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2017 BYU Football

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Date	AP	Opponent	Score	Stadium	Location	Attendance
Aug 26	RV	Portland State	20-6 W	LaVell Edwards Stadium	Provo, UT	55,427
Sep 2		vs No. 13 LSU	0-27 L	Louisiana Superdome	New Orleans, LA	53,826
Sep 9		Utah	13-19 L	LaVell Edwards Stadium	Provo, UT	63,470
Sep 16		No. 10 Wisconsin	6-40 L	LaVell Edwards Stadium	Provo, UT	61,143
Sep 29		at Utah State	24-40 L	Maverik Stadium	Logan, UT	24,112
Oct 6		Boise State	7-24 L	LaVell Edwards Stadium	Provo, UT	59,753
Oct 14		at Mississippi State	10-35 L	Davis Wade Stadium	Starkville, MS	54,866
Oct 21		at East Carolina	17-33 L	Dowdy-Ficklen Stadium	Greenville, NC	38,835
Oct 28		San Jose State	41-20 W	LaVell Edwards Stadium	Provo, UT	46,451
Nov 4		at Fresno State	13-20 L	Bulldog Stadium	Fresno, CA	29,370
Nov 10		at UNLV	31-21 W	Sam Boyd Stadium	Las Vegas, NV	19,811
Nov 18		Massachusetts	10-16 L	LaVell Edwards Stadium	Provo, UT	51,355
Nov 25		at Hawaii	30-20 W	Aloha Stadium	Honolulu, HI	24,910

Statistic	BYU	OPP
Scoring	222	321
Points per game	17.1	24.7
First Downs	214	267
Rushing	86	119
Passing	116	135
Penalty	12	13
Rushing Yardage	1698	1917
Rushing attempts	403	520
Average per rush	4.2	3.7
Average per game	130.6	147.5
TDs Rushing	12	15
Passing Yardage	2531	2928
Comp-Att-Int	228-418-19	254-386-8
Completion pct	54.5%	65.8%
Average per pass	6.1	7.6
Average per catch	11.1	11.5
Average per game	194.7	225.2
TDs Passing	13	19
Total Offense	4229	4845
Total plays	821	906
Average per play	5.2	5.3
Average per game	325.3	372.7
Kick returns: #-Yards	38-667	32-591
Average per return	17.6	18.5
Punt returns: #-Yards	24-118	18-64
Average per return	4.9	3.6
Fumbles-Lost	13-8	19-9
Penalties-Yards	59-509	69-637
Punts-Yards	60-2572	56-2570
Average per punt	42.9	45.9
Sacks by	17	26
Field goals-attempts	14-20	21-25
3rd-down conversion	64/179	76/187
3rd-down pct	35.8%	40.6%
4th-down conversion	8/26	14/25
4th-down pct	30.8%	56.0%

Passing

Player	Cmp	Att	Pct	Yards	Yds/Att	TD	Int	Eff	Lng	Sacked	Sack Yards
Tanner Mangum	147	257	57.2	1541	6.0	8	9	110.8	46	13	84
Joe Critchlow	55	101	54.5	642	6.4	3	4	109.7	40	10	65
Beau Hoge	19	39	48.7	257	6.6	2	3	105.6	50	3	27
Koy Detmer Jr.	7	20	35.0	91	4.6	0	3	43.2	39	0	0
Austin Kafentzis	0	1	0.0	0	0.0	0	0	.0	0	0	0

Rushing

Player	Att	Yards	Yds/Att	TD	Lng
Squally Canada	120	710	5.9	5	54
Ula Tolutau	72	303	4.2	2	18
Austin Kafentzis	41	227	5.5	1	34
KJ Hall	30	206	6.9	1	75
Riley Burt	23	104	4.5	1	21
Kavika Fonua	18	87	4.8	0	34
Brayden El-Bakri	17	67	3.9	1	15
Trey Dye	9	31	3.4	0	9
Beau Hoge	12	26	2.2	0	10
Jonah Trinnaman	2	9	4.5	0	5
Beau Tanner	1	6	6.0	0	6
Koy Detmer Jr.	1	1	1.0	0	1
Jonny Linehan	1	0	0.0	0	0
Tanner Mangum	34	-2	-0.1	0	13
Joe Critchlow	15	-49	-3.3	0	7

