Lafayette College 2014 recruiting class

Written by: David Mika on Sunday, February 9th, 2014. Follow David Mika on Twitter.

On National Signing day the Leopards announced twenty-six student-athletes joining Lafayette’s football program this fall.

Lafayette won the Patriot League title last year.

The incoming group features eight players from Pennsylvania, including five from Eastern PA.

Central Bucks West’s Anders Warfel was a two-year starter and was named All-Suburban One league honorable mention.

Coatesville’s Collin Raysor was a starter on the 2012 Class 4A Eastern PA championship team. He’s a two-year letter winner.

His team in three years had a 31-8 record. He was listed in the Philadelphia Inquirer’s Top 30 recruits of 2014.

Milton Hershey’s T.J. Jones missed his senior year due to a knee injury.

His junior year he had 19 solo tackles, 61 total tackles, three interceptions and forced a fumble. He was named All Mid-Penn Conference first-team at defensive back.

Nazareth Area’s Matt Tuerk caught 57 passes for 748 yards and three scores. He was selected as a Lehigh Valley Conference All-star.

He set a school record against Easton in 2013. He caught eight passes for a record 214 yards and one touchdown. He broke the previous record of 184-yards held by Andrew Bridgeforth against Liberty in 2011.

Pen Argyl’s Mike DePaolo was named first-team Express-Times All-Area and All-Colonial league second-team honors at linebacker and punter.

On offense he rushed for 765 yards and 11 touchdowns. He caught six passes for 50 yards.

On defense he had 27 solo tackles, 70 total tackles, eight tackles for loss and one fumble recovery.

He averaged 36.39 yards per punt and had seven punts inside the 20.

Chestnut Ridge’s Beau Bosch helped lead his team to a District 5 championship in 2012 and 2013. His senior season he passed for 521 yards and rushed for 882 yards. He had 20 total touchdowns.

He finished his career with 2,296 yards rushing and 37 touchdowns and passed for 1,247 yards and 12 touchdowns.

On defense he had 12 solo tackles, 42 total tackles, six sacks and three fumble recoveries. He had 17.5 sacks in his career.

North Catholic’s Jarred Fragapane was named Associated Press and Football Writers first team selection at defensive end and helped his team to a 16-0 record and a 2013 Class A state title.

He played at Deer Lake (2010-11) and North Catholic.

Upper Saint Clair’s J.J. Conn helped his team to an 11-1 record in 2013. Conn played multiple positions (Strong Safety, Outside Linebacker, tight end and quarterback) for the Panthers. He was selected All-Southeastern and South Hills Almanac All-Star in 2013.

His senior year he had 16 solo tackles, 43 total tackles, five tackles for loss and one fumble recovery.

In two seasons he had over 100 tackles and returned a fumble for a touchdown.

His team had a record of 22-3 in two-seasons.

Lafayette Football Class of 2018

Name	Pos.	Ht.	Wt.	High School/Prep School
Beau Bosch	DE	6-5	215	Chestnut Ridge
DeSean Brown	TB	5-11	195	Naperville North
Brandon Bryant	LB	5-11	205	Cherry Hill East
J.J. Conn	LB	6-1	210	Upper Saint Clair
Josh Davis	QB	6-0	190	St. Margaret’s
Mike DePaolo	LB	6-1	220	Pen Argyl
Mike Donnelly	OL	6-4	285	New Canaan
Jarred Fragapane	DE	6-2	230	North Catholic
Nick Franzese	WR	6-0	175	Ridge
Connor Goss	WR	6-3	190	Kellenberg Memorial
Rob Hinchen	LB	6-2	205	Northern Highlands
T.J. Jones	DB	6-2	185	Milton Hershey
Rajhan Meriwether	TB	5-10	190	Basha
Matt Mrazek	WR	6-4	210	Lyons Township
Rocco Palumbo	WR	6-3	185	Mountain Vista
Phillip Parham	DB	5-10	180	Cass Technical
Collin Raysor	OL	6-7	300	Coatesville
Michael Root	LB	6-1	215	New Canaan
Michael Shiffert	LS	6-1	227	Blair Academy
Parish Simmons	DB	6-0	185	Nazareth/Avon Old Farms
Cam Smith	OL	6-5	295	Medway
Quinn Smith	TE	6-5	230	La Costa Canyon
Robert Speranza	TB	5-10	190	Chaminade
Matt Tuerk	WR	5-11	185	Nazareth
Dylan Wadsworth	TE	6-3	235	Brunswick School
Anders Warfel	OL	6-6	305	Central Bucks West