Our Lady of Good Counsel will face a tough schedule this season, both at home and out of state. The Falcons do have the talent to emerge unscathed, though.
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An undefeated, Top 5 finish in 2011 will be hard for
Our Lady of Good Counsel (Olney, Md.) to top.
Incredibly, however, the 2012 Falcons have the potential to be even stronger this fall than they were a year ago.
Head coach Bob Milloy will need to find a way to replace the two-way production of Stefon Diggs, the team’s go-to player a year ago. If that happens, Good Counsel could be truly elite.
MaxPreps Preseason Top 25 Early ContendersVirginia commit
Brendan Marshall is back at the helm for the team’s offense. He’ll take snaps from
Michael Konrad, who returns on an offensive line that also brings back
Sam Mustipher and
Joe Ralli.
Clemson commit
Dorian O'Daniel will be the team’s leading rusher this season.
CJ Carroll and
Andre Levrone will likely be Marshall’s top targets this season.
Michael Konrad is one of three returning starters on theoffensive line.
Photo by Ken Inness
Defensively, Good Counsel is teeming with young men who will play on Saturdays. Mustipher and O’Daniel play both ways, with Mustipher leading the defensive line and O’Daniel heading the team’s linebackers.
O’Daniel is joined by
Darien Carr,
Reggie McGee and
Marcel Ngachie. It could be the team’s deepest unit, and the strongest that Good Counsel has been at the position since the days of Jelani Jenkins.
The team’s secondary might be even stronger than the linebackers. Blue-chip recruit
Kendall Fuller is extremely talented.
Kirk Garner and
CJ Jones will ensure there’s little drop off from last year’s unit. Class of 2015 defensive back Roger Richardson could see time as a sophomore.
Local look: "Since coming to Good Counsel, Bob Milloy has built the preeminent program in the area, surpassing in recent years a historic DeMatha team in the highly competitive WCAC. The Falcons continue to pump out major prospects, from Jelani Jenkins to last year's All-Met Player of the Year, Stefon Diggs, and their overall depth and competitiveness is unmatched in the region. They will reload again this year led by All-Mets Dorian O'Daniel and Kendall Fuller, two top national recruits, and they're certainly the favorites to defend their WCAC title, especially after such a dominant season last year."
- Paul Tenorio, Washington Post
