2016 Western Connecticut State University Football Roster 9/8/16 No. Name Yr. Pos. Hgt. Wgt. Hometown/High School

2016 Western Connecticut State University Football Roster 9/8/16
No. Name Yr. Pos. Hgt. Wgt. Hometown/High School

1 Aaron Jibril Fr. CB 6-1 192 Clinton, CT/Morgan

2 Jawad Chisholm Jr. WR 6-0 175 Bridgeport, CT/Bunnell

3 Kamahl Valentine Sr. LB 5-10 185 Windsor, CT/Windsor

4 Bobby Durham Sr. CB 6-0 202 New Haven, CT/Wilbur Cross

5 Bryan Ballenilla Jr. DE 6-2 225 Waterbury, CT/Wilby

6 Quinn Fleeting Jr. QB 6-0 180 Windsor, CT/Windsor

7 Ryan Jarzavek So. CB 5-8 175 Cromwell, CT/Cromwell

8 Stephan Walker Sr. DE 6-2 205 New Canaan, CT/New Canaan

9 Dominique Carr Jr. LB 6-2 220 Hartford, CT/Cromwell

10 Nick Crowley Jr. LB 6-0 180 Bristol, CT/Bristol Eastern

11 Michael Nicol Sr. QB 6-2 220 Wolcott, CT/Wolcott

12 Brennen Diaz Sr. FS 5-11 187 Oxford, CT/Oxford

13 Austin Calamita So. WR 6-0 205 North Branford, CT/North Branford

14 Michael Washington Sr. DB 6-0 175 New Haven, CT/Hillhouse

15 Anthony Meola Sr. DB 5-9 165 Cranston, RI/Cranston West

16 Kevin Parker Fr. WR 6-3 197 Jersey City, NJ/Marist High

17 Kareem Patterson Sr. DB 5-10 200 Milton, MA/Milton

18 Eddie Miller So. WR 5-10 185 North Branford, CT/North Branford

19 Jack Lago So. DB 6-0 184 Newtown, CT/Newtown

20 Brad Olmstead Fr. LB 5-9 190 Wallingford, CT/Sheehan

21 Alec Wrieth Sr. LB 6-3 230 Lindenhurst, NY/Lindenhurst

22 Khalil Patterson So. RB 5-9 175 Hartford, CT/Hartford Public

23 Jarius Bailey Fr. CB 5-10 185 Cromwell, CT/Cromwell

24 Kevin Maxen So. LB 5-10 228 Southbury, CT/Pomperaug

25 Equan Brooks Jr. DB 5-9 171 Bridgeport, CT/Bullard-Havens

26 Tariq Crumbley Fr. CB 6-1 176 Stamford, CT/Westhill

27 Austin Thornberg Fr. DB 5-11 170 East Haven, CT/East Haven

28 Christopher Mathews So. RB 5-9 184 Waterbury, CT/Crosby

29 Tucker Bachand Sr. LS 5-9 220 Newington, CT/St. Paul

30 Maxwell Oney Fr. FB 5-11 205 East Hartford, CT/East Hartford

31 Stevie Swinson So. RB 5-5 140 New Haven, CT/Wilbur Cross

32 Jaret DeVellis So. RB 5-5 186 Newtown, CT/Newtown

33 Randal Graham Sr. RB 5-11 230 Brooklyn, NY/Weaver

34 Douglas Katz Jr. DB 5-11 180 Monroe, CT/Masuk

35 Parker Tregoning Fr. RB 5-7 172 Durham, CT/Coginchaug Regional

36 Brian Birdsell Sr. LB 5-10 225 Bethel, CT/Bethel

37 Jordan D’Onofrio Fr. PK/P 6-0 168 Orange, CT/Amity Regional

38 Thomas Day Sr. FB 6-3 210 Tolland, CT/Tolland

39 Anthony Esposito Fr. RB 5-9 203 Wallingford, CT/Lyman Hall

40 Derek Jones So. LB 6-0 222 Middletown, CT/Xavier

41 Logan Danville Fr. LB 5-11 192 Milford, CT/Jonathan Law

42 Robert Garcia Fr. PK 5-8 198 Manchester, CT/Manchester

43 Connor Conforto Fr. OL 6-4 228 Tolland, CT/East Catholic

44 Ronald Hubbard Fr. LB 5-11 175 Shelton, CT/Shelton

45 Zachary Connolly Fr. LB 5-11 225 New Britain, CT/New Britain

46 Matthew Daddona Fr. LB 6-2 233 Watertown, CT/Watertown

