A Rising Storm in the North | Cheese's Eastern Michigan Dynasty

[Cheese2121]

Prologue:
Most of you already know me but for those who don't I am Cheese2121. I am an avid football fan. I follow the Virginia Tech Hokies, Buffalo Bills and the Atlanta Falcons. I will be taking on the persona of Dan Clayton (this is not my real name) the new head coach at Eastern Michigan. I love doing these projects and I have definitely learned a lot and continue to do so. I was a longtime lurker on VSN and on the sportsgamer forums before that. I've always enjoyed reading franchise stories dating back to the RockUrSocks's Raiders and Bucs franchises. As always any constructive criticism is welcome, I am constantly searching for new ways to improve my franchise reporting. I am doing this for my enjoyment and hope that you will enjoy it as well. I will warn you right now, updates may be incredibly slow at times as I am in veterinary school and some weeks can barely find time to breathe. That being said, I do intend on keeping this going for a long time. I have been inspired by many of you and in turn would like to extend a special thank you to the following users: Deegeezy, Tearz49ers, Woy, RockUrSocks, mjhyankees, JohnnyU, Matt10, mfbmike, Lumpkin, G-Force, ChillCavern, DJ Rhude, Dal Reborn, and many many more. I would also like to thank brady2moss, Agent, franchise and blorbz1 for putting together all of my banners. As always guys, give me a chance to post my introduction things before posting, I'll let you know when. Without any further ado I would like to welcome you to A Rising Storm in the North | Cheese's Eastern Michigan Dynasty...Thank you for following and I hope you enjoy.



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Disclaimer: The following story lines, game results, etc. are purely fictitious and are for entertainment purposes only. Any fictitious story/article posted that any person(s) from Eastern Michigan University or the NCAA feels is inappropriate will be taken down immediately upon request.

[Cheese2121]

Dynasty House Rules

Dynasty Rule Book

Personal Statement
This franchise will be as realistic as I can possibly make it. Almost all of my settings will be on Heisman. I chose Eastern Michigan for a variety of reasons. Most of my family comes from the Michigan area and has close ties /works at both Michigan State and the University of Michigan. I wanted the challenge of a truly struggling program that has never known winning in recent years. Toss in the added possibility of some inclement weather and needless to say the storylines are already beginning to write themselves in my mind. As I said in the prologue, sometimes updates could be very slow due to school and a million other things. Don't expect lots of games to be churned out quickly. I would much rather take my time. This report will be about quality before quantity. Please don't bash others in my thread. I welcome criticism as always but I would like not to have arguments and such going on in here. I am a very laid back guy and am not here to argue/fight with anyone. I would love to hear your opinions/criticisms but I don't want people getting attacked on my thread. This is for fun, let's try to keep it that way. Thank you for following and once again welcome and I hope you enjoy.

Why NCAA ’12: If you have followed my work in the past, you may remember I actually ran an Eastern Michigan dynasty on NCAA ’12 back in the day. However, it was never completed and was always a story I felt still had a lot left to give. Rather than resume the series, I have decided to completely restart it (i.e. all of this is new and from scratch). NCAA ’12 is one of my favorite football games of all time and I have settings that seem to work great for me. I still get chills when the intro video comes…. “Another season is upon us…”

Dynasty Settings

Game:NCAA 12 on Xbox 360
Skill Level: Heisman
Recruiting Difficulty: Heisman
Sliders: See rules amendment log.
Quarter Length: 9 minutes
Game Speed: Normal
Speed Threshold: 25
Penalty Sliders: Default
ALL EMU GAMES WILL BE PLAYED NO SIMMING


Recruiting Rules

-There will be no firm restrictions on who can and cannot be recruited initially. It is the hope that with the recruiting difficulty set on Heisman, it will be extremely difficult to have unrealistic recruiting classes. Keeping in mind that Eastern Michigan should have a very difficult time landing strong recruits.

-If it is clear, that recruiting has become too easy for the user than restrictions will be implemented as to how many players of each caliber can be recruited and what the interest level must be.

