Baltimore high school football fans will have no shortage of former players to follow this college season.
There are 102 local players — from Anne Arundel County, Baltimore City, Baltimore County, Carroll County, Harford County and Howard County — listed on Football Bowl Subdivision rosters this fall.
The Big Ten features the most local players with 29 — 18 of whom will suit up this fall for Maryland. Penn State, meanwhile, has five Baltimore-area residents on its roster. Michigan and Iowa have two apiece, while Michigan State and Purdue each have one.
The Atlantic Coast Conference is right behind the Big Ten with 22 local players: Virginia (five), Virginia Tech (four), Wake Forest (three), Boston College (two), Duke (two), North Carolina (two), North Carolina State (one), Syracuse (one), Pittsburgh (one) and Miami (one).
In addition to the Terps, Nittany Lions, Cavaliers, Hokies and Demon Deacons, these FBS programs have at least three local players on their rosters: Temple (four), Buffalo (three), Navy (three), Toledo (three) and West Virginia (three).
Gilman is the most well-represented high school with 12 players on FBS rosters. Good Counsel is next with eight players from the Baltimore area, followed by Loyola (seven), Calvert Hall (six), Dunbar (six), Annapolis Area Christian (four), McDonogh (four) and DeMatha (four). Archbishop Spalding, Atholton, City, Edmondson, Meade and St. Paul's have three apiece.
Here's the complete list of Baltimore's FBS players for the 2014 season. Anyone we missed? Email mbracken@baltsun.com
College | Name | High school | Position | Year |
Alabama | Cyrus Jones | Gilman | cornerback | junior |
Arkansas | Carroll Washington | Edmondson | cornerback | senior |
Boise State | Thomas Stuart | Calvert Hall | quarterback | sophomore |
Boston College | Josh Bordner | Century | wide receiver | fifth-year senior |
Boston College | Jack Kenny | Loyola | defensive lineman | freshman |
Buffalo | Dan Collura | DeMatha = | offensive lineman | sophomore |
Buffalo | Zach Nicholas | Mt. Hebron | defensive back | freshman |
Buffalo | Kendall Patterson | DeMatha _ | fullback | junior |
Connecticut | Jordan Floyd | Loyola | safety | sophomore |
Connecticut | Anthony Watkins | Lawrenceville (N.J.)! | cornerback | freshman |
Duke | Allen Jackson | McDonogh | defensive tackle | sophomore |
Duke | Eamonn Vain-Callahan | Severn | running back | junior |
Eastern Michigan | Great Ibe | Meade | linebacker | junior |
Georgia | Greg Pyke | Boys' Latin | offensive guard | sophomore |
Houston | Billy Cosh | Arundel | quarterback | senior |
Idaho | Anthony Rice | Edmondson | defensive lineman | senior |
Iowa | Darian Cooper | DeMatha ) | defensive lineman | junior |
Iowa | Steve Manders | Archbishop Spalding | linebacker | freshman |
Kansas | Keyon Haughton | W.E.B. DuBois | offensive lineman | junior |
Kansas | Anthony "Fish" Smithson | Highland (Utah)^ | safety | sophomore |
Kansas State | Andre Davis | Dunbar | wide receiver | junior |
Kent State | Terrell Johnson | Archbishop Spalding | offensive lineman | fifth-year senior |
Kentucky | TraVaughn Paschal | Arundel | linebacker | senior |
Kentucky | Kobie Walker | Good Counsel + | linebacker | freshman |
LSU | Jake Clise | Loyola | quarterback | freshman |
Marshall | Deon¿Tay McManus | Dunbar | tight end | freshman |
Maryland | Milan Barry-Pollock | Eastern Tech | defensive back | sophomore |
Maryland | Roman Braglio | McDonogh | defensive lineman | sophomore |
Maryland | Wes Brown | Good Counsel & | running back | sophomore |
Maryland | Shane Cockerille | Gilman | quarterback | freshman |
Maryland | Yannik Cudjoe-Virgil | Towson | linebacker | senior |
Maryland | Zach Dancel | Good Counsel * | safety | junior |
Maryland | Elvis Dennah | Annapolis Area Christian | safety | freshman |
Maryland | Nnamdi Egbuaba | St. Frances | linebacker | freshman |
Maryland | Matt Gillespie | Loyola | linebacker | freshman |
Maryland | Kenneth Goins Jr. | Gilman | fullback | sophomore |
Maryland | Adam Greene | Broadneck | placekicker | freshman |
Maryland | Malik Jones | Dunbar | defensive lineman | freshman |
Maryland | DeAndre Lane | Catonsville | wide receiver | sophomore |
Maryland | Brian McMahon | Atholton | tight end | sophomore |
