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Lava Bears Get 9 Transfers!

Posted on June 27, 2010 at 01:53 PM.

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LAVA BEARS GET 9 TRANSFERS!

By Ivan Mateo
CFSPN.com
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Orlando Fl- Lindenwood Academy head coach, John Gruden, is pleased to Announce the following incoming transfers. Six are from Eastern Michigan University and the other three hail from JUCO and all are eligible to play. "The best part of the deal is they all can come in and compete this year. Hell, a few of them might end up starting. The rest of the guys we have coming in are all true freshmen, with the exceptions of a few preferred walk-ons." Gruden said.

Six of the nine come from Eastern Michigan, as they ended up following newly appointed Defensive Coordinator, Ron English. Those whos transfered include:
6'6 Freshman QB Devontae Payne, who came to Lindenwood because of coach English. He was the one who recruited him to EMU. RS Junior Center, Derek Gotham, who will be the only Junior on the team this coming season. SOPH TE, Garret Hoskins, SOPH LG, Andrew Sorgatz, SOPH LOLB, Andy Mulumba and the big 6'8 SOPH LT, Scott Mcleod. The last three are SOPH RE, Kenyatta Dukes, the #1 rated Defensive player by CIVIALS.com. Kenyatta chose to back out of his original commitment to USC to come to Lindenwood when he heard about the school. Kenyatta played last year at top ranked Blinn CC, where was a 1st team All-American and All-Conference selection. Kenyatta also led the NJCAA with 19.5 sacks. SOPH DT, Bradley Locks, from Snow College was also a 1st team All-Conference selection. Locks chose to come to Lindenwood over Utah, Washington and Baylor. 2nd Team All-American SOPH TE, Lawrence Rivers, who had 39 receptions and 9 Touchdowns last year for Doge City CC, by his own token passed up some big schools with the likes Texas A&M, Arkansas and Iowa.

Dukes, Locks and Rivers are a nice edition to any program and Lindenwood scored big, especially with the signing of Kenyatta Dukes which stunned all of Los Angles when he decided not to sign. "This kid [Dukes] is an unbelievable talent and we're lucky to have him. I watched him since he was in high school and the with the progression he has made now, he's definitely on pace to be one of the greats." English said. Coach Gruden also mentioned that he is just as excited as anyone to watch him play. "We expect big thing from him this year. I'm just glad we could get these players, Dukes, Rivers and Locks, being so close to the start of the season. You can expect the players to start arriving in the next couple weeks to this beautiful "compound" i would call it. Lindenwood Academy."