Watching football prospects play another sport is a common practice for college recruiters. But it’s rare that scouts are first drawn to a prospect for football because he impressed them in another sport. Yet that’s how Malik Richardson caught the attention of college recruiters last spring while running track for the Lakewood High School team… [ Continue Reading ]

The Pittsburgh, PA, metro isn’t an area East Carolina has tapped into often when it comes to football recruiting. But a family connection to ECU’s coaching staff helped the Pirates secure their latest verbal commitment from nearby Latrobe for the recruiting Class of 2019. Offensive lineman Trent Holler from Greater Latrobe High School became the… [ Continue Reading ]

Corey Robinson was one of North Carolina’s top blocking prospects back in 2009 at Havelock High School. The 6-foot-7, 315-pounder earned a spot on the Shrine Bowl all-star squad, spent three years as a starter at South Carolina and is now entering his fourth season in the NFL, having just last week been traded by… [ Continue Reading ]

The day is one etched in Adrian Snow’s memory bank. It was the summer of 2015 and Snow’s West Forsyth High School team was participating in an off-season seven-on-seven passing tournament at A.L. Brown High in Kannapolis. Working in the West Forsyth secondary was a freshman cornerback whose older brother, Jayshawn McMillian, was the Titans’… [ Continue Reading ]

Antonio Moore recognized greatness in Traveon Freshwater at an early age. Freshwater was just seven years old when Moore, the head coach at Northeastern High School in Elizabeth City, saw him play for the River City Rampage youth football team. “I taught his mom and I’ve been monitoring him since little league,” Moore said. “Even… [ Continue Reading ]

For a guy who’s been a running back for most of his high school career, Chad Stephens has developed into a pretty good linebacker. Good enough, at least, that East Carolina felt the 6-foot-2, 215-pounder from Southeast Guilford High School in Greensboro was worthy of a football scholarship offer back in April. After considering other… [ Continue Reading ]

The name Alex Flinn probably wasn’t familiar to even the most devoted followers of East Carolina’s football recruiting efforts when the Asheville quarterback made a verbal commitment to the Pirates on June 23rd. Flinn had quietly picked up a scholarship offer from ECU in May, but his name didn’t really pop up on the recruiting… [ Continue Reading ]