B-CU GridIron Adds 19 During National Signing Day

HEAD COACH BRIAN JENKINS

DAYTONA BEACH, Florida  -- Bethune-Cookman University inked 19 young men to National Letters of Intent to play football for the Wildcats in 2014 on Weds., Feb. 5, as part of National Signing Day for collegiate football. B-CU will hold a Signing Day Bash on Wednesday evening beginning at 7 p.m., inside the President’s Ball Room of the Center for Civic Engagement.

Recently completing his fourth year at the helm in Daytona Beach, Bethune-Cookman head coach Brian Jenkins was excited about this year’s class that hit on a number of areas for which they were seeking new additions.

“I’m very excited about our recruiting class,” said Jenkins Wednesday afternoon. “We think this class is special because we have a lot of height, and we added guys that can really run. They have great athleticism amongst the big guys as well.”

The faxes began rolling in at 8 a.m. for the Wildcats, and the group of 19 comes into a program that has won three of the last four Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) crowns, including the last two consecutive. In that span, the Wildcats have advanced to the NCAA FCS Playoffs three times, including two home contests at Municipal Stadium.

This year’s class got not only height, but defensive and offensively, the Maroon and Gold got a number of heralded players that solidified a good mix amongst the group.

In all, Jenkins and his staff added 17 players from high school/prep backgrounds and two from junior college. Of the 19 signees in this year’s class, 16 hail from the state of Florida, with nine coming from the South Florida area. Four come from Central Florida; two from the west coast around Tampa; and another from the northern coast in Jacksonville.

Name	Pos.	Ht.	Wt.	Hometown/High School
Trenton Bridges	LB	6-2	220	DeLand, Fla./DeLand HS
Tysheem Bryant	DL	6-4	245	Lake Worth, Fla./Lake Worth HS/Garden City CC
Khaleel Castillo	DE	6-2	275	Bellaire, Texas/Bellaire HS/Eerie CC
Kendon Davis	WR	6-3	180	Lauderhill, Fla./Plantation Senior HS
Tyler Gildner	TE	6-5	265	Robbinsville, N.J./Robbinsville HS
Barry Johnson	DL	6-3	265	Gainesville, Fla./Eastside HS
Derrick Johnson	DL	6-6	310	Jacksonville, Fla./First Coast HS
Antonio Joseph	DE/LB	6-5	195	Tampa, Fla./Wharton HS
Deonte Mayo	SAF	6-2	207	Ocala, Fla./Forest HS
Alexander Morales	OLB/SS	5-11	195	Miami, Fla./Hialeah HS
Gerald Nesbitt, Jr.	DE/OT	6-3	250	Ft. Lauderdale, Fla./Ft. Lauderdale HS
Anton Paige	DL	6-4	210	Pahokee, Fla./Pahokee HS
Cameron Rigby	RB	5-9	175	Miramar, Fla./Miramar HS
Greg Taylor	QB	6-3	210	Atlanta, Ga./Riverdale HS
Austin Walker	ATH	6-3	180	Sarasota, Fla./Riverview HS
Broddrick Waters	DB	5-11	175	Palmetto, Fla./Palmetto HS
Demetrius Weaver	OL	6-3	275	Pompano Beach, Fla./Blanche Ely HS
Troy Wilkins II	DL/OL	6-3	310	Miami, Fla./Northwestern HS
Milton Williams	ATH	5-10	175	Sanford, Fla./Seminole HS

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