Football Southern Conference

SoCon 2008 Football Signees

 

Georgia Southern’s Chris Hatcher made the biggest haul. He and his staff announced the signing of 36 players. The Citadel announced the addition of 25 recruits and Chattanooga added 22. New Western Carolina coach Dennis Wagner hit the ground running and announced the signing of 17 players. Furman coach Bobby Lamb’s staff added 16 players while three-time defending national champion Appalachian State and defending SoCon co-champion Wofford each signed 15 players to grants-in-aid. Elon added 14 players for next season.

 

Appalachian State (15)

Ingram Bell                        DB        6-0       190      Murrell’s Inlet, S.C./St. James)

Demery Brewer                  LB        6-2       200      Lincolnton, N.C./Lincolnton)

Rod Chisholm                    RB        5-9       190      Charlotte, N.C./Independence)

Jordan Gary                       TE        6-3       245      Greenwood, S.C./Greenwood)

Ed Gainey                         DB       5-11      190      Winston-Salem, N.C./Mt. Tabor)

Justin Lloyd                       DB       5-10      180      Charlotte, N.C./Victory Christian)

Sam Martin                       PK        6-1       180      Fayetteville, Ga./Starr’s Mill)

Dominique McDuffie          ATH       6-2       195      Chattanooga, Tenn./Red Bank)

Terrence McLean               LB        6-0       215      Laurinburg, N.C./Scotland County)

DeAndre Presley               QB       5-11      170      Tampa, Fla./Middleton)

John Rizor                         DL        6-2       215      Fayetteville, N.C./Jack Britt)

Lanston Tanyi                    DL        6-2       230      Shelby, N.C./Shelby)

Chad Turner                       OL        6-3       270      Twin City, Ga./Emanuel County Institute)

Junior College Transfers:

Malcolm Bennett                DL        6-2       255      College Park, Ga./Banneker/Georgia Military College)

DeMorris Brooks                DB       5-10      200      Shelby, N.C./Shelby/San Bernardino Valley College)

 

The Citadel (25)

Tolu Akindele                     LB       5-10      205      Houston, Texas/Westfield

Chris Billingslea                 DL        6-5       230      Fort Mill, S.C./Fort Mill

Jeremy Buncum                 LB        6-0       195      Charleston, S.C./Stratford

Luke Cadlwell                   WR       6-1       205      Wilmington, N.C./John T. Hoggard

Dequan Coles                   WR       5-9       170      Petersburg, Va./Dinwiddie

Cass Couey                       P         6-1       185      Tampa, Fla./Freedom

Terrell Dallas                     RB        6-0       203      Fernandina Beach, Fla. Fernandina Beach

Keith Gamble                    DB        5-9       160      Sumter, S.C./Crestwood

Nate Gerber                       OL        6-3       260      Edensburg, Pa./Bishop Carroll

Chris Hammett                  DB       5-11      190      Manning, S.C./Manning

Kevin Hardy, Jr.                 WR       6-0       175      Ocala, Fla./Vanguard

Rod Harland                      DB       5-10      195      Hartwell, Ga./Hart County

Asheton Jordan                 RB        6-0       206      Summerville, S.C./Stratford

Kenny Melvin                     DB        6-0       194      Tallahassee, Fla. Florida State University

Jake Moorer                      DL        6-3       225      Birmingham, Ala./Briarwood Christian

Graham Reeder                 OL        6-2       250      Denton, Texas/Ryan

James Robey                    TE        6-3       218      Leland, N.C./South Brunswick

John Shaw                        RB        5-7       195      Philadelphia, Pa./St. Joseph’s Prep, Northern Iowa

Demarrio Sims                   DL        6-2       240      Reddick, Fla./North Marion

DeAndre Smith                  DB        5-9       185      Columbus, Ga./Carver

Miguel Starks                    QB       6-3       200      Atlanta, Ga./Mundy’s Mill

Nela Strange                   TE/OL     6-6       260      Columbia, S.C./Irmo

Alexcander Wall              QB/P      6-2       205      Asheville, N.C./A.C. Reynolds

Pre’Andre Watson              DL        6-3       265      Philadelphia, Pa./West Catholic

Ryan Williams                   RB       5-11      245      Ocala, Fla.,/North Marion

 

Elon (14)

