The 2015 Louisville Cardinals football team represented the University of Louisville in the 2015 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Cardinals were led by sixth-year head coach Bobby Petrino, who began his second stint at Louisville in 2014 season after eight years away. The team played its 18th season at its current home of Papa John's Cardinal Stadium in Louisville, Kentucky. They competed in the Atlantic Coast Conference in the Atlantic Division. They finished the season 8–5, 5–3 in ACC play to finish in third place in the Atlantic Division. They were invited to the Music City Bowl where they defeated Texas A&M.
Personnel
Coaching staff Name Position Seasons atLouisville Alma mater Before LouisvilleBobby PetrinoHead coach6Carroll College (1983) Western Kentucky – Head coach (2014)Garrick McGee Offensive coordinator / quarterbacks coach / assistant head coach 2 Oklahoma (1996) UAB – Head coach (2013) Todd Grantham Defensive coordinator / outside linebackers coach 2 Virginia Tech (1988) Georgia – Defensive coordinator (2013) Greg Brown Safeties Coach / recruiting coordinator 2 UTEP (1980) Alabama – Safeties Coach (2013) Terrell Buckley Cornerbacks coach 2 Florida State (1991) Akron – Cornerbacks Coach (2013) Tony Grantham Inside linebackers coach / special teams coordinator 2 Radford (2000) Navy – Outside linebackers coach (2013) Chris Klenakis Offensive line coach / running game coordinator 2 Nevada (1992) Iowa State – Offensive line coach (2013) L.D. Scott Defensive line coach 2 Louisville (2009) Western Kentucky – Defensive ends coach (2013) Kolby Smith Running backs coach 2 Louisville (2006) Western Kentucky – Running backs coach (2013) Lamar Thomas Wide receivers coach 2 Miami (1992) Western Kentucky – Wide receivers coach (2013) Joe Miday Director of strength and conditioning 1 Marshall (2008) Western Kentucky – Director of strength and conditioning (2013) Scott Wilks Assistant director of strength and conditioning 2 Marshall (2009) Western Kentucky – Assistant director of strength and conditioning (2013) Andrew Wagner Director of football operations 2 Butler (1999) Western Kentucky – Director of football operations (2013)
Roster 2015 Louisville Cardinals FootballQuarterbacks 7 Reggie Bonnafon – sophomore (6'3, 209) 8 Lamar Jackson – freshman (6'3, 196) * 11 Will Gardner – junior (6'5, 220) 13 Ethan Horton – sophomore (6'0, 208) 14 Kyle Bolin – sophomore (6'2, 208)
Running backs 4 Corvin Lamb – senior (5'9, 208) 12 Trey Smith – freshman (6'0, 215) * 23 Brandon Radcliff – junior (5'9, 214) 27 L. J. Scott – sophomore (6'0, 226) 31 Mitchell Allen – freshman (5'9, 191) * 31 Darius Skinner – senior (5'7, 190) 33 Malin Jones – junior (6'0, 225) 34 Jeremy Smith – sophomore (6'2, 225) *
Fullbacks 37 Conner Kronk – sophomore (5'11, 220) 39 Griffin Uhl – junior (6'2, 264)
Wide receivers 1 Alphonso Carter – sophomore (6'3, 205) 2 Jamari Staples – junior (6'4, 195) * 3 Pat Thomas – junior (6'4, 190) 9 Traveon Samuel – freshman (5'7, 175) 17 James Quick – junior (6'1, 191) 19 Ja'Quay Savage – senior (6'3, 214) 26 Jalen Washington – freshman (5'7, 177) 38 Chris Miele – sophomore (6'2, 190) 81 Emonee Spence – freshman (6'3, 194) * 82 Dontez Byrd – sophomore (5'11, 170) 84 Gio Pascascio – junior (6'3, 185) 85 Cody Swabek – freshman (6'1, 168) 86 Devonte Peete – freshman (6'6, 203) * 87 Jaylen Smith – freshman (6'4, 184) * 88 Javonte Bagley – sophomore (6'3, 192)
