HITMEN TEAM ROSTER
| Number |
Name |
Pos |
HT. |
WT. |
College |
Hometown |
| 2 |
Leo Araguz |
P |
5-11 |
190 |
Stephen F. Austin |
Harlingen, TX |
| 28 |
Mike Archie |
RB |
5-8 |
205 |
Penn State |
Nashville, TN |
| 31 |
Butler B'ynote |
DB |
5-11 |
195 |
Ohio State |
Antioch, TN |
| 65 |
Mike Barber |
LB |
6-1 |
250 |
Clemson |
Edgemoor, SC |
| 90 |
Tim Beauchamp |
DE |
6-3 |
271 |
Florida |
Oak Hill, FL |
| 27 |
Michael Blair |
RB |
5-11 |
245 |
Ball State |
Dolton, IL |
| 1 |
Chris Brantley |
WR |
5-10 |
179 |
Rutgers |
Hackensack, NJ |
| 81 |
Fred Brock |
WR |
5-9 |
181 |
Southern Mississippi |
Atlanta, GA |
| 91 |
Lamont Bryant |
DE |
6-3 |
260 |
Notre Dame |
Georgetown, SC |
| 21 |
Donnie Caldwell |
DB |
5-11 |
185 |
Western Illinois |
Iawton, OK |
| 50 |
David Camacho |
OT |
6-7 |
320 |
Oklahoma State |
Beggs, OK |
| 62 |
Ben Cavil |
OG |
6-2 |
310 |
Oklahoma |
Houston, TX |
| 51 |
Eric Cole |
C |
6-5 |
310 |
Penn State |
Norwood, OH |
| 88 |
Ryan Collins |
TE |
6-6 |
257 |
St. Thomas |
Robinsdale, MN |
| 92 |
James Cotton |
DE |
6-4 |
250 |
Ohio State |
Columbus, OH |
| 71 |
Jerome Daniels |
OT |
6-6 |
360 |
Northeastern |
Chandler, AZ |
| 85 |
Kirby Dar-Dar |
WR |
5-11 |
185 |
Syracuse |
Morgan City, LA |
| 80 |
Zola Davis |
WR |
6-1 |
185 |
South Carolina |
Columbia, SC |
| 29 |
Anthony DiCosmo |
WR |
6-2 |
194 |
Boston College |
Fair Lawn, NJ |
| 22 |
Keith Elias |
FB |
5-9 |
203 |
Princeton |
Indianapolis, IN |
| 26 |
Joey Eloms |
DB |
5-10 |
183 |
Indiana |
Fort Wayne, IN |
| 52 |
Haven Fields |
LB |
6-0 |
219 |
Auburn |
Auburn, AL |
| 67 |
Ben Hanks |
LB |
6-2 |
232 |
Florida |
Miami, FL |
| 87 |
Marcus Hinton |
TE |
6-6 |
260 |
Alcorn State University |
Wiggins, MS |
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Paris Lenon |
LB |
6-1 |
228 |
Richmond |
|
| 78 |
Christain Maumalanga |
DT |
6-3 |
320 |
Kansas |
Hawthorne, CA |
| 77 |
Curtis McGee |
OT |
6-4 |
285 |
Georgia Tech |
Marshville, NC |
| 11 |
Corte McGuffey |
QB |
6-0 |
206 |
Northern Colorado |
Fort Collins, CO |
| 68 |
Ron Meckerson |
LB |
6-2 |
247 |
Colorado |
Las Vegas, NV |
| 55 |
Dustin Owen |
C |
6-2 |
315 |
Hawaii |
Temeula, CA |
| 54 |
Tyrell Peters |
LB |
6-1 |
235 |
Oklahoma |
Norman, OK |
| 24 |
Dino Philyaw |
RB |
5-10 |
205 |
Oregon |
Eugene, OR |
| 61 |
Juan Porter |
OG |
6-3 |
294 |
Ohio State |
Columbus, OH |
| 7 |
Charles Puleri |
QB |
6-1 |
200 |
New Mexico State |
Deerfield, FL |
| 93 |
Israel Raybon |
DE |
6-6 |
305 |
North Alabama |
Huntsville, AL |
| 14 |
Wally Richardson |
QB |
6-4 |
225 |
Penn State |
Suwanee, GA |
| 86 |
