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2002 Football Roster

Coaches
Bobby Johnson | Head Coach
Bruce Fowler | Defensive Coordinator
Ted Cain | Offensive Coordinator/Tight Ends Coach
Jimmy Kiser | Quarterbacks Coach
Robbie Caldwell | Assistant Head Coach/Offensive Line Coach
Warren Belin | Linebackers Coach
J.D. Hall | Wide Recievers Coach
Charlie Fisher | Running Backs Coach
David Turner | Recruiting Coordinator/Defensive Line Coach
Jamie Bryant | Defensive Backs
John Sisk | Director of Speed, Strength, & Conditioning

Numerical Roster | Alphabetical Roster | Pronunciation | By Class | Depth Chart
# Name Pos. Ht Wt Cl Year Hometown/High School
1 Steven Bright QB 6-3 208 Fr-HS 1st Greer, SC/Riverside
2 Grant Brigham WR 6-0 170 Fr-HS 1st Mountain Brook, Ala/Mountain Brook
3 Benji Walker QB 6-4 216 Jr-2L 4th Brentwood, Tenn/Brentwood Academy
4 Ryan Cuffee WR 5-11 202 Sr-3L 4th Arlington, Tx/James Martin
5 Aaron McWhorter CB 6-1 195 Sr-3L 5th Ft. Worth, Texas/O.D. Wyatt
6 Jay Cutler QB 6-4 208 Fr-RS 2nd Santa Claus, Ind. /Heritage Hills
7 Mike Martin FS 5-10 196 Sr-3L 4th Tampa, Fla./Jesuit
8 Cheron Thompson CB 5-11 192 So-RS 2nd Atlanta, Ga. / F. Douglass
9 Norval McKenzie RB 5-11 202 So1L 3rd Powder Springs, Ga. /McEachern
10 Dominique Morris CB 6-0 195 Fr. -RS 2nd Nashville, Tenn. /Montgomery Bell Academy 
11 Rushen Jones CB 6-1 201 Sr-3L 5th Memphis, Tenn./Whitehaven 
12 Kelechi Ohanaja DB 6-1 185 Fr-HS 1st Arlington, Tex/James Martin
13 Jonathan Shaub SS 6-1 208 Jr-2L 4th Brentwood, Tenn./David Lipscomb
14 Justin Giboney FS 6-0 203 Sr-3L 4th Englewood, Colo. / Cherry Creek 
15* Gregg Gulinson K 5-9 175 Sr-SQ 4th Highland Park, Ill/Highland Park High
15* Jason Caldwell WR 6-1 204 Fr-RS 2nd Hoover, Ala/Hoover
16 Chris Young WR 6-2 178 Jr-2L 3rd Batesville, Miss. /South Panola
18 Keith Williams WR 6-1 185 Fr-RS 2nd Riverdale, Ga/North Clayton
19 Markessus House WR 6-4 210 Jr1L 4th Birmingham, Ala. /Wenonah
20 Lorenzo Parker CB 5-11 186 So-1L 3rd Farmington Hills, MI/Walled Lake West.
21 Ronald Hatcher RB 5-10 185 Jr-2L 3rd Birmingham, Ala. / Shades Valley 
22 Brandon Walthour LB 6-3 225 Sr-1L 4th Orlando, Fla/Dr. Phillips
24 M.J. Garrett WR 6-3 204 Sr3L 4th Old Hickory, Tenn./Donelson Christian
