2017 Navy Midshipmen football team

The 2017 Navy Midshipmen football team represented the United States Naval Academy in the 2017 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Midshipmen were led by tenth-year head coach Ken Niumatalolo and played their home games at Navy–Marine Corps Memorial Stadium. The Midshipmen competed as a member of the West Division of the American Athletic Conference and were third-year members of the conference. They finished the season 7–6 overall and 4–4 in AAC play to tie for third place in the West Division. They were invited to the Military Bowl, where they defeated Virginia, 49–7.

Before the season

Spring practices Navy held spring practices during March and April 2017.

During the season

On television The 2017 Navy Midshipmen football team is featured in the miniseries, A Season With Navy Football on Showtime, which premiered on Tuesday September 5, 2017. It depicts daily life of Midshipmen football players and coaches at the United States Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland. Each episode reviews highlights of every football game played during the current season of Navy football, as the series narrator boasts, is "one of the most accomplished football programs in the country".

Schedule

Personnel

Coaching staff Name Position Seasons atNavy Alma mater Ken Niumatalolo Head Coach 19 Hawaii (1989) Ivin Jasper Offensive Coordinator / quarterbacks coach 18 Hawaii (1994) Dale Pehrson Defensive Coordinator / defensive line coach 22 Utah (1976) Justin Davis Outside Linebackers Coach 11 Maine (2001) Lt. Col. Robert Green, USMC Outside Linebackers Coach 5 Navy (1998) Ashley Ingram Running Game Coordinator / offensive line coach 10 North Alabama (1996) Steve Johns Inside Linebackers 10 Occidental College (1991) Dan O'Brien Secondary Coach 4 Boston College (2005) Mike Judge Fullbacks Coach 10 Springfield College (2005) Shaun Nua Defensive line coach 6 BYU (2005) Danny O'Rourke Special Teams Coordinator / slotbacks coach 16 West Georgia (2000) Napoleon Sykes Defensive line coach 4 Wake Forest (2006) Mick Yokitis Wide Receivers Coach 7 Hawaii (2006)

Roster 2017 Navy Midshipmen football team rosterQuarterbacks 1 Reggie Harris – freshman (5'7, 165) 2 Evan Fochtman – freshman (6'1, 185) 3 Jacob Harrison – sophomore (6'1, 194) 5 Dalen Morris – freshman (6'1, 195) 6 Emmett Davis – freshman (6'1, 170) (+SB) 7 Garret Lewis – junior (6'1, 200) 9 Zach Abey – junior (6'2, 212) 14 Chase Parrish – freshman (5'11, 181)

Slotbacks 2 C.J. Williams – freshman (5'8, 170) 3 Myles Fells – freshman (5'11, 187) 4 Garrett Winn – freshman (5'10, 170) 7 Justin Smith – freshman (5'11, 188) 8 Mazh Maloy – sophomore (5'7, 170) 10 Malcolm Perry – sophomore (5'9, 185) (+QB) 20 John Brown III – senior (5'9, 203) 21 Tre Walker – junior (5'9, 190) 22 Travis Brannan – sophomore (6'0, 180) 23 Amari DuBose – sophomore (5'9, 165) 25 Jahmaal Daniel – senior (5'6, 160) 28 Josh Brown – senior (5'9, 189) 29 Darryl Bonner – senior (5'7, 178) (C) 36 Keoni-Kordell Makekau – freshman (5'11, 170) 37 Cameron Dudeck – junior (5'9, 189) 40 Mason Plante – sophomore (5'11, 188) 41 Tyreek King-El – freshman (5'8, 155) 46 Travis Pospisil – junior (5'10, 198)

Fullbacks 24 Joshua Walker – senior (5'11, 222) 26 Jonnie Lee – freshman (5'9, 195) 31 Myles Benning – sophomore (5'11, 235) 32 Bryan Hammond – junior (5'10, 200) 33 Chris High – senior (6'0, 224) 34 Mike Martin – junior (6'1, 202) 35 Cooper Hardin – freshman (6'1, 225) 37 Tory Delmonico – freshman (6'2, 218) 38 Anthony Gargiulo – junior (6'2, 239) 43 Nelson Smith – freshman (5'9, 206) 45 Ahmir Lee – freshman (6'0, 230) 46 Akili Taylor – sophomore (5'7, 205)

Wide receivers 11 Darian Pride – sophomore (6'3, 210) 15 Kody Crider – freshman (6'3, 220) 47 Trey Olsen – senior (6'4, 224) 49 Jordan Pittman – senior (6'2, 235) 80 Terrence Laster – senior (6'1, 230) 81 Conrey Meagher – senior (5'10, 188) 82 Craig Scott – senior (6'2, 189) 83 Zack Fraade – sophomore (6'3, 215) 85 Ryan Mitchell – freshman (6'3, 190) 84 Chad Lewellyn – senior (6'4, 201) 86 Dre Williamson – junior (6'4, 208) 87 Brandon Colon – senior (6'4, 223) 88 Tyler Carmona – senior (6'4, 227) 89 Taylor Jackson – junior (6'3, 210)

