Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets

1981 Roster

NO.	NAME	POS	HEIGHT	WEIGHT	CLASS
29	David Allen D. Allen	RB	5'9"	203	SR
63	Brian Allison B. Allison	OL	6'3"	250	JR
55	Mitch Ashley M. Ashley	LB	6'2"	200	SO
70	Tommy Barron T. Barron	LB	6'0"	208	JR
54	Tony Blasetti T. Blasetti	OL	6'2"	240	SO
99	Peter Blazek P. Blazek	DL	6'6"	263	SO
90	Sam Bracken S. Bracken	LB	6'4"	226	FR
92	Mark Bradley M. Bradley	DL	6'3"	245	SR
21	Sammy Brown S. Brown	DB	6'2"	193	JR
42	Matt Bryant M. Bryant	WR	6'0"	186	JR
47	Ken Carney K. Carney	DB	6'1"	186	FR
65	Wally Cawton W. Cawton	DL	6'0"	229	JR
57	Donnie Chisholm D. Chisholm	DL	6'0"	250	FR
31	Carey Colquitt C. Colquitt	DB	5'11"	182	SO
26	Ronny Cone R. Cone	FB	6'2"	226	JR
81	Mike Darby M. Darby	TE	6'1"	212	JR
79	Derrick Deeds D. Deeds	OL	6'3"	231	JR
74	Marvin Dyett M. Dyett	DL	6'4"	242	JR
15	Ken Escoe K. Escoe	DB	6'3"	195	SO
85	Glenn Etheridge G. Etheridge	TE	6'2"	221	JR
3	Greg Fors G. Fors	DB	6'1"	201	SO
25	Eddie Fortier E. Fortier	FB	6'0"	214	JR
76	Ellis Gardener E. Gardener	OL	6'4"	258	JR
61	Biff George B. George	DL	6'1"	220	JR
28	Keith Glanton K. Glanton	RB	5'9"	180	FR
66	Derek Gwinn D. Gwinn	OL	6'4"	245	SO
50	Andy Hearn A. Hearn	OL	6'4"	222	FR
39	Steve Henderson S. Henderson	FB	6'1"	205	SR
98	Bobby Hodge B. Hodge	DL	6'5"	295	FR
52	Rob Horton R. Horton	LB	6'0"	225	SO
62	Ken Howell K. Howell	OL	6'2"	225	JR
37	Dan Howington D. Howington	LB	5'9"	203	JR
46	Sammy Huntley S. Huntley	LB	6'2"	225	SO
24	Jon Jackson J. Jackson	WR	5'10"	170	FR
56	Robert Jaracz R. Jaracz	LB	6'3"	200	SO
5	Dante Jones D. Jones	DB	6'5"	196	FR
11	Leroy Kaylor L. Kaylor	DB	6'0"	186	SO
	John Kearney J. Kearney	QB
10	Jeff Keisler J. Keisler	WR	5'11"	181	SO
2	Mike Kelley M. Kelley	QB	6'4"	197	SR
67	Sam Kelly S. Kelly	DL	6'0"	240	JR
69	Tony Kepano T. Kepano	OL	6'3"	243	FR
88	Jeff Larkin J. Larkin	WR	6'1"	182	JR
20	Robert Lavette R. Lavette	RB	6'0"	188	FR
78	David Lutz D. Lutz	OL	6'7"	274	JR
38	Bill Maloney B. Maloney	LB	6'0"	205	SO
97	Mike Martin M. Martin	LB	6'1"	201	SO
13	Paul Menegazzi P. Menegazzi	DB	5'11"	182	SO
64	Joe Montgomery J. Montgomery	OL	6'5"	232	JR
68	Mark Morgan M. Morgan	OL	6'4"	244	SO
73	Dale Negus D. Negus	OL	6'3"	252	SO
33	Mike Niebanck M. Niebanck	DB	5'11"	191	JR
1	Darrell Norton D. Norton	WR	5'9"	165	FR
51	Mike Phillips M. Phillips	OL	6'1"	244	FR
8	Jeff Pierce J. Pierce	P	6'2"	195	SR
7	Ron Rice R. Rice	K	6'3"	201	SO
86	Denny Rochester D. Rochester	WR	6'1"	186	SO
4	Stu Rogers S. Rogers	QB	6'2"	202	SO
89	Richard Salem R. Salem	WR	6'2"	179	SO
45	Randy Scott R. Scott	LB	6'0"	200	SO
36	Mark Sheffield M. Sheffield	DB	6'1"	192	JR
43	Lance Skelton L. Skelton	LB	6'0"	203	SR
44	Gary Snell G. Snell	LB	6'3"	213	JR
71	Stan Sparks S. Sparks	OL	6'5"	235	SO
83	Tom Stanfill T. Stanfill	LB	6'2"	200	SO
30	Jimmy Stanley J. Stanley	RB	6'1"	189	JR
23	Todd Stansbury T. Stansbury	LB	6'0"	196	SO
32	David Swanson D. Swanson	DB	6'1"	175	FR
12	Jim Bob Taylor J. Bob Taylor	QB	6'2"	190	JR
84	Kenny Thompson K. Thompson	WR	6'1"	180	SR
41	Ted Thurson T. Thurson		5'10"	184	JR
58	Dean Waters D. Waters	OL	6'3"	240	SO
22	Jack Westbrook J. Westbrook	DB	6'0"	191	SO
9	Ken Whisenhunt K. Whisenhunt	TE	6'3"	218	SO
80	Gary Wilkins G. Wilkins	TE	6'2"	225	FR
49	Duane Wood D. Wood	LB	5'11"	209	JR
77	Brian Yates B. Yates	OL	6'5"	234	JR

