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1“PRIDE” | Golden Bear Football

MEDIA INFORMATION

In this Program...team photo.......................................... inside frontmedia information ............................................1-2Coach Williams ...................................................3assistant coaches ........................................4-5, 7team roster ......................................................6-7season preview..............................................8-12player profi les ..............................................13-30record book..................................................31-37honors & awards..........................................38-39all-time results .............................................40-43Sea Foam Stadium ...........................................44seniors & captains ..............................inside backseason schedule................................. back cover

On the Cover...The football team’s pregame prayer at the rock, photo by Justin Oakman Photography. Cover de-sign by Josh Deer, Assistant Athletic Director for Communications.

Credits...2012 Concordia University Football Program and Record Book designed, written and edited by Josh Deer, Assistant Athletic Director for Communica-tions. Editorial assistance by Jake Blakeborough,

Photography: Concordia Athletic Communications:.....Josh Deer, Stephen Batcher, Sam Campbell, .................. TG Schoenberg and Ted SchwerzlerJustin Oakman Photography: ....................................oakmanphotography.com

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To the Media...

Josh Deer, Assistant Athletic Director for Communications, is your host. He can be reached during the week at 651.641.8893 or via email at [email protected].

CREDENTIALS: For credentials and access to the press box to cover a game, please contact the Athletic Communications offi ce no later than Thursday at noon the week of the game. Media credentials will only be issued to reputable media outlets.

PARKING: Parking is available in the two lots adjacent to Sea Foam Stadium. Lot H is located on the south side of Fandrei Center, or on the southeast end of the stadium; while Lot E is located on the north side of Fandrei Center or directly to the east adjacent to the stadium. Parking is also available on the street along Concordia Avenue directly north of the stadium, or on Marshall Avenue one block south of the stadium.

STATISTICS: Quickie statistics will be supplied at the quarter breaks, halftime and immediately after the game. Final statis-tics packets will be printed approximately 20-30 minutes after the game. Media members wishing for a copy of fi nal stats should contact Concordia Athletic Communications.

RADIO LINE ACCESS: Please contact Concordia Athletic Communications a week in advance of the game to make visit-ing radio accommodations.

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COACH & PLAYER ACCESS: Ryan Williams, head coach, is available at 651.603.6313. He is generally available in his offi ce on weekday mornings between 9:00 a.m. and noon. Should you wish to interview a player or coach, please con-tact Athletic Communications to coordinate interview times. For post-game interviews, please make your requests known pre-game or in advance of the game. Specifi c player requests should be made early in the 4th quarter, when possible.

ATHLETIC COMMUNICATIONS OFFICE: The Concordia Athletic Communications offi ce is located on the second fl oor of Fandrei Center (FC214). Final game stats will be available either in the press box or in the Athletic Communications offi ce.

WEEKLY RELEASES: A press release with team trends, notes, records, statistics and more will be produced on a weekly basis, released generally on Thursday’s of game week. Releases are emailed to media and also posted at cugolden-bears.com/football on the right side under “Weekly Releases” link. Please email [email protected] to be added to the media list.

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2 Concordia Football | “Win Today ”

MEDIA INFORMATIONGENERAL INFORMATIONFounded / Enrollment .............................................................................. 1893 / 2,800Nickname............................................................................................... Golden BearsSchool Colors .......................................................................Navy Blue & Vegas GoldStadium/Capacity ........................................................... Sea Foam Stadium / 3,500+Surface ...........................................................................................Sprinturf (artifi cial)Affi liation / Conference ................................. NCAA Division II / Northern Sun (NSIC)President ........................................................................................Rev. Thomas RiesDirector of Athletics............................................................................... Tom RubbelkeAthletic Dept. Phone .............................................................................. 651.641.8854Athletics Fax .......................................................................................... 651.641.8787Athletics Website ..........................................................................cugoldenbears.com

ATHLETIC COMMUNICATIONSAssistant AD/Communications ....................................................................Josh DeerOffi ce Phone .......................................................................................... 651.641.8893Deer Email ........................................................................................... [email protected] Assistant .....................................................................................CJ SiewertBatcher Email .................................................................................siewertc@csp.eduStudent Worker ............................................................................. Jake BlakeboroughIntern ...................................................................................................Patrick RydeenCommunications/Football Fax ............................................................... 651.641.8767Sea Foam Stadium Press Box Phone ................................................... 651.641.8707

BROADCASTING - CUGOLDENBEARS.COM WEBCASTSWebcast Host ..............................................................New Media TV (NMTV) SportsWebcast URL......................................................................................nmtvsports.comWebcast Production .................................... Concordia Television Productions (CTP)CTP Website .............................................................................................csp.edu/ctpCTP Director ......................................................................................... Zach SchusterOffi ce Phone .......................................................................................... 651.603.6274Email.............................................................................................. [email protected] of the Golden Bears .....................................................................Dan FlanaganAudio-Only Provider ...........................Minnesota Sports Broadcast Network (MSBN)MSBN Website .........................................................................mnsportsnetwork.com

COACHING STAFFHead Coach / Offensive Coordinator .................................................... Ryan WilliamsAlma Mater ........................................................................ North Dakota State (2001)Record at School (Years) ....................................................................................... 6-5Record at School (NSIC) ........................................................................................ 5-5Career Record (Years) ....................................................................................... sameOffi ce Phone .......................................................................................... 651.603.6313Assistant CoachesDefensive Coordinator / Secondary...................................................Travis JohansenOffensive Line ........................................................................................ Derek BranchDefensive Line / Special Teams Coordinator ......................................Sam CummingsTight Ends / Running Backs / Recruiting Coordinator ........................... Mike McHughDefensive Graduate Assistant / Linebackers ...........................................Mike LaBoreOffensive Graduate Assistant / Wide Receivers ......................................... DP EymanSecondary ...............................................................................................Russell GaryDefensive Line ....................................................................................... Vince AlmedaLong Snappers / Strength & Conditioning ...................... “The Superstar” Mike MorrisTight Ends ..............................................................................................Steve HeidenOffensive Assistant ..................................................................................Ben HarmonStudent Assistant / Defense .......................................................................Zak PfefferStudent Assistant / Offense & Special Teams ...................................... Jason ObarskiHead Athletic Trainer ................................................................................Ted Trzynka

TEAM INFORMATIONOverall Record last year ......................................................................................... 6-5NSIC Record (Finish) ................................................ 5-5 NSIC (8th) | 3-3 South (4th) Final Ranking Last Year................................................................................ unrankedBasic Offense / Defense ..........................................................................multiple / 3-4Players Returning / Lost / Newcomers ...................................................... 53 / 41 / 34Starters Returning ................................................................. O: 4 | D: 9 | ST: 3 | T: 16Starters Lost .......................................................................... O: 7 | D: 2 | ST: 2 | T: 11

FOOTBALL HISTORYFirst year of football ............................................................................................. 1969All-time bowl record ................................................................................................ 0-3All-time playoff record ............................................................................................. 0-0Years in postseason play ........................................................................................... 3Last postseason appearance .............................................................................. 2010All-time record .............................................................................................196-215-2

RETURNING STATISTICAL LEADERSRushing GP-GS Att Yds Ypc TD Lng Yds/Gm Spears, Tre (‘10) 11-0 21 67 3.2 1 13 6.1 Smith, Lance 9-0 12 31 2.6 0 9 3.4Peterson, James 2-2 4 16 4.0 0 13 8.0Team Totals 11 355 1305 3.7 8 42 118.6 Opponents 11 440 1738 4.0 28 46 158.0

Passing GP-GS Effic C-A-I Pct. Yds TD Lng Yds/GmRusso, Jared 10-3 103.6 80-170-12 47.1 1037 10 59 103.7Peterson, James 2-2 184.1 22-35-2 62.9 435 3 77 217.5Team Totals 11 139.9 205-375-26 54.7 3247 30 77 295.2 Opponents 11 144.1 212-346-9 61.3 2803 21 85 254.8

Receiving GP-GS Rec Yds Ypc TD Lng Yds/GmThienes, Nate 11-11 38 387 10.2 3 28 35.2Mason, Tre 10-9 29 647 22.3 5 66 64.7Smith, Cordell 11-5 28 469 16.8 6 60 42.6Clemon, Jermaine 11-7 19 237 12.5 1 38 21.5Zeah, Paah (‘10) 12-2 9 161 17.9 0 26 13.4Christen, Dustin 11-0 4 65 16.2 0 25 5.9Team Totals 11 205 3247 15.8 30 77 295.2 Opponents 11 212 2803 13.2 21 85 254.8

Defense GP-GS S-A TT TFL Sk INT BU FR FF BlkHalverson, Jordan 11-5 27-46 73 4.5 0 0 1 1 0 0Asad, Abdullah 11-5 33-23 56 6.0 0 0 1 0 0 1Moten, Jay 11-11 31-21 52 1.5 0 2 0 1 2 2Willett, Mike 11-7 28-18 46 2.5 0 1 1 1 1 0Moore, Zach (‘10) 9-9 24-18 42 11.5 10.0 0 0 0 1 1Campbell, Chris 11-11 12-28 40 6.5 1.5 0 4 0 0 0Flack, Thomas 11-11 12-19 31 7.5 3.0 0 0 2 0 1Sesson, Chris 9-6 14-14 28 2.5 0 1 1 0 1 0Molden, Brock 10-6 7-15 22 5.0 2.0 0 0 0 0 0Mohan, Christian 9-1 12-8 20 5.5 1.0 0 0 0 1 0Team Totals 11 428-426 854 94 23 9 24 9 12 7Opponents 11 380-352 732 55 16 26 35 9 6 0

All Purpose GP Rush Rcv PR KR IR Total Avg/gMason, Tre 10 2 647 0 0 0 649 64.9 Moten, Jay 11 0 0 3 524 5 532 48.4 Smith, Cordell 11 3 469 0 0 0 472 42.9 Thienes, Nate 11 0 387 0 10 0 397 36.1 Randle, Jeremy 11 0 0 0 328 0 328 29.8 Clemon, Jermaine 11 -8 237 0 0 0 229 20.8Team Totals 11 1305 3247 58 1251 119 5980 543.6 Opponents 11 1738 2803 167 1202 275 6185 562.3

2012 SCHEDULEDate Opponent Location TimeSep 1 University of Mary* Sea Foam Stadium 1 p.m.Sep 8 at Minnesota, Crookston* Crookston, Minn. 1 p.m.Sep 15 Minnesota Duluth* Sea Foam Stadium 6 p.m.Sep 22 at Northern State* Aberdeen, S.D. 1 p.m.Sep 29 at Minnesota State* ^ Mankato, Minn. 2 p.m.Oct 6 Upper Iowa* ^ # Sea Foam Stadium 12 p.m.Oct 13 at Sioux Falls* ^ Sioux Falls, S.D. 6:30 p.m.Oct 20 Wayne State* ^ Sea Foam Stadium 1 p.m.Oct 27 Augustana* ^ Sea Foam Stadium 1 p.m.Nov 3 at Southwest Minn. State* ^ Marshall, Minn. 1 p.m.Nov 10 at Winona State* ^ Winona, Minn. 1 p.m.

2011 RESULTSDate Opponent Location TimeSep 3 at Minot State Minot, N.D. W, 43-31Sep 10 at St. Cloud State* St. Cloud, Minn. L, 13-41Sep 17 Northern State* Sea Foam Stadium W, 27-22Sep 24 Minnesota State* ^ # Sea Foam Stadium L, 34-57Oct 1 at Augustana* ^ Sioux Falls, S.D. L, 13-37Oct 8 at Bemidji State* Bemidji, Minn. L, 7-20Oct 15 Wayne State* ^ Sea Foam Stadium W, 27-24Oct 22 at Winona State* ^ Winona, Minn. L, 24-58Oct 29 Minnesota, Crookston* Sea Foam Stadium W, 38-20Nov 5 vs Upper Iowa* ^ West Union, Iowa W, 20-19Nov 12 vs Southwest Minn. State* ^ Metrodome W, 60-53

Home games in bold | # - homecoming | * - NSIC games | ^ - NSIC South Division

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HEAD COACH RYAN WILLIAMS

WILLIAMS AT-A-GLANCE1997-00 North Dakota State Quarterback, Senior Captain2001-03 Wayzata High School Quarterbacks & Wide Receivers2003 UW-Stout Quarterbacks & Wide Receivers2005-10 Concordia University Offensive Coordinator Recruiting Coordinator Quarterbacks Coach2011- Concordia University Head Coach

Ryan Williams was named the 10th head coach of Concordia football on a permanent basis in December of 2011 after serving the 2011 season as interim head coach.

The 2001 graduate of North Dakota State became the 10th head coach in Concordia football history and will continue to lead the of-fensive side of the football and work with the quarterbacks.

6-YEAR GOLDEN BEAR OFFENSIVE COORDINATORPrior to being named head coach, Williams served six seasons as offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach as well as recruiting coordinator.

In his fi rst season as head coach, Williams led the Golden Bears to their second-straight winning season, fi nishing 6-5 overall while reaching the .500 mark in league play. The team won their fi nal three games and four of their last fi ve to post the winning campaign.

As the offensive coordinator, Williams presided over some of the highest powered offenses in school history and coached in a pair of Mineral Water Bowl games.

As the quarterbacks coach for the Golden Bears, Williams has coached three record breaking, All-NSIC QB’s in James McNear (2005), Kole Goodchild (2005-07) and Spencer Ohm (2007-11).

EDUCATION BACKGROUNDHe earned his degree from NDSU in speech communications and also earned a minor in business. At Concordia, he added to his academic profi le with a master’s in organizational management in 2007. He also completed an internship with the Minnesota Vikings’ public relations department, assisting with the draft, working with mini camp preparation as well as updating player bio’s.

PRIOR TO CONCORDIA CAREERPrior to joining the Concordia football staff for the 2005 season, he worked as the quarterbacks and receivers coach at the University of Wisconsin-Stout for a season after his fi rst coaching job at his hometown Wayzata High School from 2001 to 2003, also working with the QB’s and WR’s.

PLAYING DAYSAs a student-athlete, Williams was a two year starting quarterback for former Division II power NDSU in Fargo, N.D. He was a co-captain as a senior for the Bison in 2000 before moving on to a

three-team professional career in the Canadian Football League and National Indoor Football League. He played for a pair of CFL teams, the Calgary Stampeders and the Winnipeg Blue Bombers before playing with the Sioux Falls Storm in the NIFL.

PERSONALRyan currently resides in St. Michael, Minn. with his wife, Aleasha, and their son, Colton.

WILLIAMS YEAR-BY-YEAR Overall NSIC Overall NSIC SouthYear W-L Pct W-L Pct. Rk W-L Pct. Rk2011 6-5 .545 5-5 .500 8th 3-3 .500 4th2012 Totals 6-5 .545 5-5 .500 - 3-3 .500 -

WILLIAMS VS OPPONENTSOpponent W L Pct Last meetingAugustana 0 1 .000 2011, L, 13-37, roadBemidji State 0 1 .000 2011, L, 7-20, roadU-Mary 2012, homeMinn. Crookston 1 0 1.00 2011, W, 38-20, homeMinnesota Duluth 2012, homeMinnesota State 0 1 .000 2011, L, 34-57, homeMinot State 1 0 1.00 2011, W, 43-31, roadNorthern State 1 0 1.00 2011, W, 27-22, homeSt. Cloud State 0 1 .000 2011, L, 13-41, roadSioux Falls 2012, roadSW MN State 1 0 1.00 2011, W, 60-53, neutralUpper Iowa 1 0 1.00 2011, W, 20-19, neutralWayne State 1 0 1.00 2011, W, 27-24, homeWinona State 0 1 .000 2011, L, 24-58, roadTotals 6 5 .545

RYAN WILLIAMSHEAD COACHSECOND YEAR

6-5 W-L RECORD

Quick Facts:- Wayzata, Minn. native- North Dakota State grad (‘01)- Speech Communications major- Business minor

Recruiting Territory: - Minnesota Lutheran Schools- Mississippi 8 Conference- Lake Conference

above: Coach Ryan Williams, with his wife, Aleasha and their son, Colton


DEFENSIVE ASSISTANTSTRAVIS JOHANSENDefensive Coordinator7th Season

Johansen was promoted to defensive coordinator in March of 2011 after serving fi ve years on the Concor-dia coaching staff working with the secondary.

In his fi rst season at the helm of the defense, Johan-sen’s unit led the Northern Sun with 2.1 sacks per game and 8.6 tackles for loss per game. They com-piled the 15th-ranked defense nationally in tackling the ball carrier behind the line of scrimmage.

The 2010 season marked a successful campaign for the defense and specifi cally the secondary. The pass

defense ranked 14th in the nation, averaging just 156.4 passing yards allowed per game while the coverage was solid enough to help the defensive front tally 39.0 sacks, 12th most in Division II. The defense also held opponents to 18.1 points per game, ranking 20th in the nation, while the total defense (311.3 ypg, 34th) and tackles for loss (7.6 tfl pg, 33rd) were also national players.

The result of the defensive success helped the team to a fi ve-win turnaround, an 8-4 fi n-ish and the program’s third Mineral Water Bowl appearance.

As a player, Johansen was a key part of a Golden Bear defense that won two NSIC Championships in 2003 and 2005 and has been a player or coach in all three Mineral Water Bowl appearances.

He was an All-NSIC First Team performer as a senior, making 80 tackles with 11.5 for loss and a pair of sacks; and was an All-NSIC Second Team player as a junior as well. His senior season in 2005 was one of the best defensive seasons in Concordia football history as the unit ranked sixth in the NCAA in run defense (87.2 yards per game) and 14th in the NCAA in total defense (284.4).

In his career, Johansen and the Golden Bears produced a 33-13 overall record and a 24-7 record in Northern Sun play with Johansen suiting up in 44 of those 46 games in his four seasons between 2002 and 2005.

He fi nished with 221 tackles, 23.5 tackles for loss and 5.0 sacks in his career on the fi eld.

He completed his undergraduate degree in kinesiology and sport management at Con-cordia in 2007.

SAM CUMMINGSDefensive LineSpecial Teams Coordinator2nd Season

Sam Cummings was hired as a full time assistant coach prior to the 2011 spring season and coaches the defensive line and serves as special teams coor-dinator for the Golden Bears.

Cummings joins the Golden Bears after working three seasons with Minnesota State University, Mankato while helping the Mavericks to back-to-back NCAA Playoff appearances.

As a graduate assistant at MSU, Cummings worked with the defensive line and the running backs in the playoff seasons before shifting to a tight ends/tackles coaching position for the 2010 season.

He also worked closely with MSU’s dynamic punt and kick return units, kickoff and punt coverage and fi eld goal blocking on the special teams.

At MSU, he gained experience recruiting in North and South Dakota and Wisconsin.

His introduction to coaching came at his alma mater, University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire where he worked as a student assistant with the linebackers in the 2008 spring season.

While at UWEC, Cummings was named the team defensive MVP in 2006 and 2007, was team captain as a senior and was actively involved as a SAAC member. He is a three-time All-WIAC linebacker (2005-07) and helped UWEC to a 2007 NCAA Playoff appearance.

He earned a bachelor of arts in criminal justice in 2008 at UWEC and completed his master of arts in physical eduction: sports management from MSU in December of 2010.

Cummings is a native of Rochester, Minn.

MIKE LABOREDefensive Graduate AssistantLinebackers1st Season

Mike LaBore joined the Concordia coaching staff for the 2012 season as a graduate assistant working with the defense.

He joined the Golden Bears after serving as line-backers coach at Hamline University in the 2011 season, assisting in implementing a 4-3 defensive package for the Pipers.

A graduate of Hamline University in the spring of 2011 with a degree in physical education (coaching

minor), LaBore played four years for the Pipers on the gridiron, battling through injuries along the way. In his fi rst two seasons, he was a two-way player, earning time as a run-ning back, full back, inside linebacker and outside linebacker.

As a senior, LaBore and the Pipers achieved their best season in over a decade as he earned the team’s top honor, the Jerry Smith Award. His junior campaign in 2008 included All-MIAC Second Team honors as an outside linebacker. As a freshman playing full back and outside linebacker, LaBore earend the team’s Lead Pipe (Big Hitter) Award before missing the 2006 due to injury.

He scored four career touchdowns including three as a freshman, had 92 rushing yards and 172 receiving yards in those fi rst two seasons before moving to defense full time. He notched a career-high 59 tackles as a junior in 2008 with 6.5 tackles for loss and had a career-high 5.0 sacks as a senior in 2009. In all, LaBore had 151 career tackles, 17.5 tackles for loss and 9.5 sacks.

His coaching career started in 2010 at the Academy of Holy Angels as an assistant strength & conditioning coach and linebackers coach. He also served as co-head coach and defensive coordinator for the B-squad and junior varsity teams.

LaBore will pursue a master’s degree in sports management while working with the foot-ball coaching staff at Concordia.

RUSSELL GARYSecondary9th Season

A 1977 graduate from Minneapolis Central, Rus-sell Gary brings a wide range of experience to the Concordia program. He earned All-Big Eight and All-American honors under legendary Nebraska coach Tom Osborne.

After graduating in 1981, Gary was drafted in the second round of the 1981 NFL draft by the New Or-leans Saints. There, he played all eight years of his career as a safety.

Gary currently resides in and works for the City of Minneapolis. He will serve as the defensive backs coach for the Golden Bears in his ninth season at Concordia.

VINCE ALMEDADefensive Line5th Season

Almeda joined Concordia’s coaching staff in the 2008 season to work with the defensive line.

During his playing career with the Golden Bears, he was a member of the 2003 and 2005 NSIC Champi-onship squads. Although he did not see action on the 2003 team, Almeda was a force in 2005, posting 55 tackles, 7.0 for loss and 4.0 sacks. In his career, he played in 20 games, registering 55 tackles, 9.0 for loss and 5.5 sacks while forcing one fumble.


OFFENSIVE ASSISTANTSDEREK BRANCHOffensive Line6th Season

Branch was introduced to the Concordia coaching staff for the 2007 season to work with the offensive line.

He came to CU after serving as a key assistant on the coaching staff at Hamline University for the previ-ous two seasons (2005-06). Branch began his stint with the Pipers serving as an assistant coaching the defensive line for his fi rst season. He was promoted to offensive coordinator for the 2006 season where he implemented an offensive package.

Branch received his bachelor of science degree in marketing and business education in 2004 from Wisconsin-Stout where he was an All-America Honorable Mention offensive lineman in 1999 and 2000. As he fi nished his degree, Branch began his coaching career at UW-Stout as a student assistant.

He accepted a graduate assistant position with The University of South Dakota where he earned a master of arts degree in 2006 in health, physical education and recreation.

Derek and his wife, Shannon, have a son, Maximus. Shannon works at Eden Lake El-ementary School in Eden Prairie, Minn.

MIKE MCHUGHTight Ends & Running BacksRecruiting Coordinator1st Season

McHugh joined the Concordia coaching staff in Janu-ary of 2012 and coaches the running backs and tight ends. He will also serve as the recruiting coordinator for Golden Bear football.

Prior to Concordia, McHugh had coached fi ve sea-sons at the collegiate level including a three year run at Minnesota Duluth that featured two NCAA Cham-pionships and a National Quarterfi nal fi nish.

Most recently, McHugh spent the 2011 football season at Carleton College in the MIAC as the offensive line coach and run game coordinator for the Knights.

Before his Carleton gig, McHugh was at the University of Minnesota Duluth for the 2008, 2009 and 2010 seasons were he earned a Master’s in Education from UMD. Aside from the three deep NCAA Playoff runs that culminated in two titles in three years, McHugh coached the NSIC Offensive Player of the Year twice and a Harlon Hill national fi nalist.

With McHugh coaching the UMD running backs and tight ends for three seasons, the Bulldogs produced rushing offenses ranked in the top-fi ve in the country and featured the nation’s third leading individual rusher.

Before joining the staff at UMD, he was an assistant coach at Eureka College (Ill.) for the 2007 season where he earned a promotion to offensive coordinator and also served as the team’s strength & conditioning coach.

He played collegiately at Loras College (Iowa), an offensive lineman from 2003-06 before joining the coaching staff for the spring of 2007. He graduated with honors that May with a degree in exercise science and a coaching minor.

Throughout his fi ve years of college football coaching, McHugh has accumulated a wide range of experience, including: strength & conditioning coach, run game coordinator, of-fensive coordinator, facilitated team and individual camps, NFL pro liaison, academic co-ordinator, game fi lm, practice plans, equipment manager and student-athlete recruitment in multiple states throughout the Midwest.

He is an active member of the American Football Coaches Association (AFCA) and Min-nesota State High School Coaches Association.

McHugh is a native of Chicago where he was a two-year offensive lineman and senior captain at Loyola Academy.

DP EYMANOffensive Graduate AssistantWide Receivers1st Season

DP Eyman joins the Golden Bear coaching staff as a fi rst year graduate assistant in 2012 and will work with the wide receivers.

Eyman received his fi rst collegiate coaching experi-ence in 2011 with Colorado School of Mines in the RMAC where he worked with the inside receivers and tight ends. He helped the Orediggers to an 8-3 overall record, including a 6-3 mark in the RMAC. CSM passed for 3,365 yards, averaging 305.9 per game with four receiving targets surpassing 500 re-

ceiving yards, and four more over 100 yards.

Prior to his stint at CSM, he began his coaching career at his prep alma mater, Iowa City City High School (ICCHS), coaching the wide receivers. At ICCHS, Eyman helped guide the Little Hawks to a class 4A state runner-up fi nish and a top-50 national ranking. ICCHS went undefeated in the regular season and concluded the year with a 12-1 overall record.

Eyman, who graduated from the University of Northern Iowa in 2010 with a degree in Political Science, played quarterback and wide receiver for the Panthers. Northern Iowa (NCAA Division I - FCS) won three Missouri Valley Conference titles during Eyman’s time in Cedar Falls, and the Panthers qualifi ed for the NCAA playoffs on three occasions, including a pair of semifi nal appearances and a berth in the 2005 National Championship game (then NCAA Division I-AA).

He led the Panthers in receiving as a senior with 40 catches for 526 yards and four touchdowns

A 2005 graduate of ICCHS, Eyman competed in football, basketball and soccer during his high school career. He garnered All-State recognition as both a quarterback and punter.

“THE SUPERSTAR” MIKE MORRISLong SnappersStrength & Conditioning2nd Season

“The Superstar” Mike Morris joined the Concordia athletic department in July of 2011 as the strength & conditioning coach for Golden Bear athletics.

Morris was among the most reliable long snappers in the NFL during his 13 year career. He played pri-marily with the Minnesota Vikings (nine seasons) and was a member of the 15-1 team that was one of the most prolifi c offenses in league history. While with

the Cardinals organization, Morris was the strongest member of the team.

He was a four year starter at Division II Northeast Missouri State (now Truman State) prior to his professional football career.

Since his NFL career ended in 1999, Morris has become a Twin Cities media personal-ity under the moniker “The Superstar” while hosting The Power Trip Morning Show on KFAN-AM 1130. He also co-hosts Viking Fanline throughout the Vikings season.

His elite background in strength & conditioning led him to found MILO Barbell Club in Burnsville, Minn. where he has trained with NFL stars like Matt Birk and Todd Steussie along with many other prep and collegiate standouts. He also trained with former Univer-sity of Minnesota NCAA Champion wrestler and current UFC fi ghter Brock Lesnar.

Morris has worked with All-American offensive lineman Tyler Hendrickson and former CU long snapper Josh Rosenthal, as well.

At Concordia, Morris will be responsible for the strength & conditioning efforts for the Golden Bear athletic department.


2012 ROSTER# Name Pos. Ht. Wt. Yr. Hometown High School Previous College

1 Jay Moten DB 5-10 175 Jr. Spicer, Minn. New London-Spicer HS 2 Tre Spears RB 5-10 225 So. Chicago, Ill. Morgan Park HS 3 Jermaine Clemon TE/H 6-4 240 So. Racine, Wis. Racine Horlick HS 4 Jeremy Head DB 6-1 190 Jr. Bolingbrook, Ill. Naperville Central HS 5 Jeremy Randle DB 5-10 205 Sr. Minneapolis, Minn. DeLaSalle HS 6 Jordan Halverson LB 6-1 245 So. Fridley, Minn. Fridley HS 7 Ronald Zollicoffer RB 5-8 180 Jr. Chicago, Ill. Amundsen HS Harper College 8 James Peterson QB 6-3 230 So. Blaine, Minn. Blaine HS 9 Gabe Boyce WR 5-11 165 Fr. Minnetonka, Minn. Minnetonka HS 10 Denzell Blackmon DB 5-10 190 Jr. Chicago, Ill. Morgan Park HS 11 Mike Willett DB 5-11 190 Jr. Woodbury, Minn. Woodbury HS 12 Austin Leichtnam QB 6-2 205 R-Fr. Oshkosh, Wis. Oshkosh West HS Valparaiso University 13 Anthony Hill DB 6-2 185 Fr. Brooklyn Park, Minn. Champlin Park HS 14 Jared Russo QB 6-2 245 So. Milwaukee, Wis. Milwaukee Pius XI HS 15 Alex Bennett QB 6-3 175 Fr. Freeport, Ill. Freeport HS 16 Tre Mason WR 6-3 210 Sr. League City, Texas Clear Creek HS Howard Payne University 17 Corey Cole QB/WR 6-2 185 R-Fr. Fillmore, Calif. Fillmore HS 19 Nathan Maher LB 6-1 227 Sr. Rockford, Minn. Rockford HS 20 Quanzell Murphy LB 6-0 197 Fr. Kenosha, Wis. Bradford HS 21 Abdullah Asad DB 5-10 210 So. Chicago, Ill. Morgan Park HS 22 Jimmy Mireri DB 5-10 180 R-Fr. Fridley, Minn. Fridley HS 23 Cordell Smith WR 6-4 210 So. Mequon, Wis. Homestead HS 24 Tom Obarski K/P 5-11 175 So. Burnsville, Minn. Apple Valley HS 25 Jordan Nieuwsma DB 5-10 180 Fr. Lakeville, Minn. Bethany Academy 26 Lance Smith RB 5-9 203 Sr. Queens, N.Y. Holy Cross HS University of New Mexico 27 Dio Varela DB 5-10 180 Fr. St. Paul, Minn. DeLaSalle HS 28 Val Huerta RB 5-8 165 Fr. Woodbury, Minn. East Ridge HS 29 Josh Trifunov DB 6-0 190 Fr. South St. Paul, Minn. South St. Paul HS 30 Jermaine Hughes LB 6-1 195 Fr. Chicago, Ill. Rich Central HS 31 Matt Hoppe LB 6-0 235 R-Fr. Wales, Wis. Kettle Moraine HS 32 Hunter Bates LB 6-1 205 R-Fr. Minnetonka, Minn. Minnetonka HS 33 Ryan Poppitz LB 6-2 195 Fr. Plymouth, Minn. Wayzata HS 34 Jason White RB 5-9 208 Sr. Davenport, Iowa North HS University of Iowa 35 Lincoln Wylie RB 5-10 187 Fr. Oak Creek, Wis. Oak Creek HS 36 Adrian Wood LB 6-2 185 Fr. St. Paul, Minn. Central HS 37 Nick Samuelson LB 6-3 215 Fr. Romeoville, Ill. Romeoville HS 38 Brock Keaton DB 6-1 205 Jr. Hopkins, Minn. Hopkins HS MSU Moorhead 39 Nate Burchell DB 6-0 215 So. Green Bay, Wis. Green Bay Preble HS 40 Chris Krakau LB 6-1 215 Fr. South Milwaukee, Wis. South Milwaukee HS 41 Landon Ochwat TE/H 6-2 220 So. Fort Collins, Colo. Fossil Ridge HS 42 DeMario Richardson WR 6-1 156 Fr. Durham, N.C. Riverside HS 43 Jake Munkwitz TE/H 6-2 240 R-Fr. Glenwood City, Wis. Glenwood City HS 44 Chris Sesson LB 6-0 224 Jr. Chicago, Ill. Robeson HS 45 Nick Jauch LB 5-11 210 So. Middleton, Wis. Middleton HS 46 Chandler Crary LB 6-0 210 Fr. St. Charles, Ill. Burlington Central HS 47 Cody Johnson TE/H 5-11 215 Sr. Burnsville, Minn. Burnsville HS 48 Philip Barlow DB 6-1 215 Sr. Golden Valley, Minn. Armstrong HS 49 Alex Taray LB 6-0 215 R-Fr. Meadowlands, Minn. Floodwood HS 50 Willie Nunnery DL 6-1 248 Jr. Madison, Wis. Middleton HS 51 Myles Mhoon LB 5-10 205 R-Fr. Matteson, Ill. Rich Central HS 54 Austin Jones OL 6-3 290 Fr. Madison, Wis. Memorial HS 55 Jackson Groonwald LB 6-2 215 Fr. Hartland, Wis. Arrowhead HS 56 Brock Molden DL 6-3 240 So. Golden Valley, Minn. Armstrong HS 57 Kailan Boston LB 6-1 230 So. Milwaukee, Wis. Heritage Christian School Wisconsin-Platteville 60 Lawrence Walker OL 6-3 300 So. Rockford, Ill. Jefferson HS Northern Illinois University 61 Garjuhan Zeogar DL 5-8 290 So. Brooklyn Park, Minn. Maple Grove HS 62 Moses Huerta OL 6-1 275 So. Ontario, Calif. Ontario HS 63 Sam Williams DL 6-3 220 Fr. Denver, Colo. Mountain Vista HS 66 Bryan Gates OL 6-2 300 Jr. Elk Grove, Calif. Sheldon HS Sierra College 67 Matt Pulizos OL 6-5 275 Fr. Milwaukee, Wis. Greendale HS 68 Brett Morris OL 6-3 270 Fr. Lyons, Ill. Nazareth Academy 70 Isiah Cage OL 6-5 315 R-Fr. Chicago, Ill. Julian HS 71 Thomas Flack DL 6-2 270 Jr. Savage, Minn. Burnsville HS 73 Joe Widman OL 6-3 280 Jr. Naperville, Ill. Naperville Central HS 74 Chris Campbell DL 6-5 310 Jr. San Marcos, Calif. Mission Hills HS 75 Demetrius Beaver OL 6-4 285 Jr. Los Angeles, Calif. Westchester HS Santa Monica College 76 Zack Sieber OL 6-4 300 Sr. Minnetonka, Minn. Minnetonka HS 77 Zach Elliott OL 6-5 295 Sr. Ham Lake, Minn. Blaine HS 78 Steven Davis OL 6-3 285 Jr. Harvey, Ill. Thornton Township HS 79 Cole Parker OL 6-5 270 Fr. Brookfi eld, Wis. Brookfi eld Central HS

Alphabetical #Agyekum, Prince 93Asad, Abdullah 21Barlow, Philip 48Bates, Hunter 32Baucham, Sammy 83Beaver, Demetrius 75Bennett, Alex 15Blackmon, Denzell 10Boston, Kailan 57Boyce, Gabe 9Buhmann, Matt 89Burchell, Nate 39Cage, Isiah 63Campbell, Chris 74Chapa, Teddy 98Christen, Dustin 80Clemon, Jermaine 83Cole, Corey 17Crary, Chandler 46Cullen, Mike 61Davis, Steven 77Elliott, Zach 77Flack, Thomas 71Garcia, Jarrod 97Gates, Bryan 66Groonwald, Jackson 55Halverson, Jordan 36Head, Jeremy 4Hill, Anthony 13Hoppe, Matt 26Huerta, Moses 62Huerta, Val 28Hughes, Jermaine 30Jankowski, Noah 91Jauch, Nick 45Johnson, Cody 47Jones, Austin 54Keaton, Brock 38Krakau, Chris 40Kuphal, Eli 86Leichtnam, Austin 12Maher, Nathan 19Marks, Mike 94Mason, Tre 16McKee, Ryan 72Mhoon, Myles 51Mireri, Jimmy 22Mohan, Christian 99Molden, Brock 56Moore, Zach 90Morris, Brett 68Moten, Jay 1Munkwitz, Jake 43Murphy, Quanzell 20Nieuwsma, Jordan 25Nunnery, Willie 50Obarski, Tom 25Ochwat, Landon 41Parker, Cole 79Pelikan, Michael 84Peterson, James 8Poppitz, Ryan 33Pulizos, Matt 67Randle, Jeremy 5Richardson, DeMario 42Russo, Jared 14Samuelson, Nick 37Sapp, Willie 87Sesson, Chris 44Sieber, Zack 76


2012 ROSTER # Name Pos. Ht. Wt. Yr. Hometown High School Previous College 80 Dustin Christen WR 6-1 180 Jr. St. Cloud, Minn. St. Cloud Apollo HS 82 Raphael Washington TE/H 6-4 260 Jr. Orlando, Fla. St. Bonaventure (Calif.) HS Chadron State 83 Sammy Baucham WR 6-0 170 Fr. Columbus, Ga. Northside HS 84 Michael Pelikan K 6-0 180 So. St. Paul, Minn. Cretin-Derham Hall HS Drake University 85 Paah Zeah WR 6-0 200 Jr. Brooklyn Park, Minn. Totino Grace HS 86 Eli Kuphal TE/H 5-10 210 So. Winthrop, Minn. Mayer Lutheran HS 87 Willie Sapp WR 5-10 180 So. Apple Valley, Minn. Apple Valley HS 88 Nate Thienes TE/H 6-5 275 Sr. Lake Elmo, Minn. Mahtomedi HS 89 Matt Buhmann WR 6-5 210 So. Elk River, Minn. Elk River HS 90 Zach Moore DL 6-6 282 Jr. Chicago, Ill. Simeon Academy 91 Noah Jankowski LS 6-2 225 R-Fr. Milwaukee, Wis. Greendale HS 92 Ryan McKee DL 6-3 270 R-Fr. McHenry, Ill. Marian Central Catholic HS 93 Prince Agyekum DL 6-2 255 So. Crystal, Minn. Armstrong HS 94 Mike Marks DT 6-4 290 Fr. Naperville, Ill. Naperville North HS 96 Mike Cullen DL 6-3 255 So. Green Bay, Wis. Green Bay Preble HS 97 Jarrod Garcia DL 5-9 213 Fr. Schaumburg, Ill. Streamwood HS 98 Teddy Chapa DL 6-0 260 Sr. Dayton, Ohio Milton Union HS Rochester CTC 99 Christian Mohan DL 6-5 270 Sr. Lancaster, Calif. St. Bonaventure HS Ventura College

Alphabetical #Smith, Cordell 23Smith, Lance 26Spears, Tre 2Taray, Alex 49Thienes, Nate 88Trifunov, Josh 29Varela, Dio 27Walker, Lawrence 60Washington, Raphael 82White, Jason 34Widman, Joe 73Willett, Mike 11Williams, Sam 63Wood, Adrian 36Wylie, Lincoln 35Zeah, Paah 85Zeogar, Garjuhan 61Zollicoffer, Ronald 7

STEVE HEIDENTight Ends1st Season

Steve Heiden turned a successful NCAA Division II college football career into an 11-year NFL career, spending eight years as a starting tight end with the Cleveland Browns.