-As a general rule of thumb, when recruiting I will target positions of need and hometown/pipeline players first. A strong emphasis will be placed on recruiting realistically (ie. I won't be going after the 5-Star running back from Texas who has no interest in me initially). If I don't have a kicker for next year, chances are he will be near the top of my board, etc. I will almost always target only players who have some level of interest in my school already.

Redshirting

- Redshirts can be used at my discretion, although keeping with the emphasis on realism. Redshirts will rarely be used on players other than freshmen.

Players Leaving/Transferring

- Players can leave and transfer to my school without interference. That is to say, if a player wants to leave he cannot be talked into staying and all transfers in will be accepted.

-No player may be talked into staying who wishes to leave for the NFL draft.

Rules Amendment Log
-Season 3 (2013): Recruiting and scheduling restrictions implemented allowing for only ten players on the recruiting board at one time. See post #340 for full breakdown.

-Season 5 (2015) prior to Bowl Game: Sliders increased for CPU, QB accuracy (50), pass blocking (60), WR catching (60), RB ability (60), run blocking (65), pass coverage (60), pass rush (60), interceptions (45), rush defense (70), tackling (60), FG accuracy (60), punt accuracy (60)

-Season 7 (2017) prior to Game 4: Quarter length increased from 8 minutes to 9 minutes in order to increase the total number of plays per game.

[Cheese2121]

Career Records Under D.J. Clayton

Career Records Under Head Coach Dan Clayton



Head Coach Dan Clayton

Career Record: (63-19)
Longest Win Streak: 16
Bowl Record: (3-3)
Record vs Top 25: (6-9)
Average Recruiting Class Rank: 42.83
Top 25 Recruiting Classes: 3
Coach of the Year Awards: 2
Heisman Award Winners: 1
Other Award Winners: 12
All American Players: 12


Season Recaps:

Eastern Michigan Season Recaps
Year	Record	Result	Final Ranking
2011	10-4	Won GoDaddy.com Bowl	Unranked (Top50)
2012	8-5	Lost Little Caesars Pizza Bowl	Unranked (52nd)
2013	11-3	Won GoDaddy.com Bowl	20th
2014	11-2	Won Humanitarian Bowl	10th
2015	13-1	Lost National Championship	4th
2016	10-4	Lost Capital One Bowl	20th

Conference Championships (years they were won): 3 (2011, 2013, 2015)

*Eastern Michigan moved from the Mid-American Conference to the Big Ten conference at the start of the 2016 season.


National Championships (years they were won): 0


Record vs. Rivals:
University of Michigan: (3-3)
Central Michigan: (6-0)
Western Michigan: (4-1)


Bowl Results:

Eastern Michigan Bowl Results
Year	Bowl	Opponent	Result
2011	GoDaddy.com Bowl	FIU	Won 38-21
2012	Little Caesars Pizza Bowl	Boston College	Lost 14-51
2013	GoDaddy.com Bowl	UL Lafayette	Won 49-10
2014	Humanitarian Bowl	Idaho	Won 42-16
2015	BCS National Championship	TCU	Lost 33-44
2016	Capital One Bowl	Ole Miss	Lost 24-31

Coach Clayton's ESPN Instant Classics
1. Season 4 (2014) | Eastern Michigan 45 Western Michigan 38 | Greatest Game Score: 2313
2. Season 7 (2017) | Eastern Michigan 52 Penn State 45 | Greatest Game Score: 1512
3. Season 4 (2014) | Purdue 31 Eastern Michigan 38 | Greatest Game Score: 1435
4. Season 6 (2016) | Northwestern 41 Eastern Michigan 44 | Greatest Game Score: 1414
5. Season 2 (2012) | Temple 35 Eastern Michigan 38 | Greatest Game Score: 1101
6. Season 2 (2012) | Northern Illinois 45 Eastern Michigan 52 | Greatest Game Score: 1041
7. Season 1 (2011) | Eastern Michigan 28 Northern Illinois 24 | Greatest Game Score: 919
8. Season 7 (2017) | Pittsburgh 43 Eastern Michigan 37 | Greatest Game Score: 768
9. Season 4 (2014) | Eastern Michigan 35 Michigan 28 | Greatest Game Score: 759
10. Season 3 (2013) | Army 27 Eastern Michigan 31 | Greatest Game Score: 697
11. Season 2 (2012) | Eastern Michigan 23 Western Michigan 26 | Greatest Game Score: 584
12. Season 3 (2013) | Kent State 31 Eastern Michigan 34 | Greatest Game Score: 552
13. Season 1 (2011) | Eastern Michigan 42 Toledo 46 | Greatest Game Score: 430

