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Morehouse Alums Tackle the NFL By Shaneesa N. Ashford orehouse can now boast of two Maroon Tigers in the NFL. Isaac Keys ’00 joined the Arizona Cardinals as a linebacker in 2004. Prior to the Cardinals, Keys’ NFL career included stints with the Minnesota Vikings and the Green Bay Packers. As a three-year starter at Morehouse, Keys led the Tigers with 26 quarterback sacks during his final two seasons, and 40 tackles in his final season. The St. Louis, Mo., native received a degree in health and physical education. Keys gives back to the community through the development of the Keys to the Future Foundation, various football camps and the St. Louis NFL Homegrown Athletes Weekend. John David Washington ’06 signed as an undrafted free agent with the St. Louis Rams . Washington, whose father is Academy Award-winning actor Denzel Washington, ended his Isaac Keys ’00 plays on the practice squad
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John David Washington ’06
Washington plays on the practice squad for the St. Louis Rams.
Morehouse career as the school’s single-game (242 yards), singleseason (1,198 yards), and career (3,699 yards) leading rusher. The 510 200 pound running back earned all-Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference first-team honors in 2005 as the conference’s leading rusher. Washington also earned SIAC Offensive Player of the Week six times throughout his career and was named National Player of the Week by D2Football.com. Washington graduated with a degree in sociology. He is currently a member of the Rams’ practice squad. ■
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MOREHOUSE SHARES SIAC ALL SPORTS AWARD Winning championships in two sports and finishing strong in two others, Morehouse grabbed a share of the 2005-06 SIAC Commissioner’s AllSports Award. Morehouse shares the top sports award with Albany State University. Each team tallied 31 points in the competition that covers all sports sponsored by the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference. Morehouse claimed a share of the prestigious award by winning conference championships in cross country and track and field, finishing second in tennis and third in MOREHOUSE MAGAZINE
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baseball. The top-place finish is the first for Morehouse since 2001, when the College won the all-sports award in a landslide. FOOTBALL
FIVE MAROON TIGERS ON PRESEASON ALL-SIAC TEAM Three Maroon Tigers were named to the All-SIAC first team and two to the second team, voted on by conference football coaches and announced by Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference officials. Offensive linemen Claiborne Green and Bryant Ervin and cornerback Johnny Eubanks were named to the preseason first team, based on their selection to the
Bryant Ervin
Claiborne Green
2005 post-season All-SIAC team. Green, a 6-4, 330-pound senior from Watkinsville, Ga., and Ervin, a 6-1, 325-pound senior from Keysville, Ga., anchored a Morehouse offensive line that finished third in total offense in the SIAC in 2005. Eubanks, a 5-10, 170-pound junior from Atlanta, was one of the conference’s top defensive
Johnny Eubanks
cover men, earning national Defensive Player of the Week honors. Defensive lineman Charles Prescott and kick-returner and wide receiver Ravenell DuPree, who were named to the second team, received their first All-SIAC honors. Prescott is a 6-1, 280-pound junior from Waynesboro, Ga.; DuPree is a 5-8, 170-pound senior from Atlanta.