FIU Depth Chart Released

All About UNT · August 30, 2011

Guys...their D-Line is almost as in-experienced as our own outside of Williams.

Their D-Line vs. Our O-Line (Starters)

DE 97 Tourek Williams (6-4, 247, Jr.)Named Second-Team All-Sun Belt defensive line … Finished second on the team to Jarvis Wilson with six sacks for 36 yards … Had 46 tackles, 13.5 for loss … Had a tackle against Rutgers (9/11) … Registered five tackles, 0.5 for loss at Texas A&M (9/18) where the defense was rewarded by ESPN.com with a helmet sticker … Had a sack for seven yards and 0.5 tackles for loss at Maryland (9/25) … Totaled two tackles, one for loss at Pitt (10/2) … Had five tackles against WKU (10/9) … Had a tackle for loss for three yards at North Texas (10/16) … Had four tackles and assisted on one for loss at FAU (10/30) … Lived in the backfield against ULM (11/6) registering career and season-highs with two sacks and four tackles for loss while totaling four tackles … Had a sack and two tackles at Troy (11/13) … Had a season-high nine tackles and added a huge sack in the final minutes of the Louisiana (11/20) game … Had four tackles, one for loss against Arkansas State (11/27) … Finished the regular season with a sack and three tackles against Middle Tennessee (12/4)… closed out the season with four tackles, including one for loss in FIU’s victory over Toledo in the Little Caesars Pizza Bowl (12/26).

DE 92 Paul Crawford (6-9, 250, So) 2010 (Freshman): Appeared in six games, making six stops, 1.5 for loss and registering half a sack… made two tackles in FIU’s win over North Texas (10/16)… was credited with half a sack against Florida Atlantic (10/30).

DT 99 Isame Faciane (6-5, 260, So.)2010 (Freshman): Played in 12 games, including a start against WKU (10/9)… had two stops and was credited for half a tackle for loss against Pitt (10/2)… made a season-best three tackles, including one sack against WKU… registered two tackles in FIU’s victory at North Texas (10/16).

DT 75 Andre Pound (6-3, 281, R-Jr.)2010 (Redshirt Sophomore): Played in 12 games, starting two of them… earned starts against Rutgers (9/11) and Troy (10/17)… recorded five tackles, including one and a half for loss.

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Tomlinson, Matt OL 6-5 298 Sr.Started all 12 games, starting the first three at right guard before moving to right tackle for the final nine ... Part of an offensive line which helped North Texas have the 19th-ranked rushing offense in the nation ... Blocked for running back Lance Dunbar, who ran for 1,553 yards, which ranked 8th in the NCAA, second in the Sun Belt, and was the third most in a single-season at North Texas

Y'Barbo, Mason OL 6-2 312 RFr. High School/Personal

Helped pave the way for an offense that racked up 2,278 rushing yards, averaging 5.8 yards per carry and 30 touchdowns … 2009 offense averaged almost 30 points per game and scored 384 on the year … Was a reason the offense averaged 406 yards per game

Lemon, Cyril OL 6-3 313 Fr. Lemon was a District 25-4A First-Team selection this season. His junior year he was a District 25-4A Second-Team All-District pick.....Named Second-Team All-Centex in 2010 and he was the Marble Falls Offensive Lineman of the Year in 2007, 2008, 2009, and 2010.....He was a three-year starter at Marble Falls and his senior season blocked for an offense that averaged 27 points a game....Son of Orion Bulessess and June Roth.

Johnson, J.J. C 6-3 275 Sr.2010: Started and played center at Clemson, before missing the rest of the season with an injury

2009: Has anchored the center position this season, paving the way for the emergence of the running game of Cam Montgomery and Lance Dunbar....Started all six games this season....Been part of an offensive line that has allowed the third fewest sacks in the nation this season.

2008: Started all 12 games as a freshman … Anchored a line for an offense which amassed almost 4,500 total yards and 20 points per game.

Fortenberry, Aaron OL 6-4 300 Jr. : Shared the Phillip Armour Award for being North Texas' Most Outstanding Offensive Lineman with Kelvin Drake and Esteban Santiago ... Played in 11 games and started the last nine games of the year at center, filling in for injuries ... As a team, North Texas allowed 2.0 fewer sacks a game in games he started in comparasion to games he did not start ... Part of an offensive line which helped North Texas have the 19th-ranked rushing offense in the nation ...

Remember that Y'Barbo, Tomlinson and Fortenberry have launched their own "Fear the Beard" Campaign.

greenminer · August 30, 2011

Someone should inform their AD that TY is a Heisman hopeful.

All About UNT · August 30, 2011

Someone should inform their AD that TY is a Heisman hopeful.

Hope your kidding because they won't stop talking about it. They are going to hold signs up and everything.....just embarrassing.

All About UNT · August 30, 2011

The Weight Matchups (Starters) are like this:

UNT O-Line = 299 Lb average

FIU O-Line = 284 Lb average

UNT D-Line = 271 Lb average

FIU D-Line = 259 Lb average

So......now are we still supposed to be considered small? If Abbe had started (like he was supposed to) we would be up and around 285 on our D-Line Average.

