Livingstone’s Powell and Bowie State’s Pumphrey Headline CIAA Football All-Rookie Team
HAMPTON, VA – The Central Intercollegiate Athletic
Association released today the 2012 All CIAA Rookie Team for
football with players representing all twelve CIAA institutions.
Livingstone College’s Drew Powell (Upper Marlboro, MD) and
Curtis Pumphry (Forestville, MD) headline this year’s team as
Offensive and Defensive Rookies of the Year respectively. The team
is voted on annually by the CIAA Sports Information
Directors’ Association.
Powell was voted as the CIAA Offensive Rookie of the Year after
holding down the quarterback position for the Blue Bears this
season. Powell completed 197 of 349 pass attempts (56.4%, 2322 yds)
and had connected for 18 touchdowns. He ranks 4th in the CIAA
in yardage per game (258) and 5th in the CIAA in passing touchdowns
(18).
The Bulldogs’ Pumphrey led his squad at the cornerback
position. Pumphrey has picked six interceptions, topping the chart
for the CIAA, and logged 58 tackled (40 solo, 18 assisted). Curtis
is also responsible for 12 pass breakups and two tackles for loss
of four yards.
The Offensive and Defensive Rookies of the Year will be formally
recognized at the CIAA Football Championship Luncheon, scheduled
for this Friday, Nov. 9 at the Raleigh Marriott Crabtree Valley
hotel, 12:00noon.
A complete listing of the 2012 All Rookie Team for football is
listed below.
CIAA All-Rookie Team Offense
| 15 |
Ryan Nolan |
WR |
5'11" |
170 |
Chester, VA |
SSPE |
CU |
| 12 |
Antonio Huff |
WR |
5'9 |
150 |
Washington, DC |
Accounting |
ECSU |
| 34 |
Andre Montgomery |
RB |
6'0 |
220 |
Goldsboro, NC |
Business Administration |
FSU |
| 2 |
Fred Scott |
WR |
5'7 |
145 |
Stone Mountain, GA |
Undecided |
JCSU |
| 2 |
Drew Powell |
QB |
6'3 |
235 |
Upper Marlboro, MD |
Sport Management |
LC |
| 24 |
Roderick Davenport |
TB |
6'1 |
200 |
Orangeburg, SC |
Business Administration |
SAU |
| 38 |
Marquise Grizzle |
RB |
5'7 |
165 |
Camden, NC |
Physical Education |
SU |
| 80 |
Ja'von Smallwood |
WR |
6'2 |
175 |
Virginia Beach, VA |
Sport Management |
VSU |
| 34 |
Lamont Britt |
RB |
5'10 |
205 |
Norfolk, VA |
Health & Physical Recreation |
VSU |
| 79 |
Ronnie Ransome |
C |
6'1 |
285 |
Ettrick, VA |
Sociology |
VSU |
| 7 |
Kenneth Graham |
QB |
6'0 |
173 |
Fort Lauderdale, FL |
Accounting |
VUU |
CIAA All-Rookie Team Defense
| 1 |
Antoine Young |
LB |
5'11 |
225 |
Capital Heights, MD |
Communications |
BSU |
| 7 |
Curtis Pumphrey |
CB |
5'8 |
155 |
Forestville, MD |
Communications |
BSU |
| 89 |
Alex Noboa |
K/P |
5'11" |
180 |
Deltona, FLA |
Criminal Justice |
CU |
| 37 |
Brandon Whitaker |
S |
5'10" |
185 |
Ayden, MD |
Sport Management |
CU |
| 48 |
Marquel Gathers |
LB |
5'11 |
240 |
Smithfield, NC |
Undecided |
FSU |
| 7 |
Brion Robinson |
S |
5'10 |
205 |
Bowie, MD |
Undecided |
LU |
| 24 |
Jacob Lockley |
DB |
6'1 |
170 |
Philadelphia, PA |
Undecided |
LU |
| 31 |
Kenneth Miller |
CB |
5'9 |
165 |
Dothan, AL |
Sport Management |
SAU |
| 19 |
Darion Thomas |
FS |
6'0 |
175 |
Virginia Beach, VA |
Computer Science |
VSU |
| 26 |
Devonte Piggott |
CB |
5'10 |
185 |
Woodbridge, VA |
Engineering |
VSU |
| 21 |
Matthew Browning |
DB |
5'10 |
190 |
Charlotte, NC |
Exercise Science |
WSSU |
| 2012 CIAA Offensive Rookie of the Year |
2012 CIAA Defensive Rookie of the Year |
| Drew Powell - Livingstone College |
Curtis Pumphrey – Bowie State University |