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CHAZ THOMPSON
DEFENSIVE BACK
6-1 • 195
TEXAS CITY, TEXAS (COLLEGE OF THE SISKIYOUS)
Played for Eric Young at the College of Siskiyous... all-purpose player who can
return punts and kickoffs... runs a 4.3/40-yard dash... two-way player who played
wide receiver and cornerback... two-year starter at the junior college... rated 77th
in the Rivals.com Top 100 Junior College list... ranked as the No. 5 junior college
corner back by JC Gridiron.com... led COS to a conference title... recorded 26
total tackles, including 21 solo stops... registered four interceptions and five pass
break-ups... returned one interception for a touchdown... considered one of the
top junior college special teams players in the state... returned 22 kicks for 494
yards for an average of 22.5 per return... averaged 89.2 all-purpose yards...
returned five punts for an average of 12.0 yards per return... named the team’s
Most Outstanding Defensive Back... selected as the District’s Most Valuable
Player... Voted first team All-Mid Empire Conference and was also selected All-
State... led the team in receiving... caught 32 passes for 469 yards and two
touchdowns as a freshman wide receiver... averaged 14.7 yards a reception,
which was seventh-best in the league... earned first team All-Mid Empire
Conference honors... born 5/29/86.
WOODNY TURENNE
DEFENSIVE BACK
6-1 • 190
FORT LAUDERDALE, FLA. (COLLEGE OF THE SEQUOIAS)
Played for Curtis Allen at the College of Sequoias... Rated as the top
junior-college player in the nation by Rivals.com, JCGridiron and
JCFootball.com... Believed to be the school’s first five-star signee... Twotime
first team All-Valley Conference... Selected a junior college All-
American... Given a five-star rating by Rivals.com and a four-star mark
by Scout. com... Recorded eight interceptions in 2006... Credited with a
team-high 25 pass break-ups... Guided the College of Sequoias to a 7-4
record... Picked off five passes in 10 regular season games at Sequoias in
2005... Has been timed at 4.28 in the 40-yard dash... Ran a 10.5 in the 100
meters in February of 2006... 2006 National Champion in the 100-meter
run, the 4x100 relay and was also second in the 200-meter run... Played
high school ball at Stranahan High in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. where he
played wide receiver and safety... born 1/25/87.
MARK WETTERER
OFFENSIVE LINE
6-5 • 300
CINCINNATI, OHIO (ANDERSON)
Played for Vince Seriano at Anderson High School... Advanced pass
blocker... Played both offensive and defensive tackle... Ranks as
Scout.com’s 87th-best offensive guard prospect nationally and a three-star
prospect... Rated as the 41st-best prospect in Ohio by Ohio High
Magazine and the third-rated offensive linemen... Slated as the 56th-best
offensive tackle in the nation by Rivals.com... Ranked as the 27th-best
prospect in the state of Ohio by Rivals.com... Three-star prospect by
Rivals.com... Voted first team All-Conference... Selected first team All-
Southwest Ohio... Named second team All-Ohio Division I as a senior...
Guided Anderson to a 6-4 mark in the ultra-competitive Divison I, Region
16 during his junior campaign... born 8/25/88.
WILLIE WILLIAMS
LINEBACKER
6-3• 225
MIAMI, FLA. (WEST LOS ANGELES COMMUNITY COLLEGE)
West Los Angles Community College: Played one season for Craig Austin
at West Los Angeles Community College... earned first team All-Conference
accolades despite playing in just three league games... played in four games...
registered nine sacks and over 50 tackles.
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M iami: Played in 10 games as the backup weakside linebacker behind Jon
Beason...totaled 17 tackles, two tackles for loss and one QB pressure in limited
time...starred on special teams, leading the team with 19 tackles...played in his
first game as a Hurricane in the season opener at Florida State... played on
special teams and saw limited action as a reserve linebacker but made no
tackles... in Game two at Clemson, played on special teams and as a reserve
linebacker, playing just six plays, but making four tackles (three assists, one tackle
for a loss)... also blocked a punt that was recovered by Clemson for a first down...
saw action on 15 plays vs. Colorado, registering five tackles (three solo, one for a
loss)...had no tackles in limited playing time vs. South Florida, then tallied two
tackles and a QB pressure against Duke... registered four tackles at Wake
Forest...did not play the next two games (Georgia Tech, Virginia) because of a
hamstring injury...played as the backup weakside linebacker in the Peach Bowl vs.
Louisiana State, but did not make any tackles... redshirted as a true freshman in
2004... suffered a knee injury during practice in August, then broke a finger while
falling in October, undergoing his second surgery since arriving at Miami.
HIGH SCHOOL: Coached by Joe Zaccheo at Pace and by Walt Frazier at Carol
City... was considered one of the nation’s top linebacker prospect coming out of
Carol City High School... named to the 2003 EA Sports High School All-America
team...A U.S. Army All-American... SuperPrep All-American...rated the No. 2
prospect in the nation by SuperPrep...rated the No. 1 prospect in Florida by
SuperPrep...rated the No. 1 linebacker in the nation by SuperPrep...SuperPrep
Dixie Defensive Player of the Year...rated the nation’s No. 10 prospect overall and
the nation’s No. 1 linebacker prospect by Tom Lemming’s Prep Football
Report...member of the Atlanta Journal-Constitution Super Southern 100...rated
the nation’s No. 6 prospect by the Miami Herald...the No. 1 prospect on the Miami
Herald’s Miami-Dade Top 25...the No. 1 prospect in Florida on the Miami
Herald’s Florida Top 25...selected first-team All-South by Fox Sports Net’s
Countdown To Signing Day show...the nation’s No. 6 prospect on the Rivals.com
National Top 100...the nation’s No. 1 outside linebacker prospect by
Rivals.com...the No. 4 prospect on the Rivals.com Southeast Elite 88 list...the No.
2 prospect in Florida on the Rivals.com Top 50 in Florida...as a senior in 2003,
was named the Most Valuable Player of the Class 6A Florida state championship
game, when he made 11 tackles, including four tackles for losses, had two sacks
and forced two fumbles in Carol City’s 13-0 victory over Orlando Edgewater...had
18 sacks his senior season...transferred to Carol City for his senior year...attended
Monsignor Pace High School prior to attending Carol City and played three
seasons for Pace...as a junior in 2002, was voted the Class 3A-1A Player of the
Year in Dade County, was named first-team All-Dade and first-team All-State
when he made 218 tackles, 15 tackles for losses, broke up 10 passes, had eight
sacks and intercepted four passes...as a sophomore, earned second-team All-Dade
honors when he was credited with more than 120 tackles, including eight tackles
for losses and three sacks...chose Miami over Florida State, Florida and Auburn...
born 12/14/84.
Junior running back GEORGE STRIPLING(left) and junior center ERIC
WOOD(right) celebrate a touchdown in a 31-7 win over Miami.
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