NEO signs 56 football recruits

Miami, Oklahoma –Head Football Coach Ryan Held and the coaching staff at Northeastern Oklahoma A&M College (NEO) signed 56 recruits Wednesday to play for the Golden Norsemen in the fall of 2014. Last year NEO signed 46 recruits.

“I want to commend our coaches, administration, and community for their tremendous work ethic and support to help put together a phenomenal recruiting class. The key attributes we were looking for in this class were speed, length, coachability and character. We feel we’ve accomplished those goals. The State of Oklahoma is the lifeblood of our program, and we feel we’ve signed some tremendous kids who will help us build a championship culture,” Held said. “We were very selective with our out-of-state recruits as we wanted some big bodied linemen and athletes. No one knows the true success of any recruiting class for one or two seasons, but there is no doubt we’re very excited about this group of young men.”

The following students listed below have agreed to play NEO football:

Ashton Antwine – DB   6’1 200   Edmond, Okla. (Memorial)

OCA All-State

Class 6A All-State

First Team Big All-City

Antwine was District Defensive Player of the Year, and he chose NEO over Washington State and the Naval Academy.

John Ashcraft – OL   6’2 280   Moore, Okla. (South Moore)

Fre’Darian Ashley – OLB   6’1 190   Oklahoma City (NW Classen)

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Jordan Bonner – DL   6’6 225   Cleveland, Ohio (Brush)

Cameron Booty – RB   5’10 190   Jenks, Okla.

Lorenzo Burgess – DL   6’4 295   Glenville, Ohio

Thor Burnside – LB   6’0 210   Oologah, Okla.

Class 4A All-State

Darrius Burris – DE/OLB   6’2 230   Piedmont, Okla.

Class 4A All-State

2^nd Team Little All-City

D.C. Chance – OLB   6’0 215   Commerce, Okla.

OCA All-State

Class 2A All-State

Montana Clark – H-Back   6’0 220   Tuttle, Okla.

Class 3A All-State

Jalan Daniels – LB   6’2 200   Blanchard, Okla.

Class 3A All-State

1^st Team Little All-City

Mike’Quan Deane – WR/TE   6’4 220   Tulsa, Okla. (Memorial)

Michael Farmer – DE/RB   6’1 220   Edmond, Okla. (Santa Fe)

Farmer was featured in the Daily Oklahoman’s Super 30 for 2013.

T.J. Filer – DE/LB   6’2 220   Chickasha, Okla.

Class 5A All-State

Karson Green – OL   6’5 285   Madill, Okla.

Jessie Gregory – RB/KR   5’8 175   Tuttle, Okla.

Brian Hartfield – OLB   6’0 215   Midwest City, Okla.        .

Dante’ Hibbert – DL   6’2 300   Loganville, Ga.

Karsmann Johnson – DL   6’3 270   Nashville, Tenn.

Trey Johnson – WR   6’1 185   Hugo, Okla.

Class 2A All-State

Wiley Lester – DL   6’6 285   Oklahoma City (Putnam City)

Austin Link – OL   6’3 280   Tuttle, Okla.

Class 3A All-State

Jaylen Lowe – QB   6’0 185   Owasso, Okla.

Austin Mack – LB   6’0 220   Edmond, Okla. (Santa Fe)

Justin Martin – WR   6’3 185   Nashville, Tenn. (Overton)

Corneilus McKiver – WR   6’2 170   Oklahoma City (Centennial)

Gary McKnight Jr. – WR   6’2 180   Lawton, Okla. (MacArthur)

Class 5A All-State

Jacob McMullen – K/P   6’1 185   Choctaw, Okla.

Class 6A All-State

1^st Team Big All-City

John McQueen – OL   6’6 290   Claremore, Okla.

Class 5A All-State

Nick Mills – TE              6’4 250   Tuttle, Okla.

Trevon Mitchem – DB   5’11 180   Spiro, Okla.

Mitchem is the cousin of Clayton Mitchem, a former Norseman, who was the 2012 Conference Player of the Year.

Daniel Moniz – OLB   6’3 225   Claremore, Okla. (Sequoyah)

Khalil Moore – DB   5’10 165   Oklahoma City (John Marshall)

Quentin Nails – LB   6’4 215   Tulsa, Okla. (McLain)

Brendan O’Steen – TE   6’4 240   Seminole, Okla.

Zak Owen – OL   6’5 265   Blanchard, Okla.

Class 3A All-State

1^st Team Little All-City

Logan Parks – OL   6’1 250   Yukon, Okla.

OCA All-State

Class 6A All-State

Wyatt Rathjen – DL   6’3 270   Miami, Okla.

Class 4A All-State

Shaliamere Rentie – WR   6’3 195   Beggs, Okla.

Class 3A All-State

Korie Robinson – WR   5’11 180   Lawton, Okla. (MacArthur)

Robinson is the number one ranked sprinter in Class 5A.

Sinue Rodriguez – K/P   5’9 160   Sallisaw, Okla.

Class 4A All-State

1^st Team Tulsa World All-State

Tyquae Russell – DB   6’2 185   Midwest City, Okla.

Class 6A All-State

1^st Team Big All-City

Myykhail Shaw – WR   6’1 165   Lawton, Okla.

Devion Smith – WR   6’0 180   Oklahoma City (John Marshall)

Smith is the cousin of former Norseman and current Houston Texans captain, Antonio Smith.

Marguess Smith – DL   6’2 270   Oklahoma City (Southeast)

Class 5A All-State

2^nd team big All-City

Janson Smith – DL   6’3 285   Tulsa, Okla. (Union)

Jalen Smith – DB   5’11 180   Tulsa, Okla. (Memorial)

Pierce Spead – RB   5’10 205   Moore, Okla. (South Moore)

Class 6A All-State

2^nd Team Big All-City

Ross Stovall – DB   6’0 175   Tulsa, Okla. (Booker T Washington)

Rowdy Votaw – OL   6’1 265   Madill, Okla.

Malik Walker – DB   5’10 170   Spiro, Okla.

Khalil Warren – WR   6’1 195   Del City, Okla.

Ty Watkins – OL   6’3 285   Moore, Okla. (West Moore)

Class 6A All-State

1^st Team Big All-City

Mark Webster – DL   6’3 285   Pensacola, Fla.

Cameron Westbrook – RB/WR   6’0 185   Edmond, Okla. (Santa Fe)

Terrell Williams – DB   6’4 180   Lawton, Okla.

Dolee Wolf – LB   6’2 215   Beggs, Okla.

Class 3A All-State

Conner Wood – OL   6’5 280   Owasso, Okla.

OCA All-State

Class 6A All-State

Preferred Walk-Ons:

Zac Cater – QB   6’2 205   Durant, Okla.

Class 5A All-State

Quinzell Jones – DB   5’9 175   Edmond, Okla. (Santa Fe)

Billy Lewis – OLB   6’2 195   Durant, Okla.

Anthony Mason – RB/KR   5’6 155   Del City, Okla.

Class 5A All-State

Cole Moos – K/P   6’0 180   Broken Arrow, Okla.

Quintonio Tolon – DL   6’2 215   Broken Arrow, Okla.

“This is one of the best classes in my six seasons at NEO,” said Defensive Coordinator Zach Allen. “We are very excited about the depth within the state of Oklahoma at positions that are a need for us. It is great to see the drive these young men have to prove they belong at the highest level.”

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