23 Funtaine Hunter DB 6-3 205 Fr-HS 1st Valdosta, Ga/Lowndes
25 Ben Koger SS 6-1 195 Fr-HS 1st Brentwood,Tenn/Brentwood
26 Tim Miller CB 6-2 180 Fr-HS 1st Detroit, Mich/Detroit Country Day
27 Eric Byrum LB 6-4 234 So-1L 2nd Grove City, Oh/Grove City
28 Matthew Tant RB 5-11 218 Fr-RS 2nd Pegram, Tenn/Harpeth
29 Clark Lea FB 6-0 230 Jr-1st 1st Nashville, Tenn/Montgomery Bell Academy
30 Moses Osemwegie LB 6-0 220 Fr. -RS 2nd Nashville, Tenn. / Montgomery Bell Academy
31 Ronnie Swoopes DB 6-2 205 Fr. -RS 2nd Athens, Ga. /Clarke Central
32 Nick Lyle SS 6-2 212 So-1L 3rd Cincinnati, Ohio / St. Xavier
33 Ian Gaines RB 5-11 202 Jr-2L 3rd Denton, Texas /Denton
34 Mike Adam FB 6-3 234 Sr-3L 4th Hales Corner, Wis. /Whitnall 
35 Brad Anderson FB 6-0 230 Fr-HS 1st Ijamsville, Md/Urbana
36 Andrew Pace DB 6-1 190 Fr-HS 1st Mountain Brook, Ala/Mountain Brook
37 Jason Bourque HB 5-7 180 Jr-DNP 1st Lafayette, La/St. Thomas More Catholic
38 Ron Bullock RB 5-11 215 Fr-HS 1st New Orleans, La/Brother Martin
39 Jason Daniels TE/SN 6-3 240 Jr-1L 2nd Southlake, Tx/Southlake Carroll
40 Kwane Doster RB 5-11 175 Fr-HS 1st Tampa, Fla/Robinson
41 Bara Cola FB 6-0 242 Jr-SQ 4th Pensacola, Fla /Woodhaven 
42 Marty Morgan LB 6-3 220 Fr.-RS 2nd Canton, Miss. / Canton Academy 
43 Herdley Harrison LB 6-2 205 Fr-HS 1st Marietta, Ga/Marietta
44 Pat Brunner LB 6-3 244 So-1L 3rd Cincinnati, Ohio / Elder 
45 Howdy MacPherson QB 6-0 195 Sr-SQ 2nd Arvada, Colo./Pamona
46 Chris Booker DE/LB 6-4 225 Fr-HS 1st Brandon, Miss/Northwest Rankin
47 Hunter Hillenmeyer LB 6-4 241 Sr-3L 4th Nashville, Tenn. /Montgomery Bell Acad.
48 Juan Rojas FB 6-0 220 Sr-SQ 4th Econonistas, Mexico /Green Gates 
49 Paul Meadows LB/LS 6-2 226 Fr-RS 2nd Birmingham, Ala. /Hoover
50 Libnir Telusca LB 6-3 246 Jr-2L 5th N. Miami Beach, Fla. /Pace
53 Antoine Morgan DE 6-5 220 Fr-HS 1st Bennettsville, SC/Marlboro County
54 Chuck Losey DE 6-4 252 Sr-3L 5th Hixson, Tenn. /Soddy-Daisy 
55 Jamie Byrum C 6-4 286 Sr-3L 5th Grove City, Ohio / Grove City
57 Kevin Joyce LB 6-3 205 Fr-HS 1st Longwood. Fla/Lake Highland Prep
59 Matt Weiss P 6-3 198 So-SQ 2nd Cheshire, Conn/Hopkins School
62 Ryan King OT 6-7 290 Fr. -RS 2nd Cincinnati, Ohio / Fairfield
