The Boston Herald is reporting that two former Naval Academy standouts are expected to be joining the New England Patriots very soon. Wide receiver Tyree Barnes and running back Eric Kettani — each commissioned as officers in 2009 — will be reporting to Patriots headquarters in Foxboro, Mass., this week, according to the paper. Barnes and Kettani both served the mandatory two years on active-duty that the Defense Department requires of service academy graduates seeking to play professional sports. Both players, along with fellow class of 2009 grad Shun White, were kept on New England’s Reserve/Military list the past two…
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It was back in March the last time After Action heard news about Shun White, one of Naval Academy’s most acclaimed football players in recent years. My journalistic cousins at Navy Times had reported back then on some of the questions raised by his contract with the New England Patriots and late graduation from the Naval Academy. Well, White has since been commissioned as a naval officer, and he’s now is serving aboard the destroyer Stout, according to an Oct. 14 press release on DVIDS. The Stout is taking part in “Joint Warrior 10-2,” a multinational excercise off the coast…
Anyone who follows Navy football knows that New England Patriots coach Bill Belichick loves to give talented Midshipmen a shot at the NFL. Belichick’s father coached and worked as a scout at Navy for many years, and the younger Belichick has signed a handful of Navy grads and kept them on the team using the NFL’s reserve/military. As far as I can see, the rules for list aren’t spelled out anywhere online, so it never fails to confuse folks. So here’s a very basic description of how it works from Patriots.com by Patriots Football Weekly writer Andy Hart: Can U…
Trivia question: Which NFL team has three members of the Naval Academy class of 2009 on its roster? Answer: The New England Patriots. One of those players is former standout slotback Shun White, whose current situation at the Naval Academy is examined in this week’s edition of Navy Times. White, who signed with the Patriots as a free agent in May 2009, was allowed to reschedule an exam in order to practice with New England last spring, according to one of colleague Phil Ewing’s sources. And close to a year after his classmates received their commissions, White remains at the…
