The Havelock Rams had their backs against the end zone at the 1-yard line last August early in the second game of the 2017 season against Craven County rival New Bern. Leading only 13-7 at the time, Havelock coach Caleb King had specific instructions for senior Khalil Barrett before sending the offense onto the field. “I told Khalil, 'Don't get tackled in the end zone,''' … [Read more...]

The first time around for college football's early December signing period proved extremely successful for East Carolina. The Pirates signed all 19 players who were verbally committed in the first few hours of the signing period, which ran Wednesday through Friday. The haul featured a major influx of defensive talent – 13 of the 19 play defense and seven are defensive back … [Read more...]

If success truly does breed success, then East Carolina's football program should be back to its winning ways in the near future. The 20 high school and junior college players verbally committed to ECU's recruiting Class of 2018 won 64 percent of their games this season, captured five conference championships and 16 advanced to the postseason play. The majority of those … [Read more...]

Juwan Moody was displaying potential on the football field long before he became a star wide receiver at Conway High School in South Carolina. Juwan and his twin Jaylen were constantly present at Conway's varsity football practices as middle schoolers when older brother Mykal played quarterback for the Tigers. Carlton Terry, now Conway's varsity head coach, was offensive … [Read more...]

East Carolina recently landed a verbal commitment from a junior college cornerback who could start for any Football Bowl Subdivision team in the nation next year. So says Andrew Krause, who has been Michael Witherspoon's position coach the last two seasons at Hutchinson Community College in Kansas. “I don't think there's any program in the country he couldn't step in and … [Read more...]