Albany State Football
2015 Albany State Golden Rams Football º Official Game Notes º Game 1 vs. Valdosta State º Sept. 5 º 7:00 p.m. º Albany, GA
Albany State Football ASU Sports Information 504 College Drive Albany, GA 31705 Website: www.asugoldenrams.com
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2015 Albany State Schedule Date Sept. 5 Sept. 12 Sept. 19 Sept. 26 Oct. 3 Oct. 10 Oct. 17 Oct. 24 Oct. 31 Nov. 7
Opponent Valdosta State Tuskegee Univ. Stillman College at Delta State Univ. at Miles College Open Morehouse College at Clark Atlanta Univ. Benedict College Fort Valley State
Time/Result 7 p.m. 5 p.m. 7 p.m. 2 p.m. (CT) 4 p.m. (CT) 2 p.m. 2 p.m. 2 p.m. 2 p.m.
2015 Valdosta State Schedule Sept. 5 Sept. 12 Sept. 26 Oct. 3 Oct. 10 Oct. 17 Oct. 22 Oct. 31 Nov. 7 Nov. 14
at Albany State vs. Winston-Salem St. Cumberland North Alabama at West Georgia Mississippi College at Shorter West Alabama at Delta State Florida Tech
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7:00 p.m. 6:00 p.m. 4:00 p.m. 2:00 p.m. 2:00 p.m. 2:00 p.m. 7:30 p.m. 2:00 p.m. 5:00 p.m. 3:00 p.m.
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2015 ASU Football: Game 1 vs Valdosta State Albany State will kick off its 2015 season when it faces an old state rival. The Golden Rams will host the Valdosta State Blazers at Albany State University Coliseum at 7 p.m. This will be the 17 meeting between the two programs. The Blazers hold a 15-1 series edge. The Golden Rams lost to VSU 38-10 in the season opener of the 2014 season. Albany State returns a bevy of veteran players on both offense and defense. The Gold Rush Offense will be led by junior running back, Jarvis Small, who had a breakout season during his sophomore campaign. Small rushed for 1.169 yards and 13 touchdowns, and garnered the 2014 SIAC Offensive Player of the Year Award. All-conference offensive lineman Javoris Wilburn also returns, along with fellow starting lineman Tedrick Coffield and Kenneth Averhart. Junior Caleb Edmonds will take over the reigns at the quarterback position. Top wide receivers Devonta Osborne and Quadrey Simmons are also back. The Golden Rams also return their two kickers in Zachary Gayden-Holley and Stefan Whitehead. On defense, All-SIAC linebacker Tavarius Washington will lead the perennially sound ASU defense. He led the team in total tackles with 93 and was also named to the Daktronics Super Region Two Defensive Team. Returning starters Grover Stewart and Ricky Blackmon will anchor the Golden Rams’ defensive line. Defensive backs Nick Scott, Cedric Ashe and Ryan Selby return to the ASU secondary. Valdosta State returns 14 starters from their 2014 team that tallied a 10-3 record and advanced to the third round of postseason play. The Blazer offense will be led by three-time All-Gulf South Conference running back Cedric O’Neal, who has rushed for 3,046 yards, the third-highest total in school history, over the course of the last three years. ASU Golden Rams 2014 Record: 7-3 (7-0 SIAC) Coach: Dan Land Career Record: 0-0 (1st Season) Record: 0-0, 0-0 SIAC Ranking: Receiving
VSU Blazers 2014 Record: Coach: David Dean Career Record: 70-24 (7th Season) Record: 0-0, 0-0 GSC Ranking: #16
THE HEAD COACHES Dan Land is no stranger to ASU athletics, as he enters his first year as the Interim Head Football coach. Overall, Land is entering his 15th season as a Golden Rams coach. Land joined the ASU Golden Rams football squad as a running back in 1983 and enjoyed a stellar football career. Land earned honors in high school, collegiate and professional athletics. In 1984, he was part of the first S.I.A.C Football Championship team at Albany State College. Land's interest in football sparked when he joined the 1979 Seminole County High School Indians football team, where he was a four-year letterman and all-star running and defensive back. As an Albany State Golden Ram, Land was a two-time All-Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (SIAC) team member. He led the Rams in rushing as a junior with 1,299 yards and 1,396 yards as a senior. He also led the team and the SIAC in rushing Dan Land touchdowns. Albany State His collegiate success led him to the National Football League (NFL). The Tampa Bay Buccaneers drafted him as a running back in 1987, and he later played with the Oakland Raiders as a defensive back. Land, who earned his graduate and undergraduate degrees from ASU, served as director of athletics at Albany State from November 1998 until June 2001. Land is also an instructor in ASU's Department of Health, Physical Education and Recreation. In 2005, Land was inducted into the Albany State University’s Sports Hall of Fame. He is also a member of Pleasant Hill Missionary Baptist Church of Albany, Ga. where he serves as a member of the Deacon Board. Land and his wife, former ASU cheerleader Theresa Spurlin, are the parents of two daughters, Dannisha and Mimeaux, and one son Dan Land, Jr. and a grandson named Lathan. Dannisha is also an ASU graduate. His daughter Mimeaux attends Clemson University where she is a member of the Lady Tigers' track & field team. Dan Land, Jr. is a sophomore at Westover Comprehensive High School where he also plays on the Patriots football team.
