2023 D.C. Defenders (XFL) Scores, Roster, Stats, Coaches

Cody Crill	Tight Ends
Vernon Dean	Defensive Backs
Russ Ehrenfeld	Offensive Line
Deion Harris	Quality Control
Shannon Harris	Quarterbacks
Fred Kaiss	Offensive Coordinator
Alvance Robinson	Wide Receivers
Jamie Sharper	Special Teams/Linebackers
Jeremy Watkins	Defensive Line
Gregg Williams	Defensive Coordinator

SCORES
Day	Date		Opponent	Score			Location	Venue	Attendance
Sun	2/19/2023	H	Seattle Sea Dragons	22-18	W		Washington, DC	Audi Field	12438
Sat	2/25/2023	A	Vegas Vipers	18-6	W		Las Vegas, NV	Cashman Field	6023
Sun	3/5/2023	H	St. Louis Battlehawks	34-28	W		Washington, DC	Audi Field	16212
Sun	3/12/2023	H	Vegas Vipers	32-18	W		Washington, DC	Audi Field	11521
Sat	3/18/2023	A	St. Louis Battlehawks	28-20	W		St. Louis, MO	The Dome at America's Center	35868
Mon	3/27/2023	H	Houston Roughnecks	37-26	W		Washington, DC	Audi Field	12492
Sat	4/1/2023	A	Orlando Guardians	36-37	L		Orlando, FL	Camping World Stadium	7011
Sun	4/9/2023	A	Seattle Sea Dragons	34-33	W		Seattle, WA	Lumen Field	11874
Sun	4/16/2023	H	Arlington Renegades	28-26	W	OT	Washington, DC	Audi Field	18684
Sat	4/22/2023	A	San Antonio Brahmas	29-28	W		San Antonio, TX	Alamodome	33034
North Division Championship
Sun	4/30/2023	H	Seattle Sea Dragons	37-21	W		Washington, DC	Audi Field	18684
League Championship
Sun	5/13/2023	N	Arlington Renegades	26-35	L		San Antonio, TX	Alamodome	22754