Receiving

Player	Rec	Yards	Yds/Rec	TD	Lng
Matt Bushman	49	520	10.6	3	37
Aleva Hifo	37	437	11.8	2	46
Micah Simon	27	386	14.3	3	50
Jonah Trinnaman	24	305	12.7	0	45
Talon Shumway	25	257	10.3	0	33
Neil Pau'u	14	139	9.9	1	28
Beau Tanner	12	135	11.3	1	40
KJ Hall	10	111	11.1	0	26
Brayden El-Bakri	9	80	8.9	1	26
Trey Dye	9	77	8.6	1	18
Tanner Balderree	2	26	13.0	0	14
Kavika Fonua	2	14	7.0	0	8
JJ Nwigwe	1	12	12.0	0	12
Ula Tolutau	2	11	5.5	0	9
Squally Canada	3	9	3.0	0	6
Austin Kafentzis	1	8	8.0	0	8
Riley Burt	1	3	3.0	0	3

Kick Returns

Player	No	Yds	Avg	Lng
Jonah Trinnaman	17	332	19.5	45
Michael Shelton	13	259	19.9	27
Aleva Hifo	1	23	23.0	23
Matt Hadley	1	15	15.0	15
Kyle Griffitts	1	11	11.0	11
Va'a Niumatalolo	1	8	8.0	8
Tanner Jacobson	1	7	7.0	7
Squally Canada	1	6	6.0	6
Trey Dye	1	5	5.0	5
Phillip Amone	1	0	0.0	0

Punt Returns

Player	No	Yds	Avg
Michael Shelton	17	114	6.7
Tanner Jacobson	6	4	0.7
Hiva Lee	1	0	0.0

Defense

Player	Tkl	Solo	Ast	Sacks	TFL	PBU	INT	Yds	TD	FF	FR	Blk
Fred Warner	87	48	39	1.0	9.0	5	1	26	0	1	1	0
Sione Takitaki	79	43	36	3.0	10.0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0
Butch Pau'u	74	37	37	0.0	3.0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0
Corbin Kaufusi	67	36	31	6.0	7.5	1	0	0	0	2	0	1
Zayne Anderson	61	41	20	0.0	0.0	2	2	27	0	3	1	0
Dayan Ghanwoloku	58	37	21	0.0	1.0	6	2	105	0	0	0	0
Adam Pulsipher	54	29	25	0.0	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0
Micah Hannemann	48	28	20	0.0	1.0	2	1	46	1	1	0	0
Troy Warner	36	20	16	0.0	1.0	5	0	0	0	0	1	0
Chris Wilcox	32	23	9	0.0	1.0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0
Handsome Tanielu	30	13	17	0.0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Kesni Tausinga	29	11	18	0.0	1.5	2	0	0	0	0	0	0
Tanner Jacobson	28	14	14	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Merrill Taliauli	27	11	16	0.0	0.0	2	0	0	0	0	1	0
Matt Hadley	23	13	10	0.0	1.5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Khyiris Tonga	19	9	10	2.0	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Marvin Hifo	18	9	9	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Trajan Pili	17	8	9	1.0	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Morgan Unga	16	12	4	1.0	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Johnny Tapusoa	15	8	7	0.0	0.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Austin Lee	15	10	5	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
Michael Shelton	11	10	1	0.0	1.0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0
Solomone Wolfgramm	11	7	4	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Isaiah Kaufusi	11	5	6	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Grant Jones	10	6	4	1.0	2.5	0	1	20	0	0	0	0
Va'a Niumatalolo	10	6	4	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Trevion Greene	9	8	1	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Chaz Ah You	9	6	3	0.0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Langi Tuifua	7	3	4	0.0	0.5	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
Tevita Mo'unga	7	3	4	0.0	0.5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Kamel Greene	6	4	2	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Rhett Sandlin	5	3	2	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Uriah Leiataua	5	3	2	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Lorenzo Fauatea	4	0	4	0.0	0.5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Cody Stewart	3	0	3	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Hiva Lee	1	0	1	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Gavin Fowler	1	0	1	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Tanner Mangum	1	1	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Akile Davis	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0

