1996 Ohio State Football Roster

Season Record: 11-1
Conference Record: 7-1
Home Record: 5-1
Road Record: 5-0 (1-0 neutral site)
Final AP Ranking: 2nd
1996 Roster: 90 players (59 from Ohio: 66% of total)
1997 NFL Draft Selections: 7

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1996 Roster

#	Player	Position	Height	Weight	Birthday	Hometown	High School
17	Andy Stamp	K	6'1"	200	1/6/1977	West Chester, OH	Lakota
1	Gary Berry	DB, FS	6'0"	205	10/24/1977	Columbus, OH	DeSales
2	Ty Howard	CB, DB	5'9"	175	11/30/1973	Columbus, OH	Briggs
3	Dimitrious Stanley	FL, TB	5'10"	181	9/19/1974	Worthington, OH	Thomas Worthington
5	Michael Wiley	TB	6'0"	195	1/15/1978	Spring Valley, CA	Monte Vista
6	Jimmy Redmond	WR	6'0"	165	8/18/1977	Lee's Summit, MO	Blue Springs South
7	Joe Germaine	QB	6'2"	205	11/16/1975	Mesa, AZ	Mountain View
9	Josh Jackson	K	5'11"	162	6/6/1974	Logan, OH	Logan
9	Garrett Shea	DB	5'10"	175	7/11/1977	San Jose, CA	Bellarmine Prep
10	Tom Hoying	QB, ST, TE	6'4"	221	2/9/1975	St. Henry, OH	St. Henry
11	Antoine Winfield	CB, ST	5'9"	180	6/24/1977	Akron, OH	Garfield
12	Buster Tillman	SE, WR	6'1"	185	9/16/1974	Steubenville, OH	Steubenville
13	Damon Moore	FS, S	5'11"	200	9/15/1976	Fostoria, OH	Fostoria
2	Rolland Steele	CB, DB	5'11"	160	8/18/1977	Dublin, OH	Scioto
15	Dee Miller	FL, WR	6'1"	200	12/4/1975	Springfield, OH	South
16	Mark Garcia	QB	6'4"	215	5/7/1976	Modesto, CA	Grace Davis
17	Percy King	DB, FS	6'4"	210	1/31/1977	Columbus, OH	Marion-Franklin
18	Che’ Bryant	DB	6'1"	180	1/8/1975	Canton, OH	McKinley
19	Heath Knisley	ST, SS	6'3"	180	-	New Philadelphia, OH	New Philadelphia
19	Ahmed Plummer	CB	6'0"	193	3/26/1976	Wyoming, OH	Wyoming
20	Central McClellion	CB, ST, SS	5'11"	190	9/15/1975	Delray, FL	Boca Raton Olympia
21	Charlie Sanders	FB, TB	5'9"	215	9/22/1976	Rochester Hills, MI	Adams
23	Matt Keller	FB	6'0"	238	12/2/1976	Mason, OH	Moeller
24	Carmie Elmore	FB, TB	6'2"	208	-	Smithtown, OH	DeSales
24	Shawn Springs	CB, ST	5'11"	180	3/11/1975	Silver Spring, MD	Silverbrook
25	Rob Kelly	CB, DB, FS, ST, SS	6'2"	200	6/21/1974	Newark, OH	Newark Catholic
25	Jermon Jackson	TB	5'11"	205	9/20/1975	Ironton, OH	Ironton
26	Anthony Gwinn	FS	6'0"	190	3/30/1975	Columbus, OH	Brookhaven
27	Jerry Westbrooks	DB, FB, OLB, ST, TB	6'2"	235	8/27/1977	Boca Raton, FL	Pope John Paul II
28	Mike Burden	DB, ST, SS	6'1"	205	9/21/1976	Palatine, IL	Palatine
29	Pepe Pearson	TB	5'10"	206	12/11/1975	Euclid, OH	Euclid
30	Greg Bellisari	MLB, ST	6'1"	230	6/21/1975	Boca Raton, FL	Boca Raton Community
32	Na’il Diggs	OLB	6'4"	235	7/8/1978	Los Angeles, CA	Dorsey
33	Joe Montgomery	TB	5'11"	216	6/8/1976	Robbins, IL	Oak Lawn Richards
35	Jerry Rudzinski	ILB, OLB	6'1"	220	7/16/1975	Centerville, OH	Kettering Alter
93	Randy Homa	DT, ILB, NG	6'2"	285	12/24/1975	Pottsvile, PA	Pottsville Area
37	Nick Goings	RB	6'0"	205	1/26/1978	Dublin, OH	Scioto
37	Nicky Sualua	FB	5'11"	251	4/16/1975	Santa Ana, CA	Mater Dei
38	Dan Colson	DB, ST, SS	6'0"	185	9/25/1973	Middletown, OH	Middletown
38	Mike Malfatt	K, P	6'3"	212	5/18/1975	Dublin, OH	Dublin
39	Matt Calhoun	FB	6'0"	237	3/24/1974	Heath, OH	Heath
41	Brent Bartholomew	P	6'2"	210	10/22/1976	Apopka, FL	Apopka