[Cheese2121]

Individual Player Awards/Honors

School Single Game / Season / Career Records

*Bold indicates records achieved during Coach Clayton's tenure

Passing:
Passing TD (Career): Mark Iannotti (2011-2015) - 67
Passing TD (Season): Charlie Batch (1997) - 23
Passing TD (Game): Kainoa Akina (2001) - 6
Passing YDS (Career): Walter Church (1996-2000) - 9142
Passing YDS (Season): Charlie Batch (1997) - 3280
Passing YDS (Game): Walter Church (1996) - 450

Rushing:
Rushing TD (Career): Robert Thomas (2012-2015) - 63
Rushing TD (Season): Robert Thomas (2015) - 22
Rushing TD (Game): Dominique Sherrer (2011) - 5
Rushing YDS (Career): Robert Thomas (2012-2015) - 6394
Rushing YDS (Season): Robert Thomas (2015) - 1996
Rushing YDS (Game): Larry Radcliff (1971) - 291

Receiving:
Receiving TD (Career): Nick Vaughn (2012-2015) - 36
Receiving TD (Season): Eric Deslauriers (2004) - 13
Receiving TD (Game): Eric Deslauriers (2004) - 4
Receiving YDS (Career): Eric Deslauriers (2003-2006) - 3250
Receiving YDS (Season): Kevin Walter (2002) - 1368
Receptions (Career): Eric Deslauriers (2003-2006) - 248
Receptions (Season): Kevin Walter (2002) - 93
Receptions (Game): Kenny Christian (2000) - 20

Defense:
Interceptions (Career) - Joe Clinton (1966-1969) - 20
Interceptions (Season) - Bob Navarro (1989) - 12
Interceptions (Game) - Bob Navarro (1989) - 3
Sacks (Career) - Tremayne Smith (2012-2015) - 43.0
Sacks (Season) - Tremayne Smith (2012) - 12.5
Sacks (Game) - Michael Coleman (2016) - 5.0

Individual Player Awards/Honors

2011:
HB Corey Welch (Returner of the Year Award) (First Team All American) (All-MAC First Team)
HB Dominique Sherrer (All-MAC First Team)
WR Kinsman Thomas (All-MAC First Team)
LE Brad Ohrman (All-MAC First Team)
RE Javon Reese (All-MAC First Team)
DT Brandon Slater (All-MAC First Team)

2012:
CB Kelip Goodwin (Returner of the Year Award) (First Team All American) (All-MAC First Team)
HB Robert Thomas (Freshman All American)
WR Nick Vaughn (Freshman All American) (All-MAC First Team)
DT Tremayne Smith (Freshman All American) (All-MAC First Team)
MLB Colin Weingrad (All-MAC First Team)
DE Andy Mulumba (All-MAC Second Team)
SS Alex Bellfy (All-MAC Second Team)

2013:
WR Reggie Johnson (Returner of the Year Award) (First Team All American) (Freshman All American) (All-MAC First Team)
HB Joel Humphrey (Freshman All American) (All-MAC First Team)
CB Wes Dunlap (Freshman All American) (All-MAC Second Team)
PK Larry Taylor (Freshman All American) (All-MAC First Team)
DT Tremayne Smith (All-MAC First Team)
MLB Colin Weingrad (All-MAC First Team)
CB Kelip Goodwin (All-MAC First Team)
SS Chris Dunlap (All-MAC First Team)
HB Robert Thomas (All-MAC Second Team)
WR Nick Vaughn (All-MAC Second Team)
DT Chris Carey (All-MAC Second Team)
FS Sean Cotton (All-MAC Second Team)