While at SDSU, Heiden hauled in 112 receptions for 1,499 yards (13.4 avg) and eight touchdowns for the Jackrabbits who were formerly in the now-defunct North Central Conference (NCC).

He earned his degree in childhood education at SDSU.

He was drafted by the San Diego Chargers in the third round (#69 overall) of the 1999 NFL Draft.

After being traded in 2002 in the preseason to the Browns, Heiden made Cleveland his fi nal destination in the NFL. In eight seasons in Cleveland, Heiden started 70 of his 106 games played, catching 187 passes for 1,602 yards with 12 touchdowns.

In his 11-year professional career, Heiden played in 148 career games (83 starts) with 201 catches, 1,689 yards and 14 touchdowns.

He is a native of Rushford, Minn. and one of 29 players in South Dakota State’s history to be chosen in the NFL Draft, and the last from SDSU’s Division II-era.

BEN HARMONOffensive Assistant1st Season

Harmon begins his fi rst year as an assistant coach in the 2012 season with nearly a decade of coaching experience.

His most recent stop was as offensive coordinator for La Jaya Community School in Avondale, Ariz. where he also taught physical education.

Prior to his offensive coordinator position, he was the head freshman coach in his hometown at Onalaska High School (Wis.) as he completed his degree in physical education and coaching at the University of

Wisconsin-La Crosse in 2006. He coached the freshman team from 2002-05 while pursu-ing his degree along the way.

While at La Joya HS, Harmon continued to actively pursue his education, earning a mas-ter’s in educational leadership from Northern Arizona University in 2012.

His teaching profession brought him back to the Midwest in the summer of 2012 as he received a physical education teaching position at Highland Park Junior High in St. Paul, Minn.

Ben resides in Eagan, Minn. with his wife, Lauren.

ZAK PFEFFERDefensive Student Assistant1st Season

Pfeffer joined the Golden Bear coaching staff as a student assistant for the 2012 spring season and will be interning with the team as a defensive assistant throughout the 2012 regular season.

He brings prior coaching experience to his unde-graduate position with the team, as varsity defensive backs coach at Burnsville High School in 2010, and as the varsity defensive backs coach and co-head B-squad coach at Simley High School in 2009. He also coached junior high basketball in Burnsville in the 2010-11 winter season.

Pfeffer, a 2008 graduate of Burnsville High School and three-sport athlete for the Blaze, went to Gustavus Adolphus College where he played free safety for a season. A back injury derailed his playing career and sparked his decision to begin a path to coaching.

With the Blaze as a prep athlete, Pfeffer was an All-Lake Conference honorable mention football player and team captain as a senior in 2007. He also earned All-Lake Conference honorable mention honors on the hardwood. During the spring, he excelled in track & fi eld as a team captain and earning All-Lake Conference. He was a Class AA 110m high hurdles state qualifi er as well.

Enrolled at Concordia in the fall of 2010, he is on pace to graduate with a degree in kinesiology with a sport management focus along with a coaching minor this December.

Pfeffer intends to pursue a career path in college football coaching.

JASON OBARSKIOffensive Student Assistant1st Season

Obarski joined the Concordia football staff as a stu-dent assistant in the 2012 spring season. He works primarily with the kickers and punters while interning as offensive coach.

He was a member of the North Dakota State Uni-versity football team for the 2008 and 2009 seasons before transfering to St. Olaf College where he was an All-MIAC kicker and punter for the Oles in 2010 and 2011.

The Dean’s List student will fi nish his degree in the spring of 2013 at Concordia in sport management.

Outside of his career as a student-athlete and student-coach, Obarski serves as an ath-letic director at St. Dominic School (Northfi eld, Minn.) and is an assistant director for the Minnesota Football Coaches Association (MFCA) All-Star Game.

He was a three-time All-State kicker and punter at Apple Valley High School.

Jason is the son of Mark and Barb Obarski and has two brothers, John and Tom; and two sisters, Kelly and Kim. His brother, Tom, is the kicker and punter for the Concordia football team.


SEASON PREVIEW

Concordia’s 2012 season motto “Win Today” is a phrase that takes on much greater meaning than the explicit goal of any team to simply “win.”

It also doesn’t have a near-sighted empha-sis that “today” might suggest, especially given that Concordia is led by a second year head coach in his fi rst experience at the helm of a football program at any level.

Sitting down and talking with second year head coach Ryan Williams, there is not an arrogance that comes with a stated goal of winning, and there is no rushed feeling to his demeanor.

The interim tag lifted, Williams has a cool-ness, a calm presence just over 12 full months after taking over the program.

In his fi rst year, Williams came in armed with experienced players; veterans who had helped the team reach a third Mineral Water Bowl since 2003. But when camp opened, turmoil began and a young coach-ing staff was forced to react to situations instead of playing to Williams’ strength of planning for the future.

It could be summed up by what happened during the fi rst week of camp, when incum-bent starting quarterback Spencer Ohm broke his foot during a non-contact drill. Injuries and other issues would hamper the team’s ability to get into a consistent groove and young players were thrust into key roles initially held by upperclassmen.

But Williams would continue to preach his message to the team, and they persisted together and grew up together.

The team won four of their last fi ve games, including a win over nationally-ranked Wayne State and wins in their fi nal three games of the season.

The momentum was felt across campus, and short-ly after the season, Wil-liams was installed as the permanent head coach.

He was forced to grow a lot more in his fi rst year than most coaches, “I knew it wasn’t going to be easy, but being an optimist and always focusing on the ‘good-good-good’ - it doesn’t lend to dealing with adversity. But I learned from it, we need to be more guarded and worry about controlling the moment. That’s why I love our motto. Worry about the battle at hand, not what we want down the road. Too many things, good and bad, can happen in a year and if we prepare today then we’ll be ready to-morrow.”

The team motto is more than just a phrase; it’s more than just two words. The team’s leadership council, made up of the se-niors and two-to-three representatives from each class, met during the spring in

a round table format to incite discussions and ideas. The result was the creation of a team creed, titled ‘Win Today.’

“We formulated the 2012 CU Football Creed with daily and season goals. If we win every day, work our hardest every day and win as many individual days as pos-

sible and then add it up at the end of the year, we feel that we’ll have a pretty good end result when we look back,” Williams said.

“The idea is to put away the talent, put away the po-tential, put away the future expectations and just wor-ry about winning today.”

And to ‘Win Today’ is not relegated to the football fi eld. It transcends the gridiron in many ways. It applies to the weight room,

team meetings, fi lm sessions, and the locker room.

But the leadership council did not stop there; the team creed continues to sug-gest the ‘Win Today’ should be applied to all aspects of life for a student-athlete. It goes so much further than just football and team related activities.

Coach Williams has stressed from day one in 2011 that his football teams would pro-duce well-rounded young men. Yes, he’s

in the business of winning football games and playing for championships - after all, he was quarterback and captain of a for-mer Division II power, North Dakota State.

But Williams sees the big picture. For a small campus in a large community, Con-cordia offers a different atmosphere for young men who come to play football. Un-der Williams, Concordia offers growth, and for some, a second chance.

A diverse football team with players from many different backgrounds, Williams strives to achieve what the leadership council determined was important.

To ‘Win Today’ is an attitude. It’s all encom-passing. It applies to every player on the team, regardless of background.

The team takes it to the classroom and into the community. The goal is “account-ability on and off the fi eld,” according to the team’s printed creed that can be seen all over the walls at the team’s facility, the Fandrei Center.

In addition to the team’s daily goals (see chart), they also have specifi c targets to achieve as a team that are internal team goals.

Williams emphasizes that the specifi c team targets are things that will take care of themselves when the focus is on what each player and coach can do to “Win Today.”

CU CREED“Win Today”

Daily Goals Mentally Tough

Great TeammateDiscipline Compete

accountability both on and off the fi eld

The 2012 season features a new wrinkle: no non-conference games.

In Concordia’s time in the Northern Sun since 1999, the conference has seen teams leave, come back and now expand.

The expansion has taken the league from eight teams to 16 since 2006 when the University of Mary and Upper Iowa joined the conference.

The latest to join are the University of Sioux Falls (S.D.) and Minot State Univer-sity (N.D.).

It means that no one in the league can schedule a non-conference game to get ready for the grind of one of the top Divi-sion II football conferences in the land.

Every game will count towards the race for the overall NSIC Championship or a Divisional title which of course greatly im-pacts playoff and bowl implications in the postseason.

“It will be a lot of fun. This league is as competitive as any and our schedule dic-tates that,” said head coach Ryan Wil-liams. “Week one starts with Mary and they are a solid team, and it goes from there. There isn’t a week in the season you can take lightly. Everyone can give you a run for your money on any given week.”

The format for the new conference sched-uling starts Concordia off with four games against the NSIC North Division before playing all seven South Division games consecutively.

Last season’s strong fi nish (winning four of the last fi ve games and three in a row to end the year) cer-tainly plays into the 2012 dynamics.

“We dealt with a lot of adversity last year. We graduated a talented group, but these guys who are back saw how easily we could have been 8-3 or 3-8, and they helped us fi nd a way to 6-5 through the turmoil. They know the day-to-day disci-pline it takes to win on Saturday’s and how to handle the ups and downs of football.”

The returners are led by their four cap-tains, James Peterson, Zach Moore, Mike Willett and Tre Mason. Mason is the only senior captain of the group, but the other three players are all in their fourth year in the program. Peterson and Moore were elected by an overwhelming margin during the spring season, while Mason

and Willett were voted captains at the end of fall camp.

The returners will be buoyed by a solid group of transfers that will come in and plug in some areas of need.

“Our transfers will make the biggest im-pact we’ve ever had. We’ve had some good players walk in our door. A few are from junior col-leges; a few are uni-versity transfers that were looking for new homes. They’re all great character kids and really talented,” Williams stated.

He continued, “There will be four or fi ve players who will step in right away and be noticed.”

The roster’s canvas is completed with one of the top prep

recruiting classes since Williams has been involved with the program, now into his eighth year including his tenure as offen-sive coordinator.

He’s quick to point out that most of the true freshmen will come in and redshirt while developing on the scout team, but as with

every season there are exceptions.

The exceptions can come for multiple rea-sons, which vary from an extraordinary tal-ent such as the case with Zach Moore in 2009, a need at certain positions entering the season, or a need that arises during the year due to injury.

“We anticipate anywhere from two to four freshmen having their redshirts pulled. But a majority of these guys will be very good football players after their year of develop-ment.”

The excitement from signing day hasn’t subsided, either, as Williams continues to rave about the youth in the program.

“These are very smart and talented kids that love football. So far in camp, their learning curve has been outstanding. They are mentally ahead of the curve.”

But he tempers his excitement by noting that they are still true freshmen physically, and competing against “bonafi de college players like (Steven) Davis, (Chris) Camp-bell, and so on.”

The make-up of the 2012 Golden Bears features a dynamic mix of experienced re-turners, returners competing for their fi rst starting role, impact transfers and compet-itive youth that has made for a competitive fall camp.

Experience...Returners .......... 53Newcomers....... 35Roster Size ....... 88

By State...California ............ 6Colorado ............. 2Florida................. 1Georgia ............... 1Illinois................ 20Iowa .................... 1Minnesota ......... 34North Carolina .... 1New York ............ 1Ohio .................... 1Texas .................. 1Wisconsin ......... 19

By Class...Fr. ..................... 25R-Fr. ...................11So. .................... 22Jr. ...................... 18Sr. ..................... 12

By Position...Offense ............ 40QB ...................... 5RB....................... 6WR .................... 10TE/H ................... 7OL ..................... 13Defense............ 45DL ..................... 14LB ..................... 17DB..................... 14Specialists ......... 3

Roster Facts


OFFENSE PREVIEWThe Golden Bear offensive reputation con-tinued a year ago as the team produced a 1,000-yard receiver, a 1,000-yard rusher and passed for over 3,000 yards as a team.

Not lost in the equation were an All-Amer-ican offensive lineman and an All-Region tight end for a complete offense.

They lose their starting quarterback, the 1,000-yard rusher and receiver and four starting offensive linemen including their All-American left tackle.

Those losses will be mitigated by a strong group of returning players poised for breakout success at the college level.

Not only is the team boosted by impact recruits expected to grab hold of or com-pete for starting roles, but they welcome a number of players back to the team either via injury or circumstance.

They’ll get sophomore quarterback James Peterson and sophomore running back Tre Spears back from injury. Meanwhile, senior Zack Sieber and junior Paah Zeah each return to the roster after a year away from the team.

Impact transfers could include offensive linemen Bryan Gates and Demetrius Beaver, tight end Raphael Washington and running backs Jason White and Ron-ald Zollicofer.

While no one player is expected to replace the likes of a Spencer Ohm, a Sam Camp-bell, a Charles Gilbert or a Tyler Hendrick-son, the coaching staff feels like the sum of the parts being brought in and coming back will allow the offense to continue to produce at a high level of effi ciency.

The team essentially worked out of two formations a year ago under head coach Ryan Williams, either two tight ends or three wide receivers with a single back look.

Coach Williams expects to feature a lot of those same looks, emphasizing a multiple formation look that will produce a balance between the run and the pass.

“We’ve come across transfers and per-sonnel groupings that allow us to be even more multi-dimensional, and to spread the playmakers.”

The versatility among the skill position players is varied at each level of the of-fense, which Williams feels will help the team be less predictable, more dynamic and better equipped to exploit opposing defenses.

“Teams won’t be able to queue in on any one aspect of our offense. If they go big, we can spread it out. If they bring out speed, we can counter with power. It al-lows us to take stress off of individual play-ers and spread the ball around,” Williams added.

Last year with Charles Gilbert, Concordia took their shots deep with great success and effi ciency.

“We’ll get deep when we want to, maybe fi ve-to-six times a game depending on the scheme and situation. Big plays have al-ways been a big part of our offense and will continue to be.”

But he stopped short of emphasizing the big play as the centerpiece.

Instead, he’s excited for the rushing attack that the Golden Bears will bring.

“Our run game is expected to be better and more consistent. We have more ex-plosiveness this year and our speed and quickness is better than it’s ever been for us. That’s not to discredit past players who have been successful, but this run game will bring a new and exciting part to our offense.”

While the skill position players are deep, dynamic and versatile, they will be relying on three new starters on the offensive line.

“The potential and talent is there up front,” Williams suggested. “But the consistency, continuity and experience will be hard to replace. We have the guys to do it, but it’s just a matter of time as it develops.”

QUARTERBACKSWith Ohm suffering an early preseason injury last fall, it opened the door for Peter-son to take the reins to the offense.

In his only two full games of his career, both on the road, Peterson has guided Concordia to victories and thrown for 357

and 328 yards with fi ve touchdown strikes.

But in week two last year, Peterson went down with a season-ending injury before eventually being awarded a medical hard-ship waiver to keep his sophomore athletic status.

“James is back, healthy and looks really good. He’s very smart, actually all of our QB’s are, but James in particular is. He’s very composed as a leader and play-maker, understands all the facets of our offense,” said Williams.

His grasp of the offense was only strength-ened last year while he served as a player/coach in the booth each week.

When Peterson went down, Jared Russo, now a sophomore, stepped in to receive his fi rst career game experience. Russo started three games and played in 10. In his fi rst career start, he engineered a vic-tory under center. He led the team in pass attempts and threw 10 touchdown strikes.

“Jared got a lot of experience last year, and perhaps has as much game experi-ence as James. I’m excited to see him take on a new and more experienced role and continue to compete with and push James. I know he can take over for James and run the offense well.”

With two experienced quarterbacks, Wil-liams has two mentally capable players that can make checks and manage the system.

Concordia’s third quarterback is redshirt freshman Corey Cole who will also be competing as a wide receiver.

“Corey is a very explosive football player and a really good athlete. You’ll see him in some wildcat formations and he has the ability to throw in that formation which adds a weapon for us. His knowledge of the offense continues to grow and become more consistent. He’s really fast, and we want him on the fi eld.”

The Golden Bears also have a transfer quarterback from Valparaiso University, redshirt freshman Austin Leichtnam. “Austin is developing nicely, has good fu-ture potential and is only behind the others because he hasn’t been here as long.”

RUNNING BACKSConcordia’s backfi eld features four ex-tremely different running backs that all bring excellent traits to the team.

Sophomore Tre Spears returns to the

backfi eld after an injury forced him to take a redshirt season. Spears earned playing time as a true freshman in 2010, getting looks as a full back as a rookie.

He’s poised to take hold of the starting role, but is facing tough competition in the process.

“Tre has developed into a mature, expe-rienced leader on the team. As a sopho-more, he’s as ready to start as anyone we’ve had back there. He’ll be more physi-cal and tenacious than any back we’ve ever had and has good intelligence of the offense.”

Also vying for the starting role is University of Iowa transfer Jason White, a balanced back that can catch out of the backfi eld, has vision and is a down-hill runner be-tween the tackles.

“Jason is smart and an awesome leader, especially for a guy that just transferred in.”

With an explosive Spears, and inside run-ning White, junior college transfer Ronald Zollicofer provides tremendous break-away speed out of the backfi eld.

“Ronald is one of the most explosive play-making running backs in space that we’ve ever put on the fi eld in my eight years here. He has great hands and is a great change of pace from our other backs.”

Concordia’s bruising; short yardage run-ning back is senior Lance Smith who re-ceived some spot duty last year.

“Lance provides us with great special teams contributions, depth and consisten-cy in the back fi eld. He knows our offense and is a down-hill, straight-line runner.”

WIDE RECEIVERS“We will be as deep at receiver as we’ve ever been. We’ll have good consistency through the group; guys know our offense, can get in space and make plays, run their routes and block downfi eld.”

The receiving corps will be led by senior Tre Mason who had a breakout year as a transfer last season by catching 29 passes for 647 yards and fi ve touchdowns. His 22.3 yard per catch average was right there with the big-play Charles Gilbert (23.2).

“We’re expecting Tre to have as big as or better of a year than Gil (Gilbert) had last year. He’s a big, physical target and has the ability to go up and get the ball like Ruff (Tyrone Ruffi n) used to.”


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Adding another big, athletic and fast target is sophomore Cordell Smith who broke out with 28 catches for 469 yards and six touchdowns last season.

“Tre and Coy are as good as any receivers we’ve had at tracking the ball through the air and going up and getting a deep ball.”

He continued, “Tre has the physicality to catch a 5-yard pass and turn it into a 30-plus yard play.”

“Last year, Coy had awesome production as a redshirt freshman and I’m expecting even better production this year. He under-stands the offense, is a leader and has the best hands of the group.”

Williams expects this duo to be among the league’s best wide receivers in 2012.

Contributing to the unit are juniors Dustin Christen and Paah Zeah, and sophomore Matt Buhmann.

“Christen is smart and works as hard as anybody. He will have the best year of his career; he’ll contribute on special teams. He’s the type of player that’s always in the right spot. He’ll make plays for us and pro-vides great consistency.”

“It’s nice to have Paah back, he’s played in our system and run our offense. He’s a real physical, good sized receiver. He plays like a tight end and has the speed of a receiver.”

“I’m expecting good things as a sopho-more from Buhmann, he’s had a nice camp has great size at 6-5.”

Adding depth and competition to the re-ceivers are Cole, sophomore Willie Sapp and freshman Gabe Boyce.

“Boyce is one of the top prep recruits from our 2012 signing class and could contrib-ute early in the year.”

TIGHT ENDS & H-BACKSThe Golden Bears are blessed with amaz-ing depth and talent with a versatile skill set at their tight end position. “We have better depth and talent at this position than we’ve had since I’ve been here, and I feel like I’ve said that before about our tight ends. But we have 3, 4 or even 5 guys who can contribute.”

He added, “The versatility within the group is awesome. They all can do a little bit of everything, but we have one guy that can dominate the line of scrimmage, another guy who is as athletic at the position as anyone in the country, and other one that is a good blend between the two but is a bigger body.”

Senior Nate Thienes is a preseason All-America candidate who had a breakout year in 2011 as a junior.

“He’s as good as advertised and we’re ex-pecting an even better year this year. He’s put on 20 pounds of strength, but he’s added speed, too. He’s powerful in the run game with a combination of quickness that allows him to overtake the line of scrim-mage on the perimeter.”

He also gets downfi eld as a big, physi-cal receiving target with 38 catches for 387 yards last year. “His added size and strength makes him as threatening as any-one in our pass game.”

In his second year at the tight end position, sophomore Jermaine Clemon is expect-ed to be one of the team’s playmakers.

A converted wide receiver, Clemon adds another year of maturity and experience after proving to be a solid option last year as a redshirt freshman. He’s expected to be a nice compliment to Thienes and pro-vides opponents with matchup problems when both tight ends are on the fi eld.

“The thing that sets Jermaine a part from other tight ends is that he’s as physical as anyone in our offense while at the same time he can run as well as anyone in our offense and that creates a real problem for defenses. He’s also very good with the ball in his hands and is very hard to tackle.”

A newcomer to the unit is junior transfer Raphael Washington from Chadron State.

“Raphael is a combination of Nate and Jermaine. He’s a big body at 6-4, 260 and provides a good target for our quar-terbacks. He’s a great position tight end in that he can use his frame to be a solid target while shielding a defender out of the play. He’s great in the intermediate pass game and has proven to be a hard-worker, willing to take on any role within the team.”

“This tight end trio allows us to create mis-matches and cause problems for defenses as we try to put them in the right position.”

Returners that are also competing are sophomore Landon Ochwat and senior Cody Johnson. “Landon has done some good things in camp while Cody is an ex-plosive, true full back type of player. They each bring us added depth between the tight end and h-back positions.”

OFFENSIVE LINEWith four starters from the 2011 squad graduated along with a key rotational re-serve, there are plenty of starting spots and playing time to compete for entering the 2012 season.

And while the team loses key experienced offensive linemen, coach Williams feels that this collection of blockers is “very ath-letic, talented and bigger” than previous units in the program.

He also understands that there is work to do and the group is not yet a fi nished prod-uct, “They have to work hard to get them-selves to the point where they are knowl-edgeable and gain experience through hard work. We can’t wait for the end of the season for that to happen and as a staff it’s up to us to set them up for that success through schemes and we’ve been in that process throughout camp.”

The group is led by the veterans on the right side with junior Steven Davis at the right tackle position. “He’s as good as any-one in this league. He’s been under ad-vertised because we’ve had some special people the last few years but Steven can play with anyone in the league.”

Williams continued, “He’s had a great camp, is a great leader to the young guys and has really helped in developing our younger linemen.”

Davis led all Golden Bear offensive line-men last season in his blocking percent-age and has yet to allow a sack as a col-lege football player.

Next to Davis at the right guard spot is se-nior Zack Sieber who returns to the squad after a year away from the team.

“It’s nice to have Zack back, he’ll provide us with experience that we wouldn’t have had if he wasn’t back. He’s excited to be

back and is producing. He brings us a vocal spirit and intensity that we need up front.”

Junior college transfer Bryan Gates head-lines the center position.

“Gates provides athleticism and power that we need. Even though he’s a transfer, it feels like he’s been here for four years. We are very excited about him; he’s smart, knowledgeable, powerful and quick.”

Behind Gates is sophomore Moses Huer-ta, “he’s done nothing but impress us. He’s improved dramatically over the past 12 months and put himself in a position to help the team while providing competitive depth in the middle.”

The left guard position has been a solid competition throughout camp with junior college transfer Demetrius Beaver per-haps taking the upper hand for the starting position out of camp.

“He’s very athletic and good in space, but his versatility also provides us with depth as a backup tackle.”

In the event that Beaver ends up being a versatile backup, senior Zach Elliott, ju-nior Joe Widman and sophomore trans-fer Lawrence Walker are all aggressively competing for reps up front.

“Zach has had a nice camp and is ex-pected to do good things while providing the experience we need, while Joe has im-proved all three seasons he’s been with us and is proving to be a contributing mem-ber. Lawrence is a transfer from Northern Illinois University is giving us added depth and competition for starting and backup spots.”

Redshirt freshman Isiah Cage is in line for a major role as the starting left tackle. “He will be very good, he needs to continue to get game experience and learn on the run. He’s physically very powerful and athletic. He has big shoes to fi ll (Tyler Hendrick-son), but I’m confi dent that he will measure up to the task.”

Cage might be the youngest starter up front, but there is a core of young offen-sive linemen coming into the program that has ignited excitement among the coach-ing staff, particularly offensive line coach Derek Branch.

Williams noted the rookie presence, “Our young offensive linemen, (Matt) Pulizos, (Brett) Morris, (Austin) Jones and (Cole) Parker, someday will anchor this offensive line. They are as talented as any freshman group of offensive linemen we’ve had or been around. We’re excited to see them develop.”


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The Golden Bear defense is armed with a steady amount of returning starters and contributors in the 2012 season, and head coach Ryan Williams also points to a key coaching maneuver that will aid in amping up the defensive production.

A year ago, the opposite could have been said. Last year, the Golden Bears were faced with the task of replacing a number of key starters across all levels of the de-fense while fi rst year defensive coordina-tor Travis Johansen spent less time work-ing with the secondary and more time with the linebackers.

Johansen had spent a number of years as secondary coach for the Concordia de-fense before receiving the defensive coor-dinator post last year.

In 2012, Williams notes that Johansen will return to work with the secondary which had previously excelled under his leader-ship in past seasons.

But it’s much deeper than the coaching po-sition switch. Johansen, Williams and the defensive assistants have had a full year to implement their changes and twists.

With the accelerated coaching changes last offseason, coupled with injuries and other distractions, the team dealt with setbacks but the staff is excited about the plan that has been put in place and ex-ecuted throughout the offseason and fall camp.

Last year, the team had numerous fi rst year starters including a number of redshirt freshmen and true freshmen contributors.

Williams is aware of the dynamic, “There’s no more experience question (this year). There’s no more ‘I haven’t done this.’ Our effort has been awesome in camp, we have veterans and a focus on intercep-tions and recovering fumbles. I’m excited to see how it translates to the season and the production we’ll get from the defense.”

DEFENSIVE LINELike any good football team, it starts up front. The Golden Bears bring two of the top defensive linemen to the table with ju-niors Zach Moore and Chris Campbell.

Moore is a 6-6, 282 pound defensive end while Campbell is a 6-5, 310 pound nose guard.

Although he redshirted last season, Moore has a 10-sack campaign to his credit in the 2010 season and worked with the scout defense last year going toe-to-toe with All-America left tackle Tyler Hendrickson on a daily basis.

Moore has been named a team captain for the 2012 season and has been looking the part every step of the way throughout fall.

“Zach’s as physically ready to play football as anybody in the league. He’s not only extremely athletic and explosive in rushing the passer; he’s developed a discipline to be really good at defending the run as well which will help to make him a complete player.”

A converted offensive lineman, Campbell enters his third year as a defensive lineman. Last year, Campbell clogged the middle with 6.5 tackles for loss, batted down four passes and led all defen-sive linemen on the team with 40 tackles.

“We have very high expec-tations for Chris, and the added year of experience has shown once again this fall. He’ll prove to be one of the better defensive linemen in the league as he develops the consisten-cy we need in him. He’s as physically domi-nant as anybody. He’s a powerful man.”

Also expected to be a key defensive line-man is ‘Mr. Technician,’ junior Thomas Flack. At 6-2, 270, Flack is not the big-gest defensive lineman in stature, but “is among the most infl uential and technically sound which allows him to create many problems for opposing offensive lines. He’s experienced and tough up front.”

Flack contributed 31 tackles, second only to Campbell among defensive linemen, and added 7.5 tackles for loss and three sacks while recovering a pair of fumbles and blocking a kick.

The most inexperienced defensive line-man is sophomore Brock Molden, who received plenty of action as a true fresh-man last year which has helped accelerate his development.

As a freshman, Molden played in 10 games

with six starts and made 22 tackles with 5.0 tackles for loss and a pair of sacks.

“Brock’s light years ahead of where he was a year ago. He’s more knowledge-able, mature and physical. He needs to fi nd consistency on a daily basis to make our line complete. His ability to run and overall athleticism are very special.”

No defensive line is complete without depth, and the Golden Bears will be pro-vided added muscle up front from seniors Teddy Chapa and Christian Mohan, ju-nior Willie Nunnery, sophomore Prince Agyekum, redshirt freshman Ryan McK-ee and true freshman Mike Marks. Marks is noted as being “a young Chris Camp-bell” by Williams.

Mohan and Chapa each started at different points last year and will bring veteran experience to the group.

LINEBACKERSThe linebackers are more experienced than a year ago simply because they all played last year.

But the story of the lineback-ers is that “Chris Sesson has arrived,” according to

coach Williams.

Sesson, a junior, is described as “an ani-mal, a junkyard dog. He’s athletic and runs as well as any inside linebacker we’ve had. His football intelligence is proving to be very good.”

Also described as a ‘break-out candidate,’ Sesson was listed as a ‘player to watch’ in the NSIC Preseason Football Release. As a sophomore, Sesson played in nine games with six starts and compiled 28 tackles, 2.5 for loss. He had an interception and a key pass breakup in a win over national-ly-ranked Wayne State towards the end of the season.

The ‘junkyard dog’ is joined on the inside by sophomore Jordan Hal-verson, the self-proclaimed ‘diesel.’ The athletic, physical, down-hill player is the team’s top-returning tackler with 73 last

year as a redshirt freshman.

“Sesson and Halverson will combine to bring a more physical dominance to the linebacker position this year.”

Another sophomore with a lot of game ex-perience is Nick Jauch. He played in 10 games and made 19 stops with 1.5 sacks as a redshirt freshman.”

“Jauch is having an outstanding camp. He’ll help us on special teams, provide linebacker depth and get a lot of snaps while challenging for a starting spot. He’s one of the toughest guys on this football team.”

Also in the mix for key playing time are redshirt freshman Matt Hoppe among a few freshmen.

DEFENSIVE BACKSWith Johansen returning to the secondary, he’ll have an “athletically gifted” group to work with, according to Williams.

He continued, “Their production will be better because of their talent level and commitment to the game. They’ll be more disciplined and better.”

In the middle, the safeties are led by three experienced players. The three-headed monster of juniors Mike Willett and Den-zell Blackmon along with sophomore Abdullah Asad forms a solid trio.

“They’re all very athletic, physical football players and have a lot of experience.”

Blackmon is a former NSIC Newcomer of the Year and All-Region performer. He played in four games last year and had an interception returned 45 yards in the sea-son opener.

“Denzell brings corner athleticism and line-backer physicality to the secondary. He’ll help in both the run and the pass and it’s great to have him back.”

Asad brings a leadership presence despite being the sophomore of the group. As a redshirt freshman, Asad led all defensive backs on the team and is the second lead-ing returner in tackles with 56. He also disrupted the backfi eld with 6.0 tackles for loss and blocked a kick.

“Abdullah is one of our top leaders on the team and takes football as serious as any-one. He’s having a good camp, tackling well and getting the defense in the right alignment consistently.”

While Asad brings leadership, so does Willett as he was voted one of the team’s captains at the end of camp. His 46 tackles were sixth most on the defense in his breakout sophomore season a year ago, adding an intercep-tion, fumble recovery, forced fumble and 2.5 tackles for loss.

“He’s as athletic and gritty as anyone on the team and has the experience on the fi eld to draw from to become an even better player this year.”

Senior Philip Barlow should be a major contributor at safety as well. He’s been a key member of the special teams and re-ceived playing time as a linebacker as well


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in his career. In his three prior years, he has 29 career tackles including last year’s high of 16 including 2.0 for loss.

A true freshman, Josh Trifunov will pro-vide competitive depth and is a player that has stood out during fall camp.

Like the safety position, the cornerbacks feature a three-pronged attack of experi-enced veterans to lead the way.

Senior Jeremy Randle and juniors Jay Moten and Jeremy Head bring plenty of game experience to the corners.

“Randle is having one of the best camps on the team. It’s nice to see him get com-fortable as a corner and have success there.”

A running back for his fi rst two years, Randle was moved to the corner for his ju-nior year, playing in all 11 games with nine tackles, two passes defended, a forced fumble, fumble recovery, a blocked kick and a 92-yard kick return for touchdown.

Another converted former skill position player, Moten was a wide receiver recruit that moved to corner early in his collegiate career. Like Randle, Moten also excels as a kick returner and the tandem should again be featured in the same role.

Moten’s 52 tackles last year led all Concor-dia corners, were the second most among defensive backs and fi fth most on the de-fense. He also had a pair of interceptions (both in a win over Northern State), forced two fumbles including recovering one of

them on the one yard line in a 3-point win over Wayne State, and blocked a pair of kicks.

“Moten is athletically gifted, as much as anyone at his position. He has more ‘want-to’ than anybody and will be a proven play-maker this fall.”

Head is also competing in the mix for a starting corner position and provides the necessary experience at the position. Last year, Head played in 10 games with 15 tackles and pulled in his fi rst career inter-ception.

Redshirt freshman Jimmy Mireri is back with the team after sitting out last season and provides even more depth and talent at the corner.

“All four of these men can run, cover and play football,” said Williams.

With Randle and Moten being success stories as converted former skill players (along with others in Concordia’s past), the team has also converted true freshman Jordan Nieuwsma from running back to defensive back.

Williams noted the change, “He may or may not help us this year, but he will defi nitely have a bright future as a Golden Bear defensive back.”

DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD

A year ago, head coach Ryan Williams came into camp putting extra emphasis on special teams.

The coaching staff recruited fi ve kickers and punters to compete for the starting jobs, and extra time was spent during practice on all aspects of special teams.

The emphasis last season entering the year was the kicking game, specifi cally who would be doing the kicking and punt-ing.

But for special teams to make that extra difference in winning a football game, coach Williams points out that there are many more pieces to the puzzle to have a successful special teams unit.

While the kickers and punters, along with the returners, are the guys out-front and the most visible, it’s the other 10 players on the fi eld with them that allow them to be successful.

A year ago, with an abbreviated summer after Williams was named head coach, the full emphasis couldn’t be put into action.

The simple emphasis on special teams resonated and incremental improvements were made right away in year one.

Now with a full year for Williams to put his special teams ideology into place, things are really clicking.

Assistant coach Sam Cummings, who works with the defensive line, is now also serving as special teams coordinator.

“With coach Cummings as the special teams coordinator building the game plans, it’s more balanced than it’s ever been. The

extra time spent on special teams will pay off with big plays and help put points on the scoreboard in all aspects.”

The special teams staffi ng didn’t stop there as Jason Obarski, an accomplished kicker from North Dakota State and St. Olaf, transferred to Concordia to complete his degree and serve as a student assis-tant coach working specifi cally with kick-ers and punters while assisting Cummings with the special teams.

And “The Superstar” Mike Morris is back to develop the long snapper position.

With three coaches assigned specifi cally to work with special teams, the unit has been able to attack their practice time with a sense of focus.

As previously mentioned, the kicking game was a 5-player competition last year. In 2012, there are two kickers on the roster, sophomores Tom Obarski and Mi-chael Pelikan, and both players are able to kick, punt and kickoff.

Obarski was named the starting kicker and punter as a true freshman and made an immediate impact by delivering a 56-yard fi eld goal in his debut performance while earning NSIC and D2Football.com Special Teams Player of the Week.

He would make three of the longest four fi eld goals in team history in his fi rst year and made eight out of nine fi eld goals in-side of 50 yards and was perfect inside of 40.

Williams noted Obarski’s impact, “He’s as talented as anyone we’ve seen. We’ll give him the opportunity to make as many fi eld goals as he can possibly kick. With the ad-dition of his brother (Jason) to the staff, it’s been a proven addition to the team.”

Pelikan continues to give Obarski a run for his money, though, and is battling hard for the punting and kickoff jobs. Williams mentioned the kickoff specialist role could be an ongoing competition during the year.

Pelikan averaged 60.2 yards on 30 kick-offs last year while Obarski averaged 57.4 on 28 kicks. Both players had three touch-backs.

Pelikan will also serve as the primary holder, while redshirt freshman Noah Jankowski is ready to handle the long snapper duties. “Noah is as consistent and dependable as anyone we’ve had over the years.”

The return game features many of the same, dynamic athletes led by junior Jay Moten and senior Jeremy Randle.

Moten returned 26 kicks for a 20.2 aver-age with a long of 52 while Randle re-turned 14 for a 23.4 average including a 92-yard touchdown. Moten has over 1,000

career kick return yards while Randle has been featured as a returner each of the last three years.

But expect a handful of newcomers to compete for reps and showcase their big play potential. Those options could include senior transfer Jason White, junior trans-fer Ronald Zollicofer and redshirt fresh-man Corey Cole.

“It’s exciting with the athletes we have. We’ve put a lot of stress on the athleticism we feature on special teams, not just our returners, too. We’ll have athletes who can block for the returners, we’ll bring athletes on our fi eld goal and punt blocking teams as well as the kick and punt coverage units.”