Clint Duggan                      OL        6-3       265      Suwanee, Ga./North Gwinnett
Andre Labinowicz               TE        6-4       240      Charlotte, N.C./East Mecklenburg
Olufemi Lamikanra             DE        6-2       220      Tallahassee, Fla./Lawton Chiles
Darrius McQueen              WR       5-8       175      Tallahassee, Fla./North Florida Christian
Aaron Mellette                  WR       6-3       200      Samford, N.C./Southern Lee
Deven Persaud                  DB       5-10      180      Tampa, Fla./Chamberlain
Elliott Richardson              DB        6-1       205      Columbia, S.C./A.C. Flora
Dale Riley                         LB        6-1       205      Charlotte, N.C./Victory Christian
Jordan Robinson               WR       6-5       200      Fayetteville, N.C./E.E. Smith
Jamal Shuman                  RB        5-7       165      Fayetteville, N.C./Seventy-First
Adam Shreiner                    K         5-9       190      Marietta, Ga./Walton
Andrew Straus                   DB        6-1       200      West Chester, Ohio/Lakota West
Justin Ward                       OL        6-4       285      Summerfield, N.C./Rockingham County
Thomas Wilson                 QB       6-3       200      Raleigh, N.C./Leesville Road

 

Furman (16)

Kenny Beck                      DE        6-4       233      Salem, Ala./Smiths Station

Matt Blades                       OT        6-6       272      Laurel Hill, N.C./Richmond County

Dakota Derrick                  QB       6-5       200      Conway, S.C./Conway

Matthew Gordon                WR       6-1       191      Birmingham, Ala./Briarwood Christian

Jordan Griffin                     CB       5-10      162      Fairburn, Ga./Sandy Creek

Walt Lenard                       TB        6-0       201      Atlanta, Ga./Landmark Christian

Daniel McFadden              WR       6-2       178      Daytona Beach, Fla./Mainland

Mitch McGrath                    S         6-2       178      Longwood, Fla./Lake Brantley

Bryan Poole                      DT       5-11      278      Marietta, Ga./Kennesaw Mountain

Phillip Silverstein                TE        6-5       228      Anderson, S.C./T.L. Hanna

Daniel Spisak                     C         6-1       250      Charlotte, N.C./Z.B. Vance

Ryan Steed                       CB       5-11      179      Mt. Pleasant, S.C./Pinewood Prep

Tersoo Uhaa                   RB/LB     5-8       198      Stone Mountain, Ga./Riverside Military Academy

E.J. Vinsang                     CB       5-10      183      Nashville, Tenn./Montgomery Bell Academy

Nathan Wade                     S         6-0       172      Nashville, Tenn./Montgomery Bell Academy

Chris Wiley                       LB       5-10      191      Anderson, S.C./Westside

 

Georgia Southern (36)

David Arnold                      RB        6-0       201      Adel, Ga./Valdosta

Samair Baker                    WR       5-7       170      Valrico, Fla./Brandon

Leander Barney                 QB       5-8       187      Irmo, S.C./Irmo

Nick Bass                        WR      5-11      200      Warner Robins, Ga./Northside

Jerome Bibbins                  OL        6-2       305      Warner Robins, Ga./Northside

Victor Daniels                    DB        5-8       182      Waycross, Ga./Ware County

Oliver Davis                       DB        5-8       160      Acworth, Ga./North Cobb

Dion Dubose                      LB        6-0       225      Dacula, Ga./Norcross

Daniel Few                        OL        6-4       269      Ellenwood, Ga./Grady

Chris Gray                         OL        6-5       250      Landrum, S.C., Ga./Landrum**

Franklin Green                   RB       5-11      207      Savannah, Ga./Jenkins

Terence Hall                  WR/ATH   5-7       180      Milton, Fla./Pace/Highland CC**

Derek Heyden                   DB        6-1       177      Atlanta, Ga./Marist

LaVelle Larry                  RB/DB     6-0       211      Roswell, Ga./Roswell

A.J. McCray                      DB        5-8       203      St. Marys. Ga./Camden County

Fred Moore                        DL       5-11      291      Douglas, Ga.Coffee County

Larry Murphy                     DB       5-10      165      St. Petersburg, Fla./Gibbs

David Noel                      OL/DL     6-2       289      Albany, Ga./Monroe

Darell Norman               WR/ATH   5-10      195      Lincolnton, Ga.Lincoln County/UAB**

