Re: 2010 LB D.J. Welter Pretty interesting career for this coach- Rayne High, USL, Crowley High, back to USL, then to Notre Dame. The UL website has a lot of info on him- NFL players Coach Cook coached while at USL: Vikings’ Orlando Thomas Panthers’ Jake Delhomme Broncos’ Brandon Stokley D-1 players he coached in high school: Orlando Thomas- USL Joe Domengeaux- LSU David Berken- Rice Kade Comeaux- LSU Jeff Cook- LSU Wes Jacobs- LSU Wes Simon- USL Randy Champagne- USL Vikings’ Orlando Thomas, September 23, 2006 article by Dan McDonald, Lafayette Daily Advertiser: ... In a way, Thomas' life has come full circle for Louie Cook, who became his football mentor in his eighth-grade year and became his life mentor and friend shortly after. "People don't realize how far he came to end up as an NFL player," Cook said. "He weighed 98 pounds when he was 13 years old, when we'd run a bus to the junior high and bring those kids over for football. He wasn't much to look at, but he had an unbelievable drive to succeed." It was a couple of years later, after his sophomore season at Crowley High, that Thomas informed Cook he was going to play college football. At that time, he wasn't that far removed from his 98-pound weakling status. "I told him he wasn't going to be able to do that," Cook said. "He wasn't big enough, fast enough or strong enough, and he wasn't doing everything it takes to get yourself better." The next day, he joined Crowley High's track team. Two years later, the Gents won a state football title and Thomas started running sub-50-second quarter miles. He finally signed a scholarship with then-USL at the end of his senior track season, since no school was offering on the spring signing day. All-America honors with the Cajuns followed, as did seven seasons with the Vikings before he retired in 2002. During those NFL years, UL Student-Athlete Center director Danny Cottonham continued to press Thomas to finish his degree. ... Cook was the man who took Thomas to get his driver's license as a senior in college, was at his house the day he was drafted by the Vikings and went with him to Chicago to sign with an agent before he began his professional career. He's still close by, no matter how much it hurts to see how far the staircase has spiraled downward. (Thomas has been fighting ALS for 3 years now)
Re: 2010 LB D.J. Welter Welter was one I expected to commit this weekend but we might have to put that on hold for the time being since he will not be able to make Junior Day this weekend as originally planned.
Re: 2010 LB D.J. Welter Rumors that he may commit this weekend as well. He is with his family in Montana, so if true I would think he would wait until he gets home.
Re: 2010 LB D.J. Welter Welter looks good. He shows nice anticipation and he seems to read plays very well. I don't really know how to judge his speed, but he certainly looks legitimately fast enough to play OLB.