David Dean Valdosta State
Entering his ninth season as the Valdosta State head coach, David Dean has proven his name belongs among the top in the nation when discussing the best coaches in the NCAA Division II’s ranks. After all, Dean has twice led his team to the pinnacle of the NCAA Division II football world as his squad won national championships in both 2007 and 2012. Additionally, he has led his squad to two more appearances in the NCAA Playoffs and tallied a career record of 70 wins against just 24 losses, a winning percentage of .744. Twice Dean has been named the American Football Coaches Association Division II Coach of the Year, having accomplished the feat in both 2007 and 2012 and received the organization’s Super Region II Coach of the Year honor in 2010. The individual accolades have not been reserved just for Dean during his tenure, as he has had a player receive AllAmerica recognition on 21 occasions while a Blazer has been named All-Gulf South Conference 59 times under his tutelage. Additionally, 10 Valdosta State Blazers that have played for Dean have gone on to the NFL.
Albany State University Golden Rams 2015 Football Roster NO. NAME 1 Leonard Walker 2 Jarvis Small 3 Kelderion Miller 4 Jessie Atkins 5 Nick Scott 6 Marquez Hodo 7 Zavondric Shingleton 10 Charod Williams 11 Rodricous Gates 12 DeVonte Haley 13 Quincy Fortson 14 Devonta Osborne 15 Tony Jackson, II 16 Caleb Edmonds 17 Ta’Keevian Harris 18 Malik Dungee 19 Quadrey Simmons 20 Aaron Davis 21 Stefan Whitehead 22 Thomas Smith 23 Dalviness Greene 24 David Tyson 25 Dimario Jones 26 Ryan Selby 27 Terry Wiley 28 Oumar Kourouma 29 D’Vautrey Love 30 Jalliane Coverson 31 Shiquez Underwood 32 Jaborie Hills 34 Yusuf Muhammad 35 Mack Green 36 Kentrelle Curry 37 Renard Whyte 38 Zachary Gayden-Holley 39 Cedric Ashe 40 McKinley Hambersham 41 Curtis Williams 42 Antravious Parks 43 Chaz Walker 44 Tavarius Washington 45 Timothy Burtch 46 Ferdinand Aka 47 Fredric Aka 48 Demetris Williams 50 Emmauel Brown 51 Nick Graham 52 Eric Donald
POS TE RB DB WR DB DB LB QB QB RB DB WR TE QB QB WR WR DB K/P WR RB DB DB DB P DB DB DB RB FB FB RB DB RB K DB RB DB LB LB LB FB DB DB DB LB LB LB
HGT WGTCL 6-1 225 JR 5-7 206 JR 6-2 180 SO 5-10 180 SR 6-0 205 SO 5-11 160 JR 6-4 210 JR 5-10 176 JR 6-2 205 FR 5-6 155 FR 5-10 167 SR 5-8 175 SR 6-6 245 JR 6-3 220 JR 6-0 175 SO 5-11 162 FR 6-2 187 SO 5-9 180 FR 5-11 165 SO 6-3 230 SO 6-0 180 JR 6-0 195 FR 5-9 175 SR 6-2 205 JR 6-0 165 SO 6-1 175 SR 6-0 170 FR 5-9 195 FR 5-8 180 SO 5-8 240 SO 5-7 240 SO 5-7 155 JR 6-1 210 SO 5-7 172 JR 5-8 173 SR 6-0 185 SR 5-9 180 FR 5-11 195 FR 6-0 250 FR 6-1 200 JR 6-2 230 SR 5-8 230 SO 5-10 162 FR 6-2 180 FR 6-0 183 JR 6-0 200 SO 5-9 210 SO 6-0 220 SO
HOMETOWN/PREVIOUS SCHOOL Belle Glade, FL/Glade Central HS Brunswick, GA/Brunswick HS Albany, GA/Westover HS Camilla, GA/Mitchell County HS Ellabell, GA/Bryan County HS Rex, GA/Charleston Southern Univ./Stockbridge HS Millen, GA/Jenkins County High School East Point, GA/Carver Atlanta HS Jonesboro, GA/Mundy’s Mill HS Jonesboro, GA/Mundy’s Mill HS Bainbridge, GA/Bainbridge HS Waynesboro, GA/Burke County HS San Diego, CA/Southwestern College/Monte Vista HS Atlanta, GA/Hargrave Military Academy Albany, GA/Westover HS Albany, GA/Albany HS Cope, SC/Edisto HS