USD Football 2007

FOOTBALL STAFF 619 /260-4740 Head Coach/ Offensive Coordinator:.........................Ron Caragher (1st year) Asst. Head Coach/ Def. Coor./ LB:............................ Dave Adolph (4th Year) Recruiting Coor./ Special Teams Coor./ Secondary .........Ed Lamb(3rd year) Passing Game Coor./Quarterbacks: .................Jimmie Dougherty (4th year) Senior Offensive Asst.: .................................................... Mike Rish (24th year) Running Backs Coach:..........................................Tanner Engstrand (3rd year) Offensive Line Coach:........................................... Todd Washington (1st year) Wide Receivers Coach: .........................................Steve Mooshagian (1st year) Defensive Line Coach: .....................................................Jon Sumrall (1st year) Tight Ends Coach/ Football Operations: ..................Mike Babcock (1st year) Defensive Assistant:...............................................Todd Rusinkovich (1st year) Football Videographer: ....................................................................Ross Manfre FootbalJ Operations Asst.: .......................................................... Brent Klovstad Administrative Asst.:...................................................................Janet Engelman Team Chaplain: ..................................................................Father Owen Mullen SAN DIEGO QUICK FACTS FOU DED:.................................................................................................... 1949 LOCATIO : ............................................................................5998 Alcala Park .................................................................................... San Diego, CA 9211 0-2492 PRESIDENT:......................................................................... D r. Mary E. Lyons NCAA FACULTY REP: ................................................... Mitch Malachowski ENROLLME T: .......................................................................................... 7,600 ICI AME: .............................................................................................Toreros COLORS: ......................................... Torero (Columbia) Blue, Navy & White STADIUM: .........................................................................USD Torero Stadium

2007 Team Outlook: .......................................................................... Page 2 Head Coach Ron Caragher:...........................................................Page 4-5 USD Assistant Coaching Staff: ................................................... Pages 6-8 USD umerical Roster: ........................................................... Pages 10-1 1 Meet The Toreros: ...................................................................Pages 12-24 PFL Honor Roll/ Academic Success: ............................................Page 25 USD Athletic Performance Training: .................................. Page 26 Pioneer Football League: ................................................................ Page 27 Torero Opponents:.....................................................................Page 28-30 adidas Team Sports Ad ..................................................................Page 31 Final 2006 Statistics: ................................................................. Pages 32-33 USD Football - A Tradition of Excellence: ................................ Page 34 USD Athletic HalJ of Fame ........................................................... Page 35 Team Awards ...............................................................................Page 36-37 All-Time Records ................................................................................. 38-46 FCS Torero Leaders:.................................................................Pages 47-49 PFL Honors ...................................................................................... Page 50 FCS All-America Recognitions ...................................................... Page 51 Academic Support Program: ..........................................................Page 52 CAA Compliance Guidelines .....................................................Page 53 University Profi.le:........................................................................Page 54-58 President Mary E. Lyons:................................................................ Page 60 Executive D irector of Athletics, Ky Snyder: ...............................Page 61 Athletic Department Staff: ...................................................... Pages 62-66 ESP The Magazine/ Academic All-Americans:........................Page 67 Primary Media Outlets/ Torero Announcers: ..............................Page 68 USD ATHLETICS - (619) 260-4803 Executive Director of Athletics: ..........................................................Ky Snyder Senior Associate Director of Athletics:.........................................Mike Matoso Associate Director of Athletics/Business Affairs: .......................... Dan Yourg Associate A.D./Compliance & Student Services/SWA: .............. Shaney Fink Associate A.D. / Development: .......................................................Brian Fogarty Associate A.D./ Athletic Facilities & Operations: ............................... Andy Fee Associate A.D. / Sports Medicine: ....................... Carolyn Greer, M.A., A.T., C. Associate A.D./ Media Relations: ........................................................Ted Gosen Assistant Dir. of Atl1letic Development: ..........................................Kari Logan Assistant Director for Marketing: ................................................. Chris Morales Assistant Director of Media Relations: ..........................................Chris Loucks Media Relations Coordinator:........................................................ Ryan McCann Coordinator of Athletic Academic Support: .........................Sarabetl1 Pollock Director of Jenny Craig Pavilion:.................................................Josh Lawrence Assistant Director of JCP: ...............................................................Branda Cook Asst. Dir. of Ticket Services: ............................................................Sierra Foster Mgr. of Athletic Equipment Services: ....................................... Maggie Sinclair Game Operations Manager:.............................................................Kathy Marpe Dir. of Transportation: ............................................................John Cunningham Executive Assistant:s ....................................... Charlene Ables, Donna Holston Adm. Assistants: ........................... Linda Coppa, Cyndi Casillas, Holly Keener Associate Athletic Trainers:................................. Wil Filamor & Paul Signorelli Assistant Athletic Trainer:.......................................................................Joe Parry Dir. of Athletic Performance Training: .................................. Stephane Rochet Asst. Dir. of Athletic Performance Training: ................ La'Keysha McClenton Head Team Physician: .........................................................Paul C. Murphy, MD Associate Team Physicians: .......................Jerry Hizon, MD; Rich Uhler, DO; ...............................................................Calvin Wong, MD; Ken Anderson, DO. www. usdtoreros.cotn

