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Lineman returns for LU
By Chris Lang
Lynchburg News & Advance
March 5, 2007
Liberty added a huge piece to its 2007 offensive line, and the Flames didn't have to go the transfer route to do it.
Left tackle Stephen Sene was recently granted a sixth year of eligibility and will return to LU next season.
During his sophomore year at Dodge City Community College in Kansas, Sene injured his shoulder and didn't play a snap. The NCAA granted his injury hardship request and gave him a rare sixth season of eligibility.
He played one season at South Carolina before transferring to Dodge City.
The 6-foot-6, 320-pound Sene started 11 games and earned all-Big South first-team honors as a redshirt senior last season.
With Sene back, Liberty returns five offensive linemen with extensive starting experience. Transfer Marshal Ausberry started 11 games two years ago at Virginia. Eddie Pinigis started 11 games last season for Liberty. Britt Stone and Mike Godsil were also regular starters.
"I had been going through the offseason two potential scenarios going; one with Stephen, and one without him," Liberty coach Danny Rocco said. "When I got back from the winter holidays, he was 100 percent serious about doing this.
"It's huge. There's a guy who started 11 games for us last year. He knows the system. He's at the point right now where he's starting to become a really good football player. If he puts together the kind of year I think he's capable of having, he'll be in an NFL camp by the end of the year. I have no doubts about that."
Liberty's secondary took a hit in depth, though, when starting cornerback E.L. Estes decided over winter break not to return to the team for his senior season.
Estes, a second-team all-Big South pick, injured his knee during a game against Coastal Carolina two seasons ago and played with considerable pain last season.
He decided at the end of last year that the pain was too difficult to play through and called it a career. Rocco asked him to think about it before making a final decision. After returning from winter break, Estes stuck with his initial decision.
"He played last year like it was his senior year," Rocco said. "He played hard. He sucked it up and played through pain and injury. I think in his mind, he was preparing himself for that being the end."
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