Jonesboro/Lovejoy HS Fairburn, GA/Langston Hughes HS Williamsburg, VA/Louisburg College/Lafayette HS Albany, GA/Westover HS Americus, GA/Americus-Sumter HS Decatur, GA/Concordia College/Columbia HS Atlanta, GA/North Atlanta HS Douglas, GA/Paine College/Bacon County HS Columbus, GA/Jones County JC/Jordan HS Decatur, GA/Columbia HS Pine Mountain, GA/Harris County HS Irwinton, GA/Wilkinson County HS Savannah, GA/Sol C. Johnson HS Ashburn, GA/Turner County HS Albany, GA/Olivet Nazerence College/Sherwood Christian Acad. Macon, GA/Northeast Macon HS Ellenwood, GA/Post University/M.L. King HS Snellville, GA/South Gwinnett HS Columbus, GA/Shaw HS Savannah, GA/Memorial Day School Leesburg, GA/Lee County High School Albany, GA/Westover HS Hampton, GA/Reedley College/Luella HS Waynesboro, GA/Burke County HS Riverdale, GA/Hart County HS Norcross, GA/Norcross HS Norcross, GA/Norcross HS Albany, GA/Dougherty Comprehensive HS Columbus, GA/Kendrick HS Atlanta, GA/Arabia Mountain HS Thomasville, GA/Thomasville HS
53 54 55 56 57 58 59 61 65 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 99
Zane Fields Jamal Abd Al-Qadir Marvin Lewis Kenneth Averhart Kelvin Shedd Tim Bridges MarDarius Gibson Javoris Wilburn Tedrick Coffield Jamie Glenn Darius Mitchell Brandon Williams Deion Walker Brian Nathan Joshua Coleman Gregory Farms Jabari Dickerson Douglas Turner Jonathan McKeller Roderick Lane-Atkins Chris Hunt Nicholas Harris Syngin Stellato Yancey Burns Aubrey Brown Christopher Sparks Jaquri Shingles Daryl Andrews Romello Floyd Nhigel Phillips Mason Fuller Aquanya Gates Ricky Blackmon, Jr. Jaylon Jackson Darien Conley Toryan Bell Grover Stewart
LB LB LB OL LB OL DB OL OL OL OL OL OL OL OL OL OL OL OL DB TE WR TE WR WR WR WR LB WR DL DL DL DL DL DL DL DL
6-1 6-0 6-1 6-3 6-0 6-0 5-10 6-5 6-3 6-5 6-2 6-1 6-3 6-2 6-6 6-7 6-1 6-5 6-5 5-9 6-2 6-3 6-7 6-0 5-6 6-4 6-1 6-2 6-2 6-5 6-4 6-1 6-1 6-2 6-1 5-11 6’5
240 235 220 310 240 305 185 305 315 335 380 325 291 340 330 350 315 295 315 179 225 175 240 185 175 185 198 245 197 350 295 220 295 258 240 320 295
JR SR SO SR FR FR SO JR SO FR SR FR FR SO SO SR FR SO FR SO SO JR SO JR JR FR FR SR FR JR JR FR SR FR FR FR SO
Jonesboro, GA/Hutchinson Community College/Lovejoy HS Augusta, GA/Westside HS Columbus, GA/Kendrick HS Columbus, MS/East Mississippi CC/Columbus HS Jonesboro, GA/Mundy’s Mill HS Jonesboro, GA/Jonesboro HS Columbus, GA/North Georgia Tech Warrenton, GA/Warrenton HS Atlanta, GA/Westlake HS Snellville, GA/Shiloh HS Jonesboro, GA/Westlake HS Jonesboro, GA/Mundy’s Mill HS Atlanta, GA/Carver HS Augusta, GA/Academy of Richmond County Dublin, GA/Dublin HS Warner Robins, GA/Warner Robins HS Snellville, GA/Shiloh HS Columbus, GA/Spencer HS Villa Rica, GA/Villa Rica HS Piedmont, SC/Gardner-Webb Univ./Woodmont HS College Park, GA/North Carolina A&T Univ./Our Lady of Mercy Ac Hampton, GA/Luella HS Fayetteville, GA/Fayette County HS Camilla, GA/Newberry College/Mitchell County HS Conyers, GA/Rockdale HS Macon, GA/Central HS Albany, GA/Westover HS Atlanta, GA/Maynard Jackson HS East Point, GA/Tri-Cities HS Griffin, GA/Northeast Community College/Griffin HS Pembroke, GA/Georgia Southern Univ./Urban Prep Charter Sch. Atlanta, GA/Creekside HS Athens, GA/West Hills CC/Clarke Central HS Powder Springs, GA/Hiram HS Jonesboro, GA/Lovejoy HS Hampton, GA/Lovejoy HS Camilla, GA/Mitchell County HS
