Portal Gains

[SU DOG]

SFA 93 I think you guys will like the play of Josiah Cotton. I was hoping he would be back for one more year at Samford. Our DC left, so that might have been one factor, but was there a connection that you know of at SFA?

[SFA 93]

Sorry, I have no idea, all I know is we have our 2nd year DC Mike Mutz who came over from Tulane, and our defensive line coach is Ty Warren who seems to be a big time recruiter.

Plus he will get to play one more game in his home state of Georgia, when the Jacks travel to the newest member of the UAC the West Georgia Wolves in Carrollton.

We are set at LB with Cotton in there.



LB: #0 JERMAINE BROWN 6-1; 210 (G/SR.) *
G:41;TKL:182;TFL:17.0;SCK:4.5;QBH:9;FF:2;FR:0;PD:3 ;INT:0
LB: #00 JOSIAH COTTON 5-11; 228 (G/SR.)
G:42;TKL:161;TFL:12.0;SCK:4.0;QBH:3;FF:1;FR:1;PD:5 ;INT:1
LB: #25 LUKE WATSON 6-2; 218 (JR.) *
G:11;TKL:67;TFL:9.5;SCK:2.0;QBH:4;FF:0;FR:2;PD:1;I NT:0
LB: #38 AARON AUSTIN 6-2; 210 (SO.) *
G:11;TKL:48;TFL:7.5;SCK:2.0;QBH:7;FF:2;FR:0;PD:0;I NT:0

[Tribe4SF]

Tribe adding several transfers. Known are...

WR Isaiah Lemmond from VMI 2 yrs
WR Matthew Akuchie Towson 1 yr
WR Damian Harris Bucknell 1yr
PK Ethan Chang Miss. St. 2 yrs (Former Tribe PK who was All-CAA)
DE Breyden Byrd Navy 4 yrs.

A few others are pending admissions.

[SFA 93]

SFA gets Baylor running back Qualan Jones who played in all 13 games in 2022 for the Bears with 3 starts, with almost 600 yards of total offense and 7 TD's.

874 total yards of offense and 9 TD's his time at Baylor. Had some injuries.

[ST_Lawson]

As to be expected with a mostly new coaching staff, we have a number of transfers coming in as well. Here's the ones with DI experience:

Thomas Brunner | Defensive End | 6-3 | 248 | Senior | Whitefish Bay, Wisconsin | Whitefish Bay HS/Wisconsin/Northern Illinois
Isaiah Foote | Offensive Line | 6-3 | 329 | Senior | Prince Frederick, Md. | Calvert/East Carolina
Christian Pierce | Defensive Back | 6-1 | 200 | Grad | Conshohocken, Pa. | Plymouth Whitemarsh/Delaware
Jeremiah Piper | Defensive Back | 5-9 | 170 | Senior | Southfield, Mich. | Southfield A&T/Western Michigan
Michael (Shawn) Shipman | Running Back | 6-0 | 204 | Senior | Brooklyn Park, Minn. | Champlin Park/St. Thomas
Alex Williams | Tight End | 6-4 | 230 | R-Jr. | Geneva, Ill. | Fork Union Military/Western Kentucky

Current "mid-year transfers" list (17 players): https://goleathernecks.com/news/2024...r-players.aspx
Plus 5 HS players signed in December early signing period: https://goleathernecks.com/news/2023...ing-class.aspx

[Pards Rule]

Lafayette gets CB Tony Harris from App State.

[mainejeff]

Maine gets:

Carter Peevy - QB from Mercer
Mo Irefin - WR from St. Vincent (D3 All-American)
Mason Gilbert - TE from Lafayette
John Olmstead - OL from Lafayette

[SFA 93]

Officially signed to SFA

QB: Jefferson Boaz (North Carolina)
RB: Qualan Jones (Baylor)
OL: Jake Henry (Oklahoma State)
WR: Canen Adrian (Tennessee State)
WR: Blaine Green (Oklahoma State)
WR: Marion Crockett (Arkansas)
WR: Irvin Paige (Missouri S&T)
TE: Jacob Trussell (New Mexico)
DL: Trevion Sneed (SMU)
DL: Victor Idusuyi (UTPB)
DL: Javon Jones (Concordia College)
LB: Josiah Cotton (Samford)
LB: Seth Bullard (St. Thomas)
DB: Jaheim Mullen (Wingate)
DB: Trashwan Adams (UMHB)
DB: Montego Johnson (Central State Univ.)
P: Logan Ortt (James Madison)