Kicking

Player	FG	FGA	Pct	Lng	0-19	20-29	30-39	40-49	50+	Blk	XPM	XPA	XP Blk
Rhett Almond	13	19	68.4	46	0-0	4-6	7-9	2-4	0-0	0	22	23	0
Andrew Mikkelsen	1	1	100.0	35	0-0	0-0	1-1	0-0	0-0	0	2	2	0

Punting

Player	Punt	Yds	Avg	Lng	PuntBlk
Jonny Linehan	59	2533	42.9	59	0

Kickoffs

Player	No	Yds	TB	OB
Andrew Mikkelsen	31	1940	10	1
Corey Edwards	18	1103	5	1

Roster

No.	Name	Class	Position	Height	Weight	Hometown	High School	Previous School
	Matthew Criddle	RS	DB			Highland, UT	Lone Peak HS	Snow College
1	Akile Davis	R-SO	WR	6-2	200	DeSoto, TX	DeSoto HS
1	Troy Warner	SO	CB	6-1	195	San Marcos, CA	Mission Hills HS
2	Matt Hadley	RS-Medical	FS	6-1	205	Connell, WA	Connell HS
2	Austin Kafentzis	R-SO	RB	6-1	195	Sandy, UT	Jordan HS	Arizona Western, Nevada, Wisconsin
3	Isaiah Armstrong	RS	CB	6-2	195	Redlands, CA	Redlands East Valley High	Riverside City College
3	Jonah Trinnaman	SR	WR	6-1	190	Highland, UT	American Fork HS	Snow College
4	Trey Dye	R-JR	RB	5-9	184	Abilene, TX	Cooper HS
4	Fred Warner	SR	LB	6-4	230	San Marcos, CA	Mission Hills HS
5	Ula Tolutau	FR	RB	6-1	250	Glendale, UT	East HS
5	Dayan Ghanwoloku	R-SO	CB	5-11	195	Layton, UT	Northridge HS
7	Beau Hoge	R-SO	QB	6-1	210	Fort Thomas, KY	Highlands HS
7	Micah Hannemann	SR	SS	6-1	190	Alpine, UT	Lone Peak HS
10	Kamel Greene	SR	SS	5-11	185	East Palo Alto, CA	St. Francis HS	Washington State
10	Koy Detmer Jr.	R-SO	QB	5-10	175	Somerset, TX	Somerset HS
11	Joe Critchlow	FR	QB	6-4	200	Franklin, TN	Franklin HS
11	Austin Lee	SO	FS	6-1	202	Draper, UT	Alta HS	Salt Lake Community College, Utah
12	Trevion Greene	SO	DB	6-3	195	East Palo Alto, CA	Milpitas HS	Chabot College
12	Tanner Mangum	JR	QB	6-3	220	Eagle, ID	Eagle HS
13	Francis Bernard	JR	LB	6-1	240	Herriman, UT	Herriman HS
13	Kody Wilstead	RS	QB	6-6	222	St. George, UT	Pine View HS
13	Micah Simon	SO	WR	6-1	190	Dallas, TX	Bishop Dunne HS
15	Aleva Hifo	SO	WR	5-10	187	Menifee, CA	Heritage HS
16	Sione Takitaki	R-JR	DE	6-2	245	Fontana, CA	Heritage HS
16	Gavin Fowler	R-JR	DB	6-1	195	Kaysville, UT	Davis HS
17	Marvin Hifo	SR	DB	5-10	195	Menifee, CA	Heritage HS	Mt. San Jacinto College
17	Moroni Laulu-Pututau	RS	TE	6-4	235	Hyrum, UT	Mountain Crest HS
18	Michael Shelton	JR	CB	5-8	180	Raleigh, NC	Wakefield HS
19	Chaz Ah You	FR	DB	6-2	205	Eagle Mountain, UT	Westlake HS/Timpview HS
20	Rickey Shumway	JR	WR	6-2	200	Provo, UT	Timpview HS
21	Talon Shumway	SO	WR	6-3	205	South Jordan, UT	Lone Peak HS
22	Squally Canada	JR	RB	5-11	205	Milpitas, CA	Milipitas HS	Washington State
22	Hiva Lee	SR	DB	5-10	190	Ellensburg, WA	Ellensburg HS	Willamette University
23	Zayne Anderson	JR	FS	6-2	200	Stansbury Park, UT	Stanbury HS
24	Young Tanner	SR	DB	6-0	195	Gilbert, AZ	Gilbert HS	Phoenix Junior College
24	KJ Hall	R-SO	RB	5-9	175	Spanish Fork, UT	Maple Mountain HS
