2008 Roster

Coaches  |  Alphabetical  |  Numerical

Alphabetical

No. Name Pos. Ht. Wt. Year Hometown/Last School 63 Chris Aaron OL 6-3 290 RS FR Palos Verdes, Calif./Palos Verdes/Lehigh 9 Mackenzi Adams QB 6-3 215 RS JR Tulsa, Okla./Tulsa Union 14 Josh Allen CB 5-9 184 RS SR Roswell, Ga./Roswell 55 Rob Ashabranner OG 6-2 275 RS FR Beaumont, Texas/Cathedral Christian 40 Bo Baggarley LB 6-1 210 SR Forsyth, Ga./Stratford Academy 71 Joey Bailey C 6-4 280 RS SO Trussville, Ala./Hewitt-Trussville 87 Brandon Barden TE 6-5 245 RS FR Lincolnton, Ga./Lincoln Co. 15 Archie Barnes 6-4 200 FR Tampa, Fla./Berkeley Prep 30 Patrick Benoist LB 6-0 222 JR Southlake, Texas/Carroll 56 Greg Billinger DT 6-3 290 JR Lilburn, Ga./Parkview 85 Jake Bradford TE 6-6 270 SR St. Simons Island, Ga./Glynn Academy 89 Teriall Brannon DE 6-3 235 RS SO Spartanburg, S.C./Broome 35 Brandon Bryant LB 6-1 228 RS JR Cincinnati, Ohio/St. Xavier 67 Michael Bryant OL 6-4 290 FR La Vergne, Tenn./La Vergne 32 Matt Bubis TE/FB 6-0 235 JR Nashville, Tenn./Montgomery Bell Academy 57 John Burrow DE 6-4 230 FR Morris, Ala./Mortimer Jordan 65 Richard Cagle OL 6-4 280 FR Houston, Texas/St. Pius X 29 Joel Caldwell S 6-1 195 RS JR Hoover, Ala./Hoover 52 Nate Campbell LB 6-3 228 RS SO Hazen, Ark./Hazen 50 Thomas Carroll PK 5-9 165 JR Columbus, Ga./Brookstone 83 John Cole WR 5-11 170 FR Somerset, Ky./Somerset 73 Ryan Custer OG 6-3 295 RS JR Troy, Ohio/Troy 48 Dexter Daniels LB 6-1 210 FR Brantley, Ala./Brantley 84 Chris DeGeorge TE 6-2 225 RS JR Portland, Tenn./Portland 26 Andrew Diomande WR 6-2 204 RS SR Miami, Fla./Columbus/Clemson 41 Jermaine Doster TB 5-10 205 RS FR Tampa, Fla./Robinson 99 Derrius Dowell DT 6-3 285 RS JR Atlanta, Ga./Douglass 22 Akeem Dunham WR 6-3 185 FR Eustis, Fla./Eustis 20 Jared Fagan CB 5-10 182 RS SR Waldorf, Md./Westlake 72 Kyle Fischer OT 6-6 300 RS FR Columbia, S.C./Spring Valley 51 Davis Flowers LB 6-0 215 RS FR Dothan, Ala./Houston Academy 61 Nick Forte OG 6-2 290 RS JR Brentwood, Tenn./Brentwood Academy 94 Ryan Fowler PK 5-10 160 FR Taylors, S.C./Eastside 42 Tim Fugger DE 6-4 255 RS FR Oak Brook, Ill./Montini Catholic 12 Jared Funk QB 6-2 202 RS SO Long Grove, Ill./Saint Viator 44 Michael Garcia LB 6-0 235 RS SO Jacksonville, Fla./Bolles School 70 Drew Gardner OG 6-6 305 RS JR Hoxie, Ark./Hoxie 69 David Giller SN 6-1 240 SO Swampscott, Mass./Swampscott/Trinity (Conn.) 25 Jamie Graham WR 6-0 190 RS FR Nashville, Tenn./Whites Creek 82 Justin Green TE 6-6 235 RS SO Troy, Ala./Henderson 74 T.J. Greenstone DT 6-3 280 RS FR Lawrenceville, Ga./Collins Hill 8 Bryant Hahnfeldt PK 5-11 185 SR Nashville, Tenn./Montgomery Bell Academy 2 Ryan Hamilton S 6-2 210 RS JR Wycombe, Pa./Council Rock North 31 Jared Hawkins TB 5-10 202 RS JR Spring, Texas/Klein 19 Casey Hayward DB 6-0 178 FR Elko, Ga./Perry 66 Eric Hensley OT 6-6 312 RS JR Clinton, TN/Clinton 93 Josh Jelesky DE 6-5 234 FR Naperville, Ill./Naperville