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PAGE 1 LOUISIANA TECH SPRING FOOTBALL 2015 #WeAreLATech END OF SPRING OFFENSE LT 77 Jens Danielsen (YENS) 6-4 283 Sr. 2L Wichita, Kan. Started in six games last season including the last five at LT 72 Derek Edinburgh 6-8 331 R-Jr. SQ New Orleans, La. Sat out 2014 season due to NCAA transfer rule LG 55 David Mahaffey (muh-HAFF-EE) 6-4 310 Jr. 1L Brandon, Miss. Made three starts last season including the last two games 66 Shane Carpenter 6-6 290 R-Fr. RS Walker, La. Redshirted 2014 season C 73 Kirby Wixson 6-4 325 Sr. 1L Pearl, Miss. Started at North Texas (9/11) and in every game since 79 Cam Manning 6-2 278 R-So. SQ Southlake, Texas Saw limited action in 2014 RG 62 Joseph Brunson 6-4 302 R-Jr. 1L Ruston, La. First started at guard at Auburn (9/27), Versatile on offensive line 67 Clayton Landry 6-5 278 R-Jr. SQ Denham Springs, La. Member of the scout squad in 2014, seeing limited game action RT 75 Darrell Brown (DARE-uhl) 6-4 300 R-Jr. 2L Abilene, Texas Made first career start at Oklahoma (8/30) 68 Josh Robinson 6-2 301 R-Sr. 1L Lancaster, Texas Started last two games of 2014 (at Marshall, vs. Illinois) RB 28 Kenneth Dixon 5-10 212 Sr. 3L Strong, Ark. Became school’s all-time leading rusher, scorer in 2014 Heart of Dallas Bowl 22 Jarred Craft 6-0 215 So. 1L Haughton, La. True freshman second on team in rushing, Averaging 3.0 yards per carry -or- 25 Blake Martin 5-10 196 R-Sr. 3L Lucas, Texas Former walk-on, Had 62yd TD run at UTEP in 2013 w/separataed shoulder FB 27 Marlon Seets 5-10 219 R-Sr. 1L Haughton, La. Reliable fullback that rached the end zone once last season 33 Ricky Jones 6-1 260 R-Sr. 1L Sweeny, Texas Caught two passes for 24 yards last season TE 44 Josh Gaston 6-3 265 Sr. 1L Olive Branch, Miss. Recorded 47 yards receiving on 3 catches, 1 TD last season 17 Andy McAlindon (MACK-uh-lin-don) 6-6 224 R-Sr. SQ San Bruno, Calif. Former QB moved to TE WR 9 Conner Smith 6-3 201 R-Jr. 1L Covington, La. Father, Wayne, was a standout basketball player for LA Tech 80 Kam McKnight 6-2 217 R-Fr. RS Ethel, La. Redshirted 2014 season WR 5 Trent Taylor 5-8 175 Jr. 2L Shreveport, La. Led Tech receivers last season with 834 yards, 64 receptions, 9 TDs 87 Grant Childress 6-0 188 R-Jr. SQ Tyler, Texas Looks to make first collegiate appearance this fall WR 1 Carlos Henderson 5-11 185 R-So. 1L New Orleans, La. Led Tech receivers with 19.6 yards per catch last season 85 Marlon Watts 6-2 175 So. 1L New Orleans, La. Made first appearance last year on Oct. 18 vs. UTSA; 106 receiving yards in ‘14 -or- 2 Sanford Seay (SEE) 6-2 206 R-Sr. SQ Leesburg, Ga. Saw limited action in 2014 WR 3 Paul Turner 5-11 190 R-Sr. 1L West Monroe, La. Sat out 2015 spring practice due to surgery 39 Marcus Gaines 5-6 150 So. 1L Covington, La. First collegiate reception was a one-handed TD catch QB 6 Jeff Driskel 6-4 234 R-Sr. TR Oviedo, Fla. Fifth-year transfer from the University of Florida -or- 14 Ryan Higgins 6-2 208 R-So. 1L Hutto, Texas Started 6 games as a redshirt freshman in 2013 10 Price