stock in the remaining posi-tion battles.

“We probably have the most work to do on the offensive line,” Landis admitted. “We have a very good foundation in Chad Glasser and Jonathan Granger. Both of those guys could vie for all-league honors next season. There is going to be some great competition at the other spots, and it will be interesting to see who emerges.”

DEFENSEDefensive LineBucknell’s entire starting defensive line returns for new defensive coor-

dinator Andrew Cohen, including freshman Josh Eden, who led the team in sacks with four and tackles for loss with seven. Eden and classmate David Young come into spring practice No. 1 on the depth chart at defensive end, with rising senior Ryan Walsh competing with Brandon Friday for the start-ing berth at noseguard.

Todd Rinaldo, a starting end last year, moves back to outside linebacker in Cohen’s scheme.

Promising first-year players Anthony Schultz and Will Braaf also look to continue their development this spring, although the Bison will be without freshman Michael Wagner, who is recovering from offseason surgery.

“Although the defensive line is still very young, we feel there is very good talent and depth there,” said Landis. “Josh Eden, even though he is still a freshman, has proven to be a real leader. Ryan Walsh is a two-year starter, and some guys who have not played a lot yet, like Will Braaf and Anthony Schultz and David Young, and going to get a lot of reps this spring.”

LinebackerLosing four-year starter Dorian Petersen and his 102 tackles will be a

blow, but the Bison still figure to return two of the Patriot League’s best linebackers in Ryan Slater and Sam Nana-Sinkam.

“We have very good leadership and production at the linebacker posi-tion,” said Landis. “Losing a First Team All-Patriot Leaguer in Dorian Petersen will not be easy, so we will be paying close attention this spring to see who will step up and emerge. With the largest linebacker corps we’ve ever re-cruited on the way, it will be very important for those guys in camp this spring to make an impact.”

Nana-Sinkam, who will have limited contact this spring after undergo-ing offseason shoulder surgery, and Slater finished 2-3 in tackles last season with 85 and 81, respectively. Nana-Sinkam was the most productive fresh-man defensive player in the Patriot League. He started every game and made a wonderful first impression with 15 tackles in a week one victory over Duquesne. Slater had over 80 tackles for the second straight season in 2006, with a high of 12 against Lafayette.

Julius Hopson figures to gain additional reps at linebacker this spring, with Rinaldo and Todd Manjuck topping the depth chart at the outside line-backer positions.

Defensive BackBucknell will be challenged to replace both of its starting cornerbacks,

including Second Team All-Patriot League selection Matt Palermo and Aca-demic All-American David Frisbey. Sophomore Nolan Applegate and fresh-man Jason Davis have seen brief action at corner early in their careers, and that duo comes into the spring listed as the starters.

Another trio of youngsters — Chris Barr, Jay Harper and Brandon Sim-mons — are also in the mix, with a heralded group of newcomers en route this fall.

“The biggest competition on the defensive side of the ball is going to be at cornerback,” Landis noted. “It is important for all of these guys to es-tablish themselves now, with a large, deep and talented bunch of freshmen coming in to play corner.”

The good news is that both starting safeties will be back in 2007. Free safety Stephen Collage will miss spring ball while rehabbing from offseason surgery, but he is expected to be 100 percent by preseason camp. Collage had 51 tackles and a team-high four interceptions last season.

In his absence this spring, freshmen Casey Williams, Josh Gornto and Jon Salem will take the reps.

At strong safety, Brigham Farrand is coming off an outstanding rookie campaign, when he played in 10 games, worked his way into the starting lineup and finished fourth on the team in tackles with 72. He will be pushed by Harrison Baker and Eric Baxter.

“Stephen College will be a leader in the secondary this fall, and we are excited to see what Casey Williams and Josh Gornto can do with a lot reps in the spring,” said Landis. “The coaches also feel that Brigham Farrand can be a very good player in the Patriot League. Harrison Baker has had injury problems in the past, so it is going to be important for him to have a good spring and reestablish himself. When healthy, he is very good.”

SPECIAL TEAMSThe Bison are fortunate that their starting punter and placekicker not

only have two years still to go, but that they are already two of the Patriot League’s best. Punter Phil Azarik has a booming left leg, and he averaged 40.5 yards per punt last season, second in the conference. Kicker Will Carney went 9-for-16 on field goals, including all five inside 30 yards, and 27-for-27 on PATs.

Applegate was a pleasant surprise returning punts. He averaged 12.2 yards per return, second in the league, and was named the team’s Special Teams MVP. Jason Davis was the primary kickoff returner, as the Bison look for improvement in that phase of the special teams.

Bucknell’s kickoff coverage unit ranked among the nation’s best and was one of the team’s strengths last season.

Ryan Walsh is a two-year starter on the defensive line.

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Note: Class years listed are for 2006-07 academic year.