2014:
HB Robert Thomas (Walter Camp Award) (Doak Walker Award) (First Team All American) (All-MAC First Team)
WR Reggie Johnson (Returner of the Year Award) (First Team All American) (All-MAC First Team)
FS Albert McDaniel (Freshman All American)
DT Tremayne Smith (All-MAC First Team)
PK Larry Taylor (All-MAC First Team)
HB Brian Parks (All-MAC Second Team)
WR Nick Vaughn (All-MAC Second Team)
CB Wes Dunlap (All-MAC Second Team)
SS Chris Dunlap (All-MAC Second Team)

2015:
HB Robert Thomas (Heisman Memorial Trophy) (Doak Walker Award) (First Team All American) (All-MAC First Team)
HB Kevin Singleton (Freshman All American) (All-MAC Second Team)
LOLB Tony McDaniel (Freshman All American)
P Emmanuel Smith (Freshman All American) (All-MAC First Team)
HB Joel Humphrey (All-MAC First Team)
WR Nick Vaughn (All-MAC First Team)
C J.J. Jackson (All-MAC First Team)
RG Alex Wesley (All-MAC First Team)
DT Tremayne Smith (All-MAC First Team)
DT Michael Coleman (All-MAC First Team)
CB Wes Dunlap (All-MAC First Team)
FS Albert McDaniel (All-MAC First Team)
WR Reggie Johnson (All-MAC First Team)
LT Jack Williams (All-MAC Second Team)
LG Lawrence Miranda (All-MAC Second Team)
MLB Derrick Jones (All-MAC Second Team)
CB Jeremy Ernst (All-MAC Second Team)
SS Chris Dunlap (All-MAC Second Team)

2016:
ROLB Tony Sharp (Chuck Bednarik Award) (LB of the Year Award)(First Team All American) (All-Big Ten First Team)
PK Larry Taylor (Lou Groza Award) (First Team All American) (All-Big Ten First Team)
HB Anthony Davis Jr. (Returner of the Year) (First Team All American) (Freshman All American) (All-Big Ten First Team)
LE Mike Mackey (Second Team All American) (All-Big Ten First Team)
SS Bobby Graham (Second Team All American) (All-Big Ten First Team)
WR Rodney Thomas (Freshman All American) (All-Big Ten First Team)
RE Kevin Phillips (Freshman All American)
DT Mike Holloway (Freshman All American) (All-Big Ten Second Team)
DT Michael Coleman (All-Big Ten First Team)
FS Albert McDaniel (All-Big Ten First Team)
HB Kevin Singleton (All-Big Ten Second Team)
MLB Derrick Jones (All-Big Ten Second Team)
CB Wes Dunlap (All-Big Ten Second Team)

[Cheese2121]

NCAA Yearly News

NCAA Yearly News

Mid-American Conference Champions:

2011: Eastern Michigan (10-4, 7-2)
2012: Western Michigan (12-2, 9-0)
2013: Eastern Michigan (11-3, 8-1)
2014: Kent State (11-3, 8-1)
2015: Eastern Michigan (13-1, 9-0)





Big Ten Conference Champions:
*Eastern Michigan moved from the Mid-American Conference to the Big Ten conference at the start of the 2016 season.

2011: Ohio State (10-4, 7-2)
2012: Ohio State (11-3, 7-2)
2013: Ohio State (11-3, 7-2)
2014: Wisconsin (13-1, 8-1)
2015: Iowa (10-4, 7-2)
2016: Ohio State (11-3, 8-2)




BCS National Champions:

2011: Boise State (13-0, 7-0)
2012: LSU (13-1, 8-1)
2013: Florida (11-3, 7-2)
2014: Wisconsin (13-1, 8-1)
2015: TCU (14-0, 9-0)
2016: Florida (12-2, 8-1)




Heisman Trophy Winners:

2011: HB Matthew Tucker (jr) - 254 car, 1408 yards, 5.5 average, 17 TDs; 27 rec, 468 yards, 5 TDs
2012: HB Eddie Lacy (rs-jr) - 322 car, 2377 yards, 7.3 average, 27 TDs; 20 rec, 133 yards, 1 TD
2013: QB Dustin Maines (rs-sr) - 230-378, 3604 yards, 192 car, 828 yards, 48 total TDs
2014: QB Kyle Boehm (rs-jr) - 438-735, 7316 yards, 70 TDs
2015: HB Robert Thomas (sr) - 302 car, 1992 yards, 6.5 average, 22 TDs; 5 rec, 12 yards, 0 TDs
2016: HB Joey Lopez (sr) - 223 car, 1812 yards, 8.1 average, 18 TDs; 11 rec, 202 yards, 2 TDs

[Cheese2121]

ESPN: D.J. Clayton Hired as EMU Head Coach

Updated: July 13, 2011 1:16 PM

Athletic Director Michael Gragg announced on Wednesday the hiring of D.J. Clayton to take over as head coach of Eastern Michigan.



Clayton Replaces English as Eastern Michigan Head Football Coach

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By Brian Bennett
ESPN.com
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YPSILANTI, Mich. – New head coach D.J. Clayton knows he has a monumental task ahead of him as he attempts to rebuild a program that hasn't had a winning season in 13 years and who's last bowl appearance was in 1987.

Few have been successful with the Eagles football program, which most recently saw Ron English fail going 0-12 in one season with the team while giving up an average of more 38 points per game. Athletic director Michael Gragg though believes Clayton will succeed where others have failed in the past.

“Clayton has done an exceptional job working to bring numerous programs to prominence at both the collegiate and professional level. He brings a winning mentality and a professional attitude,” Gragg said in a statement.

Clayton, who was most recently the athletic director with Virginia Tech, has a long history of building up programs. His earliest work was with the Buffalo Bills, where in just three seasons he put together a winning record along with bringing home the first ever Super Bowl title in the program’s history. After leaving the Bills organization, Clayton went to take over the athletic programs at Virginia Tech. There, he enjoyed similar success taking the program to multiple BCS bowl games and victories, while bringing in some of the top recruits in the nation. Clayton faces a much more daunting task at Eastern Michigan who many analysts say will be his toughest task to date and also marks the first time he has even held a head coaching job.

Clayton was introduced as Eastern Michigan's new coach at a press conference Wednesday morning, after signing a two year contract Tuesday morning. Terms and conditions of the contract were not revealed by Gragg.

"While it is tough to say goodbye to the Virginia Tech family, I feel much at home coming to the Ypsilanti area. I have a lot of family close by and welcome the challenge this job brings with it. This program has not played at a winning level in a long time. As of today that changes now. While the process to the top will be long and at times painful, I am a believer that with enough hard work and discipline that anything can be achieved. I look forward to changing the culture of this program to becoming a team that believes it can win every time it steps onto the field," said in his introductory press conference.

Many in the audience called Clayton's opening speech motivational and promising. Clayton will have to prove he can do more than just talk though as he tries to turn around the struggling Eagles program. Among those in the audience was Virginia Tech head coach Frank Beamer who worked with Clayton during his time as athletic director at Virginia Tech.

"He is the kind of guy who stresses discipline and getting the little things right. I think that is what you have to do to when you are trying to get a program turned around. It starts with the little things and once you get those right you move on to bigger things and before you know it you are winning games," Beamer said. "He's a powerful presence in the locker room and the front office and I think that is exactly what this program needs. I look forward to one day coaching against him on the grid iron."




Brian Bennett is a college football writer for ESPN.com. Information from The Associated Press contributed to this report.

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Re: A Rising Storm in the North | Cheese's Eastern Michigan Dynasty

This is now open for business! Please feel free to post!

[thesportsguru11]

Re: A Rising Storm in the North | Cheese's Eastern Michigan Dynasty

Welcome to the factory!

Good luck at EMU, cheese, I'll be reading. EMU has never, ever, had success in football...this is the biggest challenge you can get.