Dr. Arthur N. Dunning, Interim President Dr. Richard H. Williams, Athletics Director Dr. Stephanie Harrison-Dyer, Assistant Athletics Director Dan Land, Interim Head Coach Steve Smith, Anthony Kelly, Uyl Joyner, Bokowski Daniels, Chris Henderson, Kaream Hess, Charles Huff, William Chunn, Alex Williams, Damien Goosby, Victor Moli Assistant Coaches Stan McCormick, Sports Information Director Phone: (229) 420-7013 Fax: (229) 434-7049 Email: [email protected] Facebook: ASU Ram Nation Twitter: @ASUGoldenRams Instagram: asu_ram_nation
2015 Football Depth Chart Golden Rams Offense LT
#61 Javoris Wilburn #78 Jonathan McKeller (6-2, 185, FR) LG #70 Darius Mitchell #69 Jamie Glenn 7 Blaize Schaeffer C #65 Tedrick Coffield #76 Jabari Dickerson #7 RG #57 Kenneth Averhart #73 Brian Nathan RT
Golden Rams Defense (6-5, 305, JR) (6-5, 315, FR)
RDE #88 #94
Daryl Andrews Jaylon Jackson
(6-2, 245, SR) (6-2, 258, FR)
(6-2, 380, SR) (6-5, 335, SR) (6-2, 185, FR) (6-3, 315, SO) (6-1, 315, FR)
NG
Rickey Blackmon Nhigel Phillips
(6-1, 295, SR) (6-5, 350, JR)
(6-3, 310, SR) (6-2, 340, SO)
#93 #90
LDE #99 Grover Stewart #95 Darien Conley Troy Morgan (6-4, 285, JR) SLB #7 Zavondric Shingleton #50 Emmauel Brown
(6-5, 295, JR) (6-1, 240, FR) (6-4, 210, JR) (6-0, 200, SO)
#75 #74 #7 #16 #17
Gregory Farms Joshua Coleman Blaize Schaeffer Caleb Edmonds Ta’Keevian Harris
(6-7, 350, SR) (6-6, 330, SO) (6-2, 185, FR) (6-3, 220, JR) (6-0, 175, SO)
MLB #42 #54
Antravious Parks Jamal Abd Al-Qadir
(6-0, 250, FR) (6-0, 235, SR)
RLB #44 #55
Tavarius Washington Marvin Lewis
(6-2, 230, SR) (6-1, 220, SO)
RB
#2 #23
Jarvis Smalls Dalviness Greene
(5-7, 206, JR) (6-0, 180, SO)
WLB #53 #92
Zane Fields Aquanya Gates
(6-1, 240, JR) (6-1, 220, FR)
HR
#14 #18
Devonte Osborne Malik Dungee
(5-8, 175, SR) (5-11, 162, FR)
RCB #13 #6
Quincy Fortson Marquez Hodo
(5-10, 167, SR) (5-11, 160, JR)
XR
#84 #22
Yancey Burns Thomas Smith
(6-0, 185, JR) (6-3, 230, SO)
SS
#41 #30
(6-2, 205, SO) (5-9, 195, FR)
YR
#4 #80
Jessie Atkins Roderick Lane-Atkins
(5-10, 180, SR) (5-9, 179, SO)
FS
#15 #39
Ryan Selby Jallaine Coverson BACKUP? Nick Scott Cedric Ashe
ZR
#19 #87
Quadrey Simmons Jaquri Shingles
(6-2, 187, SO) (6-1, 198, FR)
LCB #28 #25
Oumar Kourouma David Tyson
(6-1, 175, SR) (6-0, 195, FR)
KR
#4 #15
Jessie Atkins Nick Scott
(5-10, 180, SR) (6-0, 205, SO)
PR
#4 #18
Jessie Atkins Malik Dungee
(5-10, 180, SR) (5-11, 162, FR)
QB
(6-0, 205, SO) (6-0, 185, SR)
Golden Rams Special Teams K
#21 Stephan Whitehead #38 Zachary Gayden-Holley
(5-11, 165, SO) (5-8, 173, SR)
P
#27 Terry Wiley #21 Stephan Whitehead
(6-0, 165, SO) (5-11, 165, SO)
#14 #27
(5-8, 175, SR) (6-0, 165, SO )
H
Devonte Osborne Terry Wiley
Albany State Football ASU Sports Information 504 College Drive Albany, GA 31705 Website: www.asugoldenrams.com
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2015 Albany State Schedule Date Sept. 5 Sept. 12 Sept. 19 Sept. 26 Oct. 3 Oct. 10 Oct. 17 Oct. 24 Oct. 31 Nov. 7
Opponent Valdosta State Tuskegee Univ. Stillman College at Delta State Univ. at Miles College Open Morehouse College at Clark Atlanta Univ. Benedict College Fort Valley State
Time/Result 7 p.m. 5 p.m. 7 p.m. 2 p.m. (CT) 4 p.m. (CT) 2 p.m. 2 p.m. 2 p.m. 2 p.m.
