2010 New Mexico Recruiting Class

2010 New Mexico Lobos ... Head Coach: Mike Locksley

2009 Schedule
CFN Prediction: 5-7
2009 Record: 1-11

9/5 at Texas A&M L 41-6
9/12 Tulsa L 44-10
9/19 Air Force L 37-13
9/26 NMSU L 20-17
10/3 at Texas Tech L 48-28
10/10 at Wyoming L 37-13
10/17 OPEN DATE
10/24 UNLV L 34-17
10/31 at SDSU L 23-20
11/7 at Utah L 45-14
11/14 BYU L 24-19
11/21 Colorado St W 29-27
11/28 at TCU L 51-10

2008 Schedule
CFN Prediction: 8-4
2008 Record: 4-8

8/30 TCU L 26-3
9/6 Texas A&M L 28-22
9/13 Arizona W 36-28
9/20 at Tulsa L 56-14
9/27 at NMSU W 35-24
10/4 Wyoming W 24-0
10/11 at BYU L 21-3
1018 SDSU W 24-7
10/23 at Air Force L 23-10
11/1 Utah L 13-10
11/8 at UNLV L 27-20
11/15 at Colorado St L 20-6
Nov. 22 OPEN DATE

New Mexico Lobos

The Top 5 Prospects
DT	Calvin Smith	6-4	265	Hialeah, FL
QB	Tarean Austin	6-2	205	Tampa, FL
QB	Darian Godfrey	6-1	190	Gilmer, TX
LB	Zach  Daugherty	6-1	210	Las Cruces, NM
RB	Detchauz Wray	5-10	162	East St. Louis, IL
The Rest of the Class
LB	Toby Ball	6-0	220	Wylie, TX
WR	Martize Barr	5-11	182	Washington, DC
DB	Julian Blair	6-0	180	Waldorf, MD
OL	Lamar Bratton	6-3	280	Riverside, CA
DB	Ravonne Carter	6-0	180	Hialeah, FL
WR	Joshua Ford	6-3	195	Washington, DC
DB	James Grace	6-2	200	Inglewood, CA
DE	J.J. Hugine	6-3	236	Del City, OK
OL	Earl Johnson	6-5	233	Washington, DC
TE	Bradley Miller	6-5	220	Sealy, TX
DB	Devonta Tabannah	5-11	170	Oxon Hill, MD

Nov. 28
at TCU 51 … New Mexico 10
Andy Dalton threw four touchdown passes, with two in the second quarter to Antoine Hicks from 62 and 20 yards away, as TCU rolled on its way to an almost certain BCS bid. The Horned Frogs got up 30-0 before allowing ten New Mexico points late in the second quarter, giving up a long drive leading to a five-yard Demond Dennis run and turning the ball over leading to a field goal. But the second half was all Horned Frogs with Bart Johnson catching a 24-yard touchdown pass for his second score of the game and the defense coming up with two interception returns for scores in a 2:20 span with Darryl Washington coming up with a 20-yarder for a score followed up by Rafael Priest’s 47-yard pick six. Carmen Messina made 17 tackles for the Lobos.
Player of the Game: TCU LB Darryl Washington made 11 tackles with an interception return for a score and a tackle for loss.
New Mexico: Passing: Donovan Porterie, 20-43, 162 yds, 4 INT
Rushing: Kasey Carrier, 6-11, Receiving: Victor James, 4-31
TCU: Passing: Andy Dalton, 15-24, 228 yds, 4 TD
Rushing: Matthew Tucker, 11-62, Receiving: Antoine Hicks, 5-123, 2 TD 
What It All Means: Last week’s win over Colorado State was the fun part. This was the ugly, inevitable end. The Lobos had no prayer of beating the Horned Frogs without winning the turnover battle by a large margin, and that didn’t happen. Donovan Porterie tried to push the ball a bit, but that led to four interceptions with no running game to fall back on. On the plus side, Carmen Messina had yet another amazing statistical game making 17 tackles to finish the year among the nation’s top tacklers, if not up top. The miserable first season under Mike Locksley has to lead to strong offseason where everything starts from scratch. 2010 can’t be any worse.

