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Rock River Raptors Sign Two Players

December 13, 2005 - United Indoor Football Association (UIF)
Rock River Raptors News Release

Rockford IL. - Rock River Raptors are proud to announce the signing of Lance Samuseva, defensive tackle and Cory Bailey, defensive back to the team's 2006 football roster.

Lance Samuseva is a 6' 308 pound defensive tackle from the University of Hawaii. In Lance's career at Hawaii he played in a total of 49 games and started in 39 games. Lance tallied 154 career tackles, 17 of them tackles for loss and 4 sacks in his career. He was also awarded the team's Ben Yee Most Inspirational Player in his junior and senior years. Lance spent this summer with the Bergamo Lions a team in Italy where he was part of the team that only allowed 8 points per game and won the league's title.

Cory Bailey is a 5'11" 191 pound defensive back from the University of Florida. Cory in his senior year started at Strong Safety for nine games and once at outside linebacker against Vanderbilt. In his 4 year career at Florida Cory played in 49 games and started in 22 of those games. He tallied 137 career tackles, 2 sacks, 4 interceptions, and 3 fumble recovers. Coming out of American High School in Miami Florida he was considered one of the top prep defensive backs were he was an named a USA Today High School All American. He was invited to several NFL training camps after college.

First year Head Coach Rik Richards is very excited about the upcoming season and had this to say, the recruiting thus far has went very well, and to get a Cornerback like Cory and an active Nose Tackle such as Lance, is a good start. They should have no problem picking up our scheme and it is great to have them as our first two building blocks for 2006!"

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