The 2022 Rhode Island Rams football team represented the University of Rhode Island as a member of the Colonial Athletic Association (CAA) during the 2022 NCAA Division I FCS football season. The Rams, led by ninth-year head coach Jim Fleming, played their home games at Meade Stadium.
Schedule
Game summaries
At Stony Brook
At Bryant
No. 9 Delaware
At No. 24 (FBS) Pittsburgh
Brown
No. 14 Elon
At Monmouth
At No. 10 William & Mary
Maine
At No. 21 New Hampshire
Albany
Rankings
Personnel
Coaching staff NamePosition Jim Fleming Head coach Jack Cooper Defensive coordinator/defensive back coach Umberto Di Meo Defensive line coach Mike Flanagan Associate head coach/Running backs coach/Recruiting coordinator Troy Gilmer Outside linebackers coach/special teams coordinator Chris Lorenti Inside linebackers coach Clayton McGrath Defensive quality control coach Zach Metker Offensive quality control coach Patrick Murphy Offensive coordinator/quarterbacks coach Brendan Patterson Tight ends coach Custavious Patterson Wide receivers coach Chris Satoh Director of player personnel and pro liaison/assistant defensive backs coach/director of video & social media Stefon Wheeler Offensive line coach/running game coordinator Vince Sinagra Chief of staff Michaela Kraut Director of operations Donnie Smith Director of player development Robert Izzi Team chaplain
Roster 2022 Rhode Island Rams FootballQuarterbacks 7 – Kennique Bonner-Steward – sophomore (6'4, 230) 8 – Kasim Hill – senior (6'2, 234) 15 – Jackson Burkhalter – sophomore (6'4, 230) 19 – Trevor Nored – freshman (6'1, 220)
Running backs 5 – Jaylen Smith – sophomore (5'10, 205) 10 – Marques DeShields – senior (5'9, 200) 21 – Jaden Griffin – freshman (5'10, 170) 28 – Kamalie Pemberton – freshman (5'9, 180) 34 – Gabe Sloat – sophomore (6'0, 190) 41 – Rocco Cillino – freshman (5'9, 185)
Wide receivers 2 – Paul Woods – senior (6'1, 180) 3 – John Erby – sophomore (5'10, 185) 4 – Darius Savedge – junior (6'3, 215) 13 – Ed Lee – senior (5'10, 185) 14 – Marquis Buchanan – freshman (6'4, 185) 17 – Jamall Mensah – sophomore (5'11, 180) 18 – Kahtero Summers – Graduate (6'3, 213) 80 – DeJuan Ellis – junior (6'0, 177) 83 – J.T. Gibbons – senior (6'0, 225) 84 – Jig Williams – sophomore (6'3, 195) 85 – Mack Murtha – freshman (5'10, 180) 86 – Pedro Schmidt – Graduate (6'0, 195) Tight ends 42 – Sean Stackpole – freshman (6'4, 255) 81 – Tommy Smith – sophomore (6'2, 230) 82 – Caleb Warren – senior (6'3, 245) 87 – Hunter Hopperton – freshman (6'3, 250) 88 – Kevin Schaeffer – freshman (6'5, 245) 89 – Brady Roark – sophomore (6'2, 230)
Offensive linemen 60 – Nick Lombardo – freshman (6'2, 285) 61 – Daniel Ayriyan – senior (6'2, 290) 62 – Richard King – freshman (6'3, 305) 64 – Sebastian Delasoudas – junior (6'2, 305) 65 – Ajani Cornelius – sophomore (6'5, 310) 67 – Jordan Riendeau – sophomore (6'5, 285) 68 – Kai Rose – freshman (6'3, 330) 70 – Adam McKanna – freshman (6'5, 300) 72 – Jacob Otts – freshman (6'7, 300) 74 – Tre Alexander – freshman (6'2, 321) 75 – Nick Correia – junior (6'6, 330) 76 – Michael Scibelli – junior (6'3, 290) 77 – Asa Neal – freshman (6'4, 305) 78 – Lorenzo Thompson – junior (6'7, 295) 79 – Montaner Fresilli – sophomore (6'2, 285) Defensive linemen 44 – James Makszin – junior (6'3, 290) 50 – Matthew Osinaga – sophomore (6'2, 255) 51 – Adebayo Adeyemo – freshman (6'6, 275) 52 – Malachi Burby – sophomore (6'3, 265) 54 – Dylan Brown – junior (6'3, 340) 55 – Matt Thomas – junior (6'3, 271) 66 – Tosin Akinsulire – freshman (6'4, 277) 69 – Peter Papakyrikos – freshman (6'1, 290) 91 – Treyvon Christian – freshman (6'3, 295) 93 – Bless Nyanneh – freshman (6'3, 265) 97 – Jalen Brown – Graduate (6'0, 266) 98 – Jasyn Andrews – senior (6'3, 298) 99 – Westley Neal Jr. – sophomore (6'0, 200)
