2021 UMass Dartmouth Corsairs football | |
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New England Bowl, W 42–16 vs. Alfred State | |
Conference | Massachusetts State Collegiate Athletic Conference |
Record | 9–2 (6–2 MASCAC) |
Head coach |
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Offensive coordinator | Josh Sylvester (10th season) |
Defensive coordinator | Steve Faniel (14th season) |
Home stadium | Cressy Field |
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Team | W | L | W | L | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Framingham State $^ | 8 | – | 0 | 8 | – | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
UMass Dartmouth | 6 | – | 2 | 9 | – | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bridgewater State | 6 | – | 2 | 6 | – | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Plymouth State | 5 | – | 3 | 5 | – | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Western Connecticut | 4 | – | 4 | 5 | – | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Massachusetts Maritime | 3 | – | 5 | 4 | – | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Worcester State | 3 | – | 5 | 3 | – | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Westfield State | 1 | – | 7 | 1 | – | 9 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Fitchburg State | 0 | – | 8 | 0 | – | 10 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 2021 UMass Dartmouth Corsairs football team represented the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth as a member of the Massachusetts State Collegiate Athletic Conference (MASCAC) during the 2021 NCAA Division III football season. The Corsairs, led by 15th-year head coach Mark Robichaud, played their home games at Cressy Field in Dartmouth, Massachusetts.
The Corsairs 2020 season was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. [1]
Date | Time | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance |
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September 4 | 1:00 p.m. | at Husson * |
| W 21–14 | 500 |
September 11 | 12:00 p.m. | Dean * | W 48–29 | 1,008 | |
September 18 | 12:00 p.m. | at Framingham State | L 21–45 | 1,100 | |
September 25 | 12:00 p.m. | Worcester State |
| W 52–7 | 1,025 |
October 2 | 5:00 p.m. | at Western Connecticut |
| L 19–34 | 888 |
October 9 | 2:30 p.m. | Massachusetts Maritime |
| W 26–10 | 1,562 |
October 16 | 2:00 p.m. | at Westfield State |
| W 26–16 | 1,500 |
October 23 | 3:30 p.m. | Fitchburg State |
| W 40–0 | 1,023 |
October 30 | 12:00 p.m. | at Bridgewater State |
| W 26–20 | 850 |
November 13 | 12:00 p.m. | Plymouth State |
| W 28–7 | 1,113 |
November 20 | 1:00 p.m. | Alfred State * |
| W 42–16 | 2,120 |
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Period | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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UMass Dartmouth | 0 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 21 |
Husson | 0 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 14 |
at Winkin Complex • Bangor, Maine
Game information |
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No Scoring
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Statistics | UMD | HUS |
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First downs | 23 | 21 |
Plays–yards | 72–334 | 74–354 |
Rushes–yards | 113 | 73 |
Passing yards | 221 | 281 |
Passing: comp–att–int | 15–34–1 | 24–41–1 |
Time of possession | 27:33 | 32:27 |
Team | Category | Player | Statistics |
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UMass Dartmouth | Passing | Dante Aviles-Santos | 9/20, 128 yards, 2 TD |
Rushing | Luis Gonzalez | 19 carries, 55 yards | |
Receiving | Douglas Machado | 4 receptions, 84 yards | |
Husson | Passing | Nic Vesser | 24/41, 281 yards, 1 TD, 1 INT |
Rushing | Jordan Marcano | 11 carries, 54 yards | |
Receiving | Tyler Halls | 6 receptions, 87 yards |
Period | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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Dean | 7 | 0 | 7 | 15 | 29 |
UMass Dartmouth | 18 | 0 | 12 | 18 | 48 |
at Cressy Field • Dartmouth, Massachusetts
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No Scoring
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Statistics | DEC | UMD |
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First downs | 21 | 26 |
Plays–yards | 73–398 | 71–594 |
Rushes–yards | 163 | 269 |
Passing yards | 235 | 325 |
Passing: comp–att–int | 25–48–2 | 15–29–0 |
Time of possession | 27:16 | 32:42 |
Team | Category | Player | Statistics |
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Dean | Passing | Dante Aviles-Santos | 15/29, 325 yards, 5 TD |
