2003 Berlin Thunder season

The 2003 Berlin Thunder season was the fifth season for the team in the NFL Europe League.

2003 Berlin Thunder season
Head Coach	Peter Vaas
General Manager	Michael Lang
Home Field	Olympic Stadium
Results
Record	3–7
Place	6th
Playoff Finish	did not qualify
Timeline
Previous season	Next season
2002	2004

Offseason

Free Agent Draft

2003 Berlin Thunder NFLEL Free Agent Draft selections

Draft order		Player name	Position	College
Round	Choice
1	6	Reggie Grimes	DE	Alabama
2	12	Rod Kelly	DE	NE Oklahoma State
3	13	Daryon Brutley	CB	Northern Iowa
4	24	Mark Baniewicz	T	Syracuse
5	25	Byron Thweatt	LB	Virginia
6	36	Calvin Coleman	CB	Montana
7	37	Setema Gali	DE	Brigham Young
8	48	Salem Simon	DT	Northwestern
9	49	Shannon Wadley	LB	South Carolina
10	60	Tim Carter	CB	Tulane
11	61	Freddie Moore	T	Florida A&M
12	72	Joe Wesley	LB	Louisiana State
13	73	Jykine Bradley	CB	Middle Tennessee
14	84	Marvin Coley	DE	North Alabama
15	85	Michael Cook	T	Boston College
16	96	Cedric Pittman	DE	Nevada
17	97	Aaron Harris	RB	Penn State
18	108	Eli Wnek	DE	Arizona
19	109	Phil Stambaugh	QB	Lehigh
20	119	Kunle Williams	DB	Pennsylvania

Personnel

Staff

2003 {{{team}}} staff
	Front office General Manager – Michael Lang Head coaches Head Coach – Peter Vaas Offensive coaches Offensive Coordinator/Offensive Line – Bob Bicknell Running Backs – Reggie Brooks Wide Receivers – John Allen National Coach/Tight Ends/Special Teams – Shuan Fatah			Defensive coaches Defensive Coordinator/Linebackers – David Duggan Defensive Line – Mike Sutton Defensive Backs – Richard Kent Strength and conditioning Strength and Conditioning – Joe Shufelt

Roster

2003 Berlin Thunder roster
	Quarterbacks 10 Henry Burris  7 Phil Stambaugh 12 Mike Watkins Running Backs 22 David Allen 33 Sedrick Irvin Wide Receivers 83 Eugene Baker  5 Pierre Brown 11 Kirk Rogers 81 Sean Scott  2 Elijah Thurmon Tight Ends 88 Bryan Fletcher 85 Chad Hayes 89 Ryan Prince		Offensive Linemen 72 Michael Cook G 66 Aaron Crittendon G 70 Freddie Moore T 71 Chris Smith T 67 Josh Warner C Defensive Linemen 98 Reggie Grimes DT 90 Salem Simon DT 99 Teto Simpson DE 96 Lamanzer Williams DE 94 Ryan Wingrove DE		Linebackers 45 Chris Ball OLB 57 Josh Symonette OLB 58 Byron Thweatt MLB 56 Joe Wesley MLB 55 Jamal White OLB Defensive Backs 25 Daryon Brutley CB 29 Tim Carter S 24 Calvin Coleman CB 27 Travis Coleman CB/S 38 Clint Finley S 21 Jeff Harris CB Special Teams  8 Steve Cheek P  1 J. R. Jenkins K		National Players 20 Lelan Brickus S 84 Jörg Heckenbach WR  9 Axel Kruse K Rookies in italics

Standings

NFL Europe League
Team	W	L	T	PCT	PF	PA
Frankfurt Galaxy	6	4	0	.600	252	182
Rhein Fire	6	4	0	.600	189	188
Scottish Claymores	6	4	0	.600	303	190
Barcelona Dragons	5	5	0	.500	150	221
Amsterdam Admirals	4	6	0	.400	230	273
Berlin Thunder	3	7	0	.300	248	318