2000 Ohio State Football Roster

Season Record: 8-4
Conference Record: 5-3
Home Record: 4-2
Road Record: 4-1 (0-1 neutral site)
Final A.P. Ranking: 19th
Head Coach: John Cooper
2000 Roster: 104 players (67 from Ohio: 64% of total)
2001 NFL Draft Selections: 6

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2000 Roster

#	Player	Position	Height	Weight	Birthday	Hometown	High School
1	Bobby Britton	CB, ST	5'11"	194	9/28/1981	Jacksonville, FL	Raines
2	Mike Doss	SS	6'0"	203	3/24/1981	Canton, OH	Canton McKinley
3	David Mitchell	CB, DB	6'1"	195	10/18/1979	Westerville, OH	South
4	Ken-Yon Rambo	WR	6'2"	190	10/04/1978	Cerritos, CA	Long Beach Poly
5	Sam Maldonado	RB	6'2"	215	1/22/1982	Harrison, NY	Harrison
6	Cie Grant	CB, OLB, ST, SS	6'2"	220	11/27/1979	New Philadelphia, OH	New Philadelphia
7	Duane Crooks	DB, FL, ST	5'10"	185	8/5/1979	Dublin, OH	Dublin Coffman
8	Steve Bellisari	DB, QB, ST	6'3"	220	4/21/1980	Boca Raton, FL	Boca Raton Community
9	Ricky Bryant	FL, WR	6'1"	175	3/24/1981	Farmington Hills, MI	Harrison
9	Raheem Shabazz	DB	6'1"	193	-	Chattanooga, TN	Chattanooga
10	Joe Cooper	OLB, ST, SS	6'2"	225	1/22/1979	Columbus, OH	Independence
11	Richard McNutt	CB, DB, ST	6'0"	178	9/7/1981	Park Forest, IL	Rich East
11	Mike Young	WR	6'3"	205	-	Middletown, OH	Middletown
12	Michael Jenkins	SE, ST, WR	6'5"	215	6/18/1982	Tampa, FL	Leto
13	Chad Cacchio	WR	5'10"	190	8/10/1978	Columbus, OH	Upper Arlington
13	Harlen Jacobs	CB, ST	6'1"	197	12/5/1981	Atlanta, GA	Douglass
14	Brandon “Bam” Childress	FL, ST, WR	5'10"	185	3/31/1982	Bedford, OH	Chanel
15	Scott McMullen	QB	6'4"	215	11/18/1980	Granville, OH	Granville
16	Craig Krenzel	QB	6'4"	225	7/1/1981	Utica, MI	Henry Ford II
17	Rick McFadden	QB	6'7"	205	12/21/1981	Struthers, OH	Struthers
17	Emeka Onyejekwe	DB	5'11"	188	-	Columbus, OH	DeSales
18	Tony Locke	FL, ST	5'10"	185	5/19/1978	Urbana, OH	Urbana
18	Andy Groom	H, P, ST	6'1"	190	9/10/1979	Columbus, OH	Bishop Hartley
18	Kelton Lindsay	CB, ST, TB	6'1"	195	8/8/1980	Lebanon, OH	Lebanon
19	B.J. Barre	CB, DB, ST	6'1"	185	1/30/1981	Toledo, OH	Whitmer
20	Nate Clements	CB, ST	6'0"	190	12/12/1979	Shaker Heights, OH	Shaker Heights
21	B.J. Sander	H, P	6'3"	212	1/5/1980	Cincinnati, OH	Roger Bacon
23	Josh Huston	K	6'2"	195	2/28/1982	Findlay, OH	Findlay
23	Andy Szymanowski	DB	6'3"	215	-	Freemont, OH	St. Joseph Central Catholic
24	Curtis Crosby	DB	5'11"	175	4/30/1980	Columbus, OH	Eastmoor
