{"id":9976,"date":"2010-02-03T22:34:25","date_gmt":"2010-02-04T03:34:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/news\/?p=9976"},"modified":"2019-07-01T16:17:10","modified_gmt":"2019-07-01T20:17:10","slug":"football-team-adds-size-strength-and-speed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/news\/football-team-adds-size-strength-and-speed\/","title":{"rendered":"Football Team Adds Size, Strength and Speed"},"content":{"rendered":"

The 2010 signing class has a tremendous Miami-Dade County influence as nine Miami-Dade residents signed on with the Knights. Many of these signees were named to the All-Dade County team. Five of the Miamians hail from Miami Central High School, state semifinalists in class 6A this year. UCF also boasts a group of Georgians as five of the newest Knights hail from the Peachtree State. Two South Carolinians are also in the fold.<\/p>\n

This group will help the Knights build upon an all ready strong foundation as the team enters 2010 on the heels of an 8-5 campaign and a berth in the St. Petersburg Bowl.<\/p>\n

NAME<\/strong><\/p>\n

POSITION<\/strong><\/p>\n

HEIGHT<\/strong><\/p>\n

WEIGHT<\/strong><\/p>\n

HOMETOWN\/HIGH SCHOOL<\/strong><\/p>\n

Jordan Akins<\/p>\n

WR<\/p>\n

6-4<\/p>\n

202<\/p>\n

McDonough, Ga. \/ Union Grove<\/p>\n

Blake Bortles<\/p>\n

QB<\/p>\n

6-4<\/p>\n

222<\/p>\n

Oviedo, Fla. \/ Oviedo<\/p>\n

Quenton Brown<\/p>\n

DE<\/p>\n

6-3<\/p>\n

215<\/p>\n

Lilburn, Ga. \/ Tucker<\/p>\n

Woodley Cadet<\/p>\n

DB<\/p>\n

6-2<\/p>\n

206<\/p>\n

Loxahatchee, Fla. \/ Seminole Ridge<\/p>\n

Davious Chestnut<\/p>\n

DB<\/p>\n

6-1<\/p>\n

185<\/p>\n

Hemingway, S.C. \/ Carver\u2019s Bay<\/p>\n

E.J. Dunston*<\/p>\n

DT<\/p>\n

6-2<\/p>\n

308<\/p>\n

Eatonville, Fla. \/ Edgewater<\/p>\n

Clayton Geathers<\/p>\n

DB<\/p>\n

6-2<\/p>\n

190<\/p>\n

Georgetown, S.C. \/ Carver\u2019s Bay<\/p>\n

Jeffrey Godfrey*<\/p>\n

QB<\/p>\n

5-11<\/p>\n

167<\/p>\n

Miami, Fla. \/ Miami Central<\/p>\n

Tony Jacob<\/p>\n

OL<\/p>\n

6-8<\/p>\n

310<\/p>\n

Atlanta, Ga. \/ Westlake<\/p>\n

Jose Jose<\/p>\n

DL<\/p>\n

6-2<\/p>\n

355<\/p>\n

Miami, Fla. \/ Miami Central<\/p>\n

Jamar McClain<\/p>\n

DB<\/p>\n

5-10<\/p>\n

175<\/p>\n

Carol City, Fla. \/ Miami Central<\/p>\n

Jordan McCray<\/p>\n

OL<\/p>\n

6-4<\/p>\n

290<\/p>\n

Miami, Fla. \/ Southridge<\/p>\n

Justin McCray<\/p>\n

OL<\/p>\n

6-4<\/p>\n

290<\/p>\n

Miami, Fla. \/ Southridge<\/p>\n

Perry Meiklejohn*<\/p>\n

OL<\/p>\n

6-3<\/p>\n

306<\/p>\n

Miami, Fla. \/ Westminster Christian<\/p>\n

Jordan Ozerities*<\/p>\n

DB<\/p>\n

5-10<\/p>\n

185<\/p>\n

Mount Dora, Fla. \/ Mount Dora<\/p>\n

Cody Ralston<\/p>\n

LB<\/p>\n

6-2<\/p>\n

196<\/p>\n

Calhoun, Ga. \/ Calhoun<\/p>\n

Joshua Reese<\/p>\n

WR<\/p>\n

6-1<\/p>\n

182<\/p>\n

Miami, Fla. \/ Miami Central<\/p>\n

Andrew Rice<\/p>\n

DT<\/p>\n

6-1<\/p>\n

280<\/p>\n

Lake Mary, Fla. \/ Lake Mary<\/p>\n

LeBranden Richardson<\/p>\n

DE<\/p>\n

6-2<\/p>\n

223<\/p>\n

Miami, Fla. \/ Miami Central<\/p>\n

Zach Soto<\/p>\n

OL<\/p>\n

6-6<\/p>\n

278<\/p>\n

Miami, Fla. \/ Monsignor Pace<\/p>\n

Justin Tukes<\/p>\n

TE<\/p>\n

6-5<\/p>\n

230<\/p>\n

Sylvester, Ga. \/ Worth County<\/p>\n

Cornelius Whitehead*<\/p>\n

WR<\/p>\n

6-1<\/p>\n

175<\/p>\n

Mount Dora, Fla. \/ Mount Dora<\/p>\n

Torrian Wilson<\/p>\n

OL<\/p>\n

6-4<\/p>\n

315<\/p>\n

Miami, Fla. \/ Miami Northwestern<\/p>\n

* Denotes student-athletes who enrolled at UCF in January.<\/p>\n

For a player bio on each new Knight visit UCF Athletics<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Comprising the best class in school history, one which earned instant praise from national analysts, UCF signed 18 student-athletes to either a National Letter of Intent or Financial Aid Agreement on Wednesday. The 18 will join five mid-year enrollees in a 23-member class that is expected to be tabbed as the best recruiting class in UCF history. The 2010 signing…","protected":false},"author":20,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"template-twocol.php","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"lazy_load_responsive_images_disabled":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":"","_wp_rev_ctl_limit":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[1810,4491,4857],"tu_author":[],"class_list":["post-9976","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sports","tag-football","tag-student-athletes","tag-ucf-athletics"],"yoast_head":"\nFootball Team Adds Size, Strength and Speed | University of Central Florida News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Comprising the best class in school history, one which earned instant praise from national analysts, UCF signed 18 student-athletes to either a National\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/news\/football-team-adds-size-strength-and-speed\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Football Team Adds Size, Strength and Speed\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Comprising the best class in school history, one which earned instant praise from national analysts, UCF signed 18 student-athletes to either a National\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/news\/football-team-adds-size-strength-and-speed\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"University of Central Florida News | UCF Today\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/UCF\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2010-02-04T03:34:25+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2019-07-01T20:17:10+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/news\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/20\/files\/2009\/04\/helmet.jpg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Terry