2012 Tulane Green Wave football team

2012 Tulane Green Wave football
Conference	Conference USA West Division
2012 record	2–10 (2–6 C-USA)
Head coach	Curtis Johnson (1st year)
Offensive coordinator	Eric Price
Co-defensive coordinator	Jon Sumrall
Co-defensive coordinator	Lionel Washington
Home stadium	Mercedes-Benz Superdome (Capacity: 73,208)

2012 Conference USA football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
East Division
UCF xy		7	–	1					10	–	4
East Carolina x		7	–	1					8	–	5
Marshall		4	–	4					5	–	7
Memphis		4	–	4					4	–	8
UAB		2	–	6					3	–	9
Southern Miss		0	–	8					0	–	12
West Division
Tulsa xy$		7	–	1					10	–	3
SMU		5	–	3					7	–	6
Rice		4	–	4					7	–	6
Houston		4	–	4					5	–	7
UTEP		2	–	6					3	–	9
Tulane		2	–	6					2	–	10
Championship: Tulsa 33, UCF 27
$ – Conference champion x – Division champion/co-champions y – Championship game participant Rankings from AP Poll

The 2012 Tulane Green Wave football team represented Tulane University in the 2012 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The team was led by first-year head coach Curtis Johnson. The Green Wave played home games in the Mercedes-Benz Superdome and competed in the West Division of Conference USA. This was their final season in Conference USA as the prepared to move to the American Athletic Conference. They finished the season 2–10, 2–6 in C-USA play to finish in a tie for fifth place in the West Division.

Pre-season

Recruits

2012 recruits
Name	Home town	High school / college	Height	Weight	40^‡	Commit date
Kedrick Banks WR	New Orleans, LA	McDonogh 35	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	175 lb (79 kg)	N/A	Jan 22, 2012
	Scout:   Rivals:   247Sports: N/A    ESPN grade: NR
Jordan Batiste CB	Lutcher, LA	Lutcher	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)	166 lb (75 kg)	4.50	Jan 15, 2012
	Scout:   Rivals:   247Sports: N/A    ESPN:   ESPN grade: 75
Bobby Bradley OT	Medford, NJ	Shawnee	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	270 lb (120 kg)	N/A	Jul 31, 2011
	Scout:   Rivals:   247Sports: N/A    ESPN:   ESPN grade: 69
Devin Breaux WR	Donaldsonville, LA	Donaldsonville	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	178 lb (81 kg)	4.55	May 2, 2012
	Scout:   Rivals:   247Sports: N/A    ESPN:   ESPN grade: 78
Richard Carthon RB	Shreveport, LA	CE Byrd	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	N/A	Apr 22, 2012
	Scout: N/A   Rivals: N/A   247Sports: N/A    ESPN grade: NR
Lorenzo Doss WR	New Orleans, LA	Saint Augustine	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	188 lb (85 kg)	4.50	Jun 22, 2011
	Scout:   Rivals:   247Sports: N/A    ESPN:   ESPN grade: 70
Colton Hanson OT	New Braunfels, TX	New Braunfels	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	285 lb (129 kg)	N/A	Jun 30, 2011
	Scout:   Rivals:   247Sports: N/A    ESPN grade: NR
Todd Jacquet OG	New Orleans, LA	Jesuit	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	270 lb (120 kg)	N/A	Aug 1, 2011
	Scout:   Rivals:   247Sports: N/A    ESPN:   ESPN grade: 74
Royce LaFrance OLB	Harvey, LA	Helen Cox	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	235 lb (107 kg)	4.50	Jan 21, 2012
	Scout:   Rivals:   247Sports: N/A    ESPN:   ESPN grade: 72
Darion Monroe CB	Reserve, LA	East St. John	5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)	180 lb (82 kg)	N/A	Jan 31, 2012
	Scout:   Rivals:   247Sports: N/A    ESPN:   ESPN grade: 80
Alex Paul OT	New Orleans, LA	Newman	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	310 lb (140 kg)	N/A	Jul 27, 2011
	Scout:   Rivals:   247Sports: N/A    ESPN grade: NR
Peter Picerelli P	Providence, RI	LaSalle Academy	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	N/A	Jul 17, 2012
	Scout: N/A   Rivals: N/A   247Sports: N/A    ESPN grade: NR
Devin Powell QB	New Orleans, LA	O. Perry Walker	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	212 lb (96 kg)	N/A	Jan 19, 2012
	Scout:   Rivals:   247Sports: N/A    ESPN grade: NR
Joshua Rounds RB	New Orleans, LA	McMain Magnet	5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)	195 lb (88 kg)	N/A	Jan 22, 2012
	Scout:   Rivals:   247Sports: N/A    ESPN grade: NR
Nathan Shienle OT	Tampa, FL	Plant	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	290 lb (130 kg)	N/A	Jan 15, 2012
	Scout:   Rivals:   247Sports: N/A    ESPN:   ESPN grade: 73
Calvin Thomas DT	Chandler, AZ	Hamilton	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	258 lb (117 kg)	N/A	Jan 31, 2012
	Scout:   Rivals:   247Sports: N/A    ESPN:   ESPN grade: 73
Lazedrick Thompson RB	LaPlace, LA	St. Charles Catholic	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	205 lb (93 kg)	N/A	May 27, 2011
	Scout:   Rivals:   247Sports: N/A    ESPN:   ESPN grade: 74
Fudge Van Hooser QB	Montgomery, AL	Trinity Presbyterian	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	180 lb (82 kg)	4.37	Jul 11, 2010
	Scout:   Rivals:   247Sports: N/A    ESPN:   ESPN grade: 76
Overall recruiting rankings: Scout: 95   Rivals: 80
‡ Refers to 40 yard dash Note: In many cases, Scout, Rivals, 247Sports, and ESPN may conflict in their listings of height, weight and 40 time. In these cases, the average was taken. ESPN grades are on a 100-point scale. Sources: "2012 Tulane Football Commitment List". Rivals.com. Retrieved August 7, 2012. "2012 Tulane Commits". Scout.com. Retrieved August 7, 2012. "Tulane Green Wave 2012". ESPN.com. Retrieved August 7, 2012. "Scout.com Team Recruiting Rankings". Scout.com. Retrieved August 7, 2012. "2012 Team Ranking". Rivals.com. Retrieved August 7, 2012.