Nov. 21
at New Mexico 29 … Colorado State 27
James Aho connected three field goals including the game-winner from 27 yards out with 12 seconds to play to give New Mexico the win. Donovan Porterie connected with Victor James and Quintell Solomon on two first half touchdown passes, but he let Colorado State back in the game late as Nick Oppenneer returned an interception 97 yards for a score for a 27-23 fourth quarter lead. John Mosure carried the CSU offense with 177 yards and touchdown runs from one and two yards out, and Lou Greenwood took a pass 50 yards for a score. New Mexico answered with a 42-yard Demond Dennis scoring run.
Player of the Game: New Mexico RB Demond Dennis ran seven times for 133 yards and a score, and he caught three passes for 25 yards
Colorado State: Passing: Jon Eastman, 9-12, 145 yds, 1 TD, 1 INT
Rushing: John Mosure, 27-177, 2 TD, Receiving: Lou Greenwood, 4-76, 1 TD
New Mexico: Passing: Donovan Porterie, 22-37, 197 yds, 2 TD, 2 INT
Rushing: Demond Dennis, 7-133, 1 TD, Receiving: Victor James, 6-58 
What It All Means: With a sure-thing beatdown against TCU coming up, New Mexico found its one ray of light in an utter disaster of a season after the comeback win over Colorado State. The running game did just enough to get by, the defense was able to overcome getting destroyed by John Mosure and the CSU ground attack, and the offense was able to overcome a few mistakes to do what was needed late to get the win. Against TCU, keeping it less than a 40-point loss will be a success.

Nov. 14
BYU 24 … at New Mexico 19
Max Hall tied Ty Detmer for the most wins by a BYU starting quarterback, throwing two touchdown passes to go along with a one-yard Manase Tonga run on the way to a 24-13 lead. Donovan Porterie threw a 20-yardtouchdown pass to Victor James with just over four minutes to play, but the offense couldn’t convert on a late chance to get in scoring range. Porterie ran for a three-yard score and threw a 26-yard touchdown pass to Daryl Jones, but the Lobos had problems with the kicking game with James Aho missing two field goals and hitting the upright on a conversion attempt.
Player of the Game: BYU QB Max Hall completed 21-of-33 passes for 314 yards and two touchdowns with an interception
New Mexico: Passing: Donovan Porterie, 28-44, 272 yds, 2 TD
Rushing: James Wright, 7-37, Receiving: Daryl Jones, 8-94, 1 TD
BYU: Passing: Max Hall, 21-33, 314 yds, 2 TD, 1 INT
Rushing: Harvey Unga, 11-50, Receiving: Luke Ashworth, 4-64, 1 TD
What It All Means: New Mexico came up with a strong game, showing how the team hasn’t quit for Mike Locksley, but it was still a loss making it 14 straight going back to last season. The effort was there, and if the Lobos can play like this against Colorado State, they’ll get a win in the home finale. The game at TCU might be a 50-point blowout; New Mexico can’t score to keep up the pace. Donovan Porterie tries to bomb away, but he’s not getting any yards after the catch and nothing is happening down the field.

Nov. 7
at Utah 45 … New Mexico 14
Jordan Wynn threw two touchdown passes including a 69-yarder to Jereme Brooks to start the scoring, but Utah didn’t end the fun until the third quarter. New Mexico tied it at seven on a 59-yard Ty Kirk touchdown catch, and then the Utes scored 28 straight points with Brooks running for a 29-yard score an Eddie Wide ripping off a 35-yard score. Utah finished with 557 yards of offense with both Wide and Sausan Shakerin ran for over 100 yards.
Player of the Game: Utah RB Eddie Wide ran 20 times for 145 yards and two scores
New Mexico: Passing: Donovan Porterie, 15-32, 186 yds, 1 TD, 2 INT
Rushing: Kasey Carrier, 11-54, Receiving: Bryant Williams, 3-34
Utah: Passing: Jordan Wynn, 18-28, 297 yds, 2 TD, 1 INT
Rushing: Eddie Wide, 20-145, 2 TD, Receiving: David Reed, 6-65  
What It All Means: And the nightmare continues. New Mexico couldn’t keep up with the Utah offense and the defense couldn’t stop all the big plays. LB Carmen Messina made 19 tackles, but time and again there were too many stops down the field with no big plays in the third quarter to turn the tide of the game. Fortunately, the Lobos have a miserable Colorado State team coming up soon, but first, it’s going to be another rough battle with BYU coming to town. To have any shot, QB Donovan Porterie has to air it out. 15-of-32 for 182 yards isn’t going to get it done.

