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December 3, 2007

Football commitment game recaps

Here are your final high school game recaps of the 2007 season for Maryland’s football commitments. I’m still waiting on season statistics for a few players. Hopefully I’ll get those by next week.

Kerry Boykins -- 6-foot-1, 200-pound wide receiver from Chesapeake (Va.) Oscar F. Smith

Oscar Smith sophomore quarterback Phillip Sims threw for 470 yards and three touchdowns, but the Tigers fell to Westfield 24-21 in the Virginia Division 6 semifinals.

Boykins reeled in seven passes for 72 yards in his high school finale. North Carolina receiver commitment Todd Harrelson caught 15 passes for 349 yards and three touchdowns.

Unofficially, Boykins finished the season with 44 catches for 712 yards and 10 touchdowns. Oscar Smith was 13-1.

Cody Blue -- 6-foot-5, 280-pound defensive tackle from Wilde Lake

Wilde Lake was defeated by Damascus 35-6 in the Class 3A state semifinals.

Blue contributed two tackles and one sack.

For the season, Blue accumulated 38 tackles and four sacks. Wilde Lake finished 10-3.

Davin Meggett -- 5-foot-8, 190-pound running back from Surrattsville

Meggett finished the season with 1,784 yards rushing and 27 touchdowns on 169 carries. He also caught nine passes for 410 yards and six touchdowns. Surrattsville was 10-2.

Gary Douglas -- 6-foot, 178-pound running back from Durham (N.C.) Hillside

Douglas finished the season with 2,078 yards rushing and 22 touchdowns on 233 carries. He also caught 10 passes for 225 yards and two touchdowns. Hillside finished 11-3.

Demetrius Hartsfield -- 6-foot-1, 210-pound linebacker from Southeast Raleigh (N.C.)

Hartsfield recorded 124 tackles, 10 sacks and two fumble recoveries on the season. He also caught four passes, including one touchdown as a tight end. Southeast Raleigh finished 8-4.

Cameron Chism -- 6-foot-2, 180-pound cornerback from Bishop McNamara

Chism registered 81 tackles, five interceptions and one fumble recovery returned for a touchdown from the cornerback position. At wide receiver, Chism caught 41 passes for 750 yards and four touchdowns. He also rushed for 157 yards and one touchdown on 10 carries. Bishop McNamara finished 6-5.

Tyler Urban -- 6-foot-4, 240-pound defensive end from North Huntingdon (Pa.) Norwin

Urban made 61 tackles, 5.5 sacks, six quarterback pressures, three pass breakups, two forced fumbles and one fumble recovery from the inside linebacker position. As Norwin’s starting fullback, Urban carried 80 times for 510 yards and 7 touchdowns. He also caught three passes for 38 yards and one touchdown. Norwin finished 7-4.

Kevin Dorsey -- 6-foot-2, 175-pound wide receiver from Forestville

Dorsey finished his senior year with 50 catches for 902 yards and 11 touchdowns in addition to 168 yards rushing and three touchdowns on seven carries. Forestville was 5-5.

A.J. Francis -- 6-foot-4, 314-pound defensive lineman from Gonzaga (D.C.) College

Francis notched 20 solo tackles, nine assists and two sacks on the year. Gonzaga finished its season at 4-5.

Justin Lewis -- 6-foot-4, 285-pound offensive guard from Johnsonville (S.C.)

Lewis contributed 36 tackles, one sack, five tackles for loss, nine quarterback pressures and one recovered fumble. Lewis graded out at over 80 percent of his blocks on offense. Johnsonville finished 4-6.

R.J. Dill -- 6-foot-8, 280-pound offensive tackle from Camp Hill (Pa.) Trinity

Trinity finished 12-1.

Tavon Wilson -- 6-foot, 175-pound cornerback from H.D. Woodson (D.C.)

Woodson finished 8-4.

Masengo Kabongo -- 6-foot-2, 280-pound defensive tackle from Fairfield (Conn.) Prep.

Fairfield Prep finished 8-2.

Teddy Dargan -- 6-foot-3, 290-pound defensive tackle from Milford Mill

Milford Mill finished 5-5.

Justin Gilbert -- 6-foot-6, 280-pound offensive tackle from Richmond (Va.) Monacan

Monacan finished 6-5.

Matt Furstenburg -- 6-foot-4, 220-pound tight end from The Hun School in Princeton, N.J.

The Hun School went 9-0 this season.

Devonte Campbell -- 6-foot-2, 230-pound tight end from Hargrave Military Academy

Zach Brown -- 6-foot-1, 212-pound linebacker from Hargrave Military Academy

Hargrave went 4-3-1 this season.

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Matt Bracken was a lightly recruited football and tennis prospect out of East Lansing (Mich.) High School in 2001, but spurned all (nonexistent) scholarship offers to attend the University of Michigan. Matt graduated from UM in 2005, earned a master's degree in new media journalism from Northwestern University in 2006, and spent the first 11 months of his career as an online producer / videographer / blogger at the Arizona Daily Star in Tucson. He has worked at The Baltimore Sun since July 2007, where he currently serves as an assistant sports editor / producer / recruiting writer.

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