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DARNELL JENKINS, WR, 5-10, 188 lbs (Miami (FL)
Signed by the Houston Texans as an undrafted free agent on April 29, 2008…compiled 90 receptions
for 1,274 yards and five touchdowns…finished his senior season with 31 receptions for 619 yards
and two touchdowns…recorded 11 rushing attempts for 53 yards…recorded three 100-yard games
in his final season…started the first three games in 2006 and was leading the team in receiving before
an injury sidelined him for the remainder of the season...caught 13 passes for 183 yards (14.1-
yard average)…played in 10 games, missing two with an injury his junior season...ranked fourth on
the team with a career-high 25 receptions for 242 yards (9.7-yard average) and two touchdowns...
also returned eight punts for 64 yards and led the team with eight kickoff returns for 175 yards (21.9
average)…competed as a member of the track and field team during the indoor season…graduated
in December 2006 with a degree in liberal arts and is pursuing a second degree in sociology…
caught 62 passes for 720 yards and nine touchdowns as a senior at Central High School in Miami...
compiled more than 1,500 yards and scored nine touchdowns as a junior...winner of the prestigious
Nick Kotys Award, given to Dade County’s Male Athlete of the Year...member of the Atlanta Journal-
Constitution’s Super Southern 100...two-time first-team All-Dade County selection by the Miami Herald...named
a SuperPrep All-American...
GABE LONG, DT, 6-3, 290 lbs (Utah)
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Signed by the Houston Texans as an undrafted free agent on April 29, 2008…played in 10 games,
starting three in 2006...joined the Utes two weeks into the season and played in his first game just
one day after arriving on campus (vs. Utah State on Sept. 16...recorded a season-high seven tackles,
including 2.0 tackles for loss, against UNLV…sociology major at Utah..attended Fullerton College
(2003-04)…2004 first-team All-American by J.C Grid-Wire...Super Prep JUCO 100 and JC Athletic Bureau
all-California Region IV first team as a sophomore and junior…first-team all-conference and
unanimous selection for 2004 Mission Conference National Division Player of the Year as voted on
by the league’s coaches…recorded 145 tackles (65 solo), 35 tackles for loss, 21 sacks, 9 pass breakups,
four forced fumbles at Fullerton…prepped at Esperanza High in Anaheim, Calif., where he was
all-conference his junior and senior year…Sunset League Player of the Week five times as a senior
in 2002…also lettered in track and field.
BEN MOFFITT, LB, 6-2, 245 lbs (South Florida)
Signed by the Houston Texans as an undrafted free agent on April 29, 2008…All-BIG EAST First
Team selection in 2007…second on the team with 104 tackles, plus 12 tackles for loss…semifinalist
for the Butkus and a quarterfinalist for Lott Trophy…named Camp & Nagurski National Defensive
Player of the Week and Big East Defensive Player of the Week after picking off two passes, including
one for a TD, against West Virginia…named the team’s Outstanding Front Seven Player with a
team-high 112 tackles in 2006…started all 12 games at middle linebacker and led the team with 96
tackles, including 15 for loss and 2.5 sacks in 2005…earned Conference USA all-freshman honors…
won Defensive Golden Bull Award as the top scout team player his redshirt season…attended South
Sumter High School…Leesburg Commercial Defensive Player of the Year with 141 tackles, 20 for
losses and 11 sacks in 2002…also a weightlifter, he broke the state record (238-pound weight class)
in the clean-and-jerk with a lift of 330 pounds…Ben has a son, Trevor, and a daughter, Rylan…enjoys
hunting and fishing.
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