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2018 Richmond Football

2008 NATIONAL CHAMPIONS | 12 CONFERENCE TITLES | 11 NCAA PLAYOFFS | 90 ALL-AMERICANS

Date Opponent Time/ResultSept. 1 at Virginia 6 p.m.Sept. 8 FORDHAM 6 p.m.Sept. 15 ST. FRANCIS 2 p.m.Sept. 22 at Stony Brook * 6 p.m.Sept. 28 JAMES MADISON * 3 p.m.

Oct. 6 DELAWARE * 3 p.m.Oct. 13 at Albany * 7 p.m.Oct. 20 at Elon * 1:30 p.m.

Nov. 3 VILLANOVA * 3 p.m.Nov. 10 MAINE * 3 p.m.Nov. 17 at William & Mary * 2 p.m.

* Colonial Athletic Association Game

RICHMOND COACHING STAFFOn the Field

Russ Huesman ..................................Head Coach Adam Braithwaite .......Defensive CoordinatorCarey Bailey ..................................Defensive LineAdam Ross ..............Offensive Line/Run GameMarc Bacote .................................Wide ReceiversRod West ...........................Dimes/Special TeamsAaron Corp ......................................Quarterbacks

In the PressboxJeff Durden ....................Offensive CoordinatorSparky Woods ...................... RBs/Special TeamsDave Legg .................... Recruiting CoordinatorJustin Wood ....................................... LinebackersJohn Srofe ...............Defensive Quality Control

MEDIA COVERAGERadio (Spider IMG College Sports Network)Flagship .......................... ESPN 950 AM/99.5 FMInternet .........................RichmondSpiders.com......................................................................... TuneInPlay-by-Play ...........................................Bob BlackPlay-by-Play ........................................Robert FishAnalyst ......................................... Chris AndersonSideline.................................................Matt SmithStudio Host .....................................Matt Josephs

ATHLETIC COMMUNICATIONSFootball Contact ................... Matt McCollesterOffice ............................................... 804-287-6313Cell ................................................... 336-676-3407Email.........................mmccolle@richmond.eduSecondary Contact ........................ Dan WackerOffice ............................................... 804-287-8365Cell ................................................... 608-487-3858Email........................... [email protected] ................................RichmondSpiders.com

2018 Schedule

What’s On Tap . . .The Richmond Spiders open the 2018 season Saturday when they travel to Charlottesville for a meeting against Virginia ... The game marks the Spiders’ first contest against an Foot-ball Bowl Subdivision (FBS) opponent since the 2016 season when Richmond posted a 37-20 victory against the Cavaliers ... Last season, the Spiders did not face an FBS opponent.

Team Captains . . .University of Richmond head football coach Russ Huesman announced the Spiders’ team captains for the 2018 season in seniors Dale Matthews Jr., John Yarbrough, Justin Ru-bin, Andrew Clyde and Tyler Wilkins ... The players were chosen as captains after a vote by the players on the team ... The five-man captain crew have combined to play in 173 career games for Richmond during their careers heading into the 2018 season. Rubin and Clyde have played in the most games in their careers with 39 games each ... Ru-bin was a Third Team All-Colonial Athletic Association selection at linebacker last season after leading the team with 92 tackles ... Clyde was a First Team All-CAA selection and is a preseason All-America selection this year ... He led the CAA with nine sacks last season and finished with 41 tackles. Wilkins earned Second Team All-CAA honors last year and has played in 38 games in his career ... He caught 62 passes for 876 yards and seven touchdowns last season ... Matthews finished with 67 tackles, including four sacks, while also notching a pair of interceptions last season ... He has played in 29 career games while Yarbrough has played in 28 games ... Yarbrough was an All-CAA selection last fall and is a preseason All-CAA pick this year.

Series History . . .Saturday’s game marks the 34th meeting all-time between Richmond and Virginia ... The Spiders and Cavaliers will be meeting for the sixth time in the last 11 years with Saturday’s contest ... All but three of the meetings in series history have been played in Charlottes-ville ... Richmond is 3-28-2 all-time against the Cavaliers with wins coming in 2016, 1946 and 1943.

The teams last met September 3, 2016 when the Spiders went into Charlottesville and came away with a 37-20 victory ... Richmond scored the game’s first 13 points and opened up to a 30-7 lead early the fourth quarter ... Running back Gordon Collins ran for 114 yards on just 13 carries, including a 55-yard touchdown run that iced the victory in the closing minutes of the fourth quarter ... Kyle Lauletta threw for 337 yards and three touch-downs as he was 24-of-35 ... Wide receiver Tyler Wilkins hauled in two of the touchdown passes, grabbing four total for 63 yards ... Place kicker Griffin Trau scored 10 points in the win, including the first six points of the game, hitting field goals from 28 and 35-yards in the first quarter.

Season Openers . . .The 2018 season marks the 135th season in Richmond football history ... The Spiders are 61-66-7 all-time in season openers, including a 6-4 record in the last 10 season openers ... Last year, Richmond suffered a 48-34 loss against Sam Houston State in Waco, Texas

Richmond Football

No. 24 Richmond(0-0)

Virginia(0-0)

Date . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . September 1, 2018Kickoff . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 p.m. ESTLocation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Charlottesville, Va.Venue . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Scott StadiumCapacity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61,500Surface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Natural Grass

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SUNDAYAccess Closed

MONDAYAccess Closed –Players off Russ Huesman On CAA Conference Call11:40 a.m.

TUESDAY Richmond Notes Released

Access OpenPractice 4 p.m.

WEDNESDAY12:30 p.m.Weekly Press Conference Robins Center Media Room Access OpenPractice 4 p.m.

THURSDAYAccess LimitedPractice 4 p.m. Weekly Coaches’ Radio Show (12-1 p.m. ET) live on ESPN Radio 99.5 FM and 950 AM

FRIDAYAccess Closed

SATURDAYGameday

WEEKLY PRACTICE & MEDIA SCHEDULE

... This year’s game at Charlottesville marks the fourth-straight season that Richmond has opened the year on the road ... Over the past 10 seasons, the Spiders have picked up season-opening wins against Virginia, Morehead State, VMI, Duke (twice) and Elon.

Spiders Versus The ACC . . .Saturday’s game marks the 160th contest for the Spiders against current members of the Atlantic Coast Conference ... The Spiders are 25-125-9 all-time against ACC schools, playing Virginia Tech (50) and Virginia (33) the most times ... Richmond has recorded eight wins all-time against Virgina Tech, six against Wake Forest, four against Duke and three against Virginia.

Boston College | 1-4Duke | 4-9

Florida St. | 0-3Louisville | 0-1

Miami | 0-1North Carolina | 2-12

NC State | 1-18-1Syracuse | 0-1

Virginia | 3-28-2Virginia Tech | 8-38-4Wake Forest | 6-10-1

Kevin Johnson’s Team . . .Redshirt junior quarterback Kevin Johnson takes over the reigns of the team from for-mer Spider standout Kyle Lauletta ... Laulet-ta was named the Colonial Athletic Associa-tion Offensive Player of the Year and was a fourth round draft pick of the New York Gi-ants ... Johnson will be the full-time starter for the first time in his career but does bring some starting experience to the team.

In 2016, Johnson gave up redshirt before the playoffs after injury to Kyle Lauletta ... He led the Spiders to wins over North Car-olina A&T and No. 7 North Dakota ... In first career start, threw for 315 yards and his first career TD in a win over North Carolina A&T ... He was the first Spider to ever throw for 300-plus yards in first career start ... He followed that up with a 15-for-22, 289-yard, 2 TD per-

formance in the Spiders’ thrilling comeback win at #7 North Dakota in the second round of the FCS Playoffs ... He finished the year 50-of-76 (65.8 completion percentage) for 761 yards and three touchdowns.

Johnson enters the 2018 season as just one of seven quarterbacks in the FCS with at least two victories in the FCS playoffs on their record ... He ranks third in the FCS with a 2-1 playoff record.

Easton Stick, North Dakota State9-1

Taryn Christion, South Dakota State 3-1

Kevin Johnson, Richmond2-1

Trevor Knight, New Hampshire2-1

Chandler Burns, Kennesaw State 2-1

Gage Gubrund, Eastern Washington2-1

Anthony Lawrence, San Diego2-2

Buck Buchanan Award . . .Senior defensive lineman Andrew Clyde has been named one of 25 members on the preseason watch list for the STATS FCS Buck Buchanan Award ... Clyde is one of four play-ers from the Colonial Athletic Association (CAA) to be named to the watch list, which is given to the nation’s top defensive player in the FCS. Clyde has been named to three preseason All-America teams, including the STATS FCS team ... He was named All-America and All-CAA last fall after leading the CAA in sacks, totaling 9.0 on the season ... He led a defense that set a school-record with 3.2 sacks per game (36 on the year) ... He recorded 41 to-tal tackles, 11 of which were for a loss, while leading the team with seven QB hurries.

Year Two Of Huesman Era . . .Head coach Russ Huesman enters his

second year at the helm of the Richmond football program ... This is Huesman’s 10th season overall as a collegiate head coach and his second stint with the Spiders after spending five seasons (2004-08) as an assis-tant coach, and was part of the 2008 Nation-al Championship team.

Huesman returned to Richmond last sea-son and guided the Spiders to a 6-5 record ... The Spiders had 11 different players earn All-CAA honors, led by the Offensive Player

Virginia (3-28-2)Date Site Result Series10/9/1893 Charlottesville,Va. L 4-34 0-110/2/1894 Charlottesville, Va. L 0-48 0-210/18/1894 Richmond, Va. L 0-28 0-311/12/1895 Charlottesville, Va. L 0-60 0-410/10/1900 Charlottesville, Va. L 0-51 0-510/3/1906 Charlottesville, Va. L 0-22 0-610/27/1906 Charlottesville, Va. L 6-12 0-710/2/1907 Charlottesville, Va. L 0-38 0-810/10/1914 Charlottesville, Va. L 0-62 0-910/9/1915 Charlottesville, Va. L 0-74 0-1010/14/1916 Charlottesville, Va. L 0-21 0-1110/4/1919 Charlottesville, Va. T 0-0 0-11-110/8/1921 Charlottesville, Va. L 0-14 0-12-110/14/1922 Charlottesville, Va. L 6-14 0-13-110/4/1923 Charlottesville, Va. L 0-9 0-14-110/10/1925 Charlottesville, Va. L 0-19 0-15-110/11/1941 Charlottesville, Va. L 0-44 0-16-1 10/17/1942 Richmond, Va. T 7--7 0-16-210/9/1943 Charlottesville, Va. W 16-7 1-16-2 11/11/1944 Richmond, Va. L 0-39 1-17-211/11/1945 Charlottesville, Va. L 0-45 1-18-211/2/1946 Richmond, Va. W 19-7 2-18-211/1/1947 Charlottesville, Va. L 0-34 2-19-211/15/1952 Charlottesville, Va. L 0-49 2-20-29/8/1979 Charlottesville, Va. L 0-31 2-21-29/13/1997 Charlottesville, Va. L 7-26 2-22-29/9/2000 Charlottesville, Va. L 6-34 2-23-29/1/2001 Charlottesville, Va. L 16-17 2-24-29/6/2008 Charlottesville, Va. L 0-16 2-25-29/4/2010 Charlottesville, Va. L 13-34 2-26-29/1/2012 Charlottesville, Va. L 19-43 2-27-29/6/2014 Charlottesville, Va. L 13-45 2-28-29/3/2016 Charlottesville, Va. W 37-20 3-28-2

Home: 1-2-1 • Away: 2-26-1Total Points: Richmond: 169 • Virginia: 1004



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2018 QUICK FACTSUniversity Information

Location ..................................................University of Richmond, VA 23173

Founded ...........................................................................................................1830

Enrollment ......................................................................................................3,000

Nickname ....................................................................................................Spiders

School Colors .................................................................................Red and Blue

Stadium ..............................................................E. Claiborne Robins Stadium

Opened .............................................................................. September 18, 2010

Capacity ...........................................................................................................8,200

Surface .......................................FieldTurf Pro (Installed Summer of 2012)

