The Book: 2003 Louisiana's Recruiting

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Chalk one up to the underdog

By: Jeremy Crabtree
Date: January 23, 2003

Arlington (Texas) Sam Houston quarterback Devin Williams had some major offers throughout the recruiting process, so it's time to chalk one up to the underdog.

"Devin's going to Louisiana-Lafayette," said Sam Houston coach Kenny Perry.

"He helped us become a team that has gone from winning just a few games a year to becoming a playoff quality team. They are a program that's trying to rise up to a high level of play.

"Devin sees a lot of the same things there that he saw here at Sam Houston."

"Plus, the Louisiana-Lafayette coaching staff coached Mike Vick at Virginia and they said they see a lot of the same things in Devin as they did in him."

They could be right.

Williams is a 6-foot-4, 210-pound dual-threat prospect that is ranked as the nation's No. 11 ranked player at his position.

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Does anybody have any stats on him?

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Excellent.

Witness the dismantling of a bogus post like only, Crowley Cajun, can.

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Michael Adams, DB, 6-0, 175, Dallas, Texas-Kimball
Levi DeJohnnette, WR, 5-10, 175, Bastrop-Bastrop
Dwain Bannister, QB, 6-1, 200, Marreo-John Ehert
Paul Eli, DT, 6-4, 240, Natchitoches-Natchitoches Central
Lamar Morgan, FS, 6-2, 195, Copperas Cove, Texas-Copperas Cove
Jordan Jackson, WR, 6-6, 200, Bunkie-Bunkie
Devin Williams, QB, 6-4, 210, Sam Houston, Texas-Arlington
Abdule Levier, RB, 5-11, 200, Port Barre-Port Barre
Chad Beck, TE, 6-4, 226, Woodville, Texas-Woodville
Chris Clark, OL, 6-6, 270, New Orleans-McDonogh 35
Chris Cutler, DT, 6-3, 275, Grand Prairie, Texas-South Grand Prairie
Travis Ferguson, DT, 6-2, 280, Dallas, Texas-Skyline
Tre’ Green, LB, 6-2, 220, Bastrop-Bastrop
Jason Guidry, DE, 6-3, 220, Port Arthur, Texas-Memorial
Jarrett Jones, DB, 6-0, 185, New Orleans-Edna Karr
Fernandez Kingsby, DB-RB, 5-11, 175, Haynesville-Haynesville
Zack Leger, OL, 6-4, 275, Baton Rouge-Bishop Sullivan
Mark Risher, DE-LB, 6-2, 215, Lafayette-St. Thomas More
Will Chance, OT, 6-3, 290, Cecilia-Cecilia
Brandon Cox, OL, 6-8, 295, Irving, Texas-Nimitz
Rashon Brown, LB, 6-3, 215, Shreveport-Captain Shreve
Jarvis Murchison, DB, 5-9, 175, Jasper, Texas-Jasper
Darryl Blappert, DT, 6-6, 265, Slidell-St. Amant (Pearl River JC)
Travis Cones, FB, 5-11, 220, Houston, Texas-St. Thomas (Navarro JC)
Ed Fane, C, 6-3, 275, Orange, Calif.-Mater Dei (Orange Coast JC)
Kemmie Lewis, WR, 6-2, 190, Collins, Miss.-Collins (Jones JC)
Joseph Scott, LB, 6-3, 235, Hattiesburg, Miss.- (Pearl River JC)
Ricky Thomas, DB, 6-0, 200, Junction City, Kan.-Junction City (Butler CC)
Ceandris Brown, DB, 6-3, 205, Greenwood, Miss.-Greenwood (Miss. Delta JC)
Antoine Spann, DB, 6-0, 185, Oceanside, Calif.-El Camino (Miss. Gulf Coast JC)
Ken Haynes, DT, 6-4, 295, Tylertown, Miss.-Dexter (Southwest Miss. CC)
George Benson, DL, 6-3, 285, Fresno Junior College

32 total new players so far. Blappert, Cones, Fane, Lewis, Scott, Thomas, Cox & Chance count toward last years scholarship totals.

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Originally posted by SwampFox
Cutler, an academic qualifier with a ACT score of 27, started for two years at South Grand Prairie after moving from San Diego. He played defensive end and earned All-District 8-5A honors as a senior with 40 tackles, six sacks and four passes knocked down.

