2001 Ohio State Football Roster

Season Record: 7-5
Conference Record: 5-3
Home Record: 4-2
Road Record: 3-2 (0-1 neutral site)
Final A.P. Ranking: Unranked
2001 Roster: 98 Players (65 from Ohio: 66% of total)
2002 NFL Draft Selections: 8

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2001 Roster

#	Player	Position	Height	Weight	Birthday	Hometown	High School
1	Mark Minnix	WR	6'3"	190	-	Columbus, OH	Hilliard Davidson
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
4	Chris Vance	FL	6'2"	180	9/13/1980	Fort Myers, FL	Fort Myers
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	Derek Ross	CB, ST	6'1"	190	1/5/1980	Rock Hill, SC	Northwestern
7	Chris Gamble	CB, ST, WR	6'2"	194	3/11/1983	Sunrise, FL	Dillard
7	Roshawn Parker	TB	6'0"	219	10/20/1981	Columbus, OH	Eastmoor
8	Steve Bellisari	DB, QB, ST	6'3"	220	4/21/1980	Boca Raton, FL	Boca Raton Community
9	Raheem Shabazz	DB	6'1"	193	-	Chattanooga, TN	Chattanooga
9	Ricky Bryant	FL, WR	6'1"	175	3/24/1981	Farmington Hills, MI	Harrison
10	Joe Cooper	OLB, ST, SS	6'2"	225	1/22/1979	Columbus, OH	Independence
11	Mike Young	WR	6'3"	205	-	Middletown, OH	Middletown
11	Richard McNutt	CB, DB, ST	6'0"	178	9/7/1981	Park Forest, IL	Rich East
12	Michael Jenkins	SE, ST, WR	6'5"	215	6/18/1982	Tampa, FL	Leto
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
14	Angelo Chattams	FL, ST, WR	5'11"	185	11/9/1982	Dayton, OH	Chaminade-Julienne
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
18	Jim Otis	QB	5'10"	200	-	Chesterfield, MO	Christian Brothers CLG
18	Andy Groom	H, P, ST	6'1"	190	9/10/1979	Columbus, OH	Bishop Hartley
19	David Andrews	TE	6'2"	225	-	Bloomingburg, OH	Miami Trace
19	B.J. Barre	CB, DB, ST	6'1"	185	1/30/1981	Toledo, OH	Whitmer
21	B.J. Sander	H, P	6'3"	212	1/5/1980	Cincinnati, OH	Roger Bacon
23	Scott Petroff	SS	5'11"	180	-	Winter Park, FL	Lake Howell
23	Josh Huston	K	6'2"	195	2/28/1982	Findlay, OH	Findlay
24	Maurice Lee	CB, WR	5'10"	178	10/23/1980	Cleveland, OH	South
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
28	Jonathan Wells	TB	6'2"	230	7/21/1979	River Ridge, LA	John Curtis
28	Maurice Hall	ST, TB	5'10"	200	2/12/1983	Columbus, OH	Brookhaven
29	Jesse Kline	FB, ST, TB	6'2"	227	7/9/1980	Columbus, OH	Upper Arlington
30	Lydell Ross	TB	6'0"	210	12/14/1983	Tampa, FL	Gaither
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	JaJa Riley	TB	6'2"	205	8/30/1983	San Diego, CA	Mission Bay
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
36	Michael DeMaria	TB	5'9"	180	7/15/1982	Oregon, OH	Cardinal Stritch
37	Dustin Fox	CB, FS, ST	6'0"	190	10/8/1982	Canton, OH	GlenOak
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
42	Rob Stover	FS	6'0"	185	10/29/1981	Galena, OH	Big Walnut
43	Brandon Schnittker	FB	6'2"	250	5/24/1983	Sandusky, OH	Perkins
44	Robert Reynolds	LS, OLB	6'4"	242	5/20/1981	Bowling Green, KY	Bowling Green
46	Fred Pagac Jr.	MLB, OLB	6'2"	225	5/29/1981	Dublin, OH	Dublin Coffman
48	Jack Tucker	FB, ILB	6'1"	235	4/22/1980	Cypress, CA	Kennedy
49	John Adams	FB	6'0"	210	-	Springfield, OH	Northeastern
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
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
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
62	Jeremy Miller	LS	6'0"	200	-	Lewistown, OH	Indian Lake
62	John McLaughlin	OT	6'6"	290	3/9/1982	Fairview Park, OH	St. Ignatius
63	Adrien Clarke	OG, OT	6'5"	325	3/26/1981	Shaker Heights, OH	Shaker Heights
64	Josh McDanel	DE	6'3"	220	-	Ashville, OH	Teays Valley
64	Adam Olds	C, OG	6'5"	275	6/27/1983	Dublin, OH	Dublin Coffman
65	Steve Graef	DE	6'2"	240	-	Uniontown, OH	Lake
66	Mike Jacobs	C, LS, OG	6'2"	285	5/9/1979	Maumee, OH	Maumee
67	Kurt Wilhelm	LS	6'1"	230	-	Lorain, OH	Elyria Catholic
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
69	Andree Tyree	C, DT, FB, OG	6'3"	300	12/5/1982	London, OH	London
70	Scott Kuhnhein	OT	6'6"	285	8/11/1979	Fort Thomas, KY	Highlands
71	Shane Olivea	OT	6'5"	315	10/7/1981	Cedarhurst, NY	Lawrence
74	Bryce Culver	DE	6'4"	210	-	Lewis Center, OH	Olentangy
75	Simon Fraser	DE, DT	6'5"	265	8/27/1983	Upper Arlington, OH	Upper Arlington
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 Cook	OT	6'7"	305	12/2/1982	Martinsville, IN	Martinsville
80	Ryan Hamby	TE	6'4"	250	10/30/1981	Cincinnati, OH	Moeller
81	Andre Hooks	WR	6'2"	205	-	Canton, OH	Canton McKinley
82	Drew Carter	WR	6'4"	200	9/5/1981	Solon, OH	Solon
83	Willie Salter	WR	6'6"	200	-	Deastville, AL	Holtville
83	Redgie Arden	DE, ILB, ST, TE	6'5"	260	10/21/1981	Ironton, OH	Ironton
84	John Hollins	SE, ST, WR	6'2"	205	1/1/1982	Huber Heights, OH	Wayne
85	Mike Nugent	K	5'10"	180	3/2/1982	Centerville, OH	Centerville
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	Quinton Thomas	DE	6'4"	240	8/23/1982	Fort Lauderdale, FL	Dillard
91	Jason Bond	OLB, ST	6'3"	242	8/23/1981	Worthington, OH	Bishop Watterson
93	Will Smith	DE	6'3"	265	7/4/1981	Utica, NY	Proctor
94	Marcus Green	DT	6'3"	300	9/27/1983	Louisville, KY	Male
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

