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Name Pos. Yr. Ht. Wt. H.S./Hometown
Seth Mitchell K FR 5-11 189 Fonda-Fultonville/
Fonda
Joseph Cavedine LB FR 5-9 195 Baldwinsville/
Phoenix
Stefan Cavedine OL FR 5-10 246 West Genesee/
Camillus
Jerrod Clowes DL FR 5-10 250 Irondequoit/
Rochester
Rich Comerford DB FR 5-11 181 West Milford/
Hewitt, NJ
Justin Courtade K FR 5-10 190 St. Francis/
Lakeview, NY
Joey Desilva DL FR 5-11 236 Hendrick Hudson/
Cronton On Hudson
Matt Dunn SB FR 6-1 198 Miller Place/
Miller Place
Tom Dyer OL FR 6-0 285 Greece Olympia/
Rochester
Alex Castilla OL FR 6-1 230 Notre Dame/
Utica
Mark Capponi DB FR 5-9 183 Rome/
Rome
Sam Bishop OL FR 6-0 209 Sachem North/
Ronkonkoma
Ed Bogucki OL FR 6-0 232 John Jay/
Fishkill
Mike Bonacci LB FR 5-10 194 Bethlehem/
Glenmont
Conor Boyer WR FR 6-3 204 East Rochester/
East Rochester
James Brain DL FR 6-2 198 Minisink Valley/
Westtown
Salvatore Buda DL FR 5-9 223 Syosset/
Syosset
Omari Byfield DB FR 5-9 173 Monroe Woodbury/
Monroe
Andrew Calabrese OL FR 6-0 266 Pittsford/
Pittsford
Ronald Gatto DB FR 5-8 161 Frankfort-Schuyler/
Frankfort
Michael Hall SB FR 6-3 212 Central Square/
Bernhards Bay
Daniel Donato DL FR 5-11 215 Bethlehem/
Delmar
Aaron Givens DB FR Rochester
Zach Wallace OL SR 6-1 338 Frankfort-Schuyler/
Frankfort
Justin Knorr RB FR Hilton
Samuel Lima OL FR 5-10 241 Solvay/
Solvay
Mike Mancini DB FR 5-6 169 Manchester Township/
Toms River, NJ
Brian Mcintyre SB FR 6-3 211 North Rockland/
Pomona
Jacob Meyers LB FR 5-6 165 Adirondack/
Taberg
Frank DiMarco OL FR 5-10 246 Rome Free Academy/
Rome
Anthony Delgaudio LB FR 5-8 183 West Milford/
West Milford, NJ
Jon Heisler LB FR 6-0 215 Maryvale/
Cheektowaga
Michael Herberger LB FR 6-1 232 Williamsville North/
Amherst
David Hildman LB FR 5-7 195 West Genesee/
Camillus
Joshua Tracy DL FR 5-11 190 Skaneateles/
Skaneateles
Christopher Winch WR FR 5-9 158 Spencer-Van Etten/
Spencer
Tim VanKouwenberg OL FR 6-4 278 Wayne/
Ontario
Gilberto Vargas DL FR 6-3 197 Irondequoit/
Rochester
Jeff Zellner SB FR 6-0 197 North Tonawanda/
North Tonawanda
Andrew Benkwitt QB FR 6-0 180 Mamaroneck/
Mamaroneck
Neal Baron DL FR 6-1 237 Westmoreland/
Clinton
Nate Stewart LB FR 5-9 195 Bishop Ludden/
Syracuse
Zak Lake OL FR 5-9 235 Minisink Valley/
Port Jervis
Phil Price WR FR 6-2 189 Sherburne-Earlville/
Sherburne
Genaro Scampone LB FR 5-7 191 Proctor/
Utica
Kyle Taft LB FR 5-9 243 F.D. Roosevelt/
Salt Point
Peter Torchia LB FR 5-9 200 Aquinas/
Rochester
Chris Kibanda DB FR 5-7 168 Saunders/
Yonkers
Dan Lang WR FR 5-10 197 Baldwinsville/
Baldwinsville
Vincent Martinez DB FR 5-9 171 Fulton/
Fulton
Tyler Swenson LB FR 5-10 185 Bellport/
Brookhaven
Patrick O'Hanlon LB FR 5-6 196 Keansburg/
Keansburg, NJ
Sean Pease DL FR 6-3 341 Cicero North Syracuse/
Bridgeport
Jamie Murphy WR FR 5-8 160 Marcus Whitman/
Stanley
Caden Romeo QB FR 6-1 189 Notre Dame/
Utica
Brandon Miles SB FR 5-10 197 Oneida/
Oneida
Thomas Owens OL FR 5-11 277 Msgr. Farrell/
Staten Island
Nicholas Spier OL FR 6-0 312 Central Square/
Central Square
Adam Luczak DL FR 6-0 216 Letchworth/
Silver Springs
Bobby Morrisey QB FR 6-0 177 Holy Trinity/
Hicksville
Cody Passalacqua K/P FR 6-0 184 Whitesboro/
Whitesboro
Taylor Lennon DL FR 6-1 236 Palmyra Macedon/
Palmyra
Jason Koons WR FR 5-10 182 Greencastle-Antrim/
Greencastle, PA
Jake Scott WR FR 5-10 168 Irondequoit/
Rochester
Cody Adams DL FR 6-2 318 Adirondack/
Boonville
Robert Alexander DB FR 5-7 160 Dobbs Ferry/
Dobbs Ferry
Eugenio Alvarez DB FR 5-5 169 Mamaroneck/
Larchmont
Steven Alvarez DL FR 5-8 205 Sayville/
Sayville
Robert Babcock OL FR 6-1 262 Deposit/
Deposit
Michael Lykos DB FR 5-9 163 HHH East/
Dix Hills
Luke Manolescu DB FR 6-3 210 Notre Dame/
New York Mills, NY
TJ Losowski K FR 5-9 164 Westmoreland/
Rome
Paul Smith QB FR 5-10 179 Niagara-Wheatfield/
Niagara Falls
Craig Simmons OL FR 6-2 245 West Genesee/
Syracuse
Andy Moth WR FR 5-8 164 Chittenango/
Kirkville
Jon Kilmer LB FR 5-5 211 Putnam Valley/
Putnam Valley
Matt Malunat OL FR 5-10 282 Minisink Valley/
Slate Hill
Anthony Segro WR FR 6-1 188 West Milford/
West Milford, NJ
Dan McNamara RB FR 5-7 199 Amsterdam/
Amsterdam
Lance Robinson DB FR 5-10 182 Grand Island/
Grand Island

Head Coach:
Blaise Faggiano
Assistant Coaches:
Keith Scranton, Andrew Massoud, Lazarus Morgan, Will Pluff, Mike Zegarelli, Curt Fitzpatrick, Dave Watrous, Justin Higgins, Jake DerCola, Frank Palmisano, George Penree, Kevin Eick