42	Kevin Griffin	CB, SE, ST, TB	5'10"	183	2/8/1976	Redmond, WA	Kirkland Juanita
43	Ryan Miller	ILB, OLB, ST	6'2"	220	9/14/1974	Allen Park, MI	Allen Park
44	Chris Kirk	ILB	6'3"	235	11/9/1976	Westerville, OH	South
45	Andy Katzenmoyer	ILB	6'4"	255	12/2/1977	Westerville, OH	Westerville South
46	Marcel Willis	OLB, ST	6'3"	235	5/12/1975	Phoenix, AZ	South Mountain
47	Dan Stultz	K, P	6'0"	205	6/16/1978	Orrville, OH	Orrville
48	Matt LaVrar	DE, OLB	6'3"	270	10/4/1976	Maumee, OH	Maumee
9	David Boston	WR	6'3"	215	8/19/1978	Humble, TX	Humble
50	Eric Gohlstin	OG, OT	6'4"	305	10/29/1975	Cleveland, OH	St. Ignatius
51	Roedell Dupree	ILB, OLB	6'3"	225	3/25/1975	Jersey City, NJ	Ferris
52	Kevin N. Johnson	OLB	6'2"	220	12/27/1973	Athens, GA	Clark Central
57	LeShun Daniels	NG, OG	6'4"	275	5/30/1974	Warren, OH	Harding
59	Paris Long	DT, OG	6'5"	320	8/27/1978	Columbus, OH	Beechcroft
60	Brent Johnson	DE	6'4"	265	12/7/1976	Kingston, Ontario	Holy Cross
61	Kevin Loadman	LS, OG	6'1"	245	10/13/1976	Worthington, OH	Bishop Watterson
62	Jason Kozar	C	6'0"	270	-	Amherst, OH	Steele
62	Shane Clark	NG	6'2"	268	10/20/1973	Chillicothe, OH	Chillicothe
63	Kurt Murphy	C	6'4"	290	4/27/1978	Columbus, OH	DeSales
64	Ben Gilbert	OG	6'5"	295	6/5/1978	Lancaster, OH	Lancaster
65	Juan Porter	C, OG, OT	6'4"	290	11/26/1973	Cleveland, OH	St. Ignatius
66	Dan Gibbons	DT, OG	6'4"	300	10/13/1975	Farmington, MI	Birmingham Brother Rice
67	Brooks Burris	OG, OT	6'7"	286	10/31/1975	Logan, OH	Logan
68	Winfield Garnett	DT	6'6"	305	7/24/1976	Riverdale, IL	Thornton Township
72	Marcus Perez	DE	6'3"	250	12/8/1977	Medina, OH	Medina
73	Joe Brown	DE, DT	6'7"	285	3/5/1977	Tucson, AZ	Catalina Foothills
75	Orlando Pace	DT, OT, ST	6'6"	320	11/4/1975	Sandusky, OH	Sandusky
76	Jefferson Kelley	OT	6'6"	305	9/18/1977	Cincinnati, OH	Colerain
77	Tyson Walter	OT	6'5"	300	3/17/1978	Chagrin Falls, OH	Kenston
78	Drew Elford	C, OG, OT	6'5"	300	4/2/1977	Garfield, NJ	St. Mary's
79	Larry Waldon	OT	6'6"	340	2/4/1975	Detroit, MI	MacKenzie
65	Mike Gurr	OG, TE	6'7"	290	8/1/1977	Hamilton, OH	Hamilton
81	Darik Warnke	DB, ST, WR	6'1"	196	9/12/1977	Cuyahoga Falls, OH	Walsh Jesuit
82	Mike Furrey	SE, ST	6'0"	170	5/12/1977	Hilliard, OH	Hilliard
83	Vanness Provitt	WR	6'3"	200	1/20/1977	Warren, OH	Warren G. Harding
84	Steve Wisniewski	TE	6'6"	265	7/16/1977	Timberlake, OH	Eastlake North
85	John Lumpkin	TE	6'8"	260	12/31/1975	Dayton, OH	Trotwood-Madison
87	Kevin Houser	DE, LS, TE	6'4"	250	8/23/1977	Westlake, OH	Westlake
88	Bob Houser	ST, TE	6'4"	230	8/3/1975	Westlake, OH	Westlake
89	D.J. Jones	TE	6'4"	260	8/15/1974	Lebanon, OH	Lebanon
90	Clinton Wayne	DE, DT, NG, OLB	6'4"	275	5/17/1977	Brampton, Ontario	Centennial
91	Jeff Wilson	DE	6'3"	255	1/14/1975	Deerfield Beach, FL	Deerfield Beach
92	Matt Finkes	DE, NG	6'2"	258	2/12/1975	Piqua, OH	Piqua
94	Mike Vrabel	DE	6'4"	260	8/14/1975	Stow, OH	Walsh Jesuit
95	Jim Bell	DE, DT, NG, OLB	6'5"	251	11/20/1973	Liberty, OH	Ursuline
96	Tony Eisenhard	DE, ST, TE	6'7"	265	10/28/1976	Tiffin, OH	Columbian
97	John Day	DE, DT	6'3"	265	5/20/1975	Independence, OH	St. Ignatius
98	Kevin Johnson	DE	6'7"	240	6/1/1977	Washington, DC	Dunbar
99	Luke Fickell	DE, NG	6'4"	260	8/18/1973	Westerville, OH	Westerville

