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2008 Football Capsules
First-team All-District 20-5A as a senior … Second-team All-District 20-5A as a junior … Three-year starter … Also a post player on basketball team … Also recruited by Houston, North Texas, other SWAC schools
Evangel Christian Academy (Shreveport)
Had 50 catches for 800 yards and nine TDs as a senior … Had 46 catches for 620 yards and eight TDs as a junior … Three-year starter … Also recruited by Nebraska, Louisiana Tech and Arkansas Tech
Akron (Ohio) East
Named All-Northeast Inland District Division II second team at LB as a senior … Homecoming King … First-team (Akron, Ohio) Beacon Journal All-City Team … Also Greater Akron Touchdown Club All-Star … Named All-Northeast Inland District Division III honorable mention as a junior … Three-year starter … Has played LB, DE, FB and TB … Missed three games with bruised shoulder but still had 84 tackles and 10 sacks … Also ran for 285 yards and three touchdowns and had 300 yards receiving … Played catcher on the baseball team and is five-sport athlete … Also recruited by Bowling Green, Youngstown State and Villanova
All-District 8-3A first-team selection at DB, second-team selection at WR … Played WR in U.S. Army Red Stick Bowl VI … Four-year starter on both sides of the ball (wide receiver all four seasons, cornerback for three seasons and safety as a senior) … As a senior, had 69 tackles and seven interceptions and had 456 yards and three TDs on 17 catches (26.8 yards per catch) … District 8-3A 400-meter champion (51.22 seconds) as a junior
All-District 10-4A as a senior, All-District 9-4A as a junior … Four-year starter … Also played DE and DT … Played in Orleans vs. Northshore All-Star Game … Also recruited by Southeastern Louisiana
Shaker Heights (Ohio)
Two-year starter … Second-team Associated Press Northeast Lakes All-District Division I football team … All-league honors as junior and senior … Will play in Cuyahoga County East-West All-Star game
Class 4A All-State honorable mention as a senior and as a junior … As a senior, finished regular season with 50 catches for 818 yards and six touchdowns … As a junior, had 42 catches for 726 yards and two TDs in regular season, then had 150 yards and two TDs on seven catches in 34-14 bidistrict playoff win at East Ascension … All-District 5-4A as a junior … Had a 96-yard kickoff return for a touchdown against St. Thomas More as a junior … Also played basketball
Honorable mention Class 4A-5A All-State and All-Region as a senior … Made 100 tackles (53 solo), including seven sacks, at MLB and also kicked 11 PATs and one 20-yard field goal as a senior … Used mostly in blocking as FB as a senior … Had 68 tackles and was used more extensively at FB until breaking a leg during junior season … Honorable mention Class 4A-5A All-Region as a junior … Four-year letterman … Also recruited by Alabama State, Southern Miss and Memphis
Made The Shreveport Times’ All-Area team as an honorable mention as a senior … Had 37 catches for 741 yards and 10 TDs and 42 tackles, four interceptions, two forced fumbles, three fumble recoveries, 12 pass breakups and one touchdown on defense as a senior … First-team all-district at WR, second-team all-district at DB … Had 32 catches for 536 yards and one TD and 35 tackles, three forced fumbles, two fumble recovers and 15 pass deflections as a junior … National Honor Society member … Chose Southern over Northwestern State … Also recruited by Ole Miss
Defensive MVP of District 11-3A as a senior … Named All-Orleans Parish and Orleans Parish All-Star … Four-year starter … Did not play LB until senior season … Also played G and OT on offense and DE and DT on
Thurgood Marshall (Missouri City, Texas)
Played LB and S … Two-year starter … Had 119 tackles, including 20 in one game, as a senior
Class 3A All-State … 24 catches for 461 yards and two TDs as a senior … All-District 9-3A first-team selection at TE and DL … On All-River Parishes team for second straight season … Played in River vs. Bayou All-Star Game … Helped Lutcher win 2006 Class 3A state title … All-District 10-3A first-team TE as a junior … 23 catches for 321 yards and two TDs as a junior … Two-time member of The (New Orleans) Times-Picayune All-Metro Small Schools Team … Two-year starter at TE … 51 tackles with 2.5 sacks
Garden City Community College
On KJCCC All-Conference first team … From Shawnee Mission, Kan. … Started all 10 games at LG on line that produced four all-conference and two All-American selections … Played in seven of nine games as a freshman
Class 2A All-State honorable mention … Also on all-district, all-parish and All-Acadiana teams as well as All-CenLa and All-(Opelousas) Daily World team … Finished regular season with 1,403 yards and 21 TDs on 200 carries … Averaged 7.1 yards per carry … Also scored four two-point conversions … Ran 35 times for a school-record 322 yards and three TDs in 41-38 victory over Opelousas Catholic … Single-game record broke mark of father, Jerry Joseph Jr., a member of the Ville Platte coaching staff … Ran 21 times for 198 yards and four TDs in 48-14 Tee Cotton Bowl win over Sacred Heart of Ville Platte, snapping SHVP’s seven-year run in the game … Finished fourth in high jump and triple jump and sixth in long jump at Class 2A state championships in May … Finished fourth in long jump in 2006 Class 2A state championships … Member of second team offense in 2005 All-District 7-2A team … Ran for 700 yards and seven TDs as a junior … Ran for 600 yards and six TDs as a sophomore … Ran for 1,200 yards and 11 TDs on 180 carries as a freshman … Also member of basketball team (as a four-year starter) and is a sprinter on the track team
Catholic-Pointe Coupee
Class 1A All-State honorable mention … Named Academic All-State … Offensive MVP and first-team QB of All-District 6-1A team … Was 172-for-297 for 2,148 yards, 30 TDs and ran for 478 yards and five TDs and also had 10 interceptions as a CB … Passed for six TDs and 333 yards in a 39-31 win over Livonia … Led team to District 6-1A title and Class 1A regionals … Started at safety and cornerback before taking over at quarterback as a senior … Made all-district team at DB and RS as a junior
Four-year starter … Had 48 pancake blocks as a senior … Also played defensive tackle as freshman and sophomore … Recruited by SU offensive line coach Damon Nivens … Throws shot put on track team … Also recruited by Jacksonville State, Alabama State and Jackson State
Named as the athlete on the All-District 10-4A team … First-year starter at TE but returning starter at DE as a senior … Also played LB in high school career … Had 18 catches for 461 yards and two TDs on offense and 47 tackles, including six sacks on defense
Dual threat who rushed 164 times for 1,169 yards with 23 TDs and had 626 yards receiving and five TDs … Totaled more than 2,000 all-purpose yards … Member of The Advocate’s All-Metro team (Class 3A-2A-1A) … Co-Offensive MVP and LSWA Offensive MVP of District 8-2A … Also a first-team All-District 8-2A at DB … Ran for 161 yards and two TDs on seven carries, ran back a kickoff 95 yards for a touchdown and had an 81-yard TD catch in a 45-17 bidistrict playoff win over Opelousas Catholic … Emerged as the feature back as a senior … Played in U.S. Army Red Stick Bowl VI … Ran for 913 yards and seven TDs as a junior … Finished second in the 110 hurdles at the Class 2A, Region 2 track meet … Also played at linebacker … Also recruited by Southeastern Louisiana and Nicholls State