Placekickers 4 Owen White – sophomore (5'10, 195) 16 Bennett Moehring – junior (5'9, 180) 41 J.R. Osborn – sophomore (6'0, 191) 97 Keller Farni – freshman (5'11, 225)  Offensive linemen 50 Nick Novak – C – freshman (6'4, 270) 50 Eric Cal – C – sophomore (6'3, 282) 51 Justin Self – OT – freshman (6'2, 270) 52 Kurt Stengel – OT – freshman (6'4, 265) 53 Jude Hydrick – OT – sophomore (6'3, 256) 54 Ben Everett – OG – freshman (6'4, 270) 55 Mike Adzima – OG – sophomore (6'2, 282) 56 Sean Rattay – C – freshman (6'1, 290) 57 Jake Hawk – OT – junior (6'6, 295) 58 Billy Honaker – OT – freshman (6'3, 270) 59 Wes Mehl – C – sophomore (6'4, 301) 59 Isaac Willis – OG – sophomore (6'0, 286) 60 T.J. Salu – OG – sophomore (6'2, 291) 61 Andrew Wood – OT – junior (6'4, 290) 62 Parker Wade – C – senior (6'2, 280) 63 Seth White – OG – senior (6'3, 274) 64 Steve Satchell – OG – junior (6'4, 296) 65 Peter Nestrowitz – OG – freshman (6'3, 270) 66 Nikko Yaramus – OG – sophomore (6'3, 282) 67 Chris Gesell – OG – junior (6'4, 307) 68 David Forney – C – sophomore (6'3, 318) 70 Elijah Lugo – OG – freshman (6'4, 279) 71 Evan Martin – OG – senior (6'3, 294) 72 Ford Higgins – OT – sophomore (6'2, 250) 73 Michael Raiford – OT – senior (6'6, 302) 74 Alec Keener – OT – junior (6'4, 278) 75 Robert Lindsey – OG – senior (6'4, 275) 76 Kendel Wright – OT – sophomore (6'4, 290) 77 Bryan Barrett – OG – junior (6'3, 330) 78 Laurent Njiki – OG – junior (6'3, 306) 79 Kyle-Malik Mitchell – OG – sophomore (6'2, 303)

Defensive linemen

46 Denzel Polk – DE – sophomore (6'2, 241) 52 Vic Thomas – DE – sophomore (6'4, 237) 60 Lance Angulo – NG – junior (6'2, 285) 62 Buck Elliott – DE – junior (6'4, 249) 63 Tony Masaniai – DE – sophomore (6'1, 256) 65 Alema Kapoi – DE – freshman (6'0, 275) 69 Marcus Edwards – DE – sophomore (6'4, 294) 70 Mack Nash – DE – sophomore (6'5, 261) 72 Gunner Osborn – DE – sophomore (6'3, 275) 73 Jackson Perkins – DE – freshman (6'6, 235) 74 Joshua Van Dunk – NG – sophomore (6'3, 293) 75 Bradley Osborne – DE – freshman (6'3, 265) 76 Tobe Okafor – DE – freshman (6'4, 270) 77 Chris Pearson – NG – freshman (6'2, 315) 90 Jarvis Polu – DE – junior (6'3, 292) 91 Tyler Sayles – DE – senior (6'2, 257) 92 Josh Webb – DE – junior (6'5, 250) 93 Joe Goff – DE – sophomore (6'5, 275) 94 Corbin Heyward – DE – sophomore (6'3, 280) 95 Anthony Villalobos – DE – junior (6'2, 261) 96 Nizaire Cromatie – DE – sophomore (6'2, 243) 97 Dave Tolentino – NG – sophomore (6'2, 294) 98 Dylan Fischer – NG – junior (6'2, 307) 99 Jackson Pittman – NG – sophomore (6'3, 304)

