BCSP Notes . . .
Classic Kickoff
Ninety-one (91) black college players will gather in
New Orleans this weekend for the inaugural HBCU All-Star
Football Classic.
The game is set for Monday, Jan. 17 at 4 p.m., at Tad Gormley Stadium in New Orleans and is the culmination of six days of activities to acquaint the group of black college senior all-star football players with football at the next level.
The game and concept is the brainchild of former NFL linebacker, Richard Harvey, who started the project last year by bringing the players in for workouts and activities resembling the NFL Combine. No game was played last year.
This year the players will be exposed to a host of events related to making the game of football a profession. The activities include seminars on financial planning, interviewing, nutrition and training and a session with representatives of the NFL Players Association. Additionally, the players will participate in community outreach programs, a youth camp, a panel discussion and an awards gala.
The teams are divided into East and West squads with players from the Mid Eastern Athletic Conference and Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association on the East roster and Southwestern Athletic Conference and Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference players on the West. Former longtime NFL assistant coaches Milt Jackson (East) and Willie Shaw (West) will serve as head coaches.
Among the players expected to participate are 18 players from the East and 17 players from the West that were all-conference selections, a host of BCSP "Baad Team" members and several named to all-American teams.
Rosters for the teams are listed below.
| East Team Roster | ||
| Position | Name | School |
| CB | Edward "Wally" Kwaku | Florida A&M University |
| CB | Nick Collins | Bethune-Cookman University |
| CB | Howard Williams | Elizabeth City State University |
| CB | Walt Williams | Fayetteville State University |
| CB | Luis George | North Carolina Central University |
| CB | Terrance Edwards | Virginia Union University |
| DL | Jeff Green | Florida A&M University |
| DL | Alex Saunders | Bethune-Cookman University |
| DL | Brent Davis | Delaware State University |
| DL | Rashad Jackson | Virginia Union University |
| DL | Bruce Banks | Bowie State University |
| FB | George Boykins | Virginia State University |
| K | Andrew Jacas | Fort Valley State University |
| LB | Jamal Muhammad | Bethune-Cookman University |
| LB | Charles Roberts | Fayetteville State University |
| LB | Kevin Talley | Norfolk State University |
| LB | Chris Peavy | Shaw University |
| LB | Dewitt Newkirk | Elizabeth City State University |
| OL | Carols Rojas | Fayetteville State University |
| OL | Brandon Torrey | Howard University |
| OL | Terrence Gibson | Norfolk State University |
| OL | Robert Rhodes | Shaw University |
| OL | Brian Scott | Winston-Salem State University |
| OL | Keon Brown | Virginia State University |
| OL | Emmanuel Akah | Winston-Salem State University |
| P | Damon Miller | Florida A&M University |
| QB | Benjamin Dougherty | Florida A&M University |
| QB | David Melton | Livingstone College |
| QB | Bradshaw Littlejohn | Morgan State University |
| RB | Julius Jordan | Bowie State University |
| RB | Roland "Jay" Colbert | Howard University |
| RB | Coty Martin | South Carolina State University |
| RB | Carlos Smith | Elizabeth City State University |
| S | Moises Gordon | Livingstone College |
| S | Brandon White | Virginia Union University |
| S | Carlton Greg Brown | South Carolina State University |
| S | Eric Blackwell | Fayetteville State University |
| S | Johnnie Williams | South Carolina State University |
| TE | Edward Harper | Albany State University |
| WR | Darryl Bright | Fayetteville State University |
| WR | Kerry Dixon | Hampton University |
| WR | Howard Gilmore | Norfolk State University |
| WR | Maurice Glenn | North Carolina Central University |
| WR | Brandon Free | Winston-Salem State University |
| West Team Roster | ||
| Position | Name | School |
| CB | Jermaine Collins | Albany State University |
| CB | Santana Lane | Prairie View State University |
| CB | Ahmad Treaudo | Southern University |
| CB | James Patrick | Stillman College |
| DL | Ali Hasan | Alabama A&M University |
| DL | Ross Gordon | Alcorn State University |
| DL | Deon Deboise | Jackson State University |
| DL | James Byner | Miles College |
| DL | Jordon Brumbaugh | Tuskegee University |
| DL | James McGowen | Jackson State University |
| FB | David Murphy | Stillman College |
| K | Brian Morgan | Grambling State Universityy |
| LB | Dwan Wilson | Alcorn State University |
| LB | Sam Evans | Fort Valley State University |
| LB | Tarus Morgan | Southern University |
| LB | DeAnthony Weems | Miles College |
| LB | Virgil Burton | Virginia Union University |
| OL | Kenneth Turner | Fort Valley State University |
| OL | Levell Willis | Miles College |
| OL | Mynia Smith | Southern University |
| OL | Chris Ham | Tennessee State University |
| OL | Herb Rouse | Texas Southern University |
| OL | Roderick Green | University of Arkansas Pine-Bluff |
| OL | Richard Robinson | Livingstone College |
| P | Travis Gumbs | Tuskegee University |
| QB | Uyl Joyner | Albany State University |
| QB | Donald Carrie | Alcorn State University |
| QB | Nicholas Smith | Miles College |
| QB | Thomas Ricks | Southern University |
| RB | Derrick Wimbush | Fort Valley State University |
| RB | Perry Tisdale | Miles College |
| RB | Charles Anthony | Tennessee State University |
| RB | James A. Johnson Jr. | University of Arkansas Pine-Bluff |
| RB | Billy Ray Moody | University of Arkansas Pine-Bluff |
| S | Jesse Owens | Benedict College |
| S | Levernonte Turner | Alabama A&M University |
| SS | Jeffrey Hobbs | Alcorn State University |
| SS | Randy Cowell | University of Arkansas Pine-Bluff |
| SS | Ronald Dillon | Alabama State University |
| TE | Johnny Washington | Alcorn State University |
| WR | Reginald Glover | Alabama State University |
| WR | Alvin Jackson | Albany State University |
| WR | Christopher A. Jones | Jackson State University |
| WR | Gordon Miles | Kentucky State University |
| WR | Dexter Gant | Edward Waters College |
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