25	Donnie Nickey	FS, SS	6'3"	205	4/25/1980	Plain City, OH	Jonathan Alder
26	Andrew Schabo	P, TE	6'1"	220	3/24/1980	Worthington, OH	Thomas Worthington
26	Will Allen	DB, FS, SS	6'2"	185	6/17/1982	Huber Heights, OH	Wayne
27	Jerry Westbrooks	DB, FB, OLB, ST, TB	6'2"	235	8/27/1977	Boca Raton, FL	Pope John Paul II
28	Jonathan Wells	TB	6'2"	230	7/21/1979	River Ridge, LA	John Curtis
29	Andre Griffin	TB	5'10"	180	2/16/1979	Shaker Heights, OH	Shaker Heights
29	Jesse Kline	FB, ST, TB	6'2"	227	7/9/1980	Columbus, OH	Upper Arlington
30	Jason Ott	MLB	6'4"	240	1/23/1979	Cincinnati, OH	Elder
32	Marco Cooper	OLB	6'2"	235	7/4/1982	Detroit, MI	Cass Tech
33	Nate Stead	FB, ST	6'0"	255	9/10/1980	Marion, OH	Harding
34	Terry Pogue	RB	6'2"	220	-	Dayton, OH	Colonel White
34	Arthur Allen	DB	5'8"	170	-	Jacksonville, FL	Episcopal
35	Matt Wilhelm	ILB, OLB	6'5"	245	2/2/1981	Elyria, OH	Elyria Catholic
36	Pat O’Neill	OLB, ST	6'4"	230	9/24/1980	Cuyahoga Falls, OH	Walsh Jesuit
7	Derek Ross	CB, ST	6'1"	190	1/5/1980	Rock Hill, SC	Northwestern
38	Eric Klaban	K	5'10"	167	8/21/1980	West Bloomfield, MI	West Bloomfield
38	Ben Steele	ILB	5'11"	207	-	Marysville, OH	Marysville
38	Branden Joe	FB, ST	6'0"	245	10/12/1981	Westerville, OH	South
39	Jamar Martin	FB	6'1"	255	4/12/1980	Canton, OH	McKinley
41	Jim Kortovich	OLB	6'1"	215	-	Euclid, OH	Villa Angela St. Joseph's
41	Thomas Matthews	OLB, ST, SS	6'1"	210	9/7/1981	Fort Lauderdale, FL	Dillard
43	Derek Combs	TB	6'2"	197	2/28/1979	Grove City, OH	Grove City
44	Robert Reynolds	LS, OLB	6'4"	242	5/20/1981	Bowling Green, KY	Bowling Green
44	Chris Leon	TB	5'10"	185	-	Reseda, CA	Notre Dame
46	Fred Pagac Jr.	MLB, OLB	6'2"	225	5/29/1981	Dublin, OH	Dublin Coffman
47	Dan Stultz	K, P	6'0"	205	6/16/1978	Orrville, OH	Orrville
48	Jack Tucker	FB, ILB	6'1"	235	4/22/1980	Cypress, CA	Kennedy
49	Tim Cheatwood	DB, OLB, ST, TE	6'4"	250	11/08/1978	Cleveland, OH	Benedictine
50	Michael Stafford	OT	6'4"	280	4/24/1980	Upper Arlington, OH	Upper Arlington
51	Fred Sturrup	DT	6'4"	270	3/6/1981	Plantation, FL	Plantation
52	Jamal Muhammad	FB, MLB	6'1"	230	2/24/1982	Stone Mountain, GA	Stone Mountain
53	Ivan Douglas	OT	6'6"	310	3/17/1980	University Heigts, OH	Benedictine
54	Tim Anderson	DT	6'4"	289	11/22/1980	Clyde, OH	Clyde
55	Tam Hopkins	OG, OT	6'5"	305	3/22/1978	Winter Park, FL	Lake Howell
56	Darrion Scott	DE, DT, MLB	6'3"	271	10/25/1981	Charleston, WV	Capital