Award watch lists

Cairo Santos

• Lou Groza Award Watch List

Orleans Darkwa

• Doak Walker Award Candidate^[1]

Trent Mackey

• Bronko Nagurski Trophy Watch List^[2]
• Lombardi Award Watch List^[2]

Roster

2012 Tulane Green Wave football team roster
Players			Coaches
Offense Pos. # Name Class QB 1 Powell, DevinDevin Powell Fr WR 3 Grant, RyanRyan Grant  Jr WR 8 Edwards, MarcMarc Edwards  Fr WR 9 Van Hooser, WilsonWilson Van Hooser  Jr WR 10 Macias, AlecAlec Macias Fr QB 11 Griffin, RyanRyan Griffin  Sr QB 12 Ponder, DJDJ Ponder  Sr RB 13 Strozier, DerrickDerrick Strozier  Jr WR 15 Breaux, DevonDevon Breaux Fr QB 16 Joseph, JordyJordy Joseph So WR 22 Thomas, JamarJamar Thomas Jr RB 24 Barnett, StephenStephen Barnett Sr RB 25 Rounds, JoshJosh Rounds Fr RB 26 Darkwa, OrleansOrleans Darkwa Jr RB 28 Kelley, RobertRobert Kelley So RB 32 Butler, DantéDanté Butler So RB 33 Thompson, LazedrickLazedrick Thompson Fr WR 36 Boutte, DevinDevin Boutte  Fr WR 39 Harvey II, KeithKeith Harvey II So FB 40 Bullock, TaylorTaylor Bullock  So WR 42 Wilson, CarlosCarlos Wilson  So WR 46 Dobbs, JoJoJoJo Dobbs Jr OT 61 Hanson, ColtonColton Hanson Fr C 64 Henry, MikeMike Henry  Jr C 65 Morgan, ZachZach Morgan  Sr OT 66 Shienle, NathanNathan Shienle Fr OG 67 Bradley, BobBob Bradley Fr OL 68 Thomson, GregGreg Thomson  Fr OT 70 Donnelly, SeanSean Donnelly So OG 72 Mares, RioRio Mares  Jr OG 73 Paul, AlexAlex Paul Fr OG 74 Skidmore, AdamAdam Skidmore  So OT 75 Uzdavinis, ArturoArturo Uzdavinis Fr OT 76 Skold, NateNate Skold Fr OL 77 Paine, PrestonPreston Paine So OT 78 Jacquet, ToddTodd Jacquet Fr OT 79 Jones, EricEric Jones  Sr WR 80 Shackleford, JustynJustyn Shackleford So WR 81 London, SydieSydie London Fr WR 82 Rush, XavierXavier Rush So TE 83 Tatford, EvanEvan Tatford So TE 84 Suchy, StephenStephen Suchy Jr WR 85 Dace, LarryLarry Dace Fr WR 86 Comardelle, BrentBrent Comardelle Jr TE 87 Drum, JoshJosh Drum Fr TE 88 Marfisi, MattMatt Marfisi  So WR 89 Davis, JacobJacob Davis Sr	Defense Pos. # Name Class S 1 Smith, ShakielShakiel Smith Sr CB 2 Monroe, DarionDarion Monroe Fr S 5 LeBeau, BrandonBrandon LeBeau So CB 6 Doss, LorenzoLorenzo Doss Fr S 7 Van Hooser, FudgeFudge Van Hooser Fr CB 10 Travis, RyanRyan Travis Sr CB 12 Banks, KedrickKedrick Banks Fr CB 14 Batiste, JordanJordan Batiste Fr CB 17 Lauricella, AlexAlex Lauricella  Sr S 18 Walker, DevonDevon Walker  Sr LB 20 Mackey, TrentTrent Mackey (S) Sr S 21 Davis, KyleKyle Davis Jr CB 23 Washington, KendrellKendrell Washington Sr LB 27 Hanuscin, ChrisChris Hanuscin Sr DB 27 Carthon, RichardRichard Carthon Fr S 29 Thomas, RenaldoRenaldo Thomas So LB 34 Farley, DarrylDarryl Farley  Sr S 35 Scofield, SamSam Scofield So S 37 Parker, LJLJ Parker  So S 38 Bronzo, AnthonyAnthony Bronzo So DE 41 Bryant, AaronAaron Bryant  Fr LB 43 Laborde, DavidDavid Laborde Fr CB 44 Washington, KendrickKendrick Washington Sr LB 45 Bailey, MatthewMatthew Bailey So LB 47 DeJean, CameronCameron DeJean  So LB 48 LaFrance, RoyceRoyce LaFrance Fr LB 49 Byrd, KerchalKerchal Byrd  So DE 50 Jacks, AustenAusten Jacks Sr DE 51 Pierce, Jr., MichaelMichael Pierce, Jr. (I) So LB 52 Robertson, DominiqueDominique Robertson Jr LB 53 Robinson, AndreAndre Robinson  So DT 54 Williams, DevinDevin Williams  Jr DT 55 Perry, TaylorTaylor Perry  Fr LB 57 Davis, ZachZach Davis Jr LB 58 Schmidt, BrandonBrandon Schmidt So LB 59 Oppman, RayRay Oppman  So LB 60 Zelnik, JacquesJacques Zelnik Fr LB 63 Hamilton, LoganLogan Hamilton Jr DE 90 Beckwith, WendellWendell Beckwith Jr DT 92 Warmsley, JuliusJulius Warmsley Jr DT 93 Welcome, KennyKenny Welcome  So DE 94 Blum, CaseyCasey Blum  Sr DT 96 Redwine, CoreyCorey Redwine  Fr DT 99 Thomas, CalvinCalvin Thomas Fr	Special teams Pos. # Name Class P, K 6 Broccoli, StevenSteven Broccoli Fr P 16 Ginsburgh, JonathanJonathan Ginsburgh Jr K 19 Santos, CairoCairo Santos Jr K 30 Rome, RyanRyan Rome  Jr P, K 31 Picerelli, PeterPeter Picerelli Fr K 45 Purcell, StephenStephen Purcell Sr P, K 91 Hilton, LoganLogan Hilton Fr DS 97 Johnson, BillyBilly Johnson Sr	Head coach Curtis Johnson (1st season) Coordinators/assistant coaches Eric Price – Offensive Coordinator Jon Sumrall – Co-Defensive Coordinator/Defensive Line Lionel Washington – Co-Defensive Coordinator/Secondary David Johnson – Tight Ends/Running Backs Barry Lamb – Linebackers/Special Teams John McDonell – Offensive Line Mike Neu – Quarterbacks Jason Rollins – Secondary Keith Williams – Wide Receivers Doug Lichtenberger - Assistant AD for Football Operations/Recruiting Kwahn Drake – Graduate Assistant Coach, Defense Chad Jenkins – Graduate Assistant Coach, Defense Mike McCarthy – Graduate Assistant Coach, Offense Casey Robottom – Graduate Assistant Coach, Offense Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible Injured Redshirt Roster Last update: September 9, 2012

