Philadelphia Soul announce final roster for 2007
February 26, 2007 - Arena Football League (1987-2008) (AFL I)
Philadelphia Soul News Release
PHILADELPHIA - The Philadelphia Soul announced today they have trimmed the roster down to 27 after the release of DL John Fields and placed Matt Bernstein, Kelvin Chaisson, George Layne, Gabe Nynehuis and Aric Williams on the Injured Reserve.
With the current roster moves, the Soul enter the 2007 season with a 22-man active roster with five players on the Injured Reserve. Those five players will be inactive for four weeks including this week's bye and will not be permitted to perform until Week 4 when the Soul come home for their season opener against the Colorado Crush at the Wachovia Center.
Among those players who have made the 2007 roster are 10 returnees from last season's playoff team, four AFL veterans and eight rookies.
Listed below is the 2007 Philadelphia Soul roster:
Quarterback (2)
QB Graziani, Tony 6-03 215 Oregon
QB Wood, Juston 6-01 205 Portland State
Wide Receivers (5)
WR/LB McKelvey, J.J. 6-04 225 Clemson1
WR Gonzalez, Steve 6-00 180 Menlo College
WR Pauley, Charles 5-10 165 San Jose State
WR/LB Brackins, Larry 6-04 221 Pearl River CC
WR/LB Scott, Sean 6-02 200 Millersville
Fullbacks (3)
FB Layne, George* 5-11 250 TCU
FB Ours, Wes 6-00 300 West Virginia
FB Bernstein, Matt* 6-00 261 Wisconsin
Linebackers - Mack (2)
LB Price, Idris 6-02 240 New Haven
LB Orr, Raheem 6-04 270 Rutgers
Defensive Backs (5)
DB Moten, Eddie 5-10 185 Texas A&M Kingsville
DB Williams, Aric* 5-11 185 Oregon State
DB Mance, Brian 5-11 185 Clemson
DB Brown, Mike 6-00 190 Charleston Southern
DB Harris, Johnnie 6-02 210 Mississippi State
Offensive Linemen (4)
OL Bibla, Martin 6-03 310 Miami (FL)
OL Mabry, Mike 6-01 302 UCF
OL Chaisson, Kelvin* 6-03 313 Oklahoma
OL Bogle, Phil 6-03 322 New Haven
Defensive Linemen (5)
DL Nyenhuis, Gabe* 6-03 270 Colorado
DL Claybrooks, Felipe 6-05 275 Georgia Tech
DL Davis, Jason 6-03 322 West Virginia
DL Missouri, Dwayne 6-05 280 Northwestern
DL Save, Bryan 6-01 300 Colorado State
Kicker (1)
K France, Todd 6-03 200 Toledo
* Indicates players listed on the Injured Reserve.
Fun! Family! Football! It begins this March as the Soul travel to take on the Nashville Kats on Friday, March 9 at 8:00 p.m. in the Gaylord Entertainment Center to kickoff the 21st season of the AFL. Season tickets for the Soul's 2007 season are on sale now with tickets starting as low as $96. For more information call (888) PHIL-AFL or log on to www.philadelphiasoul.com. The Soul are entering their fourth season in the AFL and in their three seasons they have sold out 93% of the venue while drawing a League best 387,491 fans combined.
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