Wednesday, August 22, 2012

VUU Panthers come together for media day

RICHMOND, Virginia - Eleven days before the sounds of fall resonate through Hovey Field, the 105-year-old facility was quiet Tuesday morning as the Virginia Union football team held its annual media day.

Team and individual photos were taken, and an important question was answered. Virginia Union coach Michael Bailey tabbed Kenneth Graham, a redshirt freshman from Fort Lauderdale, Fla., as the starting quarterback. Graham will replace Cheston Hickman, who in four years with the program passed for 3,091 yards and 23 touchdowns.



"He had a great spring," Bailey said of Graham. "I've seen that he has picked up the scheme and he's quite comfortable, and that's what I look for in a quarterback.  "He has to be comfortable as far as command of the huddle, execution of the scheme, taking a leadership role and being a coach on the field."

With running back Jerell Washington as the ...

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