[Slyone14]

Re: A Rising Storm in the North | Cheese's Eastern Michigan Dynasty

Please tell l me Bro your still doing your jags chisel?

[LopaKa]

Re: A Rising Storm in the North | Cheese's Eastern Michigan Dynasty

nice dude, glad to see you're doing a NCAA chise as well! i'll be following

[Cheese2121]

Re: A Rising Storm in the North | Cheese's Eastern Michigan Dynasty

Welcome to the factory!

Good luck at EMU, cheese, I'll be reading. EMU has never, ever, had success in football...this is the biggest challenge you can get.

Thanks guru! I was definitely missing my NCAA fix and call me old fashioned but I loved the days before playoffs and all the different bowl games.

My family is actually all in Michigan (my dad is a professor at University of Michigan) and I have family that are both Wolverine and Spartan alums. Couple that tie in to the state, with the massive rebuilding project, the possibility of snow games, etc. etc. and I just get more and more excited about this project. Looking at the roster, it will be a massive undertaking. Hope you continue to check in and enjoy!

Please tell l me Bro your still doing your jags chisel?

Of course my friend! The Jaguars franchise will definitely be continuing. I am loving that project and have every intention of keeping it going for a very long time.

nice dude, glad to see you're doing a NCAA chise as well! i'll be following

I figured it was time to get back to college football and this was a team and game that have always intrigued me. I am really looking forward to having both this and my Jaguars franchise going. Hope you enjoy!

[Knickerbocker91]

Re: A Rising Storm in the North | Cheese's Eastern Michigan Dynasty

Looking forward to your dynasty, I occasionally read the dynasties sitting in the DSS forums because they were really good like BDawg and ToySoldier's work. Cool to see the nod to Virginia Tech, I went there for a couple of years (never finished because of out-of-state tuition).

I loved NCAA 12 too, though after playing NCAA 14 it's been hard to get back into it. NCAA/Madden 12 were my favorite combo in a very long time, hopefully the climb up for Eastern Michigan will be fun. I've played games with them before though I can't remember the names of anyone. Their QB seemed to be strong with the read option (though that may have been the game), and their #1 WR was fast for the MAC.

Good luck.

[DavidTheGreat20]

Re: A Rising Storm in the North | Cheese's Eastern Michigan Dynasty

EMU will be a massive rebuild, but I'm pumped to see what you can do!

Side note: During this time period, Mike Hart was on EMU's staff, so the RBs should be playing pretty well.

[Cheese2121]

Re: A Rising Storm in the North | Cheese's Eastern Michigan Dynasty

Looking forward to your dynasty, I occasionally read the dynasties sitting in the DSS forums because they were really good like BDawg and ToySoldier's work. Cool to see the nod to Virginia Tech, I went there for a couple of years (never finished because of out-of-state tuition).

I loved NCAA 12 too, though after playing NCAA 14 it's been hard to get back into it. NCAA/Madden 12 were my favorite combo in a very long time, hopefully the climb up for Eastern Michigan will be fun. I've played games with them before though I can't remember the names of anyone. Their QB seemed to be strong with the read option (though that may have been the game), and their #1 WR was fast for the MAC.

Good luck.

Thank you for the kind words my friend and I hope you enjoy my work as much as some of the greats you mentioned. The nod to Virginia Tech is actually me incorporating some of my real life. I got my bachelor's in bio-engineering from Virginia Tech before going on to veterinary school for a doctorate (which I am currently pursuing). I grew up on Hokie football. The mention is also a nod to the last NCAA report I did which was a Virginia Tech one. Very cool too that you were a Hokie for some time but I completely understand the tuition concerns.

NCAA '12 has probably been my favorite football games of all time and I think one of the best out of the box (needing minimal slider adjustments, etc.). I loved this game during my undergraduate days and it will always hold a special place for me. I am really excited to get back to it although I am sure I will be very rusty on the sticks and controls. And yes, Kinsman Thomas (WR#1) is a beast! He will be a big part of our offense. Aside from him and a few others, we have a huge rebuilding project on our hands. Hope you continue to follow and check in!

