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352004 Southeastern Conference Champions 2005 NOKIA Sugar Bowl Champions

The Players

2004 — Caught his first career touchdown on his first career passreception against Louisiana Tech ... Saw playing time in four games.

HIGH SCHOOL — High school coach: Joe Sicola.PERSONAL — Son of Theresa Egbuchulam ... Has a brother, Michael, 12,

and sister, Darlene, 11 ... Born Nov. 26, 1984.

ANDERSON’S CAREER RECEIVING STATSYEAR G/GS NO YDS AVG TD LP/OPPONENT2004 4/0 1 1 1.0 1 1/Louisiana Tech

2004 — Started in all 13 games ... Led the team with a 21.4 yard aver-age per catch ... Fourth on the team with 24 catches for 513 yards ...Longest play was a 67-yard reception for touchdown against Arkansas ...Had three kickoff returns for an average of 28.3 yards per ... Caught ninepasses of 20 yards or longer and six of 30 yards or longer ... Had multi-ple catches in eight games ... Only reception against Virginia Tech in theNokia Sugar Bowl was a 5-yard touchdown that put the Tigers up forgood ... Caught two passes including a 53-yard touchdown in the thirdquarter against Tennessee in the SEC Championship ... Caught a 51-yardpass that set up Auburn’s first touchdown against Alabama ... Set acareer-high with 102 receiving yards on four catches including a career-long 67-yard touchdown against Arkansas ... Caught two passes for 50yards including a 46-yarder where he made a diving catch on the side-line and returned a kickoff 48 yards, which was a career-long, atTennessee ... Caught the second touchdown of his career with a 32-yardreception and finished with a game-high three catches for 53 yardsagainst Louisiana-Monroe ... Led Auburn with 95 receiving yards onthree catches against The Citadel ... In first two games in 2004, alreadyequaled reception total of 2003 with three catches.

2003 — Part of the rotation at wide receiver ... Returned 15 kickoffs for290 yards (19.3 avg.) during the season ... Returned two kickoffs for 49yards against Louisiana-Monroe ... One catch each against Vanderbilt,Western Kentucky and Georgia.

2002 — Tied for third on the team with 18 catches for 304 yards ... Ledthe team with a 16.9 average per reception ... Caught a pass in 12 of 13games ... Caught four passes of 25 yards or more (43-USC; 27-MSU; 65-Arkansas; 48-LSU) ... Started eight games ... Caught one pass for sevenyards against Alabama and two passes for 26 yards against Georgia ...Started and led Auburn with two catches for 61 yards against LSU ...Caught first career touchdown pass against Arkansas on a 65-yard play... Caught two passes for 25 yards against Florida in his second start ofthe season ... One of two true freshmen wide receivers to start against

USC and caught one pass for 43yards ... One catch againstMississippi State for 27 yards andone catch for 10 yards againstSyracuse.

HIGH SCHOOL — Caught 17 passesfor 417 yards and four touchdownsand rushed for 372 yards and fourtouchdowns as a senior ... Alsoplayed defense and totaled 45 tacklesand one interception as a free safety... Caught 29 passes for 620 yards andseven touchdowns and returned twokickoffs for touchdowns as a junior ...Also totaled six interceptions ...Played in the CaliFlorida Bowl ...Played in the Dade-Broward All-StarGame ... Orlando Sentinel Florida Top100 ... Atlanta Journal ConstitutionSuper Southern 100 ... Florida TimesUnion Super 75 ... Ranked as thenation's eighth best wide receiver byRivals100.com ... Ranked as one ofthe top 15 players in Florida bySuperPrep Magazine ... SuperPrepMagazine All-American ... PrepStar All-American ... All-county selection... High School Coach: Buddy Goins ... Also played basketball and com-peted in track in high school.

PERSONAL — Full name is Gbolahan Devin Aromashodu ... Son of Inkeyand Dorothy Aromashodu ... One sister, Danielle, 12 ... Born May 23,1984 ... Majoring in business administration.

AROMASHODU’S CAREER RECEIVING STATSYEAR G/GS NO YDS AVG TD LP/OPPONENT2002 13/8 18 304 16.9 1 65/Arkansas2003 13/1 3 22 7.3 0 11/Western Kentucky2004 13/13 24 513 21.4 4 67/ArkansasTotals 39/22 45 839 18.6 5 67/Arkansas

AROMASHODU’S GAME-BY-GAME RECEIVING STATSDate Opponent Rec Yds Avg TD9/2/02 * at USC 1 43 43.0 09/7/02 WESTERN CAROLINA 1 6 6.0 09/14/02 VANDERBILT 1 4 4.0 09/19/02 at Mississippi State 1 27 27.0 09/28/02 SYRACUSE 1 10 10.0 010/12/02 ARKANSAS 2 61 30.5 110/19/02 * at Florida 2 25 12.5 010/26/02 * LSU 2 61 30.5 011/2/02 * at Ole Miss 0 0 0.0 011/9/02 * LOUISIANA-MONROE 2 16 8.0 011/16/02 * GEORGIA 2 26 13.0 011/23/02 * at Alabama 1 7 7.0 01/1/03 * vs. Penn State (Capital One) 2 18 9.0 0

Date Opponent Rec Yds Avg TD8/30/03 USC 0 0 0.0 09/6/03 at Georgia Tech 0 0 0.0 09/13/03 at Vanderbilt 1 6 6.0 09/27/03 WESTERN KENTUCKY 1 11 11.0 010/4/03 TENNESSEE 0 0 0.0 010/11/03 at Arkansas 0 0 0.0 010/18/03 * MISSISSIPPI STATE 0 0 0.0 010/25/03 at LSU 0 0 0.0 011/1/03 LOUISIANA-MONROE 0 0 0.0 011/8/03 OLE MISS 0 0 0.0 011/15/03 at Georgia 1 5 5.0 011/22/03 ALABAMA 0 0 0.0 012/31/03 vs. Wisconsin (Music City) 0 0 0.0 0

DevinAROMASHODU6-2 / 202 / Sr. / 3LMiami, Fla.Miami Springs Business Administration

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MauriceANDERSON6-3 / 210 / So. / 1LSemmes, Ala. Baker H.S./Valley Forge Military Acad.College of Liberal Arts (Undecided)

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The PlayersDate Opponent Rec Yds Avg TD9/4/04 * LOUISIANA-MONROE 2 53 26.5 19/11/04 * at Mississippi State 1 13 13.0 09/18/04 * LSU 0 0 0.0 09/25/04 * THE CITADEL 3 95 31.7 010/2/04 * at Tennessee 2 50 25.0 010/9/04 * LOUISIANA TECH 0 0 0.0 010/16/04 * ARKANSAS 4 102 25.5 110//23/04 * KENTUCKY 4 49 12.3 010/30/04 * at Ole Miss 1 8 8.0 011/13/04 * GEORGIA 2 18 9.0 011/20/04 * at Alabama 2 62 31.0 012/04/04 * vs. Tennessee (SEC) 2 58 29.0 11/3/05 * vs. Virginia Tech (Sugar) 1 5 5.0 1

AROMASHODU’S CAREER KOR STATSYEAR G NO YDS AVG TD LP/OPPONENT2003 13 15 290 19.3 0 45/Georgia2004 13 3 85 28.3 0 67/ArkansasTotals 26 18 375 20.8 0 67/Arkansas

2004 — Redshirted.HIGH SCHOOL — High School Coach: Trey Wolf ... Totaled 120 tackles, 25

tackles for loss and seven sacks as a senior ... Also caught 12 passes for 200yards and six touchdowns ... Led Early County to a 12-1 record ... Finishedwith 98 tackles, 10 tackles for loss, and two sacks as a junior ... GeorgiaClass 2A All-State selection ... Played in the Georgia North-South All-StarGame ... Named All-Region and All-County ... Atlanta Journal ConstitutionGeorgia Top 50 ... SuperPrep All-Region ... TheInsiders.com Georgia Top 50... Rivals.com Top 32 inside linebackers ... State runner-up in the shot putas a sophomore.

PERSONAL — Full name is Octavius Lamar Balkcom ... Born Dec. 30, 1985... Son of Gloria Balkcom and Arthur Wimbush.

2004 — One of Auburn’s top special teams players ... Finished withnine tackles and one fumble recovery ... At Tennessee, blocked a punt onthe Volunteers’ opening drive that allowed Auburn to start its first driveon its own 45-yard line ... Recorded four tackles against Mississippi Stateand recovered a fumble and totaled three solo tackles in first careergame against Louisiana-Monroe ... Named the Coaches’ Special TeamsPlayer of the Week for his performance against Mississippi State ...Missed three games with a hamstring injury.

HIGH SCHOOL — Three-year starter on defense ... Missed five games asa senior with injuries, but still finished with 60 tackles, eight tackles forloss and four sacks ... Totaled 97 tackles, five sacks and four intercep-

tions as a junior ... All-State, All-County and All-Super Metroselection ... MontgomeryAdvertiser Elite 11 ... HuntsvilleTimes Elite 11 ... BirminghamNews Super Seniors ... MobileRegister Elite 18 and SuperSoutheast ... Countdown toSigning Day All-South secondteam ... Atlanta JournalConstitution Super Southern 100... PrepStar All-American ...TheInsiders.com Southeast Top25 and eighth-ranked safetynationally ... Rivals.com TopThree Safeties ... Rivals.comSoutheast Elite 88 ... Ranked oneof the top two players inAlabama by SuperPrep ... Alsoplayed basketball and averaged15 points and seven rebounds.

PERSONAL — Born Dec. 26, 1984... Son of Theresa and Noah Bell.

BELL’S CAREER DEFENSIVE STATSYEAR G/GS TT UT AT TFL-YDS QBS-YDS FF/FR PD I/YDS2004 10/0 9 9 0 0-0 0-0 0/1 0 0-0

BELL’S GAME-BY-GAME STATSDATE OPPONENT TT UT AT TFL-YDS QBS-YDS9/4/04 LOUISIANA-MONROE 3 3 0 0-0 0-09/11/04 at Mississippi State 4 4 0 0-0 0-09/18/04 LSU 0 0 0 0-0 0-09/25/04 THE CITADEL 0 0 0 0-0 0-010/2/04 at Tennessee 1 1 0 0-0 0-010/9/04 LOUISIANA TECH 0 0 0 0-0 0-010/16/04 ARKANSAS 0 0 0 0-0 0-010/23/04 KENTUCKY DID NOT PLAY10/30/04 at Ole Miss DID NOT PLAY11/13/04 GEORGIA DID NOT PLAY11/20/04 at Alabama 0 0 0 0-0 0-012/04/04 vs. Tennessee (SEC) 0 0 0 0-0 0-01/3/05 vs. Virginia Tech (Sugar) 1 1 0 0-0 0-0

2005 — Received the team’s top overall grade point average awardduring spring drills.

2004 — Part of the rotation at tight end ... Recovered a fumble in theend zone for a touchdown in the first quarter against Tennessee in theSEC Championship ... Caught first pass of the season against Kentucky.

2003 — Played in 11 games ... One catch against both Ole Miss andLouisiana-Monroe ... Caught an eight-yard touchdown pass againstTennessee ... Started against Western Kentucky and responded withthree catches for 41 yards.

HIGH SCHOOL — High School Coach: Ronnie McClurg ... Finished seniorseason with 20 catches for 264 yards and four touchdowns ... Also regis-tered 28 tackles, two fumble recoveries, one interception and five sacks

ColeBENNETT6-5 / 256 / Jr. / 2LDalton, Ga. Dalton Business Administration

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TonyBELL6-2 / 218 / So. / 1LAlabaster, Ala.Thompson Pre-Business

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OctaviusBALKCOM6-4 / 243 / RFr. / RSBlakely, Ga.Early County Undecided

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The Playersplaying outside linebacker ...Atlanta Journal ConstitutionGeorgia Top 50 ... Georgia 4A All-State honorable mention ... As ajunior, caught 38 passes for 640yards and six touchdowns and had20 tackles, four sacks and one fum-ble recovery on defense ... Four-year starter ... Led Dalton to a 13-2record and a berth in the class 4Astate title game as a junior ...Three-time All-Area selection bythe Daily Citizen-News ...Chattanooga Times Best of the Prepsfirst-team offense ... Also letteredthree years in basketball and track... Won the regional high jump title... 2002 Georgia Hall of FameScholar-Athlete Award ... APScholar, 2002 ... Member of theNational Honor Society.

PERSONAL — Born March 14, 1984... Son of Jim and Teresa Bennett ... One brother, Ethan, 14 ... Full nameis Cole Wesley Bennett ... Majoring in business administration.

BENNETT’S CAREER RECEIVING STATSYEAR G/GS NO YDS AVG TD LP/OPPONENT2003 11/1 6 66 11.0 1 20/Western Kentucky2004 13/1 1 6 6.0 0 6/KentuckyTotals 24/2 7 72 10.3 1 20/Western Kentucky

BENNETT’S GAME-BY-GAME STATSDATE OPPONENT REC YDS AVG TD8/30/03 USC DID NOT PLAY9/6/03 at Georgia Tech DID NOT PLAY9/13/03 at Vanderbilt 0 0 0.0 09/27/03 * WESTERN KENTUCKY 3 41 13.7 010/4/03 TENNESSEE 1 8 8.0 110/11/03 at Arkansas 0 0 0.0 010/18/03 MISSISSIPPI STATE 0 0 0.0 010/25/03 at LSU 0 0 0.0 011/1/03 LOUISIANA-MONROE 1 11 11.0 011/8/03 OLE MISS 1 6 6.0 011/15/03 at Georgia 0 0 0.0 011/22/03 ALABAMA 0 0 0.0 012/31/03 vs. Wisconsin (Music City) 0 0 0.0 0

DATE OPPONENT REC YDS AVG TD9/4/04 LOUISIANA-MONROE 0 0 0.0 09/11/04 at Mississppi State 0 0 0.0 09/18/04 LSU 0 0 0.0 09/25/04 THE CITADEL 0 0 0.0 010/2/04 at Tennessee 0 0 0.0 010/9/04 LOUISIANA TECH 0 0 0.0 010/16/04 ARKANSAS 0 0 0.0 010/23/04 KENTUCKY 1 6 6.0 010/30/04 at Ole Miss 0 0 0.0 011/13/04 GEORGIA 0 0 0.0 011/20/04 at Alabama 0 0 0.0 012/04/04 vs. Tennessee (SEC) 0 0 0.0 01/3/05 vs. Virginia Tech (Sugar) 0 0 0.0 0

2004 — Associated Press All-SEC Honorable Mention ... Punted 47times for an average of 42.3 yards per ... Longest was 61 yards againstOle Miss ... Has had 38 punts downed inside the 20 during his career ...Placed 17-of-47 punts (36 percent) inside the 20 in 2004 ... Ranked thirdin the Auburn career records with a 42.7 average ... Named to the pre-season Coaches’ All-SEC third-team ... Averaged 43 yards per puntagainst Virginia Tech in the Nokia Sugar Bowl ... Pinned the Hokies ontheir own 2-yard-line with a 45-yard punt midway through the fourthquarter ... Placed 2-of-3 punts inside the 20-yard line against Georgia ...Punted six times for 47.7 average including a season-long 61-yarder andplaced three inside the 20 against Ole Miss ...Helped Auburn hold OleMiss to -7 return yards on punts ... Named the SEC and Coaches’ SpecialTeams Player of the Week for his performance against Ole Miss ... Had2-of-4 punts downed inside 20 against Kentucky ... Placed four puntsinside the 20 against LSU, including two inside the 10 ... Averaged 46yards on four punts, including a 57-yarder against Louisiana-Monroe ...Named the Coaches Special Teams Player of the Week for his perform-ance against Louisiana-Monroe.

2003 — Finished the season with 2,748 yards on 64 punts for a 42.9average ... Ranked eighth in the Auburn single-season records with 42.94average, tenth in punting yards and tenth in punts ... Had 21 puntsdowned inside the 20-yard line ...Had the most punts downed insidethe 20-yard line since Auburn begankeeping records in 1994 ... Averaged45 yards or better on punts in sixgames and had a 50-yard or longerpunt in 10 games ... Averaged 45.2yards on five punts againstWisconsin in the Music City Bowl ...Had four-of-seven punts downedinside the 20 against Georgia ...Punted five times for a 46.4 yardaverage against Ole Miss ... Landedall three punts inside the 20 and post-ed top average of the season with54.7 average per punt, including aseason-long punt of 62 yards, againstLouisiana-Monroe ... Averaged 43.8yards on four punts, placing oneinside the 20 against MississippiState ... Punted seven times for a 44.6average and landed two inside the20, including one that was downedon the three-yard line againstArkansas ... Averaged 52 yards onthree punts and landed one inside the 20 against Tennessee ... Namedthe Coaches’ Special Teams Player of the Week for his performanceagainst Tennessee ... Punted four times for 40.8 yard average againstVanderbilt ... Had an 82-yard punt which traveled 64 yards in the air thatwas called back because of illegal procedure against Vanderbilt ...Landed four punts inside the 20-yard line and punted six times for a 38.7average against USC ... Landed two punts inside the 20 against GeorgiaTech.

HIGH SCHOOL — High School Coach: Carlton Flatt ... Averaged 46.9yards per punt and landed 10 punts inside the five-yard line as a senior... Finished season with a 44.0 net average on punts ... Helped lead

KodyBLISS5-11 / 177 / Jr. / 2LBrentwood, Tenn. Brentwood AcademyBusiness Marketing

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The PlayersBrentwood to a 9-3 record and a berth in the Division II, Class 3A cham-pionship game as a senior ... Averaged 52 yards per punt as a junior andhad three punts of 70 yards or longer…Sent 91 percent (54-of-60) of kick-offs into end zone…Served as the team's long field goal kicker…Made a61-yard field goal as a junior…Mr. Football Kicker of the Year finalistvoted by The Tennessean…Selected to the The Tennessean all-midstateteam…first-team Division II All-State selection as a senior…Named tothe Associated Press All-State first team for all divisions ... One of the topfive kickers in Tennessee according to the Knoxville News Sentinel ...Started four years in wrestling and soccer.

PERSONAL — Full name is Kody Andrew Bliss ... Born Feb. 21, 1985 ...Son of Linda and Bill Bliss ... Has four brothers: Kent, 39, Kevin, 36, Kelly31, and Kristopher, 26 ... Played at the same high school as PeteCompton, King Dunlap, Jake Slaughter and John Vaughn ... Majoring inbusiness marketing.

BLISS’ CAREER PUNTING STATSYEAR G NO YDS AVG IN20 LP/OPPONENT2003 13 64 2748 42.9 21 62/Louisiana-Monroe2004 13 47 1989 42.3 17 61/Ole MissTotals 26 111 4737 42.7 38 62/Louisiana-Monroe

BLISS’ GAME-BY-GAME STATSDATE OPPONENT NO YDS AVG IN20 Long8/30/03 USC 6 232 38.7 4 609/6/03 at Georgia Tech 8 280 35.0 2 499/13/03 at Vanderbilt 4 163 40.8 0 599/27/03 WESTERN KENTUCKY 1 45 45.0 1 4510/4/03 TENNESSEE 3 156 52.0 1 5510/11/03 at Arkansas 7 312 44.6 2 5310/18/03 MISSISSIPPI STATE 4 175 43.8 1 5210/25/03 at LSU 7 329 47.0 1 5511/01/03 LOUISIANA-MONROE 3 164 54.7 3 6211/8/03 OLE MISS 5 232 46.4 1 5411/15/03 at Georgia 7 260 37.1 4 4311/22/03 ALABAMA 4 174 43.5 1 5212/31/03 vs. Wisconsin (Music City) 5 226 45.2 0 52

DATE OPPONENT NO YDS AVG IN20 Long9/4/04 LOUISIANA-MONROE 4 184 46.0 1 579/11/04 at Mississippi State 3 130 43.3 0 459/18/04 LSU 6 244 40.7 4 499/25/04 THE CITADEL 3 102 34.0 2 4810/2/04 at Tennessee 4 167 41.8 0 5310/9/04 LOUISIANA TECH 2 83 41.5 0 4910/16/04 ARKANSAS 2 79 39.5 1 4410/23/04 KENTUCKY 4 175 43.8 2 5310/30/04 at Ole Miss 6 286 47.7 3 6111/13/04 GEORGIA 3 116 38.7 2 4211/20/04 at Alabama 4 192 48.0 1 5012/04/04 vs. Tennessee (SEC) 2 59 29.5 0 441/3/05 vs. Virginia Tech (Sugar) 4 172 43.0 1 52

2005 — Came out of spring drills as the No. 2 quarterback.2004 — Redshirted.HIGH SCHOOL — High School Coach: Darrell Caldwell ... Threw for 1,417

yards on 96-of-151 passing and 17 touchdowns as a senior ... Led his teamto an 11-1 record ... First-team All-Metro ... Georgia Class 4A All-StateHonorable Mention ... Mobile Register Super Southeast 120 ... Atlanta JournalConstitution Georgia Top 50 ... Rivals.com Top 30 pro-style quarterbacks ...

Rivals.com Georgia Top 50 ... TheInsiders.com South Hot 100 and GeorgiaTop 30 ... SuperPrep All-Region ... PrepStar All-Region.

PERSONAL — Born Oct. 21, 1985 ... Son of Janetta and Calvin Booker ...Majoring in marketing transportation.

2005 — Joined Auburn in JanuaryHIGH SCHOOL — Graduated in 2004 ... High School Coach: Ronny Massey

... Two-year starter at offensive guard ... Allowed just one sack in his highschool career ... Did not allow a sack as a senior in 250 pass attempts ...Alabama Sports Writers Class 6A All-State selection ... Huntsville TimesSuper All-Metro Team ... Also wrestled and finished fourth in the statechampionship as a junior ... Led Grissom to a wrestling state championshipas a senior.

PERSONAL — Born Dec. 9, 1985 ... Son of Larry and Teri Bosley.

2005 — Came out of spring drills as the starter at strong safety ...Named the Most ImprovedDefensive Back after spring drills.

2004 — Played in all 13 games ...Credited with two tackles, onesolo, against Kentucky ... Had twotackles and one interceptionagainst Mississippi State ...Blocked a punt against TheCitadel.

2003 — Redshirted.HIGH SCHOOL — High School

Coach: Jimmy Dorsey ... Finishedwith 84 tackles, six interceptionsand blocked four punts as a senior... Returned one interception for atouchdown ... Also caught 25 pass-es for 515 yards and six touch-downs on offense ... Interceptedeight passes and totaled 68 tacklesand caught 10 passes for 120 yardsand two touchdowns as a junior ...Helped lead Benjamin Russell to a 13-2 record and 5A state champi-onship as a junior and a 10-3 record as a senior ... PrepStar All-Regionselection ... Alabama Sports Writers class 5A All-State selection.

PERSONAL — Born April 4, 1985 ... Son of Helen and Jimmy Brock ...One sister, Ariel, 13 ... Majoring in public administration.

EricBROCK6-1 / 212 / So. / 1LAlexander City, Ala.Benjamin Russell Public Administration

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JasonBOSLEY6-4 / 271 / Fr. / HSHunstville, Ala.GrissomPre-Business

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CalvinBOOKER6-4 / 238 / RFr. / RSAtlanta, Ga. Mays Marketing Transportation

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The PlayersBROCK’S CAREER DEFENSIVE STATS

YEAR G/GS TT UT AT TFL-YDS QBS-YDS FF/FR PD I/YDS2004 13/0 6 3 3 0-0 0-0 0/0 0 1-0

BROCK’S GAME-BY-GAME STATSDATE OPPONENT TT UT AT PD INT-YDS9/4/04 LOUISIANA-MONROE 1 1 0 0 0-09/11/04 at Mississippi State 2 1 1 0 1-09/18/04 LSU 0 0 0 0 0-09/25/04 THE CITADEL 0 0 0 0 0-010/2/04 at Tennessee 0 0 0 0 0-010/9/04 LOUISIANA TECH 0 0 0 0 0-010/16/04 ARKANSAS 0 0 0 0 0-010/23/04 KENTUCKY 2 1 1 0 0-010/30/04 at Ole Miss 0 0 0 0 0-011/13/04 GEORGIA 0 0 0 0 0-011/20/04 at Alabama 0 0 0 0 0-012/04/04 vs. Tennessee (SEC) 1 0 1 0 0-01/3/05 vs. Virginia Tech (Sugar) 0 0 0 0 0-0

2004 — Part of the playingrotation at defensive end ...Played in 11 games ... Had a sackfor a 5-yard loss and three tack-les against Kentucky ... Forced afumble, had a sack and two tack-les against Louisiana Tech ...Totaled three tackles against TheCitadel.

JUNIOR COLLEGE — Totaled 99tackles, three forced fumbles,four sacks and 27 quarterbackhurries as a freshman.

HIGH SCHOOL — Finished seniorseason with 135 tackles and 29sacks ... Led Wilcox Central to a12-1 record ... Had 109 tackles, 19sacks, six forced fumbles andfour fumble recoveries as a jun-ior ... Birmingham News DandyDozen ... Mobile Press RegisterElite 18 ... Birmingham PostHerald Most Wanted ...Montgomery Advertiser Elite 11 ...Totaled 45 sacks his high school career.

PERSONAL — Born March 25, 1983 ... Son of Christine Browder ...Majoring in sociology.

BROWDER’S CAREER DEFENSIVE STATSYEAR G/GS TT UT AT TFL-YDS QBS-YDS FF/FR PD I/YDS2004 11/0 10 5 5 2-9 2-9 1/0 0 0-0

BROWDER’S GAME-BY-GAME STATSDATE OPPONENT TT UT AT TFL-YDS QBS-YDS9/4/04 LOUISIANA-MONROE 1 1 0 0-0 0-09/11/04 at Mississippi State 0 0 0 0-0 0-09/18/04 LSU DID NOT PLAY9/25/04 THE CITADEL 3 2 1 0-0 0-010/2/04 at Tennessee 0 0 0 0-0 0-010/9/04 LOUISIANA TECH 2 0 2 1-4 1-410/16/04 ARKANSAS 1 1 0 0-0 0-010/23/04 KENTUCKY 3 1 2 1-5 1-510/30/04 at Ole Miss 0 0 0 0-0 0-011/13/04 GEORGIA DID NOT PLAY11/20/04 ALABAMA 0 0 0 0-0 0-012/04/04 vs. Tennessee (SEC) 0 0 0 0-0 0-01/3/05 vs. Virginia Tech (Sugar) 0 0 0 0-0 0-0

2004 — Played in five games ... Earned one solo tackle and a quarter-back hurry against Kentucky ... Had one tackle for loss (-2) against TheCitadel ... Recorded solo tackles against Mississippi State and TheCitadel.

