If rankings mean anything, Mike Houston may have just landed the best East Carolina recruiting class in nearly two decades during college football’s early signing period. The first-year ECU head coach and his staff signed 25 prospects last Wednesday, with a heavy emphasis on the defensive line and secondary where 12, and potentially more of… [ More… ]

A rare and severe injury forced Taji Hudson to miss most of his senior football season at Cedartown High in Georgia. But Hudson is on the mend and is expected to be ready to start his freshman year at East Carolina next fall. “He is doing well,” Cedartown coach Doyle Kelley said last week. “He… [ More… ]

Between a math test and workout last Wednesday, Mason Garcia received word he’d been selected for an elite team. The quarterback from Carolina Forest High in Myrtle Beach, SC, was added to the South Carolina roster for the prestigious Shrine Bowl of the Carolinas after originally being left off the squad. An injury to another… [ More… ]

Keaton Mitchell had to wait his turn to become the feature running back at Eagles Landing Christian Academy in McDonough, GA. But when his time finally came, Mitchell produced a season that placed his name in the state record books ahead of legendary Herschel Walker. The 5-foot-9, 170-pounder registered 49 rushing touchdowns along with 2,509… [ More… ]

D’Anta Johnson has gone from ballboy to superstar for the Dinwiddie County (VA) High School football team. Next fall, Johnson hopes to make the leap from prep standout to major college contributor at East Carolina. The 6-foot-2, 275-pound defensive tackle made a verbal commitment to the Pirates on Halloween during a ceremony at Dinwiddie’s auditorium.… [ More… ]

Playing in a Greensboro Page program that won 25 games and reached the state 4-AA finals once in his first two seasons, C.J. Crump didn’t emerge as a major college football prospect until his junior year. But while recruiting Page safety Alex Angus last season, the East Carolina coaching staff quickly recognized the height, range… [ More… ]

East Carolina wasn’t really a school on Xavier McIver’s recruiting radar when he decided to accompany his Cheraw (SC) High wide receiver teammate Jalen Coit to Greenville for a Junior Day function last March. The Pirates had extended a scholarship offer in January to the 6-foot-1 1/2, 290-pound McIver, a defensive tackle starter for Cheraw… [ More… ]