President .................................Dr. Ronald A. Crutcher (Miami Univ., 1969)

Vice President & Director of Athletics ..............John Hardt (Iowa, 1984)

Team Information

Head Coach ................................................................................. Russ Huesman

Alma Mater, Year......................................................... Chattanooga, 1981

Record/Years at Richmond .................................................................. 6-5/2nd

Career Record/Years ...........................................................................65-42/9th

2017 Record........................................................................................................6-5

CAA Record (Finish) ......................................................... 4-4 (6th)Starters Returning/Lost .............................................................................15/10

Offensive Starters Returning/Lost ..............................................................6/5

Defensive Starters Returning/Lost .............................................................8/3

Special Teams Starters Returning/Lost .....................................................1/2

Program History

Seasons of Football .....................................................................135th in 2018

First Season ......................................................................................................1881

All-Time Record (Pct.) ......................................................... 551-643-53 (.463)

All-Time Postseason Record (Pct.) .............................................16-11 (.594)

All-Time Bowl Record (Pct.) ...............................................................1-1 (.500)

All-Time National Championships .................................................... 1 (2008)

All-Time Conference Championships ......................................................... 12

Southern ......................................................... 4 (1968, 1969, 1971, 1975)

Yankee.................................................................................................. 1 (1987)

Atlantic 10 .................................................................. 3 (1998, 2000, 2005)

CAA Football ................................................... 4 (2007, 2009, 2012,2015)

NCAA FCS Playoff Appearances ................................................................... 11

All-Time Playoff Record (Pct.) ......................................................13-10 (.565)

Last Playoff Appearance ......................................2016 (FCS Quarterfinals)

of the Year Kyle Lauletta. ...He became the first Richmond player to win Offensive Player of the Year since Greg Lilly in 1992 ... Lauletta led the CAA with 3,737 yards, 28 passing TDs and 3,827 yards of total offense and was a finalist for the Walter Payton Award.

Offensive Line Help . . .The Spiders enter the 2018 season with a revamped offensive line with All-Conference member John Yarbrough as the only returning starter ... Yarbrough, who played center last year, will start the season at right tackle but will play both positions at some point during the year ... Yar-brough has made 18-straight starts for the Spiders ... Joining him on the line this year is Furman transfer Tim Coleman at left tackle ... Coleman sat out last season due to transfer rules but was a Freshman All-America recipient in 2016 with the Paladins ... Redshirt freshman center Clayton McConnell is slated to start in the middle at Virginia, making his first career start ... At the two guard positions, the Spiders will look to three players in Seyoum Settapani, Tazle Sumpter and Kolby Williams ... Settapani started the last game of the year in 2017 while Sumpter was the opening day starter last season before suffering a season-ending injury against Sam Houston State.

Got Your Back . . .Richmond employs a 4-2-5 defense and returns both of its linebackers this season in seniors Justin Rubin and Dale Matthews Jr. ... The two combined for 159 total tackles last season, including 14.5 tackles for loss ... Rubin led the team with 92 tackles from his Mike linebacker posi-tion, including 6.5 tackles for loss ... Matthews recorded 67 takes on the year, ranking third in the league, while recording 8.0 tackles for loss at the Sam linebacker.

Best Foot Forward . . .The Spiders have two completely different kickers handling duties this season, in terms of experience ... Redshirt senior Griffin Trau will han-dle the kicking duties while true freshman Micah Breckenridge will handle the punting duties ... Trau has scored 192 points in his career, ranking sixth all-time in Richmond scoring history ... He has converted 35-of-41 field goals in his career (85.4%) and is third all-time in career field goals made trailing Andrew Howard (55) and Rob Courier (41) ... Breckenridge will handle all of the Spiders’ punting duties this season as a true freshman ... He was a two-time All-Conference player at White Station High School in Memphis and has the unique capability of punt-ing with either foot.

Transfer of Power . . .The Spiders added three FBS transfers to the roster this offseason in defensive lineman Melvin Keihn, cornerback Dionte Austin and long snapper Grant Gluhaich ... Keihn was born in Monrovia, Liberia and moved to the United State at the age of eight years old, escaping war-torn Liberia ... He played in 35 games during his career, including 22 the past two years at Maryland ... He played 12 games last year for the Terrapins and 10 games in 2016 ... He recorded 26 tackles in two years at Maryland, including a career-high eight tackles against Penn State (10/8/16) and three tackles against Michigan State (10/22/16) ... He recorded two tackles for loss in his Maryland debut against Howard (9/3/16) ... Keihn began his collegiate career in 2014 at Virginia Tech ... He played in 13 games for the Hokies, appearing in 127 plays on special teams and five on defense as a true freshman.

Austin played two seasons at Wake Forest, including 12 games last sea-son as a sophomore ... He was on the field for 201 plays including a sea-



son-high 56 in the season-opener vs. Tulane ... He recorded seven tackles on the season including a season-high of two against Duke and Indiana ... He started each of the first two games and had a pair of tackles against Duke ... Gluhaich spent three season at California but did not see any action.

Preseason All-America . . .The preseason accolades keep coming for the University of Richmond football pro-gram as senior defensive lineman Andrew Clyde and senior wide receiver Dejon Bris-sett were named preseason FCS All-Amer-ica by STATS ... The Spiders are one of four teams from the Colonial Athletic Associa-tion (CAA) with multiple members on the preseason team (James Madison 5, Villano-va 2, Delaware 2). Clyde was named preseason Second Team All-America ... This marks the third presea-son All-America selection for Clyde and he was named preseason All-CAA ... He earned Third Team All-America honors last season by STATS FCS and was a First Team All-CAA selection last year ... He led the CAA in sacks, totaling 9.0 on the season ... He led a de-fense that set a school-record with 3.2 sacks per game (36 on the year) ... He recorded 41 total tackles, 11 of which were for a loss, while leading the team with seven QB hur-ries. Brissett was named preseason Third Team All-America and was also named to the pre-season All-CAA team ... Last year, he finished first on the team with 63 receptions and was second on the team with 896 yards ... He tied for the team lead with seven touchdowns, ranking 37th in the nation in that catego-ry ... He recorded four 100-yard games and was 25th in the nation with 5.7 receptions per game.

Richmond Tabbed No. 24 . . .The Spiders were tabbed as the 24th-ranked team in the country in the preseason poll run by Street & Smith’s College Football Magazine ... Richmond returns 14 starters from last season’s 6-5 team, including eight on the defensive side of the ball ... The Spi-ders were one of six teams from the CAA ranked in the Street & Smith’s poll ... The CAA has consistently had six teams ranked in each preseason poll in one form or anoth-er.

Spiders Picked Seventh . . .The Richmond Spiders have been picked

to finish seventh overall in the highly com-petitive Colonial Athletic Association (CAA) by the league’s coaches and media ... Seven different teams have already been ranked in the top-25 in various preseason polls this season, showing the depth of the league ... Richmond has been ranked in the top three in the preseason poll in three out of the last five years ... The last time the Spiders were ranked as low as seventh in the preseason poll was the 2012 season when Richmond was picked to finish ninth ... The Spiders proved the poll wrong, finishing the year as co-champions in the CAA and ended the year ranked No. 18 in the country.

1. JMU (21 first-place votes), 2412. UNH(2 first-place votes), 2063. Delaware, 1824. Stony Brook, 1695. Elon (1 first-place vote), 1686. Villanova, 1647. Richmond, 1278. Maine, 819. Albany, 7810. Towson, 7411. William & Mary, 5512. Rhode Island, 39

Preseason Accolades . . .Richmond has four players tabbed on the preseason All-CAA Team, the third most by any school trailing only James Madison (6) and Delaware (5) ... Senior defensive line-man Andrew Clyde highlights the Spider defense while senior wide receiver Dejon Brissett and senior center John Yarbrough were chosen on offense ... Senior kicker Grif-fin Trau rounded out the Spiders’ All-Con-ference selections on special teams.

Clyde has already been named preseason All-America by multiple publications this season ... He earned Third Team All-America honors last season by STATS FCS and was a First Team All-CAA selection ... He led the CAA in sacks, totaling 9.0 on the season ... He led a defense that set a school-record with 3.2 sacks per game (36 on the year) ... He recorded 41 total tackles, 11 of which were for a loss, while leading the team with seven QB hurries.

Brissett finished first on the team with 63 receptions and was second on the team with 896 yards ... He tied for the team lead with seven touchdowns, ranking 37th in the nation in that category ... He recorded four 100-yard games and was 25th in the nation with 5.7 receptions per game.

Yarbrough earned Third Team All-CAA hon-ors last season ... He has made 18-straight starts for the Spiders and anchored a line last year that allowed just 23.0 sacks, fourth best in the CAA.

Trau was a First Team All-CAA selection last season and has earned All-America honors as a sophomore ... Last year, he finished first in the CAA and 15th in the nation convert-ing 80 percent of his field goal attempts (12-of-15) ... For his career, Trau is 35-of-41 (.854), scoring 192 points.

Top Receiving Trio . . .Last season, Richmond had one of the top receiving trios in the nation ... Dejon Bris-sett was named First Team All-CAA while Tyler Wilkins and Cortrelle Simpson earned Second Team All-CAA honors ... The three combined for 2,791 receiving yards and 20 touchdowns ... Brissett (896 yds, 7 TDs), Wilkins (876 yds, 7 TDs) and Simpson (1,019 yds, 6 TDs) all ranked in the top-four in the CAA in yards last year. ... Richmond was the only school in the FCS to finish the regular season with three receivers over 800 yards on the year.

The trio is the top returning receiving trio in the nation entering the 2018 season ... The three combined for 253.7 yards per game, the highest per-game total of any receiving trio at the FCS level ... Princeton is second with 216.2 yards per game returning while Sam Houston State is third at 203.8 yards re-turning (two receivers).

Running Back By Committee . . .The Spiders return their top four running backs from last season’s team that com-bined for 1,113 total yards and 10 rushing touchdowns ... Junior Xavier Goodall was the Spiders’ top rusher last season with 452 yards and three touchdowns ... Goodall led the way with 78 total carries ... Senior Gor-don Collins was second on the team with 242 yards rushing and led the team with four touchdowns on 54 carries ... Junior Jay Palmer added 222 yards on 44 carriers while classmate Deontez Thompson add-ed 197 yards on 49 carries before missing the last four games due to injury.

Pressuring The Quarterback . . .Richmond finished second in the CAA last year with 35.0 sacks ... The Spiders return 23.0 sacks from last year’s team, including senior defensive lineman Andrew Clyde’s



THE LAST TIME RICHMOND ... Was shut out ..............................................................12/10/16 at #2 Eastern Washington (38-0)Scored 30+ points ..............................................................................9/1/17 at #3 SHSU (L, 34-48)Scored 40+ points ...................................................... 11/5/16 vs. #5 James Madison (L, 43-47)Scored 50+ points ......................................................................... 9/16/17 vs. Howard (W, 68-21)Had two 100+ yard rushers............................ 10/3/15 (Seth Fisher, 119; Jacobi Green, 101)Had two 100+ yard receivers .....................9/23/17 vs. Elon (Brissett - 169, Simpson - 192)Had three 100+ yard receivers ......11/16/13 at No. 21/22 Delaware (R. Ponder, 175; S. Barnette, 127; B. Brown, 109)Had a 300+ yard passer ....................................................11/11/17 at JMU (Kyle Lauletta, 304)Had a 400+ yard passer .....................................................9/23/17 vs. Elon (Kyle Lauletta, 497)Had a 500+ yard passer ................................................ 9/1/17 at #3 SHSU (Kyle Lauletta, 546)Had a 100+ yard rusher ..........................11/18/17 vs. William & Mary (Xavier Goodall, 180)Had a 150+ yard rusher ..........................11/18/17 vs. William & Mary (Xavier Goodall, 180)Had a 200+ yard rusher .........................................11/21/15 vs #7 W & M (Jacobi Green, 217)Had a 100+ yard receiver ................11/18/17 vs. William & Mary (Cortrelle Simpson, 121)Had a 150+ yard receiver ........................................... 9/1/17 at #3 SHSU (Dejon Brissett, 172)Had a 200+ yard receiver ................................... 9/1/17 at #3 SHSU (Cortrelle Simpson, 204)Had a player with two plus interceptions .....................10/14/17 at Towson (Daniel Jones)Had a player with three or more sacks .................. 10/25/14 at Elon (Justin Williamson, 3)Had a player with 15 or more tackles ....... 10/17/15 vs. Rhode Island (Omar Howard, 18)Forced six or more turnovers ...................................................................10/14/17 at Towson (6)Recorded a safety .............................. 11/4/17 at Villanova (Punt snapped out of end zone)Returned INT for TD ................................... 12/5/15 vs W&M (FCS playoffs, David Jones, 100 yards) Returned fumble for TD .....................................10/26/13 vs. No. 6/8 Towson (Aaron Roane)Blocked a punt...........................................................12/3/16 at North Dakota (Will McCombs)Returned blocked punt for TD .................................................. 9/17/11 vs. VMI (Ben Edwards)Returned kickoff for TD ...................................................9/15/12 at VMI (Justin Grant, 90 yds.)Returned punt for TD .........................11/26/16 vs. North Carolina A&T (Dejon Brissett, 92)Blocked a field goal................................................................. 10/7/17 vs. Albany (Daniel Jones)Returned blocked FG for TD ......................................11/1/97 vs. Northeastern (Paris Lenon)Returned blocked PAT...................................................10/9/99 vs. Rhode Island (Paris Lenon)Successful two-point conversion.................... 11/7/15 at UNH (Lauletta pass to B. Brown)Successful fake punt .....................10/28/17 vs. Stony Brook (Helkowski pass to Geraghty)

