
Navy's Ricky Dobbs, center, breaks through to score a touchdown against Ohio State during the first quarter of a September 2009 game. (AP Photo/Terry Gilliam)
Navy football coach Ken Niumatalolo called this year’s recruiting class the “best class we’ve ever brought in.” Coaches seem to say this about every class, but it could be true considering the national pub the Midshipmen have gotten by playing in a bowl game the last seven years.
The bevy of recruiting websites that college football fans flock too don’t think much of Navy’s class. Rivals.com has Niumatalolo’s class ranked 111th out of 120 teams. Of course, those same recruiting classes that websites have ripped in the past have proven the critics wrong.
This year’s 52-man class includes plebes from 20 different states with the most, seven, coming from Texas. Navy has always had a national recruiting base, which they work to their favor. North Carolina, Florida, Georgia and California all also produced five recruits for this year’s class.
If you’re wondering why we are posting Navy and Army’s recruit lists now, months after the rest of college football’s powers announced theirs, it’s because of the nomination process academy football players must go through. Congress must nominate each student enrolling at a service academy. Air Force Academy’s football recruit list is coming next.
The list of players is after the jump.
Name | Position | Hgt. | Wgt. | Hometown/High School |
Matt Aiken | WR | 6-0 | 190 | Roanoke, Va./Hidden Valley |
Casey Bolena | WR | 6-2 | 190 | Phoenix, Ariz./Desert Vista |
Travis Bridges | OL | 6-2 | 285 | Hollywood, Fla./Chaminade-Madonna College Prep |
Dylan Chynoweth | FB | 5-9 | 190 | Park City, Utah/Park City |
Todd Culver | DB | 5-8 | 175 | Akron, Ohio/St. Vincent-St. Mary |
Jarvis Cummings | QB | 6-0 | 195 | Lancaster, Pa./Hempfield |
Barry Dabney | DL | 6-1 | 285 | Nashville, Tenn./Brentwood Academy |
Jamel Dobbs | DL | 6-1 | 265 | Ellenwood, Ga./Cedar Grove |
Alex Doolittle | DL | 6-2 | 266 | Houston, Texas/Langham Creek |
Albrey Felder | DB | 5-7 | 170 | Orange Park, Fla./Orange Park |
Adam Geuss | OL | 6-1 | 255 | Charlotte, N.C./Charlotte Catholic |
Andrew Glaize | OLB | 6-1 | 220 | Fairburn, Ga./Landmark Christian |
Eric Graham | DB | 5-11 | 175 | Eight Mile, Ala./M.T. Blount |
Trevon Griffin | DB | 6-2 | 181 | Miramar, Fla./Miramar |
Ryan Hill | SB | 5-7 | 185 | Calabash, N.C./West Brunswick |
Brantley Horton | DB | 6-2 | 185 | Cleveland, N.C./West Rowan |
Mike Huf | LB | 6-2 | 230 | Drexel Hill, Pa./Cardinal O’Hara |
Brynmor Hughes | P/K | 5-9 | 165 | San Diego, Calif./St. Augustine |
Walter Jones | SB | 5-9 | 170 | Winston Salem, N.C./Carver |
Brandon Killebrew | LB | 6-0 | 210 | Springdale, Md./C.H. Flowers |
Drew Kinsella | DL | 6-7 | 250 | Kingwood, Texas/Kingwood |
Rob Lombardo | FB | 6-0 | 215 | Yorktown Heights, N.Y./Somers |
Shawn Lynch | WR | 6-0 | 180 | Pelham, Ala./Pelham |
Eric Macik | DL | 6-2 | 250 | Lancaster, Pa./Hempfield |
Eric Mahler | OL | 6-3 | 290 | Matawan, N.J./Old Bridge |
Hayden Maples | OLB | 6-2 | 185 | Raleigh, N.C./Ravenscroft |
Vinnie Mauro | LB | 6-1 | 220 | Ft. Lauderdale, Fla./St. Thomas Aquinas |
Chris Mayes | DL | 6-3 | 285 | Murfreesboro, Tenn./Riverdale |
Keith McBride | SB | 6-0 | 210 | Collierville, Tenn./Memphis University School |
Trey Miller | QB | 5-11 | 185 | Marietta, Ga./Whitfield Academy |
Andre Moorehead | SB | 5-7 | 165 | Murphy, Texas/Canyon Creek Christian |
Andrew Nerup | QB | 6-1 | 175 | Hawthorne, Ill./Carmel |
Nolan O’Sullivan | OL | 6-3 | 255 | Saugus, Calif./Valencia |
Evan Palelei | OLB | 6-2 | 230 | Las Vegas, Nev./Bishop Gorman |
Michael Patrick | SB | 5-7 | 185 | Atlanta, Ga./Douglass |
Cody Peterson | FB | 6-3 | 205 | Olympia, Wash./Black Hills |
Steven Picchini | K | 5-11 | 172 | Moorpark, Calif./Moorpark |
Shawn Reed | LB | 6-1 | 205 | Kailua, Hawai’i/Kalaheo |
Colin Renton | OLB | 6-0 | 215 | The Woodlands, Texas/The Woodlands |
Pono Ryder | DB | 6-2 | 190 | Kaneohe, Hawai’i/Kamehameha |
D.J. Sargenti | OLB | 5-11 | 195 | Ridgefield, N.J./Ridgefield Memorial |
Colten Southworth | OLB | 6-1 | 195 | Texarkana, Texas/Redwater |
Darius Staten | SB | 5-5 | 186 | Carrollton, Texas/Hebron |
Thomas Stone | OL | 6-2 | 290 | Melbourne, Fla./Melbourne Central Catholic |
Marcus Thomas | SB | 5-7 | 155 | Baton Rouge, La./Catholic |
Michael Tuimavave | LB | 5-10 | 250 | Dale City, Calif./Archbishop Riordan |
Matthew Van Halanger | OL | 6-3 | 265 | Athens, Ga./Prince Avenue Christian |
Graham Vickers | OL | 6-1 | 265 | Diamond Bar, Calif./Diamond Ranch |
Collin Watkins | OL | 6-3 | 250 | Hinsdale, Ill./Hinsdale Central |
Jonathan Wev | DB | 5-10 | 190 | La Marque, Texas/La Marque |
Brian Williams | SB | 5-6 | 150 | Monroeville, Pa./Gateway Senior |
Samuel Womack | OL | 6-3 | 250 | Las Vegas, Nev./Bishop |
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