2009 Florida Tuskers Roster
United Football League (UFL)
Team Record: 6-0
Finishing 1st in the UFL
Lost Championship
Coach: Jim Haslett (6-0)
Location: Orlando, Florida
Attendance: 34,578, Avg. 11,526 in 3 home dates
2009 Florida Tuskers StatisticsTeam Record: 6-0
Finishing 1st in the UFL
Lost Championship
Coach: Jim Haslett (6-0)
Location: Orlando, Florida
Attendance: 34,578, Avg. 11,526 in 3 home dates
2009 Florida Tuskers Results
The Florida Tuskers of the United Football League ended the 2009 season with a record of 6 wins and 0 losses, finishing first in the UFL.
The Tuskers scored only 56 points, worst in the league, while the shaky defensive squad yielded 185, most in the circuit. Brooks Bollinger threw for 1,518 yards. Taye Biddle hauled in 26 passes for 453 yards.
Tatum Bell ran for a team-best 277 yards for Florida, and Michael Pittman additionally aided the ground game.
Jerome Carter intercepted 2 opponent throws. Patrick Chukwurah topped pass rushers with 3 sacks, part of an overall team total of 14 sacks.
Jim Haslett coached the team. The 2009 Florida Tuskers lost in the Championship.
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| # | Player | Pos. | Birth Date | Height | Weight | College | Hometown | GP | GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 69 | P.J. Alexander | OL | December 23, 1978 | 6'4" | 297 | Syracuse | Springfield, MA USA | 6 | 6 |
| 31 | Willie Andrews | DS | November 2, 1983 | 5'9" | 182 | Baylor | Longview, TX USA | 6 | 6 |
| 25 | Tatum Bell | RB | March 2, 1981 | 5'11" | 190 | Oklahoma St. | Dallas, TX USA | 6 | 6 |
| 15 | Taye Biddle | WR | February 27, 1983 | 6'2" | 185 | Mississippi | Decatur, AL USA | 6 | 6 |
| 76 | Fred Bledsoe | NT | April 7, 1986 | 6'3" | 329 | Arkansas | 2 | 0 | |
| 50 | Colby Bockwoldt | LB | April 14, 1981 | 6'1" | 235 | BYU | Ogden, UT USA | 5 | 0 |
| 8 | Brooks Bollinger | QB | November 15, 1979 | 6'1" | 205 | Wisconsin | Grand Forks, ND USA | 6 | 6 |
| 68 | McKinley Boykin | DT | March 24, 1983 | 6'1" | 290 | Mississippi | Bessemer, AL USA | 6 | 6 |
| 35 | Fakhir Brown | CB | September 21, 1977 | 5'11" | 192 | Grambling St. | Detroit, MI USA | 6 | 6 |
| 3 | Matt Bryant | K | May 29, 1975 | 5'9" | 200 | Baylor | Bridge City, TX USA | 6 | 0 |
| 62 | Dan Buenning | G | October 26, 1981 | 6'4" | 320 | Wisconsin | Green Bay, WI USA | 2 | 0 |
| 23 | Jerome Carter | DB | October 25, 1982 | 5'11" | 219 | Florida St. | Lake City, FL USA | 6 | 4 |
| 56 | Patrick Chukwurah | DE | March 1, 1979 | 6'1" | 250 | Wyoming | , Nigeria | 6 | 0 |
| 81 | Keary Colbert | WR | May 21, 1982 | 6'1" | 200 | USC | Oxnard, CA USA | 1 | 0 |
| 97 | Josh Cooper | DE | December 5, 1980 | 6'3" | 261 | Mississippi | Marietta, GA USA | 5 | 0 |
| 54 | Quinton Culberson | LB | October 21, 1985 | 6'1" | 240 | Mississippi St. | Jackson, MS USA | 6 | 6 |
| 66 | Anthony Davis | OT | March 27, 1980 | 6'4" | 322 | Virginia Tech | Paterson, NJ USA | 6 | 6 |
| 83 | John Dekker | TE | May 15, 1983 | 6'5" | 250 | Princeton | Greenfield, WI USA | 2 | 0 |
| 18 | Jayson Foster | WR | July 22, 1985 | 5'7" | 175 | Georgia Southern | Columbus, GA | 6 | 0 |
| Doug Gabriel | WR | August 27, 1980 | 6'2" | 215 | Central Florida | Miami, FL USA | |||
| 19 | Chas Gessner | WR | August 17, 1981 | 6'5" | 215 | Brown | Washington, DC USA | 3 | 3 |
| 36 | Michael Grant | DB | March 30, 1986 | 5'11" | 186 | Arkansas | Stone Mountain, GA | 5 | 0 |
| 14 | Chris Greisen | QB | July 2, 1976 | 6'3" | 227 | NW Missouri St. | Sturgeon Bay, WI USA | 4 | 0 |
| 87 | Keith Heinrich | TE | March 19, 1979 | 6'5" | 255 | Sam Houston St. | Houston, TX USA | 4 | 2 |