58	Courtland Bullard	OLB	6'3"	227	9/02/1978	Miami, FL	Southridge
60	Brent Johnson	DE	6'4"	265	12/7/1976	Kingston, Ontario	Holy Cross
71	Shane Olivea	OT	6'5"	315	10/7/1981	Cedarhurst, NY	Lawrence
63	Adrien Clarke	OG, OT	6'5"	325	3/26/1981	Shaker Heights, OH	Shaker Heights
64	Larry Kinnard	OT	6'7"	295	-	Alliance, OH	Alliance
65	Mike Gurr	OG, TE	6'7"	290	8/1/1977	Hamilton, OH	Hamilton
66	Mike Jacobs	C, LS, OG	6'2"	285	5/9/1979	Maumee, OH	Maumee
66	Alphonso Townsend	DT	6'6"	280	-	Lima, OH	Senior
68	LeCharles Bentley	C, OG, OT	6'3"	290	7/11/1979	Cleveland, OH	St. Ignatius
69	Jim Massey	OT	6'5"	290	9/01/1979	Brecksville, OH	St. Ignatius
71	John Bates	OG, OT	6'4"	279	9/12/1978	Cherry Hill, NJ	East
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
74	Eric Smith	OT	6'6"	330	11/13/1976	Columbus, OH	Walnut Ridge
75	Henry Fleming	OT	6'7"	305	7/25/1978	Manning, SC	Manning
70	Scott Kuhnhein	OT	6'6"	285	8/11/1979	Fort Thomas, KY	Highlands
76	Alex Stepanovich	C, OG	6'5"	300	9/25/1981	Berea, OH	Berea
77	Tyson Walter	OT	6'5"	300	3/17/1978	Chagrin Falls, OH	Kenston
78	Bryce Bishop	OG, OT	6'5"	310	8/20/1981	Miami, FL	Killian
79	Ryan Pickett	DT	6'3"	290	10/8/1979	Zephyrhills, FL	Zephyrhills
80	Reggie Germany	WR	6'1"	195	3/19/1978	Hazelwood, MO	East
82	Drew Carter	WR	6'4"	200	9/5/1981	Solon, OH	Solon
83	Vanness Provitt	WR	6'3"	200	1/20/1977	Warren, OH	Warren G. Harding
84	John Hollins	SE, ST, WR	6'2"	205	1/1/1982	Huber Heights, OH	Wayne
85	Andrew Lee	WR	6'2"	195	-	Columbus, OH	Brookhaven
86	Marvin Payne	FB, ST, TE	6'3"	250	3/7/1977	Columbus, OH	St. Charles
24	Maurice Lee	CB, WR	5'10"	178	10/23/1980	Cleveland, OH	South
87	Jason Caldwell	TE	6'5"	265	5/5/1982	Mentor, OH	Mentor
88	Ben Hartsock	TE	6'4"	264	7/5/1980	Chillicothe, OH	Chillicothe
89	Darnell Sanders	TE	6'6"	265	3/16/1979	Warrensville Heights, OH	Warrensville Heights
90	Clinton Wayne	DE, DT, NG, OLB	6'4"	275	5/17/1977	Brampton, Ontario	Centennial
91	Jason Bond	OLB, ST	6'3"	242	8/23/1981	Worthington, OH	Bishop Watterson
92	Brent Welch	WR	6'1"	180	-	Barnesville, OH	Barnesville
93	Will Smith	DE	6'3"	265	7/4/1981	Utica, NY	Proctor
94	Rodney Bailey	DE	6'5"	260	10/07/1979	Cleveland, OH	St. Edward
95	David Thompson	DT	6'5"	280	8/23/1979	Paterson, NJ	East
97	Kenny Peterson	DE, DT	6'4"	265	11/21/1978	Canton, OH	McKinley
98	Mike Collins	DT	6'4"	290	1/19/1978	Newark, OH	Newark
99	Heath Queen	DT	6'5"	275	2/06/1979	Medina, OH	Lodi-Cloverleaf

