The 2023 Albany Great Danes football team represented University at Albany, SUNY as a member of Coastal Athletic Association Football Conference (CAA), during the 2023 NCAA Division I FCS football season. Led by tenth-year head coach Greg Gattuso, the Great Danes played home games at Bob Ford Field at Tom & Mary Casey Stadium in Albany, New York.

The CAA, formerly known as the Colonial Athletic Association from 2007 through 2022, changed its name in July 2023 to accommodate future membership expansion outside of states that were among the Thirteen Colonies.

Schedule

Game summaries Fordham

At Marshall

At Hawaii

At Morgan State

No. 16 Villanova

At Towson

At New Hampshire

Rhode Island

At Maine

No. 24 William & Mary

At Stony Brook

Monmouth

Personnel

Coaching staff NamePosition Greg Gattuso Head coach Jared Ambrose Associate head coach / offensive coordinator / quarterbacks coach Bill Nesselt Defensive coordinator / linebackers coach Joe Bernard Special teams coordinator / defensive line coach Will Fiacchi Wide receivers coach / passing game coordinator / recruiting coordinator Jordan Orlovsky Running backs coach / chief of staff Darrin Walls Co-defensive coordinator / cornerbacks coach Jacob Alsadek Offensive line coach Chris Calabrese Outside linebackers coach / defensive recruiting coordinator Brendan Smith Tight ends coach Jon Simmons Director of football operations / video coordinator Matt Campion Coaching assistant Tim Brady Coaching assistant

Roster 2023 Albany Great Danes FootballQuarterbacks 7 – Reese Poffenbarger – sophomore (6'0, 208) 12 – Trey Lindsey – graduate student (6'0, 206) 14 – Aedan McDermott – freshman (6'2, 211) 17 – Jordan Rae – freshman (5'11, 204) 18 – Joe Tortello – junior (5'9, 188)

Running backs 0 – Faysal Aden – graduate student (5'7, 214) 9 – Landon Alexander – freshman (6'0, 198) 22 – Joey Koch – freshman (5'10, 198) 23 – Nate Larkins – graduate student (6'0, 224) 25 – Jose Lopez-Quinones – senior (5'9, 202) 28 – Griffin Woodell – freshman (5'10, 194) 32 – Kavon Chambers – sophomore (5'9, 207) 34 – Conrad Perry – senior (5'9, 205)

Wide receivers 1 – Julian Hicks – graduate student (6'2, 201) 2 – Roy Alexander – junior (6'1, 201) 4 – MarQeese Dietz – sophomore (5'10, 187) 8 – Levi Wentz – sophomore (6'2, 205) 10 – Jackson Parker – junior (6'1, 197) 11 – Caden Burti – sophomore (5'11, 189) 13 – Brevin Easton – senior (5'11, 197) 35 – Alex Sapienza – junior (5'10, 198) 80 – Brandon Frank – freshman (5'10, 178) 81 – Kellen Taylor – freshman (6'2, 195) 82 – Jake Lezzer – freshman (6'0, 197) 83 – Dan Whaley – junior (6'3, 201) Tight ends 84 – Carter Moss – freshman (6'5, 233) 85 – Haydon Broockmann – junior (6'2, 237) 86 – Dylan Walker – sophomore (6'3, 249) 87 – Ian Renninger – graduate student (6'5, 254) 88 – Chad Parker – senior (6'3, 247) 89 – Riley Engelhard – sophomore (6'4, 243)

Offensive linemen 51 – Tyson Foster – junior (6'1, 295) 53 – Joseph Black – freshman (6'0, 268) 59 – Kenneth Santos – sophomore (6'3, 282) 60 – Sean Dugery – freshman (6'1, 305) 64 – Jackson Nixon – freshman (6'4, 246) 65 – Ozzie Hutchinson – senior (6'4, 305) 66 – Chris Alabanzas – junior (5'11, 339) 67 – Emmit Harris – sophomore (6'4, 290) 69 – Stephen Demeo – sophomore (6'0, 259) 70 – Austin Mosier – junior (6'3, 302) 71 – Josh Gaffney – junior (6'3, 309) 72 – Will Marotta – senior (6'5, 325) 73 – Scott Houseman – graduate student (6'3, 321) 74 – Matt Aulicino – freshman (6'5, 244) 75 – Kevin Singer – graduate student (6'4, 290) 76 – Joe McMahon – freshman (6'6, 275) 77 – Nolan Latulippe – freshman (6'7, 281) 78 – Mike Gecik – junior (6'3, 290) 79 – Ondre Toland – junior (6'1, 319) Defensive linemen 4 – Anton Juncaj – senior (6'3, 273) 8 – AJ Simon – senior (6'1, 267) 54 – Brock Boyer – freshman (6'0, 240) 55 – Jayden Holmes-Cotter – freshman (6'3, 225) 56 – Neco Eberhardt – freshman (6'0, 296) 58 – Joseph Greaney – graduate student (6'3, 280) 90 – King Tshiama – freshman (6'2, 222) 91 – Ronnell McCorn – junior (6'0, 230) 92 – William Martin III – graduate student (5'11, 278) 93 – Elijah Hills – junior (6'2, 281) 94 – Ghassan Chehade – sophomore (6'5, 266) 95 – Tiny Boadu – freshman (6'0, 261) 96 – Cedric Carter – senior (6'2, 250) 97 – Matthew Obiagu – sophomore (6'5, 241) 98 – Jack Mottola – junior (6'1, 231) 99 – Anthony DiMeglio – junior (6'3, 242)