63 Nigel Seaman OT 6-5 300 Fr. -RS 2nd Fort Lauderdale, Fla. / Dillard
65 Mac Pyle OL 6-4 285 Fr-HS 1st Adairsville, Ga/Adairsville
66 Blake Luker OL 6-5 300 Fr-HS 1st Collinwood, Tenn/Collinwood
67 Greg Robson OG/C 6-4 286 So-1L 3rd Schaumburg, Ill. /Schaumburg 
69 Aaron Carter DT 6-3 276 So-1L 3rd Wallingford, Pa. /Strath Haven 
70 Kenan Arkan OT 6-7 285 So-1L 3rd McMurray, Pa. /Peters Township 
71 Justin Geisinger OT 6-4 320 So-1L 3rd Pittsburgh, Pa. /Mt. Lebanon 
72 Jim May OG 6-4 320 Sr-3L 5th Lilburn, Ga. /Parkview 
73 Ray Brown DT 6-2 270 Fr-HS 1st jackson, NJ/Jackson Memorial
74 Jordan Pettit OT 6-3 288 Jr-2L 4th Olive Branch, Miss. /Olive Branch 
75 Abtin Iranmanesh K 5-11 205 Jr-SQ 3rd Madison, Ala. / Bob Jones 
76 Brian Kovolisky OL 6-7 272 So-1L 3rd Clark, N.J. /Arthur L. Johnson
77 Trey Holloway DT 6-2 278 Fr. -RS 2nd Edmond, Okla. / Heritage Hall
78 Steven Brent OL 6-3 278 Fr-HS 1st Georgetown, Tx/Georgetown
79 Adam Dossett OL 6-4 272 Fr-HS 1st McComb, Miss/Parklane Academy
80 Brandon Smith WR 6-1 180 So-1L 2nd New Orleans, La. /St. Augustine
81 Nick Getter TE 6-4 250 Jr-2L 4th Round Rock, Texas /Round Rock
82 Erik Davis WR/DB 6-2 180 Fr-HS 1st nashville, Tenn/Ezell-Harding
83 Zeke Brandon FB 6-2 228 Jr-2L 3rd Copperas Cove, Tx/ Copperas Cove
84 Tom Simone TE 6-5 238 Sr-3L 5th Pittsburgh, Pa. / Mt. Lebanon
85 Dan Stricker WR 6-3 201 Sr-3L 5th Cincinnati, Ohio / Elder
86 Dustin Dunning TE 6-5 228 Fr-RS 2nd Hoover, Ala/Hoover
87 Curtis Brancheau TE 6-4 246 So-1L 3rd Greenville, Texas / Greenville
88 Chuck Folino PK 6-1 195 Sr-1L 3rd Okemos, Mich/Okemos 
90 Doug Wolford LB 6-3 235 Jr-2L 4th Lexington, Ky. / Lexington Catholic 
91 Jovan Haye DE 6-3 265 Fr-RS 2nd Fort Lauderdale, Fla/Dillard
92 Brett Beard DT 6-3 290 Jr-2L 4th Birmingham, Ala. / Vestavia 
93 Richard Freeman DE 6-5 240 Fr-HS 1st Brentwood, tenn/Brentwood
94 Dan Murphy TE 6-3 218 Jr-1L 3rd Shaker Heights, Ohio / St. Ignatius
95 Ralph McKenzie DT 6-4 297 Fr.-RS 2nd Southfield, Mich. /Brother Rice
96 Robert Dinwiddie DT 6-5 288 So-1L 3rd Hendersonville, Tn./ Hendersonville
97 Greg Johnson P/K 6-1 190 Fr-HS 1st Lilburn, ga/Parkview
98 Patrick Johnson K 5-11 170 Fr-HS 1st Athens, Ala/Athens
99 Matt Clay DT 6-2 292 So-1L 3rd Powder Springs, Ga. / McEachern