Darrel Pasco                     DB        6-0       170      Clearwater, Fla./Countryside/GMC**

Ricky Ponton                    RB       5-11      215      Tampa, Fla./Hillsborough/South Florida**

Darreion Robinson             RB        5-9       185      Bishop, Ga./Clarke Central

Marcus Russ                    WR       6-1       195      St. Petersburg, Fla./Gibbs

Brent Russell                     DT        6-2       287      Bowman, Ga./Madison County

J.B. Shippy                       LB       5-11      205      Gaffney, S.C./Gaffney

K.R. Snipes                      DB        5-9       175      Opelika, Ala./Opelika

Tyler Sumner                 WR/ATH   6-2       212      Pooler, Ga./Savannah Christian

Jamical Tatum                   OL       5-11      335      LaGrange, Ga./Troup

Marc Thomas                    LB       5-10      215      Tampa, Fla./Hillsborough

Roderick Tinsley                DE        6-3       236      Soperton, Ga./Truetlen

Adam Urbano                    RB        5-8       190      Calhoun, Ga./Calhoun

Darryl Walker                    DB        6-2       176      LaGrange, Ga./Callaway

Gordon Warnell                  OL        6-2       273      Claxton, Ga./Pinewood Christian

Demarcus Watts               WR       6-0       200      Atlanta, Ga./Grady

Tavaris Williams                 LB       5-11      200      Hahira, Ga./Lowndes County

Markeith Wylie                  DL        6-0       286      Washington, Ga./Washington-Wilkes/GMC

**- Already enrolled at GSU

 

Samford (21)

Chinedu Amah                  WR       6-2        198       Marietta, Ga./Wheeler

Aaron Bethune                  DE        6-4        238       Opelika, Ala./Lee-Scott Academy

Alex Cardin                       OL        6-4        272       Marietta, Ga./Wheeler

Isaac Cooper                    CB        5-10      171       Fort Walton Beach, Fla./Fort Walton Beach

Alex Davis                        DE        6-5        260       Birmingham, Ala./Briarwood Christian

Ryan Dudchock                OL        6-3        260       Pell City, Ala./Pell City

Chris Graben                    OL        6-2        320       Fyffe, Ala./Fyffe

Riley Hawkins                   WR       5-10      184       Pace, Fla./Pace

Kendall Lacey                   S          6-4        218       Wetumpka, Ala. Wetumpka

Connor Lowery                  QB       6-2        220       Lebanon, Tenn./Christian Presbyterian Academy

Jake Peters                      OL        6-3        290       Jasper, Ala./Walker

Charlie Sanford                 OL        6-4        282       Cullman, Ala./Cullman

Keith Shoulders                LB        6-2        215       Tanner, Ala./Tanner

Jonathan Sillers                RB        5-10      1298     Birmingham, Ala./Briarwood Christian

Chris Spivey                     TE        6-5        260       Perry, Ga./Georgia Military College

David Strider                     FB/LB   6-0        272       Chelsea, Ala./Chelsea

Dustin Taliaferro                QB       6-3        215       Roswell, Ga./Roswell

Sean Thompson                LB        6-0        210       Hoover, Ala./Spain Park

Will Tumlin                       DB        5-10      175       Birmingham, Ala./Briarwood Christian

Corey White                     S          6-1        200       Dunwoody, Ga.,/Dunwoody

Nicholas Williams             TE        6-4        250       Birmingham, Ala./Minor

 

Chattanooga (22)

Josh Beard                       OLB       6-1       250      Lincolnton, Ga./Georgia Military

Chris Blanson                    DB        6-1       180      Oakland, Calif./Laney CC

Justin Burkhalter               WR       6-3       198      Collins, Miss./Jones County CC

Arsenio Clemmons             LB        6-1       205      Atlanta, Ga./New Schools at Carver

Nick Craig                         DT        6-2       295      Carrollton, Ga./Carrollton

Doug Faatiliga                   LB        6-3       258      San Francisco, Calif./Sacramento City College

Jare Gault                         QB       6-3       220      Boiling Springs, S.C./East Mississippi CC

Louis Gibson                     TE        6-4       245      Huntsville, Ala./Huntsville

Nick Gipson                      OL        6-2       285      Marietta, Ga./Walton

