Florida A&M's Joe Taylor is methodically adding impact players to the Rattlers roster to make a run for the FCS title in 2009. FAMU finished '08 at 9-3 and second place in the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference.
Florida A&M football coach Joe Taylor has searched schools as far away as Kentucky and West Virginia to bring a few players closer to home, primarily to beef up the Rattlers’ offensive line. In all, Taylor has signed three offensive linemen transfers from BCS schools with possibly two others expected on defense if they can pass Taylor’s screening. Those players are junior defensive back Marques Barnes from University of South Carolina and defensive end Jamil Paris from Kentucky.
Taylor also confirmed that former Madison County Cowboy Jay Culpepper will transfer from FSU. The 6-4, 268-pound offensive lineman will be used as a long snapper, Taylor said. The other two linemen are Chris Little from Georgia and Braden Curry from Marshall University. Curry of Hollywood and Paris of Vero Beach were both top recruits coming out of their respective Florida high schools. Neither Paris’ nor Barnes’ move is completed, but even if they don’t make Taylor’s standards, he said the new additions will bring some depth to the offensive line.
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