2015 Valdosta State Schedule Sept. 5 Sept. 12 Sept. 26 Oct. 3 Oct. 10 Oct. 17 Oct. 22 Oct. 31 Nov. 7 Nov. 14
at Albany State vs. Winston-Salem St. Cumberland North Alabama at West Georgia Mississippi College at Shorter West Alabama at Delta State Florida Tech
Stan McCormick, Sports Information Director Office: (229) 420-7013 Fax: (229) 434-7049
7:00 p.m. 6:00 p.m. 4:00 p.m. 2:00 p.m. 2:00 p.m. 2:00 p.m. 7:30 p.m. 2:00 p.m. 5:00 p.m. 3:00 p.m.
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2015 ASU Football: Game 1 vs Valdosta State Albany State will kick off its 2015 season when it faces an old state rival. The Golden Rams will host the Valdosta State Blazers at Albany State University Coliseum at 7 p.m. This will be the 17 meeting between the two programs. The Blazers hold a 15-1 series edge. The Golden Rams lost to VSU 38-10 in the season opener of the 2014 season. Albany State returns a bevy of veteran players on both offense and defense. The Gold Rush Offense will be led by junior running back, Jarvis Small, who had a breakout season during his sophomore campaign. Small rushed for 1.169 yards and 13 touchdowns, and garnered the 2014 SIAC Offensive Player of the Year Award. All-conference offensive lineman Javoris Wilburn also returns, along with fellow starting lineman Tedrick Coffield and Kenneth Averhart. Junior Caleb Edmonds will take over the reigns at the quarterback position. Top wide receivers Devonta Osborne and Quadrey Simmons are also back. The Golden Rams also return their two kickers in Zachary Gayden-Holley and Stefan Whitehead. On defense, All-SIAC linebacker Tavarius Washington will lead the perennially sound ASU defense. He led the team in total tackles with 93 and was also named to the Daktronics Super Region Two Defensive Team. Returning starters Grover Stewart and Ricky Blackmon will anchor the Golden Rams’ defensive line. Defensive backs Nick Scott, Cedric Ashe and Ryan Selby return to the ASU secondary. Valdosta State returns 14 starters from their 2014 team that tallied a 10-3 record and advanced to the third round of postseason play. The Blazer offense will be led by three-time All-Gulf South Conference running back Cedric O’Neal, who has rushed for 3,046 yards, the third-highest total in school history, over the course of the last three years. ASU Golden Rams 2014 Record: 7-3 (7-0 SIAC) Coach: Dan Land Career Record: 0-0 (1st Season) Record: 0-0, 0-0 SIAC Ranking: Receiving
VSU Blazers 2014 Record: Coach: David Dean Career Record: 70-24 (7th Season) Record: 0-0, 0-0 GSC Ranking: #16
THE HEAD COACHES Dan Land is no stranger to ASU athletics, as he enters his first year as the Interim Head Football coach. Overall, Land is entering his 15th season as a Golden Rams coach. Land joined the ASU Golden Rams football squad as a running back in 1983 and enjoyed a stellar football career. Land earned honors in high school, collegiate and professional athletics. In 1984, he was part of the first S.I.A.C Football Championship team at Albany State College. Land's interest in football sparked when he joined the 1979 Seminole County High School Indians football team, where he was a four-year letterman and all-star running and defensive back. As an Albany State Golden Ram, Land was a two-time All-Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (SIAC) team member. He led the Rams in rushing as a junior with 1,299 yards and 1,396 yards as a senior. He also led the team and the SIAC in rushing Dan Land touchdowns. Albany State His collegiate success led him to the National Football League (NFL). The Tampa Bay Buccaneers drafted him as a running back in 1987, and he later played with the Oakland Raiders as a defensive back. Land, who earned his graduate and undergraduate degrees from ASU, served as director of athletics at Albany State from November 1998 until June 2001. Land is also an instructor in ASU's Department of Health, Physical Education and Recreation. In 2005, Land was inducted into the Albany State University’s Sports Hall of Fame. He is also a member of Pleasant Hill Missionary Baptist Church of Albany, Ga. where he serves as a member of the Deacon Board. Land and his wife, former ASU cheerleader Theresa Spurlin, are the parents of two daughters, Dannisha and Mimeaux, and one son Dan Land, Jr. and a grandson named Lathan. Dannisha is also an ASU graduate. His daughter Mimeaux attends Clemson University where she is a member of the Lady Tigers' track & field team. Dan Land, Jr. is a sophomore at Westover Comprehensive High School where he also plays on the Patriots football team.