Oct. 31
at San Diego State 23 …. New Mexico 20
Ryan Lindley connected with DeMarco Sampson for a four-yard touchdown pass midway through the fourth quarter to lift the Aztecs to the win. New Mexico came up with ten points in the second quarter, highlighted by a five-yard Daryl Jones touchdown catch, to take the lead, but the defense couldn’t hold on. This was the first game back for UNM head coach Mike Locksley after being suspended.
Player of the Game: San Diego State QB Ryan Lindley completed 22-of-38 passes for 253 yards and three scores.
New Mexico: Passing: Donovan Porterie, 27-52, 277 yds, 1 TD
Rushing: Kasey Carrier, 13-63, Receiving: Daryl Jones, 8-86, 1 TD
San Diego State: Passing: Ryan Lindley, 22-38, 253 yds, 3 TD
Rushing: Brandon Sullivan, 24-81, Receiving: DeMarco Sampson, 7-56, 2 TD
What It All Means: Donovan Porterie threw well, but he didn’t have too many open receivers and the San Diego State secondary was able to make too many big plays. The Lobos didn’t abandon the ground game, but they didn’t try to rely on it for key stretches and the offense became stagnant. This was one of the defense’s better games, but it was still a loss and the season keeps getting worse. Now the Lobos are on a 12-game losing streak with Utah and BYU up next and TCU still to deal with. 

Oct. 24
UNLV 34 … at New Mexico 17
UNLV got two Omar Clayton touchdown passes and a Mike Clausen four-yard touchdown run on the way to an easy road win. New Mexico was coached by defensive backs coach George Barlow, with head coach Mike Locksley suspended for a game, and his team pulled within seven in the fourth on the second of two Donovan Porterie touchdown passes, but UNLV closed out with ten unanswered points. The Rebels held on to the ball for 36:57.
Player of the Game: UNLV WR Ryan Wolfe caught 11 passes for 118 yards and a score.
UNLV: Passing: Omar Clayton, 20-30, 204 yds, 2 TD
Rushing: Channing Trotter, 13-65, 1 TD, Receiving: Ryan Wolfe, 11-118, 1 TD
New Mexico: Passing: Donovan Porterie, 20-30, 219 yds, 2 TD
Rushing: Kasey Carrier, 6-29, Receiving: Victor James, 4-57
What It All Means: The defense couldn’t get off the field and the offense couldn’t muster enough of a running game to control game for a long stretch. The misery continues for the Lobos with little offensive firepower and the points becoming hard to come by on a regular basis. This makes if the sixth game in seven this year that UNM has failed to score more than 17 points, and the defense isn’t good enough to pick up the slack. The one plus side is the pass rush, but it’s going to have to be even stronger to have any chance next week against a hot San Diego State passing game. 

Oct. 10
at Wyoming 37 … New Mexico 13
Played in the cold after a major snowstorm, Austyn Carta-Samuels threw three touchdown passes including a 31-yarder to Travis Burkhalter in the second quarter to give the Cowboys the lead for good. New Mexico started off the scoring with a 23-yard Ty Kirk touchdown catch, but they were only able to managed two James Aho field goals the rest of the way. The Wyoming defense held UNM to 47 yards rushing and came up with a Mitch Unrein tackle of James Wright for a safety.
Player of the Game: Wyoming QB Austyn Carta-Samuels completed 15-of-30 passes for 232 yards and three touchdowns ,and he ran ten times for 54 yards.
New Mexico: Passing: Donovan Porterie, 26-40, 252 yds, 1 TD, 2 INT
Rushing: James Wright, 12-33, Receiving: A.J. Butler, 9-59
Wyoming: Passing: Austyn Carta-Samuels, 15-30, 232 yds, 3 TD
Rushing: Alvester Alexander, 16-66, Receiving: David Leonard, 4-34
What It All Means: On a ten-game losing streak, the Lobos aren’t coming up with anything that’ working on a regular basis. Even when the offense was solid early and was able to get the early lead, it wasn’t able to capitalize on the momentum and couldn’t get back in the end zone. In the second half the offense fell totally flat. The pass rush has been solid, but the secondary isn’t benefitting giving up way too many yards and struggling mightily. With a UNLV team that’s having problems up next, the Lobos have to end the futility before going on the road to face San Diego State and Utah.

