TEAM RECORD, LEAGUE FINISH IN 2016
0-10 overall, 0-9 in OAC
HEAD COACH
Bryan Moore, first year head coach
HEAD COACH’S RECORD
0-0
COACHES IN PROGRAM
Corey Filipovich, Brad Watkins, Matt Byrne, Hayden Thomas, Marque Jones Sr, Will Isaac, Will Bowman, Jaylin Kennedy, Eric Fox, Josh Sams, Brandon Peluso
NUMBER OF STARTERS RETURNING
14
NUMBER OF RETURNING LETTER WINNERS
48
KEY PLAYERS RETURNING
Luke Creditt, PJ Meyer, Eric Flynn Jr, Sterling Clark, Lane Hacker, Saul Boysel, Tim Murphy, David Henry, CJ Thompson, Bryan Gonzalez, Jay Higgins, T. Narcisse-Murphy.
KEY NEWCOMERS
Tre’Quez Parks, Olien Kiel, Cam Crayton, LeRoy Wilson, Tavion Bryant, Chris Jurski, Dylan Fawley, Kenny Jones, Aaron Johnston, Kyle Barrett, Ameer Jackson (Transfer)
KEY PLAYERS LOST
K Grant Brown – 4 year starter; RB Chase Manica – 3 year starter, finished with 1,476 career yards and 10 touchdowns
RIGHT NOW I LIKE
Our front 7 on defense. They did a great job in our Anderson scrimmage of controlling the line of scrimmage and making the quarterback uncomfortable. The defense has shown a great improvement in their pursuit of the football. Coach Filli and his staff have done a great job of getting these guys to understand how important it is to run to the ball on every play and improve their tackling.
Offensively, I was most happy that we didn’t turn the ball over at all on offense in our scrimmage. Wilmington has averaged nearly 3 turnovers a game over the past 5 years. We had great balance in our run game and short passing game.
WE STILL NEED TO IMPROVE ON
Alignments and assignments!! The first thing that can get you beat on Saturday’s is not knowing where to align or what your specific responsibility is on every snap. Both sides of the ball are learning new schemes and we are mixing in a lot of freshman into the Two-Deep. Our football IQ has to improve if we are going to be competitive. A lot of that comes with reps. Our coaches are trying to learn our personnel and adjust our schemes to fit what the players can do and learn in a short amount of time.
Our kicking game also needs to show dramatic improvement over what they have shown in years past. We cannot afford to give away points and/or possessions with our special teams units.
SCHEDULE
Sept 2 vs Earlham 130 pm @WC
Sept 16 @Otterbein 2 pm
Sept 23 vs Capital 730 pm @WC
(Youth Football and Community Day)
Sept 30 @John Carroll 130 pm
Oct 7 @Baldwin-Wallace 2 pm
Oct 14 vs Marietta 2 pm @WC
Oct 21 vs Mount Union 130 pm @WC
Oct 28 @Heidelberg 130 pm
Nov 4 vs Ohio Northern 130 pm @WC
Nov 11 @Muskingum 1 pm
ROSTER
Kyle Barrett, Fr, QB, Beechcroft
Jay Higgins, Jr, DB, Cooper City (Fla)
CJ Thompson, Sr, LB, Cin Northwest
William White, Fr, QB, Fern Creek (Ky)
Broderick Smith Fr, Huron (Mich)
Gino Hinton, Jr, RB, Maple Heights
Eric Flynn Jr, Sr, RB, Cle Cent Catholic
Steve Broussard, So, LB, Ft Lauderdale
Deshawn Maddox, So, WR, Capital Hts (Md)
Cam Crayton, Fr, DB, Kett Fairmont
Ameer Jackson, Fr, WR, Cle Brush
