Wake Forest Athletics
Football Signing Day Updates
2/4/2009 12:00:00 AM | Football
Feb. 4, 2009
Updates on Wake Forest signees, as they arrive:
7:01 am Brendan Cross QB 6-2 198 Alpharetta, GA Chattahoochee Was named first team all-county as a junior and senior and second team all-state as a senior at Chattahoochee High . . . Is the son of former San Francisco 49er center and currently TV analyst Randy Cross . . . Played for Coach Terry Crowder . . . Team went 4-6 as a senior . . . Threw for 1,043 yards and nine touchdowns as a junior while completing 70 percent of his passes . . . Added 400 yards rushing . . . Helped the Cougars to the Class 4A playoffs in 2007 . . . Completed 162 of 232 passes for 1,658 yards, 16 touchdowns and just seven interceptions as a senior . . . Rushed 145 times for 568 yards and eight scores . . . Finished his career with 3,540 passing yards and 36 TD passes . . . Rushed for 1.356 yards and 16 scores . . . Team captain . . . Was rated as one of the top 150 players in Georgia by the Atlanta Journal-Constitution . . . Ranked as the No. 128 QB prospect nationally by Scout.com and No. 35 nationally among pro-style quarterbacks by Rivals.com . . .
7:32 am Zach Thompson DE 6-5 250 Ashburn, VA Stone Bridge First team All-Met by the Washington Post in 2008 . . . Second team Class AAA all-state selection as a defensive lineman in 2008 . . . First team All-Liberty District as both a tight end and defensive end . . . Earned first team All-Northern Region at both positions as well . . . Was second on the Stone Bridge team in tackles with 62 tackles and seven sacks as a senior . . . Caught 18 passes for 310 yards and four TDs in 2008 . . . Was an all-region pick and a unanimous all-district pick as a junior . . . Named to the Washington Post Loudoun All-Extra team in 2007 and 2008 . . . Is the twin brother of Patrick Thompson and a high school teammate of fellow signee Mike Olson and current Wake Forest wide receiver Devon Brown . . . Played for his father, Mickey Thompson, at Stone Bridge High . . . Ranked as the No. 20 prospect in Virginia by Superprep . . . Scout.com lists him as the No. 88 defensive end prospect . . . Father is a former player at Virginia . . .
7:56 am Mike Olson LB 6-3 215 Ashburn, VA Stone Bridge First team All-Met by the Washington Post in 2008 . . . Second team all-state by the Associated Press as a junior . . . First team All-Liberty District and All-Northern Region in 2008 . . . Led Stone Bridge on defense in 2008 with 112 tackles, five sacks, two fumble returns and two interceptions as a senior . . . Was the Stone Bridge Defensive Player of the Year as a junior . . . Named to the Washington Post Loudoun All-Extra team in 2007 . . . First team all-region honors in 2007 . . . Had 103 tackles and four sacks as a junior . . . Holds school records for the most first hits in a game (20) and in a season (83) . . . Rated the No. 37 prospect in Virginia by Superprep . . . The No. 40 weakside linebacker prospect by Scout.com . . .
8:00 am Michael Campanaro ATH 5-10 173 Clarksville, MD River Hill Earned Washington Post All-Met Offensive Player of the Year honors as a senior . . . Named the Howard County Offensive Player of the Year in 2008 . . . Helped River Hill to consecutive 2A state championships in 2007 and 2008 . . . Played at River Hill for Coach Brian Van Deusen . . . Ran for 1,848 yards and 29 touchdowns as a senior while catching 17 passes for 266 yards and seven scores . . . Had 71 tackles and seven picks as a senior . . . Selected for the Under Armour All-America game following his senior year . . . Collected over 6,500 yards and 90 touchdowns during his three-year varsity career . . . Returned eight kicks for touchdowns over the last three seasons . . . Ran at 4.41 40-yard dash during camp last summer . . . Is described as having "eye-popping speed" . . . Scored seven touchdowns and accounted for 274 all-purpose yards in a a 54-8 win over Hammond . . . Carried eight times for 144 yards and five touchdowns while returning three punts for 130 yards including TD returns of 47 and 53 yards . . . Led the Hawks to a 14-0 record as a junior with 2,310 all-purpose yards and 30 touchdowns . . . Helped River Hill to its first state championship in 2007 . . . In a 41-0 win over Gleneig Country, he rushed for two touchdowns, threw a touchdown and returned an interception for a touchdown . . . Tabbed as the No. 70 wide receiver prospect in the country by Scout.com . . . River Hill finished the 2008 season ranked No. 2 in the Washington Post area rankings . . . Ranked as the No. 15 prospect in Maryland by Rivals.com and the No. 26 prospect in the Midatlantic region Superprep . . .
