Bishop and Mason among 14 Rampage free agents
August 22, 2005 - Arena Football League (1987-2008) (AFL I)
Detroit Drive News Release
The Arena Football League announced today that the 2006 free-agency signing period will begin on Wednesday, September 14 at 12:01am Eastern Time. Teams may begin contacting the 199 AFL free agents along with countless other free agents from the af2 and other leagues on August 31.
There are 14 Rampage players that will be available for free agency including: quarterback Michael Bishop; defensive specialists Raphael Ball, Cecil Doggette and Damon Mason; linemen Cecil Caldwell, Lance Clelland, Jason Gamble, Rod Manuel, Otis Moore, Chris White and Tyshaun Whitson; fullback/linebackers Travis McDonald and Travis Reece; and wide receiver/linebacker David Saunders.
Other notables in this year's free agency crop include former Rampage players like QB Clint Dolezel, FB/LB Chris Ryan, offensive specialists Terrill Shaw and Steve Smith along with ArenaBowl XVIII MVP Mark Grieb and six-time Ironman of the Year Barry Wagner. Below is a complete list of the 199 AFL free agents from each team.
Team-by-Team Arena Football League Free Agents
ARIZONA RATTLERS: OL/DL Vince Amey (6-3, 300, Arizona State), QB Sherdrick Bonner (6-4, 240, Cal St- Northridge), K Anthony Brenner (5-10, 185, East Carolina), WR/DB Jerald Brown (5-11, 185, Glenville State), WR/DB Orshawante Bryant (5-11, 180, Portland State), OS Siaha Burley (5-10, 185, Central Florida), QB Travis Cole (6-3, 218, Minnesota), OL/DL John Frank (6-4, 285, Utah), OL/DL Wendall Gaines (6-5, 290, Oklahoma State), QB Joe Germaine (6-2, 220, Ohio State), FB/LB Phil Glover (6-0, 245, Utah), WR/DB Evan Hlavacek (5-10, 185, San Diego), OL/DL Anthony Hutch (6-3, 295, Murray State), OL/DL Kelvin Ingram (6-5, 285, Oklahoma State), DS Terrance Joseph (6-1, 201, Tulsa), K Gary Kral (6-1, 175, Pittsburgh State, KS), DS Clarence Lawson (5-8, 180, Utah), WR/LB Tom Pace (5-10, 199- Arizona State), OL/DL Jerry Sharp (6-3, 325, Syracuse), OL/DL Ken Talanoa (6-5, 290, Arizona State), OL/DL Mark Tucker (6-3, 295, USC).
AUSTIN WRANGLERS: FB/LB Jeremy Beutler (6-2, 270, Ohio), WR/DB Greg Brown (6-1, 205 Texas), WR/DB Charlie Davidson (5-11, 195, Mississippi St), QB Scott Dreisbach (6-2, 215, Michigan), WR/DB Ira Gooch (6-0, 180, Central Michigan).
CHICAGO RUSH: OL/DL Colin Greczek (6-2, 285, Western Michigan), QB Todd Hammel (6-2, 225, Stephen F. Austin), OL/DL Jon McCall (6-2, 290, Central Michigan), WR/LB Jeremy McDaniel (6-1, 205, Arizona), FB/LB Jamie McGourty (6-2, 250, Springfield), WR/DB Charles Pauley (5-10, 170, San Jose State), QB Raymond Philyaw (6-1, 200, NE Louisiana), OL/DL John Sikora (6-3, 303, Slippery Rock).
COLORADO CRUSH: QB Jose Davis (6-1, 200, Kent State), FB/LB Chad Dukes (6-0, 255, Pittsburgh), OL/DL Bryant Shaw (6-3, 287, Mississippi College).
