Sam Houston State vs. Lamar

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1 Sam Houston State vs. Lamar Provost Umphrey Stadium - Beaumont, Tx. October 2, p.m. kickoff ON THE ROAD AGAIN After winning their home opener Saturday over Gardner- Webb, Sam Houston s young football team heads back on the road for two weeks. The Bearkats renew an old rivalry against the Lamar Cardinals Saturday in Beaumont then open Southland Conference play at Nicholls, October 9. Sam Houston is playing four of its first five games on the road in The Bearkats lost to Baylor 34-3 at Waco and Western Illinois at Macomb to start the year. YOUTH MOVEMENT With only 29 lettermen back from last year s Bearkat squad and only five seniors on this year s roster, the 2010 Sam Houston football team definitely is young. Eleven freshmen dot the Bearkats two-deep lineup and two had a big hand in Sam Houston s first victory of the season Saturday over Gardner-Webb. True freshman Brian Bell of China Springs passed for 163 yards and two touchdowns in his first college start. Red-shirt running back Tim Flanders rushed for 104 yards including a 54-yard touchdown. New Sam Houston head coach Willie Fritz inherited a young team with just as many newcomers as returning players and told potential high school recruits they definitely had an opportunity to play as freshmen. FRESHMEN RUNNING BACKS Tim Flanders, freshman running back from Midwest City, Okla., has produced back-to-back 100-yard rushing games. He carried 21 tunes for 154 yards and two touchdowns at Western Illinois and 19 times for 104 yards and a 54-yard score against Gardner-Webb. Flanders is the first Sam Houston freshman to post consecutive 100-yard rushing games. Only three other Bearkat backs have produced two or more 100-yard games as freshmen. Joe Rauls had three 100-yard games in 1998 and James Oliphant and Stevie Smith each had two in 1973 and 2002, respectively. The complete list of 100-yard rushing performances by Sam Houston freshmen: Player Year Performance & Opponent James Oliphant for 191 vs. Abilene Christian Tim Flanders for 154 vs. Western Illinois Joe Rauls for 147 vs. Southwest Texas Stevie Smith for 145 vs. Jacksonville State Joe Rauls for 126 vs. Nicholls Charles Harris for 123 vs. Southwest Texas Eric Polk for 119 vs. Texas Southern Joe Vickers for 114 vs. Tarleton State Joe Rauls for 111 vs. Angelo State James Oliphant for 107 vs. Angelo State Stevie Smith for 105 vs. Nicholls Tim Flanders for 104 vs. Gardner-Webb Location: Huntsville, TX Enrollment: 17,300 Stadium: Bowers Capacity: 14,000 / RealGrass Pro Colors: Orange & white Head Coach: Willie Fritz Alma Mater: Pittsburg St., 1983 First year at Sam Houston overall record in 18 seasons as head coach Location: Beaumont, Tx Enrollment: 14,054 Stadium: Provost Umphrey Capacity: 16,000 / Turf Colors: Red & white Head Coach: Ray Woodard First Year Sam Houston Bearkats Lamar Cardinals 2010 Schedule (1-2) S. 4 at Baylor L 3-34 S. 18 at Western Illinois L S. 25 GARDNER-WEBB W O. 2 at Lamar 6 p.m. O. 9 at Nicholls 4 p.m. O. 16 SOUTHEASTERN LA. 2 p.m. O. 23 STEPHEN F. AUSTIN# 2 p.m. O. 30 at Northwestern St. 6 p.m. N. 6 McNEESE ST. 2 p.m. N. 13 at Central Arkansas 3 p.m. N. 20 TEXAS STATE 2 p.m. #Reliant Stadium, Houston, Tx Schedule (2-2) S. 4 at McNeese St. L S. 11 Webber International W S. 18 at Southeastern La. W S. 25 at Stephen F. Austin L 3-71 O. 2 Sam Houston O. 9 Langston O. 16 South Alabama O. 30 at North Dakota N. 6 at Georgia St. N. 13 South Dakota N. 20 Panhandle St. BEARKAT RADIO KSAM FM will broadcast all Sam Houston games with Kooter Roberson and Leroy Wilkinson calling the action. The broadcast also may be heard anywhere in the world online at com. Southland Conference Standings League Season W L W L Stephen F. Austin Texas St Central Arkansas McNeese St Sam Houston St Southeastern Louisiana Nicholls Northwestern St Last Week Sam Houston 30, Gardner-Webb 14 North Dakota 49, Northwestern St. 24 Nicholls 44, Bacone 28 Texas St. 42, Southern Utah 28 La-Monroe 21, Southeastern La 20 Stephen F. Austin 71, Lamar 3 Tulsa 41, Central Arkansas 14 Cal Poly 40, McNeese St. 14 This Week Sam Houston at Lamar McNeese St. at Northwestern St. Texas St. at Southeastern La.

