1.   He and right guard Victor Leyva enter their sophomore seasons with the opportunity to join the small, elite fraternity of offensive linemen starting for four consecutive years.

2.   He did not attend summer camps following his freshman and sophomore seasons, so he existed outside national recruiting radar.

3.   However, Ryan Clement, a sophomore last season, ended up starting the eight remaining games.

4.   Newberry, a junior-college transfer from Corsicana, Texas, will be a sophomore next season.

5.   Of the first five players selected, four were college sophomores last season and one had just completed high school.

6.   Realizing by their sophomore seasons that they were potential Division I athletes, Starr had advisers plan their academic schedules and help them prepare for the SAT.

7.   The youngest, Michelle French and Danielle Slaton, are missing the first part of their sophomore seasons in college and are here mainly to soak up the atmosphere.

8.   Adams, a sophomore last season from Fremont, Calif., transferred to Montana State.

9.   Brittingham, a running back, and Williams, a cornerback, were both sophomores last season.