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Alphabetical Roster

# Name Pos Ht Wt Class Yr Hometown/High School
34 Mike Adam FB 6-3 234 Sr-3L 4th Hales Corner, Wisc/Whitnall
35 Brad Anderson FB 6-0 230 Fr-HS 1st Ijamville, Md/Urbana
70 Kenan Arkan OT 6-7 285 So-1L 3rd McMurray, Pa/Peters Township
92 Brett Beard DT 6-3 290 Jr-2L 4th Birmingham, Ala/Vestavia Hills
46 Chris Booker DE/LB 6-4 225 Fr-HS 1st Brandon, Miss/Northwest Rankin
37 Jason Bourque RB 5-7 180 Jr-DNP 1st Lafayette, La/St. Mhomas More Catholic
87 Curtis Brancheau TE 6-4 246 So-1L 3rd Greeneville, Tx/Greenville
83 Zeke Brandon FB 6-2 228 Jr-2L 3rd Copperas Cove, tx/Copperas Cove
78 Steven Brent OL 6-3 278 Fr-HS 1st Georgetown, Tx/ Georgetown
2 Grant Brigham WR 6-0 170 Fr-HS 1st Mountain Brook, Ala/Mountain Brook
1 Steven Bright QB 6-3 208 Fr-HS 1st Greer, S.C./Riverside
73 Ray Brown DL 6-2 270 Fr-HS 1st Jackson, N.J./Jackson Memorial
44 Pat Brunner LB 6-3 244 So-1L 3rd Cincinnati, OH/Elder
38 Ron Bullock RB 5-11 215 Fr-HS 1st New Orleans, La/Brother Martin
27 Eric Byrum LB 6-4 234 So-1L 2nd Grove City, OH/Grove City
55 Jamie Byrum C 6-4 286 Sr-3L 5th Grove City, OH/Grove City
15* Jason Caldwell WR 6-1 204 Fr-RS 2nd Hoover, Ala/Hoover
69 Aaron Carter DT 6-3 276 So-1L 3rd Wallingford, Pa/Strath Haven
99 Matt Clay DT 6-2 292 So-1L 3rd Powder Springs, Ga/McEachern
41 Bara Cola FB 6-0 242 Sr-SQ 5th Pensacola, Fla/Woodhaven
4 Ryan Cuffee WR 5-11 202 Sr-3L 4th Arlinton, Tx/James Martin
6 Jay Cutler QB 6-4 208 Fr-RS 2nd Santa Claus, Ind/Heritage Hills
39 Jason Daniels TE/SN 6-3 240 Jr-1L 2nd Southlake, Tx/Southlake Carroll
82 Erik Davis WR/DB 6-2 180 Fr-HS 1st Nashville, Tenn/Ezell-Harding
96 Robert Dinwiddie DT 6-5 288 So-1L 3rd Hendersonville, Tenn/Hendersonville
79 Adam Dossett OL 6-4 272 Fr-HS 1st McComb, Miss/Parklane Academy
40 Kwane Doster RB 5-11 175 Fr-HS 1st Tampa, Fla/Robinson
86 Dustin Dunning TE 6-5 234 Fr-HS 2nd Hoover, Ala/Hoover
88 Chuck Folino PK 6-1 195 Sr-1L 3rd Okemos, Mich/Okemos
93 Richard Freeman DE 6-5 240 Fr-HS 1st Brentwood, Tenn/Brentwood
33* Ian Gaines RB 5-11 202 Jr-2L 3rd Denton, Tx/Denton
24 M.J. Garrett WR 6-3 202 Sr-3L 4th Old Hickory, Tenn/Donelson Christian
71 Justin Geisinger OT 6-4 320 So-1L 3rd Pittsburgh, Pa/Mt. Lebanon
81 Nick Getter TE 6-4 250 Jr-2L 4th Round Rock, Tx/Round Rock
14 Justin Giboney FS 6-0 203 Sr-3L 4th Englewood, Colo/Cherry Creek
15* Greg Gullinson K 5-9 175 Sr-SQ 4th Highland park, Ill/Highland Park
43 Herdley Harrison LB 6-2 205 Fr-HS 1st Marietta, Ga/Marietta
21 Ronald Hatcher RB 5-10 185 Jr-2L 3rd Birmingham, Ala/Shades Valley
91 Jovan Haye DE 6-3 265 Fr-RS 2nd Fort Lauderdale, Fla/Dillard
47 Hunter Hillenmeyer LB 6-4 241 Sr-1L 4th Nashville, Tenn/Montomery Bell Academy
77 Trey Holloway DT 6-2 278 Fr-RS 2nd Edmond, Okla/Heritage Hall
19 Markessus House WR 6-4 210 Jr-1L 4th Birmingham, Ala/Wenonah
23 Funtaine Hunter DB 6-3 205 Fr-HS 1st Valdosta, Ga/Lowndes
75 Abtin Iranmanesh K 5-11 205 Jr-SQ 3rd Madison, Ala/Bob Jones
