Texas A&M Aggies Football Roster

Position, Jersey, Name, Height and Weight:


DB 1 Trent Hunter 5'10" 192
LB 10 Sean Porter 6'2" 230
LB 11 Jonathan Stewart 6'4" 237
TE 13 Tommy Dorman 6'2" 235
QB 13 Aaron Eike 6'3" 175
WR 14 Keon Furtch 6'2" 210
DB 14 Floyd Raven 6'2" 187
DB 15 Travis Labhart 5'9" 182
QB 15 Johnny Manziel 6'1" 200
WR 16 David Adame 6'1" 201
QB 16 Matt Joeckel 6'4" 234
QB 17 Ryan Tannehill 6'4" 222
LB 18 Kyle Mangan 6'2" 226
QB 18 Patrick O'Quinn 6'2" 208
DB 19 Matt Fritsche 6'3" 180
TE 19 Michael Lamothe 6'3" 232
DB 2 Steven Campbell 6'0" 201
DB 20 C.J. Jones 6'1" 187
DB 21 Steven Terrell 5'10" 193
DB 22 Dustin Harris 6'0" 175
LB 23 Domonique Patterson 6'0" 218
RB 23 Ben Malena 5'8" 195
DB 24 Travis Arthur 6'0" 165
WR 24 Taylor Randle 6'0" 194
WR 25 Ryan Swope 6'0" 206
DB 25 Clay Honeycutt 6'2" 195
DB 26 Devonta Burns 6'0" 200
P 26 Ken Wood 5'10" 191
DB 27 Michael Osadebey 6'1" 208
RB 27 Mister Jones 6'2" 212
PLK 28 Randy Bullock 5'9" 212
DB 28 Louie Swope 5'11" 186
DB 29 Deshazor Everett 6'0" 176
DB 3 Lionel Smith 6'0" 193
QB 3 Jameill Showers 6'2" 219
DB 30 Johntel Franklin 6'2" 200
DB 31 Howard Matthews 6'2" 206
RB 32 Cyrus Gray 5'10" 200
DB 32 Blane Cheatham 5'11" 195
RB 33 Christine Michael 5'11" 213
DB 33 DeAndre Thompson 6'1" 187
RB 34 Will Randolph 5'9" 188
RB 35 Jay Tolliver 5'10" 211
LB 35 Tyrell Taylor 6'4" 205
LB 36 Donnie Baggs 6'1" 225
P 36 Jared Jaroszewski 6'2" 211
FB 37 Garrett Graham 5'10" 212
LB 37 Darzil Washington 6'3" 226
LB 38 Kolten Thigpen 6'1" 218
P 38 Drew Kaser 6'3" 220
DL 39 Eddie Brown Jr. 6'0" 310
DB 4 Toney Hurd Jr. 5'9" 180
WR 4 Brandal Jackson 6'1" 190
LB 40 Shaun Ward 6'2" 240
LB 41 Brandon Alexander 6'6" 240
RB 42 Byron Jones-Campbell 5'8" 193
DL 42 Kirby Ennis 6'4" 286
DB 43 Justin Bass 6'2" 205
WR 44 Sam Moeller 5'11" 175
FB/DL 44 Andrew Wolridge 6'1" 265
TE 45 Matt Sherman 6'1" 209
LB 45 Steven Jenkins 6'2" 220
LB 46 Jake Russell 6'2" 225 J 47 
Caleb Russell 6'2" 238 P 48 
Ryan Epperson 6'2" 191 DB 5 
Coryell Judie 5'11" 190 WR 5 
Kenric McNeal 6'1" 184
DS 50 Justin Ortega 5'10" 235
OL 51 Jarvis Harrison 6'4" 317
DS 52 Shelby Trahan 6'2" 234
OL 55 Chase Dube 6'1" 300
OL 56 Ryan Liscum 6'2" 284
OL 57 Dylan Guthrie 6'3" 280
LB 58 Cody Johnson 6'1" 204
OL 59 Allen Woodum 6'3" 292
DB 6 Desmond Gardiner 5'10" 190
OL 60 Nathan Gutekunst 6'6" 320
OL 61 Patrick Lewis 6'2" 306
OL 62 Jeffrey Hyde 6'5" 311
OL 65 Evan Eike 6'4" 306
OL 67 Joseph Villavisencio 6'4" 312
OL 68 Ben Compton 6'4" 310
WR 7 Uzoma Nwachukwu 6'0" 194
DB 7 Terrence Frederick 5'10" 187
OL 70 Cedric Ogbuehi 6'5" 292
OL 71 Brian Thomas 6'3" 315
DL 72 Gavin Stansbury 6'4" 265
OL 73 Rhontae Scales 6'6" 317
OL 74 Danny Baker 6'5" 300
OL 75 Jake Matthews 6'5" 305
OL 76 Luke Joeckel 6'6" 310
OL 77 Shep Klinke 6'7" 305
OL 78 Garrett Gramling 6'6" 316
OL 79 Joseph Cheek 6'7" 285
LB 8 Garrick Williams 6'2" 232
WR 8 Jeff Fuller 6'4" 220
TE 80 Hutson Prioleau 6'4" 251
TE 81 Nehemiah Hicks 6'4" 249
WR 82 Mike Evans 6'5" 209
WR 83 Michael Walker 6'0" 200
DL 83 Tony Jerod-Eddie 6'5" 301
WR 84 Malcome Kennedy 6'0" 196
WR 85 LeKendrick Williams 5'8" 170
WR 86 Seth Gardner 6'4" 212
WR 87 Chance Nelson 5'10" 165
WR 88 Gaston Lamascus 5'6" 182
DB 89 Rylan Riney 5'11" 168
DL 89 Ivan Robinson 6'3" 270
LB 9 Charlie Thomas 6'1" 220
WR 9 Nate Askew 6'4" 220
TE 90 Justin Breshears 6'2" 225
DL 90 Ben Bass 6'5" 295
PLK 91 Taylor Bertolet 5'9" 165
DL 92 Jonathan Mathis 6'2" 293
J 94 Damontre Moore 6'4" 245
DS 95 Ben Bredthauer 6'4" 250
TE 96 Caden Smith 6'3" 255
DL 97 Stephen Barrera 6'5" 290
DL 98 Shayvion Hatten 6'4" 286
DL 99 Spencer Nealy 6'5" 277

