Recruiring
Star of the Class
Philip Brown CB 5-11 188 Hampton, Va. (Phoebus/Hargrave Military Academy)
Played at Hargrave Military Academy last fall
Help his team win back-to-back state championships in his junior and senior years
first-team Group AAA All-State defensive back by the Associated Press as a senior and second-team All-State as a kick returner
intercepted seven passes and returned two for touchdowns as a senior
also had six kick returns (4 punts, 2 kickoffs) for touchdowns
71 tackles and four interceptions as a junior en route to being Group AAA All-State and All-Region
also caught 30 passes for 915 yards and 16 touchdowns
also ran track as a sprinter and long jumper.
Instant Impact Players
Olu Hall LB 6-3 220 Fairfax, Va. (Robinson)
First-team All-State during his senior season
made 93 tackles and had 11 quarterback sacks
First-team Washington Post All-Met as a senior
all-region and all-district as a junior
had 58 tackles in 2002, 13 tackles for loss and three sacks
his team won the state title his sophomore season
Tom Santi TE 6-5 225 Nashville, Tenn. (Montgomery Bell Acad)
His team won state championships in 2002 and 2003
Super 7 All-State honors
as a junior and senior
first-team All-Mid State by the Nashville Tennessean
as a senior after catching 30 passes for 381 yards and four touchdowns
in
2003 his team was 11-1 and ranked 15th in the nation by USA Today
caught
46 passes for 655 yards and eight touchdowns that season
in his career he
caught 78 passes for 1055 yards and 12 touchdowns
is also an excellent first
baseman and centerfielder on the schools baseball team
earned all-region
honors as a sophomore and junior, batting better than .345 each year.
Rest of the Class
Branden Albert OL 6-7 310 Glen Burnie, Md. (Glen Burnie)
Kevin Bradley FB/LB 6-1 220 Fayetteville, N.C. (Seventy First)
Devonta Brown LB 6-2 225 Charlottesville, Va. (Charlottesville)
Theirrien Davis RB/DB 5-11 182 Bowie, Md. (Eleanor Roosevelt)
Scott Deke QB 6-3 207 Pacific Palisades, Calif. (Loyola)
Chris Gorham CB 6-0 175 Pottstown, Pa. (Pottstown)
Chris Gould PK/P 6-1 190 Lock Haven, Pa. (Central Mountain)
Jamaal Jackson WR/S 6-3 204 Chesapeake, Va. (Deep Creek)
Jon Kirchner DE 6-4 258 Lexington, Va. (Rockbridge County)
Chris Long OL/DL 6-4 265 Ivy, Va. (St. Anne's-Belfield)
Nate Lyles DB 6-0 195 Chicago, Ill. (Hubbard)
Cedric Peerman TB 5-10 185 Gladys, Va. (William Campbell)
Clint Sintim DE 6-3 250 Woodbridge, Va. (Gar-Field)
Zak Stair OL 6-6 280 Manassas, Va. (Osbourn Park)
James Terry FB 6-2 220 Stafford, Va. (Fork Union Military Acad)