25	Taggart Krueger	JR	WR	6-3	190	Sammamish, WA	Skyline HS
25	Tanner Jacobson	JR	SS	5-10	185	Southlake, TX	Carroll HS	Texas Tech
26	Rhett Almond	R-JR	P/K	6-4	203	Valencia, CA	Hart HS
26	Mitchell Price	RS				Pleasant Grove, UT	Pleasant Grove HS
27	Chayce Bolli	RS (FR)	WR	6-1	190	Cave Creek, AZ	Boerne-Champion HS (TX)
27	Austin McChesney	RS-Medical	CB	6-1	180	Highland, UT	Lone Peak HS
28	Sawyer Powell	RS-Medical	DB	6-1	202	West Richland, WA	Richland HS
29	Cody Stewart	R-SR	DB	6-3	185	Mesa, AZ	Mountain View HS
30	Keenan Ellis	RS	DB	6-1	175	San Diego, CA	Bonita Vista HS
30	Corey Edwards	SR	K	6-1	210	Hurricane, UT	Hurricane HS
31	Christian Folau	RS (FR)	LB	6-1	250	Salt Lake City, UT	East HS
32	Lopini Katoa	RS	RB	6-0	210	American Fork, UT	American Fork HS
32	Chris Wilcox	SO	CB	6-2	185	Fontana, CA	Eleanor Roosevelt HS
33	Beau Tanner	JR	WR	6-1	185	Gilbert, AZ	Shadow Mountain HS	Scottsdale Community College
33	Tommy Nelson	FR	WR	6-2	190	Bellevue, WA	Issaquah HS
34	Will Sedgwick	RS (FR)	LB	6-2	230	Laguna Hills, CA	Laguna Hills HS
34	Riley Burt	R-SO	RB	6-1	205	Mantua, UT	Box Elder HS
35	Va'a Niumatalolo	R-SR	LB	6-2	235	Annapolis, MD	Broadneck HS
35	Brayden El-Bakri	R-JR	FB	6-1	240	Salt Lake City, UT	Brighton HS
36	Creed Richardson	R-JR	FB	6-1	235	Provo, UT	Timpview HS
37	Grant Jones	R-SR	WR	6-6	205	Concord, CA	Ygnacio Valley HS
38	Butch Pau'u	R-JR	LB	6-1	230	Anaheim, CA	Servite HS
39	Phillip Amone	R-JR	LB	6-1	235	Orlando, FL	Dr. Phillips HS
41	Adam Pulsipher	R-JR	LB	6-1	220	Temecula, CA	Temecula Valley HS
42	Kyle Griffitts	R-FR	FB	6-3	240	Windermere, FL	West Orange HS
42	Johnny Tapusoa	SO	LB	5-10	230	Laie, HI	Kahuku HS
43	Rylee Gautavai	SO	LB	6-1	225	Bountiful, UT	Bountiful HS
44	Riggs Powell	JR	LB	6-2	220	Aptos, CA	Aptos HS	Cabrillo College
44	Kavika Fonua	RS	RB	6-1	215	Syracuse, UT	Syracuse HS
45	Sam Baldwin	SO	DB	6-3	195	Rexburg, ID	Madison HS
46	Rhett Sandlin	R-JR	DE	6-3	245	Draper, UT	Alta HS
47	Garrett England	RS	LB	6-4	210	Salt Lake City, UT	Skyline HS
49	Langi Tuifua	FR	DL	6-3	220	South Jordan, UT	Bingham HS
50	Tevita Mo'unga	RS	NT	6-3	335	Murrieta, CA	Vista Murrieta HS
50	Taipe Vaka	RS	OL	6-5	275	Oakland, CA	Skyline HS	Diablo Valley College
51	Jeddy Tuiloma	FR				Topeka, KS	Washburn Rural HS	Butler Community College
51	Morgan Unga	R-JR	LB	6-5	220	Ogden, UT	Bonneville HS
51	Brigham Tuatagaloa	RS	LS	6-1	225	South Jordan, UT	Bingham HS
52	Trajan Pili	R-SO	DE	6-2	245	Las Vegas, NV	Centennial HS
53	Bracken El-Bakri	R-FR	DL	6-3	261	Cottonwood Heights, UT	Brighton HS
53	Isaiah Kaufusi	R-FR	LB	6-2	210	Cottonwood Heights, UT	Brighton HS
54	Merrill Taliauli	JR	NT	6-2	305	Salt Lake City, UT	East HS
55	Lorenzo Fauatea	RS-Medical	DL	6-4	295	West Valley City, UT	Hunter HS