Michael Hammonds           K/P      5-10      165      Brenton, Tenn./Polk County

Robert Harrison                 K/B       5-9       160      Marietta, Ga./Walton

Shane Heatherly                LB        6-3       210      Waynesville, N.C./Tuscola

JJ Jackson                        RB        5-9       190      Marietta, Ga./Walton

Shaun Kermah                  RB        6-1       220      Los Angeles, Calif./Glendale CC

Mike McDonald                 QB       6-1       210      Burbank, Calif./Glendale CC

Chris Marshall                   WR       6-1       185      Pasadena, Calif./Glendale CC

Adam Miller                       OL        6-4       260      Cuhutta, Ga./Cohutta

Dustin Tate                        OL        6-5       240      Rocky Face, Ga./Northwest Whitfield

B.J. Taylor                         DT        6-3       298       Cherokee, Ala./Northeast Mississippi CC

Jordan Tippit                      DB        6-0       180      Huntsville, Ala./Buckhorn

Will Hewitt                         OL        6-4       290      Sevierville, Tenn./Sevier County

Patrick Wilkinson               TE        6-7       255      Gulf Shores, Ala./Georgia Military

Austin Wilson                    TE        6-3       260      Dacula, Ga./Mill Creek

 

Western Carolina (17)

Ibn Ali                               CB       5-10      170      Salisbury, N.C./Salisbury

Blake Cain                         P         6-0       190      Kennesaw, Ga./Harrison

Levon Curtis                   WR/RB    5-8       180      Elon, N.C./Western Alamance

Josh Gossett                     LB        6-0       195      Fletcher, N.C./T.C. Roberson

Brandon Hribar                   OL        6-7       280      San Diego, Calif./LaCosta Canyon/Palomar CC

Torez Jones                      DB        6-1       165      Wilson, N.C./James Hunt

Ryan Kurzec                     OL        6-2       245      Jamestown, N.C./Pagsdale

Adrian McLeod                  LB        6-1       215      Oxon Hill, Md./Potomac/West Hills CC

Breyan McQueen                S         6-0       185      Garner, N.C./Camden Military Academy/Palomar CC

Nathan Postelle                 OL        6-3       250      Tunnell Hill, Ga./Northwest Whitfield

Immanuel Rich                  WR       6-2       185      Raleigh, N.C./East Wake

Eric Robinson                    LB       5-11      200      Canton, Ga./Sequoyah

Ricky Schwartz                 LB        6-1       185      Ormond beach, Fla./Seabreeze

Andrerius Thomas             WR       6-3       180      Stone Mountain, Ga./Redan

Randy Triplett                    QB       6-1       185      Youngstown, Ohio/Youngstown Christian

Brandon Vaught                  S         6-3       180      Cleveland, Ga./White County

Evan Williams                   RB       5-11      220      Vacaville, Calif./Vacaville/Santa Rosa CC

 

Wofford (15)

Brenton Bersin                  WR       6-4       195       Charlotte, N.C./Charlotte Latin

TeVon Boards                   LB        5-11      201       Bowling Green, Ky./Warren Central

Zach Bobb                       DE        6-3        225       Marietta, Ga./Lassiter

Derek Boyce                     HB       5-10      190       Knoxville, Tenn./The Webb School

Kendall Bratcher               CB       5-8        175       Greensboro, N.C./Northeast Guilford

Eric Breitenstein                RB       5-11      212       Valle Crucis, N.C./Watauga

Ricco Braxton                   LB        6-4        210       Douglasville, Ga./The Lovett School

Calvin Cantrell                   OL        6-4       260       Dacula, Ga./Dacula

Eric Eberhardt                   DE       6-1        245      Suwanee, Ga./North Gwinnett

Lavadrick Farrar                HB        6-0        185      Charlotte, N.C./Vance

Jake Miles                         OL       6-2        250      Charlottesville, Va./Monticello

J.J. Miller                          OL       6-2        275      Buford, Ga./Buford

Mike Niam                         LB       6-3       218       Hudson, Ohio/Hudson

Allen Smith                      DE        6-1       232       Columbia, S.C./Keenan

Bryan Youman                 CB        5-8        183       Montverde, Fla./East Ridge

Southern Conference schools spent a busy Wednesday and the eight conference schools announced the signing of 160 recruits including transfers for next season.