HIGH SCHOOL — Played both offensive and defensive line ... On offense,graded 89 percent with 25 pancake blocks and recorded 84 tackles, 13quarterback hurries, eight tackles for loss and three sacks on defense ...Led Buford to three state championships and helped team post a 58-2record including 45 consecutive wins during his career ... Played in theGeorgia North-South All-Star game ... Georgia Class 2A DefensivePlayer of the Year ... All-State selection ... Atlanta Journal ConstitutionGeorgia Top 50 ... Rivals.com Georgia Top 50 ... SuperPrep All-American... Insiders.com Georgia Top 40.

PERSONAL — Full name is Cornelius D. Brown ... Born June 4, 1986 ...Son of Darlene Higgs and Carl Brown ... Majoring in pre-business.

BROWN’S CAREER DEFENSIVE STATSYEAR G/GS TT UT AT TFL-YDS QBS-YDS FF/FR PD I/YDS2004 5/0 3 3 0 1-2 0-0 0/0 0 0-0

NeilBROWN6-2 / 264 / So. / 1LBuford, Ga. Buford Pre-Business

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BROWDER6-4 / 247 / Jr. / 1LCamden, Ala. Wilcox Central H.S./SW Mississippi CCSociology

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The Players

2004 — Recovered a fumbleand returned it for a 15-yardtouchdown against Kentucky... Had two assisted tacklesagainst Louisiana Tech ... Hadtwo tackles against The Citadel... Recorded one tackle and apass breakup againstLouisiana-Monroe.

2003 — Spent season reha-bilitating from injury.

2002 — Partial qualifier thatpracticed but could not play.

HIGH SCHOOL — Finished sen-ior season with 150 tackles,seven sacks and two intercep-tions including one hereturned 75 yards for a touch-down ... As a receiver, caught15 passes for 105 yards ... Alsoreturned kicks and punts andhad two punt returns fortouchdowns ... As a junior, totaled 90 tackles and five sacks ... Duringhigh school career, played linebacker, wide receiver, tailback and tightend ... Team captain as a junior and senior ... Georgia Class 2A All-Stateselection ... first-team All-Middle Georgia ... All-area Defensive Player ofthe Year ... PrepStar All-American ... Ranked one of the top 10 lineback-ers in the southeast by PrepStar Magazine ... SuperPrep Magazine All-Dixieselection ... High school coach was Tony Byram ... Also played basket-ball, baseball, tennis and competed in track in high school.

PERSONAL — Full name is Kevis Tramaine Burnam ... Born Jan. 28, 1984... Son of Rhunette Burnam ... Two siblings, Juantelia, 16, and Tempestt,14 ... Majoring in criminology.

BURNAM’S CAREER DEFENSIVE STATSYEAR G/GS TT UT AT TFL-YDS QBS-YDS FF/FR PD I/YDS2004 11/0 5 2 3 0-0 0-0 0/1 1 0-0

BURNAM’S GAME-BY-GAME STATSDATE OPPONENT TT UT AT TFL-YDS QBS-YDS9/4/04 LOUISIANA-MONROE 1 1 0 0-0 0-09/11/04 at Mississippi State 0 0 0 0-0 0-09/18/04 LSU 0 0 0 0-0 0-09/25/04 THE CITADEL 2 1 1 0-0 0-010/2/04 at Tennessee 0 0 0 0-0 0-010/9/04 LOUISIANA TECH 2 0 2 0-0 0-010/16/04 ARKANSAS 0 0 0 0-0 0-010/23/04 KENTUCKY 0 0 0 0-0 0-010/30/04 at Ole Miss 0 0 0 0-0 0-011/13/04 GEORGIA DID NOT PLAY11/20/04 at Alabama 0 0 0 0-0 0-012/04/04 vs. Tennessee (SEC) 0 0 0 0-0 0-01/3/05 vs. Virginia Tech (Sugar) DID NOT PLAY

2004 — Redshirted.HIGH SCHOOL — High School Coach: Glenn Maiolini ... Rushed for 1,093

yards and 17 touchdowns and registered 25 tackles and two interceptionsin limited action on defense ... Returned five kickoffs and one punt for atouchdown ... Rushed for 1,100 yards and 18 touchdowns as a junior ...Finished high school career with nearly 4,000 career rushing yards and wasa three-year starter at tailback ... All-Dade County selection ... Class 6A All-State Third-Team selection as a utility player ... Orlando Sentinel Florida Top100 ... Also ran track.

PERSONAL — Born Aug. 3, 1984 ... Son of Cassandra Mills.

2004 — Played in all 13 games as the team’s deep snapper on punts.2003 — Walked on and redshirted.HIGH SCHOOL — High School Coach: Carlton Flatt ... Four-year starter ...

All-state as a pitcher in baseball ... Named to the All-Midstate team inbasketball.

PERSONAL — Played at same high school that produced current Auburnplayers Kody Bliss, King Dunlap, Jake Slaughter and John Vaughn ...Born Nov. 30, 1984 ... Son of Paul Compton ... Majoring in finance.

2005 — Received the Eddie Welch Attitude and Effort Award for theoffense from the coaching staff after spring drills.

2004 — Saw time against Louisiana-Monroe, Louisiana Tech andKentucky.

HIGH SCHOOL — Played offensive tackle and defensive tackle ... Four-year starter at Andalusia ... Was team’s captain his senior season ...Earned All-County honors two years straight ... High School Coach:Paul Wooley.

PERSONAL — Born Dec. 23, 1983 ... Son of Felicia and Lucky Cope ... Hasone brother, Bricken, 16 ... Majoring in criminology.

JoeCOPE6-0 / 276 / Jr. / 1LAndalusia, Ala.AndalusiaCriminology

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PeteCOMPTON6-6 / 239 / So. / 1LBrentwood, Tenn.Brentwood AcademyFinance

#62DS

AnthonyCAMPBELL5-10 / 191 / RFr. / RSHialeah, Fla.Hialeah H.S.Undecided

#17DB

KevisBURNAM6-2 / 242 / Jr. / 1LMontezuma, Ga.Macon County H.S.Criminology

#52LB


The Players

2005 — Came out of spring drills as the starter at quarterback ...Named the MVP of the A-Day game after completing 13-of-22 passes for226 yards.

2004 — Auburn’s backup quarterback ... Played in seven games ...Finished 22-of-34 for 357 yards and four touchdowns ... Longest passwas 39 yards to Courtney Tayloragainst Louisiana-Monroe ...Completed all three passesattempted, two of which werefor touchdowns, on 37 and 1-yard throws against LouisianaTech ... Tossed a 9-yard touch-down pass and was 11-for-17 for165 yards against The Citadel ...Threw first career touchdownpass and was 5-for-5 for 43yards against Mississippi State... Rushed for a 14-yard touch-down on his first series andthrew for 76 yards on 3-for-6passing against Louisiana-Monroe in his first game.

2003 — Redshirted.2002 — Joined the Auburn

team in December and partici-pated in bowl practice andspring workouts.

HIGH SCHOOL — As a senior,completed 233-of-329 passes (70.8 percent) for 2,887 yards and 27 touch-downs ... Completion percentage of 70.8 was a Class 6A state record ...During career, completed 424-of-617 passes (68.7 percent) for 5,417 yardsand 50 touchdowns ... Set a state record with career .687 completion per-centage ... State of Alabama Mr. Football by ASWA ... Named the Class6A Back of the Year by Alabama Sports Writers Association ... ASWA All-State selection ... Birmingham News Super All-State and Class 6A All-Stateselection ... Birmingham News Metro Player of the Year ... Huntsville TimesElite 11 ... Four-year starter ... Ranked one of the top 10 pro-style quar-terbacks in the nation by Rivals100.com ... Ranked one of the top 20quarterbacks in the nation by ESPN.com ... SuperPrep Magazine All-American ... Ranked one of the top five players in the state of Alabamaby SuperPrep Magazine ... PrepStar All-American ... Atlanta JournalConstitution Super Southern 100 ... Also played basketball and baseballand was a second-team All-State selection as a pitcher.

PERSONAL — Son of Terry Cox and Debbie Bouler ... Three siblings,Ashley Dees, 22, Dustin Cox, 13, and Susanne Bouler, 2 ... Born Oct. 31,1983 ... Majoring in economics (liberal arts).

COX’S CAREER PASSING STATSYEAR G/GS CMP ATT PCT YDS INT TD LP/OPPONENT2004 7/0 22 34 .647 357 2 4 39/Louisiana-Monroe

COX’S GAME-BY-GAME STATSDATE OPPONENT CMP ATT YDS INT TD9/4/04 LOUISIANA-MONROE 3 6 76 0 09/11/04 at Mississippi State 5 5 43 0 19/18/04 LSU DID NOT PLAY

9/27/04 THE CITADEL 11 17 165 0 110/2/04 at Tennessee 0 0 0 0 010/7/04 LOUISIANA TECH 3 3 73 0 210/16/04 ARKANSAS 0 1 0 1 010/23/04 KENTUCKY 0 2 0 1 010/30/04 at Ole Miss DID NOT PLAY11/13/04 GEORGIA DID NOT PLAY11/20/04 at Alabama DID NOT PLAY12/04/04 vs. Tennessee (SEC) DID NOT PLAY1/3/05 vs. Virginia Tech (Sugar) DID NOT PLAY

2004 — Team’s snapper on extra points and field goals ... Played in 10games.

HIGH SCHOOL — Started at punt snapper junior and senior seasons ...Also played quarterback ... Threw for 1,400 yards as a senior with 16touchdowns ... Threw 11 touchdowns to brother Ike ... Played in CentralFlorida All-Star game ... High School Coach: Mike Hall ... Also playedbaseball and basketball ... Earned All-Conference defensive honors inbasketball.

PERSONAL — Son of Kelley and Kroy Crofoot ... Has four brothers: Ike19, Clayton, 17, John, 14 and Kyle, 12 ... Ike is a deep snapper at SouthCarolina ... Born August 11, 1982.

2004 — Redshirted.HIGH SCHOOL — High School Coach: Steve Chafin ... Three-year starter

... Led Mary Persons to a 9-3 record as a senior ... Totaled 35 pancakes as asenior and only allowed two sacks in 30 games in career ... Georgia Class3A All-State team ... Played in the Georgia North-South All-Star game ...SuperPrep All-Region ... Atlanta Journal Constitution Georgia Top 50 ... Alsolettered in basketball and track.

PERSONAL — Born April 4, 1986 ... Son of Ella and Alexander Daniels.

AntwoinDANIELS6-6 / 298 / RFr. / RSForsyth, Ga.Mary Persons H.S.Undecided

#70OT

ChasCROFOOT6-2 / 190 / Sr. / 1LOrlando, Fla.The First AcademyGraduate Studies

#53DS

BrandonCOX6-2 / 202 / So. / 1LTrussville, Ala.Hewitt-Trussville Economics (Liberal Arts)

#12QB


The Players

2005 — Received the Top Freshman Grade Point Average Award afterspring drills.

2004 — Redshirted.HIGH SCHOOL — High School Coach: Robert Dendy ... Played tailback

and safety in high school ... Finished senior season with 983 yards and fivetouchdowns on offense and 142 tackles, five interceptions, five forced fum-bles and 15 pass break-ups on defense ... Also returned two kickoffs fortouchdowns ... Named the team's Most Valuable Player ... Most ValuablePlayer of the Georgia North-South All-Star game after totaling eight tack-les and three broken up passes ... Georgia Class 5A All-State team ... All-Region selection ... Atlanta Journal Constitution Georgia Top 50 ...Rivals.com Top 30 Athletes ... Rivals.com Top 50 players in Georgia ...TheInsiders.com Georgia Top 25 ... SuperPrep All-Region team ... PrepStarAll-American ... Also played baseball and competed in track.

PERSONAL — Full name is Tristan Dion Davis ... Born May 5, 1986 ... Sonof Cassandra and Darryl Davis ... Majoring in criminology.

2004 — Moved from safety to linebacker during the spring ... Playedin 13 games, starting one ... Finished with 29 tackles, including 17 solo ...Made one tackle for loss andhad one fumble recovery ...Totaled a season-high five tack-les against both Georgia andAlabama ... Recovered a fumblein the fourth quarter and hadfour tackles against Ole Miss ...Recorded two tackles againstKentucky ... Totaled four stopsagainst Arkansas ... Finishedwith two tackles including onefor loss and a quarterback hurryagainst Tennessee ... Had onestop against Mississippi State,LSU and The Citadel and twotackles against Louisiana Tech.

2003 — Started six games andplayed in all 13 ... Collected sixtackles against LSU ... Forced afumble in the second quarter ona Mississippi State wide receiverand had two tackles and a hurryagainst the Bulldogs ... Startedagainst Arkansas and registered four tackles and one broken up pass ...Totaled two tackles against Western Kentucky and Vanderbilt ...

Finished third on the team with six tackles against Georgia Tech ...Started at safety against USC and had two broken up passes.

2002 — Redshirted ... Enrolled at Auburn in January after playing fallat Hargrave Military Academy.

HIGH SCHOOL — As a senior, split time at halfback and defensive end ...Totaled 600 yards rushing, 300 yards receiving and 17 touchdowns ...Registered 55 tackles, four sacks, one interception and eight broken uppasses ... First-team All-State and first-team All-Metro ... GeorgeMichaels Golden Eleven ... Cardinal District Defensive Player of the Year... Also ran track and was an All-State selection ... High School Coach:Bill Brown.

PERSONAL — Born May 8, 1983 ... Son of Karen Dede ... Three siblings,Bereni, 25; Soso, 23; and Destiny, 17 ... Brother, Soso was a running backat Indiana State ... Majoring in rehab special education.

DEDE’S CAREER DEFENSIVE STATSYEAR G/GS TT UT AT TFL-YDS QBS-YDS FF/FR PD I/YDS2003 13/6 27 19 8 0-0 0-0 1/1 3 0-02004 13/1 29 17 12 1-1 0-0 0/1 0 0-0Totals 26/7 56 36 20 1-1 0-0 1/2 3 0-0

DEDE’S GAME-BY-GAME STATSDATE OPPONENT TT UT AT TFL-YDS INT-YDS8/30/03 * USC 1 0 1 0-0 0-09/6/03 * at Georgia Tech 6 4 2 0-0 0-09/13/03 * at Vanderbilt 2 2 0 0-0 0-09/27/03 WESTERN KENTUCKY 2 2 0 0-0 0-010/4/03 TENNESSEE 1 0 1 0-0 0-010/11/03 * at Arkansas 4 3 1 0-0 0-010/18/03 * MISSISSIPPI STATE 2 2 0 0-0 0-010/25/03 * at LSU 6 3 3 0-0 0-011/1/03 LOUISIANA-MONROE 0 0 0 0-0 0-011/8/03 OLE MISS 1 1 0 0-0 0-011/15/03 at Georgia 0 0 0 0-0 0-011/22/03 ALABAMA 1 1 0 0-0 0-012/31/03 vs. Wisconsin (Music City) 1 1 0 0-0 0-0

DATE OPPONENT TT UT AT TFL-YDS INT-YDS9/4/04 LOUISIANA-MONROE 0 0 0 0-0 0-09/11/04 at Mississippi State 1 1 0 0-0 0-09/18/04 LSU 1 0 1 0-0 0-09/25/04 THE CITADEL 1 0 1 0-0 0-010/2/04 at Tennessee 2 2 0 1-1 0-010/9/04 LOUISIANA TECH 2 0 2 0-0 0-010/16/04 ARKANASAS 4 2 2 0-0 0-010/23/04 * KENTUCKY 2 2 0 0-0 0-010/30/04 at Ole Miss 4 4 0 0-0 0-011/13/04 GEORGIA 5 3 2 0-0 0-011/20/04 at Alabama 5 2 3 0-0 0-012/04/04 vs. Tennessee (SEC) 1 1 0 0-0 0-01/3/05 vs. Virginia Tech (Sugar) 1 0 1 0-0 0-0

KaribiDEDE6-1 / 216 / Jr. / 2LWoodbridge, Va.C.D. HyltonRehab Special Education

#21LB

TristanDAVIS5-10 / 203 / RFr. / RSEast Point, Ga.Tri-CitiesCriminology

#27FS


The Players

2005 — Missed most of spring practice while playing for the basket-ball team ... Played in 13 basketball games, averaging 6.5 minutes pergame ... Moved back to defensive end during spring drills.

2004 — Moved from defen-sive end to tight end duringspring drills ... Played in 12games.

2003 — Played in nine gamesduring the season ... Totaledfour tackles, three of which werefor loss ... Had a sack for a 10-yard loss against MississippiState ... Finished with two tack-les including one for loss (-5)against LSU ... Had a tackle forloss (-4) against Louisiana-Monroe.

2002 — Redshirted.HIGH SCHOOL — Finished with

65 tackles, 22 sacks, 16 tacklesfor loss, six fumble recoveries,one blocked punt and sevenforced fumbles as a senior ...Returned one fumble andblocked punt for a touchdown ...Four-year starter ... Also playedtight end and fullback ... First-team All-District and BatonRouge All-Metro selection ... Three-year starter on basketball team ...Also competed in track in the triple jump, long jump, high jump andshot put.

PERSONAL — Full name is Kyle Stanley Derozan ... Born Sept. 20, 1984... Son of Elaine Carson and Al Derozan ... Four siblings, Keisha, 24,Kavonna, 26, Kim, 17, Kantrell, 14 ... Majoring in sociology.

DEROZAN’S CAREER DEFENSIVE STATSYEAR G/GS TT UT AT TFL-YDS QBS-YDS FF/FR PD I/YDS2003 9/0 4 3 1 3-19 1-10 0/0 0 0-0

DEROZAN’S CAREER RECEIVING STATSYEAR G/GS NO YDS AVG TD LP/OPPONENT2004 12/0 0 0 0.0 0

2004 — Part of the playing rotation at defensive tackle ... Played in all13 games ... Recorded 21 tackles, including 13 solo ... Posted one sack,against Ole Miss, for seven yards ... Had three tackles for loss (-12) ...Recorded two solo tackles against Virginia Tech in the Nokia Sugar Bowl... Tallied first sack of his career in the fourth quarter and finished withfour tackles including another for loss (-4) against Ole Miss ... Recordedtwo tackles including one for loss against Kentucky ... Finished with twosolo tackles and tipped a pass that resulted in an interception in the sec-ond quarter against Tennessee ... Totaled four stops against The Citadeland three tackles against Mississippi State.

2003 — Part of the playing rotation at noseguard ... Played in all 13games ... Had a season-high three stops against Louisiana-Monroe ...Totaled two tackles against Western Kentucky and Georgia Tech.

2002 — Played in all 13 games including three starts and finished theseason with 19 tackles and 3.5 tackles for loss ... Had a tackle for lossagainst LSU ... Finished with two tackles for loss in a start againstFlorida ... In first career start, totaled four tackles including a tackle forloss against Arkansas ... Finished with three tackles including a tacklefor loss (-1) against Syracuse ... Totaled four tackles against Vanderbilt ...Registered three tackles against Western Carolina and two stops againstUSC ... Named the Most Improved Defensive Lineman by the coachingstaff after spring drills.

2001 — Redshirted.HIGH SCHOOL — Registered 79 tackles, 9.5 sacks, forced five fumbles,

two fumbles recovered, 19 tack-les for loss and five broken uppasses as a senior ... As a juniortotaled 55 tackles, six sacks, 14tackles for loss, three fumblerecoveries and eight broken uppasses ... Led Lake Gibson tonine wins and a berth in theClass 3A regional final ...USAToday.com All-American ...First-team 3A All-State selection... 3A Region Eight DistrictPlayer of the Year ... Named tothe National High School All-Star Team and participated in anall-star game in Dallas, Texas ...Lakeland Ledger Enquirer All-County selection ... Listed asone of the top 15 players in thestate of Florida by Florida PrepFootball ... Max Emfinger's BlueChip Recruiting Florida Super16 ... Florida Times Union Super75 ... Ranked the top defensivetackle in Florida by the Florida Times Union ... Rivals.com All-American... PrepStar All-American ... Ranked as the No. 2 defensive linemen in thesoutheast and the No. 7 in the nation by PrepStar ... Eastbay/PrepStarDream Team ... Ranked as one of the top 10 defensive linemen and oneof the top 100 players in the country by Rivals.com ... One of the top 50players in the state of Florida according to SuperPrep Magazine ...Fanpolls.com Florida Defensive Player of the Year ... High school coachwas Dane Damron ... Also wrestled in high school and posted a 37-4record as a junior ... Was a top-four finisher at the state wrestling cham-

WayneDICKENS6-1 / 303 / Sr. / 3LLakeland, Fla.Lake GibsonPublic Administration

#96DT

KyleDEROZAN6-3 / 265 / Jr. / 2LMorganza, La.Pointe Coupee CentralSociology

#81DE


The Playerspionships in the heavyweight division ... Also lettered in track and wasa two-time district champion in the shot put.

PERSONAL — Born Aug. 20, 1983 ... Son of Choretta and Wayne Dickens... Two siblings, Kimberly, 17, and Hakeem, 8 ... Majoring in publicadministration.

DICKENS’ CAREER DEFENSIVE STATSYEAR G/GS TT UT AT TFL-YDS QBS-YDS FF/FR PD I/YDS2002 13/3 19 6 13 5-5 0-0 0/0 0 0-02003 13/0 12 3 9 0-0 0-0 0/0 0 0-02004 13/0 21 13 8 3-12 1-7 0/0 0 0-0Totals 39/3 52 22 30 8-17 1-7 0/0 0 0-0

DICKENS’ GAME-BY-GAME STATSDATE OPPONENT TT UT AT TFL-YDS QBS-YDS9/2/02 at USC 2 2 0 0-0 0-09/7/02 WESTERN CAROLINA 3 0 3 0-0 0-09/14/02 VANDERBILT 4 0 4 0-0 0-09/19/02 at Mississippi State 0 0 0 0-0 0-09/28/02 SYRACUSE 3 2 1 1-1 0-010/12/02 * ARKANSAS 4 1 3 1-0 0-010/19/02 * at Florida 2 1 1 2-3 0-010/26/02 * LSU 1 0 1 1-1 0-011/02/02 at Ole Miss 0 0 0 0-0 0-011/09/02 LOUISIANA-MONROE 0 0 0 0-0 0-011/16/02 GEORGIA 0 0 0 0-0 0-011/23/02 at Alabama 0 0 0 0-0 0-01/1/03 vs. Penn State (Capital One) 0 0 0 0-0 0-0

DATE OPPONENT TT UT AT TFL-YDS QBS-YDS8/30/03 USC 0 0 0 0-0 0-09/6/03 at Georgia Tech 2 0 2 0-0 0-09/13/03 at Vanderbilt 1 0 1 0-0 0-09/27/03 WESTERN KENTUCKY 2 2 0 0-0 0-010/4/03 TENNESSEE 0 0 0 0-0 0-010/11/03 at Arkansas 0 0 0 0-0 0-010/18/03 MISSISSIPPI STATE 0 0 0 0-0 0-010/25/03 at LSU 1 0 1 0-0 0-011/1/03 LOUISIANA-MONROE 3 0 3 0-0 0-011/8/03 OLE MISS 1 0 1 0-0 0-011/15/03 at Georgia 1 1 0 0-0 0-011/22/03 ALABAMA 0 0 0 0-0 0-012/31/03 vs. Wisconsin (Music City) 1 0 1 0-0 0-0

DATE OPPONENT TT UT AT TFL-YDS QBS-YDS9/4/04 LOUISIANA-MONROE 0 0 0 0-0 0-09/11/04 at Mississippi State 3 1 2 0-0 0-09/18/04 LSU 0 0 0 0-0 0-09/25/04 THE CITADEL 4 1 3 0-0 0-010/2/04 at Tennessee 2 2 0 0-0 0-010/9/04 LOUISIANA TECH 1 0 1 0-0 0-010/16/04 ARKANSAS 1 1 0 0-0 0-010/23/04 KENTUCKY 2 2 0 1-1 0-010/30/04 at Ole Miss 4 4 0 2-11 1-711/13/04 GEORGIA 1 0 1 0-0 0-011/20/04 at Alabama 1 1 0 0-0 0-012/04/04 vs. Tennessee (SEC) 0 0 0 0-0 0-01/3/05 vs. Virginia Tech (Sugar) 2 2 0 0-0 0-0

2004 — Played in three games ... Had two tackles, both solo, against TheCitadel.

2003 — Redshirted.HIGH SCHOOL — High School Coach: Spence McCracken ... Played both

defensive tackle and fullback in high school ... Rushed for 860 yards and 13touchdowns on 173 carries as a senior ... Helped lead Opelika to a 12-1record and a berth in the third round of the 6A playoffs ... Saw limited timeon defense and totaled 25 tackles, five tackles for loss and 11 quarterbackpressures ... Birmingham News Super All-State and first-team 6A selection ...ASWA Super All-State and 6A All-State selection ... PrepStar All-American... Atlanta Journal Constitution Super Southern 100 ... SuperPrep All-American ... Rated as one of the top four players in Alabama by SuperPrep... Rated the No. 5 defensive end nationally by ESPN.com/Tom Lemming... Tampa Tribune Best of the South Honorable Mention ... Named to theOpelika-Auburn News All-Area team ... As a junior, registered 86 tackles, 24tackles for loss, 50 quarterback pressures and six sacks and recovered onefumble which he returned 43 yards for a touchdown ... Rushed for 224yards on 48 carries and scored nine touchdowns.

