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2008 Spring Football Roster (By Position)

 

QUARTERBACKS         HT   WT   CL  EXP HOMETOWN/PREVIOUS SCHOOL
Kevin Lee            5-11 185  FR  RS  Mission, Kan./Shawnee Mission North High School
John McCoy           5-11 199  SO  RS  North Attleboro, Mass./Southwest Baptist University
Levi Richardson      6-0  183  FR  RS  Claremore, Okla./Seqouyah High School
Jeff Smith           6-0  205  FR  RS  Pittsburg, Kan./St. Mary’s-Colgan High School
Mark Smith           5-11 181  SR  3L  Pittsburg, Kan./St. Mary’s-Colgan High School
  
FULLBACKS            HT   WT   CL  EXP HOMETOWN/PREVIOUS SCHOOL
Colby Childs         5-11 206  SO  SQ  Wichita, Kan./Bishop Carroll High School
Todd Hertzog         6-0  232  JR  2L  Greenwood, Mo./Lee’s Summit High School
Nate Morris          5-11 200  JR  TR  Coffeyville, Kan./Coffeyville Community College
Tyler Riggs          5-10 182  SO  SQ  Pittsburg, Kan./St. Mary’s-Colgan High School

TAILBACKS            HT   WT   CL  EXP HOMETOWN/PREVIOUS SCHOOL
Brandon Clark        5-11 211  SR  1L  Newberry, S.C./De Anza College
Cardell Clemons      5-10 205  SO  1L  Tulsa, Okla./Glenpool High School
Caleb Farabi         5-7  171  SR  3L  Pittsburg, Kan./St. Mary’s-Colgan High School
Terrance Isaac       5-7  184  SO  1L  Luling, La./Coffeyville Community College
Eric Love            5-9  184  FR  RS  Cozad, Neb./Cozad High School

WIDE RECEIVERS       HT   WT   CL  EXP HOMETOWN/PREVIOUS SCHOOL
Bill Ewy             6-1  190  FR  RS  Louisburg, Kan./Louisburg High School
Derek Fisher         6-2  180  FR  RS  Garden Plain, Kan./Garden Plain High School
Kendall Fisher       6-4  209  JR  1L  Garden Plain, Kan./Utah State University
Ryan Holt            6-0  188  SO  SQ  Louisburg, Kan./Louisburg High School
Kiara Jones          5-10 175  FR  RS  Pittsburg, Kan./Pittsburg High School
Harrison Kush        5-10 175  SR  2L  Louisburg, Kan./Coffeyville Community College
Marques Nelson       6-3  226  SR  3L  Kansas City, Kan./Sumner Academy
Zach Simpson         6-0  175  SO  TR  Miami, Okla./Northeastern Oklahoma A&M College
Jon Thomas           5-6  158  FR  RS  Raytown, Mo./Christ Prep Academy
Nathan Thomas        5-10 170  SR  3L  Raytown, Mo./Blue Springs South High School
Vernon Wiley         6-1  195  JR  TR  Belleville, Kan./Cloud County Community College

TIGHT ENDS           HT   WT   CL  EXP HOMETOWN/PREVIOUS SCHOOL
Martin Burke         6-5  259  JR  2L  Baxter Springs, Kan./Baxter Springs High School
Blake Byford         6-1  224  JR  TR  Edmond, Okla./Northeastern Oklahoma A&M College
Damyon Dooley        6-3  232  JR  TR  Commerce, Okla./Northeastern Oklahoma A&M College
Ricky Ludeman        6-3  235  JR  1L  Bentonville, Ark./Bentonville High School
Chance Riley         6-2  227  FR  RS  Collinsville, Okla./Collinsville High School
Kyle Speichinger     6-4  246  JR  TR  Basehor, Kan./Butler County Community College

