2015 DELAWARE STATE UNIVERSITY FOOTBALL FACTS GENERAL INFORMATION Location: Founded: Enrollment: President: Faculty Representative: Director of Athletics: Nickname: Colors: National Affiliation: Conference: Stadium/Capacity: Surface: Press Box Phone:

Dover, Del. 1891 4,500 Dr. Harry L. Williams Dr. Jan Blade Louis “Skip” Perkins (interim) Hornets Columbia Blue & Red NCAA Div. I (FCS) MEAC Alumni Stadium/7,000 Artificial (A-Turf) (302) 857-7651

HISTORY First year of football: All-Time Record: All-Time MEAC Record: MEAC Championships: All-Time Playoff Record:

1924 351-401-11 131-154-1 6 (1985, ‘87, ‘88, ‘89, ‘91, 2007) 0-1 (lost to Delaware 44-7 in 2007 NCAA Playoffs)

Lettermen Returning (64) Offense (31) Defense (32) Specialists (1) Lettermen Lost (12) Offense (5) Defense (6) Specialists (1) Starters Returning/Lost (1410) Offense (7/4) Defense (6/5) Specialists (1/1) Top Returners Rushing - Jamaal Jackson (120 att.; 493 yds.; 4.1 ypc; 1 TD) Nagee Jackson (23 att.; 105 yds.; 4.6 ypc) Passing - Gilbert Rivera (95 com.; 188 att. 50.5 pct.; 898 yds.; 6 TD; 10 INT; LG 77; 90.5 eff.)

Receiving - Malik Golson (25 rec.; 275 yds.; 2 TD; LG 48) Marquel Knight (24 rec.; 187 yds.; 1 TD; LG 26)

COACHING STAFF Head Coach: Alma Mater: Record at DSU: Career Record:

Kenny Carter The Citadel, ’92 0-0/First Year Same

ASSISTANT COACHES/SUPPORT STAFF John Allen Jamie Bryant Andrew Faison Chris Sprague E.J. Junior Ty Greenwood Dante Pimpleton Jelani Berassa Mike Rogers Administrative Asst. Dir. of Sports Medicine Equipment Manager Sports Inf. Contact Phone: email

Offensive Coordinator Defensive Coordinator/Safeties Linebackers Offensive Line/Run Game Coordinator Defensive Line/Player Development Cornerbacks/Special Teams Coord. Running Backs/Tight Ends Wide Receivers Video Coordinator Edna Piper Lori Leary Mark Springs Dennis Jones (302) 857-6068 [email protected]

TEAM INFORMATION 2013 Overall record: 2-10 2013 MEAC Record/Finish: 2-6/10th Final National Rankings: N/A Offense: Defense

West Coast Multiple

Defense - DB Terrick Colston (75 TT; 50 UT; 4 INT; 6 BU; 1FR) DB William Burton (47 TT; 27 UT; 2 INT; 7 BU; 9 PD DL Gabe Sherrod (46 TT; 19 UT; 7.5 TFL; 5.0 sk.; 3 QBH LB Dan Zajac (42 TT; 26 UT; 2.0 TFL; 2.0 sk) 2015 Schedule Sep. 5 Sep. 12 Sep. 19 Oct. 3 Oct. 10 Oct. 17 Oct. 24 Oct. 31 Nov. 7 Nov. 14 Nov. 21

at Liberty at Kent State CHOWAN MORGAN STATE* at Hampton* at Florida A&M* SC STATE* (HC) BETHUNE-COOKMAN* at NC Central* at NCA&T* HOWARD*

TBA TBA 2:00 2:00 TBA TBA 2:00 2:00 2:00 1:00 2:00

2014 Results (2-10; 2-6 MEAC) Aug. 30 Sep. 7 Sep. 13 Sep. 20 Sep. 27 Oct. 4 Oct. 11 Oct. 18 Oct. 25 Nov. 1 Nov. 15 Nov. 22

at Monmouth at Delaware TOWSON at Temple SAVANNAH STATE* at Bethune-Cookman* at Norfolk State* NCA&T* HAMPTON* at Howard* FLORIDA A&M* at Morgan State*

L, 21-52 L, 9-27 L, 7-21 L, 0-59 W, 35-10 L, 7-27 W, 13-10 L, 20-33 L, 0-23 L, 10-17 L, 7-41 L, 7-69

HEAD COACH KENNY CARTER—FIRST YEAR Delaware State University introduced Kenneth A. Carter as the Hornets' 19th head coach on Jan. 21, 2015.

