2001 New York/New Jersey Hitmen Roster
XFL (XFL)
Team Record: 4-6
Finishing 3rd in the XFL's East Division
Coach: Rusty Tillman (4-6-)
Location: East Rutherford, New Jersey
Attendance: 141,545, Avg. 28,309 in 5 home dates
2001 New York/New Jersey Hitmen StatisticsTeam Record: 4-6
Finishing 3rd in the XFL's East Division
Coach: Rusty Tillman (4-6-)
Location: East Rutherford, New Jersey
Attendance: 141,545, Avg. 28,309 in 5 home dates
2001 New York/New Jersey Hitmen Results
The New York/New Jersey Hitmen of the XFL ended the 2001 season with a record of 4 wins and 6 losses, finishing third in the XFL's East Division.
The Hitmen stumbled, scoring only 132 points, and the defensive unit yielded 145. Wally Richardson passed for 812 yards, and Charles Puleri spent time under center also. Zola Davis topped all receivers, snagging 29 passes, while Kirby Dar Dar added 405 receiving yards, while Anthony DiCosmo contributed to the receiving game as well.
Joe Aska ran for a team-leading 329 yards for New York/New Jersey.
Joey Eloms picked off 4 errant tosses from the opposition. Israel Raybon led pass rushers with 5 sacks.
Rusty Tillman coached the team.
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| # | Player | Pos. | Birth Date | Height | Weight | College | Hometown | GP | GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | Leo Araguz | K | January 18, 1970 | 5'11" | 190 | S.F. Austin | Pharr, TX USA | 10 | 0 |
| 28 | Mike Archie | RB | October 14, 1972 | 5'8" | 205 | Penn St. | Sharon, PA USA | 10 | 0 |
| 38 | Joe Aska | RB | July 14, 1972 | 5'11" | 236 | Central Oklahoma | St. Croix, Virgin Islands | 9 | 5 |
| 65 | Mike Barber | LB | November 9, 1971 | 6'0" | 246 | Clemson | Edgemoor, SC USA | 5 | 5 |
| 90 | Tim Beauchamp | DE | March 18, 1977 | 6'3" | 270 | Florida | New Smyrna Beach, FL | 10 | 8 |
| 27 | Michael Blair | FB | November 26, 1974 | 5'11" | 245 | Ball St. | Chicago, IL USA | 10 | 8 |
| 1 | Chris Brantley | WR | December 12, 1970 | 5'10" | 180 | Rutgers | Rahway, NJ USA | 10 | 0 |
| 81 | Fred Brock | WR | November 15, 1974 | 5'11" | 181 | Southern Miss | Montgomery, AL USA | 10 | 6 |
| 91 | Lamont Bryant | DE | October 11, 1976 | 6'3" | 270 | Notre Dame | 10 | 2 | |
| 31 | Butler By'not'e | CB | September 29, 1972 | 5'9" | 190 | Ohio St. | St. Louis, MO USA | 10 | 0 |
| 21 | Donnie Caldwell | SS | October 26, 1977 | 6'0" | 190 | Western Illinois | Lawton, OK | 10 | |
| 50 | David Camacho | OT | September 5, 1976 | 6'7" | 320 | Oklahoma State | Compton, CA | 10 | |
| 62 | Ben Cavil | G | January 31, 1972 | 6'2" | 310 | Oklahoma | Galveston, TX USA | 10 | 10 |
| 51 | Eric Cole | C | January 2, 1977 | 6'5" | 310 | Penn State | Columbus, NE | 10 | |
| 88 | Ryan Collins | TE | November 1, 1975 | 6'6" | 259 | St. Thomas | Minneapolis, MN USA | 10 | 0 |
| 3 | Obadiah Cooper | WR | March 8, 1970 | 5'8" | 163 | Eastern Illinois | San Bernardino, CA | 2 | |
| 92 | James Cotton | DE | November 7, 1976 | 6'3" | 255 | Ohio State | Cleveland, OH | 10 | 0 |
| 99 | Vernon Crawford | LB | June 25, 1974 | 6'4" | 245 | Florida St. | Texas City, TX USA | 8 | 3 |
| 23 | Lou D'Agostino | FB | December 12, 1973 | 6'0" | 235 | Hofstra | Brooklyn, NY USA | 1 | 1 |
| 71 | Jerome Daniels | OT | September 13, 1974 | 6'5" | 350 | Northeastern | Hartford, CT USA | 2 | 0 |
| 85 | Kirby Dar Dar | WR | March 27, 1972 | 5'9" | 185 | Syracuse | Morgan City, LA USA | 10 | 2 |
| 80 | Zola Davis | WR | January 16, 1975 | 6'0" | 185 | South Carolina | Charleston, SC USA | 10 | 10 |
