1999 Ohio State Football Roster

Season Record: 6-6
Conference Record: 3-5
Home Record: 5-2
Road Record: 1-3 (0-1 neutral site)
Final AP Ranking: Unranked

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1999 Roster

#	Player	Position	Height	Weight	Birthday	Hometown	High School
1	Gary Berry	DB, FS	6'0"	205	10/24/1977	Columbus, OH	DeSales
2	Chad Eriksen	K	6'0"	175	11/20/1979	Grosse Ile, MI	Grosse Ile
2	Mike Doss	SS	6'0"	203	3/24/1981	Canton, OH	Canton McKinley
3	David Mitchell	CB, DB	6'1"	195	10/18/1979	Westerville, OH	South
18	Andy Groom	H, P, ST	6'1"	190	9/10/1979	Columbus, OH	Bishop Hartley
4	Ken-Yon Rambo	WR	6'2"	190	10/04/1978	Cerritos, CA	Long Beach Poly
5	Michael Wiley	TB	6'0"	195	1/15/1978	Spring Valley, CA	Monte Vista
6	Cie Grant	CB, OLB, ST, SS	6'2"	220	11/27/1979	New Philadelphia, OH	New Philadelphia
7	Duane Crooks	DB, FL, ST	5'10"	185	8/5/1979	Dublin, OH	Dublin Coffman
8	Steve Bellisari	DB, QB, ST	6'3"	220	4/21/1980	Boca Raton, FL	Boca Raton Community
9	Ricky Bryant	FL, WR	6'1"	175	3/24/1981	Farmington Hills, MI	Harrison
11	Richard McNutt	CB, DB, ST	6'0"	178	9/7/1981	Park Forest, IL	Rich East
12	Austin Moherman	QB	6'5"	215	12/02/1977	Mission Viejo, CA	Capistrano Valley
13	Maurice Harris	WR	6'2"	200	-	Jacksonville, FL	Raines
15	Scott McMullen	QB	6'4"	215	11/18/1980	Granville, OH	Granville
16	Craig Krenzel	QB	6'4"	225	7/1/1981	Utica, MI	Henry Ford II
17	Percy King	DB, FS	6'4"	210	1/31/1977	Columbus, OH	Marion-Franklin
20	Nate Clements	CB, ST	6'0"	190	12/12/1979	Shaker Heights, OH	Shaker Heights
18	Tony Locke	FL, ST	5'10"	185	5/19/1978	Urbana, OH	Urbana
18	Kelton Lindsay	CB, ST, TB	6'1"	195	8/8/1980	Lebanon, OH	Lebanon
19	Ahmed Plummer	CB	6'0"	193	3/26/1976	Wyoming, OH	Wyoming
13	Chad Cacchio	WR	5'10"	190	8/10/1978	Columbus, OH	Upper Arlington
21	C.J. Moore	TB	5'10"	205	1/30/1980	Youngstown, OH	Ursuline
21	B.J. Sander	H, P	6'3"	212	1/5/1980	Cincinnati, OH	Roger Bacon
23	Matt Keller	FB	6'0"	238	12/2/1976	Mason, OH	Moeller
24	Curtis Crosby	DB	5'11"	175	4/30/1980	Columbus, OH	Eastmoor
24	Richard Hall	TB	6'0"	205	-	Wyoming, OH	Cincinnati Wyoming
25	Donnie Nickey	FS, SS	6'3"	205	4/25/1980	Plain City, OH	Jonathan Alder
26	Andrew Schabo	P, TE	6'1"	220	3/24/1980	Worthington, OH	Thomas Worthington
27	Jerry Westbrooks	DB, FB, OLB, ST, TB	6'2"	235	8/27/1977	Boca Raton, FL	Pope John Paul II
27	Michael Willis	ILB	6'1"	220	-	Warrensville Heights, OH	Warrensville Heights