Rushing | Luis Gonzalez | 23 carries, 144 yards, 1 TD | |
Receiving | Douglas Machado | 7 receptions, 196 yards, 2 TD | |
UMass Dartmouth | Passing | David Curry | 25/48, 235 yards, 3 TD, 2 INT |
Rushing | Mike Bethune Jr. | 16 carries, 84 yards | |
Receiving | Jordan Mason | 4 receptions, 99 yards, 1 TD |
Period | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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UMass Dartmouth | 7 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 21 |
Framingham State | 14 | 10 | 14 | 7 | 45 |
at Bowditch Field • Framingham, Massachusetts
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Statistics | UMD | FSU |
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First downs | 15 | 25 |
Plays–yards | 61–299 | 80–439 |
Rushes–yards | 84 | 273 |
Passing yards | 215 | 166 |
Passing: comp–att–int | 12–31–1 | 14–26–0 |
Time of possession | 21:16 | 38:44 |
Team | Category | Player | Statistics |
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UMass Dartmouth | Passing | Dante Aviles-Santos | 11/30, 195 yards, 1 TD, 1 INT |
Rushing | Marvens Jean | 6 carries, 48 yards, 1 TD | |
Receiving | Douglas Machado | 2 receptions, 67 yards, 1 TD | |
Framingham State | Passing | Nicolas Goffredo | 14/26, 166 yards, 2 TD |
Rushing | Nicolas Goffredo | 7 carries, 82 yards, 1 TD | |
Receiving | Elijah Nichols | 8 receptions, 107 yards, 1 TD |
Period | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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Worcester State | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 7 |
UMass Dartmouth | 12 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 52 |
at Cressy Field • Dartmouth, Massachusetts
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Statistics | WSU | UMD |
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First downs | 11 | 25 |
Plays–yards | 62–191 | 67–537 |
Rushes–yards | 40 | 372 |
Passing yards | 151 | 165 |
Passing: comp–att–int | 12–33–1 | 11–19–0 |
Time of possession | 28:48 | 31:12 |
Team | Category | Player | Statistics |
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Worcester State | Passing | Aaron-Moses Williams | 9/24, 113 yard, 1 INT |
Rushing | Aaron-Moses Williams | 14 carries, 21 yards | |
Receiving | Dylan McLaughlin | 2 receptions, 36 yards | |
UMass Dartmouth | Passing | Dante Aviles-Santos | 10/17, 146 yards, 3 TD |
Rushing | Marvens Jean | 10 carries, 137 yards, 1 TD | |
Receiving | Douglas Machado | 4 receptions, 87 yards, 2 TD |
Period | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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UMass Dartmouth | 6 | 7 | 0 | 6 | 19 |
Western Connecticut | 0 | 21 | 6 | 7 | 34 |
at The WAC • Danbury, Connecticut
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Statistics | UMD | WCSU |
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First downs | 24 | 25 |
Plays–yards | 71–307 | 66–377 |
Rushes–yards | 138 | 337 |
Passing yards | 169 | 40 |
Passing: comp–att–int | 16–28–0 | 4–8–0 |
Time of possession | 26:38 | 33:22 |
Team | Category | Player | Statistics |
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UMass Dartmouth | Passing | Dante Aviles-Santos | 16/28, 169 yards, 1 TD |
Rushing | Luis Gonzalez | 22 carries, 75 yards, 1 TD | |
Receiving | Douglas Machado | 6 receptions, 69 yards, 1 TD | |
Western Connecticut | Passing | John Giller | 4/8, 40 yards, 1 TD |
Rushing | Chad Blaszky | 28 carries, 149 yards, 1 TD | |
Receiving | Messiah Diggs | 2 receptions, 27 yards |
Period | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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Massachusetts Maritime | 0 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 10 |
UMass Dartmouth | 6 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 26 |
at Cressy Field • Dartmouth, Massachusetts
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Statistics | MMA | UMD |
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First downs | 8 | 23 |
Plays–yards | 61–150 | 85–363 |
Rushes–yards | 48 | 114 |
Passing yards | 102 | 249 |
Passing: comp–att–int | 10–30–3 | 20–39–2 |
Time of possession | 24:31 | 35:29 |
Team | Category | Player | Statistics |
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Massachusetts Maritime | Passing | Curtis Cann | 4/20, 87 yards, 1 TD, 2 INT |
Rushing | Jonah Mitchell | 7 carries, 22 yards | |
Receiving | Andrew Brightman | 2 receptions, 46 yards | |
UMass Dartmouth | Passing | Dante Aviles-Santos | 14/28, 198 yards, 1 TD, 1 INT |
Rushing | Luis Gonzalez | 18 carries, 61 yards | |