No. Name Pos. Cl. Ht. Wt. Hometown/Secondary School 2 ** Zvara, Daniel WR So. 6-1 186 Jacksonville, Fla./Bolles School 3 ** Hopson, Julius LB So. 5-11 184 Pittsburgh, Pa./Central Catholic 4 * Trigg, Marcello QB Fr. 5-11 180 Tampa, Fla./Robinson 5 Forcellini, Paul RB Fr. 5-10 190 Nanty Glo, Pa./Bishop Carroll 6 * Davis, Roosevelt RB Jr. 5-8 179 College Park, Md./Milton Hershey (Pa.) 7 * Wilson, Terrance QB Jr. 6-0 185 Trenton, N.J./Hamilton West 8 * Lair, Andrew QB So. 6-2 195 Metairie, La./Brother Martin 9 *** Collage, Stephen DB Jr. 6-1 205 McKeesport, Pa./Elizabeth Forward 10 Wilson, Leonard DB Fr. 6-1 185 Tyrone, Pa./Tyrone 11 * Ahern, Ryan QB Jr. 5-11 176 Palos Heights, Ill./St. Laurence 12 Bouffard, Ben QB So. 6-1 200 Newport, VT/ North Country Union 13 * Odenbach, Alex WR So. 6-0 166 Webster, N.Y./McQuaid Jesuit 14 * Davis, Jason DB Fr. 5-7 175 Cincinnati, Ohio/Winton Woods 15 Harper, Jay DB So. 5-9 160 Maple Heights, Ohio/Maple Heights 16 * Cadman, Cale WR Fr. 6-2 190 Clarks Summit, Pa./Abington Heights 17 ** Azarik, Phil P So. 6-4 204 Hilltown, Pa./Germantown Academy 18 Salem, Jon DB Fr. 6-2 180 Rydel, Pa./Chestnut Hill Academy 19 ** Carney, Will K So. 5-10 168 Voorhees, N.J./Eastern Regional 21 Lee, Josh RB Fr. 5-11 175 Yardley, Pa./Pennsbury 22 * Kizekai, A.J. RB Fr. 5-9 170 Pawtucket, R.I./Blair Academy (N.J.) 23 * Bumpers, Rashod RB Fr. 5-8 160 Mobile, Ala./UMS-Wright 24 ** Erby, Corin RB Jr. 5-9 209 Long Island City, N.Y./Salisbury School (Conn.) 25 * Applegate, Nolan DB So. 5-9 165 Morrisville, Pa./Pennsbury 28 Simmons, Brandon DB Fr. 5-11 175 Bedford Heights, Ohio/Bedford City 30 * Farrand, Brigham DB Fr. 6-1 190 Green Pond, N.J./Morris Knolls 31 Baker, Harrison DB So. 5-9 178 Riverdale, Md./Eleanor Roosevelt 34 O’Reilly, Cameron RB Jr. 5-10 172 Bexley, Ohio/Bexley 35 Firman, Robert LB So. 5-11 172 Vincentown, N.J./Seneca 36 Barr, Chris DB So. 5-11 170 Pittsburgh, Pa./Mt. Lebanon 37 * Manjuck, Todd LB So. 6-2 207 Durham, Conn./Coginchaug Regional 38 Gornto, Josh DB Fr. 6-1 190 Durham, N.C./Jordan 39 *** DeStefano, Josh RB Jr. 5-11 208 Altoona, Pa./Bishop Guilfoyle 40 Hayes, Chris LB So. 6-0 197 Beaver Falls, Pa./Blackhawk 41 *** Slater, Ryan LB Jr. 6-0 209 Elysburg, Pa./Southern Columbia 42 ** Mullen, Kevin RB So. 5-10 191 Export, Pa./Penn-Trafford 43 Baxter, Eric DB Fr. 5-11 185 Poughkeepsie, N.Y./Poughkeepsie 44 Jones, Greg LB Fr. 5-11 220 Springfield, Va./Lee 45 Pulgrano, Justin RB Fr. 5-11 165 Ho-Ho-Kus, N.J./Northern Highlands 46 * Williams, Casey DB Fr. 5-10 200 Moon Township, Pa./Moon Area 47 Williams, Sam LB So. 6-4 240 Orlando, Fla./Maynard Evans 50 * Kolodziej, Jason LB Fr. 6-0 245 Pleasant Hills, Pa./Thomas Jefferson 51 * Salvatore, Peter LB Jr. 5-11 230 Greenwich, Conn./Greenwich 52 Chatman, Damian LB Fr. 5-9 180 Ann Arbor, Mich./Huron 53 * Rinaldo, Todd DL So. 6-0 229 Spring Lake Heights, N.J./Hun School 58 * Nana-Sinkam, Sam LB Fr. 5-11 220 Lititz, Pa./Manheim Township 59 Bottone, Andrew OL Fr. 6-2 270 Point Pleasant, N.J./Point Pleasant Boro 62 * Conti, Greg OL Jr. 6-0 270 Gibsonia, Pa./Pine-Richland 63 Teitz, Corey OL So. 6-2 292 Pittsburgh, Pa./Seton-LaSalle 66 Wissman, Greg OL Jr. 6-4 261 Port Jefferson, N.Y./Earl F. Vandermeulen 67 *** Glasser, Chad OL Jr. 6-2 268 Bethel Park, Pa./Bethel Park 68 Phelan, James OL Fr. 6-2 230 Orlando, Fla./Bishop Moore 70 Rivera, Stephen OL Jr. 6-1 315 Orlando, Fla./Colonial 72 Wancowicz, Chris OL So. 6-4 268 Baltimore, Md./Perry Hall 74 Hankinson, Shane OL So. 6-5 250 New Baltimore, Pa./Berlin Brothersvalley 75 ** Grainger, Jonathan OL Jr. 6-3 270 Pittsburgh, Pa./Carrick 76 * Friday, Brandon DL Jr. 5-10 245 Cinnaminson, N.J./St. Joseph’s Prep 77 Fullmer, Ian OL Fr. 6-4 275 Shamokin, Pa./Southern Columbia 78 Yount, Alec OL Fr. 6-5 250 Andover, Mass./Andover 80 ** Mozal, Nick TE Jr. 6-1 220 Exeter, Pa./Wyoming Area

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82 Dombeck, Trevor WR Fr. 6-4 185 Allendale, N.J./Northern Highlands 83 * Guadagno, Andrew WR Jr. 6-1 194 Short Hills, N.J./Millburn 84 ** Edwards, Stephen OL So. 6-6 247 Falmouth, Mass./Taft School 85 Kramer, Brian TE Fr. 6-3 210 Toledo, Ohio/Southview 87 Schultz, Anthony DL Fr. 6-3 260 Toledo, Ohio/St. John’s 89 Pompliano, A.J. WR Fr. 5-11 180 Cary, N.C./Cardinal Gibbons 91 *** Walsh, Ryan DL Jr. 6-2 262 Turnersville, N.J./Washington Township 92 * Eden, Josh DL Fr. 6-4 260 State College, Pa./State College 94 Braaf, Will DL Fr. 6-4 245 Bardonia, N.Y./St. Joseph Regional 95 * Young, David DL Fr. 6-2 225 Trumbull, Conn./Trumbull 96 Wagner, Michael DL Fr. 6-3 220 Chagrin Falls, Ohio/Gilmour Academy 98 Prasad, Sandeep WR Fr. 6-0 170 Butler, Pa./Vincentian Academy * Letters earnedPlayers in italics are injured and will not participate in spring practice contact

