arenafootball2: Du Quoin's Nick Hill assigned to Texas Roster

</element><element id="paragraph-1" type="body"><![CDATA[ The Rio Grande Valley Dorados of arenafootball2 recently announced that eight players have been assigned to the 2009 training camp roster by the league office.

Among the assignees are Ramonce Taylor, a receiver who was a member of the University of Texas Longhorns and scored 15 TD's during the team's 2005 National Championship season. The 5-foot-11, 199-pound Belton, Texas, native also played one season at Texas College.

Also assigned were former Southern Illinois University standouts Nick Hill of Du Quoin and Alan Turner. Hill will be one of at least two quarterbacks playing for Dorado. Turner will be a wide receiver, defensive back and kick returner.

The Dorados return to the Dodge Arena in April, 2009, for their sixth season of af2 action. The team's home opener is on Saturday, April 18, vs. Bossier-Shreveport.

The regular season begins on the road on Saturday, March 28 at Corpus Christi.

-story provided by www.doradosfootball.com.

Jeff Profitt contributed