ECU Football & Basketball Recruiting

The day is one etched in Adrian Snow’s memory bank. It was the summer of 2015 and Snow’s West Forsyth High School team was participating in an off-season seven-on-seven passing tournament at A.L. Brown High in Kannapolis. Working in the West Forsyth secondary was a freshman cornerback whose older brother, Jayshawn McMillian, was the Titans’… [ More… ]

Antonio Moore recognized greatness in Traveon Freshwater at an early age. Freshwater was just seven years old when Moore, the head coach at Northeastern High School in Elizabeth City, saw him play for the River City Rampage youth football team. “I taught his mom and I’ve been monitoring him since little league,” Moore said. “Even… [ More… ]

For a guy who’s been a running back for most of his high school career, Chad Stephens has developed into a pretty good linebacker. Good enough, at least, that East Carolina felt the 6-foot-2, 215-pounder from Southeast Guilford High School in Greensboro was worthy of a football scholarship offer back in April. After considering other… [ More… ]

The name Alex Flinn probably wasn’t familiar to even the most devoted followers of East Carolina’s football recruiting efforts when the Asheville quarterback made a verbal commitment to the Pirates on June 23rd. Flinn had quietly picked up a scholarship offer from ECU in May, but his name didn’t really pop up on the recruiting… [ More… ]

Jeff Woods considers himself “a phenomenal” tight end. The East Carolina coaching staff believes Woods can also be exceptional as an offensive tackle. The Pirates made a convincing argument to Woods that transitioning to offensive line at the college level is a positive move for his football future during a recruitment that started in earnest… [ More… ]

As head coach, Scottie Montgomery bears the brunt of responsibility for East Carolina’s back-to-back 3-9 football seasons. He’s the first to acknowledge that. But as Dave Hart, the special consultant to chancellor Cecil Staton for athletics, indicated in an interview with Bonesville published last week, there are other factors besides coaching that must be addressed… [ More… ]

One look at the first play on Keziah Everett’s junior year highlight video – even though it didn’t occur at Everett’s primary position – should be enough to excite East Carolina fans about the future Pirate. Everett is a defensive tackle at Farmville Central High School, located just about 15 miles from the ECU campus.… [ More… ]