South's D'Andre Harris signs with Winston-Salem State

LANDIS, N.C. — Winston-Salem State's football program returns to its CIAA roots this fall, and South Rowan running back D'Andre Harris will be part of the excitement. Once Winston-Salem State found out D'Andre hadn't signed anywhere, he was an apple they were quick to grab," South coach Jason Rollins said. Harris had a tough recruiting experience. Rollins explained that North Carolina A&T offered a full ride pretty early. Harris — a productive back, solid citizen and strong student — wanted to wait to see what other options developed. Basically, that scholarship got pulled off the table and went elsewhere. It happens.

But what put Harris in a really difficult spot was that he appeared signed, sealed and delivered for A&T. Lots of schools had crossed him off their lists, and that helps explain why he was sort of a free agent longer than a player with his talent and transcript should've been. Fortunately, coaches still make the recruiting rounds in the spring. Sometimes they find a gem who finally made a decent SAT or ACT score after everyone had backed off. Sometimes they run across a player who got hurt and slipped through the cracks. Sometimes they discover a late-blooming lineman who's put on 30 pounds since football season ended.

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NSU faces an Aggies team off to its best start since '03

North Carolina A&T and Norfolk State, 4 p.m., Price Stadium.

NORFOLK, VA -- North Carolina A&T isn't just the conference opener for Norfolk State; the Aggies are a measuring stick. Although the Spartans (1-1) are three weeks into the season, it's hard to figure where they'll rank in this fall's MEAC race. And if they beat A&T for the third straight time, the answer still won't be all that clear. But a loss - even to an improved North Carolina A&T team - would be a troubling barometer.


















Aggies Michael Ferguson, the MEAC's best back, is ready to runover the Norfolk State Spartans at 4 pm on Saturday.

"If we do what we're capable of doing, we should win the game," summed up NSU coach Pete Adrian of today's 4 p.m. Fish Bowl Classic at Price Stadium. North Carolina A&T comes in riding high after a 2-0 start, the best since 2003. The Aggies had not won a game since Oct. 15, 2005, a span of 27 contests.Third-year coach Lee Fobbs didn't know what a victory felt like at North Carolina A&T until this year's opener. The Aggies defeated Division II Johnson C. Smith in that one and followed that with a victory over Winston-Salem State.

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