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Class of 2010: Top Transfers – Tight Ends

Posted by roadster997 on November 10, 2008

Name: Keevon Newsome
Class: 2010
Position: TE/DL
Height: 6′2
Weight: 225
Forty: 4.86
City/School: Portsmouth Churchland
State: Virginia
Top Offers: PSU
National Ranking Position: 11
Rating: 5
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News And Notes: One of the top juniors in Virginia………..Junior starter at DE………….He transferred from Chesapeake Western Branch to Churchland for his junior year………………Will start at DT as a sophomore as that is where he is most needed……..Projects as a TE in college due to his fine hands and speed………….Athletic and is strong…………Still growing. His father says that his doctors project he could grow to 6-5…………The younger brother of star Class of 20089 QB Kevin Newsome……………Impressive at the 2008 Virginia Tech summer camp………….Impressive at DL at the April 5, 2008 Hampton Roads NUC and was invited to participate at the Ultimate 100 NUC. He was named the DL MVP in the afternoon session………..Early in his junior year he was hearing from Penn State, Virginia Tech, Duke and North Carolina
Name: Aaron Dunn
Class: 2010
Position: TE/DL
Height: 6′6
Weight: 230
Forty: 4.79
City/School: Spokane Mead
State: Washington
College Commitment: Washington State
Top Offers: WASHST
National Ranking Position: 12
Rating: 5
Junior Local Honors: 1-Ron Siegel-PS-Junior-AS (All Classes) (DL)
Sophomore Local Honors: HM-GSL
News And Notes: One of the top juniors in Washington……………He committed to Washington State in July 2008……….Could be either a TE, DE or fill out as a OT in college…………He transferred from Spokane Shadle Park to Med for his junior year……….Sophomore starter on a 3-7 4A team………..Freshman starter on the line for a 4A team…………..Also started in basketball as a freshman and is the teams star player. First Team All-GSL in basketball as a sophomore………Great frame, long arms, quick feet…….Very athletic…………Lots of upside………He was the TE MVP at the 2008 Washington State sumer camp….3.9 GPA………..Both his parents attended Washington State
Name: Josh Lovell
Class: 2010
Position: TE/DL/OL
Height: 6′4
Weight: 260
Forty: 4.78
City/School: Christchurch
State: Virginia
Top Offers: ECAR, UVA, MARSH, WVU
National Ranking Position: 13
Rating: 5
News And Notes: One of the top TE prospects on the Atlantic Coast…………He transferred from Gloucester to Christchurch for his junior year……………As a sophomore he had 35 receptions for 415 yards and 3 TDs…………….Nice size, runs good routes and is able to find the seams and has soft hands…………..3.0 GPA……….He wants to major in engineering……… He had early offers before his junior season and was hearing from the likes of Virginia, West Virginia, Notre Dame, Rutgers, Boston College, Virginia Tech, Ohio State and Penn State. He favors Florida and West Virginia.
Name: Dakota Mosley
Class: 2010
Position: TE
Height: 6′5
Weight: 234
Forty: 4.82
City/School: Little Rock Christian Academy
State: Arkansas
National Ranking Position: 29
Rating: 5
Sophomore Local Honors: Top 50 Arkansas Sophomores (Winter 2008); 1-4A-Conference (TE)
News And Notes: One of the top juniors in Arkansas………..Transferred from Farmington to Little Rock Christian for his junior year………….As a sophomore starter at TE on a 4A team, he had 11 receptions for 186 yards (16.9 avg) and 4 TDs…………..Nice frame, soft hands, good speed…………..230 bench, 26 vertical……………….Very impressive at the 2008 Arkansas summer camp (4.90 forty)
Name: Chad Hollifield
Class: 2010
Position: TE/DL
Height: 6′2
Weight: 189
Forty: 5.35
City/School: Tallahassee Leon
State: Florida
National Ranking Position: 120
Rating: 4
News And Notes: One of the better junior TE prospects in Florida………….He transferred from North Florida Christian to Leon after his sophomore season………………….Also a good long snapper
Name: Micah Hill
Class: 2010
Position: TE/DL
Height:
Weight:
Forty:
City/School: Oklahoma City Oklahoma Centennial
State: Oklahoma
Rating: 4
News And Notes: One of the better junior TE and DE prospects in Oklahoma……………He will start at TE and DE as a junior…………He transferred from Northeast to Centennial for his junior year………….Has started since his freshman season at Northeast……….Thu August 21, 2008 (Daily Oklahoman): •Hill also moves over: Former Northeast football player Micah Hill also will play at Oklahoma Centennial this season, and he is expected to give the Bison a boost. Hill, a junior tight end and defensive end, has started since he was a freshman. He said he transferred because Northeast was unsure of whether it would have a program this year. “I plan on making it to state,” Hill said. “I’m ready to crack somebody.”
Name: Austin Reifeis
Class: 2010
Position: TE/LB
Height: 6′3
Weight: 218
Forty:
City/School: Sammamish Eastlake
State: Washington
National Ranking Position: 148
Rating: 4
News And Notes: One of the better junior TE and OLB prospects in Washington……………Junior starter at TE and LB………….He transferred from Bainbridge Island Bainbridge to Eastlake for his junior year…………….Sophomore starter on a 7-3 3A team that did not provide any stats…………..At TE he has soft hands, good speed and blocks well. Is an active ‘backer who uses his hands well.

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