PERSONAL — Played at same high school that produced current Auburnplayers Montavian Collier, Tommy Jackson and Will Herring ... Born Dec.18, 1984 ... Son of Beverly Doolittle-Hill and Moses Wynn ... One sibling,Cameron, 10 ... Majoring in criminology.

DOOLITTLE’S CAREER DEFENSIVE STATSYEAR G/GS TT UT AT TFL-YDS QBS-YDS FF/FR PD I/YDS2004 3/0 3 3 0 0-0 0-0 0/0 0 0-0

2005 — Named the MostImproved Offensive Lineman by thecoaching staff after spring drills.

2004 — Moved from nose guard tooffensive tackle after the spring ...Saw action in 10 games primarily onspecial teams.

2003 — Part of the playing rotationat defensive tackle ... Played in 11games ... Registered two tacklesagainst LSU and Mississippi State ...Blocked a field goal and had twotackles for loss including a sack (-7)against Western Kentucky ... Finishedthe game with a sack on Vanderbilt’squarterback for a four-yard loss ...Saw time against USC and had two

TimDUCKWORTH6-3 / 326 / Jr. / 2LTaylorsville, Miss.TaylorsvilleAdult Education

#76OG

TezDOOLITTLE6-3 / 289 / So. / SQOpelika, Ala.OpelikaCriminology

#99NG


The Playerstackles.

HIGH SCHOOL — High School Coach: Shannon White ... Re-signed in 2003upon qualification ... Played both offensive and defensive line ... As a sen-ior, tallied 52 tackles, seven sacks, two fumble recoveries and caused a fum-ble ... Also registered more than 30 pancakes on offense ... Four-year starteron offensive line ... Clarion-Ledger All-State selection ... Orlando Sentinel All-Southern Team Honorable Mention ... Atlanta Journal Constitution SuperSouthern 100 ... CNNSI.com and The Insiders Top 101 ... SuperPrepMagazine All-American ... PrepStar All-American ... Ranked as one of thetop 15 offensive linemen in the nation by Rivals100.com ... Also played cen-ter on basketball team.

PERSONAL — Played at same high school as Auburn quarterback JasonCampbell ... Son of Dorthy and Charles Duckworth ... Three siblings,Charles, 31, Carol, 31, and Steven, 29 ... Born Sept. 14, 1982 ... Majoring inadult education.

DUCKWORTH’S CAREER DEFENSIVE STATSYEAR G/GS TT UT AT TFL-YDS QBS-YDS FF/FR PD I/YDS2003 11/0 12 4 8 3-12 2-11 0/0 0 0-0

DUCKWORTH’S GAME-BY-GAME STATSDATE OPPONENT TT UT AT TFL-YDS QBS-YDS8/30/03 USC 2 0 2 0-0 0-09/7/03 at Georgia Tech DID NOT PLAY9/13/03 at Vanderbilt 2 1 1 1-4 1-49/27/03 WESTERN KENTUCKY 3 2 1 2-8 1-710/4/03 TENNESSEE 1 0 1 0-0 0-010/11/03 at Arkansas 0 0 0 0-0 0-010/18/03 MISSISSIPPI STATE 2 1 1 0-0 0-010/25/03 at LSU 2 0 2 0-0 0-011/1/03 LOUISIANA-MONROE 0 0 0 0-0 0-011/8/03 OLE MISS 0 0 0 0-0 0-011/15/03 at Georgia 0 0 0 0-0 0-011/22/03 ALABAMA DID NOT PLAY12/31/03 vs. Wisconsin (Music City) 0 0 0 0-0 0-0

2004 — Played in 13 games,primarily on special teams ...Graded 90 percent overall in 19plays against Kentucky ...Credited with two rodeo blocksand one pancake block againstthe Wildcats ... Saw actionagainst Louisiana Tech ...Participated in 33 plays againstThe Citadel.


Coach: Carlton Flatt ... Averagedeight pancakes a game andallowed only one sack as a sen-ior ... Also played defensive endand finished the season with 51solo tackles, five sacks and 10broken up passes ... Helped leadBrentwood to a 9-3 record and aberth in the Division II, class 3A

championship game as a senior ... Won the Tennessee Mr. FootballLineman of the Year Award for Division II-AAA ... Selected to TheTennessean All-Midstate team… A Tennessee Sports Writers first-teamDivision II All-State selection ... Named to the Associated Press All-Statefirst team for all divisions ... Knoxville News Sentinel Tennessee Top 25 ...Also played basketball and averaged 15 points, eight rebounds and twoblocks a game as a junior.

PERSONAL — Full name is King David Dunlap, V ... Son of King andRobin Dunlap ... Father played football at Tennessee State and spent threeseasons in the NFL ... Two siblings, George, 16 and Victoria, 14 ... Born Sept.9, 1985 ... Played at the same high school as current Auburn players JakeSlaughter, Kody Bliss and John Vaughn ... Majoring in business.

2005 — Joined Auburn in January.HIGH SCHOOL — Graduated in 2004 ... High School Coach: Ben Harris ...

Four-year starter on defense ... Registered 105 tackles, eight tackles for loss,six sacks, three forced fumbles and three fumble recoveries as a senior ...Also blocked a field goal and one punt on special teams

PERSONAL — Played at the same high school that produced formerAuburn players Dameyune Craig, Larry Casher and DeMarco McNeil ...Born Oct. 9, 1985 ... Son of Mary and Christopher Jackson.

2004 — Redshirted.HIGH SCHOOL — Earned All-Dade County honors as a senior ... Third-

team All-State as named by the Florida Sports Writers Association ...Four-year starter at Southridge ... Intercepted three passes for scoredthree touchdowns as a senior ... In one game, ran a kickoff back 95 yardsfor a score and scored on a 35-yard interception return ... Injured foot atthe end of senior season.

PERSONAL — Full name is Lorenzo Xavier Ferguson ... Born Oct. 3, 1985 ...Son of Kathy Ferguson and Lenny More Taylor.

LorenzoFERGUSON6-1 / 206 / RFr. / RSMiami, Fla.SouthridgeUndecided

#14DB

ChrisEVANS6-0 / 221 / Fr. / HSPrichard, Ala.BlountUndecided

#59LB

KingDUNLAP6-8 / 292 / So. / 1LBrentwood, Tenn.Brentwood Business

#77OT


The Players

2004 — Redshirted.HIGH SCHOOL — High School Coach: Tim Cokley ... Threw for 1,117

yards and 10 touchdowns and punted for a 46.9 yard average as a senior ...All-State selection at punter ... Started three seasons at Cairo High Schoolbefore transferring to North Florida Christian ... Played for his father atCairo ... Accounted for 3,300 passing yards and 23 touchdowns in career atCairo ... Orlando Sentinel Florida Top 100 ... PrepStar All-Region selection.

PERSONAL — Full name is Blake Evans Field ... Born Dec. 2, 1984 ... Son ofConnie and Warren Field.

2004 — Played in three games.HIGH SCHOOL — Registered 142 tackles, 13 sacks and an interception as

a senior ... Helped lead team to two state championships ... As a junior,totaled 110 tackles, one interception and three fumble recoveries ... All-State selection ... Mobile Register Super Southeast 120 ... Clarion-LedgerDandy Dozen ... Orlando Sentinel All-Southern Honorable Mention ...Rivals.com Top 20 Outside Linebackers ... Rivals.com Mississippi Top 20... TheInsiders.com Mississippi Top 10 ... SuperPrep All-Region and oneof the top 10 players in Mississippi ... PrepStar All-Region.

PERSONAL — Born Feb. 13, 1986 ... Son of Everlene and Steve Gandy ...High School teammate of Mike McLaughlin.

GANDY’S CAREER DEFENSIVE STATSYEAR G/GS TT UT AT TFL-YDS QBS-YDS FF/FR PD I/YDS2004 3/0 3 3 0 0-0 0-0 0/0 0 0-0

2004 — Played in 11 games and registered eight tackles with two bro-ken up passes ... Broke up a pass against Alabama ...Totaled four tacklesand a broken up pass against The Citadel ... Finished with two tacklesagainst Mississippi State.

2003 — Walked on to the Auburn team and redshirted.

HIGH SCHOOL — HighSchool Coach: Gary Horton... Rushed for 800 yards andsix touchdowns his seniorseason ... Also credited with50 tackles ... Earned All-Region team honors ...Rushed for 700 yards andseven touchdowns his jun-ior season ... Ran track andplayed baseball his juniorseason.

PERSONAL — Born March27, 1985 in Florence, Ala. ...Son of Tia and Larry Gilbert... Has one brother,Marques (20), and a twinsister, Tabitha (19) ...Majoring in public adminis-tration.

GILBERT’S CAREER DEFENSIVE STATSYEAR G/GS TT UT AT TFL-YDS QBS-YDS FF/FR PD I/YDS2004 11/0 8 6 2 0-0 0-0 0/0 2 0-0

GILBERT’S GAME-BY-GAME STATSDATE OPPONENT TT UT AT PD INT-YDS9/4/04 LOUISIANA-MONROE 1 0 1 0 0-09/11/04 at Mississippi State 2 1 1 0 0-09/18/04 LSU 0 0 0 0 0-09/25/04 THE CITADEL 4 4 0 1 0-010/2/04 at Tennessee DID NOT PLAY10/9/04 LOUISIANA TECH 0 0 0 0 0-010/16/04 ARKANSAS DID NOT PLAY10/23/04 KENTUCKY 0 0 0 0 0-010/30/04 at Ole Miss 1 1 0 0 0-011/13/04 GEORGIA 0 0 0 0 0-011/20/04 at Alabama 0 0 0 1 0-012/04/04 vs. Tennessee (SEC) 0 0 0 0 0-01/3/05 vs. Virginia Tech (Sugar) 0 0 0 0 0-0

2004 — Redshirted.HIGH SCHOOL — High School Coach: Mike Sherrill ... Played in only five

games as a senior due to injuries ... Registered 34 tackles, three sacks, ninequarterback hurries, three broken up passes and an interception ... Also let-tered in basketball.

PERSONAL — Born April 6, 1986 ... Son of Virginia and Jimmy Green.

TyronneGREEN6-3 / 306 / RFr. / RSPensacola, Fla.WoodhamUndecided

#90DT

ZachGILBERT5-10 / 190 / So. / 1LFlorence, Ala.BradshawPublic Administration

#38DB

SteveGANDY6-1 / 202 / RFr. / RSWaynesboro, Miss.Wayne CountyUndecided

#26SS

BlakeFIELD6-2 / 199 / RFr. / RSTallahassee, Fla.North Florida ChristianUndecided

#16QB


The Players

2005 — Named the MostImproved DefensiveLineman by the coachingstaff following springdrills.

2004 — Part of the rota-tion at defensive end ...Member of The SportingNews Freshman All-American First-Team andAll-SEC Freshman First-Team ... Member ofRivals.com Freshman All-America First-Team ...FWAA Freshman All-America Team ... Played inall 13 games ... Finishedwith 23 tackles, including19 solo ... Tied for third inthe SEC and tied for theteam lead with 7.5 sacks ...Tied for the team lead with10 tackles for loss (-41) ...Finished with two quarterback hurries against Tennessee in the SECChampionship game ... Had a sack for a 6-yard loss against Ole Miss ...Had a huge game in the Kentucky backfield, registering four sacks, twoforced fumbles and six total tackles en route to being named theCoaches’ Defensive Player of the Week ... Both of the forced fumblesoccurred inside the UK 20-yard line and one was returned for an Auburnscore ... Tied for the team lead with three tackles for loss (-12), includinga sack and a half against Louisiana Tech ... Totaled four tackles and aquarterback hurry on 3rd-and-goal that resulted in an interception in thethird quarter against Tennessee ... Had first sack of career against TheCitadel ... Had two tackles against both Mississippi State and Louisiana-Monroe.

2003 — Redshirted.HIGH SCHOOL — High School Coach: Phil Short ... Finished senior sea-

son with 86 tackles, 22 sacks and three fumble recoveries ... Also playedtight end and caught three passes for 175 yards and two touchdowns ...Totaled 89 tackles, 15 sacks, one interception and forced seven fumblesas a junior ... A four-year starter for Weston ... USA Today All-USA sec-ond-team selection ... PrepStar All-Region selection ... Orlando SentinelSuper Southern 100 ... Rated the nation's third best defensive end nation-ally by ESPN.com/Tom Lemming ... ESPN.com/Tom Lemming Top 100... SuperPrep All-Region selection ... Clarion Ledger Dandy Dozen ...Clarion Ledger All-State selection ... Also played basketball, competed inthe discus and long jump in track and was a member of the power lift-ing team.

PERSONAL — Born July 5, 1984 ... Son of Barbara and Bennett Groves ...Two siblings, Antonial, 18; Bennett, 21 ... Majoring in education.

GROVES’ CAREER DEFENSIVE STATSYEAR G/GS TT UT AT TFL-YDS QBS-YDS FF/FR PD I/YDS2003 2/0 3 1 2 0-0 0-0 0/0 0 0-02004 13/0 23 19 4 10-41 7.5-37 2/0 0 0-0Totals 15/0 26 20 6 10-41 7.5-37 2/0 0 0-0

GROVES’ GAME-BY-GAME STATSDATE OPPONENT TT UT AT TFL-YDS QBS-YDS9/4/04 LOUISIANA-MONROE 2 2 0 0-0 0-09/11/04 at Mississippi State 2 2 0 0-0 0-09/18/04 LSU 0 0 0 0-0 0-09/25/04 THE CITADEL 1 1 0 1-8 1-810/2/04 at Tennessee 4 3 1 0-0 0-010/9/04 LOUISIANA TECH 4 2 2 3-12 1.5-910/16/04 ARKANSAS 0 0 0 0-0 0-010/23/04 KENTUCKY 6 5 1 5-15 4-1410/30/04 at Ole Miss 2 2 0 1-6 1-611/13/04 GEORGIA 1 1 0 0-0 0-011/20/04 at Alabama 0 0 0 0-0 0-012/04/04 vs. Tennessee (SEC) 0 0 0 0-0 0-01/3/05 vs. Virginia Tech (Sugar) 1 1 0 0-0 0-0

2004 — Started all 13 games ... Finished with a 91 percent overallgrade with 98 on assignments against Alabama ... Credited with ninerodeo blocks against the Crimson Tide ... Posted 93 percent overall markwith two pancakes and helped Auburn accumulate 404 yards of offenseagainst Georgia ... Graded 92 percent with 100 percent mark on assign-ments with 10 rodeo and two pancakes against Ole Miss ... Finished with93 percent overall and 98 percent on assignments against Kentucky ...Had the highest grade of the starters with an overall 91 percent andhelped Auburn total 522 yards of offense against Arkansas ... Finishedwith 97 percent grade on assignments against Tennessee ... Posted a 100percent grade on assignments and an overall mark of 91 percent againstThe Citadel ... Had a 95 percent on assignments against LSU ... Postedgrades of 92 and 96 percent on assignments against Mississippi State andLouisiana-Monroe, respectively ... Moved from tight end to guard priorto spring drills.

2003 — Moved from defensive tackle to tight end in two-a-days ...Played in nine games including the last seven ... Used mainly in block-ing situations.

2002 — Redshirted.HIGH SCHOOL —

Registered 150 tackles andsix sacks and an intercep-tion as a senior ... Alsoplayed fullback, rushingfor 130 yards on 28 carriesand two touchdowns andcaught seven passes for 50yards ... Totaled 110 tack-les, four sacks and aninterception as a junior ...Four-year starter ...Ranked as one of the top10 players in the state ofAlabama by SuperPrepMagazine ... SuperPrep All-American ... AlabamaSports Writers Class 4AAll-State selection as anoffensive lineman ... All-County and All-Metro

BenGRUBBS6-3 / 302 / Jr. / 2LEclectic, Ala.Elmore CountyBusiness

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QuentinGROVES6-3 / 245 / So. / 1LGreenville, Miss.WestonUndecided

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The Playersselection as a linebacker ... PrepStar All-Region selection ... Four-yearstarter on the basketball team.

PERSONAL — Full name is Benjamin Richard Grubbs ... Born March 10, 1984... Son of Deborah Grubbs ... One brother, Cedric, 22 ... Majoring in business.

2004 — Played in seven games ... Caught first career pass againstMississippi State and finished game with two catches for 21 yards ...Caught a 37-yard pass against The Citadel.

2003 — Saw time against Western Kentucky, Mississippi State andLouisiana-Monroe.

2002 — Redshirted.HIGH SCHOOL — As a senior, made 93 catches for 1,341 yards and 12

touchdowns ... Set a Class 6A state record with 93 catches ... Alsoreturned 27 kickoffs for 810 yards and scored one touchdown andblocked three field goal attempts ... As a junior, snared 87 passes for1,252 yards and 11 touchdowns and returned 25 kickoffs for 675 yardsand one touchdown ... Two-time Birmingham News Super All-State andClass 6A All-State selection ... Alabama Sports Writers Association All-State selection ... Named to the PrepStar All-Region team ... Also playedbasketball and competed in track in high school ... Placed third in thestate indoor track championships in the 55-meters as a junior ... Memberof the National Honor Society.

PERSONAL — Full name is Christopher Lee Guess ... Born March 30,1984 ... Son of Connie and Chris Guess ... One brother, Chance, 17 ...Pursuing his MBA.

GUESS’ CAREER RECEIVING STATSYEAR G/GS NO YDS AVG TD LP/OPPONENT2003 3/0 0 0 0.0 0 --2004 7/0 4 77 19.3 0 37/The CitadelTotals 10/0 4 77 19.3 0 37/The Citadel

GUESS’ GAME-BY-GAME STATSDATE OPPONENT REC YDS AVG TD9/4/04 LOUISIANA-MONROE 0 0 0.0 09/11/04 at Mississippi State 2 21 10.5 09/18/04 LSU DID NOT PLAY9/25/04 THE CITADEL 1 37 37.0 010/2/04 at Tennessee 0 0 0.0 010/9/04 LOUISIANA TECH 0 0 0.0 010/16/04 ARKANSAS DID NOT PLAY10/23/04 KENTUCKY 1 19 19.0 010/30/04 at Ole Miss DID NOT PLAY11/13/04 GEORGIA DID NOT PLAY12/04/04 vs. Tennessee (SEC) 0 0 0.0 01/3/05 vs. Virginia Tech (Sugar) DID NOT PLAY

2005 — Received the Most Improved Grade Point Average Awardfrom the coaching staff during spring drills.

2004 — Part of the playing rotation at defensive end ... Played in all 13games, starting one ... Finished with 14 tackles, including five for loss (-22) ... Had three sacks (-18) ...Recorded three quarterback hur-ries, a sack (-5) and three tacklesagainst Kentucky ... Finishedwith two tackles and a hurryagainst Arkansas ... Forced afumble and had a sack (-9)against Louisiana Tech ... Had asack early in the second quarterand finished with two tacklesfor loss (-6) against Tennessee ...Earned first career start againstMississippi State ... Tied forthird on the team with threesacks.

2003 — Played in sevengames ... Totaled two tacklesincluding half a sack againstWestern Kentucky ... Forced afumble and finished with fourtackles including two for loss (-10) against Louisiana-Monroe.

HIGH SCHOOL — High SchoolCoach: Willie Carl Martin ... Recorded 123 tackles and 20 sacks as a sen-ior defensive end ... Helped lead Benjamin Russell to a state champi-onship as a junior and a 9-3 record as a senior ... Birmingham News class5A All-State selection ... Alabama Sports Writers Association class 5AAll-State selection ... Finished with 110 tackles and 15 sacks as a junior ...Also competed in wrestling.

PERSONAL — Full name is Marquies LaRoy Gunn ... Born Nov. 22, 1983... Son of Lisa and James Daniels ... Five siblings, James Daniels, 18,Corderrick Daniels, 16, Kanyana Russell, 6, Nika Kelley, 23, LeshiaGunn, 10 ... Majoring in sociology.

GUNN’S CAREER DEFENSIVE STATSYEAR G/GS TT UT AT TFL-YDS QBS-YDS FF/FR PD I/YDS2003 9/0 7 4 3 3-16 0.5-6 1/0 1 0-02004 13/1 14 9 5 5-22 3.0-18 2/0 0 0-0Totals 22/1 21 13 8 8-38 3.5-24 3/0 1 0-0

GUNN’S GAME-BY-GAME STATSDATE OPPONENT TT UT AT TFL-YDS QBS-YDS8/30/03 USC DID NOT PLAY9/6/03 at Georgia Tech DID NOT PLAY9/13/03 at Vanderbilt 0 0 0 0-0 0-09/27/03 WESTERN KENTUCKY 2 1 1 1-6 0.5-610/4/03 TENNESSEE DID NOT PLAY10/11/03 at Arkansas DID NOT PLAY10/18/03 MISSISSIPPI STATE 0 0 0 0-0 0-010/25/03 at LSU 0 0 0 0-0 0-011/1/03 LOUISIANA-MONROE 4 2 2 2-10 0-011/8/03 OLE MISS 0 0 0 0-0 0-011/15/03 at Georgia 1 1 0 0-0 0-011/22/03 ALABAMA 0 0 0 0-0 0-0

MarquiesGUNN6-4 / 238 / Jr. / 2LAlexander City, Ala.Benjamin RussellSociology

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LeeGUESS5-10 / 177 / Jr. / 1LTrussville, Ala.Hewitt-TrussvilleMBA (Graduate)

#25WR


The Players12/31/03 vs. Wisconsin (Music City) 0 0 0 0-0 0-0

DATE OPPONENT TT UT AT TFL-YDS QBS-YDS9/4/04 LOUISIANA-MONROE 1 1 0 0-0 0-09/11/04 * at Mississippi State 0 0 0 0-0 0-09/18/04 LSU DID NOT PLAY9/25/04 THE CITADEL 0 0 0 0-0 0-010/2/04 at Tennessee 2 2 0 2-6 1-410/9/04 LOUISIANA TECH 3 1 2 1.5-10 1-910/16/04 ARKANSAS 2 1 1 0-0 0-010/23/04 KENTUCKY 3 2 1 1-5 1-510/30/04 at Ole Miss 1 1 0 0-0 0-011/13/04 GEORGIA 0 0 0 0-0 0-011/20/04 at Alabama 2 1 1 0.5-1 0-012/04/04 vs. Tennessee (SEC) 0 0 0 0-0 0-01/3/05 vs. Virginia Tech (Sugar) 0 0 0 0-0 0-0

2004 — Redshirted.HIGH SCHOOL — High School Coach: Steve Mask ... Had senior season cut

short by an injury but still gained 275 yards on 24 carries and three touch-downs from fullback position and registered 33 solo tackles, three sacks, afumble recovery and an interception on defense ... As a junior, totaled 83tackles and two sacks ... Also played running back and ran for 823 yardsand five touchdowns ... Helped lead Colbert County to a 12-3 record and astate runner-up finish ... Mobile Register Best of the Rest ... PrepStar All-Region.

PERSONAL — Born May 18, 1985 ... Son of Marlet and Greg Wilson.

2004 — Played in 12 games ...Saw action for 25 plays againstKentucky ... Graded 92 percentoverall with one rodeo block andone pancake block against theWildcats ... Participated in 24plays against Louisiana Tech ...Participated in 45 plays againstThe Citadel ... Finished with onecockroach block and one pancakeblock against the Bulldogs.

HIGH SCHOOL — Posted betterthan a 90 percent grade and had90 knockdown blocks while notallowing a sack as a senior ... Had17 knockdown blocks in onegame ... All-USA Today Team ...EA Sports All-America team ...Played in the Shrine Bowl and the

U.S. Army All-America game ... All-State selection ... Atlanta JournalConstitution Super Southern 100 ... Orlando Sentinel All-Southern Team ...SuperPrep Elite 50 ... SuperPrep All-American ... Ranked the top player inSouth Carolina by SuperPrep and Rivals.com ... Mobile Register SuperSoutheast 120 ... Countdown to Signing Day All-South Team ... PrepStarTop 100 Dream Team ... Rivals.com Top 100 and Southeast Elite 88 ...TheInsiders.com first-team All-American.

PERSONAL — Born Jan. 26, 1986 ... Son of Elaine and Leon Hart ... Majoris undecided.

2004 — Appeared in games against The Citadel and Louisiana Tech.HIGH SCHOOL — Played wide receiver and defensive back at Gadsden

High School ... Earned All-Region honors his junior and senior seasons ...High School Coach: Vince DiLorenzo ... Also lettered in baseball junior andsenior years ... Graduated in the top 10 of his senior class.

PERSONAL — Son of Marian and Ed Haynie ... Has one sister, Adrian, 24... Majoring in building science.

HAYNIE’S CAREER DEFENSIVE STATSYEAR G/GS TT UT AT TFL-YDS QBS-YDS FF/FR PD I/YDS2004 2/0 0 0 0 0-0 0-0 0/0 0 0/0

2004 — Second on the team with 61 tackles ... Played in and started all13 games ... Finished with three interceptions and three pass deflections... Has started 24 consecutive games ... Recorded four tackles againstVirginia Tech in the Nokia Sugar Bowl ... Made a goal line tackle late inthe second quarter to keep the Hokies off the scoreboard ... Finishedwith three tackles against Tennessee in the SEC Championship game ...Totaled seven tackles and broke up a pass against Alabama ... Recovereda fumble and totaled six tackles against Georgia ... Intercepted a pass inthe third quarter and had five tackles including one for loss against OleMiss ... Finished with five tackles against Arkansas ... Led Auburn witha career-high 12 tackles including several key open-field tackles againstTennessee ... Tied for a team-high with eight tackles against LSU ...Finished with two stops, including a tackle for loss against MississippiState ... Intercepted his fourth career pass against Louisiana-Monroe...Also intercepted a pass against The Citadel ... Named the Coaches’Defensive Player of the Week for his performance against The Citadel.