Honestly both teams have experience on the O-Line with the edge going to FIU. Both D-Lines are relatively new and untested for the most part. I would give the edge in size and strength to UNT's D-Line though.

Our Defense Vs. Their Offense

McCoy, Brandon DE 6-2 270 Jr. 2010: Played in 11 games and started against Louisiana-Lafayette ... Tied for second on the team with 3.0 sacks on the season ... Made 31 stops and 4.0 tackles-for-loss on the season ... Blocked a third quarter field goal against Louisiana-Lafayette ...Sacked Jeff VanCamp on a late third-down play at FAU ... Made five tackles, including 0.5 tackles-for-loss against Kansas State ... Made seven stops, including 0.5 tackles-for-loss against FIU ... Sacked the quarterback and picked up seven total tackles against Troy ... Reached the quarterback for a sack at Middle Tennessee, one of three tackles on the day for him

Cantly, Tevinn DT 6-4 311 Jr. 2010: Played in three games … Made two tackles at ULM

Boutwell, Ryan DT 6-3 261 So. 2010: Played in six games

Akpunku, Brandon DE 6-1 240 Sr. Played in all 12 games, starting 10 ... Led the team with 3.5 quarterback sacks ... Collected 55 tackles on the year, including 5.5 tackles-for-loss ... Registered four tackles including one tackle-for-loss at Clemson ... Made six stops against Rice ... Sacked Wes Carroll 1.5 times and picked up six total tackles against FIU ... Racked up six tackles, including a sack, and forced a fumble at Western Kentucky ... Forced a sack-fumble on Troy's Corey Robinson, giving him the 10th sack of his career ... Made six tackles against the Trojans

Obi, K.C. DE 6-2 249 Jr. 2010: Played in all 12 games, starting 10 ... Made 36 tackles, including 2.5 sacks and 3.5 tackles-for-loss on the season ... Made four tackles, including a sack, against Rice ... Made seven stops at Army ... Made three tackles and 0.5 tackles-for-loss against Kansas State ... Collected 0.5 sacks and three total tackles against FIU ... Collected half of a sack, four total tackles and a tackle-for-loss at Western Kentucky

FIU O-Line

71 Caylin Hauptmann (6-4, 311, Jr.) Played and started 12 contests for the Panthers… arguably FIU’s most physical returning offensive lineman… helped pave the way for the 27th-ranked rushing offense in the country, a single-season program record of 2,438 yards on the ground going into the bowl game … Helped the o-line allow just 1.54 sacks-per-game, good enough for 38th in the country … The O-line as a whole received an ESPN.com helmet sticker against Troy (11/13) when they opened holes for the running game to the tune of a program-record 448 rushing yards.

67 Kevin Van Kirk (6-3, 285, Sr.) 2010 (Junior): Sat the season out with an injury

2009 (Sophomore): Appeared in two games, making one start at left guard against ULM (10/3).

or 76 Shae Smith (6-4, 281, R-Jr.) transfer from Nebraska-Omaha with not much on him

53 Giancarlo Revilla (6-2, 268, Jr.)Played in four contests, including the first two of the season as a starter… helped pave the way for the 27th-ranked rushing offense in the country, a single-season program record of 2,438 yards on the ground going into the bowl game … Helped the O-line allow just 1.54 sacks-per-game, good enough for 38th in the country.

61 Curtis Bryant (6-2, 283, R-Sr.) Earned his first start of the season at right guard at Pitt (10/2) and went on to start every game thereafter, earning 10 starts on the season… Helped the o-line allow just 1.54 sacks-per-game, good enough for 38th in the country … The o-line as a whole received an ESPN.com helmet sticker against Troy (11/13) when they opened holes for the running game to the tune of a program-record 448 rushing yards.

54 Rupert Bryan (6-2, 276, Jr.) One of six returning Panthers, and the only one on the offensive line, to start every contest in 2010… Helped pave the way for the 27th-ranked rushing offense in the country, a single-season program record of 2,438 yards on the ground going into the bowl game … Helped the o-line allow just 1.54 sacks-per-game, good enough for 38th in the country … The o-line as a whole received an ESPN.com helmet sticker against Troy (11/13) when they opened holes for the running game to the tune of a program-record 448 rushing yards.

greenminer · August 30, 2011

Hope your kidding because they won't stop talking about it. They are going to hold signs up and everything.....just embarrassing.

I could barely get through the first page of their release. What a whip. But, you know what? We'd probably do the same if he were Mean Green.

**edit

upon re-reading, it ain't such a whip. So I'll just cross my thumbs for a leaked vid of their pregame speech.

Edited August 30, 2011 by greenminer

MCMLXXX · August 30, 2011

They have two players from Texas on their roster. Both are from Denton County (Guyer and Hebron).

UNTLifer · August 30, 2011

Last time we faced a conference foe touting one of their own for the Heisman was in 2001 against MTSU and their "Hicks for Heisman" campaign. We knocked him out of the game and started our 26 game conference winning streak. Knocked him in the mouth over and over and he was a nonfactor. I predict the same with Hilton. He will be a nonfactor, and we will win.