UMass Announces Football Signing Class Of 2010

Courtesy of UMass Athletics

AMHERST, Mass. - UMass football coach Kevin Morris has announced the signing of 11 future Minuteman football players to National Letters of Intent. These 11 incoming freshmen join the six mid-year transfers and will be eligible to play this fall for the 2010 season. The class of 17 players is one of the tops in the nation.

“We are very excited about this class,” said Morris, who enters his second year as head coach of the Minutemen. “I am really confident in the character of these student-athletes. We hand-picked these players and were able to yield all of our top recruits. I am looking forward to coaching them when they get here and having them compete right away.”

The six transfers are be eligible to practice with the Minutemen starting in Spring Football, which begins on March 23, and will be able to play in games for the Minutemen in the Fall of 2010.

      2010 UMASS FOOTBALL NEWCOMERS
      Signee Players            Pos.      Yr.         Ht.         Wt.         Hometown/High School/Previous School
      Stanley Andre    LB    Fr.     6-1    250    Dorchester, Mass./Reading H.S.
      Matt Campbell    LB    Fr.    6-1    230    Attleboro, Mass./Attleboro H.S.
      Shawn Campbell    WR    Fr.    6-2    205    Woodstock, Conn./Hartford Public H.S./Hyde School
      Mike Delaney    RB    Fr.    6-3    220    Foxborough, Mass./Foxborough H.S.
      Matt Heilig    DL    Fr.    6-4    210    Harrisburg, Pa./Central Dauphin H.S.
      Brandon Hill    QB    Fr.    6-5    210    Audubon, N.J./Audubon H.S.
      Kirkland Nelms    DB    Fr.    5-10    180    Spotsylvania, Va./Riverbend H.S.
      Edward Saint-Vil    DB    Fr.    5-11    175    Mirmar, Fla./Hollywood Hills H.S.
      Antoine Tharpe    DB    Fr.    5-10    175    North Lauderdale, Fla./Coral Springs Charter School
      Dominic Wooten    WR    Fr.    6-5    220    Norwell, Mass./Norwell H.S.
      Ryan Young    OL    Fr.    6-5    280    Wayne, N.J./Wayne Valley H.S.

      Transfers Players             Pos.      Yr.         Ht.         Wt.         Hometown/High School/Previous School
      Galen Clemons       DL          R-Fr.       6-2         255         Danielsville, Pa./Northampton Area H.S./Central Michigan
      Anthony Dima        OL          R-Fr.       6-7         271         Centereach,N.Y./Centereach H.S./Hofstra
      John Griffin        TB          Sr.         6-0         208         Westminster, Mass./Oakmont Regional H.S./Northeastern
      Chad Hunte          LB          So.         6-0         205         Brookline, Mass./Brookline H.S./Northeastern
      Anthony Nelson      WR          Sr.         5-10        180         Wellington, Fla./Glades Day School/Hofstra
      Greg Niland         OL          R-Sr.       6-5         305         East Bridgewater, Mass./Coyle Cassidy H.S./Northeastern