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February 6, 2008

Bryant football signs 18

Bryant University has its first class of Division I football recruits.

Eighteen high-school players returned signed National Letters of Intent yesterday to coach Marty Fine. They will go through the four-year transition period Bryant is entering from the Division II Northeast-10 Conference to the Division I Northeast Conference.
Bryant was 8-3 and the NE-10 champion in 2007.

Two players from La Salle Academy and one from Bishop Feehan are among the Class of 2012. They are Raymond Bundy, 6-0, 310, of Bristol, an offensive lineman, and Joshua Janes, 6-3, 235, of Newport, a defensive lineman. Bundy was a first-team All-State selection at La Salle, helped the Rams to three Super Bowls and also played lacrosse. Janes was second-team all-division. They will join La Salle alum Brendan Rice on the Bulldogs.

Michael McGowan, 6-0, 180, of Attleboro, is a defensive back/quarterback who was also a sprinter on Bishop Feehan’s record-setting 4x100 relay team.

In addition to Bundy, Fine recruited offensive linemen Jack Barons, 6-4, 255, of Lexington, Mass.; Robert Edwards, 6-0, 260, of Damascus, Md., Royce Brunson, 6-2, 265, of Hamden, Conn., and Adam Peloquin, 6-1, 265, of Spencer, Mass. Edwards played on two state championship teams and was first-team All-State.

Other offensive players include running back Luis “BJ” Aponte, 5-8, 183, of New Britain, Conn., who rushed for 1,775 yards and 22 touchdowns in his career; wide receivers DeLon Bohler-Young, 6-3, 185, of Montclair, N.J., and Kyle Higgins, 6-2, 205, of Billerica, Mass., a cousin of Mets pitcher Tom Glavine; fullback John Riley, 6-0, 227, of Wakefield, Mass., a weightlifter and team MVP who had 72 tackles and 8 sacks, and tight end Cody Aughney, 6-6, 220, of Henderson, Nev.

Recruits on defense include linebackers Mike Abany, 6-1, 205, of Mansfield, Mass., also a starting fullback for two years,Nick Sengotta, 6-2, 235, of Wayne, N.J., and Franck Tebou, 6-0, 2-5, of Mattapoisett, Mass., team MVP in 2007; defensive backs Samad Wagstaff, 5-8, 165, of New Rochelle, N.Y., who returned two interceptions for touchdowns, and Michael Leavitt, 5-9, 195, of Atkinson, N.H., also a running back who holds the Central Catholic (Lawrence, Mass.) career rushing record with 3,700 yards and who scored 46 touchdowns, and defensive lineman David Morgan, 6-1, 238, of Camden, Ohio.

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