Prior Year: 1999 Ohio State Football Roster
Next Year: 2001 Ohio State Football Roster

2000 Ohio State Football Statistics

2000 Ohio State Passing Stats

Player	Comp	Pass Att	Cmp %	Pass Yds	Pass TD	Pass Int
Steve Bellisari	163	310	52.6	2319	13	13
Scott McMullen	5	11	45.5	88	1	0
Craig Krenzel	5	9	55.6	57	0	1
Chad Cacchio	1	1	100.0	1	0	0
B.J. Sander	0	1	0.0	0	0	0
Dan Stultz	0	1	0.0	0	0	0

2000 Ohio State Rushing Stats

Player	Rush Att	Rush Yds	Rush Avg	Rush TD	Fum	Lost
Derek Combs	175	888	5.1	5	1	0
Jonathan Wells	136	598	4.4	6	2	0
Steve Bellisari	107	179	1.7	1	6	3
Jerry Westbrooks	43	97	2.3	3	0	0
Sam Maldonado	22	50	2.3	1	0	0
Jamar Martin	8	6	0.8	2	1	1
Ken-Yon Rambo	6	19	3.2	0	1	1
Craig Krenzel	6	-11	-1.8	0	0	0
Andy Groom	2	25	12.5	0	0	0
Jesse Kline	2	5	2.5	0	0	0
Ricky Bryant	1	-15	-15.0	0	1	0
Joe Cooper	1	18	18.0	0	0	0
Scott McMullen	1	8	8.0	0	0	0

2000 Ohio State Receiving Stats

Player	Rec	Rec Yds	Rec Avg	Rec TD
Ken-Yon Rambo	53	794	15.0	2
Darnell Sanders	23	270	11.7	5
Reggie Germany	22	366	16.6	1
Chad Cacchio	20	390	19.5	4
Vanness Provitt	16	228	14.3	0
Jonathan Wells	9	88	9.8	0
Derek Combs	9	78	8.7	0
Drew Carter	6	75	12.5	0
Jerry Westbrooks	4	39	9.8	0
Ricky Bryant	3	66	22.0	1
Tony Locke	3	29	9.7	0
Tim Cheatwood	3	17	5.7	1
Jamar Martin	1	13	13.0	0
Ben Hartsock	1	11	11.0	0

2000 Ohio State Defensive Stats

Player	Position	Tkl	Solo	Asst	TFL	TFL Yds	Sacks	Sack Yds	FF	FR	Int	Int Yds	PBU	Blk	Def TD
Mike Doss	SS	94	73	21	13	47	3	18	1	3	3	33	6	0	2
Joe Cooper	OLB, ST, SS	80	50	30	10	32	4	22	1	0	1	8	3	0	0
Nate Clements	CB, ST	68	60	8	2	4	0	0	0	0	4	47	13	0	0
Matt Wilhelm	ILB, OLB	66	48	18	15	47	3	20	1	0	1	25	2	0	1
Donnie Nickey	FS, SS	64	54	10	2	2	1	1	0	1	2	11	4	0	0
Courtland Bullard	OLB	46	35	11	11	61	6	46	2	1	1	0	2	0	0
Mike Collins	DT	46	27	19	5	20	3	17	0	1	0	0	0	0	1
David Mitchell	CB, DB	45	37	8	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	113	11	0	2
Ryan Pickett	DT	39	21	18	6	31	3	20	2	0	0	0	4	0	0
Derek Ross	CB, ST	37	32	5	4	11	0	0	1	1	2	23	7	0	0
Brent Johnson	DE	35	27	8	15	77	9	61	2	0	0	0	1	0	0
Rodney Bailey	DE	31	26	5	13	65	8	50	1	0	0	0	4	1	0
Kenny Peterson	DE, DT	15	11	4	7	34	3	28	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Cie Grant	CB, OLB, ST, SS	13	10	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Richard McNutt	CB, DB, ST	12	7	5	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Robert Reynolds	LS, OLB	11	7	4	1	6	1	6	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
B.J. Barre	CB, DB, ST	10	7	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Darrion Scott	DE, DT, MLB	8	5	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Joe Brown	DE, DT	8	2	6	2	12	1	8	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
Clinton Wayne	DE, DT, NG, OLB	8	4	4	1	6	1	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Will Allen	DB, FS, SS	7	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Andy Groom	H, P, ST	6	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Pat O’Neill	OLB, ST	6	4	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Tim Anderson	DT	6	3	3	2	12	2	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Bobby Britton	CB, ST	4	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Marco Cooper	OLB	3	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
Tim Cheatwood	DB, OLB, ST, TE	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
Marvin Payne	FB, ST, TE	3	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Tony Locke	FL, ST	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Curtis Crosby	DB	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
Heath Queen	DT	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Jonathan Wells	TB	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Dan Stultz	K, P	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Ivan Douglas	OT	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Mike Jacobs	C, LS, OG	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Reggie Germany	WR	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Vanness Provitt	WR	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

