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Bengals ink LB; Marvin’s son to ISU; Hoyng update
ON THE BANKS OF THE WABASH:
Bengals head coach Marvin Lewis and his wife, Peggy, are the proud parents of a college-bound football player.
Their son, Marcus Lewis, a 6-foot-1, 205-pound linebacker at Indian Hill High School, has signed a national letter of intent to continue his football career at Indiana State University in Terre Haute.
Marcus is among 31 student-athletes to sign in first-year head coach Trent Miles’ inaugural recruiting class for the Sycamores.
BENGALS LAND FREE-AGENT LINEBACKER
The Bengals’ search for defensive depth yielded Arizona Cardinals free agent outside linebacker Darryl Blackstock, who agreed to a one-year contract on Monday, March 10.
Blackstock, a 6-foot-3, 244-pound fourth-year veteran, was a 2005 third-round draft pick from the University of Virginia and college teammate of Bengals middle linebacker Ahmad Brooks.
Arizona chose not to tender Blackstock with the minimum $927,000 qualifying offer as a restricted free agent, so he was free to sign with any team. He chose Cincinnati over Cleveland.
Blackstock’s three-year totals for Arizona included 44 tackles and four sacks in 46 games with two starts. He’s expected to back up starting outside linebackers Dhani Jones and Rashad Jeanty, and strengthen the special teams coverage units.
THE COLDWATER KID
Tuesday, March 11, is a huge day for former University of Dayton quarterback Kevin Hoyng. He participates in Bowling Green State University’s Pro Day in front of NFL scouts, starting at 7:30 a.m. Hoyng’s new position is free safety. Instead of quarterbacking the offense, he’s hoping to patrol the secondary as quarterback of the defense.
After a typical work-day Monday as a long-term substitute science teacher at Wantz Middle School in Miamisburg, Hoyng headed to his apartment in Troy, where he was picked up by his Dayton-based agent, Ron Todd, for the drive up I-75. Hoyng’s War Room: Days Inn, Bowling Green.
Hoyng is due to arrive on campus Tuesday at 6:30 a.m. His dad, Tim, will help him with his stretching exercises, and then NFL scouts will send him through a battery of drills. Coldwater High School’s video cameraman will be there to film the action, then Todd will send DVDs of the workout to all 32 NFL clubs, plus numerous scouting services.
Hoyng is scheduled to work out on Friday at the University of Dayton for the Cincinnati Bengals, who be represented by Jim Lippincott, director of football operations, and Sigismondo “Louie” Cioffi, assistant defensive backs coach.
HARD TO IMAGINE
It was 10 years ago when the Bengals selected Takeo Spikes (No. 13) and Brian Simmons (No. 17) in the first round of the 1998 NFL draft.
Seems like only yesterday.
How fast does time fly?
Akili Smith would be entering his 10th NFL season this fall. The No. 3 overall pick in ‘99, Smith lasted only four lousy seasons (1999-2002).
DID YOU KNOW?
Bengals beat writer Chick Ludwig was 14 years old when the Bengals were born in 1968.
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By Big AL
March 11, 2008 6:19 AM | Link to this
AKILI IS A TIME ALL BENGALS FAN NEEDS TO FORGETBy jets fan fatty
March 11, 2008 2:38 PM | Link to this
Thank you, Chick for thinking of me. We Jet fans are cautiously optomistic. They have burned us too many times. Does the double overtime game in Cleveland in 1986 ring any bells?. Or Doug Brien in Pittsburgh several years ago. Nice signings, especially Faneca, but the real prize was Artell Hawkins. A true shutdown corner. Chad & T.J. will get a case of Artrellitis when they come to N.Y. Excellent work by the Bungles to sign a career Arizona backup, Darryl Blacksox scandal. Also, nice work on Shawn Rogers.