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At halftime of USD's football game witl1 Valparaiso last season (Oct. 14, 2006), USO officials honored Walter J. Zable by naming me field at Torero Stadium tl1e "Walter J. Zable Field at Torero Stadium". The University of San Diego is pleased to honor Mr. Walter J. Zable, an inspiring individual who has internationallymade a name for himself in born me corporate and aililetic forums. Mr. Zable has been actively involved wiili the University of San Diego for over 30 years. He served on tl1e Board of Trustees from 1978-1996 and is now Trustee Emeritus. He has been a generous donor to USO and its' Aililetic Department since 1974. .Mr. Zable is the head of one of tl1e nation's largest electronics firms - Cubic Corporation. He is still the active chairman, president and CEO of me company. Mr. Zable started Cubic Corporation in San Diego in 1951 as a small storefront business; Cubic Corp. now has 140 locations and employs nearly 6,000 people worldwide. Active in community and government affairs, lV!r. Zable has been a member of tl1e University of California - Cancer Center Foundation, and holds directorships on me National Football Foundation and College Hall of Fame, and me advisory board of tl1e San Diego Hall of Champions. Mr. Zable was me first recipient of me Distinguished American Award from me National Football Foundation and College Hall of Fame's San Diego Chapter. The Foundation's highest recognition for aililetic and humanitarian excellence - me Gold Medal Award-was presented to him in 1980.He was an honorable mention All-America football player at William and Mary, and went on to play professional football wiili me ew York Giants. In 1981, Mr. Zable was enshrined in me College Football Hall of Fame, in Souili Bend, Indiana.

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TOREROS SET TO DEFEND MID-MAJOR NATIONAL CROWN The 2007 USO football

want to build on the founda– tion set by Coach Harbaugh and raise the bar. I'll say this about these players. They are achievers and they have

the versatile back that rushed for 1,002 yards and 14 TDs. Additional help comes from seniorTEChris Ramsey,junior wideouts John Matthews &

CB Gabe Derricks, the 2006 PFL Freshman of the Year. Look for Ben Hannula and Taber LeMarr, both receivers last year, to make an impact in

team is under the direction of first year head coach Ron Caragher. Caragher, who became USD's 12 th head

the defensive secondary. Special teams play, under the guidance of coordinator Ed Lamb,will be in the capable hands of senior kicker Hutch Parker, sophomore punter John Mcsorley, sophomore kicker Ryan Jackson, and the inspired play of three-time USO Special Teams Player of the Year - Mark Cianciulli. Forthe first time in school history the Toreros will take on two Football Champion– ship Subdivision (formerly I-AA) scholarship teams in Northern Colorado and UC Davis. USO hits the road six times including back-to-back midwest trips to Butler and Valparaiso.

coach on January 9, 2007, replaces Stanford-bound Jim Harbaugh who in three quick years directed USO to back-to-back I-AA mid-major national titles, back-to-back PFL championships, and to a remarkable 22-2 mark the past two seasons. Caragher (CARE-ah-ger) comes to USO with an impressive coaching resume, including four years (2003-2006) at Kentucky un– der Rich Brooks,and a total of nine years with the UCLA Bru– ins (1994-2002) under Terry Donahue and Bob Toledo. The cupboard wasn't left bareasCaragherwill have the luxury of 14 starters and 46 lettermen back from last year's 11-1 squadthatranked20 th in the final I-AA Sports Network national poll. "I think our season began back in February when I first met the team," said Coach Caragher. "We talked about goals,we talked about visions, what the team wants. Then we strategized a game plan for what it takes to achieve those goals. Spring ball went very well and the team tran– sitioned to a new staff. We

very high expectations. They will not settle for anything less than achievement and attaining their goals. And we as coaches are on the same path. We won't let them settle for less." A former quarterback himself when he played at UCLA,Caragherdidn't have to look far for senior leadership. Running the offense will be senior QB Josh Johnson, last year's PFL Offensive Player of theYear who also finished 6th in the Payton Watch voting for the I-AA's top offensive player. As a two-year starter, Johnson owns a record of 22- 2 and during this time he has completed 68.2%ofhis passes (506-742) for 6,576 yards and 70 touchdowns. The athletic Johnson can also beat you with his legs as he totaled 720 yards and 11 TDs in 20C>6. The offense is bolstered by the return of senior center Jordan Paopao, a 2006 mid– major All-American; senior guard Gabe DeAnda, a 2006 mid-major AII-American;Wes Doyle, a senior wideout who caught 52 balls for 909 yards and 11 TDs; and JT Rogan,

Kenny Stivers, running back Brendan Feliczak, receivers Mitch Ryan and Zac May,and linemen Deene Kabiling and Jason McFarland. The Torero defense, under the guidance of Defensive Coordinator Dave Adolph, has played a huge role in the team's success in recent years. Last season's squad ranked in the top-25 in twelve statisti– cal areas including scoring defense (2nd, 12.9 ppg) and rushing defense (10th, 107.3 yards pg) . Adolph's defense will be spearheaded by senior All– America defensive end Eric Bakhtiari. Bakhtiari, the 2006 co-PFL Defender of the Year, is the team's top returning tackler (63) and sack man (8). Although he has to fill a few voids left by graduated seniors Kyson Hawkins, Josh Brisco and Chase McBride, Adolph will look to count on the play of the following returning starters: senior linebackers Ronnie Pentz and Tyler Evans,junior safety PatrickO'Neill,juniorlineman Chris Gianelli,sophomore DE Matt Shearer,and sophomore