Fisher said Cutler is a rare combination of size, strength and speed. Cutler has benched 300 pounds, power-cleaned 345 and squatted 500.

"There are not many defensive lineman that can do that, run 4.95 in the 40 with a 30-inch vertical leap," Fisher said. "He's quick and has great feet.

KeeeYaaw!!

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This picture is from a game against Buras, where Levier gained 22 yards on 21 carries for Port Barre and scored on runs of 14 and 17 yards to help lift the Red Devils to a 41-7 win over the Wildcats.

By November 29th he had 1,269 yards rushing.

[Turbine]

Well, SwampFox, that is a very impressive compilation.

Best yet.

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Jerry Babb, QB, 6-3, 205 Lafayette-St. Thomas More
Mack Fair, LB, 6-1, 215 New Orleans-O.P. Walker
Johnny Felders, DB, 6-1, 180 Greensburg-St. Helena
Terryl Fenton, DB, 6-2, 190 New Orleans-Holy Cross
Josh Harrison, RB, 5-7, 175 Texas-Copperas Cove
Anthony Hills, DE, 6-4, 225 Carrollton, Texas-Newman
Chester Johnson, RB, 5-10, 205 Shreveport-Evangel
Eric Rekieta, QB, 6-3, 230 TX Texas-Paducah (Navarro JC)
Ross Rix, RB, 5-9, 185 Christian Life-Baton Rouge
Paul Eli, DT, 6-4, 240, Natchitoches (Natchitoches Central)
Lamar Morgan, FS, 6-2, 195, Copperas Cove, Texas-Copperas Cove
Jordan Jackson, WR, 6-6, 200, Bunkie-Bunkie
Devin Williams, QB, 6-4, 210, Sam Houston, Texas-Arlington
Abdule Levier, RB, 5-11, 200, Port Barre-Port Barre
Chad Beck, TE, 6-4, 226, Woodville, Texas-Woodville
Chris Clark, OL, 6-6, 270, New Orleans-McDonogh 35
Chris Cutler, DT, 6-3, 275, Grand Prairie, Texas-South Grand Prairie
Travis Ferguson, DT, 6-2, 280, Dallas, Texas-Skyline
Tre’ Green, LB, 6-2, 220, Bastrop-Bastrop
Jason Guidry, DE, 6-3, 220, Port Arthur, Texas-Memorial
Jarrett Jones, DB, 6-0, 185, New Orleans-Edna Karr
Fernandez Kingsby, DB-RB, 5-11, 175, Haynesville-Haynesville
Zack Leger, OL, 6-4, 275, Baton Rouge-Bishop Sullivan
Mark Risher, DE-LB, 6-2, 215, Lafayette-St. Thomas More
Will Chance, OT, 6-3, 290, Cecilia-Cecilia
Brandon Cox, OL, 6-8, 295, Irving, Texas-Nimitz
Rashon Brown, LB, 6-3, 215, Shreveport-Captain Shreve
Jarvis Murchison, WR, 5-9, 175, Jasper, Texas-Jasper
Darryl Blappert, DT, 6-6, 265, Slidell-St. Amant (Pearl River JC)
Travis Cones, FB, 5-11, 220, Houston, Texas-St. Thomas (Navarro JC)
Ed Fane, C, 6-3, 275, Orange, Calif.-Mater Dei (Orange Coast JC)
Kemmie Lewis, WR, 6-2, 190, Collins, Miss.-Collins (Jones JC)
Joseph Scott, LB, 6-3, 235, Hattiesburg, Miss.- (Pearl River JC)
Ricky Thomas, DB, 6-0, 200, Junction City, Kan.-Junction City (Butler CC)
Ceandris Brown, DB, 6-3, 205, Greenwood, Miss.-Greenwood (Miss. Delta JC)
Antoine Spann, DB, 6-0, 185, Oceanside, Calif.-El Camino (Miss. Gulf Coast JC)
Ken Haynes, DT, 6-4, 295, Tylertown, Miss.-Dexter (Southwest Miss. CC)
Darwin Laidley, OL, 6-6, 280, Compton Community College

37 total

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I hope that was suppose to be 122 instead of 22 1,269 yards is just what we need this year.

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Originally posted by SwampFox
I hope that was suppose to be 122 instead of 22 1,269 yards is just what we need this year.

Oops my mistake, that was supposed to be 222 yards.