Football: Gone Bowling! Loudoun Boasts 26 Athletes on Rosters of Bowl-Bound College Teams

SB grad Zach Thompson
(photo courtesy Wake Forest)

(Dec. 6, 2011) - Loudoun's success on the football field -- Loudoun schools have made seven state title appearances since 2007 and if Briar Woods can defend its Division 4 state crown Saturday it will be the fifth straight year a Loudoun school has won a state title -- has translated to plenty of local athletes at the NCAA Division I level.

In fact, you will have a good chance this college bowl season to catch a Loudoun grad as a total of 26 Loudoun football players are on the rosters of bowl-bound teams spread over 11 bowl games from Dec. 20 to Jan. 7. An impressive 10 Stone Bridge grads are on bowl-eligible teams rosters.

Not all the players listed below suit out at games or travel as some work hard for the practice squads but they are all part of top tier football programs and they got their start in Loudoun! Across the state of Virginia there is all kinds of football talent ... see the list below:


Gone Bowling!
Virginia athletes in bowl games 2011

Dec. 17 Gildan New Mexico Bowl (Albuquerque)
On Temple roster
No. 10 Chris Coyer (Oakton) QB
No. 12 Connor Reilly (W.T. Woodson) QB
No. 45 Morris Blueford, Jr. (Indian River) DE
No. 59 Jaimen Newman (Matoaca) OL
No. 86 Deon Miller (Highland Springs) WR

Dec. 17 Famous Idaho Potato Bowl (Boise)
On Ohio roster
No. 2 Jamil Shaw (Fork Union) CB
No. 10 A.J. Grady, JR. (Hylton) LB
No. 21 Brandon Atwell (George Wythe) WR
No. 33 Blake Jones (Hanover) DL
No. 65 Skyler Allen (Fork Union) OL

Dec. 20 Beef O'Brady's St. Petersburg Bowl
On Marshall roster
No.2 Tron Martinez (Hampton) RB
No. 15 Blake Frohnapfel (Colonial Forge) QB
No. 25 Devin Arrington (Deep Creek) LB
No. 32 Tyrone Carper (Graham) DB
No. 42 Essray Taliaferro (Briar Woods) RB
No. 49 Cortez Carter (Liberty) LB
No. 70 Corey Tenney (Craig County) OL
No. 73 Ryan Tillman (Hargrave Military) OL
No. 79 Josh Lovell (Christchurch) OL
No. 83 Eric Frohnapfel (Colonial Forge) TE
No. 85 Trent Martin (Kellam) K
No. 92 James Rouse (Harrisonburg) DL
No. 96 Brandon Sparrow (Liberty) DL

Dec. 21 S.D. County Credit Union Ponsettia Bowl (San Diego)
On Louisiana Tech roster
No. 37 Ben Dickerson (Dominion) WR


Dec. 26 AdvoCare V100 Independence Bowl  (Shreveport lA)
On North Carolina roster
No. 2 Bryn Renner (West Springfield) QB
No. 7 Tim Scott (Colonial Forge) CB
No. 9 Travis Hughes (Kempsville) LB
No. 13 Todd Harrleson (Oscar Smith) CB
No. 43 Curtis Campbell (Grassfield) LB
No. 60 Russell Bodine (Fork Union) OL
No. 69 Nick Appel (Bishop O'Connell) OL
No. 70 Alex Marrs (Graham) Deep Snapper
No. 78 Landon Turner (Harrisonburg) OG


Dec. 27 Little Ceasars Bowl (Detroit)
On Western Michigan roster
No. 5 Timmy Keith (Osbourn) WR

On Purdue roster
No. 40 Derek Jackson (Deep Run) FB

Dec. 27 Belk Bowl (Charlotte)
On Louisville roster
No. 51 Mike Privott (Lake Taylor) LB

On North Carolina State roster
No. 8 Mike Glennon (Westfield) QB
No. 55 Brian Slay (Stone Bridge) DT
No. 86 Jay Smith (Lake Taylor) WR

Dec. 28 Military Bowl Presented by Northup Drumman (D.C.)
On Toledo roster
No. 21 Ross Madison (Heritage) DB