Head Coach: Tim Landis (Randolph-Macon ’86)Offensive Assistant Coaches: Ashley Ingram (Off. Coord./OG/C), Brent Thompson (QB/FB), Matt Lintal (RB), Steve Hayes (OL)Defensive Assistant Coaches: Andrew Cohen (Def. Coord./LB), Steve Vashel (S), Ryan Crawford (CB), Travis Burkett (OLB), Pat Kingman (DL)Student Assistant: Richard SimpsonTeam Managers: Gregory Sutton, Doug MacKenzie, Kadero Watson, Bill Massaro

Name Pos. Ht. Wt. Hometown/High School Hesham Abdelaal OL 6-1 260 Laurys Station, Pa./Parkland Tyler Anderson LB 6-1 200 Fairport, N.Y./Fairport Isaih Bell RB 5-7 150 Stone Mountain, Ga./Clarkston Kyle Boline TE 6-2 215 Rochester, N.Y./Greece Athena Paul Brazinski OL 6-3 265 Basking Ridge, N.J./Ridge Jamal Briggs DB 6-1 175 Maplewood, N.J./Columbia Spencer DePhillips OL 6-0 250 Clarks Summit, Pa./Abington Heights Levi Finsterbush WR/DB 6-2 210 Mifflinburg, Pa./Mifflinburg Area Rob Gerlach RB 5-11 175 Downingtown, Pa./Downingtown Greg Hyman QB 6-1 200 Millis, Mass./Xaverian Brothers Chris Ingram DL 6-0 263 High Point, N.C./High Point Central Rod Jackson DB 5-11 170 Charlottesville, Va./Monticello Alex Lair TE 6-4 225 Metairie, La./Brother Martin Josh Lovett WR 5-10 160 Hendersonville, Tenn./Pope John Paul II Luke Massaro LB 5-10 215 Port Matilda, Pa./State College Joe Mazzeo TE/LB 6-2 215 Hammonton, N.J./St. Joseph’s Tyler McFarlane DB/WR 6-1 195 Yorktown Heights, N.Y./Brunswick School (Conn.) Nick McLeod OL 6-0 225 Hermitage, Tenn./Pope John Paul II Shantz Medley FB 6-0 200 Pleasant View, Tenn./Goodpasture Christian Marques Morgan LB 6-0 235 Sacramento, Calif./Elk Grove/Sacramento City College Travis Nissley LB 5-11 200 Mount Joy, Pa./Manheim Central C.J. Passeri WR/DB 5-11 165 Scranton, Pa./West Scranton Kyle Passeri RB 5-9 175 Peckville, Pa./Valley View Shaun Pasternak WR 6-2 180 Clarks Summit, Pa./Abington Heights Jerrod Smith DB 5-11 180 Barboursville, Va./Albemarle Ryan Smith RB 5-10 190 Mt. Airy, Md./Urbana Jason Vollmar OL 5-11 260 Lansdale, Pa./North Penn John von Paris DL 6-2 225 Upper Falls, Md./John Carroll Tyler Wagner FB 5-9 200 Mifflinburg, Pa./Mifflinburg Area Ahkiel White DB 6-1 185 Somerset, N.J./Franklin Zane Woodard DB 5-11 180 York, Pa./William Penn Marlon Woods RB 5-8 160 Cincinnati, Ohio/Winton Woods

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2 Daniel Zvara So. 6-1 19013 Alex Odenbach So. 6-0 17089 A.J. Pompliano Fr. 5-11 18098 Sandeep Prasad Fr. 5-11 175

67 Chad Glasser Jr. 6-2 26879 Stephen Edwards So. 6-6 24772 Chris Wancowicz So. 6-4 268

63 Corey Teitz So. 6-2 29277 Ian Fullmer Fr. 6-4 27570 Stephen Rivera Jr. 6-1 315

62 Greg Conti Jr. 6-0 27059 Andrew Bottone Fr. 6-2 270

75 Jonathan Grainger Jr. 6-3 27074 Shane Hankinson So. 6-5 250

68 James Phelan Fr. 6-2 25066 Greg Wissman Jr. 6-4 26178 Alec Yount Fr. 6-5 250

16 Cale Cadman Fr. 6-2 19083 Andrew Guadagno Jr. 6-1 19488 Trevor Dombeck Fr. 6-4 185

4 Marcello Trigg Fr. 5-11 1808 Andrew Lair So. 6-2 1957 Terrance Wilson Jr. 6-0 18512 Ben Bouffard So. 6-1 200

39 Josh DeStefano Jr. 5-11 20842 Kevin Mullen So. 5-10 19124 Corin Erby Jr. 5-9 209

6 Roosevelt Davis Jr. 5-8 17921 Josh Lee Fr. 5-11 175

20 A.J. Kizekai Fr. 5-9 17045 Justin Pulgrano Fr. 5-11 16534 Cameron O’Reilly Jr. 5-10 172

80 Nick Mozal Jr. 6-1 22085 Brian Kramer Fr. 6-3 210

92 Josh Eden Fr. 6-4 26087 Anthony Schultz Fr. 6-3 260

91 Ryan Walsh Jr. 6-2 26276 Brandon Friday Jr. 5-10 245

95 David Young Fr. 6-2 22594 Will Braaf Fr. 6-4 245

53 Todd Rinaldo So. 6-0 22947 Sam Williams So. 6-4 240

37 Todd Manjuck So. 6-2 20740 Chris Hayes So. 6-0 19710 Leonard Wilson Fr. 6-1 185

3 Julius Hopson So. 5-11 18412 Robert Firman So. 5-11 17252 Damian Chatman Fr. 5-9 180

41 Ryan Slater Jr. 6-0 20950 Jason Kolodziej Fr. 6-0 24544 Greg Jones Fr. 5-11 220

46 Casey Williams Fr. 5-10 20038 Josh Gornto Fr. 6-1 19018 Jon Salem Fr. 6-2 180

30 Brigham Farrand Fr. 6-1 19031 Harrison Baker So. 5-9 17843 Eric Baxter Fr. 5-11 185

14 Jason Davis Fr. 5-7 17536 Chris Barr So. 5-11 17015 Jay Harper So. 5-9 160

25 Nolan Applegate So. 5-9 16528 Brandon Simmons Fr. 5-11 175

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Note: Class years listed are for 2006-07 academic year.Injured in spring: QB Ryan Ahern, RB Rashod Bumpers, DB Stephen Collage, FB Paul Forcellini, LB Sam Nana-Sinkam, LB Peter Salvatore, DL Michael Wagner