Punters 43 Erik Harris – junior (5'10, 185) Linebackers 3 Brandon Jones – LB – senior (6'4, 225) 5 Justin Norton – OLB – senior (6'2, 190) 11 Jerry Thompson – OLB – senior (6'0, 196) 28 O.J. Davis – LB – sophomore (6'2, 225) 33 Carter Bankston – OLB – sophomore (6'3, 235) 34 Austin Talbert-Loving – OLB – sophomore (6'0, 190) 35 Walter Little – OLB – sophomore (5'11, 200) 36 Forrest Forte – OLB – junior (6'1, 194) 37 Elan Nash – OLB – sophomore (5'11, 196) 38 Rahn Bailey – OLB – sophomore (6'2, 2224) 39 Sion Harrington – LB – sophomore (6'3, 216) 40 Kevin McCoy – OLB – senior (6'4, 222) 41 Tyler Pistorio – LB – sophomore (6'2, 215) 42 Conner Dorris – LB – junior (6'2, 237) 43 Jake Schwarzer – LB – sophomore (6'1, 213) 44 Micah Thomas – LB – senior (6'1, 241) 45 D.J. Palmore – OLB – senior (6'3, 236) (C) 47 Aleksei Yaramus – LB – sophomore (6'2, 218) 48 Dean Sise – freshman (6'2, 205) 49 Monte Armstrong – junior (6'1, 216) 50 Paul Carothers – LB – sophomore (6'1, 220) 51 Winn Howard – LB – Soenior (6'2, 215) 53 Hudson Sullivan – LB – junior (6'2, 240) 54 Taylor Heflin – LB – junior (6'2, 224) 55 Matt Stewart – LB – junior (6'1, 211) 56 Myles Davenport – OLB – senior (6'2, 233) 57 Zack Quilty- OLB – sophomore (6'3, 223) 59 travis Kerchner – LB – junior (6'2, 206) 78 Jacob Gregory – OLB – freshman (6'3, 235) 80 Peyton Long – LB – freshman (6'2, 220) 81 Dallas Jeanty – LB – freshman (5'11, 232) 82 Jack Clancy – LB – freshman (6'1, 216) 83 Griffin Baumoel – LB – freshman (6'2, 220) 84 Pepe Tanuvasa – LB – freshman (6'1, 235) 85 Ian Blake – OLB – freshman (6'2, 215) 86 Mack Schwartz – freshman (6'2, 215) 87 Tanner Matthews – freshman (6'4, 234)

Defensive backs 1 Jake Springer – S – freshman (6'0, 190) 2 Jarid Ryan – S – junior (5'11, 198) 4 Isaac Wright – S – senior (5'10, 186) 6 Sean Williams – S – junior (6'1, 190) 7 Khaylan Williams – CB – junior (6'0, 192) 8 Randy Beggs – S – senior (6'0, 180) 9 Kerrick Jones – DB – freshman (5'11, 170) 10 Marcus Wiggins – DB – freshman (6'4, 180) 13 Juan Hailey – S – senior (6'1, 199) 14 Elijah Merchant – CB – senior (5'10, 196) 15 Noruwa Obanor – CB – sophomore (6'1, 188) 16 Jeremy Griffis – CB – sophomore (5'9, 178) 17 Tyris Wooten – CB – senior (6'1, 185) 18 John Gillis – S – junior (5'11, 179) 22 Michael Onuoha – DB – freshman (6'4, 190) 23 Cameron Kinley – S – freshman (6'2, 185) 24 Mike Cabrera – S – freshman (5'10, 175) 26 Elijah – CB – junior (5'11, 180) 29 Brady Petersen – S – junior (5'10, 190) 31 Myke Brooks – CB – freshman (5'11, 190) 32 Michah Farrer – CB – freshman (6'0, 170)

Long snappers 44 Michael Pifer – sophomore (6'3, 226) 85 Ronnie Querry – senior (6'1, 208) 94 Kyle Gibbs – freshman (6'2, 230)

Depth chart

Depth Chart 2017 True Freshman Double Position : *

Rankings

Game summaries

At Florida Atlantic

After a lightning delay, Navy ended the long night with a total of 345 yards. Also, Midshipmen quarterback Zack Abey, making his third start, rushed for 200 yards and passed for 100. This achievement made it the first time in Naval Academy history that a quarter has done so in a single game.

Tulane

With this victory, Navy has won their 15th straight regular season win playing at their home stadium. In addition to head coach Ken Niumatalolo's 79th career win at Navy, the most in Naval Academy history.

Cincinnati

With this victory, Navy Midshipmen set a Naval Academy record for 16 consecutive wins at home, making it the longest active regular season streak in the FBS. They also set a new record in Navy football history for the most rushing yards in a single game with 573. (This beat their previous record set on November 10, 2007, at North Texas with 572 yards.)

At Tulsa

Air Force

With a stadium-record crowd, this victory earned the Midshipmen their best start since they went 5–0 in 2004. Game highlights include, Midshipmen slotback Malcolm Perry had two touchdowns; a 40-yard catch and a 91-yard touchdown run, the second longest TD run in Navy history. While quarterback Zach Abey ran for 214 yards and two touchdowns, rushing for 75 yards on one. Also the Midshipmen rushed for 400-plus yards in three straight games. The last team to do so was Rice with four straight games (1996).

At Memphis

UCF

At Temple

SMU

Navy slotback/quarterback Malcolm Perry had a breakout performance in for the injured but active quarterback Zach Abey. Perry rushed for 282 yards with 4 touchdowns in his first start at quarterback (third most in Naval Academy history). Also, fullback Anthony Gargiulo ran for a career-high 145 yards with a touchdown. Backup kicker J.R. Osborn kicked an 18-yard, game-winning field goal as time expired to give the Midshipmen the win in dramatic fashion. With this victory, Navy becomes bowl eligible for the 15th time in the last 16 seasons. It's also Navy's 35th win on Senior Day in the last four years, a milestone few schools have reached.

At Notre Dame

At Houston

Vs. Army

Vs. Virginia (Military Bowl)