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Hudgins, Campbell Sign Deals With Arena League Teams


ELON, N.C. -- Former Elon football standouts Terrell Hudgins and Andre Campbell have both signed contracts to play in arena football leagues this season. Hudgins will line up at wide receiver for the Chicago Rush of the Arena Football League while Campbell will play along the defensive line for the Columbus Lions of the Southern Indoor Football League.

In 2009, Hudgins led Elon to a 9-3 overall record and its first-ever appearance in the FCS playoffs on his way to finishing as the runner-up for the 2009 Walter Payton Award which is presented to the top offensive player at the Football Championship Subdivision level. Along the way the standout receiver caught a FCS-record 123 passes for a Southern Conference-record 1,633 yards. He led the nation in receiving yards per game (136.1) and receptions per game (10.3) in 2009. He picked up one SoCon Player of the Week accolade and was named a first-team All-SoCon member by both the coaches and media in 2009. Hudgins also collected two national player of the week honors during the campaign. He was named to All-America teams by the American Football Coaches Association, The Associated Press and the Walter Camp Football Foundation and The Sports Network.

Hudgins, who was in training camp with the Dallas Cowboys in the preseason, concluded his career with the Phoenix as the holder of 10 NCAA records, including nine set during the 2009 season. Four of the records were held by the legendary Jerry Rice who played at Mississippi Valley State from 1981-84. He also holds numerous Elon and SoCon marks.

During his four seasons in the maroon and gold, Hudgins collected first-team all-league honors from the SoCon's coaches three times and from the league's media all four years. He was named the SoCon Player of the Week on three occasions and the league's player of the month twice. Hudgins was a three-time first-team member of the Walter Camp Football Foundation All-America Team, a two-time AP All-American and a two-time first-team All-America pick by The Sports Network.

Hudgins twice led the nation in both receptions per game and receiving yards per game. As a sophomore in 2007, Hudgins averaged 10.6 catches per contest and 134.0 receiving yards per outing.

In 2007, Hudgins was named Elon's team MVP and was the recipient of the Stein H. Basnight Award as the school's top male athlete. He collected the Basnight Award again following his senior campaign.

The Rush finished its 2010 season with a 10-7 mark. The 2011 season for Hudgins and the Rush begins on March 14 with a 7:30 p.m. game at the Milwaukee Iron. The Rush will make two appearances on the NFL Network – March 18 at 7:30 p.m. against the Philadelphia Soul and April 22 at 7 p.m. against the Kansas City Command.

The AFL has teams in Arizona (Mesa), California (San Jose), Florida (Jacksonville, Orlando, Tampa), Georgia (Atlanta), Illinois (Chicago), Iowa (Des Moines), Kansas (Kansas City), Louisiana (New Orleans), Ohio (Cleveland), Oklahoma (Oklahoma City, Tulsa), Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, Pittsburgh), Texas (Dallas), Utah (West Valley City), Washington (Spokane) and Wisconsin (Milwaukee).

Campbell was a first-team All-Southern Conference selection in 2009. He recorded 40 tackles, including 16.0 tackles for a loss and 8.5 sacks, during his senior campaign. Campbell started all 12 contests for the Phoenix, helping the team to its first-ever FCS Playoff appearance, a 9-3 overall record and a 7-1 showing in the SoCon. In his four seasons in the maroon and gold, Campbell amassed 90 total tackles. Of those, 20.5 were for a loss and there were 11.5 sacks in 44 games.

The Lions went 10-3 last season on their way to the capturing the club's first SIFL title with a 68-13 throttling of the defending champion Louisiana Swashbucklers. Campbell and the Lions will open up the 2011 season at 7:30 p.m. on March 20 at the Alabama Hammers in Huntsville, Ala.

The SIFL sports teams in Alabama (Huntsville, Mobile), Georgia (Albany, Columbus), Louisiana (Lafayette, Lake Charles), New Jersey (Trenton), North Carolina (Fayetteville, Charlotte), Pennsylvania (Erie, Harrisburg), Virginia (Richmond) and Texas (Abilene, Corpus Christi, Houston and Rio Grande Valley).

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