Category: New Hampshire Wildcats
Ricky Santos Signs With CFL's Montreal Alouettes
Ricky Santos is going north.
The former University of New Hampshire quarterback has signed a multi-year deal with the Montreal Alouettes of the Canadian Football League. The contract, like any in the league or the National Football League, is not gua… more »
UNH Ready For Opener At Army
The University of New Hampshire department of athletics is gearing up for its football opener at Army on Sept. 6.
A couple of UNH staffers traveled to West Point to get the lay of the land and a feel for the festivities that will take place around th… more »
Former UNH QB to Stand Trial on Murder and Other Charges
Former UNH QB Henri Hendricks Will stand trial for murder and other charges.
SAN DIEGO — According to the San Diego Union-Tribune, former University of New Hampshire quarterback Henri "Hank" Hendricks and four other men were ordered Thursday to stand… more »
UNH Head Coach McDonnell Using Spring To Fill Blanks
DURHAM – Never mind that the University of New Hampshire football team has eight starters returning from an offense that averaged 35.8 points last season. Or seven more on defense. Or what looks like its friendliest schedule in years.
When the presea… more »
UNH Blue/White Scrimmage to Showcase New Talent
The UNH football team will be the host of its annual Blue/White Scrimmage this Saturday, May 3. The action is set to begin at 12:30 p.m. at Cowell Stadium.
The spring game will give coaches, fans and media a chance to see many young faces in key posi… more »
UNH Back Raring to Go
DURHAM – This is not the way running back Sean Jellison wanted to finish up his second spring with the University of New Hampshire football team.
Jellison was stuck on the sidelines, his right arm in a sling, on Saturday morning while his teammates w… more »
FCS Is A Hotbed Of NFL Talent
When Dominique Rodgers-Cromartie was taken as the 16th pick of the NFL draft on Saturday, it was a fitting culmination of a journey that began on what might have looked like a bumpy, unpaved road to nowhere.
Rodgers-Cromartie wasn't on the college ra… more »
CAA Spring Football Blog: April 30th
CAASports.com plans to follow the 2008 spring action which leads up the to the second year of CAA Football. Various student-athletes will be contributing to the second edition of the CAASports.com Spring Football Blog throughout the offseason. Log on ea… more »
Santos: "All I've wanted out of this whole process was a shot"
Undrafted UNH quarterback gets his shot to play in the NFL.
In the end, Ricky Santos's phone rang. On the other end was what he'd always wanted.
"All I've wanted out of this whole process was a shot," said Santos, the former University of New Hamp… more »
Santos' Next Challenge: The Chiefs
The next challenge for Ricky Santos? Climbing past two other young quarterbacks on the depth chart and winning a job with the Kansas City Chiefs.
Santos, the former University of New Hampshire star who went unclaimed in the NFL draft this weekend, re… more »
New Hampshire QB Ricky Santos Signs With NFL's Chiefs
DURHAM — He overcame tremendous odds to become one of the best football players in University of New Hampshire football history. Now his agent believes he can do the same thing to land employment with the NFL's Kansas City Chiefs.
"I like his chances… more »
Wildcats Hold Next-to-Last Scrimmage
DURHAM – Quarterback R.J. Toman connected with wide receiver Travis Negron for one short touchdown and then with tight end Scott Sicko for another late in a University of New Hampshire football scrimmage on Saturday morning.
The throws perhaps balanc… more »
For Santos, Doubts Must Become Hopes
Quarterback Ricky Santos has seen and heard more criticism these last few months than he did his entire career at the University of New Hampshire.
The scouts who are paid to evaluate the prospects for this weekend's NFL draft – and the thousands of a… more »
UNH Football Team's "D" Looks to Get More Physical
DURHAM — Let's get physical.
The defensive players on the University of New Hampshire football team aren't worrying about what the offense will be like without Ricky Santos. They've got their own marching orders.
"Getting more physical," said… more »
UNH's Santos likely to be overlooked on draft day
When Ricky Santos replaced an injured Mike Granieri at quarterback for the University of New Hampshire in 2004, and then went on to become one of the best quarterbacks in Division I-AA history, the parallels between the Tom Brady-Drew Bledsoe power shif… more »