| 29 | Anthony DiCosmo | WR | August 8, 1977 | 6'3" | 225 | Boston College | Fair Lawn, NJ | 10 | |
| 22 | Keith Elias | RB | February 3, 1972 | 5'9" | 203 | Princeton | Lacey Township, NJ USA | 9 | 5 |
| 26 | Joey Eloms | CB | April 4, 1976 | 5'10" | 181 | Indiana | Fort Wayne, IN USA | 10 | 10 |
| 99 | Dan Falcon | DT | February 19, 1976 | 6'2" | 295 | Western Michigan | Highland Park, IL | 1 | |
| 52 | Haven Fields | LB | July 4, 1978 | 6'1" | 223 | Auburn | Miami, FL | 10 | 5 |
| Harvey Goins | OT | November 15, 1977 | 6'5" | 300 | Louisiana - Monroe | Monroe, LA | 5 | ||
| 67 | Ben Hanks | LB | July 31, 1971 | 6'2" | 223 | Florida | Miami, FL USA | 9 | 5 |
| 87 | Marcus Hinton | TE | December 27, 1971 | 6'4" | 260 | Alcorn St. | Wiggins, MS USA | 10 | 6 |
| Robert Hunt | G | July 22, 1975 | 6'4" | 310 | Virginia | Newport News, VA | 5 | ||
| 78 | Chris Maumalanga | DT | December 15, 1971 | 6'2" | 300 | Kansas | Redwood City, CA USA | 10 | 10 |
| 77 | Curtis McGee | OT | March 28, 1974 | 6'5" | 305 | Georgia Tech | Marshville, NC | 10 | |
| 11 | Corte McGuffey | QB | June 19, 1977 | 6'1" | 215 | Northern Colorado | Reno, NV | 10 | |
| 57 | Ron Merkerson | LB | August 30, 1975 | 6'2" | 247 | Colorado | Clarksville, TN | 10 | 5 |
| 63 | Bronzell Miller | DE | October 12, 1971 | 6'4" | 247 | Utah | Federal Way, WA USA | 1 | 0 |
| 55 | Dustin Owen | C | May 10, 1978 | 6'2" | 320 | Hawaii | Brawley, CA | 1 | |
| 54 | Tyrell Peters | LB | August 4, 1974 | 6'0" | 230 | Oklahoma | Oklahoma City, OK USA | 6 | 5 |
| 24 | Dino Philyaw | RB | October 30, 1970 | 5'10" | 205 | Oregon | Dudley, NC USA | 7 | 1 |
| 73 | Jeff Pilon | OT | March 21, 1976 | 6'6" | 300 | Syracuse | Ottawa, ON | 3 | 3 |
| 61 | Juan Porter | G | November 26, 1973 | 6'4" | 310 | Ohio State | Cleveland, OH | 9 | |
| 7 | Charles Puleri | QB | March 1, 1969 | 6'2" | 205 | New Mexico State | New York, NY | 10 | 4 |
| 93 | Israel Raybon | DT | February 5, 1973 | 6'6" | 300 | North Alabama | Huntsville, AL USA | 10 | 10 |
| 40 | Nakia Reddick | S | September 29, 1974 | 5'11" | 211 | Central Florida | Miami, FL | 1 | |
| 14 | Wally Richardson | QB | February 11, 1974 | 6'4" | 225 | Penn St. | Orangeburg, SC USA | 10 | 4 |
| 86 | Bob Rosenstiel | TE | February 7, 1974 | 6'3" | 240 | East. Illinois | Prineville, OR USA | 8 | 4 |
| 60 | Bernard Russ | LB | November 4, 1973 | 6'1" | 238 | West Virginia | Utica, NY USA | 7 | 2 |
| 95 | Dwayne Sabb | DE | October 9, 1969 | 6'4" | 248 | New Hampshire | Union City, NJ USA | 10 | 10 |
| Jason Sadler | OT | July 1, 1975 | 6'5" | 296 | Nevada | 1 | 1 | ||
| 46 | Tawambi Settles | DB | January 19, 1976 | 6'2" | 194 | Duke | Chattanooga, TN USA | 10 | 0 |
| Nathan Simmons | RB | 5'9" | 187 | Oklahoma State | |||||
| 70 | Henry Slay | DT | April 28, 1975 | 6'2" | 290 | West Virginia | Elyria, OH USA | 10 | 0 |
| 64 | Troy Stark | G | January 2, 1973 | 6'7" | 310 | Georgia | Canandaigua, NY | 7 | |
| 82 | Eric Stocz | TE | May 25, 1974 | 6'4" | 258 | Westminster (PA) | Warren, OH USA | 3 | 0 |
| 75 | Jim Stull | OT | January 19, 1977 | 6'6" | 316 | Delaware | Westminster, MD | 6 | 2 |
| 35 | Tyree Talton | S | May 10, 1976 | 5'11" | 201 | Northern Iowa | Beloit, WI USA | 10 | 10 |
| 34 | Mark Tate | CB | March 20, 1974 | 6'1" | 200 | Penn State | Erie, PA | 10 | 0 |
| 30 | Brad Trout | S | January 22, 1975 | 6'1" | 220 | Valdosta State (GA) | Miami, FL | 10 | |
| 17 | Damen Wheeler | CB | September 3, 1977 | 5'9" | 170 | Colorado | Sacramento, CA USA | 10 | 10 |