THE LAST TIME A RICHMOND OPPONENT ... Was shut out ...........................................................................................11/4/17 vs. Villanova (22-0)Held without a touchdown...............................................................11/4/17 vs. Villanova (22-0)Scored 30+ points ..............................................................................10/7/17 vs. Albany, W, 41-38Scored 40+ points ................................................................................9/1/17 at #3 SHSU, L, 34-48Scored 50+ points ............................................................................9/5/15 at Maryland (L, 21-50)Had two 100+ yard rushers............11/4/06 vs. Villanova (Marvin Burroughs, 124; Matt Dicken, 120)Had two 100+ yard receivers ..........11/28/09 vs. Elon (Terrell Hudgins, 167; Lance Camp, 109)Had a 300+ yard passer ................................................10/7/17 vs. Albany (Will Brunson, 339)Had a 400+ yard passer ............................................. 9/1/17 at #3 SHSU (Jeremi Briscoe, 411)Had a 100+ yard rusher .........................................11/5/16 vs. #5 JMU (Khalid Abdullah, 123)Had a 150+ yard rusher .......................................................... 9/5/15 at Maryland (B. Ross, 150)Had a 200+ yard rusher ......................................... 9/23/17 vs. Elon (Malcolm Summers, 299)Had a 250+ rusher .................................... 10/26/13 vs. No. 6/8 Towson (Terrance West, 275)Had a 300+yard rusher ....... 12/7/07 at No. 5 Appalachian State (Armanti Edwards, 313)Had a 100+ yard receiver ................................... 10/28/17 vs. Stony Brook (Ray Bolden, 118)Had a 150+ yard receiver ........................ 12/11/15 at Illinois State (Anthony Warrum, 152)Had a 200+ yard receiver ................................................11/17/07 vs. W&M (Elliott Mack, 201)Recorded a safety ..................................9/1/17 at #3 SHSU (Punt snapped out of end zone)Returned INT for TD ................ 10/26/13 vs. No. 6/8 Towson (Christian Carpenter, 34 yds.)Returned two INT for TD .........11/15/14 vs. No. 25/RV James Madison (Taylor Reynolds)Returned fumble for TD ................................................. 9/6/14 at Virginia (Eli Harold, 22 yds.)Blocked a punt....................................................................................10/25/14 at Elon (Chris Blair)Returned blocked punt for TD ........................................................ 9/1/17 at #3 SHSU (0 yards)Returned kickoff for TD ......................... 9/17/16 at Stony Brook (Sherman Alston - 96 yds)Returned punt for TD ........................................................... 9/5/15 at Maryland (Likely, 67 yds)Blocked a field goal......................................................................10/4/14 at Liberty (C. Uzowihe)Blocked an extra point.............................................................................12/11/15 at Illinois StateReturned blocked FG for TD .......................................................................................................NeverReturned blocked PAT................................................... 10/22/11 vs. Maine (Jerron McMillian)Successful two-point conversion......... 12/6/14 at #6 Coastal Carolina (Austin Cain rush)Failed two-point conversion ........................................................................ 10/11/14 at UAlbany

The laST Time . . .team-leading 9.0 sacks ... Defensive lineman Colby Ritten and linebacker Dale Matthews Jr. each added 4.0 sacks apiece while defensive lineman Maurice Jackson chipped in 2.5 sacks ... Justin Rubin, Samari Springs and Gershom Ejoni com-bined for 3.5 sacks last year.

Richmond CAA Success . . .Since joining the league in 2007, no CAA football program has captured more conference titles than Richmond ... The Spi-ders have taken home four trophies (’07, ’09, ’12 and ’15), one more than any other school during that span (James Madison) ... Richmond has posted an overall record of 93-48 (.660) since joining the CAA and has gone 54-34 (.614) in league play since 2007.

New Digs For The Spiders . . .The Richmond football program got major upgrades this off-season with the construction work on the Blandford-Everett Student-Athlete Performance Center on the lower level of the Robins Center ... The Spiders received a completely new and improved locker room, strength and conditioning weight room and athletic training facility.

Additionally, Richmond is installing a Nutrition Station and updating the equipment room to better serve the Spider stu-dent-athletes ... All construction for student-athletes was com-pleted at the end of July

Television Exposure . . .The Richmond Spiders and their athletic department will produce and broadcast all six home games this season ... For the fourth-straight year, Richmond will place all games on linear television on either NBC Sports Washington or NBC Sports Washington Plus ... In addition, all home games will be streamed on SpiderTV at www.RichmondSpiders.com with the exception of the James Madison home game as that game is the CBSi Game of the Week and will be streamed through the CBSi App.

Replacing Lauletta . . .Richmond will face a daunting task in replacing CAA Offensive Player of the Year Kyle Lauletta ... Lauletta was drafted in the fourth round of the NFL Draft by the New York Giants ... With him under center, the Spiders finished the year fourth in the nation in passing offense at 341 yards per game and 11th in team passing efficiency at 152.86.

Redshirt junior quarterback Kevin Johnson takes over the reigns from Lauletta but it won’t be his first starting experience ... Johnson started three games in the FCS playoffs in 2016, posting a 2-1 record while passing for 761 yards and three touchdowns.

10-Year Anniversary . . .The 2018 season marks the 10-year anniversary of Richmond’s National Championship team ... The Spiders finished the 2008 season with a 13-3 overall record after finishing the CAA with a 6-2 mark and placing third in the South Division ... Richmond closed out the year by winning nine-straight games, including its last five in the regular season ... The Spiders won FCS play-



100-Yard Receiving/Rushing Games by Active Spiders

Player Game (Date) Att./Rec. Yards TDXavier Goodall vs. William & Mary (11/18/17) 23 180 2Cortrelle Simpson vs. William & Mary (11/18/17) 3 121 1Tyler Wilkins at JMU (11/11/17) 12 180 1Xavier Goodall at Villanova (11/4/17) 19 116 1Tyler Wilkins vs. Stony Brook (10/28/17) 9 112 0Dejon Brissett at Towson (10/14/17) 7 101 0Cortrelle Simpson vs. Elon (9/23/17) 10 192 1Dejon Brissett vs. Elon (9/23/17) 8 169 2Jay Palmer vs. Howard (9/16/17) 12 102 1Dejon Brissett at Colgate (9/9/17) 11 145 0Cortrelle Simpson at Sam Houston State (9/1/17) 7 204 1Dejon Brissett at Sam Houston State (9/1/17) 9 172 1Deontez Thompson at William & Mary (11/19/16) 19 144 1Deontez Thompson vs. Delaware (11/12/16) 24 132 1Deontez Thompson vs. JMU (11/5/16 13 128 0Deontez Thompson at Elon (10/22/16) 14 116 1Deontez Thompson at Albany (10/8/16) 20 112 3Xavier Goodall vs. Towson (10/1/16) 23 128 0Xavier Goodall vs. Colgate (9/24/16) 20 127 1Tyler Wilkins at Stony Brook (9/17/16) 6 109 0Gordon Collins at UVA (9/3/16) 13 114 1 CENTURY MARK-Totals

100-Yard Receiving/Rushing Games by Active SpidersPlayer Most Recent 2018 CareerDeontez Thompson 144 at William & Mary (11/19/16) 0 5Dejon Brissett 101 at Towson (10/14/17) 0 4Xavier Goodall 180 vs. William & Mary (11/18/17) 0 3Tyler Wilkins 180 at JMU (11/11/17) 0 3Cortrelle Simpson 121 vs. William & Mary (11/18/17) 0 3Jay Palmer 102 vs. Howard 0 1Gordon Collins 114 at UVA (9/3/16) 0 1

300 YARD PASSING GAMES300-Yard Passing Games by Active Spiders

Player Most Recent 2018 CareerKevin Johnson 315 vs. North Carolina A&T 0 1

cenTury mark

RICHMOND’S OVERTIME GAMES (13-2)Date Opponent Result No. of OTsSept. 19, 1987 Massachusetts W, 52-51 4Oct. 8, 1988 New Hampshire W, 23-17 1Oct. 7, 1995 Northeastern W, 26-23 2Sept. 21, 1996 Massachusetts L, 17-23 1Sept. 19, 1998 at Rhode Island W, 20-17 1Nov. 4, 2000 at Rhode Island W, 13-10 1Oct. 22, 2005 Hofstra W, 43-27 2Nov. 10, 2007 at Delaware W, 62-56 5Nov. 22, 2008 at William & Mary W, 23-20 1Sept. 18, 2010 Elon W, 27-21 1Nov. 6, 2010 James Madison W, 13-10 1Oct. 4, 2014 at Liberty W, 46-39 2Oct. 8, 2016 at Albany W, 36-30 3Oct. 7, 2017 vs. Albany W, 41-38 2Oct. 21, 2017 at Delaware L, 35-42 2

RICHMOND’S ONE-POINT GAMES (24-21)Date Opponent Result RecordNov. 24, 1887 Randolph Macon W, 14-13 1-0Nov. 7, 1908 Hampden Sydney L, 17-18 1-1Oct. 18, 1913 at Wake Forest W, 14-13 2-1Nov. 1, 1913 Hampden Sydney W, 21-20 3-1Oct. 30, 1915 Hampden Sydney L, 6-7 2-2Nov. 6, 1915 Randolph Macon W, 7-6 4-2Oct. 18, 1923 Lynchburg W, 7-6 5-2Nov. 17, 1923 Hampden Sydney W, 7-6 6-2Oct. 28, 1927 Roanoke L, 6-7 6-3Nov. 12, 1927 Hampden Sydney W, 7-6 7-3Oct. 6, 1928 at Johns Hopkins L, 13-14 7-4Nov. 3, 1934 Georgetown W, 14-13 8-4Nov. 9, 1940 North Carolina W, 14-13 9-4Oct. 18, 1947 VMI W, 21-20 10-4Nov. 30, 1951 at George Washington W, 20-19 11-4Oct. 11, 1952 Washington & Lee L, 20-21 11-5Oct. 17, 1959 The Citadel L, 7-8 11-6Oct. 4, 1961 George Washington W, 16-15 12-6Sept. 15, 1962 East Carolina W, 27-26 13-6Oct. 27, 1962 at Cincinnati W, 21-20 14-6Nov. 2, 1963 Virginia Tech L, 13-14 14-7Nov. 14, 1964 Furman L, 18-19 14-8Nov. 21, 1970 William & Mary L, 33-34 14-9Sept. 7, 1974 Villanova W, 14-13 15-9Sept. 16, 1978 at Wisconsin L, 6-7 15-10Sept. 27, 1986 Delaware L, 19-20 15-11Sept. 17, 1988 at VMI W, 14-13 16-11Nov. 2, 1991 Connecticut L, 34-35 16-12Sept. 10, 1994 Massachusetts W, 14-13 17-12Nov. 19, 1994 William & Mary L, 20-21 17-13Oct. 28, 1995 at James Madison W, 34-33 18-13Nov. 2, 1996 at New Hampshire L, 13-14 18-14Sept. 5, 1998 at Rutgers L, 6-7 18-15Oct. 24, 1998 at Northeastern W, 21-20 19-15Nov. 28, 1998 Lehigh L, 23-24 19-16Sept. 1, 2001 at Virginia L, 16-17 19-17Sept. 29, 2001 Villanova L, 30-31 19-18Oct. 27, 2007 at James Madison W, 17-16 20-18Dec. 13, 2008 Northern Iowa W, 21-20 21-18Sept. 12, 2009 at Delaware W, 16-15 22-18Nov. 7, 2009 Villanova L, 20-21 22-19Oct. 16, 2010 at Massachusetts W, 11-10 23-19Oct. 22, 2011 Maine L, 22-23 23-20Nov. 1, 2014 #3/4 Villanova W, 10-9 24-20Nov, 14, 2015 @Villanova L, 20-21 24-21

all-Time OverTime & One-POinT GameSoff games at home against Eastern Kentucky, at Appalachian State and at Northern Iowa before defeating Montana 24-7 in the National Championship game in Chattanooga, Tenn.