Maryland | Mike Minter | Severna Park | offensive lineman | freshman |
Maryland | Matt Robinson | Atholton | linebacker | senior |
Maryland | Azubuike Ukandu | Towson | defensive lineman | sophomore |
Maryland | Josh Woods | McDonogh | defensive back | freshman |
Massachusetts | Jackson Porter | Mt. Hebron | defensive back | freshman |
Memphis | Larry Lawrence | Randallstown | offensive lineman | senior |
Miami (Fla.) | Sunny Odogwu | St. Frances | offensive tackle | freshman |
Miami (Ohio) | Mwanza Wamulumba | Meade | defensive lineman | senior |
Michigan | Blake Countess | Good Counsel ( | cornerback | junior |
Michigan | Henry Poggi | Gilman | defensive end | freshman |
Michigan State | Adam Brown | Atholton | offensive guard | junior |
Navy | Demond Brown | Old Mill | slotback | junior |
Navy | Colin Osborne | Glenelg | slotback | junior |
Navy | Shelley White | Archbishop Spalding | cornerback | junior |
New Mexico | Lee Crosby | City | defensive back | junior |
New Mexico | Nik D'Avanzo | Archbishop Curley | defensive lineman | sophomore |
New Mexico State | Jalen Jones | South River | quarterback | freshman |
New Mexico State | Teldrick Morgan | Meade | wide receiver | sophomore |
North Carolina | Jared Cohen | McDonogh | offensive lineman | freshman |
North Carolina | Mark McNeill | St. Mary's | wide receiver | senior |
North Carolina State | Troy Vincent Jr | Gilman | cornerback | freshman |
Notre Dame | Sam Mustipher | Good Counsel \ | offensive lineman | freshman |
Oklahoma | Charles Tapper | City | defensive end | junior |
Oklahoma State | Josh Furman | Old Mill | linebacker | fifth-year senior |
Old Dominion | Galen Evans | Annapolis Area Christian | defensive tackle | sophomore |
Old Dominion | Malique Johnson | Annapolis Area Christian | safety | junior |
Penn State | Adrian Amos | Calvert Hall | safety | senior |
Penn State | Da'Quan Davis | Calvert Hall | cornerback | junior |
Penn State | Brian Gaia | Gilman | offensive guard | sophomore |
Penn State | Donovan Smith | Owings Mills | offensive tackle | junior |
Penn State | Trevor Williams | Calvert Hall | cornerback | junior |
Pittsburgh | Devon Porchia | Gilman | linebacker | sophomore |
Purdue | Ryan Watson | Good Counsel - | defensive tackle | junior |
South Carolina | Jonas Price | St. Paul's | kicker/punter | freshman |
Syracuse | Nathan Hines | Catonsville | long snapper | freshman |
Temple | Samuel Benjamin | Mount St. Joseph | wide receiver | sophomore |
Temple | Cole Boozer | Loyola | tight end | freshman |
Temple | Alex Wells | Overlea | defensive back | junior |
Temple | Avery Williams | Archbishop Curley | linebacker | sophomore |
Toledo | Kennedy Frazier | Calvert Hall | cornerback | freshman |
Toledo | Tre James | City | linebacker | junior |
Toledo | Delando Johnson | Calvert Hall | safety | sophomore |
UCLA | Mike Fafaul | Loyola | quarterback | sophomore |
UCLA | Peter Hajimihalis | St. Paul's | long snapper | junior |
UNLV | Mike Horsey | Dunbar | defensive back | senior |
Virginia | Alex Foertsch | Gilman | long snapper | freshman |
Virginia | Kirk Garner | Good Counsel # | cornerback | freshman |
Virginia | Darius Jennings | Gilman | wide receiver | senior |
Virginia | Micah Kiser | Gilman | linebacker | freshman |
Virginia | Andrew Will | Loyola | offensive lineman | freshman |
Virginia Tech | Michael Branthover | DeMatha % | placekicker | senior |
Virginia Tech | Kendall Fuller | Good Counsel $ | cornerback | sophomore |
Virginia Tech | Melvin Keihn | Gilman | linebacker | freshman |
Virginia Tech | Donovan Riley | Poly | cornerback | junior |
Wake Forest | Hunter Goodwin | Gilman | offensive tackle | junior |
Wake Forest | Kevin Johnson | River Hill | cornerback | fifth-year senior |
Wake Forest | E.J. Scott | Good Counsel @ | wide receiver | fifth-year senior |
West Virginia | William Crest Jr. | Dunbar | quarterback | freshman |
West Virginia | Marvin Gross | Dunbar | safety | sophomore |
West Virginia | Jonathan Haynes | Annapolis Area Christian | offensive lineman | freshman |
Western Kentucky | Troy Jones | St. Paul's | quarterback | junior |
Western Kentucky | DeVante Thomas | Edmondson | defensive back | senior |
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