District 4 Class 8A
District: 88, 89, 90, 91, 94, 95, 96, 99, 01, 07, 08, 16, 17, 18, 19…
Semi-Final: 88, 90
District Runner Up: 97, 00, 02, 04, 06…
State-Finalist: 88, 90
Regional: 88, 90, 91, 93, 94, 04, 16, 17, 18
State Playoff: 88, 89, 90, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99, 00, 01, 02, 04, 06, 07, 08
Sectional: 88, 90, 91, 94, 04
Head Coach
Josh Smithers: 2017-present
Todd Johnson: 2011-2016
John Sprague: 1981-2010
Coach Sprague: Record 209 W – 103 L
FHSAA 6-A Coach of the Year: ’94 ’96
NFL HS Coach of the Year ’11
Nike Coach of the Year: ’96
NFL High School Coach of the Year Finalist: ’07
Alumni
These former Rams have gone on to
play professional football.
- Jamar Johnson | Denver Broncos
- Richie James | San Francisco 49ers
- Karan Higdon | Houston Texans
- Dick Chapura | Chicago Bears
- Scott Gardner | New York Jets
- Herman Redden | San Francisco 49er’s
- Tony Green | Washington Redskins
- Pat Carter | Arizona Cardinals
- Greg Truitt | Cincinnati Bengals
- Jon Haskins | San Diego Chargers
- Tim Alexander | Montreal Alouettes
- Amp Campbell | New Orleans Saints
- Greg Hill | Montreal Alouettes
- Todd Johnson | Chicago Bears
- Mike Shafer | St. Louis Rams
- Courtney Watson | New Orleans Saints
- David Baas | San Francisco 49er’s
- Chris Hannon | Kansas City Chiefs
- Drew Miller | Jacksonville Jaguars
- Steve Rissler | Dallas Cowboys
- Amari Jackson | Tampa Bay Buccaneers
Former Rams Playing College Football :: Now & Past
- Luke Petitta (’23) Holy Cross
- Stone Springman (’23) Univ of Miami
- Donta’ Abner (’23) Lake Erie College
- DaMarcus Abner (’23) Lake Erie College
- Lauriel “Scoota” Trotman (’23) Lake Erie College
- Deshaun Olave (’23) Lake Erie College
- Jaydon Tarohocker (’23) Nebraska Wesleyan
- Eli Renick (’22) Wittenberg Univ
- Brandon Weller (’22) Wittenberg Univ
- Jonathan Pettey (’22) Mount Union
- Jaron Glover (’22) Michigan State
- Jay’den Birch (’22) Gannon Univ
- Tyre Smith (’22) Seton Hill
- Charlie Cooper (’22) Trinity College
- Jairus Brewer (’21) Georgia Military College
- Michael Fraraccio (’21) Univ of Penn
- Sincere Littles (’21) Tennessee State
- Michael “Poodah” Hayes (’21) Lafayette
- Sambo Ung (’21) St. Thomas Univ
- Dylan Jenkins (’21) Madonna Univ
- Freddy Smalls (’21) Hiram College
- Jayden Cray (20) Central Michigan Univ
- Sean White (20) Lenoir Rhyne Univ
- Nate Langlais (20) West Virginia State Univ
- Tray Hall (20) City College of San Francisco
- Solento Stewart (20) Benedictine Univ
- Kye Dixon (19) Jacksonville Univ
- Julian Lowenstein (19) Alabama
- Ali Boyce (19) Southeastern Univ
- Trey Austin (19) Albion College
- Johnny Dawson (19) Alabama State Univ
- Zy’darrian Grable (19) Alabama State Univ
- Jared Griffith (18) Univ of Miami
- Jamar Johnson (18) Indiana Univ
- Brantley Seadrow (18) Murray State Univ
- Arthur Brantley (18) Austin Peay State Univ
- Cleve Grantley (18) Edward Waters College
- Dekota Morris (18) Edward Waters College
- Tavaris Campbell (18) Edward Waters College
- Jadakiss Turner (18) Albion College
- Stephon Turner (18) UPIKE
- Jared Wynter (18) Methodist Univ
- Garrett Furlan (18) Wisconsin Lutheran
- Michael Welcer (17) Allegheny College
- Zahodri Jackson (17) Utah State Univ
- Vincent Sellers Jr. (17) Tennessee State Univ
- A.J. Franco (17) USF
- Dominick Caldwell (16) FIU/ Univ of Tennessee Chattanooga
- Brock Eblin (16) North Carolina Wesleyan College
- Oshea Grant (16) Alabama State Univ
- Jordan Marankie (16) Coffeyville Community College
- Areon Green (16) College of San Mateo
- Karan Higdon (15) Michigan
- Riley Sheehan (15) USF
