Athletic Conference defensive players in
linebackers Vince Coach and Connor Stevens and cornerback Cariel Brooks, all
juniors. Stevens is the team's top returning tackler with 77, followed by Coach
with 67.

On offense, the Grizzlies operate out of a multiple spread
directed by senior quarterback Cody Davies (6-2, 200). Davies passed for 1,155
yards and six touchdowns in 10 games a year ago, including 287 yards and three
TDs against Wayland before he was pulled for a substitute. Combined, the two Grizzlies
quarterbacks completed 27-of-29 passes while on the ground 10 Adams State
rushers racked up another 288 yards. The Grizzles outgained Wayland, 642 to
223.

Wayland lost starting quarterback Anthony Campuzano in the
third quarter of the game to a separated shoulder, which kept him out the next
three weeks. While Campuzano, a sophomore, is expected to start on Friday
night,Henderson expects sophomore Braden Hudson and redshirt-freshman Joshua
Houghtaling of Artesia, N.M., to get a chance directing Wayland's no-huddle
offense as well.

"All three of them are playing really well," the coach said.

The thing Henderson remembers most about last year's game is
turnovers. The Pioneers fumbled the ball away four times and threw one
interception.

"We moved the football, but they created a lot of
turnovers," he said. "Defensively, we lined up with their offense and played
pretty consistent, but just fighting from behind because of turnovers was
tough."

Henderson looks for the Grizzlies to be tough again this
season.

"They'll be very comparable (to last year)," he said. "They
had two or three seniors (including free safety James Ackel who is trying to
land a job in the NFL) who were really main players in their defense that they
lost, but I'm