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Posted: Aug 18, 2019

Football Season Preview: Linebackers

SMITHFIELD, R.I. – The Bryant University football team opens the 2019 season on Aug. 29 at Stony Brook. BryantBulldogs.com will preview the 2019 Bulldogs position-by-position over the next two weeks.

Linebackers

Returning: Jack Agnew (Washington Township, N.J.), Joe Andreessen (Depew, N.Y.), Robert Brown (Palmetto Bay, Fla.), Gbatoh Browne (Providence, R.I.), James LoChirco (Everett, Mass.), Jesse Nemerowicz (Hudson, Mass.), Derrius Perryman (Miami, Fla.), Ryan Saddler (Boca Raton, Fla.), Richard Ukele (East Longmeadow, Mass.), Kodi Ojukwu (Dix Hills, N.Y.), Jake Keenan (Tyngsborough, Mass.), Andrew Wallace (Cranston, R.I.)

Newcomers: Clayton McAlpine (Beverly, Mass.), Colby Smith (Westborough, Mass.), Kenny Dyson Jr. (Stamford, Conn.)

Position Coach: Tom Masella, Steven Daniels, Bob Mackisey

Notes and Notables

  • Bryant returns nine linebackers from a year ago, including six that played in eight or more games a season ago.
  • The group is led by Nemerowicz, who enters his senior season ranked eighth all-time with 225 tackles. He posted 73 a season ago and added four sacks and 8.5 TFLs.
  • Brown is also back after an outstanding season in 2018. He posted 70 tackles, six TFLs, two forced fumbles, two fumble recoveries, an interception and five pass breakups.
  • After posting just seven total tackles over the first three games, Brown averaged 7.8 tackles per game over the final eight.
  • The group will also benefit from one of the most veteran players on the roster in Ukele. The fifth-year has played in 30 games over the last three seasons and posted a career-high 51 tackles in 2017.
  • Ojukwu is also back as a fifth year and posted three sacks and six TFLs last fall. 
  • Andreessen, LoChirco, Agnew and Saddler should all see increased time as well. Andreessen posted 11 tackles, LoChirco had 12 and Agnew collected three stops.   

Fun Fact

  • Nemerowicz enters the 2019 season fourth among active FCS players with 8.30 tackles per game over the course of his career.   

The Bulldogs open the 2019 season on Thursday, August 29 at Stony Brook. Kickoff is scheduled for 7:00 p.m.

Season and single-game tickets are also on sale now at www.bryantbulldogs.com/tickets.

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