2008 Roster
Coaches | Alphabetical | Numerical
Alphabetical
No. Name Ht./Wt. Pos. Yr. Hometown/High School/Last College
90 Alspaugh, Richard 6-4/241 Defensive End SR Overland Park, Kan./Blue Valley Northwest HS
56 Anderson, Kayl 6-2/250 Long Snapper RS JR Tulsa, Okla./Bishop Kelley HS
36 Bacheyie, Tang 6-1/215 Safety SR Windsor, Ontario/Sandwich HS
29 Barfield, Isiah 6-0/178 Cornerback RS FR Haven, Kan./Haven HS
86 Biere, Tim 6-4/243 Tight End FR Omaha, Neb./Westside HS
94 Blakesley, Caleb 6-5/292 Defensive Tackle RS JR Ottawa, Kan./Ottawa HS
14 Branstetter, Jacob 5-10/175 Kicker RS FR Lawton, Okla./MacArthur HS
80 Briscoe, Dezmon 6-3/200 Wide Receiver SO Dallas, Texas/Cedar Hill HS
81 Brorsen, Russell 6-4/240 Defensive End SR Stillwater, Okla./Stillwater HS
27 Brown, Greg 5-11/169 COrner Back FR Cedar Hill, Texas/Cedar Hill HS
37 Brown, Micah 6-0/185 Wide Receiver RS JR Kearney, Neb./Kearney HS
38 Brown, Raymond 6-3/205 Wide Receiver RS SR St. Louis, Mo./Cardinal Ritter College Prep
50 Cantrell, Ryan 6-3/295 Offensive Line RS SR Sugar Land, Texas/William P. Clements HS
59 Capra, Sal 6-3/292 Offensive Line RS SO Kansas City, Missouri/Rockhurst MS
3 Crawford, Jocques 6-1/230 Running Back JR Memphis, Tenn./Cordova HS/Cisco JC
75 D'Cunha, Nathan 6-6/307 Offensive Line JR Campbelltown, NSW, Australia/St. Gregory's HS/Santa Barbara JC
70 Darton, Matt 6-6/310 Offensive Line RS SR San Diego, Calif./University City HS
30 Davis, Anthony 6-0/192 Corner Back RS FR Tulsa, Okla./East Central HS
22 Davis, Kyle 5-10/200 Punter RS JR Overland Park, Kan./Rockhurst HS
87 Dedeaux, Bradley 6-3/252 Tight End RS SO Midwest City, Okla./Midwest City HS
92 Dorsey, Patrick 6-0/275 Defensive Tackle RS FR Houston, Texas/Yates HS
36 Dowdell, Jack 6-2/180 Wide Receiver FR Tulsa, Okla./Bishop Kelley HS
49 Dudley, Drew 6-2/232 Linebacker SO College Station, Texas/A&M Consolidated HS
61 Fee, Jordan 5-11/200 Linebacker FR Hutchinson, Kan./Hutchinson HS
88 Fields, Dexton 6-0/208 Wide Receiver RS SR Dallas, Texas/South Oak Cliff HS
31 Foster, Steven 6-2/235 Fullback RS FR Sedgwick, Kan./Sedgwick HS
33 Fowler, Grady 5-9/186 Kicker Cottonwood Falls, Kan./Chase County/Butler Community College
4 Green, Gary 5-9/175 Wide Receiver RS SR San Antonio, Texas/James Madison HS
99 Greene, Jamal 6-4/301 Defensive Tackle RS SO Kansas City, Kan./Washington HS
24 Harper, Kendrick 5-9/190 Cornerback SR Hartwell, Ga./Hart County HS/Butler County CC
16 Harris, Chris 6-0/185 Cornerback SO Bixby, Okla./Bixby HS
85 Harris Jr., Rod 6-2/200 Wide Receiver SO Bryan, Texas/Bryan HS/Blinn JC
79 Hartley, Chet 6-4/315 Offensive Line SR Kingman, Kan./Kingman HS/Butler County CC
77 Hatch, Jeremiah 6-3/311 Offensive Line RS FR Dallas, Texas/Carter HS
83 Hawkinson, Tanner 6-6/245 Tight End FR McPherson, Kan./McPherson HS
53 Heinz, Chris 6-3/205 Linebacker RS FR Littleton, Colo./Highlands Ranch, Colo.
13 Herford, Marcus 6-3/208 Wide Receiver RS SR DeSoto, Texas/Cedar Hill HS
56 Hicks, Corwin 5-10/190 Linebacker FR Cedar Hill, Texas/Cedar Hill HS
64 Hill, JD 6-4/285 Offensive Line FR Tampa, Fla./Plant HS