Bob Rosenstiel |
TE |
6-4 |
245 |
Eastern Illinois |
Napa, CA |
| 95 |
Dwayne Sabb |
DE |
6-5 |
255 |
New Hampshire |
S. Easton, MA |
| 46 |
Tawambi Settles |
DB |
6-2 |
195 |
Duke |
Chattanooga, TN |
| 25 |
Nathan Simmons |
RB |
5-9 |
187 |
Oklahoma State |
Stillwater, OK |
| 70 |
Henry Slay |
DT |
6-2 |
290 |
West Virginia |
Elyria, OH |
| 76 |
Jermaine Smith |
DT |
6-3 |
298 |
Georgia |
Green Bay, WI |
| 64 |
Troy Stark |
OG |
6-6 |
308 |
Georgia |
McDonough, GA |
| 82 |
Eric Stocz |
TE |
6-4 |
260 |
Westminster |
West Bloomfield, MI |
| 35 |
Tyree Talton |
DB |
5-11 |
201 |
Northern Iowa |
Beloit, WI |
| 34 |
Mark Tate |
DB |
6-1 |
190 |
Penn State |
Chandler, AZ |
| 30 |
Brad Trout |
DB |
6-2 |
209 |
Valdosta State |
Marrietta, GA |
| 17 |
Damen Wheeler |
DB |
5-9 |
185 |
Colorado |
Sacramento, CA |
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QUARTERBACKS
Corte McGuffey - Player, Northern Colorado, 1996-99; won Harlan Hill Trophy as Division II Player of the Year, 1999; led Bears to Division II national championship, 1997.
Charles Puleri - First-ever draft pick, seventh overall, by Hitmen, 2000; signed one-year contract with Dallas Cowboys, 2000; traded to New Jersey Red Dogs, 1999; player, London Monarchs, 1997; player, Miami Hooters, Dallas Texans, Iowa Barnstormers, 1995-1998; player, Sacramento Goldminers, 1993-94.
Wally Richardson - Third QB for Baltimore Ravens, 1997; signed by Atlanta Falcons, 1999; Player, London Monarchs, 1998; Player, Penn State, 1993-96; ranks fourth all-time with 4,419 passing yards at Penn State; holds school record for lowest interception percentage.
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FAMILIAR FACES
Mike Archie, RB Player, Houston Oilers, Tennessee Titans, 1996-98; broke school record at Penn State for career receptions by a running back; rushed for 1,830 yards and scored 14 touchdowns in 48 games, including 13 starts, with the Nittany Lions.
Chris Brantley, WR Player, Los Angeles Rams, 1994; player, Buffalo Bills, 1996-97; player, Scottish Claymores, 1998; first-team All-Big East Conference as a senior at Rutgers, 1993.
Keith Elias, RB Player, New York Giants, 1994-96; player, Indianapolis Colts, 1998-99; won Bushnell Cup as Ivy League MVP at Princeton, 1993.
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OTHER
Head Coach Rusty Tillman :
Def. coord., Ind. Colts, 1998; def. coord., Tampa Bay Bucs, 1995; def. coord., Seattle Seahawks, 1992-94; tight ends/sp. teams coach, Seahawks, 1987-91; sp. teams coach, Seahawks, 1979-82; player, Washington Redskins, 1970-77.
