Curley's Fab 5

west to east:

jay johnson - TX; waco native, transferred to baylor and did well there
david butler - LA; ended up at DB and finished at LSU
artie moore - MS; transferred to ole miss
robert davis - AL; transferred to UAB
robert toomer - GA; played FB and finished at LSU; was HC at abbeville HS last year

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Robert Davis going to Ol Most..

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Davis transferred from LSU to UAB

man curly was a crappy recruiter


1994
HEAD COACH CURLEY HALLMAN
DB Aaron Adams, Metairie (East Jefferson)
OL Rusty Barrilleaux, Amite (Amite)
OL Jeremy Baye, Marrero (Shaw)
WR Chris Beard, Shreveport (Byrd)
LB Trupania Bonner, New Orleans (Jesuit)
QB Josh Booty, Shreveport (Evangel)
RB Kendall Cleveland,West Orange, Texas (Stark)
WR Chris Cummings, Dothan, Ala. (Dothan)
RB/SS Alja Delaney, Haughton (Haughton)
TE/LB Chad Ducre, Mandeville (Mandeville)
OL Alan Faneca, Rosenberg, TX (Lamar Consolidated)
LB Benaderyl Franklin, Moss Point, Miss. (Moss Point)
OL Eric Griffin, Galliano (South Lafourche)
QB Melvin Hill, Mansfield (Mansfield)
DB Raion Hill, New Orleans (Brother Martin)
OL Brian Humke, Bossier City (Airline)
DE Arnold Miller, New Orleans (Carver)
LB Matt Newchurch, Thibodaux (E.D. White)
PK Wade Richey, Carencro (Carencro)
TE Edward Singleton, Cecilia (Cecilia)
WR Eric Smith,Vero Beach, Fla. (NW Miss. JUCO)
OL Lee Stromberg, Monroe (Ouachita)
LB/DE Mike Sutton, New Orleans (Salmen)
CB Troy Twillie, Slidell (Slidell)


1993
HEAD COACH CURLEY HALLMAN
RB Derrick Beavers, Carencro, La. (Carencro)
TE Josh Bradley, Oak Grove, La. (Oak Grove)
DB Hunter Bullard, Bossier City, La. (Airline)
DL David Carmona, Richardson, Texas (Richardson)
DB Talvi Crawford, Orlando, Fla. (Garden City CC)
WR Chris Cummings, Dothan, Ala. (Dothan)
RB Kevin Franklin, Baton Rouge, La. (Catholic)
DB Tyrone Frazier, Shreveport, La. (Woodlawn)
DB Chris Green, Hahnville, La. (Hahnville)
LB Jeff Hampton, Clear Lake, Texas (Clear Lake)
LB Furnell Hankton, New Orleans, La. (B.T.Wash.)
OL Todd Holland, Orlando, Fla. (Boone)
LB Tim Hutton, Slidell, La. (Slidell)
WR Eddie Kennison, Lake Charles, La. (Wash.-Marion)
P/PK Chad Kessler, Lake Mary, Fla. (Lake Mary)
LB Brandon Michel, Lutcher, La. (Lutcher)
LB Kenny Mixon, Pineville, La. (Pineville)
DL Heath Panks, Slidell, La. (Salmen)
OL Adam Perry, Covington, La. (Covington)
LB Pat Rogers, Shreveport, La. (Fair Park)
RB Jermaine Sharp, Monroe, La. (Ouachita Christian)
WR Eric Smith,Vero Beach, Fla. (NW Miss. JC)
LB Allen Stansberry, Baton Rouge, La. (Broadmoor)
DL Jason Stein, Luling, La. (Hahnville)
QB Casey Taber, Schulenburg, Texas (Schulenberg)
RB/KR Jimmy Taylor, Shreveport, La. (Northwood)
DB Denard Walker, Garland, Texas (South Garland)
LB Chuck Wiley, Baker, La. (Southern Lab)

