Rich Rodriguez: “I’m very excited as is every coach in America is today with the new members of their football programs. I thought our staff did an outstanding job developing relationships and signing some guys that will be great fits for our program and I think we can help them have great careers on and off the field.”
“Players often make decisions based on where they feel comfortable and I feel the need to thank the community 
members who welcomed them on their recruiting trips.”
“Devin Gardner will be participating in workouts starting in the next two days. He is extremely competitive and has a lot of skills … We recruit multiple players at the same position because we want guys that want to compete.”
“Stephen Hopkins is a big back out of Texas and has good skills. Some situations we want one big back in the backfield and I believe Stephen can fill that role for us.”
“Jeremy Jackson’s primary recruiter was Fred Jackson, surprise there 
(chuckles). He stands on his own merits and is a good football player and a great fit for our offense. He is a big strong receiver that can go down the field and get the ball.”
“Ricardo Miller is another big receiver, moved up here a year ago with his family from the Orlando area. He has a great personality and always has a smile on his face. This guy is very competitive.”
“We had a need at Center and Guard and Christian Pace enrolled here early. Came from a big school in Ohio, Avon Lake. Will be playing Guard and Center for us in the future.”
“Jerald Robinson also committed to us early. Is a big receiver like Jeremy and Ricardo. Has great ball skills and is an outstanding athlete. Could also play some safety for us.”
“Austin White (pictured right) has had an outstanding high school career. In camp, he wanted to take every rep and was always jumping in front of the line wanting to prove himself. I’m very excited about him, he has all the skills we need from a RB.”
“Richard Ash was critical for us in the recruiting process. I think he felt comfortable from the start up here. We had to battle with him still even up to this morning. Comes from an outstanding high school program.”
“Courtney Avery is a defensive back that played quarterback on offense and also scored 1,000 points in basketball. We noticed him a year ago and tracked him and had an even better senior year. We are going to try him at corner first, but he has the ability to help us out at many positions.”
“Jibreel Black is a defensive lineman from Wyoming, OH. Jibreel was one of the top guys on our 
board for the defensive line and has a great motor. We are excited to have him in our program.”
“Cullen Christian is a defensive back. He is very coachable. We tell guys we don’t recruit anyone to be back-ups. I’m very excited about the guys we recruiting in the secondary and Cullen is one of those guys.”
“Drew Dileo is an outstanding athlete that has the ability to return punts and had an great senior year. I love that he came back and had a great senior year even after he committed to us.”
“Demar Dorsey was committed to another school for a long time. After some coaching changes, he opened up his recruitment. Calvin Magee and Denard Robinson were the top recruiters on Demar. Denard claims he is 100% on guys he has 
recruited. Demar will probably start out at corner and eventually move back to safety.”
“Josh Furman is an athlete. He had a great senior year running the football. We need him to fill one of our needs at outside linebacker.”
“Zoltan Mesko will be sorely missed by this program. We believe Will Hagerup can fill our need and he’s a big guy that succeed at this level and understands he had a chance not to redshirt and play right away.”
“Carvin Johnson at safety. Led his team, very intelligent, tough physical guy.”
“Conelius Jones is an athlete from Spartenburg High School. He can throw the ball and run. We need QB’s that can compete and are willing to play where we need them.”
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