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St. Aug is representing the Saints organization at the NFL 7-on-7 Championships. - (Photo by Julie Boudwin, NOLA.com | The Times-Picayune)
St. Augustine is a team accustomed to winning. And win is just what the Purple Knights did on the first day of the NFL High School Player Development 7-on-7 National Championships in Cleveland on Friday.
Last month St. Aug. defeated McMain, Lusher, McDonogh 35 and West St. John to become the team to represent the Saints organization at the National Championships.
The Purple Knights played five games on day one and beat four teams who represented the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Atlanta Falcons, Carolina Panthers and the Houston Texans, who were considered the top ranked team in attendance.
The lone lost came from the team that represented the Indianapolis Colts.
Coach Cyril Crutchfield said when the playoffs begin tomorrow he believes his team will be the No. 1 or 2 seed in the NFC with the chance to take the championship home.
"I think the guys did a tremendous job holding their own today," Crutchfield said. "They have represented the New Orleans Saints and the whole organization real well and we want to bring that trophy back to New Orleans."
When you have the No. 1 recruit in the nation, Leonard Fournette, on your team, he takes most of the attention allowing other players to step up and secure the victory.
Enter Stanley Morgan.
"Stanley Morgan is the best receiver in the state for class of 2015. He's going up in the air and catching with one hand and it's like he's taking candy from a baby," Crutchfield said of Morgan's superb skills.
"He really brings something to the team and they can't play him one-on-one, so then they also try to take care of Leonard and it creates problems."
As good as Fournette and Morgan are, they need someone to feed them the ball and Crutchfield said quarterback Toi Jackson threw some really nice balls.
With a team stacked full of stars in the making, St. Augustine will start Saturday off on a high note, feeling confident about the rest of the tournament.
Said Crutchfeild: "We definitely match up with everybody that's here. We won the first three games and then just came out flat against the Colts team, but we came back and beat the Texans team by like twenty something points and that speaks volumes about the type of young men we have. We feel good about going into tomorrow."
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Julie Boudwin can be reached at prep@nola.com or 504.826.3405.
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