2012 ROSTER
2012 NUMERICAL ROSTER NO. NAME POS HT WT YR EXP HOMETOWN HIGH SCHOOL/PREV. 56 Nick Krings DL 6-4 235 So. 1L Humphrey, Neb. Humphrey St. Francis 57 Matt Peitz LS 6-1 245 Jr. 1L Crofton, Neb. Crofton 58 Rob Diané DL 6-2 230 Jr. TR Plymouth, Minn. Cooper/Ridgewater CC 59 Taylor Suess OL 6-3 295 Jr. 1L Columbus, Neb. Scotus Central Catholic Lake Crystal-Wellcome Mem. 59 Nate Meixell LB 6-3 195 Fr. — Lake Crystal, Minn. 60 Bryce Siverling OL 6-3 295 R-Fr. — Bloomer, Wis. Bloomer 61 Dylan Seiter OL 6-3 295 R-Fr. — Sun Prairie, Wis. Sun Prairie 62 Alex Olinger OL 6-3 295 Jr. 2L Ames, Iowa Ames 63 Mike Shoff OL 6-6 290 Fr. — Cambridge, Neb. Cambridge 64 Josh Kage OL 6-4 290 Jr. 2L Omaha, Neb. Papillion-La Vista 65 Alex Parker OL 6-5 300 Jr. 2L Brookings, S.D. Brookings 66 Trevor Greger OL 6-5 300 So. 1L Wagner, S.D. Wagner 67 Jon Fick OL 6-4 320 Sr. 3L Hull, Iowa Boyden-Hull-Rock Valley 68 Erik Dahl OL 6-7 310 So. — Bloomington, Minn. Jefferson/Normandale 69 Marshall Peugh DL 6-3 235 Jr. TR Avondale, Ariz. Ironwood/Glendale 70 Jake Hasz DL 6-3 270 So. TR Omaha, Neb. Skutt Catholic 70 Seth Lansman OL 6-7 260 Fr. — Harlan, Iowa Harlan Community 71 Nick Purcell OL 6-3 290 So. 1L Rapid City, S.D. Central 72 Taylor Bloom OL 6-4 275 R-Fr. — Madison, S.D. Madison 73 Ryan Ode OL 6-6 275 So. — Brandon, S.D. Brandon Valley Sibley-Ocheyedan/Minn. West 74 Jacob Dagel OL 6-5 295 So. TR Sibley, Iowa 76 Bryan Witzmann OL 6-7 300 Jr. 2L Houlton, Wis. Somerset 77 Andrew Mueller OL 6-4 285 So. 1L Peculiar, Mo. Raymore-Peculiar 78 Will Castle OL 6-2 310 Sr. 2L Brandon, S.D. Brandon Valley 79 Nick Carr OL 6-8 285 Fr — New Brighton, Minn. Totino-Grace 80 Joseph Bednar WR 6-0 175 Fr. — Montevideo, Minn. Montevideo 81 Matt Raymond WR 5-9 180 R-Fr. — Elkhorn, Neb. Elkhorn 82 Vince Benedetto TE 6-3 255 Jr. 2L Crystal Lake, Ill. South 83 Jason Schneider WR 6-5 215 So. 1L Andover, Minn. Andover 84 Trevor Tiefenthaler WR 5-10 190 Jr. 2L Sioux Rapids, Iowa Sioux Central 85 Cam Jones TE 6-5 245 R-Fr. — Eagan, Minn. Burnsville 86 Seth Daughters TE 6-5 240 Jr. 2L Winner, S.D. Winner 87 Mitch Vejvoda TE 6-4 240 Fr. — Homer Glen, Ill. Providence Catholic 89 Trevor Wesley WR 5-11 170 R-Fr. — Oro Valley, Ariz. Ironwood Ridge 90 Eric Tuschen DL 6-5 245 So. — Sioux Falls, S.D. Roosevelt 91 J.R. Plote DL 6-3 230 R-Fr. — Phoenix, Ariz. Mountain Pointe 92 Jay Carlson K 6-1 200 R-Fr. — Parkville, Mo. Park Hill South 93 Chase Douglas DL 6-3 270 Jr. 2L Brandon, S.D. Brandon Valley 94 Jordan Brichacek DL 6-5 240 Fr. — Rogers, Neb. Howells 95 Logan Rath DL 6-4 250 Fr. — Aurora, Neb. Giltner 97 Tom Peitz LB 6-0 215 Fr. — Crofton, Neb. Crofton 98 Bryan Burke DL 6-4 290 Jr. TR Payson, Ariz. Payson/Scottsdale CC 99 Tory Dibb DL 6-2 260 R-Fr. — Brown Deer, Wis. Brown Deer COACHING STAFF Head Coach: John Stiegelmeier Offensive Coordinator/Quarterbacks: Eric Eidsnesss Co-Defensive Coordinator/Linebackers: Jay Bubak Co-Defensive Coordinator/Defensive Ends/Recruiting Coordinator: Clint Brown Special Teams Coordinator/Tight Ends: Shannon Moore Defensive Backs: Jay Christensen Wide Receivers: Josh Davis Offensive Line: John Flynn Defensive Tackles: Jesse Currier Running Backs: Lee Marks Offensive Quality Control:Dom Mirocke Defensive Quality Control: Troy Huebert Graduate Assistant-Defense: Daniel Jackson 2012 JACKRABBIT FOOTBALL MEDIA GUIDE
ALPHABETICAL ROSTER Peugh, Marshall - 69 Pickerel, Mark - 13 Plote, J.R. - 91 Purcell, Nick - 71 Rath, Logan - 95 Raymond, Matt - 81 Rodriguez, Isaac - 46 Rollin, Aaron - 5 Romano, Matt - 50 Rose, Anthony - 4 Sawyer, Ethan - 9 Schneider, Jason - 83 Schuster, Patrick - 53 Seiter, Dylan - 61 Shafrath, Ross - 44 Sherlock, Jack - 36 Shoff, Mike - 63 Siverling, Bryce - 60 Strehlow, Chad - 39 Suess, Taylor - 59 Sumner, Austin - 6 Syrovatka, Justin - 49 Tiefenthaler, Trevor - 84 Tracy, Chris - 7 Tuschen, Eric - 90 VanVoorst, Kyle - 35 Vejvoda, Mitch - 87 Wesley, Trevor - 89 Winterboer, Mason - 24 Witzmann, Bryan - 76 Wright, Dominique - 10 Wright, Winston - 14 Zenner, Zach - 31
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