| 28 | Dexter Jackson | DB | July 28, 1977 | 6'0" | 205 | Florida St. | Quincy, FL USA | 3 | 2 |
| Kevin Lovell | K | April 14, 1984 | 5'9" | 155 | Cincinnati | ||||
| 58 | Enoka Lucas | C | April 29, 1984 | 6'2" | 302 | Oregon | Honolulu, HI | 6 | 4 |
| 20 | Ricky Manning | CB | November 18, 1980 | 5'9" | 185 | UCLA | Fresno, CA USA | 5 | 0 |
| 53 | Fred Matua | OG | January 14, 1984 | 6'2" | 315 | Southern California | Los Angeles, CA | 2 | 0 |
| 11 | Marcus Maxwell | WR | July 8, 1983 | 6'4" | 205 | Oregon | Berkeley, CA USA | 6 | 3 |
| 59 | Tim McGarigle | LB | October 25, 1983 | 6'0" | 240 | Northwestern | Chicago, IL USA | 6 | 6 |
| 55 | Terrence Melton | LB | January 1, 1977 | 6'1" | 235 | Rice | Miami, FL USA | 5 | 0 |
| 62 | Gene Mruczkowski | OG | June 6, 1980 | 6'2" | 305 | Purdue | Cleveland, OH USA | 2 | 2 |
| 82 | Frank Murphy | WR | February 11, 1977 | 6'0" | 206 | Kansas St. | Jacksonville, FL USA | 5 | 0 |
| 89 | Ryan Neufeld | TE | November 22, 1975 | 6'4" | 250 | UCLA | Morgan Hill, CA USA | 3 | 0 |
| 57 | Matt Overton | LS | July 6, 1985 | 6'0" | 254 | Western Washington | Solano County, CA | 3 | 0 |
| 78 | Rob Petitti | OT | May 21, 1982 | 6'6" | 347 | Pittsburgh | Clark, NJ USA | 6 | 6 |
| 34 | Andrew Pinnock | FB | March 12, 1980 | 5'10" | 260 | South Carolina | Hartford, CT USA | 6 | 5 |
| 22 | Michael Pittman | RB | August 14, 1975 | 6'0" | 218 | Fresno St. | New Orleans, LA USA | 6 | 0 |
| 91 | Eric Powell | DL | November 16, 1979 | 6'3" | 268 | Florida St. | Orlando, FL USA | 6 | 0 |
| 30 | Derrick Richardson | DB | April 3, 1986 | 5'10" | 190 | New Mexico State | Denver, CO | 6 | 0 |
| 10 | Todd Sauerbrun | P | January 4, 1973 | 5'10" | 211 | West Virginia | Setauket, NY USA | 6 | 0 |
| 93 | Josh Savage | DE | September 28, 1980 | 6'4" | 276 | Utah | Ozark, AR USA | 5 | 5 |
| 51 | Anthony Schlegel | LB | March 1, 1981 | 6'1" | 245 | Air Force | Cedar Rapids, IA USA | 5 | 5 |
| 98 | Darrion Scott | NT | October 25, 1981 | 6'3" | 289 | Ohio St. | Charleston, WV USA | 6 | 6 |
| Bobby Sippio | WR | December 4, 1980 | 6'3" | 214 | West. Kentucky | Orlando, FL USA | |||
| 77 | Charles Spencer | OG | March 17, 1982 | 6'5" | 340 | Pittsburgh | Poughkeepsie, NY USA | 1 | 0 |
| Micheal Spurlock | WR | January 31, 1983 | 5'10" | 214 | Mississippi | Indianola, MS USA | |||
| 52 | Odell Thurman | LB | July 9, 1983 | 6'0" | 237 | Georgia | Monticello, GA USA | 6 | 6 |
| 27 | DeJuan Tribble | DB | April 13, 1985 | 5'9" | 190 | Boston College | Cincinnati, OH | 6 | 3 |
| Demetrin Veal | DT | August 11, 1981 | 6'2" | 288 | Tennessee | Paramount, CA USA | |||
| 24 | Darius Vinnett | DB | September 3, 1984 | 5'8" | 170 | Arkansas | Drestrehan, LA | 6 | 3 |
| 75 | Seth Wand | T | August 6, 1979 | 6'7" | 327 | NW Missouri St. | Springfield, MO USA | 6 | 6 |
| 9 | Paris Warren | WR | September 6, 1982 | 6'0" | 213 | Utah | Sacramento, CA USA | 5 | 0 |
| 85 | Jermaine Wiggins | TE | January 18, 1975 | 6'2" | 260 | Marshall | East Boston, MA USA | 5 | 4 |
| 21 | Shaud Williams | RB | October 2, 1980 | 5'7" | 193 | Texas Tech | Andrews, TX USA | 6 | 0 |
| 92 | Willie Williams | DT | September 19, 1984 | 6'4" | 305 | Louisville | Milledgeville, GA | 4 | 1 |
| 72 | Julius Wilson | OL | October 17, 1983 | 6'5" | 315 | UAB | Bradenton, FL | 3 | 0 |
| Quincy Wilson | RB | April 26, 1981 | 5'9" | 225 | West Virginia | Weirton, WV USA | |||
| T.J. Wright | DB | November 29, 1983 | 5'11" | 175 | Ohio | Beaumont, TX | |||
| 99 | Claude Wroten | NT | September 16, 1983 | 6'2" | 300 | LSU | Bastrop, LA USA | 6 | 6 |