50-Year Anniversary . . .The 2018 season also marks the 50th-anniverary of Richmond’s win in the Tangerine Bowl in the 1968 season ... The Spiders posted an 8-3 overall record that season and a perfect 6-0 mark in Southern Conference play as they won the league championship ... Richmond advanced to the Tangerine Bowl and posted a 49-42 victory over Ohio in Orlando, Fla. ... The game marked one of two bowl game appearances in program history (1971 - Tangerine Bowl).

The Spiders will honor the National Championship team and Tanger-ine Bowl Championship team throughout the year on social media and the website ... Richmond will hold an anniversary celebration for the Tangerine Bowl Oct. 6 game against Delaware while the National Championship team will be honored in the final home game against Maine Nov. 10.



PROBABLE RICHMOND TWO-DEEP VS. VIRGINIA

OFFENSEWide Receiver 18 Dejon Brissett (Sr., 6-2, 195)10 Caleb Drake (R-Sr., 6-3, 190)

Wide Receiver 19 Tyler Wilkins (Sr., 6-3, 200)13 Ben Maffe (R-Fr., 6-3, 230)

Wide Receiver 14 Cortrelle Simpson (R-Jr., 5-11, 165)3 Jarmal Bevels (R-Sr., 6-4, 206)

Tight End 9 Stephon Jacob (R-Sr., 6-4, 255)88 Will Geraghty (R-Jr., 6-5, 255)

Left Tackle 73 Tim Coleman (R-So., 6-4, 300)76 Foster Singleton (Fr., 6-5, 265)

Left Guard 77 Seyoum Settepani (R-So., 6-4, 300)65 Tyler Cole (R-Jr., 6-4, 285)

Center 62 Clayton McConnell (R-Fr., 6-4, 285)65 Tyler Cole (R-Jr., 6-4, 285)

Right Guard 55 Kolby Williams (Sr., 6-2, 295)79 Tazle Sumpter (R-So., 6-4, 290)

Right Tackle 50 John Yarbrough (Sr., 6-5, 301)78 Joe More (Fr., 6-5, 290)

Quarterback 7 Kevin Johnson (R-Jr., 6-0, 202)12 Joe Mancuso (R-So., 6-4, 215)

Tailback 20 Deontez Thompson (R-Jr., 6-0, 215)or 6 Gordon Collins (R-Sr., 6-0, 234)

DEFENSEDefensive End 9 Darius Reynolds (R-So., 6-2, 240)32 Melvin Keihn (Sr., 6-3, 230)or 96 Caleb Brooks (R-Fr., 6-4, 235)

Defensive Tackle 92 Colby Ritten (R-So., 6-2, 281)98 Kobie Turner (R-Fr., 6-3, 280)

Defensive Tackle 97 Andrew Clyde (R-Sr., 6-3, 290)93 Ray Eldridge (Fr., 6-4, 265)or 63 Aidan Murray (Fr., 6-5, 265)

Defensive End 36 Maurice Jackson (Jr., 6-2, 265)95 Gershom Ejoni (R-Jr., 6-5, 220)

Sam Linebacker 22 Dale Matthews Jr. (R-Sr., 6-0, 230)59 Billy Caughell (R-Jr., 6-2, 225)

Mike Linebacker 29 Justin Rubin (Sr., 6-2, 227)42 Jordan Payne (R-Fr., 6-0, 205or 41 Tyler Dressler (So., 6-3, 244)

Dimes 7 Noah Nicholson (R-Fr., 6-0, 195)34 Jacob Roberson (R-Jr., 5-10, 203

Cornerback 21 Trent Williams (Jr., 6-2, 185)30 Devon Perry (R-Fr., 6-1, 195)or 4 Micah Keels (Sr., 6-3, 190)

Strong Safety 23 Daniel Jones (Jr., 6-1, 205)28 Augustus Lee (R-Fr., 5-11, 190)

Free Safety 26 Samari Springs (So., 6-1, 188)8 Aaron Banks (F.r, 5-11, 160)

Cornerback 12 Markus Vinson (So., 5-11, 180)16 Tyrek Funderburk (Fr., 5-11, 165)or 2 Dionte Austin (Jr., 6-2, 180)

SpEcialiStSPlacekicker 44 Griffin Trau (R-Sr., 5-8, 170)45 Duncan Trau (Fr., 5-9, 180)

Kickoff 44 Griffin Trau (R-Sr., 5-8, 170)

Punter 39 Micah Breckenridge (Fr., 5-10, 181)

Holder 12 Joe Mancuso (R-So., 6-4, 215)

Long Snapper 49 Kevin Laughlin (R-Fr., 6-0, 195)78 Joe More (Fr., 6-5, 290)

Kickoff Returner 18 Dejon Brissett (Sr., 6-2, 195)12 Markus Vinson (So., 5-11, 180)

Punt Returner 19 Tyler Wilkins (Sr., 6-3, 200)18 Dejon Brissett (Sr., 6-2, 195)



2018 RICHMOND ROSTER1 Milan Howard RB 5-11 185 Fr. Charlotte, N.C./Charlotte Catholic2 Dionte Austin DB 6-2 180 Jr. Baltimore, Md./Calvert Hall (Wake Forest)2 Xavier Goodall RB 5-11 190 Jr. Henrico, Va./Henrico3 Jarmal Bevels WR 6-4 206 R-Sr. Fredericksburg, Va./James Monroe4 Aaron Dykes RB 5-11 185 Fr. Knoxville, Tenn./Hardin Valley Academy4 Micah Keels DB 6-3 190 Sr. Washington, D.C./Fork Union Military Academy5 Jay Palmer RB 6-0 215 R-Jr. Princeton, W. Va./Princeton6 Gordon Collins RB 6-0 234 R-Sr. Stafford, Va./Mountain View7 Kevin Johnson QB 6-0 202 R-Jr. Atlanta, Ga./Pace Academy7 Noah Nicholson DB 6-0 195 R-Fr. Olney, Md./Our Lady of Good Counsel8 Aaron Banks DB 5-11 160 Fr. Stephens City, Va./Sherando8 Jeremiah Brown WR 6-2 190 R-So. High Point, N.C./Southwest Guilford (Wake Forest)9 Stephon Jacob TE 6-4 255 R-Sr. Damascus, Md./Damascus9 Darius Reynolds DL 6-2 240 R-So. Yorktown, Va./York10 Caleb Drake WR 6-3 190 R-Sr. Troy, N.C./West Montgomery10 Philip O’Connor LB 6-1 210 Fr. Philadelphia, Pa./St. Joseph’s Prep11 Justin Jasper WR 6-3 205 Fr. Mechanicsville, Va./St. Christopher’s12 Joe Mancuso QB 6-4 215 R-So. Blairsville, Ga./Union County12 Markus Vinson DB 5-11 180 So. Damascus, Md./Damascus13 Ben Maffe WR 6-3 230 R-Fr. Ashburn, Va./Briar Woods14 Cortrelle Simpson WR 5-11 193 R-Jr. Indian Head, Md./Lackey (Temple)15 Isaac Brown WR 6-1 185 Fr. Winchester, Va./Millbrook16 Reid Chenault QB 6-2 180 R-So. Goochland, Va./Goochland16 Tyrek Funderburk DB 5-11 165 Fr. Indian Trail, N.C./Metrolina Christian Academy17 Braxton Hughes QB 6-1 195 Fr. Kill Devil Hills, N.C./First Flight18 Dejon Brissett WR 6-2 195 Sr. Mississauga, Ontario/Lake Forest Academy19 Tyler Wilkins WR 6-3 200 Sr. Richmond, Va./L.C. Bird20 Deontez Thompson RB 6-0 215 R-Jr. Indian Head, Md./Lackey21 Trent Williams DB 6-2 185 Jr. Chester, Va./Thomas Dale22 Dale Matthews Jr. LB 6-0 230 R-Sr. Bowie, Md./Dematha23 Daniel Jones DB 6-1 205 Jr. Williamsburg, Va./Bruton24 David Norris LB 6-1 210 R-Sr. Madison, Ala./Bob Jones (UAB)25 Gabe Thomas DB 6-1 175 Jr. Orlando, Fla./Trinity Prep26 Samari Springs DB 6-1 188 So. Ashburn, Va./Briar Woods27 Nile Harris DB 5-11 170 Fr. Greensboro, N.C./Grimsley28 Augustus Lee DB 5-11 190 R-Fr. Fairfax, Va./Paul VI29 Justin Rubin LB 6-2 227 Sr. Southampton, Pa./Archbishop Wood30 Devon Perry DB 6-1 195 R-Fr. Raleigh, N.C./Ravenscroft32 Melvin Keihn DE 6-3 230 Sr. Towson, Md./Maryland33 Duncan Rogers DB 5-9 185 R-Jr. Richmond, Va./St. Christopher’s34 Jacob Roberson DB 5-10 203 R-Jr. Richmond, Va./St. Christopher’s35 Grayson Overstreet LB 6-2 225 Fr. Moneta, Va./Staunton River36 Maurice Jackson DL 6-2 265 Jr. Levittown, Pa./Truman39 Micah Breckenridge K/P 5-10 181 Fr. Memphis, Tenn./White Station41 Tyler Dressler LB 6-3 244 So. Covington, Va./Covington42 Jordan Payne LB 6-0 205 R-Fr. Conyers, Ga./Pace Academy43 Grant Gluhaich LS 5-10 185 Jr. Morgan Hill, Calif./Bellarmine Prep (California)44 Griffin Trau K 5-8 170 R-Sr. Hanover, N.H./Western Reserve Academy45 Duncan Trau K 5-9 180 Fr. Alexandria, Va./Episcopal47 Dan Jaques WR 6-1 160 So. Orange, Conn./Hopkins School (Grinnell College)



