Archives for: April 2008, 30
Three FCS Players Picked In CFL Draft
Along with Weber State OL Dimitri Tsoumpas, an Illinois State offensive lineman and a Montana defensive lineman got drafted - even though one of them is only a junior.
REGINA -- The Saskatchewan Roughriders made a pair of trades to pick up two Regina… more »
Samford Ends Spring Practice With QB Race Unsettled
Samford football fans will have to wait until the fall season arrives to find out who the Bulldogs’ new starting quarterback will be.
The team’s spring practice ended last Thursday with no decision made by head coach Pat Sullivan as to who will be ca… more »
Former 2-Star Recruit Seeks Education Opportunities At Ivy League School
Playing for one of the most high profile high school football programs in the country, alongside the likes of Florida's Tim Tebow, Danny Russell almost felt obligated to continue his football career at a big-time Division I school.
To this day, peopl… more »
What can Brown do for you?
PLYMOUTH - Little did he know at the time, but four years ago Derrick Duquette made one of the most important decisions of his life.
During his freshman year at Plymouth South High School, and after excelling as a ninth-grader on the varsity football… more »
Coach Taylor Names FAMU's Expected Football Starters
Potential players are still calling FAMU football coach Joe Taylor, but they'll have to wait in line unless they bring what it takes to upend projected starters. But for now, Taylor is comfortable with the two players he's determined fit the play each p… more »
CFL's Calgary Stampeders Trade Up To Get Weber State Tackle #2 Overall
Calgary, which already had the No. 3 pick in the draft, traded up to get the No. 2 pick from Edmonton. The Stampeders sent offensive lineman John Comiskey, wide receiever Kevin Challenger and the 11th and 19th picks to the Eskimos for the second and 16… more »
SCSU QB Cleveland McCoy Has A Decision To Make
Most of the 25 athletes that showed up for South Carolina State’s Pro Day had ducked away into the Bulldogs’ locker room or headed home, but Cleve McCoy and a handful of receivers stayed behind.
With a New Orleans Saints scout looking on, the former… more »
Appalachian State Football Players Surprise Fourth Graders
MORGANTON - Four college championship football players delivered messages of encouragement and perseverance to elementary school students gearing up for their End of Grade tests.
Students at Rutherford College Elementary School were treated with the… more »
Georgia Southern's Hatcher Ready for Fall, New-Look Team
Coaches greet August and preseason football practice with great anticipation, and Chris Hatcher is no exception.
He can't wait to start battling the south Georgia mosquitoes and heat and hand out playbooks to Georgia Southern's 2008 players.
He an… more »
UCA's Echols Chosen to Attend NCAA Conference
University of Central Arkansas sophomore Preston Echols, of Forrest City, has been selected to participate in the NCAA Student-Athlete Development Conference to be held in May at Lake Buena Vista, Fla.
Echols, a member of the Bears’ football team, wi… more »
FCS Alums Talk About Concussion Risks
Alex Laine was finally living his dream. He was starting at quarterback his senior year at Souhegan High School and running the wide-open, no-huddle spread offense.
It seemed like the perfect offense for Laine's skills as both a passer and a runner.… more »
Appalachian State Active On The Campaign Trail In NC
BOONE, N.C. - Thousands of people, most of them Appalachian State University students, waited more than two hours to hear former Pres. Bill Clinton speak at Varsity Gym on the college campus in Boone Tuesday in support of his wife Sen. Hillary Clinton’s… more »
Close call still real for UCA running backs
It's exam time for University of Central Arkansas students with summer on the horizon, but it's another season of thanksgiving for running backs Brent Grimes and Leonard Ceaser.
Grimes and Ceaser were the only frontline backs available to the Bears… more »
ISU's Faulkner invited to Saints’ mini-camp
Linebacker led ISU last season with 113 tackles
TERRE HAUTE — Playing on a 0-11 Indiana State football team last fall did not keep NFL scouts from noticing senior outside linebacker Shonda Faulkner.
On Tuesday, Faulkner told the Tribune-Star that… more »
Ex-ISU lineman Brandon Joyce signs with Vikings
NORMAL -- Brandon Joyce grew up around the NFL. Now he gets a chance to be a part of it.
Joyce, the former Illinois State offensive tackle, has agreed to a free-agent contract with the Minnesota Vikings.
“It’s always been a dream of mine,” Joyce s… more »