12 Holt, James 6-3/226 Linebacker SR Altus, Okla./Altus HS
23 Hunt, Tyler 6-2/220 Fullback FR Lawrence, Kan./Lawrence HS
89 Ingram, Tertavian 6-0/195 Wide Receiver RS SO Tampa, Fla./Jefferson HS
52 Johnson, Steven 6-2/225 Linebacker FR Media, Penn./Strath Haven HS
97 Johnson, Jr., Richard 6-2/280 Defensive Tackle RS FR Jefferson City, Mo./Jefferson City HS
91 Laptad, Jake 6-4/250 Defensive End SO Tulsa, Okla./Jenks HS
87 Larson, John 6-3/250 Defensive End RS SR Kansas City, Mo./Pembroke Hill HS
17 Lawrence, Tyler 6-3/217 Quarterback SO Shawnee, Kan./Shawnee Mission West HS
20 Lee, Taylor 6-1/180 Cornerback FR Harrisonville, Mo./Harrisonville HS
51 Lewis, Dakota 6-1/202 Linebacker RS SO Sulphur, Okla./Sulphur HS
6 Lewis, Rell 5-10/200 Running Back SO Muskogee, Okla./Muskogee HS
67 Lueken, Ben 6-6/300 Offensive Line FR St. Louis, MO/Chaminade HS
69 Marrongelli, Trevor 6-4/285 Offensive Line FR Austin, Texas/Westwood HS
95 Marshall, D.J. 6-4/230 Defensive End FR Mesquite, Texas/Mesquite HS
66 Mayes, Adrian 6-3/305 Offensive Line RS SR Manhattan, Kan./Manhattan HS
43 McNulty, Ted 6-5/220 Tight End RS FR Iowa City, Iowa/Iowa City West HS
10 Meier, Kerry 6-3/220 Quarterback RS JR Pittsburg, Kan./Pittsburg HS
8 Mortensen, Joe 6-1/250 Linebacker RS SR Concord, Calif./Clayton Valley HS
23 Murphy, Ryan 5-10/176 Cornerback RS SO Lawrence, Kan./Free State HS
27 O'Quinn, Willie 6-0/190 Wide Receiver FR Coppell, Texas/Coppell HS
44 Oguntodu, Olaitan 6-0/220 Safety RS SO Mesquite, Texas/John Horn HS
47 Onyegbule, Maxwell 6-5/252 Defensive End RS SO Arlington, Texas/Arlington HS
93 Parish, Darius 6-4/341 Defensive Tackle FR Wichita, Kan./North HS
28 Patterson, Daymond 5-9/175 Wide Receiver FR Mesquite, Texas/North Mesquite HS
9 Pendleton, Raimond 5-11/192 Wide Receiver RS JR Garland, Texas/South Garland HS
55 Pessetto, Justin 6-3/274 Offensive Line RS SO Shawnee, Kan./Shawnee Mission Northwest HS
57 Peterman, Chea 6-2/220 Linebacker RS FR North Little Rock, Ark./North Little Rock HS
19 Petty, Reece 6-2/195 Wide Receiver RS SO Liberal, Kan./Liberal HS
19 Pick, Kale 6-2/200 Quarterback FR Dodge City, Kan./Dodge City HS
82 Plato, Nick 6-6/230 Tight End FR Edwardsville, Ill./Edwardsville HS
35 Powell, Corrigan 5-10/165 Cornerback FR Garland, Texas/Lakeview Centennial HS
22 Quigley, Angus 6-2/222 Tail Back RS JR Cleburne, Texas/Cleburne HS
18 Rambo, Xavier 6-0/195 Wide Receiver RS SO Dallas, Texas/South Oak Cliff HS
5 Reesing, Todd 5-11/200 Quarterback JR Austin, Texas/Lake Travis HS
7 Resby, Patrick 6-0/205 Safety SR Houston, Texas/Forest Brook HS/Navarro CC
38 Richardson, Josh 6-4/200 Linebacker FR Dublin, Ohio/Scioto HS
40 Rivera, Mike 6-3/255 Linebacker RS SR Shawnee Mission, Kan./Shawnee Mission NW HS
60 Rodriguez, Jose 6-6/293 Offensive Line RS JR La Puente, Calif./Bishop Amat HS
18 Rojas, Alonso 6-3/220 Punter SO Miami, Fla./Killian HS/Bowling Green
58 Schermer, Jake 6-2/222 Linebacker RS JR Nixa, Mo./Ozark HS
73 Semple, Joe 6-3/285 Offensive Line FR Mundelein, Ill./Mundelein HS