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Bucknell Football • Spring Report �007 • �

After helping the Bison achieve one of the best turn-around seasons in the country in 2006, Tim Landis returns for his fifth year as the Bob Odell Head Coach of Bucknell Football.

Relying heavily on first and second-year players, Landis guided the Bison to a 6-5 record last season (3-3 Patriot League), a five-win improve-ment over a trying 2005 campaign that was flagged by injuries. Actually, injuries hampered the Bison again last season, particularly at quarterback and running back, but with a much deeper squad, Bucknell was able to overcome the ailments.

With another important spring practice on the horizon, Landis and his staff are looking to continue the upward trend in 2007.

Having already resurrected programs at Da-vidson and St. Mary’s, Landis arrived at Bucknell in December 2002 to take over a football pro-gram that was undergoing a trying period.

As Landis’ first spring practice approached, the Bison were still coping with the death of legendary head coach Tom Gadd, and they were still tasting the bitterness of a 2-9 record that ended a school-record run of seven straight winning seasons.

But under Landis’ leadership, pride was quickly restored in the program, and the Bison turned in two very good seasons, first going 6-6 in 2003 then improving to 7-4 in 2004. Bucknell placed third in the competitive Patriot League standings both seasons.

Landis has coached both an All-American (DL Sean Conover) and an Academic All-American (OL Justin Gibson, DB David Frisbey) during his tenure at Bucknell.

Upon his hiring, Landis, 41, brought to the Bison football program an impressive cache of head coaching experience at the Division I-AA level. He became Bucknell’s 25th head football coach since the program’s inception in 1883.

“I have worked a very long time in this pro-fession to earn a tremendous opportunity such as this,” said Landis at the time of his hiring. “To coach at a quality educational institution like Bucknell that also has a long and proud his-tory of football is the culmination of a lifelong dream of mine.”

“I am pleased to have Tim Landis continue to lead the Bison football program,” said Hardt in announcing a new multi-year contract for Landis in November. “He has a proven track record of coaching winning teams throughout his career, and during his tenure at Bucknell has recruited true scholar-athletes who are quality young men on and off the field. Coach Landis is determined to bring additional Patriot League championships to Bucknell, and I look forward to working with him in achieving this important goal.” .”

Following a seven-year tenure as head coach

at Davidson College, Landis spent the previous three seasons building a winning program at St. Mary’s (Calif.) College. In both positions, he garnered national accolades for turning modestly success-ful programs into winners.

Upon his arrival at St. Mary’s in the spring of 2000, the Gaels had been just 4-17 over the previous two sea-sons. Landis quickly forged a 6-5 season in his first year at the Moraga, Calif., school, marking the program’s best

one-year turnaround since football was rein-stated at St. Mary’s in 1967. The Gaels finished 6-5 again in 2001 and 6-6 in 2002, and Landis was honored as the Division I-AA Independent Coach of the Year after both seasons.

Landis helped Davidson to a school-record eight victories in both 1998 and 1999, while laying the groundwork for a perfect 10-0 season the year after his departure to St. Mary’s. Prior to Landis’ arrival, Davidson had enjoyed just one winning campaign since 1980, but the Wildcats promptly went 6-4 in 1993 under the then first-year coach, and they would go on to enjoy four winning seasons in his seven years at the North Carolina institution.

Landis, who has a career head coaching re-cord of 73-77-1, was very familiar with Bucknell and the Patriot League, having coached against league teams at both Davidson and St. Mary’s. The Bison and Gaels met in each of the two prior seasons, with St. Mary’s winning 23-22 in overtime in 2002 and Bucknell capturing a 38-6 decision in 2001.

St. Mary’s 2000 team gained acclaim for its victories over nationally ranked Colgate and a talented Towson squad. He also posted a win over Patriot League foe Georgetown during his stint at Davidson.

“Having so many roots in the East, I have followed the Patriot League for a long time and it is becoming one of the premier conferences in Division I-AA football,” Landis said upon his arrival at Bucknell. “Just look at the success that Patriot League teams have had in the I-AA play-offs. Every school in the league has academic prestige and football prestige. That is a great combination.”

Landis’ trademark spread option offensive attack put up 2,908 ground yards in 2003, miss-ing the school record by just a single yard while finishing 10th nationally in rushing offense. In 2003 the Bison were eighth nationally, averaging 251.8 rushing yards per game, while last year they were fifth at 235.2 yards per contest.

In his first season at St. Mary’s the Gaels ranked fourth nationally in rushing at 309.5 yards per game and 24th nationally in total of-fense at 434.4. The team broke school records for total yards (4778) and touchdowns (50) in a season. Defensively, the Gaels were equally opportunistic, ranking 12th in Division I-AA in

turnovers forced (32). St. Mary’s also ranked fourth in the country in rushing offense in 2001 and fifth in 2002.

At St. Mary’s, Landis coached an Associated Press First Team All-American in defensive end Travis White, and he mentored a total of seven Verizon Academic All-District honorees in three years.

In his final season at Davidson, the Wildcats defense led the nation with a school-record 28 interceptions, including eight by All-American Ryan Crawford, a current assistant on the Bison staff. Landis’ special teams unit blocked a Divi-sion I-AA record 13 kicks in 1999, and the defense allowed only 101 rushing yards per game to rank 13th in the nation.

