Friday, April 11, 2008

FAMU's O-line is young but getting better

Photo: #51 LT Kwame Akkebela (with ball) played Center last season when Steve Brazzle was out with shoulder injury. Akkebela moves back to LT this season.

Brazzle's shoulder fully healed after a season out

It didn't take too long after the Florida A&M football team put on pads earlier this spring for offensive lineman Steve Brazzle to find out if he was completely healed. A right shoulder injury kept him on the sidelines all of last season.

"After I hit somebody the first day, I knew I was back to normal," Brazzle said following Thursday's final practice before Saturday's Orange and Green game. "I'm going as hard as I can every day." Brazzle's absence created a huge gap in the offensive line last year. The line turned into a patchwork unit at a point in the season when FAMU was going through a quarterback shuffle.

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It appears if this lineup remains for the Spring game scheduled for 1:00 p.m, April 12, the Rattlers starting offensive line will average 6.44 in height and 304.6 pounds. That lineup would consist of:

#73 RT Chris Sands, 6-8/315, RS Fr., Tallahassee, FL Leon H.S.
#61 RG Javier Wallace, 6-3/270 RS So., Austin, TX LBJ H.S.
#64 C Steve Brazzle, 6-4/328, Jr., Coatesville H.S., PA
#60 LG Anthony Collins 6-3/355 RS Jr., Miami, FL Pace H.S.
#51 LT Kwame Akkebela 6-4/255 So., Orlando, FL Jones H.S.

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