Signing Day Central

Updates from Signing Day 2010

7:28 a.m.: Nordly Capi is the first official NLI signee in the Class of 2010; submitted his letter at 5:22 a.m. MST; paperwork just approved!...7:31 a.m.: Athlete Bobby Borcky, who scored 60 TD at Lake Highland Prep in Orlando, is in the fold...7:33 a.m.: Another pair of Orlando-area standouts are officially Rams -- Shaq Bell and Charles Green...7:39 a.m.: The first two Rams from the Central Time Zone, OL Mason Hathaway from the Dallas area and WR Thomas Coffman from Austin, are inked! 7:49 a.m.: They're coming in way too fast for us to keep up! Three more -- speedy DB Bernard Blake from the Austin area, 4.2-GPA student Mason Myers, a stud OL from Oklahoma City, and our first in-state signee, LB Max Morgan from Greeley West, an All-Colorado selection...8:29 a.m.: Four more -- WR Jay James, who's a great story (read his bio below), DB Najee James, who's cousin is NFL Offensive Player of the Year Chris Johnson, another TE from Pueblo in Kivon Cartwright, and LB Vance Green, who runs a 10.6 100 meters, from Texas state champion Gilmer...8:46: Another quartet of new Rams, including the first from the Pacific Time Zone, Garrett Grayson, the No. 22-ranked dual-threat QB in the nation! Also becoming official just now are DL Trevor Murphy from tiny Jefferson, Texas, which has produced three NFL players, probably the class' most athletic offensive lineman in Watsonville, Calif., signee Ty Sambrailo, and the third in-state NLI, Christian Stefo, another first-team All-Colorado selection who led Pomona to the state's 5A championship game in December!...9:31 a.m.: Three more NLI's approved by CSU's compliance office -- Miami-area OL Alex Tucci, Bushland, Texas, TE Crockett Gillmore -- a WR and DE in high school who caught 22 TD passes last year, and LB Eric Niederberger from Nevada City, Calif., his conference's defensive player of the year!...10:22 a.m.:Five more official Rams, including all three from Dr. Phillips in Orlando, three cogs on the Panthers' 2009 team that set a school record with 11 wins -- RB Marvin Ford, LB Marquis Hood and LB Charles Favors, the No. 2 ranked LB in Central Florida...The other two are Dallas Skyline speedster Tony Drake, the No. 8 all-purpose back in the country, and WR James Boone, who had back-to-back 1,000-yard seasons at St. Cloud (Fla.) High School!...12:44 p.m.:Final NLI is here! John Froland, No. 60 defensive tackle in the nation, is officially a CSU player.

Colorado State's Class of 2010

High School
Name	Pos	Ht	Wt	Hometown/Last School
Shaq Bell	DB	5-11	178	Kissimmee, Fla./Osceola
Bernard Blake	DB	6-0	177	Bastrop, Texas/Bastrop
James Boone	WR	6-1	183	St. Cloud, Fla./St. Cloud
Bobby Borcky	QB	6-2	190	Orlando, Fla./Lake Highland Prep
Nordly Capi	DL	6-3	242	Ocoee, Fla./Ocoee
Kivon Cartwright	TE	6-4	215	Pueblo, Colo./Pueblo South
Thomas Coffman	WR	5-10	170	Austin, Texas/Stephen F. Austin
Tony Drake	RB	5-8	176	Dallas, Texas/Skyline
Charles Favors	LB	6-1	235	Orlando, Fla./Dr. Phillips
Marvin Ford	RB	5-10	190	Orlando, Fla./Dr. Phillips
John Froland	DL	6-5	250	Snohomish, Wash./Glacier Peak
Crockett Gillmore	TE	6-6	235	Bushland, Texas/Bushland
Garrett Grayson	QB	6-2	200	Vancouver, Wash./Heritage
Charles Green	DL	6-2	221	Sanford, Fla./Seminole
Vance Green	LB	6-0	211	Gilmer, Texas/Gilmer
Mason Hathaway	OL	6-5	270	Southlake, Texas/Carroll
Marquis Hood	LB	6-0	203	Orlando, Fla./Dr. Phillips
Jay James	WR	6-3	215	Orlando, Fla./Colonial
Najee James	DB	6-0	187	Orlando, Fla./Evans
Max Morgan	LB	6-1	213	Greeley, Colo./Greeley West
Trevor Murphy	DL	6-3	290	Jefferson, Texas/Jefferson
Mason Myers	OL	6-3	285	Oklahoma City, Okla./Southmoore
Eric Niederberger	LB	6-1	210	Nevada City, Calif./Nevada Union
+Mike Orakpo	S	6-1	200	Houston, Texas/Westbury
Ty Sambrailo	OL	6-5	275	Watsonville, Calif./St. Francis
Christian Stefo	OL	6-6	316	Arvada, Colo./Pomona
+Pete Thomas	QB	6-5	220	El Cajon, Calif./Valhalla
Alex Tucci	OL	6-3	295	Weston, Fla./Cypress Bay

+ -- enrolled at Colorado State for Spring 2010 semester

Pronunciation Guide

Nordly Capi...KAPP-ee
Kivon Cartwright...KEE-vonn
John Froland...FROH-lund
Marquis Hood...mar-KEECE
Najee James...nah-G
Eric Niederberger...NEED-er-BER-ger
Mike Orakpo...oh-RACK-poh
Ty Sambrailo...sam-BRY-lo
Christian Stefo...STEFF-oh
Alex Tucci...TOO-chee