- Mason Hupalo (15) Jacksonville Univ
- Brian Liddy (15) Lyon College
- Marquise Moody (15) Stetson Univ
- Tyler O’Keefe (15) Capital Univ
- Richie James (14) Middle Tennessee State
- Sam Johnson (14) Army
- Austin Walker (14) Bethune Cookman
- David Knight (14) Lyon College
- Tony Mascolino (14) Lyon College
- Nick Bernier (14) Lyon College
- Mark Miller (14) UCF
- Paul Williams (14) Monetery College
- Jaden Adams (’13) Webber University, FL
- Pete Hubert (’13) University of South Dakota
- Jake Difrank (’12) Wofford, SC
- Heath Thomas (’12) Greenville, IL
- Nick Wolosz (’12) Greenville, IL
- Dariam Moore (’12) Greenville, IL
- Jeremy Jones(’12) Butler Community College
- Terrell Warren(’12) Maryville, TN
- Tater Williams (’12) Sante Fe Community (Baseball)
- Tyler Teresa(’12) Earlham, IN
- Connor Kruger (’12) Brown University, RI
- Marquise Newell (’12) University of Nevada, NV
- Evan Potoka (’12) West Liberty University, WV
- Robert Gollnick (’12) Stetson University, FL
- Jon Evans (’11) Western Kentucky University
- Trae Gilley (’11) Lenoir Rhyne University
- Dan Grochowski (’11) West Point
- Andrew Robustelli (’11) Jacksonville University
- Tyler Payne (’11) Rhodes College
- TJ Tyson. (’11) Fayetteville State University
- Patrick Brady (’10) Kenyon College
- Micah Zea (’10) Evangel University
- Ronnie Hardison (’09) Elon College
- C.J. Shelly (’09) West Point
- Ronald Bright (’09) Tennesee State
- Garrett Waggoner (’09) Dartmouth
- André Booker (’09) Marshall University
- Colin Kruger(’08) Yale University
- Ryan Klopfer (’08) Florida Atlantic University
- Peter Maron (’08) College of Charlotte
- Vincent Corona (’08) McDaniel College
- Peter Bilan (’07) Colorado Rhodes
- Mike Iltis (’07) Univ. of Colorado
- Dave Roberts (’07) Univ. of Virginia
- Chandler Robinson (’07) Seton Hill
- Adam Shaw (’07) Univ. of Richmond
- Kyle Harrell (’07) Univ. of Virginia at Wise
- Harry Scott (’06) Iowa State
- Kellen White (’06) Iowa State
- Jeremy Haskins (’06) Seton Hill
- Bernard Jones (’06) Seton Hill
- Dane Bragg (’06) Seton Hill
- Chase Barron (’06) Seton Hill
- Carlos Lowe (’06) Lafayette
- Kevin Campbell (’06) Alabama State
- Alex Davis (’06) Tennessee State
- Ryan Mannina (’05) US Military Academy – West Point
- Blake Brunner (’05) Southern Illinois University
- *Donte Cheaves (’05) West Liberty
- *David McIver (’05) West Liberty
- Frank Pettoruto (’05) Emory & Henry
- *Justin Hamilton (’05) Western Illinois
- CJ Hamilton (’05) Western Illinois
- Terrell Robinson (’05) Jacksonville University
- Drew Miller (’04) Florida
- Matt Grochowski (’04) Hiram College
- Charles Robinson (’04) Duke
- Adam DeMarco (’04) U.S. Military Academy – West Point
- Steve Rissler (’03) Florida
- Trae Gomes (’03) Central Florida
- Robert Ford (’03) Western Kentucky
- Jay Heren (’03) Florida Atlantic
- Amarri Jackson (’03) Basketball Hillsborough C.C
- *Chris Hannon (’02) Univ. of Tennessee
- Terry Crenshaw (’02) Hofstra University
- Tyler Martin (’02) Tennessee State University
- A. J. Brown (’02) Carson-Newman College
- Tyree Sumpter (’02) Edward Waters College
- Deontae Blackmon (’02) Hibbing C. C. Minn.
- Terrance Hall (’02) Hibbing C. C. Minn.
- Sean Burstein (’02) American International College
- Alexis Moreland (’01) S. Illinois
- Josh Mott (’01) Hillsdale College, MI
- Ryan Ellis (’01) Western Connecticut
- Anthony Spatola (’01) Western Connecticut
- Ben Jones (’01) Western Maryland
- Adam Powell (’01) Merrimack College
- *David Baas (’00) Univ. of Michigan
- *Tom Howell (00) Univ. of Virginia
- Matt Kalfsbeck (’00) Haskell Indian Nations Univ.