“We have high expectations and demand for each of our special teams units and the personnel involved at each position,” he concluded.

NSIC PRESEASON COACHES’ POLL Points1. #2 Minnesota Duluth (9) 2172. #16 St. Cloud State (6) 2113. Minnesota State (1) 1974. Winona State 1755. Augustana 1696. Bemidji State 1457. Wayne State 1398. Sioux Falls 1169. U-Mary 11210. Concordia-St. Paul 10311. Northern State 9412. Southwest Minnesota State 7513. Upper Iowa 6214. Minot State 4615. MSU Moorhead 4216. Minnesota, Crookston 17fi rst place votes in ( )NORTH DIVISION POINTS 1. #2 UMD (5) 47 2. #16 SCSU (3) 45 3. BSU 34 4. U-Mary 31 5. NSU 28 6. MISU 16 7. MSUM 15 8. UMC 8

North Preseason Players of the YearOffense: Phillip Klaphake, QB, SCSU

Defense: Marvin Matthews, DB, SCSUSOUTH DIVISION POINTS 1. MSU (5) 46 2. WSU (2) 44 3. Augie 34 4. WSC 32 5. USF (1) 23 6. CU 19 7. UIU 14 8. SMSU 12

South Preseason Players of the YearOffense: Rayon Simmons, RB, WSUDefense: Austin Luecke, LB, Augie


PLAYER PROFILESConcordia Career:2011: Played in and started all 11 games at cor-ner for the Golden Bears and was a primary re-turn specialist ... two-time CU Defensive Player of the Week, against Northern State (9/17/11) and Winona State (10/22/11) ... tied for the team lead with two interceptions and led the team with two blocked kicks ... ranked second in the confer-ence with two forced fumbles ... was ninth in the NSIC South (division games only) in kick return averge (19.8) ... ranked 29th in the NSIC South (division games only) in tackles (33) ... fi nished fi fth on the team overall in total tackles (52) ... led the team in kick return yards (524) ... had 1.5 tackles for loss and a fumble recovery while forc-ing two fumbles ... fi nished fourth on the team in all-purpose yards (532) ... returned 5 kicks for 96 yards while also recording fi ve tackles (0.5 for loss) in a win at Minot State (9/3/11) ... returned fi ve kicks for 79 yards, recorded fi ve tackles (four solo) at St. Cloud State (9/10/11) ...had a 52-yard kickoff return and registered fi ve tackles (all solo)

and intercepted a pair passes in a win over Northern State (9/17/11) ... returned four kicks for 75 yards and recorded three tackles (0.5 for loss) against Minnesota State (9/24/11) ... made fi ve tackles, forced and recovered a crucial fumble in a win over Wayne State (10/15/11) ... returned three kicks for 55 yards and registered a career-high nine tackles (0.5 for loss) at Winona State (10/22/11) ... returned three kicks for 58 yards and recorded fi ve tackles in a win at Upper Iowa (11/5/11) ... returned three kicks for 54 yards and recorded four tackles in a win over Southwest Minnesota State (11/12/11) ... had at least a tackle in all 11 games ... made 5-plus tackles in seven games ... returned at least three kicks in six games and had 50-plus kickoff return yards seven times.

2010: Played in all 12 games ... made 13 total tackles with 10 solo stops ... defended two passes ... had a career-high fi ve tackles at Minnesota Crookston (10/30/10) ... recorded two or more tackles three times ... served as team’s primary kickoff and punt returner, leading the team in return attempts at both spots ... returned four kickoffs in a game three different times including a career best 109 kick return yardage performance in a road win at Minnesota State (9/25/10) to earn CU Special Teams Player of the Week honors ... had longest career kickoff return of 43 yards at Pittsburg State in Mineral Water Bowl (12/4/10) ... had career long punt return of 24 yards in home win over Upper Iowa (11/6/10) and registered most punt return yards as well, with 35 on two returns ... fi nished with 579 total all-purpose yards.

2009: Redshirted, did not play.

New London-Spicer High School: Two-time all-conference ... helped team fi nish 10-3 and reached MSHSL State Semifi nals in 2008 ... earned three letters in football and in basketball and four in track ... a three year starter on the gridiron, six year starter in track ... also an all-conference performer in basketball and track ... helped team to state basketball championship in 2008 and a football subsection title ... ran the fastest 40 time at New London-Spicer, running a 4.4 ... played football at the Metrodome and basketball at Target Center.

Personal: Born September 22, 1990 ... son of William Lacy and Shilice Doty ... has a younger brother, Jayme Moten, who plays basketball at Minnesota State University, Mankato ... will pursue a business management degree with a psychology minor at CU ... plans to become an air traffi c controller ... his grandfather, Paul Doty, played three years of football for Concordia-Moorhead as a running back.

Concordia Career:2011: Redshirted, did not play ... named CU Of-fensive Scout Player of the Week against Minne-sota Crookston (10/29/11).

2010: Played in 11 games as a true freshman ... rushed 21 times for 67 yards and a touchdown ... debuted with two carries for 13 yards including a long of nine along wiht a seven yard reception against Minot State (9/4/10) ... set new career-high with 30 all-purpose yards at Minnesota Crookston (10/30/10), rushing eight times for 27 yards and a season long run of 13 yards while recording one catch for three yards ... scored fi rst career touchdown against Upper Iowa (11/6/10) with fi ve carries for 14 yards and a long of 11 ... had a carry or more in seven games ... made two solo tackles at SMSU (11/13/10).

Morgan Park High School: Named All-City

and All-Conference for the Mustangs ... rushed for over 1,300 yards with 14 touchdowns and 600 receiving yards out of the backfi eld ... also competed in track & fi eld ... member of Honor Roll.

Personal: Born May 4, 1992 ... son of Donna Harris ... has an older brother, Tommario Minor and a sister, Wil-keshia Everrett ... a business management major and coaching minor ... aspires to play professional football or become a CEO.

Concordia Career:2011: Played in 11 games and started seven at tight end for the Golden Bears ... ranked sixth on the team in receiving, with 19 receptions for 237 yards (12.5 avg) and one touchdown ... made his fi rst career recpetion in a win at Minot State (9/3/11) (1-7 yards) ... caught one pass for 28 yards against Northern State (9/17/11) ... recorded two receptions for 35 yards against Augustana (10/1/11) ... set career-highs in both receptions (5) and receiving yards (64) at Bemi-dji State (10/8/11)... recorded his fi rst touchdown as a Golden Bear against Minnesota Crookston (10/29/11) and had his career-long reception of 38 yards ... fi nished the season on a 4-game re-ception streak, bringing in at least two catches in each of the games ... had a catch in nine out of 11 games played with six multi-catch games.

2010: Redshirted, did not play ... caught two touchdown passes in 2011 spring game.

Racine Horlick High School:All-Wisconsin Southeast Con-ference … Journal Times All-Racine County … 51 receptions,

682 yards and six touchdowns in senior year averaging 13.4 yards per catch and 75.8 yards per game … senior starter and team captain … earned Coaches Award, Best Hands Award and award for hard work in the weight room … earned Wisconsin Senior Award ... Un-sung Hero ... Journal Times Senior of the Year ... three varsity letters in football, one in basketball and choir … numerous state competition awards musically … senior varsity basketball starter … student leader and school representative for North Star Racine District-wide Initia-tive … 3.4 senior year GPA … Honor Roll.

Personal: Born January 20, 1992 in Chicago, Ill. … son of Robert and Wendy Webb … has two brothers, Frank (25) and Jimmie (21) ... has four sisters, Geneva (32), Contessa (28), Carrie (24), and Barbara (18) ... will pur-

sue a degree in special education with a coaching minor … hopes to coach high school football, giving opportunity to those who may otherwise not get a chance, while making an impact as a special education teacher ... aspires to become the best tight end in school history and win a championship ... is a two-time Dean’s List student.

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MOTEN CAREER RETURNING STATISTICS Year KR Yds Avg TD Lng PR Yds Avg TD Lng AP AP/g 2010 25 526 21.0 0 43 7 53 7.6 0 24 579 48.2 2011 26 524 20.2 0 52 2 3 1.5 0 4 532 48.4 Totals 51 1050 20.6 0 52 9 56 6.2 0 24 1111 48.3

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TE/H | 6-4 | 240 | So.Racine, Wis.Horlick HS

RB | 5-10 | 225 | So.Chicago

Morgan Park HS

DB | 5-10 | 175 | Jr.Spicer, Minn.

New London-Spicer HS


PLAYER PROFILESConcordia Career:2011: Played in 10 games for the Golden Bears at defensive back ... ranked 19th on the team in total tackles (15) ... had a career-high fi ve tackles (four solo) in a win at Minot State (9/3/11) in the opener ... made fi rst career interception in a road win at Upper Iowa, also recording a pair of solo tackles ... recorded three tackles against South-west Minnesota State (11/12/11) in season fi nale victory at Metrodome ... made two or more tack-les in four games and had at least one tackle in seven contests.

2010: Did not play due to back injury.

2009: Redshirted, did not play ... earned CU Scout Defensive Player of the Week honors for U-Mary game.

Naperville Central High School: Lettered in football and track for the Redhawks ... a two-time Defensive Back of the Week ... took fi rst in Pro Agility OJ Johnson Speed Skills combine ... led Redhawks in pass breakups and helped lead team to Class 8A state playoffs.

Personal: Born August 29, 1991 ... son of Jethro and Belynda Head ... has two sisters, Adrienne Head and Tiffany Lambert ... will pursue a degree in communication studies.

Concordia Career:2011: Played in 11 games at defensive back and returning kicks for the Golden Bears ... ranked 10th in the NSIC (all games) in kick return av-erage (23.4) ... ranked ninth in the conference (NSIC games only) in kick return average (23.4) ... ranked 4th in the NSIC South (division games only) in kick return average (25.5) ...... returned a kick for a 92 yard touchdown against Winona State (10/22/11), the third longest kickoff return and sixth longest known play in school history ... tallied nine tackles on defense ... ranked third on the team in total kick return yards (328) ... blocked a kick in a season opening win at Minot State (9/3/11) ... returned two kicks for 51 yards against Minnesota State (9/24/11) ... returned two kicks for 44 yards and recorded one tackle against Augustana (10/1/11) ... returned two kicks for 39 yards and recorded two tackles (both solo) and a forced fumble against Minnesota Crookston (10/29/11) .. made one tackle and had a fumble recovery in a road win at Upper Iowa (11/5/11) ... had a career-high three tackles with two pass breakups in season fi nale win against Southwest Minnesota State (11/12/11) ... returned two or more kicks in fi ve games ... recorded at least one tackle in six games.

2010: Played in fi ve games for the Golden Bears ... rushed twice for 11 yards against Minot State, with a six yard and a fi ve yard run ... had a 19 yard kickoff return against playoff team Augus-tana.

2009: Played in 10 games while becoming a key reserve running back threat out of the backfi eld in the running game, passing game and as a re-turner on special teams ... had 16 carries for 26 yards with a long run of 11 ... had 13 receptions for 87 yards with a long of 14 ... returned seven kickoffs for a 13.9 average and 97 yards with a long of 31 ... fi nished eighth on the team with 21.0 all-purpose yards per game with 210 total yards

... had career-high 45 all-purpose yards against Winona State (9/19/09) with four kick re-turns for 48 yards and a long of 15 while losing three yards on one rushing attempt ... had career-high six rushing attempts for 10 yards and a long of 11 with one reception for 12 yards at MSU Moorhead (9/12/09) ... had career-high fi ve receptions against Minnesota State (10/10/09) for 19 yards ... also had three receptions each at Augustana (9/26/09) for 31 yards and a long of 14 and at Upper Iowa (10/24/09) for 22 yards ... had either a rushing attempt, a reception or a kickoff return in seven of 10 games played ... had kickoff return long of 31 yards against Wayne State (10/31/09).

2008: Redshirted ... named CU Scout Team Offensive Player of the Week prior to Minot State game in week two.

DeLaSalle High School: Earned nine letters in three sports, football, basketball and track ... was a two-time all-state, all-metro, all-conference and team MVP for the Islanders ... a three year starter and two-time team captain ... also a two-time all-conference basketball player ... all-conference in track ... was state participant in track ... was named Most Athletic, Best Bas-ketball Player and earned the Islander Award at DeLaSalle ... was involved in Lasallian Minis-try, choir and band.

Personal: Born October 14, 1989 ... son of Tim and Kim Randle ... has a sister, Jasmine (19) ... is a political science major with a criminal justice minor and plans to attend law school to become an agent ... father, Tim Randle, was a linebacker at the University of Mississippi (Ole Miss) for a season.

Concordia Career:2011: Played in 11 and started fi ve games at linebacker for the Golden Bears ... ranked 28th in the NSIC (all games) in tackles (73), 27th in the league (NSIC-only games) in tackles (68), and ranked 17th in the division (NSIC South games only) in tackles (39) ... fi nished third on the team in total tackles (73) ... ranked ninth on the team in tackles for loss (4.5) ... recorded fi ve tackles and 0.5 tackles for loss in his collegiate debut win at Minot State (9/3/11) ... registered eight tackles at St. Cloud State (9/10/11) ... had 11 tackles (1.5 for loss) against Minnesota State (9/24/11) ... record-ed a career-high in tackles with 15 at Augustana (10/1/11) ... registered eight tackles (1.5 for loss) in a win over Minnesota Crookston (10/29/11) ... recorded at least three total tackles in every game for the Golden Bears on the 2011 season.

2010: Redshirted, did not play ... was named CU Scout Team Defensive Player of the Week against Northern State.

Fridley High School: A three-time letterwinner in football, led the Tigers to conference champion-ship in football and track ... also lettered six times in track and three times in basketball ... an All-State Honorable Mention selection ... was named All-North Suburban Conference twice in prep ca-reer ... deemed a senior captain, team MVP and Most Valuable on Defense ... played both ways, rushing for 784 yards while producing 187 tackles on defense ... made 357 career tackles ... team captain on basketball team, All-State and All-North Suburban Conference ... was a conference champion in the triple jump event which helped team to conference championship ... earned All-Conference Honorable Mention honors in track ... an Honor Roll student.

Personal: Born September 7, 1991 ... son of John Halverson and Jodeen Snyder ... has two brothers, Dion (17) and Tristan (15); and four sisters, Kaitlin (16), Sydney (12), Tianna (10) and Isabella (5) ... will major in physical & health education at Concordia with a minor in special education.

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RANDLE CAREER RECEIVING STATS Year GP Rec Yds Avg TD Lng Yds/g 2009 10 13 87 6.7 0 14 8.7 2010 5 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 Totals 26 13 87 6.7 0 14 3.3

RANDLE CAREER RETURNING STATS Year GP KR Yds Avg TD Lng Yds/g 2009 10 7 97 13.9 0 31 21.0 2010 5 1 19 19.0 0 19 6.0 2011 11 14 328 23.4 1 92t 29.8 Totals 26 22 444 20.2 1 92t 17.1

RANDLE CAREER DEFENSIVE STATISTICS Year GP UT AT TT TFL SK INT PBU FF FR BLK SF 2009 10 1 0 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 2010 5 0 0 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 2011 11 6 3 9 0-0 0-0 0-0 2 1 1 1 0 Totals 26 7 3 10 0-0 0-0 0-0 2 1 1 1 0

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LB | 6-1 | 245 | So.Fridley, Minn.

Fridley HSDB | 5-10 | 205 | Sr.MinneapolisDeLaSalle HS

DB | 6-1 | 190 | Jr.Bolingbrook, Ill.

Naperville Central HS


PLAYER PROFILESHarper College: A versatile player that played at a high level, was named All-Region First Team as an athlete, All-Region Second Team as a Wide Receiver and All-Conference Honorable Mention as a running back ... also an Academic All-Con-ference student-athlete as a freshman.

2011: Played in nine games with 430 rushing yards on 97 carries and three touchdowns ... had 29 receptions for 385 yards ... scored fi ve total touchdowns, three on the ground with two receiv-ing ... had seven kick/punt returns for 145 total yards.

Amundsen High School: A three-sport athlete for the Vikings, earning four letters in football and one each in basketball and baseball ... as a senior was named All-City at running back and All-State Honorable Mention ... was named All-Conference at quarterback and free safety as a junior ... an All-Area wide receiver as a sophomore ... as a freshman, earned All-City honors at cornerback ... had 11 total returns for touchdown as a prep.

Personal: Born December 7, 1991 ... son of Fred and Diane Zollicoffer ... has six siblings: Tony, Andrae, Jessica, Sharon, Fred and Sonya.

Concordia Career:2012: Voted a team captain.

2011: NSIC All-Academic ... played in and started two games at quarterack before suffering season-ending injury ... was awarded a medical redshirt season ... named CU Offensive Player of the Week in win at Minot State (9/3/11) for completing 17-of-28 for 357 yards and three touchdowns with a long of 77 yards ... was 5-for-7 for 78 yards in week two at St. Cloud State (9/10/11) before leaving the game injured early in the second quarter ... also rushed four times for 16 yards in the two games.

2010: Appeared in 10 games with one start at quar-terback for the Golden Bears ... received fi rst extend-ed reps at QB in second half against Bemidji State (10/9/10), leading team to victory with 48 passing yards and 36 rushing yards ... in fi rst career start at Wayne State (10/16/10), led team to big road win with 328 yards and two TD’s on 22-37 passing without an interception, also rushing for 52 yards on 13 attempts

... rushed for 67 yards on 11 attempts with 5-6 passing for 54 yards against Upper Iowa (11/6/10)

... rushed for 84 yards on nine attempts with a touchdown while completing 2-3 for 15 yards in win at Southwest Minnesota State (11/13/10) ... averaged 5.6 yards per rush with 263 rushing yards and two TD’s ... completed 34-61 for 448 yards passing on the year with two TD’s and no INT’s.

2009: Redshirted, did not play ... earned CU Scout Team Offensive Player of the Week honors against Winona State ... received all QB reps for the Navy team in the 2010 Spring Game, throwing a touchdown pass in the second half.

Blaine High School: A Mr. Football fi nalist in Minnesota ... Pioneer Press and Associ-ated Press Minnesota State High School Player of the Year ... Pioneer Press All-State First Team ... Star Tribune All-Metro ... Northwest Suburban Conference Offensive Player of the Year ... All-Northwest Suburban Conference First Team ... completed 248-394 for

2,628 passing yards with 19 touchdowns ... 63% completion pct. ... 948 rushing yards and 18 touchdowns ... 3,576 yards of total offense ... earned eight letters in football, baseball and weight lifting for the Bengals ... helped Bengals to NWSC Championship, section title and state runner-up fi nish in Class 5A with an 11-2 overall record.

Personal: Born December 13, 1990 ... son of Jeff Peterson and Tara Arel ... is a sport management major and business administration minor at Concordia ... has earned Dean’s List recognition and is a recipient of the President’s Scholarship ... will attend graduate school while fi nishing his football eligibility.

Minnetonka High School: Has earned letters in four different sports for the Skippers: track & fi eld (4), football (3), baseball (2), weightlifting (1) ... a two-time All-Conference football player ... is a track & fi eld school record holder (set as a freshman) ... captain of the baseball team ... as a senior on the gridiron, tallied 27 catches for 310 yards and six touchdowns ... also competes in intramural basketball ... maintained a 3.0 grade point average.

Personal: Born January 29, 1994 ... son of Todd and Francine Boyce ... has three brothers, An-thony (21), Nick (19) and Matthew (18), and one sister, Maria (12) ... has not declared a major at Concordia.

Concordia Career:2011: JB Scouting Preseason All-America Hon-orable Mention ... Optimum Scouting Preseason All-NSIC First Team ... played in four games and started three at corner back for the Golden Bears ... fi nished with nine tackles ... registered two tackles and an interception in a win at Minot State (9/3/11), returning the INT 45 yards ... made a season-high four tackles against Minnesota State (9/24/11) ... had a tackle in all four games played.

2010: Named NSIC Newcomer of the Year ... a Daktronics All-Region 3 First Team cornerback ... named All-NSIC South Division Honorable Men-tion ... recorded 48 tackles with 30 solo stops as a corner ... also in on 2.0 tackles for loss and 1.5 sacks ... had nine tackles in career debut against Minot State (9/4/10), adding a forced fumble and fumble recovery ... had 44 yard interception re-turn for touchdown along with fi ve tackles in win at Minnesota Crookston (10/30/10) ... had 0.5 tackles for loss and 0.5 sacks with six tackles in

win over Bemidji State (10/9/10) ... followed that up the next week in win at Wayne State (10/16/10) with a tackle for loss, a sack, four tackles, a pass break-up and a QB hurry ... had six tackles in win at #11 Minnesota State (9/25/10) ... had seven tackles against Winona State (10/23/10) ... had three or more tackles in 9 of 12 games on the season ... helped anchor secondary that ranked 14th in the nation in passing yards allowed (156.4) and the 20th ranked scoring defense (18.1) while holding opponents to 113.36 pass ef-fi ciency to rank 42nd nationally.

2009: Redshirted, did not play ... named CU Defensive Scout Team Player of the Week for Minnesota State game.

Morgan Park High School: An 11-time letterwinner for the Mustangs in four different sports: football, track & fi eld, swimming and water polo ... All-City First Team ... All-Con-ference First Team ... member of two-time City Champion squad ... earned 11 total letters for the Mustangs in football, swimming, water polo and track ... also earned All-City in swimming and water polo from 2007-09 and was an All-State selection in water polo in 2008-09.

Personal: Born March 6, 1991 ... son of Eugene and Josephine Blackmon ... has two brothers, Eugene (25) and Ryan (20) and a sister, Sydni (23) ... will pursue a degree in English at Concordia ... has a goal of becoming a professional athlete or author and writer ... is a sportswriter for The Sword.

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PETERSON CAREER PASSING STATISTICS Year GP Eff Comp-Att-Int Pct Yds TD Lng Yds/g 2010 10 128.2 34-61-0 55.7 448 2 42 44.8 2011 2 184.1 22-35-2 62.9 435 3 77 217.5 Totals 12 148.6 56-96-2 58.3 883 5 77 73.6

PETERSON CAREER RUSHING STATISTICS Year Att Yds Avg TD Lng Yds/g Tot Off Yds/g 2010 47 263 5.6 2 18 26.3 711 71.1 2011 4 16 4.0 0 13 8.0 451 225.5 Totals 51 279 5.5 2 18 23.2 1162 96.8

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BLACKMON CAREER DEFENSIVE STATISTICS Year GP UT AT TT TFL SK INT PBU FF FR BLK SF 2010 12 30 18 48 2.0-10 1.5-10 1-44t 3 1 2-4 0 0 2011 4 4 5 9 0-0 0-0 1-45 0 0 0-0 0 0 Totals 16 34 23 57 2.0-10 1.5-10 2-89 3 1 2-4 0 0

DB | 5-10 | 190 | Jr.Chicago

Morgan Park HS

QB | 6-3 | 230 | So.Blaine, Minn.

Blaine HS

RB | 5-8 | 180 | Jr.Chicago

Amundsen HSHarper College

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PLAYER PROFILESConcordia Career:2011: NSIC All-Academic ... played in 11 games and started seven at safety for the Golden Bears ... fi nished sixth on the team in total tackles (46) ... tied for 11th on the team in tackles for loss (2.5) ... had one forced fumble and a fumble recovery ... recorded six tackles (four solo) with 1.5 tackles for loss at St. Cloud State (9/10/11) ... registered a career-high 12 tackles and 0.5 for loss in a win over Northern State (9/17/11) ... recorded fi ve tackles (four solo) against Min-nesota State (9/24/11) ... registered a tackle, an interception and a fumble recovery in a win over Minnesota Crookston (10/29/11) ... recorded four tackles (three solo, 0.5 for loss) in a win at Upper Iowa (11/5/11) ... had at least a tackle in 10 of 11 games ... had 3-plus tackles eight times and 5-plus tackles fi ve times including the fi rst four games of the season.

2010: Played in 11 games with 14 tackles ... end-ed season with at least two tackles in four straight games ... had career-high three tackles twice, at Minnesota Crookston (10/30/10) and against Up-per Iowa (11/6/10).

2009: Redshirted ... earned CU Scout Defensive Player of the Week honors against Winona State.

Woodbury High School: Pioneer Press All-State ... two-time All-Suburban East Conference ... two year captain (football and wrestling) ... Wood-bury’s Royal Award (wrestling and football) and Big Blue Hitter Award winner ... earned 12 total letters in football (3), wrestling (4), academics (3), baseball (1) and track (1).

Personal: Born August 30, 1990 ... son of Scott and Sheryl Willett ... has a brother, Mitch (23), who has played baseball at the University of St. Thomas as a third baseman ... is a communica-tion studies major and business minor at Concor-dia ... has been a consistent Dean’s List student.

Valparaiso University:2011: Redshirted, did not play.

Oshkosh West High School: Earned four letters in football and two more in basketball ... passed for 2,500 yards and 15 touchdowns ... had 500 rushing yards ... an all-conference quarterback and punter ... a 3.6 grade point average and Hon-ors Student.

Personal: Born August 18, 1992 ... son of Jim and Bonnie Leichtnam ... has an older brother, Ryan (24) ... will major in sport management with a minor in business management ... would like to open a sports complex someday.

Champlin Park High School: Earned seven to-tal letters as a three-sport athlete for the Rebels in football, basketball and track & fi eld ... earned All-State, All-Metro and All-Conference ... a Mr. Football nominee ... named the Conference De-fensive Player of the Year ... led the league in interceptions ... earned the Academic All-Confer-ence award ... also involved in DECA.

Personal: Born August 12, 1994 ... son of Tony and Tracy Hill ... has two brothers, Marcus and Martin, and two sisters, Jamila and Jalen ... will major in business management and sports medi-cine ... lists religion as one of the factors that led him to attend Concordia ... his father, Tony Hill, was a linebacker for the Northern Michigan football team, and also played for the San Diego Chargers.

Concordia Career:2011: Played in 10 games and started three at quarterback for the Golden Bears ... named CU Offensive Player of the Week in fi rst career start victory over Northern State (9/17/11), completing 13-for-27 for 208 yards and three touchdowns with a long of 59... ranked 10th in the confer-ence (NSIC games only) in passing average per game (115 ypg) ... ranked seventh in the NSIC South (division games only) in pasing yards per game (115.6) ... ranked seventh in the NSIC South (division games only) in passing effi ciency (94.0) ... on the season, completed 80-of-170 for 1037 yards and 10 touchdowns ... 17-for-27 for 185 yards and 2 touchdowns at St. Cloud State (9/10/11) ... completed 25-of-54 for 318 yards and 2 touchdowns against Minnesota State (9/24/11) ... threw for 175+ yards in four consecutive per-formances including all three of his starts ... had three-straight games with multi-touchdown passes ... threw a touchdown pass in fi ve straight games and six out of seven.

2010: Redshirted, did not play ... earned CU Scout Team Offensive Player of the Week honors for St. Cloud State game.

Milwaukee Pius XI High School: A three-sport athlete, earning letters in football (3), basketball (1) and baseball (2) ... a team captain for the Popes as a junior and senior ... earned All-Con-ference honors as a junior and senior ... set single season record for passing yards as a junior.

Personal: Born June 8, 1992 ... son of Richard Van Beck and Rochelle Russo ... will pursue an exercise science major at Concordia.

Freeport High School: A two-time NIC-10 Offen-sive Player of the Year, also earning All-NIC-10 Honorable Mention twice ... an Academic All-NIC student-athlete ... holds the NIC-10 passing re-cords for yards (4,580), touchdown passes (45) and has the single game records for yards (482) and touchdown passes (5).

Personal: Born October 28, 1993 ... son of Mi-chael and Marcia Bennett ... has a brother, McK-enzie (16), and two sisters, Megan (22) and McK-enna (13) ... intends to major in special education and lists becoming a special education teacher and football coach as a career goal.

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Woodbury HS

WILLETT CAREER DEFENSIVE STATISTICS Year GP UT AT TT TFL SK INT PBU FF FR BLK SF 2010 11 6 8 14 0.0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0-0 0 0 2011 11 28 18 46 2.5-7 0-0 1-10 1 1 1-0 0 0 Totals 22 34 26 60 2.5-7 0-0 1-10 1 1 1-0 0 0

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PLAYER PROFILESConcordia Career:2012: Named a USA Football News Central Re-gional Preseason All-Star.

2011: All-NSIC South Division Honorable Men-tion ... played in 10 games with nine starts at wide receiver ... ranked eighth in the conference and second on the team (all games) in receiving yards per game (64.7), ninth in conference (con-ference games only) in receiving yards per game (63.4) and ranked seventh in the NSIC South (di-vision games only) in receiving yards per game (60.7) ... averaged 22.3 per catch and scored six total touchdowns (fi ve receiving, one rushing) ... third on the team in all-purpose yards (649) ... caught four passes for 85 yards and two touch-downs against Northern State (9/17/11) ... had a season-high fi ve receptions for 73 yards against Minnesota State (9/24/11) ... had two receptions for 61 yards and a touchdown against Wayne State (10/15/11) ... recorded two receptions for 79 yards against Winona State (10/22/11) ... reg-istered three receptions for 87 yards and a touch-down (season long 66 yard reception) against Southwest Minnesota State (11/12/11) ... had at least one reception in every game he participated in ... had fi ve catches of at least 44 yards ... had at least three catches in six games.

2010: Redshirted, did not play ... earned CU Scout Team Offensive Player of the Week honors for reg-ular season fi nale at Southwest Minnesota State ... scored two touchdowns in 2011 spring game.

Howard Payne University:2009: Played in all 10 games and led team with 740 receiving yards ... named All-American Southwest Conference First Team ... named MVP and Most Valuable Receiver ... earned Player of the Week honors twice ... averaged 14.5 yards

per catch with 10 touchdowns ... hauled in 51 receptions with a long of 87 ... also had eight rushes for 73 yards including a

touchdown run ... averaged 7.3 yards per carry on the ground ... 11 total touchdowns led the team with next closest player scoring fi ve.

2008: Played in eight games and started in fi ve games, with the majority of his games coming at the end of the year ... led the team in receiving yards with 633, receiving touch-downs with nine, average yards a game with 79.1, and balls caught with 32 ... was named All-American Southwest Conference Second Team and American Southwest Conference Co-Freshman of the Year ... he was also named the Yellow Jackets Most Valuable Player.

Clear Creek High School: Earned two letters in football and track and one in basketball for the Wildcats ... football team earned Bi-District Championship in 2006 ... track team captured four straight District Championships ... third in region in track in 2007.

Personal: Born July 16, 1989 ... son of Hershel and Cayana Wafer ... has two younger brothers, Mario (21) and Corey (20) ... will pursue a math major and a technology minor ... intends to pursue professional football or a career in engineering ... his step-father, Hershel, was a forward for the University of Houston basketball team (1996-99).

Concordia Career:2011: Redshirted, did not play.

Fillmore High School: A four sport athlete for the Flashes, earning letters in football (3), base-ball (3), basketball (2) and track (1) ... was also a team captain for football, baseball and basket-ball teams ... named the 2009 Frontier League MVP ... an All-CIF and All-County quarterback ... named the Flashes’ team MVP in 2009 and 2010 seasons ... set team record for touchdown passes in a season (14) and a game (4) ... also a four year Honor Roll student, Renaissance Scholar and All-League Scholar Athlete while being involved in numerous extra curricular ac-tivities outside of athletics and academics ... was recognized for volunteering over 3,000 hours to Fillmore Youth Football and also served as a vol-unteer youth basketball coach.

Personal: Born March 10, 1993 ... son of Craig and Lynn Cole ... the younger brother of former

Concordia offensive guard Curtis Cole (23) ... intends to major in physical education with a mi-nor in elementary education at Concordia ... career goal is to be a teacher and coach football.

Concordia Career:2012: Will miss 2012 season due to injury ... will as-sist coaching staff working with outside linebackers.

2011: NSIC All-Academic ... played in 10 and start-ed six games at outside linebacker for the Golden Bears ... ranked 11th on the team in total tackles (31) ... second on the team in sacks (4) and tackles for loss (10.0) ... recorded three tackles (2 sacks) in win at Minot State (9/3/11) to earn CU Defen-sive Player of the Week honors ... registered fi ve tackles (1.5 sacks) at St. Cloud State (9/10/11) ... had six tackles (0.5 sacks) against Minnesota State (10/24/11) ... recorded four tackles (1.5 for loss) in win at Upper Iowa (11/5/11) ... recorded three or more tackles and 1.0 or more tackles for loss in each of the fi rst four games of the season ... played through injury and missed a game in middle three games of the year ... returned to lineup with 3-plus tackles in fi nal three games, with at least a half tack-le for loss in all three games while helping Golden Bears to 3-0 fi nish.

2010: NSIC All-Academic ... tied as top returner in tackles for loss (8.0) and top returner in sacks (5.0) ... named NSIC Defensive Player of the Week and CU Defensive Player of the Week at Wayne State (10/16/10) with a career high eight tackles, 2.5 tack-les for loss and 2.0 sacks in his second career start ... the next week had 2.0 tackles for loss, a sack and fi ve tackles against Winona State (10/23/10) ... against Upper Iowa (11/6/10), had six tackles, 2.5 for loss with 1.5 sacks ... had three tackles, a half for loss and half sack in win at SMSU (11/13/10) ... had a tackle in every game on the season ... had three or more tackles in six games.

2009: Played in seven games ... made two tackles, both against Minnesota State (10/10/09) with 1.0 tackle for loss of four yards. 2008: Redshirted ... named CU Scout Defensive Player of the Week for Minot State preparation.

Rockford High School: Three sport star for the Rockets lettered in football, basketball and baseball four times each ... was a two-time all-conference football player and three-time all-conference in basketball and baseball ... led the Rockets in tackles as a junior and senior ... scored 1,000 career points in prep basketball career ... was all-state academic in football and basketball ... also involved in choir and student council at Rockford.

Personal: Born November 29, 1989 ... son of Tony and Teresa Maher ... has a brother, Tyler (23); and a younger sister, Kayla (19) ... is an education (K-8) major with a math emphasis at CU ... looks forward to becoming a teacher and attending graduate school for administration ... has earned Dean’s List honors three times in academic career ... his brother, Tyler Maher, was an infi elder/outfi elder for St. Cloud State baseball from 2007-09.

Kenosha Bradford High School: Helped the Red Devils to a 54-6 record during his prep career ca-reer including an 11-3 playoff record ... a four year varsity player ... earned All-SEC First Team honors as a linebacker during junior (OLB) and senior (ILB) seasons, while also earning All-SEC Second Team honors the same years, as a full back as a junior and running back as a senior ... also earned All-SEC Honorable Mention honors as a sophomore.

Personal: Born October 12, 1993 ... son of Roman, Sr. and Shannin Hogan ... has two older brothers, Romeo and Rashaun, and two older sisters, Tasha and Lashauna ... has not declared a major.

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WR | 6-3 | 210 | Sr.League City, Texas

Clear Creek HSHoward Payne University

MASON CAREER RECEIVING STATS Year GP Rec Yds Avg TD Lng Yds/g 2011 10 29 647 22.3 5 66 64.7

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Fillmore HS

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LB | 6-1 | 227 | Sr.Rockford, Minn.

Rockford HS

MAHER CAREER DEFENSIVE STATISTICS Year GP UT AT TT TFL SK INT PBU FF FR BLK SF 2009 7 2 0 2 1.0-4 0-0 0-0 0 0 0-0 0 0 2010 12 17 21 38 8.0-38 5.0-29 0-0 1 0 0-0 0 0 2011 10 13 18 31 10.0-55 4.0-25 0-0 0 0 0-0 0 0 Totals 29 32 39 71 19.0-97 9.0-54 0-0 1 0 0-0 0 0

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LB | 6-0 | 197 | Fr.Kenosha, Wis.

Bradford HS


PLAYER PROFILESConcordia Career:2011: Played in all 11 games, starting fi ve at safety ... fourth overall leading tackler and second leading returner with 56 total tackles .... ranked 26th in NSIC South Divisional games in tackles (34) ... sixth on the team in tackles for loss (6.0)... ranked second on the team in punt return yards (10) ... had a career high in tackles with 11 and had a pass breakup in a win over Wayne State (10/15/11) ... blocked a kick in a season opening win at Minot State (9/3/11) while making seven tackles with 1.0 TFL ... had six tackles and 1.5 TFL against Minnesota State (9/24/11) ... had nine tackles and 1.0 TFL in a road win at Upper Iowa (11/5/11) ... had at least three tackles in nine games and made two more tackles in every game.

2010: Redshirted, did not play ... earned CU Scout Team Defensive Player of the Week hon-ors for Wayne State game ... earned Academic Excellence Award.

Morgan Park High School: A strong safety, recorded 90 tackles (50 solo) as a senior with two sacks and 24 tackles for loss with fi ve pass defl ections ... named a team captain for the Mustangs ... earned All-Conference, All-Public League and All-City League First Team on defense ... a Chicago Defender Prep Star of the Week (November 2-8) ... a four year varsity player, two year starter ... also competed in track & fi eld for three years.

Personal: Born October 25, 1991 ... son of Toya Dodd and the late Yusuf Asad ... has a younger sister, Aliah (15) ... will pursue a degree in exercise science ... aspires to play pro-fessional football and own a training facility ... his Godfather, Corwin Brown, was a defen-sive back for the University of Michigan collegiately before playing in 120 games in the NFL with the New England Patriots, New York Jets and Detroit Lions in an eight-year pro career.

Concordia Career:2010: Redshirted, did not play ... named CU Scout Team Defensive Player of the Week against Minnesota Crookston ... competes on CU Track & Field team as a sprinter, earning All-NSIC honors as a member of the 2nd place 4x400m relay team.

Fridley High School: A three-sport athlete for the Tigers, earning four letters in track & fi eld while lettering twice each in football and basketball ... earned All-Conference honors in football with All-State Honorable Mention as well ... named a KARE11 All-Metro Third Team selection ... NSC Special Teams Player of the Year ... helped Tigers to conference championship in 2009 ... a three-time All-Conference and All-State performer in track ... earned track MVP honors as a senior ... helped Tigers to conference championship in track in 2009 ... true team runner-ups in 2008.

