2010 Florida Tuskers season

The 2010 Florida Tuskers season was the second and final season for the Virginia Destroyers as the Florida Tuskers. They finished with a 5–3 regular season record and lost in the 2010 UFL Championship Game to the Las Vegas Locomotives for a second straight season.

2010 Florida Tuskers season
Owner	Joe Theismann
Head coach	Jay Gruden
General manager	Jay Gruden
Home field	Citrus Bowl
Results
Record	5–3
Division place	2nd
Playoff finish	Lost Championship Game (Las Vegas) 23–20
Uniform

Offseason

Head coach Jim Haslett left the team in January 2010, becoming the new defensive coordinator for the Washington Redskins.[1] On February 9, 2010, Jay Gruden was named the team's new head coach and general manager by UFL commissioner Michael Huyghue. On the same day of Gruden's appointment, the Tampa Bay Rays were announced to have sold their interest in the franchise, which meant that all home games for the Tuskers would be played at the Citrus Bowl in Orlando.[2]

Along with the league's other teams, the Tuskers unveiled new uniforms during an event at Fashion Show Mall in Las Vegas on July 28, 2010.[3]

UFL Draft

2010 Florida Tuskers UFL Draft selections

Draft order		Player name	Position	College
Round	Choice
1	4	Weston Dacus	LB	Arkansas
2	9	Arnold Harrison	LB	Georgia
3	14	John Standeford	WR	Purdue
4	19	Erik Pedersen	LB	Portland State
5	24	Tyrrell Herbert	S	Toledo
6	29	Adrien Clarke	OL	Ohio State
7	33	Kevin Harris	FB	Wake Forest
8	37	Cortez Hankton	WR	Texas Southern
9	41	Corey Small	DB	Florida Atlantic
10	50	Chris Perri	DE	Stony Brook
11	54	Greg Middleton	DE	Indiana
12	58	Melvin Fowler	C	Maryland

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Personnel

Staff

2010 Florida Tuskers staff

	Front Office Owner/President – Joe Theismann Director of Football Operations – Diane Clark Director of Player Personnel – Bret Munsey Head Coaches Head Coach/General Manager – Jay Gruden Offensive Coaches Running Backs – Kurt Beathard Wide Receivers – Ike Hilliard Tight Ends – Robert McFarland Offensive Line – Bill Laveroni Offensive Line Assistant – Jerry Sisemore Offensive Quality Control – James MacPherson			Defensive Coaches Defensive Coordinator/Linebackers – Chuck Bresnahan Defensive Line – Kerry Locklin Defensive Backs – Bill Bradley Assistant Defensive Backs – Bret Munsey Defensive Quality Control – Fred Pagac, Jr. Special Teams Coaches Special Teams – Al Roberts Special Teams Assistant – Jim Lanford Strength and Conditioning Strength and Conditioning – John Hastings Equipment Staff Head Manager - Casey Turley Assistant - Bryan Wright Assistant - Tom Dillard

Roster

2010 Florida Tuskers roster

	Quarterbacks  8 Brooks Bollinger  14 Chris Greisen Running backs 40 James Develin FB 43 Maurice Hicks 33 Dominic Rhodes 38 J. D. Runnels FB Wide receivers 87 Brian Clark 19 Chas Gessner 81 Cortez Hankton 17 Maurice Price 88 Calvin Russell 82 John Standeford Tight ends 80 Jason Pociask 84 Galen Stone 85 Jermaine Wiggins		Offensive linemen 65 Josh Beekman G/C 63 Adrien Clarke G 66 Anthony Davis G 76 Na'Shan Goddard T 71 Steve Justice G 58 Enoka Lucas C 70 Shane Olivea T 73 Torrin Tucker T 75 Seth Wand T 72 Kyle Young G/C Defensive linemen 68 McKinley Boykin DT 56 Patrick Chukwurah DE 53 Joe Clermond DE 74 Grady Jackson DT 96 Eric Moore DE 98 Bryan Save DT 93 Darrion Scott DE 95 Claude Wroten DT		Linebackers 57 Darryl Blackstock OLB 97 Arnold Harrison OLB 54 J Leman MLB 59 Tim McGarigle MLB 55 Terrence Melton OLB 50 Tony Taylor MLB 52 Odell Thurman OLB Defensive backs 23 Jerome Carter FS 26 Simeon Castille CB 29 Keith Davis SS 21 Cletis Gordon CB 44 Herana-Daze Jones SS 34 Kevin Kaesviharn S 20 Keiwan Ratliff CB 27 Corey Small CB 24 Darius Vinnett CB Special teams  9 Nick Novak K 13 Ken Parrish P 49 Ryan Senser LS		Reserve lists 34 Fakhir Brown CB (IR) 57 Weston Dacus OLB (IR) 96 Chris Harrington DE (IR) 74 Langston Moore DT (IR) 91 Eric Powell DE (IR) 32 J. R. Reed SS (IR) 22 Nate Salley FS (IR) 51 Anthony Schlegel MLB (IR) 31 DeJuan Tribble CB (IR) 15 Huey Whittaker WR (IR) Rookies in italics Roster updated November 18, 2010 52 Active, 10 Inactive

