Wednesday, February 5, 2014

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

Fans can keep up-to-date with all B-CU Athletics via twitter at Twitter.com/BCUathletics, in addition to the official football twitter page at Twitter.com/BCUGridIron. You can also become a fan of the Wildcats on Facebook at Facebook.com/BCUathletics.


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