In 1998, Davidson ranked first nationally in pass efficiency defense, second in scoring de-fense (a stingy 10.4 points per game allowed), fourth in total defense (231.9 yards per game) and 12th in rushing defense.

Landis originally joined the Davidson staff as its defensive line coach in 1991, and two years later, at the age of 29, he became one of the nation’s youngest head football coaches.

A native of Yardley, Pa., and a 1982 graduate of The Hun School in Princeton, N.J., Landis went on to earn a bachelor of arts degree in English from Randolph-Macon College in 1986. A First Team All-Old Dominion Athletic Conference honoree both as a quarterback in football and a pitcher in baseball, Landis was inducted into the Randolph-Macon Athletic Hall of Fame in 2000. He was the ODAC Baseball Player of the Year in 1986, and he also earned the school’s Compton Award for excellence in academics and athletics. In May 2002, he was inducted into The Hun School’s Hall of Fame.

Landis took his initial steps into the coach-ing profession in 1986, when he remained at Randolph-Macon to coach his alma mater’s wide receivers. In 1988, he began a three-year stint as head football and baseball coach at Morrisville (Pa.) High School, where he led the grid squad to an 8-2 record, a state ranking and coach of the year honors by the Bucks County Courier Times, the Bicentennial Athletic League and the Independence Football League. He also guided the baseball team to a conference crown. During his final two years at the school, he served as director of athletics.

Landis returned to the collegiate level in 1991, when he was hired as an assistant at Davidson.

Off the field, Landis is a member of the Ameri-can Football Coaches Association (AFCA), where he serves as the chairman of that organization’s Division I-AA All-America Selection Committee. He also served as a member of the I-AA AFCA Board of Directors Executive Committee.

Landis and his wife Karen have three children — 14-year-old son T.J., 5-year-old daughter Jordan, 4-year-old son Jack, and 1-year old son Charlie.

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2006 Bucknell Bison Football Bucknell Overall Team Statistics (as of Mar 23, 2007) All games

TEAM STATISTICS BUCKNELL OPP -------------------------------------------------------- SCORING....................... 222 268 Points Per Game............. 20.2 24.4 FIRST DOWNS................... 182 212 Rushing..................... 132 95 Passing..................... 38 106 Penalty..................... 12 11 RUSHING YARDAGE............... 2587 2028 Yards gained rushing........ 2839 2191 Yards lost rushing.......... 252 163 Rushing Attempts............ 539 400 Average Per Rush............ 4.8 5.1 Average Per Game............ 235.2 184.4 TDs Rushing................. 24 19 PASSING YARDAGE............... 889 2375 Att-Comp-Int................ 139-55-6 327-186-10 Average Per Pass............ 6.4 7.3 Average Per Catch........... 16.2 12.8 Average Per Game............ 80.8 215.9 TDs Passing................. 4 16 TOTAL OFFENSE................. 3476 4403 Total Plays................. 678 727 Average Per Play............ 5.1 6.1 Average Per Game............ 316.0 400.3 KICK RETURNS: #-YARDS......... 46-804 40-644 PUNT RETURNS: #-YARDS......... 23-281 26-246 INT RETURNS: #-YARDS.......... 10-177 6-63 KICK RETURN AVERAGE........... 17.5 16.1 PUNT RETURN AVERAGE........... 12.2 9.5 INT RETURN AVERAGE............ 17.7 10.5 FUMBLES-LOST.................. 19-8 20-9 PENALTIES-YARDS............... 45-356 54-456 Average Per Game............ 32.4 41.5 PUNTS-YARDS................... 57-2309 48-1802 Average Per Punt............ 40.5 37.5 Net punt average............ 36.2 31.7 TIME OF POSSESSION/GAME....... 29:49 30:11 3RD-DOWN CONVERSIONS.......... 61/150 54/143 3rd-Down Pct................ 41% 38% 4TH-DOWN CONVERSIONS.......... 5/13 15/24 4th-Down Pct................ 38% 62% SACKS BY-YARDS................ 9-51 17-100 MISC YARDS.................... 8 61 TOUCHDOWNS SCORED............. 28 35 FIELD GOALS-ATTEMPTS.......... 9-16 8-14 PAT-ATTEMPTS.................. 27-28 32-33 ATTENDANCE.................... 27406 25090 Games/Avg Per Game.......... 6/4568 5/5018 Neutral Site Games.......... 0/0

SCORE BY QUARTERS 1st 2nd 3rd 4th OT Total -------------------- --- --- --- --- --- --- Bucknell............ 65 51 31 72 3 - 222 Opponents........... 69 79 54 66 0 - 268

2006 Bucknell Bison Football Bucknell Overall Individual Statistics (as of Mar 23, 2007) All games

RUSHING GP-GS Att Gain Loss Net Avg TD Long Avg/G PUNT RETURNS No. Yds Avg TD Long

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DeStefano, Josh 10-9 118 655 12 643 5.4 3 48 64.3 Applegate,Nolan 23 281 12.2 0 30

Kizekai, A.J. 8-6 58 454 13 441 7.6 4 36 55.1 Total.......... 23 281 12.2 0 30

Trigg, Marcello 7-6 76 356 57 299 3.9 2 46 42.7 Opponents...... 26 246 9.5 0 34

Mullen, Kevin 9-2 79 300 6 294 3.7 2 13 32.7

Kaufman, Peter 11-10 59 274 30 244 4.1 3 41 22.2 INTERCEPTIONS No. Yds Avg TD Long

Lair, Andrew 6-4 48 194 49 145 3.0 3 38 24.2 ---------------------------------------