In 1999, Carter was an assistant coach (strong safeties/ linebackers/nickel backs) at Louisiana State University. He began his coaching career in 1993 as an assistant at Furman (tight ends).

Carter most recently served as passing game/co-special teams coordinator/wide receivers coach at Youngstown State University during the 2014 season.

The following year, Carter was hired as assistant head coach and recruiting coordinator at his alma mater, The Citadel, where he served until 1998.

From 2010 to 2014, Carter played a key role in the success of the University of Louisville program under Charlie Strong, now the head coach at the University of Texas.

Carter was a four-year letterman as an inside linebacker for The Citadel. He was the Bulldogs’ 1989 Special Teams Player-of-the -Year. He earned a bachelor of science in Health and Exercise Science from The Citadel in 1990.

While at Louisville, Carter helped lead the Cardinals to two Big East Conference championships and four bowl appearances, including a 33-23 victory over No. 4 Florida in the 2013 Allstate Sugar Bowl in New Orleans.

KENNY CARTER FILE

Louisville also appeared in the Beef O’Brady’s Bowl (2010) and Belk Bowl (2011) during Carter’s tenure.

2010-13

Also at Louisville, Carter was the position coach of New York Jets running back Bilal Powell, an All-Big East selection and Doak Walker Award semi-finalist as the nation’s top rusher with the Cardinals.

2004-07

During the 2008 and ’09 seasons Carter was running backs coach under Urban Meyer at the University of Florida. He helped guide the Gators to the 2009 BCS National Championship with a 24-14 victory over Oklahoma. Florida also competed in the 2010 Allstate Sugar Bowl and captured the 2008 Southeast Conference championship during his time on the coaching staff. The Gators led the Southeast Conference in rushing at 231 yards per game and posted a school-record 42 rushing touchdowns during the 2008 season. Florida running back Jeff Demps was also a Doak Walker award nominee during Carter’s tenure with the Gators. Carter also served as running backs coach and recruiting coordinator at Vanderbilt from 2004-to-‘07. He served under the late Joe Paterno from 2001-to-03 as assistant receivers coach at Penn State University. Among the highlights of Carter’s tenure at Penn State were an appearance in 2003 Capital One Bowl; and the selection of All Big Ten receiver Bryant Johnson in the first round of the NFL draft by Arizona Cardinals. During the 2000 season, Carter was running backs coach at the University of Pittsburgh. The Panthers competed in the Insight.com Bowl; and running back Kevin Barlow was a third round selection of the NFL’s San Francisco 49ers following that season.

2015 2014

2008-10

2001-03 2000 1999 1994-98 1993

Delaware State University Head Coach Youngstown State Asst. Coach (wide receivers; passing game coordinator; co-coordinator of special teams) University of Louisville Asst. Coach (running backs; special teams coordinator) University of Florida Asst. Coach (running backs) Vanderbilt University Asst. Coach (running backs; receiving coordinator) Penn State University Asst. Coach (wide receivers) University of Pittsburgh Asst. Coach (running backs) LSU Asst. Coach (outside linebackers) The Citadel Asst. Head Coach (defensive ends; RBs; receiving coordinator) Furman Asst. Coach (tight ends)

Playing Experience Four-year letterwinner at The Citadel

2015 DELAWARE STATE UNIVERSITY SPRING FOOTBALL ROSTER No. 3 4 5 6 7

Name Gilbert Rivera Malik Golson Jamaal Jackson Marquel Knight Aris Scott

Pos QB WR RB WR WR

Ht/Wt 6-3/230 5-9/180 5-9/180 5-11/180 6-2/220

Cl Jr. r-Jr. Sr. So. Jr.

