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NEMCC 2009 SIGNING DAY A SUCCESS
February 6, 2006
BOONEVILLE, Miss. -- Northeast Mississippi Community College Head Football Coach Ricky Smither has announced that 38 high school athletes signed with the Northeast football program for the 2009 recruiting class.
Northeast captured 15 in-district recruits including 12 from Northeast's five-county area.
NEMCC's five-county area includes the northeast Mississippi counties of Alcorn, Tishomingo, Prentiss, Union and Tippah.
The Tigers other three in-district recruits came out of Colbert County and Deshler, Ala.
“I am happy with our effort today,” Smither said. “I am very pleased what went on today. I want to thank our coaches for doing what they did. It was a great team effort.”
Northeast picked up a quintet from Class 2A champion Baldwyn.
Dorian Berry, Xzadrain Shelley, Shane Gordon, Perez Welch and Casey Copeland all signed with the Tigers after picking up the Class 2A Championship in December with Baldwyn.
Northeast also inked a pair of players from Booneville and Corinth. Blue Devils Andrew Southward and A.J. Stubbs along with Corinth Warriors Zerrick Payne and Tario Knight join the Tigers.
Alcorn Central's Lowell Gann and Ripley running back Jaquise Cook wrapped up the Tiger's Mississippi in-district recruits while Colbert County's Jamorris Ricks and Deshler High School (Ala.) Brandon Welch and Chris Holland will join the team for the 2009 season.
In its 2009 signing class, Northeast signed 32 individuals from the Magnolia state while Leroy, Ala.'s Anthony Payne joins Ricks, Welch and Holland from out of Mississippi.
Northeast added two more signees after signing day. Joseph Johnson from Southhaven High and K’yvari Bolden from Hoover High (Ala.).
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2009 Northeast MS Community College
Signing Class
PLAYER POS. HT. WT. HIGH SCHOOL
Andrew Southward WR 6-0 170 Booneville
A.J. Stubbs DT 6-1 260 Booneville
Robert Arrant OL 6-4 260 Lafayette County
Devin Slate DT 6-1 310 Lafayette County
Trey Pegues LB 5-11 200 Lafayette County
Marcell Gaston LB 6-3 200 Bruce
Gavin Luster DB 6-2 190 Walnut
Anthony Payne DT 6-2 290 Leroy, Ala.
Dorian Berry WR 6-3 190 Baldwyn
Xzadrain Shelley RB 5-8 180 Baldwyn
Shane Gordon WR/P 5-9 165 Baldwyn
Perez Welch DT 6-4 330 Baldwyn
Casey Copeland DE/OL 6-2 275 Baldwyn
Jonathan Brownlee DE 6-4 240 Southaven
Patrick Moore LB/SS 6-3 210 Southaven
Brandon Thomas DB 6-0 180 Holly Springs
Jamorris Holts WR 6-3 180 Holly Springs
Zerrick Payne WR/DB 6-1 190 Corinth
Tario Knight OL 6-1 270 Corinth
Anthony Ladd WR 5-10 170 South Panola
Larecko Lee DB 5-11 180 South Panola
Luzon Rivers LB 5-9 205 Shannon
Lowell Gann OL 6-0 270 Alcorn Central
Jyrome Richmond TE 6-6 250 Byhalia
Cody Woodiel TE 6-6 245 Hernando
Carlos Warren DE 6-5 240 Hernando
Ben Robinson OL 6-0 275 South Pontotoc
Cash Lovett OL 6-1 280 DeSoto Central
Jamorris Ricks RB 6-0 200 Colbert Co. (Ala.)
Clint Wilson QB 6-0 195 Olive Branch
Wylee Morris DB 5-10 185 Olive Branch
Pascal Desire RB 5-6 170 Jackson, Miss
Jaquise Cook RB 5-8 185 Ripley
Steve Smith DB 6-0 180 Callaway
Brandon Welch LB 6-0 190 Deshler
Chris Holland DT 6-1 275 Deshler
Joseph Johnson DB Southhaven
K’yvari Bolden DT 6-3 270 Hoover (Ala.)
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