56	Tejan Koroma	SR	OL	6-1	290	Allen, TX	Allen HS
57	LeRoy Sitake-Tanoai	SO	OL	6-4	320	Sherman Oaks, CA	Notre Dame HS
58	Austin Chambers	R-FR	OL	6-5	311	Shawnee Mission, KS	Shawnee Mission West HS
58	Uriah Leiataua	R-FR	DE	6-4	265	Compton, CA	Dominguez HS
59	Alden Tofa	RS (FR)	DL	6-4	267	West Jordan, UT	West Jordan HS
59	Thomas Shoaf	SO	OL	6-5	275	Columbus, IN	Columbus North HS
60	Mango Finau	FR	OL	6-4	355	Kinei, HI	Baldwin HS
64	Matt Foley	JR	LS	6-1	220	Temecula, CA	Temecula Valley HS
65	JJ Nwigwe	JR	OL	6-5	275	Rockwall, TX	Rockwall-Heath HS
66	James Empey	RS	OL	6-4	275	American Fork, UT	American Fork HS
67	Brady Christensen	RS (FR)	OL	6-6	270	Bountiful, UT	Bountiful HS
68	Oaks Morley	RS	OL	6-1	300	Spanish Fork, UT	Spanish Fork HS	Snow College
69	Tristen Hoge	RS	OL	6-5	305	Pocatello, ID	Highland HS	Notre Dame
70	Jacob Jimenez	RS	OL	6-5	290	Pflugerville, TX	Pflugerville HS
71	Austin Hoyt	R-JR	OL	6-8	305	Ione, CA	Argonaut HS
72	Addison Pulsipher	R-SO	OL	6-5	280	Temecula, CA	Temecula Valley HS
74	Kieffer Longson	R-FR	RT	6-7	321	San Ramon, CA	Dougherty Valley HS
75	Wayne Tei-Kirby	RS	DL	6-3	305	Pocatello, ID	Highland HS	Oregon
76	Keyan Norman	SR	OL	6-3	305	Alpine, UT	Lone Peak HS	Southern Utah
77	Chandon Herring	R-FR	OL	6-7	285	Gilbert, AZ	Perry HS
78	Tuni Kanuch	R-SR	OL	6-3	320	South Jordan, UT	Bingham HS
80	Nate Heaps	RS	TE	6-4	245	American Fork, UT	American Fork HS
82	Tariq Buchanan	RS	WR	6-1	185	Elgin, TX	Elgin HS
83	Andrew Mikkelsen	JR	K	6-1	200	Canby, OR	Canby HS	Oregon State
83	Inoke Lotulelei	R-FR	WR	5-9	180	Midvale, UT	Cottonwood HS
84	Neil Pau'u	FR	WR	6-4	205	Santa Ana, CA	Servite HS
85	Nate Sampson	R-JR	TE	6-2	235	Pleasant Grove, UT	Pleasant Grove HS
86	Bentley Hanshaw	RS (FR)	TE	6-5	225	Moorpark, CA	Moorpark HS
87	Jared Kapisi	R-FR	WR	6-1	185	Pukalani, HI	Maui HS
87	Hunter Marshall	JR	TE	6-3	230	Acworth, GA	Kell HS	Georgia Tech, Snow College
87	Joe Tukuafu	RS	TE	6-4	280	Glendale, UT	East HS
88	Tanner Balderree	SR	TE	6-3	250	Sherwood, OR	Sherwood HS
89	Matt Bushman	FR	TE	6-5	230	Tucson, AZ	Sabino HS
90	Corbin Kaufusi	JR	DE	6-9	285	Provo, UT	Timpview HS
91	Earl Tuioti-Mariner	RS	DT	6-4	260	Topeka, KS	Washburn Rural HS
91	AJ Lolohea	RS (FR)	DL	6-3	240	Glendale, UT	West HS
92	Handsome Tanielu	SR	NT	6-2	315	Waianae, HI	Waianae HS	Snow College
93	Kainoa Fuiava	R-FR	DL	6-4	295	Downey, CA	Warren HS
94	Kesni Tausinga	SR	DT	6-1	300	South Jordan, UT	Bingham HS
95	Khyiris Tonga	FR	NT	6-4	340	West Valley City, UT	Granger HS
95	Cody Savage	JR	DL	6-6	265	Lovell, WY	Lovell HS
97	Keanu Saleapaga	RS	DL	6-6	290	Lakewood, CA	La Mirada HS
98	Mitch Harris	R-SO	LS	6-4	220	Gilbert, AZ	Perry HS
99	Solomone Wolfgramm	JR	DT	6-5	285	Menlo Park, CA	Pinewood HS	BYU-Hawaii
99	Zac Dawe	R-FR				Pleasant Grove, UT	Pleasant Grove HS

