Former Penn Charter star Loughery to play at Elon

BY TED SILARY, silaryt@phillynews.com
Posted: January 25, 2012

As a preferred walk-on, quarterback John Loughery could have attended Boston College, where his cousin, Matt Ryan, excelled en route to the NFL.

Instead, he's bound for Division I-AA Elon.

"I wanted to create my own path," said the 6-5, 210-pound Loughery, who's now doing a prep school year at Hun in Princeton, N.J., after starring at Penn Charter. "I wanted to be somewhere where they really wanted me.

"I'm going to play my whole career at Elon with a major chip on my shoulder. I'll be out to prove that everyone who overlooked me was wrong. And I know for a fact, I'm going to do that."

Loughery received varying levels of interest from numerous I-A and I-AA schools. Elon, in North Carolina, is getting him, in part, because new coach Jason Swepson formerly assisted at BC and was primarily responsible for bagging Ryan.

"I know coach Swepson well," said Loughery, whose father, John, also played QB at BC. "He has been a family friend for a while.

"Elon has been on me since the beginning. And I fell in love with the place on my visit. They play in the very strong Southern Conference and, over the next 3 years, they'll be playing one D-I opponent each season - North Carolina, Georgia Tech and BC. I'm really looking forward to being part of the program."

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