2018 RICHMOND ROSTER48 Devin Campbell RB 5-10 195 R-So. Yorktown, Va./York49 Kevin Laughlin LS 6-0 195 R-Fr. Little Silver, N.J./Red Bank Regional50 John Yarbrough OL 6-5 301 Sr. Homewood, Ala./Homewood52 Josh Hurlburt LB 6-2 220 R-So. Vienna, Va./Marshall55 Kolby Williams OL 6-2 295 Sr. Fort Washington, Md./Landon57 Paul Padalino LB 6-0 235 R-So. Potomac, Md./Landon59 Billy Caughell LB 6-2 225 R-Jr. Apopka, Fla./Apopka60 James Snavely OL 6-3 290 Fr. Marietta, Ga./The Walker School61 Kris Seekford OL 6-2 285 Fr. Purcellville, Va./Woodgrove62 Clayton McConnell OL 6-4 285 R-Fr. Foley, Ala./Foley63 Aidan Murray DL 6-5 265 Fr. Ogdensburg, N.J./Pope John XXIII65 Tyler Cole OL 6-4 285 R-Jr. Purcellville, Va./Woodgrove66 Joel Campos DL 6-2 278 Fr. Sterling, Va./Dominion72 Jack Doherty OL 6-4 290 R-Fr. Nashville, Tenn./Franklin Road Academy73 Tim Coleman OL 6-4 300 R-So. Stone Mountain, Ga./Pace Academy76 Foster Singleton OL 6-5 265 Fr. Richmond, Va./Trinity Episcopal77 Seyoum Settepani OL 6-4 300 R-So. Harlem, N.Y./Cheshire Academy78 Joe More OL 6-5 290 Fr. Franklin, Tenn./Christ Presbyterian Academy79 Tazle Sumpter OL 6-4 290 R-So. Richmond, Va./St. Christopher’s81 Anthonie Powell WR 6-3 215 R-Fr. Fayetteville, Ga./Fayette County83 Jordan Cannady WR 5-9 165 R-So. Chesapeake, Va./Atlantic Shores85 Andrew Tsangeos TE 6-2 235 R-So. La Canda, Calif./Flintridge Prep87 Talon James DL 6-4 225 Fr. Fairview, N.C./A.C. Reynolds88 Will Geraghty TE 6-5 255 R-Jr. Atlanta, Ga./Lovett90 Jay Swegheimer DL 6-5 224 Fr. Orlando, Fla./Boone91 Andre Booker DL 6-2 276 R-Jr. Richmond, Va./Manchester92 Colby Ritten DL 6-2 281 R-So. Orlando, Fla./Boone93 Ray Eldridge DL 6-4 265 Fr. McDonald, Pa./South Fayette Township94 Cody Gray DL 6-0 240 R-Jr. Richmond, Va./Trinity Episcopal95 Gershom Ejoni DL 6-5 220 R-Jr. Wake Forest, N.C./Heritage96 Caleb Brooks DL 6-4 235 R-Fr. Clifton, Va./Centreville97 Andrew Clyde DL 6-3 290 R-Sr. Dallas, Texas/Highland Park98 Kobie Turner DL 6-3 280 R-Fr. Clifton, Va./Centreville

COACHING STAFF

Head Coach: Russ HuesmanOffensive Coordinator: Jeff DurdenDefensive Coordinator: Adam BraithwaiteRecruiting Coordinator: Dave LeggWide Receivers Coach: Marc BacoteDefensive Line Coach: Carey BaileyQuarterbacks Coach: Aaron CorpOffensive Line Coach/Run Game Coordinator: Adam RossDimes Coach/Co-Special Teams Coordinator: Rod WestLinebackers Coach: Justin WoodRunning Backs/Co-Special Teams Coordinator: Sparky WoodsDirector of Football Operations: Chaz ColemanVideo Coordinator: John SrofeFootball Operations/Quality Control Assistant: T.J. MoonDirector of Strength & Conditioning: Scott Brincks

PRONUNCIATION GUIDE

Dejon Brissett Day-JAHNGershom Ejoni Eye-Joan-E Tyrek Funderburk Tye-REEKGrant Gluhaich glue-HYCH Xavier Goodall ZAVE-yerRuss Huesman HUGHES-menStephon Jacobs Stef-FAWNKevin Laughlin LAUF-lin Melvin Keihn CANEBen Maffe Maf-FEE (sounds like taffy)Seyoum Settapani SEE-youm Set-TA-PAH-NeeGriffin Trau Trow (Sounds like now)Andrew Tsangeos T-Sang-GUS



Rushing Attempts ........................................... 23, two times,................................. last time vs. William & Mary, (11/18/17)Rushing Yards ........ 190 vs. William & Mary, (11/18/17)Longest Rush .............46 vs. William & Mary, (11/18/17)Rushing TDs ................ 2 vs. William & Mary, (11/18/17)Receptions ..................................4 vs. Towson, (10/1/16)Receiving Yards ..............28 at Stony Brook, (9/17/16)Longest Reception ........12 at Stony Brook, (9/17/16)Receiving TDs ...................................1 vs. Towson, (10/1/16)

OFFENSIVE SINGLE-GAME HIGHS

#2 XAVIER GOODALL

Receptions .........................................7 vs. JMU, (11/5/16)Receiving Yards ............................ 92 vs. JMU, (11/5/16)Longest Reception ............. 47 vs. NC A&T, (11/26/16)Receiving TDs ............................................................. 1, two times....................................................... last time vs. Colgate, (9/24/16)Rushing Attempts ........................1 at EWU, (12/10/16)Rushing Yards ............................... 9 at EWU, (12/10/16)Longest Rush ..................................9 at EWU, (12/10/16)

#3 JARMAL BEVELS

Rushing Attempts ...................... 12 vs. Howard, (9/16/17)Rushing Yards ......................102 vs. Howard, (9/16/17)Longest Rush ..........................53 vs. Howard, (9/16/17)Rushing TDs .............................. 1 vs. Howard,(9/16/17)Receptions ....................1 (4X, last at Villanova, (11/4/17)Receiving Yards ................... 13 vs. Norfolk State, (9/10/16)Receiving TDs .................... 1 (2x, last vs. Howard, (9/16/17)

#5 JAY PALMER

Rushing Attempts ...................................13 at UVA (9/3/16)Rushing Yards ................................. 114 at UVA (9/3/16)Longest Rush ..................................... 55 at UVA (9/3/16)Rushing TDs .................................................... 1, five times..................................................... last vs. Howard, (9/16/17)Receptions ...................................................... 2, two times....................................................... last vs. Albany, (10/7/17)Receiving Yards .......................56 vs. Albany, (10/7/17)Longest Reception .................52 vs. Albany, (10/7/17)Receiving TDs:.......................................................... 1, two times.................................................... last vs. Howard, (9/16/17)

#6 GORDON COLLINS

Pass Attempts ..... 31 at #2 Eastern Wash., (12/10/16)Completions ........ 20 at #2 Eastern Wash., (12/10/16)Pass Yards.............................315 vs. NC A&T, (11/26/16)Passing TDs ....................................... 2 at UND, (12/3/16)Longest Pass ...................................79 at UND, (12/3/16)Rushing Attempts ........................12 at UND, (12/3/16)Rushing Yards .... 22 (2x, last time at UND, (12/3/16)Longest Rush ..................................18 at UND, (12/3/16)Rushing TDs ............1 (2x, last time at UND, (12/3/16)

#7 KEVIN JOHNSON

Receptions ......................................... 3 at SHSU, (9/1/17)Receiving Yards ....................... 43 at Albany, (10/8/16)Longest Reception .................. 37 at Albany, (10/8/16)Receiving TDs .......1 (2x, last at Stony Brook, (9/17/16)

#9 STEPHON JACOB

Receptions ................................. 3 vs. Howard, (9/16/17)Receiving Yards ......................... 32 at Colgate, (9/9/17)Longest Reception .....................................16, two times.............................................. last time at Colgate, (9/9/17)Receiving TDs ............................................ 1 at SHSU, (9/1/17)Rushing Attempts ..... 2 vs. William & Mary (12/5/15)Rushing Yards ................................. 20 vs. VMI (9/19/15)Longest Rush .................................. 20 vs. VMI (9/19/15)

#10 CALEB DRAKE

Receptions ......................................... 7 at SHSU, (9/1/17)Receiving Yards ........................... 204 at SHSU, (9/1/17)Longest Reception ......................93 vs. Elon, (9/23/17)Receiving TDs .............................................. 1, three times.....................................last vs. William & Mary, (11/18/17)

#14 CORTRELLE SIMPSON

Receptions ...........................11 at #25 Colgate, (9/9/17)Receiving Yards ..................... 172 at #3 SHSU, (9/1/17)Longest Reception ..................39 at #3 SHSU, (9/1/17)Receiving TDs ..........2 (2x, last time vs. SBU, (10/21/17)

#18 DEJON BRISSETT

Receptions ................................... 12 vs. JMU, (11/11/17)Receiving Yards .......................180 vs. JMU, (11/11/17)Longest Reception ................ 54 at #7 UND, (12/3/16)Receiving TDs ....................................................... 2, three times...................................... last time at Delaware, (10/21/17)

#19 TYLER WILKINS

Rushing Attempts ................24 vs. Delaware, (11/12/16)Rushing Yards ......144 at William & Mary, (11/19/16)Longest Rush .................................58 vs. JMU, (11/5/16)Rushing TDs ................................. 3 at Albany, (10/8/16)Receptions ....................................................4, three times............................................... last time at EWU, (12/10/16)Receiving Yards ..........................38 at EWU, (12/10/16)Longest Reception .......................... 31 at UVA (9/3/16)Receiving TDs ...........................................................1, two times................................................. last time vs. JMU, (11/5/16)

#20 DEONTEZ THOMPSON

Points Scored ....................... 15 vs. NC A&T, (11/26/16)Kick PATs ........................6 vs. William & Mary, (12/5/15)Field Goals Made .....................4 vs. NC A&T, (11/26/16)Longest Field Goal .................. 45 vs. Colgate, (9/24/16)

#44 GRIFFIN TRAU



DEFENSIVE SINGLE-GAME HIGHS

Total Tackles ....................................12 vs. Elon (9/23/17)Tackles for Loss ..........................................1.0, two times................................................. last time vs. Del. (11/12/16)Interceptions ............................................... 1, three times................................................ last time at Elon, (10/22/16)Pass Breakups ..............................3 at Albany, (10/8/16)Fumble Recoveries ...........1 vs. Delaware, (11/12/16)

#4 MICAH KEELS

Total Tackles ....................................... 1 at (SHSU, 9/1/17)

#9 DARIUS REYNOLDS

Total Tackles ....................................................1, four times.....................................last vs. William & Mary, (11/18/17)

#12 MARKUS VINSON

Total Tackles ............................... 7 vs. Albany, (10/7/17)Pass Breakups ................................................1, two times.................................................last at Delaware, (10/21/17) Fumble Recoveries ......................... 1 at SHSU, (9/1/17)Forced Fumble .........................1 at Towson, (10/14/17)

#21 TRENT WILLIAMS

Total Tackles .............................10 at Towson, (10/7/17)Tackles for Loss .........................1.5 vs. JMU, (11/11/17)Interceptions ............................ 2 vs. Howard, (9/16/17)Sacks ............................................................... 1, three times..........................................last time at Villanova, (11/4/17)

#22 DALE MATTHEWS JR.