Helms\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@UCF\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@UCF\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Terry Helms\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ucf.edu\\\/news\\\/football-team-adds-size-strength-and-speed\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ucf.edu\\\/news\\\/football-team-adds-size-strength-and-speed\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Terry Helms\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ucf.edu\\\/news\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/f83b77800ced2081c86229648f953680\"},\"headline\":\"Football Team Adds Size, Strength and Speed\",\"datePublished\":\"2010-02-04T03:34:25+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2019-07-01T20:17:10+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ucf.edu\\\/news\\\/football-team-adds-size-strength-and-speed\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":378,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ucf.edu\\\/news\\\/football-team-adds-size-strength-and-speed\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ucf.edu\\\/news\\\/wp-content\\\/blogs.dir\\\/20\\\/files\\\/2009\\\/04\\\/helmet.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"football\",\"student-athletes\",\"UCF Athletics\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Sports\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"copyrightYear\":\"2010\",\"copyrightHolder\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ucf.edu\\\/#organization\"}},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ucf.edu\\\/news\\\/football-team-adds-size-strength-and-speed\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ucf.edu\\\/news\\\/football-team-adds-size-strength-and-speed\\\/\",\"name\":\"Football Team Adds Size, Strength and Speed | University of Central Florida News\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ucf.edu\\\/news\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ucf.edu\\\/news\\\/football-team-adds-size-strength-and-speed\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ucf.edu\\\/news\\\/football-team-adds-size-strength-and-speed\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ucf.edu\\\/news\\\/wp-content\\\/blogs.dir\\\/20\\\/files\\\/2009\\\/04\\\/helmet.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2010-02-04T03:34:25+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2019-07-01T20:17:10+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ucf.edu\\\/news\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/f83b77800ced2081c86229648f953680\"},\"description\":\"Comprising the best class in school history, one which earned instant praise from national analysts, UCF signed 18 student-athletes to either a National\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ucf.edu\\\/news\\\/football-team-adds-size-strength-and-speed\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ucf.edu\\\/news\\\/football-team-adds-size-strength-and-speed\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ucf.edu\\\/news\\\/football-team-adds-size-strength-and-speed\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ucf.edu\\\/news\\\/wp-content\\\/blogs.dir\\\/20\\\/files\\\/2009\\\/04\\\/helmet.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ucf.edu\\\/news\\\/wp-content\\\/blogs.dir\\\/20\\\/files\\\/2009\\\/04\\\/helmet.jpg\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ucf.edu\\\/news\\\/football-team-adds-size-strength-and-speed\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ucf.edu\\\/news\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Football Team Adds Size, Strength and Speed\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ucf.edu\\\/news\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ucf.edu\\\/news\\\/\",\"name\":\"University of Central Florida News | UCF Today\",\"description\":\"Central Florida Research, Arts, Technology, Student Life and College News, Stories and More\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ucf.edu\\\/news\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ucf.edu\\\/news\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/f83b77800ced2081c86229648f953680\",\"name\":\"Terry Helms\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/8db26b6f6d60d840801b3dad7f306eb53326757ffd70fcddc856a9ca91688420?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/8db26b6f6d60d840801b3dad7f306eb53326757ffd70fcddc856a9ca91688420?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/8db26b6f6d60d840801b3dad7f306eb53326757ffd70fcddc856a9ca91688420?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Terry Helms\"},\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ucf.edu\\\/news\\\/author\\\/thelms\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ucf.edu\\\/news\\\/football-team-adds-size-strength-and-speed\\\/#local-main-organization-logo\",\"url\":\"\",\"contentUrl\":\"\",\"caption\":\"University of Central Florida\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Football Team Adds Size, Strength and Speed | University of Central Florida News","description":"Comprising the best class in school history, one which earned instant praise from national analysts, UCF signed 18 student-athletes to either a National","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/news\/football-team-adds-size-strength-and-speed\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Football Team Adds Size, Strength and Speed","og_description":"Comprising the best class in school history, one which earned instant praise from national analysts, UCF