Transfers ready for Rattlers

Division I transfers Branden Curry and Jamil Paris have taken two very different paths to FAMU that brought them to a point where they'll have to prove themselves all over again. Curry said he made his move from Marshall to be a part of a winning program at a position where he'd be comfortable at right tackle. Paris turned to FAMU after he was dropped from Kentucky's football team following heart surgery. In less than a month, Curry and Paris, a defensive end, will begin competing for spots on the Rattlers football depth chart. For the two transfers, the start of spring workouts on March 23 can't come fast enough.
















FAMU head football coach Joe Taylor stands with the statue of legendary Rattlers coach Jake Gaither.

Thursday was the first day that Paris participated in off-season workouts with the team. Since his enrollment at FAMU, he's undergone a battery of medical exams and wasn't cleared to play until Wednesday. Anxiety got the best of him Wednesday night and he was the first player out for the 5:45 morning run, he said. "I have such a burning desire to get started," Paris said. "I have it in my head that FAMU is not going to lose a game this season and that's what I'm approaching this season with. I'm really excited."

Paris knows that his former Division-I status doesn't guarantee a starting position. Coach Joe Taylor's policy is that every player competes and their performance ratings determine their position on the depth chart.

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