2004 Berlin Thunder Roster
National Football League Europe (NFLE)
Team Record: 9-1
Finishing 1st in NFLE
Won Championship
Coach: Rick Lantz (9-1)
Attendance: 73,806, Avg. 14,761 in 5 home dates
2004 Berlin Thunder StatisticsTeam Record: 9-1
Finishing 1st in NFLE
Won Championship
Coach: Rick Lantz (9-1)
Attendance: 73,806, Avg. 14,761 in 5 home dates
2004 Berlin Thunder Results
The Berlin Thunder of National Football League Europe ended the 2004 season with a record of 9 wins and 1 losses, finishing first in NFLE.
On offense, Berlin topped the circuit with 289 points. At the same time, the defense yielded 195 points. Rohan Davey threw for 1,676 yards. Chas Gessner hauled in 38 passes for 566 yards. Richard Alston was targeted regularly also.
Eric McCoo ran for a team-best 669 yards for the Thunder.
Keith Davis and James Thornton each picked off 4 errant tosses from the opposition. Corey Smith dropped opposing passers 7.5 times.
Rick Lantz coached the team. The 2004 Berlin Thunder won the Championship.
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| # | Player | Pos. | Birth Date | Height | Weight | College | Hometown | GP | GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 89 | Klaus Alinen | TE | February 22, 1981 | 6'6" | 251 | none | Pori, Finland | 10 | 0 |
| 86 | Bosley Allen | WR | June 7, 1980 | 6'1" | 195 | Sam Houston State | Tallahassee, FL | 2 | 0 |
| 87 | Richard Alston | WR | November 20, 1980 | 6'0" | 213 | East Carolina | Warrenton, NC USA | 9 | 8 |
| 76 | Troy Andrew | C | December 12, 1977 | 6'4" | 305 | Duke | Tamuning, Guam | 10 | 10 |
| 99 | T.J. Bingham | DE | May 28, 1977 | 6'3" | 259 | Ouachita Baptist (AR) | Houston, TX | 10 | 7 |
| 82 | Aaron Boone | WR | January 13, 1978 | 6'2" | 210 | Kentucky | Fillmore, UT | 9 | 0 |
| 23 | Ryan Brewer | RB | September 17, 1980 | 5'9" | 211 | South Carolina | Troy, OH | 2 | 0 |
| 97 | LaWaylon Brown | DT | June 12, 1980 | 6'5" | 305 | Oklahoma State | Whitehouse, TX | 10 | 2 |
| 62 | Rolando Cantu | OT | February 25, 1981 | 6'5" | 361 | ITESM Monterey | Monterey, TX Mexico | 9 | 0 |
| 28 | Oliver Celestin | DB | February 25, 1981 | 6'0" | 207 | Texas Southern | New Orleans, LA USA | 10 | 7 |
| 69 | Ben Claxton | C | July 30, 1980 | 6'2" | 301 | Mississippi | Dublin, GA USA | 10 | 10 |
| 7 | Rohan Davey | QB | April 14, 1978 | 6'2" | 245 | LSU | Clarendon, Jamaica | 10 | 10 |
| 27 | Keith Davis | DS | December 30, 1978 | 5'10" | 193 | Sam Houston St. | Dallas, TX USA | 10 | 7 |
| 54 | Kevin DeRonde | LB | August 15, 1978 | 6'5" | 259 | Iowa State | 10 | 0 | |
| 14 | Marc Dunn | QB | April 27, 1978 | 6'4" | 212 | Kansas State | Oakland, CA | 6 | 0 |
| 79 | Dante Ellington | OT | February 29, 1980 | 6'6" | 330 | Alabama | Leighton, AL USA | 10 | 10 |
| 90 | Dennis Engelbrecht | DT | November 11, 1975 | 6'5" | 335 | none | 7 | 1 | |
| 2 | Hayden Epstein | K | November 16, 1980 | 6'2" | 214 | Michigan | San Diego, CA USA | 10 | 0 |
| 36 | Scott Farley | DB | April 24, 1980 | 6'0" | 212 | Williams | 10 | 6 | |
