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Custavious Patterson starts his fourth season on the staff at Fordham after spending a year on head coach Tom Masella's staff at Central Connecticut State. He will be responsible for the outside wide receivers again at Fordham in 2009. This past June, Patterson was one of three Fordham coaches who participated in the sixth annual Lauren's First and Goal Football Camp at Lafayette College. The one-day clinic featured 275 college coaches who volunteered their time to teach aspiring football players the in-and-outs of the game and raise money for Lauren's First and Goal, acharitable organization created to support pediatric brain tumor research, support local pediatric cancer services, provide financial assistance to families living with a pediatric cancer diagnosis and to raise public awareness regarding pediatric brain tumors. Last year, the Fordham receiving corps helped quarterback John Skelton become Fordham's all-time leading passer as the Rams' wide outs caught 234 passes for 2,655 yards and 15 touchdowns. In all, 18 different receivers caught at least one pass for Fordham in 2008, with 11 of the 18 catching at least one scoring strike on the year. In 2007, Patterson guided a receiving corps that helped Fordham finish with the second-ranked passing offense in the Patriot League. The Fordham passing offense was led by receivers Richard Rayborn, who led the team in receptions, along with Asa Lucas, a 2007 Second Team All-Patriot League selection. Over the past three years, Patterson had coached two players who have received the Bill Tierney Award, given annually to the Fordham varsity player who, in the estimate of his teammates, represents the spirit that Tierney so unselfishly exemplified. Mike Melvin was the 2006 recipient while Sylvester Clarke received the award last fall. At Central Connecticut in 2005, Patterson served as the wide receivers coach after spending 2004 on the staff at Leon High School in Tallahassee, Florida. At Leon, Patterson was the head junior varsity coach and the wide receivers coach for the varsity. Patterson has also gained professional coaching experience over the past two years, first with a Minority Coaching Internship with the New York Giants in 2007, working with the quarterbacks and wide receivers, and then serving as a Guest Coach with the Hamilton Tiger Cats of the CFL in 2008. Patterson earned a bachelor's degree from Morgan State in 2004 and was a one-year starter at quarterback for the Bears. Prior to Morgan State, he was an All-Conference and Honorable Mention All-American quarterback at SUNY-Morrisville for two seasons where he holds the career records for passing touchdowns and total yardage and was a team captain in his final season. In June of 2006, Patterson was inducted into the Morrisville State College Athletic Hall of Fame. |
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