Kenny Jones, Fr, RB, Gamble Montessori
Dusty Lykins, So, QB, Little Miami
Brandon Middleton, Jr, LB, Garfield Hts
James Andrews, Fr, DB, Gamble Montessori
Luke Creditt, Sr, QB, Waynesville
Darnell Harrison II, Fr, WR, Day Dunbar
Bryan Gonzalez, So, LB, Jackson
Jed Asmus, So, DL, Hillsboro
Dylan Voltz, Jr, WR, Madison Plains
Dre Chin, So, DB, Coral Gables (Fla)
Tyler Wilson, Fr, DB, West Carrollton
Nick Riley, Fr, HB, Day Carroll
Deavyn Jones, Fr, DB, Kett Fairmont
Olen Kell, Fr, DB, Lebanon
Aaron Johnson, Fr, RB, Glen Este
Zayne Hart, Fr, WR, Carlisle
Parris Weathersby, Fr, DB, Holy Cross (Ky)
Malik Pettiford, Jr, HB, Washington Sr
Eli Altherr, Fr, RB, Amelia
Zach Zurface, So, DB, Washington Sr
Jacolby Wilson, So, HB, Boynton Beach (Fla)
Tavion Bryant, Fr, LB, Col Beechcroft
Eric Mullins, Fr, DB, Piketon
Aaron Volle, So, LB, Olmstead Falls
Tre’Quez Parks, Fr, DB, Col Beechcroft
Trevontea Owens, Fr, LB, Redford Union (Mich)
Leroy Wilson, Fr, DB, Cin Princeton
Chris Baer, Fr, RB, Little Miami
Derek McCall, Fr, DB, Triad
Nik Logic, Sr, LB, Sidney
Mike Acquaviva, So, HB, Coral Springs (Fla)
Ryan Murphy, So, DL, Brush
Ian Darras, Fr, K, Celina
Chris Silhavy, Fr, RB, West Union
Thomas Westmoreland, Fr, DB, Whitney Young
Luke Newton, Fr, LB, Clermont NE
David Henry, Sr, DL, Wilmington
Austin Brockman, Sr, LB, Fayetteville
Tyree Camara, Fr, LB, Col Africentric
Zach McLaren, Fr, LB, Spotsylvania (Va)
Kevin Shamp, Fr, K, Badin
Victor Pinnock, Sr, OL, Howard Blake (Fla)
Tyler Hayward, Fr, LB, Amelia
Dylan Fawley, Fr, OL, Blanchester
Kyle Ackley, Jr, DL, Ben Logan
Bernard Ross, So, DL, Ft Lauderdale (Fla)
Saul Boysel, Jr, OL, Ben Logan
Lane Hacker, Sr, OL, South Putnam (Ind)
Brian Kajuna, So, DL, Canal Winchester
Darren Milligan, Sr, DL, Carlisle
Caleb McCrady, Fr, Dl, Fairfield Union
Chris Jurski, Fr, OL, Perrysburg
Sam Fruchtenicht, Fr, OL, Holy Cross (Ky)
Nick Moore, So, OL, Carlisle
Kelvin Valdes, So, OL, Felix Verela (Fla)
Dakota Fultz, Fr, OL, Clermont NE
George Thompson, Fr, OL, Fayetteville
Ed Cook, So, OL, South Fork
Zane Usinger, Fr, OL, Springfield (Ill.)
Sterling Clark, Sr, OL, Cin Northwest
Lawrence Green, Sr, DL, Edgewood
Eric Lundquist, So, OL, Hermods Gym (Sweden)
Nick Rice, Fr, OL, Bracken Co (Ky)
Josiah Johnson, So, OL, River Valley
Ben Petrey, Fr, OL, Bourbon Co
Tucker Thornberry, Fr, OL, Clermont NE
Donovan Hays, Fr, DL, Marion-Franklin
Zach Phillips, Jr, WR, Greenville
AJ Hightower, So, WR, Tipton Rosemark Aca (Tn)
Kysean Yorker, Fr, WR, Northeast (Fla)
PJ Meyer, Sr, WR, Cin Elder
Matt Creditt, So, WR, Wilmington
Tim Murphy, Sr, HB, Grandview Hts
Travis Veach, Fr, WR, Piketon
Joel Armistad, Fr, WR, Cin Princeton
Deric French, F, WR, Eastern (Ind)
Tyler Kingus, Fr, WR, Fayetteville
Ryan Prince, Sr, DE, Urbana
Kyle Norman, Fr, DL, Springboro
Terrance Narcisse-Murphy, Sr, DE, Lyman (Fla)
Joe Shuga, Fr, K, Botkins
Michael Vargo, So, DL, Avon
Nolan Keller, So, DL, Cin LaSalle
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