Who is Returning For 2009

[Col Hogan]

Looking over the CAA Spring Press Guide, there's some interesting facts and figures

RETURNING STARTERS (Offensive/Defensive)

1. Hofstra 9/9 18
2. URI 8/9 17
3. Richmond 7/9 16
4. Towson 8/8 16
5. Villanova 8/7 15
6. William & Mary 7/8 15
7. UMass 8/6 14
8. JMU 7/6 13
9. Maine 8/5 13
10. Northeastern 5/7 12
11. UNH 4/8 12
12. Delaware 5/6 11

RETURNING LETTERMEN

1. UMass 53
2. JMU 51
3. Richmond 51
4. Northeastern 48
5. Towson 44
6. Hofstra 43
7. Maine 39
8. William & Mary 39
9. Delaware 38
10. Rhode Island 36
11. New Hampshire 36
12. Villanova 31

MOST LETTERMEN LOST

1. Delaware 22
2. JMU 18
3. UMass 17
4. Hofstra 17
5. Maine 15
6. UNH 14
7. Richmond 14
8. Towson 14
9. Northeastern 13
10. URI 12
11. William & Mary 11
12. Villanova 10

How about your team/conference???

[grizzaholic]

Monte......Enough said:

[ChetSteadman]

I'll see your Monte, and raise you a Payton

[Tribe4SF]

Looking over the CAA Spring Press Guide, there's some interesting facts and figures

RETURNING STARTERS (Offensive/Defensive)

1. Hofstra 9/9 18
2. URI 8/9 17
3. Richmond 7/9 16
4. Towson 8/8 16
5. Villanova 8/7 15
6. William & Mary 7/8 15
7. UMass 8/6 14
8. JMU 7/6 13
9. Maine 8/5 13
10. Northeastern 5/7 12
11. UNH 4/8 12
12. Delaware 5/6 11

RETURNING LETTERMEN

1. UMass 53
2. JMU 51
3. Richmond 51
4. Northeastern 48
5. Towson 44
6. Hofstra 43
7. Maine 39
8. William & Mary 39
9. Delaware 38
10. Rhode Island 36
11. New Hampshire 36
12. Villanova 31

MOST LETTERMEN LOST

1. Delaware 22
2. JMU 18
3. UMass 17
4. Hofstra 17
5. Maine 15
6. UNH 14
7. Richmond 14
8. Towson 14
9. Northeastern 13
10. URI 12
11. William & Mary 11
12. Villanova 10

How about your team/conference???

The lettermen numbers are always misleading. Different schools have different criteria for awarding letters. Number of letters awarded last year ranged from 70 at UMass, to 41 at Villanova.

[bluehenbillk]

You're right, a lot of those #'s are misleading. UD loses it's QB's, maybe the worst in school history & brings in a guy that should be the FCS newcomer of the year, that's a tradeoff I'll take.

[DukeJack]

Not sure when the press guide came out, but JMU is now only returning 6 on offense and 5 on defense.

[houndawg]

SIU - 7 0/10 D

[skinny_uncle]

SIU - 7 0/10 D

Ya beat me to it, houndawg.

Details:

Returning Offensive Starters (7)
No. Name Pos. Ht. Wt. Cl.-Yr. 2008 Notables
4 Marc Cheatham WR 6-2 213 Sr.-5th MVFC All-Newcomer Team; Honorable Mention All-MVFC.
5 Chris Dieker QB 6-5 227 Jr.-4th Honorable Mention All-MVFC.
37 John Goode FB 6-2 224 So.-3rd MVFC All-Newcomer Team; Honorable Mention All-MVFC.
52 Mike Nitti OT 6-4 290 Sr.-5th Started 10 games between right and left tackle.
64 David Pickard OT 6-5 277 So.-3rd Started eight games at left tackle.
75 Shawn Smith OT 6-4 281 Sr.-5th Started every game at right guard.
86 Ryan Kernes TE 6-3 240 Sr.-4th Honorable Mention All-MVFC; First-Team Academic All-MVFC.


Returning Defensive Starters (9)
No. Name Pos. Ht. Wt. Cl.-Yr. 2008 Notables
3 Chauncey Mixon OLB 6-1 221 Sr.-5th Second-Team All-MVFC.
6 Brandon Williams CB 5-10 178 Sr.-5th Started 11 games.
8 Marty Rodgers S 5-10 184 Sr.-4th Second-Team All-MVFC.
10 Brandin Jordan ILB 5-11 230 Sr.-5th First-Team All-MVFC.
24 Korey Lindsey CB 6-0 187 Jr.-3rd First-Team All-MVFC; Third-Team Sports Network FCS All-American.
26 Mike McElroy S 6-1 199 Jr.-3rd Second-Team Academic All-MVFC.
32 Chance Coda DE 6-2 240 So.-3rd Started every game at defensive end.
43 Ryan Patton ILB 6-1 220 Sr.-5th First-Team Academic All-MVFC.
90 Chris Arthurs NT 6-0 285 Sr.-4th Honorable Mention All-MVFC.

Returning Specialists (2)
No. Name Pos. Ht. Wt. Cl.-Yr. 2008 Notables
15 Kyle Dougherty K 5-10 177 Jr.-3rd Honorable Mention All-MVFC.
97 Scott Ravanesi P 6-0 196 Sr.-4th First-Team All-MVFC.


Returning Statistical Leaders
Rushing
No. Name GP/GS Att. Yds Avg./Carry TDs
27 Richard White 11/0 78 343 4.4 4
Passing
No. Name GP/GS Cmp-Att-Int Yds Avg. TDs
5 Chris Dieker 12/12 186-326-10 2083 173.6 16
Receiving
No. Name GP/GS No. Yds Avg./C Avg./G TDs
4 Marc Cheatham 12/8 29 369 12.7 30.8 2
Defense
No. Name GP/GS S-A-Total Int Sacks TFL-Yds
8 Marty Rodgers 11/10 49-33-82 2 0 6.5-22
10 Brandin Jordan 11/10 42-39-81 1 3 7.0-31

[Col Hogan]

Looking over the CAA Spring Press Guide, there's some interesting facts and figures

RETURNING STARTERS (Offensive/Defensive)

1. Hofstra 9/9 18
2. URI 8/9 17
3. Richmond 7/9 16
4. Towson 8/8 16
5. Villanova 8/7 15
6. William & Mary 7/8 15
7. UMass 8/6 14
8. JMU 7/6 13
9. Maine 8/5 13
10. Northeastern 5/7 12
11. UNH 4/8 12
12. Delaware 5/6 11

RETURNING LETTERMEN

1. UMass 53
2. JMU 51
3. Richmond 51
4. Northeastern 48
5. Towson 44
6. Hofstra 43
7. Maine 39
8. William & Mary 39
9. Delaware 38
10. Rhode Island 36
11. New Hampshire 36
12. Villanova 31

MOST LETTERMEN LOST

1. Delaware 22
2. JMU 18
3. UMass 17
4. Hofstra 17
5. Maine 15
6. UNH 14
7. Richmond 14
8. Towson 14
9. Northeastern 13
10. URI 12
11. William & Mary 11
12. Villanova 10

How about your team/conference???

The lettermen numbers are always misleading. Different schools have different criteria for awarding letters. Number of letters awarded last year ranged from 70 at UMass, to 41 at Villanova.

Good point, Tribe, about the lettermen...it was an interesting stat and I grabbed it, but you are spot on that it's not a great indicator.....

[AZGrizFan]

I'll be here.