OFFENSIVE LINEMEN    HT   WT   CL  EXP HOMETOWN/PREVIOUS SCHOOL
Ty Cobb              6-2  261  FR  RS  Tulsa, Okla./Jenks High School
Daniel Cook          6-0  276  JR  TR  Owasso, Okla./Northeastern Oklahoma A&M College
Billy Cox            6-1  309  JR  1L  Oklahoma City, Okla./Carl Albert High School
Stephen Cummins      6-2  305  FR  RS  Carthage, Mo,/ Carthage High School
Travis Greer         6-3  335  SR  3L  Olathe, Kan./Olathe North High School
Shane McGinnis       6-6  303  SR  3L  Joplin, Mo./Webb City High School
Kendall Molz         6-4  270  SR  3L  Kiowa, Kan./South Barber High School
Jay Nuñez            6-1  257  JR  1L  Alva, Okla./Alva High School
Josh Paoni           6-4  307  SR  2L  Girard, Kan./Girard High School
Nick Pohlmann        6-1  274  SO  SQ  Rosebud, Mo./Owensville High School
Kell Smalley         6-0  265  FR  RS  Tulsa, Okla./Bishop Kelley High School
Brandon Smith        6-7  263  JR  2L  Copan, Okla./Dewey High School
Nick Speed           6-0  285  JR  SQ  Overland Park, Kan./Blue Valley High School
Anthony Voegeli      6-3  232  JR  1L  Topeka, Kan./Hayden High School
Dustin Wiley         6-3  269  SO  SQ  Tulsa, Okla./Booker T. Washington High School

DEFENSIVE LINEMEN    HT   WT   CL  EXP HOMETOWN/PREVIOUS SCHOOL
Shawn Churchman      6-0  232  JR  SQ  Kansas City, Mo./St. Pius X High School
J.C. Dawes           6-1  259  SR  1L  Baxter Springs, Kan./Coffeyville Community College
Grant Garwood        6-1  302  SO  1L  Joplin, Mo./Joplin High School
Andrew Hedges        6-5  221  SO  SQ  Burlington, Kan./Burlington High School
Matt Jenkins         5-11 268  SO  SQ  Olathe, Kan./Olathe East High School
Jordan Karr          6-3  235  JR  2L  Paola, Kan./Paola High School
Joe Kennard          6-4  262  SO  SQ  Overland Park, Kan./Butler County Community College
Brock Lohr           6-1  239  JR  1L  Goodland, Kan./Goodland High School
Rashad Pittman       6-2  266  SR  3L  Tulsa, Okla./Booker T. Washington High School
Mike Roberts         6-0  273  JR  2L  Holton, Kan./Holton High School
Jacob Tupper         5-10 231  SO  SQ  Stilwell, Kan./Blue Valley High School
Reggie Young         5-11 254  SR  2L  Tulsa, Okla./Northeastern Oklahoma A&M College

INSIDE LINEBACKERS   HT   WT   CL  EXP HOMETOWN/PREVIOUS SCHOOL
Ryan Belcher         5-10 221  SR  1L  Webb City, Mo./Webb City High School
Brandon Berry        5-10 202  SO  SQ  Webb City, MO./Webb City High School
Austin Cartright     6-1  205  SR  3L  Joplin, Mo./Joplin High School
Josh Downing         5-9  229  FR  RS  Atchison, Kan./Atchison High School
Craig Durfee         5-11 204  JR  RS  Salina, Kan./Coffeyville Community College
Antonio Graham       5-10 207  JR  2L  Tulsa, Okla./Union High School
Derek Jackson        5-9  225  FR  RS  Americus, Kan./Northern Heights High School
Bubba Lundy          6-0  218  SO  SQ  Pittsburg, Kan./St. Mary’s-Colgan High School
Giorgio Majors       6-0  202  SR  1L  Houston, Texas/Kilgore College
Rusty Morgan         6-0  224  SR  3L  Cushing, Okla./Cushing High School
Caleb Pazzie         5-11 223  JR  SQ  Augusta, Kan./Augusta High School
Dustin Smith         6-1  215  FR  RS  Spring Hill, Kan./Spring Hill High School
Luke Stringer        6-3  236  FR  RS  Topeka, Kan./Hayden High School

