Cool Story on Arkansas Athletes Preparing for the NFL Draft

Cool story on Arkansas WR Jay Wright and D1 facility coordinator Anthony Lucas at D1 as the NFL Draft is upon us.

D1's Jermain "Bad Intentions" Taylor Wins Fight in Comeback

D1 Little Rock co-owner Jermain "Bad Intentions" Taylor is back! Check out the D1 logo on the back of his "Team Taylor" t-shirt that he wears prior to the fight and is also worn in his corner. Good to see him back!

NFL Combine Video in Prep of Draft

With the draft coming up, we wanted to congratulate all the guys for the hard work over the last five months. Below is the Combine/Pro Day Class for D1 Sports Nashville, Columbus, Birmingham, Chattanooga, Cincinnati and Bowling Green.

D1 NASHVILLE:
Audie Cole –  NC State, LB
Mitch Schwartz –  Cal, OL
Dan Persa –  Northwestern, QB
Chaz Powell –  Penn State, S
Jamar Howard –  Central Missouri, WR
Austin Johnson –  Tennessee, LB
Broderick Green –  Arkansas, FB
Wes Jeffries –  Western Kentucky, OL
Emanuel Davis –  Eastern Kentucky, DB
Dillon Bedford –  Eastern Oregon, TE
Corey Gatewood –  Stanford, DB
Jeremy Stewart –  Stanford, RB
Barrett Trotter –  Auburn, QB
Mike Martin –  Michigan, DL
D.D. Kyles - Middle Tennessee State, RB

D1 COLUMBUS:
Nate Ebner – Ohio State, DB
Nate Oliver –  Ohio State, S
Thashaun Gipson – Wyoming, DB
Dionte Allen –  Ohio State, DB
LaVon Brazill –  Ohio U, WR
Adonis Thomas – Toledo, RB
Matt White – Capital, WR
Aaron Gant – Ohio State, S
Dan ‘Boom’ Herron – Ohio State, RB
DeVier Posey – Ohio State, WR

D1 BIRMINGHAM:
William Vlachos – Alabama, C
TJ Ballou – UAB, DB
Patrick Shed – UAB, RB
Tim Shelley - Fort Valley State, DB
Darion Smith – UAB, C
James Shaw - Jacksonville State, DB
D1 CINCINNATI:
Randy Martinez – Cincinnati, OL
Monte Taylor – Cincinnati, DE
Rob Trigg – Cincinnati, DL
D1 CHATTANOOGA:
Dallas Walker – Western Michigan, TE
Stephaun Raines – Tennessee, DB

D1 BOWLING GREEN:
Stan Warrenhuffman –  Campbellsville, WR
Jared Clendenin – Western Kentucky, DL

Witten, Shipley and Snow to be Co-Owners in D1 Abilene

D1 Sports Training announces the addition of Cowboys tight end Jason Witten, Bengals receiver Jordan Shipley and Colts long snapper Justin Snow as co-owners to the new D1 Sports Training facility in Abilene. On June 4th, 2012, D1 will open its first facility in Texas. 
The D1 facility, which is located in the Munton Sports Complex, features a 15,000+ square-foot training space and an additional 10,000 square feet for D1 Sports Medicine partner Texas Sport & Spine. D1 Abilene will have an indoor turf field and first-class weight room combined with a state-of-the-art sports medicine and therapy clinic geared toward athletes and athletic type injuries run by Texas Sport & Spine.

Witten and Shipley both have past connections to D1. Following his standout career at the University of Texas, Shipley trained at D1 Nashville four months prior to the 2010 NFL Draft. Witten has trained at D1 and played at the University of Tennessee with D1 CEO Will Bartholomew. Snow is an Abilene native and lives there in the offseason. In addition to Witten, Shipley and Snow, the Abilene D1 Training facility will be co-owned by a group of local investors and sports enthusiasts led by Dr. Dan Munton of Texas Sport & Spine.

To read more in the Abilene Register, CLICK HERE.

D1 Greenville Has Impressive Showing in Goodwill MudRun

Congrats to D1 Greenville staff, coaches and members who competed in the Goodwill MudRun this past weekend. D1 had five teams compete in the 3.5 mile course with two teams placing in the top 5 out of 310 teams in the coed division. Check out pictures below from the race! Congratulations to all the athletes who competed and keep up the great work!

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