Wilson 6-1 200 R-Fr. RS Marietta, Ga. Redshirted 2014 season DEFENSE DE 8 Vontarrius Dora 6-4 253 R-Sr. 3L West Point, Miss. Played in 10 games with 6.5 TFLs last season 95 Matthew Ydarraga 6-3 225 R-Fr. RS Central, La. Redshirted 2014 season DT 98 Aaron Brown 6-1 270 R-Jr. 1L Carrollton, Texas Made eight starts at DT last season 91 Cedric Johnson 6-2 302 R-Fr. RS Rowlett, Texas Redshirted 2014 season DT 9 Vernon Butler 6-3 309 Sr. 3L Summit, Miss. Registered 13.5 TFLs last season, most among all returnees 59 Hakim Gray (ha-KEEM) 6-3 263 R-Fr. RS Keachi, La. Played in six games last season DE 50 Deldrick Canty (can-TEE) 6-1 252 So. 1L Baton Rouge, La. True freshman made first career appearance at North Texas (9/11), 3 sacks 45 Jaylon Ferguson (JAY-lon) 6-5 225 R-Fr. RS St. Francisville, La. Redshirted 2014 season LB 6 Beau Fitte (BOW FEET) 6-0 217 R-Jr. 2L Port Sulphur, La. Significant special teams player last season 55 Frasier Hogan 5-10 220 R-So. SQ Centreville, Miss. Walk-on that was on scout team last season LB 24 Nick Thomason 6-1 237 R-Jr. RS Muscle Shoals, Ala. Led defense with 12 total tackles, INT at Marshall in C-USA Ch’ship (12/6) -or- 51 Russell Farris 5-11 215 Fr. HS Ventress, La. True freshman linebacker 52 Quanta Moore 6-1 225 R-Fr. RS New Orleans, La. Redshirted 2014 season LB 29 C.J. Cleveland 6-1 197 R-Jr. 1L Shreveport, La. Sat out 2015 spring practice due to surgery -or- 37 Michael Mims 5-11 198 R-So. 1L West Monroe, La. Moved from safety to linebacker at start of spring 46 Solomon Hunter 6-2 210 R-Fr. RS San Antonio, Texas Redshirted 2014 season S 23 Kentrell Brice (ken-TRELL) 5-11 198 Sr. 3L Ruston, La. Led team with 86 tackles, 4 forced fumbles last season 35 Secdrick Cooper (SED-RICK) 6-0 192 So. 1L Marrero, La. Saw significant time on special teams last season S 7 Xavier Woods 5-11 188 Jr. 2L West Monroe, La. 6 INTs with School record 230 INT return yards last year 11 Lloyd Grogan 6-1 211 R-Jr. 2L Morgan City, La. Recovered a fumble at Louisiana-Lafayette (9/6) CB 15 Bryson Abraham (BRI-son) 5-9 174 R-Sr. 2L Jennings, La. Had 2 INTs at FIU in 2013 40 Roland Dunn 5-10 170 So. 1L Shreveport, La. Saw limited action in 2014, mostly on special teams CB 21 Adairius Barnes (ah-DARE-EE-uhs) 5-11 186 Jr. 3L Port Gibson, Miss. Has 3 career games with 2 INTs 48 Kirkland McCulloch 6-0 190 R-Fr. RS Shreveport, La. Redshirted 2014 season SPECIAL TEAMS K 10 Jonathan Barnes 5-9 168 R-So. 1L Baton Rouge, La. 12-for-17 (70.6 percent) on field goal attempts last season -or- 39 Kyle Fischer (FISH-er) 5-11 211 R-Jr. 2L Frisco, Texas 5-for-10 (50 percent) on field goal attempts last season P 43 Logan McPherson (mc-FEAR-son) 5-10 177 Jr. 2L Fort Payne, Ala. Averaged 38.0 yards per punt in 2013 as a true freshman, 36.8 in 2014 -or- 28 Gerald Shouse 6-1 182 R-Jr. SQ Shreveport, La. Averaged 40.4 yards per punt in 2013, 41.3 DS 53 Darrell Travis 5-11 252 R-Jr. 1L McKinney, Texas Deep snapper in all 14 games last season 60 Tucker Etheridge 5-10 235 R-Fr. RS Marietta, Ga. Redshirted 2014 season DEPTH CHART