Personal: Born October 7, 1992 ... son of Nicho-las and Florence Mireri ... has a brother, Ian (20) ... is majoring in education and athletic administration at Concordia ... has indicated he’d like to pursue graduate school and his career goals are to be an elementary teacher and football coach.

Concordia Career:2011: Played in 11 games with fi ve starts at wide receiver ... third on the team in receiving yards (469) ... second on the team in receiving touc-downs (6) ... second on the team with a 22.3 av-erage per catch ... fi rst career reception was a 46-yard touchdown in a win at Minot State (9/3/11), fi nishing with 2-54 ... caught a touchdown in three of fi rst four games played ... recorded a career-high 7 receptions for 94 yards and a touchdown against Minnesota State (9/24/11) ... hauled in 4 receptions for 70 yards at Bemidji State (10/8/11) ... caught three passes for 32 yards and a touch-down in a win over Wayne State (10/15/11) ... had a career-high 100 yards receiving and a pair of touchdowns in a win over Southwest Minnesota State (11/12/11) including a career-long 60 yard touchdown catch, also had a 40 yard touchdown catch in the game ... had four receptions of 40-plus yards ... caught a pass in all but one game ... had fi ve games with 3-plus catches ... surpassed 50 receiving yards four times.

2010: Redshirted, did not play ... also played basketball for Gold-en Bears, seeing action in six games with three points, a steal

and an assist ... spent true freshman season with fourth place football and basketball teams in 14-team NSIC.

Homestead High School: Earned eight total let-ters as a three-sport athlete in football, basket-ball and baseball for the Highlanders ... earned All-Conference Second Team honors in football and basketball as a senior ... helped Highland-ers to Division I State Championships in 2006 and 2008.

Personal: Born July 18, 1992 ... son of Cordell Smith and Laurel Key ... has three older sisters, Tiffany, Doretha and Jessica ... is a political sci-ence major and business minor ... a Dean’s List student ... aspires to play professional football or basketball, and to become a teacher in his future ... his father, Cordell Smith, was a dual sport col-legiate student-athlete at Grambling State Uni-versity as a running back and outfi elder in football and baseball, respectively.

Concordia Career:2012: Named to the 2012 Fred Mitchell Award Watch List.

2011: Played in all 11 games as the primary kicker and punter for the Golden Bears ... named D2football.com and NSIC Special Teams Player of the Week in a win at Minot state (9/3/11), mak-ing his career debut by making two fi eld goals including a school record long 56-yarder and the third longest kick in school history, a 47-yarder while making all fi ve extra point attempts ... a three-time CU Special Teams Player of the Week ... fi nished the year making 9-of-12 fi eld goal at-tempts including 8-of-9 inside of 50 yards ... has made three of the school’s longest four fi eld goals in program history (56, 48, 47) ... was perfect in four attempts inside of 40 yards ... ranked ninth in the conference (all games) in scoring among kickers (6.1 ppg) ... ranked eighth in the confer-ence in fi eld goal percentage (82%) ... ranked fourth in the league in PAT percentage (97.2%) ... ranked 10th in conference (NSIC games only) in scoring among kickers (5.1 ppg) ... ranked sev-enth in the NSIC South (division games only) in punting (34.7) ... ranked 10th in the NSIC South (division games only) in overall scoring (6.3 ppg) ... placed fi fth in the NSIC South (division games only) in scoring among kickers (6.3 ppg) ... made 2-of-3 on fi eld goals with a long of 40 and 1-1 on PATs against Augustana (10/1/11) while add-ing fi ve punts with a long of 49 and one inside the 20 with two fair catches, adding a touchback in four kickoffs ... made 2-of-2 with a long of 48 and went 3-3 on PATs in a win over Wayne State (10/15/11) ... averaged a season-high 40.4 yards

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DB | 5-10 | 210 | So.Chicago

Morgan Park HS

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MY

MIR

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DB | 5-10 | 180 | R-Fr.Fridley, Minn.

Fridley HS

CO

RD

EL

LSM

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SMITH CAREER RECEIVING STATS Year GP Rec Yds Avg TD Lng Yds/g 2011 11 28 469 16.8 6 60 42.6

WR | 6-4 | 210 | So.Mequon, Wis.

Homestead HS

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BA

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K/P | 5-11 | 175 | So.Burnsville, Minn.Apple Valley HS


PLAYER PROFILESon fi ve punts with a long of 46 and one fair catch at Winona State (10/22/11), adding a 25 yard fi eld goal and perfect PAT kicking in three attempts ... was 1-for-1 (41) and went 5-5 on PATs in a win over Minnesota Crookston (10/29/11) ... went 1-for-1 (26) and went 7-7 on PATs for 10 points in a win over Southwest Minnesota State (11/12/11) ... averaged 34.5 yards per punt, with a long of 56... 9-12 on fi eld goals with a long of 56, 10 in-side the 20 and nine fair catches on the season ... averaged 57.4 yards per kickoff with three touchbacks, relinquishing kickoff duties halfway through the season.

Apple Valley High School: Earned three prep football and three prep soccer letters for the Ea-gles while also lettering in hockey as a junior … named Pioneer Press All-State First Team , Star Tribune All-State Second Team and Coaches As-

sociation All-State Second Team … also earned KARE11 All-Metro First Team honors … named team’s Special Teams Player of the Year … an All-South Suburban Conference Honorable Mention performer … as a soccer player, was a team captain as a senior and named the Pioneer Press Minnesota State Player of the Year … earned All-State First Team honors by the Coaches Association, Star Tribune and Pioneer Press, also earning Pioneer Press All-State First Team honors as a junior … named to the Section and State All-Tournament Teams as a junior and senior … was the team’s scoring leader with 30 goals and 28 assists … named National Player of the Week honorable mention by ESPN Rise Magazine and was named KARE11 Athlete of the Week … scored 57 career goals with 51 career assists and holds career records for goals, assists and points … led team to State Championship and a perfect 23-0-0 season as a senior and a State Champion-ship and 24-0-0 season as a junior … team fi nished his senior season ranked #10 na-tionally by the NSCAA and his junior year was ranked #5 nationally … was fourth in the country in assists as a senior ... helped Eagles accumulate a 66-2-1 record on the pitch.

Personal: Born March 12, 1993 ... son of Mark and Barb Obarski … has two brothers, John (26) and Jason (22); and two sisters, Kelly (20) and Kimberly (16) … oldest brother, John, was a kicker for North Dakota State football and Minnesota, Crookston football … older brother, Jason, has played football as a kicker for NDSU and St. Olaf and is now an assistant coach at Concordia … oldest sister, Kelly, attends Dakota County Technical Col-lege and plays soccer while his youngest sister, Kimberly, is a soccer player at Apple Valley HS ... his father, Mark, played soccer at Grand Canyon University ... will pursue a major in fi nance at Concordia ... is a Dean’s List student and recipient of President’s Scholarship.

New Life Academy: Earned letters in four sports for the Eagles: football (4), basketball (4), base-ball (5) and soccer (1) ... was a team captain in both football and basketball ... a two-way starter for four years as a running back, quarterback, defensive back and punt returner ... a two-time All-Tri-Metro Conference performer, also earn-ing All-Tri-Metro Honorable Mention honors once ... named 2011 All-State Honorable Men-tion ... played two years for Minnesota Hall of Fame coach Paul Mork ... graduated from Beth-any Academy ... earned the Bethany Academy Coaches Award ... member of a 19-student grad-uating class and was one of the fi rst two students ever to sign a football letter of intent as a prep at Bethany Academy.

Personal: Born September 1, 1993 ... son of Kevin and Gail Nieuwsma ... has an older sister, Kori (22) ... will pursue a double-major in sport management and business management with a minor in athletic training ... a recipient of the

President’s Scholarship ... his sister, Kori, played third base for the Hope College (Mich.) softball team from 2008-11.

Concordia Career:2011: Played in nine games at running back for the Golden Bears ... third on the team in rushing yards (31) on 12 attempts ... had four rushes for 20 yards and a long of nine yards at Winona State (10/22/11) ... received a carry in six games.

University of New Mexico: Attended the Univer-sity of New Mexico.

Holy Cross High School: A four year letterwin-ner for the Knights and 2003 graduate ... was named the Conference Offensive Most Valuable Player.

Personal: Born September 19, 1985 ... son of the late Michael Smith and Ann Daly ... has an older brother, Michael, Jr. (39); and three sisters, Sherry, Rhea and Nadia ... will major in criminal justice ... has received his associate degree ... plans to attend graduate school and would like to work for the FBI or CIA.

DeLaSalle High School: Earned three letters on the gridiron and another in baseball ... helped team fi nish 6-2 overall competing in the Tri-Metro Conference.

Personal: Born July 19, 1994 ... son of Gregory Zafke and Martha Varela ... has a younger broth-er, Samar (5), and two younger sisters, Thalia (4) and Ariana (3) ... will major in biology ... would like to enter dental school in the future.

East Ridge High School: Will be a three-time letterwinner in football and on the track & fi eld team ... was named the Woodbury Bulletin Ath-lete of the Week with his best game going for 201 yards and two touchdowns on 19 carries for the Raptors ... has earned two All-State awards in track & fi eld for the 4x100-meter relay and was an All-Suburban East Conference sprinter in the 100 meter dash.

Personal: Born August 18, 1993 ... son of Val-entin and Jen Huerta ... has a younger brother, Chago Huerta (17) ... has not declared a major.

South St. Paul High School: His 57.5 tackles (48 solo) and seven takeaways (3 INT, 4 FF) led the Packers during his senior season as he earned All-Classic Suburban Conference honors and Special Teams MVP ... led the Classic Sub-urban Conference in punt return yards with 209 and was a three year starter on the gridiron ... helped the Packers to a 10-2 section champion-ship season as a senior in 2011 and a Classic Suburban Conference Championship as a junior ... also earned four letters in track & fi eld and let-tered in basketball ... a three-year Gold Honor Roll student with a 3.523 cumulative grade point average.

Personal: Born May 1, 1994 .. son of Duke and Sandra Trifunov ... has an older sister, Ashlee (21) ... intends to major in special education with

a coaching minor ... would like to teach special education and coach football in the future.

OBARSKI CAREER KICKING STATISTICS Year GP FG-A Pct. 1-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50+ Lng Blk PAT Pts 2011 11 9-12 75.0 0-0 3-3 1-1 4-5 1-3 56 0 35-36 62

OBARSKI CAREER PUNTING & KICKOFF STATISTICS Year Punt Yds Avg Lng TB FC In20 50+ Blk KO Yds Avg TB OB 2011 52 1792 34.5 56 2 9 10 1 0 28 1608 57.4 3 2

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DB | 5-10 | 180 | Fr.Lakeville, Minn.

Bethany Academy HS

LA

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ESM

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RB | 5-9 | 203 | Sr.Queens, N.Y.Holy Cross HSNew Mexico

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VA

LH

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RB | 5-8 | 165 | Fr.Woodbury, Minn.

East Ridge HS

JOSH

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IFU

NO

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DB | 6-0 | 190 | Fr.South St. Paul, Minn.

South St. Paul HS


PLAYER PROFILESRich Central High School: Set a record for the Olympians with 22 tackles in a game ... fi nished his senior year with 167 tackles ... earned All-Conference honors and team Defensive MVP ... was a team captain and team scholar ... earned Honor Roll academic accolades every year of high school ... served as president of the Pipe-line to College Program, also involved in Student Council, Afro Club, track and was editor of the school yearbook.

Personal: Born April 9, 1994 ... son of Jermaine Hughes, Sr. and Latrice Foules ... has a younger brother, Leo Brown (12) ... will major in criminal justice with a minor in psychology ... would like to attend law school in the future.

Concordia Career:2011: Redshirted, did not play ... named CU Scout Defensive Player of the Week against Northern State (9/17/11).

Kettle Moraine High School: A four year varsity football player and two year varsity basketball player for the Lasers ... as a senior, was named All-Classic 8 Conference First Team on defense, All-Area First Team on offense and All-County First Team on defense ... competed in the 2010-11 Shrine Bowl All-Star Game ... named the Most Valuable Laser Defensive Back ... helped Lasers to playoff quarterfi nals as a freshman and sopho-more ... also a captain for link crew.

Personal: Born November 13, 1992 ... son of Chris and Sheila Hoppe ... has a younger brother, Derek ... will major in physical education with a special education minor and hopes to pursue a career as a special education teacher ... also looks to pursue graduate school ... his uncle,

Andy Hoppe, was a left tackle for the UW-Osh Kosh football team.

Concordia Career:2011: Redshirted, did not play ... named CU Defensive Player of the Week at Winona State (10/22/11).

Minnetonka High School: Earned four letters in football for the Skippers ... was third-ranked tackler on the team with 72 as a senior … had 45 solo tackles and 27 assisted … led team with four fumble recoveries ... also had two sacks and an interception … awarded the Maxie Scholar-ship which is given to a senior who exemplifi es compassion, commitment and leadership ... as a junior fi nished with 30 tackles, two sacks anda fumble recovery while helping the Skippers to an 8-3 overall record ... earned the Outstanding Aca-demic Achievement Award in 2009-10.

Personal: Born October 12, 1992 ... son of Alan Bates and Penny Perrault ... has two sisters, Madison (21) and Bentley (15), and a brother, Beau (18) ... will major in kinesiology with a minor

in biology ... would like to be an athletic trainer or nutritionist in his future ... his uncle, Bruce Bates, was an outfi elder for the University of Minnesota baseball team.

Wayzata High School: A two-sport athlete for the Trojans, earning three letters in football and four in baseball as a four-year starter on the diamond ... was a 2011 All-State First Team, All-Metro First Team, All-Area and All-Lake Confer-ence performer ... as a two-year starter at inside linebacker in 2010 and 2011, Poppitz helped lead the Trojans to a 20-0 record ... helped WHS to a 2010 State Championship as a junior, making 105 tackles, seven sacks and 19 tackles for loss in 11 games ... as a senior, went for 97 tackles, 6.5 sacks and 19 tackles for loss.

Personal: Born November 14, 1993 ... son of Mark Poppitz and Betty Good ... will major in ac-counting and fi nance ... career goals are to play professional baseball or become an accountant ... his father, Mark, was a defensive lineman for Mankato State football in 1971 ... his uncle, Rick Poppitz, was a linebacker for Mankato State from 1970-73 ... was signed to be a dual-sport athlete, also competing on Concordia’s baseball team.

University of Iowa: Graduated with a degree in interdepartmental studies and a minor in theatre arts ... was a Dean’s List student.

2011: Academic All-Big Ten for third straight year . . . Reggie Roby Special Teams Award, Overall ... saw action in all 13 games ... recorded six solo tackles and four assists on special teams ... rushed seven times for 32 yards and had three receptions for 26 yards ... saw action in 34-7 opening win over Tennessee Tech with one rush-ing attempt for one yard along with two assisted tackles on special teams ... saw action in 45-17 win over Louisiana-Monroe with fi rst two pass receptions of career for 21 yards and added one rushing attempt for 10 yards, along with recording one solo tackle on special teams ... saw action in 41-31 win over Northwestern, recording two as-sisted tackles on special teams ... saw action in 45-24 win over Indiana with one rushing attempt for one yard vs. Hoosiers and recorded two solo tackles on special teams ... saw action in 24-16 win over 13th-ranked Michigan, recording one solo tackle on special teams ... saw action in 31-

21 win at Purdue, recording one solo tackle on special teams ... saw action in Insight Bowl loss to Oklahoma, recording one solo tackle on special teams, and also gained 20 yards on four rushing attempts and had one reception for fi ve yards.

2010: Academic All-Big Ten ... saw action in 11 games . . . had one rushing attempt for 14 yards and recorded three solo tackles and three assists on special teams ... saw action in 37-7 opening win over Eastern Illinois with one rushing attempt for 14 yards and had one assisted tackle on special teams ... returned to action in 24-3 win over Penn State, recording one solo tackle as defense allowed just 54 net rushing yards and 301 yards total offense to the Nittany Lions ... saw action in 37-6 win over fi fth-ranked Michigan State, recording one assisted tackle as defense allowed just 31 net rushing yards and 258 yards total offense ... saw action in 18-13 win at Indiana, recording one solo tackle and one assist ... saw action on special teams in 27-24 Insight Bowl win over 12th-ranked Missouri, recording one solo tackle.

2009: Academic All-Big Ten ... moved from running back to defensive back prior to 2009 season ... saw action on special teams in 35-3 win at Iowa State, recording one assisted tackle ... saw action on special teams in 27-17 win over Arizona, recording one assisted tackle ... saw action on special teams in 21-10 win at Penn State, recording career-best three tackles (two solo, one assist) ... saw action in 24-14 Orange Bowl win over Georgia Tech, but had no statistics.

2008: Redshirted after joining the Hawkeyes as a walk-on.

Davenport North High School: Earned fi rst team all-conference honors as a junior and senior ... earned three letters in football as running back and linebacker ... three-year team captain ... as a senior had 82 attempts for 602 yards and fi ve touchdowns, along with fi ve pass receptions for 70 yards ... recorded 28 solo tackles and 45 assists on defense, with six tackles for loss and four pass break-ups ... gained 120 yards on eight kickoff returns ... rushed for 545 yards and four touchdowns on 119 attempts as a junior, along with 66 yards on four punt returns and 14 kickoff returns for 272 yards ... recorded 17 solo tackles and 22 assists on defense ... earned academic all-conference honors three years ... also earned three letters in track and fi eld, two letters in wrestling and one letter in swimming.

Personal: Born November 12, 1989 ... son of Sheri and Eilee White ... has a younger brother, Blake (21) ... will pursue a master of arts in leadership and management at Concordia.

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LB | 6-1 | 195 | Fr.Chicago

Rich Central HS

MA

TT

HO

PP

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LB | 6-0 | 235 | R-Fr.Wales, Wis.

Kettle Moraine HS

HU

NT

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BA

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LB | 6-1 | 205 | R-Fr.Minnetonka, Minn.

Minnetonka HS

RY

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LB | 6-2 | 195 | Fr.Plymouth, Minn.

Wayzata HS

JASO

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RB | 5-9 | 208 | Sr.Davenport, Iowa

North HSUniversity of Iowa


PLAYER PROFILESOak Creek High School: A three year contribu-tor to varsity football for the Knights ... rushed for 1,005 yards and 11 touchdowns as a senior in 2011, averaging 7.9 yards per carry and 111.7 per game ... reached the 2009 Wisconsin State Play-offs ... a senior captain and named OCHS Out-standing Offensive Back for the Knights ... a 2011 All-Wisconsin Southeast Conference Team Divi-sion I running back ... nominated for 2011 Wis-consin HS Coaches Association All-Star game ... also a member of the 2011 and 2012 varsity men’s indoor and outdoor track & fi eld teams and was a 2011 WIAA Men’s State Track & Field Meet Competitor in the 800 meter relay ... also compet-ed in basketball and baseball ... an OCHS Honor Roll student ... also involved in Future Business Leaders of America, Health Occupations Stu-dents of America (CNA), Renaissance Club and a 2011 Homecoming Court Representative.

Personal: Born May 2, 1994 ... son of Andre and Monica Ibarra Wylie ... has two younger sisters,

Jaelen (16) and Mason (11) ... will major in a pre-med track with a biology minor ... in-tends to attend medical school after graduating from Concordia ... would like to become a phsyician’s assistant working in an urban community ... has an uncle and a cousin that have played semi-professional football ... his uncle was a quarterback for the Cook County Cowboys in 1982 and his cousin has played defensive back and quarterback for the Bridge City Knights since 2009.

St. Paul Central High School: Piled up 250-plus career tackles, leading the team in his junior and senior seasons ... All-St. Paul City Conference in 2011 and 2012 ... team Defensive MVP as a senior... earned four football letters, also earning two letters in wrestling and track & fi eld among his 13 total prep letters ... helped Central to four St. Paul City Conference Championships and a 20-1 record in conference play during his career ... a two-time All-St. Paul City Conference wres-tler (Fr./So.) and track athlete (Jr./Sr.).

Personal: Born April 22, 1994 ... son of Teresa Wood ... has not declared a major ... will look to attend graduate school.

Romeoville High School: An All-Southwest Prairie Conference performer and a Illinois 6A State Academic selection ... named team MVP for the Spartans ... made 57 total tackles with three sacks, two interceptions, two forced fumbles, two fumble recoveries and two touchdowns ... also involved in National Honor Society, SADD (Stu-dents Against Destructive Decisions), Student Leadership, Student Government and Interact Club.

Personal: Born November 12, 1993 ... son of Tom and Marilyn Maloney ... has a younger broth-er, Mike (15); and four sisters: Lynn (21), Taylor (18), Mary (13) and Leah (10) ... a business major ... intends to attend graduate school.

Concordia Career:2011: Played in 10 games for the Golden Bears at defensive back and on special teams ... fi n-ished the year with eight total tackles ... recored a career-high in tackles with three in a win against Southwest Minnesota State (11/12/11) ... named CU Scout Defensive Player of the Week against Minnesota Crookston (10/29/11), making two tackles in the game ... made a tackle in fi ve dif-ferent games.

2010: Redshirted, did not play ... earned CU Scout Team Defensive Player of the Week hon-ors for season opener against Minot State.

Green Bay Preble High School: Earned four letters, two each in football and basketball ... voted a senior captain and Team Leader-ship Award ... named All-Con-

ference Honorable Mention ... also voted a captain in basketball as a senior ... fi nished in top-fi ve on team in tackles as a senior ... won the 2009 7-on-7 football championship at the Don Hudson Center ... led team in rebounding in basketball.

Personal: Born December 28, 1991 ... son of Brian and Mary Burchell ... has a brother, Barrett (18) ... will pursue a major in sports psychology ... will pursue a career as a sport psychologist for a professional organization ... his grandfather was a guard for the Marquette basketball team.

South Milwaukee High School: A two-time All-Woodland-Black Conference First Team per-former at inside linebacker ... was also an All-Woodland-Black Conference Honorable Mention punter as a senior ... has earned letters in three sports for the Rockets: football (3), basketball (2) and baseball (1) ... helped the Rockets to a 6-4 record as a senior with 77 tackles (28 solo) and fi ve sacks ... helped the Rockets to Wisconsin State playoff appearances two-straight years ... attended the Bellin Elite Football Combine.

Personal: Born February 19, 1994 ... son of Kurt and CarolAnn Krakau ... has an older brother, Richard, and two older sisters, Jessica and Christina ... plans to major in criminal justice with a minor in Spanish ... aspires to become a police offi cer or a career in federal law enforcement.

Concordia Career:2011: Did not play.


Fossil Ridge High School: A three-time letter-winner on the gridiron for the Sabercats ... was a 2009 All-Conference performer after earning 2008 All-Conference Honorable Mention honors ... holds the FRHS record for most career recep-tions (48), yards (742) and touchdown receptions (9) ... has second most receptions in a game (4), third most touchdowns in a season (3, three dif-ferent seasons) ... was a two-time Academic All-State Honorable Mention selection ... also earned Academic All-State Honorable Mention honors once for basketball, playing three years on the hardwood.

Personal: Born February 4, 1992 ... son of Scott and Jennifer Ochwat ... has a younger brother, Collin (16) ... will major in history with a criminal

justice minor ... is a three-time Dean’s List student ... has a number of relatives who have competed in collegiate athletics: Jessie Larson (North Carolina A&T softball), his cousin Dallas Davis (Colorado State football WR), his cousin Kyle Martin (Colorado State foot-ball linebacker), Cody Larson (Friends University baseball).

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PLAYER PROFILESRiverside High School: Two-time Most Im-proved Player ... earned academic awards ... also competed in track & fi eld in the high jump.

Personal: Born March 15, 1990 ... son of Pete Richardson and Elizabeth Waring ... has three brothers, Lamar Waring, Dante Richardson and Cortezz Richardson ... is an exercise science major.

Concordia Career:2011: Redshirted, did not play... named CU Scout Offensive Player of the Week against Augus-tana (10/1/11) ... joined the baseball team in the spring, playing in one game, scoring a run.

Glenwood City High School: Earned 10 com-bined letters for the Hilltoppers as a three sport athlete: football (3), wrestling (3) and baseball (4) ... helped Hilltoppers to two Dunn-St. Croix Conference Championships in football and one in wrestling ... a three-time All-Dunn-St. Croix Con-ference selection in football and baseball ... also a member of National Honor Society.

Personal: Born December 9, 1992 ... son of Jim and Mary Munkwitz ... has a sister, Frankie (18), who will suit up for Golden Bear softball this spring ... will major in math ... intends to pursue graduate school for engineering ... is a Dean’s List student and recipient of the President’s Scholarship ... his father, Jim Munkwitz, played

football for Concordia-St. Paul from 1977-80.

Concordia Career:2011: Played in nine games with six starts at inside linebacker ... ranked 13th on the team in total tackles (28) ... tied for 10th on the team in tackles for loss (2.5) ... recorded a career-high seven tackles (six solo) and a career-high 2.0 tackles for loss and forced a fumble in season opening win at Minot State (9/3/11) ... registered six tackles (0.5 for loss) and a quarterback hurry in a win over Northern State (9/17/11) ... recorded a tackle, an interception and a pass breakup in a win over Wayne State (10/15/11) ... registered four tackles (two solo) in a win over Minnesota Crookston (10/29/11) ... had at least one tackle in eight of nine games played ... had 5-plus tackles in four games.

2010: Played in all 12 games ... recorded 11 tack-les ... recovered a fumble in a win at Northern State (9/18/10) ... made a season high three tack-les in a win at Minnesota Crookston (10/30/10).

2009: Redshirted, did not play ... earned CU Scout Defensive Player of the Week honors at Minot State (9/5/09).

Robeson High School: Illinois All-State Honorable Mention ... three-time All-Conference selection ... Upstate 8 All-Conference ... team captain ... co-MVP of the Raiders ... an All-City selection ... also named Most Improved on the track squad ... was MVP of vol-leyball team.

Personal: Born July 7, 1990 ... son of Marlon Sesson and Carla McLaurin ... has a brother, Mario Dunlap, and a sister, Nautica Peoples ... will major in criminal justice with a kinesiology minor ... plans to attend graduate school.

Concordia Career:2011: Played 10 games at linebacker and on special teams for the Golden Bears... named CU Special Teams Player of the Week against Min-nesota Crookston (10/29/11), making a career-high fi ve tackles in the win ... fi nished with 19 total tackles, 1.5 tackles for loss and 1.5 sacks ... re-corded four tackles (1.5 sacks) in collegiate debut win at Minot State (9/3/11) ... had four tackles in a win over Wayne State (10/15/11) ... had a tackle in eight of 10 games played.

2010: Redshirted, did not play ... named CU Scout Team Defensive Player of the Week against Augustana.

Middleton High School: 2009: Starting outside linebacker also backed up at full back ... led Cardinals with 168 tackles in 12 games, setting a new MHS record ... named All-Big Eight Con-ference First Team and the Big Eight Conference OLB of the Year ... also named All-State, All-Re-gion and All-Metro First Team. 2008: Played sig-nifi cant time at outside linebacker ... led Cardinals to WIAA Division I State Semifi nals. Prep Career: Dual sport athlete also competing in lacrosse ... earned All-State honors in lacrosse as a senior and was an All-Conference Second Team per-former as a junior in just his second year playing the sport.

Personal: Born March 19, 1992 ... son of Jeff and Elizabeth Jauch ... has an older sister, Kelly, and an older brother, Matt ... will major in criminal justice and would like to have a career in the high-way patrol ... is a Dean’s List student ... his father, Jeff, played football at the University of North Da-kota ... his two uncles played football at University

of North Carolina ... his grandfather, Ray, played for the Iowa Hawkeyes (1957-59) and was a top head coach in the Canadian Football League (CFL) earning a Grey Cup victory in 1975 ... his sister, Kelly, was a four year soccer letterwinner at Minnesota State Univer-sity, Mankato ... his brother, Matt, played football for Bemidji State University for two years and is now serving in the U.S. Marine Corps.

Burlington Central High School: A two-time All-Big Northern Conference First Team performer for the Rockets ... earned All-Area First Team honors as a senior ... a two-time team captain and Defensive Player of the Year ... named the Special Teams Player of the Year as a junior and earned the Taz Award for Defensive MVP as a senior ... holds the school record for tackles in a season, piling up 147 total tackles ... had 25 tackles for loss ... also a varsity baseball player for the Rockets.

Personal: Born October 11, 1993 ... son of Rob-ert and Tracy Crary ... has a younger brother, Parker (16) and a younger sister, Heather (8) ... will major in kinesiology ... would like to pursue a career path in sports medicine and arena football.

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PLAYER PROFILESConcordia Career:2011: Played in fi ve games for the Golden Bears.

2010: Did not play.

2009: Did not play.

2008: Redshirted ... named CU Scout Defensive Player of the Week against Wayne State.

Burnsville High School: Earned two letters each in football and track for the Blaze ... an all-confer-ence honorable mention selection ... captain of 2007 team ... named Burnsville Outstanding Ath-lete ... led Blaze in tackles with 60 and sacks with six in 2007 ... helped team reach section fi nals in 2006 ... also involved in weightlifting.

Personal: Born May 6, 1990 ... son of Rod and Anne Johnson ... has an older sister, Tori ... is a crim-inal justice major at CU ... his cousin, Trevor How-ard, played linebacker for Minnesota State football.

Concordia Career:2011: Played in 11 games on special teams and at outside linebacker for the Golden Bears... named Special Teams Player of the Week at Augustana (10/1/11), making three total tackles (two solo) ... had a fumble recovery and 2.0 tackles for loss on the season ... in on 16 total tackles for the season ... recorded a career-high in tackles with four in a season opening road win at Minot State (9/3/11) ... also had a three tackle game in a win over Wayne State (10/15/11) ... had two solo tackles, a tackle for loss and a fumble recovery at Winona State (10/22/11) ... made at least one tackle in seven games and had three games with 3-plus tackles.

2010: Played in two games, recording a career high three tackles and fi rst career tackle for loss (0.5) in win over Minot State (9/4/10).

2009: Played in all 11 games ... made 10 tackles including three solo stops ... had two tackles in a game four different times ... made at least one

tackle in six different games. 2008: Redshirted ... a two-time CU Scout Defensive Player of the Week against Minnesota Duluth and Upper Iowa.

Armstrong High School: Earned eight total letters in wrestling (4), football (2) and baseball (2) for the Falcons ... an all-conference football player and all-conference honorable mention wrestler ... team captain in football ... named Best Defensive Back of the Year ... earned the football academic achievement award all four years ... also involved in Target Leadership.

Personal: Born October 4, 1989 ... son of Gregory and Teresa Barlow ... has an older sister, Erica ... and older two brothers, Brian and Kevin ... is a marketing major at CU ... aspires to own an advertising/marketing fi rm ... father, Greg, was a running back and defensive back for the University of Minnesota (1973-76).


Floodwood High School: Earned eight letters throughout prep career for the Polar Bears, with four in football and in track & fi eld … a two-time All-Polar Conference performer and named the league’s Most Valuable Defensive Back in 2009 and 2010 as well … a Minnesota All-State 9-Man performer as a senior … earned Academic All-State honors as a senior … a two-time All-Area selection … a Minnesota Scholar Athlete ... pro-duced 163 tackles as a junior and 141 as a senior with 132 total solo tackles … as a track & fi eld per-former, earned the Field MVP award three years in a row … also a Dean’s List student involved in National Honor Society and Phi Theta Kappa ... carried a 3.9 high school grade point average.

Personal: Born January 3, 1993 … son of Jim and Brenda Taray … has an older sister, Sandra (21) …will major in kinesiology ... has a career

goal of becoming a strength & conditioning coach at the collegiate or professional level ... aspires to attend graduate school for exercise physiology or biomechanics .... is a Dean’s List student ... recipient of the Regent’s Scholarship ... a BOLD member … his father, Jim, was a defensive tackle for Bemidji State football from 1981-84.

Concordia Career:2011: Played in one game at linebacker for the Golden Bears, making collegiate debut in a win over Minnesota Crookston ... named CU Defen-sive Scout Player of the Week in a win at Upper Iowa (11/5/11).

2010: Did not play.


Middleton High School: Big Eight All-Conference First Team for the Cardinals ... Defensive Lineman of the Year ... All-Region DL ... WI Football Coaches Association All-State Honorable Mention ... earned three letters each in football and basketball ... helped the Cardinals reach the state fi nal four in 2008.

Personal: Born April 9, 1991 ... son of Willie and Judy Nunnery ... will pursue a degree in English with an education minor ... career goal is to be-come a writer or English professor.


Rich Central High School: Earned four letters in football and wrestling ... was the team defensive MVP as a senior ... had 14.5 sacks between junior and senior years including 9.5 as a junior defen-sive tackle before gaining 5.0 sacks as a senior defensive end ... earned the Coaches Award as a freshman and sophomore ... an Honor Roll student ... involved in Mathletes, student council and the pipeline to college program ... served as an assis-tant coach for Matteson Bear Youth Football.

Personal: Born December 11, 1992 ... son of Tony and Sheila Mhoon ... has a younger sister, Kamaryn ... will major in exercise science ... aspires to be a business owner after obtaining a master’s degree ... has persisted through breaking his femur three times and being told he could no longer compete in sports ... his father, Tony Mhoon, played defensive back and returned kicks for Northern Illinois football.

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Armstrong HS

BARLOW CAREER DEFENSIVE STATISTICS Year GP UT AT TT TFL SK INT PBU FF FR BLK SF 2009 11 3 7 10 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0-0 0 0 2010 2 1 2 3 0.5-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0-0 0 0 2011 11 10 6 16 2.0-8 0-0 0-0 0 0 1-0 0 0 Totals 24 14 15 29 2.5-8 0-0 0-0 0 0 1-0 0 0

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PLAYER PROFILESJames Madison Memorial High School: Earned two letters in football and one in base-ball for the Spartans ... earned All-Conference and All-City honors as a senior ... also involved in track & fi eld and the young conservatives club.

Personal: Born June 30, 1994 ... son of Tim and Keelie Jones ... has a brother, Tatum (15) and a sister, Roary (10) ... will major in business with a minor in physical therapy ... his father, Tim Jones, was an offensive lineman for Phoenix College football ... his mother, Keelie Jones, played vol-leyball at Carthage College.

Arrowhead High School: Earned three football letters for the Warhawks, serving as a co-captain as a senior ... helped lead the Warhawks to an 8-2 fi nish as a senior, reaching Level 2 of the Wisconsin State Playoffs ... was an All-Classic 8 First Team selection ... also named All-Area as a senior ... also involved in powerlifting.

Personal: Born August 16, 1993 ... son of Randy and Laura Groonwald ... has an older brother, Nate (22), and two younger sisters, Emily (14) and Elizabeth (11) ... intends to major in sport management and aspires to become a football coach.

Concordia Career:2011: Played in 10 games and started six at de-fensive end as a true freshman ... ranked 15th on the defense in tackles (22) ... was fi fth on the team with a pair of sacks ... ranked eighth on the team in tackles for loss (5.0) ... made collegiate debut in a win at Minot State (9/3/11) ... made one tackle in each of the next four games ... in week seven, season took off as he would register four or more tackles in each of the next four games, along with at least one tackle for loss in each of the contests ... breakout performance came in a win over Wayne State (10/15/11) with four tackles, a sack and tackle for loss ... the next week he would pro-duce a career-high fi ve tackles (1 tackle for loss) at Winona State (10/22/11) ... recorded four tack-les, a career-high 2.0 tackles for loss and a sack in a win over Minnesota Crookston (10/29/11) ... matched his career-high with a fi ve tackle effort in a road win at Upper Iowa (11/5/11), adding a tackle for loss ... had at least one tackle in eight straight games from week three to week 10.

Armstrong High School: Earned 11 prep letters in football, olympic weightlifting, track & fi eld and wrestling for the Falcons ... a Star Tribune All-Metro First Team selection ... an All-Northwest Suburban Conference performer and team defensive MVP … tallied 40 tackles with fi ve tackles for loss, 7.5 sacks and two forced fumbles despite facing con-stant double teams ... broke numerous weightlifting records: power clean, shoulder press, dips, pull-ups, push press and tire throw ... also involved in Best Buddies and link crew.

Personal: Born December 27, 1992 ... son of Fred Molden and Michele Johanson ... has three siblings: Tara, Blake and Olivia ... father, Fred, was a former NFL nose tackle for the Minnesota Vikings in 1987 and played collegiately at Southern Mississippi (1984-87) ... his uncle, Alex Molden, played eight seasons in the NFL for the Saints, Chargers and Lions from 1996 to 2003 ... his grandfather, Frank Molden, played in three NFL seasons with the Rams, Eagles and Giants between 1965 to 1969 and played collegiately at the University of Mississippi ... will major in business with a minor in communication studies.

University of Wisconsin-Platteville: Earned a letter as a true freshman in 2010 for the Pioneers ... played in four games, making his fi rst tackle in the season fi nale against UW-Stevens Point ... earned National Academic Athlete of the Week honors.

Heritage Christian School: Earned four letters and was a three-time captain in football and in basketball for the Patriots ... helped the team to a fi rst playoff berth in school history as a junior ... named All-Midwest Conference First Team as a senior in basketball and football ... a career 1,000-point scorer on the hardwood ... named to All-Star Game in basketball.

Personal: Born July 14, 1992 ... son of William Smith and Chunta Boston-Smith ... has a younger brother, Aaron (14) and a younger sister, Ashley (14) ... will pursue a double major in physical educa-tion and health with a social studies minor ... would like to play professionally and also lists becoming a physical education teacher as a career goal.

Northern Illinois University: 2011: Redshirted, did not play.

Thomas Jefferson High School: A defensive lineman, made 133 tackles and 20 sacks as a prep ... member of Honor Society as a senior.

