# 2007 Orlando Predators season

The 2007 Orlando Predators season was the 17th season for the franchise. They finished the season with an 8–8 record and lost in the first round of the playoffs to the Philadelphia Soul, 41–26.

## Schedule

| Week | Date | Opponent | Home/Away Game | Result |
| 1 | March 2 | Tampa Bay Storm | Away | W 52–27 |
| 2 | March 12 | Los Angeles Avengers | Home | L 44–37 |
| 3 | March 16 | Austin Wranglers | Home | W 45–30 |
| 4 | March 26 | Dallas Desperados | Home | L 70–49 |
| 5 | March 31 | New Orleans VooDoo | Away | L 48–45 |
| 6 | | Bye | Week |
| 7 | April 14 | Tampa Bay Storm | Home | W 61–37 |
| 8 | April 20 | New York Dragons | Home | W 52–47 |
| 9 | April 29 | Las Vegas Gladiators | Away | W 69–34 |
| 10 | May 4 | Georgia Force | Away | L 55–34 |
| 11 | May 11 | New Orleans VooDoo | Home | W 42–33 |
| 12 | May 20 | Austin Wranglers | Away | W 46–45 |
| 13 | May 25 | Utah Blaze | Home | L 65–62 |
| 14 | June 1 | San Jose SaberCats | Away | L 59–52 |
| 15 | June 9 | New York Dragons | Away | W 75–54 |
| 16 | June 15 | Georgia Force | Home | L 55–44 |
| 17 | June 21 | Philadelphia Soul | Away | L 63–49 |

## Playoff schedule

| Round | Date | Opponent | Home/Away | Result |
| 1 | June 29 | (4) Philadelphia Soul | Away | L 41–26 |

## Coaching

Jay Gruden started his fourth season as head coach of the Predators. He'd also coached for four years from 1998 to 2001.

## Personnel moves
### Acquired

* Orlando signed Shane Stafford in the off-season
* On June 13, Orlando signed disgruntled wide receiver T.T. Toliver after he had been released by Tampa Bay

### 2007 roster
## Stats
### Offense
#### Passing

| Player | Comp. | Att. | Comp% | Yards | TD's | INT's | Long | Rating |
| Shane Stafford | 369 | 573 | 64.4 | 4284 | 76 | 10 | 45 | 112.8 |

#### Rushing

| Player | Car. | Yards | Avg. | TD's | Long |
| Kevin Nagle | 48 | 155 | 3.2 | 4 | 20 |
| Marlin Moye-Moore | 44 | 69 | 1.6 | 15 | 16 |
| Shane Stafford | 19 | 30 | 1.6 | 4 | 6 |
| T.T. Toliver | 6 | 26 | 4.3 | 0 | 13 |
| Javarus Dudley | 16 | 20 | 1.3 | 4 | 5 |
| Ryan Bowers | 2 | 9 | 4.5 | 0 | 5 |

#### Receiving

| Player | Rec. | Yards | Avg. | TD's | Long |
| Javarus Dudley | 107 | 1524 | 14.2 | 29 | 43 |
| Ron Johnson | 69 | 733 | 10.6 | 12 | 38 |
| Jimmy Fryzel | 55 | 581 | 10.6 | 8 | 31 |
| DeAndrew Rubin | 25 | 315 | 12.6 | 7 | 42 |
| Cliff Dell | 15 | 193 | 12.9 | 4 | 45 |
| T.T. Toliver | 20 | 191 | 9.5 | -- | -- |
| J.R. Russell | 16 | 136 | 8.5 | 2 | 12 |
| Charles Lee | 10 | 113 | 11.3 | 1 | 34 |
| Levon Thomas | 12 | 110 | 9.2 | 3 | 20 |
| Kevin Nagle | 11 | 105 | 9.5 | 1 | 20 |
| Ryan Bowers | 2 | 26 | 13 | 0 | 17 |
| Charles Hill | 3 | 25 | 8.3 | 2 | 11 |
| Marlon Moye-Moore | 1 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 5 |

#### Touchdowns

| Player | TD's | Rush | Rec | Ret | Pts |
| Javarus Dudley | 33 | 4 | 29 | 0 | 198 |
| Marlon Moye-Moore | 15 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 102 |
| Ron Johnson | 13 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 78 |
| Jimmy Fryzel | 8 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 48 |
| DeAndrew Rubin | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 42 |
| Kevin Nagle | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 36 |
| T.T. Toliver | 5 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 30 |
| Cliff Dell | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 24 |
| Shane Stafford | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 24 |

