URI signees

**Cobblestone** · February 4th, 2009, 06:35 PM

2009 University of Rhode Island Recruiting Class

Name Pos. Ht. Wt. Hometown/High School

Nick Baker DL 6‐3 250 Whitman, Mass./Dean College
Andrew Belizaire OL 6‐3 260 Montvale, N.J./St. Joesph’s Regional
Jordan Dalton DB 6‐1 190 Haddonfield, N.J./Paul VI
Brian Eatman DB 6‐1 180 Jersey City, N.J./Hudson Catholic
Ellis Foster RB/ATH 5‐11 190 Baltimore, Md./Baltimore City
Ayo Isijola RB 5‐10 195 Brooklyn, N.Y./Sheepshead
D.J. Law WR/ATH 5‐8 175 Delrey Beach, Fla./American Heritage
Josh Moody DE 6‐4 210 Staten Island, N.Y./Tootenville
Ali Muhammad LB 6‐2 195 Kingston, Pa./Wyoming Valley West
Kelson Patterson OL 6‐6 303 Silver Spring, Md./Albert Einstein
Kenny Smith LB 5‐11 225 Jersey City, N.J./St. Peter’s
Trevor Turner WR 6‐1 185 Hanover, Md./Meade
Shomari Watts LB 6‐0 215 Haverford, Pa./Haverford
Mannee Williams DB 6‐1 200 New Rochelle, N.Y./New Rochelle
Colton Woodall DB 6‐3 190 Coconut Creek, Fla./North Broward Prep
David Zocco LB 6‐1 210 Nashua, N.H./Nashua South

**Brad82** · February 4th, 2009, 07:10 PM

When you add the four transfers from Rutgers,looks good (as always).
I have not seen any RI HS ballplayers sign anywhere? Big mistake.

**Cobblestone** · February 4th, 2009, 07:15 PM

I don't follow RI high school football much anymore but I think Bellini and Ferrer are as good as it gets. I'm satisfied with those two coming back.

**dgreco** · February 4th, 2009, 07:21 PM

Originally Posted by Brad82

When you add the four transfers from Rutgers,looks good (as always).
I have not seen any RI HS ballplayers sign anywhere? Big mistake.

Bryant isn't even picking up RI kids that often lately. I think a lot of them might go DIII.

**Dawg2Rhody** · February 4th, 2009, 08:17 PM

Coach Rizzi was asked about RI kids at the news conference. His response was that they had spent time at each in state school and would continue to do so. However, there was not a focus to sign any kid based on geography. He sounded almost as though there could be a late signing or two by stating that recruiting was not finished.

Last year he signed a few players after LOI day.

**Cobblestone** · February 5th, 2009, 08:44 AM

Originally Posted by bdfan

Hanson is probably the best R.I. kid on the team, IMO.

True. My bad, I forgot about him.

**UNH_Alum_In_CT** · February 5th, 2009, 08:47 AM

What happened to Westerly's Mike Portunato?

http://recruiting.scout.com/a.z?s=73...=1&nid=4109644

**Cobblestone** · February 5th, 2009, 12:00 PM

Originally Posted by UNH_Alum_In_CT

What happened to Westerly's Mike Portunato?

http://recruiting.scout.com/a.z?s=73...=1&nid=4109644

I don't know but he's small. Most likely he'll go to a D-III school. Over the years I've seen quite a few RI high school players go to Plymouth St., so don't be too surprised if he ends up there.