Boise Burn Open 2009 Training Camp
March 7, 2009 - arenafootball2 (af2)
Boise Burn News Release
BOISE, Idaho ¾ The Boise Burn are set to open training camp this weekend in preparation for the arenafootball2's tenth season, and the Burn's third.
Players reported on Saturday for physicals and a team orientation and will hold their first practice on Sunday from 9am-Noon at the Caven-Williams Sports Complex at Boise State University. Practices will be held 9-Noon all week with the first roster cuts (to 30) on Friday, March 13. The final roster cuts, to the season-opening 22-man roster, will be made after the team scrimmage on Saturday the 21st.
Under af2 rules, teams are allowed to open camp two weeks prior to the week of their first regular season game. Teams are allowed to bring 35 players to camp (not including the optional two-player International Training Squad), but must cut down to 30 on the third day of full contact camp. The final cut to 22 players (19-active; three-inactive) is the Monday prior to their first game by 3:00 p.m. ET.
In alphabetical order they are (13 players are returning to the Burn, denoted by *):
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
FB/LB Bryant D'Angelo 6'0 250 Wake Forest
OL/DL Butler Matt 6'4 305 East Carolina
QB Carlton Rudy 6'3 220 Azusa Pacific
DB Clark Christopher 5'10 170 Montana
OL/DL Dee Jesse 6'1 326 Texas College
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
WR/DB Kimbrough Nathan 6'1 200 Arizona St
LB Lawrence Marcus 6'3 247 South Carolina
DL Lee Gerard 6'2 286 Oregon St
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
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
OL/DL *Smith Garrett 6'3 290 Utah
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 *Tune Zach 6'2 255 Utah
FB/LB Walker Damian 6'3 280 Howard
DL White Chris 6'2 290 Cal-Poly
WR/DB Williams Brian 6'0 170 Washington State
DB *Williams Demond 5'10 180 Michigan St
International Players
WR/DB *Okoebor Shadrach 6'0 197 Idaho St
OL/DL *Weivoda Mark 6'2 295 Idaho St (INTL-CAN)
Here is the practice schedule leading up to the season opener (All Times MT):
Sunday, Mar. 8 Practice 9am-Noon
Monday, Mar. 9 Practice 9am-Noon
Tuesday, Mar. 10 Practice 9am-Noon
Wednesday, Mar. 11 Practice 9am-Noon
Thursday, Mar. 12 Practice 9am-Noon
Friday, Mar. 13 Practice 9am-Noon (Roster cut down to 30)
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. 18 @ 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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