### Defense

| Player | Tackles | Solo | Assisted | Sack | Solo | Assisted | INT | Yards | TD's | Long |
| Lin-J Shell | 110.5 | 105 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Rayshun Reed | 72 | 65 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 32 | 0 | 20 |
| Marlon Moye-Moore | 70 | 62 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 0 | 9 |
| Ryan Bowers | 62 | 60 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 32 | 1 | 20 |
| Micheaux Robinson | 38 | 35 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Greg White* | 33.5 | 28 | 11 | 15 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Lance Mitchell | 18.5 | 15 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kevin Nagle | 15 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Floyd Young | 13 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Charles Hill | 8.5 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ron Johnson | 8 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| JoJo Polk | 7.5 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 35 | 0 | 35 |
| Doug Miller | 6.5 | 4 | 5 | .5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Barry Wagner | 6.5 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Darrell Wright | 6.5 | 5 | 3 | 1.5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Chaz Murphy | 5.5 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| Bernard Holsey | 3 | 1 | 4 | 1.5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Levon Thomas | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jay Taylor | 2.5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Cliff Dell | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Javarus Dudley | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jimmy Fryzel | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Reggie Lee | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Greg Jefferson | 1.5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Justin Cleveland | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Johnny Miller | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Shane Stafford | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Delanio Taylor | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
*Lineman of the year

### Special teams
#### Kick return

| Player | Ret | Yards | TD's | Long | Avg | Ret | Yards | TD's | Long | Avg |
| DeAndrew Rubin | 15 | 282 | 0 | 38 | 18.8 | 2 | 33 | 0 | 26 | 16.5 |
| T.T. Toliver | 12 | 230 | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Ryan Bowers | 17 | 256 | 0 | 34 | 15.1 | 2 | 16 | 0 | 9 | 8 |
| Javarus Dudley | 17 | 249 | 0 | 33 | 14.6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Micheaux Robinson | 14 | 206 | 0 | 32 | 14.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jimmy Fryzel | 6 | 104 | 0 | 21 | 17.3 | 1 | 15 | 0 | 15 | 15 |
| Ron Johnson | 2 | 50 | 1 | 42 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Cliff Dell | 2 | 20 | 0 | 19 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Barry Wagner | 1 | 12 | 0 | 12 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| J-Lin Shell | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

#### Kicking

| Player | Extra pt. | Extra pt. Att. | FG | FGA | Long | Pct. | Pts |
| Jay Taylor | 101 | 109 | 11 | 21 | 45 | 0.524 | 134 |

## Playoff Stats
### Offense
#### Passing

| Player | Comp. | Att. | Comp% | Yards | TD's | INT's | Long |
| Shane Stafford | 16 | 38 | 42 | 226 | 2 | 1 | 49 |

#### Rushing

| Player | Car. | Yards | Avg. | TD's | Long |
| Shane Stafford | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| T.T. Toliver | 1 | −1 | −1 | 0 | -- |
| Marlon Moye-Moore | 1 | −2 | −2 | 0 | -- |

#### Receiving

| Player | Rec. | Yards | Avg. | TD's | Long |
| Jimmy Fryzel | 8 | 103 | 12.9 | 0 | 35 |
| Ron Johnson | 7 | 107 | 15.3 | 1 | 49 |
| Javarus Dudley | 1 | 7 | 17 | 1 | 17 |

### Special teams
#### Kick return

| Player | Ret | Yards | Long | Avg |
| T.T. Toliver | 5 | 68 | 13.6 | 16 |

#### Kicking

| Player | Extra pt. | Extra pt. Att. | FG | FGA | Long | Pts |
| Jay Taylor | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 34 | 14 |