2003 — Finished sixth on the team with 46 tackles ... Started the last 11games at safety and played in all 13 ... Named first-team Freshman All-SEC by The Sporting News and the coaches ... Tied for the team lead withthree interceptions ... Intercepted a pass in the fourth quarter which set

WillHERRING6-4 / 215 / Jr. / 2LOpelika, Ala.OpelikaExercise Science

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BrantHAYNIE5-10 / 186 / Jr. / 1LGadsden, TexasGadsdenBuilding Science

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LeonHART6-5 / 302 / So. / 1LColumbia, S.C.Spring ValleyUndecided

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CourtneyHARDEN6-1 / 239 / RFr. / RSLeighton, Ala.Colbert CountyUndecided

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The Playersup Auburn’s game-winning touch-down against Wisconsin in the MusicCity Bowl ... Intercepted a pass in thefourth quarter and totaled threetackles against Alabama ... Led theteam with eight tackles againstGeorgia ... Totaled a season-high 10tackles including one tackle for lossagainst Ole Miss ... Finished withfour tackles and broke up a pass inthe end zone against LSU ...Intercepted his first career pass inthe second quarter which resulted inan Auburn touchdown and had twotackles including one for loss (-2)against Mississippi State ...Registered five tackles againstArkansas ... Finished with four tack-les, a quarterback hurry and a bro-ken up pass against Tennessee ...Tied for the team lead with four tack-les in a start against WesternKentucky ... Started againstVanderbilt and finished with twotackles and a fumble recovery ... Selected as the Defensive MVP of A-Day after intercepting a pass and registering two tackles.

2002 — Redshirted.HIGH SCHOOL — Played quarterback in high school, finishing with 1,026

yards rushing on 122 carries (8.4 average) and 11 touchdowns and 952yards passing and 10 touchdowns as a senior ... Helped lead Opelika toa 10-2 record in 2001 ... Passed for 915 yards and four touchdowns andrushed for 545 yards and 12 touchdowns as a junior ... Three-year starterat quarterback and led team to a 30-6 record during career ... Final careernumbers were 2,638 yards passing with 22 touchdowns and 1,632 yardsrushing with 27 touchdowns ... Two-time Opelika High School OffensiveMVP ... Opelika-Auburn News Super 10 ... Columbus Ledger-EnquirerDandy Dozen ... Ranked as one of the top 20 players in the state ofAlabama by SuperPrep Magazine ... PrepStar All-Region selection ... Alsoplayed baseball and was a two-time All-Area selection ... Member of theNational Honor Society.

PERSONAL — Born Aug. 28, 1983 ... Son of Libba and Ron Herring ...Two siblings, Rusty, 19; Laura, 23 ... Majoring in exercise science.

HERRING’S CAREER DEFENSIVE STATSYEAR G/GS TT UT AT TFL-YDS QBS-YDS FF/FR PD INT-YDS2002 2/0 2 0 2 0-0 0-0 0/0 0 0-02003 13/11 46 24 22 2-3 0-0 0/1 2 3-02004 13/13 61 44 17 2-4 0-0 0/1 3 3-(-2)Totals 28/24 109 68 41 4-7 0-0 0/1 5 6-(-2)

HERRING’S GAME-BY-GAME STATSDATE OPPONENT TT UT AT TFL-YDS INT-YDS8/30/03 USC 0 0 0 0-0 0-09/6/03 at Georgia Tech 0 0 0 0-0 0-09/13/03 * at Vanderbilt 2 1 1 0-0 0-09/27/03 * WESTERN KENTUCKY 4 1 3 0-0 0-010/4/03 * TENNESSEE 4 3 1 0-0 0-010/11/03 * at Arkansas 5 2 3 0-0 0-010/18/03 * MISSISSIPPI STATE 2 2 0 1-2 1-010/25/03 * at LSU 4 2 2 0-0 0-011/1/03 * LOUISIANA-MONROE 2 1 1 0-0 0-011/8/03 * OLE MISS 10 4 6 1-1 0-011/15/03 * at Georgia 8 6 2 0-0 0-011/22/03 * ALABAMA 3 1 2 0-0 1-012/31/03 * vs. Wisconsin (Music City) 2 1 1 0-0 1-0

DATE OPPONENT TT UT AT TFL-YDS INT-YDS9/4/04 * LOUISIANA-MONROE 1 1 0 0-0 1-09/11/04 * at Mississippi State 2 2 0 1-3 0-09/18/04 * LSU 8 7 1 0-0 0-09/25/04 * THE CITADEL 2 2 0 0-0 1-(-2)

10/2/04 * at Tennessee 12 9 3 0-0 0-010/9/04 * LOUISIANA TECH 2 1 1 0-0 0-010/16/04 * ARKANSAS 5 3 2 0-0 0-010/23/04 * KENTUCKY 4 2 2 0-0 0-010/30/04 * at Ole Miss 5 5 0 1-1 1-011/13/04 * GEORGIA 6 5 1 0-0 0-011/20/04 * at Alabama 7 3 4 0-0 0-012/04/04 * vs. Tennessee (SEC) 3 2 1 0-0 0-01/3/05 * vs. Virginia Tech (Sugar) 4 2 2 0-0 0-0

2004 — Started one game and has played in 23 in his career ... Finishedwith three stops against Mississippi State and two against LouisianaTech ... Recorded two tackles against Arkansas.

2003 — Played in all 13 games, starting seven ... Tied for the team leadwith three interceptions and second with seven broken up passes ...Finished the season with 31tackles ... Broke up a pass andhad four tackles againstAlabama ... Forced a fumble,broke up a pass and had fivetackles against Georgia ...Intercepted a pass and returnedit 20 yards for a touchdown,Auburn’s only defensive scoreof the season, againstLouisiana-Monroe ... Namedthe Coaches’ Defensive Playerof the Week for his performanceagainst Louisiana-Monroe ...Broke up four passes includingone in the end zone and totaledfour tackles against Arkansas ...Finished with six tackles in astart against Tennessee ...Started against WesternKentucky and intercepted apass for the second consecutivegame ... Intercepted a pass and returned it 13 yards against Vanderbilt.

2002 — Walked on the team and sat out season after transferring fromTexas Southern.

2001 — Was a member of the Texas Southern football team.HIGH SCHOOL — Started at corner for two years at Tampa Bay Tech ...

High School Coach: John Colbert. PERSONAL — Son of Audrey and Kennie Hobbs ... Three siblings,

Kennie, 31, Demetrius, 22, and Shaunice, 11 ... Born April 30, 1983 ...Majoring in business accounting.

HOBBS’ CAREER DEFENSIVE STATSYEAR G/GS TT UT AT TFL-YDS QBS-YDS FF/FR PD INT-YDS2003 13/7 31 16 15 0-0 0-0 1/0 7 3-332004 10/1 10 9 1 0-0 0-0 0/0 0 0-0Totals 23/8 41 25 16 0-0 0-0 1/0 7 3-33

KevinHOBBS6-0 / 192 / Sr. / 2LTampa, Fla.Tampa Bay Tech/Texas SouthernBusiness Accounting

#49DB


The PlayersHOBBS’ GAME-BY-GAME STATS

DATE OPPONENT TT UT AT PD INT-YDS8/30/03 USC 0 0 0 0 0-09/6/03 at Georgia Tech 1 0 1 0 0-09/13/03 at Vanderbilt 1 1 0 0 1-139/27/03 * WESTERN KENTUCKY 2 1 1 0 1-010/4/03 * TENNESSEE 6 5 1 0 0-010/11/03 * at Arkansas 4 3 1 4 0-010/18/03 MISSISSIPPI STATE 0 0 0 0 0-010/25/03 at LSU 1 0 1 1 0-011/1/03 * LOUISIANA-MONROE 1 0 1 0 1-2011/8/03 * OLE MISS 3 1 2 0 0-011/15/03 * at Georgia 5 3 2 1 0-011/22/03 * ALABAMA 4 0 4 1 0-012/31/03 vs. Wisconsin (Music City) 3 2 1 0 0-0

DATE OPPONENT TT UT AT TFL-YDS INT-YDS9/4/04 * LOUISIANA-MONROE 0 0 0 0-0 0-09/11/04 at Mississippi State 3 3 0 0-0 0-09/18/04 LSU 0 0 0 0-0 0-09/25/04 THE CITADEL 0 0 0 0-0 0-010/2/04 at Tennessee 1 1 0 0-0 0-010/9/04 LOUISIANA TECH 2 2 0 0-0 0-010/16/04 ARKANSAS 2 2 0 0-0 0-010/23/04 KENTUCKY 1 0 1 0-0 0-010/30/04 at Ole Miss DID NOT PLAY11/13/04 GEORGIA DID NOT PLAY11/20/04 at Alabama 0 0 0 0-0 0-012/04/04 vs. Tennessee (SEC) DID NOT PLAY1/3/05 vs. Virginia Tech (Sugar) 1 1 0 0-0 0-0

2005 — Came out of spring drills as one of the starters at corner.2004 — Missed season after injuring knee during two-a-days ... Enrolled

at Auburn in January.2002-2003 — Junior college coach was Troy Morrell ... Helped lead Butler

County to a NJCAA National Championship ... Totaled 59 tackles, threeinterceptions and nine broken up passes a sophomore ... Named to theKansas Jayhawk All-Conference Team ... As a freshman, totaled 45 tackles,two interceptions, 11 broken up passes and forced two fumbles.

HIGH SCHOOL — High School Coach: Kevin Maloof ... Missed three gameswith injuries, but ran for 700 yards and 10 touchdowns and caught 15 pass-es for 204 yards and two touchdowns as a senior ... As a junior, rushed for1,349 yards and 18 touchdowns while leading Dacula to an 11-2 record ...Rushed for 247 yards on nine carries and four touchdowns in one game ...Caught 19 passes for over 300 yards and six touchdowns ... PrepStar All-American ... One of the top 30 players in Georgia by SuperPrep Magazine ...Also ran track and was the region champion in the 200m and 400m as ajunior.

PERSONAL — Born Oct. 9, 1982 ... Son of David Irons ... Brother of team-mate Kenny Irons ... Majoring in sociology.

2005 — Received the Off-Season Conditioning Award from the coach-ing staff.

2004 — Transferred from South Carolina and enrolled at Auburn inJanuary ... Scored a touchdown on a five-yard run in the A-Day game ... Satout the 2004 season per NCAA transfer rules.

2003 — Played at South Carolina and rushed for 51 yards on 19 carriesand one touchdown during the season ... Also caught two passes for eightyards ... Rushed for 26 yards and a touchdown against Louisiana-Lafayette... Played in five games, starting one.

2002 — As a true freshman, earned a letter after appearing in nine gameswith one start ... Rushed for 201 yards on 47 carries ... Also had four catch-es for 63 yards and one touchdown on a 30-yard catch and run againstMississippi State ... Rushed for a season-high 43 yards on 12 attemptsagainst Mississippi State ...

HIGH SCHOOL — Rushed for 1,985 yards as a senior ... PrepStar All-American ... Sporting News Top 25 ... Named to the Atlanta JournalConstitution's Top 11 ... Gwinnett County Back of the Year ... Played in theGeorgia-Florida High School All-Star Game.

PERSONAL — Born Sept. 15, 1983 ... Son of David Irons ... Brother of team-mate David Irons ... Majoring in economics (liberal arts).

2004 — Member of AssociatedPress All-SEC First-Team ...Played in and started all 13games ... Fourth on the teamwith 51 tackles ... Posted seventackles for loss (-34) and two anda half sacks (-17) ... Also recov-ered two fumbles ... Has had atackle for loss in 21 of 38 careergames ... Had at least two tacklesin each contest while starting inall 13 games ... Posted a tackle forloss (-11) and sack againstVirginia Tech in the Nokia SugarBowl ... Finished with five tack-les against Tennessee in the SECChampionship game ... Passedthe 100-tackle mark for his careeragainst the Volunteers ...Registered a career-high seventackles against Alabama ...Finished with four tacklesincluding one for loss against

TommyJACKSON6-1 / 305 / Sr. / 3LOpelika, Ala.OpelikaGraduate Studies

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KennyIRONS5-11 / 202 / Jr. / RSDacula, Ga.Dacula/South CarolinaEconomics (Liberal Arts)

#23RB

DavidIRONS6-1 / 189 / Sr. / SQDacula, Ga.Dacula/Butler County JCSociology

#4DB


The PlayersGeorgia ... Totaled four tackles against Ole Miss ... Had half of a sack andfive tackles against Kentucky ... Recovered a fumble on the Tennessee 1-yard line and finished with five tackles including one for loss (-6) againstthe Vols ... Recorded four stops against The Citadel ... Totaled a then-career-high six tackles including one for loss and recovered a fumbleagainst LSU ... Finished with two tackles against Mississippi State andtwo stops including one for loss against Louisiana-Monroe ... Has 23career tackles for loss.

2003 — Played in 12 games and totaled 29 tackles and eight tackles forloss on the season ... Recovered a fumble which led to Auburn’s finaltouchdown against Wisconsin in the Music City Bowl ... Held out of theAlabama game after suffering a knee injury against Georgia ... Finishedwith three tackles including one for loss against Georgia ... Totaled fourtackles including one for loss against Ole Miss ... Had five tackles includ-ing two for loss against Louisiana-Monroe ... Recovered a fumble in thesecond quarter and had one tackle against Mississippi State ... Recordedtwo stops against LSU and three tackles against Arkansas ... Tied for theteam lead with four tackles including two for loss (-7) and half a sack (-6) against Western Kentucky ... Registered three tackles including onefor loss and had a quarterback hurry against USC.

2002 — Named Fourth-Team Freshman All-America by The SportingNews ... Part of the playing rotation at noseguard ... One of two truefreshman in the defensive rotation ... Finished season with 24 tackles ...Tied for third on the team with nine tackles for loss ... Had at least onetackle for loss in eight games ... Had three tackles including a tackle forloss (-4) against Georgia ... Registered four tackles including a tackle forloss against LSU ... Totaled four tackles including one for loss againstArkansas ... Finished with three tackles including one for loss (-5)against Syracuse ... Registered three tackles against Vanderbilt ... Totaledthree tackles including half a sack (-3) and a tackle for loss (-1) againstWestern Carolina.

HIGH SCHOOL — Totaled 127 tackles, 12 sacks, four fumble recoveriesand two forced fumbles from defensive tackle position as a senior ... Alsoplayed offensive line as a senior ... Led Opelika to a 10-2 record ...Registered 107 tackles, four sacks, four batted passes, one caused fumbleand one recovered fumble as a junior ... Two-year starter on defense andthree-year starter on offense ... Ranked one of the top 15 defensive tack-les in the nation by Rivals100.com ... Birmingham News Super All-StateTeam ... Alabama Sports Writers All-State selection ... American GeneralAlabama Player of the Year finalist ... Huntsville Times Elite 11 ... AtlantaJournal Constitution Super Southern 100 ... Ranked one of the top 15 play-ers in the state of Alabama by SuperPrep Magazine ... Max Emfinger All-American ... PrepStar All-American selection ... Also competed in trackand wrestling and posted a 63-3 record on the mat.

PERSONAL — High school teammate of Will Herring ... Born Dec. 12,1983 ... Son of Virginia Jackson ... Two siblings, Candice, 23, and Ashli,15.

JACKSON’S CAREER DEFENSIVE STATSYEAR G/GS TT UT AT TFL-YDS QBS-YDS FF/FR PD INT-YDS2002 13/0 24 5 19 9-17 0.5-3 0/0 0 0-02003 12/0 29 13 16 8-18 0.5-6 0/2 0 0-02004 13/13 51 28 23 7-34 2.5-17 0/2 0 0-0Totals 38/13 104 46 58 24-69 3.5-26 0/4 0 0-0

JACKSON’S GAME-BY-GAME STATSDATE OPPONENT TT UT AT TFL-YDS QBS-YDS9/2/02 at USC 0 0 0 0-0 0-09/7/02 WESTERN CAROLINA 3 1 2 2-4 0.5-39/14/02 VANDERBILT 3 0 3 1-1 0-09/19/02 at Mississippi State 0 0 0 0-0 0-09/28/02 SYRACUSE 3 1 2 1-5 0-010/12/02 ARKANSAS 4 0 4 1-1 0-010/19/02 at Florida 1 0 1 1-1 0-010/26/02 LSU 4 1 3 1-0 0-011/02/02 at Ole Miss 0 0 0 0-0 0-011/09/02 LOUISIANA-MONROE 2 1 1 1-1 0-011/16/02 GEORGIA 3 1 2 1-4 0-011/23/02 at Alabama 0 0 0 0-0 0-01/1/03 vs. Penn State (Capital One) 1 0 1 0-0 0-0

DATE OPPONENT TT UT AT TFL-YDS QBS-YDS8/30/03 USC 3 1 2 1-3 0-09/6/03 at Georgia Tech 3 2 1 1-4 0-09/13/03 at Vanderbilt 1 1 0 0-0 0-09/27/03 WESTERN KENTUCKY 4 1 3 2-7 0.5-610/4/03 TENNESSEE 0 0 0 0-0 0-010/11/03 at Arkansas 3 1 2 0-0 0-010/18/03 MISSISSIPPI STATE 1 1 0 0-0 0-010/25/03 at LSU 2 1 1 0-0 0-011/1/03 LOUISIANA-MONROE 5 2 3 2-2 0-011/8/03 OLE MISS 4 2 2 1-1 0-011/15/03 at Georgia 3 1 2 1-1 0-011/22/03 ALABAMA DID NOT PLAY12/31/03 vs. Wisconsin (Music City) 0 0 0 0-0 0-0

DATE OPPONENT TT UT AT TFL-YDS QBS-YDS9/4/04 * LOUISIANA-MONROE 2 1 1 1-2 0-09/11/04 * at Mississippi State 2 1 1 0-0 0-09/18/04 * LSU 6 4 2 1-3 1-39/25/04 * THE CITADEL 4 2 2 0-0 0-010/2/04 * at Tennessee 5 2 3 1-6 0-010/9/04 * LOUISIANA TECH 3 2 1 1-4 0-010/16/04 * ARKANSAS 2 1 1 0-0 0-010/23/04 * KENTUCKY 5 4 1 1-6 0.5-310/30/04 * at Ole Miss 4 3 1 0-0 0-011/13/04 * GEORGIA 4 4 0 1-2 0-011/20/04 * at Alabama 7 1 6 0-0 0-012/04/04 * vs. Tennessee (SEC) 5 1 4 0-0 0-01/3/05 * vs. Virginia Tech (Sugar) 2 2 0 1-11 1-11

2004 — Redshirted.HIGH SCHOOL — High School Coach: Charles Graves ... Totaled 401 tack-

les in three years at linebacker ... As a senior, registered 184 tackles, 10 sacksand four forced fumbles ... Returned two fumbles for touchdowns ... Alsosaw time at running back and rushed for more than 400 yards ... AlabamaSports Writers Class 4A All-State team ... Mobile Register All-Region team.

PERSONAL — Born Nov. 22, 1985 ... Son of Rosie and Merrill Johnson.

2004 — Played in 12 games ... Had two solo tackles including a tacklefor loss (-2) and pass breakup against Kentucky ... Had five tacklesincluding three solo against Louisiana Tech ... Credited with two solotackles against Mississippi State ... Started season with two-tackle effortagainst Louisiana-Monroe.

2003 — Redshirted.HIGH SCHOOL — High school coach was Chris Merritt ... Started two

seasons at safety ... Finished senior season with 70 tackles, five brokenup passes, three interceptions, two fumble recoveries and two blocked

PatrickLEE6-0 / 198 / So. / 1LMiami, Fla.Christopher ColumbusCriminology

#20DB

MerrillJOHNSON6-1 / 201 / RFr. / RSButler, Ala.Choctaw CountyUndecided

#55LB


The Playerskicks ... Returned one interception75 yards for a touchdown ... Alsoreturned 14 kickoffs for 256 yardsincluding one for an 85-yardtouchdown ... SuperPrep MagazineAll-Dixie Team ... Florida TimesUnion Super 75 ... Named one ofthe top five cornerbacks in Floridaby the Florida Times Union ...Second-team All-Dade Countyselection ... Also competed in trackand won the state championship inthe long jump with a leap of 23'10".

PERSONAL — Son of David andMarlene Lee ... Has two brothers,Troy and DJ and two sisters,Marsha and Melissa ... Born Feb.20, 1984 ... Majoring in criminolo-gy.

LEE’S CAREER DEFENSIVE STATSYEAR G/GS TT UT AT TFL-YDS QBS-YDS FF/FR PD I/YDS2004 12/0 14 12 2 0-0 0-0 0/0 1 0/0

LEE’S GAME-BY-GAME STATSDATE OPPONENT TT UT AT PD INT-YDS9/4/04 LOUISIANA-MONROE 2 2 0 0 0-09/11/04 at Mississppi State 2 2 0 0 0-09/18/04 LSU DID NOT PLAY9/25/04 THE CITADEL 1 1 0 0 0-010/2/04 at Tennessee 0 0 0 0 0-010/9/04 LOUISIANA TECH 5 3 2 0 0-010/16/04 ARKANSAS 0 0 0 0 0-010/23/04 KENTUCKY 2 2 0 1 0-010/30/04 at Ole Miss 1 1 0 0 0-011/13/04 GEORGIA 0 0 0 0 0-011/20/04 at Alabama 0 0 0 0 0-012/04/04 vs. Tennessee (SEC) 1 1 0 0 0-01/3/05 vs. Virginia Tech (Sugar) 0 0 0 0 0-0

2004 — Played in three games ... Had three-carry effort against TheCitadel, rushing for 17 yards ... Returned one kickoff against MississippiState for 32 yards.

HIGH SCHOOL — High School Coach: Cecil Flowe ... Rushed for 2,090yards and 27 touchdowns as a senior ... Ran for 1,630 yards on 181 car-ries and 15 touchdowns as a junior ... Helped lead Parkview to a statetitle in 2002 ... Two-time Georgia 5A All-State team ... Played in theGeorgia North-South All-Star Game ... Mobile Register Super Southeast120 ... Atlanta Journal Constitution Super Southern 100 ... PrepStar All-American ... SuperPrep All-Region team ... TheInsiders.com South Hot100 and Georgia Top 20 ... Rivals.com Top 40 running backs ...Rivals.com Georgia Top 50.

PERSONAL — Born Oct. 24, 1985 ... Son of Phillis and Willie Miller.

LESTER’S CAREER RUSHING STATSYEAR G/GS NO YDS AVG TD LP/OPPONENT2004 3/0 10 21 2.1 0 11/The Citadel

LESTER’S CAREER KOR STATSYEAR G NO YDS AVG TD LP/OPPONENT2004 2 3 75 25.0 0 32/Mississippi State

2004 — Backup punter ... Saw action against Kentucky, punting oncefor 19 yards.

HIGH SCHOOL — Averaged 40 yards per punt his senior season ...Averaged 41 yards per kick his junior season ... Played safety in additionto punter ... High School Coach: Vic Eumont ... Also lettered in soccer.

PERSONAL — Son of Renny and Patrick Martyn ... Born Oct. 4, 1983 ...Majoring in international business.

MARTYN’S CAREER PUNTING STATSYEAR G NO YDS AVG IN20 LP/OPPONENT2004 1 1 19 19.0 0 19/Kentucky

2005 — Named the Defensive MVP of A-Day for the second consecu-tive year after registering four sacks in the game.

2004 — The Sporting News Freshman All-America Second-Team selec-tion ... Associated Press All-SEC Honorable Mention ... FWAA FreshmanAll-America Team ... Coaches’ All-SEC First Team ... Coaches’ SEC All-Freshman Team ... Played in all 13 games, starting two ... Finished with35 tackles, including 20 solo ... Led the team with four forced fumbles ...Tied for the team lead with 7.5 sacks (-44) ... Led the team with ninequarterback hurries ...Tied for the team lead with 10 tackles for loss (-50)... In a five game stretch, had eight TFL’s (-46) and 6.5 sacks (-42) ...Credited with one tackle and second pass deflection of the seasonagainst Tennessee in SEC Championship game ... Also finished with aquarterback hurry against the Volunteers ... Finished with four tacklesagainst Alabama ... Had a 10-yard sack on third down in the secondquarter against Georgia ... Forced a fumble in the fourth quarter, finishedwith two sacks (-7) and had four tackles against Ole Miss ... Led Auburnwith seven tackles including half a sack and four quarterback hurriesagainst Kentucky ... Recorded a sack for a 9-yard loss and had three tack-les and two quarterback hurries against Arkansas ... Forced a fumble andhad three tackles for loss including two sacks (-13) against LouisianaTech ... For the second consecutive game, forced a fumble and finished

StanleyMcCLOVER6-2 / 247 / Jr. / 1LFt. Lauderdale, Fla.DillardCriminology

#75DE

PatrickMARTYN5-10 / 192 / RFr. / RSNew Orleans, La.JesuitInternational Business

#13P

BradLESTER5-11 / 190 / RFr. / RSLilburn, Ga.ParkviewUndecided

#28RB


The Playerswith three tackles against TheCitadel ... Forced a fumble on asack and had four tacklesagainst LSU ... Broke up a passagainst Mississippi State ...Earned first career start againstLouisiana-Monroe and had atackle for loss.

2003 — Partial qualifier thatcould practice but could notplay.

HIGH SCHOOL — High SchoolCoach: Rodney Gray ... Totaled102 tackles including 91 solostops as a senior ... Tied for theBroward County lead with 22sacks ... Named to the BrowardAll-County first team and theFlorida Sports Writers 6A All-State second team ... Helpedlead Dillard to a berth in theregional semifinals ... Finished

junior season with 100 tackles and 13 sacks and selected to the All-County team and All-State second team ... Florida Times Union Super 75and rated the top defensive end in the state ... Played in the CaliFloridaBowl ... SuperPrep All-American ... Orlando Sentinel Top 100 ... AtlantaJournal Constitution Super Southern 100 ... PrepStar All-American.

PERSONAL — Played at same high school that produced former Auburnplayers Charles Dorsey, Frank Sanders, James Bostic, Brian Robinson,Calvin Jackson and Junior Rosegreen ... Born Dec. 16, 1984 ... Son ofAngela Burns and Stan McClover ... Majoring in criminology.

