Tight end Khalid Hill and kicker Matthew McCrane selected for U.S. Under-19 National Team in Football

Tight end Khalid Hill of East English Village Prep (Detroit) and kicker Matthew McCrane of Brownwood High School (Texas) have been selected to play on the 2013 U.S. Under-19 National Team, assembled by USA Football. The team will compete 8 p.m. CT Feb. 5 – the night before National Signing Day – in the fourth annual International Bowl in Austin, Texas.

The International Bowl is an annual competition that unites the 64 nations that comprise the International Federation of American Football (IFAF). The IFAF World Team includes players age 19-and-under from outside the United States. IFAF is composed of 64 nations spanning six continents that possess a national federation dedicated solely to American football. Both teams will field a roster of 46 players. Team USA's players and coaches are selected by USA Football.

The 2013 International Bowl will be played at Kelly Reeves Athletic Complex in Austin, Texas.

Hill caught 39 passes for 507 yards and seven scores as a senior. He added 41 tackles, including seven sacks and three forced fumbles on defense for the Bulldogs, helping lead them to a Division 3 district title. Hill is verbally committed to Michigan.



McCrane finished his senior year at Brownwood connecting on 7-of-12 field goals, including a school-record 52-yarder. This past fall, more than 40 percent of his kickoffs resulted in touchbacks. He is verbally committed to Kansas State.

USA Football will announce 2013 U.S. Under-19 National Team players in their position groups through mid-December.

Team USA is led by AARON BRADY, head coach of Washington, D.C., Gonzaga College High School. Brady, 36, is 23-11 since being named the head coach of Gonzaga in 2010. In 2011, Brady guided the Eagles to the Washington Catholic Athletic Conference championship game for the first time in 10 years.

Familiar with the International Bowl, Brady was a defensive assistant for the 2011 U.S. team that won, 21-14, in Austin. Additionally, he has spent the past two summers with USA Football's U-15 program and has traveled to Sweden teaching the game in conjunction with Sweden's football federation.

A national team exemption granted by the NCAA allows high school seniors to play for USA Football and not have their participation count as one of their two permitted all-star game appearances. The International Bowl is recognized as a national team competition.

USA Football is the sport's national governing body in the United States and is the official youth football development partner of the NFL and NFL Players Association.



TUOMAS HEIKKINEN of Finland is the IFAF World Team's head coach. Heikkinen was the World Team's defensive backs coach in 2011 and 2012, and the five-time Coach of the Year in Finland was inducted into the Finnish American Football Federation Hall of Fame in 2008.

The U.S. Under-19 team is 7-2 in international play, including 2-1 in the International Bowl. The World Team won, 35-29, last February in Austin.

U.S. Under-19 National Team alumni include:
- RB David Wilson, N.Y. Giants (2009 team)
- QB Kevin Hogan, Stanford (2011)
- WR Jaxon Shipley, Texas (2011)
- DL Stephon Tuitt, Notre Dame (2011)
- RB Todd Gurley, Georgia (2012)

IFAF World Team alumni include:
- DE Mehdi Abdesmad, Boston College/Canada (2010 team)
- DL Aiulua Fanene, Arizona/American Samoa (2010)
- DE Bjoern Werner, Florida State/Germany (2010)
- DT Jesse Williams, Alabama/Australia (2010)
- OL Aleksandar Milanovic, Sacramento State/Austria (2011)

Coaches, players, venues and ticket information will be announced in the coming months.

The U.S. National Team program can be followed on Facebook (www.facebook.com/usnationalfootballteam) and Twitter (www.twitter.com/usnft).

U.S. Under-19 National Team roster:

