Signing Day
Press Conference
Full Release with
Student-Athlete Bios
CANYON, Texas – Fresh off one its highest finish in school
history, at No.4 in the final American Football Coaches Association (AFCA) Poll,
West Texas A&M head football coach Don Carthel announced
the 2013 high school recruiting class, which includes the signing of 37
student-athletes to play for the Buffaloes this fall. Overall, the Buffs added
27 players on offense and 10 defensive players.
“The 2012 deep playoff
run gave us lots of momentum going into 2013 and the recruiting efforts by our
coaching staff,” Carthel said.
The Buffaloes are coming off of a 12-3
season and their first berth in the NCAA Semifinals along with a share of their
fifth Lone Star Conference championship. WT finished fourth in the final
American Football Coaches' Association poll.
“We were able to put
together another quality group of student-athletes in this signing class,”
Carthel added. “Most of these athletes will redshirt next fall and be ready to
get on the field in 2014. The Buffs will be losing over 30 seniors next season
and there will be multiple spots open on the roster for this group of talented
athletes.”
WT won road games in the NCAA Tournament for the first time
in school history at then-No. 20 Chadron State, at then No. 4 Ashland University
and at then-No. 1 Colorado State-Pueblo, before falling at No. 2 Winston-Salem
State in the National Semifinal. WT improved to 6-6 all-time in school history
in the NCAA Tournament all under Carthel.
The Buffaloes open the 2013
schedule Saturday, Sept. 7 at Western State College in Gunnison, Colo. The rest
of the schedule will be released in the coming weeks.
2013 West Texas A&M Football High School Recruiting Class
Name Pos. Ht. Wt. Hometown (High School)
Jermaine Adams WR 6‐1 200 Universal City, Texas (Judson HS)
Connor Allen LB 6‐2 210 Lantana, Texas (Guyer HS)
Ethan Brinkley QB 6‐3 210 Rockdale, Texas (Rockdale HS)
Timothy (T.J.) Broden, Jr. DB 5‐7 162 Houston, Texas (North Shore HS)
Jordan Cipriani DE 6‐1 225 Cypress, Texas (Cypress Woods HS)
Isiah Cowan RB 6‐1 188 Killeen, Texas (C.E. Ellison HS)
Rickey Daniels II WR 5‐8 161 Desoto, Texas (Desoto HS)
Jerrod duBois TE 6‐5 205 Ozona, Texas (Ozona HS)
Malcolm Franklin RB 5‐11 190 Refugio, Texas (Refugio HS)
Freddy Gibbs WR 6‐3 180 Wylie, Texas (Wylie HS)
Tanner Graham DL 6‐2 250 Alamogordo, N.M. (Alamogordo HS)
James Griffin DL 6‐2 192 Waco, Texas (Connally HS)
Akeem Harrison TE 6‐1 216 Killeen, Texas (Killeen HS)
Daireck Hicks OL 6‐2 265 Arlington, Texas (Arlington HS)
Tanner Hodges QB 6‐3 212 Burleson, Texas (Burleson Centennial HS)
Carter James LB 6‐2 230 Justin, Texas (Northwest HS)
Daron Jefferson WR 6‐3 185 Waco, Texas (Waco HS)
Jordan Jones A‐Back 6‐0 208 Houston, Texas (Westfield HS)
Joshua Keith OL 6‐6 310 Katy, Texas (Houston Christian HS)
Joshua Kenebrew WR 5‐10 165 Sugarland, Texas (Fort Bend Austin HS)
Colton McDonald DB 6‐1 188 Haslet, Texas (Northwest HS)
Dominique Messer WR 6‐4 195 Milano, Texas (Milano HS)
Garrett Neuman OL 6‐4 315 Hondo, Texas (Medina Valley HS)
Chris Nunez OL 6‐3 254 Big Spring, Texas (Big Spring HS)
Kennedy Nwanne DL 6‐3 242 Richmond, Texas (Lamar Consolidated HS)
Devon Petty OL 6‐4 330 Hewitt, Texas (Midway HS)
Aaron Ploeger OL 6‐7 277 Corpus Christi, Texas (Flour Bluff HS)
Marcell Porter RB 5‐7 170 Abilene, Texas (Abilene HS)
Raymond Racine WR 6‐2 180 Round Rock, Texas (Cedar Ridge HS)
DeShaun Rawls RB 5‐9 190 Texas City, Texas (Texas City HS)
Dontha Robinson WR 5‐10 165 Arlington, Texas (Arlington HS)
Hunter Streuling DB 5‐11 165 Austin, Texas (Lake Travis HS)
Toriese Thomas OL 6‐4 335 Waco, Texas (Waco HS)
Dillon Vaughan OL 6‐6 283 Corpus Christi, Texas (Calallen HS)
Anthony Walker LB 6‐1 230 Allen, Texas (Allen HS)
Cedric (C.J.) Washington RB 5‐9 199 Fort Worth, Texas (Brewer HS)
Joshua Woods RB 5‐9 190 Amarillo, Texas (Amarillo HS)
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