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 1	7:00 PM	Rutgers*	Mercedes-Benz Superdome • New Orleans, LA	CBSSN	L 12–24	26,059
September 8	11:00 AM	at Tulsa	Chapman Stadium • Tulsa, OK	FSN	L 10–45	17,880
September 22	11:00 AM	Ole Miss*	Mercedes-Benz Superdome • New Orleans, LA	FSN	L 0–39	28,913
September 29	3:30 PM	Louisiana–Monroe*	Mercedes-Benz Superdome • New Orleans, LA	CST	L 10–63	18,063
October 6	4:00 PM	at Louisiana–Lafayette*	Cajun Field • Lafayette, LA	Cox 4/ESPN3	L 13–41	29,758
October 13	12:00 PM	SMU	Mercedes-Benz Superdome • New Orleans, LA	CSS	W 27–26	11,519
October 20	7:00 PM	at UTEP	Sun Bowl Stadium • El Paso, TX		L 20–24	23,234
October 27	2:30 PM	UAB	Mercedes-Benz Superdome • New Orleans, LA		W 55–45	12,531
November 3	2:30 PM	Rice	Mercedes-Benz Superdome • New Orleans, LA		L 47–49	15,467
November 10	6:00 PM	at Memphis	Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium • Memphis, TN		L 23–37	18,796
November 17	2:30 PM	East Carolina	Mercedes-Benz Superdome • New Orleans, LA	CST	L 23–28	14,041
November 24	2:30 PM	at Houston	Robertson Stadium • Houston, TX	FSN	L 17–40	25,402
*Non-conference game. Homecoming. ^#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Central Time.

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Game Notes

Rutgers

Rutgers at Tulane^[5]

1 2 3 4 Total • Rutgers 0 10 0 14 24 Tulane 0 3 0 9 12 Location: New Orleans, LA Game start: 7:00 PM CDT Game attendance: 26,059 Game weather: Indoors Television network: CBS Sports Network

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
2–3	2010	Tulane, 17–14

Tulsa

Tulane at Tulsa^[6]

1 2 3 4 Total Tulane 3 0 0 7 10 • Tulsa 14 21 0 10 45 Location: Tulsa, OK Game start: 11:00 AM CDT Game attendance: 17,880 Television network: FSN

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
1–7	2011	Tulsa, 31–3

While the team trailed 35–3, senior Devon Walker fractured his cervical spine after colliding head-on with a teammate during a tackle.^[7]

Ole Miss

Ole Miss at Tulane^[8]

1 2 3 4 Total • Ole Miss 26 0 10 3 39 Tulane 0 0 0 0 0 Location: New Orleans, LA Game start: 11:00 AM CDT Game attendance: 28,913 Game weather: Indoors Television network: FSN

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
28–42	2010	Ole Miss, 27–16

Louisiana–Monroe

Louisiana–Monroe at Tulane^[9]

1 2 3 4 Total • UL-Monroe 21 14 21 7 63 Tulane 0 3 0 7 10 Location: New Orleans, LA Game start: 2:30 PM CDT Game attendance: 18,063 Game weather: Indoors Television network: CST

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
2–0	2008	Tulane, 24–10

Louisiana–Lafayette

Tulane at Louisiana-Lafayette^[10]

1 2 3 4 Total Tulane 0 10 0 3 13 • UL-Lafayette 3 21 14 3 41 Location: Lafayette, LA Game start: 4:00 PM CDT Game attendance: 29,758 Television network: Cox4, ESPN3

