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 and speed of a potential shut-down corner in … [Read 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 since his freshman season. But it … [Read more...]

Chris Tolbert was working as defensive coordinator at Louisburg, a junior college north of Raleigh, back in the fall of 2015 when Larrell Murchison showed up for preseason practice. Murchison had been a two-way star at East Bladen High in Elizabethown, splitting time between fullback in a Delaware Wing-T offense and end on defense. Despite a successful prep career, … [Read more...]

W.D. Woodson High School in Washington, D.C., has a well-earned reputation for producing big-time secondary talent. Currently, the school located just East of the White House and the U.S. Capital building has three defensive backs on National Football League rosters. They include eight-year veteran safety Tavon Wilson with the Detroit Lions, fourth-year cornerback Ken … [Read more...]

David Laney thought his destiny was to play quarterback when he arrived as a freshman at Highland Springs High School just East of Richmond, VA. Laney had played under center since recreation ball, but as a sophomore at state powerhouse Highland Springs he lost a quarterback competition with then-junior D'Vonte Waller. Fate, however, intervened for the 6-foot, 170-pounder … [Read more...]