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2001 Leatherneck Football Signing Day

National Signing Day
Feb. 7, 2001

D.J. Bagwell
DL
6-1
270
Fr.
Bloomington, Ill.
Bloomington
Victor Campbell
DB
5-11
175
Jr.
Sacramento, Calif.
Sacramento C.C.
Vinceson Campbell
DB
5-11
175
Jr.
Sacramento, Calif.
Sacramento C.C.
Nick Christian
FB
6-3
245
Fr.
Portage, Ind.
Portage
Stacy Coleman
WR
6-0
180
Jr.
Vivian, La.
Kilgore College
Perry Cox
OL
6-3
270
Fr.
Carrollton, Texas
Newman Smith
Erik Dillon
DL
6-6
220
Fr.
Oak Creek, Wis.
Oak Creek
Charles Hayden
RB
5-10
165
Fr.
Maywood, Ill.
St. Joseph
Jermaine High
TE
6-2
220
Fr.
Mattoon, Ill.
Mattoon
Chris Hill
DL
6-4
260
Fr.
Naperville, Ill.
Central
Fred Layne
OL
6-4
290
Fr.
Granite City, Ill.
Granite City
Jay Mitchell
WR
6-0
170
Fr.
Carrollton, Texas
Newman Smith
Sadrac Sainvilus
RB
5-11
180
Fr.
Immokalee, Fla.
Immokalee
Drew Schmitt
DL
6-2
220
Fr.
Davenport, Iowa
Assumption
Jake Steele
TE
6-5
225
Fr.
Rock Island, Ill.
Alleman
Ed Walter
OL
6-3
270
Fr.
Arlington Heights, Ill.
St. Viator
Matt Yellin
FB
6-0
225
Fr.
Naperville, Ill.
Central

 

 

 

Bagwell was a First Team all-conference, Bloomington Pantagraph all-area and pre-season all-state selection as a senior. He was an honorable mention all-conference defensive lineman as a junior. The honor roll student is an avid weightlifter.

Victor Campbell
was named All-Bay Valley and was a three-sport letterman in high school. He lettered four times in football, three times in basketball and twice in track. He was named all-area in football and basketball.

Vinceson Campbell i
s a twin brother to Victor Campbell. He was also an All-Bay Valley choice and was an all-conference and all-league performer in both football and basketball at the prep level. He also lettered in football, basketball and track.

Christian
was a two-time all-area selection who was also named to the academic all-state team and was listed as one of the top 50 players in Indiana. The two-time all-conference selection was his team's defensive player of the year and won the Strike Force Award as the team's hardest hitter. The team captain started on both offense and defense -- fullback and linebacker -- on a team ranked #22 in the nation by USA Today. The honor roll student has also earned two letters for being on the school's state runner-up wrestling team.

Coleman
earned all-conference and all-academic honors in the Southwest Jr College Football Conference. He chalked up 38 receptions for 731 yards and five touchdowns last fall. He is also an outstanding punt returner.

Cox
was a three-year starter at tight end and tackle. He was a two-time all-district selection. He also lettered in basketball and wrestling. He has been a National Honor Society member as a junior and a senior.

Dillon
was named an all-division player as a senior on a nationally-ranked prep team. He played defensive end as a freshman, sophomore and senior, while he split time between tight end and split end as a junior. The honor roll student also earned three letters as a varsity basketball player.

Hayden
was a four-year football letterman who earned all-conference, all-area and conference MVP honors as a senior. The standout sprinter has also earned two letters in track and field and one in basketball.

High
was named to the all-Big 12 Conference Team as a tight end and as a punter after being named an all-conference tight end as a junior. The team captain was also a Decatur Herald all-area selection. He also lettered two years in basketball and three years in track.

Hill
starred as a defensive lineman as a junior and senior after playing on both the offensive and defensive lines. One of his best prep games came in the DuPage Valley Conference title game, when he recorded 12 solo tackles and three sacks while deflecting two passes.

Layne
was a First Team all-conference selection as a senior after being named a Second team pick as a junior. His senior season, he was also named all-county, all-area, Second Team all-St. Louis area, honorable mention all-state. He was his team's co-captain and was awarded the John Tarpoff Award as the team's most outstanding lineman. Layne had 13 pancake blocks against Belleville West as a senior.

Mitchell
was a Second Team all-metro selection and was also an honorable mention all-District 6-5A selection. The honor roll student has lettered twice in football and track and once in basketball.

Sanvilius
earned all-conference, all-area and all-state honors as he led his team to a 13-1 record last season. In addition to earning three letters in track and field, he also lettered three times in soccer and is a very accomplished player.

Schmitt
lettered four times in football and wrestling. He was named Second Team all-state as a junior and was a First team all-state pick as a senior, as well as being an all-conference and all-metro selection. He was also the team captain as a senior. As a wrestler, Schmitt has a 26-4 dual record so far this season. He was a state qualifier with a 34-14 mark as a junior.

Steele
played both tight end and defensive end at Alleman HS and was named captain as a senior. The honor roll student was an all-Western Big Six selection and was also named to the Quad City Times all-metro team.

Walter
was a four-year letterman who was named team captain, all-conference and honorable mention all-area. He also lettered in wrestling, being a sectional qualifier and an all-conference selection.

Yellin
was team captain his senior season, one which he was named first team all-conference, academic all-conference and honorable mention all-area. The three-time honor roll selection was a member of Naperville's 1999 Class 6A championship team. He also lettered in baseball twice and basketball once.

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