When Jones County Community College outside linebacker/defensive end Marques Ford announced last Tuesday his intentions to play for East Carolina in 2017, a rare sort of excitement spread through the Pirate Nation. And with good reason. Ford not only plays a position where ECU could use some immediate help next season, he's also one of the highest ranked defenders ever … [Read more...]
Football RecruitingMore juco impact is on the way
East Carolina continues to tap the junior college ranks for performers that can have an immediate impact next season. Northeast Mississippi Community college defensive end and former South Carolina recruit Blake McClain is the fifth junior college star to make a pledge to join ECU's recruiting class of 2017. An aggressive tackler and pursuer of quarterbacks, the 6-4, … [Read more...]
Football RecruitingPirates land sack artists
East Carolina has reached into the juco ranks to fortify its defensive ranks. A pair of Jones County (MS) Junior College teammates, Marques Ford and Cannon Gibbs, committed in recent days to pursue their major college pursuits with the Pirates. They plan to enroll in January and both bring solid credentials to the task. Ford, a defensive end, and Gibbs, an inside linebacker, … [Read more...]
Football recruiting: McCain looks to shore up ECU secondary
An impromptu meeting with Scottie Montgomery back in the fall 2013 left an impression on Kalen McCain. McCain was a defensive back for Durham's Hillside High School at the time and had already made a verbal commitment to play for Virginia Tech when he encountered Montgomery in the office of then-Hillside coach Antonio King. Montgomery, then an assistant at Duke, had dropped … [Read more...]
Football recruiting: Gifted athlete destined for ECU secondary
Perry Parks is a high school football coach players love to follow. For Latheron Rogers-Anderson, that meant moving 46 miles West for his senior season. Parks is the second-year head coach of the currently unbeaten Ridge View High School Blazers from Columbia, SC. Rogers-Anderson, a running back-defensive back on the Ridge View squad, has received college scholarship offers … [Read more...]