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
20–4	2000	Tulane, 38–37

SMU

SMU at Tulane^[11]

1 2 3 4 Total SMU 3 3 3 17 26 • Tulane 10 10 0 7 27 Location: New Orleans, LA Game start: 12:00 PM CDT Game attendance: 11,519 Game weather: Indoors Television network: CSS

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
12–8	2011	SMU, 45–24

UTEP

Tulane at UTEP^[12]

1 2 3 4 Total Tulane 7 10 0 3 20 • UTEP 7 17 0 0 24 Location: El Paso, TX Game start: 7:00 PM MDT Game attendance: 23,234

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
3–4	2011	UTEP, 44–7

UAB

UAB at Tulane^[13]

1 2 3 4 Total UAB 7 10 14 14 45 • Tulane 14 17 7 17 55 Location: New Orleans, LA Game start: 2:30 PM CDT Game attendance: 12,531 Game weather: Indoors

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
4–4	2011	Tulane, 49–10

Rice

Rice at Tulane
(Homecoming game)^[14]

1 2 3 4 Total • Rice 14 14 7 14 49 Tulane 7 3 28 9 47 Location: New Orleans, LA Game start: 2:30 PM CDT Game attendance: 15,467 Game weather: Indoors

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
15–18–1	2011	Rice, 19–7

Memphis

Tulane at Memphis^[15]

1 2 3 4 Total Tulane 10 3 3 7 23 • Memphis 6 10 7 14 37 Location: Memphis, TN Game start: 6:00 PM CST Game attendance: 18,796

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
11–17–1	2011	Memphis, 33–17

East Carolina

East Carolina at Tulane^[16]

1 2 3 4 Total • E Carolina 0 14 7 7 28 Tulane 7 6 3 7 23 Location: New Orleans, LA Game start: 2:30 PM CST Game attendance: 14,041 Game weather: Indoors Television network: CST

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
2–9	2011	East Carolina, 34–13

Houston

Tulane at Houston^[17]

1 2 3 4 Total Tulane 0 7 10 0 17 • Houston 17 3 7 13 40 Location: Houston, TX Game start: 3:30 PM CST Game attendance: 25,402 Television network: FSN

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
4–13	2011	Houston, 73–17

Statistics

As of November 17, 2012^[4]

Team

Team Opp Scoring 240 421   Points per Game 21.8 38.3 First Downs 194 277   Rushing 39 136   Passing 130 118   Penalty 25 23 Total Offense 3445 5200   Avg per Play 4.7 6.3   Avg per Game 313.2 472.7 Fumbles-Lost 18–11 17–9 Penalties-Yards 70–600 60–577   Avg per Game 5.8–54.5 5.0–52.5

Team Opp Punts-Yards 63–2580 41–1670 Avg per Punt 41.0 40.7 Time of Possession/Game 29:21 30:39 3rd Down Conversions 62/164 71/152 4th Down Conversions 4/17 6/14 Touchdowns Scored 26 55 Field Goals-Attempts 20–20 13–19 PAT-Attempts 24–25 52–53 Attendance 126,593 89,668   Games/Avg per Game 7/18,085 5/22,417

Score by quarters

1 2 3 4 OT Total Tulane 58 65 41 76 0 240 Opponents 101 134 83 103 0 421

Offense

Rushing

Name	GP-GS	Att	Gain	Loss	Net	Avg	TD	Long	Avg/G
Rob Kelley	11–4	80	292	11	281	3.5	0	15	25.5
Orleans Darkwa	8–5	70	247	29	218	3.1	3	32	27.2
Dante Butler	11–1	34	122	7	115	3.4	0	15	10.5
Josh Rounds	9–0	17	44	4	40	2.4	0	7	4.4
Derrick Strozier	9–1	4	13	1	12	3.0	0	6	1.3
Stephen Barnett	11–3	1	2	0	2	2.0	0	2	0.2
DJ Ponder	2–2	5	0	36	-36	-7.2	0	0	-18.0
Devin Powell	2–1	14	23	67	-44	-3.1	0	10	-22.0
TEAM	4–0	5	0	56	-56	-11.2	0	0	-14.0
Ryan Griffin	8–8	29	28	128	-100	-3.4	0	6	-12.5
Total	11	259	771	339	432	1.7	3	32	39.3

