Category: FCS In The Pros
It all started at HC for Saints’ Malone
Terry Malone only spent a handful of years in Worcester, first attending Holy Cross and later coaching football at his alma mater. But boy, were they formative years.
“I have so many great memories; I can’t believe it’s been so long,” Malone, 50, fondly said Tuesday as he found himself back in New England on a business trip of sorts. “It really was a time in my life when I learned to grow up and make some good decisions. It really gave me a foundation for what I’ve done.”
That would be to carve out a lengthy career as a steadily employed and highly respected football coach. He’s helped the University of Michigan win the national championship in 1997 and the Saints win the Super Bowl in February.
APP-lication Approved: Edwards Signs with Panthers
The Panthers have downloaded a new app, signing third-round draft choice (89th overall) Armanti Edwards from Appalachian State. A quarterback in college for the Mountaineers, he will line up at wide receiver in the NFL for Carolina.
Edwards, 5-foot-11 and 182 pounds, played in 51 games with 49 starts at Appalachian State and compiled a 42-7 record as the team’s starting quarterback. He is the only player to ever win the Walter Payton Award - given annually to the nation’s top NCAA Division I FCS player - twice, capturing the honor as a junior in 2008 and senior in 2009.
- 347 words - SoCon, Appalachian State Mountaineers, FCS In The Pros Former UNH Standout Ball Cut by Winnipeg Blue Bombers
Former Spaulding High School standout David Ball’s professional football career received a setback Tuesday when the Canadian Football League’s Winnipeg Blue Bombers released him.
Elon's Campbell Signs Pro Deal With Baltimore Mariners
Former Elon University defensive lineman Andre Campbell has signed a contract to play professionally with the Baltimore Mariners of the American Indoor Football Association.
Campbell, who delivered a standout senior season at Elon in 2009, will suit up for the Baltimore team’s final two regular-season games on Saturday and June 26.
Ravens Try Out Former Texas State QB Bradley George
OWINGS MILLS, Md. – The Baltimore Ravens brought in undrafted Texas State quarterback Bradley George to try out at their rookie minicamp.
The 6-foot-6, 223-pounder was called by the Ravens on Wednesday and arrived in Baltimore at 1 a.m. before arriving at the team’s training complex at 6:30 a.m. after getting a few hours of sleep.
- 216 words - Southland Conference, Texas State Bobcats, FCS In The Pros Former UTM Offensive Lineman Signs on with Rams
MARTIN, Tenn. - Joe Gibbs, the former University of Tennessee at Martin three-time All-American and two-time All-Ohio Valley Conference honoree signed a free agent contract with the National Football League’s St. Louis Rams today (Wednesday).
“Joe was a high school guy who signed with us four years ago,” said head coach Jason Simpson. “He grew bigger and stronger over the years and turned into one of the best FCS (Football Championship Subdivision) linemen in the country.”
- 571 words - Ohio Valley Conference, UT-Martin Skyhawks, FCS In The Pros Arizona Cardinals Feature: Serious From The Citadel
The day would start early, sometime between 6 and 6:15 a.m., so that alone would parallel a normal NFL workday.
Then Andre Roberts would head to Formation at 7:15 a.m. His group would march to breakfast. They would attend class. Another Formation would be held at 12:05 p.m., when everyone would march to lunch. Then there would be class again. That’d be followed by football meetings. Then would come football practice. Dinner came after, and after that, a mandated study period. Lights out came at 11 p.m.
McNeese's Toddrick Pendland and Wes Mangan sign pro contracts
Toddrick Pendland and Wes Mangan, two all-conference performers on McNeese State’s 2009 Southland Conference championship football team, have signed professional football contracts.
Pendland, a tailback, has signed with British Columbia of the Canadian Football League and Mangan, a tight end, has signed with the Las Vegas Locomotives of the United Football League.
- 368 words - Southland Conference, McNeese State Cowboys, FCS In The Pros Dolphins Sign Former Griz All-American Cory Procter
The Miami Dolphins today signed free agent offensive lineman Cory Procter. Procter, 27, is entering his sixth NFL season, having spent his first five with the Dallas Cowboys, after being signed off the Detroit Lions practice squad on November 30, 2005.
- 153 words - Big Sky Conference, Montana Grizzlies, FCS In The Pros Second-Round Pick Vladimir Ducasse Excited To Work With Jets' First-Team Offensive Line
Second-round pick Vladimir Ducasse excited to work with Jets’ first-team offensive line
Vladimir Ducasse was drafted into the NFL a month ago. And last Thursday, he found himself practicing with the first team of an offensive line that paved the way for the league’s best rushing game last season.
“It is exciting to be able to go with the ones,” the Jets’ second-round pick said after the third day of OTAs last week. “Pretty much we’re trying to get me exposed to as much as possible.”