2 Sam Houston Football - Page 2 RENEWING AN OLD RIVALRY Sam Houston and Lamar meet for the 31st time in the two university s football history. Lamar dropped football after the 1989 season and is bringing the sport back this year. The Bearkats and the Cardinals played together in the Lone Star Conference from 1935 to 1962 and continued the rivalry in non-conference encounters periodically through the 1970s and 1980s. Sam Houston leads the all-time series with 21 victories, nine losses and one tie. Lamar defeated Sam Houston 14-0 in the pair s last meeting in the Cardinals final season of play in Year Result SH Foe 1935 A L H W H W A W A W H W A W A W H W H W A W H W A L H W A W H T 7 7 Sam Houston vs. Lamar Won 21, Lost 9, Tied 1 Year Result SH Foe 1958 A L H L A L H W A W A W A L N* L A L H W A W H W A W H W A L 0 14 SCOUTING THE CARDINALS Lamar opened eyes across the Southland Conference battling defending league co-champion McNeese in a loss at Lake Charles, La., in the Cardinals opener and upsetting Southeastern Louisiana in Hammond two weeks later. Lamar also defeated Webber International in their first home game. The Cardinals feature a wide open offensive attack. Quarterback Andre Bevil has completed 89 of 155 passes for 1,193 yards and 10 touchdowns in four games. His top receivers are J.J. Hayes with 22 catches for 267 yards and five scores and Marcus Jackson who has 20 receptions for 319 yards and two touchdowns. Cody Hussey leads the Lamar ground game with 32 carries for 114 yards. Asim Hicks and Jonathan Ekpe anchor the defense. Hicks has totaled 37 tackles including two sacks and three tackles for loss. Ekpe has been credited with 22 tackles. SAM HOUSTON CONNECTIONS Two former Sam Houston coaches Todd Whitten and Nathan Reeves -- now are members of the Lamar staff. Whitten served as offensive coordinator at Sam Houston in 1999 and was the Bearkats head coach from 2005 to Reeves was a graduate assistant on Whitten s staff the past two years. SAM HOUSTON BEARKAT FOOTBALL IN 2010 Sam Houston head coach Willie Fritz knew coming into the season that he was going to have his hands full turning around the Bearkats football program. Sam Houston returns only 29 of the 63 players who lettered on last year s 5-6 squad. The 34 lost letter-winners is the highest total of departed players since the Bearkats moved up to the NCAA Division I FCS level in The previous high was 28 lost lettermen in 1993 when Sam Houston went 4-7 for the year and 2-5 in Southland action. Just eight starters (two on offense and six on defense) are among the returnees. Sam Houston does not return a running back who touched a ball in the 2009 season and the Bearkats top six receivers from last year are gone. Of the 90 players who reported for the opening of preseason camp on August 6, only 48 took part in Fritz s spring practice in April. The other 42 players were either freshmen or transfers. The Bearkats 44-man two-deep for the Baylor game breaks down as follows 11 freshmen (6 offense, 5 defense); 17 sophomores (8 offense, 9 defense), 10 juniors (6 offense, 4 defense) and 6 seniors (2 offense, 4 defense). We lost a bunch of guys - 27 seniors - from