Monday, May 01, 2006

James signs with Ravens and Cobbs with Vikings

The UMass football site has details of UMass' Safety Shannon James signing a free agent contract with the Baltimore Ravens.

UMass WR /CB R.J. Cobbs signed a free agent contract with the Vikings. Cobbs was one for four I-AA players signed by the Vikings

Good luck to both Shannon and R.J. All UMass fans will be cheering for you to make the team.

Update: 12:39 pm Monday. Chris Kennedy of the Springfield Republican has an article with quotes from Cobbs and James here .

Update II: 12:49 pm Monday. Matt Dougherty of Sporting News has detailed coverage of I-AA players who were drafted over the weekend. Kevin McMahan WR from Maine was the last player chosen in the draft.