47 Kevin Bortnick So. LB 5-10 214 Stratford, CT/Notre Dame-Fairfield

48 Philip Olmstead Fr. LB 5-11 207 Wolcott, CT/Wolcott

49 Will Dorvilier Fr. LB 5-10 231 Stamford, CT/Trinity Catholic

50 Jalen Miller Jr. LB 6-0 215 Mount Vernon, NY/Cardinal Spellman

51 Eric Collodel Jr. LB 5-10 215 Prospect, CT/Woodland Regional

52 Bryan Kearney Fr. DE 6-4 215 Hamden, CT/Hamden

53 Vincent Sementilli Fr. OG 5-10 300 Milford, CT/Jonathan Law

54 Deondrew Regisford Fr. LB 6-0 220 Tolland, CT/Tolland

55 James Nardi Jr. OL 6-0 250 Southington, CT/Southington

56 Jared Willsey So. DT 6-0 250 Bethel, CT/Bethel

57 Aaron Young Fr. DL 6-1 321 Stamford, CT/Westhill

58 Spencer Foley Fr. LB 5-9 215 Fairfield, CT/Fairfield Ludlow

59 Justin Gray Jr. OL 6-3 285 Simsbury, CT/Simsbury

60 John Tandalo So. OL 5-9 375 North Haven, CT/North Haven

61 Dean Zacchio Fr. OL 5-11 285 Avon, CT/Avon

62 Luis Maturna Fr. OL 6-2 290 Norwalk, CT/Norwalk

63 Morgan Smith Fr. DE 6-0 267 Killingworth, CT/Haddam-Killingworth

64 James Lavery Fr. OL 6-2 318 Newington, CT/Newington

65 Elijah Lewis Fr. OL 6-0 315 Windsor, CT/Windsor

66 Kobe Covington Fr. DL 6-1 350 Torrington, CT/Torrington

67 Matthew Goralski Fr. OL 6-0 280 Unionville, CT/Farmington

68 Matthew Gilday Sr. OL 6-2 270 Colchester, CT/Bacon Academy

69 Michael Brehon Jr. OL 6-1 315 New Haven, CT/Wilbur Cross

70 Vincent DeLucca Jr. OL 6-1 295 Haskell, NJ/Lakeland Regional

71 Hal Haller So. OL 6-5 244 Shelton, CT/Shelton

72 Gabriel Johnson So. OL 6-2 325 Hamden, CT/Hamden

73 Matthew Zelanin Fr. OL 6-3 288 Shelton, CT/Shelton

74 Jordan Soldinger Jr. OL 6-3 305 Bayshore, NY/Bayshore

75 Robert Reis Fr. OL 6-1 258 Newington, CT/Newington

76 Joseph Magnoli Jr. OL 6-4 313 Norwalk, CT/Brien McMahon

77 Darius Fogle Jr. OL 6-3 274 Norwalk, CT/Norwalk

78 Jake Richters Fr. DL 5-11 295 Enfield, CT/Enrico Fermi

79 Anthony Barbieri Fr. OL 5-11 286 Watertown, CT/Watertown

80 Malik Ward Fr. WR 6-0 170 Bloomfield, CT/Prince Tech

81 Zachary Mancini Fr. WR 5-8 185 Torrington, CT/Torrington

82 Roosevelt Ward Jr. WR 6-2 205 Bridgeport, CT/Bridgeport Intl Acad.

84 Mi-Cha-El West So. WR 6-1 190 New Haven, CT/Wilbur Cross

85 Devon Hazel Jr. WR 5-9 165 Hartford, CT/Hartford

86 Charles Gaskin Fr. WR 6-2 197 New Britain, CT/New Britain

87 Matthew O’Connor Jr. TE 6-1 240 Southington, CT/Southington

88 Dimitrios Tsesmetzis Jr. TE 6-6 235 Hopewell Junction, NY/John Jay

89 Lucas DeSouza Fr. WR 5-11 190 Bridgeport, CT/Bridgeport Central

90 Thomas Ullmann Sr. DE 6-3 193 East Hartford, CT/Granby Memorial

91 Christian Wheeler Fr. DE 6-0 225 Vernon, CT/Rockville

92 Dennis Flanagan Sr. DL 6-2 230 Orange, CT/Amity Regional

93 Michael Siwek Jr. DL 5-11 224 North Haven, CT/North Haven

94 Justin Ames Fr. OL/P 6-1 250 Ellington, CT/Ellington

95 Haywood Alexander So. DL 5-11 258 Stamford, CT/Westhill