## Regular season
### Week 1: at Tampa Bay Storm

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| ORL | 21 | 7 | 7 | 17 | 52 |
| TB | 6 | 6 | 9 | 6 | 27 |
Scoring Summary:
1st Quarter:
* ORL- DeAndrew Rubin 34 YD pass from Shane Stafford (Jay Taylor kick) – 7–0 ORL
* ORL- DeAndrew Rubin 42 YD pass from Shane Stafford (Jay Taylor kick) – 14–0 ORL
* ORL- Jimmy Fryzel 19 YD pass from Shane Stafford (Jay Taylor kick) – 21–0 ORL
* TB- T.T. Toliver 27 YD pass from John Kaleo (PAT failed) – 21–6 ORL
2nd Quarter:
* TB- Rodney Filer 1 YD Run (PAT failed) – 21–12 ORL
* ORL- Javarus Dudley 1 YD Run (Jay Taylor kick) – 28–12 ORL
3rd Quarter:
* TB- Bill Gramatica 37 YD FG – 28–15 ORL
* ORL- DeAndrew Rubin 28 YD pass from Shane Stafford (Jay Taylor kick) – 35–15 ORL
* TB- Demetris Bendross 39 YD pass from John Kaleo (PAT failed) – 35–21 ORL
4th Quarter:
* ORL- Jay Taylor 20 YD – 38–21 ORL
* TB- Demetris Bendross 18 YD pass from John Kaleo (PAT failed) – 38–27 ORL
* ORL- Shane Stafford 3 YD Run (Jay Taylor kick) – 45–27 ORL
* ORL- Javarus Dudley 37 YD pass from Shane Stafford (Jay Taylor kick) – 52–27 ORL
Attendance: 15,619

### Week 2: vs Los Angeles Avengers

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | OT | Tot |
| LA | 10 | 7 | 5 | 14 | 7 | 44 |
| ORL | 3 | 7 | 7 | 20 | 0 | 38 |
Scoring Summary:
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### Week 3: vs Austin Wranglers

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| AUS | 7 | 13 | 0 | 10 | 30 |
| ORL | 14 | 7 | 7 | 17 | 45 |
Scoring Summary:
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### Week 4: vs Dallas Desperados

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| DAL | 14 | 21 | 14 | 21 | 70 |
| ORL | 14 | 21 | 7 | 7 | 49 |
Scoring Summary:
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### Week 5: at New Orleans VooDoo

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| ORL | 26 | 0 | 7 | 12 | 45 |
| NO | 21 | 0 | 6 | 21 | 48 |
Scoring Summary:
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### Week 7: vs Tampa Bay Storm

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| TAM | 3 | 6 | 14 | 14 | 37 |
| ORL | 0 | 35 | 19 | 7 | 61 |
Scoring Summary:
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### Week 8: vs New York Dragons

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| NYD | 14 | 6 | 14 | 13 | 47 |
| ORL | 14 | 10 | 21 | 7 | 52 |
Scoring Summary:
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### Week 9: at Las Vegas Gladiators

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| ORL | 14 | 20 | 21 | 14 | 69 |
| LV | 0 | 0 | 13 | 21 | 34 |
Scoring Summary:
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### Week 10: at Georgia Force

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| ORL | 6 | 14 | 14 | 0 | 34 |
| GEO | 14 | 21 | 7 | 13 | 55 |
Scoring Summary:
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### Week 11: vs New Orleans VooDoo

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| NO | 3 | 16 | 0 | 14 | 33 |
| ORL | 7 | 14 | 7 | 14 | 42 |
Scoring Summary:
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### Week 12: at Austin Wranglers

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| ORL | 10 | 10 | 7 | 19 | 46 |
| AUS | 7 | 21 | 14 | 3 | 45 |
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### Week 13: vs Utah Blaze

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| UTA | 14 | 21 | 7 | 23 | 65 |
| ORL | 14 | 21 | 7 | 20 | 62 |
Scoring Summary:
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### Week 14: at San Jose SaberCats

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| ORL | 14 | 10 | 14 | 14 | 52 |
| SJ | 7 | 17 | 14 | 21 | 59 |
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### Week 15: at New York Dragons

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| ORL | 21 | 21 | 6 | 27 | 75 |
| NYD | 12 | 7 | 13 | 22 | 54 |
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### Week 16: vs Georgia Force

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| GEO | 13 | 21 | 7 | 14 | 55 |
| ORL | 7 | 24 | 0 | 13 | 44 |
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### Week 17: at Philadelphia Soul

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| ORL | 21 | 14 | 7 | 7 | 49 |
| PHI | 14 | 21 | 14 | 14 | 63 |
Scoring Summary:
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## Playoffs
### Week 1: vs (4) Philadelphia Soul

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| (5) ORL | 7 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 26 |
| (4) PHI | 10 | 10 | 14 | 7 | 41 |
Scoring Summary:
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