Central 21 Jeff Jennings TB 6-1 214 RS SR Dandridge, Tenn./Jefferson County 45 Chris Johnson LB 6-1 226 RS JR Birmingham, Ala./Oak Mountain 47 DeAndre Jones LB 6-0 220 FR Memphis, Tenn./University School 91 Theron Kadri DE 6-4 270 SO Brighton, Tenn./Brighton 84 Richard Kent P 6-1 185 FR Marietta, Ga./Walton 33 Reshard Langford S 6-2 212 RS SR Tanner, Ala./Tanner 68 Reilly Lauer OT 6-7 275 RS SO Gates Mill, Ohio/St. Ignatius 97 John Laughrey PK 6-0 180 RS SO McKenzie, Tenn./McKenzie 93 David Leinweber DE 6-5 245 RS JR Bloomfield Hills, Mich./Cranbrook 5 Myron Lewis CB 6-3 202 JR Pompano Beach, Fla./Pompano Beach 54 Taylor Loftley DL 6-2 250 FR Chamblee, Ga./Chamblee 84 Rob Lohr DL 6-4 260 FR Phoenixville, Pa./Phoenixville 13 Chris Marve LB 6-0 225 RS FR Memphis, Tenn./White Station 27 Gaston Miller TB 5-7 180 RS SO Murfreesboro, Tenn./Riverdale 75 Nick Miller SN 6-3 250 SR Matthews, N.C./East Mecklenburg 86 Austin Monahan TE 6-7 255 SO Charlotte, N.C./Phillips Academy (Mass.) 17 D.J. Moore CB 5-10 182 JR Spartanburg, S.C./Broome 46 Austin Newton LB 6-3 218 RS SO McDonough, Ga./Union Grove 58 Colt Nichter DT 6-2 275 FR Park City, Utah/Park City 3 Chris Nickson QB 6-1 212 RS SR Brundidge, Ala./Pike County 37 Al Owens DB 6-2 178 FR Springtown, Texas/Springtown 43 Micah Powell DB 6-0 192 FR Tarpon Springs, Fla./East Lake 28 Kennard Reeves TB 6-0 202 RS SO Duluth, Ga./Duluth 36 Chris Reinert WR 5-9 185 RS JR Santa Ana, Calif./Servite 38 Sean Richardson DB 6-2 190 FR Linden, Ala./Linden 15 Will Parker Roe S 6-0 175 RS FR Humboldt, Tenn./Humboldt 28 Alex Schultz DB 6-0 192 SR Wayland, Mass./Wayland 45 Chavez Scott TB 5-7 175 FR Memphis, Tenn./Whitehaven 62 Ryan Seymour DL 6-4 260 FR Kingsland, Ga./Camden Co. 18 Larry Simmons WR 5-10 168 RS JR Austin, Texas/Anderson 88 George Smith WR 6-3 202 RS SR Pembroke Hills, Fla./Hollywood Hills 10 Larry Smith QB 6-2 215 RS FR Prattville, Ala./Prattville 59 Adam Smotherman DT 6-4 285 RS SO Smyrna, Tenn./Smyrna 6 Darlron Spead CB 5-10 186 RS JR Kingsland, Ga./Camden County 90 Broderick Stewart DE 6-5 230 RS JR Newnan, Ga./Riverside Military Academy 49 John Stokes LB 6-5 228 SO Memphis, Tenn./University School 96 Steven Stone DE 6-5 268 RS JR Conway, Ark./Conway 16 Alan Strong CB 5-10 180 RS SO Atlanta, Ga./Douglass 24 Tristan Strong LB 6-1 220 FR Loganville, Ga./Grayson 98 Johnell Thomas DL 6-1 240 FR Orlando, Fla./Boone 24 Rich Tompkins DB 5-11 170 RS FR Nashville, Tenn./Montgomery Bell 11 Brent Trice LB 6-3 215 JR Barboursville, Va./Fork Union Military Academy 37 Elvio Tropeano S 5-10 200 RS FR Boston, Mass./Pomfret 23 Udom Umoh WR 5-11 172 RS FR Fort Valley, Ga./Peach County 39 Brett Upson P 5-10 185 JR Griffin, Ga./Spalding 34 Ryan van Rensburg TB 6-1 215 RS FR Jacksonville, Fla./Bolles School 79 Ryan Vance OG 6-3 290 RS JR Bellaire, Texas/Episcopal 46 Duane Vaughn S 6-1 195 RS FR Goodlettsville, Tenn./Davidson Academy 