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WVSU Football Announces 2022 Recruiting Class

2/4/2022 4:52:00 PM

INSTITUTE, W.Va. -- The West Virginia State University football program announced its 2022 recruiting class on Friday. The latest recruiting class for the WVSU football program was well-balanced with 14 offensive and 13 defensive additions to the roster.

"I'm thrilled to announce our 2022 signing class," exclaimed Head Coach John Pennington. "We have a lot of guys coming back next year, so we were able to address some specific needs for next year.  We added some depth at key positions and brought in a few players that we think can make an immediate impact.

"Going into this recruiting cycle, we needed to add some size and speed to our defense at every position and we were able to do that on the defensive line, at linebacker, and in the secondary.  On offense, we needed to find a couple of running backs and continue to build the offensive line and we signed a few key players at those positions.  Finally, on special teams we needed to get a long snapper and found an excellent player to fill that role this fall.

"In our class of 2022, we have 27 student-athletes joining the team. Twenty-three of those student-athletes have a 3.0 GPA or better!  So, not only were we able to fill immediate needs, but we were able to add quality student-athletes who are academically focused.  The majority of our class comes from West Virginia and Georgia.  We picked up some great local players and we have a great relationship with coaches and alumni in the Atlanta, Ga. area.

The following is a list of the 27 freshmen and midyear transfers that joined the Yellow Jackets on National Signing Day (click on their names to view their Hudl profile pages and watch highlight clips):
 
Name Pos. Ht. Wt. Hometown Previous School
Logan Bartholomew OL 6-2 275 Milford, Ohio Milford HS
Jarveous Brown RB 5-7 165 Atlanta, Ga. Carver HS
Tayshaun Butler RB 5-8 180 Lynchburg, Va. Brookville HS
Cedric Caschetta RB 5-9 170 Lowell, Ind. Elmhurst University
Juston David CB 6-0 190 Santa Monica, Calif. Santa Monica CC
Joel Felder RB 5-10 195 Ft. Lauderdale, Fla. Florida International University
Mike Fontaine DB 6-1 185 Upper Marlboro, Md. Rock Creek Christian
Jaylen Geter DB 5-11 192 Newnan, Ga. Newnan HS
Alaric Hill WR 6-2 190 San Jose, Calif. De Anza CC
Marshall Humphrey QB 6-0 180 Zanesville, Ohio Maysville HS
Josh Hypes OL 6-4 350 Richwood, W.Va. Richwood HS
Devon Irving LB 6-1 205 Hapeville, Ga. Hapeville Charter
Aden Isaacs RB 5-10 220 Hico, W.Va. Midland Trail
Jy Martin DB 5-10 175 Duncan, S.C. Byrnes HS
Perrell Murray OL 6-1 300 Hapeville, Ga. Hapeville Charter
Hunter Nixon LS 6-0 195 Wheeling, W.Va. Wheeling Park
Emanuel Nolan DB 6-3 210 Newnan, Ga. New Mexico Military Institute
Zachary Nolan QB 6-2 180 Newnan, Ga. Northgate HS
Ayden Perkins LB 6-0 205 Birmingham, Ala. Birmingham Prep
Justin Pessoa RB 5-11 180 Clayton, N.J. Clayton HS
Grant Plants DT 6-2 280 Charleston, W.Va. George Washington HS
Austin Redmon LB 5-11 195 Jefferson, Ga. Jefferson HS
James Scott DL 5-11 275 Huntington, W.Va. Huntington HS
Avery Scott DB 6-1 185 Newport News, Va. Woodside HS
Tevin Taylor LB 6-0 190 Ona, W.Va. Cabell Midland
Zyier Thornton DE 6-4 250 Los Angeles, Calif. Los Angeles Harbor CC
Quientin Williams WR 6-1 160 Hapeville, Ga. Hapeville Charter
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