96 Shawan Brown Fr. DT 5-11 270 Hempstead, NY/Hempstead

97 Devin Gilbert Fr. DL 6-3 260 Stafford Springs, CT/Stafford Springs

98 Malik Dawkins Fr. DL 6-2 287 Stamford, CT/Westhill

99 Michael Kaiser So. DT 6-0 260 Northford, CT/North Branford

1 D Shelby Acquah-Franklin Fr. WR 5-9 179 Northford, CT/North Branford

3 D Adrian Aviles So. WR 5-7 153 Bronx, NY/Cardinal Spellman

4 D David James Jr. QB 6-1 205 Stamford, CT/Henry Abbott Tech

5 D Tom Balacki So. QB 6-1 195 Huntington, CT/John Glenn

6 D Justin Witherspoon Fr. CB 6-0 166 Waterbury, CT/Holy Cross

12 D Liam Stutzman Fr. QB 6-0 178 King of Prussia, PA/Upper Merion

15 D Matt Kane Fr. QB 6-0 185 Manorville, NY/Eastport-South Manor

16 D Steven McKenzie-Dunn Fr. WR 5-9 160 Bloomfield, CT/Bloomfield

19 D Tom Gallagher So. FB 5-9 210 North Haven, CT/North Haven

20 D Phillip Whittaker Jr. RB 6-0 205 Lauderdale Lakes, FL/Cardinal Gibbons

21 D Christian Henriquez So. DB 5-7 175 East Rutherford, NJ/Becton Regional

22 D Mirajsh Barnes So. DB 5-7 158 Hartford, CT/Pathways

23 D Troy Thomas So. WR 5-10 178 White Plains, NY/White Plains

25 D Maleek Brooks Fr. SS 6-1 200 Naugatuck, CT/Naugatuck

29 D Kyle McKinnon Jr. RB 5-11 225 New London, CT/New London

42 D Isaiah Thomasson Sr. LB 5-10 216 El Paso, TX/Maloney

52 D Jordan Fletcher Fr. DE 6-2 230 Manchester, CT/Manchester

53 D James Hilbie Jr. DE 6-0 215 Oakdale, CT/Montville

54 D Nicholas Acquanita Fr. OG 6-0 280 Brookfield, CT/Brookfield

55 D Quintin Rollins Fr. DL 6-0 250 Bridgeport, CT/Fairchild Wheeler

57 D Brendon Ahern Fr. OL 6-0 267 Milford, CT/Jonathan Law

61 D Christopher Marganski Fr. OL 6-0 320 Ansonia, CT/O’Brien Tech

62 D Savion Waldemar So. OL 6-2 269 Mount Vernon, NY/Cardinal Spellman

70 D Nicholas Defaranos Fr. LS/C 6-0 230 East Haven, CT/East Haven

72 D Cole Picard Fr. OL 6-2 315 Essex, VT/Essex

84 D Javon Johnson Fr. QB 6-0 160 Meriden, CT/Wilcox Tech

88 D Emmanuel Clarke Fr. TE 6-4 201 East Quogue, NY/Quogue

89 D Brian Carroll Fr. WR 5-7 175 Franklin Square, NY/Valley Stream No.

90 D Aleksander Kocaqi Fr. LB 6-0 222 Rocky Hill, CT/Rocky Hill

91 D Dillan Murray Fr. DE 6-0 221 Hartford, CT/Capital Prep

93 D Chianta Holtzclaw Jr. DE 6-2 195 Stamford, CT/Westhill

99 D DaeVon McFarlane Fr. DE 6-0 283 Bronx, NY/Danbury

Captains: Bobby Durham, Michael Nichol and Jordan Soldinger

Head Coach: Joe Loth (Fifth Season)

Assistants - Responsibility: Drew Owens – Associate Head Coach/Offensive Coordinator/Offensive Line; Dave Kunys- Defensive Coordinator; Chuck Lynch- Running Backs; Mike Lago, Sr- Tight Ends/Fullback; Mike Lago, Jr- Special Teams Coordinator/Defensive Backs; Keith Tautkus- Assistant Defensive Line; Tom Broshardt- Wide Receivers/Recruiting Coordinator; Riis Lane- Assistant Offensive Line; Kevin Jones- Defensive Line; Eric Crandall- Co-Defensive Coordinator/Linebackers/Academic Coordinator; Mike DeRasmo- Mindset Coach