Carvalho Named 2007 Rimington Award Winner
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Brennan Carvalho
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Congrats to Brennan!
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Hats off to Brennan!
http://www.portlandtribune.com/sports/story.php?story_id=120665541095414500
• Last week, Brennan Carvalho quietly picked up the most prestigious individual award in the 61 years of Portland State football.
Carvalho is the recipient of the Rimington Award as the top center in Division I-AA football.
“If we had five like him, our offensive line would be pretty darn good,” PSU offensive coordinator Mouse Davis says.
A four-year starter and first-team All-American, Carvalho has been in Scottsdale, Ariz., the past two months working in the Ikei Performance program to prepare for a shot at the NFL. During the Vikings’ pro day, the native Hawaiian ran a 4.9 40 and bench-pressed 225 pounds 25 times.
“I actually did it 28 times, but they only counted 25,” says the 6-1 Carvalho, who has dropped 15 pounds to get down to 295.
Carvalho’s height is the biggest negative toward making an NFL roster.
“He’s a short 6-1, so he’ll have to fight that,” Davis says, “but he’s a tough kid who is athletic enough that he can stuff a basketball. It’ll be a matter of finding the right team.”
“I know (my height) is a disadvantage, but I don’t really worry about it,” Carvalho says. “If I get into a (training) camp, I know I’ll impress some people.”
• Last week, Brennan Carvalho quietly picked up the most prestigious individual award in the 61 years of Portland State football.
Carvalho is the recipient of the Rimington Award as the top center in Division I-AA football.
“If we had five like him, our offensive line would be pretty darn good,” PSU offensive coordinator Mouse Davis says.
A four-year starter and first-team All-American, Carvalho has been in Scottsdale, Ariz., the past two months working in the Ikei Performance program to prepare for a shot at the NFL. During the Vikings’ pro day, the native Hawaiian ran a 4.9 40 and bench-pressed 225 pounds 25 times.
“I actually did it 28 times, but they only counted 25,” says the 6-1 Carvalho, who has dropped 15 pounds to get down to 295.
Carvalho’s height is the biggest negative toward making an NFL roster.
“He’s a short 6-1, so he’ll have to fight that,” Davis says, “but he’s a tough kid who is athletic enough that he can stuff a basketball. It’ll be a matter of finding the right team.”
“I know (my height) is a disadvantage, but I don’t really worry about it,” Carvalho says. “If I get into a (training) camp, I know I’ll impress some people.”
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Congrats to Brennan!
Here's Brennen Carvalho's player profile from the Green Bay Packers site:
http://www.packers.com/team/players/carvalho_brennen/
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Philadelphia Adds Center Brennen Carvalho
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PHILADELPHIA (February 17, 2012) - The Philadelphia Soul announce the assignment of center, Brennen Carvalho (6'1, 310, Portland State) for the 2012 season. He will be entering his third season in the AFL, spending the past two seasons playing for the Arizona Rattlers.
In his time with the Rattlers, Carvalho anchored the offensive line that made it to the ArenaBowl last season and accounted for one 21-yard reception and one rushing touchdown during his two-year stint (2010-11) in Arizona.
"Brennen will help solidify our offensive line immediately," said Soul head coach Doug Plank. "One of the most important positions on the team is center and we believe that Brennen will be a key piece to our pass protection and our overall success on offense."
Carvalho also spent time in the National Football League before joining the AFL. He was signed by the Green Bay Packers as a rookie free agent and spent the season on the team's practice squad (2008).
Before starting his pro career Carvalho was a standout player at Portland State (2004-07). He started in 39 consecutive games, the most of any player in the 2007 senior class, and was named to the First-Team All-Big Sky three years in a row (2005-07). During his senior season, Carvalho also received the Division I FCS Remington Award, which is given to the nation's best center.
Carvalho was born in Kapa'a, Hawaii. He attended Kamehameha High School where he lettered three times and was First Team All-League as a junior and senior and First Team All-State as a senior as well.
