Locomotives unveil training camp roster

By Steve Silver

Wednesday, Sept. 16, 2009 | 12:45 p.m.

The Las Vegas Locomotives of the upstart United Football League opened training camp this week at the Casa Grande Performance Institute outside of Phoenix and officially announced their roster today.

The Locomotives have less than one month to prepare for the season opener on Oct. 8 against the California Redwoods at Sam Boyd Stadium. The Locomotives will play one more game at Sam Boyd on Oct. 14 prior to spending the remaining four weeks of the season on the road.

"The first two days of practice have been an awakening for the UFL with the players joining together and beginning practice as a cohesive unit," said Rick Mueller, UFL vice president and general manager. "Our coaches have told us that this group of players has equal talent to that of any other players they have coached and fans will be impressed when the teams take the field in three weeks. The players understand that most of them are being given a second opportunity to play professional football and are eager to train hard and show their talents."

Las Vegas' 60-man roster is as follows:

DE - Adrian Awasom - North Texas

FB - EJ Barthel - UMASS

P - Danny Baugher - Arizona

TE - Adam Bergen - Lehigh

OG - Martin Bibla - Miami

OG - Jason Boone - Utah

OC - Jesse Boone - Utah

OT - Brandon Braxton - Oklahoma

OT - Ben Brielman - Princeton

DT - Wendell Bryant - Wisconsin

LB - Ezra Butler - UNR

OT - Paul Carpenter Weber State

DB - Wale Dada - Washington State

OG - Frank Davis - South Florida

DB - Doug Dutch - Michigan

OC - Robby Felix - UTEP

RB - Tyrell Fenroy - Louisiana Lafayette

WR - Casey Flair - UNLV

DB - Paul Gause - Seton Hall

DT - George Gause - South Carolina

WR - Az-Zahir Hakim - San Diego State

DE - Eric Henderson - Georgia Tech

WR - Brian Hernandez - Utah

K - Andrew Jacas - Fort Valley State

TE - Nate Jackson - Menlo College

OT - Brandon Joyce - Illinois State

WR - David Kircus - Grand Valley State

NT - Ross Kolodziej - Wisconsin

TE - Scott Kuhn - Louisville

S - Greg Laybourn - Oregon State

LB - Teddy Lehman - Oklahoma

DB - Jamal Lewis - Georgia Tech

DT - Gabe Long - Utah

QB - JP Losman - Tulane

TE - John Madsen - Utah

QB - Russ Michna - Western Illinois

LB - Brandon Moore - Oklahoma

LS - Rigo Morales - Texas A&M Kingsville

LB - Ronnie Palmer - Arizona

WR - Samie Parker - Oregon

DB - Tony Parrish - Washington

WR - Tab Perry - UCLA

QB - Tim Rattay - Louisiana Tech

FB - Bill Rentmeester - Wisconsin

LB - Marcus Riley - Fresno State

DE - Darrell Robertson - Georgia Tech

NT - Luavale Sape - Utah

RB - Josh Scobee - Kansas State

RB - Marcel Shipp - UMASS

T - Pedro Sosa - Rutgers

LB - Gary Stills - West Virginia

DB - Brandon Sumrall - Southern Miss

WR - Andrae Thurman - Arizona

LB - Brian Toal - Boston College

DB - Isaiah Trufant - Eastern Washington

DB - Nick Turnbull - FIU

RB - Terrance Whitehead - Oregon

CB - Chaz Williams - Louisiana Monroe

DT - Manuel Wright - USC

DB - Trey Young - Montana

Steve Silver can be reached at 948-7822 or [email protected].