Hometown/Previous School Los Angeles, Cal./E. Los Angeles CC/Jordan HS Dover, Del. (Smyrna HS) Wilmington, Del./Nassau CC/Hodgson Frankford, Del./Indian River HS Harrisburg, Pa. (Central Dauphin East)

9 10 12 19 20

Esayah Obado Willie Bolden Avery McMullin Ronald “JR” Robinson Kevin Rowan

QB DB QB DB DB

6-3/210 6-1/205 6-1/180 5-11/200 6-1/190

r-Jr. r-Jr. r-Fr. Sr. Jr.

Hamilton, N.J. (Nottingham HS) Brunswick, Ga. (Brunswick) Smyrna, Del./Smyrna HS Jersey City, N.J. (St. Peter's Prep) Bladensburg MD (Bladensburg High School)

21 23 24 25 26

Kevin Jocelyn Trey Hall William Burton Nagee Jackson Gary Melton Jr.

RB RB DB RB DB

5-9/185 5-11/195 5-9/175 6-2/225 5-10/180

Jr. r-Jr. Jr. Sr. Jr.

Spring Valley, N.Y. (Ramapo) Beaver Falls, Pa. (Beaver Falls HS) Washington Twp., N.J. (Timber Creek Reg.) Gainesville, Va. (Fork Union M.A./Battlefield) Trenton, N.J. (Cedar Creek)

27 28 29 30 31

Jordan Smith Vance Daniels Terrick Colston Dae-Hon Cheung Xavier Wilcher

WR DB DB RB DB

6-0/185 5-10/180 6-1/200 5-10/180 6-2/175

So. S0. Sr. Sr. So.

Lakeland, Fla. (Lake Gibson HS) Milford, Del./Milford HS Lakeland, Fla. (Kathleen HS) Coatesville, Pa. (Coatesville HS) Bethlehem, Pa. (Liberty HS)

32 33 34 35

Anthony Gamble Mark Flakes T.J. Ajibola Brandon Lewis

DB DB DB FB

5-8/180 5-11/180 5-8/175 6-0/235

So. So. Sr. So.

Ft. Pierce, Fla./Ft. Pierce Central Wilmington, Del./McKean HS Baltimore, Md./Overlea HS Georgetown, Del. (Sussex Central HS)

36 38 39 40 41

Malik Petterson Devin Thompson Jeremiah McGeough Josh Ealy Alex Wright

FB DB P/K LB DT

5-7/215 6-0/195 6-1/175 6-3/230 5-10/265

So. So. r-So. So. So.

Richmond, Va./Varina HS Somerdale, N.J./Sterling HS Danville, Va. (George Washington HS) Vero Beach, Fla. (Vero Beach HS) Richmond, Va./Benedictine HS

42 43 46 49 50

Malik Harris Raphael Whittingham Jihad Abdur-Rahman Demont Cook Jacob Tizzard

LB LB DL LB DE

6-0/210 6-3/205 6-4/255 6-1/230 6-1/250

So. Jr. Sr. r-Jr. Sr.

Potomac, Md. (Friendship Collegiate Acad.) Brooklyn, N.Y. (Canarsie High School) Savannah, Ga. (Johnson HS) Laurel, Md./Laurel HS Glendora, Cal./Victor Valley Col. / Apple Valley HS

51 53 54 55 57

Dan Zajac Dwain McCray Stewart Carey Patrick Phillips Kareem Leaver

LB LB LB C LB

6-2/235 6-2/235 6-0/235 6-0/285 6-2/240

So. Jr. r-Sr. Jr. So.

