2003 Berlin Thunder season

2003 Berlin Thunder season
Head coach Peter Vaas
General manager Michael Lang
Home field Olympic Stadium
Results
Record 3–7
Division Place 6th
Playoff finish did not qualify
Timeline
Previous season Next season
2002 2004

The 2003 Berlin Thunder season was the fifth season for the team in the NFL Europe League.

Contents

Offseason

Free Agent Draft

2003 Berlin Thunder NFLEL Free Agent Draft selections
Draft order Player name Position College
Round Choice
1 6 Reggie Grimes DE Alabama
2 12 Rod Kelly DE NE Oklahoma State
3 13 Daryon Brutley CB Northern Iowa
4 24 Mark Baniewicz T Syracuse
5 25 Byron Thweatt LB Virginia
6 36 Calvin Coleman CB Montana
7 37 Setema Gali DE Brigham Young
8 48 Salem Simon DT Northwestern
9 49 Shannon Wadley LB South Carolina
10 60 Tim Carter CB Tulane
11 61 Freddie Moore T Florida A&M
12 72 Joe Wesley LB Louisiana State
13 73 Jykine Bradley CB Middle Tennessee
14 84 Marvin Coley DE North Alabama
15 85 Michael Cook T Boston College
16 96 Cedric Pittman DE Nevada
17 97 Aaron Harris RB Penn State
18 108 Eli Wnek DE Arizona
19 109 Phil Stambaugh QB Lehigh
20 119 Kunle Williams DB Pennsylvania

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Personnel

Staff

2003 Berlin Thunder staff
Front Office
  • General Manager – Michael Lang

Head Coaches

Offensive Coaches

   Defensive Coaches

Strength and Conditioning

  • Strength and Conditioning – Joe Shufelt

Roster

2003 Berlin Thunder roster
Quarterbacks

Running Backs

Wide Receivers

Tight Ends

 Offensive Linemen
  • 72 Michael Cook G
  • 66 Aaron Crittendon G
  • 74 Alonzo Cunningham G/T
  • 73 Kyle Kipps T
  • 70 Freddie Moore T
  • 69 Yusuf Scott OL
  • 71 Chris Smith T
  • 67 Josh Warner C

Defensive Linemen

  • 95 Jovon Bush DT
  • 93 Curry Dawson DT
  • 98 Reggie Grimes DT
  • 90 Salem Simon DT
  • 99 Teto Simpson DE
  • 96 Lamanzer Williams DE
  • 94 Ryan Wingrove DE
 Linebackers
  • 45 Chris Ball OLB
  • 54 Chaz Murphy OLB
  • 57 Josh Symonette OLB
  • 58 Byron Thweatt MLB
  • 40 Shannon Wadley OLB
  • 56 Joe Wesley MLB
  • 55 Jamal White OLB

Defensive Backs

  • 26 Jykine Bradley CB
  • 25 Daryon Brutley CB
  • 29 Tim Carter S
  • 24 Calvin Coleman CB
  • 27 Travis Coleman CB/S
  • 38 Clint Finley S
  • 21 Jeff Harris CB

Special Teams

 National Players
  • 28 Foad Ajdir DB
  • 86 James Brazier WR
  • 20 Lelan Brickus S
  • 75 Daniel Datz DE
  • 43 Philippe Gardent LB
  • 80 Marico Gregersen WR
  • 84 Jörg Heckenbach WR
  • 35 Patrice Kancel RB
  •  9 Axel Kruse K

Rookies in italics

Standings

NFL Europe League
Team W L T PCT PF PA
Frankfurt Galaxy 6 4 0 .600 252 182
Rhein Fire 6 4 0 .600 189 188
Scottish Claymores 6 4 0 .600 303 190
Barcelona Dragons 5 5 0 .500 150 221
Amsterdam Admirals 4 6 0 .400 230 273
Berlin Thunder 3 7 0 .300 248 318

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References

  1. ^ "Issa boogies to Barcelona in NFLEL free agent draft". NFL Europe League. February 5, 2003. Archived from the original on February 19, 2003. http://web.archive.org/web/20030219040200/http://www.nfleurope.com/news/2003/02052003_brown.html. Retrieved January 11, 2011. 
  2. ^ "2003 NFLE Standings". The Football Database. http://www.footballdb.com/standings.html?lg=NFLE&yr=2003. Retrieved January 11, 2011.