Personal: Born February 11, 1992 ... son of Larry Walker and Evelyn Hollins ... has not declared a major.

Maple Grove High School: An All-Northwest Suburban Conference performer ... helped team to a 16-8 record in prep career ... also involved in chapel and band.

Personal: Born July 20, 1993 ... son of Stephen and Ophelia Zeogar ... has three brothers, Blee, Jay and C ... has a sister, Christina ... will major in criminal justice and minor in music ... aspires to be a homicide detective.

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MOLDEN CAREER DEFENSIVE STATISTICS Year GP UT AT TT TFL SK INT PBU FF FR BLK SF 2011 10 7 15 22 5.0-23 2.0-10 0-0 0 0 0-0 0 0

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PLAYER PROFILESConcordia Career:2011: Played in two games on the offensive line for the Golden Bears ... named CU Offensive Scout Player of the Week against Northern State (9/17/11).

2010: Redshirted, did not play ... named CU Scout Team Offensive Player of the Week against Northern State.

Ontario High School: Was named Most Inspira-tional of 2008 football team ... earned one football letter for the Jags ... also competed in wrestling and track &?fi eld.

Personal: Born August 6, 1992 ... son of Moises and Joann Huerta ... has two siblings, Richard Joseph Alvarez and Nycole Jo Huerta ... will ma-jor in criminal justice with a coaching minor and intends to join the L.A. Sheriff’s Department as a deputy ... his mother, Joann, is employed by the L.A. Sheriff’s Department ... he is the fi rst college student-athlete in his family.

Mountain Vista High School: A member of Na-tional Honor Society ... also was involved with Small Business Leaders of America.

Personal: Born January 21, 1987 ... son of Gen-evieve Lanbi ... will major in sport management ... is a native of Ghana.

Sierra College: A two-time All-Valley Conference performer for the Wolverines ... experience at two positions on the offensive line at Sierra College, playing his freshman season at guard and sopho-more season at center.

Sheldon High School: Helped the Huskies to a 7-3 season and a playoff berth as a prep ... named All-League First Team in the DRL confer-ence ... also active and earned a letter of the Bull-dog Trades and Engineering Academy.

Personal: Born March 26, 1992 ... son of Andy and Candace Gates ... has an older sister, Britta-ny Gates ... will major in business management at Concordia ... intends to pursue graduate school.

Greendale High School: Earned three varsity let-ters, helping the Panthers to a 23-7 record (includ-ing playoffs) in his career ... a two-time All-Woodland Conference performer ... named the Woodland Con-ference Offensive Lineman of the Year as a senior ... was nominated to play in the 2012 WFCA All-Star Football Game ... an All-State Honorable Mention selection ... named All-Region and NOW All-Subur-ban as a senior ... also involved with track & fi eld team, earning two letters ... will contend for school record in the discuss this spring ... also played baseball and basketball as a freshman and is still involved with intramural basketball.

Personal: Born September 22, 1993 ... son of Andrew and Jennifer Pulizos ... has two younger brothers, Mi-chael (17) and David (14), and a younger sister, Annie (12) ... is undecided on a fi eld of study ... his cousin, Dan Hytinen, competed in track & fi eld (discus) at UW-Whitewater and is a two-time NCAA Division III Cham-pion, All-American and holds the DIII discus record.

Nazareth Academy: Earned All-East Suburban Catholic Conference honors as a senior and earned two letters in football for the RoadRun-ners ... also earned three letters in track & fi eld and was an East Suburban Catholic Conference Champion as a junior, working to repeat as a se-nior ... is just one foot away from the school re-cord in shot put and was the fi rst RoadRunner to win a conference title in track & fi eld ... helped the RoadRunner football team to a conference cham-pionship, reaching the Illinois State Elite Eight playoff round falling to the eventual state cham-pions ... member of the school record breaking RoadRunner squad that fi nished 10-2.

Personal: Born May 24, 1994 ... son of Eric and Debbie Morris ... is the oldest of fi ve brothers: Kyle (16), Shane (14), Gavin (12) and Nolan (9) ... will major in sport management ... lists his ca-reer goal to play in the NFL with a secondary goal of opening his own gym ... lives by and is defi ned by four words: “Dream Big Work Hard.”

Concordia Career:2011: Redshirted, did not play... named Offensive Scout player of the Week of the Wayne State game (10/15/11).

Percy L. Julian High School: Helped squad to a 7-2 record and conference championship ... was named All-Windy City Conference and All-City ... an Honor Roll student in 2010 ... a principal scholar ... member of Gentlemen of Julian.

Personal: Born August 26, 1993 ... son of Ken-neth and Diana Cage ... has two brothers, Ken-neth Cage, Jr. and Stanley Crume; and two sis-ters, Nichole and Dionne Crume ... will major in criminal justice with a minor in business admin-istration ... career goal is to be a police sergeant.

Concordia Career:2011: NSIC All-Academic ... played in and started all 11 games on the defensive line for the Golden Bears (5 DE, 6 DT) ... 3-time CU Defensive Line-man of the Week, also earned CU Special Teams Player of the Week once ... ranked eighth in the NSIC and led the team in fumbles recovered with two ... third on the team in sacks (3) ... ranked third on the team in tackles for loss (7.5) ... his 31 total tackles ranked third among defensive linemen on the team ... tied for second on the team with four quarterback hurries ... recorded three tackles and a sack in a win at Minot State (9/3/11) ... registered four tackles, a sack and two quarterback hurries in a win over Northern State (9/17/11) ... had four tackles, including 2.5 for loss against Winona State (10/22/11) ... recorded a career-high fi ve tackles (1.5 for loss) and recov-ered a fumble in a win over Minnesota Crookston (10/29/11) ... had a tackle in all 11 games played ... had at least three tackles in six games ... had at least a half tackle for loss in seven games ... had at least a half sack in each of the fi rst four games of the season ... blocked a kick against Bemidji State (10/8/11).

2010: Played in all 12 games in a breakout sea-son on the defensive line ... had 27 tackles with 3.5 tackles for loss on the year ... named CU Defensive Lineman of the Week against Upper Iowa with a pair of tackles, a tackle for loss, a

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PLAYER PROFILESquarterback hurry and a pass breakup ... had at least one tackle in all 12 games ... closed out season at Mineral Water Bowl against Pittsburg State (12/4/10) with season highs of four tackles (three solo), and 1.5 tackles for loss ... had three or more tackles fi ve times and two or more tack-les in nine games.


Burnsville High School: Voted Most Outstand-ing Defensive Lineman ... two year starter ... earned three letters in football and in weight lift-ing and earned one letter in track for the Blaze ... was named a team captain ... helped Blaze to section runner-up fi nish in 2007 ... was a Lake Conference Champion in track while team won 2008 section title.

Personal: Born June 16, 1991 ... son of Patrick and Teresa Flack ... has two brothers, Kelly (25) and Eric (21) ... has one sister, Katherine (15) ... will puruse a double-major in ac-counting and fi nance ... has earned the President’s Scholarship ... is a Dean’s List student.

Concordia Career:2011: Played in three games on the offensive line for the Golden Bears ... named CU Offensive Scout Player of the Week against St. Cloud State (9/10/11).

2010: Made collegiate debut against Upper Iowa (11/6/10) ... named CU Scout Team Offensive Player of the Week honors against Winona State.

2009: Redshirted, did not play ... named CU Scout Offensive Player of the Week against Wayne State (10/31/09).

Naperville Central High School: Named Du-Page Valley All-Conference ... helped Redhawks to 2007 and 2008 state playoffs ... competed at varsity level in football, wrestling and lacrosse, earning three letters.

Personal: Born February 4, 1991 ... son of Kirk and Mary Widman ... has three siblings, Laura (23), Na-than (19) and Kyle (16) ... is working towards a math

major and computer science minor at Concordia ... has earned the Presidential Scholarship ... would like to pursue a career in actuarial science or become a program developer.

Concordia Career:2012: Named a USA Football News Central Re-gional Preseason All-Star.

2011: An All-NSIC South Division Second Team defensive lineman ... played in and started all 11 games at nose guard for the Golden Bears ... ranked eighth on the team in tackles (40) which led all Concordia defensive linemen ... ranked sixth on the team in tackles for loss (6.5) and eighth in sacks (1.5) ... also had four quarterback hurries and four passes defended ... named CU Defensive Lineman of the Week against Minot State (9/3/11) after recording four tackles and 1.5 sacks... named CU Defensive Player and Lineman of the Week against Bemidji State (10/8/11) when he recorded four tackles, 0.5 tackles for loss and a pass breakup ... named CU Defensive Lineman of the Week again the next week against Wayne State (10/15/11) when he recorded fi ve tackles, a quarterback hurry and a pass breakup ... named CU Defensive Lineman of the Week for the fourth

time against Minnesota Crookston (10/29/11) after tying a career-high with six tackles, 1.5 tackles for loss, and a quarterback hurry ... made at least two tackles in all 11 games ... had six games with four or more tackles ... had at least a half tackle for loss in seven games.

2010: Began season as an offensive lineman ... moved to defensive tackle in week three and immediately recorded three tackles with one tackle for loss in a road win at Northern State (9/18/10) ... added another tackle for loss and two tackles in a road win at Minnesota State (9/25/10) the following week ... set career highs with six tackles and 1.5 tackles for loss in a road win at Southwest Minnesota State (11/13/10) ... had fi ve tackles in a

home win over Bemidji State (10/9/10) to earn CU Defensive Lineman of the Week honors ... earned CU Defensive Lineman of the Week the following week in a road win at Wayne State (10/16/10) with three tackles and a tackle for loss ... recorded a tackle in nine of 10 games played on the defen-sive line ... had two or more tackles seven times.


Mission Hills High School: Scout.com two star recruit ... Valley League All-Conference First Team ... played in Southern California Bowl ... in San Diego Hall of Champions ... All-State Honor-able Mention ... earned two letters each in football and wrestling ... two-time All-CIF.

Personal: Born January 4, 1990 ... son of Don and Ann Campbell ... has an older sister, Aman-da, and a younger brother, Wesley ... will major in

criminal justice ... is a Dean’s List student ... plans to pursue graduate school ... his uncle, Brian Knaup, was a two-time All-North Central Conference nose tackle for St. Cloud State football (1989-93).

Santa Monica College: Helped lead the Corsairs to an 8-3 record and a Pacifi c Conference Cham-pionship with a bowl berth ... was a Dean’s List student as a freshman and fi nished sophomore year with a 3.5 grade point average.

Westchester High School: As a senior, led the Comets to an 8-3 record and a playoff victory reaching the second round of playoffs ... was a three-time scholar athlete while earning three varsity letters ... also competed in track & fi eld and basketball.

Personal: Born March 4, 1992 ... son of Pamela James ... will major in communication studies and would like to continue studying communication at the graduate level.

Concordia Career:2010: Played in all 12 games ... made 11 starts at right guard ... part of unit that was named CU Of-fensive Linemen of the Week against Bemidji State.

2009: Played in four games with three starts as a left guard ... earned CU Offensive Lineman of the Week honors against Minnesota State (10/10/09).

2008: Redshirted.

Minnetonka High School: Earned eight letters between football, weightlift-ing and track for the Skippers ... an all-conference performer ... competed in all-star game ... captain of track team.

Personal: Born March 13, 1990 ... son of Jeff and Deb Sieber ... has two older brothers, Nate (36) and Nick (31) ... Nick was a goalie for the Gustavus hockey team ... is a marketing major at CU.

FLACK CAREER DEFENSIVE STATISTICS Year GP UT AT TT TFL SK INT PBU FF FR BLK SF 2010 12 9 18 27 3.5-6 0-0 0-0 1 0 0-0 0 0 2011 11 12 19 31 7.5-25 3.0-10 0-0 0 0 2-0 1 0 Totals 23 21 37 58 11.0-31 3.0-10 0-0 1 0 2-0 1 0

JOE

WID

MA

N

OL | 6-3 | 280 | Jr.Naperville, Ill.

Central HS

CH

RIS

CA

MP

BE

LL

DL | 6-5 | 310 | Jr.San Marcos, Calif.Mission Hills HS

CAMPBELL CAREER DEFENSIVE STATISTICS Year GP UT AT TT TFL SK INT PBU FF FR BLK SF 2010 12 13 14 27 4.5-8 0-0 0-0 0 0 0-0 0 0 2011 11 12 28 40 6.5-15 1.5-4 0-0 4 0 0-0 0 0 Totals 23 25 42 67 11.0-23 1.5-4 0-0 4 0 0-0 0 0

DE

ME

TR

IUS

BE

AV

ER

OL | 6-4 | 285 | Jr.Los Angeles

Westchester HSSanta Monica College

ZA

CK

SIE

BE

R

OL | 6-4 | 300 | Sr.Minnetonka, Minn.

Minnetonka HS


PLAYER PROFILESConcordia Career:2011: NSIC All-Academic ... played in three games for the Golden Bears as a reserve offen-sive lineman.

2010: NSIC All-Academic selection ... made col-legiate debut in a win at Minnesota Crookston (10/30/10) ... also played against Upper Iowa (11/6/10).

2009: Did not play.

2008: Redshirted.

Blaine High School: A two-time football letter-winner for the Bengals ... All-Conference selec-tion ... played in all-star game ... four year aca-demic letter recipient ... also involved in strength training and track.

Personal: Born December 2, 1989 ... son of Ted and Susan Elliott ... father, Ted, played football at

Mankato State and the New Orleans Saints as a defensive lineman ... a biology major and working on a double-minor in math and chemistry ... plans to pursue medical school or physician assistants school ... has been a Dean’s List honoree every semester of his academic career ... recipient of President’s Scholarship.

Concordia Career:2011: Played in and started all 11 games at right tackle for the Golden Bears ... named the team’s Big Bear of the Year ... a fi ve-time CU Offensive Lineman of the Week, leading all offensive line-men on the team ... earned CU Offensive Lineman of the Week honors in the season opening win at Minot State (9/3/11) ... earned the honors each of the fi nal four games of the season ... team went 4-1 in games he earned CU Offensive Lineman of the Week honors ... led the starting offensive line with a 91.6% season grade ... graded above 90% in all but two games ... his 20 fi nishes were third on the team ... did not allow a sack all season.

2010: Played in all 12 games as a key reserve offen-sive tackle ... earned fi rst career start at Wayne State and was named CU Offensive Lineman of the Week ... part of offensive line unit that was named CU Of-fensive Linemen of the Week against Bemidji State.


Thornton Township High School: Named All-Conference and All-Area ... two year starter for the Wildcats ... also an All-Conference baseball performer ... named Most Outstanding Player on baseball team ... also helped coach a Pony League baseball team to a championship.

Personal: Born August 6, 1991 ... son of Steven Davis, Sr. and Latonya Carter ... has three broth-ers, Jamal, Jason and Josiah ... will double-major in criminal justice and sports management with a coaching minor ... plans to pursue graduate school in the future.

Brookfi eld Central High School: Earned two letters and was a senior captain for the Lancers ... helped BCHS to a 2011 Greater Metro Co-Conference Championship ... helped the Lanc-ers reach the third round of the WIAA DI Playoffs in the school’s fi rst year at the DI level ... was named All-Region First Team, All-Suburban First Team and All-Greater Metro Conference First Team ... made the Honor Roll for three straight years ... participated one year in Key Club.

Personal: Born July 19, 1994 ... son of William and Cindy Parker ... has two brothers, William (23) and Thomas (13) ... a criminal justice major and sociology minor ... would like to work for the FBI in his future.

Concordia Career:2011: NSIC All-Academic student-athlete ... played in all 11 games for the Golden Bears both as a reciever and on special teams ... had four receptions for 65 yards and a 16.2 average per catch on the season ... compiled his fi rst career reception against Minnesota State (9/24/11) (1-10 yards) ... recorded one reception for six yards against Augustana (10/1/11) ... hauled in his career-long reception at Bemidji State (10/8/11) (1-25 yards) to record a reception in three con-secutive games ... had a reception for 24 yards against Minnesota Crookston (10/29/11) ... re-corded two tackles on special teams against Northern State (9/17/11) and had four total tack-les on the season.

2010: Played in all 12 games with a regular role on special teams ... made eight total tackles in-cluding three solo stops.

2009: Redshirted, did not play ... earned CU Scout Offensive Player of the Week against Au-gustana.

St. Cloud Apollo High School: A seven-time letterwinner in two sports for Apollo, hockey (4) and football (3) ... All-State Honorable Mention as a quarterback and free safety ... All-Area and Central Lakes All-Conference selection ... team MVP and captain ... passed for 892 yards and 13 touchdowns ... rushed for 763 yards and six touchdowns ... 1,655 yards of total offense with 19 combined touchdowns ... also an All-Confer-ence performer on the ice.

Personal: Born October 15, 1990 ... son of Doug and Natalie Christen ... has two brothers, Ryan

(20) and Jared (17) ... will ma-jor in exercise science at CU ... plans to pursue a doctorate de-gree in physical therapy ... is a Dean’s List student.

Chadron State: Caught an 11-yard touchdown pass in 2011 spring game.

Ventura College: Played muliple positions for the Pirates, playing tight end, wide receiver, quar-terback, punter and defensive end.

2009: Played in seven games ... had 12 recep-tions for 196 yards and two touchdowns ... had a long of 53 ... averaged 16.3 per catch ... also made three total tackles.

2008: Played in seven games ... had 14 catches for 104 yards ... averaged 7.4 per catch with a long of 24.

St. Bonaventure High School: Three-time CIF State Champions and helped the squad to a 55-4 record in prep career ... two-time all-conference ... all-district ... invited to the Scout All-American Combine ... played in East vs. West All-Star Game ... was ranked #73 tight end and a two-star recruit as a prep senior by Scout.com ... two-star ranking from Rivals ... ranked #120 for his posi-tion by ESPN.com ... had 12 Division I scholar-ship offers out of high school ... a three position threat at WR/TE on offense and DE on defense. Senior: Had seven receptions for 85 yards with a 12.1 average per catch ... also had a rushing touchdown and scored a two-point conversion ... helped team to a 14-1 overall record. Junior: Had 15 receptions for 132 yards and three touch-downs.

Personal: Born January 16, 1990 ... son of Carol Washington ... has an older brother, Anson ... has three older sisters, Keisha, Shalanda and Sade ... will major in psychology with a criminal justice minor ... aspires to be a standout in the NFL and to be an amazing father.

ZA

CH

EL

LIO

TT

OL | 6-5 | 295 | Sr.Ham Lake, Minn.

Blaine HS

STE

VE

ND

AV

IS

OL | 6-3 | 285 | Jr.Harvey, Ill.

Thornton Township HS

CO

LE

PA

RK

ER

OL | 6-5 | 270 | Fr.Brookfield, Wis.

Central HS

DU

STIN

CH

RIS

TE

N

WR | 6-1 | 180 | Jr.St. Cloud, Minn.

Apollo HS

CHRISTEN CAREER RECEIVING STATS Year GP Rec Yds Avg TD Lng Yds/g 2010 12 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 2011 11 4 65 16.2 0 25 5.9 Totals 23 4 65 16.2 0 25 2.8

RA

PH

AE

LW

ASH

ING

TO

NWWWWWWWWWWWWWW

TE/H | 6-4 | 260 | Jr.Orlando, Fla.

St. Bonaventure HSChadron State

Cen


PLAYER PROFILESNorthside High School: Had 18 catches for 336 yards and a touchdown for the Patriots ... led the Patriots in receptions and receiving yards.

Personal: Born August 16, 1994 ... son of Sam-uel and Ismuni Baucham ... has a younger sister, Sarah (12) ... intends to major in communication studies.

Concordia Career:2011: Played in 11 games for the Golden Bears as a kickoff specialist and holder ... made four tackles ... averaged 60.2 yards per kickoff and recorded three touchbacks ... had 5-plus kickoffs in four out of the last fi ve games of the season ... had two kickoffs for 140 yards, averaging 70.0 per kickoff in a win at Upper Iowa (11/5/11) ... averaged 62.2 and 62.6 yards on seven and six kickoffs, respectively, against Wayne State (10/15/11) and Minnesota Crookston (10/29/11) - both wins.

Drake University: 2009: Redshirted for the Bulldogs, did not play.

Cretin-Derham Hall High School: A three year starter for the Raiders ... helped team to 35-3 re-cord in his three years with three straight Sub-urban East Conference Championships ... State runner-up as a junior, state semifi nals as a se-nior and section runner-up as a sophomore ... two-time All-Conference performer and earned All-Conference Honorable Mention honors as a sophomore ... an All-State Honorable Mention performer as a junior.

Personal: Born November 29, 1990 ... son of Rose Pelikan ... has an older sister, Britanee (28), who played forward for Gustavus Adolphus Col-lege soccer (2002-05) ... will major in business management ... would like to pursue graduate school for an MBA degree and would like to work in sales or consulting.

Concordia Career:2010: Played in all 12 games, starting twice ... hauled in nine receptions for 161 yards ... aver-aged 17.9 yards per reception ... had career long reception of 26 yards against Augustana (10/2/10), with two catches for a career-high 51 yards in the game ... also had a 25-yard catch in a win at Wayne State (10/16/10) ... had fi rst career three-catch game for 45 yards with a long of 23 in a win over Upper Iowa (11/6/10) ... added two catches for 31 yards in a win over Bemidji State (10/9/10) and one catch for nine yards in a win at Northern State (9/18/10) ... was sixth on the team in receiving yards and seventh in receptions while his 17.9 average was second on the squad.

2009: Played in six games ... hauled in four re-ceptions for 45 yards ... had two receptions for 26 yards with a long of 21 against Winona State (9/19/09) ... had a 13 yard reception at Minot State (9/5/09) ... also caught a pass against Min-nesota State (10/10/09) for six yards.

2008: Redshirted.

Totino Grace High School:Earned letters in football, basket-ball and track for the Eagles ... was an All-Conference and All-

Area football player ... helped lead the Eagles to back-to-back state championships ... a two year starter and team captain in basketball ... was a member of the track 4x200 conference and state champion relay team.

Personal: Born August 12, 1990 ... son of Jerry and Edith Zeah ... has a brother, Tyalee Zeah, and a sister, Farlor Guno ... an English major and math minor ... would like to attend graduate school ... his father, Jerry Zeah, was an All-Con-ference forward on the University of St. Thomas soccer team.


Mayer Lutheran High School: Earned six letters in the Minnesota River Conference, with two each in football, baseball and weightlifting ... honored for academic excellence ... also involved in base-ball and knowledge bowl.

Personal: Born September 23, 1991 ... son of James and Myrna Kuphal ... has two brothers, Manny (26) and Ehren (18) ... has a sister, Em-malee (22) ... Eli, his older brother, Manny, and older sister, Emalee, have all worked on Con-cordia Television Productions (CTP) staff broad-casting football, volleyball and men’s & women’s basketball games ... will major in K-12 physical education and 5-12 health education with a mi-nor in Lutheran confessionalism ... aspires to be a physical education teacher and coach in the future ... has been a Dean’s List student every semester of college.

Concordia Career:2011: Played in nine games on special teams and at wide receiver for the Golden Bears ... recorded one tackle in a win over Wayne State (10/15/11).


Apple Valley High School: Earned fi ve com-bined letters in football (2) and track (3) for the Eagles ... named Most Improved on offense and a captain as a senior ... a 2010 All-Conference Honorable Mention performer in track ... a track captain ... named Most Valuable in relays ... state qualifi er in the 4x100 ... member of A-Honor Roll in Fall of 2009 ... named a Super Sophomore in 2008 ... earned Baton Award in 2009.

Personal: Born July 6, 1991 ... son of Tom and Mary Sapp ... has two older brothers, Tom (26) and John (24) ... will major in business manage-ment at Concordia ... his career goal is to be the CEO of a Fortune 500 company ... is a Dean’s

List student ... his father, Tom Sapp, Sr., was an outside linebacker on the University of Minnesota football team (1976-80) ... his brother, Tom Sapp, Jr., played cornerback on the University of St. Thomas football team (2004-07).

Concordia Career:2012: BSN Preseason All-America honorable mention and named a BSN Player to Watch for the NSIC ... named a USA Football News Central Regional Preseason All-Star.

2011: A Daktronics All-Super Region 3 Second Team performer ... named an All-NSIC South Divi-sion Second Team selection ... played in and start-ed all 11 games at tight end for the Golden Bears ... a three-time CU Offensive Player of the Week ... was fourth on the team in receiving yards (387) and receiving touchdowns (3) ... recorded four recep-tions for 40 yards against St. Cloud State (9/10/11) ... registered a career-high 6 receptions for 67 yards against Minnesota State (9/24/11) including a career-long 28 yarder ... recorded four receptions for 57 yards at Bemidji State (10/8/11) ... had fi ve catches for 54 yards at Winona State (10/22/11) ... had four receptions for 39 yards and 3 touch-downs against Minnesota Crookston (10/29/11), his fi rst career touchdowns ... caught a pass in all

11 games ... had three 20-plus yard catches ... had seven games with 4-plus receptions.

SAM

MY

BA

UC

HA

M

WR | 6-0 | 170 | Fr.Columbus, Ga.Northside HS

MIC

HA

EL

PE

LIK

AN

K/P | 6-0 | 180 | So.St. Paul, Minn.

Cretin-Derham Hall HSDrake University

PA

AH

ZE

AH

WR | 6-0 | 200 | Jr.Brooklyn Park, Minn.

Totino Grace HS

PELIKAN KICKOFF STATS Year KO Yds Avg TB OB 2011 30 1807 60.2 3 2

ZEAH CAREER RECEIVING STATS Year GP Rec Yds Avg TD Lng Yds/g 2009 6 4 45 11.2 0 21 7.5 2010 12 9 161 17.9 0 26 13.4 Totals 18 13 206 15.8 0 26 11.4

EL

IK

UP

HA

L

TE/H | 5-10 | 210 | So.Winthrop, Minn.

Mayer Lutheran HSW

ILL

IESA

PP

WR | 5-10 | 180 | So.Apple Valley, Minn.

Apple Valley HS

NA

TE

TH

IEN

ES

TE/H | 6-5 | 275 | Sr.Lake Elmo, Minn.

Mahtomedi HS


PLAYER PROFILES2010: Named NSIC All-Academic in football and in track & fi eld ... played in all 12 games, starting seven ... hauled in four receptions for 35 yards ... record-ed fi rst career reception for 10 yards in a win at Northern State (9/18/10) ... set career highs against Upper Iowa (11/6/10) with two catches for 14 yards ... hauled in career long 11 yard recep-tion in Mineral Water Bowl against Pitts-burg State (12/4/10).

2009: Played in eight games as a true freshman ... made one tackle at SMSU (10/17/09).

Mahtomedi High School: 2008 Most Valuable Receiver ... All-Conference ... led team with 13 sacks while playing 25% of defensive downs ... 2007-08 All-Conference Honorable Mention in bas-ketball ... earned three letters in foot-ball, four in basketball and one in track for the Zephyrs ... named Most Valuable Lineman in 2006 ... earned Work Horse Award in basketball in 2006-07 and the Mr. Defense Award in 2007-08 ... start-ed and played both ways in the 2007 State 4A Runner-Up Zephyrs ... an All-State and All-Conference track athlete.

Personal: Born October 8, 1990 ... son of Cheryl Thienes; and Jim and Cindy Thienes ... has fi ve siblings: Shannon, Matt, Nick, Lynnett and Kali ... will pur-sue a degree in criminal justice with a minor in political science ... brother, Nick, played basketball at Bethel ... competes on CU track & fi eld team in throws events.

Concordia Career:2011: Played in one game at wide reciever for the Golden Bears against Winona State (10/22/11).


Elk River High School: Earned letters in four different sports for the Elks: football (1), track (3), basketball (3) and strength & speed (1) ... also academic letters (4) and National Honor Society letter (1) ... was named the Elk River HS Offensive Player of the Week in 2009 and had the highest GPA on the team ... in basketball was the team’s leading rebounder ... as a track & fi eld performer, was named the Rookie of the Year in 2008, the Hurdler MVP in 2009 and was an All-Section and All-State athlete ... named track team MVP and All-Conference ... earned Outstanding Academic Achievement four times and Spotlight on Scholars four times as well ... also involved in Spanish Club and Link Crew.

Personal: Born October 21, 1991 ... son of Brian Buhmann and Robyn Hoerr ... has two younger brothers, B.J. Hoerr (8) and Jacob Buhmann (2) ... has a younger sister, Morgan Buhmann (19) ... will pursue a degree in business administration at Concordia ... is a three-time Dean’s List student ... would like to be a CEO of a large corporation ... both of his parents played basketball at Minnesota State University, Mankato ... his mother, Robyn, was a guard, and his father, Brian, was a center for the Mavericks.

Concordia Career:2012: Voted team captain ... one of 32 named to JB Scouting Small School (non-FBS) Preseason Defensive Player of the Year Watch List.

2011: Named CDS Preseason All-America First Team and Lindy’s Preseason All-America Second Team ... Optimum Scouting Preseason All-NSIC First Team ... redshirted, did not play ... named CU Defensive Scout Player of the Week against Augustana (10/1/11).

2010: Named Daktronics All-Region Second Team and Don Hansen’s All-Region Second Team ... All-NSIC South Division First Team ... had 42 tackles, 11.5 for loss and 10 sacks to lead Concordia defen-sive line ... tied for sixth in the nation in sacks per game (1.00) ... tied for 46th in the nation in tackles for loss per game (1.46) ... led NSIC in overall sacks with 10 in nine games (1.11 per game) and in conference only play with 9.5 in eight games (1.19 per game) ... fi nished third in tackles for loss per game (1.38) with 11.0 in eight NSIC-only games ... fi nished fourth in the NSIC in tackles for loss per game (1.28) with 11.5 in nine overall games ... registered at least a half sack in eight of nine games played ... recorded career high 10 tackles with 1.0 tackle for loss and 1.0 sack against St. Cloud State (9/11/10) ... had six tackles, 3.0 tackles for loss, 2.0 sacks and a forced fumble in road win at Northern State (9/18/10) ... had seven tackles, 2.5 for loss and 2.0 sacks against Augustana (10/2/10) ... had four tackles, 2.5 for loss and a sack in a win over Upper Iowa (11/6/10) ... blocked a fi eld goal at end of road win at Minnesota State (9/25/10).

2009: Played in eight games earning one start at defensive end at SMSU (10/17/09) ... made 16 tackles with 3.0 for loss and 2.0 sacks in his rookie collegiate season ... in his lone start at SMSU, re-corded four tackles (three solo) with 2.0 for loss, a sack and a forced fumble ... had fi rst career sack and tackle for loss at MSU Moorhead (9/12/09) ... made three tackles at Minnesota Duluth (8/29/09) in collegiate debut ... also made three tackles against Minnesota State (10/10/09) ... made at least one tackle in seven of eight games with fi ve

multi-tackle performances ... is tied for the team lead among returners in sacks.

Simeon Career Academy: A Chicago 5-star recruit ... Illinois Prairie State Top Five ... named All-City First Team ... All-State ... selected to Illinois Top 100 Players ... also com-peted in track for the Wolverines.

Personal: Born September 5, 1990 ... parents are Bobby and Jean Moore (step-mother) and mother is Carolyn Blackshire ... has three brothers, Omar, Demetrius and Keith ... has fi ve sisters, Camillia, Katrina and Kaneisha, Latoya and Neesie ... has a daughter, Amayah Hicks ... will pursue a degree in criminal justice ... would like to play professional football or become a police offi cer ... is on Junior Representative Leadership Council.


Greendale High School: Earned four letters in foot-ball for the Panthers ... an All-Woodland Conference First Team performer as a junior and senior ... the Community Newspaper All-CNI Suburban center as a senior ... helped Panthers to Woodland Conference Championship in 2010 as a senior with an 8-2 fi nish ... earned Woodland Conference All-Academic Team ... a three year starter, helping the Panthers to a 20-4 conference record in that time (29-6 overall) ... is one of three lineman to ever be a team captain as a junior and senior ... was a starting guard as a sophomore be-fore moving to center for junior and senior seasons ... has handled long snapping duties on every team he’s played on ... broke both of his feet during senior season ... also a High Honor Roll student, involved in Peers with Impact, student council and was a class offi cer.

Personal: Born December 3, 1992 ... son of Leo and Joy Jankowski ... has a younger brother, Joseph (18); and a younger sister, Abigail (15) ... intends to major in criminal justice with a Spanish minor at Concordia ... would like to work in federal law enforcement in his future ... made the Dean’s List in each of his fi rst two semesters ... is a recipient of Regent’s Scholarship.

THIENES CAREER RECEIVING STATISTICS Year GP Rec Yds Avg TD Lng Yds/g 2009 8 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 2010 12 4 35 8.8 0 14 2.9 2011 11 38 387 10.2 3 28 35.2 Totals 31 42 422 10.0 3 28 13.6

MA

TT

BU

HM

AN

N

WR | 6-5 | 210 | So.Elk River, Minn.

Elk River HS

ZA

CH

MO

OR

E

MOORE CAREER DEFENSIVE STATISTICS Year GP UT AT TT TFL SK INT PBU FF FR BLK SF 2009 8 7 9 16 3.0-13 2.0-8 0-0 0 1 0-0 0 0 2010 9 24 18 42 11.5-56 10.0-53 0-0 0 1 0-0 1 0 Totals 17 31 27 58 14.5-69 12.0-61 0-0 0 2 0-0 1 0

DL | 6-6 | 282 | Jr.Chicago

Simeon Career Academy

NO

AH

JAN

KO

WSK

IJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJ

LS | 6-2 | 225 | R-Fr.Milwaukee

Greendale HS


PLAYER PROFILESConcordia Career:2011: Redshirted, did not play.

Marian Central Catholic High School: Helped the Canes to an 8-2 record while earning All-Suburban Catholic Conference honors ... named Northwest Herald All-Area First Team ... voted team defensive MVP ... a four-time letterwinner for the Canes ... also lettered twice in basketball ... helped Canes to the 2010 quarterfi nals ... fi n-ished second in the area with 8.5 sacks.

Personal: Born March 10, 1992 ... son of Cyn-thia McKee ... will major in communications with a broadcast emphasis and sports medicine minor ... plans to pursue a career in broadcasting with a goal of being an ESPN broadcaster.

Concordia Career: 2011: Did not play.

2010: Redshirted, did not play ... named CU Scout Team Offensive Player of the Week against Upper Iowa.

Armstrong High School: A force on the Arm-strong defensive line earning one football letter playing one season of football ... very athletic and mobile big man with big upside ... had three tackles for loss, a forced fumble and a sack ... voted Most Improved Player on the 2009 team ... earned the Armstrong Football Academic Achievement Award ... also involved in track and soccer.

Personal: Born November 14, 1989 ... son of Nama Afari and Esther Agyekum ... has two older brothers, Mana and Oheneba; and one sister, Sandra ... will major in business ... would like to attend graduate school ... is originally from Accra,

Ghana and came to the United States four years ago and played just one year of high school football.

Naperville North High School: Registered 37 tackles, 12 tackles for loss and four sacks while helping the Huskies to a 5-5 fi nish and fi rst round playoff appearance ... earned team Defensive Player of the Week honors ... also competed in track & fi eld in the shot put and discus.

Personal: Born June 27, 1994 ... son of Mike, Sr. and Suzanna Marks ... has three older sisters, Kate, Amanda and Corrine ... intends to pursue a marketing major with an accounting minor.

Concordia Career:2011: Did not play.

2010: Redshirted, did not play ... named CU Scout Team Defensive Player of the Week against Southwest Minnesota State.

Green Bay Preble High School: Earned nine total letters as a prep athlete for the Hornets: football (3), track & fi eld (4), basketball (1) and wrestling (1) ... was an All-Conference offensive tackle and defensive lineman ... earned All-Area recognition as an offensive tackle ... also an All-Conference and All-Area performer with the shot and disc in track where he was a state participant.

Personal: Born March 27, 1992 ... son of Bruce and Mary Guillaume ... will major in criminal jus-tice ... would like to be a K-9 police offi cer.

Streamwood High School: Helped his squad reach their fi rst playoff appearance in 10 years along with the squad’s fi rst 3-0 start since 1997 ... was a co-captain along with being a weight room leader and captain.

Personal: Born August 2, 1994 ... son of Gina Kociaba ... has two younger brothers, Jordan (14) and JR (6) ... has four sisters: Brittany (21), Joc-elynn (19), Emma (6) and Maggie (4) ... has not declared a major.

Concordia Career:2011: Played in four games and started three at de-fensive tackle for the Golden Bears ... fi nished the year with six tackles and 0.5 tackle for loss ... re-corded two tackles and 0.5 tackles for loss in his fi rst game as a Golden Bear against Minot State (9/3/11) ... set a career-high in tackles with three against St. Cloud State (9/10/11) ... made at least one tackle in his fi rst three games before a season-ending injury.

Rochester Community and Technical College: Helped the Yellow Jackets to an 8-2 season and a North Star Bowl victory ... made 59 tackles (30 solo) ... was named 2010 All-MCAC Second Team.

Milton Union High School: A football letterwin-ner ... an All-SWBL Conference performer ... also named All-District.

Personal: Born June 15, 1990 ... son of Jose and Darlene Chapa ... has two older brothers, Dwayne and Jose; and an older sister, Jennifer Ricciardi ... will major in criminal justice ... would

like to work with at-risk youth in his career after Concordia.

Concordia Career:2011: Played in nine games with one start at defensive tackle ... earned CU Defensive Player of the Week honors against Minnesota State (9/24/11) with seven tackles (two for loss) ... ranked 16th on the defense in tackles (20) ... ranked seventh on the team in tackles for loss (5.5) while also producing one sack ... record-ed three tackles and a sack in a win against Wayne State (10/15/11) ... had a tackle, a tackle for loss and forced a fumble at Winona State (10/22/11) ... regis-tered a pair of tackles (1 for loss) in a win over SMSU (11/12/11) ... had six multi-tackle performances.