- Matt Biggy (’00) Chowan College
- Tommie Wheeler (’00) W. Maryland
- J. R. Mills (’00) Hutchinson C.C.
- Kelly Johnson (’00) Dakota Western
- *Courtney Watson (’99) Notre Dame
- *Mike Shafer (’99) Syracuse
- Charles Harris(’99) Central Michigan
- Lee Pasick (’99) Florida Atlantic
- Marvin Harrris (’99) Eastern Michigan
- Andre Humphrey (’99) Western Maryland
- *Todd Johnson (’98) Univ. of Florida
- *Jon Chivas (’98) Georgia Southern
- Jay Alexander (’98) Jacksonville University
- Mack Daniels (’98) Bethune-Cookman
- Jay Simmons (’98) Western Kentucky
- Shane Burggraff (’98) Western Maryland
- Jay Lorenz (’98) Western Maryland
- Jamie Harris (’98) Western Maryland
- Thorin Brown (’98) Trinity
- Pat Fountain (’98) S. Carolina Methodist
- David Thatcher (’98) USF
- David Evans (’98) Alabama State U.
- Jermaine Ward (’98) Basketball Hillsborough C.C.
- *Ben Garrison (’97) Stanford University
- Rod Miller (’97) Virginia State
- Chris Maze (’97) Weidner University
- *Torry Johnson (’97) Univ. of South Carolina
- *Mondrian Long (’97) Univ. of Illinois
- *Neil Zglobicki (’97) West Liberty State
- *China Smith (’97) Bethune-Cookman
- *Bubba Hubbard (’97) Bethune-Cookman
- Shawn Stumpf (’97) Glenville State
- Spencer Sanders (’97) Glenville State
- *Travis Mullet (’97) Univ. of South Carolina
- Jason Frank (’97) Univ. of Texas, UTEP
- Bryan Miller (’97) Western Maryland
- Aaron Bartolain (’97) Western Maryland
- Sean Markham (’97) Trinity
- Josh Renick (’97) MCC (Baseball)
- Torrence Hayes (’97) Virginia Union
- Andy Lang (’97) Bethel
- *Nate Gates (’96) Louisiana State Univ.
- Danny Myrick (’96) Central Michigan Univ.
- *Chris Brown (’96) Bethune-Cookman
- Pat Robinson (’96) U.S. Military Academy – West Point
- Joe Pansulla (’96) Wedener University
- *James Jenkins (’96) Marshall University
- Quincy Alexander (’96) West Virginia State
- Gino Tutera (’96) Georgia Southern
- Kevin Bridenbaugh (’95) Wingate College
- Jeff Roark (’95) Wingate College
- Derrick Timmons (’95) Longbeach C.C.
- Jim Fisher (’95) Air Force Academy
- James Mills (’95) Marshall University
- *Sean Bane (’95) Longbeach C.C.
- *Greg Hill (’95) Georgia Southern
- Chris Parsons (’95) University of Penn
- *Tim Alexander (’94) Oregan State
- Dale Bryson (’94) Troy State
- *Anthony Campbell (’94) Michigan State
- Kyle Draper (’94) Fort Valley State
- John Farnum (’94) Bethune Cookman
- Jay Gallagher (’94) Appalachian State
- *Jon Haskins (’94) Stanford
- Bubba Mays (’94) Alabama A & M
- Chris Smith (’94) Harvard
- Joe Whitten (’94) Virginia Tech.
- Scott Ellis (’93) Northeast Louisiana
- Brian Gillen (’93) Columbia
- Chris Hackett (’93) Boston College
- Jay Kis (’93) Lees McRae
- Marcel Kasten (’93) Fairmont State
- Troy Mattes (’93) Miami/Dade (Baseball)
- T.J. Nutter (’93) Tennessee Tech.