| 88 | Bryan Fletcher | TE | March 23, 1979 | 6'5" | 238 | UCLA | St. Louis, MO USA | 7 | 1 |
| 53 | Lawrence Flugence | LB | January 19, 1980 | 6'1" | 239 | Texas Tech | Houston, TX | 10 | 10 |
| 22 | Willie Ford | DB | May 12, 1978 | 6'2" | 200 | Syracuse | San Francisco, CA | 10 | 9 |
| 43 | Philippe Gardent | LB | March 24, 1979 | 6'0" | 229 | NSC - Marseille | 2 | 0 | |
| 83 | Chas Gessner | WR | August 17, 1981 | 6'5" | 215 | Brown | Washington, DC USA | 10 | 10 |
| 56 | Brenden Givan | LB | May 8, 1980 | 6'2" | 252 | Stillman College (AL) | Birmingham, AL | 10 | 10 |
| 84 | Jorg Heckenbach | WR | November 28, 1974 | 6'3" | 207 | none | Dusseldorf, West Germany | 5 | 0 |
| 93 | Israel Idonije | DT | November 17, 1980 | 6'7" | 290 | Manitoba | Lagos, Nigeria | 10 | 4 |
| 33 | Ray Jackson | RB | August 1, 1978 | 6'1" | 223 | Michigan | Indianapolis, IN USA | 6 | 6 |
| 70 | Jason Jowers | OT | September 9, 1980 | 6'6" | 324 | Wisconsin | Libertyville, IL | 9 | 0 |
| 75 | Dave Kadela | OT | May 6, 1978 | 6'6" | 300 | Virginia Tech | Dearborn, MI USA | 10 | 10 |
| 35 | Patrice Kancel | RB | February 23, 1970 | 6'1" | 221 | none | 7 | 0 | |
| 57 | Jason Kazar | LB | April 17, 1978 | 5'11" | 219 | Kansas State | 10 | 10 | |
| 66 | Andre Mathes | OT | February 5, 1975 | 6'5" | 303 | none | 2 | 0 | |
| 21 | Jermaine Mays | DB | July 13, 1979 | 5'11" | 180 | Minnesota | Miami, FL | 10 | 1 |
| 25 | Eric McCoo | RB | September 6, 1980 | 5'10" | 210 | Penn St. | Red Bank, NJ USA | 10 | 4 |
| 76 | Dion Meredith | OT | June 15, 1978 | 6'5" | 311 | Morris Brown | Atlanta, GA | 3 | 0 |
| 92 | Christian Mohr | DE | April 5, 1980 | 6'5" | 244 | Sporthochschule (Cologne) | Aachen, West Germany | 10 | 2 |
| 95 | DeVonte Peterson | DT | April 1, 1978 | 6'2" | 275 | Catawba (NC) | Fort Bragg, NC | 10 | 9 |
| 85 | Mike Pinkard | TE | December 27, 1979 | 6'4" | 259 | Arizona State | Denver, CO | 10 | 10 |
| 10 | Heinz Quast | K | May 16, 1968 | 6'0" | 200 | 10 | 0 | ||
| 94 | Allen Reese | DT | October 10, 1980 | 5'10" | 294 | Kansas St. | Bartow, FL USA | 10 | 2 |
| 24 | Darrell Rideaux | DB | December 27, 1979 | 5'9" | 171 | Southern California | Long Beach, CA | 10 | 9 |
| 12 | David Rivers | QB | September 1, 1977 | 6'3" | 220 | Western Carolina | Greenville, SC | 5 | 0 |
| 5 | Jonathan Ruffin | K | August 1, 1981 | 5'11" | 190 | Cincinnati | Metairie, LA | 7 | 0 |
| 46 | Astor Schneider | LB | August 10, 1975 | none | 10 | 0 | |||
| 96 | Montique Sharpe | DT | March 10, 1980 | 6'2" | 296 | Wake Forest | Washington, DC USA | 10 | 4 |
| 98 | Corey Smith | DE | October 2, 1979 | 6'2" | 250 | North Carolina St. | Richmond, VA USA | 10 | 9 |
| 77 | Jamil Soriano | OG | May 11, 1981 | 6'4" | 310 | Harvard | Long Island, NY | 10 | 10 |
| 40 | Ed Stansbury | RB | May 3, 1979 | 6'0" | 257 | UCLA | El Paso, TX USA | 10 | 9 |
| 26 | James Thornton | DB | August 9, 1979 | 5'10" | 188 | Morris Brown | 10 | 1 | |
| 80 | LaShaun Ward | WR | September 22, 1980 | 5'11" | 198 | California | Pasadena, CA USA | 10 | 1 |
