BOWIE STATE’S CURTIS PUMPHREY NAMED CIAA DEFENSIVE ROOKIE OF THE YEAR
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 Bowie State’s Curtis Pumphrey (Forestville, MD) headline this year’s team as Offensive and Defensive Rookie’s 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 tackles (40 solo, 18 assisted) and 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, 12:00 noon.
CIAA ALL-ROOKIE OFFENSIVE TEAM
15 Ryan Nolan (CU) WR 5-11 170 Chester, VA SSPE
12 Antonio Huff (ECSU) WR 5-9 150 Washington, DC Accounting
34 Andre Montgomery (FSU) RB 6-0 220 Goldsboro, NC Business Administration
2 Fred Scott (JCSU WR 5-7 145 Stone Mountain, GA Undecided
2 Drew Powell (LC) QB 6-3 235 Upper Marlboro, MD Sports Management
24 Roderick Davenport (SAU) TB 6-1 200 Orangeburg, SC Business Administration
38 Marquise Grizzle (SU) RB 5-7 165 Camden, NC Physical Education
80 Ja'von Smallwood (VSU) WR 6-2 175 Virginia Beach, VA Sports Management
34 Lamont Britt (VSU) RB 5-10 205 Norfolk, VA Health & Physical Recreation
79 Ronnie Ransome (VSU) C 6-1 285 Ettrick, VA Sociology
7 Kenneth Graham (VUU) QB 6-0 173 Fort Lauderdale, FL Accounting
CIAA ALL-ROOKIE DEFENSIVE TEAM
1 Antoine Young (BSU) LB 5-11 225 Capital Heights, MD Communications
7 Curtis Pumphrey (BSU) CB 5-8 155 Forestville, MD
89 Alex Noboa (CU) K/P 5-11 180 Deltona, FL Criminal Justice
37 Brandon Whitaker (CU) S 5-10 185 Ayden, MD Sport Management
48 Marquel Gathers (FSU) LB 5-11 240 Smithfield, NC Undecided
7 Brion Robinson (LUPA) S 5-10 205 Bowie, MD Undecided
24 Jacob Lockley (LUPA) DB 6-1 170 Philadelphia, PA Undecided
31 Kenneth Miller (SAU) CB 5-9 165 Dothan, AL Sport Management
19 Darion Thomas (VSU) FS 6-0 175 Virginia Beach, VA Computer Science
26 Devonte Piggott (VSU) CB 5-10 185 Woodbridge, VA Engineering
21 Matthew Browning (WSSU) DB 5-10 190 Charlotte, NC Exercise Science
2012 CIAA Offensive Rookie of the Year 2012 CIAA Defensive Rookie of the Year
Drew Powell - Livingstone College
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