Total Tackles .................................................12, two times............................................... last time vs. SBU, (10/28/17)Tackles for Loss ........ 1 at William & Mary, (11/18/17)Interceptions .............................2 at Towson (10/14/17)Pass Breakups ...........................2 at Towson (10/14/17)Blocked Kicks .................................................1, two times....................................................... last vs. Albany, (10/7/17)

#23 DANIEL JONES

Total Tackles ...................................................4, two times............................................... last time at EWU, (12/10/16)Tackles for Loss ..........................................1.0, two times........................................ last time vs. NC A&T, (11/26/16)Interceptions .................. 1 vs. Norfolk State, (9/10/16)Fumble Recovery .......... 1 vs. Norfolk State, (9/10/16)Pass Breakups .........................1 vs. NC A&T, (11/26/16)

#24 DAVID NORRIS

Total Tackles ....................................................1, two times.......................................last time at Delaware, (10/21/17)

#25 GABE THOMAS

Total Tackles ...................................11 vs. Elon (9/23/17) Pass Breakups ...............................1 at Colgate, (9/9/17)Interceptions ......................................................1, two times.........................................last time vs. Delaware, (10/21/17)Sacks ..................................................... 1 vs. JMU, (11/11/17)

#26 SAMARI SPRINGS

Total Tackles ......................13 vs. Delaware, (10/21/17)Tackles for Loss ........................2.0 at W&M, (11/19/16)Sacks ...............................................................1.0, two times................................................last time at W&M,(11/19/16)Interceptions ..................................................1, two times...................................... last time vs. Villanova, (10/15/16)Fumble Forced ............................................ 1, three times................................................... last time at SHSU, (9/1/17)Fumble Recovery ..........................................1, two times..................................... last time vs. Villanova, (10/15/16)Pass Breakups ................................................1, two times...................................... last time vs. Villanova, (10/15/16)

#29 JUSTIN RUBIN

Total Tackles ....................................................1, four times....................................................... last vs. Albany, 10/7/17)

#34 JACOB ROBERSON

Total Tackles ................................................ 3, three times...................................................last time Albany, (10/7/17)Sacks ..................................................................1, two times.............................................last time vs. Albany, (10/7/17)Tackles for Loss ....................... 1 vs. Howard, (9/16/17)Fumble Recovery ................... 1 at Villanova, (11/4/17)

#36 MAURICE JACKSON

Total Tackles .......................................................1, six times.......................... last time vs. William & Mary, (11/18/17)

#41 TYLER DRESSLER

Total Tackles ................................................ 4, three times......................................... last time vs. NC A&T, (11/26/16)Tackles for Loss ..........0.5 vs. Norfolk State, (9/10/16)Interceptions ........................1 vs. Villanova, (10/15/16)Forced Fumbles .......................................... 1, three times......................................... last time vs. NC A&T, (11/26/16)

#59 BILLY CAUGHELL

Total Tackles ............................... 9 vs. Albany, (10/7/17)Sacks .............................................. 2 vs. Albany, (10/7/17) Tackles for Loss ......................3.0 vs. Albany, (10/7/17)Fumbles Forced ............................1 at Colgate, (9/9/17)

#92 COLBY RITTEN

Total Tackles ............................ 6 vs. Howard, (9/16/17)Tackles for Loss .............................1.0 at SHSU, (9/1/17)Fumbles Recovered ...............1 at Towson, (10/14/17)

#95 GERSHOM EJONI

Total Tackles ...............................10 at Colgate, (9/9/17)Sacks ............................................................2.0, three times.................................................... last at Towson, (10/14/17)Tackles for Loss .......................................... 2.0, five times.................................................... last at Towson, (10/14/17)Pass Breakups ................................................2, two times......................................................... last at Colgate, (9/9/17)Forced Fumble ...............................................1, two times......................................................................... last (11/12/16)Fumble Recovery ..........................................1, two times................................................... last vs. NC A&T, (11/26/16)

#97 ANDREW CLYDE



RUSSHUESMAN

HEAD COACHSecond Season

Chattanooga, 1983

THE HUESMAN FILEPLAYING HISTORY• Chattanooga -- 1978-81 Defensive Back; Football Centerfield; Baseball

AS A HEAD COACHYear School Record Conf. Finish2017 Richmond 6-5 4-4 6th2016 UTC 9-4 6-1 2nd2015 UTC 9-4 6-1 1st2014 UTC 10-4 7-0 1st2013 UTC 8-4 6-2 1st2012 UTC 6-5 5-3 4th2011 UTC 5-6 3-5 6th2010 UTC 6-5 5-3 3rd2009 UTC 6-5 4-4 4thCareer 65-42 46-23

AS AN ASSISTANT COACHYears School Position2008-04 Richmond Defensive Coord.2003-98 Memphis Assistant1997-84 W&M Assistant1984-83 South Car. Assistant1982 UTC Assistant

Russ Huesman enters his second season as head coach of the University of Richmond football program and his 10th season overall as a collegiate head coach. This is Huesman’s second stint with the Spiders after spending five seasons (2004-08) as an assistant coach and was part of the 2008 National Championship team.

In his 30-plus years of coaching, Huesman has coached 42 All-Americans and 21 NFL Draft Picks, while being a part of nine conference championships and the 2008 National Championship with the Spiders. He has spent 20 years coaching in the Colonial Athletic Association, bringing a wealth of experience to the Spiders. Huesman returned to Richmond last season and guided the Spiders to a 6-5 record. The Spiders had 11 different players earn All-CAA honors, led by the Offensive Player of the Year Kyle Lauletta. He became the first Richmond player to win Offensive Player of the Year since Greg Lilly in 1992. Lauletta led the CAA with 3,737 yards, 28 passing TDs and 3,827 yards of total offense and was a finalist for the Walter Payton Award. Joining Lauletta on the All-CAA First Team were Alex Light (OL), Garrett Hudson (TE), Dejon Brissett (WR), Griffin Trau (PK) and Andrew Clyde (DL). The All-CAA Second Team included Tyler Wilkins (WR) and Cortrelle Simpson (WR), while Brandon Waller (DL), Justin Rubin (LB) and John Yarbrough (OL) were all named to the All-CAA Third Team. Prior to returning to Richmond, Huesman spent eight tremendously successful seasons at Chattanooga. He was named the Southern Conference Coach of the Year three times (2009, 2013, 2014) and was a finalist for the Eddie Robinson National Coach of the Year three times. In his eight seasons at Chattanooga, Huesman helped guide the Mocs to a 59-37 record, including a 36-16 mark in his last four seasons (2013-16), which featured three Southern Conference regular season championships. Chattanooga was one of only 10 programs in the country to reach the FCS Playoffs each year from 2014-16. The Mocs were also just one of four pro-grams in the country to post a playoff win during that time. In his eight seasons, the Mocs had at least seven players named to the All-SoCon team every year, including a school-record 17 honorees in 2014. Prior to Huesman’s arrival, the Mocs had not boasted seven members of any All-SoCon team since 1979. Chattanooga had 17 All-America honorees and three NFL draft picks with DB Buster Skrine (Cleveland – 2011), QB B.J. Coleman (Green Bay – 2012) and LB Davis Tull (New Orleans – 2015) over the eight-year period. Huesman’s first stop at Richmond came from 2004-08 as defensive coordinator molding the Spiders’ defensive unit into one of the best in the country. In his final year at Richmond, the national championship season, the Spiders led the country in interceptions and finished in the top-10 in



four other defensive categories. Under Huesman’s guidance, the Spiders had 23 All-Conference selections, including former NFL standouts Lawrence Sidbury, Jr. and Justin Rogers. During his five-year period as an assistant coach, the Spiders posted a 42-23 (.646) record and played in the FCS Playoffs three times with a quarterfinal appearance in 2005, a semifinal appearance in 2007 and the National Championship in 2008. Prior to his time with the Spiders, Huesman spent six years at the University of Memphis (1998-03), where he held several positions, serving as the recruiting coordinator and offensive line coach. He also coached the outside linebackers, tight ends and running backs. As recruiting coordinator, Huesman brought in a Top 50 recruiting class, ranked No. 1 in Conference USA, in 2002. It was the first recruiting class ranked in the Top 50 at Memphis. Huesman also coached for 14 years at William & Mary (1984-97), both with the defense and special teams. During his time in Williamsburg, Huesman coached Steve Christie, a 15-year NFL place kicker with Tampa Bay, Buffalo, San Diego and the New York Giants. His coaching family tree also includes Mike Tomlin, head coach of the Pittsburgh Steelers, Sean McDermott, the head coach of the Buffalo Bills and Alan Williams, the former defensive backs coach of the Detroit Lions. All three played for Huesman at William & Mary. Huesman’s success on the gridiron is not limited to just coaching as he was a standout player at perennial power Moeller High School in his native town of Cincinnati, Ohio. He helped Moeller’s team compile a record of 43-0-1 and win a pair of Ohio state championships. An all-city selection in football as a senior, Huesman signed a football scholarship with Chattanooga, where he started all four years as a defensive back (1978-81) and was a two-sport athlete. During his playing career with the Mocs, he helped UTC to a 31-11-2 mark and two Southern Conference championships. Huesman also patrolled centerfield on the baseball diamond for the Mocs during his freshman and junior seasons. Huesman was on the Mocs’ sidelines for the 1982 season as a student coach, earning his degree in business education in 1983. He followed that up with a move to the University of South Carolina as a graduate assistant under the late Joe Morrison. Huesman and his wife Amy have two daughters, Natalie (21) and Emily (18) and two sons, Jacob (25) and Levi (15).



2017 COMBINED STATISTICS2017 Spider Football | #OneRichmond

Richmond Combined Team Statistics (as of May 25, 2018)All games

Date Opponent Score Att.Sept 1, 2017 at #3 Sam Houston State L 34-48 8048Sep 09, 2017 at #25 Colgate W 20-17 6994Sep 16, 2017 HOWARD W 68-21 8217

* Sep 22, 2017 ELON L 33-36 8217* Oct 07, 2017 #24 UALBANY W 41-38 8217* Oct 14, 2017 at Towson W 23-3 5768* Oct 21, 2017 at Delaware L 35-42 15710* Oct 28, 2017 #22 STONY BROOK L 24-27 8217* Nov 04, 2017 at #20 Villanova W 22-0 3508* Nov 11, 2017 at #1 James Madison L 13-20 24586* Nov 18, 2017 WILLIAM & MARY W 27-20 8057

Rushing gp att gain loss net avg td lg avg/gXavier Goodall 11 78 456 4 452 5.8 3 46 41.1Gordon Collins 11 54 265 23 242 4.5 4 31 22.0Jay Palmer 11 44 240 18 222 5.0 1 53 20.2Deontez Thompson 7 49 211 14 197 4.0 2 23 28.1Kyle Lauletta 11 68 268 178 90 1.3 4 24 8.2Tyler Wilkins 11 3 49 0 49 16.3 1 32 4.5Joe Mancuso 8 7 35 0 35 5.0 1 19 4.4Devin Campbell 2 3 12 0 12 4.0 0 4 6.0Justin Hayes 1 3 7 0 7 2.3 0 5 7.0Cortrelle Simpson 11 1 5 0 5 5.0 0 5 0.5Total 11 327 1548 319 1229 3.8 16 53 111.7Opponents 11 461 2165 302 1863 4.0 14 74 169.4

Passing gp effic comp-att-int pct yds td lg avg/gKyle Lauletta 11 153.19 281-433-12 64.9 3737 28 93 339.7Porter Abell 10 167.20 1-1-0 100.0 8 0 8 0.8TEAM 10 0.00 0-1-0 0.0 0 0 0 0.0D.J. Helkowski 10 150.40 1-1-0 100.0 6 0 6 0.6Total 11 152.86 283-436-12 64.9 3751 28 93 341.0Opponents 11 123.47 158-303-13 52.1 2175 18 60 197.7

Receiving gp no. yds avg td lg avg/gDejon Brissett 11 63 896 14.2 7 50 81.5Tyler Wilkins 11 62 876 14.1 7 43 79.6Cortrelle Simpson 11 60 1019 17.0 6 93 92.6Garrett Hudson 11 23 262 11.4 2 39 23.8Gordon Collins 11 15 152 10.1 2 52 13.8Caleb Drake 11 14 150 10.7 1 20 13.6Porter Abell 10 11 154 14.0 2 70 15.4Stephon Jacob 10 11 94 8.5 0 32 9.4Deontez Thompson 7 8 31 3.9 0 12 4.4Xavier Goodall 11 7 41 5.9 0 11 3.7Will Geraghty 11 3 31 10.3 0 17 2.8Jay Palmer 11 3 17 5.7 1 6 1.5Dashon Tibbs 11 2 20 10.0 0 13 1.8Kyle Lauletta 11 1 8 8.0 0 8 0.7Total 11 283 3751 13.3 28 93 341.0Opponents 11 158 2175 13.8 18 60 197.7

Field Goals fg pct. 01-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50-99 lg blkGriffin Trau 12-15 80.0 1-1 3-3 7-8 1-3 0-0 41 0

PATScoring td fg kick rush rcv pass dxp saf ptsGriffin Trau - 12-15 37-41 - - - - - 73Tyler Wilkins 8 - - - - - - - 48Dejon Brissett 7 - - - - - - - 42Cortrelle Simpson 6 - - - - - - - 36Gordon Collins 6 - - - - - - - 36Kyle Lauletta 4 - - - - 0-1 - - 24Xavier Goodall 3 - - - - - - - 18Jay Palmer 2 - - - - - - - 12Deontez Thompson 2 - - - - - - - 12Garrett Hudson 2 - - - - - - - 12Porter Abell 2 - - - - - - - 12Joe Mancuso 1 - - - - - - - 6Caleb Drake 1 - - - - - - - 6TEAM - - - - - - - 1 2John Chereson - - 1-2 - - - - - 1Total 44 12-15 38-43 - - 0-1 - 1 340Opponents 33 14-22 30-33 - - - - 1 272