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PHILADELPHIA (February 17, 2012) - The Philadelphia Soul announce the assignment of center, Brennen Carvalho (6'1, 310, Portland State) for the 2012 season. He will be entering his third season in the AFL, spending the past two seasons playing for the Arizona Rattlers.
In his time with the Rattlers, Carvalho anchored the offensive line that made it to the ArenaBowl last season and accounted for one 21-yard reception and one rushing touchdown during his two-year stint (2010-11) in Arizona.
"Brennen will help solidify our offensive line immediately," said Soul head coach Doug Plank. "One of the most important positions on the team is center and we believe that Brennen will be a key piece to our pass protection and our overall success on offense."
Carvalho also spent time in the National Football League before joining the AFL. He was signed by the Green Bay Packers as a rookie free agent and spent the season on the team's practice squad (2008).
Before starting his pro career Carvalho was a standout player at Portland State (2004-07). He started in 39 consecutive games, the most of any player in the 2007 senior class, and was named to the First-Team All-Big Sky three years in a row (2005-07). During his senior season, Carvalho also received the Division I FCS Remington Award, which is given to the nation's best center.
Carvalho was born in Kapa'a, Hawaii. He attended Kamehameha High School where he lettered three times and was First Team All-League as a junior and senior and First Team All-State as a senior as well.
Former PSU Viking Carvalho returns as Rattler
TWO-TIME ALL-ARENA FOOTBALL LEAGUE CENTER'S ARIZONA TEAM TAKES ON PORTLAND THUNDER
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Brennen Carvalho, twice voted the best center in the Arena Football League, is about to play in the Rose City for the first time since his all-Big Sky days at Portland State ended in 2007.
At times last year, he wondered if this day would ever come.
The 6-1, 310-pounder from Kapa'a, Hawaii, was so banged up last season, he managed to play in only four games for the AFL Philadelphia Soul.
"Tore something in my foot. Had two surgeries and a plate in there for four months. It was a long process to come back. There were times I felt like hanging it up," he says.CARVALHO
CARVALHO
But now he's back, snapping the ball for the Arizona Rattlers, the defending AFL champs who will take on the second-year Portland Thunder at 7 p.m. Friday at Moda Center.
The Rattlers are 8-2 and have won four games in a row.
"I'm feeling good, and we're coming off a good win (69-46 versus the Tampa Bay Storm). We feel good about our unit. We've got our quarterback (Nick Davila) back (from injury). When he's healthy, it's a boost to the whole team," Carvalho says.
Carvalho has done a lot in the AFL. A championship ring has escaped him, however. In 2011, he played for the Arizona team that lost 73-70 at the very end of the league final against the Jacksonville Sharks. Then he went to the Philadelphia Soul, which lost to Arizona in the title game in 2012 and 2013.
He was named all-league in 2011 and 2013, but deflects the honors.
"If I get any kind of recognition, it's more for my family at home," he says. "Something so they can say, 'Hey, at least he's doing good.'"
That's the attitude he likes about another football player from Hawaii, Heisman Trophy winner Marcus Mariota.
"I love the humble way he does things. I appreciate a guy who is that high profile from Hawaii doing it like that," Carvalho says.
Carvalho had a taste of the NFL. He was on the practice squad of the Green Bay Packers for one year out of Portland State and got to absorb a lot from QB Aaron Rodgers.
"The NFL experience was great," he says. "Rodgers showed me a lot of things you've got to know in this game."
Carvalho's chances of sticking with Green Bay took a huge hit in that offseason, though, when he tore an ACL playing an impromptu game of pick-up basketball in Hawaii one week before what would have been his second NFL season.
"I walked over to this basketball court to do some cardio and hurt my knee and was out the whole year. It was a real fluke," he says.
Arena football was his parachute, and he quickly flourished at the indoor game.
"The biggest difference from outdoor football for a center is that it's not who you're going to block or which protection you're in, but here it's how you're going to block your man. It's all one-on-one," he says. "I always feel like we're playing defense, because the (D-line) is doing moves to us, and I've got to stop them.
