2003 Scottish Claymores season

2003 Scottish Claymores season
General manager	Steve Livingstone
Head coach	Gene Dahlquist
Home field	Hampden Park
Results
Record	6–4
Division place	3rd
Playoff finish	Did not qualify

The 2003 Scottish Claymores season was the ninth season for the franchise in the NFL Europe League (NFLEL). The team was led by head coach Gene Dahlquist in his third year, and played its home games at Hampden Park in Glasgow, Scotland. They finished the regular season in third place with a record of six wins and four losses.

Offseason

Free agent draft

2003 Scottish Claymores NFLEL free agent draft selections

Draft order		Player name	Position	College
Round	Choice
1	3	Jermaine Chatman	CB	Arizona
2	9	Deveron Harper	CB	Notre Dame
3	16	Chris Brown	T	Georgia Tech
4	21	Michael Jennings	WR	Florida State
5	28	Ronald "Bo" Rogers	CB	Western Michigan
6	33	Gary Davis	LB	New Mexico
7	40	Chris Ball	LB	California
8	45	Ryan Nielsen	DT	Southern California
9	52	Keon Moore	CB	Southern Mississippi
10	57	Radell Lockhart	DE	Catawba
11	64	DeVonte Peterson	DT	Catawba
12	69	Yubrenal Isabelle	LB	Virginia
13	76	Scott Shields	S	Weber State
14	81	Giovanni Toccagino	TE	Menlo
15	88	Kenny Jackson	DT	Mississippi
16	93	Deron Tyler	CB	Kansas State
17	100	John Capel	WR	Florida
18	105	Joey Slayton	T	Southern Methodist
19	112	Darnell Robinson	LB	Oregon State

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Personnel

Staff

2003 Scottish Claymores staff

	Front office General manager – Steve Livingstone Head coaches Head coach – Gene Dahlquist Offensive coaches Offensive coordinator/wide receivers – Ken Margerum National coach/running backs – Stephen McCusker Offensive line – Don Eck Offensive line/tight ends – Reggie McElroy			Defensive coaches Defensive coordinator/linebackers – Ray Woodard Defensive line – Jim Tomsula Defensive backs – Charles Lee Strength and conditioning Strength and conditioning – Martin Streight

Roster

2003 Scottish Claymores roster

	Quarterbacks  1 Craig Nall 14 Shane Stafford Running backs 33 Maurice Hicks 20 Mike Malan FB 24 Ken Simonton Wide receivers 82 Anthony Bright 80 John Minardi 86 Edell Shepherd Tight ends 85 Rashod Kent 87 Rod Trafford		Offensive linemen 69 Justin Bland T 63 James Broyles G 64 Dave Costa T 66 Joe Johnson T 67 Brandon Moore G 70 Kenny Sandlin G 68 Jason Scukanec C Defensive linemen 90 T. J. Bingham DE 92 Nate Bolling DT 97 Michael Landry DT 94 Radell Lockhart DE 95 DeVonte Peterson DT 99 Chris Ward DE		Linebackers 57 Stuart Hare OLB 51 Yubrenal Isabelle MLB 58 Isaac Keys OLB 56 Jermaine Petty OLB 59 Darnell Robinson OLB Defensive backs 26 Dyshod Carter CB 27 Jermaine Chatman CB 22 J'Juan Cherry CB 28 Deveron Harper CB 43 Bobby Jackson S 40 Keon Moore CB 44 Robbie Robinson S 23 Ronald Rogers CB 25 James Rooths S Special teams  7 Brian Holmes K  9 Kevin Stemke P		National players 21 Rowelle Blenman DB 81 Scott Couper WR 91 Robert Flickinger DE  8 Rob Hart K 30 Stephen Hutchinson RB 16 Scott McCready WR 46 Jeff Nicolson TE 50 Jens Pettersson MLB 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. 5 February 2003. Archived from the original on 19 February 2003. Retrieved 6 October 2012.
2. "2003 Scottish Claymores roster". SI.com. 21 May 2003. Archived from the original on 4 August 2003. Retrieved 6 October 2012.
3. "NFL Europe standings". SI.com. 8 June 2003. Archived from the original on 4 August 2003. Retrieved 6 October 2012.