2000 Ohio State Kicking and Punting Stats

Player	Pt	Pt Yds	Punt Avg	TB	I20	Pt Blkd	XP	XPA	XP %	FG	FGA	FG %
Andy Groom	0	0	0.0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0
B.J. Sander	37	1549	41.9	0	7	2	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0
Dan Stultz	22	832	37.8	3	7	0	34	37	91.9	19	24	79.2

2000 Ohio State Kick and Punt Return Stats

Player	KR	KR Yds	KR Avg	PR	PR Yds	PR Avg	PR TD
Ken-Yon Rambo	17	478	28.1	1	-3	-3.0	0
Nate Clements	4	147	36.8	39	513	13.2	1
Derek Ross	3	65	21.7	0	0	0.0	0
Mike Doss	1	15	15.0	0	0	0.0	0
Jerry Westbrooks	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0
Jonathan Wells	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0
Darnell Sanders	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0

2000 Ohio State Football Schedule & Results

Date	Game	Result	Stadium	Attendance	Line	Over/Under
2000-09-02 02:50:01September 2, 2000	Fresno State @ Ohio State	10 - 43	Ohio Stadium	96,583	OSU -18.5	-
2000-09-09 02:15:30September 9, 2000	Ohio State @ Arizona	27 - 17	Arizona Stadium	57,367	OSU -5.5	-
2000-09-16 02:32:56September 16, 2000	Miami (Oh) @ Ohio State	16 - 27	Ohio Stadium	96,721	OSU -23	-
2000-09-23 02:52:45September 23, 2000	Penn State @ Ohio State	6 - 45	Ohio Stadium	98,144	OSU -12	-
2000-10-07 03:09:59October 7, 2000	Ohio State @ Wisconsin	23 - 7	Camp Randall Stadium	79,045	OSU -1.5	-
2000-10-14 11:55:35October 14, 2000	Minnesota @ Ohio State	29 - 17	Ohio Stadium	98,120	OSU -13	44
2000-10-21 02:00:08October 21, 2000	Ohio State @ Iowa	38 - 10	Kinnick Stadium	60,495	OSU -18	-
2000-10-28 02:23:12October 28, 2000	Ohio State @ Purdue	27 - 31	Ross-Ade Stadium	68,666	Pur -2	-
2000-11-04 02:38:26November 4, 2000	Michigan State @ Ohio State	13 - 27	Ohio Stadium	98,406	OSU -14.5	-
2000-11-11 02:55:24November 11, 2000	Ohio State @ Illinois	24 - 21	University of Illinois Memorial Stadium	61,207	OSU -7.5	-
2000-11-18 03:15:08November 18, 2000	Michigan @ Ohio State	38 - 26	Ohio Stadium	98,568	OSU -2.5	-
2001-01-01 02:10:36January 1, 2001	Ohio State vs. South Carolina	7 - 24	Raymond James Stadium	65,229	OSU -7	42

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