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CFB 2026 Leaders

Pass Yards Leaders

2,977

Atkinson

2,649

Mestemaker

2,577

Jackson

Rush Yards Leaders

1,054

White

1,049

Riley

1,005

Roberts

Rec Yards Leaders

1,110

Legree

1,067

Smith

1,027

Toney

Pass TD Leaders

25

Stokes

25

Atkinson

25

Mensah

Rush TD Leaders

17

Hellums

16

Hawkins

14

Sheppard

Rec TD Leaders

14

Legree

13

Toney

13

Smith

QB Rating Leaders

202.7

Mensah

184.5

Sayin

178.5

Stokes

Sack Leaders

10.5

Simmons

10.0

Osunsanmi

9.0

Zock

CFB 2026 Rankings

PPG Rankings

47.6

43.8

41.1

41.0

40.4

Opp PPG Rankings

11.9

12.4

12.5

13.4

Total Yards Rankings

540.5

534.9

529.6

517.4

514.0

510.0

Rush Yards Rankings

342.5

341.0

295.8

271.4

261.6

250.8

Pass Yards Rankings

383.4

348.9

338.8

332.4

329.6

324.1

Sack Leaders

35.0

34.0

32.0

31.0

28.0

CFB 2026 Standings

	Pac-12	W	L	PCT
1	Boise State	7	1	.875
2	Oregon State	5	3	.625
3	San Diego State	4	5	.444
4	Texas State	4	4	.500
5	Fresno State	5	3	.625
6	Utah State	3	5	.375
7	Colorado State	3	5	.375
8	Washington State	1	8	.111

	Big 10	W	L	PCT
1	UCLA	8	0	1.000
2	Indiana	8	1	.889
3	Ohio State	6	2	.750
4	USC	7	2	.778
5	Illinois	5	3	.625
6	Minnesota	5	3	.625
7	Iowa	6	2	.750
8	Oregon	5	3	.625
9	Northwestern	6	2	.750
10	Wisconsin	5	3	.625
11	Washington	5	3	.625
12	Michigan	5	3	.625
13	Nebraska	5	3	.625
14	Purdue	3	5	.375
15	Penn State	4	4	.500
16	Rutgers	2	6	.250
17	Maryland	2	6	.250
18	Michigan State	2	6	.250

	Southeastern	W	L	PCT
1	Georgia	7	1	.875
2	Kentucky	7	1	.875
3	Alabama	6	2	.750
4	Ole Miss	6	2	.750
5	Texas	6	2	.750
6	LSU	6	2	.750
7	Missouri	6	2	.750
8	Tennessee	6	2	.750
9	South Carolina	5	3	.625
10	Florida	5	3	.625
11	Oklahoma	4	4	.500
12	Auburn	4	4	.500
13	Mississippi State	4	4	.500
14	Texas A&M	4	4	.500
15	Arkansas	3	5	.375
16	Vanderbilt	3	5	.375

