FB: New Jersey Athletic Conference

[JT]

He's extremely physical and runs 4.55-4.6.  Could be a Keyshawn type if teams want to give him a shot.  Surprised he couldn't make headway at East Carolina.  None of his contemporaries (WR at EC) are still playing.

[labart96]

He's extremely physical and runs 4.55-4.6.  Could be a Keyshawn type if teams want to give him a shot.  Surprised he couldn't make headway at East Carolina.  None of his contemporaries (WR at EC) are still playing.

Considering Carolina just gave Keyshawn his walking papers, they might be interested (but then again, Carolina has drafted an entire SoCal WR corp, so maybe the Jets will take a gander?)

[JT]

I'd expect Phil Silva to get some more looks too.  He was released right before NFL Europe broke camp earlier in April.  He has the physical tools.  And he wowed one of the scouting services last year.  He just needs to learn. A patient team might pick up a gem.  The Jets were impressed with his work ethic.

From www.nflanswers.com :

WR Phil Silva Rowan:
Height - 6' 02.6"
Weight - 211 lbs.
Hands - 8 3/4"
Reach - 32 3/8"
225 Bench Press - 15
Long Jump - 10' 5"
Vertical - 40"
10 yard - 1.50
20 yard - 2.52
40 yard - 4.39
Shuttle - 4.03
3 Cone - 6.84

I justed watched a DVD on this kid, which we will have available for viewing in a few days! I have only one thing to say!

WOW!

He has great hands!
He is extremely hard to tackle!
He is great at coming back, going up, and going out to get a ball thrown off his route!
He has just joined WR Brandon Marshall as one of my most underrated WR's in the draft!

Phil Silva
Rowan University
Wide Receiver #8

Personal: Born in Port-au-Prince, Haiti on November 4, 1982. Moved to the U.S. at the age of 10. Fluent in French, and Creole. Law and Justice Degree with Mathematics minor.

College: Finished career with 135 catches, 1729 yards and 25 TD. 3 year starter. As a senior, Phil had 46 catches for 680 yards and 9 TD. Was selected to NJAC 1st team All-Conference twice and selected the NJAC Offensive Player of the Year. Also selected to the ECAC First Team. He also served as a Captain of the Rowan University Profs and helped lead them to the semi-finals before losing to the eventual National champs two years straight. Wore #8 jersey as a junior and senior, and #88 as a freshman and sophomore.

High School: Graduated in the year 2000 from Vineland High School in Vineland, NJ. Played just 1 year of football. 3 year letter winner and All-Conference in Track and Field. Played basketball 1 year.

Pro Days Attended: Delaware University and Princeton University.

[JT]

QB Mike Orihel indicated to me that his agent thinks there a good chance he'll get a free agent offer.   

And Heimerl should get an offer too. 

[Knightstalker]

This just in, Larry Schiner is retiring as AD at NJCU.

[rams1102]

Well, graduation is taking place this weekend for most schools.

Are you ready for some Football, I sure am !!!!!!!!!!

I think I have figured out everyones scheduel for the NJAC and my comments are as follow :

Montclair - Toughest scheduel. (4) potential top 25 teams. Rowan, Cortland, Wilkes and Springfield. Out of conference Wilkes, Springfield & Salisbury.
Rowan - Next toughest, Wilkes, Widner, and CNU out of conference.
Cortland - Next toughest, Brockport, Morris and Ithaca out of conference.
Buff St. - Then Fisher, Morrisville and Brockport out of conference.
Willy P. - Then  Wilkes, Kings P. and FDU out of conference.
Kean - Then Albright, Kings P. and Morrisville out of conference.
TCNJ - Then Muhlenburg, FDU and LaSalle out of conference.
W. Conn - Then St. Peters, Iona and Morrisville out of conference.

The NJAC will be very tough this year. The top (4) will be Montclair, Rowan, Cortland, and Kean. Then don't forget about TCNJ, and W.Conn always tough and ready to upset anybody. Willy p and Buff St always getting better. Should be a great year.

Without knowing the recruits, Here is my predictions :

1. Cortland     9-1
2. Montclair    8-2
3. Rowan       8-2
4. Kean          7-3
5. W. Conn    6-4
6. TCNJ          6-4
7. Willy P       4-6
8. Buff St       3-7

[PBR...]

good stuff rams...well thought out (imho) interesting you have kean finishing with that good of a record i was thinking more of .500 record for them.

[Knightstalker]

I think Kean has the second easiest out of conference schedule to W Conn.

[rams1102]

Stalker,

Kean, Willy P and  W.Conn do not have such tough out of conference games, but is it really their fault? I'm not sure. I would love to hear other comments.

[Knightstalker]

W Conn could have done better, there is better regional competition for them they probably could have scheduled.  St. Peters?  They may be D-IAA but they are a step below what NJCU used to offer.

[rams1102]

Stalker,

Can't argue, but you never know who turns them down.

[rams1102]

I thought my post on the NJAC would get a few more responses then just Stalker and PBR. Oh Well. The Liberty League Posts have been pretty interesting. Maybe some of the Rowan guys will chime in.

[profsfball]

Rowan Univ. 07 Schedule
9-1  @ CNU
9-15 @ Wilkes
9-21   Widener
9-28 @ West Conn
10-5   TCNJ
10-13 Buffalo St
10-20 @ Kean
10-27  Montclair
11-3 @ Cortland
11-10 @ WP

times and press release on univ. web site everyone have a safe and happy summer I got fish to catch and golf balls to hit. Looking foward to talking football soon

[rams1102]

What happened to Montclair and Rowan playing the last game of the year? Now it's Montclair / W.Conn and Rowan / Willy P.  I think JT mentioned something like the Block Scheduel, last year. It makes no sense to me. Any comments?

[John McGraw]

Cortland will have a little bit of a drop-off after graduating just about their entire defense. It won't be the same team w/o Stef Sair, Matt Montpetit and Adam Haas.