last year s group, Fritz said. We told every kid we recruited that, if you want to play this year, you have the opportunity. Coming into preseason camp in August, every position was wide open. I like the direction we are going. I feel like we signed a good class. I like the staff we have put together. I think this is going to be a good mix. SHSU s coordinators both are former Southland Conference head coaches - Bob DeBesse (Southwest Texas) and Scott Stoker (Northwestern State). THE BEARKAT OFFENSE The biggest change for the 2010 Bearkats will come on offense where Sam Houston will look to become more balanced. I think you have to run the ball successfully to win, Fritz said. We are going to control the game and we are going to look and see where the weaknesses are and see what we can take advantage of. We will have a lot of different formations, but most everything we are going to do is with the same philosophy. Brian Bell, a true freshman from China Spring, took over the starting quarterback assignment in the Gardner-Webb game. Bell came off the bench in the second quarter at Western Illinois and directed the team to two touchdown drives. Senior quarterback Bryan Randolph started both at Baylor and WIU. He had been the backup the last two years, playing behind Rhett Bomar (now with the New York Giants) in 2008 and Blake Joseph (who passed for 2,440 yards and 14 touchdowns last year). With no running backs who carried during either the 2009 season or in spring practice, Sam Houston has collected a strong stable of runners in preseason camp. Freshmen Ridgeway Frank (Spring HS) and Cameron Brown (Austin LBJ HS) and transfers D. J. Morrow (Louisiana Tech) and Tim Flanders (Kansas State) will carry the load. Junior center Travis Watson and left tackle Chris Crockett were starters in 2008 who missed playing in 2009 because of injury. Sophomore tackle Kaleb Hopson was a starter as a freshman last year and sophomore tackle Rily Smith and guard Cameron Pound were backups last year, giving the Kats an experienced front line. Wide receivers Brandon Closner and Melvis Pride and tight end T. J. Jones were the only returning Bearkats to catch passes last year (combining for 13 catches for 170 yards). BEARKAT PRONUNCIATIONS Eric Fieilo Fee uh e low Chad Froechtenicht Froight nick E. J. Nduka N duke uh Chuck Obi Oh bee Marlowe Poitier Poor tee a Greg Sprowls Sprolls

3 Sam Houston Football - Page 3 THE BEARKAT DEFENSE It is no secret that one of Sam Houston s biggest weaknesses last season came in the secondary. The Bearkats started three freshmen, two safeties and a cornerback, who got on-the-job training while taking their fair share of lumps. Sam Houston ranked sixth out of eight teams in the Southland Conference in pass defense at yards a game. Things got better towards the end of the season including a victory over Central Arkansas in which the Kats gave up only 106 yards passing and picked off two passes. What was once a major weakness could now be a strength for the Kats heading into this season. Those three freshmen - Darnell Taylor, Kenneth Jenkins and Robert Shaw - are a year older, and more importantly, have now been in defensive