1 Sharp, Jake 5-10/190 Tail Back JR Salina, Kan./Central HS
62 Smith, Alex 5-11/280 Offensive Line RS SO Basehor, Kan./Basehor-Linwood HS
39 Smith, Lubbock 5-11/192 Safety FR Dallas, Texas/Carter HS
96 Spears, Dustin 6-5/235 Defensive End RS JR Osborne, Kan./Osborne HS/Butler County CC
74 Spikes, Jeff 6-6/314 Offensive Lineman RS FR Painesville, Ohio/Harvey HS
45 Springer, Justin 6-4/242 Linebacker SO Los Fresnos, Texas/Los Fresnos HS
11 Steward, A.J. 6-4/228 Tight End RS FR St. Louis, Mo./Riverview Gardens HS
26 Strozier, Phillip 6-0/196 Safety RS SO Kansas City, Mo./Rockhurst HS
25 Stuckey, Darrell 6-1/205 Safety RS JR Kansas City, Kan./Washington HS
55 Sydney, Nathan 5-10/220 Linebacker FR /
46 Thornton, Justin 6-1/213 Safety RS JR St. Joseph, Mo./Central HS
76 Thorson, Brad 6-3/290 Offensive Line SO Mequon, Wisc./Homestead HS/Wisconsin
16 Tyler, Eric 6-0/185 Safety RS FR Kansas City, Kan./Schlagle HS
84 Wheeler, Jeff 6-7/260 Defensive End RS JR Houston, Texas/Clear Lake HS
71 Williams, John 6-4/338 Offensive Line FR Tulsa, Okla./Washington HS
68 Wilson, Carl 6-4/288 Offensive Lineman RS SO Redlands, Calif./East Valley HS
81 Wilson, Johnathan 6-3/187 Wide Receiver SO Houston, Texas/Klein Forest HS
30 Winkley, Kyle 6-0/180 Wide Receiver FR Topeka, Kan./Washburn Rural HS
63 Wolfe, Ian 6-5/295 Offensive Line RS SO Fort Collins, Colo./Fort Collins HS
41 Wright, Arist 6-0/220 Linebacker RS JR Houston, Texas/Alief Taylor HS
98 Zlatnik, Duane 6-4/303 Defensive Tackle FR Rossville, Kan./Rossville HS
Numerical
No. Name Ht./Wt. Pos. Yr.-Exp. Hometown/High School/Last College
1 Sharp, Jake 5-10/190 Tail Back JR Salina, Kan./Central HS
3 Crawford, Jocques 6-1/230 Running Back JR Memphis, Tenn./Cordova HS/Cisco JC
4 Green, Gary 5-9/175 Wide Receiver RS SR San Antonio, Texas/James Madison HS
5 Reesing, Todd 5-11/200 Quarterback JR Austin, Texas/Lake Travis HS
6 Lewis, Rell 5-10/200 Running Back SO Muskogee, Okla./Muskogee HS
7 Resby, Patrick 6-0/205 Safety SR Houston, Texas/Forest Brook HS/Navarro CC
8 Mortensen, Joe 6-1/250 Linebacker RS SR Concord, Calif./Clayton Valley HS
9 Pendleton, Raimond 5-11/192 Wide Receiver RS JR Garland, Texas/South Garland HS
10 Meier, Kerry 6-3/220 Quarterback RS JR Pittsburg, Kan./Pittsburg HS
11 Steward, A.J. 6-4/228 Tight End RS FR St. Louis, Mo./Riverview Gardens HS
12 Holt, James 6-3/226 Linebacker SR Altus, Okla./Altus HS
13 Herford, Marcus 6-3/208 Wide Receiver RS SR DeSoto, Texas/Cedar Hill HS
14 Branstetter, Jacob 5-10/175 Kicker RS FR Lawton, Okla./MacArthur HS
16 Harris, Chris 6-0/185 Cornerback SO Bixby, Okla./Bixby HS
16 Tyler, Eric 6-0/185 Safety RS FR-HS Kansas City, Kan./Schlagle HS
17 Lawrence, Tyler 6-3/217 Quarterback SO Shawnee, Kan./Shawnee Mission West HS
18 Rojas, Alonso 6-3/220 Punter SO Miami, Fla./Killian HS/Bowling Green
18 Rambo, Xavier 6-0/195 Wide Receiver RS SO Dallas, Texas/South Oak Cliff HS
19 Pick, Kale 6-2/200 Quarterback FR Dodge City, Kan./Dodge City HS
19 Petty, Reece 6-2/195 Wide Receiver RS SO Liberal, Kan./Liberal HS
20 Lee, Taylor 6-1/180 Cornerback FR-HS Harrisonville, Mo./Harrisonville HS