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OnJanuary9,2007the UniversityofSan Diego introduced Ron Caragher as its new head football coach. Ca rag her becomes the Toreros' 12th head football coach at USD and replaces Jim Harbaugh who is now at Stanford. "As I talked to people around the country, I kept hearing the same things about Ron Caragher," said Ky Snyder, Executive Director of Athletics. "He is a student of the game, elite class of coach, very knowledgeable, great recruiter, develops players, motivated, competitor, great family man, high character and integrity. These are the qualities you seek in a head coach and we have found them in Ron Ca rag her. He has had access to some of the best minds in coaching inTerry Donohue,BobToledo and Rich Brooks. He has been a winner his whole life and we expect that will continue at USD." Caragher, (pronounced "CARE-ah-ger"), spent the past four seasons (2003-2006) at the University of Kentucky as an assistant coach under Rich Brooks. He was the run– ning backs coach all fouryears,and since 2005 served as Kentucky's Head Recruiting Coordinator.This past season Kentucky finished 8-5 overall, and 4-4 in the Southeast Conference Eastern Division,good for atieforthird place and the program's best league mark since 1993. The 8 wins is also the program's best win total since their 9-3 campaign back in 1984.TheWildcatsfinished offthe 2006 season in fine fashion as they upset Clemson, 28-20, in the MusicCity Bowl on December 29th.It was Kentucky's first bowl appearance since 1999,and the program's first bowl win in 22 years. "It is a privilege and honor to be here as the new head football coach at the University of San Diego," said Ron Ca rag her."First and foremost, I would like to thank some people, starting with the President of this university, Dr. Mary E. Lyons; our Director of Athletics, Ky Snyder; and members of the selection committee. I want to thank

them for this opportunity to work with these young men and coach and guide them. I am just truly thankful for that. Our family is very excited about returning to our native state of California.We are very excited to be a part of the San Diego community, and in particular the family here at USD. Everyone here has been terrific and I am impressed by the support that this university extends to its student athletes. Not just in the academics, but on the playing field as well.I am also looking forward to building upon the success that coach Jim Harbaugh set. His devoted assistants and aspiring student athletes who have reached such a high level here. I am looking at taking that foundation and building upon that and continuing that upward movement towards the high– est level that we possibly can.One of my first objectives as a head coach was to meet with the student athletes because they are the core of the program. To get to know these young men, and to get to know their goals, their dreams and what their desires are. As a coach, it is

my job to see what I can do about helping them attain those goals."

The 40-year-old Caragher also has Southern California ties. He spent nine seasons (1994-2002) on UCLA's staff where he worked with both Terry Donahue and Bob To– ledo. His first two seasons were as a Graduate Assistant; the last seven years with the Bruins he coached wide receivers and kickers/punters.During the 1997 and 1998 seasons, UCLA won a school-record 20 straight games and averaged more than 40 points per game while set– t ing numerous school records. He coached in five bowl games during his term there,including the Aloha,Cotton, Rose, Sun, and Las Vegas bowls. A native of Morgan Hill,California,Caragherwas a three– sport letterman at Bellarmine College Prep (1982-84) where he earned three varsity letters as a quarterback in football. He earned an athletic scholarship to UCLA in 1985 and went on to earn four varsity letters (1986-89) and was part of teams that won four consecutive bowl games.After graduating from UCLA in 1990 with a B.A.in Psychology, Ron worked in private business (1990-93) .

The Caragher Family: Ron Caragher and his wife, Wendy, and their three sons (l-r) Josh, Ryan, and Scott.

Caragher and his wife, Wendy, have three sons, Josh, Ryan, and Scott.

Head coach Ron Caragher with Eric Bakhtiari, Josh John- Head Coach Ron Caragher and USD's Executive Director son, JTRogan andJordan Paopao at the San Diego Hall of of Athletics Ky Snyder shake hands as Snyder introduces Champions "Sports at Lunch" on July 26, 2007. Caragher as the new football coach at USO.

Dave Adolph enters his fourth season at USD, and his third in a full-time capacity where he will again be the Assistant Head Coach. He will also be the program's Defensive Coordina– tor and Linebackers coach. The 2006 Torero defense ranked in the top-25 in twelve

Jk different areas including 2nd in scoring defense (12.9), 4th in pass efficiency defense (97.07 rating), tie-6th in turnover margin (+1.0), 10th in rushing defense (107.3 yards per game) and 12th in total defense (269.08). The Toreros posted two shutouts and a total of six games where they limited their opponent to 7 points or less. Dave returned to coaching in 2004 following a 37-year coaching career that ended in January, 2000 when he retired from his post with the Kansas City Chiefs as assistant head coach/ linebackers coach. He spent 21 years in the NFL ranks, including two tours of duty with the Chiefs. He served as the team's defensive coordinator from 1992-1994 and worked as the club's assistant head coach/ linebacker coach in 1999. This respected defensive expert spent his entire pro coaching

career (21 years) in the AFC, including 14 years as a defensive coor– dinator and 12 seasons in the AFC West, making 11 career playoff appearances in the process. Prior to joining the Chiefs, Adolph spent two years ('97-98) as linebackers coach for the Oakland Raiders. He signed on with Oakland after a two-year stint ('95-96) as defensiver coordinator for the San Diego Chargers. During his three-year ten– ure as Kansas City's defensive coordinator from '92-94, the Chiefs made three straight playoff appearances and allowed an average of just 18.1 points per game. A native of Akron, Ohio, Adolph originally came to Kansas City after spending three seasons ('89-91) as defensive coordinator for the L.A. Raiders. He spent the '86-88 seasons as defensive coor– dinator of the Cleveland Browns. Adolph began his NFL career as

the Browns defensive line coach in 1979. He took over the club's linebackers in '81 before assuming duties as defensive coordinator midway through the '84 season when Marty Schottenheimer was named head coach. He then spent one season ('85) as an assistant for San Diego before rejoining the Browns in '86. A 16-year coaching veteran on the collegiate level, Adolph worked with the legendary Woody Hayes at Ohio State from '77-78. He also coached at Illinois ('73-76), Kentucky ('69-72), Connecticut ('65-68) and his alma mater of Akron ('63-64). An all– conference guard and linebacker for the Zips, Adolph spent three years ('59-61) as a commissioned officer in the Air Force before beginning his coaching career at Cleveland's Shaw High School in '62. ed

Ed Lamb enters his third year with the USD foot– ball program as coach of the secondary and special teams. Lamb came to San Diego after a two-year stint at the Universityof Idaho where he was the Vandals defensive coordinator. Over the span of two seasons at Idaho, the Vandals defense improved by 20 points per game allowed.

