Football: Stone Bridge Grad Devon "Ylou" Brown Signs with Washington Redskins

By Dan Sousa
Viva Loudoun Editor

Ashburn (May 2, 2012) - Stone Bridge High School grad Devon "Ylou" Brown, who played wide receiver at Wake Forest before finishing up his collegiate career at West Virginia this past season, confirmed Wednesday that he has signed with the Washington Redskins. (While Brown is not listed by the Redskins as one of 12 undrafted free agents signed this week, we expect he is one of 36 players in camp today, most likely on a tryout contract).

"Growing up in the area, the Redskins were my favorite team, the home team. It really hasn't hit me yet," said Brown, who had more than 1,500 yards receiving and 12 overall touchdowns in college. "I was talking with a (WVU) teammate and we said that this is the opportunity we have been working for our whole lives."

Brown said it probably won't sink in totally until he hits the practice field and that will be soon as he said the Redskins will hold a mini-camp for rookies, and undrafted free agents May 4-6.

College Corner: Heritage Grad, West Virginia Football Walkon Nick Cadwell Awarded Full Scholarship for Spring Semester

West Virginia Redshirt Junior Nick Cadwell with parents Paul and Kris at Orange Bowl

(Jan. 9, 2012) - Hard does indeed pay off, just ask Heritage High School grad Nick Cadwell, a redshirt junior walkon safety at West Virginia, who not only saw kickoff action in the Orange Bowl but has been awarded a full scholarship for this upcoming spring semester.

Cadwell posted on Facebook Sunday: "Today I got some of the best news of my life. I found out that I will now have a full scholarship for football to WVU. Thank you to all of you that have always believed in me and always been there for me. Its a great day to be a mountaineer!!"

Cadwell graduated from Heritage in 2008 after a standout prep career that included 218 tackles with 126, 60 of them solo and nine sacks, coming in his senior year. Cadwell walked onto the Mountaineer program where he redshirted in 2008 and was a scout team star in 2009 and 2010. This season Cadwell broke onto the depth charts, coming into the season as No. 3 at free safety.

Cadwell said he was driving back for the spring semester when he got the call about the scholarship, and it was a complete surprise.

"They just started to talk to me about my good grades and that how I have been working really hard and that they have notice it and they said that they were going to put me on scholarship for this semester. I didnt know how to react," said Cadwell.