David Dean Valdosta State
Entering his ninth season as the Valdosta State head coach, David Dean has proven his name belongs among the top in the nation when discussing the best coaches in the NCAA Division II’s ranks. After all, Dean has twice led his team to the pinnacle of the NCAA Division II football world as his squad won national championships in both 2007 and 2012. Additionally, he has led his squad to two more appearances in the NCAA Playoffs and tallied a career record of 70 wins against just 24 losses, a winning percentage of .744. Twice Dean has been named the American Football Coaches Association Division II Coach of the Year, having accomplished the feat in both 2007 and 2012 and received the organization’s Super Region II Coach of the Year honor in 2010. The individual accolades have not been reserved just for Dean during his tenure, as he has had a player receive AllAmerica recognition on 21 occasions while a Blazer has been named All-Gulf South Conference 59 times under his tutelage. Additionally, 10 Valdosta State Blazers that have played for Dean have gone on to the NFL.
Albany State University Golden Rams 2015 Football Roster NO. NAME 1 Leonard Walker 2 Jarvis Small 3 Kelderion Miller 4 Jessie Atkins 5 Nick Scott 6 Marquez Hodo 7 Zavondric Shingleton 10 Charod Williams 11 Rodricous Gates 12 DeVonte Haley 13 Quincy Fortson 14 Devonta Osborne 15 Tony Jackson, II 16 Caleb Edmonds 17 Ta’Keevian Harris 18 Malik Dungee 19 Quadrey Simmons 20 Aaron Davis 21 Stefan Whitehead 22 Thomas Smith 23 Dalviness Greene 24 David Tyson 25 Dimario Jones 26 Ryan Selby 27 Terry Wiley 28 Oumar Kourouma 29 D’Vautrey Love 30 Jalliane Coverson 31 Shiquez Underwood 32 Jaborie Hills 34 Yusuf Muhammad 35 Mack Green 36 Kentrelle Curry 37 Renard Whyte 38 Zachary Gayden-Holley 39 Cedric Ashe 40 McKinley Hambersham 41 Curtis Williams 42 Antravious Parks 43 Chaz Walker 44 Tavarius Washington 45 Timothy Burtch 46 Ferdinand Aka 47 Fredric Aka 48 Demetris Williams 50 Emmauel Brown 51 Nick Graham 52 Eric Donald
POS TE RB DB WR DB DB LB QB QB RB DB WR TE QB QB WR WR DB K/P WR RB DB DB DB P DB DB DB RB FB FB RB DB RB K DB RB DB LB LB LB FB DB DB DB LB LB LB
HGT WGTCL 6-1 225 JR 5-7 206 JR 6-2 180 SO 5-10 180 SR 6-0 205 SO 5-11 160 JR 6-4 210 JR 5-10 176 JR 6-2 205 FR 5-6 155 FR 5-10 167 SR 5-8 175 SR 6-6 245 JR 6-3 220 JR 6-0 175 SO 5-11 162 FR 6-2 187 SO 5-9 180 FR 5-11 165 SO 6-3 230 SO 6-0 180 JR 6-0 195 FR 5-9 175 SR 6-2 205 JR 6-0 165 SO 6-1 175 SR 6-0 170 FR 5-9 195 FR 5-8 180 SO 5-8 240 SO 5-7 240 SO 5-7 155 JR 6-1 210 SO 5-7 172 JR 5-8 173 SR 6-0 185 SR 5-9 180 FR 5-11 195 FR 6-0 250 FR 6-1 200 JR 6-2 230 SR 5-8 230 SO 5-10 162 FR 6-2 180 FR 6-0 183 JR 6-0 200 SO 5-9 210 SO 6-0 220 SO