[Redbird 4th & short]

As to be expected with a mostly new coaching staff, we have a number of transfers coming in as well. Here's the ones with DI experience:

Thomas Brunner | Defensive End | 6-3 | 248 | Senior | Whitefish Bay, Wisconsin | Whitefish Bay HS/Wisconsin/Northern Illinois
Isaiah Foote | Offensive Line | 6-3 | 329 | Senior | Prince Frederick, Md. | Calvert/East Carolina
Christian Pierce | Defensive Back | 6-1 | 200 | Grad | Conshohocken, Pa. | Plymouth Whitemarsh/Delaware
Jeremiah Piper | Defensive Back | 5-9 | 170 | Senior | Southfield, Mich. | Southfield A&T/Western Michigan
Michael (Shawn) Shipman | Running Back | 6-0 | 204 | Senior | Brooklyn Park, Minn. | Champlin Park/St. Thomas
Alex Williams | Tight End | 6-4 | 230 | R-Jr. | Geneva, Ill. | Fork Union Military/Western Kentucky

Current "mid-year transfers" list (17 players): https://goleathernecks.com/news/2024...r-players.aspx
Plus 5 HS players signed in December early signing period: https://goleathernecks.com/news/2023...ing-class.aspx

Lawson .. hope youre doing well. And good luck with move to OVC !

We picked up 2 of your guys from portal. Not sure if they got full schollies or not, since we lost so little to graduation, and also picked up 2 from Kansas St and 2 from WMU before these.

Not sure we need much help at RB, though we just lost former stud RB Cole Mueller .. he had fallen off after season ending injury in 1st game of 2022. Wasn't able to regain starting spot. So maybe Glatz will get a few more reps now.

But how about Steffen ... Spack seems to like him as a high motor guy. Did you like him much ?

Steffen, Garret

6-4

270

DL

Sr.

Altoona, Wis. / Altoona HS

Western Illinois

Glatz, Seth

5-11

190

RB

Jr.

Morton, Ill. / Morton HS

Western Illinois

[ST_Lawson]

Lawson .. hope youre doing well. And good luck with move to OVC !

We picked up 2 of your guys from portal. Not sure if they got full schollies or not, since we lost so little to graduation, and also picked up 2 from Kansas St and 2 from WMU before these.

Not sure we need much help at RB, though we just lost former stud RB Cole Mueller .. he had fallen off after season ending injury in 1st game of 2022. Wasn't able to regain starting spot. So maybe Glatz will get a few more reps now.

But how about Steffen ... Spack seems to like him as a high motor guy. Did you like him much ?

Steffen, Garret

6-4

270

DL

Sr.

Altoona, Wis. / Altoona HS

Western Illinois

Glatz, Seth

5-11

190

RB

Jr.

Morton, Ill. / Morton HS

Western Illinois

I'm doing fine. Our new HC looks promising and seems like he has a bit more of a handle on what it takes to run a DI football program. If our basketball programs are any indication, moving to the OVC looks like it's going to work out really well for us. Hopefully football starts to follow suit in the next few years. I'm glad we were able to work out a continuation of our series against each other, at least over the next couple of years; I'm hoping to make it down to Normal for the game on 9/14 if I can.

Glatz - the#2 RB on the worst rushing offense in the FCS. Now, a lot of that was on the O-Line not opening holes (or doing much to slow down defenders), but we had a total of 524 yards on the ground last year and he was 217 yards of that across 9 games (24.11 ypg). So, really...most of what I saw him do was get the ball and run right into a wall of defenders.

Steffen - we were also at the bottom of the rankings for defenses last year. Steffen had 10 solo tackles, 27 total, 4.5 of them for loss. Out of the D-Linemen, he was the one with the highest numbers, but I don't really remember anything specific about him.

When the team is good, I spend a decent amount of time looking at individual players, tracking stats, etc. When they are what they've been the past few years though, I find it better for my mental health to not really invest much energy into the details. I still go to the games and root for them, but don't really look for who's playing well and who isn't.