PLAYER PROFILES Corey Paxton
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Sr., H-Back, 6-2, 220 Roanoke, VA (Cave Spring) Major: Religion/History W&M: Tough, physical player who enters his third season as the starting H-Back … Solid in all aspects of the game … Hard-nosed blocker with reliable hands out of the backfield … Tireless worker who has improved size and strength (365-pound bench press, 310-pound hang clean) all four years in the program … Converted to position after spending true freshman season as scout team quarterback … Honored as the 2001 John A. Stewart Winter Warrior Award winner, given annually to the player who best displays spirit and determination in offseason conditioning… Ended spring with a GPA over 3.1 … Carries an overall GPA of better than 3.25 into the fall … 2001: Started all 12 games at H-Back and contributed on the punt team and kick return squads … Finished the season fourth on the squad in receptions with 20 for 146 yards … Caught a career-high tying five passes (for 30 yards and one TD) vs. URI … Also carried the ball five times on the season for 10 yards … Started season with a four-catch, 34-yard performance in win at UMass … Participated on 517 offensive snaps … 2000: Started 10 games at H-back ... Caught 24 passes for 209 yards, fourth-best total on the team … Caught first career TD pass vs. JMU ... Ended year establishing career-high in catches (five) for 36 yards vs. Richmond ... 1999: Earned first varsity letter as the reserve H-back ... First career catch came in game at N.C. State … Ended game with Wolfpack with four receptions for 32 yards ... 1998: Scout team quarterback … Cave Spring High School: Lettered three times under coach Steve Spangler ... Team tri-captain ... First team All-Timesland by the Roanoke Times and second team all-district ... Selected as starting quarterback for West team in the Virginia High School All-Star Game ... Passed for 1,080 yards on 68 completions with 13 touchdowns as a senior ... Finished career with 2,233 yards passing and a 52.7 completion percentage ... Holds school record for most completions in a game (20) and most passing yards in a game (293) ... Also
TRIBE
lettered two years as a guard/forward in basketball ... Followed in the footsteps of current New York Giants star Tiki Barber in winning highest award at high school, The Knight ... Personal: Son of William and Victoria Paxton ... FCA ... Born October 4, 1979.
Year G/ S 1999 1/ 1 2000 9/9 2001 12/12 Totals 22/22
Paxton’s Career Receiving Stats Rec. Yards Avg. TD 4 32 8.0 0 24 209 8.7 1 20 146 7.3 1 48 387 8.0 2
Long 13 22 19 22
Craig Pengitore
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Sr., Linebacker, 6-0, 205 Haledon, NJ (Bergen Catholic) Major: Economics W&M: Enters fall looking to make significant contributions at the linebacker position … One of the squad’s most competitive players and best motivators … Strong grasp of defensive system and coverages … Fundamentally sound with strong football senses … Came to the program as a quarterback from a very successful scholastic program … 2001: Battled nagging hamstring injury through first nine games of season, but saw action over final three … Contributed five tackles on 28 snaps of defensive action … 2000: Played eight games at linebacker, recording 12 tackles, one interception and two passes defended … Played a total of 115 defensive snaps ... 1999: Ran the scout team offense as a quarterback and was a member of the travel squad ... 1998: Scout team quarterback … Bergen Catholic High School: Three-year letterwinner at quarterback for coach Fred Stengel ... First sophomore to start at QB in high school’s 43-year history ... Team tri-captain ... Honorable mention All-American as a senior by USA Today ... Wendy’s High School Heisman honoree ... Super 100 All-State Team ... First-team all-state parochial team, secondteam all-state by the Newark StarLedger ... Finished high school career with 4,193 passing yards and 44 passing TDs ... Also recorded 453 career rushing yards for 17 TDs ... Holds eight school individual career records, including most pass attempts (451), TD passes (44), completions (234), passing yards (4,193) and rushing TDs by a QB (17) ... Also lettered three years in baseball at shortstop ... Personal: Son of Ken and Lynne Pengitore ... Father played quarterback for three years at Clemson University and was the team captain and MVP his senior season … Father also was named all-academic quarterback and honorable mention All-American ... Born December 19, 1979.
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