Veteran High Point Central High School coach Wayne Jones sent East Carolina a defensive end in 2011 who would end up starting 16 games and appearing in 37 overall. The player, Johnathon White, had been a three-time All-Piedmont Triad 4-A Conference pick performing for Jones. After a redshirt season as a true freshman at ECU, White recorded 95 tackles, 11 tackles for loss and … [Read more...]
ECU Football & Basketball Recruiting
Hoops recruiting: Class of 2017-18 starts with sweet-shooting wing
East Carolina has gotten a solid early start on its 2017-18 recruiting class with a commitment from Portsmouth (VA) Norcom all-state small forward Kevin "K.J." Davis. A rangy shooter and rebounder, the 6-6, 185-pounder played a key role in the Greyhounds' Group 3-A state championship run last season and capped off the campaign with a 16-point, 10-rebound performance in a … [Read more...]
Hoops recruiting: Juco big man fortifies post
Three-star Canadian product Jabari Craig is in school at East Carolina after committing to Coach Jeff Lebo earlier this month and qualifying for admission in the fall semester. The late addition of the 6-11, 235-pound transfer from Pearl River (MS) Community College finishes a major transformation for the Pirates in the post. His presence along with that of 7-foot Wake … [Read more...]
Football Recruiting Report: Versatile Pinnix on track for LB at ECU
Jeff Snuffer has heard it often in a lengthy coaching career at Western Alamance High School in Elon College. A father comes up and starts telling Snuffer that he has a young son whose going to be a good player. The situation is repeated often, but usually the athlete doesn't live up to the father's hype. That wasn't true in the case of Darius Pinnix Jr. His father, … [Read more...]
Football Recruiting Report: Cleveland County ties still producing
Scottie Montgomery may or may not be a fan of the “Wizard of Oz,'' but the first-year East Carolina coach certainly believes in one of the famous lines from that classic movie: "There's no place like home." Montgomery secured the first verbal commitment of his ECU tenure last January from linebacker Aaron Ramseur, who played at Crest High School in North Carolina's Cleveland … [Read more...]