Bumpers, Rashod 4-4 13 145 1 144 11.1 1 51 36.0 Collage,Stephen 4 125 31.2 0 78

Davis,Roosevelt 10-2 29 149 15 134 4.6 0 16 13.4 Palermo, Matt 2 4 2.0 0 3

Forcellini,Paul 2-0 18 102 0 102 5.7 1 19 51.0 Slater, Ryan 1 0 0.0 0 0

Wilson,Terrance 4-1 22 89 40 49 2.2 2 21 12.2 Farrand,Brigham 1 36 36.0 0 36

Erby, Corin 10-0 6 51 3 48 8.0 1 47 4.8 Eden, Josh 1 12 12.0 0 12

Zvara, Daniel 11-10 3 51 8 43 14.3 1 51 3.9 Frisbey, David 1 0 0.0 0 0

Davis, Jason 11-0 4 13 0 13 3.2 0 6 1.2 Total.......... 10 177 17.7 0 78

Glasser, Chad 11-11 0 5 0 5 0.0 1 0 0.5 Opponents...... 6 63 10.5 0 41

Niemczyk,Stefan 11-11 0 1 0 1 0.0 0 0 0.1

Guadagno,Andrew 5-0 1 0 2 -2 -2.0 0 0 -0.4 KICK RETURNS No. Yds Avg TD Long

TEAM 3-0 5 0 16 -16 -3.2 0 0 -5.3 ---------------------------------------

Total.......... 11 539 2839 252 2587 4.8 24 51 235.2 Davis, Jason 17 328 19.3 0 29

Opponents...... 11 400 2191 163 2028 5.1 19 72 184.4 Applegate,Nolan 11 197 17.9 0 24

Bumpers, Rashod 6 137 22.8 0 34

PASSING GP-GS Effic Att-Cmp-Int Pct Yds TD Lng Avg/G Kaufman, Peter 5 59 11.8 0 25

------------------------------------------------------------------ DeStefano, Josh 3 30 10.0 0 21

Trigg, Marcello 7-6 102.20 92-39-5 42.4 617 4 44 88.1 Kolodziej,Jason 1 11 11.0 0 11

Lair, Andrew 6-4 128.51 26-13-0 50.0 243 0 42 40.5 Zvara, Daniel 1 21 21.0 0 21

Wilson,Terrance 4-1 21.47 16-3-1 18.8 29 0 14 7.2 Kizekai, A.J. 1 21 21.0 0 21

Davis, Jason 11-0 0.00 3-0-0 0.0 0 0 0 0.0 Collage,Stephen 1 0 0.0 0 0

TEAM 3-0 0.00 2-0-0 0.0 0 0 0 0.0 Total.......... 46 804 17.5 0 34

Total.......... 11 94.16 139-55-6 39.6 889 4 44 80.8 Opponents...... 40 644 16.1 0 35

Opponents...... 11 127.92 327-186-10 56.9 2375 16 72 215.9

FUMBLE RETURNS No. Yds Avg TD Long

RECEIVING GP-GS No. Yds Avg TD Long Avg/G ---------------------------------------

---------------------------------------------------- Rinaldo, Todd 1 8 8.0 0 8

Zvara, Daniel 11-10 13 186 14.3 0 26 16.9 Total.......... 1 8 8.0 0 8

Odenbach, Alex 11-6 8 97 12.1 0 26 8.8 Opponents...... 1 61 61.0 0 61

Simpson,Richard 6-4 7 103 14.7 2 27 17.2

Kaufman, Peter 11-10 7 101 14.4 1 26 9.2

Cadman, Cale 9-2 7 97 13.9 0 16 10.8

Kizekai, A.J. 8-6 6 156 26.0 1 44 19.5

Bumpers, Rashod 4-4 3 102 34.0 0 42 25.5

Mozal, Nick 11-0 2 19 9.5 0 10 1.7

Davis,Roosevelt 10-2 1 14 14.0 0 14 1.4

DeStefano, Josh 10-9 1 14 14.0 0 14 1.4

Total.......... 11 55 889 16.2 4 44 80.8

Opponents...... 11 186 2375 12.8 16 72 215.9


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SCORING TD FGs Kick Rush Rcv Pass DXP Saf Points TOTAL OFFENSE G Plays Rush Pass Total Avg/G

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Carney, Will 0 9-16 27-27 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 54 Trigg, Marcello 7 168 299 617 916 130.9

Kizekai, A.J. 5 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 30 DeStefano, Josh 10 118 643 0 643 64.3

Kaufman, Peter 4 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 24 Kizekai, A.J. 8 58 441 0 441 55.1

DeStefano, Josh 3 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 18 Lair, Andrew 6 74 145 243 388 64.7

Lair, Andrew 3 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 18 Mullen, Kevin 9 79 294 0 294 32.7

Wilson,Terrance 2 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 12 Kaufman, Peter 11 59 244 0 244 22.2

Mullen, Kevin 2 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 12 Bumpers, Rashod 4 13 144 0 144 36.0

Simpson,Richard 2 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 12 Davis,Roosevelt 10 29 134 0 134 13.4

Trigg, Marcello 2 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 12 Forcellini,Paul 2 18 102 0 102 51.0

Forcellini,Paul 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 6 Wilson,Terrance 4 38 49 29 78 19.5

Bumpers, Rashod 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 6 Erby, Corin 10 6 48 0 48 4.8

Zvara, Daniel 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 6 Zvara, Daniel 11 3 43 0 43 3.9

Glasser, Chad 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 6 Davis, Jason 11 7 13 0 13 1.2

Erby, Corin 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 6 Glasser, Chad 11 0 5 0 5 0.5

DeMartino, Matt 0 0-0 0-1 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 0 Niemczyk,Stefan 11 0 1 0 1 0.1

Total.......... 28 9-16 27-28 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 222 Guadagno,Andrew 5 1 -2 0 -2 -0.4

Opponents...... 35 8-14 32-33 0-1 0 0-0 0 1 268 TEAM 3 7 -16 0 -16 -5.3

Total.......... 11 678 2587 889 3476 316.0

Opponents...... 11 727 2028 2375 4403 400.3

PUNTING No. Yds Avg Long TB FC I20 Blkd

FIELD GOALS FGM-FGA Pct 01-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50-99 Lg Blk -----------------------------------------------------

----------------------------------------------------------------- Azarik, Phil 57 2309 40.5 61 7 2 17 0

Carney, Will 9-16 56.2 0-0 5-5 2-5 2-6 0-0 42 0 Total.......... 57 2309 40.5 61 7 2 17 0