Prior Year: 2000 Ohio State Football Roster
Next Year: 2002 Ohio State Football Roster

Coaching Staff:

Head Coach: Jim Tressel
Offensive Coordinator & OL Coach: Jim Bollman
Defensive Coordinator: Mark Dantonio
Special Teams Coordinator: Ken Conatser
Tight Ends & Recruiting Coordinator: Bill Conley
Quarterbacks & Receivers: Joe Daniels
Defensive Line: Jim Heacock
Linebackers: Mark Snyder
Running Backs: Tim Spencer
Defensive Backs: Mel Tucker

2001 Ohio State Football Statistics

2001 Ohio State Passing Stats

Player	Comp	Pass Att	Cmp %	Pass Yds	Pass TD	Pass Int
Steve Bellisari	119	220	54.1	1919	10	7
Craig Krenzel	23	43	53.5	286	1	3
Scott McMullen	6	21	28.6	85	1	1
Chris Vance	0	1	0.0	0	0	0

2001 Ohio State Rushing Stats

Player	Rush Att	Rush Yds	Rush Avg	Rush TD	Fum	Lost	FR
Jonathan Wells	251	1294	5.2	16	3	2	1
Lydell Ross	120	419	3.5	6	1	1	0
Steve Bellisari	83	107	1.3	3	9	5	0
Sam Maldonado	39	168	4.3	0	0	0	0
Jamar Martin	22	86	3.9	0	0	0	1
Craig Krenzel	12	-8	-0.7	0	0	0	1
Maurice Hall	9	72	8.0	0	1	0	0
Scott McMullen	4	-2	-0.5	0	1	1	1
Andy Groom	2	28	14.0	0	0	0	0

2001 Ohio State Receiving Stats

Player	Rec	Rec Yds	Rec Avg	Rec TD	Fum	Lost
Michael Jenkins	49	988	20.2	3	0	0
Chris Vance	34	605	17.8	4	0	0
Darnell Sanders	18	197	10.9	3	1	1
Jamar Martin	13	120	9.2	1	0	0
Jonathan Wells	11	117	10.6	0	3	2
Ben Hartsock	7	81	11.6	1	0	0
Ricky Bryant	6	69	11.5	0	0	0
Chris Gamble	5	72	14.4	0	0	0
Angelo Chattams	2	26	13.0	0	0	0
Lydell Ross	2	8	4.0	0	1	1
Brandon “Bam” Childress	1	7	7.0	0	1	0