Schedule

Week	Date	Kickoff	Opponent	Results		Game site	Attendance	TV
				Final score	Team record
1	Saturday, September 18	11:00 p.m. ET	at Las Vegas Locomotives	W 27–20	1–0	Sam Boyd Stadium	9,103	HDNet
2	Saturday, September 25	11:00 p.m. ET	at Sacramento Mountain Lions	L 20–24	1–1	Hornet Stadium	20,000	Versus
3	Thursday, September 30	6:00 p.m. ET	Las Vegas Locomotives	L 17–20	1–2	Citrus Bowl	9,053	Versus
4	Saturday, October 9	3:00 p.m. ET	at Hartford Colonials	W 33–20	2–2	Rentschler Field	14,468	Versus
5	Bye
6	Thursday, October 21	7:00 p.m. ET	Sacramento Mountain Lions	L 17–21	2–3	Citrus Bowl	10,066	HDNet
7	Bye
8	Friday, November 5	8:00 p.m. ET	Omaha Nighthawks	W 31–14	3–3	Citrus Bowl	9,203	HDNet
9	Thursday, November 11	7:00 p.m. ET	Hartford Colonials	W 41–7	4–3	Citrus Bowl	9,367	HDNet
10	Friday, November 19	8:30 p.m. ET	at Omaha Nighthawks	W 27–10	5–3	Rosenblatt Stadium	21,106	HDNet

Championship game

Date	Kickoff	Opponent	Final score	Game site	Attendance	TV
Saturday, November 27	Noon ET	Las Vegas Locomotives	L 20-23	Rosenblatt Stadium		Versus

Standings

United Football League
	W	L	T	PCT	PF	PA	STK
y-Las Vegas Locomotives	5	3	0	.625	174	142	L2
y-Florida Tuskers	5	3	0	.625	213	136	W3
x-Sacramento Mountain Lions	4	4	0	.500	169	164	W2
x-Hartford Colonials	3	5	0	.375	169	194	W1
x-Omaha Nighthawks	3	5	0	.375	113	202	L4

y-denotes team has clinched a 2010 UFL Championship Game berth
x-denotes team has been eliminated from championship contention

Game summaries

Week 1: at Las Vegas Locomotives

	1	2	3	4	Total
Tuskers	0	17	10	0	27
Locomotives	10	0	7	3	20

at Sam Boyd Stadium, Whitney, Nevada

• Date: Saturday, September 18
• Game time: 11:00 p.m. ET
• Game attendance: 9,103
• Referee: Jon Bible
• TV announcers (HDNet): Kenny Rice (play-by-play) and Paul Maguire (analyst)
• Tuskers at Locomotives recap