McCLOVER’S CAREER DEFENSIVE STATSYEAR G/GS TT UT AT TFL-YDS QBS-YDS FF/FR PD I/YDS2004 13/2 35 20 15 10-50 7.5-44 4/0 2 0-0

MCCLOVER’S GAME-BY-GAME STATSDATE OPPONENT TT UT AT TFL-YDS QBS-YDS9/4/04 * LOUISIANA-MONROE 1 0 1 0.5-1 0-09/11/04 at Mississippi State 2 1 1 0-0 0-09/18/04 * LSU 4 1 3 1-2 1-29/25/04 THE CITADEL 3 2 1 0-0 0-010/2/04 at Tennessee 1 1 0 0-0 0-010/9/04 LOUISIANA TECH 3 3 0 3-15 2-1310/16/04 ARKANSAS 3 2 1 1-9 1-910/23/04 KENTUCKY 7 4 3 1-5 0.5-310/30/04 at Ole Miss 4 2 2 2-7 2-711/13/04 GEORGIA 1 1 0 1-10 1-1011/20/04 at Alabama 4 1 3 0.5-1 0-012/04/04 vs. Tennessee (SEC) 1 1 0 0-0 0-01/3/05 vs. Virginia Tech (Sugar) 1 1 0 0-0 0-0

2004 — Redshirted.HIGH SCHOOL — High School Coach: Marcus Boyles ... Rushed for 1,515

yards and 12 touchdowns on 232 carries as a senior ... Helped lead team totwo state championships ... As a junior, rushed for 1,280 yards and 14touchdowns ... TheInsiders.com Mississippi Top 15 ... Also lettered in bas-ketball.

PERSONAL — High school teammate of Steve Gandy ... Born Oct. 27, 1985... Son of Sherry and Michael McLaughlin.

2005 — Presented the Pat Dye Leadership Award for the offense bythe coaching staff after spring drills.

2004 — Coaches’ All-SEC First-Team selection ... Associated Press All-SEC First-Team member ... Started 28 games in career ... Ended gameagainst Alabama with a 98percent overall grade, high-est among Auburn’sstarters ... Finished with sixrodeo blocks and two pan-cake blocks against theCrimson Tide ... Finishedwith highest grade ofstarters with 99 percentoverall with two pancakesand helped Auburn accu-mulate 404 yards of offenseagainst Georgia ... Graded91 percent overall withthree pancakes against OleMiss ... Posted the highestgrade of the starters with a97 percent overall includingfour pancakes againstKentucky ... Named theSEC Offensive Lineman ofthe Week for his perform-ance against Kentucky ...Helped Auburn accumulate522 yards of total offenseagainst Arkansas ... Postedhighest grade of starters with 94 percent overall with three pancakesagainst Louisiana Tech ... Had three pancakes and posted a 96 overallgrade against Tennessee ... Finished with 98 percent grade on assign-ments and 93 overall against The Citadel ... Named the Coaches’Offensive Player of the Game for his performance against The Citadel ...For the second straight game, had an overall grade of 92 percent includ-

MarcusMcNEILL6-9 / 337 / Sr. / 3LDecatur, Ga.Cedar GroveAdult Education

#73OT

MikeMcLAUGHLIN6-1 / 230 / RFr. / RSWaynesboro, Miss.Wayne CountyCollege of Science and Math

#45FB


The Playersing 97 percent on assignments against LSU ... Posted overall grade of 92percent with four cockroach blocks and one pancake against MississippiState ... Graded 92 percent on assignments against Louisiana-Monroe.

2003 — Started 10 games at tackle ... Posted an overall grade of 90 percentagainst Georgia ... Helped open holes for Carnell Williams to rush for 150 and185 yards in consecutive games against Arkansas and Tennessee ... Posted a95 percent on assignments against Arkansas ... Finished with an 89 percent onassignments against Tennessee and helped pave the way for 421 yards ofoffense ... Held out of the Louisiana-Monroe, Mississippi State and WesternKentucky games ... Finished with an overall grade of 97 percent againstVanderbilt ... Posted highest grade of starters with an 88 percent against USC... Has started 16 games in his career at tackle.

2002 — Named to SEC All-Freshman team by conference coaches andThe Sporting News ... Started six games at tackle and played in 11 games... Posted the highest grade on the team with an 86 percent on 53 playsagainst Alabama ... Played 69 plays in a start against Georgia ... Startedat tackle and posted an 85 percent grade on 22 plays against Louisiana-Monroe ... Tied for the team lead with 90 percent grade and three pan-cakes on 67 plays against Ole Miss ... Played 30 plays against LSU attackle ... Part of the offensive line that earned the Coaches’ OffensivePlayers of the Week honors after the LSU game ... Started and played 55plays against Florida ... Finished with an 82 percent grade on 28 playsagainst Arkansas ... Started at tackle against Mississippi State andplayed 48 plays ... In first action against Western Carolina, posted a 89percent grade on 48 plays ... On 29 plays at tackle, posted a 96 percentgrade with one pancake and two rodeo blocks against Vanderbilt.

HIGH SCHOOL — Graded over 95 percent as an offensive lineman ... Alsoplayed defense and totaled 43 tackles and nine sacks as a senior ... Afour-year starter on defense ... Orlando Sentinel All-Southern Team ...Atlanta Journal Constitution Georgia Top 50 ... Played in theGeorgia/Florida High School All-Star Game ... Rated one of the top threeplayers in Georgia by SuperPrep Magazine ... SuperPrep All-American ...PrepStar/CBS SportsLine.com Dream Team ... Rated the second bestoffensive line prospect in the nation by PrepStar ... Max Emfinger Top125 ... Ranked as the No. 12 offensive tackle in the nation byRivals100.com ... Also lettered in basketball, baseball and track ...Finished second in the Class 4A state meet in the shot put.

PERSONAL — High school teammate of Jonathan Palmer ... Born Nov. 16,1983 ... Son of James and Leola McNeill ... Two sisters, Melissa and Myra ...Majoring in adult education.

2004 — Played in all 13 games, starting four ... Seventh on the teamwith 19 catches for 294 yards (15.5 avg.) ... Has had multiple catches in17 games in his career ... Connected with Jason Campbell for two recep-tions, including a 53-yarder, against Virginia Tech in the Nokia SugarBowl ... Caught a 29-yard touchdown pass from Carnell Williams againstGeorgia ... Tied his career-high with 76 receiving yards on four catchesagainst Arkansas ... Named the Coaches’ Special Teams Player of theWeek for his performance on kickoff and punt returns against TheCitadel ... Caught four passes against LSU ... Broke several tackles on acareer-long 58-yard catch and run for a touchdown and also scored on a5-yard slant to lead Auburn with three catches for a career-high 76 yardsagainst Mississippi State ... Caught two passes against Louisiana-Monroe.

2003 — Held out of the Alabama and Wisconsin games with an ankleinjury ... Finished with 21 catches for 235 yards ... Caught three passes

for 49 yards against Georgia ...Snared a 22-yard pass against OleMiss ... Caught a six-yard touch-down pass and led the team bytying a career-high with five catch-es for 47 yards against LSU ...Named the Coaches’ Co-SpecialTeams Player of the Week for hisperformance against MississippiState ... Had two catches for 13yards against Arkansas and two for24 yards against Tennessee ...Moved from tight end to widereceiver prior to the WesternKentucky game and finished witha then-career-high five catches for40 yards ... Finished with twocatches for 30 yards againstVanderbilt ... Started againstGeorgia Tech ... After moving fromtight end to wide receiver, caught19 passes.2002 — Fifth on the team with 13catches for 193 yards and one

touchdown ... Caught a then-career-long 46-yard pass against Alabama... Had two catches for 52 yards against Louisiana-Monroe ... Caught a14-yard pass against Ole Miss ... Scored first career touchdown on a 16-yard pass in which he out-jumped the defender for the Tigers’ first scoreagainst Mississippi State ... Two catches against Syracuse and Arkansas... Caught two passes for 33 yards against Western Carolina ... One ofthree true freshmen receivers to play against USC, catching one pass fornine yards.

HIGH SCHOOL — Played wide receiver, quarterback and defensive endas a senior in 2000 ... Had 448 receiving yards, eight touchdowns, 178passing yards and returned two kickoffs for scores ... As a defensive end,finished with 31 tackles and five sacks ... As a junior, finished with 27catches for 650 yards and scored 12 touchdowns including one on a kickreturn ... Three-year starter ... PrepStar All-American selection ... Rankedas one of the top 15 wide receivers in the southeast by PrepStar ...Huntsville Times Elite 11 ... Ranked the No. 8 wide receiver in country byTom Lemming ... Tom Lemming Top 100 players nationally ... TomLemming's Super Team ... One of the top players in the state of Alabamaby FoxSports.com ... Orlando Sentinel All-Southern Team ... BirminghamNews Super Seniors ... SuperPrep All-American ... Ranked as one of thetop 35 wide receivers in the nation by SuperPrep Magazine ... Played cen-ter on high school basketball team ... Has been clocked at 10.6 in the100m.

PERSONAL — Born Jan. 20, 1983 ... Son of Caroline Mix and T.C. Betts ...Three siblings, Diandra, 18, Fredrick, 24 and Shaquila, 27 ... Majoring insociology.

MIX’S CAREER RECEIVING STATSYEAR G/GS NO YDS AVG TD LP/OPPONENT2002 13/1 13 193 14.8 1 46/Alabama2003 11/3 21 235 11.2 1 27/Georgia2004 13/4 19 294 15.5 3 58/Mississippi StateTotals 37/8 53 722 13.6 5 58/Mississippi State

MIX’S GAME-BY-GAME STATSDATE OPPONENT REC YDS AVG TD9/2/02 at USC 1 9 9.0 09/7/02 WESTERN CAROLINA 2 33 16.5 09/14/02 * VANDERBILT 0 0 0.0 09/19/02 at Mississippi State 2 18 9.0 19/28/02 SYRACUSE 2 8 4.0 010/12/02 ARKANSAS 2 13 6.5 010/19/02 at Florida 0 0 0.0 010/26/02 LSU 0 0 0.0 011/02/02 at Ole Miss 1 14 14.0 011/09/02 LOUISIANA-MONROE 2 52 26.0 0

AnthonyMIX6-5 / 248 / Sr. / 3LBay Minette, Ala.BaldwinSociology

#9WR


The Players11/16/02 GEORGIA 0 0 0.0 011/23/02 at Alabama 1 46 46.0 01/1/03 vs. Penn State (Capital One) 0 0 0.0 0

DATE OPPONENT REC YDS AVG TD8/30/03 USC 0 0 0.0 09/6/03 * at Georgia Tech 0 0 0.0 09/13/03 at Vanderbilt 2 30 15.0 09/27/03 WESTERN KENTUCKY 5 40 8.0 010/4/03 TENNESSEE 2 24 12.0 010/11/03 at Arkansas 2 13 6.5 010/18/03 * MISSISSIPPI STATE 0 0 0.0 010/25/03 at LSU 5 47 9.4 111/1/03 LOUISIANA-MONROE 1 10 10.0 011/8/03 OLE MISS 1 22 22.0 011/15/03 at Georgia 3 49 16.3 011/22/03 ALABAMA DID NOT PLAY12/31/03 vs. Wisconsin (Music City) DID NOT PLAY

DATE OPPONENT REC YDS AVG TD9/4/04 * LOUISIANA-MONROE 2 9 4.5 09/11/04 * at Mississippi State 3 76 25.3 2 9/18/04 * LSU 4 22 5.5 09/25/04 THE CITADEL 0 0 0.0 010/2/04 at Tennessee 2 8 4.0 010/9/04 LOUISIANA TECH 0 0 0.0 010/16/04 ARKANSAS 4 76 19.0 010/23/04 * KENTUCKY 0 0 0.0 010/30/04 at Ole Miss 0 0 0.0 011/13/04 GEORGIA 1 29 29.0 111/20/04 at Alabama 0 0 0.0 012/04/04 vs. Tennessee (SEC) 1 6 6.0 01/3/05 vs. Virginia Tech (Sugar) 2 68 34.0 0

2004 — Redshirted.HIGH SCHOOL — High School Coach: Steven Minor ... Only played three

games in a run-oriented offense as a senior after breaking leg ... Named“Most Inspirational Player” by his teammates ... Played junior season atLincoln High School ... Played defensive end as a junior and tallied fivesacks in his final game ... Two-time all-conference selection in baseball.

PERSONAL — Brother, Marlin played at San Diego State ... Born Jan. 21,1986.

2004 — Played in all 13 games ... Third on the team with 25 catches for359 yards ... Led the team with seven receiving touchdowns ... Caught apass in 10-of-13 games ... Has caught a pass in 21 of the last 27 gamesand in 30-of-39 games ... Has multiple catches in 14 games in his career... Caught a touchdown pass in three consecutive games in October ...Tied a career-high and set a season-high with six catches for 93 yardsand one touchdown againstTennessee in the SECChampionship game ... Touchdowncame on a 43-yarder late in thefourth quarter ... Play marked aseason-long ... Finished with fourreceptions in the first quarterincluding two on Auburn’s firstscoring drive against Volunteers ...Snared a 19-yard touchdown passand caught a two-point conversionagainst Arkansas ... Caught twotouchdown passes including oneoff a tip against Louisiana Tech ...Named the Coaches’ OffensivePlayer of the Week for his perform-ance against La. Tech ... Scored on a5-yard slant against Tennessee ...Tied for the team lead with fourreceptions against The Citadel ...Caught two touchdown passesagainst Mississippi State includingone labeled by the television com-mentators as a “circus catch” on a7-yard score.

2003 — Finished fourth on the team with 22 catches for 373 yards ...Caught a pass in 10 of 13 games ... Started 11 games on the season ...Broke a tackle and turned a six-yard catch into a 64-yard touchdownagainst Alabama ... Posted career-highs with six catches for 150 yardsincluding a 68-yard touchdown reception against Ole Miss ... 150 yardstied for the 14th-highest total in Auburn single-game history ... Had fourcatches against LSU ... Had one reception for 14 yards against Louisiana-Monroe and Mississippi State ... Had a catch for 13 yards againstArkansas ... Caught a 29-yard touchdown pass against Tennessee ...Started and totaled four catches for 53 yards against USC ... Named theteam’s Most Improved Offensive Skill Player by the coaching staff afterspring drills ... Won the team’s Top Freshman GPA award.

2002 — Finished fourth on the team with 17 catches for 224 yards ...Second on the team with three touchdown receptions ... Caught at leastone pass in 10 of 13 games ... Caught a 17-yard pass against Alabama ...For second consecutive game, caught a touchdown pass on a 21-yardreception and finished with three catches for 43 yards against Louisiana-Monroe ... Caught second career touchdown on a 20-yard pass onAuburn’s winning drive against Ole Miss ... Snared four passes for 43yards against Arkansas ... Caught first career touchdown on a 45-yardpass play with 14 seconds left in the half to give Auburn a 21-7 leadagainst Mississippi State ... Three catches for 18 yards against WesternCarolina ... One of two true freshmen wide receivers to start against USCand caught one pass for 10 yards.

BenOBOMANU6-1 / 198 / Sr. / 3LSelma, Ala.SelmaGraduate Studies

#2WR

CharlesMULLEN6-4 / 241 / RFr. / RSSan Diego, Calif.MadisonUndecided

#84TE


The PlayersHIGH SCHOOL — As a senior, caught 31 passes for 460 yards and nine

touchdowns ... Also rushed for 218 yards on 20 carries for three touch-downs ... Totaled 284 yards on punt and kick returns and one touch-down ... Had six touchdown catches as a junior ... Scored 30 careertouchdowns ... Four-year starter ... Parade All-American ... PrepStar/CBSSportsline Dream Team ... Ranked the 11th best receiver in the countryby PrepStar ... SuperPrep Magazine Elite 50 ... Ranked the top player inAlabama by SuperPrep Magazine ... Huntsville Times Elite 11 ... BirminghamNews 6A All-State selection ... Orlando Sentinel All-Southern TeamHonorable Mention ... Alabama Sports Writers All-State selection as adefensive back ... Atlanta Journal Constitution Super Southern 100 ... TheSporting News Hot 101 ... Also started for the basketball team.

PERSONAL — Full name is Benjamin Ebenezer Obomanu ... Born Oct. 30,1983 ... Son of Brenda Obomanu ... One sister, Yulonda, 22 ... Majoring infinance.

OBOMANU’S CAREER RECEIVING STATSYEAR G/GS NO YDS AVG TD LP/OPPONENT2002 13/1 17 224 13.2 3 45/Mississippi State2003 13/11 22 373 17.0 3 68/Ole Miss2004 13/0 25 359 14.4 7 43/TennesseeTotals 39/12 64 956 14.9 13 68/Ole Miss

OBOMANU’S GAME-BY-GAME STATSDATE OPPONENT REC YDS AVG TD9/2/02 * at USC 1 10 10.0 09/7/02 WESTERN CAROLINA 3 18 6.0 09/14/02 VANDERBILT 1 8 8.0 09/19/02 at Mississippi State 1 45 45.0 19/28/02 SYRACUSE 1 9 9.0 010/12/02 ARKANSAS 4 43 10.8 010/19/02 at Florida 0 0 0.0 010/26/02 LSU 0 0 0.0 011/02/02 at Ole Miss 1 20 20.0 111/09/02 LOUISIANA-MONROE 3 43 14.3 111/16/02 GEORGIA 0 0 0.0 011/23/02 at Alabama 1 17 17.0 01/1/03 vs. Penn State 1 11 11.0 0

DATE OPPONENT REC YDS AVG TD8/30/03 * USC 4 53 13.2 09/6/03 * at Georgia Tech 2 6 3.0 09/13/03 * at Vanderbilt 0 0 0.0 09/27/03 WESTERN KENTUCKY 0 0 0.0 010/4/03 TENNESSEE 1 29 29.0 110/11/03 * at Arkansas 1 13 13.0 010/18/03 * MISSISSIPPI STATE 1 14 14.0 010/25/03 * at LSU 4 24 6.0 011/1/03 * LOUISIANA-MONROE 1 14 14.0 011/8/03 * OLE MISS 6 150 25.0 111/15/03 * at Georgia 0 0 0.0 011/22/03 * ALABAMA 1 64 64.0 112/31/03 * vs. Wisconsin (Music City) 1 6 6.0 0

DATE OPPONENT REC YDS AVG TD9/4/04 LOUISIANA-MONROE 2 18 9.0 09/11/04 at Mississippi State 2 32 16.0 29/18/04 LSU 1 13 13.0 09/25/04 THE CITADEL 4 53 13.3 010/2/04 at Tennessee 1 5 5.0 110/9/04 LOUISIANA TECH 3 67 22.3 210/16/04 ARKANSAS 3 42 14.0 110/23/04 KENTUCKY 0 0 0.0 010/30/04 at Ole Miss 1 10 10.0 011/13/04 GEORGIA 0 0 0.0 011/20/04 at Alabama 2 26 13.0 012/04/04 vs. Tennessee (SEC) 6 93 15.5 11/3/05 vs. Virginia Tech (Sugar) 0 0 0.0 0

2004 — Played in ninegames ... Saw action againstLouisiana Tech ...Participated in 42 playsagainst The Citadel ...Graded 95 percent with onecockroach block against theBulldogs.

2003 — Played in all 13games on special teams ...Named the team’s MostImproved OffensiveLineman by the coachingstaff after spring drills.

2002 — Redshirted.HIGH SCHOOL — Four-year

starter at defensive tackleand offensive guard ...Finished senior season with25 tackles and four sacks ...SuperPrep Magazine All-Dixie Team ... Rated as one of the top 55 defensive tackles in the nationby Rivals100.com ... Also played basketball.

PERSONAL — High School teammate of Marcus McNeill ... Born Dec. 3,1983 ... Son of Tempie and Roy Palmer ... Four siblings, Rebecca, 26,Belinda, 25, Michael, 24, and Jessica, 22 ... Brother, Michael, is a line-backer for Georgia Tech ... Majoring in electrical engineering.

2004 — Appeared in games against Louisiana-Monroe, The Citadel,Louisiana Tech and Kentucky.

HIGH SCHOOL — Played tight end, defensive end, punter, linebacker andfullback ... Caught 12 catches for 242 yards senior season ... Also earned85 tackles and four sacks ... Punting average was 39.8 yards per kick ...Earned the Coaches Award at Auburn High School ... High SchoolCoach: Robert Maddox.

PERSONAL — Son of Judy and Jimmy Perry ... Father, Jimmy, is theDirector of Football Operations for the Auburn football team ... Has onesister, Jana ... Born Dec. 21, 1984 ... Majoring in exercise science.

DannyPERRY6-2 / 242 / So. / SQAuburn, Ala.AuburnExercise Science

#89TE

JonathanPALMER6-5 / 319 / Jr. / 2LDecatur, Ga.Cedar GroveElectrical Engineering

#79OG


The Players

2004 — Starter at corner ... Played in 12 games, starting each ...Finished with 46 tackles, including 41 solo ... Had at least two tackles inall 12 games he played ... Finished with two tackles for loss (-17) ...Posted five tackles including four for loss against Virginia Tech in NokiaSugar Bowl ... Also credited with a pass breakup ... Finished with threetackles against Tennessee in SEC Championship game ... Tied for team-high honors with career-best eight tackles including a tackle for loss thatresulted in -16 yards against Alabama ... Finished with three tacklesagainst Georgia ... Totaledthree stops including anopen-field tackle for a 1-yard loss against Arkansas... Finished with five tack-les against Tennessee ...Tied for the team lead withsix tackles againstMississippi State.

2003 — Saw time at cor-ner and played in all 13games on special teams ...Finished the season with 15tackles and two broken uppasses ... Started againstWisconsin in the Music CityBowl and totaled two tack-les ... Led the team witheight special teams tackles... Registered four tacklesagainst Louisiana-Monroeand three against WesternKentucky.

2002 — Redshirted.HIGH SCHOOL — Started at

quarterback as a senior and had 615 yards passing, 565 rushing yardsand 20 touchdowns ... Also played defensive back and finished with 129tackles, and four interceptions ... Returned two punts for touchdowns ...As a junior, totaled 1,261 passing yards and 12 touchdowns, 300 yardsrushing and four touchdowns, two punt return touchdowns, four kick-off returns for scores and 78 tackles and five interceptions on defense ...Ranked one of the top 10 athletes in the nation by Rivals100.com ... MaxEmfinger Top 125 ... Birmingham News Class A All-State selection as anathlete ... Alabama Sports Writers Association All-State Team as a defen-sive back ... Huntsville Times Elite 11 ... The Sporting News Hot 101 ...PrepStar/CBS Sportsline.com Top 100 Dream Team ... One of the top fiveplayers in the state of Alabama by SuperPrep Magazine ... SuperPrepMagazine All-American ... Also a three-year starter in basketball andbaseball and competed in track ... Two-time All-Area selection in bas-ketball and baseball ... Set a school record with a .661 batting average asa sophomore.

PERSONAL — Born March 3, 1984 ... Full name is Montavis DemondPitts ... Nickname is Montae ... Son of Patricia Pitts ... One sister,Geoffreisha, 15 ... Majoring in criminology.

PITTS’ CAREER DEFENSIVE STATSYEAR G/GS TT UT AT TFL-YDS QBS-YDS FF/FR PD I/YDS2002 3/0 2 0 2 0-0 0-0 0/0 0 0-02003 13/0 15 12 3 0-0 0-0 0/0 2 0-02004 12/12 46 41 5 2-17 0-0 0/0 1 0-0Totals 28/12 63 53 10 2-17 0-0 0/0 3 0-0

PITTS’ GAME-BY-GAME STATSDATE OPPONENT TT UT AT TFL-YDS INT-YDS8/30/03 USC 0 0 0 0-0 0-09/6/03 at Georgia Tech 1 0 1 0-0 0-09/13/03 at Vanderbilt 0 0 0 0-0 0-09/27/03 WESTERN KENTUCKY 3 2 1 0-0 0-010/4/03 TENNESSEE 1 1 0 0-0 0-010/11/03 at Arkansas 1 1 0 0-0 0-010/18/03 MISSISSIPPI STATE 1 1 0 0-0 0-010/25/03 at LSU 0 0 0 0-0 0-011/1/03 LOUISIANA-MONROE 4 3 1 0-0 0-011/8/03 OLE MISS 0 0 0 0-0 0-011/15/03 at Georgia 1 1 0 0-0 0-011/22/03 ALABAMA 1 1 0 0-0 0-012/31/03 * vs. Wisconsin (Music City) 2 2 0 0-0 0-0

DATE OPPONENT TT UT AT PD INT-YDS9/4/04 LOUISIANA-MONROE DID NOT PLAY9/11/04 * at Mississippi State 6 6 0 0 0-09/18/04 * LSU 3 3 0 0 0-09/25/04 * THE CITADEL 2 2 0 0 0-010/2/04 * at Tennessee 5 5 0 0 0-010/9/04 * LOUISIANA TECH 3 0 3 0 0-010/16/04 * ARKANSAS 3 3 0 0 0-010/23/04 * KENTUCKY 3 3 0 0 0-010/30/04 * at Ole Miss 2 2 0 0 0-011/13/04 * GEORGIA 3 3 0 0 0-011/20/04 * at Alabama 8 7 1 0 0-012/04/04 * vs. Tennessee (SEC) 3 3 0 0 0-01/3/05 * vs. Virginia Tech (Sugar) 5 4 1 1 0-0

2004 — Appeared in games against Louisiana-Monroe, The Citadel,Louisiana Tech and Kentucky.

HIGH SCHOOL — Played defensive end at Dalton High School ... Earnedhonorable mention All-Area honors for North Georgia his senior season... High School Coach: Ronnie McClurg ... Also participated in track andfield his senior year.

PERSONAL — Full name is Richard Wayne Pollard ... Son of Mary andWayne Pollard ... Has one sister, Hayley, 22 ... Born July 4, 1983 ...Majoring in liberal arts (economics).