coordinator Scott Stoker s scheme for an entire season. Throw in senior cornerback Jarvis Pippins and senior safeties Victor Carmichael and Brandon Bruce, and Sam Houston all of the sudden has a veteran secondary. Linebacker is another solid position with four veterans Will Henry, Kash David, Darius Taylor and Eric Fieilo all returning. Henry is the only player among nine Bearkats who were recognized as All- Southland Conference last year back for Up front, the defensive line is untested but has performed well in preseason camp with E. J. Nduka, Dwight Kennedy, J. T. Cleveland and Eddie Decambre listed as starters. SPECIAL TEAMS Miguel Antonio, who led Sam Houston in scoring with 73 points on 12 field goals and 37 PATs as a true freshman in 2009, returns. Antonio was named Southland Conference Special Teams Player of the Week following the victory over Gardner-Webb. Antonio kicked three field goals and was perfect on three extra points. Matt Foster, a veteran of Australian rules football in Melbourne, will handle punting chores. A red-hirt at Purdue last year, Foster will be played in his first American football game in the opener at Baylor. Another area where the Kats expect to create opportunities for the offense through special teams play is the Block Party. A special teams tradition established when Willie Fritz was special teams coordinator for Sam Houston in 1991 and 1992, the Block Party has seen Sam Houston block 80 punts, field goals and extra points in the 14 seasons from 1991 to Already, special teams has blocked three field goals in preseason scrimmages. LAST WEEK - SAM HOUSTON 30, GARDNER-WEBB 14 True freshman Brian Bell completed six of 13 passes for 163 yards and two touchdowns to lead Sam Houston State to a non-conference victory over Gardner Webb Saturday at Bowers Stadium. Another freshman, running back Tim Flanders rushed 19 times for 104 yards including a 54-yard touchdown run for Sam Houston s first score with 5:01 remaining in the first quarter. Gardner-Webb quarterback John Rock completed 14 of 29 passes for 219 yards and a TD. The Runnin Bulldogs stand 2-2 while Sam Houston is 1-2. Sam Houston rolled up 313 yards total offense. Bell passed to Kevin Matthews are a 33-yard touchdown and to Richard Sincere for a 60-yard tally to put the Bearkats up 21-0 in the second quarter. Miguel Antonio added field goals of 26, 43 and 20 yards to complete Sam Houston s scoring. Rock passed to Jamal Patmon for a 35-yard touchdown just before halftime and Patrick Hall added a late one-yard scoring plunch with 3:27 to go in the game. Darnell Taylor led the Bearkat defense with eight tackles. SAM HOUSTON VS. GARDNER-WEBB BOX SCORE Score by Quarters Score Gardner-Webb Sam Houston Scoring Summary: First Quarter 5:01 SHSU - Tim Flanders 54 yd run (Miguel Antonio kick), :19 Second Quarter 13:09 SHSU - Kevin Matthews 33 yd pass from Brian Bell (Antonio kick), :21 10:14 SHSU - Richard Sincere 60 yd pass from Brian Bell (Antonio kick), :39 2:16 GWU - Jamal Patmon 35 yd pass from John Rock (Ryan Gates kick), :36 0:20 SHSU - Miguel Antonio 26 yd field goal, :52 Third Quarter 2:36 SHSU - Miguel Antonio 43 yd field goal, 7-7 3:14 Fourth Quarter 7:53 SHSU - Miguel Antonio 20 yd field goal, :49 3:27 GWU - Patrick Hall 1 yd run (Ryan Gates kick), :26 GWU SHSU FIRST DOWNS RUSHES-YARDS (NET) PASSING YDS (NET) Passes Att-Comp-Int TOTAL OFFENSE PLAYS-YARDS Punt Returns-Yards Kickoff Returns-Yards Interception Returns-Yards Punts (Number-Avg) Fumbles-Lost Penalties-Yards Possession Time... 34:17 25:43 Third-Down Conversions... 