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02/01/2012
Arizona State University Football Signs 23 Players to Letters of Intent
The class consists of 14 freshmen, eight juniors and one sophomore.
ASU: Plays with a motor and is quick off the line of scrimmage...is an urgent player who has versatility to play along the line...good to work and find the ball when engaged and can bull rush when rushing the pass.
HIGH SCHOOL: Earned the 2011 Curley Culp Award, presented to the top high school defensive lineman in the state of Arizona by the National Football Foundation Valley of the Sun Chapter and named after the legendary Sun Devil lineman... earned All-Arizona honors as a senior by the Arizona Republic... joins several Hamilton products to sign at ASU including current Sun Devil Anthony Jones and former ASU stars Gerald Munns, Colin Parker, Gerell Robinson and NFL All-Pro and college football's single-season quarterback sacks record holder Terrell Suggs... is the son of former Arizona Cardinals star defensive lineman Eric Swann... rated by Scout.com as the No. 100 defensive tackle prospect in the country... bench presses 355 pounds, power cleans 335 and squats 575... totaled 100 tackles, 32 quarterback hurries, 23 tackles-for-loss, 13.0 sacks, two forced fumbles and one blocked field goal as a senior on Hamilton's state runner-up team... highly productive for a defensive lineman, he had at least seven tackles on nine occasions... posted a season-high 10 tackles against Desert Ridge on Nov. 18, 2011... registered nine tackles four times throughout the year... tallied more than one sack on five occasions... notched a season-best 2.5 sacks against Chandler on Nov. 10, 2011... earned Second-Team All-Region honors as a junior after collecting 38 tackles with 5.5 sacks on Hamilton's state champion squad... recorded a season-high five tackles on three occasions... "The campus [at ASU] has beautiful buildings like the library and great facilities like the [Verde Dickey Center]," said Hood. "I really like the weight room and the strength and conditioning plan they have there."... chose ASU over reported FBS offers from Air Force, Arizona, Boston College, Fresno State, Tulane and Washington State... was also heavily recruited by Michigan State and Washington... "I am very impressed with the [coaching] staff," said Hood. "I like the new standards coach Graham is bringing in and how he views life. Coach Graham wants to take ASU to the Rose Bowl and that has me fired up."... committed to ASU on Feb. 1, 2012, National Letter of Intent Signing Day... coached by Steve Belles at Hamilton High School.
