March 26, 2008

NEW ORLEANS, La. - Former standout on the gridiron Alex Romero signed a contract with the New Orleans VooDoo to become their kicker this season, the organization announced on Wednesday afternoon.

"This is just a great honor for Alex," said head coach Jay Thomas. "He [Alex] worked very hard here at Nicholls and I have no doubt that he will do the same for the VooDoo."

Romero lettered three years at Nicholls before graduating in the fall, and racked up a total of 156 career points while also converting on 23-of-40 field goals. His career long of 45-yards came in John L. Guidry Stadium versus South Dakota State in 2006. He was also 85-for-93 in extra point attempts for his career.

The Des Allemands, La. native is most remembered for his performance against No. 5 Texas State in 2005 when he kicked a field goal in regulation to send it to overtime, and then one in the extra period for the victory. The win proved to be the tiebreaker between the two schools that allowed Nicholls to officially be named Southland Conference Champions for the first time in school history.

The release from the New Orleans VooDoo is below.

VooDoo SIGN DL KEVIN CARBERRY AND K Alex Romero

For Immediate Release: March 26, 2008

The New Orleans VooDoo have signed DL Kevin Carberry and K Alex Romero to their active roster it was announced by the club today. The team also waived WR/DB B.J. Barre, OL Konrad Dean and K Jonathan Ruffin.

Carberry (6-4, 280, Ohio University) comes to the VooDoo after appearing in eight games for the New York Dragons in 2007. He recorded 13.5 tackles, 4 tackles for a loss, two sacks, one forced fumble and one pass defense. Carberry originally was signed by the Cleveland Browns as an undrafted free agent in 2005. After going to training camp with the Browns, he spent part of the 2005 season on the practice squad of the Detroit Lions. Carberry played for the Berlin Thunder of NFL Europe in 2006 and went to training camp with the Carolina Panthers. At Ohio University, he was a second-team All-Mid American Conference selection in 2004 and finished his collegiate career with 121 tackles, 19.5 tackles for a loss and eight sacks, playing defensive end in a 3-4 alignment for the Bobcats.

Romero (5-9, 180, Nicholls State) is a New Orleans native who prepped at Hahnville High School and then played at LSU and Nicholls State. After transferring to Nicholls in 2005 after being a member of the Tigers' 2003 National Championship team, he converted on 23 of 40 field goal attempts. Romero enjoyed his finest season with the Colonels in 2006, when he nailed seven of his 10 field goal attempts and was a perfect 24-of-24 with his PAT opportunities, leading the team in scoring with 45 points.

The first place VooDoo return to action this Sunday when they face the Colorado Crush at the Pepsi Center in Denver. Kickoff is 3 p.m. the game can be heard on Bayou 95.7 FM.

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