28	Jonathan Wells	TB	6'2"	230	7/21/1979	River Ridge, LA	John Curtis
29	Andre Griffin	TB	5'10"	180	2/16/1979	Shaker Heights, OH	Shaker Heights
29	Jesse Kline	FB, ST, TB	6'2"	227	7/9/1980	Columbus, OH	Upper Arlington
30	Jason Ott	MLB	6'4"	240	1/23/1979	Cincinnati, OH	Elder
32	Na’il Diggs	OLB	6'4"	235	7/8/1978	Los Angeles, CA	Dorsey
33	Nate Stead	FB, ST	6'0"	255	9/10/1980	Marion, OH	Harding
34	Greg Simpson	DB, FS	6'1"	205	12/31/1978	Worthington, OH	Dublin Scioto
35	Matt Wilhelm	ILB, OLB	6'5"	245	2/2/1981	Elyria, OH	Elyria Catholic
36	Pat O’Neill	OLB, ST	6'4"	230	9/24/1980	Cuyahoga Falls, OH	Walsh Jesuit
7	Derek Ross	CB, ST	6'1"	190	1/5/1980	Rock Hill, SC	Northwestern
37	Ziyier Walker	DB	6'1"	195	-	Paterson, NJ	Fork Union (VA)
38	Eric Klaban	K	5'10"	167	8/21/1980	West Bloomfield, MI	West Bloomfield
10	Joe Cooper	OLB, ST, SS	6'2"	225	1/22/1979	Columbus, OH	Independence
39	Jamar Martin	FB	6'1"	255	4/12/1980	Canton, OH	McKinley
41	Jim Kortovich	OLB	6'1"	215	-	Euclid, OH	Villa Angela St. Joseph's
43	Derek Combs	TB	6'2"	197	2/28/1979	Grove City, OH	Grove City
44	Chris Kirk	ILB	6'3"	235	11/9/1976	Westerville, OH	South
46	Fred Pagac Jr.	MLB, OLB	6'2"	225	5/29/1981	Dublin, OH	Dublin Coffman
47	Dan Stultz	K, P	6'0"	205	6/16/1978	Orrville, OH	Orrville
48	Matt LaVrar	DE, OLB	6'3"	270	10/4/1976	Maumee, OH	Maumee
49	Tim Cheatwood	DB, OLB, ST, TE	6'4"	250	11/08/1978	Cleveland, OH	Benedictine
50	Nick Mitchell	ILB	6'1"	240	1/25/1980	Columbus, OH	Bishop Watterson
51	Fred Sturrup	DT	6'4"	270	3/6/1981	Plantation, FL	Plantation
52	James Cotton	DE	6'4"	245	11/7/1976	Cleveland, OH	San Francisco C.C.
53	Edmund Brown	OLB	6'2"	215	8/26/1979	Sunbury, MA	Lincoln Sunbury
53	Ivan Douglas	OT	6'6"	310	3/17/1980	University Heigts, OH	Benedictine
54	Tim Anderson	DT	6'4"	289	11/22/1980	Clyde, OH	Clyde
55	Tam Hopkins	OG, OT	6'5"	305	3/22/1978	Winter Park, FL	Lake Howell
57	Julius Yeast	DE, DT	6'5"	280	6/4/1979	Harrodsburg, KY	Harrodsburg
58	Courtland Bullard	OLB	6'3"	227	9/02/1978	Miami, FL	Southridge
59	Paris Long	DT, OG	6'5"	320	8/27/1978	Columbus, OH	Beechcroft
60	Brent Johnson	DE	6'4"	265	12/7/1976	Kingston, Ontario	Holy Cross
62	Lonnie Woodard	DT	6'2"	280	2/15/1979	Dayton,, OH	Dayton Dunbar
63	Adrien Clarke	OG, OT	6'5"	325	3/26/1981	Shaker Heights, OH	Shaker Heights
63	Kurt Murphy	C	6'4"	290	4/27/1978	Columbus, OH	DeSales
64	Ben Gilbert	OG	6'5"	295	6/5/1978	Lancaster, OH	Lancaster