Oct. 3
at Texas Tech 48 … New Mexico 28
Tremain Swindall took a pass 79 yards to set up a one-yard Harrison Jeffers touchdown run, and the Texas Tech offense cruised from there … eventually. New Mexico tied it at seven on a seven-yard Josh Fussell catch, but the Red Raiders, led by backup QB Steven Sheffield, scored 28 straight points with three touchdown passes including a 62-yarder to Jeffers and a 25-yarder to Alexander Torres. But Sheffield wasn’t always sharp, giving up a 29-yard interception return for a score to Frankie Solomon in the fourth. The Lobos got within 14 on a one-yard A.J. Butler run, but Jeffers scored again on a two-yard run. He also added a two-yard touchdown run with no time led on the clock after Bryant Williams scored on a 61-yard pass play in the final minute.
Player of the Game: Texas Tech QB Steven Sheffield completed 16-of-23 passes for 238 yards and three touchdowns with an interception.
New Mexico: Passing: Donovan Porterie, 30-56, 316 yds, 2 TD
Rushing: A.J. Butler, 26-102, 1 TD, Receiving: A.J. Butler, 9-39
Texas Tech: Passing: Steven Sheffield, 16-23, 238 yds, 3 TD, 1 INT
Rushing: Baron Batch, 8-47, 1 TD, Receiving: Tramain Swindall, 4-139 
What It All Means: The program is a disaster. There’s fighting among the coaching staff, there’s a nine-game losing streak that might not get too much better with a trip to face a hot Wyoming team next week, and there’s an offense that’s been way too inconsistent. QB Donovan Porterie came up with his best game of the year, but the running game hasn’t been consistent and the ten penalties were a problem. The team needs a big break, and it might not get one for a little while unless the mistakes stop.

Sept. 26
New Mexico State 20 … at New Mexico 17
Jeff Fleming connected with Marcus Anderson for a four-yard touchdown to give NMSU the lead, and the defense held on as New Mexico’s James Aho missed a 47-yard field goal wide right in the final seconds. In the back-and-forth game, neither team was ever up by more than six points as Demond Dennis and Chris Biren came up with short scores for the Lobos, while the Aggies got a one-yard Trevor Walls touchdown run and two Kyle Hughes field goal before the final touchdown grab from Anderson.
Player of the Game: New Mexico State RB Seth Smith ran 31 times for 113 yards
New Mexico: Passing: Donovan Porterie, 16-28, 206 yds, 1 TD, 1 INT
Rushing: Demond Dennis, 16-98, 1 TD, Receiving: Ty Kirk, 7-105
New Mexico State: Passing: Trevor Walls, 10-19, 77 yds, 1 INT
Rushing: Seth Smith, 31-113, Receiving: Donyae Coleman, 3-18 
What It All Means: This means it’s beyond rebuilding time. An eight-game losing streak is one thing, but to lose to a horrible New Mexico State team after allowing just 218 yards is another. There’s simply nothing happening on offense with no passing game and less of a rushing attack, and that’s not a plus with Texas Tech up next. The team needs to find one thing it can do well, and outside of an aggressive defensive front and a not-that-bad pass rush, nothing is working.

