Showing posts with label QB A.J. De Filippis. Show all posts
Showing posts with label QB A.J. De Filippis. Show all posts

Saturday, August 14, 2010

SSU's Bostick to back up DeFilippis at QB

SSU Tigers starting quarterback A.J. DeFilippis

Antonio Bostick has secured Savannah State University's No. 2 quarterback job behind starter A.J. DeFilippis, interim head coach Julius Dixon said Wednesday after the Tigers' first practice in full pads. "Right now it's A.J. and then Antonio Bostick," said Dixon, who added that freshmen Anthony Prophet, Avery Cheeks and Jake Durham are competing for the third-string job.

DeFilippis, a 6-foot-3, 191-pound junior from Pooler, Georgia was the only quarterback academically eligible to participate in spring practices. Kurvin Curry, a sophomore who split time with DeFilippis last season, is academically ineligible this season.

Bostick, a 6-foot-1, 190-pound redshirt freshman from Greensboro, Fla., spent last season on the sideline signaling in plays to the quarterbacks. "Redshirting helped me a lot," Bostick said. "To see two experienced guys (DeFilippis and Curry) play the game of college football was a blessing for me. I didn't have a problem signaling plays in from the sideline. I feel very comfortable. Last year, it was a learning curve situation for me."

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Tuesday, May 11, 2010

ESPN to air segment on Savannah State on May 16

Tigers Quarterback A.J. DeFilippis interview will be a part of the ESPN "Outside the Lines" program on SSU Football airing on May 16.

ESPN reporter Jemele Hill told the Savannah Morning News that her story on ESPN's investigative program "Outside the Lines" about Robby Wells and Savannah State University will air May 16 at 9 a.m. Wells, a former SSU football coach, accused administrators of racism and lies in his Feb. 11 resignation letter.

A crew from ESPN, including Hill, visited SSU on March 23-24. They interviewed administrators and coaches about Wells. The ESPN crew made a second visit to SSU on April 9. They attended the Tigers' practice that morning. SSU interim head coach Julius Dixon, quarterback A.J. DeFilippis and defensive back Darren Hunter participated in on-camera interviews.

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