Game information

1st quarter Las Vegas – Teddy Lehman 26-yard interception return (Parker Douglass kick), 9:00 Las Vegas – Parker Douglass 32-yard field goal, 2:46 2nd quarter Florida – Dominic Rhodes 8-yard pass from Brooks Bollinger (Nick Novak kick), 12:36 Florida – Dominic Rhodes 1-yard run (Nick Novak kick), 9:20 Florida – Nick Novak 54-yard field goal, 0:52 3rd quarter Las Vegas – Bobby Rome 1-yard pass from Tim Rattay (Parker Douglass kick), 8:09 Florida – Nick Novak 24-yard field goal, 2:52 Florida – Calvin Russell 68-yard pass from Brooks Bollinger (Nick Novak kick), 0:10 4th quarter Las Vegas – Parker Douglass 25-yard field goal, 4:49 Passing Florida – Brooks Bollinger: 22/37, 308 yards, 2 TD, 1 INT Las Vegas – Tim Rattay: 22/38, 173 yards, 1 TD, 2 INT Rushing Florida – Aveion Cason: 14 att, 83 yards Las Vegas – Marcel Shipp: 13 att, 48 yards Receiving Florida – Cortez Hankton: 6 rec, 93 yards Las Vegas – Adam Bergen: 7 rec, 54 yards

Week 2: at Sacramento Mountain Lions

	1	2	3	4	Total
Tuskers	3	7	7	3	20
Mountain Lions	0	7	0	17	24

at Hornet Stadium, Sacramento, California

• Date: Saturday, September 25
• Game time: 11:00 p.m. ET
• Game attendance: 20,000
• Referee: David Cutaia
• TV announcers (Versus): Craig Minervini (play-by-play) and Doug Flutie (analyst)
• Tuskers at Mountain Lions recap

Game information

1st quarter Florida – Nick Novak 48-yard field goal, 9:41 2nd quarter Sacramento – Rod Windsor 4-yard pass from Daunte Culpepper (Fabrizio Scaccia kick), 8:56 Florida – Cortez Hankton 14-yard pass from Brooks Bollinger (Nick Novak kick), 1:22 3rd quarter Florida – Dominic Rhodes 1-yard run (Nick Novak kick), 8:21 4th quarter Sacramento – Fabrizio Scaccia 54-yard field goal, 14:48 Sacramento – Darrell Strong 2-yard pass from Daunte Culpepper (Fabrizio Scaccia kick), 7:04 Florida – Nick Novak 30-yard field goal, 2:53 Sacramento – Rod Windsor 33-yard pass from Daunte Culpepper (Fabrizio Scaccia kick), 0:37 Passing Florida – Brooks Bollinger: 23/41, 328 yards, 1 TD, 1 INT Sacramento – Daunte Culpepper: 26/42, 374 yards, 3 TD, 1 INT Rushing Florida – Dominic Rhodes: 13 att, 51 yards, 1 TD Sacramento – Cory Ross: 14 att, 28 yards Receiving Florida – Cortez Hankton: 6 rec, 110 yards, 1 TD Sacramento – Cory Ross: 8 rec, 57 yards

Week 3: vs. Las Vegas Locomotives

	1	2	3	4	Total
Locomotives	7	3	0	10	20
Tuskers	0	10	0	7	17

at Citrus Bowl, Orlando, Florida

• Date: Thursday, September 30
• Game time: 6:00 p.m. ET
• Game attendance: 9,054
• Referee: Perry Havener
• TV: Versus
• Locomotives at Tuskers recap

Game information

1st quarter Las Vegas – Samie Parker 68-yard pass from Tim Rattay (Parker Douglass kick), 0:02 2nd quarter Las Vegas – Parker Douglass 20-yard field goal, 7:24 Florida – Nick Novak 45-yard field goal, 2:33 Florida – Dominic Rhodes 14-yard run (Nick Novak kick), 1:31 3rd quarter no scoring 4th quarter Florida – Cortez Hankton 13-yard pass from Brooks Bollinger (Nick Novak kick), 6:36 Las Vegas – Andrae Thurman 15-yard pass from Tim Rattay (Parker Douglass kick), 4:13 Las Vegas – Parker Douglass 21-yard field goal, 0:00 Passing Las Vegas – Tim Rattay: 28/38, 328 yards, 2 TD, 1 INT Florida – Brooks Bollinger: 19/30, 136 yards, 1 TD Rushing Las Vegas – DeDe Dorsey: 14 att, 99 yards Florida – Dominic Rhodes: 11 att, 54 yards, 1 TD Receiving Las Vegas – DeDe Dorsey: 7 rec, 105 yards Florida – Jason Pociask: 3 rec, 46 yards

