Thursday, December 21, 2017

Southern Jaguars finds the length it was looking for in 10-man signing class

BATON ROUGE, Louisiana -- Southern had a roadmap for how it wanted Wednesday’s early signing period to transpire, and by the time the day was over, coach Dawson Odums was pleased with the direction his program took.

“We stick to needs,” Odums said. “We don’t deviate. We set a plan in place and we stick to that plan, and that plan was to try to find length.”

That mission was accomplished. The Jaguars signed 10 players Wednesday, and almost all of them fit the profile Odums and the Southern coaching staff were looking for.



The first four players to fax signed letters of intent to Southern epitomized what the program was seeking; all stood 6-foot-1 or taller, and all are skill position players.

Southern landed signatures from 6-3 receiver Kobe Hartman of Ellender Memorial in Houma, 6-3 tight end Reggie Wilson of Reagan High School in San Antonio, 6-3 defensive back Damien Crawford of Green Oaks High School in Shreveport and 6-1 receiver Jamel Byrd of Hahnville High.

Odums thought the two big receivers were particularly crucial to ...

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