Passing

Name	GP-GS	Effic	Att-Cmp-Int	Pct	Yds	TD	Lng	Avg/G
Ryan Griffin	8-8	139.66	209–328–7	63.7	2425	18	79	303.1
DJ Ponder	2-2	71.77	35–83–5	42.2	333	2	71	166.5
Devin Powell	2-1	85.47	30–57–3	52.6	255	1	66	127.5
Ryan Grant	11-11	0.00	0–1–0	0.0	0	0	0	0.0
Peter Picerelli	11-0	-200.00	0–1–1	0.0	0	0	0	0.0
Total	11	120.08	274–470–16	58.3	3013	21	79	273.9

Receiving

Name	GP-GS	No.	Yds	Avg	TD	Long	Avg/G
Ryan Grant	11–11	63	1041	16.5	6	68	94.6
Rob Kelley	11–4	46	340	7.4	4	31	30.9
Xavier Rush	11–1	37	439	11.9	4	62	39.9
Justyn Shackleford	9–8	28	431	15.4	2	71	47.9
Marc Edwards	11–2	19	236	12.4	1	79	21.5
Josh Rounds	9–0	14	78	5.6	0	21	8.7
Dante Butler	11–1	12	63	5.2	0	14	5.7
Derrick Strozier	9–1	11	60	5.5	0	13	10.0
Wilson Van Hooser	11–1	10	176	17.6	4	35	16.0
Orleans Darkwa	8–5	9	43	4.8	0	13	5.4
Matt Marfisi	11–8	8	20	2.5	0	6	1.8
Sydie London	10–3	6	38	6.3	0	11	3.8
Evan Tatford	10–4	6	20	3.3	0	10	2.0
Brent Comardelle	10–0	3	27	9.0	0	10	2.7
Devin Boutte	7–0	1	6	6.0	0	6	0.9
Stephen Barnett	11–3	1	-5	-5.0	0	0	-0.5
Total	11	274	3013	11.0	21	79	273.9