Offensive Coordinator - Greg Briner
Running Backs Coach - Joseph Lombardi
Defensive Line Coach - Bill Urbanik
Linebackers Coach - Tony Mottola
Special Teams Coach - Paul Butcher
VP and General Manager :
Drew Pearson
Director of Player Personnel :
Joe Mack
PR Contact :
Jon Schwartz
Address :
Meadowlands Office Complex
301 Route 17 North, 10th Floor
East Rutherford, NJ 07070
Phone: (201) 372-3300
Fax: (201) 372-0430
Home games played at :
Giants Stadium (78,741)
Team Colors :
Black and Blue
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| 2001 Hitmen Final Regular Season Stats (through week 10) |
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PASSING Att Cmp Yds Cmp% Yds/Att TD TD% Int Int% Long Sack/Lost Rating
Richardson 142 83 812 58.5 5.72 6 4.2 6 4.2 33t 17/ 107 71.1
Puleri 64 29 411 45.3 6.42 2 3.1 2 3.1 77t 4/ 39 64.0
McGuffey 48 25 329 52.1 6.85 0 0.0 2 4.2 54 5/ 38 56.7
Philyaw 1 0 0 0.0 0.00 0 0.0 1 100.0 0 0/ 0 0.0
Davis 1 1 74 100.0 74.00 1 100.0 0 0.0 74t 0/ 0 158.3
Archie 1 0 0 0.0 0.00 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0/ 0 39.6
Dar Dar 1 0 0 0.0 0.00 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0/ 0 39.6
TEAM 258 138 1626 53.5 6.30 9 3.5 11 4.3 77t 26/ 184 66.8
OPPONENTS 296 149 1740 50.3 5.88 12 4.1 14 4.7 70 29/ 198 62.3
WON 4, LOST 6 RUSHING No. Yds Avg Long TD
02/03 L 0-19 at Las Vegas 30,389 Aska 82 329 4.0 42 3
02/11 L 12-19 Birmingham 36,458 Richardson 26 148 5.7 24 0
02/18 L 12-18 Orlando 25,626 Elias 37 115 3.1 28 0
02/24 W 13- 0 at Chicago 24,052 Philyaw 32 69 2.2 14 0
03/03 L 7-22 Los Angeles 27,479 Blair 16 61 3.8 19 0
03/11 W 20-12 at San Francisco 33,522 Archie 17 42 2.5 7 2
03/17 W 16-15 Memphis 22,269 McGuffey 8 33 4.1 8 0
03/25 L 12-17 at Orlando 19,641 Dar Dar 4 31 7.8 21 0
03/31 L 18-23 Chicago 29,713 Araguz 1 7 7.0 7 0
04/08 W 22- 0 at Birmingham 10,749 Brock 1 0 0.0 0 0
NY. Opp. Puleri 8 -35 -4.4 3 0
TOTAL FIRST DOWNS 124 153 TEAM 232 800 3.4 42 5
Rushing 42 42 OPPONENTS 235 932 4.0 56 3
Passing 75 88 RECEIVING No. Yds Avg Long TD
Penalty 7 23 Davis 29 378 13.0 26 4
3rd Down: Made/Att 34/114 44/121 Dicosmo 26 268 10.3 30 0
3rd Down Pct. 29.8 36.4 Dar Dar 22 405 18.4 77t 2
4th Down: Made/Att 4/14 3/10 Brock 15 155 10.3 30 0
4th Down Pct. 28.6 30.0 Archie 12 125 10.4 33t 2
POSSESSION AVG. 29:07 30:53 Blair 10 73 7.3 14 0
TOTAL NET YARDS 2242 2474 Hinton 6 116 19.3 54 1
Avg. Per Game 224.2 247.4 Aska 6 24 4.0 12 0
Total Plays 516 560 Philyaw 4 33 8.3 16 0
Avg. Per Play 4.3 4.4 Elias 4 0 0.0 7 0
NET YARDS RUSHING 800 932 Collins 3 38 12.7 23 0
Avg. Per Game 80.0 93.2 Rosenstiel 1 11 11.0 11 0
Total Rushes 232 235 TEAM 138 1626 11.8 77t 9
NET YARDS PASSING 1442 1542 OPPONENTS 149 1740 11.7 70 12