Ventura College: Career: Played 17 games, re-corded 39 tackles, 7.5 tackles for loss and 5.0 sacks. 2009: Played in nine games at both defensive end and defensive tackle ... recorded 22 tackles (12 solo) ... had 5.5 tackles for loss and 3.0 sacks ... issued two quarterback hurries ... helped Pirates to a 7-4 overall fi nish and 4-2 conference record and Orange County Bowl berth ... named Defensive Player of the Week for dominant performance against Moorpark. 2008:Played in eight games as defensive tackle ... made

17 tackles (11 solo) ... had 2.0 tackles for loss and 2.0 sacks accounting for 22 lost yards ... had one fumble recovery, quarterback hurry and pass breakup ... helped Pirates to a 5-5 fi nish.

St. Bonaventure High School: As a senior made 51 total tackles and 8.5 sacks ... blocked 12 fi eld goals and recovered one fumble ... helped the Seraphs to a 14-1 Divi-sion III state championship season and CIF Northern Division title and undefeated Chan-nel League Championship season (5-0) ... named All-Channel League Second Team ... blocked a kick in the Ventura County East/West All-Star football game.

Personal: Born September 29, 1990 ... son of Roger and Dorothea Mohan ... has a brother, Allan (24) and a sister, Deesha (23) ... will major in criminal justice.

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NORTHERN SUN RECORDSCAREER RECORDS BY TOTALS

TOTAL OFFENSE G PLAYS RUSH PASS NET1. Silas Fluellen, WSC (2006-09) 37 1499 1174 8996 101702. James McNear, CU (2002-05) 30 1205 2146 6807 89538. Spencer Ohm, CU (2008-11) 31 889 364 5106 54709. Mike Allen, CU (1999-01) 25 902 684 4484 516811. Kole Goodchild, CU (2006-07) 17 790 414 4319 473316. Chris Washington, CU (2000-03) 34 734 4216 0 4216

PASSING G Cmp-Att-Int PCT. TD YDS1. Silas Fluellen, WSC (2006-09) 37 672-1134-41 .592 69 89963. James McNear, CU (2002-05) 30 484-847-22 .571 50 68078. Spencer Ohm, CU (2008-11) 31 391-663-32 .590 43 510611. Mike Allen, CU (1999-01) 25 321-665-27 .483 38 448414. Kole Goodchild, CU (2006-07) 17 365-608-18 .600 29 4319

RUSHING G ATT YG YL NET A/PC TD1. Chris Washington, CU (2000-03) 34 734 4546 330 4216 5.7 432. Eddie Acosta, BSU (1999-03) 34 738 4165 91 4074 5.5 518. Sam Campbell, CU (2008-11) 38 532 2537 4.8 2113. James McNear, CU (2002-05) 30 357 2902 756 2146 6.0 24

RECEPTIONS G NO YDS TD1. Brian Jark, NSU (2006-2009) 36 210 2298 16 5. Joseph Mapson, CU (2002-04) 26 154 2227 19 6. Tyrone Ruffi n, CU (2005-08) 34 149 2212 24 8. Calvin Simon, CU (2007-10) 34 145 2086 1613. Antwon Williams, CU (04-07) 30 135 1490 514. Sam Campbell, CU (2008-11) 38 134 1175 516. Joe Mapson, CU (2001-03) 26 123 1990 16

SCORING G TD XP FG 2PT TP1. Isaac Odim, UMD (2008-2010) 25 60 0-0 0-0 0 3603. Chris Washington, CU (2000-03) 34 45 0-0 0-0 1 27219. Brody Johnson, CU (2003-06) 30 0 119 15 0 164

CAREER RECORDS BY PER GAME AVERAGETOTAL OFFENSE G PLAYS RUSH PASS NET Y/G 1. Jeff Loots, SSU (1990-92) 17 867 -191 6025 5834 343.2 2. James McNear, CU (2002-05) 30 1205 2146 6807 8953 298.4 3. Kole Goodchild, CU (2006-07) 17 790 414 4319 4733 278.411. Mitch Brecke, CU (08-09) 15 549 88 3072 3160 210.712. Mike Allen, CU (1999-01) 25 902 684 4484 5168 206.716. Spencer Ohm, CU (2008-11) 31 889 364 5106 5470 176.5

PASSING G Cmp-Att-Int PCT. TD YARDS Y/G1. Jeff Loots, SSU (1990-92) 17 423-715-26 .592 63 6025 354.44. Kole Goodchild, CU (2006-07) 17 365-608-18 .600 29 4319 254.19. James McNear, CU (2002-05) 30 484-847-22 .571 50 6807 226.910. Mitch Brecke, CU (08-09) 15 258-442-28 .584 13 3072 204.813. Mike Allen, CU (1999-01) 25 321-665-27 .483 38 4484 179.415. Spencer Ohm, CU (2008-11) 31 391-663-32 .590 43 5106 164.7

RUSHING G ATT YG YL NET A/PC TD Y/G1. Tyrone Morgan, NSU (1998-00) 20 517 3511 180 3331 6.4 40 166.64. Chris Washington, CU (2000-03) 34 734 4546 330 4216 5.7 43 124.014. James McNear, CU (2002-05) 30 357 2902 756 2146 6 24 71.5

RECEIVING (Rec/per game) G NO YDS TD Rec/G 1. Wayne Hawkins, SSU (1989-91) 18 138 1667 14 7.77. Joseph Mapson, CU (2002-04) 26 154 2227 19 5.9 13. Joe Mapson, CU (2001-03) 26 123 1990 16 4.7 14. Antwon Williams, CU (04-07) 30 135 1490 5 4.516. Tyrone Ruffi n, CU (2005-08) 34 149 2212 24 4.4 17. Calvin Simon, CU (07-10) 34 145 2086 16 4.3

RECEIVING (Rec Yds/per game) G NO YDS TD Yds/G 1. Chris Samp, WSU (2001-04) 21 142 2855 43 136.04. Joseph Mapson, CU (2002-04) 26 154 2227 19 85.75. Charles Gilbert, CU (2010-11) 20 80 1708 22 85.49. Joe Mapson, CU (2001-03) 26 123 1990 16 76.514. Tyrone Ruffi n, CU (2005-08) 34 149 2212 24 65.118. Calvin Simon, CU (07-10) 34 145 2086 16 61.4

SCORING G TD XP FG 2PT TP P/G 1. Isaac Odim, UMD (2008-2010) 25 60 0-0 0-0 0 360 14.4 9. Chris Washington, CU (2000-03) 34 45 0-0 0-0 1 272 8.016. Charles Gilber, CU (2010-11) 20 22 0-0 0-0 0 132 6.6

NSIC SINGLE GAME RECORDSPassing TD’s 7 Spencer Ohm, vs SMSU, 2011Total Offense 758 Concordia-St. Paul vs. Minnesota-Morris, 2002Passing TD’s 7 Concordia-St. Paul vs. Minnesota-Morris, 2002 7 Concordia-St. Paul, vs SMSU, 2011

TEAM TITLES WON OR SHARED (NIC/NSIC)SCHOOL TEAM LAST TITLE DIVISION LAST TITLEWinona State 18 2007 1 2010Minnesota Duluth 17 2011 4 2011Minnesota State 16 2011 3 2011 St. Cloud State 15 2011 1 2011MSU Moorhead 14 1995 Michigan Tech 7 1974Minnesota-Morris 6 1984 Bemidji State 5 2006/1959 Northern State 3 1999 Concordia-St. Paul 2 2005 Southwest Minnesota State 1 1990Augustana 0 N/A 1 2010 Wayne State 0 N/A 1 2008

ALL-TIME NSIC STANDINGS: 1932 - PRESENTSCHOOL W L T PCT.Augustana College 29 11 0 .725 Minnesota Duluth 200 78 5 .716St. Cloud State 163 97 9 .623 Minnesota State University, Mankato 126 75 8 .622Michigan Tech^ 71 53 1 .572 Concordia-St. Paul 62 51 0 .545 Northern State 110 97 3 .531 MSU Moorhead 211 212 9 .499Wayne State 56 57 0 .496University of Mary 24 25 0 .490Winona State 205 224 8 .478Minnesota-Morris 99 117 4 .459Bemidji State 184 251 9 .425Southwest Minnesota State 103 187 5 .358Upper Iowa 13 44 0 .228Minnesota, Crookston 17 87 0 .164

ALL-TIME NSIC DIVISIONAL STANDINGS: 2008-PRES.NORTH DIVISION W L PCT.Minnesota Duluth 23 1 .958 St. Cloud State 20 4 .833 Bemidji State 14 10 .583Mary 12 12 .500 Northern State 9 15 .375 MSU Moorhead 5 19 .208Minnesota Crookston 1 23 .042

SOUTH DIVISION W L PCT. Minnesota State 20 4 .833Augustana 17 7 .708Winona State 16 8 .667 Wayne State 14 10 .583Concordia St. Paul 10 14 .417Southwest Minnesota State 6 18 .250Upper Iowa 1 23 .042

NOTES ON ALL-TIME STANDINGS HISTORYMinnesota Duluth left the NIC from 1949 to 1975 & the NSIC from 2003 to 2007.Michigan Tech was part of the NIC from 1958 to 1979.Mankato State (Minnesota State) left the NIC from 1969 until 1977.Mankato State (Minnesota State) and St. Cloud State left the NIC in 1981 to 2007Minnesota-Morris joined the NIC in 1969 and left following 2003 season.Southwest (Minnesota) State joined the NIC in 1969.Northern State joined the NIC in 1980.Wayne State joined the NSIC in 1998.Minnesota, Crookston and Concordia-St. Paul joined the NSIC in 1999.University of Mary and Upper Iowa joined the NSIC in 2006.Augustana College joined the NSIC in 2008 season.The NSIC went to a North & South Division in 2008 when league expaned to 14Sioux Falls and Minot State joined the league in 2012

* - all statistics on this page include only conference games


YEAR-BY-YEAR TEAM STATSYear Record First Downs Rushing Passing T. Offense Pen Punting Scoring Tot-Rush-Pass-Pen Att/yds Att-Com-Int.-Yds Att./Yds No./Yds No./Avg Pts/Avg. 1969 4-4-0 Concordia Stats Not Available 165/20.6 Opponents 116/14.5

1970 6-2-0 Concordia Stats Not Available 284/35.5 Opponents 143/17.9






1976 5-4-0 Concordia 118-88-20-10 540/2094 88-44-11-513 628/2318 52/532 40/32.8 182/20.2 Opponents 91-60-20-11 361/1298 123-47-9-672 484/1574 48/375 46/33.6 130/14.4




1980 3-6-0 Concordia 119-53-34-17 430/1499 212-95-14-1143 642/2311 29/NA 60/32.1 100/11.1 Opponents 118-67-25-26 469/1902 179-78-17-1038 648/2600 53/502 50/35.4 195/21.6







1987 4-5--0 Concordia 138-23-96-19 62/262 350-169-12-2262 412/2524 59/454 53-32.1 180/20.0 Opponents 137-83-45-9 NA NA NA NA NA 231/25.7

1988 5-4-0 Concordia 95-44-37-14 349/1355 185-75-10-972 629/3142 78/698 62/2145 151/16.8 Opponents 146-49-83-14 NA NA NA NA NA 231/25.7

1989 1-8-0 Concordia NA 321/1110 273-124-26-1816 594/2926 NA 31/32.8 182/20.2 Opponents NA NA/2057 NA/1272 NA/3329 NA NA 286/31.7

1990 2-7-0 Concordia 177-88-71-18 395/1995 196-91-15-1389 591/3169 48/388 38/29.8 189/21.0 Opponents 155-54-89-12 NA NA NA NA NA 260/28.8

1991 5-4-0 Concordia 137-75-55-7 399/1702 184-76-9-970 583/2762 NA 37/29.5 140/15.6 Opponents 115-63-44-8 NA NA NA NA NA 153/17.0


YEAR-BY-YEAR TEAM STATSYear Record First Downs Rushing Passing T. Offense Pen Punting Scoring Tot-Rush-Pass-Pen Att/yds Att-Com-Int.-Yds Att./Yds No./Yds No./Avg Pts/Avg.1992 2-7-0 Concordia 135 370/1132 134-370-17-1523 740/2655 40/348 51/28.4 167/18.6 Opponents Stats Not Available 284/31.6

1993 3-6-0 Concordia 125 308/1027 257-115-15-1465 682/2968 59/482 59/30.6 144/16.0 Opponents 147 388/1745 216-112-10-1538 604/3344 70/700 46/34.6 264/29.3

1994 3-7-0 Concordia 126-38-68-20 316/814 331-122-20-1522 647/2336 71/606 80/32.0 148/14.8 Opponents 173-82-74-17 419/1518 253-140-15-1701 672/3219 76/636 NA 292/29.2

1995 0-8-1 Concordia 103 283/414 273-122-10-1410 556/1824 67/562 64/33.5 139/15.4 Opponents 181 423/1865 233-123-6-1707 656/3572 71/586 34/34.3 382/42.4

1996 4-5-0 Concordia NA 289/854 269-102-15-1106 558/1963 NA 75/30.6 148/16.4 Opponents Stats Not Available 137/15.2

1997 5-4-0 Concordia 152-66-76-10 325/1615 299-151-15-1890 74/537 74/537 46/36.2 236/26.2 Opponents 180-80-83-17 398/1942 239-125-15-1891 637/3833 67/564 NA 270/30.0


1999 2-8-0 Concordia 131-76-48-7 189/1565 248-96-14-1110 595/2675 61/532 50/35.7 156/15.6 Opponents 191-86-84-21 256-1836 268-132-12-2004 672/3840 75/661 31/32.2 340/34.0



2002 9-2-0 Concordia 217-98-110-9 426/2037 312-183-9-2889 738/4926 93/778 51/41.0 388/35.3 Opponents 178-82-75-21 447/1421 286-145-14-1915 733/3336 49/37.8 70/35.3 238/21.6

2003 8-4-0 Concordia 261-98-147-16 418-2347 397-228-17-3251 815/5598 121/1066 45/35.6 399/33.2 Opponents 241-102-114-25 493-1923 329-185-19-2611 822/4534 86/728 55/34.9 331/27.6

2004 7-4-0 Concordia 267-128-125-14 460/2751 360-195-13-2648 820/5047 119/98.9 40/35.1 383/34.8 Opponents 187-98-63-26 442/2329 261-110-10-1629 703/3602 59/43.6 61/29.2 284/25.8








ALL-TIME COACHING - WINS Name Years W L T .PCT Mark Mauer 2004-10 40 39 0 .506 Tom Cross 1987-97 34 65 1 .345 Shannon Currier 2000-03 32 12 0 .727 Jack Surridge 1973-77; 83 26 28 0 .481 John Chiapuzio 1969-72 18 15 0 .545 Jim Braun 1979-82 18 17 1 .514 Ken Norman 1984-86 10 17 0 .370 Dan O’Brien 1998-99 7 13 0 .350 Ryan Williams 2011-pres 6 5 0 .545 Paul Grauer 1978 5 4 0 .556 TOTALS 43 years 196 215 2 .477

ALL-TIME COACHING - PCT.Name Years W L T .PCT

Shannon Currier 2000-03 32 12 0 .727 Paul Grauer 1978 5 4 0 .556 John Chiapuzio 1969-72 18 15 0 .545 Ryan Williams 2011-pres 6 5 0 .545 Jim Braun 1979-82 18 17 1 .514 Mark Mauer 2004-10 40 39 0 .506 Jack Surridge 1973-77; 83 26 28 0 .481 Ken Norman 1984-86 10 17 0 .370 Dan O’Brien 1998-99 7 13 0 .350 Tom Cross 1987-97 34 65 1 .345

TOTALS 43 years 196 215 2 .477


RECORD BOOKTEAM RECORDS

Rushing Attempts: Game: ...................................60, vs. William Penn (1992)Season: .......................................................... 540 (1976)........................................................................ 523 (2005)Rushing Yards: Avg/Carry, Game: .............. 12.4, vs. Wayne State (2003)Yards, Game: ........ 459, vs. Minnesota-Crookston (2005)............................................ 348, vs. Wayne State (2003)Touchdowns, Game: ......................... 8, vs. SMSU (2004)Yards, Season: ............................................ 2,867 (2005)Touchdowns, Season: ...................................... 38 (2005)Yards/Gm, Season: ..................................... 268.8 (1970)Passing Attempts: Game: .................................. 60, vs. Bemidji State (2004)Season: .......................................................... 474 (2007)Pass Completions: Game: ............................. 36, vs. MSU Moorhead (2007)Season: .......................................................... 286 (2007)Passing Yards: Game: .....................................532, vs. UM Morris (2002)......................................................482, vs. SMSU (2011)....................................... 471, vs. MSU Moorhead (2007)Touchdowns, Game: .........................7, vs. SMSU (2011)....................................................7, vs. UM Morris (2002)Season: ....................................................... 3,364 (2007)Touchdowns, Season: ...................................... 30 (2011).......................................................................... 28 (2002)Yards/Gm: .................................................... 305.8 (2007)Total Offense:Game: .....................................758, vs. UM Morris (2002)......................................................751, vs. SMSU (2011)............................................ 699, vs. Wayne State (2003)Avg/Play, Game: ................ 12.1, vs. Wayne State (2003)Season: ....................................................... 5,598 (2003)..................................................................... 5,375 (2005)Yards/Gm: .................................................... 466.5 (2003)..................................................................... 458.8 (2004)Avg/Play, Season: ......................................... 6.87 (2003)Points Scored:Game: .................................73, vs. UM Crookston (2005)Touchdowns, Game: ...........10, vs. UM Crookston (2005)Season: .......................................................... 424 (2005)Touchdowns, Season: ...................................... 57 (2005)Points/Gm: ..................................................... 35.5 (1977)First Downs:Game: ................................ 32, vs. Northern State (2004).............................................32, vs. Winona State (2005)......................................... 32, vs. MSU Moorhead (2007)Season: .......................................................... 281 (2005)Offensive Plays:Game: .................................91, vs. UM Crookston (2000).............................................91, vs. Winona State (2005) Season: .......................................................... 885 (2005)All-Purpose:Att, Game: ............................ 81, vs. Wayne State (2007)Yards, Game: ................... 881, vs. Northern State (2003)........................................... 836, vs. Bemidji State (2005)Yards, Season: ............................................ 7,369 (2003)Fumbles Lost:Game: ........................................ Fewest : 0 (many times)......................................Most: 5, vs. Bemidji State (1999)Season: ......................................Fewest: 4 (1994, 1998)................................................................ Most: 25 (1989)Rushing --- Fewest Yards Allowed Game: ..................................... -12, vs. Augustana (2007)Season: .......................................................... 702 (1977)Passing --- Fewest Yards AllowedGame: ...........................................0, vs. Dubuque (1971) Season: .......................................................... 672 (1976)Total Offense --- Fewest Yards AllowedGame: ...................................... 15, vs. Maranatha (1971) Season: ....................................................... 1,531 (1971) Points Allowed --- FewestGame: .......................................................0 (many times)Season: .......................................................... 108 (1981)Quarterback Sacks --- MostGame: ........................................... 11, vs. Grinnell (1983)....................................................... 11, vs. SMSU, (2004)............................................. 10, at UM Crookston (2004)Season: ......................................................... 41.5 (2003)....................................................................... 41.0 (1983)....................................................................... 39.0 (2010)....................................................................... 36.0 (2004)Tackles for Loss --- MostGame: .................. 17, vs. Minnesota-Crookston (2011)........................................................ 15, vs. SMSU (2002)................................................... 15, at Augustana (2007).................................................14, at Minot State (2011)............................................. 14, at Winona State (2011)

Season: ....................................................... 115.0 (2003)..................................................................... 113.0 (2000)Interceptions --- MostGame: ....................................... 6, vs. Jamestown (1972)....................................................... 4, on three occasionsSeason: ............................................................ 25 (1982).......................................................................... 19 (2003).......................................................................... 18 (1996)Fumbles Recovered --- MostGame: ....................................... 7, vs. St. Thomas (1996)....................................................5, at Upper Iowa (2006)........................................................5, vs. Yankton (1972)Season: ............................................................ 19 (1977).......................................................................... 16 (2001)Turnovers --- MostGame: ................. 9, vs. Pillsbury (5 int. 4 fum. rec, 1983).....................................................8, vs. St. John’s (1998)Season: ............................................................ 41 (1983)Penalties --- MostNumber, Game: ................... 19, vs. Bemidji State (2004)Yards, Game: ..................... 193, vs. Bemidji State (2004) Number, Season: ............................................ 121 (2003)Yards, Season: ............................................. 1087 (2004)Most Points, Two Teams: ............................................................................. 113, Concordia 60, SMSU 53 (2011)............. 113, Concordia 57, Upper Iowa 56 - 2OT (2009)...................111, Concordia 59, Northern State 52 (2003)Fewest Points, Two Teams: .............................................................. 3, Concordia 3, Northwestern (MN) 0 (1982)Biggest Margin victory: .................................................................................... 63, vs. Concordia (WI) 1970 (63-0)..............................63, vs. Minnesota-Morris, 2002 (63-0)Biggest Margin loss: ...... 71, vs. Westmar, 1987 (0-71)Fewest First Downs: ....... 4, vs. Southwest State (1999)......................................4, vs. North Dakota State (2006)Fewest Yards Rushing: ...........-29, vs. Wartburg (1995)Fewest Yards Passing: ....21, vs. UW-Eau Claire (1995)Fewest Yards Total Off.: ...........75, vs. Wartburg (1995) Most Opp. Turnovers: ............ 8, vs. St. Thomas (1998)Most Turnovers: ................. 7, vs. Mount Senario (1994)...............................................7, vs. Winona State (2007)..................................................7, at Wayne State (2008)Most Wins ................................. 9 (1977), (2002), (2005)Winning Streak: ........7 (1976-77), (2000-01), (2001-02) Home Win Streak: .................................19 (2000-2005)Road Win Streak: ......................................... 8 (2009-11)Most Cons. Games w/o Shutout: ............90 (1999-08)Losing Streak:................................................... 7 (1992)Most Cons. Games w/o Victory: ...............12 (1994-95)Most Shutouts, Season: ................................... 2 (1998)Most Times Shutout, Season: ......................... 4 (1974)Most Improved Season: ...........................4.5 (1999-00)...................................................................*4.5 (2009-10)* - 7th ranked turnaround in Division II for 2010 season

INDIVIDUAL RECORDSRushing - Game: Long:......... 92 yards, Eric Schutte, vs. Maranatha (1997)...........89 yards, LeRoy McBrayer, vs. Maranatha (1978)............... 89 yards, Chris Washington, vs. MSUM (2003) ...........................89, Aaron Cawthorn, vs. U-Mary (2006)Attempts: ............ 52, Joe Florez, at William Penn (1992)...............44, Tom Amundson, at Northwestern WI (1991).............39, Chris Washington, vs. Northern State (2001)Yards: ........258, LeRoy McBrayer, vs. Maranatha (1978)........... 245, Chris Washington, vs. UM Crookston (2003)........... 227, Chris Washington, vs. UM Crookston (2001)................. 215, James McNear, vs. Bemidji State (2005).............205, Tom Amundson, at Northwestern WI (1991)................... 202, Jeff Wimann, vs. Mount Senario (1976)TDs: ............... 5, Jeff Wimann, vs. Mount Senario (1976)..................4, Aaron Cawthorn, vs. UM Crookston (2005)..................... 4, James McNear, vs. Bemidji State (2005)Rushing - Season: Attempts: ..........................249, Chris Washington (2003)Yards: .......................... *1,569, Chris Washington (2003)Touchdowns:.......................20, Chris Washington (2003)* - one of four players in DII history with four 1,000 yard rushing seasonsRushing - Career: Attempts: .....................919, Chris Washington (2000-03) Yards: ..................... *5,288, Chris Washington (2000-03)Touchdowns:..................55, Chris Washington (2000-03) * - ranked 14th in Division II history at end of career ... cur-rently ranked 21st in Division II history

Passing - Game:Attempts: ...............56, Craig Moyer, vs. Lakeland (1994)Comp: .................. 31, Kole Goodchild, vs. MSUM (2007)

Yards: ..................482, Spencer Ohm, vs. SMSU (2011)........................... 433, Kole Goodchild, vs. MSUM (2007)....................404, Jim Rubbelke, vs. Martin Luther (1987)........................397, Mitch Brecke, vs. Minot State (2008)TDs: .........................7, Spencer Ohm, vs. SMSU (2011).................. 5, Spencer Ohm, vs. UM-Crookston (2011).................5, Kole Goodchild, vs. MSU Moorhead (2007)INT: ..............7, Kole Goodchild, vs. Winona State (2007)Passing - Season: Long:............... *99 yards, Mitch Brecke to Calvin Simon,vs. Minot St. (2008) - tied Division II record with 9 othersAttempts: ..............................430, Kole Goodchild (2007)Completions:.........................260, Kole Goodchild (2007)Yards: ................................3,027, Kole Goodchild (2007)Touchdowns:...................................22, Mike Allen (2001)..................................................22, Spencer Ohm (2010)Interceptions: ................................21, Guy Parker (1989)Passing - Career: Attempts: .......................1215, James McNear (2002-05)Completions:....................691, James McNear (2002-05)Yards: ...........................9,420, James McNear (2002-05)Touchdowns:......................68, James McNear (2002-05)Interceptions: ...........................57, Guy Parker (1989-93)

Total Offense - Game:Plays: .................. 67, Kole Goodchild, vs. U-Mary (2007)................... 62, James McNear, vs. Bemidji State (2005)Yards: ..................535, Spencer Ohm, vs. SMSU (2011)................ *524, James McNear, vs. Bemidji State (2005)............... 465, James McNear, vs. Northern State (2004)............... 450, Kole Goodchild, vs. UM Crookston (2007)* - 309 passing, 215 rushing, 1st known player in DII his-tory with 300-passing and 200-rushing in a game, also combined for 6 TD (2 pass, 4 rush)

Total Offense - Career:Gained 3,000 rushing and 9,000 passing: .................................James McNear (2002-05), only player in Division IIYards Per Game: ........ *276.6, James McNear (2002-05)* - ranked 13th in Division II history at end of career ... cur-rently 24th in Division II historyTotal Yards: ............... *12,446, James McNear (2002-05)* - was 2nd in Division II history at end of career ... cur-rently ranks 12th in Division II history

Receiving - Game:Long:........... *99 yards, Calvin Simon from Mitch Brecke,vs. Minot St. (2008) - tied Division II record with 9 others Rec.: ................12, Joe Mapson, vs. Minn.-Morris (2000)...............................11, Joseph Mapson, at SMSU (2003)....................... 11, Jordan Schultenover, at SMSU (2009)Yards: ............241, Joe Mapson, vs. Minn.-Morris (2002) ...... 212, Jordan Schultenover, at MSU Moorhead (2009)...................206, Joey Langevin, vs. Dakota State (1989).........................200, Calvin Simon, at Upper Iowa (2009)................ 198, Calvin Simon, vs. MSU Moorhead (2007)...................190, Charles Gilbert, at Minot State (2011)TDs: ............ 4, Calvin Simon, vs. MSU Moorhead (2007)Receiving - Season:Receptions:............................90, Joseph Mapson (2003) Yards: ...............................1,165, Joseph Mapson (2003)Touchdowns:..........................14, Charles Gilbert (2011)............................................ 13, Tyrone Strickland (1977)..............11, Joe Mapson (2001), Joseph Mapson (2002)..............11, Tyrone Ruffi n (2007), Charles Gilbert (2010)Yards/Rec.: ......... 24.8, Tyrone Strickland (26-646, 1977)............................ 23.2, Charles Gilbert (46-1068, 2011)Receiving - Career:Receptions:.....................200, Joseph Mapson (2000-03)Yards: ..............................2,930, Tyrone Ruffi n (2005-08) Touchdowns:.........................33, Tyrone Ruffi n (2005-08)Cons. games w/ Rec.: ...... 42, Sam Campbell (2008-11)..............................................40, Calvin Simon (2007-10)Yards/Rec: ........... 29.8, Rich Heinrich (17-507, 1971-72)............................ 25.8, Mark Wuerffel (34-876, 1969-72)....................... 21.8, Charles Gilbert (89-1941, 2010-11)

All-Purpose - Game:Attempts ............. 52, Joe Florez, at William Penn (1992)...............44, Tom Amundson, at Northwestern WI (1991).............39, Chris Washington, vs. Northern State (2001)Yards: ........ 320, Joseph Mapson, Northern State (2003)............................ 259, Joseph Mapson, at SMSU (2003)........... 257, Chris Washington, vs. UM Crookston (2003)........ 251, Montez Bridgefourth, at Northern State (2005)All-Purpose - Career:Yards: ..................... *6,288, Chris Washington (2000-03)* - ranked 20th in Division II history at end of career ... cur-rently ranked 29th in Division II history


RECORD BOOKKickoff Returns - Game:Long:... 95 yards, Shawn Kuykendall, vs. Maranatha (1997)............... 95 yards, Joe Mapson, vs. Westminster (2001)............................. 93, Brent Clark, vs. Mt Senario (1998)..................92, Jeremy Randle, at Winona State (2011)........................ 84, Dario Moore, vs. Wayne State (2007)...................... 84, Charles Gilbert, vs. Minot State (2010)Returns: ...................... 7, Dario Moore, vs. SMSU (2008).......................... 7, Dario Moore, vs. Wayne State (2007)......................7, Joseph Mapson, vs. Northern St. (2003) Yards: .......180, Joseph Mapson, vs. Northern St. (2003)....................... 168, Dario Moore, vs Wayne State (2007)Kickoff Returns - Season: Returns: ................................35, Joseph Mapson, (2003) Yards: .................................809, Joseph Mapson, (2003)Kickoff Returns - Career:Returns: ................................69, Joe Langevin (1988-91)Yards: ..............................1,529, Joe Langevin (1988-91)

Punt Returns - Game:Long:......... 94 yards, Eric Schutte, vs. Maranatha (1994)..................86, Joseph Mapson, vs. Winona State (2003)..................75, Joseph Mapson, vs. Bemidji State (2003)...................67, Joseph Mapson, vs. Wayne State (2002)Returns: .........6, Jessey Ferbeyre, vs. Mt Senario (1997)....................6, Joseph Mapson, vs. Bemidji State (2002) ..............6, Wesley Hill, vs. Minnesota, Crookston (2004)Yards: .....162, Joseph Mapson, vs. Bemidji State (2002) ........................113, Wesley Hill, at UM Crookston (2004)......................102, Joseph Mapson, Bemidji State (2003)Punt Returns - Season:Returns: .......................................25, Joe Mapson (2000)Yards: ................394, Joseph Mapson (2002, 24 returns)Punt Returns - Career:Returns: ............................58, Joseph Mapson (2001-03)Yards: .............................912, Joseph Mapson (2001-03) Average: ...................... *16.0, Joseph Mapson (2001-03)* - ranked 6th in Division II history at end of career and currently ranks 7th in Division II history

Touchdowns:Game: ............ 5, Jeff Wimann, vs. Mount Senario (1976) ..................4, Aaron Cawthorn, vs. UM Crookston (2005)..................... 4, James McNear, vs. Bemidji State (2005).................... 4, Calvin Simon, vs. MSU Moorhead (2007)Season: ..............................21, Chris Washington (2003) ................................................... *20, Eric Schutte (1997)Career:...........................58, Chris Washington (2000-03)* - led NAIA Division II for the season

Points Scored:Game: ...... 30, Jeff Wimann, vs. Mt Senario (5 TD, 1976)......24, Aaron Cawthorn, vs. UM Crookston (4 TD, 2005)..........24, James McNear, vs. Bemidji State (4 TD, 2005)........ 24, Calvin Simon, vs. MSU Moorhead (4 TD, 2007)Season: .................................................................................... 128, Chris Washington (21 TDs , 1 2-pt. PAT, 2003)Career:..................................................................................350, Chris Washington (58 TDs, 1 2-pt. PAT, 2000-03)

Extra Points Made:Game: ............ 10, Brody Johnson, UM Crookston (2005)....................9, Kim Overgaard, vs. Concordia, WI (1971)................. 9, Blake Duden, vs. Minnesota, Morris (2002)................................ 9, Brody Johnson, vs. SMSU (2004).............................8, Steven King, vs. Upper Iowa (2010) Season: ........................ 47, Brody Johnson (2003, 2005) Career:.........................161, Brody Johnson (2003-2006)

Field Goals Made:Long:................56, Tom Obarski, at Minot State (2011)......................51, Steven King, vs. Pittsburg State (2010)..................... 48, Tom Obarski, vs. Wayne State (2011).........................47, Tom Obarski, at Minot State (2011)....46 yards, Thom Hardin, vs. Northwestern (MN) (1982).................. 45, Stephan Bjerke, at Northern State (2007)............45, Brody Johnson, at North Dakota State (2003).................45, Brody Johnson, at MSU Moorhead (2003)Game: ............3, David Gottschalk, vs. Wayne St. (2000)........................3, Steven King, at MSU Moorhead (2009)................................3, Steven King, at Augustana (2009).............................. 3, Steven King, at Upper Iowa (2009)Season: ..................13, Steven King (20 attempts, 2009)............................11, Brody Johnson (18 attempts, 2005)Career:.......... 25, Brody Johnson (49 attempts, 2003-06)Points, Game: ..... 15, Steven King, at Upper Iowa (2009)..................13, Brody Johnson, vs. UM Crookston (2005).................12, Brody Johnson, at MSU Moorhead (2005)

Punting - Game:Long:...78 yards, Jon Piepher, vs. Concordia (WI) (1981).............................76, TG Schoenberg, at U-Mary (2008)................... 72, Bob Beckler, vs. Southwest State (1979).............................67, TG Schoenberg, at U-Mary (2008)Attempts: ...... 12, Jason Miller, vs. UM-Crookston (1994)Yards: ...........395, TG Schoenberg, at UM Duluth (2009)..................... 382, Jason Miller, vs UM-Crookston (1994)...................323, Josh Raphael, at Northern State (2002)...........................315, TG Schoenberg, at U-Mary (2008)Average: .................................................................................49.5, TG Schoenberg, at Augustana (2 punts - 2009)..... 47.3, TG Schoenberg, at Winona St. (4 punts - 2008)Punting - Season:Attempts: ...................................79, Jason Miller (1994)Yards: .................................2,546, Jason Miller (1996)Average: .............................. 41.0, Josh Raphael (2002)

Fumble Recoveries: Game: ............................ 3, Doug Neal, vs. Bethel (1972)Career:..................................... 8, John Sieling (1969-72)

Interceptions:Long Return: ... 102 yards, Tim Walther, vs. Maranatha (1983)........................................98, Nathan Pafko, vs. Bethel (1973)Game: ........3, Al Brogaard, vs. Northwestern (WI) (1969)..................................... Mark Grunst, vs. Pillsbury (1976).................................. Tim Walther, vs. Maranatha (1983).............................Tracy Harrell, vs. Martin Luther (1988)............................ Terry Gores, vs. Mount Senario (1990)............................ Korey Gilbert, vs. Bemidji State (2000)Season: ......................................*14, Tim Walther (1983)Career:....................................23, Tim Walther (1983-86)..........................................14, Aaron Simmons (1970-74)* - led NAIA Division II for the season

Sacks:Game: ......6, Lucas Woodford, vs. Mount Senario (1996) Season: .......................................15, Joe LaBuda (1983)..................................................15, Nathan Tiarks (1992).................................................12, Steve Mudgett (1994)..............................................12, Lucas Woodford (1996).................................................12, Matt Woodford (1996)Career:............................... 30, Matt Woodford (1996-99)................................................ *29, Joe Peters (2001-03)............................................28, Steve Mudgett (1991-94).........................................26, Lucas Woodford (1994-97)................................................ 20, John Voyda (1992-95)* - set Division II sack record which now ranks 11th in Division II history ... average of 0.85 sacks per game was 2nd in Divi-sion II history at end of career and is currently 10th all-time

Tackles:Game: ....18, Scott Brommerich, vs. Northwestern (1994).............................17, Doug Cox, at Bemidji State (2004)....................17, Brad Scherer, at MSU Moorhead (2006)...........................16, Taylor Selby, at Augustana (2011).......................16, Tyler Johnson, at Bemidji State (2008)......................... 16, Brian Doyle, vs Winona State (2004).....................16, Matt Woodford, vs. Wayne State (1999)Season: ...................................... 138, John Smith (1989).................................................. 125, Stan Tischer (1979)Career:.................................399, Stan Tischer (1978-80).............................................. 342, Brian Doyle (2001-04)......................................... 320, Matt Woodford (1996-99)..................................................319, Al Quaye (2008-11)...........................................287, Adam Schutte (1996-99).............................................. 275, Terry Gores (1990-93)

Tackles for Loss: Game: ............. 6, Taylor Selby, at Winona State (2011).....................6, Taylor Selby, vs. UM-Crookston (2011).............................5, Jon Voyda, vs. Martin Luther (1994)..........................5, James Miley, vs. Bemidji State (2000)............................5, Eric Power, vs. Winona State (2006)Season: ................................. ^27.0, James Miley (2000)...................................................*25.0, Joe Peters (2003)Career:...................................61.0, Joe Peters (2001-03)............................................. 51.0, Brian Doyle (2001-04)...............................................43.5, Eric Power (2002-06)............................................41.0, James Miley (1999-02)....................................... 38.0, Phil Alejandrino (2001-03)^ - not ranked in NCAA statistics as Concordia was re-classifying ... * - was 7th in Division II history as of 2003 season, currently ranked 17th all-time

CAREER RECORDSTotal Offense (5,000+ yards) Yards1. James McNear (2002-05) 12,4472. Mike Allen (1999-01) 6,1833. Spencer Ohm (2008-11) 6,0253. Kole Goodchild (2005-07) 5,4434. Chris Washington (2000-03) 5,293

