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'09 AZ DE Devon Kennard (USC Signee)

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Phoenix (AZ) Desert Vista

Ht: 6-foot-4
Wt: 225 lbs
Forty: 4.7 secs
GPA: 4.0

#8 player in the country according to Rivals.
#5 player in the country according to Scout.

Son of former Dallas Cowboy Derrick Kennard, Sr.

Scout Bio said:
2006 Honors: 2nd team all region as a sophomore.

2006 Stats: Recorded 81 tackles and 7 sacks.
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8/9

Has verbal offers from almost all of the Pac-10 (except USC and Stanford) as well as Michigan, Michigan State, Colorado, Nebraska and Notre Dame.

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9/4

From the USC site...has offers from Michigan, Michigan State, Colorado, Nebraska, Notre Dame and every school in the PAC-10 except USC and Stanford. Plans on going to games at Arizona, ASU, Cal and possibly USC.

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9/17

USC has offered...talks about how he got the offer and how he felt. Talks about his high school season and what number he could wear at USC.

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10/4

LSU and Florida have offered.

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1/27

Cal has offered, joining Cal, Notre Dame, Florida, LSU, North Carolina, Oregon State, San Diego State, Arizona State, Arizona, USC, Oregon, Nevada, Stanford and Colorado.

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2/2

By J. Jewell. Miami and UCLA have offered.

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2/5

By J. Jewell. Washington has offered.

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2/12

From the USC site...last week UCLA, Washington and Cal offered, followed by Texas and Oklahoma. Talks about his recent visit to USC and seems to be favoring the Trojans and talks with Matt Barkley.

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3/4

Holds 19 offers, including Arizona State, Cal, Colorado, Florida, LSU, Miami, North Carolina, Notre Dame, Oklahoma, Oregon, Tennessee, Texas, UCLA, USC, and Washington. Is currently wide open.

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3/26

From the Texas site. Kennard will visit Texas this weekend. His brother talks about Kennard's interest in Texas, his great academic standing, and Devon's style of play.

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3/25

Ohio State has offered.
 
He had 24.5 sacks last year... I've had my eye on him since I read the Republic on line daily.

Desert Vista's Kennard named SEV Player of Year
Desert Vista's Kennard named SEV Player of Year
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Lindsey Frazier
Special for The Republic
Dec. 28, 2007 02:09 PM
As the Phoenix Brophy Prep football players raised the Class 5A Division I trophy above their heads, Phoenix Desert Vista defensive end Devon Kennard could only take a knee with helmet in hand and watch while fighting back tears.

"I never want to forget that moment," said Kennard. "I just soaked that up so I would never forget that and let that be my passion for next year. I felt like I had to sit there and watch them take it away from us. Honestly, I didn't know what else to do.

"I didn't want to leave the field. I wish we could keep on playing. I wish there was another quarter left. I kept saying, 'It's not over. It's not over.' After they lifted up the trophy, I realized that this was it. It was over."
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Despite Desert Vista's 34-21 loss to Brophy in the championship game, it's easy to see why Kennard was named The Republic's Southeast Valley football Player of the Year.

On defense, the junior end had 24.5 sacks, averaging nearly two a game. As a running back, Kennard rushed 63 times for 445 yards, averaging more than 7 yards a carry.

"At his position, as a defensive end and a running back, it's tough to keep him on the field the entire game, but if we could have done that, we would have," said Desert Vista coach Dan Hinds.

Kennard was the first Thunder player ever named a captain as a junior.

"He was so effective as a running back," Hinds said. "Towards the end of the year, every time we put him in the game everyone keyed on him, and sometimes we put him in just to act as a decoy."

With a 3.9 grade-point average, Kennard has found success in the classroom, too. After the season, Kennard's older brother Derek Kennard Jr. a Desert Vista assistant coach, encouraged Devon to hit the weight room. Their father, Derek Kennard Sr., was an NFL offensive lineman for 11 years.
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4/15

From GBW...Devon's coach talks about his start junior on and off the field. Says Devon does not have a list of favorites and talks about his spring visit plans and about who is helping him through this process.
 
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azcentral.com

Phoenix Desert Vista's Devon Kennard and Scottsdale Chaparral's Craig Roh hope to have their top 10 college football choices in a week.
The defensive ends, rated among the nation's best prospects, figure to have Southern California in their list.
Both are planning to attend the USC Rising Stars Camp at the end of the month. They were both wowed by USC coach Pete Carroll on unofficial visits this spring.
During a spring practice, Carroll suddenly turned to Roh, and said, "Craig get in at defensive end," Craig's father, Fred, said.
Fred Roh said that watching Carroll run practices was quite impressive, because of how upbeat and motivational he is the whole time. No time is ever wasted, Fred Roh said.
At UCLA, during an unofficial visit, Fred Roh said new Bruins coach Rick Neuheisel presented Roh a No.88 UCLA jersey (Roh wears 88 for Chaparral) to wear on the sideline while watching the UCLA spring practice.
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Phoenix Desert Vista's Devon Kennard and Scottsdale Chaparral's Craig Roh hope to have their top 10 college football choices in a week.
The defensive ends, rated among the nation's best prospects, figure to have Southern California in their list.
Both are planning to attend the USC Rising Stars Camp at the end of the month. They were both wowed by USC coach Pete Carroll on unofficial visits this spring.
During a spring practice, Carroll suddenly turned to Roh, and said, "Craig get in at defensive end," Craig's father, Fred, said.
Fred Roh said that watching Carroll run practices was quite impressive, because of how upbeat and motivational he is the whole time. No time is ever wasted, Fred Roh said.
At UCLA, during an unofficial visit, Fred Roh said new Bruins coach Rick Neuheisel presented Roh a No.88 UCLA jersey (Roh wears 88 for Chaparral) to wear on the sideline while watching the UCLA spring practice.
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I didn't think this was a legal practice anymore...
 
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Mothra;1177861; said:
I didn't think this was a legal practice anymore...
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I was thinking the same thing. Thought there was a ruling on not being able to use personalized jerseys as a recruiting tool a couple years ago. If I'm not mistaken, it was at the same time they said Pete Carro... I mean... college coaches could no longer fly in recruits on private jets.
 
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