4 of 17 3 of 11 Fourth-Down Conversions... 4 of 5 0 of 1 Red-Zone Scores-Chances Sacks By: Number-Yards The Last Time Kickoff Returned for a Touchdown By SHSU James Aston, 89 yards vs. Southeastern LA, 2009 By Foe Karrington Bush, Texas St., 79 yards, 2008 Punt Returned for a Touchdown By SHSU Derrick Harris, 90 yards vs. TX St.-San Marcos, 2006 By Foe Perrish Fox, Oklahoma St., 49 yards, 2007 Blocked Punt for a Touchdown By SHSU Vincent Dotson 36 yards vs. Central Arkansas, 2009 By Foe Robert Killebrew, Texas, 2006 Blocked Field Goal for a Touchdown By SHSU DeJuan Davis 52 yards vs. Nicholls State, 2002 Interception for a Touchdown By SHSU Chris Brown 64 yards vs. Western Illinois, 2009 By Foe Jeremy Hayes 45 yards, McNeese, 2008 Fumble Returned for a Touchdown By SHSU Victor Carmichael 21 yards vs. Western Illinois, 2009 By Foe Sam Tindol 33 yards, Angelo St., 2007 Defensive Two-Point Conversion By SHSU Courtney Boston vs. Mississippi Valley, 2001 By Foe Mike Ryan, Montana St., 1991

4 SAM HOUSTON STATE 2010 FOOTBALL STATISTICS RUSHING GP Att Gain Loss Net Avg TD Long Avg/G Tim Flanders D. J. Morrow Cameron Brown Ridgeway Frank Brian Bell Richard Sincere Greg Sprowls Bryan Randolph Ryan Wilson Total Opponents PASSING G Cmp-Att-Int Pct Yds TD Lng Avg/G Bryan Randolph Brian Bell Greg Sprowls D. J. Morrow Total Opponents RECEIVING G No. Yds Avg TD Long Avg/G Seth Patterson Kevin Matthews Melvis Pride T. J. Jones D. J. Morrow Tim Flanders Ridgeway Frank Richard Sincere Bryan Randolph J. D. Standley Total Opponents FIELD GOALS M-A Pct Lg Blk Miguel Antonio PATs SCORING TD FGs Kick Rush Rcv Pass DXP Saf Points Tim Flanders Miguel Antonio Richard Sincere Kevin Matthews Total Opponents INTERCEPTIONS No. Yds Avg TD Long Robert Shaw Total Opponents PUNTING No. Yds Avg Long TB FC I20 Blkd Matt Foster Total Opponents PUNT RETURNS No. Yds Avg TD Long Brandon Closner Total Opponents KICK RETURNS No. Yds Avg TD Long Brandon Closner Chad Froechtenicht Torrance Williams D. J. Morrow Total Opponents ALL PURPOSE G Rush Rec PR KOR IR Tot Avg/G Brandon Closner Tim Flanders Kevin Matthews D. J. Morrow Melvis Pride DATE OPPONENT SCORE ATT. 9/4 at Baylor L ,821 9/18 at Western Illinois L ,965 9/25 Gardner-Webb W ,030 TEAM STATISTICS SHSU OPP SCORING Points Per Game FIRST DOWNS Rushing Passing Penalty 4 10 RUSHING YARDAGE Yards gained rushing Yards lost rushing Rushing Attempts Average Per Rush Average Per Game TDs Rushing 3 7 PASSING YARDAGE Comp-Att-Int Average Per Pass Average Per Catch Average Per Game TDs Passing 2 7 TOTAL OFFENSE Total Plays Average Per Play Average Per Game KICK RETURNS: #-Yards PUNT RETURNS: #-Yards INT RETURNS: #-Yards KICK RETURN AVERAGE PUNT RETURN AVERAGE INT RETURN AVERAGE FUMBLES-LOST PENALTIES-Yards Average Per Game PUNTS-Yards Average Per Punt Net punt average TIME OF POSSESSION/Game 31:49 28:11 3RD-DOWN Conversions 9/42 14/45 3rd-Down Pct 21% 31% 4TH-DOWN Conversions 2/6 7/9 4th-Down Pct 33% 78% SACKS BY-Yards MISC YARDS 0 0 TOUCHDOWNS SCORED 5 14 FIELD GOALS-ATTEMPTS ON-SIDE KICKS RED-ZONE SCORES (4-5) 80% (9-12) 75% RED-ZONE TOUCHDOWNS (0-5) 0% (7-12) 58% PAT-ATTEMPTS (5-5) 100% (14-14) 100% SCORE BY QUARTERS 1st 2nd 3rd 4th Total Sam Houston Opponents