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RUSTON, La. (April 27, 2015) – Louisiana Tech head coach Skip Holtz released the program’s post-spring practice depth chart Monday, less than a week after the Bulldogs wrapped up the spring with the annual Spring Game. The post-spring depth chart is just a reflection of the team entering summer/fall camp and does not guarantee any starting spots for the 2015 season.

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  • PAGE 1 LOUISIANA TECH SPRING FOOTBALL 2015

    #WeAreLATech

    END OF SPRING

    OFFENSELT 77 Jens Danielsen (YENS) 6-4 283 Sr. 2L Wichita, Kan. Started in six games last season including the last five at LT 72 Derek Edinburgh 6-8 331 R-Jr. SQ New Orleans, La. Sat out 2014 season due to NCAA transfer rule LG 55 David Mahaffey (muh-HAFF-EE) 6-4 310 Jr. 1L Brandon, Miss. Made three starts last season including the last two games 66 Shane Carpenter 6-6 290 R-Fr. RS Walker, La. Redshirted 2014 season C 73 Kirby Wixson 6-4 325 Sr. 1L Pearl, Miss. Started at North Texas (9/11) and in every game since 79 Cam Manning 6-2 278 R-So. SQ Southlake, Texas Saw limited action in 2014 RG 62 Joseph Brunson 6-4 302 R-Jr. 1L Ruston, La. First started at guard at Auburn (9/27), Versatile on offensive line 67 Clayton Landry 6-5 278 R-Jr. SQ Denham Springs, La. Member of the scout squad in 2014, seeing limited game action RT 75 Darrell Brown (DARE-uhl) 6-4 300 R-Jr. 2L Abilene, Texas Made first career start at Oklahoma (8/30) 68 Josh Robinson 6-2 301 R-Sr. 1L Lancaster, Texas Started last two games of 2014 (at Marshall, vs. Illinois) RB 28 Kenneth Dixon 5-10 212 Sr. 3L Strong, Ark. Became schools all-time leading rusher, scorer in 2014 Heart of Dallas Bowl 22 Jarred Craft 6-0 215 So. 1L Haughton, La. True freshman second on team in rushing, Averaging 3.0 yards per carry-or- 25 Blake Martin 5-10 196 R-Sr. 3L Lucas, Texas Former walk-on, Had 62yd TD run at UTEP in 2013 w/separataed shoulder FB 27 Marlon Seets 5-10 219 R-Sr. 1L Haughton, La. Reliable fullback that rached the end zone once last season 33 Ricky Jones 6-1 260 R-Sr. 1L Sweeny, Texas Caught two passes for 24 yards last season TE 44 Josh Gaston 6-3 265 Sr. 1L Olive Branch, Miss. Recorded 47 yards receiving on 3 catches, 1 TD last season 17 Andy McAlindon (MACK-uh-lin-don) 6-6 224 R-Sr. SQ San Bruno, Calif. Former QB moved to TE WR 9 Conner Smith 6-3 201 R-Jr. 1L Covington, La. Father, Wayne, was a standout basketball player for LA Tech 80 Kam McKnight 6-2 217 R-Fr. RS Ethel, La. Redshirted 2014 season WR 5 Trent Taylor 5-8 175 Jr. 2L Shreveport, La. Led Tech receivers last season with 834 yards, 64 receptions, 9 TDs 87 Grant Childress 6-0 188 R-Jr. SQ Tyler, Texas Looks to make first collegiate appearance this fall WR 1 Carlos Henderson 5-11 185 R-So. 1L New Orleans, La. Led Tech receivers with 19.6 yards per catch last season 85 Marlon Watts 6-2 175 So. 1L New Orleans, La. Made first appearance last year on Oct. 18 vs. UTSA; 106 receiving yards in 14 -or- 2 Sanford Seay (SEE) 6-2 206 R-Sr. SQ Leesburg, Ga. Saw limited action in 2014 WR 3 Paul Turner 5-11 190 R-Sr. 1L West Monroe, La. Sat out 2015 spring practice due to surgery 39 Marcus Gaines 5-6 150 So. 1L Covington, La. First collegiate reception was a one-handed TD catch QB 6 Jeff Driskel 6-4 234 R-Sr. TR Oviedo, Fla. Fifth-year transfer from the University of Florida -or- 14 Ryan Higgins 6-2 208 R-So. 1L Hutto, Texas Started 6 games as a redshirt freshman in 2013 10 Price Wilson 6-1 200 R-Fr. RS Marietta, Ga. Redshirted 2014 season