Defense

Name	GP-GS	Tackles				Sacks	Pass Defense			Fumbles		Blkd Kick	Saf
		Solo	Ast	Total	TFL-Yds	No-Yds	Int-Yds	BrUp	QBH	Rcv-Yds	FF
Darion Monroe	11–11	54	30	84	1.0–2	0–0	0–0	0	0	3–92	0	0	0
Zach Davis	11–8	50	28	78	5.0–16	2.0–11	1–35	3	2	0–0	0	0	0
Darryl Farley	11–9	26	24	50	3.5–14	1.0–9	0–0	2	0	0–0	1	0	0
Ryan Travis	11–11	32	17	49	3.5–17	1.0–11	2–96	7	0	1–0	1	0	0
Shakiel Smith	10–8	33	9	42	1.0–1	0–0	1–39	5	0	1–0	0	0	0
Lorenzo Doss	11–8	31	8	39	0–0	0–0	4–89	2	0	1–0	0	0	0
Austen Jacks	11–11	20	17	37	8.5–51	4.5–39	0–0	0	1	0–0	0	0	0
Jordan Batiste	11–9	29	8	37	1.0–1	0–0	1–0	4	0	0–0	0	0	0
Sam Scofield	9–2	21	10	31	1.0–1	0–0	2–30	1	0	0–0	1	0	0
Dominique Robertson	10–1	23	8	31	2.5–8	1.0–5	0–0	0	0	0–0	1	0	0
Matthew Bailey	11–8	20	7	27	2.0–5	0–0	1–37	4	3	0–0	0	0	0
Kenny Welcome	11–10	13	13	26	3.0–14	1.5–10	0–0	2	0	0–0	2	0	0
Julius Warmsley	10–9	11	14	25	5.0–12	2.0–7	0–0	0	3	0–0	1	2	0
Logan Hamilton	11–0	14	7	21	5.5–13	0–0	0–0	0	0	0–0	0	0	0
Calvin Thomas	11–0	9	11	20	2.0–14	2.0–14	0–0	1	0	0–0	0	0	0
Andre Robinson	11–0	10	9	19	0–0	0–0	0–0	0	0	0–0	0	0	0
Corey Redwine	10–3	12	7	19	1.0–2	0–0	0–0	0	0	0–0	1	0	0
Royce LaFrance	11–1	11	7	18	2.5–4	1.0–1	0–0	1	0	0–0	0	0	0
Aaron Bryant	10–9	10	8	18	2.0–5	1.0–4	0–0	1	2	1–0	0	0	0
Kyle Davis	11–0	9	7	16	0–0	0–0	0–0	0	0	0–0	0	0	0
Cameron DeJean	7–0	6	7	13	0–0	0–0	0–0	0	0	0–0	0	0	0
Devon Walker	2–2	9	2	11	1–2	0–0	0–0	0	0	0–0	0	0	0
Brandon LeBeau	11–0	5	3	8	0–0	0–0	0–0	0	0	0–0	0	0	0
Alex Lauricella	10–0	6	2	8	0–0	0–0	0–0	1	0	1–0	0	0	0
Renaldo Thomas	9–1	2	5	7	0–0	0–0	0–0	1	0	0–0	0	0	0
Taylor Bullock	11–0	6	0	6	0–0	0–0	0–0	0	0	0–0	0	0	0
Richard Carthon	11–0	5	1	6	0–0	0–0	0–0	0	0	0–0	0	0	0
Rob Kelley	11–4	3	2	5	0–0	0–0	0–0	0	0	0–0	0	0	0
Devin Boutte	7–0	4	0	4	0–0	0–0	0–0	0	0	0–0	0	0	0
Wendell Beckwith	5–0	3	1	4	1.0–1	0–0	0–0	0	0	1–0	0	0	0
Kerchal Byrd	9–0	3	1	4	0–0	0–0	0–0	0	0	0–0	0	0	0
Brent Comardelle	10–0	1	2	3	0–0	0–0	0–0	0	0	0–0	0	0	0
Devin Williams	8–0	2	0	2	0–0	0–0	0–0	0	0	0–0	0	0	0
Ryan Griffin	8–8	2	0	2	0–0	0–0	0–0	0	0	0–0	0	0	0
Adam Skidmore	11–11	1	0	1	0–0	0–0	0–0	0	0	0–0	0	0	0
Billy Johnson	11–0	1	0	1	0–0	0–0	0–0	0	0	0–0	0	0	0
Derrick Strozier	9–1	1	0	1	0–0	0–0	0–0	0	0	0–0	1	0	0
Ryan Grant	11–11	1	0	1	0–0	0–0	0–0	0	0	0–0	1	0	0
Dante Butler	11–1	1	0	1	0–0	0–0	0–0	0	0	0–0	1	0	0
Cairo Santos	11–0	1	0	1	0–0	0–0	0–0	0	0	0–0	0	0	0
Brandon Schmidt	2–0	0	1	1	0–0	0–0	0–0	0	0	0–0	0	0	0
Peter Picerelli	11–0	1	0	1	0–0	0–0	0–0	0	0	0–0	0	0	0
Total	11	502	276	778	52–183	17–111	13–326	35	11	9–92	9	2	0

Special teams

Name	Punting									Kickoffs
	No.	Yds	Avg	Long	TB	FC	i20	50+	Blkd	No.	Yds	Avg	TB	OB
Peter Picerelli	61	2507	41.1	70	2	11	13	7	0
Jonathan Ginsburgh	2	73	36.5	43	0	1	0	0	0
Cairo Santos										51	3265	64.0	30	2
Ryan Rome										1	60	60.0	0	0
Total	63	2580	41.0	70	2	12	13	7	0	52	3325	63.9	30	2

Name	Punt Returns					Kick Returns
	No.	Yds	Avg	TD	Long	No.	Yds	Avg	TD	Long
Derrick Strozier	9	81	9.0	0	19	0	0	0	0	0
Darion Monroe	3	63	21.0	0	57	0	0	0	0	0
Josh Rounds	0	0	0	0	0	22	403	18.3	0	29
Richard Carthon	0	0	0	0	0	8	166	20.8	0	30
Dante Butler	0	0	0	0	0	5	84	16.8	0	25
Rob Kelley	0	0	0	0	0	3	65	21.7	0	30
Total	12	144	12.0	0	57	38	718	18.9	0	30

After the season

Awards

Cairo Santos

• Lou Groza Award^[18]
• Consensus All-American^[19]

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