2 days to go. Let's look at the Wildcats who have worn #2.
Jarel Richard, a starting cornerback in 2008, was the first Wildcat to wear #2. Jarel is currently serving in the Navy.
Jarel Richard, 2008
Von'Darrick Jones, a safety, was the next Wildcat to wear #2. He also wore this number when he was at Jersey Village. He made the varsity at JV as a sophomore in 2007. VD transferred to Cy Woods before the end of junior year, which would be the 2009 portion of the 2008-09 school year. If you are unfamiliar with Jersey Village football from that time period, they usually brought up the rear in Cy-Fair ISD. He didn't really talk about it very much, to the best of my recollection, but I could tell that he got tired of the losing.
At Cy Woods, he got a fresh start. Von'Darrick might have been a Falcon first, but he quickly acclimated himself to the culture at Cy Woods and became a starter and a team captain in the 2009 season. After Cy Woods, he played at Trinity University in San Antonio. As a player, Von'Darrick was a three-time 1st-team All-SCAC performer from 2011-13 and served as a team captain for the 2013 season.
This season, Von'Darrick will serve as the defensive backs coach at Trinity while working towards completing his degree.
Von'Darrick Jones, Cypress Woods Wildcats, 2009; played at Jersey Village in 2007 and 2008
Photo uploaded by him to his Facebook page.
Von'Darrick Jones, Trinity Tigers, 2010-14 (as a player), will serve as a coach beginning in 2015
Casey Hicks, a wide receiver in 2010, was the next Wildcat to wear #2.
Jamaul Tompkins, a safety, made the varsity in 2010, his junior year, and wore #28 that season. He became a starter in 2011 and switched to #2. He was 25% of the most feared secondary in Cy Woods history. He, Josh Holley, Deonte Davis, and Alfred "Bama" Pullom were merciless. They backed up their talking with some punishing hits. After Cy Woods, Jamaul signed with Midwestern State University, a Division II school located in Wichita Falls, and played there for a couple of seasons.
Jamaul Tompkins (left), Cypress Woods Wildcats 2010-11; wore #28 in 2010
Midwestern State Mustangs, 2012-13
Peter "Chuck" Garza, a running back, wore #2 when he was called up to the varsity in 2012, his junior year. He became Samuel Stewart's primary backup in 2013 and also saw some action as a safety. Chuck mainly liked making defenders miss, but he was a pretty tough runner, too. He is now a wide receiver at Bethany College in Kansas.
Peter Garza, Cypress Woods Wildcats, 2012-13
Bethany Swedes, 2014-present
Justin Lawson, a cornerback, wore #2 in 2014. His older brothers were all involved in Cy Woods athletics; David, his oldest brother, was a wide receiver in 2009, and his other older brother, Davonne, was a student athletic trainer from 2009-13.
Justin Lawson, 2014
C.J. Jones switched to #2 as a junior in 2015 and continued to build upon his breakout sophomore season. As we have seen over the past two seasons, C.J. can do it all on offense, but he will likely be called upon to do a little more in 2016, especially early in the season. In 2015, he set a new single-game record for rushing yards with 346 against Jersey Village, and he enters 2016 with a couple more records in his crosshairs.
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