At JMU: Fifth-year Duke who the JMU staff hopes will assume a leading CB role… a physical player who uses his hands well and with whom the Dukes have been successful when he has been in the lineup, said DB coach Chip West.
2004: Team’s top reserve at CB for most of the year and started at Towson and Lehigh in place of injured senior Cortez Thompson… had 14 tackles… forced a fumble in the playoffs at William & Mary… had a season-best six tackles (two unassisted) at Towson and two stops at Maine, Lehigh and William & Mary in the playoffs.
2003: Played in each game and started the final two… had a career-high 10 tackles (eight primary) vs. Northeastern and six (five primary) vs. Charleston Southern as a starter… involved in three tackles and returned an interception 18 yards to set up JMU’s first TD vs. Hofstra… recovered a fumble vs. Charleston Southern… had three stops at Virginia Tech.
2002: Played in 11 of 12 games and started six early in the year as a red-shirt freshman… set up a TD with a fumble recovery at Delaware… had nine, eight and seven tackles, respectively, in consecutive games vs. Florida Atlantic, Hofstra and Villanova… had seven primary stops vs. Florida Atlantic and six vs. Hofstra and Villanova.
High School: QB and DB standout at Phoebus… as a senior was first-team all-district and all-area by the Newport News Daily Press and second-team all-region at DB… team MVP and threw for more than 800 yards and 12 TDs… as a junior was second-team all-district at DB and threw for more than 1,000 yards and ran for 14 TDs.
Personal: Leon Fernando Mizelle, Jr…. born Jan. 20, 1983… National Honor Society member and a member of honor societies for French and mathematics… marketing major.
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