Prior Year: 1995 Ohio State Football Roster
Next Year: 1997 Ohio State Football Roster

Coaching Staff:

Head Coach: John Cooper
Offensive Coordinator: Joe Hollis
Defensive Coordinator & Linebackers: Freg Pagac
Defensive Ends & Recruiting Coordinator: Bill Conley
Quarterbacks: Walt Harris
Defensive Line: Jim Heacock
Offensive Line: Mike Jacobs
Running Backs: Tim Spencer
Wide Receivers: Chuck Stobart
Defensive Backs: Jon Tenuta

1996 Ohio State Football Statistics

1996 Ohio State Passing Stats

Player	Comp	Pass Att	Cmp %	Pass Yds	Pass TD	Pass Int
Stanley Jackson	87	165	52.7	1298	12	5
Joe Germaine	80	147	54.4	1193	15	4
Tom Hoying	3	5	60.0	34	1	0
Pepe Pearson	1	1	100.0	21	0	0

1996 Ohio State Rushing Stats

Player	Rush Att	Rush Yds	Rush Avg	Rush TD	Fum	Lost	FR
Pepe Pearson	299	1484	5.0	17	3	2	0
Joe Montgomery	68	460	6.8	2	0	0	0
Stanley Jackson	52	138	2.7	2	3	1	0
Jermon Jackson	51	319	6.3	4	1	1	0
Matt Keller	25	121	4.8	1	1	0	0
Michael Wiley	23	176	7.7	1	0	0	0
Joe Germaine	17	-61	-3.6	0	2	0	2
Nick Goings	12	56	4.7	0	1	0	0
Matt Calhoun	6	16	2.7	0	0	0	0
Tom Hoying	4	13	3.3	0	1	0	1
Charlie Sanders	4	9	2.3	0	0	0	0
Carmie Elmore	3	8	2.7	0	0	0	0

1996 Ohio State Receiving Stats

Player	Rec	Rec Yds	Rec Avg	Rec TD
Dimitrious Stanley	43	829	19.3	8
David Boston	33	450	13.6	7
Pepe Pearson	19	218	11.5	0
Matt Keller	17	235	13.8	2
John Lumpkin	12	159	13.3	3
Buster Tillman	10	97	9.7	0
Dee Miller	10	147	14.7	0
D.J. Jones	10	139	13.9	2
Michael Wiley	6	194	32.3	3
Matt Calhoun	6	26	4.3	3
Jermon Jackson	2	14	7.0	0
Jimmy Redmond	1	22	22.0	0
Nick Goings	1	15	15.0	0
Bob Houser	1	1	1.0	0