5 SAM HOUSTON STATE 2010 DEFENSIVE STATISTICS Tackles Sacks- ---Pass Def--- -Fumbles- Blkd DEFENSIVE LEADERS GP Solo Ast Total TFL/Yds No-Yards Int-Yds BrUp QBH Rcv-Yds FF Kick Saf Darnell Taylor Robert Shaw J. T. Cleveland Eric Fieilo Victor Carmichael Gary Lorance Bookie Sneed Darius Taylor Will Henry Daxton Swanson Chuck Obi Kash David Ed DeCambre Jarvis Pippins Cody Gatewood Mike Littleton Dwight Kennedy E. J. Nduka Kenneth Jenkins D. J. Morrow Randy Stewart Zesmond White SAM HOUSTON STATE 2010 DEFENSIVE STATISTICS GAME BY GAME TOTAL TACKLES UA-A TOT BU WIU GWU Taylor, Darnell Shaw, Robert Cleveland, J.T Fieilo, Eric Carmichael, Vic Lorance, Gary Sneed, Bookie Obi, Chuck David, Kash Henry, Will Taylor, Darius DNP 2-0 Swanson, Daxton DeCambre, Ed Pippins, Jarvis Littleton, Mike Gatewood, Cody Kennedy, Dwight Nduka, E. J Jenkins, Kennet DNP 1-1 White, Zesmond DNP 1-1 DNP Morrow, D.J Stewart, Randy DNP

6 BEARKAT STARTERS GAME-BY-GAME OFFENSE TE OT OG C OG OT WR QB RB WR WR Baylor T. Jones Crockett R. Smith Watson Pound Hopson Patterson Randolph Frank Merritt Pride WIU T. Jones Crockett R. Smith Watson Pound Hopson Patterson Randolph Flanders Merritt Matthews GWU T. Jones D. Jenkins R. Smith Watson Pound Hopson Pride Bell Flanders Merritt Matthews DEFENSE DE DL DL DE LB LB WS CB CB SS FS Baylor Nduka Kennedy Cleveland Decambre Henry Ds Taylor Dn Taylor Shaw Pippins Obi Jenkins WIU Gatewood Lorance Cleveland Decambre Henry David Carmicheal Sneed Pippins Obi Da. Taylor GWU Gatewood Lorance Cleveland Decambre Henry Ds Taylar Shaw Da. Taylor Pippins Obi Jenkins BEARKAT INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS GAME-BY-GAME RUSHING No-Yds/TD BU WIU GWU Flanders, Tim RB /2 4-40/ / /1 Morrow, D.J. RB 17-31/ /0 3-8/ Brown, Cameron RB 11-30/0 1--1/ /0 - Frank, Ridgeway RB 10-24/ /0 DNP DNP Bell, Brian QB 5-20/0 DNP 5-20/0 5-4 Sincere, Richar WR 2-7/0-2-7/0 1-4 Sprowls, Greg QB 1-2/0 1-2/0 - - Randolph, Bryan QB 11--2/0 9-0/0 2--2/0 - Wilson, Ryan RB 3--6/0 DNP 3--6/0 - RECEIVING No-Yds/TD BU WIU GWU Patterson, Seth WR 5-51/0 4-31/0 1-20/ Matthews, Kevin WR 3-49/0 1-9/0 2-40/0 1-33/1 Randolph, Bryan QB 1-45/0-1-45/0 - Jones, T.J. TE 4-38/0 2-18/0 2-20/0 - Pride, Melvis WR 2-27/0 1-12/0 1-15/0 2/50 Sincere, Richar WR 1-60/ /60/1 Frank, Ridgeway RB 2-18/0 2-18/0 DNP DNP Standley, J.D. TE 1-11/0 1-11/0 DNP - Morrow, D.J. RB 3-9/0 2-8/0 1-1/0 - Flanders, Tim RB 3-8/0-3-8/0 - PASSING #11 Randolph, Bryan Att Comp Int Pct Yards TD Long Sack Yds Effic Baylor Western Illinois TOTALS #13 Bell, Brian Att Comp Int Pct Yards TD Long Sack Yds Effic Western Illinois Gardner-Webb TOTALS #15 Sprowls, Greg Att Comp Int Pct Yards TD Long Sack Yds Effic Baylor Western Illinois TOTALS #10 Morrow, D.J. Att Comp