by Lee Brecheen
UPDATE: Four more signees have been added. They are Jason Weaver - Southern Mississippi, Jamison Hughes - North Texas, Ashton Duhe - SMU, and Tyrunn Walker - Tulsa.
February 19, 2010 - I’ve never seen a state where people say the talent is down, but 47 players signed out of State. The talent is not down. Just ask the schools that signed the 47 players from Louisiana. Out of the 47 players I predict 34 players have a chance to play as a true freshman on Offense, Defense or Special Teams. That’s under 10 players redshirting. That tells me these kids are not second level DIV 1 players but impact players that can make a DIV 1 programs two deep after fall practice.
This is part one of two. In part two I will talk about the players that will make an immediate impact as a true freshman and why.
In order of total number of Louisiana signees by school:
| 1. | Memphis University | 5 |
| 2. | Texas A&M | 3 |
| Texas Tech | 3 | |
| Southern Methodist | 3 | |
| Tulsa | 3 | |
| 3. | Ole Miss | 2 |
| Vanderbilt | 2 | |
| Auburn | 2 | |
| Arkansas | 2 | |
| Michigan | 2 | |
| Minnesota | 2 | |
| 4. | Mississippi State | 1 |
| Tennessee | 1 | |
| Houston | 1 | |
| Texas | 1 | |
| Cincinnati | 1 | |
| South Alabama | 1 | |
| Illinois | 1 | |
| Florida International | 1 | |
| Northwestern, Illinois | 1 | |
| Texas Christian | 1 | |
| Nebraska | 1 | |
| Colorado | 1 | |
| Miami/ Ohio | 1 | |
| Southern Mississppi | 1 | |
| North Texas | 1 |
A First Time Zero Signees
Southern Mississippi for the first time in over 15 years did not sign a Louisiana player. This is a program that usually has at least 4 to 5 Louisiana natives starting out of the 22 starters every year. Southern Mississippi has over 15 players on its Roster, one of the highest totals for any school outside Louisiana that’s a DIV 1 program.
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| Collin Ellis - Dunham |
A First Time
Miami - Ohio signed its first Louisiana player in over 30 years by taking FB/TE Dustin White from Barbe High School. It doesn’t hurt when your Current Head Coach Mike Haywood used to recruit Lake Charles for LSU a few years back, and when a current staff member was an assistant for McNeese State in Lake Charles.
Northwestern - Illinois of the Big 10 signed their first Louisiana player in over 15 years in Collin Ellis the 6-1, 210 pound RB/LB from Dunham HS. Northwestern Assistant Jim Bates recruited Louisiana for Louisiana Tech a few years ago.
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| Curtis Carter - North DeSoto |
You Don’t Have a Player Until They Sign the Dotted Line
La Tech lost RobDonovan Lewis to Memphis and Dillion Day to Mississippi State. Memphis lost RB Frankie Jackson to Arkansas State and Arkansas lost DT Brandon Jackson to Texas A & M. QB Munchie Legaux switched from Colorado to Cincinnati on signing day, Alex Hill switched from New Mexico to Illinois, Kicker William Russ switched from Arkansas to Texas, Curtis Carter switched from Nebraska to TCU, and finally Todd Washington switched from Tulsa to Memphis.
Leading Out of State School
Edna Karr had the most players sign DIV 1 scholarships out of state with four total.
Out of State Signees by College
1 Todd Washington - DB - Lutcher HS- Memphis
2 Robdonovan Lewis - CB - Jonesboro Hodge HS - Memphis
3 Taurean Nixon - CB - Southern Lab HS - Memphis
4 Reggie Travis - WR - Plaquemine HS - Memphis
5 Kevin Wright - ATH - Christian Life - Memphis
6 Brandon Jackson - DT - Evangel Christian - Texas A &M
7 Ivan Robinson - DE - South Beaurgard
8 Gavin Stansberry - DE - Franklin - Texas A&M
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| Lawrence Cayou - McDonogh 35 |
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| Urell Johnson - O.P. Walker |
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| Karl Butler - Brother Martin |
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| Andre Hall - Port Allen |
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| Keenan Canty - Edna Karr |
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| Trovon Reed - Thibodeaux |
9 Lawrence Cayou - DE - MCDonough 35 - Texas Tech
10 Brandon Wilson - SS - Central Lafouche - Texas Tech
11 Urell Johnson - SS - O P Walker - Texas Tech
12 Randall Mackey - QB - Bastrop - OLE MISS
13 Damien Jackson - FS - Pineville - OLE MISS
14 Karl Butler - FS - Brother Martin - Vanderbilt
15 Andre Hall - CB - Port Allen - Vanderbilt
16 LaCraig Brown - DE - Richwood - Arkansas
17 Luke Charpentier - OG - John Curtis - Arkansas
18 Drew Dileo - ATH - Parkview Baptist - Michigan
19 Carvin Johnson - FS - Archibishop Rummell - Michigan
20 Dwayne Mitchell - LB - Edna Karr - Minnesota
21 Harold Legonia - DT - Edna Karr - Minnesota
22 Kalen Henderson - ATH - East ST John - Tulsa
23 Brion James - SS - Hahnville - Tulsa
24 Tyrunn Walker - DE - Westgate - Tulsa
25 Joseph Theard - DT - ST Augustine - SMU
26 Maurice Sutton - SS - ST Augustine - SMU
27 Ashton Duhe - Destrehan - SMU
28 Damien Jacobs - DT - H.L Bouregois - Florida State
29 Dace Clark -DB - Capital - Tennessee
30 William Russ - K/P - Evangel Christian - Texas
31 Terrance Broadway - QB - Capital - Houston
32 Munchie Legaux - QB - Edna Karr - Cinninnati
33 Audoniss Madison - OG - Edna Karr - South Alabama
34 Alex Hill - OG - Slidell - Illinois
35 Collin Ellis - ATH - Dunham - Northwestern, ILL
36 Glen Coleman - WR - Florida International
37 Walker Ashburn - DE - John Curtis - Nebraska
38 Keenan Canty - ATH - Edna Karr - Colorado
39 Jonthan McNight - ATH - John Curtis - Arizona
40 Dustin White - TE/FB - Barbe - Miami /OH
41 Dillion Day - OG - West Monroe - Mississippi State
42 Curtis Carter - ATH - North Desoto - TCU
43 Trovon Reed - ATH - Thibodeaux - Auburn
44 Joel Bonomolo - DE - Archbishop Rummell - Auburn
45 Frankie Jackson - RB - Capitol - Arkansas State
46 Jason Weaver - OG/OT - Edna Karr - Southern Mississippi
47 Jamison Hughes - SS - Ruston - North Texas
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