East Carolina's Mike Wright Jr. was the only player in the Football Bowl Subdivision to play five different positions last season, working at quarterback, running back, receiver, cornerback, return specialist and punter. Wright has exhausted his college eligibility, but the Pirates secured a prospect in June who could fill a similar role in the near future. Ja'Quez … [Read more...]

Forsyth County in North Carolina doesn't offer tackle football at the middle school level, so when Chosen Hyman showed up for preseason practice at East Forsyth High in 2023, he was a bit of a mystery. "We didn't know anything about him, really,'' East Forsyth head coach Todd Willert said. "So, it was kind of crazy. He was really raw as a freshman. But we could see something … [Read more...]

Kamari Holloway gave a verbal commitment to Temple University in mid-June because he thought East Carolina was going to sign just one running back in the recruiting Class of 2027. But once Holloway learned that wasn't the case, he quickly altered his decision and remained in his home state to play college football. Holloway, from Southern Durham High in Durham, NC, backed … [Read more...]

Page Wofford had been around Xavier Means for about three years, but was still unsure how good the 6-foot-1, 170-pound quarterback could be entering the 2026 football season at Northwestern High School in Rock Hill, S.C. "We didn't know what we would have,'' said Wofford, Northwestern's veteran head coach. "He had a really good JV season at quarterback, and they won a bunch … [Read more...]

The East Carolina homecoming game is scheduled for Oct. 10 against Rice. Every game will have a homecoming feel for former Greenville Rose running back Michael Allen, who transferred to ECU from Marshall in January. He projects as an important component in the Pirates' running dimension in 2026. As a senior for the Rampants in 2021, Allen ran 158 times for 1,173 yards … [Read more...]