65	Mike Gurr	OG, TE	6'7"	290	8/1/1977	Hamilton, OH	Hamilton
66	Mike Jacobs	C, LS, OG	6'2"	285	5/9/1979	Maumee, OH	Maumee
67	Matt Zahn	OT	6'7"	360	-	St. Henry, OH	St. Henry
68	LeCharles Bentley	C, OG, OT	6'3"	290	7/11/1979	Cleveland, OH	St. Ignatius
69	Jim Massey	OT	6'5"	290	9/01/1979	Brecksville, OH	St. Ignatius
98	Mike Collins	DT	6'4"	290	1/19/1978	Newark, OH	Newark
71	John Bates	OG, OT	6'4"	279	9/12/1978	Cherry Hill, NJ	East
71	Ben Pulfer	DT, OT	6'6"	270	11/03/1978	Sidney, OH	Sidney
72	Marcus Perez	DE	6'3"	250	12/8/1977	Medina, OH	Medina
73	Joe Brown	DE, DT	6'7"	285	3/5/1977	Tucson, AZ	Catalina Foothills
74	Eric Smith	OT	6'6"	330	11/13/1976	Columbus, OH	Walnut Ridge
75	Henry Fleming	OT	6'7"	305	7/25/1978	Manning, SC	Manning
70	Scott Kuhnhein	OT	6'6"	285	8/11/1979	Fort Thomas, KY	Highlands
78	Bryce Bishop	OG, OT	6'5"	310	8/20/1981	Miami, FL	Killian
77	Tyson Walter	OT	6'5"	300	3/17/1978	Chagrin Falls, OH	Kenston
78	Drew Elford	C, OG, OT	6'5"	300	4/2/1977	Garfield, NJ	St. Mary's
79	Ryan Pickett	DT	6'3"	290	10/8/1979	Zephyrhills, FL	Zephyrhills
50	Michael Stafford	OT	6'4"	280	4/24/1980	Upper Arlington, OH	Upper Arlington
80	Reggie Germany	WR	6'1"	195	3/19/1978	Hazelwood, MO	East
81	Darik Warnke	DB, ST, WR	6'1"	196	9/12/1977	Cuyahoga Falls, OH	Walsh Jesuit
82	Drew Carter	WR	6'4"	200	9/5/1981	Solon, OH	Solon
83	Vanness Provitt	WR	6'3"	200	1/20/1977	Warren, OH	Warren G. Harding
84	Steve Wisniewski	TE	6'6"	265	7/16/1977	Timberlake, OH	Eastlake North
86	Marvin Payne	FB, ST, TE	6'3"	250	3/7/1977	Columbus, OH	St. Charles
24	Maurice Lee	CB, WR	5'10"	178	10/23/1980	Cleveland, OH	South
87	Kevin Houser	DE, LS, TE	6'4"	250	8/23/1977	Westlake, OH	Westlake
88	Ben Hartsock	TE	6'4"	264	7/5/1980	Chillicothe, OH	Chillicothe
89	Darnell Sanders	TE	6'6"	265	3/16/1979	Warrensville Heights, OH	Warrensville Heights
90	Clinton Wayne	DE, DT, NG, OLB	6'4"	275	5/17/1977	Brampton, Ontario	Centennial
91	Frank Conrad	TE	6'4"	200	8/8/1979	Boca Raton, FL	Boca Raton
93	Randy Homa	DT, ILB, NG	6'2"	285	12/24/1975	Pottsvile, PA	Pottsville Area
94	Rodney Bailey	DE	6'5"	260	10/07/1979	Cleveland, OH	St. Edward
96	Tony Eisenhard	DE, ST, TE	6'7"	265	10/28/1976	Tiffin, OH	Columbian
95	David Thompson	DT	6'5"	280	8/23/1979	Paterson, NJ	East
97	Kenny Peterson	DE, DT	6'4"	265	11/21/1978	Canton, OH	McKinley
99	Heath Queen	DT	6'5"	275	2/06/1979	Medina, OH	Lodi-Cloverleaf