- Jack Ousley (’93) Fairmont State
- *Derrington Abnar (’92) Univ. of Georgia
- Bryan Dersch (’92) East Tennessee State
- Matt Fiorelli (’92) Valdosta State
- Matt Pryer (’92) Teikyo Weshmar
- Jason Segal (’92) Fairmont State College
- Jimmy Young (’92) Fairmont State College
- Mike Bell (’91) Pasco Hernando C.C. (Baseball)
- *Luke Bencie (’91) Michigan State
- Jason Delgato (’91) Murray State
- Steve Fahrer (’91) Valdosta
- Chris Ferretti (’91) North Central Illinois
- Tim Flowers (’91) North Central Illinois
- *Kenny Harnden (’91) Louiville
- Clovid Jones (’91) Central Florida
- *Lance Mattes (’91) Samford
- Eric Peterson (’91) Lenior Ryan
- Shad Renick (’91) Univ. of New Orleans (Baseball)
- Rick Stepp (’91) Vanderbilt
- *Chris Swirles (’91) Georigia Military Academy
- Tim Yocum (’91) Pasco Hernando C.C. (Baseball)
- *Greg Gingleski (’90) Univ. of Florida
- *Larry Kennedy (’90) Univ. of Florida
- John Haggai (’90) Quincy College
- Jason Toundas (’90) Quincy College
- Tucker Turner (’90) Naval Academy
- Aaron Neidert (’90) St. Mary’s
- *Henry Walls (’90) Murray State
- Tim Williams (’90) Murray State
- Reggie Mays (’90) Bethune Cookman
- Tony Perry (’90) Grambling State
- Brendan Gallagher (’90) Quincy
- *Tyrone Leverett (’89) Northern Illinois
- Oliver Sears (’89) Elon College
- *John Bell (’89) North E. Oklahoma State
- *Andre Booker (’89) Univ. of Georgia
- Lonnie Brown (’89) West Virginia
- Scott Swirles (’89) Bethel College
- Kris Minnich (’89) Murray State
- Marcus Delgato (’89) Murray State
- Jeff Koor (’89) Bethel College
- Doug Semian (’89) Cornell
- *Ty Renick (’89) Annapolis
- Ken Navitsky (’89) Mankato State
- Ben Frickel (’89) Harvard
- Lance Barnes (’89) Annapolis
- Steve Richau (’89) Central Florida
- Chris Cherp (’89) Murray State
- *Foster Paulk (’89) Ohio State
- *Travis Smith (’89) Richmond
- Steve Zuknick (’88) Central Florida
- Melvin Cray (’88) Western Kentucky
- Joe Carroll (’88) Yale
- Garth Yarnell (’88) U.S. Military Academy – West Point
- Jeff Brown (’87) Samford University
- *Andre Spencer (’87) Coffeyville SC
- Bobby Sackett (’87) St. Cloud State
- Rich Harris (’87) St. Cloud State
- Henry Carter (’87) St. Cloud State
- Glenn Good (’87) Samford University
- Paul Smolchek (’87) U.S. Military Academy – West Point
- *Billy Hackett (’87) Notre Dame
- Chad Thayer (’87) St. Mary’s College
- James Coley (’87) Bethune Cookman
- Antonio Thomas (’87) Morehead College
- Doug Peterson (’86) Duke University
- Bruce Bottouoff (’86) Yale
- Tom Warren (’86) Dartmouth
- Zvonco Simunouic (’86) Eastern Kentucky
- *Joey Jordon (’86) Florida State
- Ben Murphy (’86) Cumberland College
- *Clarence Cheaves (’86) Eastern Kentucky
- Daryl Pitts (’86) Murray State
- Timmy Williams (’85) Dartmouth
- Moose Pawlak (’85) Dartmouth
- Tony Perry (’85) Dartmouth
- Jamie Lowitz (’85) Murray State
- Tim Teague (’85) Murray State
- Chris Adams (’85) Youngstown State
- *Bernard Zigler (’85) Louisville
- *Doug Samuels (’85) Univ. of Georgia
- Mike Blunt (’85) Southwest Missouri
- *Ben Glover (’85) Univ. of Florida
- *Troy Butler (’85) Univ. of Florida
- Shorty Smith (’85) Salem College
- *David Harvin (’85) East Tennessee State
- *Pat Carter (’84) Florida State
- Kelly Joyce (’84) St. Mary’s College
- Jay Lutz (’84) Murray State
- Richard Mau (’84) Harvard
- *Chris Mogle (’84) Univ. of Florida
- Fred Monix (’84) Arkansas Tech.
- Jeff Reichardt (’84) Maryville College
- *Derrick Schmidt (’84) Florida State
- J.R. Smith (’84) Bethel College
- Greg Truitt (’84) Penn State
- Arthur Davis (’83) Univ. of Tennessee
- Keith Gallagher (’83) Harvard
- Will Ivey (’83) Morningside College
- Kirk Kelley (’83) Saint Mary College
- *Alan King (’83) Univ. of Tennessee
- *Glen Mogle (’83) Univ. of Michigan
- Scott White (’83) Kansas State
- *Dick Chapura (’82) Univ. of Missouri
- Mike Smolchek (’82) Valdosta State
- *Scott Truitt (’82) Dartmouth