22 Davis, Kyle 5-10/200 Punter RS JR Overland Park, Kan./Rockhurst HS
22 Quigley, Angus 6-2/222 Tail Back RS JR Cleburne, Texas/Cleburne HS
23 Murphy, Ryan 5-10/176 Cornerback RS SO Lawrence, Kan./Free State HS
23 Hunt, Tyler 6-2/220 Fullback FR-HS Lawrence, Kan./Lawrence HS
24 Harper, Kendrick 5-9/190 Cornerback SR-JC Hartwell, Ga./Hart County HS/Butler County CC
25 Stuckey, Darrell 6-1/205 Safety RS JR Kansas City, Kan./Washington HS
26 Strozier, Phillip 6-0/196 Safety RS SO Kansas City, Mo./Rockhurst HS
27 O'Quinn, Willie 6-0/190 Wide Receiver FR-HS Coppell, Texas/Coppell HS
27 Brown, Greg 5-11/169 COrner Back FR Cedar Hill, Texas/Cedar Hill HS
28 Patterson, Daymond 5-9/175 Wide Receiver FR Mesquite, Texas/North Mesquite HS
29 Barfield, Isiah 6-0/178 Cornerback RS FR Haven, Kan./Haven HS
30 Davis, Anthony 6-0/192 Corner Back RS FR Tulsa, Okla./East Central HS
30 Winkley, Kyle 6-0/180 Wide Receiver FR-HS Topeka, Kan./Washburn Rural HS
31 Foster, Steven 6-2/235 Fullback RS FR Sedgwick, Kan./Sedgwick HS
33 Fowler, Grady 5-9/186 Kicker Cottonwood Falls, Kan./Chase County/Butler Community College
35 Powell, Corrigan 5-10/165 Cornerback FR Garland, Texas/Lakeview Centennial HS
36 Dowdell, Jack 6-2/180 Wide Receiver FR-HS Tulsa, Okla./Bishop Kelley HS
36 Bacheyie, Tang 6-1/215 Safety SR Windsor, Ontario/Sandwich HS
37 Brown, Micah 6-0/185 Wide Receiver RS JR Kearney, Neb./Kearney HS
38 Brown, Raymond 6-3/205 Wide Receiver RS SR St. Louis, Mo./Cardinal Ritter College Prep
38 Richardson, Josh 6-4/200 Linebacker FR Dublin, Ohio/Scioto HS
39 Smith, Lubbock 5-11/192 Safety FR Dallas, Texas/Carter HS
40 Rivera, Mike 6-3/255 Linebacker RS SR Shawnee Mission, Kan./Shawnee Mission NW HS
41 Wright, Arist 6-0/220 Linebacker RS JR Houston, Texas/Alief Taylor HS
43 McNulty, Ted 6-5/220 Tight End RS FR Iowa City, Iowa/Iowa City West HS
44 Oguntodu, Olaitan 6-0/220 Safety RS SO Mesquite, Texas/John Horn HS
45 Springer, Justin 6-4/242 Linebacker SO Los Fresnos, Texas/Los Fresnos HS
46 Thornton, Justin 6-1/213 Safety RS JR St. Joseph, Mo./Central HS
47 Onyegbule, Maxwell 6-5/252 Defensive End RS SO Arlington, Texas/Arlington HS
49 Dudley, Drew 6-2/232 Linebacker SO College Station, Texas/A&M Consolidated HS
50 Cantrell, Ryan 6-3/295 Offensive Line RS SR Sugar Land, Texas/William P. Clements HS
51 Lewis, Dakota 6-1/202 Linebacker RS SO Sulphur, Okla./Sulphur HS
52 Johnson, Steven 6-2/225 Linebacker FR Media, Penn./Strath Haven HS
53 Heinz, Chris 6-3/205 Linebacker RS FR Littleton, Colo./Highlands Ranch, Colo.
55 Sydney, Nathan 5-10/220 Linebacker FR-HS /
55 Pessetto, Justin 6-3/274 Offensive Line RS SO Shawnee, Kan./Shawnee Mission Northwest HS
56 Hicks, Corwin 5-10/190 Linebacker FR-HS Cedar Hill, Texas/Cedar Hill HS
56 Anderson, Kayl 6-2/250 Long Snapper RS JR Tulsa, Okla./Bishop Kelley HS
57 Peterman, Chea 6-2/220 Linebacker RS FR North Little Rock, Ark./North Little Rock HS
58 Schermer, Jake 6-2/222 Linebacker RS JR Nixa, Mo./Ozark HS
59 Capra, Sal 6-3/292 Offensive Line RS SO Kansas City, Missouri/Rockhurst MS