Fordham's Skelton Adjusting to New Life in the NFL
Now that all of John Skelton’s student assignments at Fordham are finished, quarterback who was drafted into the NFL has just graduation left.
“I’m ready to go. I had a great four years,” Skelton told The Post. “But college can’t last forever.”
Neither will the NFL. But Skelton already has begun his pro career, having been drafted two weeks ago by the Arizona Cardinals with the 24th pick in the fifth round. The 22-year-old quarterback’s life is different now from what his friends are doing – and still completely different from what some of his new teammates are doing.
Farnham savors the 'surreal'
Buddy Farnham could vividly describe just about every inch Patriots Place — Gillette Stadium, the surrounding practice facility, even the Bass Pro Shops — from outside the ropes.
“I’ve been there so many times, sitting on that hill to watch training camp with my dad during the summer,” admitted the former Andover High receiving legend.
Walking to the practice field this past weekend, on the inside from his locker in the home team’s room for the first time was an experience that the soon-to-be Ivy League grad may never ever be able to put into words.
“It was almost surreal to be on that field,” said the 6-foot, 194-pounder. “Being in the locker-room, seeing (his name on a Patriots locker), it was really cool.”
Walk-on Howard ’09.5 takes unlikely path
David Howard ’09.5 slept zero hours the night before day three of the NFL draft. He didn’t yet know the Tennessee Titans would select him in the seventh round. He didn’t know which NFL city, if any, would be his next home. He didn’t know if the last four months of high-intensity training — after a lifetime of preparation — would pay off.
“I tried to put through every possible situation and every possible scenario” while lying in bed, Howard said. “I can’t even really begin to tell you what was going through my mind. It was too much.”
Still exhausted from the sleepless night, Howard received a phone call in the middle of the seventh round from the Titans. It took him until midway through the conversation to realize that the team had just drafted him.
“Great feeling,” he said. “It was wild.”
Sewall ’10 undergoes months of training for NFL contract
The first Monday after New Years Day, Bobby Sewall ’10 walked into Mike Boyle’s strength and conditioning gym for his first day of high-intensity training for the NFL. The top football talents in New England came in with him — from Boston College, the University of Massachusetts, the University of New Hampshire, Harvard and Holy Cross. The players all had the same New Years’ resolution: to make it to the NFL.
The workouts were a struggle for all of them, even though they were some of the most physically fit, successful football players in the region.
“Kids were puking the first day,” Sewall told The Herald in January. “It hasn’t been easy.”
Stony Brook Seniors Participate At Fordham's Pro-Day
Senior running back Conte Cuttino (Uniondale, N.Y.), senior defensive lineman Chris Perri (Alameda, Calif.), senior defensive back Chris Richards (Quartz Hills, Calif.) and senior linebacker Tyler Santucci (New Kensington, Pa.) each participated at Fordham University’s Pro-Day on March 9.
- 212 words - Big South Conference, Stony Brook Seawolves, FCS In The Pros Zachary East Volunteers Time Mentoring Teens
Utah Blaze linebacker Zachary East grew up without his father in the home, but that doesn’t mean he didn’t grow up with a male influence in his life.
Right now, East, a native of Houston, Texas, knows of a lot of young men that are in the same situation he was when he was young, and he’s volunteering his time - like he saw others do - to be a good influence in their lives.
Don't Bet Against St. Xavier Graduate
Former Bombers wide receiver was four-time MVP as Holy Cross QB
Just because a player doesn’t get invited to the NFL Scouting Combine doesn’t mean that he won’t get drafted.
Former Highlands High School standout Michael Mitchell showed that last year when he was picked in the second round by Oakland. Among local prospects this year, quarterback Dominic Randolph hopes to follow the same path.
MSU's Clay Harbor confident after NFL combine
Former Bears tight end thinks he made a good impression on scouts, coaches.
Lining up alongside the nation’s college football elite seniors last week at the NFL scouting combine did not intimidate Missouri State’s Clay Harbor.
“I consider myself a very confident player,” Harbor said. “Seeing guys you hear them talk about all the time on ESPN, guys that are put on a pedestal, that gave me confidence.
“They were just regular guys, like me, at a job interview.”
It was a job interview during which applicants are measured, weighed, poked and X-rayed – over and over for a week.
They also got to display their football talents – at least, a little bit – in between timed sprints, weightlifting and psychological testing.
- 655 words - Missouri Valley Football Conference, Missouri State Bears, FCS In The Pros MVFC Players Trying To Make Waves At NFL Combine
Three former Missouri Valley Football Conference players are working out for National Football League scouts, coaches and player personnel directors at the NFL Combine.
Missouri State tight end Clayton Harbor, Youngstown State wide receiver Donald Jones and Southern Illinois punter/placekicker Scott Ravanesi will be representing the conference at the week-long combine, which began Thursday in Lucas Oil Stadium.
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