Hurricanes Football Welcomes 18 Newcomers
Aug. 8, 2002
CORAL GABLES, Fla. (www.hurricanesports.com) –
The University of Miami’s highly touted class of football recruits was officially greeted by head coach Larry Coker Tuesday morning. The newcomers reported beginning at 9 a.m. and were fitted for equipment, underwent physicals and checked in to their dormitories.
“This is always a special day for our new student-athletes and their families,” said head coach Larry Coker. “And it’s a special day for us. It’s really a milestone in their lives and in the life of our football program.”
Along with 17 players who signed with the Hurricanes in February, tight end Kaylan Little (6-2, 235) of Valencia Community College in Orlando also reported.
The newcomers will spend much of the week going through student-athlete orientation. Practices for the newcomers begin Thursday morning at the Greentree Practice Fields on the UM campus. Morning practice begins at 8:30 a.m. with an afternoon session slated to start at 3:30 p.m. The group will go through only University Orientation on Wednesday.
University of Miami Football Media Day will be held Friday, Aug. 9, beginning at 2:30 p.m. Full Squad two-a-day practices begin for the Hurricanes on Saturday, Aug. 10, and will be held at 8:30 a.m. and 3:30 p.m. daily. All practices are open to the public from Saturday, Aug. 10, through Friday, Aug. 16.
2002 University of Miami Hurricanes Football Newcomers
Name Position Ht. Wt. Hometown High School/Junior CollegeBaraka Atkins DL 6-4 240 Sarasota, Florida BookerTravarous Bain DB 6-0 170 Miami, Florida NorthwesternKareem Brown DL 6-5 250 Miami, Florida NorlandMarc Guillon QB 6-4 190 Orinda, California MiramonteAkieem Jolla WR 6-4 190 New Orleans, Louisiana St. AugustineCurtis Justus TE 6-6 200 Perry, Oklahoma Perry*Kaylan Little TE 6-2 235 Orlando, Florida Edgewater HS/Valencia CCBrandon Meriweather DB 6-1 173 Apopka, Florida ApopkaRyan Moore WR 6-3 185 Orlando, Florida Dr. PhillipsSinorice Moss WR 5-8 163 Miami, Florida Carol CityJon Peattie K/P 6-3 185 Clearwater, Florida CountrysideAlex Pou OL 6-4 276 Coral Gables, Florida Coral GablesAntonio Reynolds LB 6-4 210 Akron, Ohio J.R. BuchtelGlenn Sharpe DB 5-11 175 Miami, Florida Carol CityGreg Threat DB 6-2 185 Tallahassee, Florida LincolnEric Winston TE 6-5 260 Midland, Texas LeeAnthony Wollschlager OL 6-6 300 Fort Lauderdale, Florida St. Thomas AquinasJohn Wood DL 6-3 225 Hialeah, Florida American
*denotes non-scholarship player
Miami begins the 2002 football season on Saturday, August 31, at 7 p.m. against the Florida A&M Rattlers at the Orange Bowl.
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