HOMETOWN/PREVIOUS SCHOOL Belle Glade, FL/Glade Central HS Brunswick, GA/Brunswick HS Albany, GA/Westover HS Camilla, GA/Mitchell County HS Ellabell, GA/Bryan County HS Rex, GA/Charleston Southern Univ./Stockbridge HS Millen, GA/Jenkins County High School East Point, GA/Carver Atlanta HS Jonesboro, GA/Mundy’s Mill HS Jonesboro, GA/Mundy’s Mill HS Bainbridge, GA/Bainbridge HS Waynesboro, GA/Burke County HS San Diego, CA/Southwestern College/Monte Vista HS Atlanta, GA/Hargrave Military Academy Albany, GA/Westover HS Albany, GA/Albany HS Cope, SC/Edisto HS Jonesboro/Lovejoy HS Fairburn, GA/Langston Hughes HS Williamsburg, VA/Louisburg College/Lafayette HS Albany, GA/Westover HS Americus, GA/Americus-Sumter HS Decatur, GA/Concordia College/Columbia HS Atlanta, GA/North Atlanta HS Douglas, GA/Paine College/Bacon County HS Columbus, GA/Jones County JC/Jordan HS Decatur, GA/Columbia HS Pine Mountain, GA/Harris County HS Irwinton, GA/Wilkinson County HS Savannah, GA/Sol C. Johnson HS Ashburn, GA/Turner County HS Albany, GA/Olivet Nazerence College/Sherwood Christian Acad. Macon, GA/Northeast Macon HS Ellenwood, GA/Post University/M.L. King HS Snellville, GA/South Gwinnett HS Columbus, GA/Shaw HS Savannah, GA/Memorial Day School Leesburg, GA/Lee County High School Albany, GA/Westover HS Hampton, GA/Reedley College/Luella HS Waynesboro, GA/Burke County HS Riverdale, GA/Hart County HS Norcross, GA/Norcross HS Norcross, GA/Norcross HS Albany, GA/Dougherty Comprehensive HS Columbus, GA/Kendrick HS Atlanta, GA/Arabia Mountain HS Thomasville, GA/Thomasville HS
53 54 55 56 57 58 59 61 65 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 99
Zane Fields Jamal Abd Al-Qadir Marvin Lewis Kenneth Averhart Kelvin Shedd Tim Bridges MarDarius Gibson Javoris Wilburn Tedrick Coffield Jamie Glenn Darius Mitchell Brandon Williams Deion Walker Brian Nathan Joshua Coleman Gregory Farms Jabari Dickerson Douglas Turner Jonathan McKeller Roderick Lane-Atkins Chris Hunt Nicholas Harris Syngin Stellato Yancey Burns Aubrey Brown Christopher Sparks Jaquri Shingles Daryl Andrews Romello Floyd Nhigel Phillips Mason Fuller Aquanya Gates Ricky Blackmon, Jr. Jaylon Jackson Darien Conley Toryan Bell Grover Stewart
LB LB LB OL LB OL DB OL OL OL OL OL OL OL OL OL OL OL OL DB TE WR TE WR WR WR WR LB WR DL DL DL DL DL DL DL DL
6-1 6-0 6-1 6-3 6-0 6-0 5-10 6-5 6-3 6-5 6-2 6-1 6-3 6-2 6-6 6-7 6-1 6-5 6-5 5-9 6-2 6-3 6-7 6-0 5-6 6-4 6-1 6-2 6-2 6-5 6-4 6-1 6-1 6-2 6-1 5-11 6’5
240 235 220 310 240 305 185 305 315 335 380 325 291 340 330 350 315 295 315 179 225 175 240 185 175 185 198 245 197 350 295 220 295 258 240 320 295
JR SR SO SR FR FR SO JR SO FR SR FR FR SO SO SR FR SO FR SO SO JR SO JR JR FR FR SR FR JR JR FR SR FR FR FR SO