COLOMBUS DESTROYERS: QB Matt D'Orazio (6-4, 215, Otterbein), OL/DL Bill Duff (6-2, 285, Tennessee), OL/DL Curtis Eason (6-2, 290, East Tennessee State), DS Donvetis Franklin (5-11, 200, Michigan State), OS Damien Groce (5-10, 185, Iowa State), OL/DL Chris Janek (6-2, 315, Wisconsin), FB/LB Juan Long (6-3, 245, Mississippi State), OL/DL Norris McCleary (6-5, 305, East Carolina), OS Bobby Olive (6-0, 170, Ohio State), FB/LB Wilmont Perry (6-2, 250, Livingstone College), FB/LB Chris Pope (6-0, 250, Central Arkansas), WR/DB Sedrick Robinson (5-10, 185, Kentucky Wesleyan), QB Ryan Vena (6-0, 230, Colgate), K Steve Videtich (6-2, 185, North Carolina State).
DALLAS DESPERADOS: OL/DL Ernest Allen (6-4, 300, Cincinnati), OL/DL Jeff Chase (6-4, 295, Texas A&M Kingsville), FB/LB Duke Pettijohn (6-2, 245, Syracuse), OL/DL Albert Reese (6-6, 285, Grambling), OS Terrill Shaw (6-0, 190, Southern Mississippi), WR/DB Bobby Sippio (6-3, 215, Western Kentucky), WR/DB Hurley Tarver (6-0, 189 Central Oklahoma), FB/LB Ja'Mar Toombs (6-1, 275, Texas A&M), WR/DB Shawndel Tucker (5-9, 182, Hawaii).
GEORGIA FORCE: WR/DB Donnie Caldwell (6-0, 185, Western Illinois), FB/LB Chris Demaree (6-3, 265, Kentucky), DS Kevin Gaines (6-1, 205, Louisville), K Nelson Garner (6-1, 180, James Madison), WR/DB Willie Gary (5-10, 195, Kentucky), OL/DL Shane Grice (6-2, 307, Mississippi), OL/DL Juan Porter (6-4, 310, Ohio State), WR/DB Justin Taplin (6-0, 180, Arizona State), FB/LB Jermaine Younger (6-1, 255, Utah State).
GRAND RAPIDS RAMPAGE: DS Raphael Ball (5-11, 188, Ball State), QB Michael Bishop (6-2, 220, Kansas State), OL/DL Cecil Caldwell (6-1, 285, South Carolina), OL/DL Lance Clelland (6-7, 310, Northwestern), DS Cecil Doggette (5-8, 180, West Virginia), OL/Dl Jason Gamble (6-3, 295, Clemson), OL/DL Rod Manuel (6-6, 295, Oklahoma), DS Damon Mason (5-9, 195, SW Louisiana), FB/LB Travis McDonald (6-3, 250 Missouri), OL/DL Otis Moore (6-4, 280, Clemson), FB/LB Travis Reece (6-3, 255, Michigan State), WR/DB Dennison Robinson (6-0, 195, West Georgia), WR/LB David Saunders (6-2, 210, West Virginia), OL/DL Chris White (6-3, 281, Southern), OL/DL Tyshaun Whitson (6-6, 300, Baylor).
LAS VEGAS GLADIATORS: OL/DL Karl Bates (6-2, 290, Kentucky Wesleyan), OL/DL Wilky Bazile (6-3, 285, Syracuse), WR/LB Cornelius Bonner (6-0, 190, Cincinnati), OL/DL Cameron Chance (6-0, 260, San Diego State), OL/DL Rick Cunningham (6-7, 300, Texas A&M), QB Clint Dolezel (6-4, 200, East Texas St), FB/LB Rodney Filer (6-1, 255, Iowa), WR/DB T.J. Hill (5-9, 180, Northeastern), OL/DL Hardy Mitchell (6-4, 290, Buffalo), OS Ricky Ross (6-0, 190, Missouri), DS Chameion Sutton (5-11, 190, UNLV), DS Marvin Taylor (6-1, 185, Florida A&M), DS Cedric Walker (6-0, 205, Stephen F. Austin), OL/DL Lucas Yarnell (6-2, 305, SW Louisiana).
