2000 Nashville Kats Statistics

Arena Football League (Arena League)
Team Record: 9-5
Finishing 2nd in the Arena League's South Division of the National Conference
Postseason: 3-1 Lost Championship
Coach: Pat Sperduto (9-5)
Location: Nashville, Tennessee
Attendance: 83,271, Avg. 11,896 in 7 home dates

2000 Nashville Kats Roster
2000 Nashville Kats Results

The Nashville Kats of the Arena Football League ended the 2000 season with a record of 9 wins and 5 losses, finishing second in the Arena League's South Division of the National Conference. The team compiled a postseason mark of 3-1.

The Kats scored 671 points, and the rigid defensive squad surrendered 593. Andy Kelly threw for 3,107 yards. Cory Fleming topped pass catchers, hauling in 73 balls for 938 yards. Darryl Hammond contributed to the receiving game as well.

Rupert Grant ran for a team-leading 161 yards for Nashville, while Jason Bratton also buoyed the ground attack.

Rob Davis seized 5 opponent throws. Aaron Hamilton dropped opposing passers 6 times, leading the way for a team which created 20 sacks.

Pat Sperduto coached the team. The 2000 Nashville Kats lost in the Championship.

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Passing:

Player	Att	Comp	Comp %	Yds	Yds/Att	TDs	TD %	Ints	Int %	Long	Rating
Andy Kelly	429	283	66.0	3107	7.2	55	12.8	10	2.3		117.1
James Brown	21	13	61.9	146	7.0	3	14.3	1	4.8		102.4
Jarrick Hillery	1	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0		39.6
Totals	451	296	65.6	3253	7.2	58	12.9	11	2.4	0

Rushing:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long	TDs
Rupert Grant	38	161	4.2		9
Jason Bratton	45	149	3.3		3
Jarrick Hillery	27	107	4.0		6
Darryl Hammond	10	52	5.2		1
James Brown	12	25	2.1		1
Jeff Russell	11	24	2.2		1
DeWayne Dotson	5	14	2.8		0
Andy Kelly	4	5	1.2		2
Freddie Scott	1	3	3.0		0
Tyronne Jones	1	2	2.0		0
Anthony Hicks	2	-1	-0.5		0
Totals	156	541	3.5	0	23

Receiving:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long	TDs
Cory Fleming	73	938	12.8		20
Darryl Hammond	55	581	10.6		9
Jarrick Hillery	43	403	9.4		3
Tyronne Jones	41	479	11.7		8
Freddie Scott	28	291	10.4		4
Jeff Russell	25	269	10.8		4
Fred Brock	10	132	13.2		4
Rupert Grant	7	58	8.3		3
James Baron	5	35	7.0		2
Anthony Hicks	3	15	5.0		1
Phil Savoy	2	16	8.0		0
Jason Bratton	1	14	14.0		0
James Brown	1	13	13.0		0
Ron Carpenter	1	5	5.0		0
Jeff Thomas	1	4	4.0		0
Totals	296	3253	11.0	0	58

Kicking:

Player	X/CA	X/CM	X/CP %	FGA	FGM	FG %	Pts.
Steve McLaughlin	57	52	91.2	22	12	54.5	88
Brad Palazzo	16	15	93.8	7	3	42.9	24
Jeff Russell	3	2	66.7	2	1	50.0	5
Totals	76	69	90.8	31	16	51.6	117

Kick Returns:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long	TDs
Tyronne Jones	35	783	22.4		3
Ron Carpenter	18	401	22.3		1
Jarrick Hillery	10	188	18.8		0
Jeff Russell	8	152	19.0		0
Darryl Hammond	7	99	14.1		0
Fred Brock	1	12	12.0		0
Cory Fleming	1	5	5.0		0
Totals	80	1640	20.5	0	4

Interceptions:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long
Rob Davis	5	10	2.0
Kirk Pointer	4	6	1.5
Jarrick Hillery	3	54	18.0
Darryl Hammond	2	50	25.0
Carl Greenwood	2	6	3.0
Rupert Grant	1	11	11.0
Cory Fleming	1	10	10.0
Totals	18	147	8.2	0

Sacks:

Player	No.	Yds
Aaron Hamilton	6.0
James Baron	4.0
Anthony Hicks	3.0
Rupert Grant	2.0
Jason Bratton	2.0
Rob Davis	1.0
DeWayne Dotson	1.0
Carlos Fowler	1.0
Totals	20.0	0

Defense and Fumbles:

Player	Tackle	Solo	Ast	Brup	Fum	FRec	FYds	FTD	FF	K Blk
Rob Davis	61.5	52	19	10		0			1	0
Darryl Hammond	55	42	26	2		5			0	0
Kirk Pointer	44	39	10	18		0			1	0
Carl Greenwood	37	34	6	5		0			0	0
Jarrick Hillery	31.5	29	5	7		0			1	0
Jeff Russell	24	22	4	2		0			0	0
Ron Carpenter	21.5	19	5	5		0			2	0
Rupert Grant	18	15	6	1		0			0	0
Carlos Fowler	14	11	6	1		0			0	0
Anthony Hicks	11.5	10	3	4		1			1	0
Aaron Hamilton	11	10	2	3		1			1	1
Tyronne Jones	10.5	8	5	1		0			0	0
Jason Bratton	10.5	7	7	0		2			0	0
DeWayne Dotson	8	7	2	0		0			0	0
William Gaines	7.5	7	1	3		1			1	0
James Baron	9	5	8	4		1			1	0
Cory Fleming	6	5	2	1		1			0	0
Steve McLaughlin	5.5	5	1	0		0			0	0
Robert Gaddy	2	2	0	0		0			0	0
Brad Palazzo	2	2	0	0		0			0	0
Buster Owens	2	2	0	0		0			0	0
Andy Kelly	1	1	0	0		0			0	0
James Brown	1	1	0	0		0			0	0
Freddie Scott	1	1	0	0		0			0	0
Bruce McClure	0.5	0	1	0		0			0	0
Fred Brock	0.5	0	1	0		0			0	0
Bob Kronenberg		0	0	0		1			0	0
Totals	396	336	120	67	0	13	0	0	9	1

Total Scoring:

	Touchdowns								Other					Total
Player	Rush	Rec	Punt	Kick	MFG	Int	Fum	Other	FG	X/C	Single	2Pt	Saf	Points
Cory Fleming		20		0		0			0	0	0			120
Steve McLaughlin						0			12	52	0			88
Rupert Grant	9	3		0		0			0	0	0			72
Tyronne Jones	0	8		3		0			0	0	0			66
Darryl Hammond	1	9		0		0			0	0	0			60
Jarrick Hillery	6	3		0		0			0	0	0			54
Jeff Russell	1	4		0		0			1	2	0			35
Brad Palazzo						0			3	15	0			24
Freddie Scott	0	4				0			0	0	0			24
Fred Brock		4		0		0			0	0	0			24
Jason Bratton	3	0				0			0	0	0			18
Andy Kelly	2					0			0	0	0			12
James Baron		2				0			0	0	0			12
Anthony Hicks	0	1				0			0	0	0			6
James Brown	1	0				0			0	0	0			6
Ron Carpenter		0		1		0			0	0	0			6
Totals	23	58	0	4	0	0	0	0	16	69	0	0	0	627