No	Name	Pos	Ht	Wt	High school	Hometown	College verbal
1	Jourdan Lewis	DB	5-10	159	Cass Tech	Detroit, Mich.	Michigan
2	Shane Cockerille	QB	6-2	205	Gilman School	Baltimore, Md.	Maryland
3	Devin Butler	DB	6-1	179	Gonzaga College	Washington, D.C.	Notre Dame
4	Justin Bridges-Thompson	LB	6-2	195	Spartanburg	Spartanburg, S.C.	UNC-Charlotte
5	Ryan Jenkins	WR	5-10	179	Lassiter	Marietta, Ga.	Clemson
6	Ishmael Hyman	WR	6-0	170	St. John Vianney	Holmdel, N.J.	Kansas
7	Rodney Adams	WR	6-1	166	Lakewood	St. Petersburg, Fla.	Undecided
8	Fred Ross	WR	6-1	200	John Tyler	Tyler, Texas	Oklahoma State
9	Deric Robertson	DB	6-2	195	Killeen	Killeen, Texas	Oklahoma State
10	Shaquem Griffin	DB	6-1	183	Lakewood	St. Petersburg, Fla.	Central Florida
11	Taurean Ferguson	DB	5-9	170	Jonesboro	Jonesboro, Ga.	Vanderbilt
12	Anu Solomon	QB	6-1	202	Bishop Gorman	Las Vegas, Nev.	Arizona
13	Delando Johnson	LB	6-2	180	Calvert Hall	Towson, Md.	Undecided
14	Chevoski Collins	WR	6-0	190	Livingston	Livingston, Texas	Texas
15	Matthew McCrane	K/P	5-11	165	Brownwood	Brownwood, Texas	Kansas State
17	Doug Randolph	LB	6-3	237	Woodberry Forest	Richmond, Va.	Notre Dame
18	Lewis Neal	DL	6-1	232	Hunt	Wilson, N.C.	LSU
20	Marco DelVecchio	DB	5-11	185	Bishop Hendricken	Warwick, R.I.	Undecided
21	Tere Calloway	DB	5-11	185	Seattle Prep	Seattle, Wash.	Undecided
22	Chase Abbington	RB	6-4	210	Fort Zumwalt South	St. Peters, Mo.	Missouri
23	Damien Haskins	RB	5-9	213	New Boston	New Boston, Texas	Oregon State
24	Shaquill Griffin	DB	6-0	184	Lakewood	St. Petersburg, Fla.	Central Florida
30	Samuel Douglas	LB	6-2	185	Arlington	Arlington, Texas	TCU
32	Khalid Hill	TE	6-2	230	East English Village Prep	Detroit, Mich.	Michigan
34	Terrell Newby	RB	5-10	180	Chaminade College	West Hills, Calif.	Undecided
40	Ben Gedeon	LB	6-3	215	Hudson	Hudson, Ohio	Michigan
50	Donovan Munger	OL	6-4	290	Shaker Heights	Shaker Heights, Ohio	Ohio State
51	David Dawson	OL	6-4	282	Cass Tech	Detroit, Mich.	Undecided
54	Cory Jasudowich	LB	6-2	235	Cheshire Academy	Cheshire, Conn.	Connecticut
56	Matthew Miller	OL	6-5	260	St. John’s Jesuit	Maumee, Ohio	Wisconsin
57	Wyatt Teller	DL	6-4	264	Liberty	Bealeton, Va.	Virginia Tech
58	Joshua Outlaw	OL	6-4	290	Martin Luther King	Decatur, Ga.	Undecided
60	Austin Droogsma	OL	6-4	305	Gulf Breeze	Gulf Breeze, Fla.	Undecided
61	Aubry Beal	OL	6-1	285	DeSoto	DeSoto, Texas	Undecided
66	Jacob Hyde	DL	6-2	313	Clay County	Manchester, Ky.	Kentucky
70	Ben Hughes	DL	6-2	310	University	Waco, Texas	Oklahoma State
72	Jake Campos	OL	6-7	250	Valley	West Des Moines, Iowa	Iowa State
75	Andrew Billings	DL	6-1	305	Waco	Waco, Texas	Undecided
78	Jake Thomas	OL	6-6	305	Columbus	Columbus, Miss.	Mississippi State
79	Jack Kurzu	OL	6-4	313	Mary Institute Country Day	St. Louis, Mo.	Oklahoma State
81	Derrick Willies	WR	6-3	190	Rock Island	Rock Island, Ill.	Iowa
88	Quincy Adeboyejo	WR	6-3	175	Cedar Hill	Cedar Hill, Texas	Texas A&M
92	Vincent Taylor	DL	6-3	277	Madison	San Antonio, Texas	Oklahoma State
99	Tevin Montgomery	DL	6-5	295	Tabor Academy	Marion, Mass.	Boston College

USA Football's national team program is supported by corporate partners Marriott, Riddell, Sports Authority, Rawlings, Cutters, Gatorade, Upper Deck, Shock Doctor and St. Vincent Sports Performance.

About USA Football: USA Football, the sport's national governing body in the United States, hosts dozens of football training events annually offering education for coaches, skill development for players and resources for youth football league commissioners. The independent nonprofit is the official youth football development partner of the NFL, its 32 teams and the NFL Players Association. USA Football manages U.S. national teams within the sport for international competitions and provides more than $1 million annually in equipment grants and youth league volunteer background check subsidies. Endowed by the NFL and NFLPA in 2002 through the NFL Youth Football Fund, USA Football (www.usafootball.com) is chaired by former NFL team executive Carl Peterson.