Local Football Player Makes Moves in College

Myles Daughtry, a college football player who spent his childhood years living in Gaithersburg and Germantown, has transferred from the University of New Mexico and will likely play next season at Idaho State University.

The Washington, D.C. native plans to take an official visit to the Idaho State University campus on April 21.

“They’ve really been showing me a lot of love,” said Daughtry, who once attended Judith A. Resnick Elementary School in Gaithersburg, “and the coach has been calling me constantly.”

Idaho State finished the 2010 campaign with a 1-10 record including an 0-8 mark in the Big Sky Conference. The Pocatello campus is the alma mater of Cincinnati Bengals head coach Marvin Lewis and Minnesota Vikings defensive end Jared Allen.

The 2011 season will mark a new beginning in the tenure of Bengals’ first-year head coach Mike Kramer who was hired in November.

Daughtry played seven games as a redshirt freshman at New Mexico last year and returned a kickoff 100 yards for a touchdown against UTEP. He also recorded 147 all-purpose yards against Oregon in the season opener.

“He is an experienced Division I wide receiver with outstanding speed,” said Kramer. “He should help us establish a vertical threat in the interior parts of our receiving corp.”

Daughtry began playing football in the tenth grade when he joined the team at Clarksburg High School and blossomed into a college prospect.

As a senior at Clarksburg, Daughtry caught 29 passes for 750 yards and scored ten touchdowns. He earned first team all-league honors and was named honorable mention All-State.

Daughtry, who averaged nearly 25 yards on kickoff returns at New Mexico last season, will have three years of eligibility remaining.

“I’m looking forward to a new opportunity,” said Daughtry, a 5-foot-9, 180-pound wide receiver who graduated from Clarksburg High School in 2009.