Football: Broad Run Celebrates Four Seniors to Play at College Level

Jackson Matteo, Derril Thomas, Caleb Lindsey and Connor Jessop are 4 big reasons why Broad Run football was so good the last four years!

More photos from the celebration

(Feb. 2, 2012) - Broad Run High School celebrated on Wednesday college signing day with four of its seniors heading to the college football ranks. Family,friends, teammates,coaches and staff packed the school's cafeteria to honor Caleb Lindsey, Connor Jessop, Jackson Matteo and Derril Thomas.

Caleb Lindsey proudly wears the VMI hat after signing

Lindsey, a tight end, linebacker, will play at NCAA Division I VMI; Thomas, a running back/DB, at NCAA Division II Concord University while Jessop and Matteo accepted preferred walk-on status with Jessop, a 3-year starter at quarterback who led the Spartans to a state title his sophomore year, heading to Virginia Tech and Matteo, an All-Met lineman heads to Virginia.

All smiles for Jackson Matteo who will be heading to Charlottesville

Matteo originally verbally committed to Temple before deciding to stay in-state. Jessop sat out much of his junior season with a broken collar bone but returned in the playoffs to lead the Spartans to the regional finals. He threw for nearly 2,000 yards and 16 touchdowns this season as Broad Run moved up to AAA.

Broad Run coach Griffis said Derril Thomas will be an impact player at Concord

Thomas, who stepped into the state title game as a sophomore after T.J. Peeler was injured early in that contest, and had a big impact, went on to score more than 40 touchdowns and account for 2,000-plus yards in the single wing offense of 2nd-year coach Matt Griffis.

3-years as QB1 at Broad Run, now Jessop will try and make a name for himself with the Hokies

Football: Stone Bridge's Allen Offered by Virginia Tech; Broad Run's Jessop Commits as Preferred Walk-on at VT

(Jan. 13, 2012) - Virginia Tech, a day after offering Briar Woods High School junior linebacker Matt Rolin, has now joined the growing pool of schools soliciting the services of Stone Bridge defensive lineman Jon Allen.

And the Hokies pipeline to Loudoun keeps growing as Washington Post uber-recruiting news reporting Paul Tenorio reports that Broad Run quarterback Connor Jessop has committed to VT as a preferred walk-on.

For those of you keeping track at home, Allen now has offers from: Boston College, Maryland, Michigan, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Penn St., Rutgers, Stanford, Vanderbilt, Virginia, Wake Forest, Tennessee, and Virginia Tech.

Football: Broad Run Junior Quarterback Connor Jessop Gets Offer from University of Richmond

Ashburn (Feb. 23, 2011) - Broad Run High School junior quarterback Connor Jessop has received his first scholarship offer, from the University of Richmond. More offers are likely to come from the 6-foot-4 Jessop who threw for more than 1,000 yards and 12 touchdowns despite playing just four games last season due to injury.

As a sophomore Jessop threw for 1,336 yards and 14 touchdowns and scored five on the ground as he led the Spartans to a VHSL Division 4 state title and perfect 14-0 season. In the 21-16 title game win over Amherst, with star running back T.J. Peeler injured early, Jessop calmly threw for three scores on 12 of 20 for 135 yards.

Jessop's junior season was derailed with a broken collarbone in the second week of the season but he returned in the playoffs to lead Broad Run to the Region II title game where the Spartans fell, 24-21, to rival Briar Wood despite Jessop throwing for three scores and 274 yards on 21 of 26 passing. Jessop's numbers for 2010 projected out to a full season would have been an incredible 39 touchdowns and 3,209 passing yards.