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Prior to Idaho he held coaching positions with BYU and the University of Redlands. At Redlands he was the defensive coordinator for three seasons with the Bulldogs finishing number one in total defense each season and winning two Southern Calfifornia Intercollegiate Athletic Conference titles (1999 & 2000).

Lamb earned his M.A. in Education in 1998 from Redlands, and holds a B.A. in English from Brigham Young. He and his wife, Sarah, have three daughters, Anna, Amelia, and Acorn. Lamb is a 1992 graduate of Amador Valley High School in Pleasanton, California.

mike RISH Assistant Coach 24th Year Senior Offensive Asst.

jimmie GHERTi¥

Assistant Coach 4th Year Passing Game Coordinator Quarterback Coach

Mike Rish is beginning his 24tl1 season on the Torero staff where he will again be Senior O ffensive Assistant. He returns to coach the receivers, something he has done for twenty-two of the past twenty-three Torero sea– sons. Mike played for USD from 1979-83 where he posted career numbers that make him one of the best receivers ever to play at USD -- he ranks second all-time with 101 receptions, 18 receiving touchdowns and 1,722 receiving yards. He held the school marks in all three career receiving departments from 1983 through 1997; he was passed by Torero receiver D ylan Ching. In 1983 he was selected the team's scholar-athlete by the ational Football Foundation and College Hall of Fame. In the Toreros' nationally-tele– vised game between Occidental in 1982, Rish was named the CBS Chevrolet Player of the Game. Mike graduated from USD with an Accounting degree in 1984. He is the Vice President for Secondary Marketing for Guild Mortgage Company in San Diego.

Jimmie Dougherty returns in 2007 for his fourth season coaching at the University of San Diego. This season he will once again coach the quarterbacks as he did in 2006 as well as coordinate the passing game. He came to USD in 2004 and coached an outstanding wide receiver corp. That receiving group included All-American and team MVP Michael Gasperson as a senior, and Adam Hannula who went on to rewrite the school record book for career numbers the following season as a senior. Gasperson led the team with 54 catches for 894 yards with 7 TD's that season. Gasperson was signed after the season as a free agent by the Philadelphia Eagles and also was allocated to FL Europe to play for the Cologne Centurions. The following season Dougherty showed his versatility and coached the tight ends. This group was led by senior Matt Koller who went on to earn All Pioneer Football League Conference honors that year. Last season Dougherty moved to coach the quarterbacks, the position that he played in college. He fl ourished in furthering the development of current USD quarterbackJosh Johnson.Johnson led the nation last season in total of– fense, passing yardage, passing effi ciency and points responsible for under his

tutelage. AU-in-all, Johnson accounted for 4,040 yards of total offense in 2006 while thtowing 34 touchdowns and only 5 interceptions. Johnson was voted to the AP 3rd Team All- America squad and finished 6th in voting for the Payton Award. He returns for his fi nal season at USD poised to break vir tually every record in the USD record books. He needs just 6 TD passes and 777 pass– ing yards to surpass E ric Rasmussen fo r career numbers in those categories. Most importantly, Johnson will look to improve upon his career record as a starter at USD which now stands at 22-2. Prior to USD, Dougherty was a graduate assistant at Illinois Wesleyan niversity in Bloomington, Illinois from 2002-2004.During his years there, he was the defensive backs coach. He earned his masters from Illinois State during that time in Sport Manage–

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Assistant Coach 3rd Year Running Backs

Tanner Engstrand enters his third season with the Torero football team, and his first as the running backs coach. Last season he was an offensive assistant for the 11 -1 Toreros that ranked first in the nation in total offense and scoring. The past two seasons he worked with football operations where he helped with all equipment duties and daily football operations. E ngstrand was a two-year letterman at San Diego State University (2003-2004) where he played quarterback. He saw limited action in his two sea– sons, serving mainly as a backup. Before enrolling at SDSU he was a First Team All-Foothill Conference and Academic All-America quarterback at Grossmont College in El Cajon, California during the 2002 season. He is currentlyenrolled at USD where he is working on his Master's degree in Business Administration

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Dougherty played quarterback at the University of Missouri from 1997- 2001 . He was a three year letter winner from 99-01. He started as a sophomore, throwing for over 1,400 yards and 7 TD's. His career was cut short as a junior when he suffered a ligament tear in his throwing elbow. Dougherty was a former All State performer at Edwardsville High School in football and basketball. He played for his father, Tim Dougherty, at Edwardsville High School where his father is still the head football coach.

