VUU Football Signs 22 to National Letters of Intent

RICHMOND, Virginia  -- Virginia Union University head football coach, Mark James, has signed 22 student-athletes to National Letters of Intent to play for VUU on the 2014 National Signing Day on Wednesday, February 5.

James' first signing class includes two Richmond-area players, Kyron Hoskie from Hermitage High School and Maurice Watkins out of Thomas Jefferson High School.

The signees also include six players from Saint Francis Academy in Baltimore, Md., two from Honolulu, Hi., three from Florida and two from prep powerhouse DeMatha High School in Hyattsville, Md.

Also among the signees is a transfer from the University of Kansas.  Jamal Brown was a member of the 2013 Jayhawk squad and is the son of Gilbert Brown, who played 10 seasons for the Green Bay Packers of the National Football League.

THE COMPLETE LIST OF SIGNEES:

NAME	POSITION	HEIGHT/WEIGHT	HOMETOWN	HIGH SCHOOL
MASON SEMISI	OL	6'4/ 295	HONOLULU, HI	FARINGTON HIGH
RAHEEM LOPEZ	DB	6'1/190	BIRMINGHAM, AL	RESTORATION ACADEMY
TAMONIE CHAMBLISS	WR	6'1 /180	WASHINGTON, DC	H.D WOODSON
JOSHUA ROBINSON	LB	6'4 / 210	HOLLYWOOD, FL	HALLANDALE HIGH
MARK JOHNSON	OL	6'4 / 290	DOVER, DE	HASSON JC
TYRONE GLANTON	LB	6'1 / 235	MIAMI, FL	MIAMI NORTHWESTERN
HAKEEM HOLLAND	ATH	5'9 / 175	BALTIMORE, MD	ST. FRANCIS
KHALIL STANFIELD	ATH	6'1 /  190	BALTIMORE, MD	ST. FRANCIS
MARK VALASQUEZ	RB	6'2 /  205	BALTIMORE, MD	ST. FRANCIS
SHAMDU NALLS	OL	6'5 /  285	BALTIMORE, MD	ST. FRANCIS
QUANTAYE BATTLE	QB	6'3 /  205	BALTIMORE, MD	ST. FRANCIS
MALIK BRIDGES	LB	5'11 /  215	BALTIMORE, MD	ST. FRANCIS
JAVAONTE DURDEN	DL	6'2 /  255	OCALA, FL	VANGUARD HIGH
DEVONTAE FOX	DL	6'2  /  355	WASHINGTON, DC	DEMATHA HIGH
JOHNATHAN SACKEY-ADDO	DL/OL	6'3  / 340	WASHINGTON, DC	DEMATHA HIGH
JAMAL BROWN	OL	6'2 / 324	UNIV. OF KANSAS TRANS.	LAWRENCE HIGH
JALEN WHEELER	QB	6'1 / 190	HACKENSAK, NJ	HACKENSAK HIGH
JAMES ALSTON	OL	6'7  / 285	HACKENSAK, NJ	HACKENSAK HIGH
KYRON HOSKEY	LB	5'11 /  225	RICHMOND, VA	HERMITAGE HIGH
DEONTE JACKSON	LB	5'11 /  240	WASHINGTON, DC	H.D WOODSON
MAURICE WATKINS	DB	5'10 / 170	RICHMOND, VA	THOMAS JEFFERSON
PETER SAGAPOLUTELE	DL	6'1 /  255	HONOLULU, HI	ST. LOUIS HIGH

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