If success truly does breed success, then East Carolina's football program should be back to its winning ways in the near future. The 20 high school and junior college players verbally committed to ECU's recruiting Class of 2018 won 64 percent of their games this season, captured five conference championships and 16 advanced to the postseason play. The majority of those … [Read more...]
ECU Football & Basketball Recruiting
Football RecruitingHS coach’s early appraisal of Moody ‘on the money’
Juwan Moody was displaying potential on the football field long before he became a star wide receiver at Conway High School in South Carolina. Juwan and his twin Jaylen were constantly present at Conway's varsity football practices as middle schoolers when older brother Mykal played quarterback for the Tigers. Carlton Terry, now Conway's varsity head coach, was offensive … [Read more...]
Football RecruitingPirates enlist impact DB from JC ranks
East Carolina recently landed a verbal commitment from a junior college cornerback who could start for any Football Bowl Subdivision team in the nation next year. So says Andrew Krause, who has been Michael Witherspoon's position coach the last two seasons at Hutchinson Community College in Kansas. “I don't think there's any program in the country he couldn't step in and … [Read more...]
View from the EastNew signing date presents problems
New NCAA regulations mean national signing date is coming up earlier and East Carolina coach Scottie Montgomery anticipates some challenges with the change. Recruits can sign during a three-day period from Dec. 20-22 this year. The traditional signing period will still run from Feb. 7 to April 1. The difficulties that will accompany the earlier date, according to … [Read more...]
Football RecruitingButler High’s Hickman honed by competition
There is a common belief in sports that the quickest way to improve is to compete against the very best. If that's the case, then Damel Hickman may be one of the most talented prospects in East Carolina's football recruiting Class of 2018. Hickman has been a secondary starter at state 4-A powerhouse Butler High in Matthews since his sophomore season and has helped the … [Read more...]