Week 4: at Hartford Colonials

	1	2	3	4	Total
Tuskers	3	7	13	10	33
Colonials	3	10	0	7	20

at Rentschler Field, East Hartford, Connecticut

• Date: Saturday, October 9, 2010
• Game time: 3:00 p.m. ET
• Game attendance: 14,468
• Referee: Jon Bible
• TV: Versus
• Tuskers at Colonials recap

Game information

1st quarter Hartford – Taylor Mehlhaff 19-yard field goal, 6:43 Florida – Nick Novak 29-yard field goal, 3:04 2nd quarter Florida – Aveion Cason 1-yard run (Nick Novak kick), 5:11 Hartford – Taylor Mehlhaff 35-yard field goal, 3:34 Hartford – Gerard Lawson 41-yard interception return (Taylor Mehlhaff kick), 2:13 3rd quarter Florida – Nick Novak 42-yard field goal, 9:39 Florida – Nick Novak 24-yard field goal, 2:37 Florida – Jermaine Wiggins 2-yard pass from Brooks Bollinger (Nick Novak kick), 0:56 4th quarter Hartford – Ronnie Ghent 2-yard pass from Josh McCown (Taylor Mehlhaff kick), 9:12 Florida – Nick Novak 38-yard field goal, 2:29 Florida – Dominic Rhodes 16-yard run (Nick Novak kick), 1:53 Passing Florida – Brooks Bollinger: 15/33, 155 yards, 1 TD, 1 INT Hartford – Josh McCown: 18/36, 223 yards, 1 TD, 1 INT Rushing Florida – Dominic Rhodes: 20 att, 103 yards, 1 TD Hartford – Andre Dixon: 11 att, 24 yards Receiving Florida – Jermaine Wiggins: 4 rec, 18 yards, 1 TD Hartford – Lorenzo Booker: 5 rec, 32 yards

Week 6: vs. Sacramento Mountain Lions

	1	2	3	4	Total
Mountain Lions	0	7	2	12	21
Tuskers	10	0	0	7	17

at Citrus Bowl, Orlando, Florida

• Date: Thursday, October 21, 2010
• Game time: 7:00 p.m. ET
• Game attendance: 10,066
• Referee: Chris Snead
• TV: HDNet
• Mountain Lions at Tuskers recap

Game information

1st quarter Florida – Nick Novak 48-yard field goal, 10:13 Florida – Dominic Rhodes 3-yard run (Nick Novak kick), 1:37 2nd quarter Sacramento – Marcus Maxwell 6-yard pass from Daunte Culpepper (Fabrizio Scaccia kick), 2:07 3rd quarter Sacramento – Maurice Crum safety, 3:25 4th quarter Sacramento – Fabrizio Scaccia 27-yard field goal, 11:28 Florida – Dominic Rhodes 4-yard run (Nick Novak kick), 8:34 Sacramento – Daunte Culpepper 10-yard run (Daunte Culpepper pass no good), 2:00 Sacramento – Fabrizio Scaccia 39-yard field goal, 0:33 Passing Sacramento – Daunte Culpepper: 31/49, 237 yards, 1 TD, 1 INT Florida – Brooks Bollinger: 12/23, 102 yards, 1 INT Rushing Sacramento – Cory Ross: 25 att, 70 yards Florida – Dominic Rhodes: 18 att, 60 yards, 2 TD Receiving Sacramento – Cory Ross: 10 rec, 66 yards Florida – Maurice Hicks: 4 rec, 41 yards

Week 8: vs. Omaha Nighthawks

	1	2	3	4	Total
Nighthawks	0	0	0	14	14
Tuskers	7	7	17	0	31

at Citrus Bowl, Orlando, Florida

• Date: Friday, November 5, 2010
• Game time: 8:00 p.m. ET
• Game attendance: 9,203
• Referee: Jon Bible
• TV: HDNet
• Nighthawks at Tuskers recap