Opponents...... 48 1802 37.5 59 2 10 10 0

FG SEQUENCE Bucknell OPPONENTS

---------------------------------------------------- KICKOFFS No. Yds Avg TB OB Retn Net YdLn

Duquesne (27) 29,26,38 --------------------------------------------------------

Lafayette 33 25,(22) Carney, Will 44 2466 56.0 3 2

Cornell (40),(24) (35),44 DeMartino, Matt 1 43 43.0 0 0

Richmond - (37),(42) Azarik, Phil 1 57 57.0 0 0

Marist Red Foxes - - Total.......... 46 2566 55.8 3 2 704 40.5 24

Penn 46,(34) (36),(24) Opponents...... 52 2873 55.2 5 0 904 37.9 27

Georgetown (28) -

Lehigh - (25)

Fordham (27),34,(20) (40),44

Holy Cross 42,(30),44 -

Colgate (42),35,43 -

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ALL PURPOSE G Rush Rec PR KOR IR Tot Avg/G

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DeStefano, Josh 10 643 14 0 30 0 687 68.7

Kizekai, A.J. 8 441 156 0 21 0 618 77.2

Applegate,Nolan 11 0 0 281 197 0 478 43.5

Kaufman, Peter 11 244 101 0 59 0 404 36.7

Bumpers, Rashod 4 144 102 0 137 0 383 95.8

Davis, Jason 11 13 0 0 328 0 341 31.0

Trigg, Marcello 7 299 0 0 0 0 299 42.7

Mullen, Kevin 9 294 0 0 0 0 294 32.7

Zvara, Daniel 11 43 186 0 21 0 250 22.7

Davis,Roosevelt 10 134 14 0 0 0 148 14.8

Lair, Andrew 6 145 0 0 0 0 145 24.2

Collage,Stephen 11 0 0 0 0 125 125 11.4

Simpson,Richard 6 0 103 0 0 0 103 17.2

Forcellini,Paul 2 102 0 0 0 0 102 51.0

Cadman, Cale 9 0 97 0 0 0 97 10.8

Odenbach, Alex 11 0 97 0 0 0 97 8.8

Wilson,Terrance 4 49 0 0 0 0 49 12.2

Erby, Corin 10 48 0 0 0 0 48 4.8

Farrand,Brigham 10 0 0 0 0 36 36 3.6

Mozal, Nick 11 0 19 0 0 0 19 1.7

Eden, Josh 11 0 0 0 0 12 12 1.1

Kolodziej,Jason 10 0 0 0 11 0 11 1.1

Glasser, Chad 11 5 0 0 0 0 5 0.5

Palermo, Matt 11 0 0 0 0 4 4 0.4

Niemczyk,Stefan 11 1 0 0 0 0 1 0.1

Guadagno,Andrew 5 -2 0 0 0 0 -2 -0.4

TEAM 3 -16 0 0 0 0 -16 -5.3

Total.......... 11 2587 889 281 804 177 4738 430.7

Opponents...... 11 2028 2375 246 644 63 5356 486.9

2006 Bucknell Bison Football Bucknell Overall Defensive Statistics (as of Mar 23, 2007) All games

|--------Tackles--------| |-Sacks-| |---Pass Def---| |-Fumbles-| BlkdDEFENSIVE LEADERS GP Solo Ast Total TFL/Yds No-Yds Int-Yds BrUp QBH Rcv-Yds FF Kick Saf------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------49 Petersen,Dorian 11 62 40 102 5.5-5 . . 2 . 1-0 3 . .58 Nana-Sinkam,Sam 11 49 36 85 4.5-29 2.0-13 . 1 . 1-0 1 . .41 Slater, Ryan 11 44 37 81 1.0-1 . 1-0 1 . . 1 . .30 Farrand,Brigham 10 42 30 72 1.0-1 . 1-36 6 . 2-0 . . .33 Palermo, Matt 11 33 29 62 0.5-2 . 2-4 8 . . 2 . .26 Frisbey, David 11 30 21 51 . . 1-0 7 . 1-0 . 1 .9 Collage,Stephen 11 26 25 51 1.5-2 . 4-125 2 . . . . .53 Rinaldo, Todd 11 18 20 38 2.5-13 1.0-8 . 2 . 1-8 1 . .92 Eden, Josh 11 19 18 37 7.0-22 4.0-17 1-12 2 . 1-0 . . .91 Walsh, Ryan 11 16 6 22 1.0-1 . . 1 . . . . .3 Hopson, Julius 10 11 10 21 . . . . . . . . .76 Friday, Brandon 11 8 12 20 3.5-15 1.0-4 . 2 . 1-0 . . .24 Erby, Corin 10 4 8 12 . . . . . . . . .31 Baker, Harrison 4 10 1 11 . . . . . . . . .64 Hardman, Mike 11 6 5 11 1.0-1 . . . . . . . .25 Applegate,Nolan 11 8 2 10 . . . . . . . . .95 Young, David 10 5 5 10 1.5-10 1.0-9 . . . . . . .14 Davis, Jason 11 6 2 8 . . . 1 . . . . .42 Mullen, Kevin 9 3 1 4 . . . . . . . . .50 Kolodziej,Jason 10 . 3 3 . . . . . . . . .46 Williams, Casey 10 2 1 3 . . . . . . . . .39 DeStefano, Josh 10 3 . 3 . . . . . . . . .36 Barr, Chris 6 . 2 2 . . . . . . . . .37 Manjuck, Todd 5 . 2 2 0.5-1 . . . . . . . .84 Edwards,Stephen 11 2 . 2 . . . . . . . . .44 Jones, Greg 4 1 1 2 . . . . . . . . .96 Wagner, Michael 4 2 . 2 . . . . . . . . .67 Glasser, Chad 11 1 . 1 . . . . . 1-0 . . .13 Odenbach, Alex 11 . 1 1 . . . . . . . . .32 Kaufman, Peter 11 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . .54 Niemczyk,Stefan 11 . 1 1 0.5-1 . . . . . . . .1 Allen, Zach 11 . 1 1 0.5-10 . . . . . . . .4 Trigg, Marcello 7 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . .94 Braaf, Will 3 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . .17 Azarik, Phil 11 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . .7 Wilson,Terrance 4 . 1 1 . . . . . . . . .6 Davis,Roosevelt 10 . 1 1 . . . . . . . . .28 Simmons,Brandon 2 1 . 1 . . . 1 . . . . .2 Zvara, Daniel 11 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . . Total.......... 11 417 322 739 32-114 9-51 10-177 36 . 9-8 8 1 . Opponents...... 11 - - - - 17-100 6-63 26 . 8-61 8 1 1

