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New Players at Eastern Kentucky

Posted: Tue Jul 14, 2009 12:23 pm
by EKU_supporter
Uriah Grant ( West Virginia)

http://insider.espn.go.com/ncf/recruiti ... son%3d2007

Big Strong player that should contribue immediately.




Marcus Williams ( Wake Forest )
http://wakeforestsports.cstv.com/sports ... cus00.html

Recruited by Dean Hood at Wake, will make an impact right away.


Trey Fairchild ( Syracuse )


http://insider.espn.go.com/ncf/recruiti ... Id%3d49761



http://www.markportermedia.com...d_Dublin_Coffman.htm

Kid has some speed and elusiveness


Chris Smith ( Marshall )

http://insider.espn.go.com/ncf/recruiti ... son%3d2007

http://marshall.rivals.com/viewprospect ... _key=37857

Check out the videos. He has a cannon.

Re: New Players at Eastern Kentucky

Posted: Tue Jul 14, 2009 12:38 pm
by dbackjon
4 FBS transfers - should make a big impact, especially in the OVC.

And welcome!!

Re: New Players at Eastern Kentucky

Posted: Tue Jul 14, 2009 1:55 pm
by DetroitFlyer
Great catch, (pun intended), with Trey.

He seems like a great kid from a great family. He also very seriously considered the Flyers, but in the end, EKU won out.... I think you will be surprised at just how good this kid is on a football field. I think he will also excel in the classroom. Very similar to Steve Vallentino at Dayton, just a smart kid and great all around athlete! I will be following him at EKU.

Re: New Players at Eastern Kentucky

Posted: Tue Jul 14, 2009 2:12 pm
by Ursus A. Horribilis
Yeah that's a lot of transfers for EKU. Thanks for the links man that's always a lot to see them. Welcome as well to ya.

Re: New Players at Eastern Kentucky

Posted: Wed Jul 15, 2009 6:42 am
by EKU_supporter
Thanks for the welcome. EKU did lose two-time all conference QB Allan Holland and he will be tough to replace. EKU is also putting in a new field and doing some general improvements around the stadium to the clocks and scoreboard.

Many top notch returners in Hall, Hardeman, Watts, Barbour, Davis. Hopefully some of these new kids can help fill any holes. As I looked at the films I see some talent.

The OVC should be better overall this year.

I am researching, I hear there are a couple of other FBS transfers.

Re: New Players at Eastern Kentucky

Posted: Wed Jul 15, 2009 6:54 am
by EKU_supporter

Re: New Players at Eastern Kentucky

Posted: Wed Jul 15, 2009 8:07 am
by dbackjon
SEVEN FBS Transfers? That is a lot of transfers!

Re: New Players at Eastern Kentucky

Posted: Wed Jul 15, 2009 8:27 am
by EKU_supporter
Shocked me as well. Here are all the new additions. Some I am not familiar with.

Marcus Williams, DB, 5’9” 185 Jr. Wake Forest Univ.
Chris Smith, QB, 6’3” 220 So., Marshall Univ.
Trey Fairchild, WR, 6’0” 193 Rf. Syracuse Univ.
Uniah Grant, DL, 6’0” 250 Rf, West Virginia Univ.
Matt Denham, RB, 5’10”, 172, Univ. of KY
Colby Haney, DB, 6’1” 194, So. ????
Bruce Frieson, RB, 5’9”, 195, Jr. Bakersfield Coll.
Clint Greene, RB, ??????
Tyson Patrick, LB, 6’2”, 240, University of Toledo
Jacob Davis, FB, 6’0” 230, Jr. Western Kentucky Univ.
Cory Monroe, OL, 6’7” 272, So. Georgetown College
Jasper Williams, LB, 6’2” 228, Rf., Mississippi State Univ.

Re: New Players at Eastern Kentucky

Posted: Wed Jul 15, 2009 9:06 am
by dbackjon
Looks like your coach has a definate rebuilding plan centered around transfers.

Re: New Players at Eastern Kentucky

Posted: Wed Jul 15, 2009 9:15 am
by EKU_supporter
Appears that way. Some of it is fine, but too many can upset the apple cart.

Re: New Players at Eastern Kentucky

Posted: Thu Jul 16, 2009 9:09 am
by SUUTbird
Agreed that to many could mess things up, however judging from the talent of these guys i think EKU will once again take the OVC.

Re: New Players at Eastern Kentucky

Posted: Tue Jul 21, 2009 9:37 am
by EKU_supporter
Well, we hope so. Did you look at any of them? Thoughts? Impressions?

Also, the new field is being laid, starting to get excited about that.

Re: New Players at Eastern Kentucky

Posted: Sat Jul 25, 2009 9:57 am
by dbackjon
What kind of turf you getting?

Re: New Players at Eastern Kentucky

Posted: Mon Jul 27, 2009 5:59 am
by EKU_supporter
Field turf , pretty much like all the schools are getting.