2007 University of Louisiana Ragin’ Cajuns Football Signees

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ADAMS, Fabian ATH 6-2 192 McIntosh, Ala. (Satsuma HS)

AURIENE, Orkeys DB 5-11 165 Daytona Beach, Fla. (Mainland Regional)

BRANDEN, Justin DB 6-1 185 Midland, Texas (Pearl River CC)

BROOKS, Richard LB 6-1 205 Mesquite, Texas (West Mesquite HS)

COX, Kyle DE 6-4 235 Mt. Belvieu, Texas (Barbers Hill HS)

DOUGLAS, Nate LB 6-4 235 Milton, Fla. (Milton HS)

FLEMING, Grant DB 6-3 210 Lafayette, La. (St. Thomas More HS)

KELLEY, Lance WR 6-2 185 Lafayette, La. (St. Thomas More HS)

MASSON, Chris QB 6-1 175 Miami, Fla. (Columbus HS)

McGUIRE, Brad QB 6-2 195 Gulf Breeze, Fla. (Gulf Breeze HS)

MITCHELL, Jawanza WR 6-3 175 Mesquite, Texas (West Mesquite HS)

ODOM, Jaron OL 6-5 340 Fort Lauderdale, Fla. (Boyd Anderson HS)

PLOUHAR, Kyle OL 6-6 295 Mandeville, La. (Fontainebleau HS)

ROGERS, Jermaine DE 6-4 250 Mobile, Ala. (Davidson HS)

ROGERS, Scooter DB 6-1 200 Mosley, Fla. (Ft. Scott CC)

SHANKLE, Julian RB 5-9 190 Grand Prairie, Texas (South Grand Prairie HS)

THOMAS, Jonathan FB 5-10 208 Sugar Land, Texas (Dulles HS)

VIGGERS, Josh DB 6-1 195 Baton Rouge, La. (Redemptorist HS)

BREAKDOWN BY STATE
Florida 6
Texas 6
Louisiana 4
Alabama 2

BREAKDOWN BY POSITION
OFFENSE – 8
Quarterback 2
Fullback 1
Running back 1
Wide Receiver 2
Offensive Linemen 2

DEFENSE – 9
Defensive Line 2
Linebacker 2
Defensive Back 5

OTHER – 1
Athlete 1
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I understand we were to sign 18. Are they still a couple yet to sign? Also... what happened to Jeremy Cook? According to RIVALS, he has Southern Miss, Ole Miss and Tulane now listed... in addition to the Cajuns.

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I understand we were to sign 18. Are they still a couple yet to sign? Also... what happened to Jeremy Cook? According to RIVALS, he has Southern Miss, Ole Miss and Tulane now listed... in addition to the Cajuns.

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there are 18 listed here.

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&nbsp; With UL's football staff having only 17 scholarships to work with, making the most of every one was vital.

That's probably why Cajun head coach Rickey Bustle was smiling so much over the last week.

"We had a big lineman in Mandeville (Kyle Plouhar) that had Michigan State and Purdue walk through his door last week," Bustle said. "He didn't even talk to them. We had a big lineman in Florida (Jaron Odom) that Arizona walked in on, and he told them he was going to be a Cajun."

Bustle had several similar success stories to tell a crowd of nearly 500 supporters Wednesday evening at UL's annual recruiting bash at the Townhouse Restaurant.

"When you're dealing with only 17 scholarships, it's hard," Bustle said. "We left some good football players on the board, some that signed other places today. But we had to stay with some numbers that we decided on at each position."

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The Cajuns received national letters of intent Wednesday from 18 players including two junior college signees. UL had only 17 scholarships available, but announced defensive back signee Josh Viggers of Baton Rouge-Redemptorist is not expected to reach initial eligibility requirements.

The UL class was highlighted by local products Grant Fleming and Lance Kelley from St. Thomas More at defensive back and wide receiver respectively. Mandeville-Fontainebleau product Plouhar and Viggers were the other in-state signees.

Two-thirds of the signee class came from Florida and Texas, with each state putting six on the list. The massive Odom (6-5, 340), out of Boyd Anderson High in Fort Lauderdale, is joined in the Florida group by two quarterbacks - Chris Masson of Miami-Columbus and Brad McGuire of Gulf Breeze.

"It's hard to recruit two quarterbacks sometimes," Bustle said. "They understood what we were doing and why we needed two, and neither one of them's going to shy away from competition."

Linebacker Nate Douglas of Milton and defensive backs Orkeys Auriene of Daytona Beach-Mainland Regional and Scooter Rogers of Mosley and Fort Scott (Kan.) Community College were the other Florida prospects.

Rogers and fellow defensive back Justin Branden of Midland, Texas and Pearl River (Miss.) Community College both were late junior-college additions.

Branden was joined by fellow Texans in linebacker Richard Brooks and wide receiver Jawanza Mitchell of Mesquite-West Mesquite, defensive end Kyle Cox of Mt. Belvieu-Barbers Hill, running back Julian Shankle of Grand Prairie-South Grand Prairie and fullback Jonathan Thomas of Sugarland-Dulles.

Mobile defensive end Jermaine Rogers and cornerback-athlete Fabian Adams of McIntosh-Satsuma were the Alabama products. Rogers signed originally with UAB last year but never enrolled with academic ineligibility.

Adams was a last-minute addition to the class when UL picked up an extra scholarship earlier this week. Junior cornerback Jemarcus Smith of Destrehan, who played only in last year's LSU opener and missed 11 games with a foot injury, will take an injury redshirt year in 2007 and will not count against the NCAA 85-scholarship limit.

"The last couple of years we've been redshirting a lot of kids," Bustle said. "That's why we're at the 85 maximum and that's a good and bad thing. But with all those guys and this group, it's going to make for some exciting times."



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I too am happy with the signing class. Yeah I would like to continue to see more young men from this area, but I understand wanting the best player. As coach has said, Two athletes having equal talent and abilities we are going to offer the hometown man everytime. I like that as these men bring friends to the Cajun Basin and this creates fans which is what we always welcome!

I feel the coaches have filled their needs. As he said we have redshirted many players the past two years and this will hopefully transpire into WINS!!

DaddyCajun

Where are my season tickets??
Where are yours?