EMU will be a massive rebuild, but I'm pumped to see what you can do!

Side note: During this time period, Mike Hart was on EMU's staff, so the RBs should be playing pretty well.

Thank you my friend! And happy to see a Michigan man in the area. My family is all in Ann Arbor right now. My dad is a department head at Michigan actually.

This is definitely a huge rebuild project, perhaps the biggest I have ever taken on but I am excited for it (hopefully I don't get fired in the first couple of seasons!). We have two quality backs this first season in Sherrer and Welch, who I expect to lean heavily on. Should be quite the undertaking. Hope you continue to check in and enjoy!

[Cheese2121]

Year 1 (2011), Team Roster/Depth Chart

Eastern Michigan 2011 Depth Chart/Roster

BOLD - Starter
RED - Redshirted Player
* - Impact Player
(c) - Team Captain

[U]No. 	Position 	Name		Class	Height	Weight	Overall	Hometown[/U]

[B]8	QB	Alex Gillett		JR	6'1"	205	67	Steubenville, OH[/B]
12	QB	Tyler Benz		FR(RS)	6'3"	205	56	Skokie, IL
13	QB	Austin Karcher		SR	6'1"	183	46	River Rouge, MI
[COLOR="darkred"]14	QB	Mark Iannotti		FR	6'4"	215	60	Addison, IL[/COLOR]
								
								
								
[B]25	HB	Dominique Sherrer* (c)	SR	5'9"	201	74	North Ridgeville, OH[/B]
26	HB	Corey Welch		SR(RS)	5'9"	179	72	North Ridgeville, OH
23	HB	Joe Fleming		SO(RS)	5'10"	217	65	Alma, MI
[COLOR="darkred"]30	HB	Bronson Hill		FR	5'10"	200	55	Muskegon, MI[/COLOR]
								
								
[B]83	FB	Dylan Brooks		FR	6'2"	235	55	Adrian, MI[/B]
								
								
[B]1	WR	Kinsman Thomas*		JR	6'2"	205	70	Abbeville, SC[/B]
[B]84	WR	Trey Hunter		SR(RS)	6'0"	196	66	Fremont, OH[/B]
80	WR	Nick Olds		SO(RS)	6'2"	192	63	Princeton, IN
10	WR	Corey Manns		JR	5'11"	195	59	Chillicothe, OH
18	WR	Kevin Wheeler		SO	6'0"	179	57	Waynesboro, VA
86	WR	L'Shane Bynum		JR(RS)	6'0"	198	51	Coldwater, MI
82	WR	Tyler Allen		SO(RS)	6'0"	181	48	Auburndale, FL
17	WR	Donald Scott		FR(RS)	6'0"	175	46	Hialeah, FL
15	WR	Julius Shelby		FR(RS)	6'4"	191	46	Carol Stream, IL
								
								
[B]85	TE	Garrett Hoskins		JR	6'2"	233	65	Dearborn, MI[/B]
44	TE	Alexander Gudejko	JR	6'1"	223	59	Charlotte, MI
88	TE	Jordan Erbes		FR(RS)	6'3"	275	48	Akron, OH
[COLOR="darkred"]81	TE	Tyresee Russell	        FR	6'5"	250	51	Des Plaines, IL[/COLOR]
								
								
[B]76	LT	Bridger Buche		SR(RS)	6'3"	312	74	Novi, MI[/B]
77	LT	Lincoln Hansen		FR(RS)	6'5"	309	58	Aurora, NE
67	LT	Campbell Allison	FR(RS)	6'5"	354	48	Harrison, NY
								
								
[B]72	LG	Andrew Sorgatz		JR	6'5"	266	72	Bellwood, IL[/B]
69	LG	Shawn Sinawe		FR(RS)	6'3"	290	64	Livonia, MI
								
								
[B]70	C	Corey Watman		JR	6'1"	290	65	Edmonton, CN[/B]
60	C	Josh Woods		FR(RS)	6'4"	303	57	Bradenton, FL
65	C	Russell Martinez	SR(RS)	5'6"	245	49	Ankeny, IA
								
