The area hit hardest by personnel losses this offseason in East Carolina's football program has clearly been on defense. The Pirates saw 10 prominent defenders complete their eligibility at the end of the 2024 season and 10 others exited via the transfer portal. The latter figure includes seven from the ECU secondary and three potential starters for 2025. Overall, the … [Read more...]

College football coaches have to react to the expected and unexpected personnel losses these days when it comes to forming their annual rosters. East Carolina had to deal with the gamut — departures via graduation, early exits to the NFL and transfer portal defections — as it constructed the recruiting Class of 2025. On offense alone, the Pirates will be missing their … [Read more...]

The early signing period in December may have been the tip of the iceberg as East Carolina begins reshaping its football roster for the 2025 season. The Pirates signed 21 athletes on Dec. 4 during the first part of the roster changeover. But 10 more newcomers committed to join ECU between Dec. 9-28 as the initial phase of the transfer portal took place. Additionally, the … [Read more...]

Upheaval in the American Athletic Conference head coaching ranks made a big impact on the early signing period for the recruiting Class of 2025. Five AAC coaches were dismissed during the regular season, causing large numbers of previously verbally committed to players to look elsewhere by the time the early signing period began on Dec. 4. That meant less activity for some … [Read more...]

Even amid dramatic change at the top of the program, East Carolina managed to add an abundance of young talent during college football's early signing period for the Class of 2025 on December 4. Most of ECU's class had committed while Mike Houston was still head coach, and a majority had made their decisions back in June. When Houston was dismissed in mid-October there were … [Read more...]