Ambridge, Pa. (Ambridge HS) Waldorf, Md./Northpoint HS Newark, Del. (Newark HS) Ocean City, Md. (Stephan Decatur HS) New York, N.Y./Binghamton HS

2015 DELAWARE STATE UNIVERSITY SPRING FOOTBALL ROSTER No. 58 64 65 66 70

Name Michael Glass Xavier Jones Lamont Bradford Clark McCready Justin Cook

Pos LB OL OL OL OL

Ht/Wt 5-10/225 6-2/300 6-4/290 6-4/285 6-4/300

Cl Jr. r-Jr. So. Sr. Jr.

Hometown/Previous School Laurel, Md. (Laurel HS) Burlington, N.J. (Burlington Twp.) Erial, N.J. (Timber Creek HS) Hollidaysburg, Pa. (Hollidaysburg Area HS) Salisbury, Md. (Wicomico HS)

71 72 73 76 77

Keon Williams Keevon Prather Jerron Searles Darren Helwig Ernest Mengoni

OL OL OL OL C

6-2/285 6-3/290 6-5/ 280 6-5/295 6-3/285

Jr. Sr. Jr. Jr. Jr.

Jersey City, N.J./St. Peter’s Prep Temple Hills, Md. (Crossland HS) Atlantic City, N.J. (Atlantic City HS) Dover, Del. (Smyrna High) Eynan, Pa. (Valley View HS)

79 80 81 83 84

Dimitri Hill Morris Frasier Ameer Watson DaShawn Smith Matthew Watson

OT WR TE WR WR

6-5/325 6-2/215 6-3/245 6-0/180 5-6/160

Sr. r-Sr. So. So. Jr.

Waldorf, Md. (Westlake HS) Felton, Del. (Lake Forest HS) Smyrna, Del. (Smyrna HS) New Castle, Del. (William Penn HS) Dover, Del. (Dover HS)

85 87 88 89 90

Nate Ortiz Jonathon Jones Gabriel Sherrod Jerimiah Williams Corey Barnes

TE WR DE WR TE

6-3/225 5-11/195 6-3/ 245 6-2/195 6-4/260

r-So. r-Fr. Jr. r-So. r-Jr.

Jersey City, N.J. (St. Anthiony's HS) Decatur, Ga./Arabia Mt. HS Perryville, Md. (Perryville HS) Washington, DC (McKinley Tech.) Virginia Beach, Va. (Nansemond HS)

91 92 93 97 99

William Womack Frankie Glenn Nick Nelson Tarique Anderson Michael Hurd

DE DL DL DL DL

6-4/240 6-2/300 6-4/255 6-5/ 255 6-3/315

Jr. r-Jr. r-So. Sr. r-So.

Richmond, Va. (Hargrave Military Academy) Titusville, Fla. (Astronaut HS) Dumfries, Va. (Potomac HS) Toronto, Ont. (Fork Union M.A./Pickering HS Dover, Del./Dover HS

Carl St. Almond Peterson Apolllon Rashad Barrett Jonathan Bell Laulewnika Bendolph Denzelle Hill Eric Wright

DB WR DB DB RB OL DB

Head Coach: Kenny Carter (The Citadel, ’92) – First year Assistants: Andrew Faison (Virginia State, ’81) – Associate Head Coach/Linebackers – Second year

John Allen (James Madison, ’96) – Offensive Coordinator/QBs – First year Jamie Bryant (Ohio Wesleyan, ’93) – Defensive Coordinator/Safeties – First year E.J Junior (Alabama, ’81) – Defensive Line/Dir. of Player Development – First year Chris Sprague (Ithaca, ’90) – Offensive Line/Run Game Coordinator – First year Ty Greenwood (Delaware State, ‘04) – Corners/Special Teams Coordinator/Recruiting Coordinator – First year Dante Pimpleton (Western Kentucky, ’02) – Running Backs/Tights/Passing Game Coordinator - First year Jelani Berassa (Youngstown State, ‘14) – Wide Receivers – First year