101.   General manager Bill Polian added defensive ends Chad Bratzke and Shawn King, linebacker Cornelius Bennett and strong safety Chad Cota and signed tackle Ellis Johnson to an extension.

102.   Generals such as running back Emmitt Smith and strong safety Darren Woodson are in short supply.

103.   Gibson seems almost assured of starting, especially with strong safety Grant Pearsall likely to miss the season.

104.   Free safety Darnell Lacy, linebacker Sultan Abdul-Malik, defensive end Lonnie Ford and walk-on strong safety John Morgan led the defense with three tackles.

105.   Freshman Lamont Thompson replaced Duane Stewart at strong safety.

106.   Green played two years at cornerback for Colin Junior College in Wesson, Miss., and two years at strong safety at Akron University.

107.   He also has had to watch the forced retirement of his brother, strong safety Bennie Blades, because of bulging discs in his back.

108.   Guidry and strong safety Abdul McCullough, both sophomores, will be making their first starts.

109.   He broke a tackle and had strong safety back Vashone Adams bounce off him.

110.   Hard-hitting strong safety Victor Green is a native of Americus.