Linebackers 9 – Michael Lucien – junior (5'11, 234) 15 – Ori Jean-Charles – graduate student (6'3, 235) 16 – Ben Howe-Jones – junior (6'1, 204) 21 – Brian Abraham – graduate student (6'5, 221) 31 – Jahlil Johnson – sophomore (6'2, 209) 41 – Dillon Dunathan – freshman (6'1, 229) 42 – Dylan Kelly – senior (6'2, 224) 44 – Sammy Knipe – sophomore (6'1, 233) 45 – Cole Esposito – senior (5'11, 222) 46 – Matthew Rappa – freshman (6'0, 213) 50 – John Dodaro – freshman (6'1, 222) 57 – Troy Berschwinger – freshman (6'1, 226) Defensive backs 0 – DaeSean Winston – graduate student (6'0, 206) 1 – Aamir Hall – junior (6'1, 201) 3 – Brad Igweike – junior (5'8, 177) 5 – Bill Hackett – senior (5'7, 180) 7 – Larry Walker Jr. – senior (5'11, 197) 13 – Mike Coleman – graduate student (5'10, 160) 14 – Kevon Angry – senior (5'9, 178) 19 – Isaac Duffy – graduate student (5'8, 184) 20 – Denzel Patrick – junior (5'11, 200) 24 – Cam Stodghill – freshman (6'2, 190) 27 – Tyler Merwarth – sophomore (5'11, 199) 29 – Parris Smiley – sophomore (5'11, 197) 30 – Nick Totten – sophomore (5'11, 193) 33 – Rykim Lemon – graduate student 36 – Babajide Akinola – junior (5'8, 165)

Placekickers 37 – John Opalko – junior (5'11, 180) 38 – Sam Hogan – graduate student (6'0, 182) 39 – Steven Sadek – freshman (5'11, 156) 49 – Tyler Pucci – freshman (6'2, 173)

Punters 6 – Tyler Pastula – senior (6'3, 217)48 – Michael Sbuttoni – freshman (5'9, 181)Long snapper''' 47 – Russell Dietz – junior (5'10, 231)52 – Stephen Sokach-Minnick – senior (6'0, 233)''Source and player details, 2023 Albany Great Danes (1/22/2025):

Statistics

Team Albany Opp Scoring   Points per game   Points per Turnovers First downs   Rushing   Passing   Penalty Rushing yards   Avg per play   Avg per game   Rushing touchdowns Passing yards   Att-Comp-Int   Avg per pass   Avg per catch   Avg per game   Passing touchdowns Total offense   Plays   Avg per play   Avg per game Fumbles-Lost Penalties-Yards   Avg per game Albany Opp   Punt-Yards    Avg per play    Avg per punt net   Punt Return-Yards    Avg per punt return   Kickoffs-Yards    Avg per play    Avg per kick net   Kickoff Return-Yards    Avg per kickoff return   Interceptions-Yards    Avg per play Time of possession / game 3rd down conversions (Pct%) (0%) (0%) 4th down conversions (Pct%) (0%) (0%) Touchdowns scored Field goals-Attempts   PAT-Attempts    2 point conversion-attempts Sack by Yards Misc Yards Safeties Onside kicks Red zone scores (0%) (0%)   Red zone touchdowns (0%) (0%) Attendance   Date/Avg per date   Neutral Site

Individual leaders Passing statistics # NAME POS RAT CMP-ATT-INT YDS AVG/G CMP% TD LONG QB 0.0 0-0-0 0 yrds 0.0% 0 TDs 0 TOTALS 0.0 0-0-0 0 yrds 0.0 0.0% 0 TDs 0

Rushing statistics # NAME POS ATT GAIN AVG TD LONG AVG/G RB 0 0 yrds 0.0 0 TDs 0 0.0 TOTALS 0 0 yrds 0.0 0 TDs 0 0.0

Receiving statistics # NAME POS CTH YDS AVG TD LONG AVG/G WR 0 0 yrds 0.0 0 TDs 0 0.0 TOTALS 67 730 yrds 10.9 10 TDs 38 243.3

Defense

Defense statistics # NAME POS SOLO AST TOT TFL-YDS SACK-YDS INT-YDS-TD BU QBH RCV-YDS FF BLK SAF 0 0 0 0-0 yrds 0-0 yrds - - - - - - - TOTAL 0 0 0 0-0 yrds 0-0 yrds 0-0 yrds- 0 TDs 0 0 - 0 0 - Key: POS: Position, SOLO: Solo Tackles, AST: Assisted Tackles, TOT: Total Tackles, TFL: Tackles-for-loss, SACK: Quarterback Sacks, INT: Interceptions, BU: Passes Broken Up, PD: Passes Defended, QBH: Quarterback Hits, FR: Fumbles Recovered, FF: Forced Fumbles, BLK: Kicks or Punts Blocked, SAF: Safeties, TD : Touchdown

Special teams

Kicking/off statistics # NAME POS XPM-XPA (XP%) FGM-FGA (FG%) 1–19 20–29 30–39 40–49 50+ PTS LNG KICKS YDS AVG TB OB PK 0-0 (0.0%) 0-0 (0.0%) -/- -/- -/- -/- -/- 0 pts 0 0 0 yrds 0.0 0 - TOTALS 0-0 (0.0%) 0-0 (0.0%) -/- -/- -/- -/- -/- 0 0 0 0 yrds 0.0 0 -

Punting statistics # NAME POS PUNTS YDS AVG LONG TB FC I–20 50+ BLK P - - - - - - - - - Team -- 0 - - - - - - - 0 TOTALS 0 0 yrds 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 1

Kick return statistics # NAME POS RTNS YDS AVG TD LNG - - - - - TOTALS 0 0 yrds 0.0 0 TD's 0

Punt return statistics # NAME POS RTNS YDS AVG TD LONG - - - - - TOTALS 0 0 yrds 0.0 0 TD's 0

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