Super Bowl Update

Here is a recap and update of Troy's 2009 signing class.

Here is the 2009 signing class. Some of these guys enrolled in time for spring practice that year.

**Jason Bruce, WR, Copiah-Lincoln, Miss., - Came on toward end of junior season, had a very good senior season.
**James Brown, OT, SW Mississippi CC - Three-year starter at left tackle, signed a free-agent deal with NFL's Chicago Bears
**Tyler Graves, OT, Pearl River Mississippi CC - Solid as he started his senior year.
**Ray Carter, OT, Garden City CC - Was in Troy in spring of '09, had a chance to be a good one, but had to leave school for family reasons. He is from Philadelphia, Pa. Not sure what ever happened to him.
**Jay Stansberry, OT, Bremen, Ga. - Probably would be a starter now if his career hadn't been derailed by injuries. He had to give up the sport.
**Cody Jenkins, OT, Beauregard, Ala. - Was at Troy for three years but left after last season.
**Jeramy Simmons, OL, Ashland, Ala. - Did not qualify
**Nate Newland, OT, Hutchinson, Kan. CC - Started as a senior at right tackle in 2010, had a solid season.
**Dezman Ivory, ATH, Birmingham, Ala. - Did not qualify
**Greg Pratt, RB, Naples, Fla. - Redshirted in '09, transferred to Liberty. Now listed a junior wide receiver there.
**Shawn Southward, RB, Florence, Ala. - 2009 Freshman of the Year in the league. Led Troy in rushing past three seasons and now a senior.
**Sam Haskins, WR, Dinwiddie, Va. - Grayshirt in 09, played sparingly in 2010 and last year and not in the top 3 on the depth chart. Been slowed by heat-related symptoms.
**Anthony Williams, WR, Tampa, Fla. - Left the team after the 2010 season, transferred to South Dakota. Had seven catches last year and now a junior receiver.
**Dominique Bowman, WR, Sulligent, Ala. - Did not qualify
**Jamel Johnson, WR, Montgomery, Ala. - Grayshirt in '09, big role as a freshman, but hindered the last two years by academic ineligibility. Now at Alabama State sitting out the year trying to get eligible for the 2013 season.

DEFENSIVE SIGNEES
**Vinson Bass, DT, Ellenwood, Ga. - Did not qualify
**Emmanuel Dudley, DT, Northeast Miss., CC - Got a medical redshirt in '09, started some last year, started some in 2011 and played through injuries.
**Riley Flowers, DT, Jones County Miss. CC - Played a little in '09, calf injuries hindered him from being better, but was solid as a senior in 2010 in the DT rotation.
**Antonio Harper, DE, Hargrave Military - Was a 4-star recruit, but redshirted in 2009 and was dismissed after that season. He's a preseason Ohio Valley Conference pick for Tennessee State.
**Demarcus Robertson, DB, Garden City, CC - 2008 resign, was here in the spring of 2009 but didn't come back to the team, I think because of grades.
**Eugene Kinlaw, DT, Hutchinson, Kan. CC - Starter in 2009, didn't come back in 2010.
**Jonathan Massaquoi, DE, Butler County CC - Redshirted in '09, emerged as a star last year. One of the top defensive ends in the country.
**Shermane Teart, DE, Orlando, Fla. - Headed into junior season and listed as a starter.
**Aaron Williams, DT, Leroy, Ala. - Now a junior in the mix at defensive tackle.
**John Clark, DE, Oxford, Ala. - Sat out '09 as a non-qualifier, but made his grades. Was recently declared academically ineligible for this season.
**Anthony Payne, DL, Leroy, Ala. - Did not qualify, re-signed from JUCO in '11, but didn't qualify from there.
**Sergio Perez, DB, Tampa, Fla. - Redshirted in 2009, dismissed after that year.
**Mike Robinson, DB, Fairfield, Ala. - Redshirted in '09 but was dismissed
**Caleb Massey, DB, Sulligent, Ala. - Redshirted in '09, played a good bit last year, but was dismissed/left team this spring and is now at North Alabama.
**Tony Gray, DB, Enterprise, Ala. - Did not qualify
**Dontavious Pyron, DT, Tampa, Fla. - Did not qualify
**Daymond Brinson, DE, St. Petersburg, Fla. - Did not qualify
**Barry Valcin, DB, Coffeyville (Kan.) CC - Started at corner in 09, was supposed to start at safety in 2010 before a season-ending ankle injury before first game. Sixth-year senior will start at safety.
**Willard Ross, DB, Mississippi Delta CC - Reserve in '09, started senior season in 2010.. Played through some injuries, including a torn pectoral muscle.
**Bradley Wallace, DB, Dwyer, Fla. - Was at Troy for a week or so that fall, but left and was never heard from again. He was pretty highly thought of as a football player, though.

***Troy's grayshirts that year included Corey Robinson, Gavin Ellis, Felton Payton, Jimbo Arnold and Johnny Thompson. Trojans picked up Sidell Corley, a transfer from LSU, before that fall.