The Washington Post is reporting that Navy safety De’Von Richardson was kicked out of the Naval Academy for academic reasons. The sophomore started the team’s last nine games after senior Emmett Merchant was injured. He made 55 tackles, and his lone interception of the year came against Notre Dame. Losing Richardson is especially painful for Navy as it loses senior safety and team leader Wyatt Middleton to graduation. Richardson’s best game came in Navy’s bowl loss to San Diego State, where he made a career-high seven tackles.
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Want to know every storyline for this year’s Army-Navy game? You’ve come to the right place. I’m going to break the main talking points my own lazy unique style, and you can feel free to use these facts to bore amaze your family and friends on Saturday! This game, with0ut question, is one of sports’ greatest rivalries. But … Navy has won the last eight Army-Navy games. Army has never been closer than 12 points those games. In the past three years, Army has failed to even score a touchdown. So some of the luster of rivalry is lost, whether…
Ricky Dobbs’ final home game for Navy was a memorable one. The senior quarterback passed for a touchdown and ran for three more while rolling up 318 total yards, a career high, and led Navy to a 35-19 victory over Arkansas State at Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium. Dobbs is part of a historic senior class that was recognized prior to the game. The 23 Navy seniors have won 33 games overall, including two memorable wins against Notre Dame. The seniors won three Commander-in-Chief’s Trophies, never lost to Army and appeared in four consecutive bowl games. “These guys have done a lot,”…
Army defensive end Josh McNary, Navy safety Wyatt Middleton and Air Force cornerback Anthony Wright have been named to the official Watch List for the 2010 Lott Trophy. The annual award is named after Hall of Fame defensive back Ronnie Lott, who won four Super Bowls with the San Francisco 49ers and a college national championship while at USC. The Lott Trophy “is given to a player who exhibit’s the same characteristics Lott embodied during his distinguished career: Integrity, Maturity, Performance, Academics, Community and Tenacity.” Recent winners include LSU’s Glenn Dorsey and Ohio State’s James Laurinaitis. McNary, Middleton and Wright…
Quarterback Ricky Dobbs and safety Wyatt Middleton have been selected as captains of Navy’s football team next season, head coach Ken Niumatalolo announced last week. “It’s a great honor for Ricky and Wyatt to be elected team captains by their teammates and there is no doubt in my mind they will do a phenomenal job” Niumatalolo said. “They have been team leaders since the day they set foot on campus and I am confident they will provide great leadership on the field, in the classroom and in Bancroft Hall.” Dobbs was the engine of the Navy offense last season, leading…