Tight ends 18 Cole Hikutini – junior (6'5, 240) * 42 Tyler Polston – sophomore (6'2, 240) 44 Paul Logsdon – sophomore (6'3, 210) 80 Charles Standberry – sophomore (6'3, 226) 83 Micky Crum – freshman (6'4, 257) 89 Keith Towbridge – junior (6'5, 261)
Offensive linemen 50 Khalil Hunter – junior (6'4, 300) * 54 Kevin Austin – sophomore (6'3, 307) 56 Kiola Mahoni – sophomore (6'3, 300) * 60 Tyler Haycraft – freshman (6'3, 269) 61 Tobijah Hughley – junior (6'3, 289) 62 T.C. Klusman – junior (6'3, 275) 63 Nathan Scheler – freshman (6'1, 270) 64 Gabe Ahner – junior (6'3, 289) 65 Luke Schultheiss – sophomore (6'1, 284) 68 Danny Burns – freshman (6'6, 303) 70 Toriano Roundtree – sophomore (6'8, 305) 71 Chandler Jones – freshman (6'4, 300) * 72 Lukayus McNeil – freshman (6'6, 313) 73 Pedro Sibiea – junior (6'3, 300) 74 Geron Christian – freshman (6'6, 320) * 75 Skylar Lacy – sophomore (6'6, 306) 76 Kelby Johnson – senior (6'7, 297) 78 Aaron Epps – senior (6'7, 288) 79 Kenny Thomas Jr. – freshman (6'6, 320)
Defensive line 14 Drew Bailey – junior (6'5, 285) * 44 Pio Vatuvei – DE – senior (6'2, 296) 59 Aaron Ahner – DT – senior (6'3, 275) 90 Johnny Richardson – DE – sophomore (6'3, 322) 94 G.G. Robinson – DT – freshman (6'4, 290) * 95 Kyle Shortridge – DT – sophomore (6'2, 305) 97 DeAngelo Brown – DT – junior (6'1, 308) 98 Sheldon Rankins – DE – senior (6'2, 303)
Kickers 32 Blaton Creque – freshman (5'11, 170) 35 Anthony George – junior (6'1, 190) 47 Jon Brown – sophomore (5'10, 202)
Long snappers 46 Brendan Lowery – freshman (5'11, 205) 49 Colin Holba – junior (6'5, 233)
Punters 29 Mason King – freshman (6'3, 175) 40 Joshua Appleby – senior (6'3, 222) 45 John Wallace – senior (6'0, 190) Linebackers 1 Keith Brown – junior (6'1, 237) 13 James Burgess – senior (6'0, 229) 32 Stacy Thomas – sophomore (6'1, 225) 42 Isaac Stewart – freshman (6'2, 236) 43 Damien Smith – freshman (6'1, 215) 46 Lamar Atkins – junior (5'11, 236) 48 Tim Bonner – freshman (6'4, 215) * 51 Royce Donovan – junior (6'2, 224) 52 Nick Dawson-Brents – junior (6'3, 265) 53 Amonte Caban – freshman (6'1, 226) * 55 Keith Kelsey – junior (6'1, 236) 57 Finesse Middleton – sophomore (6'0, 242) 58 Jonathan Greenard – freshman (6'4, 226) * 91 Trevon Young – senior (6'4, 229) 92 Devonte Fields – junior (6'4, 245) * 96 Henry Famurewa – OLB – sophomore (6'2, 245) 99 James Hearns – sophomore (6'3, 257)
Cornerbacks 3 Cornelius Sturghill – freshman (5'11, 186) 6 Shaq Wiggins – sophomore (5'10, 171) 10 Jaire Alexander – freshman (5'11, 170) * 15 Trumaine Washington – sophomore (5'10, 183) 21 Devontre Parnell – junior (5'11, 184) 24 Zykiesis Cannon – sophomore (6'0, 195) 26 Duke Culver – sophomore (6'0, 186) 34 George Clements – senior (6'1, 185) 39 Aaron Floyd – freshman (5'10, 172) 41 Kevin Elijah – junior (5'7, 156) 24 Kevon Dunbar – DB – freshman (6'1, 192) 39 John Stitch – DB – junior (5'10, 185)
Safeties 5 Khane Pass – freshman (6'1, 200) * 11 Dee Smith – freshman (6'1, 200) * 22 Chucky Williams – sophomore (6'2, 204) 25 Josh Harvey-Clemons – junior (6'5, 230) 27 Jermaine Reve – senior (6'0, 192) 28 Terrence Ross – sophomore (6'1, 208) 36 Kevin Houchins – junior (5'11, 201)
Schedule Louisville announced their 2015 football schedule on January 29, 2015. The 2015 schedule consist of six home games, five away games and one neutral site game in the regular season. The Cardinals will host ACC foes Boston College, Clemson, Syracuse, and Virginia, and will travel to Florida State, NC State, Pittsburgh, and Wake Forest.
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