Assistant Coach 1st Year Offensive Line Todd Washington, who will be the offensive line coach, joins the Torero staff after an 8-year playing career in the NFL. Washington, a 4th round pick by Tampa Bay in 1998, played five seasons with the Buccaneers (1998-2003), including the 2002 Super Bowl XXXVII Championship team. He closed out his career with the Houston Texans (2003-2005). Played four years at Virginia Tech University (1994-97) where he earned All-Big East 1st team honors in 1997 and appeared in the Senior Bowl (1998). Washington earned his B.S. degree in Physical Education and Health in 1998. He was a coaching intern (August, 2006) for East Texas Baptist University and for the Amsterdam Admirals (February, 2006) at their NFL Europe Training Camp. Todd and his wife Shannon have one daughter, Ava, and a son, Zane. SUM Assistant Coach 1st Year Defensive Line Jon Sumrall, who will be the defensive line coach, was with Caragher the past two seasons at the University of Kentucky. He was a defensive graduate assistant coach at his alma mater, aiding the UK defensive staff and helping them this past season to an 8-5 record and Music City Bowl win over Clemson. Addition– ally he had lead responsibility in breaking down opponent film, organizing scouting reports, handling "self scout" of UK tendencies, and running the offensive scout team. Sumrall was a three-year letterman for the Wildcats from 2002-04. His best season for UK was in 2004 when he led the team in tackles with 72 from his line– backer position. He completed his B.A. degree in finance and is currently working on a master's degree in sports leadership. todd Assistant Coach 1st Year Defensive Assistant Todd Rusinkovich enters his first season with the Torero football staff as a defensive assistant. Rusinkovich is a recent graduate of Cornell University where he was a letterman on the Big Red Ivy League football team. He played defensive line, fullback, and tight end during his four years at Cornell and received the Fresh– man Scholar Athlete Award, was elected to the Cornell Football Players' Council and served as a position leader. Todd had a season ending knee injury during his sophomore year. Prior to Cornell, Todd attended San Clemente High School in San Clemente, California where he was an All South Coast League player at linebacker and led his team to the CIF semifinals. Todd captained the squad and was named the team's MVP. Rusinkovich was also the captain for his basketball and baseball teams while at SCHS and was named Athlete of the Year and Student of the Year as a senior. Todd is currently enrolled in the USD Graduate School of Leadership and Educational Sciences. jon

Assistant Coach 1st Year Wide Recievers Steve Mooshagian begins his first year as the program's wide receivers coach. Mooshagian comes to USD with an extensive coaching background, includ– ing four years as the head coach at Sacramento State (2003-2006). In his four years at Sacramento State, Mooshagian coached five Division I-AA All-Americans, three Division I-AA Freshmen All-Americans and 48 players who earned all-Big Sky Conference honors. During his last season the team's 4-4 Big Sky conference record was the 2nd best record in the school's 11-year Division I history. In his four seasons he played a direct role in the development of All-America wide receiver Fred Amey who played for the San Francisco 49ers in 2005. Mooshagian coached the receivers in his first two seasons, including 2004 when Amey caught a school-record 72 passes and was named first team all-Big Sky for the third straight year. A native Californian, Mooshagian has coached at the high school, junior college, college and professional levels. Prior to his post at Sacramento State, he served as the wide receivers coach with the Cincinnati Bengals from 1999-2002. In 2002, he guided the only receiving corps in the NFL to have four players with atleast 40 catches. With the Bengals, he coached some of the best young receivers in the league, including all-pro Chad Johnson, Peter Warrick, Darnay Scott, Carl Pickens, and T.J. Houshmandzadeh. Prior to workingwith theBengals,Mooshagian was the offensive coordina– tor at the University of Pittsburg for two years (1997-98), and offensive coordinator at Nevada in 1996. That year the Wolf Pack led the nation in total offense with an average of 527.3 yards of total offense and posted a 9-3 overall record while win– ning the Big West title and Las Vegas Bowl. He also had coaching stops at Fresno City College (head coach, 1995), Fresno State (1985-1994) and Washington Union HS (1983-84). Mooshagian graduated from Fresno Statewith adegree in physical education (1982) and later added his master's degree in 1984 from Columbia Pacific University. He played two years for the Bulldogs (1980-81) as a wide receiver, and following graduation signed as a free-agent wide receiver with the Los Angeles Express of the USFL (1983). He and his wife, Rene, have three grown children - daughters Janaye and Danielle, and a son, Bobby.

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Tight Ends/ Football Operations Director Mike Babcock, who will be the tight ends coach and football operations director, comes to USD from the University of Colorado. The past two seasons he was the offensive quality control intern after joining the program in June 200~. Prior to CU he was at UCLA, his alma mater, for five seasons as a member of the coaching staff. He spent three years (2002-04) as a graduate assistant coach after working the two previous years as an undergraduate assistant coach with both the offense and the defense. He played three seasons as an inside linebacker at UCLA, and was a member of the Bruins' 1997 and 1998 Pacific-10 Conference championship teams, which played in the Cotton and Rose bowls, respectively. He earned his B.A. degree in Sociology from UCLA in 2002, , and his M.A. in Education in 2004. Mike and his wife, Kimberly, were recently married rhis past summer.

