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Victor Central
Michael Corey..................................2000-01
Trevor DuPont........................2004-05-06-07
Nick Krajacic.......................................2007-08
Chris Simpson...............................2006-07-08
Wallkill Central
Alex Argulewicz......................1999-00-01-02
Walt Whitman
Chris Wilgosz.........................1996-97-98-99
Walter Panas
Steven Stern....................................2004-05
Warrensburg
Josh Baker.......................................1999-00
Warwick Valley
Anthony Sciarra...........................2001-02-03
Washingtonville
Michael Tecklenburg..............................1999
Watertown
Marcus Miles....................................2006-07
Watervliet
John Bolt................................2000-01-02-03
Webster Schroeder
Mitch Pawluk..........................................2004
West Seneca West
Jacob Anderson.....................2003-04-05-06
Ben Kelcey.............................1997-98-99-00
Westlake
Vinny Fuschetto................................2001-02
Whitesboro
Greg Garrett...........................1996-97-98-99
Joe Madrak............................1997-98 & 2000
William Floyd
Chad Rissland..................................2003-04
Yorktown
Robert Anderson.........................1997-98-99
Jay McFarlane.............................1999-00-01
Don Weese............................................1999
North Carolina
Seventy-First
Marcus Allen....................................2005-06
Ohio
Parma Padua Franciscan
Frank Blasinsky.............................2006-07-08
Pennsylvania
Archbishop Ryan
Chris Wilk..................................................2008
Bethlehem Catholic
Ryan Roeder..........................1999-00-01-02
Bishop O’Hara
Steve Talarico........................................2006
Hill School
Justin Sands...........................2002-03-04-05
Palmerton Area
Justin Petersen.........................................2008
Reading Memorial
Matt Cohen............................................2002
Red Land
Keith Peifer................................................2008
Shaler
Wil Moushey.............................................2008
Texas
Grapevine
Andy Sparano.....................................2007-08
Tony Sparano................................2006-07-08
Virginia
South Lakes
Jon Volpe...............................2004-05-06-07
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UAlbany In The NFL
University at Albany's Rashad
Barksdale (left) was taken in the
sixth round of the National Football
League Draft by the Philadelphia
Eagles in 2007. Barksdale, who
was the 201st player selected, is
the second UAlbany football player
to be chosen in the NFL Draft. He
was released by the Eagles and
immediately signed by the Kansas
City Chiefs off waivers.
Barksdale became the first
Great Dane to play in an NFL
regular-season game on Oct. 7,
2007 against Jacksonville. Barksdale, who started the 2009 season on
the New York Jets roster, played just one season for the Great Danes
as a cornerback. He came to the program as a walk-on prior to the
2006 campaign after earning two varsity letters as an outfielder on the
UAlbany baseball squad. Barksdale, who was named to the Football
Gazette mid-major All-America team, accounted for 39 tackles, three
interceptions and three pass break-ups.
In 2007, Andre Coleman (left) and Jacob Hobbs (below) signed as
free agents with the San Diego Chargers and
Philadelphia Eagles, respectively. Coleman,
who spent all of the 2007 and 2008 seasons on
the Chargers' practice squad, was a consensus
first-team mid-major All-America defensive
end. Hobbs earned second-team mid-major
honors as an offensive tackle.
Previously, offensive tackle Geir Gudmundsen
joined the Buffalo Bills as a free
agent in 2005. Split end Dan Gmelin (San
Diego Chargers) and tight end Seth Thomas
(Carolina Panthers) signed as free agents in
1997. Defensive
end Matt Caliandro
also inked a freeagent
deal with the
Carolina Panthers
the following year.
Kurt Campbell
(right) was the first
UAlbany player
taken in the NFL
Draft. He went in
the seventh round
to the Green Bay Packers in 2005. Campbell
was also the first Northeast Conference football player to be drafted since
2002. Campbell, who also spent time with Oakland and Tennessee, was
signed by the CFL's Calgary Stampeders in May 2009.
What is a Great Dane?
UAlbany adopted the nickname "Great Danes" in
the spring of 1965. UAlbany's mascot was founded in
a contest on campus for a $25 savings bond. The judging
committee made the choice as, "The Great Dane is
noted for its grandeur, its alertness, and its intelligence.
It is an animal whose prowess and strength are easily
recognizable and readily admired." Contest winner Kathy
Earle explained the Great Dane was renown for its "size,
weight, strength, character, courage, speed, and stamina." In the 1960s,
UAlbany grew from a college for teachers to a top research university. The
old school mascot, "Pierre the Pedguin," representing the Pedagogues,
seemed inappropriate as the University's mascot and nickname.
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