Coaching Staff

Coach	Position
Billy Nixon	Football Equipment Manager
Ben Cahoon	Wide Receivers
Ed Lamb	Assistant Head Coach, Special Teams Coordinator, Safeties
Harvey Unga	Graduate Assistant - Offense
Ilaisa Tuiaki	Defensive Coordinator, Defensive Line
Jack Damuni	Director of Player Personnel
Jan Jorgensen	Graduate Assistant - Defense
Jasen Ah You	Director of Athletic Relations
JD Falslev	Graduate Assistant - Offense
Jernaro Gilford	Cornerbacks
Kalani Sitake	Head Coach
Mike Empey	Offensive Line
Reno Mahe	Running Backs
Russell Tialavea	Director of Football Operations
Sione Kinikini	Director of Player Development
Steve Kaufusi	Linebackers
Tevita Ofahengaue	Director of Recruiting
Tom Holmoe	Athletic Director
Ty Detmer	Quarterbacks
Vince Feula	Graduate Assistant - Defensive Line

Starters

Offense

Pos	Player
QB	Tanner Mangum
RB	Squally Canada
FB	Brayden El-Bakri
WR	Talon Shumway
WR	Jonah Trinnaman
TE	Matt Bushman
LT	Thomas Shoaf
LG	Keyan Norman
C	Tejan Koroma
RG	Tuni Kanuch
RT	Austin Hoyt

Defense

Pos	Player
DE	Corbin Kaufusi
OE	Sione Takitaki
NT	Handsome Tanielu
MLB	Adam Pulsipher
MLB	Butch Pau'u
OLB	Matt Hadley
OLB	Fred Warner
CB	Troy Warner
CB	Dayan Ghanwoloku
S	Zayne Anderson
S	Micah Hannemann

Special Teams

Pos	Player
PK	Rhett Almond
P	Jonny Linehan
KR	Jonah Trinnaman
PR	Michael Shelton