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Wednesday, October 8, 2008
Houston: A Football Factory
Houston, TX
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Greater Houston is in the Business of Producing Division I Football Players, and Business is Good
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Houston has been a hot-bed of Division I talent for decades. Most recently, Sam McGuffie, J.B. Shugarts, Darron Thomas and Jacquizz Rodgers have appeared on highlight shows as early as their true freshman seasons. Who will be next?
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Air Force – Kyle Halderman (Cinco Ranch), Philip Ofili (Cy-Creek), John Falgout (Westbrook), Braylon Gurnell (North Shore)
Alabama – Damion Square (Yates)
Alabama-Birmingham – Ugonna Amarikawa (Hightower), Daniel Seahorn (Jersey Village)
Arkansas – Shedrick Johnson (Sweeny), Wendel Davis (Sweeny)
Arizona – Jason Bondzio (Humble), Keenyn Crier (Westfield), Herman Hall (Bush), Joe Longacre (Katy), Earl Mitchell (North Shore), Jowyn Ward (Mayde Creek)
Arizona State – Michael Jones (Austin)
Ball State – Kyle Hoke (Clements)
Baylor – Justin Akers (Deer Park), Elliot Coffey (Clements), Cameron Kaufold (Friendswood), Jordan Lake (Memorial), Tracy Roberson (Lamar), Zac Scotten (Cy-Creek), Raylon
Walters (North Shore), John David Weed (Cy-Creek), Michael Williams (Westbrook), Stacy Williams (Yates)
Boise State – D.J. Harper (Cy-Creek), George Iloka (Kempner), Brenel Myers (Westfield)
Boston College – Donte Elliott (Alief Taylor), Clyde Lee (Hightower), Ugo Okpara (Dulles)
Buffalo – Alan Hayes (Northland Christian), Ray Anthony Long (Nimitz), Terry Peden (Langham Creek)
BYU – Michael Reed (Baytown Lee)
Cal – Josh Hill (Klein Forest), Kendrick Payne (Klein Forest)
Colorado – Marcus Burton (Channelview)
UConn – Kijuan Dabney (Yates), Michael Smith (Westside)
Duke – Vince Oghobaase (Hastings), Michael Tauiliili (Hastings), Paul Thornton (Katy)
Florida State – Mister Alexander (Eisenhower), Korey Mangum (LaMarque)
Fresno State – Chase McEntee (North Shore)
Georgia Tech – Tyler Melton (Langham Creek)
Hawaii – Ryan Mouton (Katy)
Houston – Isaiah Agson (Westside), Jacolby Ashworth (Lufkin), Carl Barnett (Dickinson), Josh Bell (Hitchcock), Mike Bloesch (Klein Collins), Tyron Carrier (Worthing), L.J. Castile (LaMarque), C.J. Cavness (Sante Fe), Gino Collins (St. Pius), Jake Ebner (Friendswood), A.J. Edwards (Brenham), KeKe Grant (Humble), Tyrell Graham (Yates), Doran Guillory (Kelly), Mark Hafner (Waller), Billy Hartford (Cy-Creek), Jackie Hinton (Channelview), David Hunter (Waller), Stephen James (North Shore), B.K. Johnson (Silsbee), Kierre Johnson (Westfield), Kris Johnston (Texas City), Clint Leal (Kingwood), Anthony Lewis (Aldine), Cody Lubojasky (Kempner), Loyce Means (Madison), Tim Mercer (Spring), Chris Mitchell (Westfield), Chris Pilot (Lufkin), Michael Ray (LaMarque), Nick Saenz (Pearland), Blake Sargent (Friendswood), Tommy Skinner (Cy-Creek), Tate Stewart (Katy), Isaiah Sweeney (Hightower), Chris Thompson (Hitchcock), Chase Turner (Friendswood), Quinte Williams (Yates), Ronnie Williams (Sterling), Chris Wilson (Austin), Doug Winfield (Klein), Demetrius Woods (Lamar), Marc Woods (Wheatley)
Iowa – Nathan Guillory (Kashmere), Jacody Coleman (Westbrook), Jonathan Gimm (Westfield)
Iowa State – Wallace Franklin (Ozen), Kelechi Osemele (Langham Creek), Jerrod Black (Cy-Falls)
Kansas – Ryan Cantrell (Clements), Patrick Dorsey (Yates), Patrick Resby (Forest Brook), Jeff Wheeler (Clear Lake), Jonathan Wilson (Klein Forest), Arist Wright (Alief Taylor)
Kansas State – Otis Johnson (Eisenhower), Aaron Jackson (Strake Jesuit), Rapheal Guidry (LaMarque), Deon Murphy
