2014 Louisiana Tech roster

107 players: 2 freshmen, 105 with no class listed. From 12 states; the most from Louisiana (50) and Texas (27). The 2014 season.

Quarterbacks 5

No.	Player	Ht	Wt	Hometown	2014
19	Cody Sokol QB	6′2″		Phoenix, AZ	3,436 passing yards, 30 TD
14	Ryan Higgins QB	6′2″		Hutto, TX	69 passing yards
8	Taylor Burch QB	6′4″		Monroe, LA	26 passing yards
10	Price Wilson QB3-star recruit	6′1″		Marietta, GA
11	Kamal Brown QB	6′3″	190	Lafayette, LA

Running backs 10

No.	Player	Class	Ht	Wt	Hometown	2014
28	Kenneth Dixon RB3-star recruit		5′10″		Strong, AR	1,299 rushing yards, 22 TD
3	Jarred Craft RB		6′0″	222	Haughton, LA	294 rushing yards, 4 TD
36	Hunter Lee RB		5′10″		Flower Mound, TX	29 catches, 338 yards, 3 TD
25	Blake Martin RB		5′10″		Lucas, TX	195 rushing yards, 1 TD
27	Marlon Seets RB		5′10″		Haughton, LA	14 rushing yards, 1 TD
23	Jay Gafford RB		5′11″		Dallas, TX	16 rushing yards
6	Boston Scott RB		5′6″	203	Baton Rouge, LA	3 rushing yards
29	Dee Fleming RB	RS	5′9″	206	Natchez, MS
41	Tywun Walters RB		5′11″	218	Marks, MS
43	Quanta Moore RB		6′1″	243	New Orleans, LA

Receivers 19

No.	Player	Ht	Wt	Hometown	2014
5	Trent Taylor WR3-star recruit	5′8″		Shreveport, LA	64 catches, 834 yards, 9 TD
3	Paul Turner WR	5′11″		West Monroe, LA	42 catches, 514 yards, 4 TD
1	Carlos Henderson WR3-star recruit	5′11″		New Orleans, LA	29 catches, 569 yards, 4 TD
4	Sterling Griffin WR	6′0″		Opa Locka, FL	29 catches, 408 yards, 2 TD
26	Tevin King WR	5′7″		Moultrie, GA	101 rushing yards
13	Marlon Watts WR	6′2″	197	New Orleans, LA	9 catches, 106 yards
16	Marcus Gaines WR	5′6″	161	Covington, LA	8 catches, 82 yards, 1 TD
9	Conner Smith WR	6′3″		Covington, LA	7 catches, 52 yards
89	Terome Grant WR	5′11″		Brunswick, GA	4 catches, 51 yards
17	DeJuawn Oliver WR	5′11″	203	Napoleanville, LA	2 catches, 35 yards
88	Eddie Johnson WR	6′3″		Midlothian, TX	1 catch, 9 yards
18	D.J. St. Julien WR	5′11″	194	Lafayette, LA
18	Sanford Seay WR	6′2″		Leesburg, GA
26	Thaddaeus Medford WR	5′10″	195	Newbern, TN
80	Kameron McKnight WR	6′2″	225	Ethel, LA
81	DeJsuan Oliver WR	5′11″	192	Shreveport, LA
83	Kevin Gary WR	6′1″	183	Snellville, GA
83	Kylin Thomas WR	5′11″	156	Shreveport, LA
87	Grant Childress WR	6′0″		Tyler, TX

Tight ends 5

No.	Player	Class	Ht	Wt	Hometown	2014
44	Josh Gaston TE		6′3″		Olive Branch, MS	3 catches, 47 yards, 1 TD
33	Ricky Jones TE		6′1″		Sweeny, TX	2 catches, 24 yards
17	Andy McAlindon TE		6′6″		San Bruno, CA	1 catch, −1 yards
19	Alex Woodall TE3-star recruit	Fr.	6′3″	255	Summit, MS
92	Carter Street TE3-star recruit		6′2″	265	Pilot Point, TX

Offensive line 19

No.	Player	Class	Ht	Wt	Hometown
55	David Mahaffey OL		6′4″	291	Brandon, MS
57	Richard Greenwalt OL		6′4″	302	Wildomar, CA
62	Joseph Brunson OL		6′4″	314	Ruston, LA
64	David Bellard OL		6′2″	298	Opelouses, LA
65	Stephan Crawford OL		6′1″	326	Baton Rouge, LA
66	Shane Carpenter OL	RS	6′6″	314	Walker, LA
67	Tre Carter OL		6′1″	308	Buena Vista, GA
68	Josh Robinson OL2-star recruit		6′2″	312	Lancaster, TX
70	Jeremy Long OL		6′1″	301	Haughton, LA
72	Derek Edinburgh Jr. OT		6′8″	325	New Orleans, LA
73	Kirby Wixson OL		6′4″		Pearl, MS
74	Mitchell Bell OL		6′3″	354	Houston, TX
75	Darrell Brown OL		6′4″	305	Abilene, TX
75	Michael Rodriguez OL	RS	6′6″	291	La Porte, TX
76	Clayton Landry OL		6′5″	278	Denham Springs, LA
77	Jens Danielsen OL		6′4″	290	Wichita, KS
78	Chris Aye OL		6′4″	277	Houston, TX
79	Cam Manning OL3-star recruit		6′2″	299	Southlake, TX
	Deonte McCrady OL		6′3″	295	Arlington, TX

