Charleston Southern Buccaneers' 2010 Signing Class

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Charleston Southern University Football Announces 2010 Signing Class

2010 Signing Class

Offense
OL – Kenneth Bizier – 6-3, 287, Jacksonville, Fla. (Ed White Catholic HS)
OL – Logan Mines – 6-5, 290, Winter Park, Fla. (Edgewater HS)
OL – Brent Riley – 6-4, 290, Atlanta, Ga. (Lakeside-DeKalb HS)
TE – Carson LeShin – 6-4, 255, Littlerock, Calif. (Desert Christian/Antelope Valley CC)
TE – Nathaniel Prater – 6-8, 205, Greenwood, S.C. (Ninety Six HS)
QB – Malcolm Dixon – 6-1, 180, Tifton, Ga. (Tifton County HS)
QB – Richard Mounce – 6-0, 205, Columbia, S.C. (Blythewood HS/Clemson Univ.)
RB – Tadarrius Allen – 5-11, 214, Avon Park, Fla. (Avon Park HS)
RB – Keelyan Bryant – 5-9, 180, St. Petersburg, Fla. (St. Petersburg Catholic HS)
RB – Savon Seward – 5-4, 155, Fort Myers, Fla. (Cypress Lake HS)
WR – Kevin Glears, Jr. – 6-0, 170, Charleston, S.C. (Goose Creek HS)
WR – Nathan Perera – 6-3, 200, Orlando, Fla. (Bishop Moore HS)

Defense
DT – Isaac Lowrance – 5-11, 245, Inman S.C. (Boiling Springs HS)
DE – Mose Countryman – 6-4, 225, Jacksonville, Fla. (Mandarin HS)
DE – Delvon King – 6-0, 245, Oakland, Calif. (James Logan HS/Chabot College)
DE – Skyler Skersick – 6-3, 220, Orlando, Fla. (Boone HS)
LB – Calvin Bryant – 5-11, 196, Tifton, Ga. (Sandalwood HS)
LB – Gabriel Middlebrook – 6-2, 205, Charleston, S.C. (West Ashley HS)
DB – Patrick Adams – 6-0, 185, Jacksonville, Fla. (Ed White Catholic HS)
DB – Demaris Freeman – 6-1, 178, West Palm Beach, Fla. (Park Vista HS)
DB – Matthew Hardy – 5-11, 170, Jacksonville, Fla. (Trinity Christian Acad.)
DB – LaKeith Murray – 5-11, 154, Altamonte Springs, Fla. (Lyman HS)

Another solid class by head coach Jay Mills and his staff. The highlight of this class is QB Richard Mounce. Two local Charleston-area student athletes. The state of Florida has been very good to us in recent years and it looks like that trend will continue. In reading the descriptions of some of these guys I see two common themes...Many of them are multi-sport athletes. That bodes well for athleticism. Several of them have track experience. That means...SPEED. Only 2 JuCo transfers. That shows progress to me. In the past, we supplemented our roster somewhat heavily with JuCo guys. It looks like, at least this year, we moved away from that. That is good because that means the traditional high school student athlete will have more years of eligibility, and therefore more years, in Coach Mills' system.

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Watch out for Middlebrook. My wifes cousin coached him at West Ashley and he's a loose cannon.

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Buccaneers Put Together Signing Class That's Strong on Balance

"The thing that stands out to me first is the balance, spread out evenly over positions on both sides of the ball," said (Head Coach, Jay) Mills. "To me that shows a consistency within the program in that we are now to the point where our numbers reflect need and it is pretty evenly distributed. We didn't have to go sign a lot of guys at any one position. We were able to sign across the board.

"For instance, we graduated two senior starters on the offensive line and we will likely have two seniors starting this coming season. We signed three offensive linemen in this class and they are almost automatic redshirts. In some years we were forced to play freshmen up front. That's not the case anymore. That's a sign of how the program has evolved."

"The high number of high school recruits shows that we are replenishing from underneath now and cycling through players the way most programs do," said Mills.

As a high school quarterback at Blythewood High School in Columbia, (Richard) Mounce was named Mr. Football in 2007 and was the Shrine Bowl MVP. He threw for more than 6,100 yards and 73 touchdowns in his final two seasons. "Richard is probably the most visible signing in the history of our program," Mills said.

"Florida has been very good to us," said Mills. "I think the exposure we have gained from playing Miami, Florida and South Florida in recent years, and with games against Florida State and Central Florida in future years, is really serving us well. It has added credibility to our program.

"We have a very positive relationship with the coaches in Florida. It also helps that the young men we have from Florida have had very positive experiences at Charleston Southern. That's a great recruiting tool in itself."

"I believe, potentially, this could be our best class ever and certainly our most complete class," he said. "Not only in terms of athletic ability, but also in terms of academics and with the mission of our university."