Schedule Notes
4/1/2023	Orlando Guardians	Moved from 4/2

ROSTER
Player	No	Pos	Ht	Wt	Age	College	GP	GS
Joshua Allen	21	SS	5-11	206	27	Miami (Ohio)	4	0
Ryquell Armstead	23	RB	5-11	215	27	Temple	8	0
Trae Barry	80	LONG	6-6	244	25	Jacksonville State; Boston College	10	0
Davin Bellamy	17	SLB	6-5	259	29	Georgia	10	9
Francis Bernard	43	MLB	6-1	235	28	Brigham Young; Utah	8	8
Francis Bernard	43	MLB	6-1	235	28	Brigham Young; Utah	8	8
Chris Blair	1	WR	6-3	200	26	Hinds CC; Alcorn State	10	9
Kentrell Brice	29	FS	5-11	200	29	Louisiana Tech	9	9
Jamal Brooks	20	WLB-MB	6-1	235	24	Missouri; South Alabama	9	1
Fadol Brown	6	LDE-RDE	6-4	282	30	Florida International; Mississippi	7	1
Fadol Brown	6	LDE-RDE	6-4	282	30	Florida International; Mississippi	7	1
Raymond Calais	25	WR	5-9	185	25	Louisiana-Lafayette	1	0
Tommy Champion	62	LOT	6-5	320	26	Copiah-Lincoln CC; Mississippi State	1	0
	90	DL	6-4	290		Texas-El Paso	1	0
Ty Clary	66	C-ROG	6-4	315	24	Arkansas	10	4
Cody Conway	67	LOT	6-6	296	27	Syracuse	2	2
Eric Dungey	2	QB	6-4	226	27	Syracuse	4	0
Alex Ellis	18	TE	6-4	249	30	Tennessee	7	1
Jequez Ezzard	12	WR	5-10	195	26	Howard; Sam Houston State	8	0
Jazz Ferguson	8	WR	6-5	228	26	Louisiana State; Northwestern State (Louisiana)	4	0
Malik Fisher	92	RDE	6-4	265	24	Villanova	9	2
Liam Fornadel	77	ROG	6-5	314	24	James Madison	10	10
Travon Fuller	22	LCB	6-1	180	25	Texas A&M; Tulsa	6	1
Antonio Garcia	62	LOT	6-6	302	30	Troy	5	0
Ferrod Gardner	27	SLB-WLB	6-1	215	26	Missouri; Coffeyville CC; Louisiana-Lafayette	10	2
Josh Hammond	0	WR	6-0	194	25	Florida	10	10
Terrill Hanks	37	LB	6-2	220	28	New Mexico State	1	0
D'Marcus Hayes	78	LOT-ROT	6-5	315	25	Mississippi Gulf Coast CC; Georgia	9	7
Anthony Hines	57	SLB-WLB	6-3	226	24	Texas A&M	9	3
Lucky Jackson	11	WR	6-0	186	26	Western Kentucky	10	10
Isaiah Johnson	33	LCB	6-4	303	28	Houston	2	1
Michael Joseph	15	RCB	6-1	187	28	Dubuque	9	9
Anthoula Kelly	24	RCB	5-9	182	27	Fresno State	8	5
D'Eriq King	3	QB	5-11	202	26	Houston; Miami (Florida)	10	0
Cameron Lewis	31	FS	6-1	195	26	Louisiana State	10	1
Mike Maietti	51	C	6-1	290	26	Rutgers; Missouri	5	5
Josh Malone	81	WR	6-3	207	27	Tennessee	4	0
Matt McCrane	34	K	5-10	165	29	Kansas State	10	0
Andre Mintze	48	SLB	6-3	249	25	Vanderbilt	10	0
Briley Moore	88	TE	6-4	250	25	Northern Iowa; Kansas State	8	3
Kyle Murphy	53	ROT-LOT	6-6	305	30	Stanford	10	8
DeJuan Neal	26	LCB	6-0	190	27	Shepherd	9	9
Montae Nicholson	21	SS	6-2	215	28	Michigan State	5	0
Reggie Northrup	5	WLB	6-1	231	30	Florida State	9	8
Jarrell Owens	95	NT-LDE	6-3	262	29	Oklahoma State	10	10
Jacub Panasiuk	96	LDE	6-4	255	24	Michigan State	10	9
Artavis Pierce	28	RB	5-11	208	27	Oregon State	2	0
Santos Ramirez	39	SS	6-2	204	27	Arkansas	10	10
Bruno Reagan	64	ROG	6-3	335	27	Vanderbilt	8	0
Caraun Reid	97	NT	6-2	300	31	Princeton	10	1
Reggie Robinson	25	RCB	6-1	197	26	Tulsa	1	0
Nydair Rouse	38	RCB	5-11	188	28	West Chester	8	1
Liam Ryan	63	LOG-C	6-5	293	26	Washington State	10	10
K.J. Sails	9	LCB	5-11	180	26	North Carolina; South Florida	7	0
Abram Smith	4	RB	5-11	221	25	Baylor	10	10
Brandon Smith	7/16	WR	6-1	218	25	Iowa	8	0
T.J. Storment	72	ROT-LOT	6-7	320	26	Old Dominion; Fullerton JC; Colorado State; Texas Christian; Texas Tech	3	3
D.J. Swearinger	36	SSS	5-10	206	32	South Carolina	3	2
Jordan Ta'amu	10	QB	6-3	221	26	New Mexico Military Institute JC; Mississippi	10	10
Rod Taylor	73	LOG	6-3	321	29	Mississippi	3	1
Gunnar Vogel	72	ROT	6-6	309	24	Northwestern	5	0
Joe Wallace	99	DT	6-1	300	25	Texas Tech; Sam Houston State	10	10
Daniel Whelan	19	P	6-6	221	24	UC Davis	10	0
Pooka Williams	13	RB	5-10	170	24	Kansas	3	0
Ethan Wolf	82	TE	6-6	252	28	Tennessee	7	7
Gabe Wright	98	NT	6-3	305	31	Auburn	8	0
Gabe Wright	98	NT	6-3	305	31	Auburn	8	0

SCORING BY QUARTERS	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	OT	PTS
Team Totals	62	82	64	88	2	298
Opponents Totals	52	38	49	89	0	240

TEAM STATS	TOP	1ST DOWNS	Rush	Pass	Pen	3RD DOWN	Att	Pct	4TH DOWN	Att	Pct	PEN	YDS
Team Totals		203	82	99	22	51/109 46.8%	5/8 62.5%	61	459
Opponents Totals		198	56	123	19	51/125 40.8%	11/19 57.9%	73	607