LOS ANGELES AVENGERS: WR/LB Eddie Galles (6-2, 205, Northern Iowa), OS Robert Gordon (5-10, 190, NE-Omaha), OL/DL Furnell Hankton (6-5, 285, LSU), QB John Kaleo (6-0, 210, Maryland), OL/DL Ken Kocher (6-3, 315, UCLA), DS Traco Rachal (6-1, 200, Texas A&M-Commerce), OL/DL Bernard Riley (6-2, 315, USC), OL/DL John Schlecht (6-0, 290, Minnesota), OL/DL Richard Seals (6-3, 306, Utah), DS Antuan Simmons (5-9, 200, USC), WR/DB Brian Sump (5-11, 185, Colorado School of Mines).
NASHVILLE KATS: OL/DL Nate Bolling (6-4, 290, Wake Forest), FB/LB Levelle Brown (6-2, 245, Northwestern), WR/LB Cosmo DeMatteo (6-1, 205, TN-Chattanooga), K Tony Dodson (5-9, 190, Arkansas), WR/LB Lindsay Fleshman (6-2, 205, James Madison), WR/LB Darryl Hammond (6-3, 220, Virginia), DS DeRon Jenkins (5-11, 190, Tennessee), WR/DB Jermaine Lewis (6-3, 210, Western Michigan), OS Travis McGriff (5-8, 175, Florida), OL/DL Tim Morabito (6-4, 290, Boston College), OL/DL Ryan Roth (6-5, 275 SE Missouri), OL/Dl Wes Stephens (6-4, 265, Middle Tennessee State).
NEW ORLEANS VOODOO: OS Aaron Bailey (5-11, 190, Louisville), WR/DB Carl Bond (6-0, 195, Connecticut), FB/LB Jason Bratton (6-0, 242, Grambling), FB/LB Chris Browning (6-2, 255, Western Michigan), WR/LB Thabiti Davis (6-3, 215 Wake Forest), QB Billy Dicken (6-2, 205, Purdue), OL/DL Tim Martin (6-5, 270, Tulsa), OL/DL Bruce McClure (6-5, 305, Oklahoma), WR/LB Lamont Moore (6-0, 195, Baylor), OL/DL Abdul-Salam Noah (6-2, 285, San Jose State), DS Alvin Porter (5-11, 175 Oklahoma St), OS Jacques Rumph (5-8, 180, Carson Newman) FB/LB Sunungura Rusununguko (6-2, 270, Ball State), K Brian Schmitz (6-1, 170, North Carolina), DS Denario Smalls (5-9, 185, East Tennessee State), FB/LB Leroy Thompson (6-2, 270, Delaware State), OL/DL Louis Williams (6-4, 285, LSU).
NEW YORK DRAGONS: DS Chris Angel (6-0, 200, Western Oregon), K Rob Bironas (6-0, 200, Auburn), OS Markeith Cooper (5-6, 160 Auburn), WR/LB Todd Doxzon (6-1, 196, Iowa State), WR/DB Corey Johnson (5-9, 190, Georgia), OL/DL Jermaine Miles (6-4, 275, Georgia Tech), OL/DL Chad Pegues (6-1, 285, Illinois State), WR/LB Sir Mawn Wilson (6-2, 225, Syracuse).
ORLANDO PREDATORS: WR/DB Mike Brown (5-10, 190, Charleston Southern), OL/DL E.J. Burt (6-2, 265, West Liberty State), WR/DB Bret Cooper (6-0, 205, Central Florida), DS Reggie Doster (5-9, 185, Central Florida), OL/DL Buck Gurley (6-2, 300, Florida), DS Johnnie Harris (6-0, 215 Mississippi State), K Ken Hinsley (6-3, 225, Western Carolina), FB/LB Kevin Jefferson (6-2, 245, Lehigh), OL/DL Elfrid Payton (6-1, 230, Grambling), QB Chris Sanders (6-2, 215, TN-Chattanooga), OL/DL David Upchurch (6-3, 302, West Virginia).