    DEFENSEDE 8 Vontarrius Dora 6-4 253 R-Sr. 3L West Point, Miss. Played in 10 games with 6.5 TFLs last season 95 Matthew Ydarraga 6-3 225 R-Fr. RS Central, La. Redshirted 2014 season DT 98 Aaron Brown 6-1 270 R-Jr. 1L Carrollton, Texas Made eight starts at DT last season 91 Cedric Johnson 6-2 302 R-Fr. RS Rowlett, Texas Redshirted 2014 season DT 9 Vernon Butler 6-3 309 Sr. 3L Summit, Miss. Registered 13.5 TFLs last season, most among all returnees 59 Hakim Gray (ha-KEEM) 6-3 263 R-Fr. RS Keachi, La. Played in six games last season DE 50 Deldrick Canty (can-TEE) 6-1 252 So. 1L Baton Rouge, La. True freshman made first career appearance at North Texas (9/11), 3 sacks 45 Jaylon Ferguson (JAY-lon) 6-5 225 R-Fr. RS St. Francisville, La. Redshirted 2014 season LB 6 Beau Fitte (BOW FEET) 6-0 217 R-Jr. 2L Port Sulphur, La. Significant special teams player last season 55 Frasier Hogan 5-10 220 R-So. SQ Centreville, Miss. Walk-on that was on scout team last season LB 24 Nick Thomason 6-1 237 R-Jr. RS Muscle Shoals, Ala. Led defense with 12 total tackles, INT at Marshall in C-USA Chship (12/6)-or- 51 Russell Farris 5-11 215 Fr. HS Ventress, La. True freshman linebacker 52 Quanta Moore 6-1 225 R-Fr. RS New Orleans, La. Redshirted 2014 season LB 29 C.J. Cleveland 6-1 197 R-Jr. 1L Shreveport, La. Sat out 2015 spring practice due to surgery-or- 37 Michael Mims 5-11 198 R-So. 1L West Monroe, La. Moved from safety to linebacker at start of spring 46 Solomon Hunter 6-2 210 R-Fr. RS San Antonio, Texas Redshirted 2014 season S 23 Kentrell Brice (ken-TRELL) 5-11 198 Sr. 3L Ruston, La. Led team with 86 tackles, 4 forced fumbles last season 35 Secdrick Cooper (SED-RICK) 6-0 192 So. 1L Marrero, La. Saw significant time on special teams last season S 7 Xavier Woods 5-11 188 Jr. 2L West Monroe, La. 6 INTs with School record 230 INT return yards last year 11 Lloyd Grogan 6-1 211 R-Jr. 2L Morgan City, La. Recovered a fumble at Louisiana-Lafayette (9/6) CB 15 Bryson Abraham (BRI-son) 5-9 174 R-Sr. 2L Jennings, La. Had 2 INTs at FIU in 2013 40 Roland Dunn 5-10 170 So. 1L Shreveport, La. Saw limited action in 2014, mostly on special teams CB 21 Adairius Barnes (ah-DARE-EE-uhs) 5-11 186 Jr. 3L Port Gibson, Miss. Has 3 career games with 2 INTs 48 Kirkland McCulloch 6-0 190 R-Fr. RS Shreveport, La. Redshirted 2014 season

    SPECIAL TEAMSK 10 Jonathan Barnes 5-9 168 R-So. 1L Baton Rouge, La. 12-for-17 (70.6 percent) on field goal attempts last season-or- 39 Kyle Fischer (FISH-er) 5-11 211 R-Jr. 2L Frisco, Texas 5-for-10 (50 percent) on field goal attempts last season P 43 Logan McPherson (mc-FEAR-son) 5-10 177 Jr. 2L Fort Payne, Ala. Averaged 38.0 yards per punt in 2013 as a true freshman, 36.8 in 2014-or- 28 Gerald Shouse 6-1 182 R-Jr. SQ Shreveport, La. Averaged 40.4 yards per punt in 2013, 41.3 DS 53 Darrell Travis 5-11 252 R-Jr. 1L McKinney, Texas Deep snapper in all 14 games last season 60 Tucker Etheridge 5-10 235 R-Fr. RS Marietta, Ga. Redshirted 2014 season

