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Blaze Make Final Cuts In Preparation For 2008 Season

February 23, 2008 - Arena Football League (1987-2008) (AFL I)
Utah Blaze News Release


SALT LAKE CITY - The Utah Blaze have reached their required 24-man roster today by releasing DL THADDEUS BULLARD (6-4, 271, Florida) and waiving the following players:

WR ANTHONY BROWN (6-6, 224, Arkansas)

LB VALENTINE CHUDE (6-2, 263, Western New Mexico)

LB LIAM EZEKIEL (6-4, 240, Northeastern)

FB ALVERTIS GATLIN (6-2, 267, Harding)

QB ROYAL GILL (6-5, 230, New Mexico State)

DB TERRANCE SANDERS (5-10, 176, Eastern Illinois)

DB JACOBY SHEPHERD (6-2, 221, Oklahoma State)

OL WALLY SONNIE (6-2, 346, Ashland)

WR DAVID SUTTON (6-6, 221, UTEP)

The Blaze also placed DL JOHN CULP (6-5, 301, Kansas), OL EDDIE KEELE (6-4, 306, BYU), DL MAURICE FOUNTAIN (6-4, 247, Clemson), LB COREY DODDS (6-2, 245, Utah) and DB MELVIN MATLOCK (5-11, 196, Minnesota State) on the injured reserve list.

The Blaze will open their 2008 season on Saturday, March 1 at 7 p.m. in the EnergySolutions Arena against the Arizona Rattlers.

ABOUT THE BLAZE

The Utah Blaze were recipients of the Best Support Staff Award for the 2006 and 2007 seasons as recognized by the Arena Football League. Season Tickets are available by logging onto www.utahblaze.com or by calling (801) 257-3111. The Blaze are owned and operated by the Ken Garff Automotive Group - www.kengarff.com.

2008 UTAH BLAZE TRAINING CAMP NUMERICAL ROSTER NUMBER NAME POS HEIGHT WEIGHT BIRTHDATE COLLEGE AFL EXP.

1 Aaron Boone WR 6'3 208 1/13/78 Kentucky 1

5 JJ McKelvey WR 6'3 227 3/15/80 Clemson 2

8 Carlton Brown DB 5'11 183 6/15/85 Jackson State R

10 Joe Germaine QB 6'2 238 11/16/76 Ohio State 3

13 Steve Videtich K 6'2 228 11/4/71 North Carolina State 12

15 Huey Whittaker WR 6'5 228 6/9/81 South Florida 2

17 Jason Gesser QB 6'1 215 6/31/79 Washington State 2

23 Tom Pace WR 5'10 212 9/20/79 Arizona State 5

24 Reggie Doster DB 5'9 189 1/2/76 Central Florida 6

31 Kevin Adams DB 6'0 194 6/16/84 Minnesota State R

34 Rodney Filer FB 6'2 266 6/14/74 Iowa 9

40 Vaka Manupuna DL 6'1 298 6/30/82 Colorado R

42 J'Sharlon Jones DB 5'8 188 5/16/78 Colorado State 2

43 Kautai Olevao FB 6'2 268 9/27/77 Utah 2

52 Chris Janek DL 6'1 314 8/14/77 Wisconsin 8

56 Tupe Peko OL 6'4 329 9/19/78 Michigan State 2

59 Eddie Keele OL 6'4 306 7/6/81 BYU R

72 Devin Wyman OL 6'6 354 8/29/73 Kentucky State 5

75 Myniya Smith OL 6'5 351 7/21/82 Southern 1

77 Jake Kuresa OL 6'4 315 10/2/83 BYU R

79 Dwayne Missouri DL 6'5 282 12/23/78 Northwestern 5

91 Rob Schroeder DL 6'4 288 5/6/83 Buffalo 1

96 E.J. Burt DL 6'2 267 10/22/78 West Liberty State 5

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4 Orshawante Bryant WR 6'0 201 11/16/78 Portland State 6

9 Melvin Matlock DB 5'11 196 5/28/85 Minnesota State R

11 Kelvin Morris LB 6'3 236 10/25/82 Clemson R

19 Corey Dodds LB 6'2 245 4/28/82 Utah R

44 Maurice Fountain DL 6'4 247 9/22/82 Clemson 1

95 John Culp DL 6'5 301 9/20/79 Kansas 2

98 Rob Gatrell OL 6'4 306 3/17/77 Fresno State 5

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