Sept. 19
Air Force 37 … at New Mexico 13
Air Force jumped out to a 24-0 first half lead helped by an interception return for a touchdown from Jon Davis and short runs from Jonathan Warzeka and Savier Stephens. The outcome was never in doubt as the Falcons answered a 43-yard James Wright touchdown run with 13 straight points before Wright tore off a 84-yard score in the final few minutes. Air Force held on to the ball for 38:23.
Player of the Game: Air Force’s Andre Morris made seven tackles and two sacks
New Mexico: Passing: B.R. Holbrook, 8-15, 73 yds, 2 INT
Rushing: James Wright, 5-126, 2 TD, Receiving: A.J. Butler & Josh Fussell, 2-12
Air Force: Passing: Connor Dietz, 2-4, 40 yds, 1 TD
Rushing: Asher Clark, 20-86, Receiving: Kevin Fogler, 2-42, 1 TD 
What It All Means: The nightmare continues as the Lobos are struggling to find any semblance of consistent offense. There’s no passing game, Donovan Porterie took a seat, and the running game didn’t come up with anything outside of two big touchdown runs from James Wright. Next week, the Lobos have to find out what they have against a bad New Mexico State team. That’s the game to play the players they want to start the rest of the way, because that’s as much of a tune-up as they’re going to get before dealing with Texas Tech and the rest of the Mountain West schedule.

Sept. 12
Tulsa 44 ... at New Mexico 10
Tulsa used New Mexico mistakes to get up early with a 17-3 halftime lead, and then rolled in the second half with a 30-3 lead broken up by a 92-yard Tray Hardaway fumble return for a UNM touchdown. G.J. Kinne threw four touchdown passes including two to Slick Shelley from 17 and 25 yards out. The Lobos only managed six first downs and 171 total yards.
Player of the Game: Tulsa QB G.J. Kinne completed 22-of-35 passes for 310 yards and four scores, and he ran 13 times for 53 yards.
Tulsa: Passing: G.J. Kinne, 22-35, 310 yds, 4 TD
Rushing: G.J. Kinne, 13-53, Receiving: Damaris Johnson, 4-101
New Mexico: Passing: Donovan Porterie, 12-22, 85 yds
Rushing: Demond Dennis, 9-22, Receiving: Nick Wilhelm, 3-33
What It All Means: This is embarrassing. The Mike Locksley era couldn't have gotten off to a worse start on either side of the ball. The four turnovers were disastrous, but they weren't the reason for the loss. 55 rushing yards, six first downs, 24:50 of possession time: it was ugly. There's no ground game to count on, after years of great New Mexico running games, this isn't what the Lobos are used to. To make up for it, Donovan Porterie has to be allowed to be more of a playmaker. He's a veteran who'll have to air it out a bit more to try to keep up next week with Air Force.

Sept. 5
at Texas A&M 41 ... New Mexico 6
Texas A&M cranked out 606 yards of total offense to ruin the debut of Mike Locksley as the new New Mexico head coach. Jerrod Johnson started off the scoring with a 16-yard run and he made the game a blowout with a seven-yard strike to Jeff Fuller and a 44-yarder to Kenric McNeal in the fourth. The Lobo attack sputtered and coughed managing just two James Aho field goals and 231 yards of total offense.
Player of the Game: Texas A&M QB Jerrod Johnson completed 31-of-41 passes for 349 yard sand two touchdowns, and he ran 13 times for 57 yards and a score.
New Mexico: Passing: Donovan Porterie, 29-40, 210 yds
Rushing: Demond Dennis, 10-23, Receiving: Daryl Jones, 5-53
Texas A&M: Passing: Jerrod Johnson, 31-41, 349 yds, 2 TD
Rushing: Christine Michael, 11-93, 1 TD, Receiving: Jeff Fuller, 10-111, 1 TD
What It All Means: This wasn't exactly what the Lobos were hoping for when Mike Locksley took over. The offensive line got manhandled by the A&M defensive front and Donovan Porterie didn't have a chance getting sacked five times. The running game never got a chance to get off the ground as the offense had to rely on the passing game to try to keep up. The problem was the lack of big plays as Porterie didn't have time to make anything happen down the field; his longest completion was just 19 yards. This looked like a team in desperate need of a tune-up, but it won't get one with Tulsa and Air Force up next.