The Book: 2003 Louisiana's Recruiting

[Turbine]

Originally posted by snote
I heard Jay Walker say that the Cajuns have a # 13..

Chris Clark 6' 6" 265 OL from McDONOGH 35 out of New Orleans..

That is great size, at a crucial position.

[snote]

travis ferquson.. skyline h.s. out of dallas..
DT, 6-2 280..

[snote]

oh what the heck.. (sshh .. not wanting to scare away the red stick wr)
kimmy lewis juco wr

[ISUCajunfan]

DT out of Dallas Skyline high school. Played on a great Defensive line headed up by Steven Coleman who committed to Oklahoma. Here's a bio and a little on him.http://www.iowastate.rivals.com/view...sp?pr_key=8667

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Blappert is Cajuns' 11th football commitment
Dan McDonald / Staff Writer

LAFAYETTE - Darryl Blappert has already helped resurrect one football program, and he thought it would be fun to do it again.

The 6-foot-6, 265-pound defensive tackle, a preseason junior college All-America pick this year at Pearl River in Poplarville, Miss., gave a verbal commitment to the UL Lafayette program and coach Rickey Bustle over the weekend.

Blappert, who will enroll at UL Lafayette in January and go through spring drills with the Ragin' Cajuns, had been recruited by Memphis, Temple, Marshall and San Jose State as well as getting inquiries from powers such as Nebraska and Oklahoma.

"The program there is kind of like it was at Pearl River," said Blappert, who became the Cajuns' 11th verbal commitment. "We came in there and they hadn't won in a long time, and the first year there we went 7-2 and just missed the playoffs. It was exciting being a part of that, and I kind of wanted to be a part of it again."

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[Cajun1997]

Blappert appears to be a great pickup in a desperately needed area. Way to geaux.

[Turbine]

Travis Ferguson

height 6-foot-1
weight 275 pounds
40-yd 5.09 seconds

[NOCajun]

Originally posted by SwampFox
Zack Leger (OL 6-4, 280), Bishop Sullivan (Baton Rouge)

Marcus Ross (DB 5-11, 170), Sterling (Houston, TX)

Chad Beck (TE 6-4, 225), Woodville (Woodville, TX)

Mark Risher (LB 6-2, 215), St. Thomas More (Lafayette)

Jason Guidry (DE, 6-3, 230), Memorial (Port Arthur, TX)

Will Chance (OL, 6-3, 285), Cecilia (Cecilia, LA)

Trey Green, (SS/LB, 6-1, 215), Bastrop (Bastrop, LA)

Josh Lancaster, (LB, 6-2, 210), Heritage (Colleyville, TX)

Eddie McCray, (DE, 6-3, 225), Robert E. Lee (Baytown, TX)

Chris Clark, (OL, 6-6, 265), McDonough #35 (New Orleans, LA)

Antoine Spann, (DB, 6-0, 185), Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College

Darryl Blappert, (DT, 6-7, 275), Pearl River Junior College (Mississippi)

Joe Scott, (LB, 6-3, 235), Pearl River Junior College (Mississippi)

Travis Cones, (FB, 5'11 220), Navarro Junior College (Texas)

Ed Fann, (C, 6'3 275), Orange Coast Junior College (California)

When do we get these guys to sign on the dotted line??

[Turbine]

Originally posted by NOCajun
When do we get these guys to sign on the dotted line??

Ahh "National Signing Day," the first day that a high school recruit can actually sign their letter of intent. This year it is February 5th

Historically (for schools used to this type of thing) some guys get last minute gitters and change their mind from their non-binding oral committments. For others it is the formality that seals the deal from a handshake that may have taken place way back when UAB was in town.

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WILLIAM WEATHERS
wweathers@theadvocate.com
Advocate sportswriter

Louisiana, which has already signed five junior college prospects that will be a part of the team in the spring, received commitments from New Orleans-McDonogh 35 offensive guard Chris Clark (6-foot-5, 250) and Dallas-Skyline High's defensive tackle Travis Ferguson (6-2, 285).

Clark, a first-team All-District 8-5A selection as a senior, also received interest from San Jose State, UL-Monroe and McNeese State. His high school coach said he is academically qualified with a 3.9 grade point average.

"He likes computer science and they have what he wants," McDonogh 35 coach Wayne Reese said. "With what he wants out of school, they had the thing he wanted and he was happy."

Clark was a two-year starter for McDonogh 35 at guard and could project to play tackle in college because of his long arms and ability to add weight. He was also the district's shot put champion as a junior and also participated in the javelin and discus.

Ferguson's stock dropped in the eyes of some schools such as Texas A&M, TCU and Baylor after he suffered a broken ankle in Skyline's opening game of the season.

But Ferguson, his team's leader in tackles for loss and caused fumbles as a junior, repaid the loyalty shown to him by UL-Lafayette with his commitment after a weekend visit, Skyline assistant Derick Roberson said.

"They were the first one to offer him," Roberson said of Ferguson, who, according to Roberson, is academically qualified and ranks 44th in his senior class of more than 800 students. "And after the injury they stayed with him, while others schools dropped off of him. That left a lasting impression that they were committed to him regardless. In my opinion, they got a steal because the kids never takes a play off and is always going 100 percent."

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