SCORING	TD	X1	X1A	X2	X2A	X3	X3A	DX	FG	FGA	PCT	PTS
Abram Smith	7	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0		42
Lucky Jackson	5	0	0	4		0	0	0	0	0		38
Matt McCrane	0	0	0			0	0	0	12	16	75.0	36
D'Eriq King	5	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0		32
Alex Ellis	4	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0		28
Chris Blair	3	1	1	3		0	0	0	0	0		25
Jordan Ta'amu	3	1	1	1		0	0	0	0	0		21
Josh Hammond	1	0	0	3		0	0	0	0	0		14
Michael Joseph	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0		12
Brandon Smith	1	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0		8
Ethan Wolf	1	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0		8
Ryquell Armstead	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0		6
Jequez Ezzard	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0		6
Briley Moore-McKinney	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0		6
Santos Ramirez	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0		6
D.J. Swearinger	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0		6
Jazz Ferguson	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0		2
Kyle Murphy	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0		2
Team Totals	37	2	2	18	35	0	0	0	12	16	75.0	298
Opponents Totals	31	2	5	7	19	2	7	1	10	17	58.8	240

RUSHING	ATT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD	FD	G20+	G40+	FUM
Abram Smith	158	791	5.0	70	7	43	5		4
Jordan Ta'amu	67	298	4.4	49	3	20	2		5
Ryquell Armstead	63	217	3.4	12	0	12	0	0	2
D'Eriq King	30	102	3.4	22	5	9	1	0	1
Jequez Ezzard	1	3	3.0	3	0	0	0	0	1
Josh Hammond	1	2	2.0	2	0	0	0	0	0
Pooka Williams	1	-1	-1.0	-1	0	0	0	0	0
Raymond Calais	1	-4	-4.0	-4	0	0	0	0	0
Team Totals	322	1408	4.4	70	15	83	8
Opponents Totals

PASSING	ATT	COM	PCT	INC	YDS	Y/ATT	Y/COM	LG	TD	TD%	INT	INT%	TS	YL	NYP	FD	G20+	G40+	RTG
Jordan Ta'amu	229	143	62.4	83	1894	8.3	13.2	86	14	6.1	3	1.3	6	27	1867	90	23	6	103.5
D'Eriq King	25	17	68.0	7	184	7.4	10.8	32	4	16.0	1	4.0	4	16	168	9	3	0	112.3
Team Totals	254	160	63.0	90	2035	8.0	12.7	86	18	7.1	4	1.6	10	43	1992	99	26	6	105
Opponents Totals

RECEIVING	TAR	REC	PCT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD	FD	G20+	G40+
Lucky Jackson	53	36	67.9	573	15.9	52	5	22	10	1
Josh Hammond	53	34	64.2	331	9.7	26	1	20	5	0
Chris Blair	47	26	55.3	594	22.8	86	3	20	6	5
Ethan Wolf	21	13	61.9	106	8.2	16	1	9	9	9
Abram Smith	17	13	76.5	91	7.0	18	0	3	0	0
Briley Moore-McKinney	15	11	73.3	80	7.3	12	1	5	0	0
Brandon Smith	10	8	80.0	118	14.8	37	1	6	3	0
Alex Ellis	9	8	88.9	59	7.4	14	4	8	0	0
Ryquell Armstead	7	4	57.1	37	9.3	14	1	2	0	0
Jequez Ezzard	4	3	75.0	44	14.7	32	1	2	1	0
Jordan Ta'amu	2	2	100.0	0	0.0	2	0	0	0	0
Jazz Ferguson	2	1	50.0	27	27.0	27	0	1	1	0
Josh Malone	8	1	12.5	18	18.0	18	0	1	0	0
D'Eriq King	1	0	0.0	0			0	0	0	0
Pooka Williams	1	0	0.0	0			0	0	0	0
Team Totals		160		2035	12.7	86	18	99	26	6
Opponents Totals

INTERCEPTIONS	INT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Michael Joseph	4	78	19.5	41	2
Santos Ramirez	2	47	23.5	40	1
D.J. Swearinger	1	62	62.0	62	1
Kentrell Brice	1	0	0.0	0	0
Joe Wallace	1	0	0.0	0	0
Team Totals	9	187	20.8	62	4
Opponents Totals

PUNTING	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	BL	TB	I20
Daniel Whelan	29	1322	45.6	66	0	11	2
Team Totals	29	1322	45.6	66	0	11	2
Opponents Totals

PUNT RETURNS	NO	FC	YDS	AVG	LG	TD	G20+	G40+
Jequez Ezzard	15	6	131	8.7	20	0		0
Pooka Williams	5	2	33	6.6	12	0	0	0
Josh Hammond	2	1	25	12.5	20	0		0
Team Totals	22	9	189	8.6	20	0
Opponents Totals

