2008 Utah Blaze Statistics
Team Record: 6-10
Finishing 3rd in the Arena League's West Division of the American Conference
Postseason: 0-1 Lost Wild Card
Coach: Danny White (6-10)
Location: Salt Lake City, Utah
Attendance: 116,108, Avg. 14,514 in 8 home dates
2008 Utah Blaze Results
The Utah Blaze of the Arena Football League ended the 2008 season with a record of 6 wins and 10 losses, finishing third in the Arena League's West Division of the American Conference. The team compiled a postseason mark of 0-1.
Utah scored 941 points, while the shaky defensive squad gave up 959. Joe Germaine led the charge, throwing for 4,869 yards. Aaron Boone topped the receiving corps, catching 135 balls, while Huey Whittaker added 1,547 receiving yards. JJ McKelvey provided receiving help, too.
Rodney Filer rushed for a team-leading 205 yards for the Blaze.
Kelvin Morris, Damon Mason, Eddie Canonico and Reggie Doster each picked off 2 opponent throws. Dwayne Missouri paced the defensive unit with 5 sacks.
Danny White coached the team. The 2008 Utah Blaze lost in the Wild Card.
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Passing:
| Player | Att | Comp | Comp % | Yds | Yds/Att | TDs | TD % | Ints | Int % | Long | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joe Germaine | 605 | 411 | 67.9 | 4869 | 8.0 | 97 | 16.0 | 13 | 2.1 | 122.9 | |
| Jason Gesser | 9 | 4 | 44.4 | 57 | 6.3 | 2 | 22.2 | 2 | 22.2 | 65.5 | |
| JJ McKelvey | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 14 | 14.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 118.8 | |
| Totals | 615 | 416 | 67.6 | 4940 | 8.0 | 99 | 16.1 | 15 | 2.4 | 0 |
Rushing:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rodney Filer | 61 | 205 | 3.4 | 12 | |
| Kautai Olevao | 3 | 23 | 7.7 | 1 | |
| Huey Whittaker | 20 | 16 | 0.8 | 8 | |
| Joe Germaine | 10 | 15 | 1.5 | 3 | |
| Totals | 94 | 259 | 2.8 | 0 | 24 |
Receiving:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aaron Boone | 135 | 1526 | 11.3 | 23 | |
| Huey Whittaker | 126 | 1547 | 12.3 | 32 | |
| JJ McKelvey | 121 | 1534 | 12.7 | 38 | |
| Rodney Filer | 14 | 101 | 7.2 | 2 | |
| Tom Pace | 5 | 69 | 13.8 | 0 | |
| J'Sharlon Jones | 5 | 47 | 9.4 | 2 | |
| John Culp | 4 | 52 | 13.0 | 1 | |
| Devin Wyman | 4 | 42 | 10.5 | 1 | |
| Myniya Smith | 2 | 22 | 11.0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 416 | 4940 | 11.9 | 0 | 99 |
Kicking:
| Player | X/CA | X/CM | X/CP % | FGA | FGM | FG % | Pts. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Steve Videtich | 59 | 55 | 93.2 | 9 | 5 | 55.6 | 70 |
| Steve Azar | 68 | 63 | 92.6 | 6 | 2 | 33.3 | 69 |
| Totals | 127 | 118 | 92.9 | 15 | 7 | 46.7 | 139 |
Kick Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| J'Sharlon Jones | 77 | 1371 | 17.8 | 1 | |
| Tom Pace | 15 | 276 | 18.4 | 0 | |
| Carlton Brown | 2 | 22 | 11.0 | 0 | |
| Damon Mason | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 0 | |
| JJ McKelvey | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 96 | 1678 | 17.5 | 0 | 1 |
Interceptions:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kelvin Morris | 2 | 47 | 23.5 | 1 | |
| Eddie Canonico | 2 | 20 | 10.0 | 0 | |
| Damon Mason | 2 | 9 | 4.5 | 0 | |
| Reggie Doster | 2 | 8 | 4.0 | 1 | |
| Totals | 8 | 84 | 10.5 | 0 | 2 |
Sacks:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dwayne Missouri | 5.0 | 0.0 | |
| Maurice Fountain | 4.0 | 0.0 | |
| Vaka Manupuna | 3.0 | 0.0 | |
| Chris Janek | 2.0 | 0.0 | |
| J'Sharlon Jones | 1.0 | 0.0 | |
| EJ Burt | 1.0 | 0.0 | |
| Totals | 16.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
Defense and Fumbles:
| Player | Tackle | Solo | Ast | Brup | Fum | FRec | FYds | FTD | FF | K Blk |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eddie Canonico | 81.5 | 70 | 23 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Reggie Doster | 72 | 64 | 16 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 0 | |||
| Kelvin Morris | 64 | 51 | 26 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Damon Mason | 51 | 38 | 26 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| J'Sharlon Jones | 31.5 | 24 | 15 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Dwayne Missouri | 26 | 22 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | |||
| Kevin Adams | 21.5 | 18 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Maurice Fountain | 14.5 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Huey Whittaker | 11 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Carlton Brown | 12.5 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Vaka Manupuna | 16 | 9 | 14 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | |||
| Corey Dodds | 12 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Chris Janek | 15 | 7 | 16 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Rodney Filer | 9 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Kautai Olevao | 8.5 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Melvin Matlock | 7.5 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| EJ Burt | 5 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Steve Videtich | 5 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| JJ McKelvey | 4.5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Aaron Boone | 4.5 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Terrance Sanders | 4.5 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Devin Wyman | 2.5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Steve Azar | 2.5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Rob Schroeder | 3.5 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |||
| Rob Gatrell | 1.5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Joe Germaine | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Myniya Smith | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Jake Kuresa | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Totals | 490 | 388 | 204 | 57 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 2 |
Total Scoring:
| Touchdowns | Other | Total | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Rush | Rec | Punt | Kick | MFG | Int | Fum | Other | FG | X/C | Single | 2Pt | Saf | Points |
| Huey Whittaker | 8 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 240 | |||||||
| JJ McKelvey | 38 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 228 | |||||||
| Aaron Boone | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 138 | ||||||||
| Rodney Filer | 12 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 84 | |||||||
| Steve Videtich | 0 | 5 | 55 | 0 | 70 | |||||||||
| Steve Azar | 0 | 2 | 63 | 0 | 69 | |||||||||
| J'Sharlon Jones | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | |||||||
| Joe Germaine | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||||||||
| Kelvin Morris | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
| Devin Wyman | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||
| Kautai Olevao | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||
| John Culp | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
| Reggie Doster | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
| Totals | 24 | 99 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 118 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 895 |
