Eastern Michigan Athletics
2008 Football Roster
vs
Northern Illinois
Oct 11 (Sat)
TBA
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Gotham, Derek
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Jersey Number 61
Derek Gotham
- Position:
- OL
- Class:
- Redshirt Freshman
- Hometown:
- South Lyon, Mich.
- High School:
- South Lyon
Bio
PERSONAL: Full name: Derek Gotham...Son of Donald and Denise Gotham...Born 12-22-88...Business/Accounting major...Has one sister, Danielle...Father, Donald, is a graduate of Wayne State University where he played football and mother, Denise, is a Central Michigan University graduate and was a member of the volleyball team for two seasons and also played two volleyball seasons at Wayne State...EMU: 2008: Earned a letter in his first year of competition after redshirting as a freshman...Played in all 12 games...2007: Redshirted...Practiced with the team all season...HIGH SCHOOL: Graduated from South Lyon H.S. where he played football for head coach Mark Thomas...Selected to the Academic Honor Roll for all four years of high school and was an Academic All-League choice in football, basketball and track...Senior Year: Two-way starter on the football team and was captain of the football squad...The Detroit News: Named to the Dream Team...Also selected first-team All-Metro North...Detroit Free Press: First-team Division I All-State pick...Named No. 49 on Mick McCabe’s Fab 50 list of the top state of Michigan seniors...Also selected to the All-North first-team...Associated Press: First-team Class A All-State selection...The Ann Arbor News: First-team All-Area...The Detroit News: Selected No. 36 on Tom Markowski’s Blue Chip list of the top seniors in the state of Michigan...Selected to play in the state of Michigan High School All-Star Game in the summer of 2007...Also named to the All-Area and All-Kensington Valley first teams...Won the team’s Outstanding Lineman award...Helped his football team make the state playoffs...Also lettered in track...Junior Year: First-team All-League, and All-Area and second-team All-Oakland County...Had 44 pancake blocks and helped the team make the state playoffs..Ann Arbor News: Second-team All-Area...Lettered in track...Sophomore Year: Started 13 varsity football games and helped the team make it to the Final Four in the state Division I playoffs...Honorable mention All-League in football...Also lettered in varsity basketball and varsity track.
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