Receiving | Luis Gonzalez | 6 receptions, 53 yards, 1 TD |
Period | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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UMass Dartmouth | 6 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 26 |
Westfield State | 2 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 16 |
at Alumni Field • Westfield, Massachusetts
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No scoring
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Statistics | UMD | WSU |
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First downs | 21 | 14 |
Plays–yards | 66–445 | 62–173 |
Rushes–yards | 222 | 93 |
Passing yards | 223 | 80 |
Passing: comp–att–int | 15–25–0 | 10–23–3 |
Time of possession | 28:32 | 31:28 |
Team | Category | Player | Statistics |
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UMass Dartmouth | Passing | Dante Aviles-Santos | 14/20, 227 yards, 2 TD |
Rushing | Luis Gonzalez | 14 carries, 124 yards, 1 TD | |
Receiving | Antonio Brown | 4 receptions, 77 yards, 1 TD | |
Westfield State | Passing | Peyton Capizzi | 10/23, 80 yards, 1 TD, 3 INT |
Rushing | Shane Clark | 14 carries, 51 yards | |
Receiving | Anthony Cintron | 2 receptions, 35 yards, 1 TD |
Period | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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Fitchburg State | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
UMass Dartmouth | 8 | 18 | 8 | 6 | 40 |
at Cressy Field • Dartmouth, Massachusetts
Game information |
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Statistics | FSU | UMD |
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First downs | 9 | 31 |
Plays–yards | 53–145 | 76–597 |
Rushes–yards | 83 | 427 |
Passing yards | 62 | 170 |
Passing: comp–att–int | 4–9–1 | 16–28–0 |
Time of possession | 29:42 | 30:18 |
Team | Category | Player | Statistics |
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Fitchburg State | Passing | Joseph Haskins | 3/8, 61 yards, 1 INT |
Rushing | Frank Sims, IV | 11 carries, 39 yards | |
Receiving | Gabriel Mangrum | 2 receptions, 57 yards | |
UMass Dartmouth | Passing | Dante Aviles-Santos | 14/24, 140 yards |
Rushing | Marvens Jean | 15 carries, 173 yards, 1 TD | |
Receiving | Mike Vincent | 5 receptions, 46 yards |
Period | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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UMass Dartmouth | 8 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 26 |
Bridgewater State | 12 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 20 |
at Swenson Field • Bridgewater, Massachusetts
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Statistics | UMD | BSU |
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First downs | 22 | 20 |
Plays–yards | 73–453 | 70–304 |
Rushes–yards | 217 | 155 |
Passing yards | 236 | 149 |
Passing: comp–att–int | 16–25–0 | 15–34–2 |
Time of possession | 31:54 | 28:06 |
Team | Category | Player | Statistics |
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UMass Dartmouth | Passing | Dante Aviles-Santos | 16/25, 236 yards, 4 TD |
Rushing | Marvens Jean | 10 carries, 84 yards | |
Receiving | Douglas Machado | 6 receptions, 84 yards, 2 TD | |
Bridgewater State | Passing | James Cahoon | 15/34, 149 yards, 2 INT |
Rushing | Adam Couch | 22 carries, 151 yards, 3 TD | |
Receiving | T.J. Hairston | 4 receptions, 61 yards |
Period | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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Plymouth State | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 7 |
UMass Dartmouth | 8 | 12 | 0 | 8 | 28 |
at Cressy Field • Dartmouth, Massachusetts
Game information |
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No scoring
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Statistics | PSU | UMD |
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First downs | 13 | 17 |
Plays–yards | 61–154 | 61–329 |
Rushes–yards | 124 | 212 |
Passing yards | 30 | 117 |
Passing: comp–att–int | 6–15–0 | 14–20–0 |
Time of possession | 28:17 | 31:43 |
Team | Category | Player | Statistics |
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Plymouth State | Passing | Brett Lavanchy | 6/15, 30 yards |
Rushing | Manny Sanchez | 34 carries, 141 yards, 1 TD | |
Receiving | Gavin Moody | 2 receptions, 16 yards | |
UMass Dartmouth | Passing | Dante Aviles-Santos | 14/20, 117 yards, 2 TD |
Rushing | Dante Aviles-Santos | 10 carries, 75 yards, 1 TD | |
Receiving | Marvens Jean | 6 receptions, 78 yards, 1 TD |
