Post by salavea on Aug 21, 2007 11:44:41 GMT -5
Official team release on Godfrey, Marshall.
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PRESS RELEASE
For Immediate Release
August 21, 2007
REDSKINS SIGN LB RANDALL GODFREY AND WR JEREL MYERS
Ashburn, VA - The Washington Redskins announce today that they have signed free agent veteran linebacker Randall Godfrey and free agent wide receiver Jerel Myers.
Terms of the deals are not disclosed.
Godfrey, 6-2, 245, is an 11-year veteran having spent the past three seasons in San Diego. Last year he played and started in 13 games for the Chargers and recorded 58 total tackles, four sacks and two forced fumbles. He also started their playoff game against New England (Jan. 14, 2007).
Godfrey was a second-round draft selection (49th overall) by Dallas in 1996 and spent the first four years of his career with the Cowboys. He spent three years in Tennessee (2000-2003) before making a stop in Seattle for the 2003 season and then joined the Chargers in 2004. For his career, he has played in 159 games with 145 starts and recorded 834 total tackles, including 634 solo stops, 17 sacks, 17 forced fumbles, and six interceptions. Godfrey played his college football at the University of Georgia with current Redskins defensive end Phillip Daniels.
Godfrey will wear #57.
Myers, 5-11, 180 joins the Redskins from the Arena Football League where he spent the past two seasons with the Kansas City Brigade. Myers was a four-year starter in college for LSU and left the Tigers as the fourth ranked receiver in school history with 149 career receptions and his 1,843 career receiving yards ranked eighth in school history. He graduated LSU in December 2002 and spent portions of the 2003 and 2004 seasons with the Buffalo Bills. Myers played for the B.C. Lions of the CFL in 2005 before making the move to the AFL in 2006.
Myers will wear #13.
In addition, the Redskins announce that they have released LB Lemar Marshall.
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PRESS RELEASE
For Immediate Release
August 21, 2007
REDSKINS SIGN LB RANDALL GODFREY AND WR JEREL MYERS
Ashburn, VA - The Washington Redskins announce today that they have signed free agent veteran linebacker Randall Godfrey and free agent wide receiver Jerel Myers.
Terms of the deals are not disclosed.
Godfrey, 6-2, 245, is an 11-year veteran having spent the past three seasons in San Diego. Last year he played and started in 13 games for the Chargers and recorded 58 total tackles, four sacks and two forced fumbles. He also started their playoff game against New England (Jan. 14, 2007).
Godfrey was a second-round draft selection (49th overall) by Dallas in 1996 and spent the first four years of his career with the Cowboys. He spent three years in Tennessee (2000-2003) before making a stop in Seattle for the 2003 season and then joined the Chargers in 2004. For his career, he has played in 159 games with 145 starts and recorded 834 total tackles, including 634 solo stops, 17 sacks, 17 forced fumbles, and six interceptions. Godfrey played his college football at the University of Georgia with current Redskins defensive end Phillip Daniels.
Godfrey will wear #57.
Myers, 5-11, 180 joins the Redskins from the Arena Football League where he spent the past two seasons with the Kansas City Brigade. Myers was a four-year starter in college for LSU and left the Tigers as the fourth ranked receiver in school history with 149 career receptions and his 1,843 career receiving yards ranked eighth in school history. He graduated LSU in December 2002 and spent portions of the 2003 and 2004 seasons with the Buffalo Bills. Myers played for the B.C. Lions of the CFL in 2005 before making the move to the AFL in 2006.
Myers will wear #13.
In addition, the Redskins announce that they have released LB Lemar Marshall.