LSU – Brandon Lafell (Lamar), Danny McCray (Westfield), Terrence Toliver (Hempstead), Jarret Lee (Brenham), R.J. Jackson (Westside), Tremaine Johnson (Galena Park), Kellen
Theriot (Episcopal)
Louisiana-Lafayette – Draylon Booker (Conroe), Kyle Cox (Barbers Hill), Chancellor Robertson (Galena Park), Jonathan Thomas (Dulles), Melvin White (Brazosport), Yobes Walker (Brazoswood)
Louisiana Tech – Ross Jenkins (Langham Creek), Anthony Harrison (Kincaid)
Miami – Tyrone Byrd (Hightower), Ian Symonette (St. Pius), Reggie Youngblood (Booker T. Washington)
Michigan – Sam McGuffie (Cy-Fair), Mark Ortmann (Klein), Troy Woolfolk (Dulles), Daryl Stonum (Dulles), Terrence Robinson (Klein Oak), Brandon Herron (Dulles)
Minnesota – Eric Lair (Lamar)
Mississippi – Lekenwic Haynes (Terry)
Mississippi State – Marcus Washington (Marshall), Brandon Cooper (Marshall)
Missouri – Jimmy Burge (Stratford), Tommy Chavis (Westbrook), Will Ebner (Friendswood), Jerrell Jackson (Davis), Marcus Malbrough (Westbrook), Gahn McGaffie (Galena Park),
Jared Perry (LaMarque), Kevin Rutland (North Shore)
Navy – Darius Terry (Westside), Chase Nichols (The Woodlands), Patrick Snow (Clear Lake), Curtis Bass (Pearland), Osei Asante (Cy-Ridge)
Nebraska – Lester Ward (Brenham), Shawn Sullivan (Brenham), Quentin Castille (LaPorte), Marcus Mendoza (Spring Woods), Brandon Thompson (The Woodlands)
New Mexico – Julion Conley (North Shore), Wesley Beck (Klein), Mark Hunter (Klein Oak), Jerome Jenkins (Kempner), Donovan Porterie (PA Memorial), John Rainey (Northbrook)
New Mexico State – Will Morris (Cinco Ranch), Kyle Snyder (Cinco Ranch)
North Carolina – Alec Pelc (Pearland), Trevor Stuart (FB Austin)
North Carolina State – Anthony Hill (Clear Brook)
Northwestern – Demertrius Dugar (Aldine), Justan Vaughn (Pearland), Omar Conteh (Cy-Fair), David Nwabuisi (Episcopal) Rejaie Johnson (LaMarque), Martin Bayless (Hightower), Kevin Mims (The Woodlands)
Notre Dame – Chris Stewart (Klein)
Ohio St.- J.B. Shugarts (Klein)
Oklahoma- Rashad Hutchins (Hastings), David King (Strake Jesuit), Sam Proctor (Pearland)
Oklahoma St.- Dez Bryant (Lufkin), Patrick Lavine (Jersey Village), Ricky Price (Cy-Falls), Jeremy Broadway (Washington), Johnny Thomas (Texas City), Broderick Brown
(Westfield), Andrew Sexton (Cy-Falls), James Thomas (LaMarque), Terrence Anderson (Aldine), Orie Lemon (Yates), DeMarcus Connor (Westfield), Jeray Chatham (Westfield)
Oregon- Darron Thomas (Aldine)
Oregon St. - Jaquizz Rodgers (Lamar Consolidated), James Rodgers (Lamar Consolidated)
Purdue- Colton McKey (The Woodlands), Garrett Miller (Bay City)
Rice- Eric Ball (Katy), Pierre Beasley (Westfield), Travis Bradshaw (Cy-Fair), Keshawn Carrington (FB Marshall), Ryan Craig (Stratford), David Falgout (Westbrook), John Gioffre (Cinco Ranch), Jeramy Goodson (Lamar Consolidated), Clay Hebert (Klein), Ross Hill (St. Thomas), Vernon James (Westfield), Brandon Long (Deer Park), Jimmy Miller (FB Austin), Todd Mohr (Cy-Creek), Cheta Ozougwu (Alief Taylor), Kevin Pool (Pearland), Davon Primus (Humble), Chris Ptaszek (Tomball), Brian Raines (Willowridge), Ja’Corey Shepard (Lufkin), Bencil Smith (Lamar), Michael Smith (Bay City), Shane Turner (Cy-Falls), Denzel Wells (Cy-Falls), Austin Wilkinson (The Woodlands)
SMU- Chris Banjo (Kempner), Taylor Bon (Kingwood), Szymon Czerniak (Stratford), Josh Emshoff (Lufkin), Patrick Fleming (Cy-Creek), Patrick Handy (Westfield), Bo Levi Mitchell (Katy), Thomas Morstead (Pearland), Robert Parker (Humble), Ryan Smith (Lamar), Jackson Taylor (Houston Christian)
Stanford- Andrew Luck (Stratford), Taylor Skaufel (The Woodlands), Michael Thomas (Nimitz), Austin Yancy (Clear Creek)