Coaching Staff:

Head Coach: John Cooper
Offensive Coordinator: Mike Jacobs
Defensive Coordinator: Fred Pagac
Tight Ends: Bill Conley
Defensive Tackles & Nose Guards: Jim Heacock
Quarterbacks: Tim Salem
Defensive Ends: Shawn Simms
Running Backs: Tim Spencer
Wide Receivers: Chuck Stobart
Defensive Backs: Jon Tenuta

1999 Ohio State Football Statistics

1999 Ohio State Passing Stats

Player	Comp	Pass Att	Cmp %	Pass Yds	Pass TD	Pass Int
Steve Bellisari	101	224	45.1	1616	12	9
Austin Moherman	36	75	48.0	435	2	5
Michael Wiley	5	5	100.0	123	1	0

1999 Ohio State Rushing Stats

Player	Rush Att	Rush Yds	Rush Avg	Rush TD	Fum	Lost	FR
Michael Wiley	183	952	5.2	10	5	4	1
Steve Bellisari	116	332	2.9	2	9	4	1
Jonathan Wells	51	292	5.7	3	1	0	0
Derek Combs	43	173	4.0	3	3	2	1
Jamar Martin	19	100	5.3	1	0	0	1
Austin Moherman	18	-22	-1.2	0	3	2	0
Jerry Westbrooks	17	70	4.1	1	1	1	0
Matt Keller	16	61	3.8	0	0	0	0
Ken-Yon Rambo	5	34	6.8	0	1	1	0
Andre Griffin	3	6	2.0	0	0	0	0
Nate Stead	2	8	4.0	0	0	0	0

1999 Ohio State Receiving Stats

Player	Rec	Rec Yds	Rec Avg	Rec TD
Reggie Germany	43	656	15.3	1
Ken-Yon Rambo	41	833	20.3	6
Michael Wiley	14	153	10.9	1
Matt Keller	8	130	16.3	1
Vanness Provitt	7	122	17.4	1
Steve Wisniewski	6	91	15.2	1
Kevin Houser	6	55	9.2	2
Jonathan Wells	5	17	3.4	0
Chad Cacchio	4	44	11.0	0
Jamar Martin	3	10	3.3	1
Steve Bellisari	1	28	28.0	0
Jerry Westbrooks	1	2	2.0	0
Nate Stead	1	10	10.0	0
Derek Combs	1	16	16.0	0
Darnell Sanders	1	7	7.0	1

1999 Ohio State Defensive Stats

Player	Position	Tkl	Solo	Asst	TFL	TFL Yds	Sacks	Sack Yds	FF	FR	Int	Int Yds	PBU	Blk	Def TD
Na’il Diggs	OLB	94	64	30	15	53	6	38	3	1	0	0	3	0	0
Nate Clements	CB, ST	90	76	14	8	29	0	0	1	0	2	36	9	0	0
Gary Berry	DB, FS	86	65	21	6	20	1	2	1	2	1	12	3	0	1
Jason Ott	MLB	79	55	24	11	32	2	10	1	2	1	14	1	1	0
Donnie Nickey	FS, SS	73	46	27	1	2	0	0	0	2	1	0	2	0	0
James Cotton	DE	56	43	13	11	43	5	28	1	0	0	0	2	0	0
Mike Collins	DT	56	36	20	11	34	4	24	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Ahmed Plummer	CB	55	48	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	64	9	0	0
Ryan Pickett	DT	48	34	14	9	17	3	9	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
Mike Doss	SS	43	33	10	5	9	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0
Courtland Bullard	OLB	40	27	13	4	19	3	16	1	0	0	0	1	0	0
Joe Cooper	OLB, ST, SS	36	22	14	5	19	1	9	0	0	1	0	0	0	0
Percy King	DB, FS	35	30	5	1	0	0	0	1	0	5	0	1	0	0
Brent Johnson	DE	34	16	18	6	26	3	18	0	0	0	0	1	1	0
David Mitchell	CB, DB	25	22	3	1	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
Rodney Bailey	DE	23	17	6	5	14	1	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
Joe Brown	DE, DT	17	10	7	4	21	1	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Matt Wilhelm	ILB, OLB	16	8	8	2	7	1	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
Fred Pagac Jr.	MLB, OLB	11	7	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Matt LaVrar	DE, OLB	8	6	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Tim Cheatwood	DB, OLB, ST, TE	7	5	2	2	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Cie Grant	CB, OLB, ST, SS	6	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Heath Queen	DT	6	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Clinton Wayne	DE, DT, NG, OLB	5	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
Kevin Houser	DE, LS, TE	4	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0
Michael Wiley	TB	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
Steve Bellisari	DB, QB, ST	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
Jamar Martin	FB	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
Paris Long	DT, OG	2	2	0	2	13	2	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Reggie Germany	WR	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Kenny Peterson	DE, DT	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	31	0	0	0
Tony Locke	FL, ST	1	1	0	1	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Kelton Lindsay	CB, ST, TB	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Jerry Westbrooks	DB, FB, OLB, ST, TB	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Jonathan Wells	TB	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Derek Combs	TB	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
Henry Fleming	OT	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Tyson Walter	OT	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