97 Greg Johnson P/K 6-1 190 Fr-HS 1st Lilburn, Ga/Parkview
98 Patrick Johnson K 5-11 170 Fr-HS 1st Athens, Ala./Athens
11 Rushen Jones CB 6-1 201 Sr-3L 5th Memphis, Tenn/Whitehaven
57 Kevin Joyce LB 6-3 205 Fr-HS 1st Longwood, Fla/Lake Highland Prep
62 Ryan King OT 6-7 290 Fr-HS 2nd Cincinnati, Oh/Fairfield
25 Ben Koger SS 6-1 195 Fr-HS 1st Brentwood, Tenn/Brentwood
76 Brian Kovolisky OG 6-7 272 So-1L 3rd Clark, N.J./Arthur L. Johnson
29* Clark Lea FB 6-0 230 Jr 1st Nashville, Tenn/Montgomery Bell Academy
54 Chuck Losey DE 6-4 252 Sr-3L 5th Hixson, Tenn/Soddy-Daisy
66 Blake Luker OL 6-5 300 Fr-HS 1st Collinwood, Tenn/Collinwood
32 Nick Lyle SS 6-2 212 So-1L 3rd Cincinnati, Oh/St. Xavier
45 Howdy MacPherson QB 6-0 195 Sr-SQ 2nd Arvada, Colo/Pomona
7 Mike Martin FS 5-10 196 Sr-3L 4th Tampa, Fla/Jesuit
72 Jim May OG 6-4 302 Sr-3L 5th Lilburn, Ga/Parkview
9* Norval McKenzie RB 5-11 202 So-1L 3rd Powder Springs, Ga/McEachern
95 Ralph McKenzie DT 6-4 297 Fr-RS 2nd Southfield, Mich/Brother Rice
5 Aaron McWhorter CB 6-1 195 Sr-3L 5th Ft. Worth, Tex/O.D. Wyatt
49 Paul Meadows LB/LS 6-2 226 Fr-RS 2nd Birmingham, Ala/Hoover
26 Tim Miller CB 6-2 180 Fr-HS 1st Detroit, Mich/Detroit Country Day
53 Antoine Morgan DE 6-5 220 Fr-HS 1st Bennettsville, S.C./Marlboro County
42 Marty Morgan LB 6-3 218 Fr-RS 2nd Canton, Miss/Canton Academy
10 Dominique Morris CB 6-0 195 Fr-RS 2nd Nashville, Tenn/Montgomery Bell Academy
94 Dan Murphy TE 6-3 218 Jr-1L 3rd Shaker Heights, Oh/St. Ignatius
12 Kelechi Ohanaja DB 6-1 185 Fr-HS 1st Arlington, Tex/James Martin
30 Moses Osemwegie LB 6-0 220 Fr-RS 2nd Nashville, Tenn/Montgomery Bell Academy
36 Andrew Pace DB 6-1 190 Fr-HS 1st Mountain Brook, Ala/Mountain Brook
20 Lorenzo Parker CB 5-11 182 So-1L 3rd Farmington Hills, Mich/Walled Lake West
74 Jordan Pettit OG 6-3 288 Jr-2L 4th Olive Branch, Miss/Olive Branch
65 Mac Pyle OL 6-4 285 Fr-HS 1st Adairsville, Ga/Adairsville
67 Greg Robson OG/C 6-4 286 So-1L 3rd Schaumburg, Ill/Schaumburg
48 Juan Rojas FB 6-0 220 Sr-SQ 5th Mexico City, Mex/Green Gates
63 Nigel Seaman OT 6-5 300 Fr-RS 2nd Fort Lauderdale, Fla/Dillard
13 Jonathan Shaub SS 6-1 208 Jr-2L 4th Brentwood, Tenn/David Lipscomb
84 Tom Simone TE 6-5 238 Sr-3L 5th Pittsburgh, Pa/Mt. Lebanon
80 Brandon Smith WR 6-1 180 So-1L 2nd New Orleans, La/St. Augustine
85 Dan Stricker WR 6-3 201 Sr-3L 5th Cincinnati, Oh/Elder
31* Ronnie Swoopes DB 6-2 205 Fr-RS 2nd Athens, Ga/Clarke Central
28 Matthew Tant RB 5-11 218 Fr-RS 2nd Pegram, Tenn/Harpeth
50 Libnir Telusca DE 6-3 246 Jr-2L 4th North Miami Beach, Fla/Pace
8 Cheron Thompson CB 5-11 192 Fr-RS 2nd Atlanta, Ga/ Douglass
3 Benji Walker QB 6-4 216 Jr-2L 4th Brentwood, Tenn/Brentwood Academy
22 Brandon Walthour LB 6-3 225 Sr-1L 4th Orlando, Fla/Dr. Phillips
59 Matt Weiss P 6-3 198 So-SQ 2nd Cheshire, Conn/Hopkins School
18 Keith Williams WR 6-1 185 Fr-RS 2nd Riverdale, Ga/North Clayton
90 Doug Wolford LB 6-3 235 Jr-2L 4th Lexington, Ky/Lexington Catholic
16 Chris Young WR 6-2 178 Jr-2L 3rd Batesville, Miss/South Panola