Jonesboro, GA/Hutchinson Community College/Lovejoy HS Augusta, GA/Westside HS Columbus, GA/Kendrick HS Columbus, MS/East Mississippi CC/Columbus HS Jonesboro, GA/Mundy’s Mill HS Jonesboro, GA/Jonesboro HS Columbus, GA/North Georgia Tech Warrenton, GA/Warrenton HS Atlanta, GA/Westlake HS Snellville, GA/Shiloh HS Jonesboro, GA/Westlake HS Jonesboro, GA/Mundy’s Mill HS Atlanta, GA/Carver HS Augusta, GA/Academy of Richmond County Dublin, GA/Dublin HS Warner Robins, GA/Warner Robins HS Snellville, GA/Shiloh HS Columbus, GA/Spencer HS Villa Rica, GA/Villa Rica HS Piedmont, SC/Gardner-Webb Univ./Woodmont HS College Park, GA/North Carolina A&T Univ./Our Lady of Mercy Ac Hampton, GA/Luella HS Fayetteville, GA/Fayette County HS Camilla, GA/Newberry College/Mitchell County HS Conyers, GA/Rockdale HS Macon, GA/Central HS Albany, GA/Westover HS Atlanta, GA/Maynard Jackson HS East Point, GA/Tri-Cities HS Griffin, GA/Northeast Community College/Griffin HS Pembroke, GA/Georgia Southern Univ./Urban Prep Charter Sch. Atlanta, GA/Creekside HS Athens, GA/West Hills CC/Clarke Central HS Powder Springs, GA/Hiram HS Jonesboro, GA/Lovejoy HS Hampton, GA/Lovejoy HS Camilla, GA/Mitchell County HS
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2015 Football Depth Chart Golden Rams Offense LT
#61 Javoris Wilburn #78 Jonathan McKeller (6-2, 185, FR) LG #70 Darius Mitchell #69 Jamie Glenn 7 Blaize Schaeffer C #65 Tedrick Coffield #76 Jabari Dickerson #7 RG #57 Kenneth Averhart #73 Brian Nathan RT
Golden Rams Defense (6-5, 305, JR) (6-5, 315, FR)
RDE #88 #94
Daryl Andrews Jaylon Jackson
(6-2, 245, SR) (6-2, 258, FR)
(6-2, 380, SR) (6-5, 335, SR) (6-2, 185, FR) (6-3, 315, SO) (6-1, 315, FR)
NG
Rickey Blackmon Nhigel Phillips
(6-1, 295, SR) (6-5, 350, JR)
(6-3, 310, SR) (6-2, 340, SO)
#93 #90
LDE #99 Grover Stewart #95 Darien Conley Troy Morgan (6-4, 285, JR) SLB #7 Zavondric Shingleton #50 Emmauel Brown
(6-5, 295, JR) (6-1, 240, FR) (6-4, 210, JR) (6-0, 200, SO)
#75 #74 #7 #16 #17
Gregory Farms Joshua Coleman Blaize Schaeffer Caleb Edmonds Ta’Keevian Harris
(6-7, 350, SR) (6-6, 330, SO) (6-2, 185, FR) (6-3, 220, JR) (6-0, 175, SO)
MLB #42 #54
Antravious Parks Jamal Abd Al-Qadir
(6-0, 250, FR) (6-0, 235, SR)
RLB #44 #55
Tavarius Washington Marvin Lewis
(6-2, 230, SR) (6-1, 220, SO)
RB
#2 #23
Jarvis Smalls Dalviness Greene
(5-7, 206, JR) (6-0, 180, SO)
WLB #53 #92
Zane Fields Aquanya Gates
(6-1, 240, JR) (6-1, 220, FR)
HR
#14 #18
Devonte Osborne Malik Dungee
(5-8, 175, SR) (5-11, 162, FR)
RCB #13 #6
Quincy Fortson Marquez Hodo
(5-10, 167, SR) (5-11, 160, JR)
XR
#84 #22
Yancey Burns Thomas Smith
(6-0, 185, JR) (6-3, 230, SO)
SS
#41 #30
(6-2, 205, SO) (5-9, 195, FR)
YR
#4 #80
Jessie Atkins Roderick Lane-Atkins
(5-10, 180, SR) (5-9, 179, SO)
FS
#15 #39
Ryan Selby Jallaine Coverson BACKUP? Nick Scott Cedric Ashe
ZR
#19 #87
Quadrey Simmons Jaquri Shingles
(6-2, 187, SO) (6-1, 198, FR)
LCB #28 #25
Oumar Kourouma David Tyson
(6-1, 175, SR) (6-0, 195, FR)
KR
#4 #15
Jessie Atkins Nick Scott
(5-10, 180, SR) (6-0, 205, SO)
PR
#4 #18
Jessie Atkins Malik Dungee
(5-10, 180, SR) (5-11, 162, FR)
QB
(6-0, 205, SO) (6-0, 185, SR)
Golden Rams Special Teams K
#21 Stephan Whitehead #38 Zachary Gayden-Holley
(5-11, 165, SO) (5-8, 173, SR)
P
#27 Terry Wiley #21 Stephan Whitehead
(6-0, 165, SO) (5-11, 165, SO)
#14 #27
(5-8, 175, SR) (6-0, 165, SO )
H
Devonte Osborne Terry Wiley
