Mansfield's Verlan Hunter commits to Grambling State

GRAMBLING, Louisiana -- Grambling continues to build a football pipeline into Mansfield High School.

For the second time in as many weeks, the Tigers have landed a commitment from a Wolverines football player.

Mansfield wide receiver Verlan Hunter, a 6-foot-3 1/2, 190-pounder, pledged to the Tigers on Monday, joining teammate Arkez Cooper, who committed last week.

“They told me I had an opportunity to get in and play if I put in the work,” Hunter said.

Hunter, a two-sport standout who helped lead the Wolverines to the state basketball semifinals, caught 16 touchdown passes for the Class 2A playoff participants.

It was just Hunter’s second season of high school football.

“I think Grambling got the steal of the state,” Mansfield coach Glen Hall said. “They got a big, big-play receiver.”

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