Pronunciation Guide

Kenan (KENN-in) Arkan
Curtis Brancheau (Branch-O)
Kwane (Kau-nay) Doster
Justin Giboney (GIB-uh-knee)
Justin Geisinger (GUY-zinger)
Jovan Haye (Hay)
Markessus (Mar-KEY-sus) House
Funtaine (Fun-tain) Hunter
Abtin (Ab-ten) Iranmanesh (I-rah-ma-nesh)
Chuck Losey (LO-sey)
Norval (Nor-VOL) McKenzie
Aaron McWhorter (Mc-WHERT-er)
Kelechi (KUH-lechi) Ohanaja (Oh-a-na-jay)
Moses Osemwegie (Oh-SEM-uh-gee)
Tom Simone (Si-MOAN)
Libnir Telusca (Tuh-LEW-scuh)
Brandon Walthour (Walt-hour)

Commodore By Class

Seniors (19)
Mike Adam, Jamie Byrum, Bara Cola, Ryan Cuffee, Chuck Folino, M.J. Garrett, Justin Giboney, Greg Gullinson, Hunter Hillenmeyer, Rushen Jones, Chuck Losey, Howdy MacPherson, Mike Martin, Jim May, Aaron McWhorter, Juan Rojas, Tom Simone, Dan Stricker, Brandon Walthour

Juniors (17)
Brett Beard, Jason Bourque, Zeke Brandon, Jason Daniels, Ian Gaines, Nick Getter, Ronald Hatcher, Markessus House, Abtin Iranmanesh, Clark Lea, Dan Murphy, Jordan Pettit, Jonathan Shaub, Libnir Telusca, Benji Walker, Doug Wolford, Chris Young

Sophomores (16)
Kenan Arkan, Curtis Brancheau, Pat Brunner, Eric Byrum, Aaron Carter, Matt Clay, Robert Dinwiddie, Justin Geisinger, Brian Kovolisky, Nick Lyle, Norval McKenzie, Lorenzo Parker, Greg Robson, Brandon Smith, Matt Weiss

Freshmen (37)
Brad Anderson, Chris Booker, Steven Brent, Grant Brigham, Steven Bright, Ray Brown, Ron Bullock, Jason Caldwell, Jay Cutler, Erik Davis, Adam Dossett, Kwane Doster, Dustin Dunning, Richard Freeman, Herdley Harrison, Jovan Haye, Trey Holloway, Funtaine Hunter, Greg Johnson, Patrick Johnson, Kevin Joyce, Ryan King, Ben Koger, Blake Luker, Ralph McKenzie, Paul Meadows, Tim Miller, Antoine Morgan, Marty Morgan, Dominique Morris, Kelechi Ohanaja, Moses Osemwegie, Andrew Pace, Mac Pyle, Nigel Seaman, Ronnie Swoopes, Matthew Tant, Cheron Thompson, Keith Williams.

  







 

   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   

 

 

 

 

 

 

  
                   
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