"I know what it takes to play center in arena football. It's tough on your body, and with a bad wheel it was really tough. But the more you do it, the better you get."
Carvalho is excited to be back in Portland. He'll get to see his brother, Bronson, a former lineman at Alcorn State who lives in the Beaverton area, as well as various friends from college or from Hawaii who are still here.
"I had a good time at Portland State," he says. "The Polynesians on the team took me in. People up there were nice to us."
He might come back here for a longer stay.
"I have some schooling to finish up at PSU, in sociology. I should finish what I started," he says. "I want to come back. I'm like 85 percent sure I'll come back. I want to get into coaching, too."
TWO-TIME ALL-ARENA FOOTBALL LEAGUE CENTER'S ARIZONA TEAM TAKES ON PORTLAND THUNDER
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Brennen Carvalho, twice voted the best center in the Arena Football League, is about to play in the Rose City for the first time since his all-Big Sky days at Portland State ended in 2007.
At times last year, he wondered if this day would ever come.
The 6-1, 310-pounder from Kapa'a, Hawaii, was so banged up last season, he managed to play in only four games for the AFL Philadelphia Soul.
"Tore something in my foot. Had two surgeries and a plate in there for four months. It was a long process to come back. There were times I felt like hanging it up," he says.CARVALHO
CARVALHO
But now he's back, snapping the ball for the Arizona Rattlers, the defending AFL champs who will take on the second-year Portland Thunder at 7 p.m. Friday at Moda Center.
The Rattlers are 8-2 and have won four games in a row.
"I'm feeling good, and we're coming off a good win (69-46 versus the Tampa Bay Storm). We feel good about our unit. We've got our quarterback (Nick Davila) back (from injury). When he's healthy, it's a boost to the whole team," Carvalho says.
Carvalho has done a lot in the AFL. A championship ring has escaped him, however. In 2011, he played for the Arizona team that lost 73-70 at the very end of the league final against the Jacksonville Sharks. Then he went to the Philadelphia Soul, which lost to Arizona in the title game in 2012 and 2013.
He was named all-league in 2011 and 2013, but deflects the honors.
"If I get any kind of recognition, it's more for my family at home," he says. "Something so they can say, 'Hey, at least he's doing good.'"
That's the attitude he likes about another football player from Hawaii, Heisman Trophy winner Marcus Mariota.
"I love the humble way he does things. I appreciate a guy who is that high profile from Hawaii doing it like that," Carvalho says.
Carvalho had a taste of the NFL. He was on the practice squad of the Green Bay Packers for one year out of Portland State and got to absorb a lot from QB Aaron Rodgers.
"The NFL experience was great," he says. "Rodgers showed me a lot of things you've got to know in this game."
Carvalho's chances of sticking with Green Bay took a huge hit in that offseason, though, when he tore an ACL playing an impromptu game of pick-up basketball in Hawaii one week before what would have been his second NFL season.
"I walked over to this basketball court to do some cardio and hurt my knee and was out the whole year. It was a real fluke," he says.
Arena football was his parachute, and he quickly flourished at the indoor game.
"The biggest difference from outdoor football for a center is that it's not who you're going to block or which protection you're in, but here it's how you're going to block your man. It's all one-on-one," he says. "I always feel like we're playing defense, because the (D-line) is doing moves to us, and I've got to stop them.
"I know what it takes to play center in arena football. It's tough on your body, and with a bad wheel it was really tough. But the more you do it, the better you get."
Carvalho is excited to be back in Portland. He'll get to see his brother, Bronson, a former lineman at Alcorn State who lives in the Beaverton area, as well as various friends from college or from Hawaii who are still here.
"I had a good time at Portland State," he says. "The Polynesians on the team took me in. People up there were nice to us."
He might come back here for a longer stay.
"I have some schooling to finish up at PSU, in sociology. I should finish what I started," he says. "I want to come back. I'm like 85 percent sure I'll come back. I want to get into coaching, too."
