Spencer Adkins News

59 -- Adkins had a special teams tackle for the second straight week in Sunday's 10-7 win over the Jets.

"It felt really good to make my first tackle," said Adkins, the 2004 Broxson Award winner, awarded to the Naples area's best all-around high school football player.

Finneran, who tore the posterior cruciate ligament in his left knee, will miss the rest of the season.

Armed with a degree in finance and the nickname ``D-Money,'' University of Miami linebacker Darryl Sharpton has long considered a future in finance and entrepreneurship.

"Basically, if you didn't get a call, that was good news," said the former Naples High School standout and Miami Hurricane, who was selected by the Falcons in the sixth round of the 2009 NFL Draft .

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Not many Naples High School football players start on the varsity team as sophomores.

Heading into head coach Randy Shannona s third year at the helm, there are still several questions to ask regardingHurricanes, who have yet to win a bowl game and have been under .500 the past two seasons.

Kirk Hoza was watching film of Naples High School when he noticed the undersized, dogged defensive lineman beating the top prospect off the ball.

Location : Coral Gables, Fla. Nickname : Hurricanes. 2008 Countdown ranking : No.

As training camps get set to open, the Naples Daily News took a weeklong look at the nine Collier and Lee County football players in the NFL: They were nearly draft afterthoughts, picked toward the tail end of the NFL's two-day marathon selection process in April.

Record: 7-6 overall, 4-4 ACC Bowl: lost to Cal, 24-17 in the Emerald They're here: LB Sean Spence, RB Graig Cooper, K Matt Bosher They're gone: LB Glenn Cook, OC Patrick Nix, QB Robert Marve 2009 Plus - Miami had two obvious problems in 2008 and both have been fixed.

As training camps get set to open, the NDN takes a weeklong look at the nine Collier and Lee County football players in the NFL: Edgerrin James Anthony Herrera Steven Octavien, Keith Eloi Spencer Adkins Jake O'Connell IMMOKALEE - Ten years ago, Immokalee native Edgerrin James wasn't old enough to buy a beer.

Lawrence Sidbury, the fourth-round pick of the Falcons in April's NFL draft, signed a four-year, $4.4 million contract with the team Thursday.

Following is an update on the Hot News Quickies for Tuesday, June 30, 2009. This is a quick taste of what's happening.

The Dolphins are merging with Miami Sound Machine and Margaritaville. Singer Gloria Estefan and her husband, producer Emilio Estefan, are buying a "very small" ownership stake in the NFL team, a person familiar with the deal said Monday.

Sixth-round linebacker Spencer Adkins, a former University of Miami player, signed his rookie contract today, the team announced.

Recruiting had become simple for the University of Miami football staff. While counterparts were scouring the country for the next All-American, the Hurricanes' coaches likely were parked in front of a computer with a pad and pen.