NCCU’s BROWN TOPS CLASS OF 2006 FOOTBALL ROOKIES
NCCU’s Brown tops class of 2006 CIAA Football Rookies
Freshman Quarterback Led Eagles to Perfect Season, Championship Berth
November 6, 2006
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Stadford Brown |
HAMPTON, VA-North Carolina Central University quarterback
Stadford Brown tops a list of freshman voted to the 2006 CIAA
Football All-Rookie Team, as selected by the CIAA Sports
Information Directors’ Association.
Brown, a graduate of Dunbar High School in Washington, DC has been
tapped as the 2006 CIAA Rookie of the Year after leading North
Carolina Central University to their second consecutive CIAA
Football Championship appearance. The Eagles just wrapped up the
first perfect season (10-0, CIAA 7-0) in the 83 year history of
their football program with Brown emerging as one the
conferences’ elite passers. He leads the CIAA in passing
yards per game (209.9) and touchdowns with 24 scores thrown in
2006. His 24 touchdowns are currently tied for the most in a single
season in NCCU Eagle history. This past season he was voted CIAA
Rookie of the Week six times with his top performance coming versus
Bowie State with 291 yards and four touchdowns. Brown will lead the
Eagles against Elizabeth City State University Saturday afternoon
at 1:00pm at O’Kelly-Riddick Stadium in Durham, NC
A complete list of the 2006 Football All-Rookie Team is as follows:
| OFFENSE | SCHOOL | POSITION | HT, WT | HOMETOWN/HIGH SCHOOL |
| Saeed Abdul-Azeez | NC Central | Fullback | 5-11,229 | Durham, NC/Southern |
| Richard Boone | St. Augustine’s | Wide Receiver | 5-9,185 | Petersburg, VA/Petersburg |
| Stadford Brown | NC Central | Quarterback | 6-1,196 | Washington, DC/Dunbar |
| Justine Buxton | Virginia St. | Kicker | 5-10, 165 | Portsmouth, VA/IC Norcom |
| Torian Donaldson | Virginia Union | Running Back | 5-10,180 | Virginia Beach, VA/Tallwood |
| Anthony Green | Bowie State | Wide Receiver | 6-4, 220 | Randallstown, MD/Randallstown |
| Daniel Mendez | Elizabeth City St. | Kicker | 5-11, 190 | Riverside, CA/LaSierra |
| Brian Moore | Elizabeth City St. | Offensive Tackle | 6-6,300 | Detroit, MI/Cass Tech |
| Sean Vary | Livingstone | Kicker | 5-11, 220 | New Bern, NC/New Bern |
| Billy Wiggins, II | Elizabeth City St. | Wide Receiver | 5-10, 180 | Charlotte, NC/Independence |
| Steven Williams | Livingstone | Quarterback | 6-2, 205 | Stockbridge, GA/Cedar Grove |
| DEFENSE | SCHOOL | POSITION | HT, WT | HOMETOWN/HIGH SCHOOL |
| Ward Aycock | Fayetteville St. | Punter | 5-11, 175 | Salem, NC/North Johnson |
| Rashard Coleman | NC Central | Linebacker | 5-10, 204 | Lakeland, FL/Lakeland |
| Lorenzo Hall | Johnson C. Smith | Defensive Line | 5-10, 330 | Winnsboro, SC/Fairfield Central |
| Justin Hamilton | Elizabeth City St. | Defensive Back | 5-10, 160 | Washington, DC/Roosevelt |
| Hurley Hemphill | Virginia Union | Linebacker | 6-1, 235 | Concord, NC/NW Cabarrus |
| Todd Irving | Elizabeth City St. | Defensive Tackle | 6-5, 230 | Marshall, TX/Marshall |
| Micguel Johnson | NC Central | Corner Back | 5-9, 157 | Gainesville, FL/Eastside |
| Steven Johnson | Virginia Union | Linebacker | 6-2, 225 | Spotsylvania, VA/Spotsylvania |
| Joseph Jones | Virginia State | Linebacker | 5-9, 225 | Chesapeake, VA/Oscar Smith |
| Joel Kuvuna | Fayetteville St. | Linebacker | 6-2, 220 | Raleigh, NC/Broughton |
| Brandon Smith | Virginia Union | Linebacker | 5-11, 210 | Virginia Beach, VA/Landstown |
| 2006 CIAA Rookie of the Year | ||||
| Stadford Brown | NC Central | Quarterback | 6-1,196 | Washington, DC |