Texas Athletes Nominated for Texas Sports Hall of Fame

There has been a lot of Texas in the news lately and, as a result, Texas has been highlighted in the Big 12 blog. Take notice, Big 12, there may be a thing or two to learn from Texas!

There are five Longhorns nominated for Texas Sports Hall of Fame.

Cat Osterman (softball) was a three-time National Player of the Year and four-time All-American during her four season at the University of Texas.

Ricky Williams (football) set 21 NCAA records and 46 UT marks in a career that was topped off by a Heisman Trophy victory in 1998. Williams recently just retired from the NFL.

Keith Moreland (baseball) was a player at Texas from 1973-75. Moreland was a career .388 hitter, as well as a three-time All-American.

Richard Quick (swimming head coach) was the women's swimming head coach from 1982-88. His teams won five straight NCAA titles from 1984-88 and six SWC. Quick coached 17 Olympians, 25 individual NCAA champions, 11 NCAA relay titlists and two swimmers of the year.

Marty Akins (football) led UT to 27 wins during his three seasons at quarterback. Akins totaled 1,974 career rushing yards, 1,188 passing yards and 25 touchdowns.

Longhorns Defense Could be the Best

Last year the Longhorns defense was third in the Big 12, allowing 23.3 points per game, and first in the conference in total yards allowed per contest—numbers that should only improve this season.

Heading into the 2012 season, the Longhorns Defense is poised to be the best unit in the Big 12 and possibly the country.

 The Longhorns defense will return seven of last year's starting 11, but there is still room for the defense to grow. The Longhorns have a strong group of players able to rush the quarterback and defend the pass, making life difficult for Big 12 opponents.

Iowa State linebackers recognized nationally

 
It's a big day for seniors A.J. Klein and Jake Knott. The pair play as linebackers for the Iowa State Cyclones, rated second in the nation for linebackers by Lindy's College Football Preview, the only Big 12 school in the rankings. However, it gets more interesting for the duo. A.J. Klein was named the second best inside linebacker in the nation, after only Manti Te'o of the Notre Dame Fighting Irish. Jake Knott was named seventh best linebacker in the nation, as well.

Congrats, guys!


RANKINGS
Top 10 Linebacker Teams
1. Georgia
2. Iowa State
3. Alabama
4. Stanford
5. Wisconsin
6. Oregon
7. Penn State
8. Michigan State
9. Florida
10. USC

Top Inside Linebackers
1. Manti Te'o (Notre Dame)
2. A.J. Klein (Iowa State)
3. Chris Borland (Wisconsin)
4. Arthur Brown (Kansas State)
5. C.J. Mosley (Alabama)
6. Kevin Reddick (North Carolina)
7. Alec Ogletree (Georgia)

Top Outside Linebackers
1. Jarvis Jones (Georgia)
2. Gerald Hodges (Penn State)
3. Chase Thomas (Stanford)
4. Khaseem Greene (Rutgers)
5. Jonathan Brown (Illinois)
6. Mike Taylor (Wisconsin)
7. Jake Knott (Iowa State)

Coaching Spotlight: Tommy Tuberville, Texas Tech Red Raiders

Tuberville before his 100th career win - at that point he was coaching at Auburn

Thomas "Tommy" Tuberville isn't quite at the top yet, but he's in spitting distance.


In January 2010, Tuberville was named head coach of the Texas Tech Red Raiders and, in January 2011, became the second coach in Texas Tech history to win a bowl game in his first year, the first in almost 60 years. Before coaching the Red Raiders, he coached at Ole Miss and Auburn University and is generally considered one of the best coaches both schools have ever had. In 2011, he was also named second vice president of the American Football Coaches Association and he'll move up to first vice president this year and president in 2013. However, Tuberville jokes his highest-profile activity was his brief appearance in The Blind Side.

Tuberville says he fell in love with his wife because she had no idea about football -- apparently it turned out well because they have two sons, Tucker and Troy.

Coaching Spotlight: Bo Pelini, Nebraska Cornhuskers

Photo from Creative Commons

Mark Pelini, nicknamed "Bo" after famous running back Bo Scott, has a career that went very, very well, very, very fast.

Pelini graduated from Cardinal Mooney High School (it has another famous alum - Bob Stoops of the Oklahoma Sooners) and played football at Ohio State University as a free safety where he earned a bachelor's degree in business marketing.

For his graduate degree, he studied sports management at Iowa State University where he was an assistant for Hayden Fry, but stopped after a year. He returned, instead, to coach at his old high school for a year, but was quickly picked up by the San Francisco 49ers, beginning as a scouting assistant but quickly being promoted up into Defensive Back Coach. In eight years he coached three NFL teams - the 49ers, the New England Patriots and the Green Bay Packers.

His time with the Nebraska Cornhuskers is actually the longest he's been with any one team at only four years. He coached as a Defensive Coach at both Oklahoma and Louisiana State University before becoming head coach at Nebraska. We certainly hope he'll stay with the Cornhuskers for a while yet, even if the Cornhuskers haven't stayed in the Big 12.