2003 Berlin Thunder season

2003 Berlin Thunder season
General managerMichael Lang
Head coachPeter Vaas
Home fieldOlympic Stadium
Results
Record3–7
Division place6th
Playoff finishDid not qualify

The 2003 Berlin Thunder season was the fifth season for the franchise in the NFL Europe League (NFLEL). The team was led by head coach Peter Vaas in his fourth year, and played its home games at Olympic Stadium in Berlin, Germany. They finished the regular season in sixth place with a record of three wins and seven losses.

Offseason

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Free agent draft

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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

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Staff

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

Head coaches

Offensive coaches

  • Offensive Coordinator/Offensive Line – Bob Bicknell
  • Running Backs – Reggie Brown
  • Wide Receivers – John Allen
  • National Coach/Tight Ends/Special Teams – Shuan Fatah
 Defensive coaches

Strength and conditioning

  • Strength and Conditioning – Joe Shufelt

Roster

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2003 Berlin Thunder roster
Quarterbacks
  • 12 Mike Watkins

Running backs

Wide receivers

  •  5 Pierre Brown
  • 11 Kirk Rogers

Tight ends

Offensive linemen
  • 72 Michael Cook G
  • 66 Aaron Crittendon G
  • 73 Kyle Kipps T
  • 70 Freddie Moore T
  • 71 Chris Smith T

Defensive linemen

  • 95 Jovon Bush DT
  • 93 Curry Dawson DT
  • 90 Salem Simon DT
  • 99 Teto Simpson DE
  • 94 Ryan Wingrove DE
 Linebackers
  • 45 Chris Ball OLB
  • 54 Chaz Murphy OLB
  • 40 Shannon Wadley OLB
  • 55 Jamal White OLB

Defensive backs

  • 24 Calvin Coleman CB
  • 21 Jeff Harris CB

Special teams

National players
  • 28 France Foad Ajdir DB
  • 86 England James Brazier WR
  • 20 Germany Lelan Brickus S
  • 75 Germany Daniel Datz DE
  • 80 Germany Marico Gregersen WR
  • 84 Germany Jörg Heckenbach WR
  • 35 France Patrice Kancel RB


Rookies in italics

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Standings

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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

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  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 Berlin Thunder roster". SI.com. May 8, 2003. Archived from the original on August 4, 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.
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