Rushing Yards (1,500+ yards) Yards1. Chris Washington (2000-03) 5,2882. LeRoy McBrayer (1976-79) 4,2133. Tom Amundson (1988-91) 3,2334. James McNear (2002-05) 3,027 5. Sam Campbell (2008-11) 2,7606. Aaron Cawthorn (2003-06) 2,2787. Joe Florez (1990-93) 2,2238. Ben Coauette (1998-00) 1,7319. Mike Bailey (1969-70) 1,65210. Paul Roth (1969-71) 1,545

Rushing Touchdowns (25+ TD’s) TD1. Chris Washington (2000-03) 552. James McNear (2002-05) 373. Tom Amundson (1988-91) 364. Aaron Cawthorn (2003-06) 295. Mike Bailey (1969-70) 25 Passing Yards (3,500+ yards) Yards1. James McNear (2002-05) 9,4202. Spencer Ohm (2008-11) 5,5963. Guy Parker (1989-93) 5,3954. Mike Allen (1999-2001) 5,2805. Kole Goodchild (2005-07) 5,0396. Rory Sanders (1984-87) 4,4727. Dustin Campbell (1996-99) 4,1558. Mitch Brecke (2008-09) 3,624

Passing Touchdowns (30+ TD’s) TD1. James McNear (2002-05) 682. Spencer Ohm (2008-11) 472. Mike Allen (1999-01) 474. Guy Parker (1989-90,92-93) 445. Kole Goodchild (2005-07) 346. Dustin Campbell (1996-99) 32 Receptions (100+ receptions) No.1. Joseph Mapson (2001-03) 2002. Tyrone Ruffi n (2005-08) 1883. Antwon Williams (2003-07) 1764. Joel Schuldheisz (1974-77) 1665. Calvin Simon (2007-10) 1646. Sam Campbell (2008-11) 1467. Joe Mapson (2000-02) 1408. Joe Langevin (1988-91) 129 Receiving Yards (1,500+ yards) Yards 1. Tyrone Ruffi n (2005-08) 2,9302. Joseph Mapson (2001-03) 2,7433. Calvin Simon (2007-10) 2,5054. Joe Mapson (2000-02) 2,293 5. Joe Langevin (1988-91) 2,0646. Charles Gilbert (2010-11) 1,9417. Antwon Williams (2003-07) 1,8888. Wesley Hill (2003-04) 1,7649. Tyrone Strickland (1977-79) 1,693

Receiving Touchdowns (15+ TD’s) TD1. Tyrone Ruffi n (2005-08) 332. Tyrone Strickland (1977-79) 273. Charles Gilbert (2010-11) 254. Joseph Mapson (2001-03) 235. Joe Mapson (2000-02) 216. Calvin Simon (2007-10) 207. Joe Langevin (1988-91) 188. Wesley Hill (2003-04) 179. Dean Mills (1987-90) 16 Points Scored (150+ points) TD XP/FG 2pt. No. 1. Chris Washington (2000-2003) 58 0 1 3502. Brody Johnson (2003-06) 0 161/25 0 2363. Tom Amundson (1988-91) 38 0 1 2304. James McNear (2002-05) 37 0 2 2265. LeRoy McBrayer (1976-79) 35 0 1 2126. Tyrone Ruffi n (2005-08) 33 0 0 1987. Tyrone Strickland (1977-79) 31 0 2 1908. Aaron Cawthorn (2003-06) 30 0 0 1809. Joseph Mapson (2001-03) 29 0 2 17810. Eric Schutte (1995-97) 28 0 3 174


DII-ERA RECORD BOOKDIV. II ERA SEASON RECORDS

(1999-present)TOTAL OFFENSEName Year Plays Yards1. James McNear 2005 521 3,6892. James McNear 2003 449 3,2733. Kole Goodchild 2007 559 3,1644. James McNear 2002 379 2,7525. James McNear 2004 398 2,7336. Mike Allen 2001 396 2,4737. Spencer Ohm 2010 365 2,4378. Mike Allen 2000 386 2,3429. Kole Goodchild 2006 403 2,27910. Mitch Brecke 2009 330 2,023

ALL-PURPOSE YARDSName Year Yards1. Joseph Mapson 2003 2,3102. Chris Washington 2003 2,0713. Chris Washington 2001 1,6424. Aaron Cawthorn 2005 1,6075. Joseph Mapson 2002 1,6036. Charles Gilbert 2011 1,4277. Chris Washington 2000 1,3738. Sam Campbell 2011 1,3649. Wesley Hill 2004 1,35410. Joe Mapson 2001 1,347

PASSING YARDSName Year C-A-I Yards1. Kole Goodchild 2007 260-430-16 3,0272. James McNear 2003 195-338-16 2,7783. James McNear 2005 192-348-6 2,4404. Mike Allen 2001 170-317-9 2,2815. James McNear 2002 155-271-7 2,2646. Spencer Ohm 2010 176-283-6 2,2317. Mike Allen 2000 142-279-11 2,0848. Kole Goodchild 2006 172-293-10 2,0129. Mitch Brecke 2009 167-276-16 2,00610. James McNear 2004 149-258-4 1,938

PASSING ATTEMPTSName Year Cmp Att1. Kole Goodchild 2007 260 4302. James McNear 2005 192 3483. James McNear 2003 195 3384. Mike Allen 2001 170 3175. Kole Goodchild 2006 172 293

PASSING COMPLETIONSName Year Cmp Att1. Kole Goodchild 2007 260 4302. James McNear 2003 195 3383. James McNear 2005 192 3484. Spencer Ohm 2010 176 2835. Kole Goodchild 2006 172 293

PASSING COMPLETION PERCENTAGE (MIN 100)Name Year C-A Pct.1. Spencer Ohm 2010 176-283 62.22. Spencer Ohm 2011 102-166 61.43. Mitch Brecke 2009 167-276 60.54. Kole Goodchild 2007 260-430 60.55. Kole Goodchild 2006 172-293 58.7

PASSING EFFICENCY (MIN 100)Name Year C-A-I Effi c1. Spencer Ohm 2011 102-166-12 170.42. Spencer Ohm 2010 176-283-6 149.83. James McNear 2002 155-271-7 146.64. James McNear 2004 149-258-4 135.75. James McNear 2003 195-338-16 132.9

PASSING TOUCHDOWNSName Year Passing TD’s1. Spencer Ohm 2010 221. Mike Allen 2001 223. James McNear 2002 204. Kole Goodchild 2007 184. James McNear 2005 184. Mike Allen 2000 187. Spencer Ohm 2011 178. Kole Goodchild 2006 168. James McNear 2003 1610. James McNear 2004 14

PASSING INTERCEPTIONSName Year Passing INT’s1. Mitch Brecke 2009 161. Kole Goodchild 2007 161. James McNear 2003 164. Mitch Brecke 2008 145. Spencer Ohm 2011 125. Jared Russo 2011 12

AVERAGE YARDS PER PASS ATTEMPT (MIN 100)Name Year Yards/Pass1. Spencer Ohm 2011 10.72. James McNear 2002 8.43. James McNear 2003 8.24. Mitch Brecke 2008 7.95. Spencer Ohm 2010 7.9

AVERAGE YARDS PER COMPLETION (MIN 100)Name Year Yards/Comp.1. Spencer Ohm 2011 17.42. Mike Allen 2000 14.73. James McNear 2002 14.64. James McNear 2003 14.25. Mitch Brecke 2008 13.7

RUSHING YARDSName Year Att Yards1. Chris Washington 2003 249 1,5692. Chris Washington 2001 244 1,3863. James McNear 2005 173 1,2494. Chris Washington 2000 212 1,2275. Chris Washington 2002 214 1,1066. Sam Campbell 2011 205 1,0397. Aaron Cawthorn 2005 172 9668. Sam Campbell 2010 188 9399. James McNear 2004 140 79510. Ben Coautte 1999 168 733

RUSHING ATTEMPTSName Year Att Yards1. Chris Washington 2003 249 1,5692. Chris Washington 2001 244 1,3863. Chris Washington 2002 214 1,1064. Chris Washington 2000 212 1,2275. Sam Campbell 2011 205 1,0396. Sam Campbell 2010 188 9397. James McNear 2005 173 1,2498. Aaron Cawthorn 2005 172 9669. Ben Coautte 1999 168 73310. James McNear 2004 140 795

RUSHING PER CARRY (MIN. 20)Name Year Att-Yds YPC1. Aaron Cawthorn 2003 30-219 7.302. James McNear 2005 173-1,249 7.223. Chris Washington 2003 249-1,569 6.304. Chris Washington 2000 212-1,227 5.795. Chris Washington 2001 244-1,386 5.68

RUSHING TOUCHDOWNSName Year TD1. Chris Washington 2003 202. Chris Washington 2001 173. Aaron Cawthorn 2005 154. James McNear 2005 124. Chris Washington 2002 126. James McNear 2004 107. Mike Allen 2000 87. Brian Holmes 2004 87. Brian Holmes 2005 87. James McNear 2003 8

RECEIVING YARDSName Year Rec Yards1. Joseph Mapson 2003 90 1,1652. Charles Gilbert 2011 46 1,0683. Wesley Hill 2004 57 1,0514. Joseph Mapson 2002 61 9085. Joe Mapson 2002 48 8846. Charles Gilbert 2010 43 8737. Tyrone Ruffi n 2007 54 8598. Joe Mapson 2001 51 8369. Jordan Schultenover 2009 53 83010. Tyrone Ruffi n 2008 46 804

RECEPTIONSName Year Rec Yards1. Joseph Mapson 2003 90 1,1652. Antwon Williams 2007 67 6463. Joseph Mapson 2002 61 9084. Wesley Hill 2004 57 1,0515. Tyrone Ruffi n 2007 54 8595. Tyrone Ruffi n 2006 54 7497. Jordan Schultenover 2009 53 8307. Calvin Simon 2007 53 7699. Eric Tonkin 2007 52 6389. Sam Campbell 2009 52 428

RECEIVING YARDS PER RECEPTION (MIN 20)Name Year Rec-Yds YPC1. Charles Gilbert 2011 46-1068 23.222. Jason Horton 2002 21-469 22.333. Tre Mason 2011 29-647 22.314. Nick Johnson 2000 23-501 21.785. Charles Gilbert 2010 43-873 20.30

RECEIVING TOUCHDOWNSName Year TD1. Charles Gilbert 2011 142. Charles Gilbert 2010 112. Tyrone Ruffi n 2007 112. Joseph Mapson 2002 112. Joe Mapson 2001 116. Tyrone Ruffi n 2008 107. Wesley Hill 2004 98. Joe Mapson 2002 88. Wesley Hill 2003 810. four tied 7

TOTAL TOUCHDOWNS SCOREDName Year Total TD1. Chris Washington 2003 20 rush, 1 rec 212. Chris Washington 2001 17 rush, 0 rec 173. Aaron Cawthorn 2005 15 rush, 1 rec 164. Charles Gilbert 2011 14 rec 145. Joseph Mapson 2002 11 rec, 2 ret 135. Chris Washington 2002 12 rush, 1 rec 135. Joe Mapson 2001 11 rec, 2 ret 138. Charles Gilbert 2010 11 rec, 1 ret 128. James McNear 2005 12 rush 1210. Tyrone Ruffi n 2007 11 rec 11

TACKLESName Year Solo-Ast Total1. Duy Huynh 2007 52-51 1032. Al Quaye 2011 39-63 1023. Brian Doyle 2003 44-57 1014. Brad Scherer 2006 43-57 1005. Matt Woodford 1999 35-64 996. Al Quaye 2010 32-50 966. Rojeer Wright 2008 58-38 968. Doug Dox 2005 54-37 919. Jordan Frain 2007 53-36 8910. Trevor Glomski 2010 46-41 87

TACKLES FOR LOSSName Year TFL Yds1. James Miley 2000 27.0 1262. Joe Peters 2003 25.0 1273. Will Brown 2009 21.5 904. Taylor Selby 2011 20.5 885. Duy Huynh 2007 19.0 515. Phil Alejandrino 2003 19.0 665. Joe Peters 2001 19.0 658. Brian Doyle 2002 18.5 739. Kenny Robinson 2000 18.0 5510. Joe Peters 2002 17.0 90

QUARTERBACK SACKSName Year Sacks Yds1. Joe Peters 2003 11.5 932. James Miley 2000 10.5 773. Zach Moore 2010 10.0 534. Joe Peters 2001 9.0 424. Ben Schumacher 2007 9.0 616. Trevor Glomski 2010 8.5 677. Eric Power 2005 8.0 468. Joe Peters 2002 7.5 549. Tim Oachs 2008 7.5 4610. Travis Mellor 2004 7.0 5110. Kevin Steinke 2002 7.0 43


DII-ERA RECORD BOOKINTERCEPTIONSName Year INT Yds1. Korey Gilbert 2000 7 662. James Dell 2002 6 -13. Dario Moore 2007 4 1173. Chuck Miesbauer 2005 4 413. Antonio Brown 2005 4 -93. Darrion Branscomb 2004 4 73. Joe Amundson 2001 4 653. James Dell 2001 4 793. Willie Finley 1999 4 96

PASS BREAKUPSName Year PBU1. James Dell 2002 142. Dwayne Starr 1999 133. Tony Jackson 2001 114. Joe Butler 2009 94. Dario Moore 2008 94. Darrion Branscomb 2004 94. Korey Gilbert 2000 98. Jason McCalope 2010 88. Travis Meyer 2008 88. Antonio Brown 2005 8

DIV. II ERA CAREER RECORDS (1999-present)

TOTAL OFFENSEName Years Plays Yards1. James McNear 2002-05 1,747 12,4472. Mike Allen 1999-01 1,061 6,1833. Spencer Ohm 2008-11 985 6,0254. Kole Goodchild 2006-07 962 5,4435. Chris Washington 2000-03 920 5,293

ALL-PURPOSE YARDSName Years Yards1. Chris Washington 2000-03 6,4202. Joseph Mapson 2001-03 5,1293. Sam Campbell 2008-11 4,0544. Joe Mapson 2000-02 3,9015. Aaron Cawthorn 2003-06 3,366

PASSING YARDSName Years C-A-I Yards1. James McNear 2002-05 691-1215-33 9,4202. Spencer Ohm 2008-11 438-738-34 5,5963. Mike Allen 1999-01 382-781-29 5,2804. Kole Goodchild 2006-07 432-723-26 5,0395. Mitch Brecke 2008-09 285-481-30 3,624

PASSING ATTEMPTSName Years Cmp Att1. James McNear 2002-05 691 1,2152. Mike Allen 1999-01 382 7813. Spencer Ohm 2008-11 438 7384. Kole Goodchild 2006-07 432 7235. Mitch Brecke 2008-09 285 481

PASSING COMPLETIONSName Years Cmp Att1. James McNear 2002-05 691 1,2152. Spencer Ohm 2008-11 438 7383. Kole Goodchild 2006-07 432 7234. Mike Allen 1999-01 382 7815. Mitch Brecke 2008-09 285 481

PASSING COMPLETION PERCENTAGE (MIN 100)Name Years C-A Pct.1. Kole Goodchild 2006-07 432-723 59.82. Spencer Ohm 2008-11 438-738 59.33. Mitch Brecke 2008-09 285-481 59.34. James McNear 2002-05 691-1215 56.95. Nate Harrington 2002-05 83-164-9 50.6

PASSING EFFICENCY (MIN 100)Name Years C-A-I Pct.1. James McNear 2002-05 691-1215-33 135.02. Spencer Ohm 2008-11 438-738-34 134.83. Nate Harrington 2002-05 83-164-9 132.64. Kole Goodchild 2006-07 432-723-26 126.65. Mitch Brecke 2008-09 285-481-30 122.4

PASSING TOUCHDOWNSName Years Passing TD’s1. James McNear 2002-05 682. Spencer Ohm 2008-11 472. Mike Allen 1999-01 474. Kole Goodchild 2006-07 345. Mitch Brecke 2008-09 18

PASSING INTERCEPTIONSName Years Passing INT’s1. Spencer Ohm 2008-11 342. James McNear 2002-05 333. Mitch Brecke 2008-09 304. Mike Allen 1999-01 295. Kole Goodchild 2006-07 26

AVERAGE YARDS PER PASS ATTEMPT (MIN 100)Name Years Yards/Pass1. Nate Harrington 2002-05 8.42. James McNear 2002-05 7.83. Spencer Ohm 2008-11 7.64. Mitch Brecke 2008-09 7.55. Kole Goodchild 2006-07 7.0

AVERAGE YARDS PER COMPLETION (MIN 100)Name Years Yards/Comp.1. Nate Harrington 2002-05 16.72. Mike Allen 1999-01 13.83. James McNear 2002-05 13.64. Jared Russo 2011-pres 13.05. Spencer Ohm 2008-11 12.8

RUSHING YARDSName Years Att Yards1. Chris Washington 2000-03 919 5,2882. James McNear 2002-05 532 3,0273. Sam Campbell 2008-11 584 2,7604. Aaron Cawthorn 2003-06 424 2,2785. Sam Blocker 2001-02, 04 209 1,020

RUSHING PER CARRY (MIN. 50)Name Years Att-Yds YPC1. Chris Washington 2000-03 919-5288 5.752. James McNear 2002-05 532-3027 5.693. James Peterson 2010-pres 51-279 5.474. Aaron Cawthorn 2003-06 424-2278 5.375. Corey Parlet 1999-02 84-440 5.24

RUSHING TOUCHDOWNSName Years TD1. Chris Washington 2000-03 552. James McNear 2002-05 373. Aaron Cawthorn 2003-06 294. Sam Campbell 2008-11 225. Mike Allen 1999-01 165. Brian Holmes 2003-05 16

RECEIVING YARDSName Years Rec Yards1. Tyrone Ruffi n 2005-08 188 2,9302. Joseph Mapson 2001-03 200 2,7433. Calvin Simon 2007-10 166 2,5344. Joe Mapson 2000-02 140 2,2935. Charles Gilbert 2010-11 89 1,9416. Antwon Williams 2004-07 176 1,8887. Wesley Hill 2003-04 96 1,7648. Sam Campbell 2008-11 146 1,2399. Chris Washington 2000-03 98 1,08010. Montez Bridgefourth 2004-05 83 970

RECEPTIONSName Years Rec Yards1. Joseph Mapson 2001-03 200 2,7432. Tyrone Ruffi n 2005-08 188 2,9303. Antwon Williams 2004-07 176 1,8884. Calvin Simon 2007-10 166 2,5345. Sam Campbell 2008-11 146 1,2396. Joe Mapson 2000-02 140 2,2937. Chris Washington 2000-03 98 1,0808. Wesley Hill 2003-04 96 1,7649. Charles Gilbert 2010-11 89 1,94110. Hayden Vavra 2007-10 86 897

RECEIVING TOUCHDOWNSName Years Total TD1. Tyrone Ruffi n 2005-08 332. Charles Gilbert 2010-11 253. Joseph Mapson 2001-03 234. Joe Mapson 2000-02 215. Calvin Simon 2007-10 20

RECEIVING YARDS PER RECEPTION (MIN 40)Name Year Rec-Yds YPC1. Charles Gilbert 2010-11 89-1,941 21.812. Wesley Hill 2003-04 96-1,764 18.383. Nick Johnson 1999-00 44-778 17.684. Joe Mapson 2000-02 140-2293 16.385. Jordan Schultenover 2009 53-830 15.66

TOTAL TOUCHDOWNS SCOREDName Years Total TD1. Chris Washington 2000-03 55 rush, 3 rcv 582. James McNear 2002-05 37 rush 373. Tyrone Ruffi n 2005-08 33 rcv 334. Aaron Cawthorn 2003-06 29 rush, 1 rcv 305. Joseph Mapson 2001-03 23 rcv, 6 ret 29

TACKLESName Years Solo-Ast Total1. Brian Doyle 2001-04 165-177 3422. Al Quaye 2008-11 129-190 3193. Duy Huynh 2005-08 119-124 2434. Travis Johansen 2002-05 111-110 2215. James Miley 1999-02 122-97 219

TACKLES FOR LOSSName Years TFL Yds1. Joe Peters 2000-03 61.0 2822. Brian Doyle 2001-04 51.0 1963. Eric Power 2003-06 43.5 1604. James Miley 1999-02 41.0 1805. Phil Alejandrino 2001-03 38.0 145

QUARTERBACK SACKSName Years Sacks Yds1. Joe Peters 2000-03 29.0 1892. Brian Doyle 2001-04 19.5 1253. Eric Power 2003-06 18.0 964. Travis Mellor 2003-06 15.0 885. James Miley 1999-02 13.5 1005. Kevin Steinke 1999-02 13.5 73

INTERCEPTIONSName Years INT Yds1. James Dell 2000-03 13 1392. Joe Amundson 2000-03 9 1723. Chuck Miesbauer 2004-07 7 673. Korey Gilbert 2000 7 663. Reed Tietz 1999-02 7 663. Darrion Branscomb 2001-04 7 17

PASS BREAKUPSName Years PBU1. James Dell 2000-03 222. Darrion Branscomb 2001-04 203. Tony Jackson 2000-01 184. Dario Moore 2007-08 165. Jason McCalope 2009-10 15

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS...

Special thanks to Concordia football alumni, notably Joe Florez, Eric Schutte and Rory Sanders, for con-tributing to enhance the accuracy and depth of the CU Football record book.

If any other Concordia football alumni or supporters fi nd an inaccuracy or have an addition, please contact:

Josh DeerAsst. Athletic Director: Communications

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NATIONAL & SPECIALTY AWARDSHARLON HILL CANDIDATENorthwest Region Finalist2005 James McNear

GENE UPSHAW CANDIDATEDivision II2011 *Tyler Hendrickson* - 5th leading vote getter in nationSuper Region 32011 *Tyler Hendrickson* - 2nd leading vote getter in region2010 *Tyler Hendrickson* - 3rd leading vote getter in region, top NSIC lineman (OL or DL) in voting

ALL-AMERICANSDaktronicsSecond Team2011 Tyler Hendrickson

D2Football.com Second Team2011 Tyler Hendrickson2010 Tyler HendricksonHonorable Mention2005 James McNear Eric Power

JBScouting.comSecond Team2010 Tyler Hendrickson

Don Hansen’s Football Gazette Second Team2005 Eric Power

Third Team2006 Eric Power2003 Joseph Mapson

Honorable Mention2005 James McNear2003 Joe Peters Chris Washington

Beyond Sports Network (BSN)First Team2011 Tyler HendricksonHonorable Mention2011 Charles Gilbert Al Quaye Taylor Selby

D2Proday.comFirst Team2011 Tyler HendricksonSecond Team2011 Charles Gilbert

Dopke.com College Sports ReportsFourth Team2005 James McNearSpecial Mention2004 James McNear

Successful Farming Magazine2000 Andrew Fleischman1999 Andrew Fleischman

ACADEMIC ALL-AMERICANSCoSIDA Capital OneFirst Team2000 Andrew FleischmanSecond Team2006 Brad Scherer

National Football Foundation (NFF) Hampshire Honor Society2007 Kole Goodchild

ACADEMIC ALL-DISTRICTCoSIDA Capital OneFirst Team2007 Kole Goodchild

2006 Brad Scherer

Second Team2009 John Borchert Israel Lopez T.G. Schoenberg2005 Brad Scherer

ALL-DIVISION FRESHMAN OF THE YEARDOPKE.com College Sports Reports2002 James McNear

ALL-REGIOND2Football.com First Team 2003 Joseph Mapson Joe Peters2002 Reed Tietz Joe Mapson

Second Team 2006 Eric Power2005 James McNear Eric Power2003 Chris Washington James McNear2002 Joe Peters

Honorable Mention 2005 CJ Sanderson

Don Hansen’s Football Gazette First Team2006 Eric Power2005 Eric Power Antonio Brown2003 Joseph MapsonSecond Team2010 Zach Moore2005 James McNear Ya’Tarrie Brown2003 Brian Doyle Joe Peters Chris Washington Nick Sundsmo2002 Joe Peters Joseph Mapson

Third Team2011 Charles Gilbert2010 Tyler Hendrickson2009 Hayden Vavra2005 Aaron Cawthorn CJ Sanderson2004 Darrion Branscomb2003 James McNear2002 Josh Raphael

Daktronics, Inc. First Team2011 Tyler Hendrickson2010 Denzell BlackmonSecond Team2011 Charles Gilbert Nate Thienes2010 Tyler Hendrickson Hayden Vavra Trevor Glomski Zach Moore2009 Will Brown2006 Tyrone Ruffi n Dan Warnemunde2005 James McNear Ya’Tarrie Brown Antonio Brown Eric Power CJ Sanderson

Verizon2000 Andrew Fleischman

CACTUS BOWL2003 Joe Peters (DL)

EAST PREPS NATIONAL BOWL2011 Tyler Hendrickson Kyle McManus

CDFL D2 VS NAIA BOWL2011 Al Quaye

ALL-AMERICAN BOWL2002 Chad Behnke (OL) Dan Barfknecht (OL) Kevin Steinke (DL) Joe Mapson (All-Purpose - Off. MVP) Tell Hammerstrom (DB) Reed Tietz (DB) Jim Miley (OLB)

LUTHERAN ALL-AMERICANS2000 Andrew Fleischman (1st)1977 Joel Schuldheisz (1st) Tyrone Strickland (2nd) LeRoy McBrayer (2nd)1976 Jeff Wimann (1st) Steve Hauter (2nd) Joel Schuldheisz (Hon. Mention) Ed Doepel (Hon. Mention) Mark Grunst (Hon. Mention)1975 Joel Schuldheisz1973 Ronald Hilk1971 Randy Neal1970 Randy Neal Julius Clausen Wayne Coburn Mike Bailey (Hon. Mention)1969 Mike Bailey (Hon. Mention)

NAIA DIV. II ALL-AMERICANS 1997 Eric Schutte1985 Tim Walther1984 Tim Walther1973 Ron Hilk1972 Ron Hilk (Hon. Mention)

NAIA ALL-DISTRICT 13 First Team1973 Ron Hilk

NSICNEWCOMER OF THE YEAR2010 Denzell Blackmon (Def)2005 Tyrone Ruffi n (Off)2002 James McNear (Off)2001 Joe Mapson (Off)

NSIC OFFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE YEAR2005 James McNear2003 James McNear

UMAC OFFENSIVEPLAYER OF THE YEAR1997 Eric Schutte

NSIC MASTERSON AWARD2000 Andrew Fleischman

NSIC GLEN GALLIGAN AWARD2000 Andrew Fleischman

COACH OF THE YEARNorthern Sun Conference2005 Mark Mauer2003 Shannon Currier

Upper Midwest Conference1997 Tom Cross1988 Tom Cross

NATIONAL PLAYER OF THE WEEK(multiple outlets)2011 Tom Obarski

Taylor Selby Spencer Ohm Charles Gilbert2007 Kole Goodchild2005 James McNear (2)1999 Matt Woodford MINERAL WATER BOWLMOST VALUABLE PLAYERS2005 Eric Power (Def)2003 Chris Washington (Off)

JAMES MCNEAR2005 Harlon Hill Regional Finalist

Signed with Omaha Beef, Indoor Football League,

51 TD in 2011

MIKE BAILEYTwo-time Lutheran

All-American (69-70)Signed with

Dallas Cowboys

TYLER HENDRICKSONTwo-time All-American (10-11)

Upshaw National FinalistSigned with Chicago Bears

CHARLES GILBERTD2Proday All-American

Signed with Jacksonville Jaguars

& St. Louis Rams


ALL-CONFERENCE NORTHERN SUN South Division First Team 2011 Charles Gilbert Tyler Hendrickson Al Quaye2010 Charles Gilbert Tyler Hendrickson Hayden Vavra Zach Moore Trevor Glomski2009 Hayden Vavra2008 T.G. Schoenberg All-NSIC First Team 2006 Kole Goodchild Dan Warnemunde Eric Power Antonio Brown2005 CJ Sanderson Ya’Tarrie Brown James McNear Eric Power Travis Johansen Antonio Brown2004 Miles Coffi n Darrion Branscomb2003 James McNear Chris Washington Joe Peters Joseph Mapson (2x) Brian Doyle2002 Joe Peters Reed Tietz Josh Raphael Joe Mapson2001 Chris Washington Joe Peters Reed Tietz2000 Andrew Fleischman Mike Allen South Div. Second Team 2011 Nate Thienes Chris Campbell Taylor Selby2010 Sam Campbell Kyle McManus Tyler Johnson2009 Trevor Glomski Steven King TG Schoenberg2008 Tyrone Ruffi n Tim Oachs Rojeer Wright All-NSIC Second Team 2007 Duy Huynh Chuck Miesbauer2006 Phil Unger Tyrone Ruffi n Jason Simmons2005 Dan Warnamunde Brandon Sullivan Doug Cox Brody Johnson2004 CJ Sanderson James McNear Matt Ledbetter Wesley Hill (2x) Brian Doyle Chris Dennis Travis Johansen2003 Jesse Miller Nick Sundsmo Darrion Branscomb2002 Nick Sudsmo Chris Washington Phil Alejandrino2001 Chad Behnke Mike Allen Joe Mapson2000 Drew Woods Chris Washington Nick Rice James Miley Korey Gilbert David Gottschalk1999 Ben Coauette

South Div. Hon. Mention 2011 Sam Campbell Tre Mason2010 Denzell Blackmon Arnold Doxie Jason McCalope Spencer Ohm Calvin Simon Al Quaye2009 Will Brown Tyler Hendrickson Calvin Simon2008 John Borchert Mike Kudick Blake Ogletree Dalton Outlaw All-NSIC Hon. Mention 2007 Blake Ogletree Kole Goodchild Eric Tonkin Ben Schumacher Kyle Tidemand Jordan Frain2006 Lonal Van Ben Schumacher Jordan Frain Rojeer Wright2005 Phil Unger Lonal Van Aaron Cawthorn Brian Holmes Antwon Williams2004 Mario Foster Aaron Cawthorn Montez Bridgefourth Travis Mellor Doug Cox2003 Tyrone McCormick Mario Foster Phil Alejandrino Brandon Sullivan Joe Amundson2002 Dan Barfknecht James McNear Corey Parlet Kevin Steinke James Miley Tell Hammerstrom2001 Nick Sudsmo1999 Andy Fleischmann Matt Woodford Dwayne Starr Nate Heiser Adam Schutte

UPPER MIDWEST First Team 1998 Ben Vennes Matt Woodford Adam Schutte1997 Eric Schutte Matt Woodford1996 Lucas Woodford Chris Short Desmond Walker Jon Avery Eric Schutte1994 Steve Mudgett John Voyda Chris Short Jim Holmlund Treco Coggins1993 Joe Florez Terry Gores Mike Hunter Steve Mudgett Scott Arnston Jason Wolter1992 Eric Patterson Terry Gores Scott Arntson Joe Florez1991 Joe Langevin Tom Amundson Tim Stone

Terry Gores Steve Zamzo Mike Fox Steve Jacklitch1990 Bob Hoye Tom Amundson Joe Langevin1989 Tracy Harrell Steve Stoerzinger Joe Langevin1988 Bob Hoye John Smith John Brockopp Steve Stoerzinger Tom Amundson Tracy Harrell Ted Ihns1987 Tracy Harrell Ted Ihns Kevin Lindahl Jim Rubbelke Tim Schiller John Smith1986 Rory Sanders Jim Kirchny Christ Jenkins Craig Jackson Ron Townsend1985 NA1984 NA1983 Joe LaBuda Jim Brown Prentiss Perry Tim Walter John Sedlock1980 Mike Walcheski Reggie Hawes Tom Roddy1979 Stan Tischer LeRoy McBrayer Tyrone Strickland Mark Kuehner1978 LeRoy McBrayer Tyrone Strickland George Altendorfer Ward Maser1977 LeRoy McBrayer1976 Ed Doepel Mark Schultz Joel Schuldheisz Mike Karr Mark Grunst Mark Young1975 Joel Schuldheisz Ed Doepel Second Team 1998 Andrew Fleischman Brent Rohne Ben Coauette Brent Clark Steve Stoeckel Ryan Anderson1997 Aaron Neumann Jessey Ferbeyre Andrew Fleischman1996 Andy Bicek Joe Waalk Matt Woodford Chris Henning1994 Nathan Bell Scott Brommerich Chris Henning Jason Wolter1993 John Voyda Tim Adrian Guy Parker Jim Holmlund1992 Steve Mudgett Dave Mann Jim Holmlund Mike Hunter1991 Dan Edison Nathan Tiarks Joe Florez Scott Arntson1990 Mike Fox

Guy Parker Steve Zamzo Tim Stone1989 Steve Zamzo Bob Hoye1988 Scott Ulbrecht Brad Belsaas1987 Mike Roat Mike Aker Phil Rogers Todd Beck1983 Bill Brooks Randy Brooks Todd Black Louis Johnson1980 Jeff Carlson Dave Jezwinski Barney Patterson1979 Jim Wilson Tom Roddy Russ Schwichtenberg Carlos Ware1978 Jerry Johnson Stan Tischer Mark Young Third Team 1998 Mark Heiser1997 Bobby Hall Honorable Mention 1998 Dawson Blanck DeWayne Palacio Willy Finley1997 Dawson Blanck Todd Zuelke1996 Joe Ferbeyre Paul Drange Todd Zuelke1994 Joe Nusbaum Tim Strohschein Carlo Holleman Jason Miller1993 Scott Brommerich Chris Henning Shawn Capra Brent Filstrup Tony Sanine1992 Pat Hoye Jerry Woodhouse Tim Adrian1991 Steve Mudgett Eric Patterson Rob Hinckley1990 Tim Deller Dean Mills1988 Mike Roat Patrick Martin Tron Clinger Joe Langevin Dean Mills1987 Bob Hoye Dean Mills John Brockopp Tom Motianni Shawn Flandrick Dean Gratz Kevin Meyer1983 Curt Geise Brian Osladil Kevin Pattain1979 Earl Murphy Todd Piechowski Bob Beckler1978 Alan Marxhausen Gary Taylor Randy Rose Jim Wilson Paul Cutler1975 Mark Schultz Mark Young Mark Grunst Steve Hauter Steve Esala Howard Weibold Mike Karr

TWIN RIVER First Team 1981 Tim Dreier Demetrius Garrett Dan Bode Ric Albrecht Sidney Phillips Mark Sikich John Sedlock1980 Mike Walcheski Jeff Carlson Tom Roddy Dave Jezwinski Barney Patterson1979 Stan Tischer Tyrone Strickland LeRoy McBrayer1978 LeRoy McBrayer Tyrone Strickland Gary Taylor George Altendorfer Mark Young Randy Rose Honorable Mention 1980 Roger Lind Jim Munkwitz Tim Drier1979 Mark Kuehner Jim Wilson Russ Schwichtenberg Tom Roddy1978 Stan Tischer Alan Marxhuasen Kevin Schott Jim Wilson Jeff Shoumaker

MISSISSIPPI RIVER First Team 1975 Mark Schultz Mark Grunst Joel Schuldheisz Ed Doepel Steve Esala Howard Weibold

TRI-STATE First Team 1974 Aaron Simmons1973 Tim Heupel Aaron Simmons1972 David Golnitz Ron Hilk John Sieling1971 David Golnitz Mark Mancell Randy Neal Second Team 1971 Paul Roth Honorable Mention 1974 Charlie James Joel Schuldheisz Gary Schultz Bob Strei Jim Strei1972 Rich Heinrichs Tim Heupel Doug Neal Aaron Simons Tom Smuda Bill Souza Mark Wuerffel1971 Tim Heupel Ron Hilk Tom Smuda

BEAR OF THE YEAR AWARD 1969 Mike Bailey (FB)1970 Mike Bailey (FB)1971 Randy Neal (LB)1972 Ron Hilk (C)1973 Aaron Simmons (HB)1974 Bob Strei (FB)1975 Mark Schultz (QB)1976 Joel Schuldheisz (E)1977 Mark Grunst (DB)1978 Tyrone Strickland (WR)1979 Stan Tischer (LB)1980 Dave Jezwinski1981 Tim Dreier (DB)1982 Bill Brooks (QB)1983 Tim Walther (DB)1984 Tim Walther (DB)1985 Tim Walther (DB)1986 Rory Sanders (QB)1987 Jim Rubbelke (QB) Kevin Lindahl (WR)1988 Ted Ihns (OL)1989 John Smith (RB)1990 Bob Hoye (LB)1991 Joe Langevin (WR)1992 Scott Arntson (QB) Eric Patterson (TE)1993 Joe Florez (RB)1994 Steve Mudgett (DE)1995 Chris Short (LB)1996 Chris Short (LB)1997 Eric Schutte (RB)1998 Matt Woodford (LB) Brent Clark (RB)1999 Matt Woodford (LB) Adam Schutte (DB) Ben Coauette (RB)2000 Mike Allen (QB)2001 Chris Washington (RB)2002 James McNear (QB)2003 James McNear (QB)2004 Wesley Hill (WR)2005 James McNear (QB)2006 Jay Schauder (QB) Kole Goodchild (QB)2007 Tyrone Ruffi n (WR)2008 Tyrone Ruffi n (WR)2009 Hayden Vavra (TE)2010 Trevor Glomski (LB)2011 Sam Campbell (RB)

CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIPS 1976 Twin River Upper Midwest1977 Twin River Upper Midwest1978 Twin River1981 Twin River Upper Midwest1982 Upper Midwest1988 Upper Midwest1991 Upper Midwest2003 Northern Sun2005 Northern Sun

JOEL SCHULDHEISZThree-time Lutheran

All-American (1975-77)


YEAR-BY-YEAR RESULTS

1969 | 4-4Griffi n StadiumW-L Opponent Score1-0 Golden Valley Lutheran 40-01-1 Northland 0-272-1 Northwestern (WI) 14-62-2 Waldorf 0-332-3 Mayville State 12-182-4 Pillsbury 12-143-4 Stillwater State 53-64-4 Vermillion 34-12