On Air Force roster
No. 67 Jordan Eason (Smithfield) OL
No. 95 Harry Kehs (James Madison) DL

Dec. 29 Champs Sports Bowl (Orlando)
On Florida State roster
No. 3 E.J. Manuel (Bayside) QB

On Notre Dame roster
No. 1 Deion Walker (Christchurch) WR
No. 39 Ryan Sheehan (Loudoun Valley) CB
No. 76 Andrew Nuss (Stone Bridge) OL

Dec. 30 Bell Helicopter Armed Forces Bowl (Dallas)
On Tulsa roster
No. 22 Trey Watts (Oakton) RB

Dec. 30 New Era Pinstripe Bowl (Bronx)
On Iowa State roster
No. 7 Darius Reynolds (Hylton) WR

Dec. 30 Franklin American Mortgage Music City Bowl (Nashville)
On Wake Forest roster
No. 14 Patrick Thompson (Stone Bridge) QB
No. 41 Mike Olson (Stone Bridge) ILB
No. 77 Devin Bolling (Brookville) OT
No. 82 P.J. Howard IV (I.C. Norcom) WR
No. 98 Zach Thompson (Stone Bridge) DE

Dec. 31 Hyundai Sun Bowl (El Paso)
On Georgia Tech roster
No. 74 Tim Seager (Blacksburg) OL
No. 91 Morgan Carter (Hylton) LB

Dec. 31 AutoZone Liberty Bowl (Memphis)
On Cincinnati roster
No. 59 Steve Hancock (Potomac Falls) IL

Dec. 31 Kraft Fight Hunger Bowl (San Francisco)
On Illinois roster
No. 82 Anthony Williams (Atlantic Shores) WR

On UCLA roster
No. 25 Damien Thigpen (Stonewall Jackson) FB

Dec. 31 Chick-fil-A Bowl (Atlanta)
On Virginia roster
No. 1 Demetrious Nicholson (Bayside) CB
No. 2 Dominique Terrell (Osbourn) WR
No. 5 David Watford (Hampton) QB
No. 7 Kyle McCartin (Fauquier) QB
No. 9 LaRoy Reynolds (Maury) OLB
No. 10 Clifton Richardson (Menchville) TB
No. 14 Matt Snyder (Deep Run) WR
No. 15 Ross Metheny (Sherando) QB
No. 16 Michael Rocco (Liberty Christian Academy) QB
No. 18 Kris Burd (Matoaca) WR
No. 19 Ian Frye (Virginia) PK
No. 20 Tim Smith (Oscar Smith) WR
No. 22 Drequan Hoskey (Henrico) CB
No. 27 Jacob Hodges (Mountain View) HLD/WR
No. 27 Rijo Walker (Bethel) CB
No. 28 Anthony Harris (Lloyd C. Bird) SS
No. 28 Eric Thornton (Henrico) WR
No. 29 Adam Caplinger (Broadway) OLB
No. 30 Daquan Romero (Phoebus) OLB
No. 30 Alec Vozenilek (St. Christopher's) PK
No. 33 Perry Jones (Oscar Smith) TB
No. 33 Joseph Williams (Dominion) FS
No. 34 Terence Fells-Danzer (Culpeper) FB
No. 34 David Marrs (Graham) S
No. 36 Max Milien (Yorktown) FB
No. 37 LoVante Battle (Phoebus) SS
No. 37 Billy Skrobacz (Deep Run) FB
No. 40 Darius Lee (Ste. Stephen's & St.Agnes) FS
No. 42 Brian Oden (Loudoun Valley) SS
No. 43 Kameron Mack (I.C. Norcom) FS
No. 44 Henry Coley (Bayside) ILB
No. 46 Ryan Shaw (Clarke County) TE
No. 46 Mason Thomas (Kempsville) SS
No. 49 Trevor Grywatch (Culver Military/Ashburn native) OLB
No. 49 Charlie Murray (St. Anne's-Belfield) FB
No. 50 Michael Terrell (I.C. Norcom) LS
No. 51 Connor McCartin (Fauquier) DE
No. 52 Jon Goss (Forest Park) OG
No. 52 Aaron Taliaferro (Gloucester) OLB
No. 55 Caleb Taylor (Phoebus) OLB
No. 57 Stephen Lawe (Maury) DE
No. 58 Diamonte Bailey (Hermitage) DE
No. 59 Charlie Richards (First Colonial) LS
No. 60 John Pond (Matoaca) OG
No. 62 Buddy Ruff (Norview) DT
No. 63 Austin Pasztor (Fork Union) OG
No. 64 David Dean (Green Run)  DT
No. 64 Nick Koutris (Oakton) OT
No. 65 Ross Burbank (Cox) C
No. 66 John Maghamez (Briar Woods) C
No. 68 Anthony Mihota (Masssaponax) C
No. 70 Luke Bowanko (Centrveille) OG
No. 70 Greg Gallop (Thomas Dale) DT
No. 72 Tyler Smith (Bishop Sullivan Catholic) DL
No. 74 Conner Davis (Deep Run) OG
No. 74 Cameron Fitch (Grassfield) DE
No. 76 Ted Kefalas (Mills Godwin) OT
No. 77 Jay Whitmire (T.C.Williams) OG
No. 78 Morgan Moses (Fork Union) OT
No. 80 Johnny Pickett (Westfield) WR
No. 83 Jake McGee (Collegiate) TE
No. 85 Bobby Smith (Varina) WR
No. 86 Ray Keys (Frankin County) WR
No. 90 Jake Snyder (Deep Run) DE
No. 91 Thompson Brown (St. Christopher's) DE
No. 92 Rob Burns (Stone Bridge) DE
No. 93 Will Hill (Lafayette) DT

