Boise Burn Make First Cuts; Add Players
March 13, 2009 - arenafootball2 (af2)
Boise Burn News Release
BOISE, Idaho ¾ The Boise Burn, which opened its 2009 training camp with 35 players and the optional two international players on its roster, cut down to 30 +2 active today as mandated by the arenafootball2 league office.
Today, the following players were added to the roster: WR Brandon Breazell, OL/DL Palauni Ma'Sun, DB Kai Oredugba, OL/DL David Stanton, and WR/DB Jomo Wilson. Boise State product DB Rashaun Scott was also signed, but placed on the Injured Reserve today after tearing his ACL/MCL during practice.
The Burn placed the following players on re-assignment: DB Christopher Clark, OL/DL Jesse Dee, FB/LB Zach Tune, and WR/DB Brian Williams.
The following six players refused to report to camp: FB/LB D'Angelo Bryant, OL/DL Matt Butler, WR/DB Nathan Kimbrough, DL Gerard Lee, OL/DL Garrett Smith, and DB Demond Williams.
The final roster cuts, to the season-opening 22-man roster (19-active; three-inactive), will be made after the team scrimmage on Saturday, Mar. 21.
In alphabetical order the 2009 Boise Burn Training Camp roster is (as of Mar. 13):
* denotes returning from last year
WR/LB *Allen Casey 6'3 220 Linfield
FB/LB Amano Fred 6'1 255 San Diego St
DB Banks Maurice 6'3 210 Georgetown
OL/DL Bentley Samuel 6'4 330 Tennessee-Chattanooga
WR Breazell Brandon 6'0 170 UCLA
QB Carlton Rudy 6'3 220 Azusa Pacific
WR/LB Flowers Nichiren 6'3 218 Nevada
OL/DL *Guerrero Alex 6'1 290 Boise St
DB Hampton Brandon 5'8 195 California - Berkley
WR/DB *Harris Ahmad 6'2 195 Louisiana Tech
WR/DB *James Ernest 6'0 195 Idaho St
LB Lawrence Marcus 6'3 247 South Carolina
OL/DL Palauni Ma'Sun 6'5 320 Oregon
FB/LB Lemma Joe 6'4 255 Oregon St
FB/LB *Madarieta Levi 6'3 250 BYU
WR/DB Marshall Roshawn 5'10 195 Central Missouri St
WR/DB McCullouch Tim 5'11 180 UTEP
DB Kai Oredugba 6'1 190 UCLA
OL/DL *Price Eric 6'5 310 Eastern Oregon
WR Rabb Jerard 6'2 201 Boise St
WR/DB *Sanders Terrance 5'10 176 Eastern Illinois
OL/DL *Seals Richard 6'3 325 Utah
OL Shane Kenny 6'5 320 Michigan St
OL/DL Stanton David 6'4 300 Michigan St
OL/DL Sullivan Leo 6'4 320 Stony Brook
QB Tharp Taylor 6'2 208 Boise St
QB Thorson Mark 6'6 240 Western Oregon
FB/LB Walker Damian 6'3 280 Howard
DL White Chris 6'2 290 Cal-Poly
WR/DB Wilson Jomo 6'0 205 Eastern Oregon
International Players
WR/DB *Okoebor Shadrach 6'0 197 Idaho St
OL/DL *Weivoda Mark 6'2 295 Idaho St (INTL-CAN)
Injured Reserve
DB Scott Rashaun 5'11 200 Boise St
Here is the remaining practice schedule (All Times MT):
Saturday, Mar. 14 Practice 1pm-3pm
Sunday, Mar. 15 Practice 9am-Noon
Monday, Mar. 16 Practice 9am-Noon
Tuesday, Mar. 17 OFF
Wednesday, Mar. 18 Practice 9am-Noon
Thursday, Mar. 19 Practice 9am-Noon
Friday, Mar. 20 Practice 9am-Noon
Saturday, Mar. 21 Scrimmage 1pm-4pm (Roster cut down to 22)
Sunday, Mar. 22 OFF
Monday, Mar. 23 Practice 6:30pm-8:30pm
Tuesday, Mar. 24 Practice 6:30pm-8:30pm
Wednesday, Mar. 25 Practice 6:30pm-8:30pm
Thursday, Mar. 26 Depart for Tri-Cities 8am
Friday, Mar. 27 Opening Game at Tri-Cities 8:05pm
Saturday, April 18 Home Opener, Qwest Arena 7:00pm
The Burn kicks off its third season on Mar. 27 @ Tri-Cities, with the home opener slated for Apr. 18 versus the Spokane Shock. Season tickets are available by calling (208) 383-0080. For more information and to get a full schedule, visit www.boiseburn.com.
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