1970 | 6-2Griffi n StadiumW-L Opponent Score1-0 Midwestern (IA) 38-122-0 Valley City State 45-152-1 Northwestern (WI) 14-153-1 Concordia (WI) 63-04-1 Bethel 36-124-2 Pillsbury 14-455-2 at Concordia (IL) 42-306-2 Northland 32-14

1971 | 4-5 | Tri-State ConferenceGriffi n StadiumW-L Opponent Score0-1 Concordia (NE) 6-280-2 Valley City State 14-151-2 Northwestern (WI) 27-72-2 Maranatha 55-03-2 Bethel 24-63-3 Pillsbury 25-424-3 Sioux Falls 24-164-4 Jamestown 6-124-5 Dubuque 6-35

1972 | 4-4 | 2-3, 3rd Tri-State ConferenceGriffi n StadiumW-L Opponent Score0-1 Concordia (NE) 13-431-1 Northwestern (WI) 14-71-2 Westmar* 14-201-3 Northwestern (IA)* 17-211-4 Sioux Falls* 6-442-4 at Yankton* 6-53-4 Bethel* 45-214-4 Jamestown 25-18

1973 | 2-7 Overall | 0-5, Tri-State Conf.Griffi n (Central) StadiumW-L Opponent Score1-0 Northwestern (MN) 34-191-1 Northwestern (WI) 0-131-2 Westmar* 6-381-3 at Northwestern (IA)* 7-551-4 at Sioux Falls* 0-231-5 Yankton* 7-271-6 at Bethel* 17-192-6 at Pillsbury 40-62-7 Dakota State 15-25

1974 | 2-7 | Tri-State ConferenceGriffi n StadiumW-L Opponent Score1-0 Pillsbury 32-01-1 Northwestern (WI) 6-91-2 Bethel 0-131-3 Westmar 6-171-4 Northwestern (IA) 0-49

1-5 Sioux Falls 6-361-6 Yankton 0-62-6 Martin Luther 7-62-7 Concordia (NE) 0-20

1975 | 3-5 | 2nd, Mississippi River Conf.4th, Upper Midwest ConferenceGriffi n (Central) StadiumW-L Opponent Score0-1 at Dakota State 0-480-2 Northwestern (WI)* 6-271-2 at Bethel (forfeit) 2-02-2 at Pillsbury 13-72-3 at Northwestern (MN)* 13-152-4 Maranatha* 14-273-4 Martin Luther* 13-83-5 at Concordia (NE) 8-36

1976 | 5-4 | 1st, Twin River Conf.t-1st, Upper Midwest ConferenceGriffi n StadiumW-L Opponent Score0-1 Hamline 20-301-1 Pillsbury 41-71-2 Northwestern (WI) 3-212-2 Northwestern (MN) 13-73-2 Martin Luther 21-204-2 at Loras (IA) 15-134-3 Maranatha 16-224-4 Bethel (MN) 7-125-4 Mount Senario 49-0

1977 | 9-1 | 1st, Twin River Conference1st, Upper Midwest ConferenceGriffi n StadiumW-L Opponent Score1-0 Hamline 14-132-0 Pillsbury 29-63-0 Concordia (NE) 40-04-0 Northwestern (WI) 42-65-0 Northwestern (MN) 21-65-1 at Martin Luther 8-146-1 Loras (IA) 14-87-1 Maranatha 57-298-1 Bethel 14-139-1 Mount Senario 49-34

1978 | 5-4 | 3-1, t-1st Twin River Conf.4-2, Upper Midwest ConferenceGriffi n StadiumW-L Opponent Score0-1 Hamline 6-550-2 Concordia (NE) 12-400-3 Northwestern (WI) 13-201-3 Maranatha 31-72-3 Martin Luther 36-323-3 Mount Senario 40-264-3 Pillsbury 31-04-4 Northwestern (MN) 14-315-4 Loras 13-9

1979 | 3-5-1 | 0-3-1 Twin River Conf.3-2-1, 3rd Upper Midwest ConferenceGriffi n StadiumW-L Opponent Score0-1 Hamline 0-440-2 at Southwest State 6-311-2 Northwestern (WI)* 34-332-2 Maranatha* 20-02-2-1 Martin Luther* 14-14

2-3-1 Mount Senario* 26-322-4-1 Pillsbury* 21-262-5-1 Northwestern (MN)* 15-563-5-1 Loras* 51-6

1980 | 3-6 | 2-2, t-2nd Twin River Conf.2-3, 4th Upper Midwest ConferenceGriffi n StadiumW-L Opponent Score0-1 Southwest State 17-360-2 Northwestern (WI)* 3-311-2 Maranatha* 3-02-2 Martin Luther* 20-92-3 Mount Senario* 6-322-4 Northwestern (MN)* 13-352-5 Iowa Weselyan 0-153-5 Pillsbury* 31-133-6 South Dakota 7-10

1981 | 6-3 | 1st, Twin River Conference1st, Upper Midwest ConferenceGriffi n StadiumW-L Opponent Score1-0 Pillsbury 28-31-1 Concordia (WI) 7-282-1 Northwestern (WI) 17-123-1 Maranatha 23-154-1 Martin Luther 18-05-1 Mount Senario 14-66-1 Iowa Weselyan 12-66-2 Northwestern (MN) 14-216-3 South Dakota 0-7

1982 | 6-3 | 4-2, 1st, Upper Midwest Conf.Griffi n StadiumW-L Opponent Score0-1 Sioux Falls 7-261-1 Northwestern (WI) 33-102-1 Maranatha 24-83-1 Martin Luther 39-63-2 Mount Senario 13-443-3 Iowa Weselyan 14-234-3 Northwestern (MN) 3-05-3 Pillsbury 42-146-3 Grinnell 21-17

1983 | 5-4 | 4-2, Upper Midwest Conf.Griffi n Stadium W-L Opponent Score0-1 Sioux Falls 8-301-1 Grinnell 7-01-2 Northwestern (WI)* 10-142-2 Maranatha* 40-73-2 Martin Luther* 15-63-3 Mount Senario* 6-163-4 Iowa Weselyan 8-144-4 Northwestern (MN)* 13-125-4 Pillsbury* 21-6

1984 | 4-5 | Upper Midwest ConferenceGriffi n StadiumW-L Opponent Score0-1 Carleton 0-451-1 Pillsbury 20-61-2 Northwestern (WI) 13-252-2 Maranatha 23-63-2 Martin Luther 14-04-2 Mount Senario 10-34-3 Iowa Weselyan 14-314-4 Northwestern (MN) 6-21

4-5 Mayville State 7-24

1985 | 2-7 | Upper Midwest ConferenceGriffi n StadiumW-L Opponent Score0-1 Carleton 0-581-1 Pillsbury 23-201-2 Northwestern (WI) 19-272-2 Maranatha 15-02-3 Martin Luther 6-202-4 Mount Senario 14-332-5 Iowa Weselyan 19-522-6 Northwestern (MN) 12-482-7 Mayville State 0-39

1986 | 4-5 | 4-2, Upper Midwest Conf.Griffi n StadiumW-L Opponent Score0-1 Luther (IA) 7-411-1 Maranatha* 40-02-1 Martin Luther* 35-142-2 Westmar 18-352-3 Northwestern (MN)* 6-222-4 Northwestern (WI)* 9-123-4 Mount Senario* 35-284-4 Pillsbury* 38-144-5 Aurora (forfeit) 0-2

1987 | 4-5 | 4-1, 2nd Upper MidwestGriffi n Stadium W-L Opponent Score0-1 at Colorado College 10-280-2 Luther (IA) 7-101-2 Maranatha* 36-62-2 at Martin Luther* 34-162-3 at Westmar (IA) 0-713-3 at Northwestern (MN)* 22-164-3 Northwestern (WI)* 41-244-4 Mount Senario* 17-244-5 at Drake (IA) 13-36

1988 | 5-4 | 4-1, 1st, Upper MidwestGriffi n Stadium W-L Opponent Score1-0 Grinnell 29-271-1 at Dakota State 8-92-1 at Maranatha* 14-03-1 Northwestern (WI)* 33-154-1 at Martin Luther* 32-284-2 Mount Senario* 8-444-3 Drake (IA) 7-545-3 at Northwestern (MN)* 17-75-4 vs. Winona State 3-47

1989 | 1-8 | 1-4, Upper Midwest Conf.Griffi n StadiumW-L Opponent Score0-1 at Grinnell 18-190-2 Dakota State 14-211-2 Maranatha* 35-211-3 at Kansas Weselyan 21-461-4 Martin Luther* 24-451-5 at Mount Senario* 18-391-6 at Northwestern (WI)* 10-191-7 Northwestern (MN)* 28-331-8 Concordia (NE) 14-43

1990 | 2-7 | 1-4, Upper Midwest Conf.Griffi n StadiumW-L Opponent Score1-0 Augsburg 14-71-1 Cornell (IA) 0-311-2 at Concordia (NE) 22-252-2 Northwestern (WI)* 40-122-3 at Maranatha* 26-512-4 Mount Senario* 32-332-5 at Northwestern (MN)* 35-432-6 Martin Luther* 14-192-7 at Dakota State 6-25

JOHNCHIAPUZIO

1969-72

18-15 Overall

JACKSURRIDGE

1973-77, 83

26-28 Overall

PAULGRAUER

1978

5-4 Overall

JACKSURRIDGE

1973-77, 83

26-28 Overall

KENNORMAN

1984-86

10-17 Overall

TOMCROSS

1987-97

34-65-1 Ovr

JIMBRAUN

1979-82

18-17-1 Ovr


YEAR-BY-YEAR RESULTS1991 | 5-4 | 4-1, t-1st, Upper MidwestGriffi n StadiumW-L Opponent Score0-1 at Augsburg 14-240-2 at Cornell (IA) 0-371-2 at St. Paul Bible (Crown) 12-62-2 at Northwestern (WI)* 26-143-2 Maranatha* 21-203-3 at Mount Senario* 25-264-3 Northwestern (MN)* 27-245-3 vs. Martin Luther* 15-145-4 Dakota State (forfeit) 0-2

1992 | 2-7 | 1-4, Upper Midwest Conf.W-L Opponent Score0-1 at UW-Superior 22-271-1 at William Penn (IA) 16-01-2 Knox (IL) 6-171-3 at Concordia (WI) 28-492-3 at Martin Luther* 20-02-4 Northwestern (WI)* 27-342-5 at Maranatha* 23-612-6 Mount Senario* 14-472-7 at Northwestern (MN)* 6-48

1993 | 3-6 | 2-3, Upper Midwest Conf.Griffi n StadiumW-L Opponent Score1-0 Crown 28-251-1 William Penn (IA) 19-311-2 at Knox (IL) 12-421-3 at Concordia (WI) 13-522-3 Martin Luther* 28-212-4 at Northwestern (WI)* 13-443-4 Maranatha* 38-363-5 at Mount Senario* 0-243-6 vs. Northwestern (MN)* 6-26

1994 | 3-7 | 2-4, Upper Midwest Conf.Griffi n Stadium W-L Opponent Score0-1 at Crown* 23-251-1 at Minnesota-Crookston 16-01-2 at Lakeland (WI) 17-232-2 Northwestern (WI)* 23-182-3 Wartburg 14-632-4 at Maranatha* 13-422-5 Mount Senario* 21-343-5 Martin Luther* 7-63-6 vs. Northwestern (MN) 7-313-7 at Dayton 7-50

1995 | 0-8-1 | 0-5, Upper Midwest Conf.Griffi n Stadium W-L Opponent Score0-1 Crown* 6-260-2 at St. John’s (MN) 14-610-2-1 Lakeland (WI) 33-330-3-1 at UW-Eau Claire 7-670-4-1 at Wartburg 7-690-5-1 Maranatha* 28-340-6-1 at Mount Senario* 0-370-7-1 Martin Luther* 25-350-8-1 vs. Northwestern (MN)* 19-20

1996 | 4-5 | 2-3, Upper Midwest Conf.Concordia FieldW-L Opponent Score1-0 Trinity Bible (ND) 34-61-1 at St. Thomas 0-412-1 at Westminster (MO) 33-122-2 Dubuque 16-202-3 at Martin Luther* 0-293-3 Crown* 14-63-4 at Maranatha* 7-103-5 Mount Senario* 12-224-5 vs. Northwestern (MN)* 12-3

1997 | 5-4 | 4-2, Upper Midwest Conf.Concordia FieldW-L Opponent Score1-0 at Trinity Bible (ND)* 25-01-1 at St. Thomas 7-492-1 Westminster (MO) 35-282-2 at Dubuque 21-463-2 Martin Luther* 28-264-2 Crown* 39-245-2 Maranatha* 35-265-3 at Mount Senario* 26-495-4 vs. Northwestern (MN)* 20-22

1998 | 5-5 | 3-3, Upper Midwest Conf.Concordia FieldW-L Opponent Score1-0 Madison College 30-01-1 at St. John’s (MN) 6-632-1 Crown* 48-63-1 at Principia 46-73-2 Martin Luther* 21-273-3 Kentucky Weselyan 7-244-3 at Trinity Bible (ND)* 28-04-4 Maranatha* 13-214-5 at Mount Senario* 22-535-5 vs. Northwestern (MN)* 31-20

1999 | 2-8 | 2-6, t-8th, Northern SunGriffi n StadiumW-L Opponent Score0-1 at South Dakota Tech 7-230-2 Northern State* 17-421-2 at Minnesota-Morris* 43-211-3 at Bemidji State* 7-542-3 Minnesota Duluth* 35-272-4 at Wayne State* 21-392-5 Winona State* 12-382-6 vs. Minnesota-Crookston* 14-522-7 at Southwest State* 0-442-8 at Mayville State 6-21

2000 | 7-3 | 5-3, t-3rd, Northern Sun1-0 South Dakota Tech 35-162-0 at Westminster (MO) 42-02-1 at Northern State* 14-413-1 Minnesota-Morris* 38-74-1 Bemidji State* 19-85-1 at Minnesota Duluth* 37-276-1 Wayne State* 37-346-2 at Winona State* 23-246-3 at Minnesota-Crookston* 20-277-3 vs. Southwest State* 31-28

2001 | 8-3 | 6-3, 3rd, Northern SunGriffi n StadiumW-L Opponent Score1-0 Mayville State 42-02-0 Westminster (MO) 63-283-0 MSU Moorhead* 31-284-0 Northern State* 12-25-0 at Minnesota-Morris* 56-36-0 at Bemidji State* 42-276-1 Minnesota Duluth* 16-197-1 at Wayne State* 14-117-2 Winona State* 17-357-3 at Minnesota-Crookston* 50-548-3 vs. Southwest State* 35-27

2002 | 9-2 | 7-2, 3rd, Northern SunGriffi n StadiumW-L Opponent Score1-0 at Concordia (NE) 44-262-0 UW-River Falls 26-213-0 at MSU Moorhead* 35-284-0 at Nothern State* 24-215-0 Minnesota-Morris* 63-06-0 Bemidji State* 38-146-1 at Minnesota Duluth* 12-367-1 Wayne State* 38-177-2 at Winona State* 12-558-2 Minnesota-Crookston* 48-79-2 vs. SW Minnesota State* 48-13

2003 | 8-4 | 7-1, t-1st Northern SunGriffi n Stadium | ^ - Mineral Water BowlW-L Opponent Score0-1 at South Dakota 28-341-1 at UW-River Falls 42-202-1 Bemidji State* 28-143-1 at MSU Moorhead* 34-174-1 Winona State* 26-235-1 at SW Minnesota State* 37-196-1 Northern State* 59-526-2 at Minnesota Duluth* 33-567-2 Wayne State* 49-78-2 vs. Minnesota-Crookston* 28-108-3 at North Dakota State 24-588-4 vs. Missouri Western^ 14-24

2004 | 7-4 | 4-3, 4th, Northern SunGriffi n Stadium W-L Opponent Score1-0 at Augustana 17-162-0 Minnesota Duluth 38-63-0 UW-River Falls 47-253-1 at Minnesota State 20-453-2 at Bemidji State* 27-474-2 Northern State* 35-145-2 at Minnesota-Crookston* 36-136-2 MSU Moorhead* 34-206-3 at Wayne State* 25-287-3 SW Minnesota State* 63-217-4 vs. Winona State* 41-49

2005 | 9-3 | 6-1, t-1st, Northern SunGriffi n Stadium | ^ - Mineral Water BowlW-L Opponent Score1-0 Augustana 33-301-1 at Minnesota Duluth 10-312-1 at UW-River Falls 26-213-1 Minnesota State 35-214-1 Bemidji State* 55-484-2 at Northern State* 19-205-2 Minnesota-Crookston* 73-136-2 at MSU Moorhead* 48-207-2 Wayne State* 46-208-2 at SW Minnesota State* 21-179-2 vs. Winona State* 35-219-3 vs. Missouri Western^ 23-35

2006 | 5-6 | 4-4, t-3rd, Northern SunGriffi n StadiumW-L Opponent Score0-1 at North Dakota State 7-660-2 Augustana 16-351-2 Northern State* 28-202-2 at U-Mary 22-192-3 Winona State* 17-242-4 SW Minnesota State* 21-232-5 at MSU Moorhead* 17-203-5 at Upper Iowa* 41-144-5 at Wayne State* 27-244-6 vs. Bemidji State* 7-275-6 vs. Minnesota, Crookston* 49-0

2007 | 4-7 | 3-6, t-6th, Northern SunGriffi n StadiumW-L Opponent Score1-0 at Augustana 20-191-1 at Central Missouri 24-561-2 at Northern State* 9-151-3 U-Mary* 20-371-4 at Winona State* 7-281-5 at SW Minnesota State* 19-242-5 MSU Moorhead* 46-413-5 Upper Iowa* 20-173-6 Wayne State* 44-483-7 at Bemidji State* 21-474-7 vs. Minnesota, Crookston* 48-0

2008 | 4-7 | 3-7, 10th, Northern SunGriffi n StadiumW-L Opponent Score0-1 Minnesota Duluth* 0-401-1 Minot State 55-132-1 MSU Moorhead* 27-232-2 at Winona State* 10-372-3 Augustana* 21-423-3 at U-Mary* 17-73-4 at Minnesota State* 0-353-5 SW Minnesota State* 28-384-5 Upper Iowa* 23-144-6 at Wayne State* 17-414-7 at Bemidji State* 12-24

2009 | 3-8 | 3-7, 10th, Northern SunSea Foam StadiumW-L Opponent Score0-1 at Minnesota Duluth* 0-561-1 at Minot State 21-242-1 at MSU Moorhead* 45-352-2 Winona State* 24-452-3 at Augustana* 23-303-3 U-Mary* 7-273-4 Minnesota State* 3-543-5 at SW Minnesota State* 29-174-5 at Upper Iowa* 57-564-6 Wayne State* 21-264-7 Bemidji State* 20-35

2010 | 8-4 | 7-3, 4th, Northern SunSea Foam Stadium | ̂ - Mineral Water BowlW-L Opponent Score1-0 Minot State 38-171-1 St. Cloud State* 10-352-1 at Northern State* 27-173-1 at Minnesota State* 28-263-2 Augustana* 16-224-2 Bemidji State* 20-145-2 at Wayne State* 17-145-3 Winona State* 28-316-3 at Minnesota-Crookston* 41-77-3 Upper Iowa* 56-78-3 at SW Minnesota State* 32-148-4 vs. Pittsburg State^ 9-13

2011 | 6-5 | 5-5, 8th, Northern SunSea Foam StadiumW-L Opponent Score1-0 at Minot State 43-311-1 at St. Cloud State* 13-412-1 Northern State* 27-222-2 Minnesota State* 34-572-3 at Augustana* 13-372-4 at Bemidji State* 7-203-4 Wayne State* 27-243-5 at Winona State* 24-584-5 Minnesota-Crookston* 38-205-5 vs. Upper Iowa* 20-196-5 vs. SW Minnesota State* 60-53

2012 | 0-0 | 0-0, Northern SunSea Foam StadiumW-L Opponent ScoreSep 1 U-Mary* 1 p.m.Sep 8 at Minnesota-Crookston* 1 p.m.Sep 15 Minnesota Duluth* 6 p.m.Sep 22 at Northern State* 1 p.m.Sep 29 at Minnesota State* 2 p.m.Oct 6 Upper Iowa* 12 p.m.Oct 13 at Sioux Falls* 6:30 p.m.Oct 20 Wayne State* 1 p.m.Oct 27 Augustana* 1 p.m.Nov 3 at SW Minnesota State* 1 p.m.Nov 10 at Winona State* 1 p.m.

DANO’BRIEN

1998-99

7-13 Overall

SHANNONCURRIER

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MARKMAUER

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40-39 Overall

RYANWILLIAMS

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ALL-TIME VS. OPPONENTAUGSBURG (1-1)1990 H W 14-71991 A L 14-24

AUGUSTANA (3-5)2004 A W 17-162005 H W 33-302006 H L 16-35 2007 A W 20-192008 H L 21-422009 A L 23-302010 H L 16-222011 A L 13-37

AURORA (0-1)1986 L 0-2 forfeit

BEMIDJI STATE (6-7)1999 A L 7-542000 H W 19-82001 A W 42-272002 H W 38-142003 H W 28-142004 A L 27-472005 H W 55-48 2OT2006 N L 7-272007 A L 21-472008 A L 12-242009 H L 20-352010 H W 20-142011 A L 7-20

BETHEL (5-3)1970 W 36-121971 W 24-61972 H W 45-211973 A L 17-191974 L 0-131975 A W 2-01976 L 7-121977 W 14-13

CARLETON (0-2)1984 L 0-451985 L 0-58

CENTRAL MISSOURI (0-1)2007 A L 24-56

COLORADO COLLEGE (0-1) 1987 A L 10-28

CONCORDIA (IL) (1-0)1970 A W 42-30

CONCORDIA (NE) (2-7)1971 L 6-281972 L 13-431974 L 0-201975 A L 8-361977 W 40-01978 L 12-401989 H L 14-431990 A L 22-252002 A W 44-26

CONCORDIA (WI) (1-3)1970 W 63-01981 L 7-281992 A L 28-491993 A L 13-52

CORNELL (IA) (0-2)1990 H L 0-311991 A L 0-37

CROWN / ST. PAUL BIBLE (5-2)1991 A W 12-61993 H W 28-251994 A L 23-251995 H L 6-261996 H W 14-61997 H W 39-241998 H W 48-6

DAKOTA STATE (0-6)1973 H L 15-251975 A L 0-481988 A L 8-91989 H L 14-211990 A L 6-251991 L 0-2 (forfeit)

DAYTON (OH) (0-1)1994 A L 7-50

DRAKE (IA) (0-2)1987 A L 13-361988 H L 7-54

DUBUQUE (IA) (0-3)1971 L 6-351996 H L 16-201997 A L 21-46

GOLDEN VALLEY LUTH. (1-0)1969 W 40-0

GRINNELL (IA) (3-1)1982 W 21-171983 W 7-01988 H W 29-271989 A L 18-19

HAMLINE (1-3)1976 L 20-301977 W 14-131978 L 6-551979 L 0-44

IOWA WESLEYAN (1-5)1980 L 0-151981 W 12-61982 L 15-231983 L 8-141984 L 14-311985 L 19-52

JAMESTOWN (ND) (1-1)1971 L 6-121972 W 25-18

KANSAS WESLEYAN (0-1)1989 A L 21-46

KENTUCKY WESLEYAN (0-1)1998 H L 7-24

KNOX (IL) (0-2)1992 H L 6-171993 A L 12-42

LAKELAND (WI) (0-1-1)1994 A L 17-231995 H T 33-33

LORAS (IA) (4-0)1976 W 15-131977 W 14-81978 W 13-91979 W 51-6

LUTHER COLLEGE (IA) (0-2)1986 L 7-411987 H L 7-10

MADISON COLLEGE (1-0)1998 H W 30-0

MARANATHA BAPTIST (17-8)1971 W 55-01975 H L 14-271976 L 16-221977 W 57-291978 W 31-71979 W 20-01980 W 3-01981 W 23-151982 W 24-81983 W 40-71984 W 23-6

1985 W 15-01986 W 40-01987 H W 36-61988 A W 14-01989 H W 35-211990 A L 26-511991 H W 21-201992 A L 23-611993 H W 38-361994 A L 13-421995 H L 28-341996 A L 7-101997 H W 35-261998 H L 13-21

MARTIN LUTHER (17-7-1)1974 W 7-61975 H W 13-81976 W 21-201977 A L 8-141978 W 36-321979 T 14-141980 W 20-91981 W 18-01982 W 39-61983 W 15-61984 W 14-01985 L 6-201986 W 35-141987 A W 34-161988 A W 32-281989 H L 24-451990 H L 14-191991 N W 15-141992 A W 20-01993 H W 28-211994 H W 7-61995 H L 25-351996 A L 0-291997 H W 28-261998 H L 21-27

U-MARY (ND) (2-2)2006 A W 22-192007 H L 20-372008 A W 17-72009 H L 7-27

MAYVILLE STATE (ND) (1-4)1969 L 12-181984 L 7-241985 L 0-391999 A L 6-212001 H W 42-0

MIDWESTERN (IA) (1-0)1970 W 38-12

MINN.-CROOKSTON (9-3)1994 A W 16-01999 N L 14-522000 A L 20-272001 A L 50-542002 H W 48-72003 N W 28-102004 A W 36-132005 H W 73-132006 N W 49-02007 N W 48-02010 A W 41-72011 H W 38-20

MINNESOTA DULUTH (3-6)1999 H W 35-272000 A W 37-272001 H L 16-192002 A L 12-362003 A L 33-562004 H W 38-62005 A L 10-312008 H L 0-402009 A L 0-56

MINNESOTA-MORRIS (4-0)1999 A W 43-212000 H W 37-7

2001 A W 56-32002 H W 63-0

MINNESOTA STATE (2-4)2004 A L 20-452005 H W 35-212008 A L 0-352009 H L 3-542010 A W 28-262011 H L 34-57

MSU MOORHEAD (8-1)2001 H W 31-282002 A W 35-282003 A W 34-172004 H W 34-202005 A W 48-202006 A L 18-202007 H W 46-412008 H W 27-232009 A W 45-35

MINOT STATE (3-1)2008 H W 55-132009 A L 21-242010 H W 38-172011 A W 43-31

MISSOURI WESTERN ST. (0-2)2003 N L 14-242005 N L 23-35

MOUNT SENARIO (WI) (6-17)1976 W 49-01977 W 49-341978 W 40-261979 L 26-321980 L 6-321981 W 14-61982 L 13-441983 L 6-161984 W 10-31985 L 14-331986 W 35-281987 H L 17-241988 H L 8-441989 A L 18-391990 H L 32-331991 A L 25-261992 H L 14-471993 A L 0-241994 A L 21-341995 A L 0-371996 H L 12-221997 A L 26-491998 A L 22-53

NORTH DAKOTA ST. (0-2)2003 A L 24-582006 A L 7-66

NORTHERN STATE (7-4)1999 H L 17-422000 A L 14-412001 H W 12-22002 A W 24-212003 H W 59-522004 H W 35-132005 A L 19-202006 H W 28-202007 A L 9-152010 A W 27-172011 H W 27-22

NORTHLAND (WI) (1-1)1969 L 0-271970 W 32-14

NORTHWESTERN (IA) (0-3)1972 L 17-211973 A L 7-551974 L 0-49

NORTHWESTERN (MN) (10-15)1973 H W 34-191975 A L 13-15

1976 H W 13-71977 A W 21-61978 A L 14-311979 A L 15-561980 H L 13-351981 A L 14-211982 H W 3-01983 A W 13-121984 H L 6-211985 A L 12-481986 H L 6-221987 A W 22-161988 A W 17-71989 H L 28-331990 A L 35-431991 H W 27-241992 N L 6-481993 N L 6-261994 N L 7-311995 N L 19-201996 N W 12-31997 N L 20-221998 N W 31-20

NORTHWESTERN (WI) (12-14)1969 H W 14-61970 L 14-151971 W 27-71972 W 14-71973 H L 0-131974 L 6-91975 H L 27-61976 L 3-211977 W 42-61978 L 13-201979 W 34-331980 L 31-31981 W 17-121982 W 33-101983 L 10-141984 L 13-251985 L 19-251986 L 9-121987 H W 41-241988 H W 33-151989 A L 10-191990 H W 40-121991 A W 26-141992 H L 27-341993 A L 13-441994 H W 23-18

PILLSBURY (13-4)1969 L 12-141970 L 14-451971 L 25-421973 A W 40-61974 W 32-01975 A W 13-71976 W 41-71977 W 29-61978 W 31-01979 L 21-261980 W 31-131981 W 28-31982 W 42-141983 W 21-61984 W 20-61985 W 23-201986 W 38-14

PITTSBURG STATE (KS) (0-1)2010 N L 9-13

PRINCIPIA (1-0)1998 A W 46-7

ST. CLOUD STATE (0-2)2010 H L 10-352011 A L 13-41

ST. JOHN’S (0-2)1995 A L 14-611998 A L 6-63


ALL-TIME VS. OPPONENTST. THOMAS (0-2)1996 A L 0-411997 A L 7-49

SIOUX FALLS (1-5)1971 W 24-161972 L 6-441973 A L 0-231974 L 6-361982 L 7-261983 L 8-30

SOUTH DAKOTA (0-3)1980 L 7-101981 L 0-72003 A L 28-34

SOUTH DAKOTA TECH (1-1)1999 A L 7-232000 H W 35-16

SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA STATE (9-6)1979 A L 6-311980 H L 17-361999 A L 0-442000 H W 31-282001 N W 35-272002 N W 48-132003 A W 37-192004 H W 63-212005 A W 21-172006 H L 21-232007 A L 19-242008 H L 28-382009 A W 29-172010 A W 32-142011 N W 60-53

STILLWATER STATE (1-0)1969 W 53-6

TRINITY BIBLE (ND) (3-0)1996 H W 34-61997 A W 25-01998 A W 28-0

UPPER IOWA (6-0)2006 A W 41-142007 H W 20-172008 H W 23-142009 A W 57-56 2OT2010 H W 56-72011 N W 20-19

VALLEY CITY STATE (1-1)1970 W 45-151971 L 14-15

VERMILLION (1-0)1969 W 34-12

WALDORF (1-0)1969 L 0-33

WARTBURG (0-2)1994 H L 14-631995 A L 7-69

WAYNE STATE (8-5)1999 A L 21-392000 H W 37-342001 A W 14-112002 H W 38-172003 H W 49-72004 A L 25-282005 H W 46-202006 A W 27-242007 H L 44-482008 A L 17-412009 H L 21-262010 A W 17-142011 H W 27-24

WESTMAR (IA) (0-5)1972 L 14-201973 H L 6-381974 L 6-171986 H L 18-351987 L 0-71

WESTMINSTER (MO) (4-0)1996 A W 33-121997 H W 35-282000 A W 42-02001 H W 63-28

WILLIAM PENN (IA) (1-1)1992 A W 16-01993 H L 19-31

WINONA STATE (2-12)1988 N L 3-471999 H L 12-382000 A L 23-242001 H L 17-352002 A L 12-552003 H W 23-20 OT2004 N L 41-492005 N W 35-212006 H L 17-242007 A L 7-282008 A L 10-372009 H L 24-452010 H L 28-312011 A L 24-58

UW-EAU CLAIRE (0-1)1995 A L 7-67

UW-RIVER FALLS (4-0)2002 H W 26-212003 A W 42-202004 H W 47-252005 A W 26-21

UW-SUPERIOR (0-1)1992 A L 22-27

YANKTON (SD) (1-2)1972 W 6-51973 H L 7-271974 L 0-6

YEAR-BY-YEAR W-LYear Ovr Conf Conf1969 4-4 1970 6-21971 4-5 Tri State1972 4-4 2-3 Tri State1973 2-7 0-5 Tri State1974 2-7 Tri State1975 3-5 MR/UM1976 5-4 TR/UM1977 9-1 TR/UM1978 5-4 3-1/4-2 TR/UM1979 3-5-1 0-3-1/3-2-1 TR/UM1980 3-6 2-2/2-3 TR/UM1981 6-3 TR/UM1982 6-3 4-2 UMAC1983 5-4 4-2 UMAC1984 4-5 UMAC1985 2-7 UMAC1986 4-5 4-2 UMAC1987 4-5 4-1 UMAC1988 5-4 4-1 UMAC1989 1-8 1-4 UMAC1990 2-7 1-4 UMAC1991 5-4 4-1 UMAC1992 2-7 1-4 UMAC1993 3-6 2-3 UMAC1994 3-7 2-4 UMAC1995 0-8-1 0-5 UMAC1996 4-5 2-3 UMAC1997 5-4 4-2 UMAC1998 5-5 3-3 UMAC1999 2-8 2-6 NSIC2000 7-3 5-3 NSIC2001 8-3 6-3 NSIC2002 9-2 7-2 NSIC2003 8-4 7-1 NSIC2004 7-4 4-3 NSIC2005 9-3 6-1 NSIC2006 5-6 4-4 NSIC2007 4-7 3-6 NSIC2008 4-7 3-7 NSIC2009 3-8 3-7 NSIC2010 8-4 7-3 NSIC2011 6-5 5-5 NSIC

BY WINNING PERCENTAGEOpponent W L T Pct. LastUpper Iowa 6 0 0 1.000 2011Wisconsin-River Falls 4 0 0 1.000 2005Minnesota-Morris 4 0 0 1.000 2002Westminster (MO) 4 0 0 1.000 2001Loras (IA) 4 0 0 1.000 1979Trinity (ND) 3 0 0 1.000 1998Madison College 1 0 0 1.000 1998Principia 1 0 0 1.000 1998Concordia (IL) 1 0 0 1.000 1970Midwestern (IA) 1 0 0 1.000 1970Golden Valley Lutheran 1 0 0 1.000 1969Stillwater State 1 0 0 1.000 1969Vermillion 1 0 0 1.000 1969MSU Moorhead 8 1 0 .889 2009Pillsbury 13 4 0 .765 1986Minnesota, Crookston 9 3 0 .750 2011 Minot State 3 1 0 .750 2011Grinnell (IA) 3 1 0 .750 1989Crown/St. Paul Bible 5 2 0 .714 1998Martin Luther 17 7 1 .700 1998Maranatha (WI) 17 8 0 .680 1998Northern State 7 4 0 .636 2011Bethel 5 3 0 .625 1977Wayne State 8 5 0 .615 2011SW Minnesota State 9 6 0 .600 2011U-Mary (ND) 2 2 0 .500 2009South Dakota Tech 1 1 0 .500 2001William Penn (IA) 1 1 0 .500 1993Augsburg 1 1 0 .500 1991Jamestown (ND) 1 1 0 .500 1972Valley City State 1 1 0 .500 1971Northland (WI) 1 1 0 .500 1970Northwestern (WI) 12 14 0 .462 1994Bemidji State 6 7 0 .462 2011Northwestern (MN) 10 15 0 .400 1998Augustana 3 5 0 .375 2011Minnesota Duluth 3 6 0 .333 2009Minnesota State 2 4 0 .333 2011Yankton (SD) 1 2 0 .333 1974 Mount Senario (WI) 6 17 0 .261 1998Concordia (WI) 1 3 0 .250 1993Hamline 1 3 0 .250 1979Lakeland (WI) 0 1 1 .250 1995Concordia (NE) 2 7 0 .222 2002Mayville State 1 4 0 .200 2001Iowa Wesleyan 1 5 0 .167 1985Sioux Falls 1 5 0 .167 1983Winona State 2 12 0 .143 2011Pittsburg State (KS) 0 1 0 .000 2010Central Missouri 0 1 0 .000 2007Kentucky Wesleyan 0 1 0 .000 1998Wisconsin-Eau Claire 0 1 0 .000 1995Dayton (OH) 0 1 0 .000 1994Wisconsin-Superior 0 1 0 .000 1992Kansas Wesleyan 0 1 0 .000 1989Colorado College 0 1 0 .000 1987Aurora 0 1 0 .000 1986 Waldorf (IA) 0 1 0 .000 1969St. Cloud State 0 2 0 .000 2011North Dakota State 0 2 0 .000 2006Missorui Western State 0 2 0 .000 2005St. John’s 0 2 0 .000 1998St. Thomas 0 2 0 .000 1997Wartburg (A) 0 2 0 .000 1995Knox (IL) 0 2 0 .000 1993Cornell (IA) 0 2 0 .000 1991Drake (IA) 0 2 0 .000 1988Luther (IA) 0 2 0 .000 1987Carleton 0 2 0 .000 1985South Dakota 0 3 0 .000 2003Dubuque (IA) 0 3 0 .000 1997Northwestern (IA) 0 3 0 .000 1974Westmar (IA) 0 5 0 .000 1987Dakota State 0 6 0 .000 1991

TYRONE RUFFIN2006 All-Region & 2005

NSIC Newcomer of the Year

LEROY MCBRAYER1977 Second Team

Lutheran All-American

CHRIS WASHINGTONHolds Career Rushing &Scoring records at CSP

PAUL ROTH2012 Athletic Hall of Fame1971 All-Tri-State Conf.

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Tre MasonWR | Sr. | League City, Texas

Nathan MaherLB | Sr. | Rockford, Minn.

Lance SmithRB | Sr. | Queens, N.Y.

Jason WhiteRB | Sr. | Davenport, Iowa

Cody JohnsonTE/H | Sr. | Burnsville, Minn.

Philip BarlowDB | Sr. | Golden Valley, Minn.

Zack SieberOL | Sr. | Minnetonka, Minn.

Zach ElliottOL | Sr. | Ham Lake, Minn.

Nate ThienesTE/H | Sr. | Lake Elmo, Minn.

Teddy ChapaDL | Sr. | Dayton, Ohio

Christian MohanDL | Sr. | Lancaster, Calif.

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Mike WillettDB | Jr. | Woodbury, Minn.

Tre MasonWR | Sr. | League City, Texas

Zach MooreDL | Jr. | Chicago

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10SMSU

awayNov 31:00

11WSUaway

Nov 101:00

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