2003 FC Barcelona Dragons season

2003 FC Barcelona Dragons season
Head coach Jack Bicknell
General manager Rafael Cervera
Home field Mini Estadi
Results
Record 5–5
Division place 4th
Playoff finish did not qualify
Timeline
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2002 —

The 2003 FC Barcelona Dragons season was the 11th and final season for the franchise in the NFL Europe League (NFLEL). The team was led by head coach Jack Bicknell in his 11th year, and played its home games at Mini Estadi in Barcelona, Spain. They finished the regular season in fourth place with a record of five wins and five losses.

Offseason

Free agent draft

2003 Barcelona Dragons NFLEL free agent draft selections
Draft order Player name Position College
Round Choice
1 1 Jabari Issa DT Washington
2 7 J'Juan Cherry CB Arizona State
3 18 Anthony Sessions LB Tennessee
4 19 Antuan Simmons CB Southern California
5 30 Jerry Johnson DT Florida State
6 31 Marcus Smith CB Memphis
7 42 Terrance Dukes LB Grambling State
8 43 Kenny Harney LB South Carolina
9 54 Josh Heupel QB Oklahoma
10 55 John Feugill T Maryland
11 66 Rameel Connor DE Illinois
12 67 Renard Cox CB Maryland
13 78 Rashad Harris LB Louisville
14 79 Kyle Grove CB Norfolk State
15 90 Ryan Fisher DT Oklahoma
16 91 Jason Short LB Eastern Michigan
17 102 Ryan Deterding T Shadron State
18 103 Zane Gilmore RB Missouri
19 114 Aaron Dematteo WR Chattanooga
20 115 Adam Young TE Dartmouth

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Personnel

Staff

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Front office
  • General Manager – Rafael Cervera

Head coaches

Offensive coaches

  • Offensive Coordinator/Offensive Line – Vince Martino
  • Quarterbacks/Wide Receivers – Sam Rutigliano
  • National Coach/Running Backs – Marcos Guirles
 Defensive coaches
  • Defensive Coordinator/Defensive Backs – Dan Daniel
  • Defensive Line – Denauld Brown
  • Linebackers – Rick Lantz
  • Defensive Assistant – Hugh Green

Strength and conditioning

  • Strength and Conditioning – Dave Mikel

Roster

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Quarterbacks
  • 12 Seth Burford
  •  5 Chris Finlen
  •  8 Kyle McCann

Running backs

  •  7 Jeff Chaney
  • 38 Tyree Foreman
  • 22 Dameon Hunter

Wide receivers

  • 88 Dimitrius Breedlove
  • 86 Kervin Cook
  • 82 Sean Morey
  • 80 Zek Parker

Tight ends

  • 87 Matt Cercone
  • 45 Gabe Crecione
 Offensive linemen
  • 65 Troy Andrew G
  • 74 John Feugill T
  • 68 Shane Grice G
  • 61 Shawn Lynch C
  • 71 Melvin Paige T
  • 69 Ray Redziniak C/G
  • 79 Akil Smith T/G
  • 64 Milford Stephenson G

Defensive linemen

  • 90 Kevin Aldridge DT
  • 93 Marvin Coley DT
  • 77 Kevin DeRonde DE
  • 97 Toby Golliday DT
  • 72 Jabari Issa DT
  • 53 Merceda Perry DE
  • 98 Jermaine Petty DE
  • 50 Jason Short DE
 Linebackers
  • 44 Kenny Harney OLB
  • 52 Rashad Harris OLB
  • 57 Dwayne Levels OLB
  • 55 Tito Rodriguez MLB

Defensive backs

  • 27 Larry Austin CB
  • 25 Bruce Branch CB
  • 33 Renard Cox S
  • 29 Jason Olford CB
  • 36 James Lewis S
  • 24 Antuan Simmons CB
  • 26 Marcus Smith CB/S
  • 23 Jason Waters CB

Special teams

 National players
  • 51 Oscar Acedo LB Spain
  • 14 Jesús Angoy K Spain
  • 56 Cedric Cotar LB France
  • 84 Alejandro Gamez WR Mexico
  •  2 Samyr Hamoudi S France
  • 28 Laurent Marceline RB France
  •  1 Marco Martos WR Mexico
  • 54 Antonio Rodriguez LB Mexico


Rookies in italics

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Standings

NFL Europe League
Team W L T PCT PF PA Home Road STK
Frankfurt Galaxy 6 4 0 .600 252 182 4–1 2–3 L1
Rhein Fire 6 4 0 .600 189 188 4–1 2–3 W1
Scottish Claymores 6 4 0 .600 303 190 3–2 3–2 W4
FC Barcelona Dragons 5 5 0 .500 150 221 2–3 3–2 L3
Amsterdam Admirals 4 6 0 .400 230 273 2–3 2–3 L1
Berlin Thunder 3 7 0 .300 248 318 2–3 1–4 W1

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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. Retrieved October 6, 2012.
  2. ↑ "2003 Barcelona Dragons roster". SI.com. April 25, 2003. Archived from the original on June 22, 2003. Retrieved October 6, 2012.
  3. ↑ "NFL Europe standings". SI.com. June 8, 2003. Archived from the original on August 4, 2003. Retrieved October 6, 2012.