2001 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	87	57	30	10	37	3	24	0	4	3	71	4	2	1
Joe Cooper	OLB, ST, SS	83	66	17	6	22	1	8	1	0	1	1	3	0	0
Matt Wilhelm	ILB, OLB	63	45	18	7	23	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Cie Grant	CB, OLB, ST, SS	56	45	11	3	4	0	0	0	1	3	21	5	0	0
Donnie Nickey	FS, SS	54	32	22	2	7	1	5	2	0	2	79	3	0	0
Darrion Scott	DE, DT, MLB	49	36	13	7	25	2	19	1	0	0	0	4	0	0
Courtland Bullard	OLB	47	32	15	8	23	2	12	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
Will Smith	DE	47	34	13	9	34	4	23	1	1	0	0	1	0	0
Derek Ross	CB, ST	41	39	2	3	3	1	1	1	1	7	194	6	0	1
Tim Cheatwood	DB, OLB, ST, TE	34	25	9	6	14	2	8	2	1	0	0	1	0	0
Tim Anderson	DT	34	25	9	6	14	2	8	2	0	1	4	0	0	0
Mike Collins	DT	29	23	6	3	11	1	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Dustin Fox	CB, FS, ST	28	21	7	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	4	0	0
Kenny Peterson	DE, DT	24	14	10	6	26	3	20	1	0	0	0	1	0	0
Will Allen	DB, FS, SS	14	13	1	1	7	1	7	0	0	1	32	1	0	0
Robert Reynolds	LS, OLB	12	11	1	2	9	1	6	1	0	1	0	0	0	0
Fred Pagac Jr.	MLB, OLB	12	7	5	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
David Thompson	DT	12	7	5	2	4	1	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Bobby Britton	CB, ST	10	6	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Richard McNutt	CB, DB, ST	9	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
Marco Cooper	OLB	9	5	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Jesse Kline	FB, ST, TB	6	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Simon Fraser	DE, DT	6	4	2	3	10	1	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Jason Bond	OLB, ST	6	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
Brandon “Bam” Childress	FL, ST, WR	5	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
Pat O’Neill	OLB, ST	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Harlen Jacobs	CB, ST	3	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Jamar Martin	FB	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
Chris Vance	FL	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Sam Maldonado	RB	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Michael Jenkins	SE, ST, WR	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Maurice Lee	CB, WR	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Jonathan Wells	TB	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
Branden Joe	FB, ST	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Thomas Matthews	OLB, ST, SS	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Darnell Sanders	TE	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

2001 Ohio State Kicking and Punting Statistics

Player	Pt	Pt Yds	Punt Avg	TB	I20	Pt Blkd	XP	XPA	XP %	FG	FGA	FG %
Andy Groom	49	2204	45.0	3	18	2	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0
B.J. Sander	4	119	29.8	1	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0
Josh Huston	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	9	9	100.0	3	10	30.0
Mike Nugent	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	27	29	93.1	7	14	50.0

2001 Ohio State Kick and Punt Return Stats

Player	KR	KR Yds	KR Avg	PR	PR Yds	PR Avg
Maurice Hall	24	523	21.8	0	0	0.0
Brandon “Bam” Childress	6	126	21.0	0	0	0.0
Sam Maldonado	1	13	13.0	0	0	0.0
Chris Gamble	1	16	16.0	5	82	16.4
Jonathan Wells	1	18	18.0	0	0	0.0
Jamal Muhammad	1	17	17.0	0	0	0.0
Mike Doss	0	0	0.0	2	25	12.5
Chris Vance	0	0	0.0	23	159	6.9
Ricky Bryant	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0

2001 Ohio State Football Schedule & Results

Date	Game	Result	Stadium	Attendance	Line	Over/Under
2001-09-08 01:46:01September 8, 2001	Akron @ Ohio State	14 - 28	Ohio Stadium	102,602	OSU -25	-
2001-09-22 02:08:37September 22, 2001	Ohio State @ UCLA	6 - 13	Rose Bowl	73,723	UCLA -6.5	-
2001-09-29 02:27:45September 29, 2001	Ohio State @ Indiana	27 - 14	Memorial Stadium	48,577	OSU -9	-
2001-10-06 02:51:45October 6, 2001	Northwestern @ Ohio State	20 - 38	Ohio Stadium	104,042	OSU -3	52
2001-10-13 01:37:18October 13, 2001	Wisconsin @ Ohio State	20 - 17	Ohio Stadium	103,520	OSU -11	-
2001-10-20 01:55:06October 20, 2001	San Diego State @ Ohio State	12 - 27	Ohio Stadium	102,432	OSU -22.5	-
2001-10-27 02:18:19October 27, 2001	Ohio State @ Penn State	27 - 29	Beaver Stadium	108,327	OSU -6.5	-
2001-11-03 02:54:44November 3, 2001	Ohio State @ Minnesota	31 - 28	Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome	45,407	OSU -3.5	48
2001-11-10 01:18:50November 10, 2001	Purdue @ Ohio State	9 - 35	Ohio Stadium	104,189	OSU -6	45
2001-11-17 01:42:24November 17, 2001	Illinois @ Ohio State	34 - 22	Ohio Stadium	104,407	ILL -1	-
2001-11-24 01:56:17November 24, 2001	Ohio State @ Michigan	26 - 20	Michigan Stadium	111,571	UM -9	-
2002-01-01 02:10:57January 1, 2002	Ohio State vs. South Carolina - Outback Bowl	28 - 31	Raymond James Stadium	66,249	SC -1.5	42

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2001 Ohio State Football Schedule & Results

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