60 Bradley Vierling C 6-3 292 RS JR Warminster, Pa./Central Bucks East 7 Sean Walker WR 6-0 178 RS SR Wrens, Ga./Jefferson County 4 Alex Washington WR 5-10 182 RS JR Stone Mountain, Ga./Stephenson 76 Thomas Welch OT 6-7 305 RS JR Brentwood, Tenn./Brentwood 78 Caleb Welchans OL 6-5 285 FR Wildwood, Mo./Lafayette 80 Justin Wheeler WR 6-1 178 RS JR North Augusta, S.C./North Augusta 77 James Williams OT 6-6 305 RS FR Smyrna, Tenn./Smyrna 81 Turner Wimberly WR 6-1 195 RS SO Austin, Texas/Westside H.S. (Texas) Coaches Bobby Johnson - Head Coach Warren Belin - Linebackers Coach and Recruiting Coordinator Jamie Bryant - Defensive Coordinator Ted Cain - Off. Coordinator and Tight Ends Coach Robbie Caldwell - Assist. Head Coach/Offensive Line Coach Charlie Fisher - Co-Passing Game Coord. & Wide Receivers Bruce Fowler - Assistant Head Coach - Defense Jimmy Kiser - Co-Passing Game Coord & Quarterbacks Des Kitchings - Running Backs Coach & Co-Special Teams Coordinator Rick Logo - Defensive Line Coach & Co-Special Teams Coordinator Michael Hazel - Asst. Director of Football Operations Andy Frank - Defensive Quality Control Norval McKenzie - Offensive Graduate Assistant Mark Moehring - Defensive Graduate Assistant Joey Orck - Offensive Quality Control Tom Bossung - Head Athletic Trainer Brian Reese - Associate Director of Student Athletics John Sisk - Director of Speed, Strength and Conditio Luke Wyatt - Head Equipment Manager

Numerical

No. Name Ht. Wt. Pos. Year Hometown/Last School 2 Hamilton, Ryan 6-2 210 S RS JR Wycombe, Pa./Council Rock North 3 Nickson, Chris 6-1 212 QB RS SR Brundidge, Ala./Pike County 4 Washington, Alex 5-10 182 WR RS JR Stone Mountain, Ga./Stephenson 5 Lewis, Myron 6-3 202 CB JR Pompano Beach, Fla./Pompano Beach 6 Spead, Darlron 5-10 186 CB RS JR Kingsland, Ga./Camden County 7 Walker, Sean 6-0 178 WR RS SR Wrens, Ga./Jefferson County 8 Hahnfeldt, Bryant 5-11 185 PK SR Nashville, Tenn./Montgomery Bell Academy 9 Adams, Mackenzi 6-3 215 QB RS JR Tulsa, Okla./Tulsa Union 10 Smith, Larry 6-2 215 QB RS FR Prattville, Ala./Prattville 11 Trice, Brent 6-3 215 LB JR Barboursville, Va./Fork Union Military Academy 12 Funk, Jared 6-2 202 QB RS SO Long Grove, Ill./Saint Viator 13 Marve, Chris 6-0 225 LB RS FR Memphis, Tenn./White Station 14 Allen, Josh 5-9 184 CB RS SR Roswell, Ga./Roswell 15 Roe, Will Parker 6-0 175 S RS FR Humboldt, Tenn./Humboldt 15 Barnes, Archie 6-4 200 FR Tampa, Fla./Berkeley Prep 16 Strong, Alan 5-10 180 CB RS SO Atlanta, Ga./Douglass 17 Moore, D.J. 5-10 182 CB JR Spartanburg, S.C./Broome 18 Simmons, Larry 5-10 168 WR RS JR Austin, Texas/Anderson 19 Hayward, Casey 6-0 178 DB FR Elko, Ga./Perry 20 Fagan, Jared 5-10 182 CB RS SR Waldorf, Md./Westlake 21 Jennings, Jeff 6-1 214 TB RS SR Dandridge, Tenn./Jefferson County 22 Dunham, Akeem 6-3 185 WR FR Eustis, Fla./Eustis 23 Umoh, Udom 5-11 172 WR RS FR Fort Valley, Ga./Peach County 24 Tompkins, Rich 