    DEPTH CHART

  • LOUISIANA TECH SPRING FOOTBALL 2015 PAGE 2

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    START CHART

    OFFENSE Consecutive Total |----------Starts by Year----------|Player Yr. Starts Starts 2014 2013 2012 2011 10/09Mitchell Bell, OL R-Sr. 0 20 12 8 - - -Darrell Brown, OL R-So. 0 9 9 0 - - -Joseph Brunson, OL R-So. 0 8 8 - - - -Tre Carter, OL Sr. 0 21 12 9 - - -Jarred Craft, RB Fr. 0 1 1 - - - -Jens Danielsen, OL Jr. 5 13 6 7 - - -Kenneth Dixon, RB Jr. 1 27 13 8 6 - -Marcus Gaines, WR Fr. 1 1 1 - - - -Josh Gaston, TE Jr. 0 4 4 - - - -Richard Greenwalt, OL R-Sr. 3 6 6 - - - -Sterling Griffin, WR R-Sr. 0 38 9 10 2 7 -/10Carlos Henderson, WR R-Fr. 1 7 7 - - - -Ryan Higgins, QB R-So. 0 6 - 6 - - -Tevin King, RB R-So. 0 8 2 3 3 - -Hunter Lee, RB Sr. 0 19 7 6 4 2 -David Mahaffey, OL Jr. 2 3 3 - - - -Blake Martin, RB R-Jr. 0 1 - 1 0 - -Josh Robinson, OL R-Jr. 2 2 2 0 0 - -Marlon Seets, RB R-Jr. 0 3 3 0 - - -Conner Smith, WR R-So. 0 2 2 0 - - -Cody Sokol, QB R-Sr. 14 14 14 0 - - -Trent Taylor, WR So. 6 8 8 0 - - -Paul Turner, WR R-Jr. 7 12 12 - - - -Kirby Wixson, OL Jr. 12 12 12 - - - -

    DEFENSE Consecutive Total |----------Starts by Year----------|Player Yr. Starts Starts 2014 2013 2012 2011 10/09Bryson Abraham, CB R-Jr. 0 12 1 5 6 - -Adairius Barnes, CB Jr. 22 25 14 11 0 - -Houston Bates, DE R-Sr. 14 30 14 12 2 2 -Kentrell Brice, DB Jr. 14 20 14 6 0 - -DeAngelo Brooks, DT Sr. 0 2 2 0 - - -Aaron Brown, DL R-So. 0 8 8 0 - - -Vernon Butler, DL Jr. 14 15 14 1 0 - -C.J. Cleveland, LB R-Jr. 1 1 1 0 - - -Vontarrius Dora, DL R-Jr. 8 26 10 7 9 - -Russell Farris, LB Fr. 0 1 1 - - - -Beau Fitte, LB R-Jr. 0 3 2 1 0 - -Lloyd Grogan, DB R-So. 0 5 1 4 - - -Tony Johnson, LB Sr. 0 14 12 2 - - -LeVander Liggins, CB Sr. 14 31 14 8 9 0 -Thomas McDonald, S Sr. 0 9 - 9 - - -Devon McKinney, DT R-Sr. 1 3 3 0 - - -Terrell Pinson, LB Sr. 0 16 11 5 - - -Mike Schrang, LB R-Sr. 0 5 - - 5 0 -Andre Taylor, DL R-Sr. 0 5 4 0 1 0 -Nick Thomason, LB R-Jr. 2 2 2 - - - -Mitch Villemez, LB R-Sr. 7 24 12 12 - - -Xavier Woods, DB So. 21 24 14 10 - - -