RickPOLLARD6-2 / 209 / Jr. / SQDalton, Ga.DaltonEconomics (Liberal Arts)

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MontavisPITTS6-3 / 206 / Jr. / 2LLoachapoka, Ala.LoachapokaCriminology

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The Players

2004 — Played in five games ... Caught four passes for 61 yards andone touchdown against The Citadel.

2003 — Played in three games ... Caught two passes for 27 yardsagainst Louisiana-Monroe.

2002 — Walked on and redshirted.HIGH SCHOOL — Started three years at wide receiver at Atlantic High

School ... High School Coach: Keith Tillman.PERSONAL — Born Jan. 27, 1984 ... Son of Sabrina Hayler-Ramsey and

Earl Ramsey ... Majoring in public administration.

RAMSEY’S CAREER RECEIVING STATSYEAR G/GS NO YDS AVG TD LP/OPPONENT2003 3/0 2 27 13.5 0 14/UL-Monroe2004 5/0 4 61 15.3 1 26/The CitadelTotals 8/0 6 88 14.7 1 26/The Citadel

2004 — Associated Press All-SEC Honorable Mentionselection ... Started 29 gamesin career ... Ended with a 93percent overall grade witheight rodeo blocks againstAlabama ... Finished with anoverall grade of 98 percentwith three pancakes whilehelping Auburn accumulate404 yards of offense againstGeorgia ... Posted highestgrade of starters with overallmark of 93 percent with 11rodeo blocks against Ole Miss... Graded 92 percent onassignments with five rodeoblocks against Kentucky ...Helped Auburn accumulate522 yards of total offensewhile grading 97 percent onassignments against Arkansas... Finished with the highestgrade on the team with anoverall mark of 97 percent with four pancakes against Tennessee ...Posted a 96 percent on assignments against The Citadel ... Finished with

95 percent grade on assignments against LSU ... Posted highest grade ofstarters with a 93 overall mark, including 100 percent on assignmentsagainst Mississippi State ... Named the SEC Offensive Lineman of theWeek for his performance against Mississippi State ... Moved fromguard to tackle prior to spring drills.

2003 — Started at guard in all 13 games ... Finished with the top gradewith a 95 overall mark with three pancakes against Georgia ... Posted thetop grade on the line with a 98 percent on assignments and an overall 90percent against Ole Miss ... Graded 93 percent on assignments on 27plays against Louisiana-Monroe ... Had a 102 percent on assignmentsand an overall grade of 95 percent against Mississippi State as Auburnaccumulated 553 yards of offense including 419 yards on the ground ...Part of the offensive line that was named the Coaches’ Offensive Playersof the Week for their performance against Mississippi State ... Helpedopen holes for Carnell Williams to rush for 150 or more yards in threeconsecutive games ... Posted a 95 percent on assignments againstArkansas ... Finished with a 99 percent on assignments with two pan-cakes and five rodeo blocks against Tennessee and helped pave the wayfor 421 yards of offense ... Finished with a 97 percent grade on assign-ments on 39 plays against Western Kentucky ... Posted a 97 percentgrade and three pancakes against Vanderbilt.

2002 — Started three games during season and played in seven ...Posted an 80 percent grade while starting against Louisiana-Monroe ...Started at guard and graded 88 percent on 26 plays against LSU ... Partof the offensive line that earned the Coaches’ Offensive Players of theWeek honors after the LSU game ... Played 15 plays against Florida ...Started at left guard against Western Carolina and graded 87 percent on57 plays with two pancakes and two rodeo blocks ... Finished with a 86percent grade on 13 plays against Mississippi State ... On 11 playsagainst Vanderbilt, posted 88 percent grade ... Also saw time againstUSC.

HIGH SCHOOL — Two-way starter in high school ... As a defensive tack-le, finished with 50 tackles, 10 tackles for loss and three sacks as a senior... Did not allow a sack from left guard position ... As a junior gradedhigher than 87 percent on offense and had 20 tackles, five sacks andthree forced fumbles on defense ... Atlanta Journal Constitution GeorgiaTop 50 ... Atlanta Journal Constitution Super Southern 100 ... SuperPrepMagazine All-Dixie Team ... Ranked as one of the top 15 players inGeorgia by SuperPrep Magazine ... Rated as one of the top 30 offensivetackles in the nation by Rivals100.com ... PrepStar All-Southeast Regionselection.

PERSONAL — Full name is Troy Stanley Reddick ... Born Dec. 12, 1983 ...Majoring in public administration ... One sister, Treva, 24.

2004 — Played in nine games ... Suffered a knee injury during the off-week and did not play the remainder of the season ... Started against OleMiss and posted 92 percent on assignments with seven rodeo blocks ...Started against Louisiana Tech ... Played 52 plays after Jeremy Ingle leftthe game with an ankle injury and graded 92 percent on assignmentsagainst Kentucky ... Played seven plays against Arkansas ... Graded 95percent on assignments on 58 plays against Louisiana Tech ... Had 93percent on assignments on 42 plays against The Citadel ... Posted anoverall grade of 95 percent against both Mississippi State and LouisianaMonroe.

2003 — Played both tight end and tackle during season ... Played in all

StevenROSS6-6 / 292 / Sr. / 3LNashville, Tenn.Christ PresbyterianGraduate Studies

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TroyREDDICK6-5 / 335 / Sr. / 3LAlbany, Ga.WestoverPublic Administration

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JamogaRAMSEY5-10 / 164 / Jr. / 1LDelray Beach, Fla.AtlanticPublic Administration

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The Players13 games on the season ...Started at tackle and played27 plays against Louisiana-Monroe ... Had a 98 percenton assignments in a startagainst Mississippi State asAuburn accumulated 553yards of offense including419 yards on the ground ...Part of the offensive linethat was named theCoaches’ Offensive Playersof the Week for their per-formance againstMississippi State ... Caughtan eight-yard pass againstWestern Kentucky ... Playednine plays againstVanderbilt and posted a 111percent overall grade attackle.

2002 — Played in all 13games, mostly on specialteams ... Played 52 playsagainst Louisiana-Monroe and 42 plays at tackle against WesternCarolina ... Posted 95 percent grade on 11 plays against Vanderbilt ...Limited time against Mississippi State ... Missed most of spring with aleft knee injury.

2001 — Redshirted.HIGH SCHOOL — Played defensive end and on the offensive line in high

school ... As a senior totaled 119 tackles, five sacks, three fumble recov-eries, four forced fumbles, two blocked field goals and one blocked punt... Helped lead Christ Presbyterian Academy to the 1A state title and a15-0 record as a senior ... As a junior, credited with 82 tackles, threesacks, four forced fumbles and two fumble recoveries one of which wasreturned for a touchdown ... Did not allow a sack from offensive lineposition ... Two-time All-State selection at defensive end ... Named theAmerican General Mr. Football Award winner for 1A Lineman of theYear in Tennessee ... Mr. Football Runner-up as a junior ... Mid-StateDream Team ... Three-time All-Region selection ... SuperPrep All-American ... Ranked as one of the top 35 offensive linemen in the nationby SuperPrep ... All-Midstate Dream Team as a junior and senior ... HighSchool Coach: David Pack ... High school teammate of Cooper Wallace ...Also played baseball for four seasons in high school and was a two-timeAll-District selection.

PERSONAL — Full name is Steven Russell Ross, Jr ... .Born Oct. 9, 1982... Son of Steven and Stacy Ross ... Three sisters, Sara, 23, Anna-Ruth, 17,and Lucy, 14.

2004 — Saw action against Louisiana Tech and Kentucky.HIGH SCHOOL — Played quarterback and safety at Seneca Valley ...

Played in just two games his senior season due to injury ... Garnered 90tackles as a junior ... Named First Team All-Conference his junior season... Also a member of the Butler Sweet 16 ... High School Coach: Bob Ceh... Also lettered in basketball and baseball his sophomore, junior andsenior years.

PERSONAL — Born Oct. 8, 1982 ... Son of Michele and Gary Ruzicka ...Has one brother, Ted, 25 ... Majoring in health promotions.

2004 — Starter at linebacker ... Played in and started 12 games ...Finished with 29 tackles, including 20 solo ... Had four and a half tack-les for loss (-12) ... Also had one interception, it coming against Alabama... Recorded four tackles with two for loss (-9) against Virginia Tech inthe Nokia Sugar Bowl ... Finished with two tackles against Tennessee inthe SEC Championship ... Intercepted a pass off a tipped ball at theAuburn 1-yard line against Alabama ... Held out of the Kentucky gamewith a shoulder injury ... Recorded four tackles including one for lossagainst Arkansas ... Totaled five tackles in win over LSU ... Started firstcareer game against Louisiana-Monroe and finished with three tackles ...Named the Coaches’ Defensive Player of the Week for his performanceagainst Louisiana-Monroe.

2003 — Part of the playing rotation at linebacker ... Played in 12 games... Totaled two tackles againstGeorgia ... Finished with twotackles and two quarterback hur-ries against Mississippi State ...Totaled two tackles againstArkansas ... Had three tacklesagainst Vanderbilt and WesternKentucky.

2002 — Joined the Auburn teamin December upon qualification.

HIGH SCHOOL — High SchoolCoach: Perry Swindall ... Finishedsenior season with 68 tackles, twosacks, two fumble recoveries andtwo interceptions, one of whichwas returned 50 yards for a touch-down ... Led Russellville to aberth in the state 6A semifinalgame ... Part of a secondary thatonly allowed 78 yards passing pergame in 2001 ... Three-year starter... As a junior, registered 77 tack-les, seven interceptions and sevenbroken up passes ... Also saw timeat wide receiver and on specialteams ... Two-time 5A All-State selection ... Birmingham News 5A All-Stateselection ... Huntsville Times Elite 11 ... Tom Lemming's Prep FootballReport All-Southeast Team selection ... PrepStar All-Region selection ...Also lettered in basketball.

PERSONAL — Cousin of former Auburn offensive lineman Colin Sears ...Full name is Kevin O'Brian Sears ... Born July 1, 1983 ... Son of HenriettaSears and Calvin Woods ... Three siblings, April, 25, Ladonna, 23, andArron, 19 ... Brother, Arron is an offensive lineman at Tennessee ...Majoring in sociology.

SEARS’ CAREER DEFENSIVE STATSYEAR G/GS TT UT AT TFL-YDS QBS-YDS FF/FR PD INT-YDS2003 12/0 14 6 8 0-0 0-0 0/0 0 0-02004 12/12 29 20 9 4.5-12 0-0 0/0 0 1-2Totals 24/12 43 26 17 4.5-12 0-0 0/0 0 1-2

KevinSEARS6-4 / 247 / Jr. / 2LRussellville, Ala.RussellvilleSociology

#40LB

PeteRUZICKA6-0 / 208 / Jr. / 1LCranberry Twp, Pa.Seneca ValleyHealth Promotions

#43FS


The PlayersSEARS’ GAME-BY-GAME STATS

DATE OPPONENT TT UT AT TFL-YDS QBS-YDS8/30/03 USC 0 0 0 0-0 0-09/6/03 at Georgia Tech DID NOT PLAY9/13/03 at Vanderbilt 3 2 1 0-0 0-09/27/03 WESTERN KENTUCKY 3 1 2 0-0 0-010/4/03 TENNESSEE 0 0 0 0-0 0-010/11/03 at Arkansas 2 0 2 0-0 0-010/18/03 MISSISSIPPI STATE 2 0 2 0-0 0-010/25/03 at LSU 0 0 0 0-0 0-011/1/03 LOUISIANA-MONROE 0 0 0 0-0 0-011/8/03 OLE MISS 1 0 1 0-0 0-011/15/03 at Georgia 2 2 0 0-0 0-011/22/03 ALABAMA 0 0 0 0-0 0-012/31/03 vs. Wisconsin (Music City) 1 1 0 0-0 0-0

DATE OPPONENT TT UT AT TFL-YDS QBS-YDS9/4/04 * LOUISIANA-MONROE 3 2 1 0-0 0-09/11/04 * at Mississippi State 1 1 0 0-0 0-09/18/04 * LSU 5 4 1 1-1 0-09/25/04 * THE CITADEL 2 1 1 0-0 0-010/2/04 * at Tennessee 1 1 0 0-0 0-010/9/04 * LOUISIANA TECH 1 1 0 0-0 0-010/16/04 * ARKANSAS 4 3 1 1-1 0-010/23/04 KENTUCKY DID NOT PLAY10/30/04 * at Ole Miss 2 2 0 0-0 0-011/13/04 * GEORGIA 1 1 0 0-0 0-011/20/04 * at Alabama 3 2 1 0.5-1 0-012/04/04 * vs. Tennessee (SEC) 2 1 1 0-0 0-01/3/05 * vs. Virginia Tech (Sugar) 4 1 3 2-9 0-0

2004 — Redshirted.HIGH SCHOOL — High School Coach: Mark Rose ... Named to All-State

his junior and senior seasons ... Named to All-Tri State his sophomore,junior and senior seasons ... Also lettered in baseball his junior and sen-ior years.

PERSONAL — Born November 20, 1985 ... Son of Cherie and Barry Shrader... Majoring in exercise science.

2004 — Saw action against Louisiana-Monroe.HIGH SCHOOL — High School Coach: Ken Scott ... Totaled 65 tackles, 20

tackles for loss and 12 sacks as a senior ... Registered 75 tackles, 22 tack-les for loss and 12 sacks as a junior ... Florida Class 5A All-State selection... Rivals.com Top 20 Defensive Tackles ... Rivals.com Southeast Elite 88... Florida Times Union Super 75 ... Mobile Register Super Southeast 120 ...Orlando Sentinel Florida Top 100 ... PrepStar All-American ... Also playedbasketball and helped lead team to a state championship as a junior.

PERSONAL — Played at the same high school as current Auburn player

Stanley McClover and former players Charles Dorsey, Frank Sanders,James Bostic, Brian Robinson, Calvin Jackson and Junior Rosegreen ...Born Jan. 29, 1985 ... Son of Lizzie and George Sims.

2004 — Auburn’s startingfullback ... Coaches’ Co-Offensive Player of theWeek for his blocking per-formance against Ole Miss... Started three games.

2003 — Auburn’s backupfullback ... Played in all 13games ... Gained eight yardson two carries againstMississippi State ... Rushedonce for seven yards againstGeorgia Tech ... Caught a 13-yard pass against Vanderbilt... Moved back to fullbackfrom linebacker duringspring drills.

2002 — Played in ninegames ... Played linebackeragainst Louisiana-Monroeand finished with threetackles and a quarterbackhurry ... Played on specialteams in the last four games... Moved to linebacker priorto the Syracuse game but did not see action at the position ... Saw timein first four games at fullback, but did not have a carry.

2001 — Redshirted.HIGH SCHOOL — Finished senior season with 140 tackles, six quarter-

back sacks, seven forced fumbles and three fumble recoveries ... Alsoplayed fullback and rushed for 810 yards and nine touchdowns and had400 yards receiving ... As a junior, totaled 85 tackles ... Helped leadBrentwood Academy to state championship game ... Selected to the All-Midstate and All-Division II team as a linebacker ... Named to the All-Area team by The Tennessean ... All-County selection ... High SchoolCoach: Tom Moore ... Also lettered four years in track.

PERSONAL — Born Sept. 4, 1982 in New Orleans, La ... .Full name is JakeEugene Slaughter ... Son of John and Sharyn Slaughter ... One sister,Ann, 34 ... Nephew of former Denver Broncos' quarterback MickeySlaughter ... Cousin of former Louisiana Tech All-America wide receiverand current San Francisco 49ers player Bobby Slaughter.

SLAUGHTER’S CAREER DEFENSIVE STATSYEAR G/GS TT UT AT TFL-YDS QBS-YDS FF/FR PD I/YDS2002 8/0 3 2 1 0-0 0-0 0/0 0 0-0

SLAUGHTER’S CAREER RUSHING STATSYEAR G/GS NO YDS AVG TD LP/OPPONENT2002 8/0 0 0 0.0 0 --2003 13/0 7 23 3.3 0 7/Georgia Tech2004 13/3 1 0 0.0 0 --Totals 34/3 8 23 2.9 0 7/Georgia Tech

JakeSLAUGHTER6-2 / 241 / Sr. / 3LBrentwood, Tenn.Brentwood AcademyGraduate Studies

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PatSIMS6-4 / 293 / RFr. / RSFt. Lauderdale, Fla.DillardUndecided

#95DT

BlakeSHRADER5-10 / 191 / RFr. / RSStevenson, Ala.North JacksonExercise Science

#28SS


The PlayersSLAUGHTER’S CAREER RECEIVING STATS

YEAR G/GS NO YDS AVG TD LP/OPPONENT2002 8/0 1 15 15.0 0 15/Western Carolina2003 13/0 2 9 4.5 0 13/Vanderbilt2004 13/3 0 0 0.0 0 --Totals 34/3 3 24 8.0 0 15/Western Carolina

SLAUGHTER’S GAME-BY-GAME RUSHING STATSDATE OPPONENT ATT YDS Avg. TD TD Runs9/2/02 at USC 0 0 0.0 0 09/7/02 WESTERN CAROLINA 0 0 0.0 0 09/14/02 VANDERBILT 0 0 0.0 0 09/19/02 at Mississippi State 0 0 0.0 0 09/28/02 SYRACUSE DID NOT PLAY10/12/02 ARKANSAS DID NOT PLAY10/19/02 at Florida PLAYED LINEBACKER10/26/02 LSU PLAYED LINEBACKER11/02/02 at Ole Miss PLAYED LINEBACKER11/09/02 LOUISIANA-MONROE PLAYED LINEBACKER11/16/02 GEORGIA DID NOT PLAY11/23/02 at Alabama DID NOT PLAY1/1/03 vs. Penn State (Capital One) DID NOT PLAY

DATE OPPONENT ATT YDS Avg. TD TD Runs8/30/03 USC 0 0 0.0 0 --9/6/03 at Georgia Tech 1 7 7.0 0 --9/13/03 at Vanderbilt 0 0 0.0 0 --9/27/03 W. KENTUCKY 1 3 3.0 0 --10/4/03 TENNESSEE 0 0 0.0 0 --10/11/03 at Arkansas 1 -1 -1.0 0 --10/18/03 MISSISSIPPI STATE 2 8 4.0 0 --10/25/03 at LSU 0 0 0.0 0 --11/1/03 LOUISIANA-MONROE 1 4 4.0 0 --11/8/03 OLE MISS 1 2 2.0 0 --11/15/03 at Georgia 0 0 0.0 0 --11/22/03 ALABAMA 0 0 0.0 0 --12/31/03 vs. Wisconsin (Music City) 0 0 0.0 0 --

2004 — Played in three games ... Returned a punt 12 yards againstLSU and had the tackle on the final kickoff, causing LSU to start its driveon the 13-yard line ... Missed 10 games with a shoulder injury.

2003 — Returned 36 punts for 327 yards (9.1 avg.) and eight kickoffsfor 138 yards (17.2 avg.) during the season ... Rushed for 141 yards andfinished second on the team with six touchdowns ... Scored touchdownson one and 12-yard runs and totaled 68 yards on 14 carries and had twopunt returns for 32 yards against Louisiana-Monroe ... Had a career-longpunt return of 37 yards, and gained 62 yards on six returns and rushedfive times for 20 yards against Mississippi State ... Scored two touch-downs on two one-yard leaps and finished with 30 yards againstWestern Kentucky ... Scored two touchdowns on a one-yard leap and a10-yard run and had a then-career-long punt return of 33 yards againstVanderbilt ... Returned three punts for 32 yards against Georgia Tech ...Returned two punts for 14 yards and four kickoffs for 76 yards againstUSC ... Named the Offensive MVP of A-Day after rushing for 93 yardson 16 carries and scoring three touchdowns in the game.

2002 — Third on the team in rushing with 454 yards on 79 carries (5.7avg.) and three touchdowns ... Rushed for 126 yards on 25 carries includ-ing a career-long run of 51 yards en route to being named the Coaches’Co-Offensive Player of the Week for his performance against Alabama ...

Accounted for 42 percent ofAuburn’s yards in theAlabama game ... LedAuburn with 65 yards onnine carries and a touch-down on a 10-yard run andscored another touchdownon a five-yard receptionagainst Louisiana-Monroe ...Finished the ULM gamewith 180 all-purpose yards(65 rush, 67 receiving, 48punt return) ... Rushed threetimes for 18 yards againstOle Miss ... Rushed for 80yards on 11 carries and atouchdown on a 13-yard runagainst LSU ... Saw time atrunning back and alsoreturned four kickoffs for 57yards against Florida ...Rushed three times for 40yards including a long runof 33 yards againstMississippi State ... Ran for

32 yards on six carries (5.3 avg.) against Vanderbilt ... Finished second onthe team with 14 carries for 73 yards and scored his first collegiate touch-down on an eight-yard run against Western Carolina ... Returned onekickoff 20 yards against USC and two against Arkansas for 32 yards.

HIGH SCHOOL — Finished senior season with 1,776 yards on 180 carries(9.9 avg.) and 20 touchdowns ... As a junior, rushed for 1,886 yards and34 touchdowns ... Led Venice to a 15-0 record and a Florida Class 5Astate championship as a junior ... Set Venice High School records in sin-gle-game rushing (336 yards) and career yards (4,850 yards) ... Selectedto play in the Florida-California All-Star Game ... Named the FloridaClass 6A Player of the Year as a junior ... Two-time All-State selection ...Orlando Sentinel Florida Top 100 ... Ranked as one of the top 15 runningbacks in the nation by Rivals100.com ... Tom Lemming's Prep FootballReport All-American ... SuperPrep Magazine All-American ... PrepStar All-American ... Florida Times Union Super 75 ... One of the top 25 runningbacks in the nation by ESPN.com ... Also ran track and broke the VeniceHigh School record in the 100m ... Also competed in weight lifting ...National Honor Society member and Wendy's High School HeismanNominee.

PERSONAL — Born April 4, 1984 ... Son of Philip and Pat Mitchem ... Onesister, Jessica, 23 ... Majoring in business ... Nickname is Tre, because heis the third Lyle C. Smith in his family.

SMITH’S CAREER RUSHING STATSYEAR G/GS NO YDS AVG TD LP/OPPONENT2002 13/3 79 454 5.7 3 51/Alabama2003 13/0 37 141 3.8 6 15/Louisiana-Monroe2004 3/0 2 36 18.0 0 39/Mississippi StateTotals 29/3 118 631 5.3 9 51/Alabama

SMITH’S GAME-BY-GAME STATSDATE OPPONENT ATT YDS Avg. TD TD Runs9/2/02 at USC 0 0 0.0 0 --9/7/02 W. CAROLINA 14 73 5.2 1 89/14/02 VANDERBILT 6 32 5.3 0 --9/19/02 at Mississippi State 3 40 13.3 0 --9/28/02 SYRACUSE 0 0 0.0 0 --10/12/02 ARKANSAS 0 0 0.0 0 --10/19/02 at Florida 1 7 7.0 0 --10/26/02 * LSU 11 80 7.3 1 1311/02/02 at Ole Miss 3 18 6.0 0 --11/09/02 * LA-MONROE 9 65 7.2 1 1011/16/02 GEORGIA 2 3 1.5 0 --11/23/02 * at Alabama 25 126 5.0 0 --1/1/03 vs. Penn State (Capital One) 5 10 2.0 0 --

TreSMITH5-10 / 199 / Jr. / 2LVenice, Fla.VeniceBusiness

#22RB


The PlayersDATE OPPONENT ATT YDS Avg. TD TD Runs8/30/03 USC 0 0 0.0 0 --9/6/03 at Georgia Tech 1 -3 -3.0 0 --9/13/03 at Vanderbilt 4 16 4.0 2 1, 109/27/03 WESTERN KENTUCKY 11 30 2.7 2 1, 110/4/03 TENNESSEE 2 10 5.0 0 --10/11/03 at Arkansas 0 0 0.0 0 --10/18/03 MISSISSIPPI STATE 5 20 4.0 0 --10/25/03 at LSU 0 0 0.0 0 --11/1/03 LOUISIANA-MONROE 14 68 4.9 2 1, 1211/8/03 OLE MISS 0 0 0.0 0 --11/15/03 at Georgia 0 0 0.0 0 --11/22/03 ALABAMA 0 0 0.0 0 --12/31/03 vs. Wisconsin (Music City) 0 0 0.0 0 --

DATE OPPONENT ATT YDS Avg. TD TD Runs9/4/04 LOUISIANA-MONROE DID NOT PLAY9/11/04 at Mississippi State 1 39 39.0 0 --9/18/04 LSU 0 0 0.0 0 --9/25/04 THE CITADEL DID NOT PLAY10/2/04 at Tennessee 1 -3 -3.0 0 --10/9/04 LOUISIANA TECH DID NOT PLAY10/16/04 ARKANSAS DID NOT PLAY10/23/04 KENTUCKY DID NOT PLAY10/30/04 at Ole Miss DID NOT PLAY11/13/04 GEORGIA DID NOT PLAY11/20/04 at Alabama DID NOT PLAY12/04/04 vs. Tennessee (SEC) DID NOT PLAY

SMITH’S CAREER RECEIVING STATSYEAR G/GS NO YDS AVG TD LP/OPPONENT2002 13/3 7 101 14.4 1 40/Louisiana-Monroe2003 13/0 5 22 4.4 0 10/Western Kentucky2004 3/0 0 0 0.0 0 --Totals 29/3 12 123 10.3 1 40/Louisiana-Monroe

SMITH’S CAREER KICK RETURN STATSYEAR G NO YDS AVG TD LP/OPPONENT2002 13 11 163 14.8 0 25/Ole Miss2003 13 8 138 17.2 0 23/USC2004 3 0 0 0.0 0 --Totals 29 19 301 15.8 0 25/Ole Miss

SMITH’S CAREER PUNT RETURN STATSYEAR G NO YDS AVG TD LP/OPPONENT2002 13 6 61 10.2 0 15/Louisiana-Monroe2003 13 36 327 9.1 0 37/Mississippi State2004 3 4 30 7.5 0 12/Mississippi State/LSUTotals 29 46 418 9.1 0 37/Mississippi State

2005 — Received the Most Improved Offensive Skill Player Awardfrom the coaching staff after spring drills.

