RadMann
April 27th, 2007, 11:30 PM
http://www.udel.edu/PR/UDaily/2007/apr/nfldraft042707.html
Blue Hens’ Ben Patrick ready for NFL draft
8:53 a.m., April 27, 2007--Ben Patrick, a standout tight end for the University of Delaware football team during the 2006 season, is preparing for the National Football League draft this weekend as one of the top players at his position.
Patrick, who transferred to UD from Duke University, caught 64 passes for 639 yards for the Fightin' Blue Hens. He also scored six touchdowns, and was a consensus All-America in the NCAA Division I Football Championship Subdivision.
Patrick, a 6-foot 4-inch, 250-pound graduate student, is just the third tight end in UD history to earn All-America honors and the first to earn first team honors. Former Hens Jaime Young (1979) and Jeff Modesitt (1986) earned Associated Press honorable mention...............
There was also a story on him in the Philadelphia Inquierer:
http://www.philly.com/inquirer/sports/20070427_The_leader_of_local_pack_.html
Another from his hometown paper in Savannah:
http://new.savannahnow.com/node/274436
http://www.udel.edu/PR/UDaily/2007/apr/patrickbenactionlg.jpg
Blue Hens’ Ben Patrick ready for NFL draft
8:53 a.m., April 27, 2007--Ben Patrick, a standout tight end for the University of Delaware football team during the 2006 season, is preparing for the National Football League draft this weekend as one of the top players at his position.
Patrick, who transferred to UD from Duke University, caught 64 passes for 639 yards for the Fightin' Blue Hens. He also scored six touchdowns, and was a consensus All-America in the NCAA Division I Football Championship Subdivision.
Patrick, a 6-foot 4-inch, 250-pound graduate student, is just the third tight end in UD history to earn All-America honors and the first to earn first team honors. Former Hens Jaime Young (1979) and Jeff Modesitt (1986) earned Associated Press honorable mention...............
There was also a story on him in the Philadelphia Inquierer:
http://www.philly.com/inquirer/sports/20070427_The_leader_of_local_pack_.html
Another from his hometown paper in Savannah:
http://new.savannahnow.com/node/274436
http://www.udel.edu/PR/UDaily/2007/apr/patrickbenactionlg.jpg