PHILADELPHIA SOUL: OL/DL Donovan Arp (6-4, 295, Louisville), FB/LB Marvin Brown 96-0, 255, Alabama), DS Calvin Coleman (5-10, 181, Montana), WR/DB Keita Crespina (5-8, 185, Temple), OL/DL Konrad Dean (6-5, 325, Akron), OL/DL Winfield Garnett (6-6, 320, Ohio State), OL/DL Eric Gohlstin (6-6, 320, Ohio State), WR/LB Tyronne Jones (5-8, 170, Grambling), QB Tim Leycik (6-6, 238, Robert Morris), FB/LB Chris Ryan (6-0, 315, Clark-GA), OS Steve Smith (5-9, 170, Utah State), FB/LB Charles Stackhouse (6-3, 260, Mississippi), OL/DL Cory Stone (6-3, 317, Tennessee), WR/DB Joseph Todd (5-9, 180, Mississippi Valley State), DS Jamal Wallace (5-11, 210, Temple).
SAN JOSE SABERCATS: OL/DL Jason Andersen (6-6, 310, BYU), WR/LB Shalon Baker (5-7, 185, Montana), OL/DL Sebastian Narrie (6-3, 265, Liberty), OL/DL Frank Beede (6-4, 300, Panhandle State), DS Wendell Davis (5-11, 200, Oklahoma), FB/LB Joey Dozier (6-0, 249, New Mexico State), K Dan Frantz (6-1, 200, Portland State), QB Mark Grieb (6-3, 208, CA-Davis), OL/DL Kevin Jordan (6-5, 305, Fresno State), FB/LB Matt Kinsinger (6-2, 265, Slippery Rock), OL/DL Cedric Pittman (6-3, 275, Nevada), OL/DL Tony Plantin (6-4, 295, Clemson), QB Nick Rolovich (6-1, 200, Hawaii), WR/LB Calvin Schexnayder (6-0, 190, Washington State), K Derek Schorejs (5-11, 215, Bowling Green), WR/DB Barry Wagner (6-3, 225, Alabama A&M), FB/LB Steve Warren (6-1, 305, Nebraska).
TAMPA BAY STORM: QB Stoney Case (6-2, 200, New Mexico), OL/DL Darion Conner (6-2, 260, Jackson State), WR.DB Clif Dell (5-11, 180, South Florida), WR/DB Anthony Derricks (6-0, 190, Mississippi State), K Matt George (5-10, 180, Chapman), QB Pat O'Hara (6-5, 210, USC), OL/DL Omar Smith (6-3, 295, Kentucky), OL/DL Mike Sutton (6-4, 285, LSU), FB/LB David White (6-2, 275, Nebraska), OL/DL Nyle Wiren (6-3, 270, Kansas State).
Rampage 2006 season tickets are now on sale. To reserve season tickets for eight games of hard-hitting, high scoring, non-stop Rampage football on Centennial Wireless Field at Van Andel Arena, call the Rampage offices at 1.888.595.4878 or log on to RampageFootball.com.
The 20th season of Arena Football and fourth on NBC kicks off the weekend of Sunday, January 29, 2006. Tune in on WOOD-TV channel 8 in the Grand Rapids area all season long for the Rampage's drive to ArenaBowl XX.
• Discuss this story on the Arena Football League (1987-2008) message board...
Arena Football League (1987-2008) Stories from August 22, 2005
- San Jose QB Grieb heads list of available AFL free agents - San Jose SaberCats
- San Jose QB Grieb heads list of available AFL free agents - Detroit Drive
- San Jose QB Grieb heads list of available AFL free agents - Detroit Drive
- Bishop and Mason among 14 Rampage free agents - Grand Rapids Rampage
- Bishop and Mason among 14 Rampage free agents - Detroit Drive
- Bishop and Mason among 14 Rampage free agents - Detroit Drive
- 2006 AFL free agent list released - Detroit Drive
- 2006 AFL free agent list released - Detroit Drive
- 2006 AFL free agent list released - Detroit Drive
- The OSC interview: Philadelphia Soul Quarterback Tony Graziani - OSC Original by Fran Stuchbury
- The OSC interview: Philadelphia Soul Quarterback Tony Graziani - OSC Original by Fran Stuchbury
- The OSC interview: Philadelphia Soul Quarterback Tony Graziani - OSC Original by Fran Stuchbury
The opinions expressed in this release are those of the organization issuing it, and do not necessarily reflect the thoughts or opinions of OurSports Central or its staff.