    GAME-BY-GAME STARTERSDate Opponent QB RB WR WR WR WR LT LG C RG RT Aug. 30 at Oklahoma Sokol Dixon Griffin Turner Gaston (TE) Seets (FB) D. Brown Carter Brunson Greenwalt Bell Sept. 6 at UL-Lafayette Sokol Dixon Griffin Turner Lee T. Taylor D. Brown Carter Brunson Greenwalt Bell Sept. 11 at North Texas* Sokol Dixon Griffin Turner Lee T. Taylor D. Brown Carter Wixson Greenwalt Bell Sept. 20 Northwestern State Sokol Dixon Griffin Turner King Seets (FB) D. Brown Carter Wixson Mahaffey Bell Sept. 27 at Auburn Sokol Dixon Griffin Turner Lee T. Taylor D. Brown Carter Wixson Brunson Bell Oct. 4 UTEP* Sokol Dixon Griffin Henderson Lee Seets (FB) D. Brown Carter Wixson Brunson Bell Oct. 18 UTSA* Sokol Dixon Griffin Henderson Lee Gaston (TE) D. Brown Carter Wixson Brunson Bell Oct. 25 at Southern Miss* Sokol Dixon Henderson Turner Lee Gaston (TE) D. Brown Carter Wixson Bell Danielsen Nov. 1 WKU* Sokol Dixon Henderson Turner Smith T. Taylor D. Brown Carter Wixson Brunson Bell Nov. 8 at UAB* Sokol Dixon Henderson Turner T. Taylor King (RB) Danielsen Carter Wixson Brunson Bell Nov. 22 at ODU* Sokol Dixon Henderson Turner Smith T. Taylor Danielsen Carter Wixson Brunson Bell Nov. 29 Rice* Sokol Dixon Griffin Turner Lee T. Taylor Danielsen Carter Wixson Greenwalt Bell Dec. 6 at Marshall^ Sokol Craft Griffin Turner T. Taylor Gaston (TE) Danielsen Mahaffey Wixson Greenwalt Robinson Dec. 26 vs. Illinois& Sokol Dixon Henderson Turner T. Taylor Gaines Danielsen Mahaffey Wixson Greenwalt Robinson

    Date Opponent DE DT DT DE LB LB LB S S CB CB Aug. 30 at Oklahoma Bates Brooks Butler Dora Villemez T. Johnson Pinson Brice Woods A. Barnes Liggins Sept. 6 at UL-Lafayette Bates McKinney Butler Dora Villemez T. Johnson Fitte Brice Woods A. Barnes Liggins Sept. 11 at North Texas* Bates McKinney Butler A. Taylor Fitte T. Johnson Pinson Brice Woods A. Barnes Liggins Sept. 20 Northwestern State Bates A. Brown Butler A. Taylor Villemez T. Johnson Pinson Brice Woods A. Barnes Liggins Sept. 27 at Auburn Bates A. Brown Butler A. Taylor Villemez T. Johnson Pinson Brice Woods A. Barnes Liggins Oct. 4 UTEP* Bates A. Brown Butler A. Taylor Villemez T. Johnson Pinson Brice Woods A. Barnes Liggins Oct. 18 UTSA* Bates A. Brown Butler Dora Farris T. Johnson Pinson Brice Woods A. Barnes Liggins Oct. 25 at Southern Miss* Bates A. Brown Butler Dora Villemez T. Johnson Pinson Brice Woods A. Barnes Liggins Nov. 1 WKU* Bates A. Brown Butler Dora Villemez T. Johnson Pinson Brice Woods A. Barnes Liggins Nov. 8 at UAB* Bates A. Brown Butler Dora Villemez T. Johnson Pinson Brice Woods A. Barnes Liggins Nov. 22 at ODU* Bates Grogan (DB) Butler Dora Villemez T. Johnson Pinson Brice Woods A. Barnes Liggins Nov. 29 Rice* Bates A. Brown Butler Dora Villemez T. Johnson Pinson Brice Woods A. Barnes Liggins Dec. 6 at Marshall^ Bates Brooks Butler Dora Villemez Thomason Abraham (N) Brice Woods A. Barnes Liggins Dec. 26 vs. Illinois& Bates McKinney Butler Dora Villemez Thomason Cleveland Brice Woods A. Barnes Liggins