Jan. 2 TicketCity Bowl (Dallas)
On Penn State roster
No. 72 Khamrone Kolb (Lake Braddock) G
No. 75 Evan Hailes (Oscar Smith) DT
No. 83 Matt Zannellato (Lake Braddock) WR

Jan.2 Outback Bowl (Tampa)
On Georgia roster
No. 10 Jordan Love (Deep Run) CB

Jan. 2 Taxslayer.com  Gator Bowl (Jacksonville)
On Ohio State roster
No. 14 Curtis Grant (Hermitage) LB
No. 48 Dan Bain (Cape Henry) LB

Jan. 2 Rose Bowl Game Presented by Vizio (Pasadena)
On Wisconsin roster
No. 16 Russell Wilson (Collegiate) QB

Jan. 2 Tostitos Fiesta Bowl (Glendale AZ)
On Stanford roster
No. 41 Cason Kynes (Annandale) SS

Jan. 3 Allstate Sugar Bowl (New Orleans)
On Michigan roster
No. 51 Marell Evans (Varina) LB
No. 60 Alex Schwab (Osbourn Park) DT

On Virginia Tech roster
No. 1 Antone Exum (Deep Run) FS
No. 3 Logan Thomas (Brookville) QB
No. 4 David Wilson (GW-Danville)  TB
No. 5 Tyler Weiss (Courtland) PK
No. 7 Marcus Davis (Ocean Lakes) FL
No. 9 Cris Hill (Highland Springs) CB
No. 11 Dyrell Roberts (Smithfield) FL
No. 12 Ju-Ju Clayton (Hermitage) QB
No. 13 Randall Dunn (Ocean Lakes) TE
No. 16 Trey Gresh (Blacksburg) QB
No. 18 D.J. Coles (Goochland) SE
No. 19 Danny Coale (Episcopal) FL
No. 21 Theron Norman (Hermitage) FS
No. 22 Tony Gregory (First Colonial) TB
No. 25 Martin Scales 1(Bassett) FB
No. 27 Nick Dew (First Colonial) OLB
No. 28 Alonzo Tweedy (Hermitage) OLB
No. 32 Riley Beiro (McLean) FB
No. 36 Chase Williams (Loudoun County) LB
No. 39 Daniel Dyer (Salem) TB
No. 41 Derek DiNardo (Cox) FS
No. 42 J.R. Collins (Brooke Point) DE
No. 43 Jeron Gouveia-Winslow (Stone Bridge) OLB
No. 44 Brian Laiti (Robinson) LB
No. 45 Joey Phillips (Blacksburg) FB
No. 56 Antoine Hopkins (Highland Springs) DT
No. 57 Telvion Clark (Granby) LB
No. 58 Jack Tyler (Oakton) LB
No. 62 Blake DeChristopher (Clover Hill) OT
No. 63 Bo Gentry (Blacksburg) C
No. 64 Matt Arkema (Midlothian) OG
No. 66 Tyrel Wilson (Hampton) DE
No.; 68 Jaymes Brooks (Denbigh) OG
No. 69 Mark Shuman (Fork Union) OT
No. 71 Vinston Painter (Maury) OT
No. 74 Andrew Miller (Bassett) C
No. 75 Greg Nosal (Kellam) OG
No. 76 David Wang (Stone Bridge) OG
