2013 VMI Football Fact Book
2013 Freshmen Chad Jacob, TE Mechanicsville, Va./Atlee - 6-3, 225 Major: Economics and Business 2012 Season Awards included: First Team Virginia Prep All-Region, First Team All-Capital District, Second Team All-Region (Richmond Times-Dispatch), Second Team All-State, AllAcademic and team captain...had been all-academic the season prior as well. Had 59 catches and averaged 16.3 yards per catch as a senior...posted 19 catches and three touchdowns as a junior. National Honor Society...Beta Club...Academic Excellence...Hanover County scholar.
Gwinnett TD Club...National Honor Society...Beta Club...four-year letterwinner in basketball, where he played for the two-time state champions and was on the all-county academic team.
Major: Psychology Calvin Michie, WR Woodbridge, Va./Forest Park Major: Economics and Business Four-year letterwinner at WR for Forest Park HS...also lettered in track and ran a leg on the state’s top-ranked 4X200-meter relay team. Matthew Nicholson, WR Front Royal, Va./Warren County - 6-2, 180 Major: Biology
James King, DL Pulaski, Va./Pulaski County - 6-4, 230 Major: Engineering Honorable Mention All-State in 2012, when he was also First Team All-Timesland, First Team All-District and First Team All-Region...River Ridge DL of the Year...played in 2012 Chesapeake Bowl All-Star Game...team captain. Second Team All-Region in 2011...First Team All-District...honorable mention All-State underclassman...Honorable Mention AllRegion in 2010 when he was also First Team All-District and a Timesland Sizzlin' Sophomore. Andrew Lewis, TE Snellville, Ga./Greater Atlanta Christian - 6-5, 220 Major: Biology Football team captain and leadership council, Gwinnett Touchdown Club Player of the Month (2012)...Cecil Morris Award from
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Aaron Sanders, WR Stafford, Va./Brooke Point - 6-2, 180
Three-year letterman in football and two-year letterman in basketball...2012 Free-Lance Star Week 11 Player of the Week...2012 All-Area and All-District as both a WR and LB...2012 Virginia Preps Honorable Mention All-Region (WR)...had 38 catches and 10 touchdowns, along with 67 tackles, five forced fumbles, three fumble recoveries and five interceptions...Navy ROTC. Taylor Stout, RB Midlothian, Va./Midlothian - 5-11, 180
As a senior, was First Team All-District as a wide receiver and a defensive back...had 356 yards on 26 catches and seven touchdowns...also averaged 21 points per game for the basketball team...in 2011, was Second Team All-District as a DB when he had three interceptions...made 14 catches as a WR that season as well...All-State as a long jumper for the track and field program.
Major: Economics and Business
Alijah Robinson, DB Waldorf, Md./North Point - 6-0, 185
Major: Biology
Major: Economics and Business As a senior, was First Team All-County and Second Team All-Southern Maryland Athletic Conference (SMAC)...team captain...two-way starter at cornerback and running back...69 carries for 450 yards and seven touchdowns...one interception and 30 tackles...returned missed field goal 107 yards for a touchdown...received 2012 North Point HS Defensive Back Award...selected to the Chick-Fil-A Prince George County vs. SMAC All-Star Football Game.
Three-year varsity running back...All-District (Dominion)...Academic All-District...Dominion District All-Metro for Track and Field...AllRegion Track and Field. Jon Strozyk, DB Knoxville, Tenn./Powell
Two-time 5A All-State and three-time AllDistrict...two-time All-KIL...Prep Extra First Team in 2012...2012 Tennessee East-West AllStar team...holds school record for career (21) interceptions and single-season interceptions (seven)...KNX Defensive Player of the Week...Joy 62 Player of the Game (four times)...team Defensive Player of the Year, MVP, best DB and Special Teams Player of the Year in 2012...earned team's defensive back award in 2011 and was freshman MVP in 2009...career state include 120 solo tackles, five forced fumbles and three blocked field goals to go with his 21 interceptions.
2013 VMI Football Fact Book