KICKOFF RETURNS	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	TD	G40+
Jequez Ezzard	18	344	19.1	34	0	0
Pooka Williams	10	273	27.3	79	0
Brandon Smith	10	218	21.8	37	0	0
K.J. Sails	5	74	14.8	20	0	0
Team Totals	43	909	21.1	79	0
Opponents Totals

SACKS	NO	YDS
Davin Bellamy	5.5
Andre Mintze	4.5
Jarrell Owens	4.0
Fadol Brown	2.5
Joe Wallace	2.5
Jamal Brooks	1.0
Anthony Hines	1.0
Anthoula Kelly	1.0
Cameron Lewis	1.0
Jacub Panasiuk	1.0
Francis Bernard	0.5
Kentrell Brice	0.5
Santos Ramirez	0.5
Caraun Reid	0.5
Team Totals
Opponents Totals

FUMBLES	NO	LOST	OWN	OPP	REC
Jamal Brooks				2
Davin Bellamy				1
Michael Joseph				1
DeJuan Neal				1
Montae Nicholson				1
Jacub Panasiuk				1
Joe Wallace				1
Team Totals	14	11	3	8	11
Opponents Totals	12	8	4	11	15

DEFENSE	TKL	TT	TA	TFL	FF
Francis Bernard	51	34	17	6	1
Reggie Northrup	50	21	29	2	0
Santos Ramirez	47	29	18	2	0
DeJuan Neal	44	30	14	0	0
Michael Joseph	41	32	9	1	1
Anthoula Kelly	33	23	10	2	0
Anthony Hines	33	19	14	3	0
Kentrell Brice	25	20	5	0	0
Jamal Brooks	25	15	10	1	1
Joe Wallace	21	9	12	6	0
Davin Bellamy	20	9	11	7	3
Fadol Brown	19	9	10	5	0
Andre Mintze	19	9	10	4	1
Jacub Panasiuk	19	7	12	1	0
Caraun Reid	18	7	11	2	0
D.J. Swearinger	15	10	5	0	0
Jarrell Owens	12	7	5	5	0
Gabe Wright	11	3	8	3	0
Ferrod Gardner	10	6	4	0	0
Travon Fuller	9	7	2	0	0
Nydair Rouse	8	7	1	0	1
K.J. Sails	8	7	1	0	0
Cameron Lewis	8	4	4	1	0
Montae Nicholson	6	4	2	0	0
Malik Fisher	6	3	3	0	0
Isaiah Johnson	6	3	3	0	0
Joshua Allen	3	3	0	0	0
Artavis Pierce	1	0	1	0	0
Ethan Wolf	0	0	0	0	1
Ryquell Armstead	0	0	0	0	0
Trae Barry	0	0	0	0	0
Chris Blair	0	0	0	0	0
Raymond Calais	0	0	0	0	0
Tommy Champion	0	0	0	0	0
Denzel Chukwukelu	0	0	0	0	0
Ty Clary	0	0	0	0	0
Cody Conway	0	0	0	0	0
Eric Dungey	0	0	0	0	0
Alex Ellis	0	0	0	0	0
Jequez Ezzard	0	0	0	0	0
Jazz Ferguson	0	0	0	0	0
Liam Fornadel	0	0	0	0	0
Antonio Garcia	0	0	0	0	0
Josh Hammond	0	0	0	0	0
Terrill Hanks	0	0	0	0	0
D'Marcus Hayes	0	0	0	0	0
Lucky Jackson	0	0	0	0	0
D'Eriq King	0	0	0	0	0
Mike Maietti	0	0	0	0	0
Josh Malone	0	0	0	0	0
Matt McCrane	0	0	0	0	0
Briley Moore-McKinney	0	0	0	0	0
Kyle Murphy	0	0	0	0	0
Bruno Reagan	0	0	0	0	0
Reggie Robinson	0	0	0	0	0
Liam Ryan	0	0	0	0	0
Abram Smith	0	0	0	0	0
Brandon Smith	0	0	0	0	0
T.J. Storment	0	0	0	0	0
Jordan Ta'amu	0	0	0	0	0
Rod Taylor	0	0	0	0	0
Gunnar Vogel	0	0	0	0	0
Daniel Whelan	0	0	0	0	0
Pooka Williams	0	0	0	0	0
Team Totals	447			49	9
Opponents Totals