Linebackers 6 – Evan Stewart – sophomore (6'0, 225) 11 – Christian Arrington – junior (6'2, 230) 31 – Andre Johnson – junior (6'0, 210) 33 – Mekhi Bethel – sophomore (6'1, 220) 35 – Johnny Alvarado – sophomore (6'1, 260) 38 – Declan Williams – freshman (6'2, 230) 39 – Cole Brockwell – sophomore (6'0, 228) 45 – A.J. Pena – freshman (6'2, 235) 46 – Gabe Franco – freshman (6'1, 215) 47 – Jarrett Martin – junior (6'3, 220) 48 – Sean Pelkisson – sophomore (6'3. 240) 56 – Danilson DaVeiga – senior (6'2, 230) 57 – Michael Strachan – freshman (6'2, 230) 58 – Jake Fire – senior (5'11, 230) 59 – Paul Fuller – freshman (6'2, 205) 90 – Gabe Salomons – sophomore (6'4, 240) Defensive backs 8 – Antonio Carter II – sophomore (6'1, 200) 9 – Oneil "Buzz" Robinson – senior (6'2, 203) 16 – Jordan Colbert – Graduate (6'3, 215) 22 – Randy Jordan – sophomore (5'9, 175) 23 – Jordan Jones – senior (6'0, 180) 24 – Arthur White – sophomore (6'1, 196) 25 – Fredrick Mallay – sophomore (5'9, 175) 26 – Syeed Gibbs – freshman (6'0, 180) 27 – Emmanuel Gomes – sophomore (6'0, 200) 29 – Henry Yianakopolos – senior (6'1, 225) 30 – Andre DePina-Gray – freshman (6'1, 216) 32 – Malik Hill – sophomore (6'0, 180) 40 – Malik Gavek – senior (5'10, 195) 43 – Seun Filaoye – sophomore (5'10, 187)
Placekickers 36 – Harrison Leonard – sophomore (5'9,195) 46 – Dylan Shank – freshman (5'11, 205) 96 – Michael DeBolt – freshman (5'11, 206)
Punters 37 – Davey Schaum-Bartocci – senior (6'1, 187) 94 – Henry Westermann – sophomore (6'3, 225)
Long snapper 95 – Donato Crisanti – sophomore (6'5, 231)Source and player details, 2022 Rhode Island Rams (10/16/2022):
Statistics
Team Rhode Island Opp Scoring 170142 Points per game 28.323.7 First downs 123122 Rushing 49 Passing 60 Penalty 14 Rushing yards 1035898 Avg per play 5.5 Avg per game 172.5 Rushing touchdowns 12 Passing yards 13861294 Att–Comp–Int 96–175–3113–179–7 Avg per pass 7.97.2 Avg per catch 14.411.5 Avg per game 231215.7 Passing touchdowns 97 Total offense 24212192 Avg per game 403.5365.3 Fumbles–Lost 0–0 Penalties–Yards 40–386 Avg per game 64 Rhode Island Opp Punts–Yards 24–911 Avg per punt 38.0 Time of possession/Game 27:50 3rd down conversions 40.30 4th down conversions 37.50 Touchdowns scored 22 Field goals–Attempts 3–6 PAT–Attempts Attendance Games/Avg per Game Neutral Site
Individual leaders
Offense
Passing statistics # NAME POS RAT CMP ATT YDS AVG/G CMP% TD INT LONG 8 Kasim Hill QB 134.9 96 175 1,386 231 54.9 9 3 78 TOTALS 134.9 96 175 1,386 231 54.9% 9 3 78
Rushing statistics # NAME POS ATT YDS AVG TD LONG 10 Marques DeShields RB 71 503 7.1 6 63 27 Jaylen Smith RB 42 238 5.7 3 50 8 Kasim Hill QB 56 165 2.9 2 38 34 Gabe Sloat RB 9 107 11.9 1 65 21 Jaden Griffin RB 6 34 5.7 0 8 41 Rocco Cillino RB 2 3 1.5 0 3 7 Kennique Bonner-Steward QB 1 0 0.0 0 0 13 Ed Lee WR 1 0 0.0 0 0 37 Davey Schaum-Bartocci P 1 -15 -15.0 0 -15 TOTALS 187 1035 5.5 12 65
Receiving statistics # NAME POS CTH YDS AVG TD LONG 18 Kahtero Summers WR 26 432 16.6 3 63 13 Ed Lee WR 25 364 14.6 2 78 82 Caleb Warren TE 15 258 17.2 2 29 4 Darius Savedge WR 9 88 9.8 1 17 2 Paul Woods WR 7 73 10.4 1 45 34 Gabe Sloat RB 3 56 18.7 0 38 3 John Erby WR 4 50 12.5 0 29 5 Jaylen Smith RB 3 31 10.3 0 17 10 Marques DeShields RB 2 20 10.0 0 12 89 Brady Roark TE 2 14 7.0 0 9 TOTALS 96 1,386 14.4 9 78