Game information

1st quarter Florida – Huey Whittaker 2-yard pass from Chris Greisen (Nick Novak kick), 2:42 2nd quarter Florida – Calvin Russell 26-yard pass from Chris Greisen (Nick Novak kick), 7:03 3rd quarter Florida – Dominic Rhodes 65-yard run (Nick Novak kick), 10:32 Florida – Keiwan Ratliff 29-yard interception return (Nick Novak kick), 10:17 Florida – Nick Novak 42-yard field goal, 0:48 4th quarter Omaha – Jeb Putzier 2-yard pass from Matt Gutierrez (Jeff Wolfert kick), 11:16 Omaha – Robert Ferguson 0-yard fumble recovery (Jeff Wolfert kick), 5:15 Passing Omaha – Matt Gutierrez: 17/34, 188 yards, 1 TD, 1 INT Florida – Chris Greisen: 23/31, 215 yards, 2 TD, 1 INT Rushing Omaha – Shaud Williams: 7 att, 18 yards Florida – Dominic Rhodes: 11 att, 111 yards, 1 TD Receiving Omaha – Maurice Clarett: 5 rec, 38 yards Florida – Calvin Russell: 6 rec, 61 yards, 1 TD

Week 9: vs. Hartford Colonials

	1	2	3	4	Total
Colonials	0	0	7	0	7
Tuskers	14	24	3	0	41

at Citrus Bowl, Orlando, Florida

• Date: Thursday, November 11, 2010
• Game time: 7:00 p.m. ET
• Game attendance: 9,367
• Referee: David Cuttia
• TV: HDNet
• Colonials at Tuskers recap

Game information

1st quarter Florida – Dominic Rhodes 2-yard run (Nick Novak kick), 11:46 Florida – Terrence Melton 70-yard fumble return (Nick Novak kick), 5:54 2nd quarter Florida – Nick Novak 39-yard field goal, 14:56 Florida – Chas Gessner 15-yard pass from Chris Greisen (Nick Novak kick), 10:57 Florida – Dominic Rhodes 30-yard run (Nick Novak kick), 4:36 Florida – Chas Gessner 7-yard pass from Chris Greisen (Nick Novak kick), 0:11 3rd quarter Florida – Nick Novak 44-yard field goal, 4:41 Hartford – Ryan Perrilloux 12-yard run (Sam Swank kick), 0:42 4th quarter no scoring Passing Hartford – Ryan Perrilloux: 16/35, 184 yards Florida – Chris Greisen: 17/23, 237 yards, 2 TD, 1 INT Rushing Hartford – Tory Harrison: 8 att, 22 yards Florida – Dominic Rhodes: 20 att, 102 yards, 2 TD Receiving Hartford – Ronnie Ghent: 3 rec, 42 yards Florida – Calvin Russell: 3 rec, 55 yards

Week 10: at Omaha Nighthawks

	1	2	3	4	Total
Tuskers	7	3	10	7	27
Nighthawks	0	3	0	7	10

at Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium, Omaha, Nebraska

• Date: Friday, November 19, 2010
• Game time: 8:30 p.m. ET
• Game attendance: 21,106
• Referee: Perry Havener
• TV: HDNet
• Tuskers at Nighthawks recap

Game information

1st quarter Florida – Darius Vinnett 45-yard interception return (Nick Novak kick), 13:32 2nd quarter Florida – Nick Novak 46-yard field goal, 7:01 Omaha – Jeff Wolfert 24-yard field goal, 1:44 3rd quarter Florida – Calvin Russell 35-yard pass from Chris Greisen (Nick Novak kick), 6:36 Florida – Nick Novak 51-yard field goal, 1:22 4th quarter Omaha – Roy Hall 13-yard pass from Jeff Garcia (Jeff Wolfert kick), 6:28 Florida – Keiwan Ratliff 58-yard interception return (Nick Novak kick), 0:56 Passing Omaha – Jeff Garcia: 17/35, 133 yards, 1 TD, 2 INT Florida – Chris Greisen: 17/26, 200 yards, 1 TD Rushing Omaha – Maurice Clarett: 12 att, 69 yards Florida – Dominic Rhodes: 22 att, 52 yards Receiving Omaha – Devard Darling: 5 rec, 51 yards Florida – Brian Clark: 2 rec, 59 yards

Championship game

	1	2	Total
Tuskers			0
Locomotives			0

at Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium, Omaha, Nebraska

• Date: Saturday, November 27, 2010
• Game time: Noon ET
• TV: Versus

References

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3. "Tuskers Unveil New 2010 Team Uniforms at Fashion Mall in Las Vegas". United Football League. 28 July 2010. Archived from the original on 31 July 2010. Retrieved 28 July 2010.
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