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Subject: Fordham's official signing list (from ShowingBlitz.com) Author: ramMan [ Next Thread | Previous Thread | Next Message | Previous Message ] Date Posted: 07:18:03 02/03/05 Thu Let the Googling begin... SETH ANDERSON CINCINNATI, OH/WESTERN HILLS WR 6’0 190 MICHAEL ANDREWS LAFAYETTE HILL, PA/LASALLE OL 6’4 275 KIMBRICK BAKER MIRAMAR, FL/JACKSON WR 6’0 174 CHAD BROOKS ALBION, NY/ALBION DL 6’1 235 ALEX BROWN HOUSTON, TX/STRAKE JESUIT OL 6’2 260 FONZIE CULVER AKRON, OH/CVCA LB 6’0 205 ZAC DAYTON HADDON HGTS./HADDON HGTS. RB 6’1 212 GREG DEMARCO HILLSDALE, NJ/BERGEN CATHOLIC DL 6’0 240 COREY GILROY DUNMORE, PA/DUNMORE S 6’1 178 THOMAS JORDAN FRIENDSWOOD, TX/FRIENDSWOOD QB 6’0 190 NAHOM KIDANAMARIAM OTTAWA/W. RESERVE ACAD, OH DB 5’10 190 MATT LOUCKS STUART, FL/SOUTH FORK S 6’1/2 193 JOHN MARINELLI NEW MILFORD, CT/CANTERBURY DB 6’3 190 KLUGY MATHURIN NORTH MIAMI, FL/NORTH MIAMI LB 5’11 195 STEPHEN ORTS MADISON, CT/DANIEL HAND DL 6’1 230 IAN PACE AVON LAKE, OH/AVON LAKE OL 6’4 275 RICHARD RAYBORN CARLISLE, PA/CARLISLE WR 6’1 185 AARON SMITH NESQUEHONING, PA/JIM THORPE LB 6’2 195 KEN THOMPSON HOLLYWOOD, FL/ST. THOMAS AQUINAS DB 5’8 ½ 165 JOSEPH WELTON ERIE, PA/ERIE CENTRAL OL 6’4 280 TOM WESSEL SARASOTA, FL/SARASOTA OL 6’3 290 LOUIS WOODLAND SILVER SPRING, MD/SPRINGBROOK LB 6’2 225 [ Next Thread | Previous Thread | Next Message | Previous Message ]

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Subject Author Date The name that jumps out is Woodland, who has been discussed here before. He had I-A offers, and Rob (the guy behind showingblitz.com) thought that Woodland may have been visiting Delaware last weekend. (NT) JoltinJoe 07:25:35 02/03/05 Thu Woodland was selected as one of The Washington Post’s “Gold 11”. From the January 6, 2005 issue: [Woodland] has scholarship offers from Kent State and Pittsburgh. -- Click here (NT) -- ramMan, 07:48:06 02/03/05 Thu Woodland had scholarship offers from Cincinnati, Kent State, Delaware and James Madison. He was also recruited by Pittsburgh, Marshall and Temple. Here's a link to his bio on TheInsiders.com (two stars) -- Click here (NT) -- ramMan, 11:54:32 02/03/05 Thu Here's a link to Woodland's page on Rivals.com. -- Click here (NT) -- ramMan, 19:19:17 02/03/05 Thu Breakdown by state: Florida 5 Pennsylvania 5 Ohio 4 Connecticut 2 New Jersey 2 Texas 2 Maryland 1 New York 1 (NT) ramMan 07:30:44 02/03/05 Thu Breakdown by position: OL 5 LB 4 DB 3 DL 3 WR 3 S 2 QB 1 RB 1 (NT) ramMan 07:39:23 02/03/05 Thu WR Richard Rayborn was named Mid Penn Second Team All-Star. OL Joe Welton was named Second Team All Conference. (NT) ramMan 08:12:16 02/03/05 Thu Here's a link to Rayborn's bio on TheInsiders.com (one star). -- Click here (NT) -- ramMan, 18:51:06 02/03/05 Thu Here's a link to Welton's page on TheInsiders.com (one star) -- Click here (NT) -- ramMan, 19:00:15 02/03/05 Thu Here's a link to Welton's page on Rivals.com. His "College Choices" (whatever that means) are listed as Notre Dame, Iowa, Michigan State and Ohio State. He was named All-Conference and All-Metro his junior season. -- Click here (NT) -- ramMan, 19:28:30 02/03/05 Thu OL Ian Pace was named First Team All County (Lorain) by The Cleveland Plain Dealer. -- Click here (NT) ramMan 08:15:24 02/03/05 Thu According to the Palm Beach Post, safety Matt Loucks was also recruited by Lafayette and Florida Atlantic (which is moving up to Division I-A). (NT) ramMan 08:30:10 02/03/05 Thu QB T.J. Jordan was named First Team All-Greater Houston Area Class 4A by TexasPrepXtra.com. Headline in The Texas City Sun: “TC [Texas City] Looks to Stop Air Jordan”. Also from the Sun: “Rifle-armed Friendswood quarterback TJ Jordan has more than the number 17 on his back.” Here’s a link to a picture of #17 -- Click here (NT) ramMan 08:47:56 02/03/05 Thu Sorry, the full text of the Sun quote should read: "Rifle-armed Friendswood quarterback T.J. Jordan has more than the number 17 on his back. There’s a bullseye, too." (NT) -- ramMan, 08:51:00 02/03/05 Thu DT Greg DeMarco was named All-County Honorable Mention. From DeFranosTraining.com: As one of the strongest and most jacked DeFranco disciples, Greg put his muscle to good use this year. He accounted for 5 sacks and 85 tackles as a defensive tackle. Greg has narrowed his college choices down to Georgetown and New Hampshire. (NT) ramMan 08:57:33 02/03/05 Thu Sorry, should that read "DeFrancosTraining.com". The piece was written on 12/21/04. (NT) -- ramMan, 09:00:40 02/03/05 Thu "that should read" (NT) -- ramMan, 09:02:08 02/03/05 Thu If you go to defrancostraining.com website and click on HS pics ... DeMarco is one of the athletes pictured.. He looks awfully strong .. 