signed 18 student-athletes to either a National","og_url":"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/news\/football-team-adds-size-strength-and-speed\/","og_site_name":"University of Central Florida News | UCF Today","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/UCF","article_published_time":"2010-02-04T03:34:25+00:00","article_modified_time":"2019-07-01T20:17:10+00:00","og_image":[{"url":"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/news\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/20\/files\/2009\/04\/helmet.jpg","type":"","width":"","height":""}],"author":"Terry Helms","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@UCF","twitter_site":"@UCF","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Terry Helms","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/news\/football-team-adds-size-strength-and-speed\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/news\/football-team-adds-size-strength-and-speed\/"},"author":{"name":"Terry Helms","@id":"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/f83b77800ced2081c86229648f953680"},"headline":"Football Team Adds Size, Strength and Speed","datePublished":"2010-02-04T03:34:25+00:00","dateModified":"2019-07-01T20:17:10+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/news\/football-team-adds-size-strength-and-speed\/"},"wordCount":378,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/news\/football-team-adds-size-strength-and-speed\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/news\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/20\/files\/2009\/04\/helmet.jpg","keywords":["football","student-athletes","UCF Athletics"],"articleSection":["Sports"],"inLanguage":"en-US","copyrightYear":"2010","copyrightHolder":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/#organization"}},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/news\/football-team-adds-size-strength-and-speed\/","url":"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/news\/football-team-adds-size-strength-and-speed\/","name":"Football Team Adds Size, Strength and Speed | University of Central Florida News","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/news\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/news\/football-team-adds-size-strength-and-speed\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/news\/football-team-adds-size-strength-and-speed\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/news\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/20\/files\/2009\/04\/helmet.jpg","datePublished":"2010-02-04T03:34:25+00:00","dateModified":"2019-07-01T20:17:10+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/f83b77800ced2081c86229648f953680"},"description":"Comprising the best class in school history, one which earned instant praise from national analysts, UCF signed 18 student-athletes to either a National","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/news\/football-team-adds-size-strength-and-speed\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/news\/football-team-adds-size-strength-and-speed\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/news\/football-team-adds-size-strength-and-speed\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/news\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/20\/files\/2009\/04\/helmet.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/news\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/20\/files\/2009\/04\/helmet.jpg"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/news\/football-team-adds-size-strength-and-speed\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/news\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Football Team Adds Size, Strength and Speed"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/news\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/news\/","name":"University of Central Florida News | UCF Today","description":"Central Florida Research, Arts, Technology, Student Life and College News, Stories and More","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/news\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/f83b77800ced2081c86229648f953680","name":"Terry Helms","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/8db26b6f6d60d840801b3dad7f306eb53326757ffd70fcddc856a9ca91688420?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/8db26b6f6d60d840801b3dad7f306eb53326757ffd70fcddc856a9ca91688420?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/8db26b6f6d60d840801b3dad7f306eb53326757ffd70fcddc856a9ca91688420?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Terry Helms"},"url":"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/news\/author\/thelms\/"},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/news\/football-team-adds-size-strength-and-speed\/#local-main-organization-logo","url":"","contentUrl":"","caption":"University of Central Florida"}]}},"thumbnail":null,"primary_category":26,"primary_tag":1810,"author_byline":"Terry Helms","acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9976","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/20"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9976"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9976\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":99793,"href":"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9976\/revisions\/99793"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9976"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9976"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9976"},{"taxonomy":"tu_author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tu_author?post=9976"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}