Score by Quarters 1st 2nd 3rd 4th OT TotalRichmond 51 115 90 67 17 340Opponents 33 106 55 57 21 272

Record: Overall Home Away NeutralAll games 6-5 3-2 3-3 0-0Conference 4-4 2-2 2-2 0-0Non-Conference 2-1 1-0 1-1 0-0

Team Statistics RICHMOND OPPFIRST DOWNS 240 206 R u s h i n g 72 93 P a s s i n g 149 97 P e n a l t y 19 16RUSHING YARDAGE 1229 1863 Rushing Attempts 327 461 Average Per Rush 3.8 4.0 Average Per Game 111.7 169.4 TDs Rushing 16 14PASSING YARDAGE 3751 2175 C o m p - A t t - I n t 283-436-12 158-303-13 Average Per Pass 8.6 7.2 Average Per Catch 13.3 13.8 Average Per Game 341.0 197.7 TDs Passing 28 18TOTAL OFFENSE 4980 4038 Average Per Play 6.5 5.3 Average Per Game 452.7 367.1KICK RETURNS: #-Yards 37-678 56-1238PUNT RETURNS: #-Yards 14-92 6-42INT RETURNS: #-Yards 13-120 12-139FUMBLES-LOST 10-7 13-8PENALTIES-Yards 59-609 48-469PUNTS-AVG 45-36.2 58-39.0TIME OF POSSESSION/Game 3 0 : 1 2 2 9 : 4 83RD-DOWN Conversions 60/144 67/1654TH-DOWN Conversions 2/14 2/10

Interceptions no. yds avg td lgDaniel Jones 4 4 1.0 0 4Dale Matthews 2 64 32.0 0 37Tafon Mainsah 2 33 16.5 0 33Samari Springs 2 0 0.0 0 0Brendan Coniker 1 19 19.0 0 19Trey Moore 1 0 0.0 0 0Jarriel Jordan 1 0 0.0 0 0

Punting no. yds avg lg tb fc i20 50+ blkD.J. Helkowski 44 1631 37.1 50 3 9 16 2 1TEAM 1 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Punt Returns no. yds avg td lgPorter Abell 6 53 8.8 0 20Tyler Wilkins 4 11 2.8 0 9Dejon Brissett 3 16 5.3 0 21Cortrelle Simpson 1 12 12.0 0 12Total 14 92 6.6 0 21Opponents 6 42 7.0 1 15

Kick Returns no. yds avg td lgPorter Abell 11 235 21.4 0 27Dejon Brissett 11 193 17.5 0 32Caleb Drake 6 118 19.7 0 25Cortrelle Simpson 5 68 13.6 0 22Markus Vinson 3 57 19.0 0 21Madison Day 1 7 7.0 0 7Total 37 678 18.3 0 32Opponents 56 1238 22.1 0 56

All Purpose g rush rcv pr kr ir total avg/gDejon Brissett 11 0 896 16 193 0 1105 100.5Cortrelle Simpso 11 5 1019 12 68 0 1104 100.4Tyler Wilkins 11 49 876 11 0 0 936 85.1Xavier Goodall 11 452 41 0 0 0 493 44.8Porter Abell 10 -4 154 53 235 0 438 43.8Total 11 1229 3751 92 678 120 5870 533.6Opponents 11 1863 2175 42 1238 139 5457 496.1

Total Offense g plays rush pass total avg/gKyle Lauletta 11 501 90 3737 3827 347.9Xavier Goodall 11 78 452 0 452 41.1Gordon Collins 11 54 242 0 242 22.0Jay Palmer 11 44 222 0 222 20.2Deontez Thompson 7 49 197 0 197 28.1Total 11 763 1229 3751 4980 452.7Opponents 11 764 1863 2175 4038 367.1

Tackles Sacks Pass defense Fumbles blkd## Defensive Leaders gp ua a tot tfl/yds no-yds int-yds brup qbh rcv-yds ff kick saf29 Justin Rubin 11 36 56 92 6.5-18 1.0-6 . 1 4 . 1 . .23 Daniel Jones 9 29 39 68 1.5-1 . 4-4 5 1 . . 2 .22 Dale Matthews 11 33 34 67 8.0-37 4.0-24 2-64 . . . 2 . .4 Micah Keels 10 31 34 65 0.5-1 . . 3 . 2-0 . . .32 Brandon Waller 10 22 36 58 13.5-39 7.0-29 . . 1 . . . .

Total 11 374 486 860 73-257 35-186 13-120 35 24 8-0 9 4 1Opponents 11 387 382 769 49-238 23-169 12-139 42 17 7-0 4 1 1



2017 TEAM STATISTICS

2017 Spider Football | #OneRichmondRichmond Overall Team Statistics (as of May 25, 2018)

All games

Team Statistics RICHMOND OPPSCORING 340 272 Points Per Game 30.9 24.7 Points Off Turnovers 49 26FIRST DOWNS 240 206 R u s h i n g 72 93 P a s s i n g 149 97 P e n a l t y 19 16RUSHING YARDAGE 1229 1863 Yards gained rushing 1548 2165 Yards lost rushing 319 302 Rushing Attempts 327 461 Average Per Rush 3.8 4.0 Average Per Game 111.7 169.4 TDs Rushing 16 14PASSING YARDAGE 3751 2175 C o m p - A t t - I n t 283-436-12 158-303-13 Average Per Pass 8.6 7.2 Average Per Catch 13.3 13.8 Average Per Game 341.0 197.7 TDs Passing 28 18TOTAL OFFENSE 4980 4038 Total Plays 763 764 Average Per Play 6.5 5.3 Average Per Game 452.7 367.1KICK RETURNS: #-Yards 37-678 56-1238PUNT RETURNS: #-Yards 14-92 6-42INT RETURNS: #-Yards 13-120 12-139KICK RETURN AVERAGE 18.3 22.1PUNT RETURN AVERAGE 6.6 7.0INT RETURN AVERAGE 9.2 11.6FUMBLES-LOST 10-7 13-8PENALTIES-Yards 59-609 48-469 Average Per Game 55.4 42.6PUNTS-Yards 45-1631 58-2261 Average Per Punt 36.2 39.0 Net punt average 34.0 36.4KICKOFFS-Yards 64-3587 56-3371 Average Per Kick 56.0 60.2 Net kick average 35.5 40.5TIME OF POSSESSION/Game 3 0 : 1 2 2 9 : 4 83RD-DOWN Conversions 60/144 67/165 3rd-Down Pct 42% 41%4TH-DOWN Conversions 2/14 2/10 4th-Down Pct 14% 20%SACKS BY-Yards 35-186 23-169MISC YARDS 17 -5TOUCHDOWNS SCORED 44 33FIELD GOALS-ATTEMPTS 12-15 14-22ON-SIDE KICKS 0-1 0-0RED-ZONE SCORES (43-53) 81% (35-45) 78%RED-ZONE TOUCHDOWNS (31-53) 58% (23-45) 51%PAT-ATTEMPTS (38-43) 88% (30-33) 91%ATTENDANCE 40925 64614 Games/Avg Per Game 5/8185 6/10769 Neutral Site Games 0/0

Score by Quarters 1st 2nd 3rd 4th OT TotalRichmond 51 115 90 67 17 340Opponents 33 106 55 57 21 272



2017 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS

2017 Spider Football | #OneRichmondRichmond Overall Individual Statistics (as of May 25, 2018)

All games

Rushing gp att gain loss net avg td lg avg/gXavier Goodall 11 78 456 4 452 5.8 3 46 41.1Gordon Collins 11 54 265 23 242 4.5 4 31 22.0Jay Palmer 11 44 240 18 222 5.0 1 53 20.2Deontez Thompson 7 49 211 14 197 4.0 2 23 28.1Kyle Lauletta 11 68 268 178 90 1.3 4 24 8.2Tyler Wilkins 11 3 49 0 49 16.3 1 32 4.5Joe Mancuso 8 7 35 0 35 5.0 1 19 4.4Devin Campbell 2 3 12 0 12 4.0 0 4 6.0Justin Hayes 1 3 7 0 7 2.3 0 5 7.0Cortrelle Simpson 11 1 5 0 5 5.0 0 5 0.5Porter Abell 10 1 0 4 -4 -4.0 0 0 -0.4TEAM 10 16 0 78 -78 -4.9 0 0 -7.8Total 11 327 1548 319 1229 3.8 16 53 111.7Opponents 11 461 2165 302 1863 4.0 14 74 169.4

Passing gp effic comp-att-int pct yds td lg avg/gKyle Lauletta 11 153.19 281-433-12 64.9 3737 28 93 339.7Porter Abell 10 167.20 1-1-0 100.0 8 0 8 0.8TEAM 10 0.00 0-1-0 0.0 0 0 0 0.0D.J. Helkowski 10 150.40 1-1-0 100.0 6 0 6 0.6Total 11 152.86 283-436-12 64.9 3751 28 93 341.0Opponents 11 123.47 158-303-13 52.1 2175 18 60 197.7

Receiving gp no. yds avg td lg avg/gDejon Brissett 11 63 896 14.2 7 50 81.5Tyler Wilkins 11 62 876 14.1 7 43 79.6Cortrelle Simpson 11 60 1019 17.0 6 93 92.6Garrett Hudson 11 23 262 11.4 2 39 23.8Gordon Collins 11 15 152 10.1 2 52 13.8Caleb Drake 11 14 150 10.7 1 20 13.6Porter Abell 10 11 154 14.0 2 70 15.4Stephon Jacob 10 11 94 8.5 0 32 9.4Deontez Thompson 7 8 31 3.9 0 12 4.4Xavier Goodall 11 7 41 5.9 0 11 3.7Will Geraghty 11 3 31 10.3 0 17 2.8Jay Palmer 11 3 17 5.7 1 6 1.5Dashon Tibbs 11 2 20 10.0 0 13 1.8Kyle Lauletta 11 1 8 8.0 0 8 0.7Total 11 283 3751 13.3 28 93 341.0Opponents 11 158 2175 13.8 18 60 197.7

Punt Returns no. yds avg td lgPorter Abell 6 53 8.8 0 20Tyler Wilkins 4 11 2.8 0 9Dejon Brissett 3 16 5.3 0 21Cortrelle Simpson 1 12 12.0 0 12Total 14 92 6.6 0 21Opponents 6 42 7.0 1 15

Interceptions no. yds avg td lgDaniel Jones 4 4 1.0 0 4Tafon Mainsah 2 33 16.5 0 33Dale Matthews 2 64 32.0 0 37Samari Springs 2 0 0.0 0 0Trey Moore 1 0 0.0 0 0Jarriel Jordan 1 0 0.0 0 0Brendan Coniker 1 19 19.0 0 19Total 13 120 9.2 0 37Opponents 12 139 11.6 0 53

Kick Returns no. yds avg td lgPorter Abell 11 235 21.4 0 27Dejon Brissett 11 193 17.5 0 32Caleb Drake 6 118 19.7 0 25Cortrelle Simpson 5 68 13.6 0 22Markus Vinson 3 57 19.0 0 21Madison Day 1 7 7.0 0 7Total 37 678 18.3 0 32Opponents 56 1238 22.1 0 56

Fumble Returns no. yds avg td lgTotal 0 0 0.0 0 0Opponents 0 0 0.0 0 0



2017 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS

2017 Spider Football | #OneRichmondRichmond Overall Individual Statistics (as of May 25, 2018)

All games

PATScoring td fg kick rush rcv pass dxp saf ptsGriffin Trau - 12-15 37-41 - - - - - 73Tyler Wilkins 8 - - - - - - - 48Dejon Brissett 7 - - - - - - - 42Cortrelle Simpson 6 - - - - - - - 36Gordon Collins 6 - - - - - - - 36Kyle Lauletta 4 - - - - 0-1 - - 24Xavier Goodall 3 - - - - - - - 18Jay Palmer 2 - - - - - - - 12Deontez Thompson 2 - - - - - - - 12Porter Abell 2 - - - - - - - 12Garrett Hudson 2 - - - - - - - 12Caleb Drake 1 - - - - - - - 6Joe Mancuso 1 - - - - - - - 6TEAM - - - - - - - 1 2John Chereson - - 1-2 - - - - - 1Total 44 12-15 38-43 - - 0-1 - 1 340Opponents 33 14-22 30-33 - - - - 1 272