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Joe Staab

Anthony McCrady Hanner Hart Adam Hauser Taber LeMarr Ryan Echer Josh Johnson Tommy Eulberg

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Meridian, ID/ Mountain View Dallas, TX/ Bishop Lynch

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Woodinville, WA/ Bishop Blanchet

J.T. Rogan Joey Orfini

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Andrew Rolin Kevin Dunn

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Justin Fontenberry Stephen Roseman Chris Ramsey Averill Sutchar Derron Juarez Ayrius Justin John McGough Patrick O'Neill

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Bellevue, WA/ Bellevue Senior

5-11

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Matt Shearer Mark Johnson Kort Gibson

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Santa Margarita/ Santa Margarita Catholic

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Jason Blake

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Joseph Abushawich Nick Vassiliadis David Hopkins Sean Coleman John McSorley Mick Connors Kiernan Hopkins

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Koa Duncan

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Grand Rapids, MI/ USD HS (Hawaii)

RB DB RB DB LB RB ss TE DB RB TE DB LB FB RB K

5-10 5-9 6-0 6-0 6-3 6-3 6-4 5-8 5-9 6-5 6-0 5-10 5-11

Pleasanton/ Amador Valley (U Mass-Amherst)

N

35

Mark Cianciulli Ryan Jackson

Corona de! Mar/ Corona de! Mar West Hills / Charninade College Prep

36-ST

36-DB Jeffrey Chavez

FR

La Verne/ Bonita

37 38 39

Ronnie Pentz Brett Marquis Brandon Espy John Nordstrom

SR*

Lake Forest/ El Toro

FR

Encinitas/ La Costa Canyon Diamond Bar/ Servite Bellevue, WA/ Newport Geneva, MN/ Laughlin Chula Vista/ Eastlake

215 230 160 180 230 185 225 216 240

SO* FR*

40-0 40-D

FR

Joey Bailey

41

Frederick Montgomery

JR* JR*

42-0 42-D 43-D 43-0 44-0

Mitch Ryan

Jackson/ Argonaut

Albert Samaha Jordan Sinclair Scott Zipse Josh Sutchar

FR

Carmichael/Mira Loma

Red Bluff/ Red Bluff (Shasta College)

JR

6-1 6-1

FR

Santa Clara/ Saint Francis Hanover Park, IL/ Bartlett

JR

NO

ATHYR HOMETOWN LHIGH SCHOOL (CQll!:g!:)

NAME

WT 210 216 230 195 225 240 225 220 225 220 215 230 245 265 221 255 200 235 232 245 310 290 251 281 300 288 31 7 228 285 287 275 230 280 260

POS

HT

44-D 45-D 45-0 46-D 46-0

Brandon Moberg Vincent Atofau

6-3

DB LB FB DB TE RB LB FB LB LB LB LB DE DL LB DL LB LB OL OL OL OL OL OL OL OL OL OL OL OL OL OL OL OL OL WR WR WR

FR

Grand Rapids, MN/Grand Rapids Senior

5-11

Palmdale/ Hawthorne

JR

Kyle Sullivan ick Becerra Allen Cadreau

FR so FR

Reno, NV/ Bishop Manogue Catholic San Jose/ Bellarmine College Prep Anaheim Hills/Orange Lutheran

6-1 6-0 6-4 6-2 6-5 6-0 6-3 6-1 6-1 6-2 6-2 6-1 6-2 6-4 6-0 6-3 6-0 6-2 6-0 6-3 6-3 6-6 6-6 6-3 6-4 6-5 6-2 6-0 6-5 6-2 6-4 6-5 6-6 6-4 6-1 6-4 6-0 6-1 6-4 6-4 6-2 6-1 6-2 6-2 6-5 6-3 5-11 6-3 5-10

N 0 0

47

ick Coppedge

Santee/ Vista

SO* FR*

49-D 49-0

Casey Weiss

Riverside/ Martin Luther King

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Brandon Sweeney

FR SR FR FR

Alamo/ Monte Vista

Tyler Evans

50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 68 69 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 82 83 84 85

Englewood, CO/Cherry Creek

Jonathan Dalmu Loka Kanongataa Jared Forrester Julian Strickland

N ovato/ Novato

5-10

Bellevue, WA/ Bellevue Senior

JR* FR* SO* FR so FR FR so FR SR FR FR FR FR FR* FR so SR FR SO* SO* JR* FR* JR*

Aurora, CO/ Regis Jesuit Burlingame/ Burlingame Mukilteo, WA/ Kamiak

Alex Rice

Joseph Martin

Lake O swego, OR/Central Catholic St. Louis, MO/Chaminade College Prep

John G'Sell Ryan Fehr

Granite Bay/ Granite Bay San Diego/ St. Augustine Mesa, AZ/McClintock

Matt Gabbard Ben Erickson Teddy Fulham Juan Galindo Jordan Paopao Oliver Gordon Herb Thompson Pat Thompson Deene Kabiling George Peniche Conrad Smith Aaron Levine Gabe DeAnda Brock Christensen A.J. Toops Jason McFarland Matthew West Ryan Shelton Danny Papilion John Matthews Kyle Kofoed

Glendora/ Damien

Moreno Valley/ Moreno Valley

Oceanside/El Camino

Redwood City/Sacred Heart Prep Glendale, AZ/Brophy College Prep Glendora/ Charter Oak Glendora/ Charter Oak San Diego/ University City Orange/Orange Lutheran Weston, MA/ Weston Lakewood, CO /J.K. Mullen West Jordan, UT / West Jordan Rancho Cordova/Cordova Long Beach/ Woodrow Wilson Classical

San Jose/ Leigh

Clackamas, OR/Clackamas

245 223 194 200 235 180 220 160 195 185 288 260 255 265 255 266 255 260

Wright:wood / Serrano (Chaffey JC)

JR

FR

Aurora, CO /Cherry Creek Littleton, CO/ Regis Jesuit Greeley, CO/ Greeley West

JR* JR* JR*

Zach May

TE

Dorian Keller Patrick Doyle

WR

Santa Rosa/El Molino (Santa Rosa JC)