Period | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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Alfred State | 3 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 16 |
UMass Dartmouth | 16 | 6 | 12 | 8 | 42 |
at Cressy Field • Dartmouth, Massachusetts
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Statistics | ASC | UMD |
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First downs | 12 | 29 |
Plays–yards | 57–278 | 91–621 |
Rushes–yards | 63 | 303 |
Passing yards | 215 | 318 |
Passing: comp–att–int | 11–31–2 | 16–30–2 |
Time of possession | 23:52 | 36:08 |
Team | Category | Player | Statistics |
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Alfred State | Passing | Aaron Jenkins | 11/31, 215 yards, 1 TD, 2 INT |
Rushing | Aaron Jenkins | 22 carries, 72 yards | |
Receiving | Shy'rel Broadwater | 5 receptions, 98 yards | |
UMass Dartmouth | Passing | Dante Aviles-Santos | 15/28, 316 yards, 4 TD, 2 INT |
Rushing | Marvens Jean | 19 carries, 129 yards | |
Receiving | Douglas Machado | 5 receptions, 151 yards |
Name | Position |
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Mark Robichaud | Head coach |
Steve Faniel | Defensive coordinator/defensive back coach |
Andrew Gacioch | Defensive line coach |
Ryan McCormack | Associate head coach/Running backs coach/Recruiting coordinator |
John Gendron | Linebackers coach |
Josh Sylvester | Offensive coordinator/quarterbacks coach |
Ryan Struthers | Wide receivers coach/special teams coordinator |
Justin Borden | Offensive line coach |
Andrew Brown | Defensive back coach |
Stephen Gacioch | Student assistant coach |
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Source and player details, 2021 UMass Dartmouth Corsairs (11/5/2022): [3] |
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Passing statistics | |||||||||||
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# | NAME | POS | RAT | CMP | ATT | YDS | AVG/G | CMP% | TD | INT | LONG |
6 | Dante Aviles-Santos | QB | 151.32 | 148 | 269 | 2,197 | 199.7 | 55.0% | 25 | 4 | 78 |
2 | Matt Gacioch | QB | 71.88 | 6 | 16 | 50 | 4.55 | 37.5% | 1 | 1 | 23 |
11 | Stephen Gacioch | QB | 116.25 | 6 | 13 | 93 | 93.0 | 46.2% | 1 | 1 | 32 |
19 | Keenan Little | WR | 186.48 | 3 | 5 | 36 | 3.27 | 60.0% | 1 | 0 | 19 |
10 | Diondre Ellis | WR | 299.00 | 1 | 2 | 20 | 3.33 | 50.0% | 1 | 0 | 20 |
81 | Mike Vincent | WR | 455.20 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0.27 | 100.0% | 1 | 0 | 3 |
TOTALS | 147.73 | 165 | 307 | 2,399 | 218.1 | 53.75% | 30 | 6 | 78 |
Rushing statistics | ||||||||
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# | NAME | POS | ATT | YDS | AVG | TD | LONG | |
4 | Luis Gonzalex | RB | 207 | 964 | 4.7 | 7 | 73 | |
9 | Marvens Jean | RB | 119 | 901 | 7.6 | 5 | 62 | |
6 | Dante Aviles-Santos | QB | 94 | 299 | 3.2 | 8 | 26 | |
35 | Richarno Hylton | RB | 8 | 104 | 13.0 | 2 | 51 | |
20 | Jalyn Aponte | RB | 18 | 98 | 5.4 | 1 | 16 | |
2 | Matt Gacioch | QB | 9 | 59 | 5.7 | 0 | 19 | |
24 | Shyne Fernandes | RB | 5 | 43 | 8.6 | 0 | 25 | |
11 | Stephen Gacioch | QB | 6 | 19 | 3.2 | 0 | 14 | |
31 | Aaron Perez | RB | 3 | 14 | 4.7 | 0 | 9 | |
37 | Khadir Green | RB | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 0 | 5 | |
8 | Douglas Machado | WR | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
19 | Keenan Little | WR | 1 | -6 | -6.0 | 0 | -6 | |
TOTALS | 486 | 2,471 | 5.1 | 23 | 73 |
Receiving statistics | |||||||
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# | NAME | POS | CTH | YDS | AVG | TD | LONG |
8 | Douglas Machado | WR | 38 | 759 | 20.0 | 9 | 78 |
18 | Antonio Brown | WR | 17 | 394 | 23.2 | 5 | 55 |
81 | Mike Vincent | WR | 25 | 346 | 13.8 | 2 | 41 |
9 | Marvens Jean | RB | 18 | 229 | 12.7 | 3 | 36 |
19 | Keenan Little | WR | 20 | 200 | 10.0 | 2 | 31 |
17 | Easten Coleman | WR | 14 | 166 | 11.9 | 1 | 28 |
4 | Luis Gonzalez | RB | 15 | 150 | 10.0 | 3 | 45 |
85 | Thomas Zednik | WR | 4 | 62 | 15.5 | 1 | 30 |
12 | Winston DeLeon | WR | 3 | 39 | 13.0 | 1 | 20 |
15 | Eric Woodbury | WR | 2 | 33 | 16.5 | 0 | 23 |
10 | Diondre Ellis | WR | 5 | 29 | 5.8 | 1 | 11 |
46 | Jonathan Brightman | WR | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 0 | 15 |
6 | Dante Aviles-Santos | QB | 2 | 5 | 2.5 | 1 | 3 |
87 | Isaiah Cole | WR | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 0 | 1 |
74 | Tyler Gmyr | OL | 0 | 0 | NaN | 0 | 1 |
TOTALS | 165 | 2,428 | 14.7 | 30 | 78 |
Punting statistics | ||||||
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# | NAME | POS | PUNTS | AVG | LONG | YDS |
2 | Matt Gacioch | P | 44 | 35.1 | 49 | 1,545 |
TOTALS | 44 | 35.1 | 49 | 1,545 |
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