A big loss in high school helped turn Immanuel “Manny” Hickman into a winner in the football recruiting game. Hickman, a defensive end from Matoaco High School in Chesterfield, VA, was one of the last additions to East Carolina’s recruiting Class of 2019. The 6-foot-3, 260-pounder waited until signing day on February 6th to reveal… [ More… ]
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And away we go with the 2020 recruiting class!
Ashley “Smoke” Pierre has watched Nasir Clerk grow from a young boy into a man worthy of multiple scholarship offers to play major college football. East Carolina became one of those schools extending a grant to Clerk back in January. Following an unofficial visit with his parents to Greenville late last month, the 6-foot-1, 170-pound… [ More… ]
Football Recruiting
Musician D’Abreu strikes chord on football field
A gift for music led Rick D’Abreu to the football field. But it was D’Abreu’s hard work that turned him into a Football Bowl Subdivision football player. The 6-foot-2, 240-pound defensive lineman from Thomas Dale High in Chester, VA, became one of the final pieces to first-year East Carolina head coach Mike Houston’s initial recruiting… [ More… ]
Football Recruiting: Defensive Report Card
Stellar recruiting effort fortifies defensive unit
Upgrading talent and bolstering depth on the front and back ends of the defense were priorities when East Carolina began pursuing the recruiting Class of 2019. The Pirates wound up exceeding those goals by signing 10 players of exceptional potential, five of whom are projected as defensive linemen and four pegged for the secondary. Headlining… [ More… ]
Football Recruiting: Offensive Report Card
Future offensive needs come into focus
An appropriate title for the story of East Carolina’s football recruiting Class of 2019 would be “A Tale of Two Coaches & Their Staffs.” The last three players in the class were signed to a national letter of intent February 6th, bringing the final total to 21. A core group of 17 signees were the… [ More… ]
Insights from Brett
Ex-coach set ECU’s big recruiting push in motion
With the addition of three February signees, including a former four-star prospect who once committed to Florida, Mike Houston added 21 new players to the ECU football roster in his abbreviated first recruiting cycle as the Pirates’ coach. It’s a class that ranks fifth in the 12-team American Athletic Conference according to 247Sports.com, ahead of… [ More… ]
The Bradsher Beat on Football Recruiting
Pirates hit final targets on signing day
It’s fun to take a puzzle out of the box and start assembling it, but it’s exhilarating when you fit in the final few pieces. The new East Carolina football staff, celebrating National Recruiting Day with hundreds of Pirate fans at Dowdy-Ficklen Stadium on Wednesday, got to enjoy that feeling of standing back and admiring… [ More… ]