5-11 170 DB RS FR Nashville, Tenn./Montgomery Bell 24 Strong, Tristan 6-1 220 LB FR Loganville, Ga./Grayson 25 Graham, Jamie 6-0 190 WR RS FR Nashville, Tenn./Whites Creek 26 Diomande, Andrew 6-2 204 WR RS SR Miami, Fla./Columbus/Clemson 27 Miller, Gaston 5-7 180 TB RS SO Murfreesboro, Tenn./Riverdale 28 Schultz, Alex 6-0 192 DB SR Wayland, Mass./Wayland 28 Reeves, Kennard 6-0 202 TB RS SO Duluth, Ga./Duluth 29 Caldwell, Joel 6-1 195 S RS JR Hoover, Ala./Hoover 30 Benoist, Patrick 6-0 222 LB JR Southlake, Texas/Carroll 31 Hawkins, Jared 5-10 202 TB RS JR Spring, Texas/Klein 32 Bubis, Matt 6-0 235 TE/FB JR Nashville, Tenn./Montgomery Bell Academy 33 Langford, Reshard 6-2 212 S RS SR Tanner, Ala./Tanner 34 van Rensburg, Ryan 6-1 215 TB RS FR Jacksonville, Fla./Bolles School 35 Bryant, Brandon 6-1 228 LB RS JR Cincinnati, Ohio/St. Xavier 36 Reinert, Chris 5-9 185 WR RS JR Santa Ana, Calif./Servite 37 Tropeano, Elvio 5-10 200 S RS FR Boston, Mass./Pomfret 37 Owens, Al 6-2 178 DB FR Springtown, Texas/Springtown 38 Richardson, Sean 6-2 190 DB FR Linden, Ala./Linden 39 Upson, Brett 5-10 185 P JR Griffin, Ga./Spalding 40 Baggarley, Bo 6-1 210 LB SR Forsyth, Ga./Stratford Academy 41 Doster, Jermaine 5-10 205 TB RS FR Tampa, Fla./Robinson 42 Fugger, Tim 6-4 255 DE RS FR Oak Brook, Ill./Montini Catholic 43 Powell, Micah 6-0 192 DB FR Tarpon Springs, Fla./East Lake 44 Garcia, Michael 6-0 235 LB RS SO Jacksonville, Fla./Bolles School 45 Johnson, Chris 6-1 226 LB RS JR Birmingham, Ala./Oak Mountain 45 Scott, Chavez 5-7 175 TB FR Memphis, Tenn./Whitehaven 46 Newton, Austin 6-3 218 LB RS SO McDonough, Ga./Union Grove 46 Vaughn, Duane 6-1 195 S RS FR Goodlettsville, Tenn./Davidson Academy 47 Jones, DeAndre 6-0 220 LB FR Memphis, Tenn./University School 48 Daniels, Dexter 6-1 210 LB FR Brantley, Ala./Brantley 49 Stokes, John 6-5 228 LB SO Memphis, Tenn./University School 50 Carroll, Thomas 5-9 165 PK JR Columbus, Ga./Brookstone 51 Flowers, Davis 6-0 215 LB RS FR Dothan, Ala./Houston Academy 52 Campbell, Nate 6-3 228 LB RS SO Hazen, Ark./Hazen 54 Loftley, Taylor 6-2 250 DL FR Chamblee, Ga./Chamblee 55 Ashabranner, Rob 6-2 275 OG RS FR Beaumont, Texas/Cathedral Christian 56 Billinger, Greg 6-3 290 DT JR Lilburn, Ga./Parkview 57 Burrow, John 6-4 230 DE FR Morris, Ala./Mortimer Jordan 58 Nichter, Colt 6-2 275 DT FR Park City, Utah/Park City 59 Smotherman, Adam 6-4 285 DT RS SO Smyrna, Tenn./Smyrna 60 Vierling, Bradley 6-3 292 C RS JR Warminster, Pa./Central Bucks East 61 Forte, Nick 6-2 290 OG RS JR Brentwood, Tenn./Brentwood Academy 62 Seymour, Ryan 6-4 260 DL FR Kingsland, Ga./Camden Co. 63 Aaron, Chris 6-3 290 OL RS FR Palos Verdes, Calif./Palos Verdes/Lehigh 65 Cagle, Richard 6-4 280 OL FR Houston, Texas/St. Pius X 66 Hensley, Eric 6-6 312 OT RS JR Clinton, TN/Clinton 67 Bryant, Michael 6-4 290 OL FR La Vergne, Tenn./La Vergne 68 Lauer, Reilly 6-7 275 OT RS SO Gates Mill, Ohio/St. Ignatius 