86 87 88 89 91 92 93 95 96 97 98 99

TE

FR FR

Western Springs, IL/ Fenwick San Clemente/San Clemente

Chad Rusinkovich

WR WR

Sean Cullina Hutch Parker

Bonita/ St. Augustine

JR

K

Dana Point/ St. Margaret's

SR

DL DL DL DL DL DL DL DE

Michael Fetterman

Colorado Springs, CO/Riverside Poly (Mt. San Jacinto)

JR

Eric Bakhtiari Ben Thorne Chris Gianelli

SR*

Burlingame/ Burlingame Coronado/Coronado

FR

Rancho Palos Verdes/ Palos Verdes Peninsula

JR*

Ross Sevy

FR

Novato/ Marin Catholic

Paul Tremblay

FR* JR* JR*

Solana Beach/ Santa Fe Christian San Luis Obispo/ San Luis Obispo La Canada/La Canada (Pasadena CC)

enadal

Cody

Rubin Resnick

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josh JO so Notable: Josh Johnson is in his fourth ,----------,---------•

and final year at the USD... One of the top FCS quarterbacks in the nation, last year Josh finished 6th in voting for the Walter Payton Award... Led the nation in total offense (336.7 ypg), total passing yards (3,320), passing efficiency (169.0 rating) and points responsible for (24.33 ppg)... Is the current active career leader in passing effi ciency (168.16 rating) and completion percentage (67.80)... Already the USO career leader in pass comple– tions (518), Josh enters the 2007 cam– paign needing just 6 touchdown passes and 777 passing yards to break the school marks... Ts a 2007 College Sport– ing News Preseason Ali-America 2nd Team pick on offense.

► Senior ► 6-3 ► 205

► Quarterback ► Oakland, CA ► Oakland Tech ► 2005,2006 All-American ► Payton Watch Candidate

2006 at USO: Named 3rd Team AP Ali-American for all I-AA players... 1st Team Mid-Major Ali-American (The Sports Network) ... PFL Offensive Player of the Year... In 12 games, Josh made a huge statement on why he is one of the top quarterbacks in the nation... As a two-year starterJohnson is 22-2... Helped lead USO to hold the top spot in the Sports Network Mid-Ma– jor Poll for 20 straight polls, and entered the Top 25 for the first time in school history ... USO reached a program-best No. 14 in the Sports Network Poll, and finished the season ranked o. 20... Josh, who was named the PFL Player of the Week six times, was named the unanimous PFL Offensive Player of the Year... He ranked No. 1 in four NCAA I-AA statistics - total offense (336.7 yards per game), passing efficiency (169.0 rating), total passing yards (3,320) and points responsible for (24.33)... For the season he completed 246-of-371 passes (66.3%) for 3,320 yards and 34 touchdowns; on the ground he rushed for 720 yards and 11 scores on l07 carries (6.7 yards per carry ave.) ...Johnson passed for 4 touchdowns six times, and rushed for one or more scores in nine contests... He totaled four games with 300+ yards passing including a season-best 384 yards vs. Jacksonville... In the team's 56-14 win over Dayton, Johnson completed 26-of-31 passes for 316 yards, rushed for 2 scores and hauled in a 25-yard TD reception... In the PFL clinching win at Jacksonville (11-4-06), Johnson set a school record for total offense with 470 yards... He completed 30-43 passes for 384 yards and 4 scores; and added 86 yards rushing on the ground... In the win over Morehead State (10-28-06), Johnson passed for 202 yards and 3 TDs, including a 72-yard pass to John Matthews, and added 80 yards rushing on 9 carries... In the team's win over Valparaiso (10-14-06), he completed 18-of-23 passes for 286 yards and 4 TDs, and added a 3-yard TD run; In 56-3 win over Butler (10-7-06), Johnson completed 19-of- 29 passes for 235 yards and 3 TDs, and rushed for 61 yards including a 4-yard TD sprint; In win at Davidson (9-30-06), he passed for 310 yards on 27-39 passing & rushed for 127 yards and a 20-yard TD sprint; in a win at Yale (9-16-06) Johnson passed for 345 yards on 28-35 passing & added 70 yards rushing that included a highlight reel 46-yard TD run; in 41-7 home win over Dixie State (9-9-06) he passed for 293 yards on 20-31 passing. 2005 at USO: Was a First Team All-American (Sports Network) and Offensive Back of the Year (Don Hansen) after record-setting season... First Team AJJ-PFL and team tvlVP completed 70.1% of his passes (260-371) for 3,256 yards and 36 touchdowns... Added 379 yards on the ground with 4 rushing TDs... Three-time PFL O ffensive Player of the Week.. . Tied school- record witl1 7 TD passes at Valparaiso (all coming in 1st ha!~.. . Tossed 5 TDs on 24-37 passing for 375 yards in PFL Championship win over Morehead State. .. Totaled 8 games with 3 or more passing touchdowns. 2004 at USO: Was backup quarterback to Todd Mortensen (signed free agent contract with Detroit Lions) and completed 12-of-22 passes for 135 yards. High School: Prepped at Oakland Technical I-Ugh School where he threw for 1,900 yards and 22 touchdowns with just two interceptions his senior season, leading his team to the Oakland Athletic League Championship... Earned First Team AU-City, Oakland Chamber of Commerce Prep Most Improved Player honors... amed Most Inspirational his junior year when he could not play due to injury ... Lettered in basketball where he was named Honorable Mention... Also lettered in track, placing third in the OAL high jump with a jump of six feet, five inches. Personal: Born on May 15, 1986 in Oakland, CA ... Also recruited bySt. Mary's and Idaho State... Chose USD for the opportunity to attend a good school and be a part of an excellent football program on the rise... Notes that football, school and video games are his li fe.

