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Cavalier Stars Await Draft Fates
Virginia's draft hopefuls include offensive tackle D'Brickashaw Ferguson, considered a certain top 10 pick, quarterback/receiver Marques Hagans, running back Wali Lundy, offensive tackle Brad Butler, offensive lineman Brian Barthelmes, receiver Ottowa Anderson, defensive lineman Brennan Schmidt, kicker Connor Hughes, kicker Kurt Smith, linebacker Bryan White, linebacker Kai Parham, and defensive lineman Kwakou Robinson. It looks like Ferguson, Lundy, and Parham are certain draft picks, while Hagans, Butler, Schmidt, and Barthelmes are possible second-day picks. White, Robinson, Hughes, Anderson, and Smith likely will have to go the free agent route. Ferguson is the only potential Cavalier draftee that is easy to peg: he's considered a top 10 lock and likely the No. 4 pick for the New York Jets.
"There have been several collegiate quarterbacks turned receivers in recent years. Pittsburgh has enjoyed the most success with Super Bowl MVP Hines Ward and Antwan Randle-El, obviously, but other teams have made similar transitions with players, including Tennessee, San Francisco, and to a lesser extent, Seattle," Rang said. "Certainly New England has shown the outside-of-the-box mentality to try this transition, as well. These teams, because of their prior success, would be among those that Hagans could get a shot. At this point, we don't feel that he is necessarily a draftable prospect, though his size, athleticism, and intangibles certainly make him an intriguing prospect." All of Rang's responses on most of the Cavalier hopefuls are included this Sabre EDGE story: Ferguson, Other Cavs Eye Draft Weekend. |
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This Week In Recruiting By Chris Horne It has been a terrific week for the UVa 2007 football recruiting efforts, as three players who visited for the spring game last Saturday have since verbally committed to the program. Those players include top in-state prospects Peter Lalich and J'Courtney Williams as well as Mount Carmel (PA) tight end recruit Mark Ambrose, with more commitments possible in the coming weeks. J'Courtney Williams, a 6-3, 218-pound prospect out of Christchurch High School, actually committed to UVa on the day of the Spring Game. He chose the Hoos over offers from Clemson, Kentucky, Louisville, Maryland, Mississippi State, UNC and Virginia Tech. Colorado, Georgia, Florida, Kansas State and LSU were among the programs showing heavy interest as well. An outside linebacker last season as a junior, Williams is being recruited as a safety by the UVa staff. Very athletic, he also plays basketball and lacrosse for Christchurch. West Springfield QB Peter Lalich committed to the Hoos on Tuesday, just one day after seven UVa staff members showed up at his high school. Like Williams, the 6-5, 230-pound Lalich is one of the prospects the staff offered last fall and has been a top target in this recruiting class. He is a highly regarded signal caller who also boasted offers from Miami, Michigan, N.C. State, Pitt and UCLA, among others. As a junior last season, Lalich completed 189 of 331 passes (57%) for 2,671 yards with 22 touchdowns and 12 interceptions. He was named first-team All-Patriot district and honorable mention Washington Post All-Metro for his performance. Lalich also earned first-team all-combine honors at the National Junior combine in San Antonio in January 2006. Thursday, Mark Ambrose became the sixth player overall to commit to Virginia for the 2007 recruiting class. The 6-6, 223-pound tight end prospect had favored the Hoos after visits on consecutive weekends (April 15 and 22), but initially expressed that he would wait and decide next month. He and his parents decided on Tuesday to go ahead and make a commitment. Ambrose is an excellent athlete for his size. In addition to football, he plays center on the varsity basketball squad and participates in track and field (including the 110-meter hurdles and the 400 meters). He played wide receiver and defensive end in his junior season.
Video . Sabre EDGE subscribers, be sure to check out video on Lalich and Williams on their respective player recruiting cards. We expect to receive and post video on tight end Mark Ambrose in the near future.
Basketball recruiting . The AAU circuit comes to Charlottesville next weekend in the form of the Southern Invitational. TheSabre.com will be on hand for coverage of UVa basketball recruiting targets, so stay tuned for coverage on those players and more. Boo Williams Summer League, which boasts several UVa targets, will be at the event.
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License Plate section is up in Wahoowa! A few weeks ago, SabreMail made a request for anyone who had license plates that reflected your status as a Hoo fan. The responses have started to trickle in and the Plates Photos are up and running the Wahoowa! section of the site. The Wahoowa! section of the Sabre is dedicated to all things associated with UVa Fan-dom. There are various fan-related areas including desktop wallpaper, Fan of the Week photos, V-Sabres Worldwide, and more. If you have suggestions for new and interesting things in the Wahoowa! section, please email us at [email protected] with the header: Wahoowa! suggestion. We'd like to keep adding photos to the section so if your license plate shows that you're a Hoo fan, let us know so we can include you in our gallery. All you need to do is snap a picture of your license plate and email a jpeg version of the photo to [email protected] with the email header: License Plate Photo.
DMB at the JPJ ticket swap For anyone out there heading to the Dave Matthews Band concerts at Charlottesville's John Paul Jones Arena this fall, there are some Sabre-ites out there looking to swap seats. Since the venue limited people to purchasing 2 tickets at a time, pairs of friends may not be seated close together at all. If you want to try to swap your tickets to get closer to your friends, just visit our Ticket Exchange messageboard and see if anyone has tickets that they are willing to swap with you!
Post of the Week
Subject: Scoring in lacrosse this year
344 games played (through Sunday)
Here is how UVA compares with the rest of the lax world right now:
- In D1 men's lacrosse, the final scoring margins are 4 goals or less 53.1% of the time. UVA has only one time all season been held to a scoring margin smaller than 5 goals. Just thought I'd share what I found.
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Sabre articles from the past week
Ferguson, Other Cavs Eye Draft Weekend
Best Seat in the House: D'Brickashaw Ferguson
Best Seat in the House: Chip Smith
Rock Weir Winners Show Potential
Photo Gallery: Virginia Spring Game
What's Hot, What's Not: Spring Game
Orange Wins Spring Game
Best Seat in the House: Al Groh
'Young Guns' Playing Key Roles
Our resident recruiting expert, Chris Horne, provides updates for Edge subscribers about UVa's commitments and recruiting targets in football and men's basketball. To sign up for an Edge subscription, please see the sign-up promotion below. If you're already on board as an Edge subscriber, click the links below to catch up on recruiting. Sabre Edge recruiting updates from the past week ...
Burd Lands First Official Offer
Eleven Offers for Cloy
Ambrose Discusses Commitment
Athletic Mount Carmel Star Picks Virginia
Q&A with J'Courtney Williams
Jobe with Something to Prove
Lalich Commits!
Ambrose Earns UVa Offer
Hallick Eyeing Two
In-State Schools Battle for Fells-Danzer
Lalich Visits for Spring Game
Tyrod Taylor Takes in VT, UVa Spring Games
Cavs Land Big Time Commitment!
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