69 Giller, David 6-1 240 SN SO Swampscott, Mass./Swampscott/Trinity (Conn.) 70 Gardner, Drew 6-6 305 OG RS JR Hoxie, Ark./Hoxie 71 Bailey, Joey 6-4 280 C RS SO Trussville, Ala./Hewitt-Trussville 72 Fischer, Kyle 6-6 300 OT RS FR Columbia, S.C./Spring Valley 73 Custer, Ryan 6-3 295 OG RS JR Troy, Ohio/Troy 74 Greenstone, T.J. 6-3 280 DT RS FR Lawrenceville, Ga./Collins Hill 75 Miller, Nick 6-3 250 SN SR Matthews, N.C./East Mecklenburg 76 Welch, Thomas 6-7 305 OT RS JR Brentwood, Tenn./Brentwood 77 Williams, James 6-6 305 OT RS FR Smyrna, Tenn./Smyrna 78 Welchans, Caleb 6-5 285 OL FR Wildwood, Mo./Lafayette 79 Vance, Ryan 6-3 290 OG RS JR Bellaire, Texas/Episcopal 80 Wheeler, Justin 6-1 178 WR RS JR North Augusta, S.C./North Augusta 81 Wimberly, Turner 6-1 195 WR RS SO Austin, Texas/Westside H.S. (Texas) 82 Green, Justin 6-6 235 TE RS SO Troy, Ala./Henderson 83 Cole, John 5-11 170 WR FR Somerset, Ky./Somerset 84 Kent, Richard 6-1 185 P FR Marietta, Ga./Walton 84 DeGeorge, Chris 6-2 225 TE RS JR Portland, Tenn./Portland 84 Lohr, Rob 6-4 260 DL FR Phoenixville, Pa./Phoenixville 85 Bradford, Jake 6-6 270 TE SR St. Simons Island, Ga./Glynn Academy 86 Monahan, Austin 6-7 255 TE SO Charlotte, N.C./Phillips Academy (Mass.) 87 Barden, Brandon 6-5 245 TE RS FR Lincolnton, Ga./Lincoln Co. 88 Smith, George 6-3 202 WR RS SR Pembroke Hills, Fla./Hollywood Hills 89 Brannon, Teriall 6-3 235 DE RS SO Spartanburg, S.C./Broome 90 Stewart, Broderick 6-5 230 DE RS JR Newnan, Ga./Riverside Military Academy 91 Kadri, Theron 6-4 270 DE SO Brighton, Tenn./Brighton 93 Jelesky, Josh 6-5 234 DE FR Naperville, Ill./Naperville Central 93 Leinweber, David 6-5 245 DE RS JR Bloomfield Hills, Mich./Cranbrook 94 Fowler, Ryan 5-10 160 PK FR Taylors, S.C./Eastside 96 Stone, Steven 6-5 268 DE RS JR Conway, Ark./Conway 97 Laughrey, John 6-0 180 PK RS SO McKenzie, Tenn./McKenzie 98 Thomas, Johnell 6-1 240 DL FR Orlando, Fla./Boone 99 Dowell, Derrius 6-3 285 DT RS JR Atlanta, Ga./Douglass Coaches Bobby Johnson - Head Coach Warren Belin - Linebackers Coach and Recruiting Coordinator Jamie Bryant - Defensive Coordinator Ted Cain - Off. Coordinator and Tight Ends Coach Robbie Caldwell - Assist. Head Coach/Offensive Line Coach Charlie Fisher - Co-Passing Game Coord. & Wide Receivers Bruce Fowler - Assistant Head Coach - Defense Jimmy Kiser - Co-Passing Game Coord & Quarterbacks Des Kitchings - Running Backs Coach & Co-Special Teams Coordinator Rick Logo - Defensive Line Coach & Co-Special Teams Coordinator Michael Hazel - Asst. Director of Football Operations Andy Frank - Defensive Quality Control Norval McKenzie - Offensive Graduate Assistant Mark Moehring - Defensive Graduate Assistant Joey Orck - Offensive Quality Control Tom Bossung - Head Athletic Trainer Brian Reese - Associate Director of Student Athletics John Sisk - Director of Speed, Strength and Conditio Luke Wyatt - Head Equipment Manager