Rampage regular season roster set

Published on January 23, 2006 under Arena Football League (1987-2008) (AFL I)
Grand Rapids Rampage News Release


Monday afternoon, the Grand Rapids Rampage announced the 22 players that will comprise the team's roster for its season opener this Sunday at Columbus against the Destroyers. Over the weekend, the team made several changes to arrive at the final 22. Later this week, the team will announce its practice squad.

Over the past several weeks, the Rampage have been streamlining the roster and have released 14 players, placed two on injured reserve and traded for two players. Lineman Colin Bryant and defensive specialist JoJo Polk, both on injured reserve, will miss at least the first two games of the season. Grand Rapids traded future considerations to Philadelphia and San Jose for WR/DB Chris Brown and WR/LB Kenny Solomon respectively. A complete list of transactions is provided at the end of this release.

22-player roster consists of:

QUARTERBACKS (2)

Jose Davis and Chad Salisbury

FULLBACK/LINEBACKERS (2)

Chris Avery and Chris Ryan

OFFENSIVE SPECIALISTS (1)

Aaron Bailey

WIDE RECEIVER/LINEBACKERS (2)

Anthony Hines, Kenny Solomon

WIDE RECEIVER/DEFENSIVE BACKS (3)

Josh Bush, Chris Brown, Timon Marshall

DEFENSIVE SPECIALISTS (3)

Johnnie Harris, Marvin Taylor, Chuck Wesley

KICKER (1)

Peter Martinez

LINEMEN (8)

Jason Berger, Winfield Garnett, Shane Grice, Eric Gohlstin, Tim Martin, Yusuf Scott, Bryant Shaw, Teto Simpson

RAMPAGE TRANSACTIONS (1/19-1/23, 2006)

Waived

OS Brian Alford, FB/LB Johnnie Balous, WR/LB Travis Burns. WR/LB Richard Gills, lineman Alex Bell, lineman Whitney Bell, DS Mark Graham, lineman Tyler "T-Bone" Moore, QB Mark Radlinski, WR/DB Robert Reed and WR/DB Quentin Ware-Bey.

Released

QB Raymond Philyaw

Waived Injured

FB/LB Lavante Epson and lineman Bruce Adrine.

Traded future considerations for

WR/DB Chris Brown (Philadelphia) and WR/LB Kenny Solomon (San Jose)

Rampage 2006 season tickets are now on sale. To reserve your season tickets for hard-hitting, high scoring, non-stop Rampage football on Centennial Wireless Field at Van Andel Arena, call the Rampage ticket offices at 1.888.595.4878 or log on to RampageFootball.com. Listen to every Rampage game live on WBFX 101.3 FM - the Fox this season with Joe Parson and Tom Sullivan calling all the action. Tune in on WOOD-TV channel 8 (NBC) in the Grand Rapids area all season long for the Rampage's drive to ArenaBowl XX.

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