6/30/2005 - Football
Navy Announces Football Recruits
ANNAPOLIS, Md.-Navy head football coach Paul Johnson released the names of the 2005 Navy football recruits on Thursday morning as 53 prospects representing 20 states and the District of Columbia, making Navy truly America's team, went through induction ceremonies on Wednesday and began plebe summer this morning.
"I think we brought in a good class, but you never know for sure how good a class is until four years down the road," said Johnson. "As always, we emphasized speed and athleticism and I think this group will improve our team in both areas."
The state of Florida produced eight prospects for the Midshipmen, while six incoming plebes hail from Texas and five from Virginia. Georgia and Ohio produced four prospects apiece.
Navy football season tickets are currently on sale at the Ricketts Hall Box Office or by calling 1-800-US4-NAVY, by logging on to the web at www.navysports.com or at the Navy Box Office in Ricketts Hall. Navy's season-opener is Sept. 3 against Maryland at M&T Bank Stadium in Baltimore, while the home opener is Sept. 10 against Stanford.
NAVY FOOTBALL CLASS OF 2009
Name Position Ht. Wgt. Hometown
Khalid Aljamal DL 6-4 240 Manor, Texas/Manor
Trevor Bacon SB/FB 6-0 205 Great Falls, Va./Langley
Tyree Barnes WR 6-2 175 Hampton, Va./Kecoughtan
Chris Bordino OL 6-2 241 Gastonia, N.C./Ashbrook
Jake Brownell K/P 5-11 185 Thorofare, N.J./West Deptford
Stephen Brownlee SB 6-0 175 Washington, D.C./Sidwell Friends
Jarod Bryant QB 5-10 185 Hoover, Ala./Hoover
Ketric Buffin CB 5-7 158 Rowlett, Texas/Rowlett
Luke Caden DL 6-1 203 Sugarland, Texas/Kampner
T.J. Claud OL 6-3 275 Chelsea, Ala./Briarwood Christian
Logan Coffey QB 5-10 180 Dalton, Ga./Dalton
Martin Dineen DL 6-3 217 Ormond Beach, Fla./Seabreeze
Peter Fleps LB 6-2 211 Southlake, Texas/Carroll
John Forbes SB 5-7 170 Tampa, Fla./Braulio Alonso
Anthony Gaskins OL 6-1 273 West Orange, N.J./St. Peters
Ryan Griffith DL 6-2 240 Columbia, Md./DeMatha
Justin Guzman SB 5-11 209 Fullerton, Calif./Mater Dei
Matthew Harmon K/P 5-10 170 Taylors, S.C./Eastside
Matt Hayes OT 6-6 280 Charlotte, N.C./Butler
Kaipo-Noa Kaheaku-Enhada QB 5-11 175 Kapolei, Hawaii/Kapolei
Eric Kettani FB 6-1 200 Kirtland, Ohio/Lake Catholic
Rashawn King DB 6-0 170 Raleigh, N.C./Ravenscroft
Andrew Lair QB 6-1 190 New Orleans, La./Brother Martin
John Maddox DL 6-4 231 Manasquan, N.J./Manasquan
Andrew McGinn OL 6-1 240 Marietta, Ga./Walton
Ricky Moore LB/OL 6-4 269 North Beach, Md./Northern
Casey Nichols DB 6-0 185 The Woodlands, Texas/The Woodlands
Josh Novotny OL 6-4 275 Carmichaels, Pa./Carmichaels
Matt Onorato DL/OL 6-4 260 Jacksonville, Fla./Sandalwood
Artie Pauls DL 6-1 224 Chicago, Ill./St. Rita
Chad Peterson OL 6-4 290 Armwood, Fla./Armwood
Brent Quimby DB/QB 6-1 195 Baldwinsville, N.Y./Baker
Scott Reider LB 6-0 215 LaPorte, Ind./LaPorte
Will Scarle DE 6-4 245 Tampa, Fla./Plant
Jake Scott WR 6-0 180 Freeport, Pa./Freeport
Patrick Shannon LB 5-11 210 Alexandria, Va./Bishop Ireton
Curtis Sharp WR 6-4 210 Columbia, S.C./Dreher
Greg Shinego SB 5-9 185 Port St. Lucie, Fla./Centennial
James Simmons DB 5-11 175 Alexandria, Va./Hayfield
Kevin Snider DB 5-11 170 Burtonsville, Md./Paint Branch
Clint Sovie LB 5-11 196 Jacksonville, Fla./The Bolles School
Victor Strausbaugh WR 6-0 172 Columbus, Ohio/Upper Arlington
Joe Taylor QB 5-11 183 Montross, Va./Washington & Lee
Joey Taylor DB 6-0 194 Carrolton, Texas/Hebron
TJ Thiel WR 6-0 164 Plymouth, Minn./Breck
Jon Tigani K/P 5-7 190 Henderson, Nev./Bishop Gorman
Michael Vonbargen OL 6-5 250 Reading, Ohio/Reading
Michael Walsh DE/OLB 6-2 220 Newtown, Pa./Notre Dame
Shun White SB 5-9 175 Memphis, Tenn./Raleigh-Egypt
Karlos Whittaker SB 5-11 194 North Chicago, Ill./North Chicago
Troy Wood DL 6-2 203 McDonough, Ga./Union Grove
Brandon Wright QB 6-0 190 Deland, Fla./Deland
Eric Yates LB 6-2 203 Columbus, Ohio/Dublin Scioto