2004 — Saw time in all 13 games ... Finished with 39 carries for 184yards (4.7 avg.) and two touchdowns ... Scored a touchdown on a 1-yardrun against Kentucky ... Gained 36 yards on nine carries againstArkansas ...Named the Coaches’ Special Teams Player of the Week forhis performance against Arkansas ... Rushed for 91 yards and first careertouchdown on a 1-yard run against The Citadel ... Had six carries for 45yards against Louisiana Tech.


Coach: George Quarles ...Rushed for 1,585 yards on 172carries and a school-record 28touchdowns as senior ...Helped lead Maryville to itsthird consecutive Class 4A statechampionship as a senior ...Rushed for 173 yards on 23 car-ries in the state championshipen route to being named thegame's Most Valuable Player ...Scored 21 touchdowns andtotaled 1430 yards rushing as ajunior ... Finished career with3,491 yards and 50 touchdowns... Named the Tennessee Class4A Mr. Football Back of the Year…Tennessee Sports Writersclass 4A first-team All-State ...Associated Press All-State firstteam for all divisions ... OrlandoSentinel All-Southern Team ...Rated the ninth best running back in the nation by ESPN/Tom Lemming… PrepStar All-Region honorable mention selection ... Knoxville NewsSentinel Tennessee Top 25 ... Also competed in the decathlon and sprintson the track team ... Finished fifth in the state in the decathlon as junior.

PERSONAL — Born May 30, 1985 ... Son of Marjorie and Dexter Stewart... One sister, Keri, 29 ... Full name is Carl Douglas Stewart ... Majoringin political science.

STEWART’S CAREER RUSHING STATSYEAR G/GS NO YDS AVG TD LP/OPPONENT2004 13/0 39 184 4.7 2 43/The Citadel

STEWART’S GAME-BY-GAME RUSHING STATSDATE OPPONENT ATT YDS Avg. TD TD Runs9/4/04 LOUISIANA-MONROE 0 0 0.0 0 --9/11/04 at Mississippi State 1 0 0.0 0 --9/18/04 LSU 0 0 0.0 0 --9/25/04 THE CITADEL 10 91 9.1 1 110/2/04 at Tennessee 2 0 0.0 0 --10/9/04 LOUISIANA TECH 6 45 7.5 0 --10/16/04 ARKANSAS 9 36 4.0 0 --10/23/04 KENTUCKY 8 6 0.8 1 110/30/04 at Ole Miss 0 0 0.0 0 --11/13/04 GEORGIA 3 6 2.0 0 --11/20/04 at Alabama 0 0 0.0 0 --12/04/04 vs. Tennessee (SEC) 0 0 0.0 0 --1/3/05 vs. Virginia Tech (Sugar) 0 0 0.0 0 --

CarlSTEWART6-1 / 207 / So. / 1LAlcoa, Tenn.MaryvillePolitical Science

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The Players

2004 — Redshirted.HIGH SCHOOL — Caught 20 pass for 400 yards and five touchdowns and

returned one kickoff for a touchdown as a senior ... Helped lead team to asemifinal berth in the state championship ... Totaled 15 receptions for 200yards and five touchdowns as a junior ... Georgia 4A All-State honorablemention ... Atlanta Journal Constitution Georgia Top 50 ... TheInsiders.comGeorgia Top 50 ... High School Coach: Bill Ballard.

PERSONAL — Full name is James Alvin Swinton ... Born Aug. 20, 1986 ...Son of Debra and James Swinton.

2004 — Associated Press All-SEC Honorable Mention selection ... Playedin and started all 13 games ... Led the team with 43 catches for 737 yards(17.1 avg.) ... Finished with six touchdowns ... Has multiple catches in 19games in his career ... 34-of-43 catches went for first downs ... Caught apass in 25-of-26 career games ... Finished last three games of the seasonwith 15 receptions for 287yards (19.1 yards per catch)and two touchdowns ...Posted five catches for 87yards against Virginia Techin the Nokia Sugar Bowl ...Four of his five receptionswent for a first down ...Marked a season-high sixcatches for a career-best 111yards against Tennessee inthe SEC Championshipgame ... Four of his six catch-es went for first downs ...First reception of the gamecame on Auburn’s firstoffense play, a 56-yarder ...Caught a 4-yard touchdownpass in the second quarter ...Snared four catches, all forfirst downs, for 89 yardsincluding a 32-yard pass forAuburn’s second touch-down against Alabama ...Caught a 9-yard touchdownpass in the third quarter andfinished with four catches for 73 yards against Ole Miss ... Snared a 30-yard touchdown catch and finished with three receptions for 66 yardsagainst Arkansas ... Wrestled a catch out of a defender’s arms on the open-

ing drive to gain 14 yards and caught a 31-yard touchdown pass againstTennessee ... Snared the game-winner and his first career touchdown on a16-yard reception and led Auburn with five catches for 71 yards againstLSU ... Earned the Coaches’ Offensive Player of the Week award for hisperformance against LSU ... Also caught a 14-yard pass on 4th-and-12 onthe game winning drive ... Caught a game-high three passes for 55 yardsagainst Louisiana-Monroe ... Tied for team-high honors with three catch-es against Louisiana Tech ... Ranked 15th in the Auburn career records inreceiving yardage (1,116 yards) and tied for 15th in pass receptions (77).

2003 — Selected to the Freshman All-SEC teams by The Sporting Newsand coaches ... Caught at least one pass in every game ... Finished secondon the team with 34 catches for 379 yards ... Played in all 13 games, start-ing five ... Led Auburn with seven catches for 83 yards including a season-long 39-yard reception against Alabama ... Snared two passes for 34 yardsagainst Louisiana-Monroe and Mississippi State ... Finished with threecatches for 34 yards against Vanderbilt ... Led Auburn with eight catchesfor 73 yards against Georgia Tech ... Started and caught four passes for 43yards against USC ... Tied for the most catches (12) ever by a wide receiv-er in the first two games of a season ... Had more catches in the first threegames (15) than all but four players had in the entire season in 2002.

2002 — Redshirted.HIGH SCHOOL — Three-year starter at quarterback and cornerback ... As a

quarterback, collected 1,200 all-purpose yards passing and running ...Threw for 10 touchdowns ... As a defensive back, totaled 76 tackles and sixinterceptions ... Led high school team to 10-2 record as a senior ... Alsocompeted in track and won the state Class A high jump as a junior ...Talented basketball player that averaged over 20 points and 10 reboundsas a senior ... As a junior, averaged 21 points, four assists and sixrebounds.

PERSONAL — Born April 7, 1984 ... Son of Mary and Joe Walker ...Majoring in business marketing.

TAYLOR’S CAREER RECEIVING STATSYEAR G/GS NO YDS AVG TD LP/OPPONENT2003 13/5 34 379 11.1 0 39/Alabama2004 13/13 43 737 17.1 6 56/TennesseeTotals 26/18 77 1116 14.5 6 56/Tennessee

TAYLOR’S GAME-BY-GAME STATSDATE OPPONENT REC YDS AVG TD8/30/03 * USC 4 43 10.8 09/6/03 at Georgia Tech 8 73 9.1 09/13/03 * at Vanderbilt 3 34 11.3 09/27/03 * WESTERN KENTUCKY 1 10 10.0 010/4/03 * TENNESSEE 1 5 5.0 010/11/03 at Arkansas 1 5 5.0 010/18/03 * MISSISSIPPI STATE 2 34 17.0 010/25/03 at LSU 1 1 1.0 011/1/03 LOUISIANA-MONROE 2 34 17.0 011/8/03 OLE MISS 1 19 19.0 011/15/03 at Georgia 2 25 12.5 011/22/03 ALABAMA 7 83 11.9 012/31/03 vs. Wisconsin (Music City) 1 13 13.0 0

DATE OPPONENT REC YDS AVG TD9/4/04 * LOUISIANA-MONROE 3 55 18.3 09/11/04 * at Mississippi State 0 0 0.0 09/18/04 * LSU 5 71 14.2 19/25/04 * THE CITADEL 3 31 10.3 010/2/04 * at Tennessee 3 77 25.7 110/9/04 * LOUISIANA TECH 3 40 13.3 010/16/04 * ARKANSAS 3 66 22.0 110/23/04 * KENTUCKY 2 17 8.5 010/30/04 * at Ole Miss 4 73 18.3 111/13/04 * GEORGIA 2 20 10.0 011/20/04 * at Alabama 4 89 22.3 112/04/04 * vs. Tennessee (SEC) 6 111 18.5 11/3/05 * vs. Virginia Tech (Sugar) 5 87 17.4 0

CourtneyTAYLOR6-2 / 204 / Jr. / 2LCarrollton, Ala.CarrolltonBusiness Marketing

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JamesSWINTON6-1 / 175 / RFr. / RSTucker, Ga.TuckerPre-Business

#82WR


The Players

2005 — Received the EddieWelch Attitude and Effort Awardfor the defense from the coachingstaff after spring drills.

2004 — Part of the playing rotationat noseguard ... Totaled three tacklesagainst Georgia ... Recovered a fum-ble against Louisiana Tech ...Recorded two tackles againstTennessee ... Totaled five tacklesagainst The Citadel and four stopsagainst LSU ... Finished with fourtackles including two for loss (-5)against Mississippi State ... Namedthe Coaches’ Defensive Player of theWeek for his performance againstMississippi State.


Coach: Howard “Buzz” Busby ...Played noseguard, defensive end andlinebacker as a senior ... Finished the season with 99 tackles, seven tackles forloss and four sacks ... Also played tight end and handled place-kicking duties,connecting on 28-of-31 extra points ... Totaled 100 tackles, 20 tackles for lossand 10.5 sacks as a junior ... Two-time Georgia class 4A All-State selection ...Atlanta Journal Constitution Georgia Top 50 ... Led his team to a state champi-onship as a junior ... PrepStar All-Region selection ... Statesboro PoliceDepartment Cops-n-Jocks "Role Model of the Year" ... Competed in power lift-ing and was the state weight lifting champion as a sophomore, junior andsenior ... Member of the National Honor Society.

PERSONAL — Born March 15, 1985 ... Son of Georgette and Eric Thompson... Full name is Joshua Eric Thompson ... One sister, Erica, 22 ... Majoring inphysical education ... Nickname is “Stump.”

THOMPSON’S CAREER DEFENSIVE STATSYEAR G/GS TT UT AT TFL-YDS QBS-YDS FF/FR PD I/YDS2004 13/0 23 11 12 2-5 0-0 0/1 0 0-0

THOMPSON’S GAME-BY-GAME STATSDATE OPPONENT TT UT AT TFL-YDS QBS-YDS9/4/04 LOUISIANA-MONROE 0 0 0 0-0 0-09/11/04 at Mississippi State 4 3 1 2-5 0-09/18/04 LSU 4 2 2 0-0 0-09/25/04 THE CITADEL 5 3 2 0-0 0-010/2/04 at Tennessee 2 1 1 0-0 0-010/9/04 LOUISIANA TECH 1 0 1 0-0 0-010/16/04 ARKANSAS 1 0 1 0-0 0-010/23/04 KENTUCKY 1 0 1 0-0 0-010/30/04 at Ole Miss 1 1 0 0-0 0-011/13/04 GEORGIA 3 1 2 0-0 0-011/20/04 at Alabama 0 0 0 0-0 0-012/04/04 vs. Tennessee (SEC) 1 0 1 0-0 0-01/3/05 vs. Virginia Tech (Sugar) 0 0 0 0-0 0-0

2004 — Saw action against Louisiana-Monroe and The Citadel.HIGH SCHOOL — Was a three-year starter ... Led team with 122 tackles his

senior season ... Earned All-Metro and honorable mention all-state honors... Member of two state championship teams and one runner-up ... HighSchool Coach: Rush Propst ... Also wrestled his junior and senior seasons... Placed third in state at the 215 lb. weight class.

PERSONAL — Son of Janet and Rick Turman ... Has two brothers, Joseph,21, and Adam, 16 ... Born Nov. 5, 1984 ... Majoring in business marketing.

2005 — Named the A-Day Special Teams MVP after connecting onthree field goals, including two from 46 yards.

2004 — Successful on 12-of-15 field goal attempts ... Was 2-for-2 onattempts at 40-49 yards ... Was 7-for-8 from 20-29 yards ... Connected onthree first-half field goals (23, 19, 24) to put Tigers up, 9-0, against VirginiaTech in the Nokia Sugar Bowl ... The mark tied an Auburn bowl record, lastaccomplished by Jaret Holmes in the 1998 Peach Bowl ... Connected on a22-yarder in the fourth quarter against Tennessee in the SECChampionship game ... Made 32-yard field goal, his first attempt in threegames against Georgia ... Connected on both field goal attempts from 24and 29 yards against Tennessee ... Made a 29-yard field goal and the extra-point that was the difference in a 10-9 win over #5 LSU ... Nailed a career-long 43-yard field goal against Louisiana-Monroe ... First on the team inscoring with 87 points ... Has made 10 of his last 11 field goals.

2003 — Made all 27 extra-point attempts and was 6-of-10 on field goals

JohnVAUGHN6-1 / 201 / Jr. / 2LBrentwood, Tenn.BrentwoodExercise Science

#37K

AndrewTURMAN6-0 / 228 / So. / SQHoover, Ala.HooverBusiness Marketing

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JoshTHOMPSON6-0 / 301 / So. / 1LStatesboro, Ga.StatesboroPhysical Education

#97NG


The Playersduring the season ... Connected on field goals from 22 and 32 yards againstAlabama ... Made a 34-yard field goal against Arkansas ... Connected on a22-yard field goal against Western Kentucky ... Made a 21-yard field goaland all six extra-point attempts against Vanderbilt ... Connected on his firstattempt, a 22-yarder against Georgia Tech.

HIGH SCHOOL — High School Coach: Carlton Flatt ... Connected on 39-of-44 field goals and 137-of-142 point after attempts in his career… Madeseven-of-nine field goals as a senior ... Made 39-of-41 field goals inside the50 and never missed inside 39 yards ... Ranked fourth nationally in careerfield goals with 39 ... Broke Tennessee record for career field goals with39… Helped lead Brentwood to a 9-3 record and a berth in the Division II,class 3A championship game as a senior ... A four-year starter ... Two-timeTennessee Sports Writers first-team Division II All-State selection…Named to the Associated Press All-State second team for all divisions ...…Selected to The Tennessean All-Midstate team as a junior and senior ...One of the top five kickers in Tennessee according to the Knoxville NewsSentinel ... A five-year starter on the soccer team ...

PERSONAL — Son of Julia and Mark Vaughn ... Three siblings, Will, 17,Eliza, 16, and Bryant, 12 ... Born June 15, 1984 ... Played at the same highschool as Jake Slaughter, King Dunlap and Kody Bliss ... Majoring in exer-cise science.

VAUGHN’S CAREER KICKING STATSYEAR FG-A 0-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50+ PAT Pts2003 6-10 0-0 4-5 2-4 0-1 0-0 27-27 452004 12-15 1-1 7-8 2-4 2-2 0-0 51-52 87Totals 18-25 1-1 11-13 4-8 2-3 0-0 78-789 132

2003 Field Goal Sequence (Made/Missed):at Georgia Tech: 22 at Arkansas: 34at Vanderbilt: 23, 21 Mississippi State: 38Western Kentucky: 22 Alabama: 22, 32Tennessee: 37, 46

2004 Field Goal Sequence (Made/Missed):Louisiana-Monroe: 43 at Mississippi State: 39 LSU: 29The Citadel: 32, 33 at Tennessee: 24, 29 Louisiana Tech: 41Arkansas: 27 Kentucky: -- at Ole Miss: --Georgia: 32 at Alabama: 21 vs. Tennessee (SEC): 22vs. Virginia Tech (Sugar): 23, 19, 24

2004 — Associated Press All-SEC Second-Team ... Played in and started all13 games ... Finished with 19 receptions for 302 yards (15.9 avg.) ... Started26 career games ... Only reception against Virginia Tech in the Nokia SugarBowl came on Auburn’s first offensive play of the game ... Connected withJason Campbell for a season-best 35-yard catch ... Caught three passes for 31yards including a 21-yard catch on Auburn’s opening drive againstTennessee in the SEC Championship ... Finished with three catches for 43yards against Georgia ... Caught a 36-yard pass on Auburn’s 99-yard driveand finished with two catches for 59 yards against Ole Miss ... Named theCoaches’ Co-Offensive Player of the Week for his performance against OleMiss ... Had a 31-yard pass play that set up a touchdown in the second quar-ter against Tennessee ... Caught two passes for 42 yards against LSU, includ-ing a 30-yard reception ... Has caught a pass in 26-of-39 games in his career.

2003 — Started 12-of-13 games ... Finished the season with 16 catches for

209 yards and one touchdown... Posted career-highs withfive catches for 60 yardsagainst Georgia ... Scored atouchdown on a one-yardcatch against Louisiana-Monroe ... Caught four passesfor 35 yards against LSU ...One catch for 12 yards againstWestern Kentucky and onecatch for 20 yards againstVanderbilt ... Started andmade catch between twodefenders of 30 yards over themiddle against Georgia Tech.2002 — Coaches’ SEC All-Freshman team ... Also namedto All-SEC Freshman teamand freshman second-teamAll-America by The SportingNews ... Played in all 13 games... Caught two passes for 16yards against Louisiana-Monroe ... Scored a touch-

down on 7-yard reception against Syracuse ... One catch for 50 yardsagainst Florida and one for 14 yards against Miss. State ... Caught firstcareer TD pass on a 17-yard reception and finished with two catches for 27yards against Western Carolina ... Caught four passes for 74 yards in thespring game.

2001 — Redshirted.HIGH SCHOOL — Played fullback, tight end, linebacker and defensive end

in high school ... Helped lead Christ Presbyterian Academy to the 1A statetitle and a 15-0 record as a senior ... Rushed four times for 69 yards includ-ing a 57-yard touchdown run in the state championship game ... As a sen-ior, caught nine passes for 273 yards and rushed 44 times for 475 yards andscored 10 touchdowns during season ... On defense, registered 163 tackles,18 tackles for loss, five sacks, two interceptions and two fumble recoveries... As a junior, totaled 104 tackles, four sacks and caught 12 passes for 224yards and three touchdowns ... All-State selection ... All-Midstate and All-Region selection ... Finalist for Mr. Football Award ... Invited to play in theTennessee-Kentucky All-Star Game ... PrepStar All-Region selection ...Knoxville News-Sentinel Top 25 players in Tennessee ... Rivals.com All-Region ... High School Coach: David Pack ... Also played soccer in highschool and was an All-Region selection and four-year letter winner ...Helped lead soccer team to 1999 state championship.

PERSONAL — Born April 26, 1982 ... Son of Guy and Sallie Wallace ... Twobrothers, Guy, 26, and David, 24 ... Older brother, David played footballand baseball at Vanderbilt and is currently playing in the ClevelandIndians’ organization.

WALLACE’S CAREER RECEIVING STATSYEAR G/GS NO YDS AVG TD LP/OPPONENT2002 13/1 8 123 15.4 2 50/Florida2003 13/12 16 209 13.1 1 37/Alabama2004 13/13 19 302 15.9 0 36/Ole MissTotals 39/26 43 634 14.7 3 50/Florida

WALLACE’S GAME-BY-GAME STATSDATE OPPONENT REC YDS AVG TD9/2/02 at USC 0 0 0.0 09/7/02 WESTERN CAROLINA 2 27 13.5 19/14/02 VANDERBILT 0 0 0.0 09/19/02 at Mississippi State 1 14 14.0 09/28/02 SYRACUSE 1 7 7.0 110/12/02 * ARKANSAS 0 0 0.0 010/19/02 at Florida 1 50 50.0 010/26/02 LSU 0 0 0.0 011/02/02 at Ole Miss 0 0 0.0 011/09/02 LOUISIANA-MONROE 2 16 8.0 011/16/02 GEORGIA 1 9 9.0 0

CooperWALLACE6-4 / 265 / Sr. / 3LNashville, Tenn.Christ PresbyterianGraduate Studies

#8TE


The Players11/23/02 at Alabama 0 0 0.0 01/1/03 vs. Penn State (Capital One) 0 0 0.0 0DATE OPPONENT REC YDS AVG TD8/30/03 * USC 0 0 0.0 09/6/03 * at Georgia Tech 1 30 30.0 09/13/03 * at Vanderbilt 1 20 20.0 09/27/03 * WESTERN KENTUCKY 1 12 12.0 010/4/03 * TENNESSEE 1 9 9.0 010/11/03 * at Arkansas 0 0 0.0 010/18/03 MISSISSIPPI STATE 0 0 0.0 010/25/03 * at LSU 4 35 8.8 011/1/03 * LOUISIANA-MONROE 1 1 1.0 111/8/03 * OLE MISS 1 5 5.0 011/15/03 * at Georgia 5 60 12.0 011/22/03 * ALABAMA 1 37 37.0 012/31/03 * vs. Wisconsin (Music City) 0 0 0.0 0

DATE OPPONENT REC YDS AVG TD9/4/04 * LOUISIANA-MONROE 0 0 0.0 09/11/04 * at Mississippi State 1 9 9.0 09/18/04 * LSU 2 42 21.0 09/25/04 * THE CITADEL 1 8 8.0 010/2/04 * at Tennessee 1 31 31.0 010/9/04 * LOUISIANA TECH 1 17 17.0 010/16/04 * ARKANSAS 1 4 4.0 010/23/04 * KENTUCKY 0 0 0.0 010/30/04 * at Ole Miss 2 59 29.5 011/13/04 * GEORGIA 3 43 14.3 011/20/04 * at Alabama 3 23 7.7 012/04/04 * vs. Tennessee (SEC) 3 31 10.3 01/3/05 * vs. Virginia Tech (Sugar) 1 35 35.0 0

2005 — Missed springdrills while continuing torehab wrist injury.

2004 — Played in andstarted 10 games ... Hadthree sacks (-21) ... Tied forthird on the team with ninetackles for loss (-39) andseventh with 44 tackles ... 35of 44 tackles went as solostops ... Held out of theVirginia Tech (Sugar Bowl),Tennessee (SECChampionship) andAlabama games with awrist injury ... Had a sack (-4) and four tackles againstGeorgia ... Finished with asack (-7) and four tacklesagainst Ole Miss ...Registered five tacklesincluding one for loss (-3)against Kentucky ... Led theteam with a career-higheight tackles againstArkansas ... Named theCoaches’ Defensive Player of the Week for his performance againstArkansas ... Had a sack for a 10-yard loss and six tackles against LSU ...Had four stops, including one for loss against Mississippi State ... Led

Auburn with six tackles, including five solo and two for loss, againstLouisiana-Monroe ... After three games, already had more tackles (16)than his highest previous season total of 14 in 2003 ... Came out of springdrills as the first-string weak linebacker.

2003 — Part of the rotation at linebacker ... Played in 12 games and fin-ished the season with 14 tackles ... Registered four tackles againstGeorgia ... Forced a fumble against Tennessee which was recovered byAuburn and led to a touchdown ... Finished with two tackles againstLouisiana-Monroe and Western Kentucky ... Held out of the Vanderbiltgame ... Held out of spring drills rehabilitating from leg injury.

2002 — Played in 10 games ... Broke left leg on special teams againstPenn State in the Capital One Bowl ... Part of the playing rotation at line-backer .. Held out of the Mississippi State, Syracuse and Arkansas gameswith a knee injury ... Started against Vanderbilt and had two tackles ...Started against Western Carolina and led the team with 10 tackles,including a tackle for loss (-2) and a fumble recovery.

2001 — Redshirted.HIGH SCHOOL — Helped lead Shaw to a perfect 15-0 record and a state

title, the first in school history ... Named the Georgia 4A DefensivePlayer of the Year after totaling 80 tackles from defensive end position ...Also had 19 tackles for loss, eight sacks, four fumble recoveries, twocaused fumbles and two interceptions ... Standout on special teams andcredited with six tackles on the kicking team ... First-team 4A All-Stateselection ... Columbus Ledger-Enquirer Bi-City Defensive Player of theYear ... Rivals.com Honorable Mention selection ... PrepStar All-American ... High School Coach: Charles Flowers.

PERSONAL — Born Sept. 14, 1982 ... Son of Leonard and Cynthia Neal ...Three siblings, Leonard, 26, Bertrion, 17, and Dinisecia, 19.