TCU- Aaron Brown (Mayde Creek), Greg Burks (Spring Woods), Jai Cavness (FB Marshall), Jeremy Coleman (FB Marshall), Andy Dalton (Katy), Walker Dille (Clements), Cory Grant (Elsik), Jerry Hughes (Austin), Marcus Jackson (Westside), Billy Pizor (Katy Taylor), Kevin Sharpless (Oak Ridge)
Texas- Chris Ogbonnaya (Strake Jesuit), Ben Wells (Ozen), Chykie Brown (North Shore), Ahmard Howard (Brenham), Fozzy Whittaker (Pearland), Ryan Roberson (Brenham), Rashad Bobino (LaMarque), Andrew Carroll (Montgomery), Steve Moore (Jersey Village), Aundre McGaskey (LaMarque), Luke Poehlmann (Brenham), Kheeston Randall (Beaumont Kelly), Brian Orakpo (Lamar),
Texas A&M- Matt Allen (Klein Collins), Frank Avery (Ball), Danny Baker (Elkins), Michael Bennet (Alief Taylor), Arkeith Brown (El Campo), Randy Bulluck (Klein), Billy Chavis (Westbrook), Leroy Chevalier (Yates), Cory Davis (Conroe), Rod Davis (Eisenhower), Alton Dixon (Lufkin), Terence Fredrick (Katy), Paul Freeney (Eisenhower), Robbie Frost (Stratford), Amos Gbunblee (Cy-Springs), Mike Goodson (Klein Collins), Danny Gorrer (PA Memorial), Devin Gregg (Westfield), Roger Holland (Cy-Falls), Trent Hunter (Katy), Jerrod Johnson (Humble), Jorvorskie Lane (Lufkin), Chris Lathrop (Cy-Fair), Kevin Mathews (Elkins), Cyril Obiozor (Pearland), E.J. Shankle (Lufkin), Matt Sherman (St. Thomas), Brian Thomas (Pearland), Harold Turnage (Chavez)
Texas Tech- Donnie Carona (Bmnt. Kelly), Daniel Charbonnet (The Woodlands), McKinner Dixon (Lufkin), Ryan Hale (Baytown Lee), Rajon Henley (Ball), Richard Jones (LaMarque), Jonathan LaCour (Kingwood), Franklin Mitchem (Klein Collins), Mickey Okafor (Westbury), L.A. Reed (Oak Ridge), Sandy Riley (Westfield), Jarrell Routt (Texas City), Tyrone Sonier (FB Marshall),
Toledo- Stephen Williams (FB Marshall)
Tulane- Justin Adams (FB Marshall), Emanuel Aluko (Elsik), Taylor Echols (Clear Creek), Scott Elliott (Bay City), Logan Kelley (Cy-Creek), John Landa (Cy-Falls), Nick Landry (Westbrook), Jeremy McKinney (Clear Lake), James McMurchey (Clear Lake), Travis Olexa (St. Thomas), Sule Osagiede (Lamar Consolidated), Adam Podet (Westside), Joey Ray
(St. Thomas), Kristofar Rhymes (FB Marshall), Cory Sonnier (Clear Brook), Alex Wacha (Clements), Albert Williams (Westbrook), Jeremy Williams (Baytown Sterling), Cedric Wilson (Clements)
Tulsa- Matt Best (Montgomery), Jacob Frank (Klein Collins), Matt Hesterberg (Houston Christian), Brian Moore (Klein), Justin Smith (Clear Creek),
UAB- Joseph Bento (Woodlands Christian Academy), Uganna Amarikawa (Hightower), Daniel Seahorn (Jersey Village)
UCF- Theo Goins (Hightower)
UCLA- Aundre Dean (Katy)
ULM- Emmnuel Lockett (Elsik), Victor Gaines (Clements),
UNLV- John Crear (Westfield),
USC- Dan Campbell (Aldine)
UTEP- Amy Braxton (Foster), Darius Austin (Washington), Cornelius Brown (Forest Brook), Matt Burner (Morton Ranch), Jack Freeman (Cy-Falls), Aaron King (Elsik), Josh LaBum (Washington), Nathan McCage (Klein Collins), Chris Moore (Jersey Village), Bernard Obi (Pearland), James Olalekan (Texas City), Eric Reynolds (PA Memorial), Nick Sampson (Westfield), Paul Santillan (Crosby), Royzell Smith (FB Marshall), Clarence Ward (LaMarque), Greg Watkins (Cy-Springs)
Utah- Jereme Brooks (Clear Creek), Brandon Burton (Clear Creek), Robert Conley (LaMarque), Brian Johnson (Baytown Lee), Derrick Shelby (Hightower),
Utah St.- Xavier Bowman (Dobie), Kurtis Shaw (Spring), Rob Meyers (Bellaire), Robert Tidwell (Atascocita)
Vanderbilt- Rob Ashabranner (Cathedral Christian), Richard Cagle (St. Pius), Jared Hawkins (Klein), Ryan Vance (Episcopal)
Western Kentucky- Terald Clark (North Shore)
Wisconsin- Elijah Theus (Kempner)
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