1996 Ohio State Defensive Statistics

Player	Position	Tkl	Solo	Asst	TFL	TFL Yds	Sacks	Sack Yds	FF	FR	Int	Int Yds	PBU	Blk	Def TD
Damon Moore	FS, S	89	61	28	5	14	0	0	1	0	5	44	2	0	1
Greg Bellisari	MLB, ST	88	58	30	9	36	4	26	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Andy Katzenmoyer	ILB	85	57	28	23	103	12	74	3	0	4	67	6	0	1
Matt Finkes	DE, NG	68	39	29	16	77	7	49	0	1	0	0	0	0	1
Rob Kelly	CB, DB, FS, ST, SS	67	38	29	4	26	1.5	11	2	2	3	86	5	2	1
Mike Vrabel	DE	56	37	19	18	107	9.5	61	2	1	0	0	2	0	0
Ryan Miller	ILB, OLB, ST	51	37	14	9	46	2	0	10	0	0	0	3	0	0
Luke Fickell	DE, NG	48	30	18	8	28	2	13	0	0	0	0	1	1	0
Antoine Winfield	CB, ST	47	36	11	4	9	0	0	0	0	1	27	2	0	0
Shawn Springs	CB, ST	36	28	8	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	14	0	0
Ty Howard	CB, DB	32	26	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	26	3	0	0
Winfield Garnett	DT	27	16	11	5	15	2	10	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
Central McClellion	CB, ST, SS	26	22	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
Ahmed Plummer	CB	19	13	6	1	6	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0
Che’ Bryant	DB	17	12	5	2	9	1	6	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
Anthony Gwinn	FS	17	9	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	19	2	0	0
Matt LaVrar	DE, OLB	16	13	3	1	4	1	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Jerry Rudzinski	ILB, OLB	13	5	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0
Gary Berry	DB, FS	11	7	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	19	1	0	0
Shane Clark	NG	11	8	3	3	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Jeff Wilson	DE	9	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
Mike Burden	DB, ST, SS	8	5	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
Chris Kirk	ILB	8	7	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Dan Colson	DB, ST, SS	7	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Jim Bell	DE, DT, NG, OLB	7	6	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Kevin Griffin	CB, SE, ST, TB	6	5	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	1
John Day	DE, DT	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Clinton Wayne	DE, DT, NG, OLB	3	2	1	2	16	1	14	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Dimitrious Stanley	FL, TB	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Tom Hoying	QB, ST, TE	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
Percy King	DB, FS	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Heath Knisley	ST, SS	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Orlando Pace	DT, OT, ST	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
Tony Eisenhard	DE, ST, TE	2	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
Jimmy Redmond	WR	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Stanley Jackson	QB	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Andy Stamp	K	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Matt Keller	FB	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Eric Gohlstin	OG, OT	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Sean Colosimo	ILB	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Kevin Houser	DE, LS, TE	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Bob Houser	ST, TE	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Randy Homa	DT, ILB, NG	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

1996 Ohio State Kicking and Punting Statistics

Player	Pt	Pt Yds	Punt Avg	TB	I20	Pt Blkd	XP	XPA	XP %	FG	FGA	FG %
Josh Jackson	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	52	55	94.5	10	15	66.7
Andy Stamp	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	3	3	100.0	1	2	50.0
Brent Bartholomew	58	2455	42.3	8	23	1	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0

1996 Ohio State Kick and Punt Return Stats

Player	KR	KR Yds	KR Avg	PR	PR Yds	PR Avg	PR TD
Dimitrious Stanley	12	298	24.8	1	7	7.0	0
Shawn Springs	2	48	24.0	17	190	11.2	0
Tom Hoying	1	8	8.0	0	0	0.0	0
Michael Wiley	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0
David Boston	0	0	0.0	32	297	9.3	1
Matt Keller	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0
Rob Kelly	0	0	0.0	1	23	23.0	0
Kevin Griffin	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0
D.J. Jones	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0

1996 Ohio State Football Schedule & Results

Date	Game	Result	Stadium	Attendance	Line	Over/Under
1996-09-07 20:45:24September 7, 1996	Rice @ Ohio State	7 - 70	Ohio Stadium	93,479	OSU -27	-
1996-09-21 01:58:14September 21, 1996	Pittsburgh @ Ohio State	0 - 72	Ohio Stadium	93,968	OSU -35	-
1996-09-28 02:12:27September 28, 1996	Ohio State @ Notre Dame	29 - 16	Notre Dame Stadium	59,075	OSU -3	50
1996-10-05 02:31:36October 5, 1996	Penn State @ Ohio State	7 - 38	Ohio Stadium	94,921	OSU -9.5	47
1996-10-12 02:53:50October 12, 1996	Wisconsin @ Ohio State	14 - 17	Ohio Stadium	94,215	OSU -26.5	-
1996-10-19 01:04:44October 19, 1996	Ohio State @ Purdue	42 - 14	Ross-Ade Stadium	60,172	OSU -26.5	-
1996-10-26 01:24:49October 26, 1996	Ohio State @ Iowa	38 - 26	Kinnick Stadium	70,397	OSU -14	-
1996-11-02 01:53:24November 2, 1996	Minnesota @ Ohio State	0 - 45	Ohio Stadium	93,588	OSU -35	-
1996-11-09 02:14:49November 9, 1996	Ohio State @ Illinois	48 - 0	University of Illinois Memorial Stadium	54,412	OSU -29	-
1996-11-16 02:07:51November 16, 1996	Ohio State @ Indiana	27 - 17	Memorial Stadium	49,271	OSU -34.5	-
1996-11-23 02:37:01November 23, 1996	Michigan @ Ohio State	13 - 9	Ohio Stadium	94,676	OSU -17	43
1997-01-01 03:12:19January 1, 1997	Arizona State vs. Ohio State - Rose Bowl	17 - 20	Rose Bowl	100,635	OSU -2	52

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