Prisco: Meester remembers HS coach in aftermath

Jaguars center Brad Meester spoke today about Ed Thomas.  Thomas, the long-time football coach at Aplington-Parkersburg High School, was killed today by a 24-year-old former member of the team. Meester’s comments were circulated by the team; excerpts appear at the Jaguars’ official web site. “There are so many things I could say about him,” Meester said.Â...

NFL rosters include four Aplington-Parkersburg High graduates. One, Jacksonville's Brad Meester, tells Pete Prisco a main reason was coach Ed Thomas, who was shot to death Wednesday at the Iowa school.

With season-ticket sales off to a rough start, Jacksonville Jaguars management is revving up marketing efforts and repackaging tickets to add value...

Fernando Bryant, a cornerback and former first-round draft pick who played 10 NFL seasons with the Jaguars, Lions and Steelers, is retiring.

Cornerback Fernando Bryant is retiring after 10 NFL seasons, agent Drew Rosenhaus announced Tuesday on his Twitter account.

The Jacksonville Jaguars waived Kyle Bell, a Weld Central graduate, on Tuesday. Bell, who holds the Colorado high school record for rushing yards in...

Steelers cornerback Fernando Bryant announced his retirement today following a 10-year NFL career.

The remaking of the Jaguars’ receiving corps apparently continues. According to a league source, veteran wideout Dennis Northcutt is telling teammates that he has been given permission to shop his services via trade. If/when he goes, he’ll join Jerry Porter, Reggie Williams, and Matt Jones as wideouts who were on the team in 2008, and who won’t [...]

The Jacksonville Jaguars are looking to trade veteran receiver Dennis Northcutt, the most productive receiver they have left from last year's team, Northcutt's agent confirmed.

Legendary Iowa high school football coach Ed Thomas, who has coached NFL players Aaron Kampman, Brad Meester, Jared DeVries and Casey Wiegmann, has been shot in the head and hospitalized, according to the Des Moines Register. Thomas, a former NFL High School Coach of the Year, was reportedly shot at point-blank range in the weight room at Aplington-Parkersburg High School and was [...]

Ed Thomas, one of Iowa's all-time great high school football coaches, was shot and killed this morning in his school's weight room, reportedly by a former player. Thirty students were watching; none was hurt. The gunman was taken into custody. Thomas was the 2005 NFL High School Coach of the Year. Four of his former players at tiny Aplington-Parkersburg High School are now...

An Iowa high school football coach who helped get current pro players Casey Wiegmann, Jared DeVries, Brad Meester and Aaron Kampman to the NFL was shot and killed in the weight room of the school on Wednesday morning by a former player. Ed Thomas, who has produced four NFL linemen as the football coach at tiny [...]

Iowa high school football coach Ed Thomas has died of the gunshot wound to the head that he suffered this morning, according to MSNBC.com and the Waterloo Courier. A former NFL High School Coach of the Year, Thomas coached Green Bay Packers outside linebacker Aaron Kampman, Denver Broncos center Casey Wiegmann, Jacksonville Jaguars center Brad Meester [...]

Former NFL High School Coach of the Year Ed Thomas was shot and killed by one of his former players this morning, according to MSNBC.com and the Des Moines Register. The highly respected coach of NFL players Aaron Kampman, Jared DeVries, Casey Wiegmann and Brad Meester was shot in the head at point-blank range by Mark [...]