Int Pct Yards TD Long Sack Yds Effic Western Illinois TOTALS BEARKAT TEAM STATISTICS GAME-BY-GAME OFFENSE First Rushing Passes Passing Total Penalties Punting Fumbles Times Down Conv. Inside 20 Poss. Downs No-Yds Co-Att-HI Yards Offense No-Yds No-Avg. Lost Sacked 3rd 4th Score-Chances Time Baylor :34 WIU :10 GWU :43 DEFENSE First Rushing Passes Passing Total Penalties Punting Fumbles Times Down Conv. Inside 20 Poss. Downs No-Yds Co-Att-HI Yards Offense No-Yds No-Avg. Lost Sacked 3rd 4th Score-Chances Time Baylor :26 WIU :50 GWU :17

7 Sam Houston State Bearkats Two-Deep BEARKAT OFFENSIVE TWO-DEEP QB 13 Brian Bell Fr China Spring 11 Bryan Randolph Sr Simi Valley, Ca. RB 16 Tim Flanders Fr Midwest City, Okla 10 D. J. Morrow So Palestine WR 31 Kevin Matthews So Galveston 19 Brandon Closner Sr Arlington WR 3 Grant Merritt Jr Sugar Land 6 Richard Sincere Fr Galveston TE 83 T. J. Jones Jr Tyler / Lee 46 J. D. Standley So Madisonville LT 70 Daniel Jenkins So Gilmer 61 Chris Crockett Jr Converse/Judson LG 67 Riley Smith So Huntsville 78 Forbes Baggett Fr Huntsville C 73 Travis Watson Jr Norman, Ok 75 Dondre White Fr Oakland, Ca. RG 72 Cameron Pound So Moore, Ok 76 Matt Boyles Fr Southlake RT 77 Kaleb Hopson So Early 69 Nick Rodriguez Jr Houston WR 14 Melvis Pride So Odessa / Permian 8 Seth Patterson Jr Round Rock BEARKAT DEFENSIVE TWO-DEEP DE 92 Coty Gatewood Sr Kilgore 56 E. J. Nduka Jr Jackson, NJ N 99 Gary Lorance Fr New Boston 57 Dwight Kennedy Fr Terrell T 59 J. T. Cleveland So Baytown / Lee 95 John Trotter Fr Rusk DE 90 Eddie Decambre Jr Austin 98 Zesmond White Fr Midwest City, Ok. WLB 21 Will Henry Jr Waco / La Vega 51 Eric Fieilo So Euless / Trinity MLB 36 Darius Taylor So Mesquite 47 Kash David Jr Georgetown WS 23 Robert Shaw So Converse / Judson 1 Victor Carmichael Sr Waco / University SS 38 Darnell Taylor So Mesquite 43 Brandon Bruce Sr Hughes Springs CB 26 Daxton Swanson So Waco 17 Bookie Sneed Fr Conroe CB 20 Jarvis Pippins Sr Longview 37 Michael Pittman Sr College Station FS 18 Chuck Obi So Rosenburg 32 Kenneth Jenkins So Galveston BEARKAT SPECIALISTS K 2 Miquel Antonio So Lovelady 30 Craig Alaniz Jr Deer Park P 12 Matt Foster So Melbourne 88 Joshua Diaz Fr The Woodlands H 11 Bryan Randolph Sr Simi Valley, Ca. DS 55 Ken Jones Fr Spring Ret 6 Richard Sincere Fr Galveston 19 Brandon Closner Sr Arlington Sam Houston State University Bearkats 1 Victor Carmichael DB Sr-1L Waco / University (Kilgore) 2 Miguel Antonio K So-1L Lovelady / Lovelady 3 Grant Merritt WR Jr-Tr Sugar Land / Dulles (Blinn) 4 Ryan Wilson RB Fr-HS Carrollton / Creekview 5 Randy Stewart S Jr-2L Magnolia / Magnolia 6 Richard Sincere DB Fr-RS Galveston / Ball 8 Seth Patterson WR Jr-Tr Round Rock (W Michigan) 9 Chad Froechtenicht WR Jr-Tr Sugar Land / Dulles (Blinn) 10 D. J. Morrow RB So-Tr Palestine / Westwood (La Tech) 11 Bryan Randolph QB Sr-2L Simi Valley, Ca / Moorpark 12 Matt Foster P So-1L Melbourne, Australia 13 Brian Bell QB Fr-HS China Spring / China Spring 14 Melvis Pride WR So-1L Odessa / Permian 15 Greg Sprowls QB Jr-Tr Claremont, Cal. (Chaffey) 16 Tim Flanders RB Fr-Tr Midwest City, Ok. Kansas St) 17 Bookie Sneed CB Fr-HS Conroe / Conroe 18 Chuck Obi DB So-1L Rosenberg / Lamar Conso. 