No. 79 Caleb Farris (Rockbridge) C
No. 80 George George (Salem) TE
No. 82 Willie Byrn (First Colonial) FL
No. 86 Eric Martin (Hylton) TE
No. 89 Cody Journell (Giles) PK
No. 90 Duan Perez-Means (Hermitage) DE
No. 93 Isaiah Hamlette (Brooke Point) DT
No. 95 Zack McCray (Brookville) DE
No. 96 Corey Marshall (Dinwiddie) DT
No. 98 Derrick Hopkins (Highland Springs) DT
No. 99 James Gayle (Bethel) DE
Nick Acree (Fork Union) OT
Tyler Barfield (Westfield) OG
Nick Bush (Lebanon) ROV
Chris Caver (Hampton) CB
Michael Cole (Cave Spring) FS
Dale Davis (Blacksburg) OG
Darian Fisher (First Colonial) OT
Greg Gaddell (Bishop O'Connell) FB
Jake Goins (Manchester) OG
Kory Gough (Liberty) OG
Griffin Hite (Blacksburg) LB
Fuller Hoepner (Cosby) TE
Michael Holmes (Harrisonburg) TB
Demitri Knowles (Liberty Christian) FL
Marcus Mapp (Nandua) OT
David Mellstrom (Loudoun Valley) FL
Dominique Patterson (King's Fork) TB
Brian Rody (Stone Bridge) QB
Scott Rolin (Briar Woods) FS
T.J. Shaw (Franklin County) QB
E.L. Smiling (Brooke Point) SE
Brandon Spitzer (St.Anne's-Belfield) LB
Lukas Stump (Sherando) LS
Maurice Taylor (Buckingham Co.) TB
Josh Trimble (Bishop O'Connell/Ashburn) ROV
Ronny Vandyke (South County) FS
Ross Ward (Kellam) DT

Jan. 4 Discover Orange Bowl (Miami)
On West Virginia roster
No. 2 Brad Starks (Orange) WR
No. 4 Devon Brown (Stone Bridge) IR
No. 7 Trey Johnson (Varina) RB
No 19 William Marable (Bayside) RB
No. 20 Shawne Alston (Phoebus) RB
No. 34 Ishmael Banks (Varina) DB
No. 39 Nick Cadwell (Heritage) DB
No. 40 Tyler Bitancurt (West Springfield) K
No. 42 Donovan Miles (Brooke Point) LB
No. 48 Peter Miller (Fairfax) IR
No. 50 Juan Guerra LB
No. 82 Kendrick Barnes WR
No. 88 Blair Strejeck (Heritage) TE

On Clemson roster
No. 10 Tajh Boyd (Phoebus) QB
No. 40 Andre Branch (Varina) DE

Jan. 6 AT&T Cotton Bowl (Dallas)
On Arkansas roster
No. 30 Ronald Watkins (Colonial Forge) RB

Jan. 7 BBVA Compass Bowl (Birmingham AL)
On SMU roster
No. 4 Jeremy Gray (Briar Woods) DB

Jan. 9 AllState BCS National Championship Game (New Orleans)
On Alabama roster
No. 14 Phillip Sims (Oscar Smith) QB