Texas Nominees for 2010 U.S. Army All-American Bowl

by Jeff Fisher
Texas High School Football Huddle

Forty-nine high school football players from Texas are among the 400 nominees for the 10th Annual U.S. Army All-American Bowl that will be played January 9, 2010 in the Alamodome in San Antonio Texas. The pool of 400 will be eventually reduced to an East and West squad made-up of 45 players each.

Texas has the most nominations of any state in the nation.

Last month, eight former U.S. All-American Bowl players were drafted in the first round of the NFL draft with 21-players overall being drafted. Over 32,000 fans attended last year's game.

Here are the nominees from Texas:

Cedric Ogbuehi, OL, Allen High School
Ross Apo, WR, The Oakridge School
Ja'Terian Douglas, RB, Arlington Lamar High School
Luke Joeckel, OL, Arlington High School
Kurt Killens, LB, McNeil High School
Traylon Shead, RB, Cayuga High School
Aaron Benson, LB, Cedar Hill High School
Adam Shead, OL, Cedar Hill High School
Dominic Espinosa, OL, Cedar Park High School
Holmes Onwukaife, DL Cedar Park High School
Daryl Williams, OL, Lake Dallas High School
Naquan Lee, TE, Crockett High School
Tyler Arndt, QB, Cuero High School
Mike Davis, WR, Skyline High School
Corey Nelson, LB, Skyline High School
D.J. Jones, RB, Denison High School
Taylor Bible, DL, Guyer High School
Scotty Young, QB, Ryan High School
Marcus Murphy, RB, DeSoto High School
Darius Terrell, WR, DeSoto High School
Evan Washington, OL, DeSoto High School
Adrian White, DB, DeSoto High School
Daniel Noble, DL, Marcus High School
Rashod Favors, DB, Dunbar High School
Darius White, WR, Dunbar High School
John Harris, WR, Naaman Forest High School
Reggie Wilson, DL, Haltom High School
DeAires Cotton, DL, Alief Taylor High School
Trey Hopkins, OL, North Shore High School
Kevin Johnson, WR, Cypress Ridge High School
DeAndrew White, WR, North Shore High School
Dontae Williams, RB, Aldine High School
Connor Wood, QB, Second Baptist High School
Jameill Showers, QB, Shoemaker High School
James Franklin, QB, Lake Dallas High School
Carrington Byndom, DB, Lufkin High School
Zach Lee, QB, McKinney High School
Toney Hurd Jr., DB, Marshall High School
Shaun Lewis, LB, Hightower High School
Jake Matthews, OL, Elkins High School
Aleon Calhoun, OL, Navasota High School
James Haynes, WR, West Orange-Stark High School
Ian Gray, OL, Pearland High School
Tyrus Thompson, DL, Pflugerville High School
Jackson Jeffcoat, DL, Plano West Sr. High School
Austin Woods, OL, Rockwall Heath High School
Desmond Martin, DB, Stony Point High School
Cade Foster, LB, Carroll Senior High School
Cade Foster, K, Southlake Carroll
Lache Seastrunk, RB, Temple High School
Ahmad Dixon, DB, Midway High School

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Will Texas Change It's High School Athletes Steroid Testing Program?

by Jeff Fisher
The High School Football Huddle

Is the economy affecting the way Texas is looking at the state's mandatory steriod testing program? According to a report in the Houston Chronicle, there is debate over whether to maintain the $3 million a year program at its current level. In the first two years of testing, only 11-students tested positive...out of the 29,000 tested.

It's my opinion that the testing program seems to be working and is a great deterrent to anyone that might be considering using steroids. I sure hope that budget deficits aren't the overriding factor in this case.

High School Football Huddle readers...what's your opinion? Please way in with a comment.

Click here to read the story in the Houston Chronicle.