Ohio State transfer highlights CCSU list of signees

[aceinthehole]

:) First, Thanks to a few friends for supporting my case! xthumbsupx

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Central Connecticut head football coach Jeff McInerney announced his list of signees on Wednesday afternoon. McInerney and his staff will welcome a group of eight players who will be a part of the 2008 Blue Devils, five of whom signed National Letters of Intent to attend Central Connecticut starting in the fall. The remaining three players have enrolled at CCSU for the spring semester and will participate in spring practice.

2008 NATIONAL LETTER OF INTENT SIGNEES

Matt Dortch • 6-0 • 180 • Wayne, NJ • RB/WR • Wayne Valley
Passaic County Player of the Year...1,440 yards rushing...22 rushing touchdowns...509 receiving yards...5 receiving touchdowns...School-record 31 total touchdowns...Team played in the North 1, Group 3 title game and won 11 games.

Michael Easley • 6-2 • 195 • Stratford, CT • WR/DB • Bunnell
All-Conference...All-Area...All-State selection at Bunnell High School.

Andy Jimenez • 5-11 • 185 • Miami, FL • RB • Miami Sunset
One of the top five rushers in Dade County...Rushed for over 1,000 yards and averaged 6.1 yards per carry...Named Third-Team All-County...Three-year letterwinner...Team captain.

Marc Mignault • 5-10 • 180 • Preston, CT • QB • Ledyard
Named All-State by the CHSCA...Team won the Class M state championship played on Arute Field...All-ECC selection as a senior...Team captain...Father is a 1979 graduate of Central Connecticut who also played football...Played for his grandfather at Ledyard High School.

Derek Williams • 5-11 • 175 • Middletown, CT • WR/DB • Xavier
All-Conference...All-Area...All-State selection at Xavier High School.


SPRING ENROLLEES (attending class and will participate in spring practice)

Walter Dublin • 6-3 • 235 • Sarasota, FL • DE • Sarasota (Ohio State)
Transfer from Ohio State...Totaled 60 tackles at Sarasota High School as a senior including eight sacks...Blocked four punts and forced four fumbles...All-Area selection and two-time captain...84 tackles and 14 sacks as a junior...Strong, physical player.

Josh Smith • 6-6 • 330 • Mount Sinai, NY • OL • Mount Sinai (Hudson Valley CC)
Attended Hudson Valley Community College last season...Team averaged 156.0 yards per game on the ground...Team finished 5-5 on the season.

Hunter Wanket • 6-4 • 210 • Rancho Santa Fe, CA • QB • Torrey Pines (Palomar Junior College)
Attended Palomar Junior College for two seasons...Passed for 1,502 yards in seven games last season before season-ending injury in the eighth game...Palomar ranked as high as #8 in the country...Offense averaged 33.8 points and 427.2 yards per game...All-Mission Conference selection...Took team to state title game in senior year at Torrey Pines High School.

http://www.ccsubluedevils.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=17600&ATCLID=1383878

[danefan]

HEY WELCOME BACK ACE!!!!!!!!!!!

[aceinthehole]

Also, CCSU is expected to release its 2008 schedule shortly. Unofficially, here it is:

Non-conference
vs. Bryant
at North Dakota State
at Delaware State
vs. North Carolina Central

NEC
Home (3) - Wagner, Duquesne and St. Francis (PA)
Away (4) - Monmouth, Sacred Heart, Albany and Robert Morris

[Seawolf97]

Glad to see you back!

[Keeper]

Dublin not on OSU's 07 roster.
Anybody know what his deal is? xeyebrowx xreadx

[Seahawks Fan]

Welcome back Ace. xthumbsupx

[aceinthehole]

Dublin not on OSU's 07 roster.
Anybody know what his deal is? xeyebrowx xreadx


Defensive end Walter Dublin, who was on the Ohio State roster in 2006 but didn't play because of an ankle injury in training camp, sat out last season. "He walks into the room and he looks like a Division I player," McInerney said. "He's a friend of our tight end Tyler Rossnagle, who's also from Sarasota [Fla.]. That helped us get Walter."
http://www.courant.com/sports/college/hc-centfoot0207.artfeb07,0,4325631.story


The list is highlighted by Walter Dublin, a defensive end who has transferred from Ohio State and will start his CCSU career on March 28, the first day of spring practice.

At 6-3, 235 pounds, Dublin didn’t immediately blossom in the Big 10, but should get off to a quicker start in the NEC.

“You’ve heard me say all along that we need to get a pass rusher, and I think we got a pass rusher,” McInerney said. The coach is particularly impressed by Dublin’s presence.

“Walter looks the part,” he said. “When he walks in the room, you go, ‘Ya. He’s a football player’. He should be extremely good for us.”
http://www.newbritainherald.com/WebApp/appmanager/JRC/BigDaily;jsessionid=RTfpHrwbn8QvFGDZRCHR95JQLBn5DZ 2Th2khG3vpLhZkCf9cG8Sc!-366222789?_nfpb=true&_pageLabel=pg_article&r21.pgpath=%2FTHD%2FSports&r21.content=%2FTHD%2FSports%2FHeadlineList_Story_1 541363

He was highly recruited and regarded out of high school.
http://ohiostate.scout.com/a.z?s=145&p=8&c=1&nid=1962896