60 Rodriguez, Jose 6-6/293 Offensive Line RS JR La Puente, Calif./Bishop Amat HS
61 Fee, Jordan 5-11/200 Linebacker FR Hutchinson, Kan./Hutchinson HS
62 Smith, Alex 5-11/280 Offensive Line RS SO Basehor, Kan./Basehor-Linwood HS
63 Wolfe, Ian 6-5/295 Offensive Line RS SO Fort Collins, Colo./Fort Collins HS
64 Hill, JD 6-4/285 Offensive Line FR-HS Tampa, Fla./Plant HS
66 Mayes, Adrian 6-3/305 Offensive Line RS SR Manhattan, Kan./Manhattan HS
67 Lueken, Ben 6-6/300 Offensive Line FR St. Louis, MO/Chaminade HS
68 Wilson, Carl 6-4/288 Offensive Lineman RS SO Redlands, Calif./East Valley HS
69 Marrongelli, Trevor 6-4/285 Offensive Line FR Austin, Texas/Westwood HS
70 Darton, Matt 6-6/310 Offensive Line RS SR San Diego, Calif./University City HS
71 Williams, John 6-4/338 Offensive Line FR Tulsa, Okla./Washington HS
73 Semple, Joe 6-3/285 Offensive Line FR-HS Mundelein, Ill./Mundelein HS
74 Spikes, Jeff 6-6/314 Offensive Lineman RS FR Painesville, Ohio/Harvey HS
75 D'Cunha, Nathan 6-6/307 Offensive Line JR Campbelltown, NSW, Australia/St. Gregory's HS/Santa Barbara JC
76 Thorson, Brad 6-3/290 Offensive Line SO-TR Mequon, Wisc./Homestead HS/Wisconsin
77 Hatch, Jeremiah 6-3/311 Offensive Line RS FR Dallas, Texas/Carter HS
79 Hartley, Chet 6-4/315 Offensive Line SR-JC Kingman, Kan./Kingman HS/Butler County CC
80 Briscoe, Dezmon 6-3/200 Wide Receiver SO Dallas, Texas/Cedar Hill HS
81 Brorsen, Russell 6-4/240 Defensive End SR Stillwater, Okla./Stillwater HS
81 Wilson, Johnathan 6-3/187 Wide Receiver SO Houston, Texas/Klein Forest HS
82 Plato, Nick 6-6/230 Tight End FR Edwardsville, Ill./Edwardsville HS
83 Hawkinson, Tanner 6-6/245 Tight End FR McPherson, Kan./McPherson HS
84 Wheeler, Jeff 6-7/260 Defensive End RS JR Houston, Texas/Clear Lake HS
85 Harris Jr., Rod 6-2/200 Wide Receiver SO Bryan, Texas/Bryan HS/Blinn JC
86 Biere, Tim 6-4/243 Tight End FR Omaha, Neb./Westside HS
87 Larson, John 6-3/250 Defensive End RS SR Kansas City, Mo./Pembroke Hill HS
87 Dedeaux, Bradley 6-3/252 Tight End RS SO Midwest City, Okla./Midwest City HS
88 Fields, Dexton 6-0/208 Wide Receiver RS SR Dallas, Texas/South Oak Cliff HS
89 Ingram, Tertavian 6-0/195 Wide Receiver RS SO Tampa, Fla./Jefferson HS
90 Alspaugh, Richard 6-4/241 Defensive End SR Overland Park, Kan./Blue Valley Northwest HS
91 Laptad, Jake 6-4/250 Defensive End SO Tulsa, Okla./Jenks HS
92 Dorsey, Patrick 6-0/275 Defensive Tackle RS FR Houston, Texas/Yates HS
93 Parish, Darius 6-4/341 Defensive Tackle FR Wichita, Kan./North HS
94 Blakesley, Caleb 6-5/292 Defensive Tackle RS JR Ottawa, Kan./Ottawa HS
95 Marshall, D.J. 6-4/230 Defensive End FR Mesquite, Texas/Mesquite HS
96 Spears, Dustin 6-5/235 Defensive End RS JR Osborne, Kan./Osborne HS/Butler County CC
97 Johnson, Jr., Richard 6-2/280 Defensive Tackle RS FR Jefferson City, Mo./Jefferson City HS
98 Zlatnik, Duane 6-4/303 Defensive Tackle FR Rossville, Kan./Rossville HS
99 Greene, Jamal 6-4/301 Defensive Tackle RS SO Kansas City, Kan./Washington HS
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