OUTSIDE LINEBACKERS  HT   WT   CL  EXP HOMETOWN/PREVIOUS SCHOOL
Sam Byrd             5-9  200  FR  RS  Pryor, Okla./Fort Gibson High School
Chad Hays            6-0  200  FR  RS  Mapleton, Kan./Uniontown High School
Dustin Heckroth      6-1  196  JR  TR  Salina, Kan./Hutchinson Community College
Myles Jennings       5-11 214  SR  SQ  Garden Plain, Kan./Garden City Community College
Zack Langston        6-3  220  JR  2L  Overland Park, Kan./Blue Valley Northwest High School
Travis Ratliff       6-0  212  SO  SQ  Chanute, Kan./Chanute High School
Brett Shamblin       5-10 198  SR  3L  Blue Springs, Mo./Blue Springs South High School
Chris Swartz         5-11 204  JR  2L  Cherokee, Kan./Southeast High School
Spencer Worthington  6-2  215  FR  RS  Carlisle, Iowa/Carlisle High School

DEFENSIVE BACKS      HT   WT   CL  EXP HOMETOWN/PREVIOUS SCHOOL
Dustin Bartlett      6-2  196  SO  RS  Atchison, Kan./Coffeyville Community College 
Austin Bloss         6-0  167  SO  SQ  Wellsville, Kan./Wellsville High School
William Griffin      5-11 198  SO  TR  Kansas City, Mo./Iowa Central Community College
Chris Hill           5-11 180  JR  SQ  Liberal, Kan./Liberal High School
DeWayne Ikner        5-9  190  FR  RS  Cedar Hill, Texas/Cedar Hill High School
Jeremy Jackson       6-0  210  SR  1L  Burton, Texas/Blinn College
Alex Kuhlman         6-3  198  SO  1L  Ness City, Kan./Ness City High School
Bryan McMurtrey      5-11 182  SR  3L  Kansas City, Kan./Sumner Academy
Sean O’Malley        6-1  210  FR  HS  Roeland Park, Kan./Shawnee Mission North High School
Thorne Penrod        5-10 178  FR  HS  Nevada, Mo./Nevada High School
Brad Perkins         5-11 182  SR  2L  Olathe, Kan./Olathe South High School
Caleb Sanders        5-11 186  FR  RS  Carthage, Mo./Carthage High School
Chadd Snyder         6-1  190  JR  2L  Carl Junction, Mo./Carl Junction High School
David Vaughn         5-10 182  SO  1L  Midwest City, Okla./Carl Albert High School
Frank Wattelet       5-6  168  JR  SQ  Joplin, Mo./Joplin High School

SPECIAL TEAMS        POS  HT   WT   CL  EXP HOMETOWN/PREVIOUS SCHOOL
Robert Kinsman       LS   5-9  210  FR  HS  Mission, Kan./Shawnee Mission North High School
Matt Liess           P    5-10 180  SO  SQ  Creve Coeur, Mo./Parkway North High School
Brandon McMullen     PK/P 5-11 172  JR  TR  Olathe, Kan./Highland Community College
Jared Witter         PK/P 6-2  203  SO  1L  Lenexa, Kan./Shawnee Mission West High School
Matt Wohlgemuth      LS   5-11 223  FR  RS  Atchison, Kan./Atchison High School

COACHING STAFF: Chuck Broyles, Head Coach; Tim Beck, Offensive Coordinator; Dave Wiemers, Defensive Coordinator; Lance Cullen, Secondary; John Pierce, Running Backs; Carl Roth, Inside Linebackers; Steve Wells, Offensive Line; Larry Garman, Tight Ends; Frank Naccarato, Wide Receivers; Greg Warlop, Outside Linebackers; Ryan Hellwig, Graduate Assistant; Neal Philpot, Graduate Assistant; Chad Weeks, Graduate Assistant; Ike Eguae, Student Assistant.