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Richard Moton:
Sudden Impact?
©2002
Bonesville.net
The Magazine
By Ron Cherubini
You can hear it a little in his Oklahoma drawl.
Richard Moton has a quiet confidence. Perhaps it is a byproduct of life in
the Midwest or maybe it is just that he knows what is expected of him and
that he can deliver it...
Moton knows he is stepping up in competition and he
knows that at 6-4, with 4.5 speed, he will be expected to come right in and
have an impact. He also knows that the microscope is clearly focused on East
Carolina's defensive backfield, an area that was a glaring weakness last
year.
“They want me to get on the field and play right away
and I understand that,” Moton said. “So, I hope to get out there and make
things happen.”
At Northeast Oklahoma A&M, Moton certainly got the job
done, consistently.
“He would rate right up there with all of the
defensive backs we’ve sent to Division I schools… and there have been a
few,” NEO head coach Dale Patterson said...
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02/23/2007 04:00:44 PM
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