19 Brandon Closner WR Sr-1L Arlington / Seguin (Blinn) 20 Jarvis Pippins CB Sr-2L Longview / Longview 21 Will Henry LB Jr-2L Waco / La Vega 22 Duke Bohall DB Jr-Tr Waxahachie (Blinn JC) 23 Robert Shaw DB So-1L Converse / Judson 24 Cory Hamlett CB Fr-HS Jacksonville / Jacksonville 25 Ridgeway Frank RB Fr-HS Spring / Spring 26 Daxton Swanson DB So-Tr Waco / LaVega (Toledo) 27 Mike Littleton S So-RS Galveston / Ball 28 Torrance Williams WR Fr-RS Waco / Connally 29 Steven McKenzie P So-Tr Madisonville 30 Craig Alaniz K Jr-RS Deer Park / Deer Park 31 Kevin Matthews WR So-1L Galveston / Ball 32 Kenneth Jenkins DB So-1L Galveston / Ball 33 Aaron Mueller TE Fr-HS Caldwell / Caldwell 34 Darrell Thomas RB Fr-HS Conroe / Conroe 36 Darius Taylor LB So-1L Mesquite / Mesquite 37 Michael Pittman DB Sr-RS College Station / A&M Conso. 38 Darnell Taylor S So-1L Mesquite / Mesquite 40 Jordy Denson DB Fr-HS Lovelady / Lovelady 41 Curtis Knox DB Fr-HS Fort Worth / All Saints 42 Benjamin Griffith DB Fr-HS Gilmer / Gilmer 43 Brandon Bruce DB Sr-2L Hughes Springs / Hughes Springs 44 Cameron Brown RB Fr-HS Austin / LBJ 46 J. D. Standley TE So-1L Madisonville / Madisonville 47 Kash David LB Jr-1L Georgetown / Georgetown 48 Tyler Sweatt TE Fr-HS Argyle / Argyle 50 Jesse Beauchamp LB Fr-RS Klein / Klein Collins 51 Eric Fieilo LB So-1L Euless / Trinity 52 Drew Johnson DS Fr-HS Denton / Guyer 55 Ken Jones DS Fr-HS Spring / Klein Collins 56 E. J. Nduka DE Jr-1L Jackson, NJ / Memorial 57 Dwight Kennedy DE Fr-HS Terrell / Terrell 59 J. T. Cleveland DL So-1L Baytown / Lee 61 Chris Crockett OT Jr-1L Converse / Judson 66 Colton Cline OL Fr-HS Seminole, Ok / Norman North 67 Riley Smith OL So-RS Huntsville / Huntsville 68 John Huskey OL Fr-HS Conroe / Caney Creek 69 Nick Rodriguez OL Jr-Tr Houston / Cy Christian (Trinity Valley) 70 Dan Jenkins OL So-Tr Gilmer / Gilmer (Missouri) 71 Robby Simmons OL Jr-Tr Kingwood / Kingwood (McMurry) 72 Cameron Pound OL So-1L Moore, OK / Westmore 73 Travis Watson OT Jr-1L Norman, Ok / North 74 Steve Solomon OL Fr-HS Lovelady / Lovelady 75 Dondre White OL Fr-RS Oakland, Ca / San Lorenzo 76 Matt Boyles OL Fr-RS Southlake / Carroll 77 Kaleb Hopson OT So-1L Early / Early 78 Forbes Baggett OL Fr-HS Huntsville / Huntsville 79 Justin Havard OL Fr-HS Diboll / Diboll 80 Traveon Kelly CB Fr-HS Houston / Wheatley 81 Rickey Smith WR Fr-HS College Station / A&M Conso. 82 SaQwan Edwards WR Fr-HS Manvel / Manvel 83 T. J. Jones TE Jr-2L Tyler / Lee 84 Vincent Dotson WR Sr-1L DeSoto / DeSoto 86 Dustin Moehlig WR Fr-HS Alvin / Alvin 87 Jace Jackson WR Fr-RS Sulphur Springs / Sulphur Springs 88 Joshua Diaz P Fr-HS The Woodlands / The Woodlands 90 Eddie Decambre DE Jr-2L Austin / Austin 91 Preston Sanders DL Fr-RS Red Oak / Red Oak 92 Cody Gatewood DL Sr-3L Kilgore / Kilgore 93 Rob Boyd DL Fr-HS Ennis / Ennis 94 Marlowe Poitier DL So-1L Liberty Hill / Liberty Hill 95 John Trotter DE Fr-HS Rusk / Rusk 96 Josh Browning DE Fr-HS Bellville / Bellville 97 Jervon Graves DT Jr-Tr Olathe, Kan / South (Utah St) 98 Zesmond White DL Fr-Tr Midwest City, Ok / Midwest City 99 Gary Lorance DT Fr-HS New Boston / New Boston