1999 Ohio State Kicking and Punting Statistics

Player	Pt	Pt Yds	Punt Avg	TB	I20	Pt Blkd	XP	XPA	XP %	FG	FGA	FG %
B.J. Sander	2	49	24.5	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0
Dan Stultz	61	2353	38.6	3	14	0	31	34	91.2	12	16	75.0

1999 Ohio State Kick and Punt Return Stats

Player	KR	KR Yds	KR Avg	PR	PR Yds	PR Avg
Ken-Yon Rambo	31	653	21.1	3	20	6.7
Michael Wiley	8	114	14.3	0	0	0.0
Joe Cooper	1	0	0.0	0	0	0.0
Chad Cacchio	1	12	12.0	0	0	0.0
Percy King	1	0	0.0	0	0	0.0
Matt Keller	1	9	9.0	0	0	0.0
Nate Clements	0	0	0.0	18	175	9.7

1999 Ohio State Football Schedule & Results

Date	Game	Result	Stadium	Attendance
1999-08-29 02:58:51August 29, 1999	Miami (Fl.) vs. Ohio State - Aug. 29, 1999	23 - 12	Giants Stadium	NA
1999-09-11 03:24:53September 11, 1999	UCLA @ Ohio State - Sept. 11, 1999	20 - 42	Ohio Stadium	93,283
1999-09-18 11:42:34September 18, 1999	Ohio @ Ohio State - Sept. 18, 1999	16 - 40	Ohio Stadium	93,222
1999-09-25 12:08:20September 25, 1999	Cincinnati @ Ohio State - Sept. 25, 1999	20 - 34	Ohio Stadium	NA
1999-10-02 20:01:55October 2, 1999	Wisconsin @ Ohio State - Oct. 2, 1999	42 - 17	Ohio Stadium	NA
1999-10-09 20:27:49October 9, 1999	Purdue @ Ohio State - Oct. 9, 1999	22 - 25	Ohio Stadium	NA
1999-10-16 21:41:41October 16, 1999	Ohio State @ Penn State - Oct. 16, 1999	10 - 23	Beaver Stadium	NA
1999-10-23 20:51:52October 23, 1999	Ohio State @ Minnesota - Oct. 23, 1999	20 - 17	Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome	NA
1999-10-30 02:05:45October 30, 1999	Iowa @ Ohio State - Oct. 30, 1999	11 - 41	Ohio Stadium	NA
1999-11-06 02:30:26November 6, 1999	Ohio State @ Michigan State - Nov. 6, 1999	7 - 23	Spartan Stadium	NA
1999-11-13 12:39:27November 13, 1999	Illinois @ Ohio State - Nov. 13, 1999	46 - 20	Ohio Stadium	NA
1999-11-20 02:23:17November 20, 1999	Ohio State @ Michigan - Nov. 20, 1999	17 - 24	Ohio Stadium	NA

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1999 Ohio State Football Schedule & Results

1999 Ohio State Football Schedule & Results