Grambling Tigers Ink 21 On Day One

GRAMBLING, Louisiana -- The Grambling State University Tigers' Football team welcomes the 2012 signing class. The G-Men are the defending Southwestern Athletic Conference champs. Day one saw a lot of excitement taking place as everyone watches to see who is going to be filling out the roster for the Tigers.

Joining the Legacy of Grambling are:

1.Joshua Alexander - DB, 5-10, 175 (Houston, Texas/Sharpstown HS)
2.Dwight Bazilee II - OL, 6-2, 285 (Channelview, Texas/Northshore HS)
3.Marlon Brown - OL, 6-2, 230 (Dallas, Texas/Skyline HS)
4.Brandon Byrdsong - TE, 6-2, 225 (Fayetteville, Ga./Sandy Creek HS)
5.William Cowan - OL, 6-2, 300 (Alexandria, La./Peabody HS)
6.Ka'Jandre Domino - ATH, 5-10, 170 (Baton Rouge, La./Scotlandville HS)
7.Shawheem Dowdy - ATH, 6-2, 220 (Owings, Md./New Town HS)
8.Ernest Echols-DT, 6-3, 330 (Stone Mountain, Ga./Martin Luther King HS)
9.Centerio Ford - DT, 6-3, 320 (Marion, La./Farmerville HS)
10.Justin Fortson - ATH, 5-8, 165 (Shreveport, La./Fair Park HS)
11.Vickey Gilbert II - LB, 6-2, 220 (Rogersville, Ala./Lauderdale Co. HS)
12.Trevion Goins - OL, 6-1, 280 (Monroe, La./Richwood HS)
13.Akil Hawkins - OL, 6-4, 285 (Fayetteville, Ga./Fayette Co. HS)

14.Dominique Leake - WR, 5-10, 165 (Memphis, Tenn./Southwind HS)

15.Justin Miller - OL, 6-3, 301 (Simsboro, La./Ruston HS)

16.Tyler Olivier - DB, 5-10, 180 (New Iberia, La./Catholic HS)

17.Nicholas Peoples - DB, 5-10, 185 (Shreveport, La./Byrd HS)

18.Travondre Rabon - WR, 6-2, 190 (Dallas, Texas/Skyline HS)

19.Samuel Reese - DE, 6-2, 236 (Center Point, Ala./Center Point HS)

20.Curtis Stapleton - DT, 6-1, 250 (Ozark, Ala./Carroll HS)

21. Henry Taylor - LB, 6-1, 205 (Baton Rouge, La./Scotlandville HS)

These are the signees at the close of business on day one; stay tuned to see who will join the G-Men next.

Courtesy: Grambling State University Sports Information

New Town QB Signs with Grambling State

OWINGS MILL, Maryland - As Dari-Lee Barnes began to co-sign a National Letter of Intent for her son to play football at Grambling State University, the pen New Town quarterback Shawheem Dowdy used moments earlier abruptly ran out of ink.

“Uh oh,” said Dowdy, playfully pretending to be worried. “Do we have a back-up pen?” Brief technical malfunctions weren’t about to bring Dowdy down on a morning that otherwise could not have gone much better for Dowdy and his mother.

After three-and-a-half years of hard work at New Town High School—both in the classroom and on the football field—Dowdy agreed to attend Division I-AA Grambling State in the fall, on a full football scholarship.

“The first thing that comes to mind is no tuition,” said Barnes, who couldn’t help but smile through much of the morning as her 17-year-old son put pen to paper on National Signing Day, which was aired on the high school’s morning announcements Wednesday.

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