Norfolk State University Football SPARTANS IN THE PROS A look at Norfolk State football players who signed professional foot- 1998 Michael Early (OL) – Chicago Bears, Buff alo Bills, Minnesota Vikings, Baltimore ball contracts, listed by their fi nal year of eligibility: Ravens 2001 Travoris Carnes (DL) – Saskatchewan Roughriders (CFL), Norfolk Nighthawks 1963 John Baker (DE) – Green Bay Packers, Montreal Alouettes, New York Giants (AF2); Kyle Grove (DB) Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Pioneers (AF2), Los Angeles 1964 Willie Holland (RB) – Harrisonburg (Pa.) Capitals Avengers (AFL), Scottish Claymores, Barcelona Dragons, Amsterdan Admirals 1965 Kenny Reaves (DB) – Atlanta Falcons, St. Louis Cardinals, San Diego Chargers; (all with NFL Europe) Lewis Turner (DE) – Dallas Cowboys; 2002 LaShaun Mack (OL) – Washington Redskins, New York Giants, Norfolk Night- Joe Langston (LB) – Montreal Alouettes, Norfolk Neptunes (CFL*); Charlie hawks (AF2); Leon Grove (DB) Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Pioneers (AF2); Jamal Williams (DT) – Norfolk Neptunes (CFL*); Raymond Edmonds (RB) – Harrison- Naji (DL) – Atlantic City Cardsharks (NIFL), Lexington Horsemen (AF2) burg (Pa.) Capitals 2003 Goodluck Owi (TE/DE) – Toronto Argonauts (CFL) 1966 Johnny Cannon (LB) – Winnipeg Blue Bombers (CFL); 2004 Kevin Talley (LB) – Quad City Steamwheelers (AF2) Raymond Smith (DT) – Houston Oilers 2005 Jason Grove (DB) – Odessa Roughnecks (IFL*) 1967 Bob Windley (DE) – Miami Dolphins; Don Porter (OE) – Dallas Cowboys; 2006 Emery Sammons (WR) – Manchester Wolves (AF2), Spokane Shock (AF2/AFL), Andy Hiedeberg (WR/PR) – Rhode Island Steelers; Philadelphia Soul (AFL) Milt Mason (RB) – Baltimore Colts, Norfolk Neptunes (CFL*), 2007 Casey Hansen (QB) – Philadelphia Eagles, Spokane Shock (AF2) Harrisonburg (Pa.) Capitals, Long Island Red Birds; Emzie Abbott (DT) – Mon- Andre Twine (DB) – Kentucky Horsemen (AF2) treal Alouettes (CFL) 2008 Don Carey (DB) – Cleveland Browns, Jacksonville Jaguars, Detroit Lions 1968 LaVerne Dickerson (C) – Dallas Cowboys; Mike Johnson (OG) 2009 Terrell Whitehead (DB) – Jacksonville Jaguars; Chris Bell (WR) – New Orleans – Montreal Alouettes (CFL) Saints, Green Bay Blizzard (IFL); Dennis Brown (QB) – Calgary Stampeders 1969 Gene Ferguson (DT) – San Diego Chargers; (CFL), Richmond Revolution (IFL), Virginia Destroyers (UFL) Kenny Edmonds (TE/PK) – Dallas Cowboys; Bill Murphy (WR) – Kansas City 2010 Dante Barnes (DB) – Washington Redskins, Virginia Destroyers (UFL) Chiefs, Buff alo Bills; Earl Bryant (DB) Kansas City Chiefs, Norfolk Neptunes William Falakiseni (C) – Tri-Cities Fever (IFL) (CFL*) Calton Ford (OL) – Cleveland Browns 1970 Pettus Farrar (DB) – San Diego Chargers, Norfolk Neptunes (CFL*); Charlie Car- 2011 Chris Walley (QB) – Lakeland Raiders (UIFL) roll (RB) – Dallas Cowboys; Harvey Dorsey (OB) – Los Angeles Rams; Lafayette 2012 Xavier Boyce (WR) – Qingdao Clipper (CAFL) Robinson (LB) – Dallas Cowboys; Wyman Duke (DT) – New Orleans Saints, Jamal Giddens (LB) – Guangzhou Power (CAFL) Richmond Saints; 2014 Lynden Trail (LB) – Houston Texans, Washington Redskins, Jim Minor (RB) – Pittsburgh Steelers Hamilton Tiger-Cats (CFL), Atlantic City Blackjacks (AFL) 1971 Ray Jarvis (WR) – Atlanta Falcons, Buff alo Bills, Detroit Lions, Keenan Lambert (DB) – Seattle Seahawks, Oakland Raiders New England Patriots; Larry James (RB) – Denver Broncos; 2015 Deon King (LB) – Dallas Cowboys, San Diego Chargers, Indianapolis Colts, Ron Davis (OG) – Washington Redskins, Norfolk Neptunes (CFL*) Cleveland Browns, Jacksonville Jaguars 1972 Ron Bolton (DB) – New England Patriots, Cleveland Browns 2018 Marcus Taylor (WR/KR) – Montreal Alouettes (CFL) 1973 Condie Pugh (RB) – Edmonton Eskimos, New England Patriots, Zach Rogers (RB/PR) – Dallas Cowboys; Note: Teams are NFL members unless noted James Jackson (DE) – Miami Dolphins, Edmonton Eskimos (CFL); John Hamil- League abbreviations: ton (DB) – New England Patriots; AFL – Arena Football League AF2 – Arena Football League 2 William Betts (DB) – Kansas City Chiefs; Robert Beale (RB) – Dallas Cowboys, CAFL – Chinese Arena Football League CFL – Canadian Football League Edmonton Eskimos (CFL) CFL* – Continental Football League IFL – Indoor Football League 1974 Leroy Jones (DE) – Edmonton Eskimos (CFL), San Diego Chargers, Los Ange- IFL* – Intense Football League NIFL – National Indoor Football League les Rams WFL – World Football League (later became NFL Europe) 1975 Bob Colbert (DB) – New York Giants; Eddie London (DB) – Dallas Cowboys; NFL Europe – National Football League, Europe Rob Tillis (WR/P) – Philadelphia Bell (WFL); Moses Trotter (DT) – Philadelphia UFL – United Football League UIFL – Ultimate Indoor Football League Bell (WFL); Larry Stepney (RB) – Philadelphia Bell (WFL) 1976 Tony Knight (DB) – New York Jets 1977 Jim Flowers (DB) – San Diego Chargers 1978 Joe Bell (DE) – Oakland Raiders; Ricky Ray (DB) – New Orleans Saints 1979 Dennis Anderson (DE) – Hamilton Tiger-Cats (CFL); George Butts (LB) – Kansas City Chiefs; LaRue Harrington (RB) – San Diego Chargers, Los Angeles Express (USFL); Darrell Earl Jones (DB) – Atlanta Falcons; Dwight Sweatt (WR) – Oak- land Raiders 1980 None 1981 Don Herring (OT) – Seattle Seahawks, Reggie Smallwood (DB) Seattle Sea- hawks 1982 George Parker (RB) – Buff alo Bills; Joe Scott (FS) – Seattle Seahawks 1983 Orlando Goodhope (RB) – Dallas Cowboys 1984 Glenn Jones (DB) – Buff alo Bills; Bruce Manley (DB) – Seattle Seahawks 1985 Leonard Hopkins (WR) – Green Bay Packers 1988 Willie Gillus (QB) – Green Bay Packers, British Columbia Lions (CFL), Toronto Argonauts (CFL), Ottawa Roughriders (CFL), Kansas City Chiefs 1990 Art Jimerson (LB) – Los Angeles Raiders 1992 Mikel Waugh (RB) – Hamilton Tiger-Cats; Jesse Chavis III (DB) – Los Angles Rams; Gary Morris (WR) – San Francisco 49ers, Memphis Mad Dogs (CFL); Anthony Kearney (OT) – Los Angeles Raiders; Rodney Baylor (TE/DE) – Charlotte Rage (AFL) 1995 Kenneth McDaniel (OT) – Dallas Cowboys, Norfolk Nighthawks (AF2); James Roe (WR) – Baltimore Ravens, San Jose SaberCats (AFL); Aaron Sparrow (QB) – Calgary Stampeders (CFL), Nashville Kats (Arena), Carolina Cobras (AF2), Don Carey appeared in 100 games over his 10 seasons in the NFL Buff alo Destroyers (AF2), Augusta Stallions (AF2), Norfolk Nighthawks (AF2) before retiring following the 2018 season. @NSUSPARTANS 41.