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Justin
Long
Junior
WR
Pennsauken,
NJ/ Pennsauken (Fort Union,
MA)
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At
Delaware:
2004:
Multi-talented junior receiver...forms
outstanding starting group with fellow
juniors David Boler, Brian Ingram, and Joe
Bleymaier in four-receiver spread
offense...can hurt opponents several
different ways...possession receiver who
runs precise routes and can elude
defenders after he catches the
ball...always a threat to throw the
ball...has played in 27 career games with
25 starts and caught 96 passes for 1,138
yards (11.8 avg.) and nine
touchdowns...has caught at least one pass
in 10 straight games entering the
season...96 receptions are most among
active Blue Hen players and leaves him
just four catches shy of becoming the
seventh player in UD history to reach
100...No. 15 on UD career receiving
yardage list (1,138)...has rushed three
times for 12 yards in career and hit on 2
of 5 passes for 79 yards and a
touchdown...had best vertical jump (34.5
inches) and clean lift (270 lbs.) among
all UD receivers during spring
testing...had 48-yard catch in spring
game...
2003:
Key contributor in Delaware passing
game...played in all 16 games and started
15 contests, most among UD
receivers...team's No. 2 receiver as he
caught 50 passes for 579 yards (11.6 avg.)
and five touchdowns..also completed 1 of 2
passes for 64 yards and one
touchdown...caught two or more passes in
13 games...wore a dark visor shield on
helmet for most of the season after
medication from a sinus infection affected
his vision...hauled in a season-high eight
passes for 64 yards and two touchdowns vs.
Massachusetts and eight catches for 78
yards the following week vs.
Villanova...had five catches for 78 yards
and a touchdown vs. Richmond and caught
four balls for 75 yards in I-AA title game
win over Colgate...caught a 14-yard
touchdown pass in NCAA first round win
over Southern Illinois...scored winning
touchdown on a four-yard pass from Andy
Hall in the third overtime to clinch 51-45
win over Massachusetts...attempted two
passes off the reverse during the season,
throwing a 64-yard scoring strike to G.J.
Crescione vs. West Chester and throwing an
incomplete pass vs. William &
Mary...64-yard pass was the second longest
of the season for Delaware...missed spring
drills with hernia injury suffered during
the fall...
2002:
Impressive in his first season of
action at wide receiver...appeared in 11
games with 10 starts...sat out season
finale vs. Villanova (hernia)...Hens'
leading receiver, finishing with 46
receptions for 559 yards (12.2 average)
and four touchdowns...fourth in Atlantic
10 Conference in receptions (4.60) and
ninth in receiving yards (55.9)...set
Delaware freshman record for receptions in
a season...caught at least one pass in the
first 10 games before being shut out vs.
Maine...caught five or more passes four
times led by a UD freshman record nine
receptions for 119 yards vs. Northeastern
and nine receptions for 99 yards and one
touchdown vs. James Madison in consecutive
games...Blue Hen Touchdown Club Offensive
Player of the Week vs. Northeastern and
Atlantic 10 Rookie of the Week vs. James
Madison...had five catches for 74 yards
vs. Richmond, seven catches for 55 yards
and a touchdown vs. New Hampshire, and
five receptions for 57 yards again
Massachusetts...had season-long 42-yard
reception vs. William & Mary...carried
the ball once, gaining 12 yards on a
reverse against Richmond...attempted three
passes during the season, completing a
15-yard pass to QB Andy Hall and throwing
incomplete passes vs. Northeastern and New
Hampshire...caught first two career
touchdowns vs. West Chester from 16 and 18
yards out...moved to wide receiver from
defensive back....
2001:
Projected to play wide receiver as a
true freshman but was moved to defensive
back in fall...did not see game action and
retained freshman
eligibility...
High
School Honors: Played one season at
Fork Union (Va.) Military Academy under
head coach John Shuman in 2000...began
high school career at Cinnaminson High
School where he played quarterback as a
junior...moved on to a standout career at
Pennsauken HS under head coach Tom Coen as
a senior...earned All-Olympic Conference
honors as a quarterback in 1999, setting a
school single game record with 412 yards
and five touchdowns passes...was team MVP
in leading Pennsauken to conference title
game win over Overbrook...team's Offensive
Back of the Year...all-conference sprinter
in track and field...earned
Lockheed-Martin Minorities Engineering
Award...
Personal:
Justin John Long...born Feb. 21,
1982...son of John Long...arts and
sciences major...has worked with the
Burlington County (NJ) Bridge Commission
during the summers...father was a police
officer for 35 years in Cinnaminson
Township, NJ.
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