	Conference USA	W	L	PCT
1	Liberty	7	1	.875
2	Jacksonville State	6	2	.750
3	Delaware	4	4	.500
4	New Mexico State	3	5	.375
5	Middle Tennessee	4	4	.500
6	Western Kentucky	3	5	.375
7	Missouri State	3	5	.375
8	Florida International	3	5	.375
9	Kennesaw State	2	6	.250
10	Sam Houston	1	7	.125

	Sun Belt	W	L	PCT
1	Louisiana Tech	6	2	.750
2	Appalachian State	5	3	.625
3	South Alabama	4	4	.500
4	James Madison	7	2	.778
5	Louisiana	5	3	.625
6	Georgia Southern	4	4	.500
7	Arkansas State	4	4	.500
8	Coastal Carolina	3	5	.375
9	Troy	4	4	.500
10	Georgia State	4	4	.500
11	Southern Miss	3	5	.375
12	Marshall	5	3	.625
13	Louisiana-Monroe	1	7	.125
14	Old Dominion	2	7	.222

	Atlantic Coast	W	L	PCT
1	Miami	8	0	1.000
2	Wake Forest	7	1	.875
3	Louisville	5	3	.625
4	SMU	6	2	.750
5	Virginia Tech	6	2	.750
6	Duke	6	2	.750
7	Clemson	5	3	.625
8	Pittsburgh	6	3	.667
9	Boston College	4	4	.500
10	NC State	4	4	.500
11	North Carolina	4	4	.500
12	Virginia	4	5	.444
13	California	3	6	.333
14	Syracuse	4	4	.500
15	Stanford	4	5	.444
16	Florida State	3	5	.375
17	Georgia Tech	2	6	.250

	Mountain West	W	L	PCT
1	New Mexico	7	1	.875
2	Wyoming	5	3	.625
3	UNLV	5	3	.625
4	North Dakota State	7	2	.778
5	Air Force	6	2	.750
6	Nevada	3	5	.375
7	San Jose State	4	5	.444
8	Hawai'i	2	6	.250
9	UTEP	1	7	.125
10	Northern Illinois	0	8	.000

	Independent	W	L	PCT
1	Notre Dame	7	1	.875
2	UConn	4	4	.500

	Mid-American	W	L	PCT
1	Ohio	7	2	.778
2	Toledo	7	2	.778
3	Western Michigan	6	3	.667
4	Buffalo	6	3	.667
5	Miami (OH)	5	4	.556
6	Eastern Michigan	4	6	.400
7	UMass	5	4	.556
8	Kent State	3	6	.333
9	Ball State	3	6	.333
10	Central Michigan	4	5	.444
11	Bowling Green	2	7	.222
12	Sacramento State	2	8	.200
13	Akron	1	8	.111

	American Athletic	W	L	PCT
1	UTSA	7	1	.875
2	North Texas	6	2	.750
3	Memphis	7	2	.778
4	Army	5	3	.625
5	South Florida	6	2	.750
6	UAB	4	4	.500
7	Florida Atlantic	5	3	.625
8	East Carolina	4	4	.500
9	Tulane	4	4	.500
10	Charlotte	1	7	.125
11	Tulsa	4	4	.500
12	Temple	2	6	.250
13	Navy	2	6	.250
14	Rice	1	7	.125

	Big 12	W	L	PCT
1	Utah	8	0	1.000
2	BYU	7	1	.875
3	Texas Tech	7	1	.875
4	Houston	6	2	.750
5	Arizona	6	2	.750
6	Baylor	5	3	.625
7	Oklahoma State	5	3	.625
8	West Virginia	5	3	.625
9	Iowa State	4	4	.500
10	UCF	4	4	.500
11	Cincinnati	5	3	.625
12	Arizona State	4	4	.500
13	TCU	4	4	.500
14	Colorado	3	5	.375
15	Kansas State	4	4	.500
16	Kansas	3	5	.375