1992
HEAD COACH CURLEY HALLMAN
NG Doug Admire, Rockwall, Texas (Rockwall)
OL Ben Bordelon, Mathews, La. (Central Lafourche)
RB David Butler, Bourg, La. (South Terrebone)
LB Mike Calais, Patterson, La. (Patterson)
OL Marcus Carmouche, Lafayette, La. (Carencro)
RB Robert Davis, Birmingham, Ala. (Homewood)
LB James Gillyard, Shreveport, La. (Woodlawn)
DB Robert Hawkins, Dallas, Texas (Carter)
DB Al Head, Amite, La. (Amite)
TE Chris Hill, Mansfield, La. (Mansfield)
QB Jamie Howard, Lafayette, La. (St. Thomas More)
DB Tory James, Marrero, La. (Archbishop Shaw)
OL Jeff Jenkins,West Monroe, La. (Ouachita Christian)
OL Kerry Jenkins, Tuscaloosa, Ala. (Holt)
RB Jay Johnson,Waco, Texas (Waco)
WR Eddie Kennison, Lake Charles, La. (Wash.-Marion)
TE David LaFleur,Westlake, La. (Westlake)
WR Clarence Lenton, Memhpis, Tenn. (Westwood)
DL Robert Miller, Hattiesburg, Miss. (Hattiesburg)
RB Artie Moore,Wiggins, Miss. (Stone County)
LB Gabe Northern, Baton Rouge, La. (Glen Oaks)
DL Ike Pullett, Baton Rouge, La. (Tara/Pearl River CC)
RB Robert Toomer, Sylvester, Ga. (County)
OL Sean Wells, Jenks, Okla. (Jenks)
SS Reggie Wilson, New Orleans, La. (John Curtis)
WR Sheddrick Wilson, Thomasville, Ga. (Thomasville)
DL Tori Workman,Winston-Salem, N.C. (Fork Union Academy

1991
HEAD COACH CURLEY HALLMAN
DB John Bell, LaPorte, Texas (LaPorte)
DB Kimojha Brooks, DeRidder, La. (DeRidder)
DB Todd Burks, Denham Springs, La. (Fork Union Acad.)
DB Tony Cole, Shreveport, La. (Byrd)
LB William Crowell, Meridian, Miss. (Meridian)
LB Robert Deshotel, Lake Charles, La. (LaGrange)
OL Jeff Dupre, Opelousas, La. (Opelousas Catholic)
PK Matt Huerkamp, Shalimar,La. (Choctawhatchee)
QB Ryan Huffman, Houston, Texas (Clear Lake)
OL Mark King, Houma, La. (Terrebone)
RB John McClain, Cartersville, Ga. (Cartersville)
NG Brian Madden, Indianapolis, Ind. (Garden City CC)
DL Craig Robinson, Jackson, Miss. (Lanier)
LB Jason Smothers, Destrehan, La. (Destrehan)
TE Brandon Stelly, Opelousas, La. (Opelousas Catholic)
OL Jerome Sterling, River Ridge, La. (John Curtis)
DE Robert Thibodeaux, River Ridge, La. (John Curtis)
OL Tom Turner, Bastrop, La. (Bastrop)
LB Eric Valentino, Houston, Texas (Clear Lake)
OL Brian Ward, Linden, Ala. (Marengo Acad.)
LB Bobby Williams, Ruston, La. (Ruston)
DB Lee Williams, Monroe, La. (Valley Forge Acad.)
DB Rodney Young, Grambling, La. (Ruston)

Kevin Faulk. Went down as a DiNardo recruit but Curley got him here"

dinardo left his intro press conference and went right to carencro to try to get him here

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man curly was a crappy recruiter

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there are actually a few NFL players in that list

Johnson had a very solid second half of the year in '93. He ran well on Ole Miss and Bama.

Davis started out at LSU with a bang, with two 100 yard games...and that was all she wrote.

Butler had hope...all-purpose type back and KR...ended career at db and hardly played.

Toomer looked to be the most talented, but he couldn't beat out Juice Williams and ended up starting one year at FB.

Moore was gone as fast as he arrived.

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Kevin Faulk. Went down as a DiNardo recruit but Curley got him here

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Curley might have recruited him, but DiNardo got him here. DiNardo left his introduction presser and went strait to Carencro to seal the deal.

BTW, Josh signed with Curley but played baseball instead and came back under DiNardo. FWIW

Jay Johnson did not go to Baylor. He got arrested for stealing from cars after his freshman season, then transferred to Grambling and got kicked off of that team after a year or two. He actually signed a brief contract with the Miami Dolphins in 1999 after sitting out for 2 years. One of the best high school running backs that I ever saw and one of the best freshman running backs at LSU.

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David Butler

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He went to my high school. Just saw him last year at our alumni softball tournament. He was our pinch runner, dude can still run pretty good.

Back in 1994 he got me and another guy in the football player's lounge area (or whatever it was called). I walked by Jamie Howard in the hallway and played an arcade video game against Robert Toomer. That was pretty cool.