Fresno State Athletics
Bulldog Football Notebook 1.0
1/12/2015 12:00:00 AM | Football
Jan. 12, 2015
By Jason Clay
jaclay@csufresno.edu
GoBulldogs.com
FRESNO, Calif. - The Fresno State football team opens up the spring semester this week with the start of classes. Spring scheduling and the NFL Playoffs are the topics of this section of the Bulldog football notebook.
• A number of former Bulldogs have shined in the NFL playoffs this winter. In all six former Bulldogs - Davante Adams (Green Bay), Isaiah Burse (Denver), Chris Carter (Cincinnati), Tyler Clutts (Dallas), Ben Jacobs (Carolina) and Ryan Wendell (New England) - reached the postseason with their respective teams. Two of those Bulldogs are still alive with Adams and Wendell helping lead their teams to the AFC and NFC Championship games.
Adams and Clutts faced off against each other on Sunday, and both had big games. Adams caught seven passes for 117 yards and had one 46-yard touchdown catch - his first career postseason TD. Clutts, a fullback, also caught his first career touchdown pass, a one-yard score in the first quarter. He had a big game opening up holes for running back DeMarco Murray, who had 123 yards rushing and one touchdown.
• The Bulldogs will return for the spring semester when classes start on Thursday, Jan. 15. The team will have voluntary training sessions the first week back in classes to let the student-athletes get settled in before starting their winter training sessions with strength and conditioning coach Joey Boese on Thursday, Jan. 22.
• Red Wavers can currently renew their football season tickets through the Fresno State ticket office by calling 559-278-DOGS, online at GoBulldogs.com or in person at the ticket office located on the northeast side of the Save Mart Center. More information and prizes for fans who renew their season tickets will be released this week.
• The dates for 2015 spring football have tentatively been scheduled. The `Dogs are set to open up spring ball on March 2 and will have four practices the first three weeks of spring ball and three practices on the final week. The spring game is scheduled for March 28 with that exact time still to be determined.
• Fresno State will be holding its annual pro day on March 12.
• Any Bulldogs who receive invites to the NFL Combine will learn of any such invitation in early February. The 2015 NFL Scouting Combine will be held Feb. 17-23 in Indianapolis, Ind.
• Bulldog running back Marteze Waller finished the 2014 season with 1,368 yards rushing on 225 carries. It was the 21st 1,000 yard rushing season in school history and of those 21 seasons, Waller became the second fastest to reach 1,000 yards, doing so in just 147 carries. Only Ryan Mathews in 2009 did so quicker, as he surpassed 1,000 yards on his 138 carry of the season.
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