Avg. Per Game 144.2 154.2 INTERCEPTIONS No. Yds Avg Long TD
Sacked/Yards Lost 26/184 29/198 Eloms 4 78 19.5 76t 1
Gross Yards 1626 1740 Wheeler 3 35 11.7 23 0
Att./Completions 258/138 296/149 Caldwell 2 63 31.5 46t 1
Completion Pct. 53.5 50.3 Trout 1 28 28.0 21 0
Had Intercepted 11 14 Settles 1 4 4.0 4 0
PUNTS/AVERAGE 46/40.6 46/34.9 Raybon 1 0 0.0 0 0
NET PUNTING AVG. 46/31.4 46/26.7 Sabb 1 0 0.0 0 0
PENALTIES/YARDS 77/648 65/475 Talton 1 0 0.0 0 0
FUMBLES/BALL LOST 12/8 23/8 TEAM 14 208 14.9 76t 2
TOUCHDOWNS 17 18 OPPONENTS 11 68 6.2 28 0
Rushing 5 3 PUNTING No. Yds Avg Net TB In Lg B
Passing 9 12 Araguz 44 1788 40.6 31.0 1 14 58 0
Returns 3 3 McGuffey 1 51 51.0 51.0 0 0 51 0
SCORE BY PERIODS Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 OT PTS Blair 1 28 28.0 28.0 0 0 28 0
TEAM 30 32 37 33 0 132 TEAM 46 1867 40.6 31.4 1 14 58 0
OPPONENTS 32 63 13 37 0 145 OPPONENTS 46 1607 34.9 26.7 1 11 55 2
SCORING TD-Ru-Pa-Rt FG S PTS PUNT RETURNS Ret Yds Avg Long TD
Davis 4 0 4 0 0 25 Dar Dar 26 287 11.0 40 0
Archie 4 2 2 0 0 24 Archie 6 16 2.7 17 0
Araguz 0 0 0 0 7/16 0 21 Brock 3 29 9.7 18 0
Aska 3 3 0 0 0 19 Trout 2 21 10.5 21 0
Dar Dar 2 0 2 0 0 12 Talton 1 8 8.0 8 0
Hinton 1 0 1 0 0 7 TEAM 38 361 9.5 40 0
Caldwell 1 0 0 1 0 6 OPPONENTS 41 404 9.9 95t 2
Eloms 1 0 0 1 0 6 KICKOFF RETURNS No. Yds Avg Long TD
Merkerson 1 0 0 1 0 6 Dar Dar 22 485 22.0 37 0
Collins 0 0 0 0 0 3 B'ynote 14 310 22.1 41 0
Philyaw 0 0 0 0 0 1 Merkerson 1 0 0.0 0 0
TEAM 17 5 9 3 0/ 0 7/16 1 132 TEAM 37 795 21.5 41 0
OPPONENTS 18 3 12 3 0/ 0 10/11 0 145 OPPONENTS 33 682 20.7 95 0
XPt. Conversions: Collins 3, Aska, Davis, FIELD GOALS 1-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50+
Hinton, Philyaw, TEAM 7-17(41.2%) Araguz 1/ 1 2/ 3 3/ 6 1/ 4 0/2
OPPONENTS 7-18(38.9%) TEAM 1/ 1 2/ 3 3/ 6 1/ 4 0/2
SACKS: Raybon 5.0, Maumalanga 4.0, Sabb 4.0, OPPONENTS 1/ 1 5/ 5 2/ 2 2/ 3 0/0
Beauchamp 3.0, Merkerson 3.0, Trout 2.0, Araguz: (53N)()(49N,42G,39G)(19G,32N,37G)(50N)
Barber 1.0, Bryant 1.0, Fields 1.0, (39N)(27G,25N,37N)()(28G)(43N,38G,42N)
Hanks 1.0, Russ 1.0, Slay 1.0, Talton 1.0, OPPONENTS: (23G,32G)()(29G,45G)()(36G,27G,45N,
TEAM 29.0 27G)()(41G)(20G)(18G)()
OPPONENTS 26.0
TOTTACK-TACKLES-ASSISTS: Merkerson 62-51-11, Trout 47-41-6, Wheeler 42-39-3, Maumalanga 37-27-10,
Talton 35-26-9, Raybon 33-24-9, Beauchamp 27-19-8, Sabb 26-19-7, Eloms 23-22-1, Fields 23-15-8,
Hanks 17-14-3, Settles 11-9-2, Caldwell 10-10-0, B'ynote 9-9-0, Barber 7-6-1, Russ 7-6-1,
Tate 6-6-0, Bryant 6-3-3, Crawford 5-4-1, Peters 4-4-0, Slay 4-4-0, Cotton 3-3-0, Blair 2-1-1,
Archie 1-1-0, Collins 1-1-0, Davis 1-1-0, Philyaw 1-1-0, Stark 1-1-0, Stocz 1-1-0, Owen 1-0-1,
TEAM 453-368- 85
OPPONENTS 458-355-103
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