One captain is Buchanan Award candidate Shannon James. Scroll down for an earlier blog on him.
A new Captain for 2005 is Colin Stoetzel who is a SR OT 6-6 290. Stoetzel has been a mainstay of the UMass offensive line since he was a redshirt freshman. His official UMass bio is here . Among his accomplishments are:
- Played in all 36 games of his career
- Started all games as a sophmore and junior
- Allowed only one sack in 2004
- Had team high 55 knockdowns
- Started at LB in 2003 and 2004
- Team Captain in 2004 as a Junior
- Team high 82 tackles, 66 solo and 5 TFL in 2004
- Team leader on defense.
Hopefully, James, Stoetzel and Tikum will lead UMass into the playoffs in '05!