Thursday, April 4, 2013

Updates on the Updates



-Based on the incoming freshmen for 2013 that we already officially know about, I have updated my extensive list of Columbia football feeder schools that includes the high school information for every Lion football player, (give or take), for almost the last 100 years.

Is your high school on the list? You'll have to visit that web page to find out!

I will update the list further when the other incoming players are officially announced.



-The roster stats have been updated to show new weights. I have the changes listed below, with changes in weight from the end of last season in parentheses:

Seyi Adebayo 247 lbs.(+5 lbs.)

Toba Akinleye 226 lbs. (+16)

Joey Andrada 187 lbs. (-13)

Jacob Ardron 209 lbs. (-18)

Trevor Bell 176 lbs. (+6)

Augie Braddock 208 lbs. (+8)

John Brady 223 lbs. (+9)

Matthew Cahal 180 lbs. (-2)

Tom Callahan 250 lbs. (-8)

Marquel Carter 190 lbs. (-4)

Wells Childress 249 lbs. (no change)

Mark Cieslak 222 lbs. (-3)

Chris Connors 207 lbs. (+12)

Paul Delaney 197 lbs. (+5)

Garrett DeMuth 226 lbs. (+4)

Louis DiNovo 181 lbs. (-4)

Andrew Dobitsch 175 lbs. (+5)

Nick Durham 223 lbs. (+13)

Brian East 213 lbs. (+9)

Luke Eddy 203 lbs. (no change)

Tyler Feely 175 lbs. (+10)

Alec Fisher 195 lbs. (+5)

Ryan Flannery 189 lbs. (+3)

Joshua Foster 172 lbs. (+7)

Hamilton Garner 242 lbs. (+8)

Marcorus Garrett 202 lbs. (+7)

Joe Ghergurovich 256 lbs. (-4)

Bruce Grant 187 lbs. (-3)

Isaiah Gross 183 lbs. (+8)

Scooter Hollis 170 lbs. (+15)

JD Hurt 252 lbs. (-10)

John Keefe 204 lbs. (+11)

Eric Kuklinski 255 lbs. (-10)

Billy Lawrence 251 lbs. (+9)

Dylan Leonard 239 lbs. (-6)

Hunter Little 242 lbs. (+17)

Griffin Lowry 206 lbs. (+8)

Marshall Markham 256 lbs. (-49)

Kevin McCarthy 182 lbs. (-8)

Trevor McDonaugh 201 lbs. (-1)

Zack McKown 216 lbs. (+1)

Nick Melka 225 lbs. (+9)

Jeremy Mingo 203 lbs. (-2)

Cameron Molina 195 lbs. (no change)

Connor Nelligan 202 lbs. (+4)

Zach Olinger 224 lbs. (+9)

Niko Padilla 266 lbs. (+1)

Carey Parker 256 lbs. (-4)

Darin Patmon 180 lbs. (-4)

Ray Pesanello 221 lbs. (-4)

Kal Prince 204 lbs. (+9)

Vinny Pugliese 223 lbs. (+3)

Keith Ramljak 259 lbs. (-11)

Travis Reim 193 lbs. (+4)

Roy Schwartz 224 lbs. (no change)

Steven Silvio 218 lbs. (+12)

Mike Skalitzky 181 lbs. (+5)

Dan Slivka 206 lbs. (+6)

Eric Stock 236 lbs. (+9)

Malcom Thaxton 189 lbs. (+1)

Ryan Thomas 247 lbs. (+1)

Hank Trumbull 204 lbs. (+8)

Jake Wanamaker 188 lbs. (-3)

Chad Washington 242 lbs. (+8)

Jimmy Yukevich 257 lbs. (+4)


Total returning players: 65

Players gaining weight: 40

Players losing weight: 21

Players with no change: 4

Number of players with changes of 10 pounds or more: 14

Biggest Change: 49 pound loss (Marshall Markham)

Average weight by position:

DB- 188 lbs.

DL-241 lbs.

K/P-192 lbs.

LB-219 lbs.

OL-253 lbs.

QB-203 lbs.

RB-197 lbs.

TE-227 lbs.

WR-191lbs.

-Obviously, the Lions will remain the lightest team in the Ivies this year. Those fans who thought the extremely light offensive line last season was some kind of quirk better think again. The average weight of 253 pounds as of now for our O-linemen is obviously by design. This is a planned experiment and we all hope it works, 



And one last note: former Columbia football player-turned star pitcher on the CU Lions baseball team Roy Altman '05 has written a very intelligent but accessible op-ed in the Wall Street Journal today. Be sure to check it out and see just how scholarly our athletes really are!

27 comments:

Anonymous said...

I am pasting in Ungvar's comment in the string below Jake's last post since all others including Jake seem to miss Ungvar's excellent point:

ungvar said...
Funny to see nearly all of OL guys in the 250s. Not a bad place to be given that they'll be lifting throughout the spring and summer. I'm thinking we'll average 270 by September.

Jake said...

I seriously doubt that. The players who slimmed down to the 250 level did so over the last offseason and have had plenty of time to get up to 270. I don't think Mangurian wants the average OL weight to rise. I think he wants muscle to fat ratio to improve and of course he wants better results. But I am really not expecting to see any real weight gain between now and the end of training camp.

ungvar said...

The scale will tell.

Jake said...

I'd be happy to be wrong, but I'm really mostly interested in more wins as we all are.

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Anonymous said...

My favorite football position, tight end, certainly looks like a tremendous strength position for Columbia this year. As I see it, we have a nice balance of outstanding veterans led by two of the Ivy League's best players, Hamilton Garner and Nick Durham, both of whom have added considerable weight in the off-season. We also have another good veteran in Zack McKown. Then we have a big talented veteran in Gsrrett Demuth who missed all of last year due to injury. Finally, we have two outstanding newcomers in John Hunton and Connor Spears. I am expecting to see plenty of exciting two tight end formations. Who knows, maybe Coach Mangurian might even put three of them guys on the field at one time, especially in the red zone.

oldlion said...

Kudos to Lion baseball for sweeping both double headers on the road this weekend.

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Anonymous said...

The head coach reaching out does not constitute "a program." Admirable, but not the answer.

jock/doc said...

I agree with oldlion. Men's baseball not only won all 4 games over the weekend, but they now lead the Gehrig division and have more league wins than any other team in the entire league. Baseball has homecoming this Saturday vs Cornell at home at Baker. See you there.

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Anonymous said...

There is a lot of good results this spring besides baseball. Check out the results in men's and women's crew (e.g., women have beaten Yale, Penn and Dartmouth already; men beat Dartmouth yesterday); women's and men's tennis (e.g., women have beaten Harvard, men are nationally ranked); track (women and men look to build on third each in Ivies in winter); and softball (competitive in Ivies so far).

And of course kudos this spring to baseball and wrestlng post-regular season --and both fencing and swimming men's and women's teams had great winters

Lew Fischbein 72C

WOF said...

CU's career resources center was great at least as far back as the 80's. I would assume it is even better now. The football office is just one avenue they should be pursuing jobs through and if they are putting all their eggs in that basket (hopefully not the case) they are making a mistake...

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