Defensive line 16

No.	Player	Class	Ht	Wt	Hometown	2014
94	Houston Bates DE		6′3″		Covington, LA	1 INT
8	Vontarrius Dora DE2-star recruit		6′4″	262	West Point, MS
9	Vernon Butler DT		6′3″	316	Summit, MS
34	Mike Schrang DE		6′2″		Kingwood, TX
45	Jaylon Ferguson DE3-star recruit	RS	6′5″	269	St. Francisville, LA
47	Darchi Anderson DE		6′1″	243	Shreveport, LA
50	Deldrick Canty DE3-star recruit		6′2″	269	Baton Rouge, LA
58	Devon McKinney DL		6′0″	286	Camden, NJ
59	Hakim Gray DT3-star recruit		6′3″	303	Keachi, LA
84	Andre Taylor DL		6′5″	253	Round Rock, TX
90	DeAngelo Brooks DT		6′0″	301	Shreveport, LA
91	Cedric Johnson DT3-star recruit		6′2″	312	Rowlett, TX
95	Matthew Ydarraga DE	RS	6′3″	243	Central, LA
96	Tyler Porter DT		5′11″	354	Lafayette, LA
98	Aaron Brown DL		6′1″		Carrollton, TX
99	Malcolm Pichon DL2-star recruit		6′3″	336	Slidell, LA

Linebackers 10

No.	Player	Ht	Wt	Hometown	2014
31	Terrell Pinson LB	6′2″		Tupelo, MS	3 INT
24	Nick Thomason LB	6′1″		Muscle Shoals, AL	2 INT
4	Michael Mims LB	5′11″		West Monroe, LA
6	Beau Fitte LB2-star recruit	6′0″		Port Sulphur, LA
29	C.J. Cleveland LB	6′1″	215	Shreveport, LA
31	Russell Farris LB	5′11″	232	Ventress, LA
32	Mitch Villemez LB	6′2″	226	Hardin, TX
39	Randy Hogan LB	6′1″	227	Pascagoula, MS
42	Tony Johnson LB	6′2″		Sulligent, AL
46	Solomon Hunter LB	6′2″	210	San Antonio, TX

Defensive backs 16

No.	Player	Class	Ht	Wt	Hometown	2014
7	Xavier Woods S3-star recruit		5′11″		West Monroe, LA	6 INT
21	Adairius Barnes CB3-star recruit		5′11″		Port Gibson, MS	5 INT
13	Le’Vander Liggins DB		5′10″		Leesville, LA	3 INT
15	Bryson Abraham CB		5′9″		Jennings, LA	2 INT
20	Colby Brown DB		5′9″		College Park, GA	2 INT
23	Kentrell Brice S3-star recruit		5′11″		Ruston, LA	2 INT
2	Secdrick Cooper S		6′0″	211	Marrero, LA	1 return, −1 yards
11	Lloyd Grogan S3-star recruit		6′1″		Morgan City, LA
19	Jabari Prewitt CB		5′9″	184	Hutto, TX
25	Theron Williams S	Fr.	5′10″	203	New Orleans, LA
30	Dillon Williams DB		6′2″	198	Shreveport, LA
33	Thomas McDonald S		6′4″		Houston, TX
36	Tee Sparrow DB		5′8″	180	Baton Rouge, LA
38	Michael Jacob DB		6′0″	170	Allen, TX
40	Roland Dunn CB		5′10″	160	Shreveport, LA
48	Kirkland McCulloch CB		6′0″	190	Shreveport, LA

Specialists 5

No.	Player	Ht	Wt	Hometown	2014
10	Jonathan Barnes PK	5′9″	182	Baton Rouge, LA	12 of 17 field goals
43	Logan McPherson P	5′10″		Fort Payne, AL	62 punts, 36.8 average
39	Kyle Fischer PK	5′11″		Frisco, TX	5 of 10 field goals
28	Gerald Shouse P	6′1″		Shreveport, LA	5 punts, 40.2 average
18	Will Parker P	6′3″	200	Denison, TX

Athletes and others 2

No.	Player	Class		Ht	Wt	Hometown	2014
53	Darrell Travis			5′11″		McKinney, TX
60	Tucker Etheridge			5′10″	235	Marietta, GA

Hometowns of the 2014 Louisiana Tech roster; the five states sending the most labeled with their players. Hover a dot for names. Map: us-atlas (public domain).

Where the roster comes from

By state

Louisiana 50
Texas 27
Mississippi 11
Georgia 8
Alabama 3
California 2
Florida 1
Arizona 1

Top counties

Caddo Parish, Louisiana pop. 230,000 10
East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana pop. 453,000 6
Harris County, Texas pop. 4.8 million 5
Orleans Parish, Louisiana pop. 372,000 5
Collin County, Texas pop. 1.2 million 4

Hometowns placed in their counties with the US Census Bureau’s Gazetteer files. Populations from the US Census Bureau’s American Community Survey, 2020–⁠2024 5-year estimates. This product uses the Census Bureau Data API but is not endorsed or certified by the Census Bureau. Which states send the most FBS players for their size.

Rosters from CollegeFootballData.com, as the school listed them, each group in order of its players’ 2014 production (yards, tackles, kicks), then by number. Hometowns are each player’s latest on file. Transfers are this season’s arrivals through the portal; stars are the player’s 247Sports composite rating as a recruit.