								
[B]75	RG	Scott Macleod		SO(RS)	6'8"	287	66	Birmingham, MI[/B]
74	RG	Bobby McFadden		FR(RS)	6'7"	279	50	Cadillac, MI
								
								
[B]68	RT	Korey Neal		JR	6'2"	294	69	Baltimore, MD[/B]
79	RT	Orlando McCord		SO(RS)	6'3"	295	60	Houghton, MI
								
								
[B]93	LE	Brad Ohrman		SR(RS)	6'4"	270	63	Niles, MI[/B]
56	LE	Andy Mulumba		JR	6'4"	250	57	Winnipeg, CN
								
								
[B]90	RE	Javon Reese		SR	6'1"	247	68	Plainfield, IN[/B]
95	RE	Kalonji Kashama		SO(RS)	6'4"	250	54	Barrie, CN
43	RE	Devon Davis		JR	6'2"	215	46	Lake Station, IN
								

[B]96	DT	Brandon Slater		SR(RS)	6'2"	291	61	Melvindale, MI[/B]
[B]94	DT	Jabar Westerman		SR	6'2"	292	60	Ottawa, CN[/B]
98	DT	Jasper Grimes		SR	6'2"	310	58	Ocoee, FL
59	DT	Matt Price		SO(RS)	6'2"	245	55	Okemos, MI
92	DT	Jacob Rich		FR(RS)	6'2"	230	49	Steubenville, OH
								

[B]45	LOLB	Devin Henderson		JR	6'0"	232	63	Shields, MI[/B]
41	LOLB	Desden Hester		SO	6'2"	221	54	Augusta, GA
47	LOLB	Justin Cudworth		SO(RS)	6'1"	228	49	Mentor, OH
								

[B]42	MLB	Marcus English* ©	SR(RS)	6'1"	228	70	Broadview Heights, OH[/B]
35	MLB	Colin Weingrad		SO	6'0"	230	61	Dumas, TX
40	MLB	Sean Kurtz		JR	5'11"	224	53	Alameda, CN
								

[B]51	ROLB	Herb Waits		SR(RS)	5'11"	203	67	Adrian, MI[/B]
52	ROLB	Steve Brown		JR(RS)	6'0"	228	63	Lexington, VA
13	ROLB	Jeremy Curry		FR(RS)	6'0"	215	54	Alsip, IL
								

[B]31	CB	Marcell Rose		JR	5'9"	185	66	Cooper City, FL[/B]
[B]5	CB	Ja'Ron Gillespie	JR	5'11"	174	63	Washington, DC[/B]
28	CB	Nate Wilson		SR(RS)	5'11"	182	60	Piqua, OH
27	CB	Kelip Goodwin		SO(RS)	6'1"	190	56	Sault, MI
39	CB	Kenyarda Bates		SO(RS)	5'6"	170	45	East Lansing, MI
[COLOR="darkred"]29	CB	Chris Dunlap		FR	5'8"	183	53	Costa Mesa, CA[/COLOR]
								
								
[B]6	FS	Martavius Caldwell	SR	5'11"	195	63	Rochester Hills, MI[/B]
32	FS	Oliver Kathalay		FR(RS)	5'11"	170	41	Powder Springs, GA
[COLOR="darkred"]36	FS	Sean Cotton		FR	6'2"	197	51	Addison, IL[/COLOR]
								

[B]33	SS	Alex Bellfy		JR(RS)	6'0"	200	64	Southgate, MI[/B]
3	SS	Willie Williams		SR	6'0"	195	55	South Gate, CA
46	SS	Matthew Brown		SO(RS)	6'1"	181	48	Niles, MI
								

[B]97	K	Sean Graham		JR	6'1"	185	71	Madison Heights, MI[/B]
[COLOR="darkred"]34	K	Kody Fulkerson		SO	5'11"	175	64	Maple Heights, OH[/COLOR]

[B]37	P	Jay Karutz		SO	6'2"	200	69	Midland, MI[/B]