2007

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East Central wraps up spring football drills • M infusion of mid-year transfers and neN schemes on offense and defense has ~t Cefltral Commun~

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Tu.,caloosa County quar– terback Deon Williams who transfer red from Val– dosta State Also expected to make a big impact is fot– mer Northeast Lauderdale quarterback Maurice Langston \\ho will likely split time at running back with sophomore f\.Ilke Dunn. "Deon is a gu} v.ho could have played Division l football," Underwood said. "He has come in and done a good job in the spring and has a chance to be the best quarterback we've had in quite a while. 1Iaurice Langston ran the football v.:ell in the spring. He'sjust the kind of player who is great with the ball in his hands." Affter Williams and Langston. Underwood said defcnsi\ e players Henry Scott at no e guard and Kevin Marshall at line-

backer both had solid springs. On offense. Underwood mentioned former Tuscaloosa Count) \\ide receiver Tyler Walker and former Northeast Laud– erdale wide receiver Lamar Truman as havmg good springs as \\ell as James Jenkins who could see time on etthcr the offensi\'Cor d fensive lines. Rutming the No. 2 quar– terback ''as another mid– year transfer ,Jarvis Wil– son whom l nderwood said would see some play– ing time somewhere. "This is probably the best crop if mid-year transfer~ that we've had since I've been here," Underwood sa1d. "We've worked hard at bringing those guys in and trying to get better. We'll get on the weights now and try to get strunget:''

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"Steye's a m.w who has worked with ~s ·hefore and brings a lot of experience and intensity to the table," Underwood :-;aid. "He's got 29) cars of experience and has vwrked at Clemson and Ole 1\liss and been a successful high school coach. We'll be running some 4-2-5 and doing some different things out of that. It's similar to what we have done in the past and I think it matches up well against the spread teams we'll see in our league right now.'' Underwood sang the praises of several mid– year transfers that he hopes will lead the War– riors back to the playoffs. Among those is former

ty College football coach Terry Underwood excited about the upcommg season.

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