Payton Watch Candidate

Major: Business t\ dministration

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N OTABLE: Eric enters his fourth and final year with the Toreros... Last year he earned 3rd Team Associated Press All– America honors for all I-AA players... 1st Team Mid-Major All-American (fhe Sports Nerwork)... Named 2006 co-Pioneer Foot- ball League D efender of the Year... First Team All-Pioneer Football League... Key performer of USD defensive squad that ranked #2 in scoring defense (12.9 ppg), 10th in rushing defense (107.3 yards per game) and 12th in total defense (269.08)... Is a 2007 College Sporting ews Preseason All-American for 3rd Team D efense...2007 Buck Buchanan Candidate.

► Senior ► 6-4 ► 260

► Defensive Line ► Burlingame, CA ► Burlingame HS ► 2005,2006 All-American ► 2006 PFL Co-Defensive Player of the Year

2006 at USD: Eric Bakhtiari started all 12 games at defensive end for the 11 -l Toreros who were crowned the I-AA Mid-Major National Cham– pions by The Sports Nerwork... Bakhtiari finished second on the team with 63 tackles (39 solo) and ranked 6th in the nation in tackles for loss... In the G ridiron Classic game berween USD and NEC champion Monmouth, Bakhtiari finished with 9 tackles (6 solo), 4.5 tackles for loss (-22 yards) and 3 QB sacks (-17 yards)... The 9 tackles matched his season-best set earlier in the season in a road win at Jacksonville... In the team's pivotal PFL road win over D rake, Bakhtiari was credited with 3 tackles for loss (-28 yards) and 2 QB sacks... He totaled a personal-best 5 tackles for loss in the team's home win over Morehead State. 2005 at USD: Played in all 12 games and played a key role with the success of the defensive unit at the end position... named First Team All-America (Sports Nerwork and Don Hansen)... First Team All– PFL... team D efensive MVP... totaled 62 tackles with 30 solo stops with 15 tackles for loss (-51 yards) and 4 sacks (-30 yards)... season-best 11 tackles in PFL championship win over Morehead State. 2004 at USD: Playedin 2004 played in 11 games and ranked 9th on the team with 35 tackles (26 solo) to go with 3 quarterback sacks (-17 yards), 1 fumble recovery, 1 interception and 2 pass breakups... season-best 7 tackles (6 solo) with 1 interception in key PFL win over D ayton.

2003 at USD: Sat out as a redshirt.

High School: Collected 76 tackles and 14.5 sacks is Senior season for the 12-1 Burlingame Panthers while earning 1st Team All League, County, and Co-Defensive MVP... Also lettered in track.

Personal: Born on December 2, 1984 in San Mateo, CA... Also recruited by the College o f San Ma– teo... Chose USD to get a great education and play football in beautiful San Diego... Eric is very close to his parents Debbie and Karl and siblings Andrew, D anielle and D avid... Also likes to waterski and wakeboard in his free time.

MAJOR: Business Administration

Eric Bakhtiari Career Defensive Statistics

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0 2006 Mid-Major First Team All-American (The Sports N etwork) 2006 NCAA 1-FCS First Team Mid-Major All-American (Football Gazette) 2005 Mid-Major First Team All-American (The Sports N etwork)

USD: Jordan Paopao enters his fourth and final year at USO where he returns as the starting center with the offensive line unit. .. A three-year starter, Jordan anchors the Torero offensive line where he plays a key role in both run blocking and pass protection ... This past season was tabbed a First Team Mid– Major All-American (The Sports Network) for the second straight year... Named First Team All-American by Foot– ball Gazette (was a 2nd team selection in 2005) ... Is a two-time First Team All-Pioneer Football Team selection ... This past summer was USD's representative at the 2007 NCAA National Leadership Conference. High School: Prepped at El Camino High School where he was twice named All-Avocado League and All-Aca– demic... Also earned All-County and All-CIF honors his senior year... Selected a National Football Association Scholar-Athlete.

Personal: Born on June 25, 1986 in San Diego, CA... Also recruited by Willamette, Azusa Pacific, Occidental and Yale... Chose USO for football and academics... His father, Anthony, also played college football.

Major: Accounting. Minor: Spanish.

gabe

2006 Mid-Major First Team All-American (Football Gazette) 2006 Mid-Major First Team All-American (The Sports Network) USD: Gabe DeAnda returns for his senior campaign where he will again start with the offensive line unit at guard... He played a key role with both run blocking and pass protection as the Toreros ranked first in the nation in total offense (494.2 yards per game) and scoring (42.8 points per game) .. . Last year he made the tran–

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sition from defense to offense and earned Mid-Major First Team All-America honors (The Sports Network) ... In 2005 Gabe was a nose tackle with the defensive line unit . .. He totaled 21 tackles (6 solo) with 1 tackle-for-loss ... Game-best 5 stops in win over Marist. .. In 2004 contributed 13 tackles (6 solo) in 9 contests. High School: His senior season at JK Mullen HS, totaled 90 tackles with five sacks earning All-League and All– State Honorable Mention for the 12-1 Centennial League Champions... Also helped JK Mullen to an 11 -2 record and a League Championship his junior season with 70 tackles and two sacks, earning Second Team All-League honors... Was a four-time letter-winner... Additionally he lettered in power-lifting and track, winning state in power– lifting and placing seventh in throwing.

Personal: Born on March 4, 1986 in Evergreen, Colorado... Also recruited by Drake, Colorado and Kearney... His father, Rollie, was on the diving team at Western State College.

Major: Communications;

Minor: Philosophy