Defense
Defense statistics # NAME POS SOLO AST TOT SACK SACK-YDS PD INT INT-YDS LNG TD FF FR FTD 58 Jake Fire LB 28 24 52 1.5 13 0 1 12 12 0 2 0 0 6 Evan Stewart LB 20 15 35 2.5 23 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 8 Antonio Carter II DB 24 9 33 0 0.0 6 1 7 7 0 1 1 0 9 O'Neil Robinson DB 17 14 31 0 0.0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 53 Gabe Salomons LB 11 15 26 0 0.0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 40 Malik Gavek DB 15 11 26 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 16 Jordan Colbert DB 16 6 22 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 29 Henry Yianakopolos S 14 8 22 2.5 20 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 52 Malachi Burby DL 9 11 20 1 3 0.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 23 Jordan Jones DB 13 5 18 0 0.0 4 2 54 54 1 0 0 0 44 James Makszin DL 5 13 18 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 45 A.J. Pena LB 12 4 16 3.5 10 0.0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 47 Jarrett Martin LB 8 8 16 1.5 18 0.0 1 16 16 1 1 1 0 55 Matt Thomas DL 5 10 15 1 1 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 99 Westley Neal Jr. DL 4 6 10 0.5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 54 Dylan Brown DL 1 9 10 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 39 Cole Brockwell LB 4 5 9 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 49 Emmanuel Gomes DB 6 3 9 0 0.0 1 1 10 10 0 0 0 0 24 Arthur White DB 3 4 7 0 0.0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 25 Fredrick Mallay DB 4 3 7 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 33 Mekhi Bethel LB 4 2 6 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 Christian Arrington LB 4 2 6 1 9 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 81 Tommy Smith TE 3 2 5 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 20 A.J. Rogers S 3 2 5 0 0.0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 98 Jasyn Andrews DL 4 0 4 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 26 Syeed Gibbs DB 2 0 2 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 30 Randy Jordan DB 2 0 2 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 31 Andre Johnson LB 1 1 2 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 27 Jaylen Smith RB 1 0 1 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 18 Kahtero Summers WR 1 0 1 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 48 Sean Pelkisson LB 1 0 1 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 TOTAL 245 192 437 15.0 88 20 7 99 54 2 8 4 0 Key: POS: Position, SOLO: Solo Tackles, AST: Assisted Tackles, TOT: Total Tackles, SACK: Quarterback Sacks, SACK–YDS: Sack Yards, PD: Passes Defended, INT: Interceptions, INT–YDS: Interception Yards, LNG: Long Interception, TD: Interception Touchdowns, FR: Fumbles Recovered, FF: Forced Fumbles, FTD: Fumbles Touchdown
Special teams
Kicking statistics # NAME POS XPM XPA XP% FGM FGA FG% 1–19 20–29 30–39 40–49 50+ LNG 36 Harrison Leonard PK 16 17 94.1% 3 5 60% 0–0 1–1 2–4 0–0 0-0 36 96 Michael DeBolt PK 5 6 83.3% 0 1 0% 0–0 0–0 0–1 0–0 0–0 0 TOTALS 21 23 91.3% 3 6 50% 0-0 1-1 2-5 0-0 0-0 36
Punting statistics # NAME POS PUNTS AVG LONG YDS 37 Davey Schaum-Bartocci P 24 38.0 59 911 TOTALS 24 38.0 59 911
Scoring Rhode Island vs Non-Conference Opponents
Rhode Island vs CAA Opponents
Rhode Island vs All Opponents
References