Thursday, August 31, 2006

UMass 2006 Starters

If you have not printed out the UMass-Colgate game notes then you do not have the 2006 UMass two-deep chart. AFAIK, this has not appeared anywhere else.

The starters offense:

WR #81 Brandon London Sr 6-4 210
LT #68 Matt Austin Jr 6-5 285 (note#1)
LG #60 Nick Dana Jr 6-3 300 (note #2)
C # 62 Alex Miller Sr 6-2 290
RG #73 David Thompson Sr 6-3 310
RT # 63 Sean Calicchio So 6-5 300
TE # 82 Brad Listori Jr 6-4 245 (note #3)
TB #5 Steve Baylark Sr 6-0 225
FB #44 E.J. Barthel Jr 6-1 240 (note#4)
QB #12 Liam Coen So 6-2 205
WR #3 Rasheed Rancher Jr 6-5 197
or
WR #1 J.J. Moore Jr 6-0 201
PK #31 Armando Cuko So 5-11 180
or
PK #42 Chris Koepplin Jr 6-3 210

Note #1-Matt Austin moves to LT from LG replacing graduated Brent Caldwell
Note #2-Nick Dana is a JUCO All-America from Nassau CC. Moves to Austin's LG position
Note #3- New starter. Listori is a transfer from Rutgers
Note #4 -E.J. Barthel is a transfer from Rutgers replacing Kyle B. Harrington, who is out with a concussion.

Starters Defense:

LE #55 Jason Hatchell Sr 6-2 270 (note #5)
DT #56 Brandon Collier Fr 6-1 260 (note #6)
NT # 97 Jason Leonard Sr 6-2 265
DE # 48 David Burris Jr 6-0 242 (note #7)
SLB # 43 Jason Hatchell Jr 6-0 224 (note #8)
MLB #11 Charles Walker Jr 6-1 220 (note #9)
WLB #2 Brad Anderson Sr. 6-0 230
CB #26 Tracey Belton Sr 5-11 175
SS #7 James Ihedigbo Sr 6-1 217
FS #23 Brandon Smith Sr 6-1 190 (note #10)
CB #16 Sean Smalls So 6-1 190 (not #11)
P #13 Christian Koegel 6-0 185

Note #5-Hatchell moves to DE from DT
Note #6- Collier is a new starter. Replace graduated Justin Schweighardt
Note #7-Burris switches sides at DE
Note #8- Hachell moves outside from MLB
Note #9-Walker returns from a medical redshirt
Note #10-Smith replaces graduated All-American Shannon James
Note#11-Smalls is a new starter. Replaces graduated Steve Costello

UPDATE: Great minds think alike. Matt Vautour has an article on the UMass two-deep here. Lots of good stuff (registration required).