17 HS / 7 JUCO in class of 2005

[OmahaDawg]

2005 Louisiana Tech Football Signing Class

Dwight David Alexander 6-6, 310, OL Carencro, La. (Carencro HS)
Jason Terrel Anthony* 5-10, 233, LB Augusta, Ga. (Holmes CC/Richmond Academy)
Chad Michael Beverage 6-1, 230, LB/S Bossier City, La. (Airline HS)
Weldon LaMarc Brown 5-10, 175, RB Shreveport, La. (Bossier HS)
Mark Lamar Cassimere 6-4, 240, DE Opelousas, La. (Northwest HS)
Sandy Ray Collins* 5-10, 190, DB Foxworth, Miss. (Pearl River CC/West Marion HS)
Melvin DeQuan Ellis 5-11, 170, DB Port Gibson, Miss. (Itawamba CC/Port Gibson HS)
Christon Guient 6-2, 270, DL Marrero, La. (John Ehret HS)
Anthony Drew Harrison 6-3, 215, TE Houston, Texas (Kinkaid HS)
Brian Reche Jackson 6-3, 190, WR Baton Rouge, La. (Woodlawn HS)
Patrick Anthony Jackson 5-11, 195, RB Edgard, La. (West St. John's HS)
Joshua Raye Lewis 5-9, 195, RB Arlington, Texas (Arlington Martin HS)
Dustin Floyd Mitchell 6-4, 225, TE Lutcher, La. (Lutcher HS)
Keeven David Moore* 5-11, 195, S Enid, Okla. (Northeast Okla. A&M JC/Enid HS)
Michael Anthony Mosley 6-1, 185, QB New Orleans, La. (Landry HS)
Anthony James Moss 5-11, 185, DB St. Louis, Missouri (Jones JC/Hazelwood East HS)
Leanard Dewayne Powell 6-0, 200, LB Winnfield, La. (Hastings HS)
Marquis E'Armon Spurgon* 6-0, 183, DB Verona, Miss. (Itawamba CC/Shannon HS)
Kendrick Anthony Ussin 5-11, 190, Athlete New Orleans, La. (John Ehret HS)
David Joseph Washington 5-11, 275, DL New Orleans, La. (Archbishop Rummel HS)
Michael Quintin Washington 6-1, 210, LB Houston, Texas (St. Pius X HS)
Joshua Robert Wheeler 6-6, 195, WR Texarkana, Texas (Liberty-Eylau HS)
Brian Rachard White 6-2, 208, LB Springhill, La. (Springhill HS)
Lurico Danyea Woods* 5-10, 170, DB Corinth, Miss. (Northeast Mississippi CC/Corinth HS)

*, December signee (will enroll in spring)

[glm47]

What happened to Carrington?

[faninmonroe]

damn good looking crop of players



I am pleased - could go for a few less JUCO's but the are battle tested and should be ready to play.

If we can find a QB we should only have a loss to Florida - the rest of the games are VERY winnable.

[OmahaDawg]

I would like to see us go young on Offense skill positions.

WR - Newman / Holland / Ussin / Wheeler

Athlete - Franklin

RB - Jackson / Lewis

QB - Champion / Moseley
Let them play!

[OmahaDawg]

What happened to Carrington?

Yesterday I thought it was Ark State. But I don't know what he ended up doing.

[Dwayne From Minden]

I'm glad to see the lower number of JUCO's and several of the highschool kids are high CHARACTER kids and maybe this will rub off on some of the numbskulls still on the squad -

All in all it looks like a solid class - much more solid than I expected -

[Gooddawg]

Carrington went to ASU and I am glad to see all the HS kids. Most of the JCs count towards last year also. JB said we still have a few more ships and will be looking around and probably sign 1 more QB.

[Dawg04]

Ussin is a PROP.

But Wheeler, B. Jackson, P. Jackson, Harrison are expected to see heavy action as freshmen.

[hookdown]

JB said we still have a few more ships and will be looking around and probably sign 1 more QB.

Who is left? Any sleepers (QBs) that we might be willing to take a chance on? How many 'rides do we have left?

[CARTEK]

OK, I'll be negative. Too many JCs. JBIII is no Bill Synder.

[Gooddawg]

5 of these JC guys count toward last year and one or two props from last year will count this year so maybe 3-4 scholarships left.

[oledawg66]

I'm a little surprised tha all of the JUCOs are defensive backs. The biggest advantage with JUCOs is that they can produce right away but that seems like a little overkill at one position.

[Dawg04]

Not when you lose 5 DB's to graduation.

Another (Hiram Eugene) tranfers out.

Two (Butler and Harris) bulked up and will move to LB.

And you also lose a prop (Tracy Russel) that you were expecting to contribute this season.

That's 9 kids gone out of that position since last fall.

[Tdawg87]

Looks like a good class coming in, (but) and I am not trying to be negative, some of these guys seem small for there respective positions, the LB's for one, most are not even 220 lbs. The exception being Beverage ( I think he is the best of this class on either side of the ball). I know they will grow, but it seems to me, every year we recruit guys that are undersized and have no speed, although the OL and DL guys look very good as far as size goes. That said, I wish these recruits well and hopefully ALL of them will produce over the next 3 or 4 years on the field and more importantly, in the classroom.

[johnnylightnin]

I just can't wait to see Wheeler standing next to Freddie King in warm-ups. WR is a position where we got some BIG fellas.