Conference of the Quarterbacks: CIAA Football Preseason Picks and Predicted Order of Finish Revealed
Conference of the Quarterbacks: CIAA
Football Preseason Picks and Predicted Order of Finish Revealed
Petersburg, VA… The Central Intercollegiate Athletic
Association announced its
Pre-season All-CIAA Football Team and Predicted Order of Finish at
the Football Press Conference and Luncheon, this afternoon.
This year's press conference featured the 2008 season theme,
"Conference of the Quarterbacks." Several of the returning
quarterbacks for this season where in attendance and held
interviews with the media.
With a slightly difference format than previous years, each
football coach was interviewed by Stan Lewter of the Urban Sports
and Entertainment Group as they shared their outlooks for the
upcoming year.
The All-CIAA Pre-Season Team and Predicted Order of Finish are
listed below:
Predicted Order of
Finish
Eastern
Division
Virginia Union University
Elizabeth City State University
Bowie State University
Virginia State University
Saint Paul's College
Western
Division
Shaw University
Fayetteville State University
Saint Augustine's College
Johnson C. Smith University
Livingstone College
Chowan University
2008 CIAA Preseason Football Team
Offense
| Pos | Name | School | CL | HT | WT | Hometown |
| TE | Michael Thornton | SPC | SR | 6-4 | 260 | Norfolk VA |
| OL | Dawayne Frost | BSU | SR | 6-6 | 295 | Largo, MD |
| OL | Rashawn Curry | JCSU | SR | 6-3 | 300 | Gastonia, NC |
| OL | Oliver Pazdry | Shaw | SR | 6-4 | 310 | New York, NY |
| OL | Kynneth Moses | VUU | SR | 6-2 | 295 | Cheseapeake, VA |
| OL | Laquentin Blair | VUU | SR | 6-4 | 275 | Dallas, TX |
| WR | Lenell King | Shaw | SR | 6-0 | 185 | Mississippi |
| WR | Michael Hampton | VUU | SR | 5-10 | 180 | Charlotte, NC |
| QB | Lamar Little | VUU | SR | 5-11 | 205 | Candor, NC |
| RB | Issac Redman | BSU | SR | 5-11 | 230 | Paulsboro, NY |
| RB | Tarian Donalson | VUU | JR | 5-9 | 180 | Virginia Beach, VA |
| KR | Devon Wiggins | VSU | SR | 5-9 | 170 | Norfolk, VA |
| PK | Gil Hernandez | VUU | SR | 5-9 | 160 | East Palo Alto, CA |
Defense
| DL | Willie McCordey | BSU | JR | 6-4 | 260 | Anapolis, MD |
| DL | Marcus Kennedy | SAC | SR | 6-2 | 290 | Georgetown, SC |
| DL | Louis Ellis | Shaw | SR | 6-3 | 310 | Jackson, MS |
| DL | Martellus Braxton | Shaw | SR | 6-4 | 255 | Lynchburg, VA |
| LB | Terrell Allen | FSU | SR | 6-0 | 225 | Wilmington, NC |
| LB | Clinton Gee | SPC | SR | 6-2 | 240 | Danville, VA |
| LB | Brandon Smith | VUU | JR | 6-0 | 220 | Virginia Beach, VA |
| DB | Donte' Wise | FSU | SR | 5-9 | 175 | Fayetteville, NC |
| DB | Greg Toler | SPC | SR | 6-1 | 180 | Washington, DC |
| DB | Monte Coleman | Shaw | SR | 6-1 | 200 | Mound Bayou, MS |
| DB | Andre'Lipscomb | VSU | SR | 6-0 | 180 | Richmond, VA |
| P | Daniel Mendez | ECSU | JR | 5-10 | 190 | Riverside, CA |
| PR | Robert Brown | Shaw | JR | 5-10 | 178 | Miami, FL |
In five weeks, the gridiron season will begin. Will you be
ready?
August
| 28 | Virginia Union University | East Stroudsburg University | East Stroudsburg, PA | 7:30pm |
| 30 | Virginia State University | Norfolk State University | Norfolk, VA | 6:00pm |
| Labor Day Classic | ||||
| 30 | Lincoln University (PA) | George Mason University | Lincoln, PA | 6:00pm |
| 30 | Elizabeth City State University | Chowan University | Elizabeth City, NC | 7:00pm |
| 30 | Shaw University | Albany State University | Albany, GA | 7:00pm |
| 30 | Livingstone College | Concordia College | Greenville, SC | 7:00pm |
| Greenville HBCU Classic | ||||
| 30 | Johnson C. Smith University | North Carolina A&T State University | Greensboro, NC | 6:00pm |
| 30 | Bowie State University | Cheyney University | Cheyney, PA | 12:30pm |
| 30 | Saint Augustine's College | Catawba College | Salisbury, NC | 7:00pm |
| 30 | Saint Paul's College | Wingate University | Lawrenceville, VA | 1:30pm |
| 31 | Fayetteville State University | North Carolina Central University | Durham, NC | 4:00pm |