Total Offense g plays rush pass total avg/gKyle Lauletta 11 501 90 3737 3827 347.9Xavier Goodall 11 78 452 0 452 41.1Gordon Collins 11 54 242 0 242 22.0Jay Palmer 11 44 222 0 222 20.2Deontez Thompson 7 49 197 0 197 28.1Tyler Wilkins 11 3 49 0 49 4.5Joe Mancuso 8 7 35 0 35 4.4Devin Campbell 2 3 12 0 12 6.0Justin Hayes 1 3 7 0 7 7.0D.J. Helkowski 10 1 0 6 6 0.6Cortrelle Simpson 11 1 5 0 5 0.5Porter Abell 10 2 -4 8 4 0.4TEAM 10 17 -78 0 -78 -7.8Total 11 763 1229 3751 4980 452.7Opponents 11 764 1863 2175 4038 367.1

Field Goals fg pct. 01-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50-99 lg blkGriffin Trau 12-15 80.0 1-1 3-3 7-8 1-3 0-0 41 0

FG Sequence Richmond OpponentsSam Houston State 42 (23),(40),29Colgate 37,(36),(27) (25)Howard - 29ELON (19),(34) (45),(28),(32)UALBANY (33),(34) 37,(25),40Towson (25) 50,(21)Delaware - 37Stony Brook (22) (33),(22)Villanova (30),(41) 47James Madison (38),(36) (24),(36)William & Mary 44 39,(39),(31)

Numbers in (parentheses) indicate field goal was made.

Punting no. yds avg lg tb fc i20 50+ blkD.J. Helkowski 44 1631 37.1 50 3 9 16 2 1TEAM 1 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0Total 45 1631 36.2 50 3 9 16 2 1Opponents 58 2261 39.0 59 3 10 15 12 0

Kickoffs no. yds avg tb ob retn net ydlnJohn Chereson 64 3587 56.0 3 4Total 64 3587 56.0 3 4 22.1 35.5 29Opponents 56 3371 60.2 17 1 18.3 40.5 24



2017 DEFENSIVE STATISTICS

2017 Spider Football | #OneRichmondRichmond Overall Defensive Statistics (as of May 25, 2018)

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Tackles Sacks Pass defense Fumbles blkd## Defensive Leaders gp ua a tot tfl/yds no-yds int-yds brup qbh rcv-yds ff kick saf29 Justin Rubin 11 36 56 92 6.5-18 1.0-6 . 1 4 . 1 . .23 Daniel Jones 9 29 39 68 1.5-1 . 4-4 5 1 . . 2 .22 Dale Matthews 11 33 34 67 8.0-37 4.0-24 2-64 . . . 2 . .4 Micah Keels 10 31 34 65 0.5-1 . . 3 . 2-0 . . .32 Brandon Waller 10 22 36 58 13.5-39 7.0-29 . . 1 . . . .26 Trey Moore 10 14 43 57 7.0-16 2.5-8 1-0 . 3 1-0 . . .92 Colby Ritten 11 19 38 57 9.5-30 4.0-18 . . 2 . 1 1 .37 Samari Springs 11 19 32 51 1.5-1 1.0-1 2-0 3 1 2-0 1 . .3 Tafon Mainsah 11 26 19 45 2.0-3 . 2-33 8 . . . . .1 Jarriel Jordan 11 27 14 41 1.0-2 . 1-0 7 . . . 1 .97 Andrew Clyde 11 16 25 41 11.0-66 9.0-59 . 2 7 . . . .15 Brendan Coniker 7 18 17 35 1.5-5 . 1-19 1 . . 1 . .8 Lemond Johnson 11 22 12 34 . . . . . . 1 . .40 Chad Wiggins 10 10 13 23 5.0-23 3.0-19 . 1 1 . 1 . .95 Gershom Ejoni 11 9 13 22 1.5-5 . . . 1 1-0 . . .21 Trent Williams 11 10 11 21 . . . 2 . 1-0 1 . .36 Maurice Jackson 11 3 12 15 3.0-10 2.5-9 . 1 2 1-0 . . .43 Madison Day 11 8 5 13 . . . . 1 . . . .20 Deontez Thompson 7 2 5 7 . . . . . . . . .24 David Norris 11 4 3 7 . . . . . . . . .47 Tanner Lacey 4 3 3 6 . . . . . . . . .41 Tyler Dressler 9 . 6 6 . . . . . . . . .10 Caleb Drake 11 . 4 4 . . . . . . . . .12 Markus Vinson 11 2 2 4 . . . . . . . . .34 Jacob Roberson 11 2 2 4 . . . . . . . . .28 Trey Lucas 5 . 3 3 . . . . . . . . .8A Porter Abell 10 1 2 3 . . . . . . . . .25 Gabe Thomas 5 1 1 2 . . . . . . . . .27 Jay Palmer 11 1 1 2 . . . . . . . . .31 Joshua Anderson 10 1 1 2 . . . . . . . . .9 Darius Reynolds 8 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . .50 John Yarbrough 11 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . .5 Kyle Lauletta 11 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . .33 Duncan Rogers 1 1 . 1 . . . 1 . . . . .TM TEAM 10 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . 1

Total 11 374 486 860 73-257 35-186 13-120 35 24 8-0 9 4 1Opponents 11 387 382 769 49-238 23-169 12-139 42 17 7-0 4 1 1



2017 TEAM GAME-BY-GAME

2017 Spider Football | #OneRichmondRichmond Team Game-by-Game (as of May 25, 2018)

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TEAM STATISTICS

Rushing Receiving Passing Kick Returns Punt Returns totDate Opponent no. yds td lg no. yds td lg cmp-att-int yds td lg no. yds td lg no. yds td lg offSept 1 at Sam Houston State 33 106 0 22 36 546 5 71 36-56-2 546 5 71 6 109 0 25 1 2 0 2 652Sep 09 at Colgate 32 62 2 12 25 306 0 41 25-38-1 306 0 41 2 17 0 10 3 21 0 12 368Sep 16 HOWARD 53 301 4 53 26 321 6 70 26-29-0 321 6 70 3 53 0 22 0 0 0 0 622Sep 22 ELON 25 91 1 32 27 497 3 93 27-47-2 497 3 93 7 118 0 24 1 0 0 0 588Oct 07 UALBANY 23 60 2 11 24 353 3 64 24-40-0 353 3 64 1 17 0 17 1 21 0 21 413Oct 14 at Towson 24 89 1 31 23 333 2 50 23-37-1 333 2 50 2 23 0 17 1 2 0 2 422Oct 21 at Delaware 26 76 1 24 23 295 4 39 23-40-2 295 4 39 1 32 0 32 0 0 0 0 371Oct 28 STONY BROOK 17 47 0 34 34 316 3 26 34-53-0 316 3 26 6 118 0 24 2 13 0 20 363Nov 04 at Villanova 37 175 2 44 25 259 0 30 25-32-1 259 0 30 2 41 0 22 1 9 0 9 434Nov 11 at James Madison 19 20 0 11 27 304 1 25 27-45-1 304 1 25 5 100 0 25 2 1 0 2 324Nov 18 WILLIAM & MARY 38 202 3 46 13 221 1 74 13-19-2 221 1 74 2 50 0 27 2 23 0 19 423Richmond 327 1229 16 53 283 3751 28 93 283-436-12 3751 28 93 37 678 0 32 14 92 0 21 4980Opponents 461 1863 14 74 158 2175 18 60 158-303-13 2175 18 60 56 1238 0 56 6 42 1 15 4038

Games: 11 • Avg/rush: 3.8 • Avg/catch: 13.3 • Pass effic: 152.86 • KR avg: 18.3 • PR avg: 6.6 • All purpose avg/game: 533.6 • Total offense avg/gm: 452.7

Tackles Sacks Fumble Pass Defense blkd PAT Attempts offDate Opponent ua a total tfl-yds no-yds ff fr-yds int-yds qbh brup kick kick rush rcv saf t/o ptsSept 1 at Sam Houston State 48 10 58 4.0-13 1.0-0 1 2-0 1-33 3 2 1 4-5 0 0 0 14 34Sep 09 at Colgate 30 48 78 5.0-15 3.0-6 1 0-0 2-0 2 4 0 2-2 0 0 0 0 20Sep 16 HOWARD 21 52 73 6.0-23 5.0-21 0 0-0 2-64 3 3 1 8-10 0 0 0 13 68Sep 22 ELON 39 64 103 7.0-17 1.0-5 2 2-0 0-0 0 3 0 3-3 0 0 0 6 33Oct 07 UALBANY 36 60 96 11.0-41 7.0-34 0 0-0 1-0 2 4 1 5-5 0 0 0 0 41Oct 14 at Towson 36 40 76 7.0-38 5.0-34 2 2-0 4-23 0 5 0 2-3 0 0 0 3 23Oct 21 at Delaware 41 50 91 5.0-18 2.0-8 0 0-0 2-0 0 5 1 5-5 0 0 0 7 35Oct 28 STONY BROOK 31 54 85 6.0-16 1.0-7 1 0-0 0-0 3 1 0 3-3 0 0 0 0 24Nov 04 at Villanova 28 32 60 8.0-29 4.0-25 1 1-0 0-0 0 1 0 2-2 0 0 1 0 22Nov 11 at James Madison 40 30 70 8.0-23 4.0-16 1 1-0 1-0 2 3 0 1-1 0 0 0 6 13Nov 18 WILLIAM & MARY 24 46 70 6.0-24 2.0-17 0 0-0 0-0 9 4 0 3-4 0 0 0 0 27Richmond 374 486 860 73.0-257 34.0-173 9 8-0 13-120 24 35 4 38-43 0 0 1 49 340Opponents 387 382 769 49.0-238 23.0-169 4 7-0 12-139 17 42 1 30-33 0 0 1 26 272

Punting Field Goals KickoffsDate Opponent no. yds avg long blkd tb fc 50+ i20 md-att long blkd no. yds avg tb obSept 1 at Sam Houston State 5 156 31.2 50 1 0 0 1 2 0-1 0 0 7 338 48.3 0 1Sep 09 at Colgate 4 148 37.0 47 0 0 1 0 1 2-3 36 0 5 253 50.6 0 0Sep 16 HOWARD 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 0 0 11 619 56.3 0 2Sep 22 ELON 2 78 39.0 47 0 0 0 0 1 2-2 34 0 7 414 59.1 0 0Oct 07 UALBANY 6 224 37.3 49 0 0 0 0 2 2-2 34 0 6 334 55.7 0 0Oct 14 at Towson 7 273 39.0 48 0 1 3 0 2 1-1 25 0 5 280 56.0 1 0Oct 21 at Delaware 4 144 36.0 43 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 0 0 5 297 59.4 0 0Oct 28 STONY BROOK 4 147 36.8 45 0 0 0 0 1 1-1 22 0 4 252 63.0 1 0Nov 04 at Villanova 5 188 37.6 50 0 2 1 1 1 2-2 41 0 5 291 58.2 0 0Nov 11 at James Madison 5 163 32.6 40 0 0 2 0 3 2-2 38 0 4 232 58.0 1 0Nov 18 WILLIAM & MARY 3 110 36.7 44 0 0 2 0 3 0-1 0 0 5 277 55.4 0 1Richmond 45 1631 36.2 50 1 3 9 2 16 12-15 41 0 64 3587 56.0 3 4Opponents 58 2261 39.0 59 0 3 10 12 15 14-22 45 3 56 3371 60.2 17 1



2017 OPPONENT GAME-BY-GAME

2017 Spider Football | #OneRichmondRichmond Opponent Game-by-Game (as of May 25, 2018)

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OPPONENT STATISTICS

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