2006 Bucknell Bison Football Bucknell Team Game-by-Game Comparison (as of Mar 23, 2007) All games

First ----RUSHING---- ----------PASSING---------- --TOTAL OFFENSE-- Return Penalty Turn-

Opponent Score Downs Number-Yards Attempts-Comp-Int Yards Plays Yards Yards Yards Overs

-------- ----- --/-- -------/------- --------/-------- --/-- --/-- ---/--- --/-- ---/--- --/--

DUQUESNE............ 31-28 24/26 56-386 / 39-179 7- 2- 0 / 36-24- 1 48/348 63/75 434/527 89/63 35/74 2/1

LAFAYETTE........... 0-31 12/20 41-149 / 44-223 15- 5- 0 / 19-12- 0 69/252 56/63 218/475 120/81 35/60 1/0

CORNELL............. 20-5 17/22 54-232 / 36-234 7- 5- 0 / 37-18- 2 99/202 61/73 331/436 100/91 60/38 1/4

Richmond............ 21-48 11/22 45-182 / 37-243 9- 4- 1 / 31-14- 0 56/250 54/68 238/493 89/56 25/24 1/0

Marist Red Foxes.... 48-19 15/12 45-390 / 31-37 4- 0- 0 / 30-16- 1 0/246 49/61 390/283 144/148 60/46 0/1

PENN................ 24-34 15/19 41-92 / 28-141 19-10- 0 / 36-23- 2 125/304 60/64 217/445 194/117 15/68 1/3

Georgetown.......... 17-7 17/15 51-210 / 25-108 20- 8- 0 / 35-26- 1 118/161 71/60 328/269 41/88 56/25 0/3

Lehigh.............. 7-38 19/22 50-250 / 42-227 16- 5- 2 / 22-16- 0 68/141 66/64 318/368 139/24 30/35 3/0

FORDHAM............. 13-3 17/13 54-272 / 40-190 13- 2- 2 / 22-10- 1 62/89 67/62 334/279 20/103 5/10 2/4

Holy Cross.......... 10-27 12/22 40-193 / 39-235 18- 5- 1 / 34-19- 2 59/277 58/73 252/512 175/160 10/31 2/2

COLGATE............. 31-28 23/19 62-231 / 39-211 11- 9- 0 / 25- 8- 0 185/105 73/64 416/316 159/83 25/45 1/1

Totals.............. 222-268 182/212 539-2587/400-2028 139- 55- 6/327-186-10 889/2375 678/727 3476/4403 1270/1014 356/456 14/19

Note: Game totals are displayed in the format TEAM/OPPONENT for each category

3rd Down 4th Down Time of TOP Avg Avg Avg Punting

Opponent Conversions Conversions Possession Margin Yds/Rush Yds/Pass Yds/Play Number-Avg

-------- -------/------- -------/------- ------/------ ------- ----/---- ----/---- ----/---- --------/--------

DUQUESNE............ 8-13 / 7-13 1-1 / 1-2 25:19/ 34:41 -9:22 6.9/4.6 6.9/9.7 6.9/7.0 3-47.0 / 1-34.0

LAFAYETTE........... 4-14 / 6-12 1-1 / 1-1 27:56/ 32:04 -4:08 3.6/5.1 4.6/13.3 3.9/7.5 8-39.6 / 3-42.0

CORNELL............. 5-12 / 4-16 0-2 / 2-4 30:40/ 29:20 1:20 4.3/6.5 14.1/5.5 5.4/6.0 3-49.3 / 4-38.2

Richmond............ 3-12 / 6-14 1-1 / 3-3 28:34/ 31:26 -2:52 4.0/6.6 6.2/8.1 4.4/7.2 8-39.1 / 4-32.0

Marist Red Foxes.... 3-10 / 2-13 1-1 / 1-2 29:17/ 30:43 -1:26 8.7/1.2 0.0/8.2 8.0/4.6 6-40.7 / 9-38.8

PENN................ 5-14 / 2-11 0-1 / 2-3 29:41/ 30:19 0:38 2.2/5.0 6.6/8.4 3.6/7.0 6-41.5 / 3-38.3

Georgetown.......... 9-17 / 6-14 0-0 / 1-1 33:32/ 26:28 7:04 4.1/4.3 5.9/4.6 4.6/4.5 7-38.1 / 7-33.3

Lehigh.............. 7-13 / 8-13 0-3 / 1-1 27:31/ 32:29 -4:58 5.0/5.4 4.2/6.4 4.8/5.8 2-41.0 / 2-42.0

FORDHAM............. 4-15 / 4-14 0-1 / 2-4 30:18/ 29:42 0:36 5.0/4.8 4.8/4.0 5.0/4.5 5-39.6 / 4-41.5

Holy Cross.......... 4-14 / 4-10 0-0 / 0-2 28:41/ 31:19 -2:38 4.8/6.0 3.3/8.1 4.3/7.0 7-39.4 / 4-40.0

COLGATE............. 9-16 / 5-13 1-2 / 1-1 36:27/ 23:33 12:54 3.7/5.4 16.8/4.2 5.7/4.9 2-37.0 / 7-36.3

Totals.............. 61-150/ 54-143 5-13 / 15-24 327:56/332:04 -4:08 4.8/5.1 6.4/7.3 5.1/6.1 57-40.5 / 48-37.5

Note: Game totals are displayed in the format TEAM/OPPONENT for each category

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