Ivy hopes to remain at the controlsEAST ST. LOUIS, Illinois - With the bright lights and lure of playing on the national stage on Saturday afternoons during the next few years there for him to grab, East St. Louis senior Lamontiez Ivy has instead followed his heart. The premier quarterback in the Southwestern Conference for the past two years, Ivy will remain a quarterback after signing an NCAA Division I National Letter of Intent on Wednesday to attend Jackson State University in Jackson, Miss.
Ivy, who transferred to East St. Louis from Cahokia following his sophomore season, had several schools including Kansas and Illinois interested because of his athletic ability. But unlike Illinois, which was recruiting the 6-foot, 3-inch, 225-pound Ivy as a linebacker or tight end, Jackson State has offered him a chance to play quarterback at the Division I level.
"That was the deciding factor. My dream has always been to play quarterback at the Division I level. Kansas was in the picture for a minute, but really it came down to Jackson State and Illinois," Ivy said. "Illinois wanted me as a linebacker, Jackson State as a quarterback. I chose Jackson State.
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JACKSON, Mississippi - Below are the Tigers' newest crop of signees.
2. Preston Hughes, DB, 6-0, 185, Daphne, AL (Daphne HS)
3. Jabari Payton, TE, 6-4, 225, Carthage, MS (Carthage HS)
4. Coleman Johnson, DL, 6-2, 285, Pensacola, FL (Pensacola HS)
5. &Teddrick Terrell, LB, 6-2, 230, Jackson, MS (Lanier HS)
6. & Mike Johnson, LB, 5-11, 189, Tuskegee, AL (B.T. Washington HS)
& denotes prop student athlete.
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JSU Signing Day Extravaganza
This is our running blog post updating you with Jackson State’s latest news on this day-long event that they call National Signing Day.
Keep checking back for updates. You can check this post’s headline for updates. We’ll update the signee count in parenthesis as we know of new signees.
Update (1 p.m.)
It appears that Jackson State may sign just the four today.
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