1 on 1 tug of war .. I wouldnt want to be on other side of rope.. (NT) -- NJram, 09:23:19 02/03/05 Thu Offensive/Defensive lineman, Greg DeMarco, had an impressive showing in the one-on-one tug-of-war this summer at Bergen Catholic’s strongman competition. (NT) -- Mike C., 03:23:31 02/05/05 Sat LB Fonzie Culver was named First Team Medina-Summit-Portage Counties by The Cleveland Plain Dealer. (more below) (NT) ramMan 09:26:39 02/03/05 Thu From the Dealer (January 8, 2005): Arguably the hardest hitter on this [All Medina-Summit-Portage] team, the 6-1, 205-pound senior had 77 solo tackles and 33 assists while earning all-PAC first- team honors for the third straight year. On four occasions he knocked players out of games with big hits. He finished with three interceptions, one of which he returned for a touchdown. A four-year, two-way starter, he also ran for 819 yards and 15 touchdowns despite his primary role as lead blocker. (more below) (NT) -- ramMan, 09:27:51 02/03/05 Thu Culver also earned Special Mention All-State (IrontonFootball.com). From ClevelandBrowns.com: Fonzie Culver, junior, RB/LB, — A major reason the surprising Royals are off to a 4-0 start, Culver returned a kickoff for a touchdown in last week’s 63-14 steamrolling of Akron Coventry. (NT) -- ramMan, 09:33:50 02/03/05 Thu RB Zac Dayton, who played TE in high school, was selected First Team All Conference. (NT) ramMan 09:35:15 02/03/05 Thu Here's a link to Dayton's bio on TheInsiders.com (one star). -- Click here (NT) -- ramMan, 18:41:30 02/03/05 Thu DL Chad Brooks was named Third Team All-State (Class B) by the New York State Sportswriters Association. (NT) ramMan 09:46:42 02/03/05 Thu WR Kimbrick Baker earned Honorable Mention All-State (Class 5A). He drew interest from Syracuse, Michigan State, and Louisiana State University but was not offered. Here’s a link to his bio on TheInsiders.com (two stars) -- Click here (more below) (NT) ramMan 10:18:09 02/03/05 Thu Baker was selected to participate in TheInsiders/MSL Combine in Miami in April 2004. Here’s the scouting report on him by TheInsidersRecruiting.com: Florida is known for its skill position players and several wide receivers jumped out this weekend. On the first day Kimbrick Baker of Miramar caught nearly everything that was thrown his way. He finished off Saturday's one on ones with a circus catch on a deep route. (NT) -- ramMan, 10:20:39 02/03/05 Thu More on Baker: He was selected to play in the annual Nike South Florida All-Star football game. He was ranked #10 in Miami-Hurricanes.com’s Preseason Top 20 – Dade County. He was selected as one of the Preseason Top 100 Players (#61) in the state of Florida by 561Sports.com. He was a member of the 1998 Pop Warner National Championship team. (NT) -- ramMan, 10:24:31 02/03/05 Thu WR Seth Anderson earned Honorable Mention Division I All-Star by The Cincinnati Enquirer. He was selected by the Enquirer as one of the “Next five players to watch” for the week of October 8, 2004. From the Enquirer (10/8/04): Seth Anderson…caught five passes for 140 yards, with one TD and a 2-point conversion in a 21-0 win over Hughes. In another game (vs. Woodward H.S.) Anderson caught seven passes for 89 yards and a touchdown and returned an interception 54 yards for a touchdown. (NT) ramMan 10:43:51 02/03/05 Thu Hey, things must not be very busy at the Old Towne if you have the time to do all this research! Hopefully I will see you on the 16th (NT) Jimbo CBA'72 15:47:13 02/03/05 Thu Re: Hey, things must not be very busy at the Old Towne if you have the time to do all this research! Hopefully I will see you on the 16th (NT) -- Jimbo CBA'72, 15:50:16 02/03/05 Thu Huh? (NT) -- ramMan, 18:43:45 02/03/05 Thu Here's a link to Tom Wessel's page on TheInsiders.com (one star) -- Click here (NT) ramMan 19:02:37 02/03/05 Thu Find it interesting that the showblitz.com list had Wessel weighing 290, but the link provided by ramMan lists his weight at 250. Wonder which figure is closer to the truth? (NT) Jimbo CBA'72 09:20:24 02/04/05 Fri All I did was cut and paste from official releases, so the sizes all came from Fordham (NT) -- Rob, 12:51:21 02/04/05 Fri Re: Fordham's official signing list (from ShowingBlitz.com) txram'69 09:22:38 02/04/05 Fri Sorry ramMan, I assumed you are the former sports editor of the Ram who now owns the establishment referenced in my post (NT) Jimbo CBA'72 15:01:35 02/04/05 Fri