Georgia Southern head football coach Clay Helton has officially announced the addition of 19 new student-athletes to the program who enrolled in school in January and have been working out with the program. Fourteen of those newcomers are transfers and five are early high school graduates.
Of the 14 transfers, nine are from NCAA Division I programs, coming from programs such as Oklahoma, Auburn, Washington State, North Carolina and Indiana. Seven play offense, six play defense and one is a specialist. Here is the list of all 14 transfers, in alphabetical order:
- Bryce Bernard, LS (Neptune Beach, Fla., Fletcher/South Florida)
- LV Bunkley-Shelton, WR (Inglewood, Calif., Junipero Serra/Oklahoma)
- Kyle Frazier, OL (Augusta, Ga., Glenn Hills/Savannah State)
- Tyler Fromm, TE (Warner Robins, Ga., Warner Robins/Auburn)
- Chance Gamble, DB (Fitzgerald, Ga., Fitzgerald/Kennesaw State)
- Davon Hicks, LB (Fort Pierce, Fla., Vero Beach/Washington State)
- Jeremiah Holmes, DB (Baxley, Ga., Appling County/Georgia Military)
- Justin Kanyuk, OL (Bath, Pa., Bethlehem Catholic/North Carolina)
- Deantre Morris, DB (Atlanta, Ga., Therrell/Kennesaw State)
- Deuce Petty, WR (Warner Robins, Ga., Warner Robins/Tuskegee)
- Demarcious Robinson, LB (Warner Robins, Ga., Warner Robins/Butler CC)
- Deyandre Ruffin, WR (Savannah, Ga., New Hampstead/Allen)
- Dorrian Smith, DB (Fort Valley, Ga., Peach County/Northeast Mississippi CC)
- Dexter Williams II, QB (Macon, Ga., Mount de Sales/Indiana)
Five players graduated high school early and enrolled in January. They are:
- Eli Anders, DL (Cornelius, N.C., Hough)
- Tyler Budge, QB (Matthews, N.C., Weddington)
- Skyler Malone, LB (Jacksonville, Fla., Bolles School)
- Carmelo Mays, WR (Macon, Ga., Southwest Macon)
- Zach Pearson, OL (Pembroke, Ga., New Hampstead)