A. WILLIAMS’ CAREER DEFENSIVE STATSYEAR G/GS TT UT AT TFL-YDS QBS-YDS FF/FR PD INT-YDS2002 10/2 13 4 9 1-2 0-0 0/1 1 0-02003 12/0 14 9 5 0-0 0-0 1/0 0 0-02004 10/10 44 35 9 9-39 3-21 0/0 0 0-0Totals 32/12 71 48 23 10-41 3-21 1/1 1 0-0

A. WILLIAMS’ GAME-BY-GAME STATSDATE OPPONENT TT UT AT TFL-YDS QBS-YDS9/2/02 at USC 0 0 0 0-0 0-09/7/02 * WESTERN CAROLINA 10 4 6 1-2 0-09/14/02 * VANDERBILT 2 0 2 0-0 0-09/19/02 at Mississippi State DID NOT PLAY9/28/02 SYRACUSE DID NOT PLAY10/12/02 ARKANSAS DID NOT PLAY10/19/02 at Florida 1 0 1 0-0 0-010/26/02 LSU 0 0 0 0-0 0-011/02/02 at Ole Miss 0 0 0 0-0 0-011/09/02 LOUISIANA-MONROE 0 0 0 0-0 0-011/16/02 GEORGIA 0 0 0 0-0 0-011/23/02 at Alabama 0 0 0 0-0 0-01/1/03 vs. Penn State (Capital One) 0 0 0 0-0 0-0

DATE OPPONENT TT UT AT TFL-YDS QBS-YDS8/30/03 USC 1 1 0 0-0 0-09/6/03 at Georgia Tech 0 0 0 0-0 0-09/13/03 at Vanderbilt DID NOT PLAY9/27/03 WESTERN KENTUCKY 2 1 1 0-0 0-010/4/03 TENNESSEE 0 0 0 0-0 0-010/11/03 at Arkansas 1 0 1 0-0 0-010/18/03 MISSISSIPPI STATE 0 0 0 0-0 0-010/25/03 at LSU 1 1 0 0-0 0-011/1/03 LOUISIANA-MONROE 2 0 2 0-0 0-011/8/03 OLE MISS 1 1 0 0-0 0-011/15/03 at Georgia 4 3 1 0-0 0-011/22/03 ALABAMA 1 1 0 0-0 0-012/31/03 vs. Wisconsin (Music City) 1 1 0 0-0 0-0

DATE OPPONENT TT UT AT TFL-YDS QBS-YDS9/4/04 * LOUISIANA-MONROE 6 5 1 2-3 0-09/11/04 * at Mississippi State 4 3 1 1-5 0-09/18/04 * LSU 6 5 1 2-12 1-109/25/04 * THE CITADEL 1 1 0 1-5 0-010/2/04 * at Tennessee 2 2 0 0-0 0-0

AntarriousWILLIAMS5-11 / 206 / Sr. / 3LColumbus, Ga.ShawGraduate Studies

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The Players10/9/04 * LOUISIANA TECH 4 2 2 0-0 0-010/16/04 * ARKANSAS 8 7 1 0-0 0-010/23/04 * KENTUCKY 5 5 0 1-3 0-010/30/04 * at Ole Miss 4 3 1 1-7 1-711/13/04 * GEORGIA 4 2 2 1-4 1-411/20/04 at Alabama DID NOT PLAY12/04/04 vs. Tennessee (SEC) DID NOT PLAY1/3/05 vs. Virginia Tech (Sugar) DID NOT PLAY

2005 — Received the Pat Dye Leadership Award for the defense fromthe coaching staff after spring drills.

2004 — Coaches’ All-SEC First-Team ... Associated Press All-SEC First-Team ... Played in and started all 13 games ... Has started 25 careergames ... Led Auburn with80 tackles, 58 of which weresolo stops ... Finished withnine tackles for loss (-22)and two sacks (-7) ... Hadtwo interceptions and twopass deflections ... Alsoforced a fumble ... Tied forthird on the team with ninetackles for loss ... Recordedfour tackles including threesolo against Virginia Tech inthe Nokia Sugar Bowl ...Finished with a team-higheight tackles, includingseven solo, and a tackle forloss (-3) against Tennesseein the SEC Championshipgame ... Registered six tack-les including one for lossagainst Alabama ... Finishedwith six tackles, half a sackand a broken up passagainst Georgia ... Namedthe SEC and CoachesDefensive Player of theWeek after totaling a team-high 12 tackles including asack (-6) against Ole Miss ... Had five tackles including one for loss anda broken up pass against Arkansas ... For the second straight game,intercepted a pass and finished with a team-high eight tackles againstLouisiana Tech ...Named the Co-Defensive Player of the Week for hisperformance against Louisiana Tech ... Intercepted a pass in the secondquarter and finished with eight stops including two for loss againstTennessee ... Tied for the team lead with eight tackles, all of which weresolo stops against LSU ... Totaled five tackles against Mississippi State ...Forced a fumble and totaled five tackles including one for loss againstLouisiana-Monroe.

2003 — Started 12 games ... Finished third on the team with 67 tackles... Also had nine tackles for loss, three broken up passes and four hurries... Helped Auburn finish fifth nationally in total defense ... Had a tacklefor loss in the last four consecutive games ... Registered seven tacklesincluding one for loss against Alabama ... Led Auburn with a career-high12 tackles including one for loss against Ole Miss ... Finished with four

tackles against Louisiana-Monroe and eight tackles against LSU ...Totaled three tackles including two for loss against Mississippi State ...Forced a fumble on Arkansas quarterback Matt Jones on the Auburneight-yard line in the fourth quarter and totaled six tackles against theRazorbacks ... Helped hold the SEC’s leading rusher, Cedric Cobbs, to 78yards, 63 yards below his per-game average ... Registered four tacklesincluding a tackle for loss against Tennessee ... Held out of the WesternKentucky game ... Totaled four tackles including a tackle for loss (-5) andbroke up a pass against Vanderbilt ... Finished with six tackles includingone tackle for loss (-1) against Georgia Tech ... Started and had four tack-les and two broken up passes against USC ... Named the team’s MostImproved Linebacker by the coaching staff after spring drills.

2002 — Part of the playing rotation at linebacker ... Played in all 13games ... Forced a fumble and had four tackles against Louisiana-Monroe ... Finished with two tackles against Ole Miss ... Intercepted apass late in the fourth quarter against Mississippi State ... Two tacklesagainst Vanderbilt.

2001 — Redshirted.HIGH SCHOOL — Holds the Spring Valley school record for most tackles

in a season (160) and most solo tackles in one game (17) ... Also had fivesacks and caused four fumbles as a senior ... As a junior, registered 137tackles, 19 tackles for loss and two sacks ... Set school record for mostsolo tackles in a season (110) ... Also holds his high school career recordwith 297 tackles ... Named the Most Valuable Player of the SouthCarolina North-South All-Star Game ... First-team All-State ... Two-timeAll-Region selection ... Area Defensive Most Valuable Player ... All-Power Bar Team for the South ... One of the top 20 players in SouthCarolina according to SuperPrep Magazine ... High School Coach: JimmyNoonan ... Lettered three years in basketball and four years in track.

PERSONAL — Born Jan. 20, 1983 in Columbia, S.C. ... Son of David andCathy Williams ... Three siblings, David, 23, Malcolm, 16, andDominique, 14 ... Cousin of Philadelphia Eagles running back DuceStaley ... Full name is Travis Stephon Williams.

WILLIAMS’ CAREER DEFENSIVE STATSYEAR G/GS TT UT AT TFL-YDS QBS-YDS FF/FR PD INT-YDS2002 13/0 9 3 6 1-1 0-0 1/0 0 1-72003 12/12 67 24 43 9-18 0-0 1/0 3 0-02004 13/13 80 58 22 9-22 2-7 1/0 2 2-13Totals 38/25 156 85 71 19-41 2-7 3/0 5 3-20

WILLIAMS’ GAME-BY-GAME STATSDATE OPPONENT TT UT AT TFL-YDS QBS-YDS9/2/02 at USC 0 0 0 0-0 0-09/7/02 WESTERN CAROLINA 0 0 0 0-0 0-09/14/02 VANDERBILT 2 0 2 0-0 0-09/19/02 at Mississippi State 0 0 0 0-0 0-09/28/02 SYRACUSE 1 0 1 1-1 0-010/12/02 ARKANSAS 0 0 0 0-0 0-010/14/02 at Florida 0 0 0 0-0 0-010/19/02 LSU 0 0 0 0-0 0-011/02/02 at Ole Miss 2 1 1 0-0 0-011/09/02 LOUISIANA-MONROE 4 2 2 0-0 0-011/16/02 GEORGIA 0 0 0 0-0 0-011/23/02 at Alabama 0 0 0 0-0 0-01/1/03 vs. Penn State (Capital One) 0 0 0 0-0 0-0

DATE OPPONENT TT UT AT TFL-YDS QBS-YDS8/30/03 * USC 4 1 3 0-0 0-09/6/03 * at Georgia Tech 6 2 4 1-1 0-09/13/03 * at Vanderbilt 4 2 2 1-5 0-09/27/03 WESTERN KENTUCKY DID NOT PLAY10/4/03 * TENNESSEE 4 1 3 1-1 0-010/11/03 * at Arkansas 6 3 3 0-0 0-010/18/03 * MISSISSIPPI STATE 3 3 0 2-4 0-010/25/03 * at LSU 8 4 4 0-0 0-011/1/03 * LOUISIANA-MONROE 4 1 3 0-0 0-011/8/03 * OLE MISS 12 2 10 1-1 0-011/15/03 * at Georgia 4 2 2 1-3 0-011/22/03 * ALABAMA 7 2 5 1-3 0-012/31/03 * vs. Wisconsin (Music City) 5 1 4 1-1 0-0

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The PlayersDATE OPPONENT TT UT AT TFL-YDS QBS-YDS9/4/04 * LOUISIANA-MONROE 5 4 1 .5-1 0-09/11/04 * at Mississippi State 5 4 1 0-0 0-09/18/04 * LSU 8 8 0 1-1 0-09/25/04 * THE CITADEL 2 2 0 0-0 0-010/2/04 * at Tennessee 8 7 1 2-2 0-010/9/04 * LOUISIANA TECH 8 0 8 1.5-3 0.5-110/16/04 * ARKANSAS 5 3 2 1-3 0-010/23/04 * KENTUCKY 3 3 0 0-0 0-010/30/04 * at Ole Miss 12 11 1 1-6 1-611/13/04 * GEORGIA 6 3 3 0-0 0.5-311/20/04 * at Alabama 6 3 3 1-3 0-012/04/04 * vs. Tennessee (SEC) 8 7 1 1-3 0-01/3/05 * vs. Virginia Tech (Sugar) 4 3 1 0-0 0-0

MONTEZ BILLINGSWR, 6-2, 175, Pelham, Ala. (Pelham)High School Coach: Sammy Queen

HIGH SCHOOL — Hauled in 45 receptions for 550 yards and five touchdownsas a senior…Grabbed 42 catches for 458 yards and three touchdowns as ajunior… Three-time All-State selection… Alabama Sports WritersAssociation first-team All-State honors… Honorable mention All-SouthernFootball Team selected by Orlando Sentinel… SuperPrep preseason All-American… Lemming All-American Team… Lemming All-SouthwestTeam…All-Area honors... Mobile Register Super Southeast 120… MobileRegister's Elite 18 list… Birmingham News Super Seniors list… SuperPrepDixie Team… Rivals.com Top 25 Wide Receivers… Rivals.com AlabamaTop 25… PrepStar All-American ... The South Insiders Hot 100… Scout.comtop 75 wide receivers… Scout.com Alabama Top 30… U.S. Army All-American Bowl Nominee… Espn.com's Top 25 Class of Wide Receivers…Alabama Sports Writers Association's Super 12… Won 6A state champi-onship in 200-meter dash with a time of 21.74 seconds as a junior… Playedon basketball team ... PERSONAL — Born June 15, 1986… Son of David andDemetria Billings.

TRAY BLACKMONLB, 6-0, 200, LaGrange, Ga. (LaGrange)High School Coach: Steve Pardue

HIGH SCHOOL — Racked up 115 tackles, eight sacks and seven forced fumblesleading his team to the Class AAA state title as a senior… Recorded 116tackles, 12 sacks and six forced fumbles as a junior leading his team to astate title… Compiled 101 tackles and five sacks as a sophomore… ParadeMagazine All-America Football Team… EA Sports All-American… All-USAToday second team… PrepNation 101 All-American Team… Three-time all-state selection… Atlanta Journal Constitution's 2004 Player of the Year…Georgia Sports Writers Association's all-state football team… 3A GeorgiaFootball Coaches Association Player of the Year... Named to the All-Southern Football Team by the Orlando Sentinel… Georgia Athletic CoachesAssociation North-South All-Star Football Game… Mobile Register Super

Southeast 120… PrepStar Top 100 Dream Team… Lemming All-AmericaTeam…. Lemming All-Southeast Team… Rivals.com Top OutsideLinebacker… Rivals.com Top 100… The National Insiders Hot 100… TheSouth Insiders Hot 100… The Georgia Insiders Hot 100… Scout.com topranked linebacker… CollegeFootballNews.com's Top High SchoolLinebackers… SuperPrep Elite 50… SuperPrep All-America 279… SuperPrepDixie Team… Lemming's Top 100… 2004 Tampa Tribune Best of the Southteam ... PERSONAL — Born Oct. 20, 1985… Son of Connie Douglas and JeffreyWilliams.

ANTONIO COLEMANDE, 6-2, 216, Mobile, Ala. (Williamson)High School Coach: Bobby Parrish

HIGH SCHOOL — Garnered 147 tackles and 23 sacks as a senior… Led histeam to a 10-3 record and to the quarter-finals of the playoffs… BirminghamNews Super Seniors… All-State honors… Alabama Sports WritersAssociation's Super 12… Mobile Register Super Southeast 120… SuperPrepDixie Team… PrepStar All-Region ... Awarded honorable mention All-Southern Football Team by the Orlando Sentinel… Montgomery AdvertiserAll-State football team… Alabama Sports Writers Association 5A Linemanof the Year… Scout.com top 75 Defensive Ends… Scout.com PostseasonAlabama Top 30… Rivals.com Outside Linebackers Top 50… Rivals.comAlabama Top 25… Also played basketball and ran track ... PERSONAL —Born Sept. 1, 1986… Son of Olivia Coleman.

OSCAR GONZALEZOL, 6-6, 280, Hialeah, Fla. (Hialeah)High School Coach: Alex Terry

HIGH SCHOOL — Played both offensive and defensive tackle in high school…Totaled 90 tackles, five sacks and three fumble recoveries as a senior…Miami Herald's All-Dade County team… Third-team All-State footballteam… Selected to participate in the Dade-Broward All-Star Game…561sports Pre-Season Top 100… SuperPrep Dixie Team… Top 100 Florida'sCollege Prospect… Third-team All-Dade County wrestling… Seventh instate as a junior heavyweight… Attended same high school as Auburn cor-nerback Anthony Campbell ... PERSONAL — Born Oct. 16, 1985… Son ofNarcisco and Damaris Gonzalez.

ALONZO HORTONDE, 6-2, 209, New Orleans, La. (Abramson)High School Coach: Kelvin Lyon

HIGH SCHOOL — Recorded 146 tackles and 13 sacks as a senior… Registered95 tackles with 32 for loss and 23 sacks as a junior… Led the state in sacksas a junior… 5A all-state football team… All-city honors… Mobile RegisterSuper Southeast 120… SuperPrep preseason All-American… Rivals.comTop 25 Outside Linebackers… Rivals.com Louisiana Top 25… The Southinsiders Hot 100… Scout.com Top 10 Defensive Ends… Lemming All-Southwest Team… District most valuable player in 2003… SuperPrepSouthwest Team… SuperPrep All-America 279…PrepStar All-American ...Times-Picayune Preseason All-Metro Team… Played in the Orleans ParishEast-West All-Star game… PERSONAL — Born Sept. 20, 1986 ... Son of RobinHorton and Jerry Taylor.

Signee Bios


The PlayersZACH KUTCHK, 5-9, 160, Milton, Fla. (Milton)High School Coach: Mike McMillion

HIGH SCHOOL — Kicked 11-of-15 field goals with a long field goal of 52 yardsas a senior… Converted 52-of-55 on extra point attempts and 24-of-33 onfield goal attempts last two seasons… 100 percent on field goal attemptsinside 49 yards… Averaged 43.5 yards per kick as a punter…. Named All-Northwest Florida as a junior… First-team all-area kicker two consecutiveyears… 3A first-team all-state last two years… Rivals.com Top 10Kickers… Emerald Coast High School All-Star Team…PrepStar All-Region... PERSONAL — Born Dec. 19, 1985… Son of Ray and Kim Kutch.

SEN'DERRICK MARKSDT, 6-1, 265, Mobile, Ala. (Vigor)High School Coach: Kerry Stevenson

HIGH SCHOOL — Totaled 81 tackles and 17 sacks as a senior… Helped leadhis team to the first round of the playoffs… Compiled 87 tackles and 11sacks as a junior… Three-year starter at tackle and end… Led his team to6A state quarterfinals… Three-year starter in basketball and averaged 15points a game… PERSONAL — Born Feb. 23, 1987 ... Son of Elaine Marks andMatthew Winston.

ANDREW McCAINTE, 6-6, 257, Birmingham, Ala. (Briarwood Christian)High School Coach: Fred Yancey

HIGH SCHOOL — Compiled 54 tackles and five and a half sacks on defense asa senior… Helped lead his team to the playoffs... Totaled 65 tackles andthree sacks on defense as a junior… All-state honors… Five career inter-ceptions returned for touchdowns… Alabama Sports Writers Association'sClass 5A all-state team… Mobile Register Super Southeast 120… Rivals.comTop 20 Tight Ends… Rivals.com Alabama Top 25… SuperPrep Dixie Team…Montgomery Advertiser honorable mention all-state football team… PrepStarAll-Region ... Scout.com Postseason Alabama Top 30… Scout.com top 100defensive ends and tight ends… PERSONAL — Born Aug. 27, 1986… Son ofKyle and Laurie McCain.

WALTER McFADDENDB, 6-0, 175, Pompano Beach, Fla. (Ely)High School Coach: Willie Snead

HIGH SCHOOL — Registered 67 tackles and four interceptions as a senior…Added two touchdowns on kick returns… Made four interceptions as ajunior… Florida Sports Writers Association first-team all-state…Rivals.com Top 25 Cornerbacks… Rivals.com Florida Top 100… Scout.comtop 50 cornerbacks… PrepStar All-Region ... Selected to participate in theDade-Broward All Star Game… Miami Herald All-Broward DefensiveFootball Team honorable mention… Led his team to a 10-3 record and tothe fourth round of the playoffs… PERSONAL — Born Jan. 21, 1987 ... Son ofElla and Walter McFadden.

GABE McKENZIETE, 6-3, 220, Mobile, Ala. (Davidson)High School Coach: Fred Riley

HIGH SCHOOL — Averaged 18 yards a catch and 90 percent on blockingassignments which earned him all-state honors as a senior… Helped leadhis team to a 9-3 record and to the second round of the playoffs… Caught26 balls for 367 yards and 14 touchdowns as a junior… All-league and all-area honors… Lemming All-American Team… Lemming All-SoutheastTeam… Mobile Register's Elite 18 list … SuperPrep All-America 279…SuperPrep Dixie Team… U.S. Army All-American Bowl Nominee...ESPN.com's Top 25 Class of 2005 Tight ends… Lemming's Top 100…Named to the All-Southern Football Team by the Orlando Sentinel… MobileRegister Super Southeast 120… Montgomery Advertiser all-state footballteam… Alabama Sports Writers Association's Super 12… Birmingham NewsSuper Senior… PrepStar All-Region… Scout.com Alabama Top 30…Scout.com top 20 tight ends… Rivals.com Weakside Defensive Ends Top10… Rivals.com Alabama Top 25… Averaged 13 points on the basketballteam … PERSONAL — Born Aug. 9, 1986… Son of Gabriel and KathyMcKenzie.

RUDY ODOMDT, 6-3, 265, Mandeville, La. (Fontainebleau) High School Coach: Larry Favre

HIGH SCHOOL — Finished senior season with 93 tackles, 24 tackles for loss, 11sacks, 10 pass breakups, and six caused fumbles … Helped lead his teamto a 11-3 record while advancing to the fourth round of the playoffs …Compiled 65 tackles, five sacks, and 27 hurries as a junior … All-state hon-ors … Two-time all-district selection… District Most Valuable Player …All-parish … Rivals.com Louisiana Top 25 … SuperPrep preseason All-American… SuperPrep Southwest Team … PrepStar All-Region ... TheSouth Insiders Hot 100 … Scout.com top 50 defensive ends … Also partic-ipated in weightlifting and played baseball … PERSONAL — Born April 2,1987 … Son of Rudy and Cecilia Odom.

JERRAUD POWERSDB, 5-9, 170, Decatur, Ala. (Decatur)High School Coach: Jere Adcock

HIGH SCHOOL — Accumulated 46 tackles, four interceptions and forced twofumbles as a senior … Led his team to the second round of the playoffs…Compiled 44 tackles, four interceptions, and added 209 receiving yardsand three touchdowns as a junior… Named All-Decatur defensive backand All-Region… Class 4A-6A All-Area team… Montgomery Advertiser All-State football team… Alabama Sports Writers Association's All-Stateteam… Awarded honorable mention All-Southern Football Team by theOrlando Sentinel… Mobile Register Super Southeast 120… Rivals.comAlabama Top 25… Lemming All-Southeast Team… Mobile Register's Elite18 list… SuperPrep Dixie Team… PrepStar All-Region ... Scout.comAlabama Top 30… Scout.com top 75 cornerbacks… Averaged 15 points agame on the basketball team… PERSONAL — Born July 19, 1987… Son ofJanice Powers and Willie Steele.


The PlayersPRECHAE RODRIGUEZWR, 6-4, 192, Tampa, Fla. (Jefferson/ Coffeyville J.C.)Junior College Coach: Jeff Leiker

JUNIOR COLLEGE — Hauled in 39 catches for 553 yards and two touch-downs… Returned 11 kicks for 236 yards… Helped his team to a 10-2record and a No. 3 ranking in the National Junior College AthleticAssociation poll… Second-team All-Jayhawk Conference… J.C. Grid Wirehonorable mention… SuperPrep Juco 100… CollegeFootballNews.com'sTop JUCO Wide Receivers… Redshirted freshman season ... HIGH SCHOOL —Standout in basketball and football at Jefferson High School ... PERSONAL —Born Jan. 21, 1985… Son of Sonia Rodriguez.

AAIRON SAVAGEDB, 5-11, 175, Albany, Ga. (Westover)High School Coach: Jeff Caldwell

HIGH SCHOOL — Made 61 tackles and had three interceptions as a senior…As a receiver, finished with 525 receiving yards and three touchdowns…Also returned a punt 72 yards for a touchdown… Helped lead his team tothe second round of the state playoffs… Hauled in 35 passes for 406 yardsand three touchdowns as a junior… SuperPrep Dixie Team… GeorgiaAthletic Coaches Association North-South All-Star Football Game… TiftonGazette's All-Region 1-AAA team… PrepStar All-Region ... The GeorgiaInsiders Hot 100… Scout.com top 50 cornerbacks… Rivals.com Top 75Cornerbacks… Attended same high school as Auburn offensive linemanTroy Reddick… PERSONAL — Born Dec. 29, 1986… Son of Alphonse andAdrienne Savage.

PATRICK TRAHANDB, 6-2, 205, New Orleans, La. (St. Augustine)High School Coach: Tyrone Payne

HIGH SCHOOL — Totaled 120 tackles, nine sacks, two interceptions andcaused 10 fumbles as a senior… Made 66 tackles, 16 sacks and forced ninefumbles as a junior… First-team All-State… First-team All-District…Mobile Register Super Southeast 120… Lemming All-Southwest Team…SuperPrep Southwest Team… All-State honorable mention… Rivals.comTop 20 Safeties… Rivals.com Louisiana Top 25… PrepStar All-Region ...Scout.com top 50 safeties… Played defensive end and safety in high school… PERSONAL — Born Nov. 7, 1986 ... Son of Patricia Baranco and KennethTrahan.

TOMMY TROTTTE, 6-4, 240, Montgomery, Ala. (Trinity Presbyterian)High School Coach: Randy Ragsdale

HIGH SCHOOL — Racked up 1,125 yards and 14 touchdowns in 2004… Ledhis team to a 12-1 record and to the quarterfinals of the playoffs… Alsomade 68 tackles and eight sacks at defensive end his senior year…Caught57 passes for 1,153 yards and 17 touchdowns as a junior year while leadinghis team to a state title… U.S. Army All-American Bowl Nominee…Alabama High School Athletic Association's 4-A Back of the Year…Lemming All-American Team… Lemming All-Southeast Team… SuperPrepAll-America 279… SuperPrep Dixie Team… PrepStar All-American ...ESPN.com's Top 25 Class of 2005 Tight Ends…. Lemming's Top 100…Alabama's Gatorade Player of the Year… Named to the All-SouthernFootball Team by the Orlando Sentinel… Mobile Register Super Southeast

120… Montgomery Advertiser All-State football team and Class 4A Player ofthe Year… 2004 Tampa Tribune Best of the South team… Birmingham NewsSuper Seniors… Alabama Sports Writers Association's Super 12… TheSouth Insiders Hot 100… Scout.com Alabama Top 30… Scout.com top 5tight ends and defensive ends… Rivals.com Top 10 Tight Ends…Rivals.com Alabama Top 25… Played pitcher on the baseball team andaveraged 15 points a game in basketball… PERSONAL — Born Sept. 17,1986… Son of Debbie and Marvin Trott ... Father, Marvin lettered at centerfor the Tigers in 1975, ‘76 and ‘77.

BRIAN WESTDT, 6-4, 265, Beaumont, Texas (Ozen)High School Coach: Thomas Brooks

HIGH SCHOOL — Recorded 98 tackles and 10 sacks as a senior en route to All-City honors… Led team to an 8-4 record and to the second round of theplayoffs… Made 85 tackles, five of which were sacks in 2003… First-teamhonors on the Associated Press Sports Editors All-State 4A football team…Coaches 4A all-district selection defensive most valuable player … U.S.Army All-American Bowl Nominee… Greater Houston Area class 4A All-Area team… PrepStar All-Region ... Rivals.com Texas Top 100… Rivals.comTop 30 Defensive Tackles… Lemming All-Southwest Team… Member ofthe Enterprise Super Gold Team… SuperPrep Southwest Team…TexasPrepXtra.com's All Greater Houston Team… Scout.com top 75 defen-sive tackles … PERSONAL — Born April 10, 1987… Son of Millie West.

JONATHAN WILHITEDB, 5-11, 185, Monroe, La.(Ouachita/ Butler County J.C.)Junior College Coach: Troy Morrell

JUNIOR COLLEGE — National Junior College All-American team… J.C. GridWire Honorable Mention… CollegeFootballNews.com's Top JUCOCornerbacks… First-team All-Jayhawk Conference… SuperPrep JUCO100… NJCAA honorable mention preseason All-American… HIGH SCHOOL— High School Coach: John Causey ... All-Northeast Louisiana… All-District second-team… Played receiver and running back in high school…PERSONAL — Born Feb. 23, 1984 ... Son of Glenda Miley.

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